Industry News
Ricoh acquires DTG printing specialist AnaJet L
leader in direct to garment printing. This acquisition is the latest strategic
investment by Ricoh to strengthen its industrial inkjet business while enabling its customers to move forward with new ideas and drive imaginative thinking. Founded in 2006, AnaJet was one of the
first companies in the world to mass produce DTG printers.
Excited for what lies ahead Today, the company is a global market
leader in the DTG industry. The majority of AnaJet products available today leverage Ricoh's market-leading inkjet printheads. Ricoh's experience has focused on office
and commercial print technologies. By acquiring AnaJet, Ricoh will be able to further its position in the industrial inkjet market. With AnaJet's solutions combined with the broad Ricoh portfolio, customers will now have the ability to more effectively deliver a broader solution set to their end users. Junichi Matsuno, general manager, inkjet
business division, Ricoh, said: “Ricoh has a long history of successful, strategic acquisitions that have helped our
ast month, Ricoh announced that it had reached an agreement to buy AnaJet, a
customers and partners around the world find new, effective ways to better serve their end users. “With the addition of AnaJet, our collective
customers benefit from a larger support team, added innovation and access to a services-led portfolio of solutions to ultimately help them grow their business. AnaJet already possesses a proven reputation as a leader in DTG printing and as such, it is a great complement to Ricoh's broad portfolio.” Karel Tipre, CEO of AnaJet, said: “At AnaJet
we have led the industry in establishing the trend of direct to garment printing. “We are very pleased to announce that
this acquisition will provide our expanding customer base with the services of yet another global leader in Ricoh. We are extremely excited for what lies ahead for the AnaJet brand and our customers.” AnaJet will continue to operate under its
current name, management team and capabilities, which currently include more than 50 employees and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Rob Miller, managing director of sole UK
distributor J & B Sewing Machine Co, said: “We are delighted with the news and look forward to continuing the distribution of existing and new AnaJet products.”
BMB builds sportswear offering through acquisition
B
lue Max Banner (BMB) has made its first acquisition since the
management buyout took place six months ago. The acquisition, completed
on January 5, is Orion Teamwear, a high performance, bespoke sportswear business. BMB already has an
established relationship with Orion, as it offers a stock-supported range of professional sportswear garments through its brochure. This acquisition will enable
BMB to offer an exciting new sportswear option in the form of Teamwear Kit Design, in either cut and sewn or sublimated products. Nigel Plenderleith, BMB’s chief executive, said: “Orion
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
is a well-established brand not just in the schoolwear market but at a professional level too and comes with a strong customer base. Being able to offer sublimation, teamwear and stock supported product gives Blue Max Banner the ability to compete with the sportswear specialists. Exciting new product developments will be added to the stock-supported range and the colour options will be increased. “Our focus will be to keep
the creativity associated with the Orion brand and to add our excellent service and delivery capabilities in Trowbridge to bring delivery times and customer service levels to those we currently achieve across the rest of our business.”
Orion polo shirt Mike Williams transfers with
the business as Orion brand manager. Richard Metcalfe, the original founder of Orion Teamwear and Mark Whiteley will concentrate on their other business interests.
Digital printing at your fingertips
F
irst Editions has welcomed the arrival of the UK’s first in-house
digital print machine for sports bottles and protein shakers. With printing technologies
evolving so rapidly, First Editions is the first UK manufacturer to offer this service. A step forward from the traditional screen printing techniques, First Editions will now be able to offer high quality gloss prints with 320dpi. Unlike with screen printing,
following the installation of this new machine the company will be able to offer one off bespoke prints. From photo prints to capture holiday and family memories, to individual names and faces for sports teams, personalised messages for birthdays, anniversaries or any celebration, First Editions can cover it all. With no MOQ, a truly bespoke print can be created to suit all needs. First Editions is an
independent family run business, which strives to remain at the fore front of printing technology. Further to the new digital machine FE operate a selection of CNC automatic screen printing machines and traditional semi-automatic machines meaning no order is too big or small. Operations director, Mark
Alderson said: “Offering fantastic high quality 320dpi gloss prints on a range of our sports bottles and shakers, this exciting new addition will be able to print photos and personalised bottles with no MOQ enabling us to offer a truly bespoke service.”
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