Delphax Technologies Profile
Delphax Technologies Inc. engages in design, manufacture, sale, and service of digital print production systems based on its patented electron-beam imaging (EBI) technology.
The company’s digital presses deliver throughput for both roll-fed and cut-sheet printing environments. It provides digital printing solutions that can personalize, encode, print and collate documents for publishing, direct mail, legal, financial, security, forms and other commercial printing applications.
Products
Digital printing equipment
The company sells roll-fed and sheet-fed printing equipment to customers with various printing applications.
Folio production:Folio production applications include the printing of checkbooks and financial payment coupon books.
Publishing: Publishing applications include the printing of books, legal and financial documents and manuals. Its long-run printing applications include newspapers, magazines, first edition book printing, consumer catalogs and greeting cards. Short-run printing applications include the production of checks and other financial documents, coursework textbooks, forms, newsletters, second edition paperback books, personalized catalogs, policy manuals, product catalogs and product manuals.
Direct mail: The direct mail market is comprises variable data printing applications including postcards, self-mailers, letters, flyers and personalized newsletters and other mass-market mailings.
Transaction document printing: Transaction document printing applications include printing of explanation of insurance benefit forms and insurance claim checks; coupons and rebate checks; accounts payable and payroll checks; and customer invoices and statements.
The CR Series
The company’s roll-fed digital press comprises the CR2200 high-volume, continuous roll-fed system, which delivers 500 feet per minute throughput and features wide-format, duplex production at full 600 X 600 DPI print quality. The CR Series accommodates a range of substrates, from ultra lightweight paper to heavy stock, and may be purchased with alternative output paper handling options.
The Imaggia II Series
The company’s premier sheet-fed digital presses are in the Imaggia II Series, which offer throughput of up to 300 8- ½ inch X 11 inches simplex pages per minute at 600 X 600 DPI print quality. The Imaggia II system utilizes a digital, non-impact technology for MICR encoding on secure documents.
Finishing Systems
The company offers finishing systems in conjunction with sale of its digital presses through various external supplier partnerships. These additional finishing systems support post-printing activities such as batching, stacking, slitting, cutting, folding and binding, depending upon the type of equipment and the application.
Pre-press Software and Hardware
The company offers various pre-press software and hardware solutions for use with its printing equipment, which provide the data integration tools necessary to manage the print production process.
Maintenance, Spare Parts and Supplies
The company offers maintenance contracts, spare parts and proprietary items to customers using Delphax brand printing equipment.
Markets
The company sells printing equipment and maintenance, spare parts and supplies predominantly in the United States and Europe. It has penetrated in the personal check production markets outside of the United States, including France, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Customers
The company’s customers include Deluxe Corporation; Harland Clarke; Davis + Henderson; Moore Wallace; and RR Donnelley.
Competition
The company’s competitors include Heidelberg, Hitachi, Kodak, Nipson, Oce, Ricoh/IBM, and Xerox.
History
Delphax Technologies, Inc. was founded as Check Technology Corporation in 1981. The company changed its name to Delphax Technologies Inc. in 2001.
