Benny Landa

Benny Landa is Chairman of the Landa Group, one of Israel’s leading technology enterprises. In 1977 he founded Indigo, which developed the world's first digital printing press. Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002, Indigo continues to lead the digital printing market worldwide - and accounts for 0.5% of Israel’s GDP.

In 2003 Benny founded the Landa Group, today comprising 15 high-tech companies, with some 1800 employees. These include: Landa Labs, the Group’s research and innovation center; Landa Digital Printing, which produces mainstream digital printing presses; LUSIX, a leading producer of lab-grown diamonds; Landa Automotive Pigments, producing nano-pigments for the automotive industry; Lumet, which has developed the PV industry’s highest efficiency metallization technology for PV solar cells; and Landa Ventures, a portfolio of 10 high-tech companies in various fields from fuel cells to smart labels. Benny is Israel’s – and the printing industry’s – most prolific inventor, holding some 1,000 patents worldwide.