Benny Landa has sold his nascent Metallography technology – the zero waste alternative to foil transfer first shown at drupa last year, and which has yet to be commercialised.

Purchaser is Altana, which is Landa’s partner in its digital nanographic development programme, having invested some €100m into the Landa business in July 2014.

Landa says the motive is to ‘enable Landa to focus on Nanography, our breakthrough digital printing technology, while Altana takes over the final development work and commercialisation of our Metallography technology’.

Altana is a German based speciality chemicals company. The further development work, as well as sales and distribution of Metallography, will be steered by Actega Metal Print GmbH based in Hanover.

Landa is working on the commercialisation of his nanographic printing, a new method of digital printing that he says will have the benefits of digital printing combined with offset speeds and quality.

Some 400 printers – including several in Australia – stumped up $10,000 each five years ago for a place in the nano queue, but as yet Landa has been unable to get to the point of commercial acceptability.

Dr Roland Peter, president of the Altana division Actega Coatings & Sealants, added: "Landa Metallography technology has the potential to become a sustainable mainstream technology for metallisation graphics, supplanting foil-transfer in applications such as labels and folding cartons.

“The novel Metallography technology is both economically attractive and environmentally sustainable, saving a significant amount of material, cost and production time compared to the conventional cold foil and hot foil stamping technology.”

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