{"id":23605,"date":"2026-09-29T02:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=23605"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:59:30","slug":"efi-and-agfas-dps-business-to-combine-and-form-a-global-full-service-industrial-inkjet-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/efi-and-agfas-dps-business-to-combine-and-form-a-global-full-service-industrial-inkjet-company\/","title":{"rendered":"EFI and Agfa\u2019s DPS Business to Combine\u00a0and Form a Global, Full-Service Industrial Inkjet Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Combination to Create a Broader, More Diversified Business with a Comprehensive Product Portfolio, Expanded Geographic Reach and Enhanced Capabilities to Serve Customers Across Key End Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (\u201cEFI\u201d), a leading industrial inkjet business and portfolio company of Siris, and Agfa-Gevaert (\u201cAgfa\u201d) today announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa\u2019s Digital Printing Solutions business (\u201cAgfa DPS\u201d) with EFI. An affiliate of Siris will hold a 60% interest and Agfa will hold a 40% interest in the jointly held company, which will bring together the operating capabilities of EFI and Agfa DPS under a governance structure whereby Siris and Agfa will act as equal partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement follows the global partnership EFI and Agfa established in 2024, which enabled both companies to expand their product offerings through access to complementary technologies, underscoring the value that their respective strengths, application expertise and expanded portfolios could create for customers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combination brings together two leading businesses with specialized technology capabilities and application focus areas to create a scaled industrial inkjet business with breadth across the fastest-growing segments of the industry. Backed by a global service network, the combined company will draw on a broader base of inkjet expertise spanning print engines, inks, software and workflow, shortening the path from development to production for customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EFI brings global leadership in industrial inkjet, helping customers accelerate the transition from analog to digital imaging, with particular strength in digital single pass for corrugated packaging, roll-to-roll, hybrid and textile printers through its Nozomi, VUTEK and Reggiani platforms. Agfa DPS is a leading provider of industrial inkjet solutions, with distinct strengths in display graphics, d\u00e9cor and packaging applications. Its recently renewed portfolio includes the Jeti TAURO, Onset PANTHERA and SpeedSet ORCA platforms. Together, EFI and Agfa DPS expect to generate approximately \u20ac540 million ($625 million) of revenue in 2026 on a pro forma basis and will serve a diversified base of thousands of customers across more than 100 countries, supported by complementary geographic strengths across North America and Europe and a global sales and service network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combined company is expected to have the potential to realize significant synergies over time, driven by enhanced cross-selling opportunities and the benefits of a platform with greater scale, including expanded access to new applications and geographies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s announcement reflects our long-term commitment to digital printing and our conviction in the future of the industry,\u201d said Pascal Ju\u00e9ry, CEO of Agfa-Gevaert. \u201cBy bringing together Agfa DPS and EFI, we are creating a stronger business with greater scale, broader access and enhanced innovation capabilities. Rather than continue as a standalone business, we are choosing to partner with Siris to unlock the next phase of accelerated growth for our DPS business while maintaining meaningful upside for Agfa\u2019s stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince our investment in EFI in 2019, we have supported the company\u2019s evolution into a focused industrial inkjet leader, drawing on our experience helping technology and industrial businesses scale,\u201d said Frank Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, and David Calamai, Managing Director, of Siris. \u201cEFI and Agfa DPS bring together distinct and complementary capabilities, forming a business with the reach and depth to do more for customers across more markets. We look forward to partnering with Agfa to accelerate innovation and expansion for customers worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Agfa, we believe this combination can help accelerate the adoption of digital printing across the industry,\u201d said Vincent Wille, President of Agfa DPS. \u201cBy combining technology leadership, global reach and deep application expertise, we can help our customers achieve new levels of productivity, agility and sustainable growth, enabling them to innovate faster, reduce waste and create lasting value across the entire print ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur partnership with Agfa over the past two years has highlighted the strength of our complementary technologies, expertise and teams,\u201d said Frank Pennisi, CEO of EFI. \u201cThis combination is a natural next step that allows us to build on that momentum with a broader platform, accelerating innovation and expanding the solutions we can deliver to customers across industrial inkjet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026 and is subject to customary employee information and consultation processes, regulatory approvals and closing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EFI and Siris were advised by DC Advisory, Truist Securities and Houlihan Lokey, which acted as financial advisors, and Sidley Austin LLP, which served as legal advisor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Combination to Create a Broader, More Diversified Business with a Comprehensive Product Portfolio, Expanded Geographic Reach and Enhanced Capabilities to Serve Customers Across Key End Markets Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (\u201cEFI\u201d), a leading industrial inkjet business and portfolio company of Siris, and Agfa-Gevaert (\u201cAgfa\u201d) today announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa\u2019s Digital Printing Solutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[358,903],"class_list":["post-23605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corrugated-folding-carton","tag-agfa","tag-efi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23607,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23605\/revisions\/23607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}