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 The 10,000 square foot facility, located at 9524 Hebron Commerce Drive, houses Ink Solution University, a training program for entrepreneurs who want to get started in the ink and toner cartridge recycling business. Read More...
Graphic Utilities Announces Partnership
with Ink Solution of Florida |
| January 1, 2003 |
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Graphic Utilities, a Saunders Company, has been designing, manufacturing
and distributing inkjet inks in the United States and Europe for nearly 17
years, and more recently entered the Middle East and the Pacific Rim
markets. Graphic Utilities' latest expansion effort is a partnership with
Ink Solution of Florida.
Ink Solution of Florida, a subsidiary of Paraí Brazil, will act as
exclusive distributor of desktop inkjet inks for Graphic Utilities in South
America. The company was established a year and a half ago to act as a
jumping off point between North and South America.
Ink Solution of Florida markets and distributes complete refilling
solutions designed by Paraí. Product offerings include the Ink 3000 series
filling machines, testers, tapes, clips, labels and Graphic Utilities inks.
Paraí has similar offerings in South America.
"Ink Solution of Florida and Paraí have an exceptional understanding of
the South American market, and remanufacturers' needs in general," said Dana
Fuller, product marketing manager for Graphic Utilities. "Its Ink 3000
refilling machines and components are innovative and extremely successful.
If you add this to the company's commitment to provide the consumer with no
less than OEM quality products, then you have a company that we are proud to
be affiliated with."
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| Remanufacturing Industry Continues to Grow
Internationally |
| March 25, 2004 |
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| The international market, for the target that we reach, is
much more aggressive than here in the United States. We sell equipment for
retail operations, which is a very small market in the United States. We
have sold to more than 42 countries. – Lou Pedrosa, Ink Solution of Florida |
| Parai Setting Up Distribution of Ink 3000
Recycling Machine in the United States |
| June 1, 2002 |
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| MIAMI - Parai, a Brazilian company that has created an
inkjet recycling machine using vacuum technology instead of the injection
method, is no offering its INK 3000 machine to the American market. Parai
is setting up distribution in the United States for entrepreneurs who want
to go into the fast-growing, earth-friendly inkjet cartridge recycling
business. The U.S. operation is called Ink Solution.
The INK 3000 machine was invented by Luciano Piquet, an engineer and
computer technician from João Pessoa, Brazil. Piquet is also
director-president of Parai.
The INK 3000 is already sold throughout South America and Europe. It
comes in three versions: INK 3000 Black, which only recycles black
cartridges; INK 3000 Color, which recycles color cartridges; and INK 3000
Plus, which does both.
The INK 3000 machines use vacuum pressure to refill inkjet cartridges for
printers from makers such as HP, Epson, Canon and Lexmark. The vacuum method
results in pressurization identical to the original cartridge and prevents
bubbles.
'The cartridge gets refilled in two minutes with a 100 percent guarantee
that it won't ever spill ink. Other machines still use the injection
process, and that can really cause problems,' Piquet said.
Another benefit is that consumers get twice as much ink and pay less than
they did for the original cartridge. Cartridges for most printers are
released with only 20 milliliters of ink, but INK 3000 can remanufacture
them with 40 milliliters.
An additional benefit of the INK 3000 Plus is to the environment, since
recycling and reconditioning inkjet cartridges keeps them out of landfills.
The market for reconditioned cartridges has been growing as printer costs
drop and new cartridge prices rise. Printer manufacturers are supportive.
'Since we don't agree with monopolist attitudes, we try to live in harmony
with the non-original cartridges,' said a representative of Hewlett-Packard
Brazil in a statement.
INK 3000 has received the Technological Innovation 2000/NE award from the
Brazilian government. The program was created to encourage technology
innovations that generate positive results for Brazilian society.
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| 2003 Readers' Choice Award Winners List |
| October 1, 2003 |
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First Place
Parts Now! – Quick Reference GuideSecond Place
Ink Solution – Refill kiosks
Third Place
MSE – New partner program
Special Recognition
Cartridges Are Us –"Refill My Empties" collection program
TonerPlus/ALBAAT – Cartridge collection software, inkjet collection boxes |
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