MachGlobal becomes the official distributor of GIP – General Inkjet Printing Technology Co., Ltd.
MachGlobal is proud to announce the signing of a distribution agreement for France with GIP – General Inkjet Printing Technology Co., Ltd., a major player in industrial inkjet technology based in Shanghai.
This agreement gives French printers and converters direct access to Asia’s most advanced digital technologies, supported by local expertise and reliable technical assistance.
🔹 A technological and strategic alliance
Founded in Shanghai, GIP has established itself as a global provider of industrial inkjet solutions.
The company designs and manufactures its own printheads, electronic boards, RIP software, mechanical modules, and inks, covering an exceptionally wide range of applications:
- Label and packaging printing
- Commercial and decorative printing
- OEM industrial integration
- Modular systems for variable data and digital varnishing
Thanks to full control of its technological chain, GIP delivers systems that combine precision, speed, flexibility, and performance, offering an excellent price-to-performance ratio for the European market.
🔹 A tailored offer for French printers
The agreement covers, for the label market, the entire GIP Label Series — Label Smart, Label Ultra, Label Modular, and Falcon — designed for label and packaging applications.
These systems provide variable data, numbering, selective varnish, and full-color high-speed printing, with G7 Master Qualification, ensuring perfect color stability and consistency.
👉 Under this agreement, MachGlobal will handle sales, integration, training, and technical support for GIP solutions across metropolitan France and the overseas territories.
MachGlobal will also distribute GIP’s sheet-fed solutions through dedicated channels for those market segments.
🔹 A European technical partnership: GIP – VBR All Service – MachGlobal
To ensure optimal service quality from day one, MachGlobal will rely on the technical and operational resources of GIP’s Italian partner, VBR All Service.
Based in northern Italy, VBR All Service already has strong experience, with more than ten successful installations in the Italian market.
This cooperation enables MachGlobal to:
- Rely on a proven technical base
- Benefit from experienced and locally trained technicians
- Operate from an existing support, demo, and training platform
➡️ This Franco-Italian synergy provides MachGlobal with immediate deployment and maintenance capabilities, ensuring fast, professional, and long-term customer support in France.
🔹 A shared vision: innovation, proximity, and performance
“This partnership embodies our mission: bringing the latest-generation Asian technologies closer to the European market, with hands-on support and impeccable service quality.
GIP brings tremendous technological strength, which MachGlobal transforms into concrete solutions tailored to our customers’ needs.
With the technical support of VBR in Italy, we are starting on a strong and experienced foundation.”
— Stéphane Rateau, Managing Director, MachGlobal
“We’re truly happy to collaborate with MachGlobal on this exciting journey.
At VBR ALL SERVICE, we have always believed that innovation should go hand in hand with reliable, human-centered support — and this partnership is the perfect example.
In Italy, we have already successfully installed four machines, building solid experience and deep technical know-how that we’re now ready to share and grow together with MachGlobal.
Together, we’ll help bring advanced Asian technologies closer to the European market, standing side by side to ensure the best technical assistance and service quality for our customers.
We’re confident that this collaboration will bring great benefits to both teams and to all clients who choose our solutions.”
— Corrado Voghera, General Manager, VBR ALL SERVICE
🔹 A natural synergy within the MachGlobal ecosystem
This new collaboration fits perfectly into MachGlobal’s multi-brand strategy, already partnered with manufacturers such as Luster, Spande, DYM, SAPA, DMS, Hefeng, and Wanjie.
The arrival of GIP further strengthens MachGlobal’s digital offering and opens new opportunities for cross-technology integration.
🔹 A clear ambition: democratizing industrial inkjet printing
With GIP, MachGlobal reaffirms its ambition to make the best industrial inkjet technologies accessible to the European market, combining innovation, proximity, and reliability.
This Franco-Asian alliance, backed by a European technical partnership with VBR All Service, positions MachGlobal as a key player in industrial digital printing, uniting the best of three worlds:
- Asian technological power
- European expertise
- The agility of a local partner