Xaar completes 25 years of digital inkjet printing

Xaar started functioning from 1990, with four people in Cambridge Science Park office. The vision of the company was to develop and commercialise the digital inkjet print technology. Today the company employs over 600 people worldwide, with three buildings in the Science Park, at state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Huntingdon and Jarfalla, Sweden and in offices in Hong Kong, India and the US.

 

On the occasion of 25th anniversary of Xaar, it is organizing a line of events. The company has a record of supporting the local and national charities, beginning with a 26 strong year in Xaar, the team is undertaking a 60-mile bike ride from London to Cambridge to raise over £ 2,000 pounds for Breast Cancer Now and in October the ‘Byte Night 2015’ to aid the Action for Children foundation.

 

Richard Barham, chief customer officer at Xaar says, “We are proud of what we have achieved over the past 25 years, but we couldn’t have done it without the influence that has come into being in Cambridge and not only our employees but also the high-technology support infrastructure that is available.”

 

“By linking our anniversary celebration with support of these charities we are giving something back to the society and the fact that we remain an energetic company with a strong motto to succeed,” added Barham.

 

The Xaar 128 print head model reconstructed the way for wide-format printing and even today Xaar’s technology drives around 75% of the wide-format printers. In 2007, Xaar had launched its 1001 model that had changed the ceramic tile decoration segment, including reduction in costs and also a variety of range with creative tile design effects.

 

The company has started to expand and are focusing into other marketing segments, including direct-to-shape packaging printing and the world of additive manufacturing, 3D printing and nano imprint lithography - a process used to manufacture silicon wafers.