Kornit Digital
| Public | |
| Traded as | (NASDAQ: KRNT) |
| Industry | Printing |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Rosh HaAyin, Israel |
| Products | Direct to garment printers |
| Revenue |
 US$ 66.36 million (2014) |
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US$ 3.82 million (2014) | |
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US$ 3.02 million (2014) | |
Number of employees | 251 (2014) |
| Website | kornit.com |
Kornit Digital(NASDAQ: KRNT) is an international manufacturing company, based in Israel. It produces high-speed industrial inkjet printers, and pigmented ink and chemical products for the garment and apparel decorating industry.[1] Kornit Digital is an international company with offices located in Israel, Hong Kong,[2] US, and Germany. The company's CEO has been Ofer Ben Zur since 2002 and the manager of Kornit's R&D department.[3]
History
The company was founded in 2003 by workers previously in the digital printing field. The company uses the same technology used in digital printing and has applied it to digital textile printing, which has developed more slowly than the field of digital printing. [4]
Products and Technologies
Kornit Digital's sells direct to garment printers of different varieties.[5] Its printers come with RIP software customized to each machine.
Kornit's machines use a pre-treatment wetting process that is integrated into the printer, which it calls The PreT System.[6] This enables printing on the garment without the need for manual pre-treatment of any kind, by applying a fixation agent automatically on press, immediately prior to the print process. This process makes wet-on-wet printing possible, reducing time usually spent on manual pre-treatment.
The company also provides a process which enables printing on dark garments.[6] This process includes coating finished garments with a white coat of ink created from patented inks formed from CMYK.[7] Kornit's ink plant in Kiryat Gat produces CMYK and white ink for its customers.[8]
Its inks have received Oeko-Tex approval in the industry.[9]
References
- ↑ Print Week. http://www.printweek.com/news/990391/Kornit-Digital-moves-Europe/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
- ↑ Impressions Magazine. http://www.impressionsmag.com/impressions/industry-news/Kornit-Digital-Readi-814.shtml
- ↑ Kornit Webpage. http://www.kornit-digital.com/AboutUs/?page=3&pageType=0
- ↑ http://www.kornit-digital.com/AboutUs/
- ↑ Israel High-Tech and Investment Report http://ishitech.co.il/0407ar8.htm
- 1 2 Business Week. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33277502
- ↑ http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7134749.pdf
- ↑ Printwear Magazine. http://printwearmag.com/article/state-industry-report
- ↑ Indian Textile Journal. http://www.indiantextilejournal.com/corporate/CUdetails.asp?id=894