Offset Printing
GEM Gravure Co., Inc., Hanover, MA, USA and KBA-Metronic AG, Veitshoechheim, Germany announce the formation of a new product identification company, onCode, Inc.
Tuesday 06. January 2009 - Gem Gravure, long known as a leader in providing fluids and marking equipment for the wire & cable industry and KBA-Metronic, specialists in design and production of continuous ink jet, laser, hot foil coding and thermal transfer equipment have joined forces to provide the highest quality coding solutions for a wide variety of product identification applications.
The new venture, onCode, Inc. will market, sell and service the coding equipment and supplies across North America. onCode, Inc. will be the exclusive supplier of KBA-Metronic printers for the USA and Canada as of January 1, 2009.
The superior engineering of KBA-Metronic coding systems combined with cutting edge fluids formulations from GEM give onCode, Inc unbeatable solutions to customer requirements. David Gemelli, President of GEM Gravure stated “We are excited to start this new chapter in GEM history. GEMs participation in this joint venture provides our current customers with the best in ink jet printers while we continue to support their current equipment. In addition, it allows us to offer unique, high tech coding solutions to new markets.” Helge Hansen, CEO of KBA-Metronic AG added “The US industrial marking and coding world will experience a merger of German reliability and the American spirit of customer orientation by this venture”. onCode, Inc will be based in Hanover, Massachusetts with sales and service representatives across North America.
The main products featured will include KBA Metronic alphaJET ink jet printers and the full range of GEM Gravure fluids. Also available will be KBA-Metronic laser, thermal transfer and hot foil coders.