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11th asian print awards 2013 - the only regional awards oF its kind in asia The annual Asian Print Awards was founded to recognise outstanding achievement in the print and packaging industries across Asia. With more than half the world’s population represented in this fast growing area, communication in the form of printed matter links Asia’s diverse cultures. It is imperative that such print achievements do not go unrecognised, especially among the population base that Asia enjoys. The Awards are judged on a wholly quality-oriented set of criteria to ensure that fair play is enacted at all times. The Independent Judging Panel comprises highly qualified personnel from within Asia and around the world. The independent judging panel has no knowledge of the actual entrants details. ALL ENTRIES ARE NUMBER-CODED. Entries must be commercially produced work. The Asian Print Awards is the only regional print quality competition of its kind in Asia. Supported by leading industry-supply companies, any progressive quality print house should enter and prove that they are the best - by winning the Gold, Silver or Bronze award. Proving pride in quality awareness is what customers love to see. It’s not just empty words, you can prove it. Entries submission close on 1 October 2013 at 5pm.
conditions oF entry 1. Entries may be submitted by individuals, companies or associations involved in any area of print production, and be from the following countries: Singapore - Malaysia - Korea - Hong Kong - China Indonesia - Thailand - Vietnam - Myanmar - Japan - Philippines Sri Lanka - India - Cambodia - Pakistan - Taiwan - Mauritius Brunei - Bangladesh - Australia - New Zealand - Cambodia Laos - Nepal Entries are invited from: Advertising agencies - Printing companies - Book binders Advertisers and brand owners - Prepress companies Art and Design Studios - Paper Merchants or any other person or company associated with the production of print or the purchase of print in the Asian region. 2. A company can enter as many jobs in as many different categories as it wishes, but the company must make sure that all correct information is completed on the entry form for each individual job entered. 3. All winning entries will be reproduced and featured in the awards catalogue to be distributed during the awards dinner presentation. 4. Entries in the 11th Asian Print Awards must be printed between 30 November 2012 and 1st October 2013, are produced within the Asian countries specified in clause 1. All entries must be sent to and be in on the 1 October 2013 before 5pm. 5. There is no restriction on the type of stock used or the method of printing. Imported stock, artwork or photographs from overseas sources are acceptable. Reproduction film (prepress) and printing and finishing must however be produced entirely with the Asian regions designated. All other printed works submitted from other countries will be immediately disqualified. 6. An official entry form must be completed for each entry (photocopies are acceptable). This form has an “A” and a “B” section. The “A” section will be used to catalogue all entries and to determine the person or company to receive the awards. This section is not shown to the judging panel. The “B” section is for technical details to be considered by the judging panel and must be taped to the back of each entry. Details submitted on the entry form are used as copy for the Award catalogue. The Committee accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies in the details submitted. 7. The judges will be appointed by the Asian Print Awards Committee and the judges’ decision is final. Each entry will be considered and evaluated for print quality or if otherwise stated in the categories listed. 8. The awards are for outstanding achievements in printing and more than one award may be made in any category. Gold, Silver & Bronze medals will only be presented to the Print Company.
make a note in your diary now! the “event” for 2013 is the asian print awards night, join us in Jakarta, indonesia on 28 november 2013 If your company wins an award, a representative(s) from your company MUST be present in Jakarta to receive the award on stage, we will not send any awards to you if you are absent!
11th asian print awards 2013 categories Categories 1-12 : Offset Printing Only 1. Posters, Showcards and Point-of-sale material – 4 or more colours - any substrate 2. Postcards, Greeting and Invitation Cards –(small items to be display mounted) 3. Calendars – any format 4. Leaflets, Flyers, Folders and Brochures- any number of colours, up to 16 pages (excluding cover)
20. Digital Outdoor, Large Format and Signage. Entrant must supply: a) a full sized print or b) a CD/DVD of theme and a one square metre sample print or c) a proof of the concept and one square metre sample print Category 20 entries will be judged equally on concept., print quality & visual impact
5. Catalogues, Booklets and Brochures - 4 or more colours more than 16 pages. 6. Sheetfed magazines – 4 or more colours 7. Book printing – less than 4 colours 8. Book printing – 4 or more colours 9. Limited Editions & Artwork reproductions (under 2000 print run) 10. Web Offset – Coated stock 70gsm and above 11. Web Offset –LWC (light weight coated) 65gsm or less 12. Packaging – any number of colours on any substrate: will be judged equally on – Print Quality – Functionality and Design
Categories 13-21: Digital Printing Only Will be Judged on – Quality – Production – Appropriate use of technology & Visual impact Provide name of press utilised in “Other technical details” of section B on the entry form 13. Book Printing – 4 or more colours 14. Leaflets, Flyers, Folders & Brochures – any number of colours up to 16 pages (excluding cover)
Categories 21-25: Specialty Categories 21. Multi–piece productions and Campaigns – Any substrate or print process: Multi–piece Production must be 3 or more items such as folder, leaflets, ringbinders, inserts, envelopes including their contents. Campaigns must be 3 or more items with a consistent theme produced during the year by the same printer for the same client. 22. Embellishment - any substrate – any combination for example: embossing –diecutting – foil stamping – laminating, coating. 23. Innovation / Specialty Printing – the entry must exhibit any innovative and/ special application of machinery, process, substrate or finishing. A short description must be provided for the judges, detailing reasons for entry into this category. 24. Digital Colour Proofing: The Judging Criteria is to assess the best proof to print match. Entries must be from a commercial Production Job (not a test sample) and must supply a proof together with a full copy of the printed job. Magazines entries must provide a proof of eight (8) different pages together with a full copy of the magazine. 25. Self Promotion – any item printed to promote a product or company involved in the graphic arts industry. Self promotion cannot be entered into any other Category.
15. Catalogues, booklets and brochures – 4 or more colours more than 16 pages. 16. Calendars & personalised photo books – any format. 17. Postcards, Greeting and Invitation cards (small items to be display-mounted). 18. Posters, Showcards & Point-of-sale material – 4 or more colours – any substrate. 19. Packaging (a package must contain and protect the product, communicate with the end user and be functional for end-use) any number of colours on any substrate: will be judged equally on Print Quality – Functionality and Design.
make sure you check all your entries For any Faults, production deFects! it may mean gold..
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Deadline for Entries Submission: 1 October 2013, 5pm Remember to submit 2 copies of each job! Why? - Just in case one is damaged.
Section A (This will not be shown to judges). Entered by (company name): ______________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Person: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: _______________ Country_____________________
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Title of entry (description): ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed by (company name): ________________________________________________________________________________________ Client name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Designer Pre Press House: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Brand of Printing Machine used: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Stock supplied by (Merchant’s name): ______________________________________________________________________________ Brand name of stocks Coated Uncoated: ____________________________________________________________________________ Category entered __________________________________________________________________________________________________ By signing here you accept the rules and conditions of the Asian Print Awards
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Section B Production information to be shown to judges
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Category entered (Same as above): __________________________________ Entry number (Administrative use only] ____________ Print method: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Number of ink colours Embellishments: _______________________________________________________________________________ Number of press passes Quantity produced (Print run copies): _________________________________________________________ Other technical details (finishing processes etc)_______________________________________________________________________
11th Asian Print Awards 2013 ENTRIES SUBMISSION CLOSES 1 October 2013, 5pm Send all entries to: APAM Pte Ltd, no. 71 Geylang Lorong 23, tHK Building #07-02 Singapore 388386 Tel 65-6733 5342
Fax +65 6733 3586 Email us: epub_subscription@cpublish.com.sg
Additional entry forms can be downloaded at www.asianprintawards.com.sg Please note that entries are non-returnable unless a self addressed courier pack is supplied.
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4 KODAK Nexpress's head to India ORIS Flex Pack//Web System for packaging proofs CONNECTING with customers at its inaugural signature event Fuji Xerox’s newest colour press helps printers stay competitive Supporting growth across varied applications Automates imposition for web printers and integrates web to print in the workflow Software Features New Tools for Thwarting Counterfeiters Modern technology realises additional market potential Enthrone 29 tackles tableware Raising a Glass to Self-adhesive Labels on Wines and Spirits Twenty Dumb Things Organizations Do to Mess Up Their Relationship With People Consumers trust advertising in magazines and newspapers Forbes Thailand to be available mid 2013 Higher output and less effort with short grain Project to boost print capacity and flexibility First FUJIFILM Uvistar Pro8 UK installation is a big hit New CDI expands Esko offerings for tag and label printers How Do We Label The Future? Embellishment Technology Shakes Up Australian Printing Industry news from all over the world Last page just for laughs!
Issue 4 2013 No 71 Geylang Lorong 23 #07-02, THK Building Singapore 388386 tel+65 6733 5342 fax +65 6733 3586 Publisher Paul Callaghan paul@cpublish.com.sg Events Elizabeth Liew eliew@cpublish.com.sg Managing Director Jeffrey Protheroe jeff@cpublish.com.sg Journalist Christel Lee editorasia@cpublish.com.sg Advertising Sales Jeffrey Protheroe jeff@cpublish.com.sg Accounts Manager Radika PS accounts@cpublish.com.sg
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4 KODAK Nexpress's head to India Lucknow based photo-book giant KayDee Color Lab signed-up for a purchase of 4 KODAK Nexpress today at Print Pack. The deal was signed by Captain Rajendra Agarwal of KayDee Color Lab in the presence of Lois Lebegue, Managing Director, APR, Oscar Planas, Managing Director - IndiaSouth East Asia & Packaging Director & VP, APR along with Bhalchandra Nikumb, Head - Sales & Channel Management, India Cluster. KayDee Color Lab is a name known for its high quality photo print products with its unique designing & printing facility in Lucknow with a network of over 2000 dealers / distributors and more than 12000 studios have been added in their customers’ data through direct extensive marketing & through 21 collection centres across North India. Over the past 16 years, KayDee Color Lab has grown tremendously with its base across North India with their sheer hard work & vision to become a Photobook brand in itself. Captain Agarwal, along with his younger brother Suresh Agarwal, have taken KayDee Group to new heights with their zest for innovative thinking & new ideas and always being one of the 1st KayDee has ordered for the latest Kodak NexPress SX 3300 photo with the NexGlosser & 36” sheet feeder & and plans to have a national foot-print in both photo & commercial printing space by capitalising on the unique features of the much awarded Kodak NexPress platform. The installation of the 1st Nexpress is scheduled to start in the third week of March in Gujarat. to invest in new technology. The Kodak NexPress enables the printing of the greatest variety of output like Dimensional printing, watermarking, protection coating, glossing, gold, light black, red fluorescent inks, matte printing, long sheet applications upto 36" etc. The SX3300 Press is capable of printing both four- and five-color prints which makes it an outstanding press for high-
end, short-run brochures, calendars, post cards, and other marketing collateral. This along with the strong service offering from Kodak & the fact that the NexPress platform is upgradeable to take up new features launched in the future, is the reason for KayDee Color Lab to select the NexPress for their future growth. The NexPress SX3300 can run all of the 5th Imaging Unit Solutions like Dimensional, clear coat / glossing, Lite Black for photo applications Gold, Pearl, neon pink (in future) for value
addition & print differentiation. There are more than 30 different attributes to image quality: color consistency, differential gloss, fades resistance, smoothness of solids, line quality, transparency, etc. The NexPress image quality has improved steadily since the launch of the platform, with the latest SX model image quality now better or equal to all competition. The ability for the NexPress press to produce smooth flat fields has become top in class with recent innovations in materials, hardware & software.
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NexPress presses are designed at the system level to minimize variations in image quality: problems with streaks and banding, color consistency, and other attributes of image quality. The SX platform is built on high offset & photo image quality standards. Small particle dry inks with high density black, enhanced screening, 5th NexPress is certified with Gray Resolution Enhancement Technology (GRET) which allows KayDee Color Lab to print superb halftone reproduction with smooth tonal transitions. The NexPress comes with 6 different screening technologies like Classic, Supra, Line, Optimum, Staccato & Classic HD Optimal screen choices for different imaging needs. station light black dry, an enhanced version of
ICS & other technologies contribute to significant improvement in the areas of flat-field uniformity & photo quality such that NexPress now delivers leading image quality for photos in addition to benchmark overall output quality. Further Information • NexPress Dry Inks are best in class for fade resistance, offering better color stability than traditional photographs. • The NexPress has an internal closed-loop feedback system for color management. • The NexPress Front End software incorporates the Adobe PDF Print Engine, eliminating the need for translation to PostScript & therefore removes transparency reproduction errors.
With the use of NexGlosser, KayDee Color Lab can enhance image quality & give a laminate-like gloss with absolutely durst/bubble proof sheet for greater impact to the print. The high-gloss prints which provide extra marketing “pop” to a wide range of application. The new SX platform, like earlier NexPress models, is designed to reduce environmental impact. Prints are de-inkable using standard industry processes & dry inks do not contain lead or phthalates above limits for children’s products established by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
Get ready for the 2013 ASIAN PRINT AWARDS We hope to see you in Jakarta at the winners gala dinner.
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ORIS Flex Pack//Web System for packaging proofs Summengraphics (www.summengraphics.de), the full service media agency from Velen (Germany) has introduced ORIS Flex Pack//Web System, the unique solution for colour management and proofing from CGS Technologies International GmbH. In combination with the Roland DG VersaCAMM VS 420-printer jobs can be output on different media whereby white over and underprint as well as metallic colours are possible. cost-effective printouts of design presentations, proofs and mock-ups for Summengraphics. “Since we started working with this solution, we have much safer makeready of printing inks and colour spaces”, says Jürgen Summen, Marketing Sales manager, adding: “The possibility of white under and over prints or printing of metallic colours is a great advantage for simulating printing results. Our proofs must meet the highest professional standards. And they do.” At the core of ORIS Flex Pack//Web System is the patented 4-D iterative ORIS colour management. In addition a multi-pass print mode was designed for packaging applications, thus allowing for raster and halftone proofs. Qualified, imaginative and committed employees are one of the greatest strengths of Summengraphics. 20 team members that have many years of experience in creating and developing packaging design from idea to ready2print data for all printing processes support the company. Summengraphics offers its customers opti-mum and individual packaging solutions. The company has chosen to purchase a solvent-based Roland DG VersaCAMM inkjet printer for proofing and the ORIS Flex Pack//Web System from CGS. The only system for producing printed and virtual proofs in a web-based application provides
An essential part of the software are the standard and spot colour libraries such as Pantone and HKS. Users can create, save and re-use their own special spot colours any time. “Particularly companies like Summengraphics, whose clients include businesses from the food sector in the packaging industry, benefit from ORIS Flex Pack//Web system. The integral softproofing tools, proof certification and raster data support enable a seamless workflow with predictable results”, says Heiner Müller, Business Development at CGS. Implementation and training by CGS has been facilitated by pre-existing knowledge of Summengraphics’ staff and their extensive experience. “Working with the ORIS Flex Pack//
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PrePress a much larger colour gamut when using XG-inks. A solution that is not comparable with any other offering available on the market. ORIS Media Transfer films enable printing with spot or metallic colours on the Roland VersaCAMM VS series. Since the films are transparent and feature a thickness of only a few microns, packaging printers can now produce “print and transfer” as well as “transfer first and then print” jobs. The ORIS Media Transfer films can be attached easily to the selected media thus ensuring an accurate and real-life proof of the product.
Web System requires a new approach to colour management – the process of which, however, is very simple”, explains Jürgen Summen. “We must be able, among other things, to print on transparent, coloured and other, sometimes sensitive media. The Roland DG VersaCAMM VS series allows for this. Together with the CGS solution, all possibilities of the printer with respect to metallic and special colours can be explored. Thus we can create particular individual de-manding proofs and mock-ups. The use of ORIS Flex Pack//Web System offers therefore a very clear added value in comparison to other products.”
cyan and magenta colours have been replaced by orange and green and the CMYK inks have been defined anew. This enables the printer to achieve
“All CGS components, software, XG-Inks and ORIS Media Transfer films in combination with the Roland Ver-saCAMM VS-series are an incomparable offer for printers who want to proof on different media”, Heiner Müller adds.
ORIS Flex Pack/Web System supports and optimises all printer-specific properties of the Roland VersaCAMM VS series such as “Print & Cut” thus enabling proofing on different media. Additionally, the new XG-Inks allow for an enlarged colour gamut. Light
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CONNECTING with customers at its inaugural signature event Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia presented its signature event – the inaugural CONNECT! – Business Transformation 2013 & Beyond, at the iconic Red Dot Museum, Singapore CONNECT! is designed by the brand to be a platform, in which insights to the emerging office technologies, trends and solutions of tomorrow, are shared with guests. Also presented at this event were the challenges and opportunities, as well as the potential of harnessing technology and managed services for the optimization of the office print environment. This year’s event’s theme was Change and Transformation, and more than 100 guests attended the event to find out how Konica Minolta’s advance office technology could help to transform their organizations’ processes and thus, expand its potential. “At Konica Minolta, we recognize that it is not easy for organizations to achieve office optimization with today’s fast-evolving office environment. We listen and understand our customers’ needs to create office solutions, and we believe we are the best partner to help grow your business. We are excited and pleased to share our technology and all the possibilities it encompasses with our guests at CONNECT!” said
Mr. Jonathon Yeo welcomes guests to CONNECT!
Mr. Jonathon Yeo, General Manager, Regional Headquarters, Konica Minolta Business Solution Asia. “Besides our innovation, our core strength lies in the commitment of our people. When it comes to office optimization, we are not only dedicated to help our customers change, we are geared and ready to help them transform the way they think about their office environment, how they do business, and how they can achieve the best efficiency and productivity,” said Mr. Ricky Thong, General Manager, National Operations, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia. Guests at the event received invaluable tips, and insider knowledge and useful tools from experts and consultants of various fields to re-think the way they conduct their businesses. Mr. Thong gave a detailed and engaging presentation on The BIG Change - on how businesses could leverage Konica Minolta’s print and technology to herald unprecedented positive changes in the offices.
Other topics presented by speakers included how to build a fortress against information leaks, an insider guide to accelerate revenue and increase productivity, and how to leverage the Production and Innovation Credit Scheme to enjoy tax reductions. The theme of transformation not only applied to organizations but also to individuals. One of the highlights of the event undoubtedly was the segment by Ms Jill Lowe. The glamourous image consultant introduced the audience to the fine art of dressing for success. Guests were tickled as she bantered with the three volunteers and guided them to select the colours that made them look their absolute best! At the end of the one-day by-inviteonly inaugural event, guests were armed with tools of different aspects to effect changes in their businesses, and left with a deeper understanding of what Konica Minolta’s comprehensive suite of business solutions could achieve for their organizations. Ricky Thong gives a presentation on The BIG Change
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Fuji Xerox’s newest colour press helps printers stay competitive Fuji Xerox Singapore announced the launch of the Color J75 Press, a new digital colour press designed specifically to drive new levels of productivity and easy operation with delivers more to print service providers – more ability to deliver high complex jobs and meet customer requirements, more power to deliver quality at high speeds and more opportunities to take on additional work and grow revenue. With the growth of colour applications, Fuji Xerox’s new digital press makes it easier to capture more lucrative jobs, ranging from photo books and brochures to direct-mail pieces and catalogues. The Color J75 Press provides a complete digital printing and workflow solution that was designed to enable print businesses to thrive in the digital print marketplace. These include easy operation coupled with unparalleled reliability, accurate and repeatable colour quality, new media options for a greater range of product offerings and workflow solutions that streamline print processes. Responding to customer requirements for alignment and registration accuracy, the Color J75 Press is equipped with new tools designed to simplify the way customers achieve image quality consistency and maximise press uptime.
