Digital pioneer Benny Landa and offset giant Komori have signed a deal formalising their alliance, which has seen the Landa Nano technology use the Komori chassis and paper handling system.
The Nano presses that visitors to drupa last year saw used the Komori frames. The companies have now formalised their long-term strategic alliance by entering into multi-faceted agreements in which Komori will be the global supplier of all sheetfed Landa Nanographic printing press platforms to Landa, and Landa will provide Komori with Nanographic Printing technology and Landa NanoInk Colorants for incorporation into Komori-branded Nanographic printing presses.
Deal: Landa and Komori sign nano agreement
For Komori the deal is similar to its arrangement with Konica Minolta, which sees the two companies developing a digital B2 sheetfed press, with Komori providing the chassis and Konica Minolta the printing technology, and which they will both market under different names.
At drupa Landa also said deals had been agreed with manroland and Heidelberg, and has now indicated that while these are still on the table Komori is in the box seat. This deal is for sheetfed presses, Landa also has plans for webfed Nano presses.
Landa has taken more than 400 $10,000 letters of intent for his as yet undeveloped Nano printing presses, with some 40 per cent of these for the B1 carton press. This is the first press that will be brought to market, with an anticipated launch date of Q4 next year.
An ever bullish Benny Landa believes that nano printing technology will become a standard print method. He says it combines the variable data short run no makeready benefits of digital with the speed and quality of offset.
Benny Landa says, “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 caliber of engineering expertise, second-to-none 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.”
Yoshiharu Komori, president, chairman and CEO of Komori, says, “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.”
