Domino Printing Sciences


Domino Printing Sciences PLC is a British-based developer of commercial inkjet printing, thermal transfer printing, print and apply machines, digital printing presses and laser printing products.

History

The company was founded by Graeme Minto in 1978 to exploit continuous inkjet technology. By 1984 Domino had shipped its 1000th printer. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1985. In 1989 Domino moved to a new headquarters, located a few miles from Cambridge. Then in 1994 it acquired Directed Energy, a small laser marking business based in California, United States. In 2004 it acquired Wiedenbach, a supplier of ink jet printers, and Purex, a supplier of fume extractors for laser printers. In 2005 it acquired Sator, a supplier of laser printers. In 2006 it acquired Enterprise Information Systems, an RFID specialist. In March 2015 Japan's Brother Industries announced it planned to buy Domino Printing Sciences PLC for £1.03 billion in cash. On 12 June 2015 Brother Industries announced it had formally completed the acquisition of Domino Printing Sciences plc. After 22 years of success at technology manufacturer Domino Printing Sciences – including managing the sale of the FTSE250 company to Brother Industries in 2015 – CEO Nigel Bond, 61, has passed on the management baton following his retirement at the end of March 2019. Robert Pulford, previously Managing Director of Domino’s Digital Printing Solutions Division, has been appointed by the company to take over the CEO role.

Products and technologies

Products produced by the company include Continuous Inkjet systems, Digital Colour Label Presses, Piezo Micro Drop on Demand systems, Scribing Laser Coding and Marking systems, High Speed Binary Inkjets, Valve Jet Drop on Demand systems, Print And Apply Label Applicator Systems, Thermal Inkjet systems, Thermal Transfer – packaging printing systems and Fume Extraction systems.

Software

Software products produced by the company include Inkjet and Production line Controllers and Coding Automation software.

Operations

The company has operations organised as follows: