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Techkon announces strategic OEM partnership with inkjet supplier Screen Americas

Techkon, a supplier of high-precision colour measurement solutions for the global print and packaging communities, has entered into a strategic OEM partnership with Screen Americas.

Headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Screen Americas is a Screen Graphic Solutions group company, and provides a wide range of solutions to meet graphic communications needs, with a strong focus on production-class inkjet printing technology.

The company’s product portfolio includes Truepress inkjet printers and presses, PlateRite thermal platesetters, and PDF/JDF-based workflow solutions for computer-to-plate and print-on-demand.

In a press release, Danvers, Mass.-based Techkon called the strategic partnership “significant” because Screen Americas will be including the Techkon SpectroDens Premium handheld spectrophotomer as a core component of each new customer’s Equios colour management workflow solution. “This new integrated solution is also a standard offering for all configurations of the press series including the TPJ 520ZZ, TPJ 520NX, and TPJ 520HD,” Techkon said.

The Truepress Jet520 series remains the best-selling inkjet press for the direct mail, transactional, commercial print and book printing markets with more than 1500 machines manufactured by Screen since the first model Truepress Jet520S was launched in 2007.