Inkmaker

Inkmaker is an Italian company known all round the world as a dispensing systems supplier, used in different applications: printing inks; offset / uv inks; industrial paints; decorative paint; coil coatings; car refinishing; marine / aeronautical coating; wood coating; cosmetics; chemicals…. The company was founded to respond to the increasing demand of automation in the tinting dispensing processes. Today, thanks to our in house R&D and software department, we are able to answer to the various exigencies of our customers.

Having the same private ownership since 1987, Inkmaker is growing day by day and it now has a worldwide presence thanks to exclusive collaborations with European, North American, South American and Asian companies.

The dispensing systems are produced in San Gillio, a suburb of Torino and in three daughter companies created successively to improve the market coverage; in Brazil, China and Malaysia. Most of the production is carried out in Italy and Shanghai. The individual companies always produce the complete units while Research, Development and Software programs are concentrated in the Italian headquarters.

Inkmaker is the world market leader because they cover an international network. Today Inkmaker has over 30% of the world market share, the remaining part divided between approximately ten competitors, which mainly cover the local markets.

Over 1,400 installations are a guarantee of the quality and the efficiency of the Inkmaker stations, that are constantly updated by a dynamic and qualified team who develop every project in-house, and provide state-of-the art solutions ranging from small compact units to the most complex industrial systems.

Some advantages of Inkmaker dispensing units are:

The Technology

The Inkmaker series of dispensing heads employ unique technology to assure maximum benefits to users such as:

Flexibility: one single head or multi head system can handle a maximum of 96 products both water and solvent based. Customized solution that allows dispensing in containers of any size. Each product is dispensed through High Precision Multistage dispensing valves, available in various size depending on the quantity to be produced.

Simplicity: thanks to the simple and innovative design, all the elements of the head are easily accessible for cleaning and maintenance.

Just In Time

Whatever color you require, our dispensing system is able to produce within a few moments time. With Inkmaker's dispensing station, you no longer need to worry about holding stocks. All you need to do is simply dispense the required color and quantity into the system whenever you need it. You do not need to plan your stock in advance. There will be no more excuses such as out of stock or late delivery of stock.

Be More Flexible On Colours Demand

With our fully automatic All In One system (AIO) able to prepare and control the quality, consumption, stock and prices of your clear and pastel bases - linked to our dispensing stations which are able to dispense a range of colors based on the given formulas - the full process of colour preparation is totally fully automatic and under control. With this capability, your demands for color will be more flexible. Now you do not need to worry about the small quantity of color, which your supplier would not be able to supply to you. You do not need to ask you customer to change to the nearest color.

Rationalise Stock

The problems with stock control and monitoring of stock will always prevail because of the vast range of colors in existance. Inkmaker's dispensing system will be able to rationalize your stock and you do not need to keep such a wide range of colors. With our dispensing system all you need to stock is the base colors and this will enable you to cut down much on your color stock. With our system available, it is as if you have the whole range of colors in your plant.

Higher Consistency & Reproducibility

As our dispensing system is fully computerized, you will have more accurate and consistant end product. This means that all of your products will be of the same color without any variation. These will reduce your problem of wide color variance. The balance of your colors can be reproduced to whatever new colors you desire too.

Save Space In The Factory

The price of space has been surging and can be very costly in modern times. This has prompted modern manufacturers to maximize utilization of their plant space to the fullest. With the saving in space, production cost will definitely be lowered.

Save Manpower

Traditional dispensing systems require a few personnel to manage it in order to get the result that is required. With our computerized system, we are able to minimize human error and conflict.

Keep Control of Waste

With our dispensing station capable of having higher consistency and reproducibility, the volume of waste generated will be remarkably reduced. Our dispensing system is able to recycle the balance of the color to a new color that is needed. The software is able to adjust the formula and dispense into the balance to get the required new color.

Keep Control of Costs

With all the benefits stated above, cost savings will most definitely be achieved.

Increase Safety

As our dispensing systems are able to run automatically and any error will always be reported, the possibility of an accident occurred would be drastically reduced. This is an important advantage, especially in a fire prone factory.

Increase Environmental Protection

The levels of environmental protection consciousness have increased throughout the years. Our dispensing system is able to eradicate or minimize the wastes flowing out from the factory into the surrounding environment.

Traceability According to ISO Rules

Due to the current need of traceability, and according to ISO rules, our dispensing station software is able to generate reports, which answers to ISO standards.