Over 40 years ago, Albert Blake Dick III, grandson of the founder of the A. B. Dick Co., believed that duplicator technology-then the core business of his company-could and should be improved. Mr. Dick hired Jim Stone, an......Over 40 years ago, Albert Blake Dick III, grandson of the founder of the A. B. Dick Co., believed that duplicator technology-then the core business of his company-could and should be improved. Mr. Dick hired Jim Stone, an eminent scientist, and charged him and his team with the responsibility of developing new technologies for the company. Mr. Dick directed that the companys mission was to "put marks on paper." Known today as Videojet Technologies, the company is considered to be a world-leading manufacturer of coding, printing and laser marking products, fluids, and accessories for the product identification industry. As experts in continuous ink jet (CIJ), drop-on-demand (DOD), thermal-transfer overprinting (TTO), array, and laser technologies, Videojet has over 275,000 units installed worldwide. Sales, service, training, administrative and application support is provided by direct operations worldwide, including Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Russian, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom, with more than 250 direct sales and service personnel in the United States alone. Videojets distribution network includes over 175 distributors and OEMs, serving 135 countries.