Dantex celebrates 50th anniversary

Dantex was incorporated in 1967, starting work with rubber plates and then transitioned towards photopolymer plates. The move from analog to digital photopolymer plates and platemaking then followed, bringing with it a larger focus on software. ‘The next step of innovation is our desire to embrace digital printing technology and the creation of our digital division,’ explained Dantex chairman Richard Danon.

Dantex Digital was incorporated in 2015 with the company’s first digital press, PicoColour, debuting at that year’s Labelexpo Europe. This year’s show will see the launch of the PicoJet UV inkjet 7-color printing system, which can be custom configured to offer wide color gamut printing, and features LED curing. Also presented are Marathon photopolymer plates and an in-line plate processor, said by Danon to operate at twice the speed of current equipment on the market.

On September 27, Dantex is hosting a celebratory dinner for customers and suppliers to mark its 50th anniversary, and to ‘express our thanks’ added Danon.

‘This milestone will be marked throughout the following 12 months,’ he noted. ‘We aim to continue introducing new technologies marking our celebratory year; this will be through product innovations and promotions to the market, as a way of expressing our thanks for our customers’ loyalty over these many years.’