Inkjet Printing in Industry – Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Applications

Since 2019 Werner Zapka operates as independent consultant in the inkjet printing industry, and he organizes the Technical Conference at the annual INPRINT fairs. In 1980 Werner Zapka earned his Ph.D. in physics at the Max-Planck-Institute in Göttingen, Germany, on design and applications of excimer and dye lasers. He then moved to IBM Research Labs, USA and IBM Germany, engaging himself for 14 years in research and development in semiconductor, MEMS, electronic packaging and laser technology. From 1995 to 2019 he was manager of the Advanced Application Technology team with a focus on digital fabrication at XaarJet AB (Järfälla, Sweden). He and the Xaar team focused on development of new inkjet applications and processes for the industrial market. From 2009 to 2015 he also served as adjunct professor at KTH Stockholm to develop inkjet-based smart packaging solutions. In 2016 Werner Zapka was awarded with IS&T?s Gutenberg Prize for his contributions to industrial inkjet printing and digital fabrication.