Xerox breaks ground for toner plant
Xerox Corp. broke ground today in Webster for its $59 million emulsion aggregate toner plant.
toner
is used in multifunction office machines and DocuColor production
printers. It is supposed to produce sharper images but use less toner
per page. Xerox started making EA toner three years ago and
manufactures the product at a plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The new
Webster plant would more than double Xerox’s EA toner output, the
company said.
Xerox plans to spend $10 million to build the
six-story, 120,000-square-foot plant and ultimately add another $49
million in related investments.
Toners and other supplies are key
to Xerox’s annuity strategy, which calls for the document company to
pull in greater profits and ensure future revenue growth by stressing
equipment sales that tie customers in to regular supply purchases.