Ahead of its 22nd annual Ink Jet Conference next month, IMI Europe managing director Mike Willis has posed an interesting question over the future impact of inkjet.
In a press release IMI stated: We've seen inkjet’s dominance of the large-format graphics market, and more recently the rapid growth of ink jet ceramic tile printing. Inkjet is present in just about every print market but hasn't achieved the same level of penetration - yet. The question therefore is, what is the next big thing? Many experts think the $266B packaging printing, $110B commercial printing, $34B textile printing and $13B industrial printing markets are possibilities, but, Willis added: "Even though inkjet entered all these markets years ago it has only had a significant effect in specific parts of each market. It's perhaps a mistake to predict from the early adoption of products whether there will be rapid growth and disruption, it's more subtle than that."
Various presentations and debates surrounding inkjet’s future will form the 22nd annual Ink Jet Conference in Barcelona 5-7th November. The full programme can be found at www.imieurope.com.