A special feature on the Color J75 press is an automatic inline spectrophotometer system called ACQS, which delivers quick, simple monitoring and calibration. Making use of the onboard scanner, ACQS utilises a user-friendly adjustment control system called Simple Imaging Quality Adjustment, or SIQA which can look at input/output density or colour variation and qucily correct any discrepancy. Simple Imaging Quality Adjustment (SIQA) also helps to automate press controls for greater ease of operation. Operator can then spend more time on tasks that build the business and drive higher profits. For this class of digital presses the SIQA controls is a unique feature to Fuji Xerox, as is the inline spectrophotometer with ACQS. Previously, such features were only available on full production press such as the Color 800, 1000 and iGen.
For commercial print shops producing high-volume, high-value applications, the Color J75 offers additional productivity, running all paper stocks, including heavyweight up to 300gsm, at full speed of 76 pages per minute. The Color J75 also boasts the latest version of the Fiery print server, the FS100 Pro, which features new functions such as image editing and previewing, colour adjustment to print on the fly, with visual representation for the operator to view. The new Fiery controller irons out workflow issues quickly and optimises the Color J75 press operations. It’s a competitive marketplace, and to remain a key player, making sure that productivity is at the highest and print jobs are done properly is extremely important. Adding to the press’ productivity are workflow solutions from Fuji Xerox and business partners that simplify the preparation and production of applications ranging from postcards to booklets.
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AT A GLANCE Industry: General Commercial Printing Business name: EMKA Group Headquarters: Israel Website: www.emka.co.il
CHALLENGE l Increase productivity and lower production costs by moving offset jobs to digital platform. l Maintain market lead with diverse range of specialised printing solutions on varied substrates. l Convince customers to move to digital printing. l Create digital offset quality ISO PVC cards for wide range of customers, and meet high-security standards where required.
SOLUTION l HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press with HP ElectroInk technology (with HP Indigo One Shot Color printing mode and HP Indigo ElectroInk UV Red).
RESULTS l Productivity has doubled and costs are significantly reduced with HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press. l Ability of HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press to print on both PVC and paper means that one press now does the work of two. l Higher customer confidence in digital presses due to uncompromised quality and time savings. l Offers high-quality ISO cards to large customer base, and prints invisible data with HP Indigo ElectroInk UV Red for high-security cards.
Supporting growth across varied applications In a bid to take on the challenge of business cost savings, Fuji Xerox’s latest DocuWide C842 can shave 40% off ink consumption. The newly launched press is developed for companies providing services that include exhibition banners, backlight displays and large posters. As service providers, finding the right balance between quantity and quality is a constant primary challenge. In a competitive market, everyone strives to offer customers both a diverse product range and consistent quality across the board . The EMKA Group has decades of experience in juggling those goals. Founded more than 60 years ago by the Klein family to produce sandpaper and abrasive products for the carpentry and wood industry, the EMKA Group has evolved into one of Israel’s biggest commercial printing companies. With more than 300 employees and seven divisions, EMKA’s offerings now include direct mailing and forms, envelopes, cards, rolls and labels, and office supplies – all under the same roof. Yet despite this rapid growth, EMKA has maintained its commitment to providing its customers with specialised and high-quality printing solutions. As CTO of the EMKA Group, Ofir Adar understands the importance of technology in this winning mix. The company has a long history with HP Indigo presses. It purchased its first
HP Indigo Press – the HP Indigo press s2000 – in 2006, and later acquired the HP Indigo press 3000 and HP Indigo press 3050. In late 2011, EMKA decided to purchase another HP Indigo Press. “HP has never failed us. We trust the company and its technology, and this, together with the well-proven benefits of digital printing, is what led us to test the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press as a replacement for our offset machine for certain jobs,” explains Adar. “It
wasn’t cost effective to run such a big machine for medium-size jobs due to the long setup time. With the new HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press, the setup stage is much faster, so we can print smaller quantities with very high quality and fast time to market, which makes our customers very confident in our capabilities. We can print almost twice as fast as we could with our older HP Indigo press s2000 so we have doubled our productivity.”
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New HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press boosts ISO card and transpromo business Due to its versatility and ability to switch easily between jobs and varied media types, the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press does double duty at EMKA. The company uses the press for two major applications: ISO-compliant plastic cards produced by EMKA Card Systems, and paper transpromo (transactional print and proactive marketing) applications produced by EMKA Direct Mailing. Adar says: “We can now use the same machine to print on both PVC and paper. This means that we use one press to do the work of two. Before we purchased the machine, I had to convince management that printing cards and transpromo applications on the new HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press would increase productivity, lower production costs, and enable us to win new customers – and that’s exactly what happened.” EMKA uses the unique HP Indigo One Shot Color printing mode on the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press to print specialty applications on a wide range of synthetics, including PVC. Its high-quality PVC gift cards, loyalty
and membership cards, employee identification cards, and chip cards are used by some of Israel’s biggest banks, retail stores, loyalty clubs, companies, and governmental organisations. For cards requiring high security standards, EMKA uses HP ElectroInk UV Red to print invisible data; and it uses HP ElectroInk White to print on a variety of substrates, including transparent materials, synthetics, metallics, and paperboard for folding cartons. EMKA also uses the new HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press to print mediumvolume transpromo jobs for SMB retail
Fast turnaround with digital offset quality Adar is a big believer in digital technology. “We are trying to convince most of our customers to move from offset to digital because of the benefits. Using a digital platform is far more productive and flexible. The high setup costs of offset printing mean that customers need to commit to a specific design. With digital, they can make changes far more easily. We get the design file from the customer and print it with the data file in one stage – it’s as simple as that! “With the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press, we get the versatility of a digital solution with almost the same quality as traditional offset printing. Our customers give us excellent feedback and the majority hasn’t even noticed the difference. So we can supply our customers with a high-quality product in a very short time. This is a contributing factor to our ability to maintain the lead in the Israeli market.”
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Automates imposition for web printers and integrates web to print in the workflow AGFA Graphics announced that the latest version of the :Apogee Suite 8 PDF workflow, which is now available world-wide, features a series of new tools for volume printers, allowing them to optimise their production resources. Apogee Suite 8 runs natively on 64-bit Windows Server operating systems. It optimizes the use of the available processing hardware and takes full advantage of virtualisation software. Agfa Graphics' new web printing imposition takes into account every parameter of a web press to automatically define the best imposition, including cutting, slitting, folding, binding, and much more. :Apogee 8 also helps print service providers (PSP's) to extend their market reach and gain new customers. It starts with tight integration with
:Apogee StoreFront, the cloud-based web-to-print solution that makes it easy for PSP's to set up internet stores or 'storefronts' for both printed and nonprinted products. Online orders can be downloaded into and processed by the :Apogee workflow without operator intervention. This automation allows PSP's to provide new services for their customers and create a true B2B environment. "This is great for typical e-commerce environments. :Apogee StoreFront gives printers the opportunity to automate customer communication
with jobs of any size, typically the smaller or repeat jobs," said Andy Grant, Global Director of Software, Agfa Graphics. ":Apogee 8 also features a 'Merge Jobs' functionality, which merges jobs that have similar characteristics, such as paper type or ink sets, to be imposed on one sheet for cutting later. It's another convenience tool offered by :Apogee that can help printers become more productive." An additional enhancement to :Apogee Suite 8 is :Apogee Preflight, which offers improved color management. :Apogee Preflight verifies that color profiles are attached to all objects and automatically updates incorrect profiles. :Apogee Preflight also makes the necessary adjustments should the output target change.
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Software Features New Tools for Thwarting Counterfeiters Agfa Graphics announced today the availability of the newest version of :Fortuna (version 7) security printing software.
Fortuna 7, used in securing and preventing counterfeiting and theft around the world, is designed for use in the highest security printing applications, such as banknotes, IDcards, brand protection, documents, tax labelling and packaging.
Business Manager Security Software Solutions. “Agfa Graphics has been actively participating in security and anti-counterfeiting measures for many years and is a reliable partner to many government institutions and private industry worldwide.”
New tools in :Fortuna 7 include advanced design security features and external verification tools. Utilizing both digital and conventional print, Agfa Graphics has discovered new ways to include patterns in printed designs. The more complex the designs, the higher the security.
:Fortuna 7 software features different levels of verification tools – both for the expert and for non-qualified end users who can simply determine a true product from a fake one. With yearly releases, Agfa Graphics shows consistency in the product’s development, from software to workflow, in close cooperation with the industry.
“The new design tools in :Fortuna 7
are helping users stay one step ahead, providing more than 26 tools to help keep brands, sensitivedocuments and packaging safe and secure,” said Koen Heyndrickx, Agfa Graphics’
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Modern technology realises additional market potential KBA's new Rapida 145 series of large-format sheetfed offset presses, unveiled at Drupa 2012, is attracting particular interest among Italian packaging printers. That applies not only to the major industrial centres in the north, but also to printers in the more southern regions of the country. Following installations of two six- and seven-colour presses at a customer in Bari, a further six-colour coater model for Maserpack srl in Cisterna di Latina near Rome is the third new press to go into production within just a few months. The new Rapida 145 (format 106 x 145 cm) is already the fourth KBA installation for Maserpack, and a worthy successor to several Varimat 142 and Rapida 142 presses – each in a six-colour configuration with inline coating unit. Company president Massimo Tramontano: “We have always placed great confidence in KBA as a manufacturer and supplier, not only for its technical innovations, but also because the service offered by its Italian office has always been exemplary.” Revolutionary technology meets high expectations “The Rapida 145 is in many ways revolutionary, and we are proud to be one of the first users of this new press generation. The smooth production start-up in summer 2012
was an immediate indication that our investment decision was the right one. And the first big order which we printed for our client Danone France
in September already demonstrated the performance potential of the new press. Our expectations have been met in every way.” For Massimo Tramontano, it was already clear when he signed the contracts in January 2012 that the new KBA press would hit the headlines at Drupa: “It is the most efficient solution currently available on the market. KBA is the market leader for large formats and has again delivered impressive proof of its capabilities. As can be seen from our numerous certifications relating to product quality and safety, Maserpack produces high-quality packaging for well-known names in the food and beverages segment, as well as renowned fashion labels
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The Mimaki JFX500-2131 delivers: • Amazing print speeds of up to 60 sqm/h with CMYK and 45 sqm/h with white ink printing • High precision printing up to 1,200 dpi and variable dot printing with a minimum size of 4 picoliter • No media deformation, no drying time. No warm up time
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Sheetfed Offset for example to EN 9000, 9001, 14001 and BRC/IoP (British Retail Consortium/Institute of Packaging), quality and reliability stand at the focus of our work at all stages of the process. It is our constant endeavour to further develop both technologies and our human inputs, and in this way to be able to guarantee the final customer fast and flexible supplies of the highest quality. When it comes to production speed, makeready times, ease of operation and energy consumption, the Rapida 145 sets new standards. The enlarged print format also enables us to offer our clients additional creative design options.” Modern production for top clients Alongside its 20,000 m2 production site with a highly automated workflow combining pre-press, print and postpress operations in Cisterna di Latina, Maserpack also maintains a sales office in Inzago near Milan. When the company was first founded in 1989, it began with the production of folding boxes for the packaging of salt and sugar. In 2000, the portfolio was extended to cover packaging solutions for the whole food and beverages sector, which is still today the largest target group. Print orders for the fashion branch and other areas of industry are further important segments. France is a significant market alongside Italy. Fifty per cent of the packaging is produced for export. The products range from folding boxes to clusters and display stands using solid
Maserpack has been a regular customer since the company was founded in 1989 and the new six-colour Rapida 145 was already its fourth KBA installation and corrugated boards between 200 and 500 g/m2. The Maserpack client base includes many well-known names, such as Barilla, Danone, Coca Cola, Schweppes, British American Tobacco, San Pellegrino, Nestle, Parmalat, Giorgio Armani, Gruppo La Perla and other brand manufacturers. Fast and flexible With its team of 35 highly motivated and qualified employees, Maserpack is
working to further improve its position on the European packaging markets: “Our new Rapida 145 is fast and flexible. Its fast job changeovers permit economic handling of both our typical run lengths between 35,000 and 40,000 sheets, and shorter runs between 5,000 and 20,000 sheets. And that, in turn, enables us to react optimally also to the needs of our smaller clients. We can use either water-based or UV coatings in the coater tower, and can thus offer value-adding special effects for the packaging products.” The Rapida 145 at Maserpack features a high level of automation and incorporates a high-speed package for printing speeds up to 17,000 sph. That ensures fast turnarounds also for longer runs. Equipment highlights on the press include the sidelay-free infeed DriveTronic SIS, a CX board-handling package, automated pile logistics and raised foundations for increased pile heights, as well as FAPC fully automatic plate changers, CleanTronic Synchro and CleanTronic ReInk washing systems, and energy-saving VariDryBLUE dryers. The highly automated KBA Rapida 145 permits economical short-runs production thanks to a printing speed of 17,000 sph and short makeready times
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KBA Rapida 105 With Rapida 106 technology inside Robust, fast, versatile – and ideal for your market. Our all-new Rapida 105 represents the highest evolutionary stage in its class, with an array of features normally reserved for high-end presses. Based on the makeready world champion, our Rapida 106, it incorporates inking units that respond faster than ever, venturi sheet guides, a highline AirTronic delivery and a raft of automation modules.
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Enthrone 29 tackles tableware Srithai Superware, Bangkok, Thailand Superware PLC is one of Thailand’s bestknown manufacturers of melamine tableware, plastic utensils, and health-care and beauty products. Forty years ago, Sanan Angubonkul, the current chairman and president, successfully pioneered the company into the export market. In fact, the company’s customer base now spans 120 countries and continues to grow. Designs tailored for each market Dr. Chaichan Chareonsuk, export director of Srithai Superware, shared with On Press his corporate goal of becoming a global has made every effort to penetrate markets in Africa, Latin America and the countries of Eastern Europe. Much of its success stems from product innovation and trendsetting — especially in pattern designs that appeal to each target market. The company stays ahead of its competition by investing in not only the latest technology And the company maintains it current market position through superior customer relations, effective resource management and enhanced staff development. It also prides itself on the quality of its melamine products, made from 100 percent melamine. Srithai Superware products are therefore not only safer but also longer lasting, as attested by consumers in the US, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. How Komori’s Enthrone fits Srithai Superware’s business model Komori offset presses have played an integral part in printing patterns for Srithai
20 years ago, followed by a second two-color press as business increased. These excellent presses ran virtually trouble-free in spite of very heavy-duty production demands. In fact, just two years ago. Initially, Srithai Superware’s melamine business did not focus on the intricate patterns and lively colors that are produced today, and any press would have been able to manage such print jobs no matter
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what substrate was used. Gradually, overall product design evolved, and more complex patterns and colors and different substrates like today’s thinner foils were introduced. Presses once seen as highly capable were consequently no longer able to deliver the higher-quality work that was required. The answer lay in the latest printing technology and Komori had substrates, the ability to produce greater dot densities, ease of operation, lower operating and maintenance costs, energy saving, environmental friendliness and technical support from a reliable after-sales service team. Enthrone offers decisive advantages press — a machine that enables quicker job changeovers and faster turnarounds, which in turn substantially increase Srithai’s total output. The Enthrone has already shown many decisive advantages — higher quality output and greater cost savings. their after-sales service from Ferrostaal (Thailand), the sole distributor of Komori in Thailand, Dr. Chareonsuk says, “We’ve received excellent service from both Komori and Ferrostaal. Both have provided prompt and highly satisfactory service.”
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Raising a Glass to Self-adhesive Labels on Wines and Spirits Jules Lejeune, Managing Director of the European selfadhesive labelling association FINAT, outlines the extensive opportunities of the technology in labelling alcoholic beverages.
I believe that it is to the whisky and brandy distillers of Europe that we, in the self-adhesive label industry, should drink a long toast. They were one of the key early market sectors to realise the potential of our labelling technology – and to adopt it. I think you will agree with me that there is nothing like a full-on, solid gold foil label, heavily embossed and featuring a truly complex, ornate shape, for promoting the extraordinary capabilities of selfadhesive labelling! In fact, along with pharmaceuticals, whisky and brandy labelling genuinely led the way, back in the 1970s, in kick-starting our industry’s advance into the major beverage market segments. Today, as well as prime whiskies and Cognacs, self-adhesive labels also adorn bottles of white spirits and an enormous selection of wines – both cherished vintages and supermarket brands. What is a self-adhesive label? The self-adhesive label is fashioned from an almost infinitely variable three-part laminate consisting of a face material (the printed label), an adhesive layer, and a backing paper/release liner. That ‘labelstock’ is combined with the capabilities of today’s narrow-web printing presses – which can offer all the established print processes, as well as digital offset and thermal transfer/ inkjet for barcoding and authentication. Finally, the self-adhesive labels, carried on their protective release liner, are speedily automatically attached to the bottles on an extremely accurate label applicator. Even multiple labels – front, back, and neck label, if printed together on the one liner base – can be applied in the one machine pass.
The ‘no label look’ Following its success with golden spirits, self-adhesive labelling’s introduction of a clear self- adhesive plastic film that could be adhesive-coated, printed, and applied to clear glass bottles to provide what we describe as the ‘no label look’ brought the manufacturers of gin, vodka, and other white spirits on board. For them, it was possible to deliver, printed on the one label, different messages (front and back label text and design, for instance) visible as the bottle is turned. Clear plastic films and their ‘no label look’ have become the standard for white spirits today. Wine: a world of label options Completing the picture, most recently the self-adhesive label has established itself in the wine market. The sheer variability of the choice of label face material and label adhesive make it easy for a self-adhesive label printer to create a label for a wine producer that meets every need – both in terms of good looks and functionality.
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If a beautifully-textured antique laid paper label is required for a precious vintage, self- adhesive label technology can provide it – even in very short print runs. And what is more, the label – delivered on its protective release liner – can be coated with an adhesive that will last, without staining, for the stored life of the bottle, and resist fungal/ damp ingress which may occur during cellar ageing. Today, self-adhesive label material manufacturers have carefully developed extensive ranges of specialty paper substrates directed at the specific needs and wants of the wine producers. They include textured, plain, and metallised qualities, as well as environmentally-friendly recycled papers and specialties such as papers made from recycled sugar cane fibre after the sugar itself has been extracted. Ice bucket immersion Labels for white and rosé wines, served at lower temperatures, are often required to withstand lengthy storage in ice buckets – without delaminating. Self-adhesive paper label qualities, featuring built-in barrier coatings, are
also available to preserve the bottle’s brand image right through to the very last drop. And, of course, the clear plastic film label also has a role to play here. Its impermeable print surface complements good-looking white wines, and offers excellent ice-bucket performance. Water-resistant film labels -- white, clear, and metallised – are also ideal for wines destined for cellar storage, coupled with a long-ageing adhesive. Your partner of choice Accessing the many benefits of these clever materials is very much a question of engaging with the expert selfadhesive label printers who complement the labelstock suppliers as members of FINAT. With an in-depth knowledge of the available material options, and fully briefed on the requirements of the actual label application, a self-adhesive label printer can employ the exceptional versatility of the narrow-web printing press to fulfil a number of functions. Firstly, the label printer can deliver unmatched aesthetics, printing in as many as 16 colours, with additional surface enhancements such as foiling, colour-changing inks, embossing/
Automatic label application Self-adhesive label application uses relatively-low-cost automatic equipment that can be accommodated within, or alongside, the bottling line – on site, or within shared packaging facilities. The labels are carried continuously on their release liner backing from the unprinted roll, throughout the process of printing/ imaging and cutting the label’s final shape. The re- wound roll of finished labels on their protective backing then moves to the label application point on the packaging line. This presentation method means that label positioning on the bottle so accurately controlled that the final applied result looks beautiful, and will not delaminate or bubble. FINAT member companies across Europe – and their sister associations around the world – span the entire value chain of self-adhesive labelling, from raw material supply to label application. With at least 40 years of experience in delivering labels for beverages and an ever-broadening technology base that combines functionality and aesthetics, we believe we can offer an answer for the specialist needs of every sector of the industry – wines for the chai as well as the supermarket; gin, vodka, white rum, and other popular clear spirits; and, of course, our technology’s homeland: the golden spirits – whisky, brandy, and rum.
