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Recycler Magazine, February 2007 Issue
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MAKING THAT MAGIC POWDER... IPM: An experienced young company The international toner market is growing. The demand for quality products is increasing, but not many new companies are entering the market. IPM is the exception to that rule - it was founded in 2000 in Turkey. Although the company itself was established just over six years ago, it has behind it the experience of its founding company KTKS - a company which saw a good business opportunity in the toner manufacturing industry. Ali Orgucu, IPM's Coordinator kindly answered some questions about the company and the toner industry in general. What made KTKS get into toner manufacturing and create IPM? Our parent company KISKA Construction, was interested in extending its industrial lines of certain powder chemical products. KTKS is a major producer of lime, brick and calcite. KTKS saw an opportunity for KISKA to contribute to the field of black toner technology. In the year 2000, we formed IPM and began to work on the production of toner powder. How important has it been for IPM to have the support of a chemical company with the expertise of KTKS? KTKS provided state-of-the-art technology and manufacturing know-how to IPM based upon its extensive background in coated mineral fillers. As a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, KISKA also provided the necessary capital for IPM to build a toner plant fitted with the most up-to-date equipment and staffed with the finest engineers and scientists. What are the most important steps in the toner manufacturing process? The six basic manufacturing operations in conventional ground toner manufacturing are: 1) Melt-mixing resins, pigments, and additives in a compounding extruder 2) Extruding, or sheeting out the hot mixture 3) Cooling the toner mass 4) Crushing or flaking the cold toner mass 5) Fine grinding or pulverising the raw toner 6) Classifying the toner powder At IPM, we consider Quality Control to be an essential part of the manufacturing process. It takes place before, during and after the basic manufacturing operations. From raw materials input to finished toner output, strict QC procedures are necessary to ensure the finest toner product. How long does it generally take to IPM to formulate and put a toner into production? Formulation, pilot plant production and extended machine testing can take anywhere from one month to one year, depending on the complexity of the toner and the availability of raw materials. Thus, the gestation period for a new toner product depends upon the nature of the toner as well as the particular team of scientists working on the project. What is the hardest part of producing a new toner? Perhaps the most difficult part of new toner development is the analysis of the specifications for the printer or copier that employs the toner. In my opinion, a complete understanding of machine performance is vital to the development of a new toner. What is IPM's production capacity? Roughly, 1.100 metric tons per year. However, that figure applies to the lowest capacity operation in the production line. Where are your main markets? IPM sells a full line of toners to dealers in nearly 50 countries around the world. Our market share varies widely from country to country. Over 90 percent of our sales are made in countries beyond the Turkish border. Which are the markets in which you are currently experiencing the biggest growth? Based upon our experience, the South American market is currently showing the biggest rate of growth. It seems that colour is becoming an important business for our industry, what are the main differences between black and colour toner? The main differences between black and colour toner are: 1) Colour toners are typically more sensitive because all four toners in a set must be compatible in terms of charge acceptance, colour balance, machine performance, and other properties 2) Colour toners use special pigments that are much more expensive than the carbon blacks used in black pigments 3) The pigments in colour toners are sensitive to heat and can be damaged if safe compounding temperatures are exceeded 4) Choosing a toner resin becomes more critical than for a black toner composition. There are other considerations as well, but I believe these are the main differences. Is there anything you would like to add? IPM is a state-of-the-art producer in this field that has worked closely with dealers around the world. We are commited to global growth in the toner industry and are continually developing new products to expand our extensive line of high quality toners.
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IPM Toner (Imaging Products Manufacturing) an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer offers and exports its products in bulk, in plastic bottles of various volumes and for some copier models in ready-to-use cartridges. Due to an overwhelming increase in sales over the year 2005 and the first half of 2006, IPM is expanding its warehouse facilities and implementing a new logistics control system to its factory plant as well as two new buildings and creating a new filling station area. “Make-to-stock” and construction of one more new filling station area seems to be essential for us to improve our service to our customers” says Mr. Lütfi Örgücü, chairman of IPM toner. “We need to have bigger stocks and more filling equipment on hand to satisfy our customers’ immediate demands. This decision is affecting the whole supply chain and requiring great deal of planning. Thus, we are also working on a new master planning system which will control purchasing, production and sales planning, as well as financial” added Ali Örgücü, coordinator of IPM Toner.
