Memjet is a printing technology and components company. It maintains its corporate office in San Diego, California, and has offices in Dublin, Sydney, Taipei, Singapore and Boise, Idaho. Memjet's president and chief executive officer,
Len Lauer
Len Lauer (1958-12 April 2020) was president and CEO of Memjet He launched Memjet's color printing technology, developed by Silverbrook Research
Kia Silverbrook (born 1958) is an Australian independent inventor and scientist. He is one of the ...
, was appointed in January 2010. Before joining Memjet, Lauer served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of
Qualcomm.
In 2010, first label Memjet printers were announced. In January 2011, Memjet announced that it plans to launch the product first in Asia/Pacific region, expecting release in North America and Europe by the end of 2011.
Memjet's technology was developed by
Silverbrook Research
Kia Silverbrook (born 1958) is an Australian independent inventor and scientist. He is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, , located in
Balmain,
Australia. Research began in 1994, and a working Memjet prototype printer was displayed at the
Consumer Electronics Show in 2009.
Silverbrook Research and their principal financier, The
George Kaiser
George Bruce Kaiser (born October 30, 1943) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of BOK Financial Corporation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of September 2021, he is the 476th richest person in the world and was, in 2012, one of ...
Family Foundation, were in dispute in several fundamental aspects, and Silverbrook Research's office and principal research facility for Memjet in
North Ryde
North Ryde is a suburb located in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located 15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City ...
, Sydney, Australia was shut down pending resolution. In May 2012, a settlement was announced under which Memjet acquired the technology and restored about 300 jobs to former Silverbrook Research employees who today are part of Memjet.
"Kaiser foundation settles lawsuit"
''Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 20 ...
'', 8 May 2012 (pay site).
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External links
* {{official website, http://www.memjet.com/, name=Memjet
Computer printers
Non-impact printing
Australian inventions