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Xaar Announces Engineered Printing Solutions as First Acquisition

EPS specializes in customized and bespoke inkjet printing solutions.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Xaar plc announced the acquisition of Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS), a leading provider of product printing equipment in North America. The acquisition is Xaar’s first as part of the company’s strategic vision to achieve £220 million of annual sales by 2020.
 
EPS, founded in 1985 as Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Inc, has built a successful business through supplying customized and bespoke printing solutions to a wide variety of market sectors including promotional, packaging, medical, automotive, apparel, appliances, sports equipment and toys. One of its focuses has been to develop flexible and cost effective digital inkjet solutions. In 2015 EPS generated $14 million of revenue and employs 60 staff.
 
“The product printing market is served by multiple print processes today and the fastest growing is inkjet,” said Doug Edwards, CEO of Xaar. “Here, just as with other industry sectors, there is great potential to accelerate the adoption of inkjet. EPS has established a successful business and is well positioned to continue to grow. Xaar gains a strong customer base and footprint in North America, a region Xaar has been targeting for growth. The integration capabilities EPS brings to Xaar will enable us to provide greater support to our existing and new OEM partners.”
 
“Engineered Printing Solutions has a long track record of success through providing both analogue and digital inkjet solutions to its customers,” Julian Joffe, who founded EPS in 1985 and who has been appointed as Xaar’s new president of Engineered Printing Solutions, said. “Xaar values our brand, engineering capability and the innovative solutions we bring to the marketplace. Xaar brings deep knowledge of inkjet technology and access to wider channels. We are looking forward to working together to better serve our global and US customers and accelerate the growth of the business.”

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