Markem-Imaje

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| name = MARKEM-IMAJE

| logo = Markem Imaje Logo hrz CMYK.gif

| type = Public

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| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Vincent Vanderpoel
(President)

| industry = Industrial Printers – marking, coding and traceability

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| num_employees = Approx. 3,000 (2015)

| parent = Dover Corporation

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| predecessor = Markem Corporation and Imaje S.A.

| foundation = 2007

| location_city = Geneva

| location_country = Switzerland

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| homepage = [http://www.markem-imaje.com/ MARKEM-IMAJE.COM]

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Markem-Imaje is a global manufacturer and distributor of specialized traceability, variable data and product identification equipment, for customers in the

packaging industry. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Markem-Imaje is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois-based Dover Corporation.

History

Markem-Imaje was formed in 2007 from the merger of New-Hampshire-based Markem Corporation and the French company Imaje S.A., companies within Dover Corporation's Dover Engineered Systems.{{cite web|title=Markem, Imaje merge to form largest product identification specialist|url=http://www.processonline.com.au/news/13810-Markem-Imaje-merge-to-form-largest-product-identification-specialist|publisher=Process Online News|access-date=27 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815230819/http://www.processonline.com.au/news/13810-Markem-Imaje-merge-to-form-largest-product-identification-specialist|archive-date=15 August 2008}}

Started in 1911 in Keene, New Hampshire, Markem Corporation established itself as a designer and distributor of hardware, software and services for product identification. The company was named one of New Hampshire's Best Companies to Work For each year between 2003 and 2005.{{cite journal|author=Business NH Magazine|title=New Hampshire's Best Companies To Work For|journal=Business NH Magazine|date=December 2003|pages=36–38}} Markem Corporation was acquired by Dover Corporation in 2006.

Founded in 1982 by industrialist Jean-Claude Millet, Imaje S.A. developed continuous inkjet technology, a printing method in which the printer makes no physical contact with the item being marked. Imaje S.A. was acquired by Dover Corporation in 1995.{{cite news|title=NH's Ten Best Companies; Ethics and Business|url=http://www.nhptv.org/outlook/sprogramdate.asp?prog_num_id=1231|newspaper=New Hampshire Public Television|date=11 January 2006}} The combined Markem-Imaje claims to be the world's largest provider of product identification solutions.{{cite book|last=Banham|first=Russ|title=Dover Corporation: 50 Years of Entrepreneurship|year=2005|publisher=Fenwick Publishing Group}}

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