Kornit Digital Ltd. is an Israeli-American international manufacturing company. It produces high-speed industrial inkjet printers, pigmented ink and chemical products for the garment and apparel, home goods, textile accessories and decorating industry.

History

The company was founded in 2002 by a team that previously worked in the

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field, at companies such as

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and

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. The company uses the same technology used in digital printing and has applied it to

digital textile printing Digital textile printing is described as any ink jet based method of printing colorants onto fabric. Most notably, digital textile printing is referred to when identifying either printing smaller designs onto garments (T-shirts, dresses, promotion ...

, which has developed more slowly than the field of digital printing. In 2015, Kornit Digital went public. In October 2018, Kornit moved its North American operations to a showroom in

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. In August 2020, Kornit Digital announced the acquisition of UK-based global software firm Custom Gateway. In August 2021, Kornit Digital announced the acquisition of a Massachusetts based multi-material footwear manufacturer Voxel8. In 2022, Kornit Digital announced the acquisition of Lichtenau, Germany-based Tesoma manufacturer of textile curing solutions.

Products and technologies

Kornit Digital sells direct-to-garment printers of different varieties. Its printers include RIP software customized to each machine. Kornit's machines use a pre-treatment wetting process that is integrated into the printer, which it calls The PreT System.Business Week

/ref> This enables printing on the garment without manual pre-treatment, by applying a fixation agent automatically on press, immediately prior to the print process. This process makes wet-on-wet printing possible. The company also provides a process that enables printing on dark garments. This process includes coating finished garments with a white coat of ink created from patented inks formed from

CMYK The CMYK color model (also known as process color, or four color) is a subtractive color model, based on the CMY color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. The abbreviation ''CMYK'' refers ...

. Kornit's ink plant in

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produces CMYK and white ink for its customers. Kornit systems with a "Hexa" or "HD6" designation supplement CMYK with primary red and green inks for increased color gamut. Kornit markets its systems as a

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alternative to

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dye sublimation Dye-sublimation printing (or dye-sub printing) is a term that covers several distinct digital computer printing techniques that involve using heat to transfer dye onto a substrate. The sublimation name was first applied because the dye was ...

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, and other textile print methods; the company's inks have received Oeko-Tex approval in the industry. In 2019 Kornit released Avalanche Poly Pro, the first digital direct-to-garment print system developed specifically for

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and poly-blend fabrics, as well as the Presto, a successor to Allegro for the roll-to-roll direct-to-fabric print market. Avalanche Poly Pro was later named "Best Direct-to-Garment Print System" by the European Digital Press Association.

Corporate affairs

Leadership

Ofer Ben Zur was Kornit CEO from its founding in 2002 until 2014, when he was succeeded by Gabi Seligsohn; Ben Zur remained as Chief Technology Officer. Ronen Samuel, formerly of HP Indigo, succeeded Seligsohn as CEO in June of 2018.

Locations

Kornit Digital's global headquarters are located in

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, Israel. Kornit Digital's Asia-Pacific operations (KDAP) are based in

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, Hong Kong and

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, China. Ilan Elad is KDAP President. Kornit Digital's Europe operations (KDEU) are based in

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, Germany. Chris Govier is KDEU Managing Director. Kornit Digital's Americas operations (KDAM) are based in

, USA. Ilan Elad is KDAM President.

References

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External links

Official website
Manufacturing companies of Israel Companies listed on the Nasdaq