Markem-Imaje
Public | |
Industry | Industrial Printers – marking, coding and traceability |
Predecessor | Markem Corporation and Imaje S.A. |
Founded | 2007 |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland, C.H. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Vincent Vanderpoel (President) |
Number of employees | Approx. 3,000 (2011) |
Parent | Dover Corporation |
Website | MARKEM-IMAJE.COM |
Markem-Imaje is a global manufacturer and distributor of specialized traceability, variable data and product identification equipment, for customers in the packaging industry. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Markem-Imaje is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois-based Dover Corporation.
History
Markem-Imaje was formed in 2007 from the merger of New-Hampshire-based Markem Corporation and the French company Imaje S.A., companies within Dover Corporation’s Dover Engineered Systems.[1] Started in 1911 in Keene, New Hampshire , Markem Corporation established itself as a designer and distributor of hardware, software and services for product identification. The company was named one of New Hampshire’s Best Companies to Work For each year between 2003 and 2005.[2] Markem Corporation was acquired by Dover Corporation in 2006.
Founded in 1982 by industrialist Jean-Claude Millet, Imaje S.A. developed inkjet technology, a printing method in which the printer makes no physical contact with the item being marked. Imaje S.A. was acquired by Dover Corporation in 1995.[3] The combined Markem-Image claims to be the world’s largest provider of product identification solutions.[4]
About Markem-Imaje
Markem-Imaje equipment prints product identification information for a variety of markets and applications, based on the following technologies: small character inkjet, thermal transfer overprinting, laser coding, large character inkjet, and print & apply label systems. Markem-Imaje technology prints data including best-by dates, tracking data, barcodes, and logos. The company also offers proprietary CoLOS print management software to manage print and tracking capabilities. The company operates in 30 subsidiary markets around the world, and maintains research and development centers in Bourg-lès-Valence, France, as well as Keene, New Hampshire in the United States; Nottingham, UK; Schoten, Belgium; Bangalore, India; and Gothenburg, Sweden..
Products
Product Coding
- Small Character Inkjet: 9000 Series
- Thermal Transfer: 8000 Series and SmartDate
- Laser: 7000 Series, Lightjet Vector and SmartLase
- Small character Hot Melt inkjet: 6064 and 6096
Case Coding
- Print and apply labeling: 2200 Series and CimJet
- Large character high resolution piezo: 5000 Series
- Large character vavlejet: 4020 and Crayon Plus
Pallet Coding
Print and apply labeling: 2200 Pallet and CimPak
Supplies
- Inks and Chemicals
- CIJ inks
- DOD inks
- TTR ribbons
- Touch Dry Holt Melt inks
- Legacy fluid inks
Software Solutions
- Packaged coding software: CoLOS Create, CoLOS Create Professional, and CoLOS Enterprise
- Traceability software: CoLOS Insite, CoLOS Pallet Track, CoLOS Coding Integrity, and CoLOS Line Traceability
Markets
- Food
- Beverage
- Cosmetics, toiletries and pharmaceuticals
- Electrical equipment and electronics
- Cables, tubes and profiles
- Postal
References
- ↑ "Markem, Imaje merge to form largest product identification specialist". Process Online News. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- ↑ Business NH Magazine (December 2003). "New Hampshire’s Best Companies To Work For". Business NH Magazine: 36–38.
- ↑ "NH’s Ten Best Companies; Ethics and Business". New Hampshire Public Television. 11 January 2006.
- ↑ Banham, Russ (2005). Dover Corporation: 50 Years of Entrepreneurship. Fenwick Publishing Group.