KAYELL CELEBRATES 40 YEARS IN THE IMAGING BUSINESS

Sydney, July 16^th 2010 – Kayell is celebrating 40 years in business this year, a milestone that few Australian owned independent supply businesses can match.

What began as a specialist supplier of professional photographic laboratory equipment in 1970 when John Koens and Hans Leijer merged the first letters of their surnames to make ‘Kayell’ is today a major supplier to the imaging and graphic arts markets. With offices  in Sydney and Melbourne under Kayell Australia Pty Limited and  Brisbane under Kayell Qld Pty Limited.

Managing Director of Kayell Australia Robert Gatto comments; “Kayell has survived every major change in the professional imaging industry by carefully choosing the right products, investing in training and service and being a dependable partner to our customers. We have always kept a clear head for business, employed knowledgeable staff and kept right up to date with technology. These foundations were laid by John Koens and his team and are now continued through with the current owners, Robert Gatto and Andreas Johansson of Kayell Australia and Paul Gilbert of Kayell Qld.

Kayell still maintains a very solid customer base in professional photography but since 2000, the company has seen strong growth in the fine art, design and graphic arts markets, with some of Australia’s top printers, artists and designers using Kayell to provide colour management and technical services.

“It’s all about imaging and following the data-flow with careful attention to detail,” says director Andreas Johansson. “Whether images are for photographic or graphic arts applications, if you know what the objective is and have an eye for colour and resolution, the two are really the same today. You then need the right tools and training to get it right, and that’s where Kayell comes in.”

A look at Kayell’s exclusive and non-exclusive product offerings seems to confirm this, even after 40 years.