Who is EFI

Our company

Our vision and mission

EFI™ has a long history of helping print producers transition from analog to digital with the print technology, training, service, and support that makes it easy and profitable. We’ll help you every step of the way. Because our vision is to inspire the world with brilliant imagery on any material. And our mission is to be your trusted partner throughout your digital journey.

Our brand promise

We understand you want breakthrough technologies to lead you through your digital journey. That’s why we’re passionate about driving your business growth with a scalable portfolio of products, solutions, services, support, and world-class partnerships for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, building materials, commercial print, and personalized documents with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and workflow software. Our unwavering commitment is to increase your profits, cut costs, improve productivity, and optimize efficiency — job after job, year after year. We’re obsessed with your success. And we believe we have the right people, technology, and experience to help your business achieve its goals. Let’s be brilliant. Together.

Industries served include:

Commercial, quick, and signage printers
Central reprographic departments
Creative agencies and color professionals
Ceramic tile manufacturers
Packaging converters and manufacturers
Hospitals, offices, and other enterprise print environments
Textile market, including fashion, home textiles, and sportswear
Wood floor and building materials

Our Commitment to Sustainability

It is our desire to raise our voice in sustainability conversations within the print industry. To do so effectively, we recognize we must be transparent with our actions and impact on the environment. Read our 2022 Sustainability Impact Report to learn about our journey, progress, goals, and our commitment to a more sustainable future.

Read the Report

Company history

1988:

EFI is founded by Efraim "Efi" Arazi and opens its first office in San Francisco, CA.

1991:

EFI introduces its first product, the Fiery® color server.

2000:

Office controllers become a commodity. EFI looks for new direction and Fiery is repositioned for professional print.

2003:

EFI enters the business process automation software market and acquires Printcafé;

2005:

EFI decides the future involves industrial inkjet technology and acquires VUTEk®, leading global provider of superwide digital inkjet printers.

2006:

EFI acquires Jetrion®, manufacturer of inkjet printers and inks for the label and packaging industries.

2008:

EFI acquires remaining interest in Raster Printers to add mid-range, wide-format inkjet printing technology to their portfolio.

2012:

EFI extends into the ceramic tile decoration market with the acquisition of Cretaprint.

2013:

EFI acquires European regional print ERP software provider GamSys.

2015:

EFI enters digital textile printing with the acquisition of Reggiani Macchine and, at the same time, acquires Matan Digital Printers to extend its share of the superwide-format display graphics market.

EFI acquires UK-based MIS developer Shuttleworth Business Systems, and Corrugated Technologies Inc. (CTI) to extend its productivity software suite into the packaging market.

2016:

The EFI Nozomi single-pass digital inkjet printing platform for corrugated is announced.

EFI acquires Rialco® Limited, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of dye powders and color products for digital print and industrial manufacturing industries.

EFI acquires Optitex Ltd., a global leader in integrated 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software solutions, to extend its leadership in the digital transformation of the textile industry.

2017:

EFI acquires MIS provider CRC Information Systems.

EFI makes further inroads into the corrugated packaging market by acquiring corrugated packaging software developer Escada Systems.

2018:

EFI reports record sales just under $1B and opens new EFI Inkjet facility and customer experience center in Londonderry, NH, USA.

2019:

EFI is acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Siris Capital.

2021:

EFI Reggiani celebrates 75 years of innovative solutions for the textile world.

2022:

EFI completes sale of its packaging and print productivity software business to focus technology investment strategy on digital imaging segments.