Lexmark
| Lexmark International, Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US5297711070 |
| founding | March 27, 1991 |
| Seat | Lexington , Kentucky , USA |
| management | Allen Waugerman, President CEO |
| Number of employees | approx. 9,000 (2020) |
| sales | 3,550,000,000 US dollars (2015) |
| Branch | Printers, Managed Print Services (MPS) and company software for capture, content and process management |
| Website | www.lexmark.com |
The Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) is founded in 1991 in the US companies with over 8,000 employees worldwide, which printer hardware and also software for this area manufactures and distributes. The product range includes laser multifunction printers and matrix printers as well as corresponding accessories. Lexmark is also a provider of managed print services (MPS) and document management software .
In 2015 Lexmark Inc. generated sales of 3.55 billion dollars and employed approximately 13,000 people worldwide. Allen Waugerman has been CEO of Lexmark International, Inc. since 2019.
In April 2016, the acquisition of Lexmarks by the Chinese Apex Technology and PAG Asia Capital for 3.6 billion US dollars was announced. The acquisition was completed on November 30, 2016.
organization
The headquarters of Lexmark International is located in Lexington ( Kentucky ), USA . The European headquarters are located in Geneva . The European central warehouses are located in Venlo and Turnhout .
The German subsidiary of the internationally operating group is Lexmark Deutschland GmbH , which has offices in four major German cities and is headquartered in Neu-Isenburg (near Frankfurt).
The sole shareholder of Lexmark Deutschland GmbH is Lexmark International Technology, SA , a stock corporation under Swiss law with its registered office in Meyrin , Geneva , Switzerland .
The service and support locations for the EMEA economic area are in Sofia and Lisbon (for Germany, Switzerland, Austria , Italy , Poland , Portugal , Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg ), Sweden (for Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden ), Rabat (for French-speaking countries and Spain) and Bangalore (for Great Britain).
Company history
Lexmark International, Inc. was founded in 1991 following the sale of IBM's printer and keyboard operations to the private equity firm Clayton & Dubilier, Inc. Headquarters are in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Lexmark introduced its first inkjet printer in 1991, the IBM Color Jetprinter PS 4079. With the IBM ExecJet II 4076, Lexmark presented its first black and white inkjet printer with a self-developed printing mechanism in 1993. With the Optra family, Lexmark introduced the first laser printers in 1994 that print with a true resolution of 1200 × 1200 dpi. Lexmark went public in 1995 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LXK. With the Lexmark 7000 Color Jetprinter, Lexmark introduced the first inkjet printer in 1997 that prints with a resolution of 1,200 × 1,200 dpi. The company has been cooperating with Compaq since 1998 and sells inkjet printers under the Compaq label. Lexmark introduced the first 2-in-1 printer in 1998, the Lexmark 5770 Photo Jetprinter, which enables users to edit, print and save digital photos without using a PC. Lexmark expanded its offering in 1999 to include Managed Print Services (MPS). This includes the management of the printer fleet and consumables as well as consulting services and service for the device fleet.
In 2000 the first modular multifunctional solution was introduced. Since 2001 there has been a cooperation with IBM and Lexmark is (again) selling laser printers under the IBM label. A year later the cooperation with Dell was started and Lexmark sells inkjet and laser printers under the Dell label. In 2002 the first color inkjet printer with 4800 dpi came on the market. A W-LAN series of inkjet devices for wireless printing was released in 2007 . In 2012 a restructuring was announced. By the end of 2013, the production of inkjet printers ceased and 1,700 employees were laid off. In 2013, Lexmark sold its ink division (including a Filipino production facility and around 1,500 patents) to the Japanese company Funai Electric for around $ 100 million. At the end of August 2013, a takeover agreement was signed with Saperion AG completed. (Germany, Berlin), over 72 mio. USD, hit.
Saperion AG produces Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Business Process Management (BPM) software. The acquisition of Kofax (USA, California) for $ 1 billion was announced in 2015. Kofax manufactures, among other things, scanning and optical character recognition ( OCR ) software. Lexmark Deutschland GmbH moved from Dietzenbach (Offenbach district) to Neu-Isenburg (Offenbach district) in September 2015.
Also in 2015, Lexmark renewed its branding and introduced a new logo for its company. The new logo in different shades of green symbolizes an aperture and is intended to represent the expanded range and the focus on industry solutions.
Business areas
The Imaging Solutions and Services (ISS) division offers laser printers , multifunction printers , associated operating materials and consumables, software, software solutions and Managed Print Services (MPS) for companies. In addition, a range of services such as maintenance, consulting and systems integration are offered by Lexmark Global Services.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://newsroom.lexmark.com/2016-02-23-Lexmark-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-results accessed on March 23, 2017
- ↑ https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/lexmark-deutschland-gmbh-dietzenbach/Lexmark-Abschluss-der-Uebernahme-durch-Apex-Technology-und-PAG-Asia-Capital-vollhaben/boxid/827803 accessed 23 March 2017
- ↑ http://www.lexmark.com/de_de/about/news-releases/lexmark--schluss-der-ubernahme-durch-apex-technology-und-pag-asia-capital-vollhaben.html
- ↑ Homepage IBM company history (1991) . Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ Die Welt Online, August 28, 2012, 1:39 p.m.
- ↑ http://www.elektrojournal.at/funai-setzt-seine-shopping-tour-fort-und-kauf-die-tintensparte-von-lexmark-125453.html Elektrojournal Online from April 5, 2013
- ↑ https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Lexmark-steig-beim-deutschen-ECM-Anbieter-Saperion-ein-1939578.html accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ http://newsroom.lexmark.com/2013-08-20-Lexmark-announces-agreement-to-acquire-Saperion accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ http://newsroom.lexmark.com/2015-05-21-Lexmark-completes-acquisition-of-Kofax-announces-Enterprise-Software-leadership-change accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/uebernahme-lexmark-kauf-software-unternehmen-kofax/11552430.html accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ http://www.zdnet.de/88229823/lexmark-kauf-kofax-fuer-eine-milliarde-dollar/ accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ Lexmark press release: Lexmark updates branding and logo , accessed April 30, 2020