Innovation Center
Epson, which identified textile printing as a growth area in its Epson 25 Corporate Vision, seeks to drive a shift away from traditional plate-based analog printing of textiles and toward a digital printing environment that offers both high productivity and a smaller environmental footprint.
To accelerate this shift, Epson is installing prototype production and volume production systems for digital inkjet textile printers in Innovation Center
Epson will increase the efficiency of its printing solutions business operations by consolidating in the Innovation Center and adjacent offices the departments involved in functions such as strategy, sales and marketing, development, design, and production engineering.
Epson will broaden the world of digital printing and further accelerate inkjet innovation by continuing to refine its technology and provide outstanding products and services built around original core devices.
Innovation Center
Investment
Approx.
Start of operations
Total floor space
Approx. 39,634 m-2
Building construction
Four-story steel-frame
Hirooka Office profile (as of
Location
80 Harashinden, Hirooka, Shiojiri-shi,
Operations
Printing solutions business R&D, design, production and new business development for Epson as a whole. New product R&D.
Lot area
219,315 m-2
Year operations began
1970
About Epson's Hirooka Office
The Hirooka Office is the heart of Epson's printing solutions business. It serves as a center for administration, core device research and development, and production. As such, it works closely with Epson's global sales and production sites. It shares the advanced production technology and know-how it gains through the development and production of core devices with Epson's overseas sites to help maximize manufacturing capabilities across the
The advance of inkjets in commercial and industrial printing
Digitization is steadily advancing in the commercial and industrial printing markets, where the demand for design diversity is driving the spread of short-run production. Here, Epson has designated the signage, textile, and label printing segments as growth markets where there is ample room for digitization and expansion.
To lead the transition to digital printing in the commercial and industrial sectors, Epson is developing platforms that can efficiently be deployed in products and services that meet diverse customer needs. Leveraging the advantages of Micro Piezo inkjet technology, Epson will build up its lineup of faster, higher quality products that support a wide range of media and materials. At the same time, the company will provide applications built around its Color Control Technology color matching software to capture replacement, additional printer, and distributed printing demand.
Epson is accelerating the global shift to digital printing by opening Textile Solution Centers, first in
Products Launched in Growth Areas
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to becoming indispensable to society by connecting people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. The company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Epson is proud of its contributions to realizing a sustainable society and its ongoing efforts to realizing the
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