Opening Ceremony -- Labo Omura New Facility - July, 2001 --

Labo has opened its new facility in Omura city, Nagasaki.

Yasui Group, parent company of Yasui Seiki Co. (USA), Bloomington, IN, opened a third Coating Research Laboratory in October in Omura, Japan. The new facility focuses on development of safe drying technologies for thick ceramic tape, as well as ink-jet media and machine development. The Omura lab features a 29-inch-wide coater, equipped with three zones of Yasui’s counterflow drying, then three zones of step air-bar dryers. The coater also incorporates both Micro Gravure™ and slot die heads. A second line is being designed with Micro Gravure, slot die, knife, applicator box and dip methods.

Click Here to see Omura machine specifications.