that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message electronics for imaging inc. type public traded as nasdaq efii industry digital imaging technology founded 1989 1989 founder efi arazi headquarters fremont california u.s. area served worldwide key people guy gecht ceo revenue us 883 million fy 2015 profit us 33.5 million fy 2015 number of employees 3000 2016 subsidiaries optitex website efi.com electronics for imaging inc. efi is an international company based in silicon valley that specializes in digital printing technology . efi develops technologies for the manufacturing of signage packaging textiles ceramic tiles and personalized documents with a wide range of printers inks digital front ends and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite . contents 1 business 2 history 3 awards 4 controversy 5 references 6 external links business edit formerly located in foster city california the company is now based in fremont . efi is a global technology company based in silicon valley and its corporate goal is to lead the worldwide transformation from analogue to digital imaging . efi develops technologies for the manufacturing of signage packaging textiles ceramic tiles and personalised documents with a wide range of printers inks digital front ends and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that streamlines the production process . on july 1 2015 efi entered the textile printing marketing with the acquisition of italian digital textile company reggiani macchine . 1 on june 19 2016 efi acquired optitex a 3d digital workflow provider . history edit efi was founded in 1989 in san francisco by israeli businessman efi arazi who had previously founded scitex in 1968 the first israeli high tech firm . awards edit for six consecutive years efi has led the print industry with the most must see em awards through the graph expo the most comprehensive selling trade show for digital inkjet offset flexo gravure and hybrid technologies products and services for the commercial transactional converting and package printing publishing mailing in plant photo imaging marketing and industrial printing industries in the americas . in 2016 efi received 8 must see em awards . 2 the must see ems provide valuable guidance to show goers considering the purchase of new equipment or software ; they are also invaluable to exhibitors who desire industry wide recognition of their newest products . the must see ems also provide the industry media with a specific hot list of the latest innovations for pre show onsite and post show coverage . 3 controversy edit in october 2014 the u.s. labor department s wage and hour division in san francisco fined the company 3 500 and ordered it to pay more than 40 000 in back wages after it had employed eight people at its new location in fremont and paid the workers 1.21 per hour to install the computer network . california minimum wage was then 8.00 an hour . 4 5 the employees it technicians were flown in from bangalore india to help with the company s relocation to fremont and were paid in rupees . the company said it was an administrative error . efi s vice president of hr shared services beverly rubin said during this assignment they continued to be paid their regular pay in india as well as a special bonus for their efforts on this project . she added during this process we unintentionally overlooked laws that require even foreign employees to be paid based on local u.s. standards . 4 6 7 8 some of the employees were reported to have worked 122 hours a week setting up the network . 8 the day before news of the labor violation was reported the company posted record revenues of nearly 198 million an 11 percent increase over the previous year . 9 michael eastman assistant district director with the united states department of labor said that the labor abuses at the company were among the worst he had ever seen even surpassing los angeles sweatshops . 4 according to the associated press ceo guy gecht earns just under 6 million including salary and bonuses . 4 the controversy precipitated a flurry of comments from local politicians . mike honda congressman from san jose and a democrat issued a statement that efi s human resources practices constitute the most egregious type of wage theft and employee abuse . they undermine fair labor competition among businesses and if left unaddressed would erode the idea that this is an economy of opportunity . 10 honda indicated that current penalties are not sufficient to deter unscrupulous employers from engaging in wage abuses and need to be increased . ceo guy gecht had been a major contributor to the campaign of ro khanna honda s opponent but gecht s name was removed from khanna s endorsement list after news of the labor violations broke . tyler law a spokesman for khanna noted the inexcusable exploitation by electronics for imaging goes against everything that silicon valley stands for . 10 references edit http www.printweek.in news efi acquires reggiani matan enters textile market 12078 http www.piworld.com article sixth consecutive year efi leads industry must see ems awards http www.mustseeems.com a b c d michael liedtke us tech firm penalized for mistreatment of indian employees working 122 hours in a week star tribune . 2014 10 23 . retrieved 2014 10 24 . as of july 2014 the minimum wage in the state of california is 9.00 per hour . minimum wage state of california department of industrial relations . retrieved 2014 10 24 ben gilbert bay area tech company caught paying imported workers 1.21 an hour engadget.com october 2014 . retrieved 2014 10 23 . angel awards the top 10 . image reports . 2009 12 16 . p. 20 . retrieved 2010 01 29 . a b workers paid 1.21 an hour to install fremont computers . october 2014 . retrieved 2014 10 23 . efi reports record revenue of 198m for q3 up 11 percent compared to q3 of previous year printing impressions . 2014 10 22 . retrieved 2014 10 23 . a b josh richman ca17 honda blasts firm fined for wage theft bay area news group . 2014 10 23 . retrieved 2014 10 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title electronics for imaging & oldid 738260344 categories technology companies based in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in foster city californiatechnology companies established in 19891989 establishments in californiacompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 21 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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