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Recycler Magazine, March 2004 Issue The Rechargeast Magazine, March 2004 Issue The Recharger Magazine, March 2004 Issue |
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TONER PRODUCER IPM ADDS THREE ENGINEERS TO ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM
Istanbul, Turkey, February 1, 2004 - Turkish toner manufacturer IPM (Imaging Products Manufacturing) announced three key additions to its management team and a major change to its organizational chart. Heeding the requirements of its ongoing ISO 9001:2000 project, IPM continues to evaluate its business operations to ensure that customers receive the most efficient service and the best quality products. As a result of this assessment, IPM made some major organizational changes and welcomed three new team members on board. Mrs. Meliha Öztürk, an experienced chemical engineer, is now in charge of Manufacturing Processes; Mrs. Ayla Sazak, also a chemical engineer, has been named Quality Control Manager; and Mr. Ahmet Taskaya, an industrial engineer and veteran of one of the most important industrial groups in Turkey, is now on board IPM as Head of its Logistics Department. “It is a difficult transition, that has taken most of our intellectual resources, but we needed it” says IPM Coordinator Ali Orgucu. “We have seen the opportunity during our ISO 9001 studies to reorganize ourselves to be a better and more efficient organization. This is doubling our work, but at the end it will be better for IPM and for its valued customers.” IPM currently exports its compatible toner products to customers in 24 different countries. “Everyday, new requests for information flow in along with inquiries about our products and our company,” says Mr. Ersun Ilgın, IPM’s Foreign Trade Manager. “These are coming from potential customers all over the world. Also, we are aware of the fact that competition is getting harder day by day. Gathering and sending information, manufacturing quality products, packing efficiently, sending samples fast and correctly, processing orders, following up on the logistics side—all require a good, fast and reliable organization. With our new team members, however, we are better able to respond.” Mr. Orgucu indicates that the reorganization work is almost done and ISO 9001 audition is scheduled for the first week of March 2004. To expand its copier and laser printer toner product lines, IPM launched a new product development program which focuses on two additional laser jet printers and one copier model. These models have not yet been released, but Mr. Orgucu hinted that they will be the most popular ones used in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. IPM plans to announce these models during the Remax Show in Barcelona, March 31 through April 2, 2004. Visitors to the IPM Booth at Remax will be able to discuss toner issues with company engineers and toner experts joined with Art Diamond, an internationally known expert in toner and ink jet chemistry who has been working closely with IPM over the past few years. |
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Recycler Magazine, August 2003 Issue The Rechargeast Magazine, August 2003 Issue The Recharger Magazine, August 2003 Issue Imaging Spectrum, ITC Magazine, August 2003 Issue |
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Turkish TONER PLANT OPERATES UNDER Free Trade Agreement With EU Pact Provides Duty-Free Access to European Customers Ojai, California, June 18, 2003 Under an Agreement with the European Union, Turkish toner maker IPM (Imaging Products Manufacturing) offers duty-free access to toner markets in Europe. According to IPM Coordinator Mr. Ali Örgücü, “Non-European toner dealers and distributors can sell IPM products to their customers in EU member countries and save most, if not all, customs fees.” Örgücü explained that “Restrictions apply to those toners produced with raw materials that originate outside of Turkey or the EU. For most toners, however, the exclusion is less than 10% of the toner components, giving IPM better than 90% duty-free export charges on sales to EU customers.” This favorable trade condition was revealed at the 20th Anniversary Toners & Photoreceptors conference in Santa Barbara, California June 1-4, 2003 when IPM officials, Mr. Lutfi Örgücü, Chairman and Mr. Ali Örgücü conducted private meetings with some of the largest US toner manufacturers and distributors. Detailed rules and provisions of the May 1996 agreement are contained in a 15-page pact (see attached file) between the European Community (EC) and the Turkish Customs Cooperation Committee. Formed in 2000, IPM is a division of 31-year old chemical company Kirec ve Tugla Kimya san A.S., a producer of chemical products, mineral fillers, super-fine coating pigments, GCC, brick, lime and other building materials. That organization, in turn, is wholly-owned by multi-billion dollar Kiska Construction Corporation, an international contracting and construction firm based in Ankara. Founded in 1966, Kiska has completed major infrastructure, bridge and building projects in the United States, Turkey, and throughout the Middle East. Projects include tunnels, pipelines, dams, hydroelectric power plants, irrigation facilities, airports, viaducts, bridges, industrial plants, water treatment plants, harbors and docks, sports complexes, industrial buildings and luxury hotels. IPM’s toner plant went on-stream with copier and laser printer toners that are sold mostly in Eastern Europe