Construction of printhead factory at Akita EPSON completed

Began in November 2022, a new factory at Akita EPSON has just completed. It was built with a total investment of 3.5-billion yen ($24.6 million), the completion of the new factory approximately triples Akita EPSON’s future printhead production capacity. EPSON’s printing solutions business provides products and services based on original Micro Piezo inkjet technology to customers in the office, home, commercial, and industrial markets. Global demand for inkjet printers is forecast to continue growing. Demand for commercial and industrial inkjet printers is increasing along with a technology shift from analog to digital in sectors where the printing media is not paper, such as digital textile printing.

Currently, about 20 percent of EPSON’s inkjet printers are equipped with PrecisionCore printheads, but this percentage is expected to increase, since commercial and industrial printers and high-speed linehead inkjet multifunction printers use a larger number of print chips per unit. The new Akita EPSON factory is designed to increase the production and assembly of printheads, the core component of inkjet printers. The factory is also designed to provide space for future expansion of the facility, with a view to strengthening the product lineup, expanding printhead sales to third parties, and meeting growing demand for inkjet printers equipped with PrecisionCore MicroTFP printheads.