Benny Landa

Benny Landa was born in 1946 in Poland

Ben Zion (Benny) Landa was born in Poland in 1946 to Holocaust survivors. His family moved to Edmonton, Canada, where his father ran a shop with photo developing equipment. Landa developed a way to print directly onto photographic paper without film.

He studied physics and engineering at the Technion and psychology and literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He later studied at the London Film School.

In 1969 he joined CAPS, a micrographics company, where his work won a contract with Rolls-Royce. He then co-founded Imtec, a micrographics company, with Gerald Frankel. While researching liquid toners, he developed a fast image development method.

After moving to Israel, he founded Indigo in 1977. In 1993 the company introduced the E-Print 1000, a press that printed directly from a computer. In 2002 he sold Indigo to Hewlett-Packard for US$830 million and became a strategic adviser to HP's CEO.

He then set up companies in nanotechnology, imaging and energy, and a fund for early-stage technology firms. Landa Digital Printing developed nanopigment inks and presented its presses at Drupa in 2012. In September 2025 it was sold to the FIMI fund after falling into debt.