Printronix is an American supplier of Industrial Print Solutions, Industrial Laser Printers and line and dot matrix printers. Printronix is based in Irvine, California, and operates across 14 offices worldwide.[1]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | (1974) |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
Key people | Marlon Woolforde, CEO |
| Products | Industrial print solutions |
Number of employees | 600 worldwide |
| Website | http://printronix.com |
Products
editPrintronix's printers are primarily used in industrial environments for printing high-volume labels, bar-codes, invoices, manifest and bill of lading documents, delivery sheets, reports, build/broadcast sheets, green bar and bank statements.
PrintNet Enterprise Suite (PNE), a web-based application allowing administrators to network and manage all Printronix line-matrix printers from a single computer, was launched in 2007.[2]
Printronix also offers consumables, parts, accessories, service and software.[3]
History
editPrintronix was founded in 1974 by Robert A. Kleist and business partners Gordon B. Barrus and David Mayne.
Barrus realized there was a capital need for businesses to store all their data via printing, so he quit his job at Data Products and started a company he named Eikon, marketing industrial-grade printers to businesses to fulfill this need. The company was not successful and Gordon regrouped to found the startup Printronix. In the spring of 1974, in a garage in Playa del Rey, California, seven high technology pioneers got together and started a new company. They were Gordon Barrus (RIP), Leo Emenaker (RIP), Robert A Kleist, Dave Mayne, Ray Melissa, Rafael Patiño and Glen Radke (RIP). [4] Initially working out of Leo Emenaker's garage in Playa Del Rey, California, Barrus developed and invented what he christened as the P300, a 300-line-per-minute (LPM) prototype line printer[5] series.
The company would eventually incorporate, go public on the Nasdaq, and experience great success in the ensuing years with the emergence of the personal computer.
- 1976: Printronix goes Public and trades on the Nasdaq
- 1981: Opens Holland manufacturing facility and expands global operations to Europe, Middle-East and Africa
- 1985: Operations expand into Asia-Pacific with the opening of the Singapore Facility
- 1995: Printronix enters the Indian Market and signs agreement with Wipro
- 1998: Expansion into the China Market
- 2001: Printronix acquires RJS and enters the scanner/ verifier market[6]
- 2008: Acquired by Vector Capital, Printronix becomes a Private Company[7]
- 2009: Printronix acquires TallyGenicom[8]
- 2013: Corona Investments acquires Printronix[9]
References
edit- ^ "Printronix Irvine Move Info". Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "PrintNet Enterprise – Printronix". printronix.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Products – Printronix". printronix.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/printronix_in-the-spring-of-1974-in-a-garage-in-playa-activity-7187087334297718785-_Yrf/
- ^ Webster, Edward (2000). Print unchained : fifty years of digital printing, 1950-2000 and beyond : a saga of invention and enterprise. West Dover, Vt.: DRA of Vermont. p. 137. ISBN 0-9702617-0-5.
- ^ MURPHY, BARBARA (1998-01-27). "Eltron Sells RJS Name and Bar-Code Unit". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Journal, RFID. "RFID Printer Maker Printronix Acquired for $108M - Page 1". www.rfidjournal.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "TallyGenicom". tallygenicom.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "BDA Advises on Divestment of Printronix to Corona Investment Partners - PR.com". www.pr.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.