Extending EFI’s strategy to accelerate digital transformation in industrial print through investments, the company has acquired Inèdit, a developer of raster image processors (RIPs) and related software for digital industrial textile printing.
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), Fremont, CA/USA, therefore, continues to advance its presence and capabilities in Packaging & Corrugated, Display Graphics, Textile, and Building Materials/Décor applications.
Inèdit Software S.L., Barcelona/Spain, will be integrated into the Reggiani textile business and will help build on the market leadership of the portfolio of digital inkjet printing products for the industrial textile space from EFI Reggiani, Bergamo/Italy. Inèdit’s employees are joining EFI Reggiani but will continue to work from their current offices.
Similar to EFI’s Fiery digital front end and RIP technologies for the digital commercial and industrial printing markets, Inèdit’s neoStampa product is a leading recognized benchmark solution for RIPs in digital textile printing. The Inèdit product portfolio features proven, highly advanced workflow solutions for textile profiling, calibration, design integration and much more.
The RIP technology is used to drive EFI Reggiani digital printers and other digital industrial textile printer brands. As part of the company, Inèdit will continue to support products for a broad range of digital printers.
»Digital represents the biggest transformational opportunity we have ever seen in industrial printing. «
Jeff Jacobson, CEO and Executive Chairman, EFI