Cabot Printable Electronics and Displays (Cabot PEDs), a business of Cabot Corporation, announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Digital Graphics, Inc. (DGI, www.dgi-net.com ), developer of the world's first Industrial Roll-to-Roll Electronics Inkjet Printer.

Under the agreement, Cabot PEDs will supply Cabot Inkjet Silver Conductor Products and DGI will exclusively distribute Cabot Inkjet Silver Conductor Products for use in DGI's new inkjet print system that is being developed for printing flex-based electronic components. Cabot's Inkjet Printable Silver Conductor Products allow for digital printing of metallic conductive features on a variety of substrates. In addition, these products offer reliable inkjet printing on piezoelectric multi-nozzle inkjet printheads, low temperature post-processing, short tact time, good adhesion and low resistivity.

Dr. James Caruso, Sales and Marketing Director, Cabot PEDs said, "Over the last two years, significant investments and technical achievements have been made in the area of printed electronics, most notable inkjet printed electronics. One of the missing elements has been the lack of inkjet print systems designed specifically for industrial inkjet printing. The advent of the DGI roll-to-roll industrial electronics inkjet printer will be a monumental step forward."

"DGI views the electronic and display industry as the next growth opportunity for inkjet printing," said Geun-Soo Choi, CTO/VP of Digital Graphics Inc. "DGI is a world-class inkjet print system manufacturer, however, it is the innovative features of Cabot Inkjet Conductor Products that make it possible to build an inkjet printer for this industry."

The DGI Electronics Inkjet Printer will be a roll-to-roll system capable of printing a multitude of electronic products including, but not limited to flexible printed circuits, membrane switches, flexible display backplanes, smart sensors and RFID antennas. The printer will contain inkjet printable silver conductor and polyimide dielectric ink and will be designed to use standard polyimide substrate materials. In addition, the DGI printer is expected to have an in-line curing station designed to allow for inkjet printing of complete single and multi-layer circuits, ideal for short run length and prototype circuit fabrication.

DGI will be promoting the Electronics Inkjet Printer and related materials at various industrial events throughout 2006. These events include JPCA in Tokyo (www.jpcashow.com ), SID 2006 in San Francisco (www.sid.org ), SGIA in Las Vegas (www.sgia.org ), IMI Printable Electronics and Displays Conference and Trade Fair in Las Vegas (www.imiconf.com ) and the 2nd Intl Plastic Electronics Conference in Frankfurt (www.plasticelectronics.com ).

Cabot PEDs develops and manufactures electronic materials designed for printing of electronic and display products. Cabot PEDs leverages its core competencies of ultra-fine particle manufacture and particle surface modification to produce conductor, resistor and dielectric formulations for use in industrial digital and analog print systems including piezoelectric inkjet, gravure and flexography.

Cabot Corporation is a $2.1BN global specialty chemical and materials company headquartered in Boston, Mass. Cabot's major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids. Cabot is also a leader in the production of fine, structured, sub-micron particles, comprising carbon, metals and metal oxides developed to enhance the performance of a variety of products, including rubber, adhesives, inks, microelectronics, and plastics. Cabot operates 44 manufacturing plants located in 23 countries around the world.

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