Wednesday, February 4, 2004

9:00 a.m.

Registration

1:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Technology Suppliers Exhibits Open

10:30 a.m.

Opening Session

INTRODUCTION TO INK JET PRINTING DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE 2004
Alvin G. Keene, President, Information Management Institute, Inc., Carrabassett Valley, Maine, USA

CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION
Mike Willis, Managing Director, Pivotal Resources, Cambridge, UK

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
INK JET PRINTING AND THE NEXT BIG THING
Tom Ashley, President, Pivotal Resources USA, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

• New Applications For Ink Jet Technology
• The State Of The Market
• The State Of The Art
• Recent Product Annoucements

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
THE BIG PICTURE FOR INK JET: HOW FAR CAN IT REALLY GO?
Mark Hanley, President, IT Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts, USA

• Real Foreseeable Ink Jet Capabilities & Limitations
• The Markets By Rationale & Numbers
• Place Of Ink Jet In The Context Of Electrophotography & The Total Print Market In Five Years
• The Preconditions For Success

12:00 Noon

Luncheon

1:30 p.m.

Session 2 - Technology Suppliers' Presentations

Xaar is a market leading high tech manufacturer of highest quality digital inkjet printheads, inks and peripheral equipment. Our technology is suitable for a wide range of printing applications from packaging and large-scale graphics to niche industrial printing.
Contact: Fiona McKinlay Marketing Communications Manager Tel: +44 1223 423663 Fax: +44 1223 423590 email: fiona.mckinlay@xaar.co.uk http://www.xaar.co.uk	Xaar plc Science Park Cambridge CB4 0XR UK

Microwave-powered UV curing lamps for narrow, medium and wide processes. The product introduced will be the PowerCure® 1, New small, high-powered UV lamps combine modular design with high intensity, variable power UV for effective curing.
Contact: David Harbourne President Tel: +1 301 527 2660 Fax: +1-301 527 2661 email: dharbourne@fusionuv.com http://www.fusionuv.com	Fusion UV Systems Inc. 910 Clopper Road Gaithersburg MD 20878 USA

Collins Ink Corporation manufactures a wide assortment of inkjet inks for industrial applications. Collins has OEM supplier agreements in place with both Scitex Digital Printing and Hewlett Packard, and is developing ink sets for continuous, solvent and piezo inks for three other OEMs.
Contact: Lawrence Gamblin President Tel: +1 513 934 1100 Fax: +1 513 934 3801 email: lgamblin@collinsink.com http://www.collinsink.com	Collins Ink Corporation 2650 Henkle Drive Lebanon OH 45036 USA

Nordson UV Ltd is a world leader in the supply of arc lamp and microwave powered UV systems. With advanced technology and integration experience, Nordson UV offers the ability to provide the most appropriate technology for each application.
Contact: Mr. Patrick Keogh Product Manager Tel: +44 1753 558000 Fax: +44 1753 558100 email: pkeogh@nordson-uv.com http://www.nordson.com/uvcuring	Nordson UV Ltd. 816 Leigh Rd. Slough Berks SL1 4BD UK

Located in Melbourne Australia, Digital Ink Technologies Pty Ltd is a well established and highly regarded Australian research and development and contract ink manufacturing company which has specialized in the development of innovative digital piezo inkjet inks since 1994.
Contact: Michael Mahoney Managing Director Tel: +613 935 77144 Fax: +613 935 77155 email: dit@digitalinktechnologies.com.au http://www.digitalinktechnologies.com.au	Digital Ink Technologies Pty Ltd. 1&2, 74 Mason Street Campbellfield Victoria 3061 Australia

HP Specialty Printing Systems is chartered to take HP thermal inkjet technology into new markets by licensing its technology to Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners. Current markets include: Addressing, CD, Fax, ID card, Packaging, Point of sale, Postage, Tag & label.
Linda Spangler Business Development Manager Tel: +1 858 655 5983 Fax: +1 858 655 8567 email: linda.spangler@hp.com http://www.hp.com/oeminkjet	Hewlett-Packard SPS 16399 W Bernardo Drive San Diego CA 92127-1899 USA

Hitachi Printing Solutions America Inc. licenses its’ ink jet technology to OEM’s and designs and manufactures DOD piezo printheads for OEM’s & system integrators. Leveraging over 18 years of printhead design experience Hitachi has taken a position as one of the world’s leaders in design and manufacture of piezoelectric ink jet technology for industrial applications.
Contact: Mr. Tom Ryan Director of Business Development Tel: +1 805 578 4211 Fax: +1 805 578 4299 email: tom.ryan@hitachi-ps.us http://www.hitachi-printingsolutions.us	Hitachi Printing Solutions 2390A Ward Ave. Simi Valley, CA 93065 USA

