EPSON to triple production of its PrecisionCore printheads

EPSON (Seiko Epson Corporation) announces to triple production of its PrecisionCore printheads at its new factor, which is now going on construction in Shiojiri, Japan. The new factory is scheduled to begin operations in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year, is part of the company’s mid to long range strategic plans for its printing solutions (inkjet printer) business. The plant will produce state-of-the-art PrecisionCore printheads, the core devices in EPSON’s inkjet printers.

EPSON will conduct R&D and drive advances in production engineering and other areas at the facility, which, in the future, will roughly triple its current printhead production capacity. As both an R&D and production centre for core devices used in the printing solutions business, and the location of EPSON’s inkjet printer planning and design functions, the Hirooka Office works closely with EPSON’s production sites worldwide.