Inkjet developer and manufacturer Xaar has won a place in the Government’s ‘Make it in Great Britain’ exhibition at the Science Museum this summer. Xaar joins over 40 British businesses at the event, including iconic brands as Airbus, McLaren and BAE Systems.
The exhibition of cutting-edge British manufacturing takes place 24 July - 9 September to coincide with the Olympic and Paralympic games. It is the culmination of the ‘Make it in Great Britain’ campaign launched last year by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to challenge outdated opinions of modern manufacturing and dispel the myth that Britain ‘doesn’t make anything anymore’.
Headquartered on Cambridge’s Science Park, Xaar has been at the forefront of industrial inkjet printhead development since its foundation in 1990. Its piezoelectric printheads are used to jet a variety of fluids onto a range of materials. Over the last seven years alone, Xaar has grown from 180 to almost 500 employees, and year-on-year sales in 2011 grew by 26% to £68.7 million. Xaar has recently invested £22 million to expand its printhead manufacturing at its state-of-the-art facilities in Huntingdon, UK.
“We are delighted to be part of such a great platform for British innovation,” said Ted Wiggans, operations director at Xaar. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase our innovative printhead technology that was invented in the UK. Our flagship Xaar 1001 printhead is manufactured in the UK and 86% of our printheads are exported, sold and used all over the world, making an important contribution to the UK economy. We invest around eight per cent of turnover in R&D and are always looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to help us grow the business further.”
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