Xerox to Build Toner Plant in Webster, New York

Xerox to Build Toner Plant in Webster, New York

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today plans to build a toner plant on the company’s 1,100-acre campus in Webster, N.Y., a suburb of Rochester.

Scheduled for completion in 2007, the facility will create more than 40 jobs and retain 50 jobs. The plant will produce emulsion aggregation toner, a chemically grown toner that uses less toner per page and produces sharper images than traditional toner.

Xerox introduced EA toner three years ago. It is now used in more than 15 Xerox products like the company’s WorkCentreâ„¢ multifunction devices that print, copy and fax, and the Xerox DocuColorâ„¢ series of color printers. EA toner is currently manufactured at the company’s plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The additional plant in Webster will increase EA toner production by 175 percent per year.

The six-story, 120,000-square-foot facility will result in a $59 million investment, including about $10 million for the actual construction of the new plant, which is scheduled to begin later this year.

“Xerox’s invention of EA toner has created another differentiator for us in the marketplace,” said Wim Appelo, Xerox corporate vice president of Paper, Supplies & Supply Chain Operations. “As more Xerox color systems are designed to use EA toner, we need to increase production, ensuring that Xerox is well positioned to support future growth in color printing.”

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