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Xeikon Ends Trillium Liquid Toner Development

Xeikon of Eede, the Netherlands, today announced the termination of its Trillium liquid toner development project. First demonstrated at drupa 2016 via the Trillium One press, the company explains the technology program has encountered several challenges in bringing it to market as a commercial product.

“We continuously review our portfolio and we are confident the segments we operate can be well served with our current dry toner technology and the newly launched Panther UV inkjet technology,” said Benoit Chatelard, President and CEO, Digital Solutions, Flint Group, which owns the Xeikon division. “With our dry toner technology, we will continue our focus on both the packaging and document businesses, as well as specialty segments where we bring significant value including security printing and wall décor.”

Chatelard continued to describe the company’s rationale behind cancelling its Trillium liquid toner development: “Changing market dynamics but mainly ongoing technical issues in developing the liquid toner technology, including press uptime issues, encouraged us to take this difficult decision, and to communicate it to the marketplace in the straightforward, no-nonsense approach we have always taken,” he added. “Our core vision remains supporting high volume, high quality, high value business for our customers in the graphic arts market and security printing.”

In 2015, Xeikon joined Flint Group to create a new Digital Printing Solutions division. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Flint Group employs around 7,900 people.