New IMI Europe summer school: surface treatment for inkjet printing

Plasma and corona treatment to optimise print quality and durability

Thursday 16 to Friday 17 July, 2026

Novotel Gent Centrum, Ghent, Belgium

IMI Europe’s inkjet summer school will highlight the surface pre-treatment processes, including plasma and corona treatment, used to prepare substrates for inkjet printing.

The course is led by Peter van Steenacker from Tigres, Kevin McKell from Vetaphone and Kyle Aldridge from Krüss.

The two most common physical surface treatments are plasma and corona (dielectric barrier discharge) systems. These use different types of discharge technology to generate a plasma used to modify the surface. Plasma and corona treatment can remove contamination, increase wettability by changing the surface chemistry and, especially with polymers, improve adhesion by modifying molecular structure.

Both surface treatments can be used on a variety of substrates, including polymers, metals and ceramics. They are non contact processes that can be performed at ambient temperature and pressure, making them convenient and cost effective, and do not require any additional chemicals. The advantages and disadvantages of each process will be discussed.

To find out more and register, please click here