Kerry Pianoforte10.12.11
On Oct. 1, 2011, Daetwyler R&D Corp. officially became Ohio Gravure Technologies Inc. Located in Miamisburg, near Dayton, OH,, the new company name has a familiar sound to those in the gravure printing industry.
Starting as Ohio Electronic Engravers in 1978, the company was formed to manufacture their first electro-mechanical engraver, the B600. Over the next 20 years, the company grew rapidly, selling more than 800 electro-mechanical engravers and prepress software to the packaging gravure market around the world.
In 2000, the company became part of Max Daetwyler AG under the name Max Daetwyler Corporation – Dayton Division and continued to design and build engravers, the award-winning Vision engrave heads, and the innovative Collage Layout Software. In 2008, the name changed to Daetwyler R&D Corp. to emphasize their role in designing new products, such as the Gravostar 857, winner of the GAA 2008 Golden Cylinder for Supplier Innovation, and the Gravostar 827.
The company also began to promote new markets in the printed electronic field through high-precision gravure with the MicroStar MicroEngraving System and the award-winning AccuPress MicroGravure System. These two machines are the only ones which guaranty an accuracy and repeatability below 5 microns for gravure printing.
Now the respected name of “Ohio” is back in the gravure industry as part of a global company, Heliograph Holding, where Ohio Gravure Technologies is the competence center for printed electronics and for packaging gravure equipment with its multi-tune and high depth Vision engrave heads. Production of the Ohio engravers will move from Daetwyler Graphics Switzerland entirely to Ohio Gravure Technologies in Dayton.
Ohio Gravure Technologies offers their engraving expertise with the next generation engraver, the Gravostar Spectrum, and the most advanced engrave head, the multi-tune Vision IV 12 KHz.
The company also offers unique products for the printed electronics market with the MicroStar system and the AccuPress system. The MicroStar system, which unlike laser engraving and etching, provides low roughness inside the cell, variable cell shapes and depths, screenless cell placement, all with a single cut. The award-winning AccuPress system, with layer to layer registration accuracy below 5 micron, will soon be available with a light curing and roll-to-roll addition.
Starting as Ohio Electronic Engravers in 1978, the company was formed to manufacture their first electro-mechanical engraver, the B600. Over the next 20 years, the company grew rapidly, selling more than 800 electro-mechanical engravers and prepress software to the packaging gravure market around the world.
In 2000, the company became part of Max Daetwyler AG under the name Max Daetwyler Corporation – Dayton Division and continued to design and build engravers, the award-winning Vision engrave heads, and the innovative Collage Layout Software. In 2008, the name changed to Daetwyler R&D Corp. to emphasize their role in designing new products, such as the Gravostar 857, winner of the GAA 2008 Golden Cylinder for Supplier Innovation, and the Gravostar 827.
The company also began to promote new markets in the printed electronic field through high-precision gravure with the MicroStar MicroEngraving System and the award-winning AccuPress MicroGravure System. These two machines are the only ones which guaranty an accuracy and repeatability below 5 microns for gravure printing.
Now the respected name of “Ohio” is back in the gravure industry as part of a global company, Heliograph Holding, where Ohio Gravure Technologies is the competence center for printed electronics and for packaging gravure equipment with its multi-tune and high depth Vision engrave heads. Production of the Ohio engravers will move from Daetwyler Graphics Switzerland entirely to Ohio Gravure Technologies in Dayton.
Ohio Gravure Technologies offers their engraving expertise with the next generation engraver, the Gravostar Spectrum, and the most advanced engrave head, the multi-tune Vision IV 12 KHz.
The company also offers unique products for the printed electronics market with the MicroStar system and the AccuPress system. The MicroStar system, which unlike laser engraving and etching, provides low roughness inside the cell, variable cell shapes and depths, screenless cell placement, all with a single cut. The award-winning AccuPress system, with layer to layer registration accuracy below 5 micron, will soon be available with a light curing and roll-to-roll addition.