Top 10 Inkjet Printer Manufacturers and Brands
1. Markem-lmaje
Country: France/USA
Founded: 1991
About the company:
Markem-Imaje is a globally recognized manufacturer of product identification and tracking solutions, offering a comprehensive range of inkjet, thermal transfer, laser printing and labeling systems, as well as RFID-based systems.
Focusing on product quality, safety, regulatory and retailer compliance, product recalls and manufacturing process improvement, Markem-Imaje provides complete solutions to meet its customers' needs.
Markem-Imaje has 30 subsidiaries worldwide to provide high-quality product marking and coding solutions to more than 40,000 customers.
In addition, Markem-Imaje customers are supported by six R&D centers, numerous equipment maintenance centers and factories strategically located around the world.
2. Videojet
Country: USA
About the company:
Videojet (Shanghai) Identification Technology Co., Ltd., which was originally a department of AB Dick Company, became a subsidiary of the Danaher Group of the United States in the 1960s. Today, Videojet is one of the world's leading manufacturers of identification systems.
As a reliable manufacturer in the global logo industry, the company is known for providing excellent custom logo products, services and solutions, and is considered a representative of stable global solutions. For over ten years, Videojet has been innovating, developing, manufacturing and selling high-quality inkjet printing and marking equipment and consumables.
Videojet Technologies Inc. has gained worldwide recognition for its diverse technologies that provide appropriate inkjet and logo solutions, and for its focus on providing high-quality equipment, consumables and services. The company's large and small character inkjet printers, laser coding systems, thermal transfer printers and labeling equipment can print variable data such as use date, production date, batch number and operator information, as well as one-dimensional and two-dimensional data. Dimensional barcodes on almost all printable product packaging, containers or pallets.
With more than 325,000 sets of equipment installed worldwide, Videojet has established 30 direct sales operation departments and has more than 3,000 employees. Its global network of sales and service centers provides high-quality services to all regions.
The company has established direct sales operation departments all over the world, including Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia , Singapore, Spain , Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom, to provide sales, service, training, management and application support for global customers. In the United States alone, there are 250 direct sales and service personnel.
Additionally, Videojet's distribution network includes more than 150 global distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), covering 135 countries/regions.
3. DOMINOES
Country: Great Britain
Founded: 1978
About the company:
The Domino Group was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, England. Since its establishment, Domino has gained a worldwide reputation in the field of logos and printing due to its professional logo and printing technology, high-quality product equipment and globally unified standard services.
Domino's digital printing department provides the enterprise printing industry with digital inkjet printing systems, digital label printing systems and more. These systems are widely used in variable information printing such as labels, publications, security printing, packaging printing and dyeing.
With more than 2,800 employees worldwide, Domino has a business that spans more than 120 countries. The company has production bases in Great Britain, the United States, China, Germany, India, Sweden and Switzerland. Domino Logo Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in China in 1995, and the Chinese market is one of the important markets of the Domino Group.
Since 1998, Domino China has successively obtained ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 system certification in the logo industry. In May 2002, Domino's Asia-Pacific headquarters was located in Shanghai's Jinqiao Export Processing Zone, becoming Domino's largest overseas production and distribution center.
Currently, Domino has established more than 30 branches, offices and service stations in major regions and cities across China, serving a wide range of customers in various industries, including a large number of renowned domestic and global companies.
4. Hitachi
Country: Japan
Founded: 1910
About the company:
As a global leader in social innovation, Hitachi conducts business across the electricity, energy, industrial, circulation, water, urban construction, public, medical and healthcare sectors, providing high-quality solutions through collaboration with customers.
Hitachi is currently accelerating its global social innovation efforts to solve various social problems, become an innovation partner in the IoT era, and strive for greater development in the global market. It intends to take advantage of its advantages in using control technology at the beginning of its business and its half-century-old IT technology, integrating big data analysis, AI and other digital technologies.
Founded in 1910, Hitachi has always adhered to the entrepreneurial spirit of “harmony, honesty and pioneering spirit” and the corporate philosophy of “contributing to society through excellent independent technology and product development”. In more than 100 years of development, the company has achieved the heritage and continuous growth of its cause.
In the face of rapid changes in the world economy, Hitachi formulated a new vision: “Hitachi, with innovation to pave the way for solutions, with excellent teams and rich experience in the global market, to inject new vitality into the world.” The company has developed the core values of the Hitachi Group to make greater contributions to social development with a new spirit.
In China, Hitachi has carried out extensive business activities with the aim of becoming “The Most Reliable Partner in China”. Furthermore, the company pays great attention to environmental protection and is committed to the development and modernization of social infrastructure systems based on energy conservation and emission reduction. It aims to solve China's social problems and make positive contributions to the sustainable development of Chinese society.
