In The News

Benny Landa opens the hatches in this exclusive interview with industry analyst/consultant Andy McCourt. He reaches out; he talks directly like a real person and not in mystical corporate-speak; he puts on great shows, literally with song and dance as we saw at drupa 2012. But behind the razzamatazz there is Benny the businessman; Benny the inventor and holder of over 800 patents; Benny the thinker. He’s a team player but a leader too. In 2012 he set targets for the commercialization of Landa Nanography that he has failed to meet. But, there’s never been a new technology delivered on-time; as the poet Robert Browning wrote, “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”

11月底，我在兰达数码印刷位于Rehovot的工厂里亲眼目睹了兰达的研发团队为Landa S10纳米图像印刷机的商业化所付出的辛勤劳动。我所站着的这台是第一台受委托测试的Landa S10纳米图像印刷机，另外还有2台在装配区和生产线上，而第一台已经位于研发测试区

Following our publication of the latest update from Landa Digital Printing, published last week, I [Cary Sherburne] spoke with Benny Landa to clarify a few things.

For over two decades, his name has been a consistent feature in the development of modern digital printing technology. As entrenched, slow to change, firms played catch-up following the disruptive launch of the Indigo E-Print in 1993, a passing parade of CEOs, claimants to the crown, wannabes and try-hards have come and gone but one name has remained a constant; Benny Landa. He’s now into his second round of disruptive invention; having cashed in and sold the wildly successful Indigo to Hewlett Packard in 2002.

Landa Digital Printing has started the Go to Market phase of its development.

That representatives from companies like Tukaiz and Firstan Packaging had glowing things to say about the progress is important. Also important were a few tidbits from the video and blog that underscore the message that Landa is on track to have a released product (the S10) at drupa in May of 2016.

Landa Digital Printing lanciert erste Statements von Interessenten über ihre Begeisterung für die neuesten Landa-B1-Druckbeispiele und die geschäftlichen Vorteile des Nanography-Verfahrens.

Tukaiz, Chicago: “There hasn’t been anything this exciting in the print industry in a long time. The 40 in. samples we saw are extremely encouraging. Landa has made fantastic progress."

Landa’s Nanography process holds out the promise of low-cost, high-quality inkjet printing onto standard paper stocks. The range of models envisaged includes B3, B2 and B1 sheetfed presses and two web presses, although the firm has chosen to focus on the B1 device as this was the most popular with potential customers. Landa has almost doubled its Drupa 2016 stand space to 2,600sqm.

All dies wird sich ab jetzt, ab der Jahreswende, ändern. Unsere heutigen Maschinen sind völlig anders als die Modelle, die wir auf der Drupa präsentiert haben. Zu dem Zeitpunkt wog unser Flaggschiff-Modell, die Landa S10-Druckmaschine, 10 Tonnen. Heute hat unsere Nanographic Printing Press, inklusive Inline-Lackierung, ein Gewicht von über 30 Tonnen! Und das sind nicht nur 30 Tonnen Eisen und Stahl, sondern 30 Tonnen Technologie! In dieser Maschine steckt die Nanographic Printing-Maschine von Landa in eine Papier-Handling-Plattform von Komori, ein Inspektionssystem mit Bildverarbeitung von AVT und das leistungsstarke DFE-System mit EFI Fiery-Technologie integriert.