{"id":15060,"date":"2015-11-04T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:57:13","slug":"mkic-closing-virginia-toner-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2015\/11\/mkic-closing-virginia-toner-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"MKIC Closing Virginia Toner Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Glendale, CA, November 4, 2015<\/em> \u2013 Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging Corporation (\u201cMKIC\u201d), also doing business as Future Graphics, will be closing its Chesapeake, Virginia monochrome toner plant in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is the final step in a multi-year reorganization that has included consolidating MKIC\u2019s Research and Development activities, expanding global distribution, and increasing manufacturing capacity at MKIC\u2019s Naoestu, Japan production toner plant. MKIC will continue to develop next generation monochrome toners, color toners and OPC technologies to maintain its position as the global leader in the imaging aftermarket.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to increasing its production capacity in Naoestu, Japan, MKIC has entered into strategic global supply agreements for toner manufacturing with key industry partners who will continue to implement MKIC\u2019s proprietary formulas and materials. MKIC has already begun to transition the complete product line made in the Virginia toner plant so that there will not be any interruption to MKIC\u2019s renowned service and quality. MKIC\u2019s products will continue to be available through Future Graphics and its worldwide distribution partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to close the Virginia toner plant was an extremely difficult one,\u201d said Hiromitsu Takayama, President and CEO of MKIC, \u201cBut it is a necessary step for the long-term vision of our company and our desire to be the market technology leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>About MKIC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MKIC combines market knowledge and technical expertise to bring its customers the best value toner and OPCs in the imaging aftermarket. We have unmatched resources capable of delivering first-to-market matched systems to remanufacturers around the globe. MKIC is also the source of superior MK Imaging\u00ae brand OPCs and toner, Kaleido Chrome\u00ae brand color toner and OPCs, and TRUE HEX\u00ae and TRUE CONEX\u00ae gears for OPCs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glendale, CA, November 4, 2015 \u2013 Mitsubishi Kagaku Imaging Corporation (\u201cMKIC\u201d), also doing business as Future Graphics, will be closing its Chesapeake, Virginia monochrome toner plant in March 2016. The closure is the final step in a multi-year reorganization that has included consolidating MKIC\u2019s Research and Development activities, expanding global distribution, and increasing manufacturing capacity at MKIC\u2019s Naoestu, Japan production toner plant. MKIC will continue to develop next generation monochrome toners, color toners and OPC technologies to maintain its position as the global leader in the imaging aftermarket. In addition to increasing its production capacity in Naoestu, Japan, MKIC has entered into strategic global supply agreements for toner manufacturing with key industry partners who will continue to implement MKIC\u2019s proprietary formulas and materials. MKIC has already begun to transition the complete product line made in the Virginia toner plant so that there will not be any interruption to MKIC\u2019s renowned service and quality. MKIC\u2019s products will continue to be available through Future Graphics and its worldwide distribution partners. \u201cThe decision to close the Virginia toner plant was an extremely difficult one,\u201d said Hiromitsu Takayama, President and CEO of MKIC, \u201cBut it is a necessary step for the long-term vision of our company and our desire to be the market technology leader.\u201d About MKIC MKIC combines market knowledge and technical expertise to bring its customers the best value toner and OPCs in the imaging aftermarket. We have unmatched resources capable of delivering first-to-market matched systems to remanufacturers around the globe. MKIC is also the source of superior MK Imaging\u00ae brand OPCs and toner, Kaleido Chrome\u00ae brand color toner and OPCs, and TRUE HEX\u00ae and TRUE CONEX\u00ae gears for OPCs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[2512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15061,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions\/15061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}