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ness for Ferro, and it re- a clear leader in this mar- ing. They wanted to be part tering a revolution in this
quired a different mindset ket. We started this appli- of our market, and now we market. We work to expose
in order to decide on buy- cation of digital printing are two leaders working and convince architects to
ing this kind of company. with ceramic ink on glass together. It’s a very good use digital printing on glass
“Secondly, Ferro is go- 12 years ago, and we have relationship for both of us. for facades, windows, bal-
ing digital. Ferro had no only few competitors. You “We are primarily work- conies and so on. It’s not
digital solution to print on can count them on one ing in two areas; automo- easy for a small company
glass before, although they hand. However, we have tive and architecture. In from Israel to change the
had some small stakes in a much larger install base. automotive, we replace world, and with Ferro, this
ceramic tile printing. Now We are working with most other technology, but in will be easier thanks to
they own a company that is of the big players in the architecture, mainly in ex- the critical mass, which is
the pioneer in digital print- world. terior architecture, it’s a much higher.”
ing with ceramic ink; Ferro “Ferro is a leader in the new market. We sell our When asked about the
is also a leading producer materials market for print- machines to the dreamers company’s future plans for
of digital inks for ceramic ing on glass while we are who are looking to change expansion of their business,
tile decoration. Dip-Tech is the leader in digital print- their business. We are fos- Alon said, “In general, we
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