Sawgrass Technologies and STS Refill Technology in the US have entered into a long-term license agreement under which STS will sell digital inks for sublimation imaging.
"STS is the latest licensee to recognise the depth of our patent portfolio," said Nathan Hale, CEO of Sawgrass Technologies. "We have new patents being issued all the time and a portfolio that continues to be relevant well into the future. STS is one of the younger companies in our industry, and it is nice to see new innovation continuing in what we believe is still a very early growth phase of an explosive market for digital printing."
Sawgrass owns a portfolio of more than 160 patents issued globally. Its other licensees include BASF, Huntsman (formerly Ciba Specialty Chemical), InkTec, Kiian Group, Kiwa Chemical, Mimaki Engineering, Nazdar and Sensient Technologies.
STS has a global distribution network and has signed a license agreement that allows it to sell its own manufactured dye sublimation ink around the world for use with printers having a carriage width greater than 42in.