Nagano, Japan (September 2, 2013)
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd, a global leading company of wide format inkjet printers and cutting plotters, announced today that Mimaki Europe B.V., one of Mimaki subsidiaries, opens a technical center in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on September 2, 2013.
1. Background and purpose
Republic of Turkey is a transcontinental country, located between West Asia and East Europe. Since ancient times, cotton and wool have been produced there. Accordingly, the textile and apparel industry has become a major industry and has been leading Turkey’s economy. Today, the industry occupies the third of its export value. Therefore, there is a great demand for the textile inkjet printer in TA market which is one of our target markets classified into three categories: SG (Sign Graphics), IP (Industrial Product) and TA (Textile and Apparel).
In order to respond to increasing demand for technical support services and provide effective total solutions, a technical center is opened in Istanbul. The center aims to strengthen local distributors/dealers support system through product trainings, including product maintenance technology, pre/post treatment, ink matching, and many more.
Since Mimaki Europe B.V. is responsible for product sales not only in Europe but also in the Middle East and Africa regions, the center also takes a role as a hub that connects those three regions.
2. The outline of Istanbul technical center
| Official name | Mimaki Europe Türkiye İstanbul İrtibat Bürosu |
| Starting date | September 2, 2013 |
| Main business activity | Provide training to distributors/dealers in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa regions |
| Address | Sehit Cengiz Karcioglu Sokak No 2 Gulbahar Caddesi – Evren Mah 34212 Gunesli Bagcilar Istanbul, Republic of Turkey |
| Manager | Arjen Evertse |
| Number of employee | 3 |
3. The outline of Mimaki Europe B.V.
| Capital | Five hundred-thousand EURO (Wholly-owned company of Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.) |
| Date of foundation | April, 2004 |
| Main business activity | Sales and technical service of inkjet printers, plotters and their supplies. |
| Address | Stammerdijk 7E, 1112 AA Diemen, The Netherlands |
| Phone number | +31-20-4627-640 |
| Representative | Mr. Sakae Sagane *1 |
| Number of employee | 61 (Employees of Istanbul technical center are included ) |
*1: Mr. Sakae Sagane is the executive vice president of Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
4. Future prospects
No substantial impact will be made on our consolidated business in March, 2014.
About MIMAKI
Mimaki is a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting machines for the sign/graphics, industrial and textile/apparel markets. Mimaki develops the complete product range for each group; hardware, software and the associated consumable items, such as inks and cutting blades. Mimaki excels in offering innovative, high quality and high reliability products, based upon its aqueous, latex, solvent and UV-curable inkjet technology. In order to meet a wide range of applications in the market, Mimaki pursues the development of advanced on-demand digital printing solutions. Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., (President: Hisayuki Kobayashi) Nagano (Japan), is publicly listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc.