In the 1990’s, a group of individuals at one of South Africa’s first digital printing companies were faced with a dire problem. In their desperation to improve the quality of prints of their flagship printer, they had addressed all but one part of the printer and printing process. The Ink. But the solution, and the beginnings of a global ink manufacturer lay therein.

With the assistance of an ink chemist, the team began designing an ink, optimised for use with their troubled printer. After countless trials and errors, an ink was produced that not only increased the quality of the printed images, but also reduced nozzle drop outs and down time, drastically enhancing the printer’s capabilities far beyond anything the team had anticipated. The “Magic” ink as it was called, was selected by the printer’s manufacturer as the preferred ink for the printer type.

The opportunities facing this newly founded Ink business were far too great to be confined to a department of a printing company. And so, in 1998 a separate specialist ink development and manufacturing company was founded. TechINK was born.

TechINK was subsequently acquired by the printer’s manufacturer and the combination of these two companies strengths have been instrumental in TechINK’s emergence as a leader in the manufacture of solvent based digital printing inks and accessories. That same commitment to innovation that was responsible for the birth of TechINK is the drive behind everything the company does today.