and in Middle Eastern countries. According to Mr. Örgücü, “We expect our toner plant to receive ISO 9001 certification sometime in the next few months. In anticipation of this event, we are planning to expand our sales operations in Europe and the United States with an extended sales team, a presence at major trade shows, and a magazine advertising campaign. Our products received a warm reception when we exhibited in Paris this Spring at Remax 2003 (April 15-17, 2003). They will also be shown at Recharger’s World Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada September 17-19, 2003.” Among the IPM’s long list of toners, are compatible products for Mita and Canon copiers and HP/Canon laser printers. They are available in bottles, cartridges, bags and drums. Included in the IPM line are toners for HP/Canon printer engines, AX, BX, EX, LX, PX, VX and WX as well as HP 1100, 1200, 2100, 4000, 4100, 4500 and 5000 machines. The Istanbul plant was engineered to include state-of-the-art compounding, grinding, classifying and pack filling equipment. Through Diamond Research Corporation (DRC) in Ojai, California, IPM has been sampling key toner manufacturers in the US to demonstrate its capabilities to formulate, compound, grind, classify, and package a variety of toner products. Strategic alliances are being established through these company contacts. In addition to offering finished toner products in bulk form, IPM is available to grind and classify toner pellets or granules for other producers. DRC President Art Diamond notes that “The availability of this plant capacity in Turkey is proving strategic, especially to those toner producers who are selling products to China and witnessing a double-digit growth in demand. A few producers have sold out all of their installed capacity to satisfy the huge potential of the Chinese market for copier and printer toners. IPM is standing by to help them fill orders.
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Turkish Toner Producer IPM Enlists DRC To Fill Excess Plant Capacity IPM is Emerging as an ISO 9001 Manufacturer Ojai, California, March 4, 2003 Turkish toner producer, Imaging Products Manufacturing (IPM) has retained Diamond Research Corporation (DRC) to assist in forming strategic alliances that would sell out the production capacity of its state-of-the-art toner plant in Istanbul. The affiliation began at Toners & Photoreceptors 2002, an annual industry event in Santa Barbara, California (June 2-5, 2002) when IPM Chairman & CEO Lütfi Örgücü, President Mustafa Örgücü and Coordinator Ali Örgücü met with DRC President Art Diamond. “I was as much impressed by the business plan these IPM managers set forth,” said Diamond, “as I was by the investment the parent organization has made in their company.” Formed in 2000, IPM is a division of 30-year old chemical company Kirec ve Tugla Kimya san A.S., a producer of chemical products, brick, lime and other building materials. That organization, in turn, is wholly-owned by multi-billion dollar Kiska Construction Corporation, an international contracting and construction firm based in Ankara. Founded in 1966, Kiska has completed major infrastructure, bridge and building projects in the United States, Turkey, and throughout the Middle East. Projects include tunnels, pipelines, dams, hydroelectric power plants, irrigation facilities, airports, viaducts, bridges, industrial plants, water treatment plants, harbors and docks, sports complexes, industrial buildings and luxury hotels. IPM’s toner plant went onstream with copier and laser printer toners that are sold mostly in Eastern Europe and in Middle Eastern countries. According to company spokesman Ali Örgücü, “We expect our toner plant to receive ISO 9001 certification sometime in mid-2003. In anticipation of this event, we are planning to expand our sales operations in Europe and the United States with an extended sales team, a presence at major trade shows, and a magazine advertising campaign. We will Exhibit our products at Paris Remax 2003 (April 15-17, 2003) and at Recharger’s World Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada September 17-19, 2003.” More… Says Mr. Örgücü, “Toner sales are increasing daily with new customers from the Middle East and other locations. They are pleased with the quality of our products and we have adjusted our volume pricing schedule for copier and laser printer toners to attract large distributors.” Regarding the upcoming Remax 2003 show, he added, “We are optimistic about the future and will be in Paris next month to proudly exhibit our line of toner products to the international community.” The Istanbul plant was engineered to include the latest compounding, grinding, classifying and pack filling equipment. Through DRC, IPM has been sampling key toner manufacturers in the US to demonstrate its capabilities to formulate, compound, grind, classify, and package a variety of toner products. Strategic alliances are being contemplated in these company contacts. IPM plans to help The Tiara Group celebrate its 20th Annual Toners & Photoreceptors conference in Santa Barbara, California, June 1-4, 2003. IPM officials will be on hand to arrange private meetings with interested parties. In addition to offering finished toner products in finished bulk form, IPM is available to grind and classify toner pellets or granules for other producers. For more information, please contact: Mr. Ali Örgücü, Coordinator or, Mr. Art Diamond,
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