Businessweek

Xeikon N.V. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes digital printing and prepress equipment for graphics industry worldwide. The company provides digital Web-fed color printing presses for labels and packaging applications, as well as for document and commercial printing applications under the Xeikon brand name. It also offers peripherals, such as stackers; paper unwinders and rewinders; inline print protectors; and inline equipment to convert printed material into labels, as well as toners. In addition, the company provides workflow software products, such as X-800 digital front-end software to create an automated workflow; and IPDS Controller for printing transaction documents or direct mailings. Further, it designs and produces platemakers for newspaper offset-printing applications; and computer-to-plate solutions for the commercial-printing market under the basysPrint brand name, as well as offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name. Additionally, the company provides maintenance, support, and integration services. The company was formerly known as Punch Graphix nv and changed its name to Xeikon N.V. in November 2011. The company is headquartered in Eede, the Netherlands. Xeikon N.V. operates as a subsidiary of Punch International nv.