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Twenty Dumb Things Organizations Do to Mess Up Their Relationship With People
Even the best organizations periodically make mistakes in dealing with people. They mess up their opportunity to create effective, successful, positive employee relations.
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together to serve the best interests of the organization, and create an environment in which every employee contributes all of their talents and skills to the success of organizational goals.
Create hierarchical, permission steps and other roadblocks that teach people quickly that their ideas are subject to veto and wonder why no one has any suggestions for improvement. (Make people beg for money!)
The next time you are confronted with any of the following proposed actions, ask yourself this question. Is the action likely to create the result, for powerfully motivating employee relations, that you want to create?
Ask people for their opinions, ideas, and continuous improvement suggestions, and fail to implement their suggestions or empower them to do so. Better? Don’t even provide feedback about whether the idea was considered
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or why it was rejected. Make a decision and then ask people for their input as if their feedback mattered.
According to former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, the number of people in the labor force ages 25 to 34 is projected to decline by 2.7 million in the next seven years. To meet this challenge, work places need to recruit new populations and non-traditional employees. And, workplaces urgently need to retain valued employees. The book, High Five, by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles talks about building powerfully effective teams. The book emphasizes that "the essence of a team," according to Dr. Blanchard, is "the genuine understanding that none of us is as smart as all of us." Teams allow people to achieve things far beyond each member's individual ability. But teamwork also requires powerful motivation for people to put the good of the group ahead of their own self interest. Fortunately, the millennial generation grew up working in a team work environment. Valuing and appreciating teams, your youngest workers will lead the way. Pull these workplace trends together and it is no wonder that the Dilbert cartoon is perennially popular. Consider that Scott Adams, the strip's creator, will never run out of material because, despite what organizations want or say they want for effective employee relations - they often fail to: retain valued employees, develop empowered people working
Here are the twenty dumb mistakes organizations make to mess up their relationships with the people they employ. Add another level of hierarchy because people aren't doing what you want them to do. (More watchers get results!) Appraise the performance of individuals and provide bonuses for the performance of individuals and complain that you cannot get your staff working as a team. Add inspectors and multiple audits because you don’t trust people’s work to meet standards. Fail to create standards and give people clear expectations so they know what they are supposed to do, and wonder why they fail.
Find a few people breaking rules and company policies and chide everybody at company meetings rather than dealing directly with the rule breakers. Better? Make everyone wonder "who" the bad guy is. Best? Make up another policy to punish every employee. Make up new rules for everyone to follow as a means to address the failings of a few. Provide recognition in expected patterns so that what started as a great idea quickly becomes entitlement. (For example, buy Friday lunch when production goals are met. Wait until people start asking you for the money if they cannot attend the lunch. And, find employees meeting only the production goal that will merit the prize - and not one bit more. )
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Treat people as if they are untrustworthy - watch them, track them, admonish them for every slight failing - because a few people are untrustworthy. Fail to address behavior and actions of people that are inconsistent with stated and published organizational expectations and policies. (Better yet, let non-conformance go on until you are out of patience; then ambush the next offender, no matter how significant, with a disciplinary action.) When managers complain that they
cannot get to all of their reviews because they have too many reporting staff members, and performance development planning takes too much time, eliminate PDPs. Better? Require supervisors to do them less frequently than quarterly. Or, hire more supervisors to do reviews. (Fail to recognize that an hour per quarter per person invested in employee development is the manager's most important job.) Create policies for every contingency, thus allowing very little management latitude in addressing individual employee needs. Conversely, have so few policies, that employees feel as if they reside in a free-for-all environment of favoritism and unfair treatment. Make every task a priority. People will soon believe there are no priorities. More importantly, they will never
feel as if they have accomplished a complete task or goal. Schedule daily emergencies that prove to be false. This will ensure employees don't know what to do, or are, minimally, jaded about responding when you have a true customer emergency. Ask employees to change the way they are doing something without providing a picture of what you are attempting to accomplish with the change. Label them "resisters" and send them to change management training when they don't immediately hop on the train. Expect that people learn by doing everything perfectly the first time rather than recognizing that learning occurs most frequently in failure. Letting a person fail when you had information, that he did not, which he might have used to make a different decision. You can avoid these employee relations nightmares. These ingredients add up to a recipe for disaster if you want to be the employer of choice in the next decade. Effective employee relations will always result in a win - for both the employees and for you.
3 minutes with Gerry Mulvaney, European Sales Manager, Landa Digital Printing Which part of the print industry is currently showing the most interest in Nanography? Interest is coming from just about all areas of the industry, but packaging is where Nanography is likely to have the most impact initially. This is because digital is not yet a widely used technology in this market, for reasons I will explain in my presentation at North Print & Pack 2013. Most of the large brand owners around the world have been alerted to Nanography, and they are already starting to look at ways they will use the technology with their own products. So, the demand is building ahead of the beta sites which we expect to install at the turn of the year.
set the pace for the introduction of Nanography – our first beta sites will be for folding carton printers – but we will be quickly following with beta sites at commercial printers.
Do you see this changing? I believe packaging will continue to
How do you see Nanography developing in the future?
As the technology is taken up in emerging markets, I expect publishing will be an important market as more populations in the developing world such as China and India gain in literacy. We can already see that with many languages and dialects in use today, there will be a growing demand for publications versioned in these local mother tongues and the volumes will fit firmly into the sweet spot for Nanographic printing.
The technology has wide applications and is not just limited to large offset press formats. From the long list of manufacturers who made the pilgrimage to the Landa stand at Drupa and their continuing interest, I expect that the licensing programme will grow significantly and we could see Nanography in just about any industry that needs to put ink on a substrate.
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Consumers trust advertising in magazines and newspapers New research has revealed that despite important changes in media consumption in recent years, consumers continue to have most trust in advertising in printed media. When asked how much trust they attach to advertising in the various media, consumers gave magazines and newspapers a score of 63%, TV 41% and Internet 25%. Consumers were also asked about the role of advertising in purchase decision making - almost seven out of ten said that advertising in magazines and newspapers was most important in supporting purchase decisions. When asked to compare direct mail with social media almost 90% of respondents valued addressed and nonaddressed mail above social media. The purpose of the research was to gain insight into the role of printed media in consumers’ everyday lives as well as gauge consumer attitudes towards advertising in different channels. The study was conducted by Finnish research institute VTT between April and August 2012 in 13 European countries. More than 700 consumers took part and the proportion of well-educated people was high, an interesting factor as these are the
people who have the best possibilities to use a wide variety of media. Anu Seisto who lead the research at VTT had this to say about the results: “This study provided very interesting information on the most important factors influencing the choice of media and attitudes towards advertising. The results show that lifestyle and family situation explain the choices better than demographic factors alone.” The research, commissioned by Print Power Europe, covered nine media types (magazine, newspaper, TV, Radio, Internet, addressed Direct Mail, unaddressed Direct Mail, catalogue and Social media). Respondents were presented with a series of different media use situations and were asked to comment on how well these stories described their own media use. Four distinct consumer segments emerged from this research, Slow bon
vivants, Busy mix -and -matchers, Tolerant surfers and Youthful digilovers. The Slow bons vivants represent 23% of the respondents and are print users who associate digital media with their hectic working life. Busy mix-and-matchers (46%) easily shift between digital and print media and appreciate print media. Tolerant surfers (19%) are digital media users with a positive attitude towards print media. Finally, Youthful digilovers, the smallest segment (12%), are pure digital users who do not see the benefit of using print media. Although advertisers are shifting budgets towards digital channels, consumers continue to have the highest trust in print and refer to advertisements in magazines and newspapers as an important source of information to support their purchase decisions. A presentation of the research findings is available for download on the Print Power website www.printpower.eu.
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Forbes Thailand to be available mid 2013 The Bangkok Post reports Post Publishing, its parent company, will be producing Forbes Thailand from June 2013, with a target circulation of 100,000 copies per month. Supakorn Vejjajiva, chief operating officer of Post Publishing, believes the new title will appeal to middle managers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders seeking insights into the local and global business environment. Post Publishing, through its subsidiary Post International Media, is the country's leading magazine publisher in terms of revenues through women's fashion titles Elle and Marie Claire as
well as lifestyle magazines such as Elle Decor. Mr Supakorn said Forbes Thailand represents the company's expansion into the men's magazine market, with a focus on business strategy, fashion, gadgets, cars and investment. The company will also launch Fast Bikes Thailand and Cycling Plus Thailand over the next few months.
Krisda Sawamiphakdi will serve as chief executive officer of Forbes Thailand. Mr Krisda is a long-time veteran of the Thai capital market and most recently served as senior executive vice-president of Asia Plus Securities. “Our market includes top-tier management, leading bankers, listed company executives ... It's basically aimed at the entire 'C-suite',” he said, referring to CEOs, CIOs and CFOs. Nopporn Wonganan, a veteran journalist with experience at the Bangkok Post, The Asian Wall Street Journal and Reuters, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Forbes Thailand. Mr Krisda said the initial print run of 100,000 copies aims to have 50% come from annual subscribers. The first issue will be launched on June 15. “Forbes Thailand will be the direct advertising medium to reach Thailand's high-level corporate executives and business owners who have the highest purchasing income and the most sophisticated appetite for premium brands and financial services,” he said. "Banking and financial services, luxury brands, high-end automobiles, real estate and international advertisers will be the key advertising clients of Forbes Thailand.” Mr Supakorn said the Thai edition’s circulation of 100,000 would be the second largest for the magazine in Asia, after Forbes China. Forbes currently has a circulation of 370,000 in the region, with a 21% market share of regional ad spending in international business or news publications last year, according to Kantar Media, ahead of The Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune and The Economist.
