Arjowiggins Graphic and HP Partnership Update
Arjowiggins Graphic, the leading manufacturer of innovative environmental paper solutions has been named as a preferred media partner for HP’s Indigo Digital Press Division.
This latest development is part of an increasing relationship between the two companies and will see Arjowiggins Graphic provide the recycled paper for Indigo machinery testing and for events such as Drupa.
“As a preferred media partner to HP, we have an excellent opportunity that will benefit customers and promote the importance of recycled papers in digital printing,”
says Jean Charles Monange, marketing director at Arjowiggins Graphic.
The relationship will also see training and knowledge sharing between the two companies with both firms visiting the opposite’s sites.
‘We expect our dialogue with HP’s research and development teams to further the knowledge and understanding of the interaction between paper and press for the benefit of all customers,”
adds Monange.
In addition, the companies have successfully completed a deinking trial for digital paper at its Greenfield Mill in France. During the trial the two companies deinked paper waste containing 5% HP Indigo printed paper combined with the standard mix of print waste. The HP Indigo prints were made on a variety of coated and uncoated wood-free papers, with a representative range of ink density including high-coverage photo prints.
According to Arjowiggins research and development director Andrew Findlay, the trial, which was carried out in standard Greenfield Mill process conditions, achieved
“saleable, high-quality deinked pulp suitable for coated or uncoated paper production. Importantly, mill process efficiencies were unaffected.”
John Cooper, Customer Support Director at Arjowiggins Graphic:
“Greenfield is a dedicated deinking plant and that is why it was the ideal location for this trial. We are working with HP to ensure that the knowledge gained from these trials and planned future developments will be of interest to the recycling industry as a whole and help to improve the deinking process.”
Pinni Perlmutter, director of technology at HP Indigo, added:
“HP was pleased with this successful deinking result, which involved over 9 tonnes of HP Indigo prints.
“This well-documented trial creates a useful performance benchmark as we continue to research ways of assessing and improving, as needed, HP Indigo print deinkability for a wide range of deinking mill operations.”