Spectra is a leading developer and manufacturer of drop-on-demand piezoelectric ink jet printheads and related hardware used in a wide range of industrial applications such as coding, graphic arts, wide format graphics and display manufacturing. A MARKEM company, Spectra is based in Lebanon New Hampshire.
Contact: Edward Chrusciel Marketing Director Tel: +1 603 443 5364 Fax: +1 603 448 9870 email: echrusciel@spectra-inc.com http://www.spectra-inc.com	Spectra Inc. 101 Etna Road Lebanon NH 03766-1467 USA

Avecia Ink Jet Printing Materials is a world-leading supplier of colorants and ink to the ink jet industry with more than 15 years R&D and manufacturing experience in developing novel technologies for ink jet applications.
Contact: Rebecca Feay Marketing Communications Manager Tel: +44 161 721 1232 Fax: +44 161 721 5319 email: rebecca.feay@avecia.com http://www.avecia.com/inkjet	Avecia Ink Jet Printing Materials P.O. Box 42, Hexagon House Blackley Manchester M9 8ZS UK

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Flint Ink, the world's largest privately held ink manufacturer, Jetrion provides the printing, converting, packaging, and direct-mail industries with a wide range of industrial inkjet products, services, and solutions.
Contact: Ken Stack President Tel: +1 734 622 6218 Fax: +1 734 622 6101 email: kenneth.stack@jetrion.com http://www.jetrion.com	Jetrion LLC 4600 Arrowhead Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA

6:00 p.m.

Reception in Exhibit Area

Thursday, February 5, 2004

8:30 a.m - 7:30 p.m.

Technology Suppliers Exhibits Open

8:30 a.m.

Session 3

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL AND HYBRID DIGITAL-ANALOG TECHNOLOGY
Vince Cahill, President, VCE Solutions, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA

• Survey Of Current & Prospective Printing Markets
• Examination Of Digital Printing & Imaging OEM and End User Business Models and Their Efficiency: Showing Why Some Developments Succeed While Others Fail
• Research Results
  - Critical Role Of The Business Model In Achieving Success
  - Some Models Produce Undesirable Results While Others Succeed
  - Examples & Comparison Of Company Performance
  - Identifying Elements Of Success & Failure In A Climate Of Constant Change
  

9:15 a.m.

Technology Suppliers' Presentations

imaging Technology international Corporation (iTi) engineers and delivers reliable and innovative ink jet deposition and printing solutions. iTi provides development tools and expert assistance to clients to enable them to use digital ink jet technology to leverage their proprietary manufacturing processes in highly competitive and fast-paced markets. iTi is a full service ink jet integrator.
Contact: Dr Ross Mills President Tel: +1 303 443 1036 Fax: +1 303 443 6191 email: ross@inkjetsys.com http://www.inkjetsys.com	imaging Technology international 8401 Baseline Road Boulder, CO 80303 USA

Independent, highly innovative and uniquely expert across all major print head and chemistry platforms, including many “difficult” materials, Xennia Technology Ltd is a specialist contract developer of industrial inkjet inks, customized printers and total inkjet solutions.
Contact: Dr Alan Hudd President & Chief Technical Tel: +44 1763 246600 Fax: +44 1763 245400 email: ahudd@xennia.com http://www.xennia.com	Xennia Technology Ltd Lumen House, Lumen Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7AG UK

VisionJet Ltd offers a range of precision instruments designed to give inkjet ink developers, print head manufacturers, integrators and application users, powerful tools to characterize and quantify product performance and establish confidence in product reliability.
Contact: Dr. Kevin Hall Business Support Manager Tel: +44 1763 246600 Fax: +44 173 245400 email: khall@xennia.com http://www.visionjet.com	Visionjet Ltd. Lumen House, Lumen Rd. Royston, Herts SG8 7AG UK

Emerson & Cuming manufactures high performance adhesives for printhead assembly. These specialty adhesives provide chemical resistance to inks, management of CTE mismatch, and superior adhesion to various substrates for long term reliability of the assembly.
Contact: Robert Palmer Business Manager Tel: +1 978 436 9700 Fax: +1 978 436 9701 email: robert.palmer@nstarch.com http://www.emersoncuming.com	Emerson & Cuming 46 Manning Rd. Billerica, MA 01821 USA