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Higher output and less effort with short grain Currently, there are several new trends in commercial web offset. On the one hand reaching the highest possible page output per cylinder revolution with so called high-volume presses with up to 96 long-grain pages and on the other hand there is a focus on achieving the highest possible quality, production flexibility and economic efficiency supported by shorter makeready for smaller job runs up to 10,000 copies. The cutting-edge 16-page KBA C16 is tailored to the second trend. It works with long grain pages, with the pages arranged on the plates in the direction of the web travel. Short-grain doublecircumference presses, with the pages arranged at right angles to the web travel, are less common and not as wellknown. These presses have enormous potential in terms of format flexibility, productivity and saving time when finishing. The concept of the new 56page short-grain KBA C56 SG is based on exploiting this potential. One of these presses together with a C48 SG (48 pages in short grain) have been in operation at a long-standing Dutch KBA user, Em de Jong in BaarleNassau, for some time now.
Short grain boosts productivity Maximum output is limited by the maximum possible web speed. Individual drives commonly found in parts, such as the reelstand or folder, in modern presses like the C16 and C56 SG could achieve higher web speeds than the physical characteristics of the substrate used allow, in terms of stability, stretching and shrinking. Short-grain presses can produce about 30% more printed sections per hour compared to long-grain presses running at the same production speed because of their smaller cylinder circumferences. For example, when comparing a 96-page long-grain press and a 56-page short-grain press, the 96page press has 40% more page capacity
Comparison of productivity in page output/h 96 pages*) long-grain presses Calculation based on max. page count x max. speed (iph)
The KBA C56 SG with a maximum web width of 2,280mm (89.76in) is the only 56-page short-grain web press on the market on the cylinder. However, given the C56 SG’s higher cylinder speed, the hourly output of a 96-page press is only just 10% higher. The format size therefore does not determine the productivity of a commercial web press, a fact which is often forgotten. No quarterfold necessary A further advantage of short grain production can be seen in the folder. When printing A4 (8.27 x 11.7in) or similar sized products long-grain presses must have a quarterfold, but this is not the case in short grain. For physical reasons the quarterfold is, vendor-independent, the bottleneck. Before the product reaches the folder delivery, the printed section is first folded lengthways (former fold), is then cross folded (first cross fold) and is finally folded lengthways for a second time, the so called quarterfold. Every time the substrate is mechanically tampered with it is put under more physical strain, which when printing products with a high page count can limit the maximum possible running speed. This differs to short grain: the web is slit and the ribbons are processed individually. Only the first length fold and the first cross fold are needed to produce products similar to long-grain products. The way in which the web is processed is similar to publication gravure printing. Many years ago
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Web Offset Technology KBA’s TRB presses reached a web speed of 17m/s and more. We have transferred the know-how we gathered back then to today’s commercial press superstructures and folders with success. Enormous product range and fewer finishing tasks The unique ergonomic-handling and accessibility of KBA superstructures is valued by printers the world over. Anyone who has ever moved ribbons or removed old webs from a press knows how valuable a generous amount of space is. This has traditionally been taken into account in KBA web presses and allows press operators to carry out their work comfortably and without any large obstacles. This is especially supported by the cantilevered turner bars. The C48 SG’s superstructure configuration allows for production with up to six ribbons. Up to eight ribbons can be processed by a former in the C56 SG. Optional extras, such as a skip slitter, a ribbon and section stitcher, can lead to a raft of new product options. In this way sewn A4 products (8.27 x 11.7in) can be processed in folded A3 envelopes (11.7 x 16.54in) inline at top speed, which is suitable for large supermarkets and mail-order companies whose typical advertising products contain stitched inserts. This renders the time-consuming inserting of supplements into the ‘main product’ in a separate step superfluous. Inserting lines in finishing as well as the costly pre-production and the temporary storage of half-finished products before finishing are no longer necessary when producing in this way. Having a raft of production options only makes sense if the print quality is good. Over 15 years ago KBA developed and launched metal blanket technology which supports a more precise circumferential register than sleeve technology. In contrast to sleeves, metal blankets cannot form so called ‘waves’, as the end of the metal blanket fits exactly into the rubber blanket channel. Automation also with large print runs Today it is hard to imagine printing small- to medium-run jobs without automatic plate changers. When
printing large print jobs of more than 250,000 copies the shorter makeready times are economically less important, but a higher level of process stability is essential. This also reduces the possibility of damaging the printing plates when mounting them manually, for example. It should not be forgotten that the plates for the C48 SG are 890 x 2,060mm (35 x 81in) and 890 x 2,280mm (35 x 90in) for the C56 SG, are larger than a normal house door. Therefore KBA offers a plate transport system from the plate processor to the upper or lower printing units. All KBA commercial web presses have an automated start-up phase and optimised control technology to cut waste and to allow the printer to have a standardised press start-up and stop. KBA’s 16pp commercial web offset
presses set new benchmarks with only a seven minute job change including paper and/or adjusting the web width (without changes to the ribbon lead). This can be done simply by pressing a button or automatically at the end of the run planned. The so called EasyPaperChange is made possible by the full integration of the KBA reelstands in the console and control technology and therefore ensures that the system is completely integrated. Something which not all of our competitors offer. So far the C56 SG at Em. de Jong in Baarle-Nassau is the only 56-page short-grain press with a web width of 2,280mm (89.76in) in action worldwide. Interest in high-volume short-grain presses is great and we are confident that soon further printing houses will invest in this economically attractive technology from KBA.
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Project to boost print capacity and flexibility Al-Jazirah Corporation of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has chosen to partner with Goss International on an ambitious press upgrade, refurbishment and relocation venture. Scheduled to be in full print production by the end of the second quarter 2013, the project involves reconfiguring a total of 88 Goss Universal single-wide press units. The investment by Al-Jazirah Corporation has been driven by a need to dramatically increase production capacity out of its Riyadh center, and in particular to enhance color flexibility and semi-commercial/ heatset capabilities. "Middle Eastern newspapers were years ahead of the global hybrid trend and we have been installing press systems with heatset capabilities into Saudi press halls for many years," comments Stﾃｩphane Jaunasse, Goss International Customer Service manager. "We have a long-standing partnership with Goss International, and they were the obvious choice for this ambitious upgrade project," explains Nabil Sahl, production manager Al Jazirah Printing. "We have confidence in their continued support and believe that Goss can help us to gain greater visibility for semicommercial print placement, ensuring the daily title fully reflects the level of expectation among readers today and maintains a market leading position." The project for Al-Jazirah will draw on a broad range of expertise from the Goss Lifetime Support team, with the initial phase focused on relocating a 2x1 Goss Universal press comprising 13 four-high towers, two folders and 15 reelstands from north-eastern France to Riyadh. This press will be installed into a modified press hall, refurbished in situ, and configured as two press lines: one of seven towers and one of six towers. The press units will be enhanced with shaftless drive controls.
The next element of the project involves transferring two four-high towers from an existing Goss Universal press installed in the Riyadh plant in 1994 to another later-generation Universal press system. As part of this process, the drive system of the two towers will be converted to footprint shaftless and the units will be upgraded to match those of the second press. Three heatset gas dryers will be integrated with the press lines, and a 窶話ay window' turner bar arrangement will also be introduced to enable full hybrid production, mixing heatset pages within the publisher's flagship broadsheet daily, Al-Jazirah. Upon completion of these major modifications and additions, Al Jazirah will be operating a total of 22 Universal four-high towers, with a web with of 914 mm and a 578mm cut-off plus three Goss Universal folders. Operating at speeds up to 50,000 copies per hour, the press system will be capable of delivering a total pagination of 100 pages for producing the daily newspaper and specialized magazines. "We're very excited about this project, as it has the scope for us to truly prove our industry leadership, resources and expertise in Lifetime Support services," concludes Jaunasse. "It also provides the opportunity for us to show what can be achieved by enhancing and reconfiguring presses with the reliability and longevity of the Universal technology platform."
