New Coating Plant Located in The North of England
After more than twenty years of working with external partners to produce coated fine art media, Innova Art has purchased their own clean room coating plant. Located in the historic industrial heartland of Northern England. The facility will operate under the name Innovation Technology Coatings (ITC).
“We have had our own team of in-house chemists for more than a decade,” says Mike Ramos-Gonzalez, Owner of Innova Art. “They have been working on a consultancy basis with external partners under the name of our sister company ITC. Now they finally have their own facility to call home.”
The chemistry team at Innova Art will continue to develop the bespoke formulations used to coat inkjet fine art and photographic papers in the Innova brand. They will now be able to work in close collaboration with the production team at ITC to refine and innovate at a faster scale. Customers utilising the Innova Art white label service will also be able to benefit: taking advantage of the option to produce coatings tailored to the needs of their own customers.
“For us this is an opportunity to expand,” adds Dr Nevelle Bower, CEO of Innova Art and Innovation Technology Coatings. “Innova Art will continue to work with our external coating partners. We understand the value that they bring and cannot put a price on how they have helped us grow over the years. Our relationships with them enable us to select the best manufacturing process for our products.”
“At ITC,” Nevelle continues, “we will be able to extend the offering beyond consultancy work. We can now offer a full range of coating services for aqueous and eco-solvent applications. Not just within fine art but continuing to build on the work ITC has already been doing for various industrial and consumer sectors.”
A select few partners of Innova Art have already been to see the new facility. Providing rave reviews of the site and its capabilities. Some chose to take advantage of the opportunity and commissioned the development of their own products, even whilst the facility was in its infancy.
As the ITC facility continues to grow, so to will the capabilities on offer. Innova Art is committed to continually support its customers. Working with them to create surfaces that resolve issues some have faced for years. And to manufacture entirely new solutions that were dreamed up in fits of creative inspiration. Innovation Technology Coatings is on hand to make those dreams come true.
If you have a question about coating capabilities, or would like to know more about any of the information in this article, please email marketing@innovaart.com.