ImageXpert Inc. provides automated image quality analysis and part inspection solutions for manufactures of digital printing systems, consumables, coatings, and components. Leading imaging companies throughout the world rely on ImageXpert systems in R&D and production environments.
Contact: Yair Kipman President Tel: +1 603 598 2500 Fax: +1 603 598 2687 email: ix@imagexpert.com http://www.imagexpert.com	ImageXpert, Inc. 486 Amherst Street Nashua, NH 03063 USA

Sericol Imaging is the world-wide inkjet division of Sericol. Patented products include the UVIJET range of UV-curing inkjet inks and the COLOR+ range of solvent-based inkjet inks. Sericol Imaging is the world-wide exclusive distributor of the Inca Eagle and Columbia, wide format, high-speed flatbed digital presses for printing on almost any rigid & flexible substrate.
Contact: Paul Yandell Business Development Manager Tel: +44 1843 872028 Fax: +44 1843 872087 email: paul.yandell@sericol.com http://www.sericol.com	Sericol Pyson Road Broadstairs Kent CT10 2LE UK

12:00 Noon

Luncheon

1:30 p.m.

Session 4

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
UV PRINTER DESIGN - THE DARK SIDE
Dr. Will Eve, Technical Director, Inca Digital, Cambridge, UK

• Difference Between UV & Solvent Ink Jet
• Printer Architecture
• Keeping It Covered Up
• The Wetting Problem
• Choosing A Lamp
• Oxygen Inhibition & Inerting

2:15 p.m.

Technology Suppliers' Presentations

TTP is Europe’s leading independent printer development and systems integration company. Our team of engineers and scientists work across all current print technologies and industry sectors, from mass-produced office printers to highly specialized and individually tailored industrial systems.
Contact: Rob Day Business Products Group Manager Tel: +44 1763 262626 Fax: +44 1763 262184 email: rob.day@ttp.com http://www.ttp.com	TTP plc Melbourn Science Park, Melbourn, Nr Royston Hertfordshire SG8 6EE UK

Sartomer and Cray Valley are the leading suppliers of radiation curable materials for UV inks. New low viscosity, high functionality materials have been developed for the Inkjet market. Unique UV curable raw materials are available for 100%, phase change and waterbase UV inks.
Contact:Dr. James Balcerski Business Development Tel: +1 312 925 7945 Fax: +1 312 896 1448 email: james.balcerski@sartomer.com http://www.sartomer.com	Sartomer Company 1900 N.Hudson, Suite C Chicago IL 60614 USA

accu-automation corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of inkjet controllers for industrial applications. accu-automation corporation has many years of combinded experience working with different inkjet printing technologies including research and development, software and hardware design, and circuit board manufacturing.
Contact: Charles Sooley President Tel: +1 519 725 9090 Fax: +1 519 725 9049 email: csooley@accuauto.com http://www.accuauto.com	accu-automation corporation C-680 Davenport Rd. Waterloo, ON N2V 2C3 Canada

As the leading supplier world-wide of UV lamp units for ink jet applications, Integration Technology offers a wide range of standard products in addition to a bespoke design and build partnership for Ink Jet developers.
Contact: Adrian Lockwood Applications Director Tel: +44 1869 233611 Fax: +44 1869 233599 email: alockwood@uvintegration.com http://www.uvintegration.com	Integration Technology Ltd Unit 115, Heyford Park Upper Heyford Oxon OX25 5HA UK

Aellora Digital provides digital chemistries, drop-on-demand ink jet systems and services for commercial, graphic and other emerging digital printing, imaging and dispensing applications. Through our MARKEM heritage, we are uniquely positioned to tailor solutions for your digital printing requirements.
Contact: Mario Carluccio Sales Manager Tel: +1 603 357 1715 Fax: +1 603 357 3665 email: mcarluccio@aellora.com Web Site: http://www.aellora.com	Aellora 94 Congress Street Keene NH 03431 USA

Sensient Technical Colors, a division of Sensient Technologies Corp., is a leading supplier of inks and materials to the ink jet industry and a variety of other colorants markets. Sensient Technical Colors includes Formulabs-brand inkjet inks, ECS disperse dye and sublimation inks, and other digital imaging products.
Contact: Laura Kitzmann Market Development & Communications Manager Tel: +1 760 741 2345 Fax: +1 760 740 0593 email: laura.kitzmann@sensient-tech.com http://www.sensient-tech.com	Sensient Technical Colors 529 W. Fourth Avenue Escondido CA 92025 USA

