The Markem Imaje Group Company Profile

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Description

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Company Name

The Markem-Imaje Group

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Website

www.markem-imaje.com

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Established Date

2007

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Headquartered

Switzerland

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Market Position/ History

Markem-Imaje is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Dover Corporation. In 2007, The American company Markem and the French company Imaje merged and the new company Markem-Imaje was born. Omar Kerbage was appointed President of the Product Identification Group and Serge Kral, President of the Business Group. In 2008, the company launched, large-width Thermal Transfer Overprint (TTO) coder SmartDate 5/128. Then in 2011, the company also launched, small character inkjet printer 9232, TTO printer SmartDate X40, the 7031 HD laser and the Print and Apply series 2200.

Release of the CoLOS version 5 including new features for coding integrity, printer performance monitoring and reporting, instant alerts over email or SMS and SAP connection. Thereafter, the company acquired RSI Systems, a leader in thermal inkjet printers, and CSAT, experts in high-end digital printing systems. Visit the CSAT website in 2013, and 2014 respectively.

Thereafter, in 2020, the company acquired Systech, which joined Markem-Imaje to deliver comprehensive packaging intelligence solutions that protect products from the factory floor to the consumer. Then acquired Solaris. Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, Solaris supplies advanced fiber, ultraviolet and CO2 laser systems used for product marking and coding, and in the same year the company also launched e-commerce portal for the purchase of consumables and an overview of the installed base.

In 2021, the company launched SmartDate Xtreme Plus printhead for faster high-resin TTO printing and also acquired Blue Bite to connect brands and consumers through products.

Lastly, in 2023, the company launched, hybrid CIJ printers, the 9750+, the extrusion-primed 9750 E range, and the 9750 Expert Series for the most challenging applications and the FMCG sector. Further, released SmartDate Xtra 3530 ribbon for TTO.

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Sales Area

Worldwide

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Manufacturing Location

Switzerland

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No. of Employees

3,000 employees worldwide

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Competitors

Videojet Technologies Inc

ITW Diagraph

EDM

Danaher Corporation

Linx Printing Technologies

CONTROL PRINT LTD

Hitachi Industrial Equipment & Solutions America, LLC

ID Technology

Novexx Solutions GmbH

FlexPackPRO

Domino

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CEO

Vincent Vanderpoel

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Ownership Type

Private

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Contact Information

Chemin de Blandonnet 10 2nd Floor 1214 Vernier Switzerland

Tel: 911493617500

Product

Description

Thermal transfer overprinter  SmartDate X30

Printing at up to 600 millimeters per second at 300 dpi, the SmartDate X30 is a robust one-box solution that can easily be installed on users’ line or integrated by OEMs. It is used for low- to medium-speed production lines printing on flexible film.

Print Features

Print speed: Intermittent: 100 to 600 mm/s;

Continuous: 50 to 600 mm/s

Print area: Intermittent: 32 mm x 40 mm;

Continuous: 32 mm x 50 mm

Automatic printhead setup

Dead-dot detection

Average gap between prints: 0.5 mm

Automatic shift codes and serial numbers

Multiple variable user input fields with alphanumeric texts

Ribbon saving mode: Radial ribbon saving and Interlaced mode

Other characteristics

Supplies: Variety of thermal transfer ribbons:

SmartDate Xceed, SmartDate Xtra and SmartDate Xpert

Ribbon widths: 22 mm and 33 mm

Maximum ribbon length: up to 700 m

Printer weight

Intermittent: 5.5 kg

Continuous: 5.0 kg

Electrical power supply: ~ 110 – 230 Vac (+/- 10%) 50 – 60 Hz

SmartDate X30 without power supply requires 24 VDC

No air supply required

Operating temperature range: 0 to 40°C

Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

SmartDate X45

This product is designed for medium-duty applications, the SmartDate X45 delivers high-quality coding on flexible film packaging up to 220 packs per minute. Its intuitive 10.1” user interface makes daily operations easy and straightforward while providing the most valuable information users need to optimize and improve their Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through MI Sigma reporting.

Print features

Print speed:

Intermittent: up to 600 mm/s

Continuous: 30 to 600 mm/s

Print area:

Intermittent: 32 mm or 53 mm x 75 mm

Continuous: 32 mm or 53 mm x 250 mm

Print features:

Automatic printhead setup

Detect: Dead-dot detection

Quick change printhead

Intermittent or continuous printing

Easily change from left to right hand with no additional parts

Gap between prints: 0.5 mm

Automatic shift codes and serial numbers

Multiple variable user input fields with alphanumeric texts

High-pack-rate mode

Ribbon-saving mode: Radial ribbon save, Interlaced mode, Radial mode 1,

Radial mode 2, Radial interlaced, Whitespace, Radial whitespace, and Step advance

Print specifications: Full TrueType font support, including non-Roman characters and symbols. Printing of real-time clock, dates and autoupdating best before dates, barcodes: ITF, Code 39, Code 128, EAN 128,

EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC A, UPC E, RSS linear, PDF 417, GS1 DataMatrix, QR and Composite RSS barcodes support

Other characteristics

Supplies: thermal transfer ribbon available in a variety of grades and colors

Maximum ribbon length: up to 1100 m

Minimum ribbon width: 20 mm

Maximum ribbon width: 55 mm

Weight: Printer: 7.8 kg, Color controller: 4.5 kg

Electrical power supply: 90 – 264 V with automatic switching; frequency

47/63 Hz; power 150 VA

Air supply: 6 bar/90 psi (maximum) dry, uncontaminated

Air consumption: down to 0.4 ml/print at 2.5 bar

Operating temperature range: 0 to 40°C

Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Thermal transfer overprinter SmartDate X65

It is designed for high-volume applications, and it delivers high resolution coding on flexible film packaging as fast as 455 packs per minute. This printer has fully intuitive 10.1” user interface makes daily operations easy and straightforward and provides the most valuable information you need to optimize and enhance customer Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through MI Sigma reporting.

Print features

Print speed:

Intermittent: up to 700 mm/s

Continuous: 10 to 1000 mm/s (combined)

Continuous: 10 to 1800 mm/s (shuttled)

Print area:

Intermittent: 53 mm x 75 mm

Continuous: 53 mm x 750 mm (combined/application dependent)

Continuous: 53 mm x 100 mm (shuttled)

Print features:

Automatic printhead setup

Detect: Dead-dot detection

Quick change printhead

Combined intermittent and continuous printing

Easily change from left to right hand with no additional parts

Gap between prints: 0.5 mm

Automatic shift codes and serial numbers

Multiple variable user input fields with alphanumeric texts

High-pack-rate mode

Ribbon-saving mode: Radial ribbon save, Interlaced mode, Radial mode 1,

Radial mode 2, Radial interlaced, Whitespace, Radial whitespace, and Step advance

Print specifications: Full TrueType font support, including non-Roman characters and symbols. Printing of real-time clock, dates and auto-updating best before dates, barcodes: ITF, Code 39, Code 128, EAN 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC A, UPC E, RSS linear, PDF 417, GS1 DataMatrix, QR and Composite

Other characteristics

Supplies: thermal transfer ribbon available in a variety of grades and colors

Maximum ribbon length: up to 1100 m

Minimum ribbon width: 20 mm for SmartDate X65 combined and shuttled, 80 mm for SmartDate X65-128

Maximum ribbon width: 55 mm for SmartDate® X65

combined and shuttled, 130 mm for SmartDate X65-128

Weight: Printer: 7.8 kg, Color controller: 4.5 kg

Electrical power supply: 90 – 264 V with automatic switching; frequency 47/63 Hz; power 150 VA

Air supply: 6 bar/90 psi (maximum) dry, uncontaminated

Air consumption: down to 0.4 ml/print at 2.5 bar

Operating temperature range: 0 to 40°C

Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Thermal transfer overprinter  SmartDate X65-128

It is designed for wide format printing applications, the SmartDate X65-128 delivers high-resolution coding on flexible film packaging as fast as 400 packs per minute. Its printhead characteristics make it ideal for wide messages such as ingredient and nutritional coding. Its fully intuitive 10.1” user interface makes daily operations easy and straightforward while providing the most valuable information customer need to optimize and improve their Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through MI Sigma reporting.

Print features

Print speed:

Intermittent: up to 700 mm/s

Continuous: 10 to 700 mm/s

Print area:

Max: Intermittent: 128 mm x 75 mm

Max: Continuous: 128 mm x 150 mm*

Print features:

Automatic printhead setup

Detect: Dead-dot detection

Quick change printhead

Combined intermittent and continuous printing

Easily change from left to right hand with no additional parts

Gap between prints: 0.5 mm

Automatic shift codes and serial numbers

Multiple variable user input fields with alphanumeric texts

High-pack-rate mode

Ribbon-saving mode: Radial ribbon save, Interlaced mode, Radial mode 1,

Radial mode 2, Radial interlaced, Whitespace, Radial whitespace, and Step advance

Print specifications: Full TrueType font support, including non-Roman characters and symbols. Printing of real-time clock, dates and auto-updating best before dates, barcodes: ITF, Code 39, Code 128, EAN 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC A, UPC E, RSS linear, PDF 417, GS1 DataMatrix, QR and Composite RSS barcodes support.

Other characteristics

Supplies: thermal transfer ribbon available in a variety of grades and colors

Maximum ribbon length: up to 900 m

Minimum ribbon width: 55 mm

Maximum ribbon width: 130 mm

Weight: Printer: 10.2 kg, Color controller: 4.8 kg

Electrical power supply: 90 – 264 V with automatic switching; frequency 47/63 Hz; power 150 VA

Air supply: 6 bar/90 psi (maximum) dry, uncontaminated

Air consumption: down to 0.4 ml/print at 2.5 bar

Operating temperature range: 0 to 30°C

Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing