(For a general overview of the market opportunities for commercial print providers in direct-to-shape printing, see Pete Basiliere’s complementary feature here.) 

Israel’s Velox, founded in 2012, specializes in industrial-scale direct-to-shape digital printing—or, as the company calls it, “decorating”—predominantly on tubes, aerosols and other cylindrical items. Velox has developed both the ink and the system architecture and the two “pillars” of its DTS-Inkjet technology are:

The target materials for the Velox printing system are plastic, laminate and aluminum tubes and aerosol cans, and it can print the full 360° without a gap or any kind of overlapping. The 14 colors and embellishments included in the system provide ultra-wide color gamut and accurate color matching. It can also print on the cap simultaneously. The company’s IDS Series is indeed geared for high production: the flagship IDS 250 can produce up to 250 containers per minute (naturally, your mileage will vary). However, it being a digital printing process, the Velox technology also supports short runs and on-demand production.