Triangle Digital is a dedicated jettable fluid research and development team with state of the art laboratory and manufacturing facilities. Staff have full knowledge of solvent, waterborne, oil and UV curable technologies. They operate worldwide manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facilities.
Contact:Ken Kisner President Tel: +1 510 895 8001 Fax: +1 510 895 8080 email: ken@triangledigital.biz http://www.triangledigital.biz	Triangle Digital LLC 2125 Williams Street San Leandro, CA 94577 USA

SunJet is the global inkjet division of Sun Chemical. It is the center of the Group’s mainstream inkjet activity worldwide. SunJet’s sole objective is the development, manufacture and supply of inkjet inks, and its focus is on the OEM as its principal channel to market.
Contact: Peter Walshe Business Development Manager Tel: +44 1761 414471 Fax: +44 1761 416609 email: peter.walshe@eu.sunchem.com http://www.sunjetink.com	SunJet Norton Hill, Midsomer Norton Bath BA3 4RT UK

Technical & marketing consultancy covering all forms of digital printing & imaging, but particularly high-speed presses and ink jet. Publisher of Directions, a bi-monthly analysis of ink jet patents.
Contact: Mike Willis Managing Director Tel: +44 1223 235900 Fax: +44 1223 235901 email: mike@pivotal.co.uk Tom Ashley, President Tel: +1 859 661 0697 email: tom_ashley@att.net http://www.pivotal.co.uk	Pivotal Resources Ltd 11 Glebe Way Histon Cambridge, CB4 9HJ UK Pivotal Resources USA Suite 353, 3176 Richmond Road, Lexington KY 40509 USA

6:00 p.m.

Reception in Exhibit Area

Friday, February 6, 2004

8:30 a.m - 12:00 Noon

Technology Suppliers Exhibits Open

8:30 a.m.

Session 4

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
WIDE AND GRAND FORMAT GRAPHICS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY
Michael J. Flippin, President, Web Consulting Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• Wide Format Global Graphics - How Big Is It?
• What Is Ink Jet's Share? How Big Could It Be?
• Regional Differences Across The Globe
• Results Of Market Consolidation & Future Leaders

9:15 p.m.

Technology Suppliers' Presentations

Konica-Minolta offers high quality ink jet printheads for industrial applications. They can use oil, solvent or UV-curable inks and can include a built-in heater and thermistor for high viscosity materials. The 42pl 7.6kHz 512 nozzle 360dpi version is ideal for single-pass printing, while the 14pl 12.8kHz 512 nozzle 360dpi offers fine image quality.
Contact: Mr Akiyoshi Ohno General Mgr - Ink Jet Business Development Group Tel: +81 426 60 9420 Fax: +81 426 60 9429 email: akiyoshi.ohno@konicaminolta.jp http://www.konicaminolta.jp	Konica Minolta Technology Center 192-8505 Ishikawa-cho 2970 Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8505 Japan

Kodak Global Manufacturing Services is a provider of technology and manufacturing services. We offer our clients a full range of capabilities in the design, development and manufacture of products used for ink jet printing.
Contact: Lori Coles Customer & Business Support Tel: +1 585-722-5836 Fax: +1 585-722-5931 email: lori.coles@kodak.com http://www.kodak.com	Eastman Kodak Company 200 Ridge Rd West Rochester, NY 14652 USA

Since 1986, TPR is the leading independent product development and technology services company serving the digital printing industry and other industries needing dry powder or liquid deposition. Expertise in Electrophotography, Inkjet, Thermal, Electrography, and Magnetographic imaging & system integration.
Contact: Randy Sanders President Tel: +1 760-929-4800 Fax: +1 760-931-1671 email: rsanders@tpr.com http://www.tpr.com	Torrey Pines Research 6359 Paseo Del Lago Carlsbad, CA 92009 USA

Tetenal provides inks for piezo ink jet printing, aqueous inks (dye and pigment based), UV curable inks for ink jet, OEM manufacturing and contracted research.
Contact: Dr. Wilhelm Hegenbart Division Manager Ink Tel: +49-40-521 45 144 Fax: +44-40-521 45 146 email: wilhelm@hegenbart.org http://www.tetenal.com	Tetenal Schützenwall 31-35 Norderstedt 22844 Germany

Columbian, is a leading supplier of high quality carbon black used for inks, coatings, and digital printing. We offer a unique range of products and solutions targeted to meet the innovative needs of the wide format and desktop printing industry.
Contact: Satya Kothiyal Director of Marketing Tel: +1 770-792-9428 Fax: +1 770-792-9625 email: Skothiya@phelpsdodge.com http://www.columbianchemicals.com	Columbian Chemicals Company 1800 West Oak Commons Court Marietta, GA. 30062-2253 USA

Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a manufacturer of raw materials for digital printing. Our product lines include pigments and dyes for inks and toners, photoinitiators for UV curing, additives for image stabilization and resins for photo realistic media coatings.
Contact: Mr. Rod Decker Industry Manager, Specialty Inks Tel: +1-630-942-5255 Fax: +1-630-942-5258 email: rod.decker@cibasc.com http://www.cibasc.com/photoanddigitalimaging	Ciba Specialty Chemicals (HQ & Labs) 540 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA

GEW, European market leader in UV drying: VCP-Film, the brand new water cooled ultra-cool UV drying system, designed for UV curing on heat-sensitive filmic substrates - NUVA PLUS, GEW's latest high-efficiency, low-temperature, top performance UV drying system.
Contact: Tanja Reichert Bi-lingual Marketing Administrator Tel: +44-1737 824500 Fax: +44-1737 823822 email: sales@gewuv.com http://www.gewuv.com	GEW (EC) Limited Kings Mill Lane, South Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5NB UK

12:00 Noon

Luncheon

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Related IMI Conferences During February 2004 2nd UV Ink Jet Symposium February 2-3, 2004 Ink Jet Academy: Theory of Ink Jet Technology February 2-3, 2004

Over 225 registrants from the following companies attended the 2003 Ink Jet Developers Conference held February 5-7, 2003: Were you one of them?
3M	A. R. Monteith	Accu-automation	Advanced Imaging Processes	Aellora	Air Cruisers
Akzo Nobel	Alpha Dot Ltd.	American Ink Jet	Appleton Papers	Arizona Chemical	Avecia
Baker Petrolite	Best Buy	BMP America	Braden Sutphin Ink Company	Cabot Corporation	Carclo Technical Plastics - CTP Carrera
CFD Research	Ciba Specialty Chemicals	CIBA Vision	Coated Resources	Cognis Corporation	Collins Ink
Columbian Chemicals	Conductive Inkjet Technology	Cork Industries	Creo IL	Datamax	Degussa AG
Digital Image Technology	Digital Ink Technologies	Dimensional Consulting	DJT LLC	Douthitt Corporation	DSM Desotech
DuPont	Durst Phototechnik	Eckart America	Emerson & Cuming	Encres Dubuit	Flint Ink
Energizer	Essilor	Essilor International	FM Group	FamReal Partners	Federal Mogul
Flint Ink	Fusion UV	Gans Ink and Supply	GCC	GEM Gravure Company, Inc.	Gerber Scientific
Gerber Technology	Glaverbel	Graphic Digital	Halko Associates	Hanmi Film Technology	Heidelberg Digital LLC
Hewlett Packard	Hilord Chemical	Hitachi Printing Solutions	I T Strategies	IBM Corporation	IIMAK
Ilford Imaging	ImageXpert	ImTech	IMI	Ineos Silicas	Ink Technologies Ltd.
Inland Paperboard & Packaging	Integration Technology Ltd.	IST America	IST Metz	iTi	Jetrion
Kanzaki Specialty Papers	Kay Automotive Graphics	KITECH	Kolorcure	Kovio, Inc.	Kromachem Ltd.
Kyoto Densanshi Insatsu	Leo Lens Technology	LG.Philips LCD	Limo GmbH	Litrex	Markem
Materials Ireland	Metal Sign & Label Pty Ltd.	MetroMedia Technology	Mezo Technologies, Inc.	MicroFab Technologies,Inc.	Mutoh America
Mutoh Europe	ND Industries	NCR Corporation	Nicollett Technologies	Nordson UV	NuKote International
Oce Technologies	Ortec, Inc.	Osram Opto Semiconductiors	Pall Corporation	Parelec	PDG Hightower
Penn Color	Philips CFT	Pira International	Pivotal Resources	Proctor & Gamble	Quality Engineering Associates
Riso Kagaku	Rohm & Haas	SAGEM SA	Sartomer	Sawgrass Technologies	Sealed Air Corporation/Cryovac
Sefar	Seiko Epson	Sensient Imaging Technology	Sericol Imaging	Sigma Research	Spectra
Stratasys	SunJet	T & K Toka	Taiyo Ink	Tally Printer Corp.	techexchange.com
Techink	The Capital Group	The Dow Chemical Company	The John Henry Company	The Visual Information Group, Inc.	Tietex International
Toda Kogyo Corporation	Torrey Pines Research	Toshiba Tec	Toyo Ink	Trident	TTP Plc
UCB Chemicals	Unijet	Vantico Ltd.	Viisage	Wallace	Web Consulting
Wright Business Graphics	Xaar	Xennia	Zeller & Gmelin

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