Ink Jet Collaboration with Domino

Xaar PLC 22 February 2000 XAAR PLC XAAR AND DOMINO ANNOUNCE INK JET COLLABORATION First product to be shown at CeBIT - the world's largest IT and digital printing exhibition held annually at Hanover. Two of the world's leading ink jet printing players, Xaar plc and Domino Printing Sciences plc, have announced that they are working together to develop new solutions for the case coding market. Under the terms of the agreement, Domino will become a major customer for the XaarJet 500 series of printheads. The first fruits of the collaboration will be seen on Xaar's stand at next week's CeBIT exhibition, in the form of a pre-production product for the case coding market. The commercial launch of the new product is expected later this year. Both companies are based in Cambridge, UK, which led Graham Wylie, chief executive of Xaar plc, to say that the agreement 'establishes Cambridge as the ink jet capital of Europe. We are delighted to be working closely with Domino on this project.' Nigel Bond, chief executive officer of Domino Printing Sciences plc, explained that the company assessed several alternative ink jet technologies, but believes that Xaar's technology is best suited to its needs. 'Our collaboration with Xaar puts us in a key position to become a major player in the case coding market worldwide. It is also an exciting opportunity to leverage the piezo ink jet expertise, which is effectively on our doorstep'. Graham Wylie, Chief Executive or Jonathan Lowe, Finance Director at Xaar on: 01223-423 663 Steve Liebmann or Lisa Baderoon at Buchanan Communications on: 0207-466 5000

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