Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Electroninks, Inc., the leader in particle-free conductive metal inks and advanced materials, today announced a contract manufacturing (OEM) agreement with FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Inc. Select Electroninks’ metal complex silver inks will now be manufactured for customers worldwide at Fujifilm’s New Castle, Delaware plant, one of the world’s largest inkjet ink manufacturing facilities.
“Electroninks customers can feel confident in Fujifilm’s experience and capabilities to produce our metal-complex particle-free silver products inks at scale, with the ultimate in quality assurance,” said Melbs LeMieux, co-founder and President of Electroninks. “This relationship positions us well to accommodate our continued growth and to meet the expanding demands of our customers through a proven, world-class global electronics manufacturing supply chain.”
Electroninks’ portfolio of products based on its proprietary particle-free conductive metal inks provides cost-effective, highly-stable and reliable solutions for applications in semiconductor packaging, consumer electronics, and medical devices. This agreement enables Electroninks to continue providing semiconductor packaging solutions to a growing roster of valued customers in a faster, more efficient process that addresses the challenges of today's global supply chain ecosystem.
FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants is a manufacturing center of excellence in the FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group, an experienced inkjet ink and dispersions partner to equipment manufacturers, integrators and ink formulators. The ISO 9001 certified Delaware facility specializes in the manufacture of inkjet inks and pigment dispersions, and is experienced in contract manufacturing of complex ink chemistry.
“Fujifilm is proud to partner with an innovator like Electroninks. Our dedicated expert teams have been working in close collaboration on technology transfer and scale-up of lab formulations to deliver precision manufactured, quality assured inks,” said Melissa Toledo, General Manager, FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants.
Semiconductors are an integral part of virtually every industry today. The semiconductor shortage of 2020 threw a massive wrench into many industries, slowing growth and snarling supply chains. In response, the CHIPS and Science Act, signed into law on August 9th, 2022, by President Biden, sets aside $52.7 billion for research and development and domestic manufacturing of semiconductors.
Now that semiconductor manufacturing will be a key focus domestically, the possibility for faster, more flexible, and less costly manufacturing processes can become a reality. Electroninks’ new collaboration with Fujifilm is key to that, as well as growing new types of advanced manufacturing capabilities and jobs here in the US.