Mr Nabil Sahl, production manager Al Jazirah Printing. Established in 1960, Al-Jazirah Corporation publishes 220,000 copies daily of the Arabic newspaper AlJazirah, with an average pagination of 48 pages per edition. It also distributes three specialized magazines per week along with the newspaper, namely Telecom and Digital World Magazine, Auto Club Magazine and Cultural Magazine. As well as placing strong emphasis on its printed titles, Al-Jazirah Corporation is at the forefront of digital news production in Saudi Arabia. It was the first Saudi newspaper to go online, in 1996, and was also the first newspaper in the Middle East to successfully launch a mobile phone App, which today has more than 50,000 users. The company is a certified training center in these and other editorial, printing and publishing techniques
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First FUJIFILM Uvistar Pro8 UK installation is a big hit “It’s an extraordinarily productive and reliable piece of equipment.” This is the overriding impression James Dawson, managing director of Image Technique, has of Fujifilm’s Uvistar Pro8. His is the first company in the UK to have installed the advanced super-wide format platform, which is particularly suited to the POP and outdoor advertising markets. Specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of signs, two years ago Image Technique embarked on the production of wide format print and installed a FUJIFILM Acuity HS Advance printer. “We used to outsource all print related jobs but then realised that it would be much more cost-effective to manage them inhouse,” explains James. Due to increasing demands from its customers, who mainly operate in the retail and leisure industries, Image Technique needed to raise the bar further with regards to productivity and was on the look-out for a high-end wide format device. James continues: “Today we are asked to deliver more roll-to-roll based volumes with quicker turnaround times, so it was crucial to strengthen our production capabilities.” After conducting an in-depth analysis of the market, James chose a FUJIFILM Uvistar Pro8 on the strength of it striking the perfect balance between quality and productivity. In addition, he was influenced by FUJIFILM’s excellent support and technical knowledge, which he had already experienced with the installation of the Acuity HS Advance. The acquisition of the super-wide format printer has immediately benefitted the company. “The Uvistar Pro8 has significantly reduced our time to market thanks to its advanced features,” James comments. More specifically, he is particularly pleased with the ability of the printer to simultaneously handle two rolls of the same material, which has dramatically
improved the company’s efficiency, not to mention his excitement about the vivid colours and high adhesion guaranteed by FUJIFILM’s inks. What’s more, FUJIFILM’s strong expertise in colour management has allowed Image Technique to achieve consistent quality across both the Uvistar Pro8 and Acuity HS Advance. This provides the print service provider with increased flexibility and the opportunity to either allocate a job to the most suitable device, or print the same job on both pieces of equipment to maximise productivity. James wraps up: “Since October 2012, when the Uvistar Pro8 was up and running within our production environment, we have more than doubled our print capacity. We can’t be more positive about the impact of this installation on our business!” FUJIFILM’s Uvistar Pro8 in a nutshell
Uvistar Pro8 is the latest development in FUJIFILM‘s highly successful series of Uvistar super-wide format printers. One of its major advancements is the inclusion of a complete set of light colours within the ink set, which increases print quality without compromising on print speed. Together with its unique Parallel Drop Size (PDS) technology, this allows the Uvistar Pro8 to produce high definition display POP graphics at speeds in excess of 300m2/ hour. Uvistar Pro8 also features an auto media handling system for rigid media and is able to switch between four and eight colour printing modes. Uvistar is ideal for outdoor applications where the vibrancy of the inks and the versatility of the associated materials, including polyethylene, work extremely well together. In addition, Uvistar Pro8 has been developed in combination with FUJIFILM’s Uvijet QN inks, which are able to meet the strict quality requirements typical of indoor applications.
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Agfa has introduced the newly developed :Aiyinda, a series of thermal CTP plate, for Asian market. :Aiyinda 803 is a long run length, high resolution no-bake plate designed for difficult pressroom conditions. There are two key factors affecting a plate’s durability: mechanical wear and chemical corrosion. Many CTP plates perform very well under specific printing conditions. But then run length will drop significantly under demanding situations. :Aiyinda 803 plate uses the double layer coating technology. The top layer is the Thermal Sensitive Layer, the bottom layer is the Agfa patented Chemical Resistent Layer. The result is sharp and durable dots that endure even the longest print runs - even 1% dot will not be lost, while its superior ink taking ensures perfect reproduction of solid colour. Due to its double layer coating technology, :Aiyinda 803 is compatible with UV and metallic inks without the need for post baking, achieving more than 80,000 impressions, fully meet the requirement of the packaging market for the print quality, low energy consumption and environmental friendly. Together with the other CTP plates - the long run, no-bake :Energy Elite, chemistry free :Azura TS, and development-free :Amigo TS, Agfa offers a complete range of thermal CTP plates, providing the best choice for printers by fulfilling different applications. :Aiyinda The standard in Asian digital plates.
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New CDI expands Esko offerings for tag and label printers Esko announces a new addition to its market-leading family of CDI flexo plate imagers with the introduction of the CDI Spark 2420. This new, compact system incorporates the quality and performance for which Esko’s CDI family is renowned. The CDI Spark 2420 is designed for narrow web label converters and combines a different image size with greater plate material flexibility. The new CDI Spark 2420 is thus perfectly positioned to capture business opportunities in the growing tag and label market.
“According to FINAT, global label demand across all print technologies is expected to continuously grow in the coming years, while world label demand growth for 2012/13 is approximately 6-7% (1). To help small to medium printing operations capitalize on these growth opportunities, we introduce this new size CDI. It's the perfect complement to our existing range,” says Jan Buchweitz, Esko Senior Product Manager, Digital Flexo. “The CDI Spark 2420 fits neatly into our portfolio that includes the CDI Sparks 1712, 2120 and 2530. It provides a more cost-effective solution that better fits plates for those customers that would previously have considered the larger CDI 2530 as the most suitable option. It demonstrates Esko’s commitment to listen to our customers and to provide solutions that best meet their needs.” Addressing growing needs of tag and label market The tag and label market is increasingly demanding high quality flexo and a wider diversity of printing applications. To address this, the CDI Spark 2420 is designed to image plate sizes up to 609 mm x 508 mm (24“ by 20“) and also handle a wider range of plate materials. These include digital flexo plates, chemistry free film, digital foilbased letterpress plates, digital metalbased letterpress plates and digital silk screens. Operation is aided by EasyClamp, which securely holds flexo plates of any thickness on the vacuum drum.
Understanding its customers' need to continually expand capabilities and market reach, Esko provides an imaging resolution upgrade path on the CDI Spark 2420. Customers can choose the standard 2000ppi to 2540ppi or upgrade to High Res 2540ppi to 4000ppi or HD Flexo 4000ppi in combination with high definition screening. This helps them offer the exceptional quality sought by brand owners. In addition, the CDI Spark 2420 comes with the choice of Optics 7.5, Optics 10 or Optics 15. As performance speed is determined
by the optics, customers have the flexibility to choose the optics to match their current workflow and business growth. “With the enhanced CDI Spark range, tag and label printers can find an upgradeable system that matches their investment levels and that delivers the quality and performance they need today,” concludes Buchweitz. “Small to medium companies can develop at their own pace, confident that they can meet the future expectations of all customers – large or small.”
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How Do We Label The Future?
Jules Lejeune, Managing Director of the European self-adhesive labelling association FINAT, pinpoints the routes to successful growth and profitability Label the future? That is a challenge for the label industry, in the face of the exceptional change that is happening on many fronts. A developing palette of label technologies and alternative options; the ‘cloud’ business environment; the urgent need for succession change in SMEs; making the decision to stay local, serve a specialty market segment, or go international; maturing geographical markets versus the emerging economies… these are all topics which, within FINAT and its member companies, the label industry is actively engaged in addressing.
The prime task of FINAT, as the industry’s European association, is to help its members, who span the entire supply chain (from raw materials and label stock coating and lamination, to pressroom consumables and label converting) to define, and then activate, their future routes to success. Technology innovation Technology innovation is changing the face of the entire print industry;
and as commercial print dwindles in the face of downloadable reading matter, packaging print is growing exponentially. It is the key area where the consumer relies on a product’s physical brand image to confirm its quality, reliability, and desirability. Narrow-web label converters, working with innovative new print substrates, inks, and varnishes, are today able to deliver a much broader spectrum of solutions to their brand-owning and retailer clients than just self-adhesive labels. Shrink and stretch sleeves and flexible paper and film pouches are good examples. This expanding capability also extends to the print processes they can offer. Today’s modular presses make it possible to use multiple ‘traditional’ print processes – UV flexo, screen, foil blocking – in the one machine pass – as well as digital print for personalisation, barcoding, etc. What is more, the new-generation digital label presses deliver high-quality print results too; and today’s sophisticated digital prepress solutions make design, proofing, and even product prototyping fast and easy – even if the client is thousands of miles away. Short-run work and multiversioning of generic brand labels are now firmly part of a label converter’s remit. There have never been so many options – and providing a knowledge base on using them creatively to the benefit of printers’ clients is a key activity within FINAT. Lean and green At a time when brand owners are concerned to keep costs as low as possible, optimise profits, and still present a ‘green’ image to the consumer, lean manufacturing and sustainable
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practices (including downgauging of label face materials and release base, and the recycling of process waste such as start-up materials/inks/spent release liner) must also be central to the label converter’s activities. This is an arena where our industry has already seen much real achievement, and – taking into account all the elements of labelling, including transportation and inventory requirements, as well as labelling line set-up and downtime issues – self-adhesive solutions can really offer a lean solution. Measuring the total applied cost (TAC) is a good way to prove the efficacy of selfadhesive label solutions. E-commerce has long been a key to the effective running of the relationship between labelstock supplier and label converter, and today’s ‘back office’ at the label converter can be seamlessly integrated with the front end. Using today’s most up-to-date systems, which match those of the customers, is key. Setting the context There are other significant matters on the label converter’s menu today. Perhaps most importantly, making the decision as to how to take the business forward in the early 21st century. The self-adhesive label industry has come a long way in its relatively short life; and it was small, entrepreneurial ‘start-up’ companies with a vision who, around 30 years ago, kick-started it. With a relatively low-cost printroom
setup, they were still able to offer their customers enormous variety – particularly in terms of label shape, thanks to the exceptionally fine kiss-diecutting results that could be achieved in the same machine pass in which the label was printed. The nature of the basic labelstock construction – a sandwich of printable face material backed by an adhesive layer and a release liner – has made it probably the most flexible and versatile labelling medium available. Not only are the constituents of the labelstock all variable, but its stability allows labels to be automatically applied accurately, quickly, and cleanly on simple label dispensing equipment. Where next? 30 years on, the founders of these businesses are reaching retirement – and the succession-planning process must begin. The ‘savoir faire’ of
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young managers in what is a specialty converting industry is crucial – in terms of sound strategic business planning as well as in-depth familiarity of technologies. FINAT’s Young Managers’ Club was inaugurated in 2008 for just this purpose; A younger generation interested in taking on the reins is one solution, but there are other possibilities too. Specialisation is one route: there are successful label printing companies serving such specialist industries as pharmaceuticals and wines and spirits. Alternatively, companies can look to extend their reach from being a ‘local’ supply base, to cross-border trading and, then, an international presence -achieved either independently or as a result of establishing partnerships and alliances with like-minded companies in other countries. Finally, of course, there are mergers and acquisitions
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– today an area where we are seeing very strong activity. In this business environment, printers of packaging media other than labels (as well as ailing commercial printers) are strengthening their positions with label printer buyouts. The economies and improved profitability which supply chain participants can achieve by owning up- and down-stream companies in the labelling chain are very evident today. Major brand owners and retailers are also considering the possibility of owning their own label printshops. Providing essential back-up FINAT, working with its partner national European associations and the L9 – a recently-established group of nine regional label associations worldwide – is actively playing a key role in establishing a professional knowledge and information base that encompasses national, regional, and global legislation as well as technological training. In FINAT, we are very appreciative of the work that our partner national label associations contribute to the mentoring of their label converter members in making the right decisions on future directions for their businesses. Like FINAT, the national associations also have a focus on increasing the
visibility of self-adhesive labelling in two major, key end-user market sectors: food and beverage labelling, where wetglue labelling still holds the majority share. Working together, our strong base of mutual-interest associations can provide a sound launchpad for the development of profitable, successful, business across all market segments – and the industry has already seen the emergence of strong global players. Sustainability Current concerns, globally, on the environment have led FINAT and its member companies to establish a strong focus on the management of the label industry’s waste stream, along with lobbying on the appropriate positioning of that waste stream in
relation to the EU Packaging Waste Directive. This is a key ongoing initiative, which is already producing valuable results. Label – the future? Whatever is to come, the future will still need a label. The intrinsic function of a label is to identify the contents of a package. We have come a long way from the handwritten ‘label’ on a brown paper bag (probably the first example of direct print – a labelling method that still has currency today!) We developed wet-glue labels, self-adhesive labels, shrink and stretch sleeves, in-mould labels… and now we can learn about a product through scanning QR code on its packaging. But we still have to be able to pick the right product from the retail shelf – and only a physical label of some kind can enable us to do that. About FINAT FINAT, founded in Paris in 1958 with headquarters in The Hague (The Netherlands), is the world-wide association for manufacturers of selfadhesive labels and related products and services. With 600 members in over 50 countries around the world, FINAT has much to offer to label converters and all suppliers to the labeling industry in terms of information exchange and the opportunity to network internationally. www.finat.com
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Embellishment Technology Shakes Up Australian Printing CLIQX™ is the newly launched Australian innovation set to shake up the printing industry here and around the world. With the current renaissance of specialty embellishments in the print industry, this patent pending embossing system is demystifying the traditional print craft of embossing. It is giving printers the opportunity to offer more to their customers by having the capability to emboss in house.
