iFix.com

What iFix.com does

iFix.com, operating from Kent, Ohio, is a private B2B e-commerce supplier specializing in replacement parts and used equipment for Computer-to-Plate (CTP) platesetters used in commercial printing prepress operations. The company sells both new and re-certified components — including laser diodes, motors (stepping, DC, servo, and pulse), sensors (fiber, calibration, vacuum), power supplies, printed circuit boards, cooling units, blower units, vacuum pumps, weight units, encoder cables, and air filter kits — across five major OEM platforms: Screen (PlateRite, Ultima, Niagara series), Agfa (Avalon, Acento), Fuji (Dart, Javelin), Heidelberg (Topsetter, Prosetter), and Kodak-Creo, with Ricoh recently added. A documented Re-certified Parts Process subjects every diode and component to inspection, cleaning, installation, and imaging-verification testing, and re-certified products carry a 6-month warranty. Pricing per part ranges from roughly $15 for basic filters to $9,850 for high-value assemblies such as blower units and 512-channel laser diode units.

The business runs on a BigCommerce storefront with worldwide shipping, supported by a toll-free North American sales line (1-888-384-3233) and email support staffed by certified Parts Experts who provide immediate availability checks. iFix explicitly serves three customer segments — printing-industry service providers, dealer/service representatives, and end-user print operations — and offers same-day shipping for in-stock items. The company has extended its commercial surface with Spanish and Portuguese language storefronts, indicating outreach to Latin American markets, and operates a secondary used-equipment category with a 'Sell Your Equipment' intake function. Headcount stands at approximately 51 employees, and revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

The competitive positioning rests on inventory breadth across multiple OEM platforms, logistics responsiveness (same-day shipping), and the proprietary re-certification workflow with warranty backing, rather than on proprietary technology platforms. The underlying end-market — commercial offset CTP prepress — is a mature, slowly contracting category as the printing industry transitions toward digital workflows, which frames iFix primarily as an aftermarket support business for aging installed equipment rather than a growth-stage technology vendor.

Name

iFix.com

Legal name

iFix

Website

https://ifix.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

iFix.com is a private Kent, Ohio-based B2B e-commerce supplier of new and re-certified CTP platesetter replacement parts and used prepress equipment, serving dealers, service representatives, and end-user print operations worldwide across Screen, Agfa, Fuji, Heidelberg, Kodak-Creo, and Ricoh platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Prepress Equipment Parts

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepress, Plate-Making & Artwork Services (IMALAKAM)

Keywords

• CTP platesetter parts
• Prepress equipment parts
• Re-certified printing parts
• Laser diode replacement
• Platesetter repair parts

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. CTP Parts Sales: One-time sale of new and re-certified CTP platesetter parts including laser diodes, motors, power supplies, sensors, and assemblies. Products range from $15 to $8,975+. Some items are exchange/return items where defective parts must be sent back.
2. Prepress Equipment Sales: Sale of thermal CTP equipment and accessories, providing full machines alongside replacement parts

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

iFix.com is an online e-commerce retailer specializing in new and re-certified replacement parts for CTP (Computer-to-Plate) platesetters, plus used prepress equipment. The catalog covers parts compatible with Screen, Agfa, Fuji, Heidelberg, Kodak-Creo, and Ricoh platesetters, including laser diodes, motors, sensors, power supplies, boards, cooling units, blower units, vacuum pumps, and autoloader components.

Product overview

iFix.com is an online e-commerce platform specializing in CTP (Computer-to-Plate) platesetter parts and prepress equipment. The company offers both new and re-certified used parts for platesetters from Screen (PlateRite series), Agfa (Avalon, Acento), Fuji (Dart, Javelin), and Heidelberg (Topsetter, Prosetter) manufacturers. Their product portfolio includes components such as laser diodes, motors (stepping, DC, servo, pulse), sensors (fiber, calibration, vacuum), power supplies, boards (motherboards, LTB16, RB31, RCP2), cooling units, blower units, vacuum pumps, weight units, encoder cables, blower cables, centering cables, air filter kits, autoloader drivers, and complete autoloader components. iFix.com serves dealers, service representatives, and end users globally with same-day shipping on in-stock items and a 6-month warranty on re-certified products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CTP Platesetter Parts

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day shipping available for in-stock parts
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Esko (Danaher): Esko is a major prepress workflow and imaging systems provider with adjacent hardware exposure. While Esko focuses on workflow software and CDI imagers rather than platesetter parts directly, it competes in the broader prepress technology stack that iFix's customers operate within.
• Fujifilm: Fujifilm is the OEM behind the Dart and Javelin platesetters that form another pillar of iFix's catalog. Fujifilm's Graphic Systems division sells OEM service parts and competes for aftermarket service spend across the same installed base iFix addresses.
• Heidelberg (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen): Heidelberg is the OEM of the Topsetter and Prosetter platesetters that iFix services. Heidelberg sells OEM service parts and service contracts across its installed base, providing the incumbent alternative to iFix's re-certified offerings and defining the price ceiling iFix must undercut.
• Ricoh (Commercial Printing): Ricoh is referenced in iFix's catalog as a platesetter manufacturer and is also a major player in commercial digital printing equipment. Ricoh's commercial printing business overlaps with iFix's end-user customer base as commercial printers consolidate around fewer equipment vendors.
• Agfa (Agfa-Gevaert): Agfa manufactures the Avalon and Acento platesetters that represent a major share of iFix's cross-brand catalog. Agfa's own service parts operation is the closest incumbent competitor for Agfa-platform parts sold through iFix's storefront.
• Screen Holdings (CTP/Platesetter division): Screen is the dominant OEM for the PlateRite series platesetters that make up the largest portion of iFix's catalog. Screen supplies OEM service parts directly and competes with iFix for aftermarket service revenue on its own installed base, making it the most direct comparability benchmark even though it is a vastly larger diversified graphics and printing equipment manufacturer.
• Kodak (Creo / ECRM Platesetters): Kodak, through its Creo heritage, is an OEM of CTP platesetters whose parts are referenced in iFix's catalog. Kodak competes as an incumbent parts supplier for its own legacy installed base.

Emerging players

• Presstek: Presstek is a smaller-scale provider of CTP and digital plate solutions with overlapping prepress equipment offerings. It is comparable as an independent player in the same CTP/prepress equipment category, though its scale and product mix differ from iFix's pure aftermarket parts focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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