This production line, in which the investment was made for over three years from 2011, will be located in Epson's Suwa-Minami Plant in Nagano Prefecture and the Sakata Plant in Yamagata Prefecture. Epson will conduct front-end manufacturing processes at Suwa-Minami and back-end processes at Sakata. Front end processes involve manufacturing the ultra-fine MEMS component that forms the core of the print head, while the back end processes involve using Epson's industrial robot technology to complete the assembly process.
"Epson's corporate vision calls for the expansion of the inkjet printer business, and the new production lines represent an essential element in these plans," said Motonori Okumura, executive officer and general administrative manager, Imaging Products Key Component Research & Engineering Division.
The new print-heads will be a culmination of Epson's new technology and the original design of the Micro Piezo print-head technology as the base that will provide Epson with a more compact design, better precision and improved cost performance.
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