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Komori and Highcon announce strategic business partnership

Komori to sell and support Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing solutions in Japan.

Highcon Euclid
Highcon Euclid

Komori and Highcon have formed a strategic partnership between their two companies. Komori will be selling and supporting the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing solutions in the Japanese market. This partnership is a key step in Komori’s strategy to provide comprehensive solutions to their customers, covering both analog and digital workflows and spanning printing and finishing alike.

The first Highcon Euclid machine in Japan is in being installed at Komori’s Graphic Technology Center at Tsukuba, in time for the Komori Open House to be held on February 4-5. As part of this event, 400 of Komori’s strategic customers in Japan will receive the opportunity to see firsthand how this revolutionary digital finishing technology fits into the Komori portfolio.

By offering the Highcon Euclid, Komori will provide customers with a solution that removes bottlenecks in the post-press process. Moreover, the Highcon Euclid II+ can perform the most intricate cutouts, deliver production samples for test marketing, and produce packaging for customers that simply could not be done conventionally.

Komori will offer the UV inkjet digital printing machine (Impremia IS29) and the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing system to allow their customers to grow their business by adding value. The Euclid series of machines has already been installed in over 20 sites worldwide, and the companies who are using this system are successfully demonstrating the benefits of the differentiation it offers. This collaboration is a win/win situation for Komori, Highcon, and their customers.

Eiji Kajita, Operation Officer and Global Sales and Service Group, Group General Manager of Komori comments: “We believe that concluding the agreement with Highcon is an important step in Komori’s business target of being a PESP (Print Engineering Service Provider). We are encouraging our customers’ success by providing a variety of solutions to resolve their problems with partner companies from all over the world. The combination of Highcon’s innovative system and Komori’s products will provide a new business model which has not been possible to implement until now."

Aviv Ratzman, cofounder and CEO of Highcon remarks: “This partnership is a testament to the quality and industrial strength of our product offering, which brings huge benefits to both digital and conventional workflows. We are proud to have our young technology taking its place amidst the portfolio of Komori, with their almost 100 years of experience of manufacturing products of superior quality and reliability.”

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