5. Linx
Country: Great Britain
Founded: 1986
About the company:
In the 1980s, the Linx brand was founded in Cambridge, England, the birthplace of inkjet technology, and entered the Chinese market in 2013, establishing a wholly owned subsidiary, Linx Aoke (Shanghai) Trade Co., Ltd.
Linx's first continuous inkjet (CIJ) printer was the 5000, created in 1987, followed by the 5100, 5150 and 5200 inkjet printers. All are inkjet printers with sealed printheads, a start-stop key and four-line inkjet printing performance.
In 1988, the 4000 was launched, followed by the 6000 in 1991. The latter maintained Linx's “pioneering” record by virtue of a full set of automatic intermediate nozzle wash function and WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) display. ).
Updated versions of both models were put on the market in the 1990s, including the first 6200 inkjet with automatic shutdown function and the 4800 which achieved another industrial “first” because it met the IP55 protection standard.
Linx's first food-grade ink was developed for the European egg inkjet printing market and was used in the 6200 and 4800 models in 1997.
The Linx Linx6800 Spectrum inkjet printer was launched in 2002.
In 2003, the 4900 replaced the 4800. The stainless steel deep shell inkjet printer can shake off water.
In 2009, the 7300 replaced the 6000 series inkjet printer.
In the following years, the 7300 and 4900 series were further expanded and included models with specific applications, such as the 7300 Spectrum for high contrast pigmented paints and the 4900DC with a horizontal nozzle that can adapt to spraying multiple products (yogurt can). . codes.
Linx has also developed its own series of inks and solvents to enable its CIJ inkjet printer to adapt to a variety of substrates and applications, including wet bottle coding and UV readable inks.
In 2011, the Linx CJ400, a new CIJ platform, was added to the series. The large color touch screen contains clear, step-by-step instructions, making information creation extremely simple.
At the same time, the self-service module reduces labeling requirements for maintenance engineers. These new functions position the Linx CJ400 as a very flexible inkjet printer that can be easily moved to another production line for quick installation.
The independent service module also makes the CJ400 suitable for geographically distant companies that are expensive to maintain.
6. KBA
Country: Germany
Founded: 1817
About the company:
KBA has been inspiring the world since 1817 with innovative technology that has guided the industry. She has consistently excelled in printing and related fields, creating new world records.
In 2017, KBA launched the Koenig & Bauer brand at the important moment of its 200th anniversary, opening its third century of development with a clear growth strategy and a new market perspective.
As one of the world's leading printer manufacturers with a long history and large scale, KBA can provide innovative customized solutions for almost any application need. Its product diversification allows KBA to have proprietary technology in many fields of printing technology and has the excellent ability to transform users' ideas into reality.
As a leader in the printing industry, KBA can be found in cosmetics, iron cans, cardboard and even small snack packaging. It accounts for 90% of the global banknote and bond market share and 80% of the global metal printing share. Its global presence in whole sheet metal, packaging and spinning machines cannot be underestimated. At the same time, KBA also occupies a quarter of the global sheetfed offset printing machine market share.
For a long time, KBA has adhered not only to the spirit of innovation but also continuous research, providing after-sales service guarantees to customers and helping them improve their excellent production performance. It can complete the observation of each printed sheet through online quality control, and strives to provide customers with good quality usage through Gaobao's deep foundation, good printing quality and effective production efficiency.
KBA has more than 7,500 printers operating in more than 5,000 printing companies around the world. Its success in occupying such a large market share is not by chance, but by adherence to the concept of innovation for many years.
Through the joint efforts of its sophisticated employees and reliable business partners, it has successfully combined customers' needs and advanced technology, continuously innovated and met customers' needs, joining hands to welcome the future of printing.
With hundreds of years of innovative spirit and perfect product services, KBA has continued to take root in the Chinese market, gained valuable experience and friendships in the industry, and brought multi-directional printing and packaging solutions, intelligent and personalized products and services.
As a large-scale international enterprise, KBA has formed a complete network system of design, production, sales, technical support and after-sales service around the world. With the continuous development of business in China, KBA pays more attention to users' needs for after-sales service.
So far, KBA has established a solid after-sales service system and spare parts warehouse in Shanghai, Dongguan and Hong Kong, and trained a group of strictly trained technical and engineering personnel to ensure safe and effective operation and production of KBA equipment.
KBA Service 4.0 is a comprehensive embodiment of KBA's cutting-edge services. It provides users with a variety of services, including complete machine inspection and maintenance, upgrade and transformation, remote maintenance, spare parts, equipment relocation and process plans, which have been highly praised and confirmed by users.
KBA will continue to provide users with various high-quality technical support and after-sales service, and work together with Chinese users to create the future.
7. EBS
Country: Germany
Founded: 1977
About the company:
Founded in 1977, EBS German Inkjet Group is a multinational company specializing in industrial inkjet equipment, integrating research, development and production.
Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, it has subsidiaries in Poland, the United States, China and other countries. With a full series of products and reliable professional technology in the field of inkjet marking, its business covers more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
EBS Logo Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the German EBS Inkjet Group in China, is a high-tech company responsible for all of EBS's business in China. Currently, there are EBS distributors in every city in the country. The establishment of EBS China brings more competitive products and perfect after-sales service to domestic customers.
EBS has a complete series of products in the field of inkjet coding systems. DOD large character series (EBS-230/EBS-1500), CUJ small character series (EBS-6600/EBS-6900) and portable series (EBS-250/EBS-260) can meet almost all inkjet requirements for logos.
EBS products are widely used in various industries around the world, such as food, beverage, electronics, medicine, cosmetics, mechanical parts, cables and wires, building materials, steel and petroleum, cement, wood, stone, elevators, logistics, public facilities and many others.
In 2005, EBS invested heavily in the development of the innovative EBS-HANDJET250 portable inkjet printer, which brings new solutions for identifying heavy objects.
EBS uses advanced technology and excellent quality to customize innovative and effective identification solutions for customers, reduce operating costs and solvent waste for customers, help customers improve production, operation and logistics efficiency, and help customers' companies to integrate with Industry 4.0.
EBS Company adheres to people-oriented values and pays attention to environmental impact. All products comply with ISO9001 certification, which can better meet customers' quality needs and identification goals.
8.KGK
Country: Japan
Founded: 1968
About the company:
Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Wakayama, Japan, KGK Jizhou Technology Research Industry is a professional company specializing in the development, production and sales of various inkjet printers, wheel printers and their consumables.
The company started with the vision of bringing its technology to the world from Kyushu, Japan. They are committed to carrying out intense research to awaken the vitality of life and create a vibrant industry. Sales personnel also come from a technical group of technicians. They adopt a direct marketing system and serve customers meticulously.
Since its establishment, KGK has developed and manufactured more than 100 types of wheel code printing machines suitable for various production lines. They have carried out self-development and development of print heads, various consumables and character detection machines. KGK has formed a professional group integrating development, manufacturing and sales. They have become a prominent company in the field of Japanese logo machines.
In November 2005, President Fugan Fuzhong was awarded Huang Shuhaozheng by the Emperor of Japan, and in April 2006, the company was ranked as one of the top 300 SMEs in Japan. In 2007, they obtained ISO9001 certification.
KGK has a customer base from all walks of life, making them adaptable to market changes. As a development-oriented company, its aim is to better meet customer needs, provide stable products, and demonstrate its technical strength to the world. They are promoting research into microprocessing technology and droplet technology.
KGK Jizhou Code Printing Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned company founded by KGK Jizhou Technology Research Industry in November 2002 in China. Its manufacturing base is located in Shanghai Songjiang Export Processing Zone. Since its establishment, the company has set up independent offices and liaison offices in 22 major cities across the country and has agents in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Russia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries and regions.
KGK has more than 60 types of inkjet printers provided by the Japanese headquarters to automatically print product names, manufacturing dates, company logos, etc., for corrugated boxes, packaging boxes, PET bottles, glass bottles , wood, building materials, cables, metal products and other items.
KGK is growing rapidly in the Chinese market and around the world.
9. EC-JET
Country: China
Founded: 2006
Products: Identification appearance quality testing equipment, product sealing testing equipment, small character inkjet printer (CIJ), large character inkjet printer (DOD), laser inkjet printer (ECL ), high-resolution inkjet (ECH) printer and related consumables
About the company:
was founded in 2006 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guangzhou Famaga Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. The company has several brands, including EC-JET and FOMONE.
Guangzhou Yida is committed to providing excellent inkjet marking equipment, product testing equipment, professional industry solutions and high-quality customer service to customers around the world. The company aims to create greater value for the sustainable development of customers.
As a leading company in the national industry, the company was the first writer and led the formulation of the national standard for Continuous Inkjet Printer (GB/T29017-2012).
The company has a professional R&D team, industry-leading independent core technology and sustainable R&D resources, along with a complete line of inkjet marking products and testing equipment.
Guangzhou Yida provides suitable products and professional industrial solutions for various industries, including pharmaceutical, food, beverage, candy, cosmetics and electronic products.
10. Matthew
Country: USA
Founded: 1850
About the company:
In 1850, John Dixon Matthews arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Sheffield, England, and opened a lettering shop. Matthews' initial offerings included military stamping supplies, soldering irons, and wooden box seals.
In the early 20th century, Wapung paper boxes began to replace wooden boxes. Matthews, always at the forefront of innovation, responded by creating vulcanized rubber seals and printing plates for use on cardboard.
Today, Matthews Marking Systems maintains its position as an industry leader with cutting-edge solutions such as inkjet, laser and automated packaging material marking.
