Ricoh Company Limited of Japan has reached an agreement to buy AnaJet (Costa Mesa, California), a leader in direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. The acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Ricoh to strengthen its industrial inkjet business while enabling its customers to move forward new ideas and drive imaginative thinking, said the company. AnaJet will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh Printing Systems America, Incorporated.
Founded in 2006, AnaJet was one of the first companies in the world to mass produce DTG printers. Today, it’s a global market leader in the DTG industry. The majority of AnaJet products available will leverage Ricoh’s market-leading inkjet printheads. Ricoh’s experience has focused primarily on office and commercial print technologies.
The addition of the AnaJet portfolio will help Ricoh further its position in the industrial inkjet market “where Ricoh maintains global leadership in inkjet printhead development,” said the OEM.
“Ricoh has a long history of successful, strategic acquisitions that have helped our customers and partners around the world find new, effective ways to better serve their end users,” said Junichi Matsuno, General Manager, Inkjet Business Division, Ricoh Company Limited. “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 businesses. AnaJet already possesses a proven reputation as a leader in DTG printing, and as such, it’s a great complement to Ricoh’s broad portfolio.”
“At AnaJet, we’ve led the industry in establishing the trend of direct-to-garment printing,” said Karl Tipre, CEO of AnaJet. “We’re very pleased to announce that this acquisition will provide our expanding customer base with the services of yet another global leader in Ricoh. We’re 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 at its headquarters in Costa Mesa, California.
Ricoh to acquire direct-to-garment printer AnaJet
