Landa verkoopt zijn meest veelbelovende techniek, Metallography, aan Altana

Rob van den Braak/23/02/2017/productie innovatie, Verpakking, Zakelijk

Een van de spectaculairste presentaties op drupa was Landa’s Metallography. Met als basis de Landa Nanoprint techniek, maakt Metallography het mogelijk om sprankelende metaalkleuren digitaal te printen, precies daar waar je ze hebben wilt. Deze eigenschap, plus de ongelooflijke dunne laag metaaldeeltjes, maakte Metallography een techniek om in de gaten te houden.

Nu heeft Landa deze techniek verkocht aan Altana, een Duits chemieconcern dat ook een van de investeerders is in Landa. Wellicht dat het daarom zo snel na de introductie deze veelbelovende techniek over kon nemen. Altana gaat voor Metallography een aparte divisie oprichten, om snel de aanval op traditionele folietechnieken in te zetten. Lees meer over deze overname in onderstaand persbericht.

Persbericht

Wesel (Germany) / Rehovot (Israël), February 21, 2017 – The Landa Group and ALTANA AG today announced that ALTANA has acquired Landa’s Metallography technology. First unveiled by Landa at the Drupa printing exhibition in June, 2016, this novel technology for producing metallized graphics is a sustainable alternative to foil-transfer processes, enabling metallization graphics at up to half the cost of conventional foil stamping. Landa will progressively transfer the remaining development and engineering work to ALTANA’s ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants division, who will be bringing the Metallography technology to market in the coming years.

“We are excited about this acquisition, which opens up new growth opportunities for ALTANA and strengthens our position as a leading solution provider for the printing industry,” stated Martin Babilas, CEO, ALTANA. “We are looking forward to our continued close and trustful cooperation with Landa as we prepare to bring this promising technology to market.”

Dr. Roland Peter, President of the ALTANA division ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants, added: “Landa’s Metallography technology has the potential to become a sustainable mainstream technology for metallization graphics, supplanting foil-transfer in applications such as labels and folding cartons.” The novel Metallography technology is both economically attractive and environmentally sustainable, saving a significant amount of material, cost and production time compared to the conventional cold foil and hot foil stamping technology.

Rob van den Braak

Printer’s devil (1964), phototypesetter, offsetprinter, teacher of graphic techniques, salesmanager, productmanager, trade journalist, founder of BlokBoek e-zine (2011). But above all husband, father, friend and lover of life in southern Spain (since 2010).