Domino Printing Sciences
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| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | Graeme Minto |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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| Products | PALM (print and apply labelers), UV inkjet industrial printers, CIJ (continuous inkjet industrial printers), TIJ (thermal inkjet printers), CO2 laser coders, Piezo DOD (drop on demand) printers, fiber laser coders, coding automation software, QuickDesign production line controllers |
Number of employees | Approx. 2,800 (2020) |
| Parent | Brother Industries |
| Subsidiaries | Citronix, Graph-Tech AG, Domino Print and Apply (Mectec Elektronik AB until 2016), PostJet Systems Ltd., Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH |
| Website | domino-printing |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Domino Printing Sciences PLC is a British-based developer of industrial and commercial inkjet printing, thermal transfer printing, print and apply machines, digital printing presses and laser printing products. At present, they are operating in over 120 countries, have over 2,800 employees and have manufacturing facilities in the UK, US, China, Germany, India, Sweden and Switzerland.[3] The company's roots are in the industrial printer hardware space, until recently, when they have begun to move into the software space.
History
[edit]The company was founded by Graeme Minto in 1978 to exploit continuous inkjet technology (CIJ).[4] By 1984 Domino had shipped its 1000th printer. It was first listed as DNO on the London Stock Exchange in 1985. In 1989 Domino moved to a new headquarters, located a few miles from Cambridge.[4] In 1994 it acquired Directed Energy, a small laser marking business based in California, United States.[4] In 2004 it acquired Wiedenbach, a supplier of ink jet printers, and Purex, a supplier of fume extractors for laser printers.[5] In 2005, it acquired Sator, a supplier of laser printers. In 2006 it acquired Enterprise Information Systems, an RFID specialist.[6]
In March 2015 Japan's Brother Industries announced it planned to buy Domino Printing Sciences PLC for £1.03 billion in cash ($1.55 billion).[7] On 12 June 2015 Brother Industries announced it had formally completed the acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences plc.[8]
After 22 years of success at technology manufacturer Domino Printing Sciences – including managing the sale of the FTSE250 company to Brother Industries in 2015 – CEO Nigel Bond, 61, passed on the management baton following his retirement at the end of March 2019. Robert Pulford, previously managing director of Domino’s Digital Printing Solutions Division, was appointed by the company to take over the CEO role.[9]
Products and technologies
[edit]Products produced by the company include continuous inkjet (small character) systems,[10] digital colour label presses,[11] piezo micro drop on demand (piezo DOD) systems, scribing laser coding and marking systems,[12] high speed binary inkjets, valve jet drop on demand (large character) systems, print and apply label applicator systems (PALM),[13] thermal inkjet (TIJ) systems, thermal transfer – packaging printing systems[14] and fume extraction systems.[5]
Software
[edit]Software products produced by the company show a large push towards the Industry 4.0 space to control multiple printing and coding machines simultaneously. The company's software offerings include inkjet and production line controllers[15] and coding automation software.[16]
Operations
[edit]The company has operations organised as follows:
- Domino Lasers – (Germany)
- Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH – (Germany)
- Graph-Tech AG – Switzerland
- Domino Print and Apply (Mectec Elektronik AB until 2016) – Sweden
- PostJet Systems Ltd – UK
- Domino Printing - México
References
[edit]- ^ "Company information". Domino Printing Sciences. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Companies House Profile". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Domino Amjet. "About Domino Company Information". Domino Amjet. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Innovation Management" (PDF). palgrave.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Brussels lays golden eggs for Domino". The Daily Telegraph. 19 January 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Domino Acquires RFID Specialist". Manufacturingtalk. 26 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007.
- ^ "Japan's Brother Industries to buy UK's Domino Printing for $1.55 billion". Reuters. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Brother completes acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences". Domino Printing Science. 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Domino Printing Sciences appoints new CEO". Domino Printing Science. 30 July 2024.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Continuous Inkjet (CIJ)". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Digital Inkjet Colour Label Press". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Laser Coding and Marking". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Print and Apply Labelling Machines". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO)". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Controllers". Domino Printing Sciences. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Domino Printing Sciences. "Coding Automation". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
