Toyo Ink India, a member of Japan’s artience Group, has announced the inauguration of artience Technology and Innovation Centre – India (aTIC-India) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
This marks the group’s first Research Centre outside Japan and a significant milestone in strengthening India’s role in advanced research, manufacturing, and sustainable innovation. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on 4 February 2026 on-site of the new centre at the IISc campus.
Designed as a best-in-class research and co-creation centre, aTIC-India will focus on deep, molecular-level research to develop next-generation, sustainable, and high-performance materials. The centre will support industrial applications across infrastructure, communication, healthcare, energy and advanced electronics.
Established in collaboration with IISc Bengaluru, aTIC-India is the outcome of a shared vision that began in 2021 and evolved through continuous dialogue, trust, and partnership. Located on the IISc campus, the centre reflects artience Group’s long-term commitment to India — not only as a growing market, but as a strategic manufacturing and innovation hub.
Speaking at the inauguration, Satoru Takashima, CEO, artience Group, said, “The inauguration of aTIC-India marks a proud and historic milestone for artience Group. It reflects our commitment to excellence, purposeful innovation, and long-term collaboration, rooted in quality, sustainability, and real-world relevance.”
Toyo Ink India acknowledged the critical contribution of IISc Professors and Researchers, whose scientific expertise and guidance have been foundational to the establishment of aTIC-India. The centre is envisioned as a platform for co-creation, bringing together academia and industry to address real-world challenges through advanced materials research.
The company expressed appreciation to its brand owners and industry partners for their continued trust and collaboration, encouraging them to actively engage with aTIC-India by bringing real problem statements and their unmet needs for joint development.
Guided by the artience Brand Promise of “creating value that resonates with the senses,” aTIC-India aims to deliver solutions that balance high quality, strong performance and cost effectiveness, while creating long-term value for industry, society, and future generations.
Established in 2007 in Delhi, Toyo Ink India, a subsidiary of Japan’s artience group, is a leading single-source provider of integrated packaging and printing solutions. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of inks, coatings, color materials and other printing solutions for a wide range of industrial markets.
Its core products include conventional offset inks, UV-curable inks including LED-UV systems, flexographic inks, gravure inks, solvent-free lamination adhesives, inkjet inks, polyurethane resins, color masterbatches, pressure-sensitive adhesives and many more to come.
