(L-R) Yoshiharu Komori, President, Chairman and CEO Komori Corporation and Benny Landa, Chairman and CEO, Landa Corporation
Landa and Komori have formalised their long-term strategic alliance by entering into multi-faceted agreements, building on the relationship forged at Drupa 2012.
The agreement will see Komori become the global supplier of all sheetfed Nanographic Printing Press platforms, and Landa will provide Komori with Nanographic Printing technology and NanoInk Colorants for incorporation into Komori-branded presses.
The companies collaborated during the development of Nanography printing, with Komori providing sheetfed platforms at its launch at Drupa 2012.
Since then Landa engineers have been evaluating proposals from the industry’s leading press vendors, both European and Asian, for the supply of sheetfed platforms for the company’s presses. In making its assessment, it took into account the calibre of engineering, robustness of design, automation, reliability and cost effectiveness.
The vendor’s culture of innovation, technical resources, commercial success and financial stability were also important criteria. The outcome led Landa to place orders with Komori for sheetfed platforms for its S10 Nanographic Printing Presses, which will start to be delivered to customers in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Komori scientists and engineers have studied and evaluated the Nanographic Printing technology, and the company now feels that it has the potential to deliver on its promise of matching the quality and speed of offset printing at the lowest cost per page in the digital printing industry.
Yoshiharu Komori, Komori president, chairman and CEO, said, ‘It is a great honour to be able to cooperate with Landa in bringing Nanography to market. Our teams have been closely monitoring Landa’s development and have been amazed with the progress made so far, which exceeds our expectations. We believe that the impact of Benny Landa’s new invention, Nanography, with the Komori platform, will have a far greater impact even than his introduction of the first digital printing press.’
Landa founder, Benny Landa, said, ‘Since we first started our collaboration with Komori, we have been deeply impressed by the company, its people and its culture. Komori is an outstanding partner for Landa, bringing an extremely high calibre of engineering expertise, quality and performance, together with a fervent commitment and willingness to invest in the future. It is gratifying to have as our strategic partner the one global press vendor that continues to thrive despite the challenges faced by the industry.’
