Mutoh Europe nv

Type	Business unit
Industry	Electronics
Founded	August 1990
Headquarters	Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium
Key people	Mitsuo Takatsu, Managing Director
Products	Printers, plotters
Number of employees	45 (As of November, 2011)
Website	Mutoh Europe nv

Mutoh Europe nv is a business unit of Mutoh Holdings Co. Ltd.

Business Summary

• Established August 1990
• Located in Ostend, Belgium
• Core business: digital desktop and Wide-format printer (sign, UV, digital transfer, textile), sign cutting Plotters and CAD
• Sales, marketing, distribution, logistics, after-sales support and service
• Europe, Middle-East and Africa

Mutoh Europe Company Background

• 1987 : Mutoh Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 1992 : Local Manufacturing pencil Plotters and scribers at Mutoh Belgium
• 1994 : Introduction cutting plotters
• 1997 : Introduction of Falcon RJ-800 CAD printers
• 1999 : Introduction of Albatros PJ-1304 solvent printers
• 2001 : Factory extension phase 2
• 2002 : Introduction of eco-solvent printers
• 2004 : Factory extension phase 3
• 2005 : Introduction mild solvent printers
• 2006 : i² - Intelligent Interweaving technology
• 2008 : Zephyr UV printer
• 2008 : Acquisition of Sesoma & Sericomex Group
• 2009 : Introduction Kona cutting plotters
• 2010 : Expansion textile / sublimation portfolio
• 2011 : Introduction of a new series of garment pattern marking / cutting plotters, called Kona Apparel
• 2011 : Mutoh Europe announces the layoff of 124 employees; 45 employees will remain.
• 2012 : Extended ValueJet line for Sign & Display, Indoor & Digital Transfer and Direct Textile applications
• 2013 : Introduction ValueCut cutting plotters
• 2013 : Introduction ValueJet 1617H (Mutoh's first Sign & Display printer equipped with white inks)
• 2014 : Introduction ValueJet 1638X & ValueJet 1638WX with DropMaster technology
• 2014 : Introduction ValueJet LED UV printers (ValueJet 426UF & ValueJet 1626UH)
• 2015 : Mutoh & Grafityp obtain Indoor Air Comfort certificate (First pan-European low emission certificate for digitally printed self-adhesive film)
• 2018 : Introduction PerformanceJet flatbed LED UV printer
• 2019 : Introduction XpertJet printers
• 2020 : Introduction VerteLith RIP software
• 2022 : Introduction XpertJet Pro printers