TIGRES: Plasma Surface Treatment for Difficult Substrates

FuturePrint is pleased to welcome TIGRES to Munich with a booth and a presentation from Peter van Steenacker.

Since 1993, TIGRES has built atmospheric-pressure plasma systems used to activate, fine-clean and coat surfaces before printing, bonding or coating, boosting wettability and adhesion across sectors from automotive and electronics to packaging and textiles.

Peter van Steenacker is an electronics engineer with long experience specifying and integrating APPJ plasma nozzles, DBD systems for 2D/3D parts, and low-pressure plasma. He’s a regular lecturer/webinar host on plasma treatment and applications.

‘Plasma is the quick win when inks won’t wet or stick,’ says Peter van Steenacker, Sales Manager at TIGRES. ‘A compact jet ahead of print, cleans and activates the surface, so even difficult polymers behave predictably with adhesion that stands up in a production environment.’

Peter’s session will focus on getting difficult substrates, especially polymers like polyolefins, to accept ink reliably by activating the surface, raising surface energy and cleaning contamination with in-line atmospheric plasma.  

See TIGRES and meet Peter in Munich, 21–22 January 2026.