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Caboodle Patent News for Lexmark Cartridges

A patent application to protect a new method of cleaning some inkjet cartridges has been filed by California-based Caboodle Cartridge. It says the system would allow people with Lexmark printers and other printers that use own-label Lexmark cartridges to benefit from...

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Remax Editor’s Diary

Thursday 6th April 2006   Another hectic day at the show was rounded off nicely with a gala dinner at the spectacular museu maritim. Flamenco dancers, live music and acrobats entertained around 500 guests and the evening was made complete with an abundance...

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Panasonic opens new toner cartridge recycling operation in UK

Panasonic Communications Co. has set up a toner cartridge recycling facility in the UK with an initial recycling capacity of around 30 000 pieces a year. The facility will support a used toner cartridge collection programme begun by PCCUK in December last year. This...

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New Embatex production plant

Embatex AG has again gone against the usual trends. This much-awarded Carinthian business has not expanded to east Europe, but instead moved its production plants from Croatia and Slovenia to Austria. €7.6m has been invested by Embatex founder and Managing Director...

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Daewon SCN renamed PARK & OPC

Daewon SCN., Ltd announced that as of 30th March 2005 the name of the company has been changed to Park & OPC. Daewon has also divided up the OPC and Construction Materials Division. Daewon SCN., Ltd has changed its name to Park & OPC in order to concentrate more on...

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Promax breaks the 100 tonne barrier

Promax Imaging is celebrating this month, having now sold an incredible 100 tonnes of OCP ink – enough to fill around seven million cartridges. Horst-Gerh. Edelmeier, General Mangager of OCP GmbH told us “Promax Imaging and OCP have now been working together for more...

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WEEE Delayed in UK until 2006

‘Major practical difficulties’ will see the introduction of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive delayed in the UK until January next year – five months later than the legal deadline. The move by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...

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Kyocera Leaving Indonesia

Kyocera is reported to be closing its electronics parts manufacturing unit in Indonesia, following a pattern set by several other Japanese businesses including Sony, Kanebo and Asahi Kasei which have quit over the past couple of years. Kyocera started its electronic...

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HP targets remanufacturing with lawsuits

HP versus Lasercycle At the end of March a lawsuit was filed by Hewlett Packard against US remanufacturing company LaserCycle, alleging patent violations specific to the ink chemistry found in three of the company’s remanufactured inkjet cartridges. HP’s lawyers claim...

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