Roland DG

Roland DG is a Japanese manufacturer of digital production equipment whose products serve creative professionals and businesses in areas including graphic arts, signmaking, fine-art reproduction, engraving, and 3D modeling. Its portfolio includes inkjet printers and printer/cutters, vinyl cutters, engraving equipment, milling machines, dental solutions, and inks. The company’s German-language Wikipedia entry identifies its corporate name as Roland Digital Group Corporation and describes it as a Japanese maker of cutting plotters, large-format inkjet printers, milling and modeling machines, and 3D scanners. Printing is a prominent part of the brand’s current offer. Roland DG sells large-format and desktop equipment using UV, eco-solvent, latex, and other printing technologies. Its printer/cutters combine printing with contour cutting, while its UV equipment supports printing on a range of materials and products. Current product families featured on its site include TrueVis, VersaObject, DGXPRESS, and VersaSTUDIO. The company also offers inks, including ECO-SOL MAX, ECO-UV, and D-EA2 formulations, for different devices and applications. The company describes its products as solutions for makers and businesses seeking to create graphics, signs, personalized objects, packaging prototypes, decorative surfaces, and other printed or milled work. The product range extends beyond graphics: Roland DG’s site also lists dental solutions and milling equipment. Its refreshed global brand message, introduced in 2026, is “Make Your Mark,” emphasizing solutions intended to help creators turn ideas into meaningful impact. Roland DG was established in Japan in 1981 as AMDEK Co. Ltd. and adopted the name Roland DG Corporation in 1983. Its headquarters are in Hamamatsu, Japan. The supplied evidence does not establish its current ultimate owner, parent company, or listed status. The brand operates internationally through its product and dealer presence; the homepage provides a dealer-finding function. Its current site also reports company developments and product news, including awards, new printer launches, and a sales subsidiary established by DGSHAPE in India.

Roland DG’s corporate history began in Japan in 1981, when the company was founded as AMDEK Co. Ltd. The German-language Wikipedia entry supplied for this dossier states that the company adopted the name Roland DG Corporation in 1983 and is based in Hamamatsu. The evidence does not name the company’s founder, so no individual founder is identified here. The company developed a range of digital production equipment for creative and technical work. Its historical and product categories include cutting plotters, large-format inkjet printers, milling and modeling machines, and 3D scanners. The German-language account highlights a distinctive capability of its large-format printer/cutters: printing and contour cutting can be performed in one workflow. It also notes that Roland printers have been supplied with different ink types for proofing, sublimation, and indoor or outdoor use. These product characteristics help explain the brand’s reach across signage, graphics, personalization, and related production applications. Roland DG’s own timeline presents its history as a progression of innovations for creative professionals in graphic arts, signmaking, fine-art reproduction, engraving, and 3D modeling. The supplied timeline excerpt includes selected developments from 2023 onward. In 2023, Roland DG Corporation began operating from a new environmentally conscious head office. The company says the building includes rooftop solar power generation and high-efficiency air conditioning, achieved “Nearly ZEB” certification, and reduced primary energy consumption by 75% through a combination of energy conservation and energy creation. Also in 2023, Roland DG launched DGXPRESS, a printer brand focused on high productivity and aggressive pricing. Its first wave comprised the UG-642 and UG-641 UV printer models, followed a few months later by the ER-642 eco-solvent model. The company’s timeline also records that UAB Dimense print officially became UAB DG DIMENSE, describing its digital embossing-printing technology as a means of expanding wallpaper and decorative-surface applications and business opportunities. Roland DG also announced the BN2-20 and BN2-20A, additions to the VersaSTUDIO family of 20-inch printer/cutters. The current portfolio continues to span printing and other production technologies. Roland DG’s product pages list DGXPRESS ER eco-solvent printers and UG UV printer/cutters, TrueVis UV printer/cutters, VersaObject flatbed UV printers, and other printer families. The inks page describes formulations for applications such as banners, signs, labels, vehicle graphics, fine-art giclées, backlit work, packaging prototypes, and sublimation. The corporate homepage also features vinyl cutters, engraving and personalization equipment, milling machines, and dental solutions. In 2026, Roland DG introduced the global brand message “Make Your Mark.” Its timeline describes the message as reflecting a strategic shift toward complete solutions that empower creators to turn ideas into meaningful impact. The company remains active, with its official site presenting current products, dealer information, company updates, and product news. The evidence provided does not establish the company’s current ultimate ownership or listing status.

• 2026

  “Make Your Mark” global brand message introduced

• 2023

  Operations begin at a new environmentally conscious head office

• 2023

  DGXPRESS printer brand launched

• 2023

  UAB Dimense print becomes UAB DG DIMENSE

• 2023

  VersaSTUDIO BN2-20 and BN2-20A announced

• 1983

  Renamed Roland DG Corporation

• 1981

  Company founded as AMDEK Co. Ltd.

Digital production solutions and equipment for creative professionals and businesses, spanning printing, cutting, engraving, milling, and dental applications.

• TrueVis

  A family that includes large-format inkjet printer/cutters and UV printer/cutters.

• VersaObject

  A family of UV printers, including flatbed and cylindrical printing offerings.

• DGXPRESS

  A printer brand focused on high productivity and aggressive pricing, with UV and eco-solvent models.

• VersaSTUDIO

  A product family that includes desktop printer/cutters such as the BN2-20 and BN2-20A.

• Roland DG inks

  Ink formulations include ECO-SOL MAX, ECO-UV, and D-EA2 for different devices and applications.

• Launch of DGXPRESSOther

• Move to an environmentally conscious head officeOther

• Shift toward complete solutions expressed through “Make Your Mark”Other

• Unconfirmed

  Roland DG announces TrueVIS VG Upgrade Programme in EMEA[7]Roland DG宣布在欧洲、中东和非洲推出TrueVIS VG升级计划whattheythink.com

  Roland DG announced the launch in EMEA of its TrueVIS VG Upgrade Programme, offering existing VG-640 and VG-540 printer/cutter owners a conversion process to add functions available in the VG2 series to their devices.

• 2019

  Roland DG products win three SGIA 2019 Product of the Year Awards[8]Roland DG 产品获得三项 2019 年 SGIA 年度产品奖whattheythink.com

  Roland DG announced that three products—the TrueVIS VG2 series printer/cutters, TR2 ink, and Texart RT-640M printer—won 2019 SGIA “Product of the Year” Awards in their respective categories.

Read more

1. 1Inkjet printers, engravers, milling machines and more | Roland DGrolanddg.com
2. 2Roland DG Innovations and Awards | Roland DGrolanddg.com
3. 3Printers, Cutters & Engravers | Products | Roland DG Corporationrolanddg.com
4. 4UV, Eco-Solvent & Sublimation Inks | Roland DG Corporationrolanddg.com
5. 5Roland Digital Groupde.wikipedia.org
6. 6Roland DGwikidata.org
7. 7Roland DG宣布在欧洲、中东和非洲推出TrueVIS VG升级计划whattheythink.com
8. 8Roland DG 产品获得三项 2019 年 SGIA 年度产品奖whattheythink.com