Efi Arazi Was in a Class All by Himself –Michelson

Heralded as the founder of the Israeli high-tech industry and even described as the Israeli Steve Jobs, Efraim "Efi" Arazi died April 14th on his 76th birthday after suffering a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. As the founder of Scitex in 1968—the first high-tech company based in Israel—his pioneering developments in the early 1980s brought once-laborious, manual prepress and scanning processes into the digital age, enabling direct-to-film and, ultimately, computer-to-plate print production. Under his stewardship, Scitex also became a worldwide leader in digital printing with sales of more than $900 million and some 4,000 employees at its peak.