cliqx die The CLIQX™ embossing die system consists of a water washed-out male and female photopolymer die set held by a magnetic mount. The magnetic mount can be used on any existing die cutting machine, cylinder or platen. With CLIQX™ technology, the makeready process is simple and takes just minutes and the material cost is significantly less expensive than using traditional metal dies. Die sets can be used for short or long runs. Melbourne lithographic printer, Andrew Cook of AJC Printing, has
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been in the industry for 30 years. He signed up for a CLIQX™ license 18 months ago because seeing it as an opportunity to expand his businesses offering. “The attractive thing about the product is that it’s an attachment that can get us into a market we weren’t already in without needing to outsource the work,” Cook says.
single-level brass dies, making it a simple economical means for braille embossing and line work. CLIQX™ can be used to emboss an array of substrates from non-synthetic materials (such as Tyvek™) light or heavy paper stock, thick cards for packaging and recent uses have included embossing polypropylene sheets.
The CLIQX™ embossing system can also be run inline as a die cut/ emboss which is ideal for long runs. The detail that can be expressed with a CLIQX emboss is comparable to
The technology is now available to any printer who purchases a license from the company. Inventors, Alan Fawcett and Ange O’Dea developed the process with usability and cost savings for printers in mind. CLIQX™ removes the need to outsource to a specialty finisher and extends the product offering of printers to include specialty embossing. “CLIQX is not about just replacing the existing embossing demand but expanding the market to allow all printers the ability to offer their existing and new customers the added value of affordable embossing,” explains O’Dea. “In an age where printers are looking at putting more than just ink on paper CLIQX™ is an affordable, simple system to integrate into lithographic or digital print services.”
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The quality CLIQX™ is capable of achieving was highlighted last year when the second issue of boutique Australian design publication, Justus Magazine, was printed using the system. It claimed wide praise and accolades from the graphic design and printing industries (including the Printovation Awards) and was a wonderful showcase for the crisp emboss and deboss that this new technology can achieve. Likewise, Watermarx Graphics, a specialty print shop in Sydney run by Fawcett and O’Dea, won a Gold and Silver award at the prestigious 2012 Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA) with a self-promotion piece which used CLIQX™. Andrew Cook is preparing to enter CLIQX™ pieces into competitions in the future. “I’ve been in the industry a long time and seen some great embossing work,’ says Cook, ‘but have never thought my business would be able to produce anything like it. Now I know that we can do that kind of work and produce something even better, which is exciting.”
straight away. He flew from Melbourne to Sydney to watch the technology in action and was convinced it was what he needed to broaden his businesses potential.
Boutique Printer Expands Horizons With CLIQXTM Technology
‘Embossing used to be considered an exotic black art, but it’s not. It’s now something everyone can offer to their clients. The cost-effectiveness of CLIQXTM allows you to offer a valueadd to your customers,’ O’Dea told her industry peers at the Lithographic Institute of Australia night last year. For businesses like AJC Printing which before introducing CLIQXTM outsourced embellishments like
Andrew Cook of AJC Printing noticed when CLIQXTM embossed the cover of Australian print trade journal, ProPrint. ‘I was amazed with the quality of the work,’ he says. He picked up the phone and started talking to inventor and printer, Allan Fawcett,
AJC Printing has been established for 18 years. Andrew was excited by the ease of implementing a product that would essentially create a whole new offering to his clients without requiring training or heavy investment on his part. ‘We already had the equipment to do letterpress printing (which I have a background in). The attractive thing about the product is that it’s an attachment that can get us into a market we weren’t already in without needing outsource the work.’ Some years ago, letterpress printer Alan Fawcett and his wife Ange O’Dea began investigating the possibility of turning CLIQXTM into a reality. The pair has invested heavily in research and development, lodging patents for the CLIQXTM technology in Australia, USA, Europe and Japan.
embossing, the impact on their bottom line is evident straight away. Cook believes the cost of the block for a CLIQXTM job is 50% what it would be with a traditional embellisher and, of course, there’s no more middle man. But the major difference for Cook is that in the last 18 months of using the technology, he has produced a higher quality of workmanship that he didn’t think his business would ever have the capability to achieve. ‘I have been in the industry a long time. I started when I was 15 and I’m 45 now, so you can do the math. But in that time, I have seen plenty of embossing but I haven’t seen it as good as that [CLIQXTM embossing]. The crispness of it; it’s just very different. Normally with embossing it has rounded edges but this is sharper and jumps out,’ he says. ‘It’s been a big surprise that we can do it.’ The product fits AJC Printing’s Heidelberg Cylinder and Heidelberg Platen, and he run the jobs himself, ‘Once you get the hang of the technique, it’s very easy.’ It was just 18 months ago when Andrew first took on the CLIQXTM license but his customers, who range from local businesses to corporate companies, have already noticed the difference and the word is spreading. Andrew is able to hold AJC Printing embossing jobs up against his competition’s work, and the difference is visibly clear to his clients. He notes that many of them are rediscovering embossing and its creating something of a revival of the craft, ‘Clients who have been producing yearbooks or annual reports each year have suddenly forgotten spot UV, which they have been doing for the last five years and they say “I want that,” when I show them our embossing.’ Andrew has never considered entering his print work into industry competitions but this is now something that he definitely sees on the cards. His clientele is expanding into graphic designers and advertising agencies which is something of a coup for the printer. For a company that has prided itself for 18 years on being small but unique CLIQXTM has offered AJC Printing a viable edge in a market that demands innovation for businesses to remain relevant.
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News be 100% plantation-grown and that the entire supply chain will follow High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) principles. They committed to not developing forested areas or peat fields and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And they pledged to work with local groups and other stakeholders to minimise the negative environmental and social ramifications of their business in Indonesia.
Optimised mixing system for offset inks A definite and precise mixing philosophy is the hallmark of the hubergroup's CRSmax ink mixing system. The readyto-use, monopigmented base colours enable ink formulae to be mixed that can be customised to the respective application and to the demands with respect to the substrate and finishing. As a result, all spot colours can be mixed rapidly, flexibly and cost-effectively right in the printshop. In addition to the high quality of all of the components, the ink mixing system offers a number of other impressive competitive advantages. The printer mixes precisely the right amount of each ink required and has them immediately at his disposal. Also, thanks to the straightforward pigment concept, any residual ink can be worked into fresh
inks without any problems. Since this means that practically no residual inks are accumulated and very little time is wasted matching the colour of inks at the press, the printer profits from multiple cost savings – less waste, lower inventory and warehouse costs, greater independence in production and fewer press downtimes. The various CRSmax vehicle systems are mineral oil-free and consequently comply with the voluntary initiative of the trade associations of Europe's paper manufacturers and board processors that have taken it upon themselves to do completely without inks that contain components derived from mineral oil. The printing performance of the CRSmax ink mixing system has consciously been brought into line with the performance levels of the very latest generation of presses and the system produces highquality results even for colour shades that were until now difficult to achieve with the right intensity. As such, it lives up to the exacting quality standards demanded by customers and is yet another benchmark for ink mixing systems set by the hubergroup. Asia Pulp and Paper pledges to lay off Indonesia’s rainforests Singapore-based Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) recently released a statement pledging its commitment to cease activity in Indonesia’s rainforests, seemingly due to pressures from all directions. APP is the third-largest paper supplier in the world, and under the new Forest Conservation Policy, APP and its suppliers have promised that all of their Indonesian paper going forward will
The company has come under fire from Rainforest Action Network (RAN) [delete ,] and other advocacy groups in the aftermath of the desecration of the Republic’s rainforests. This has led to some 10 large childrens book publishers along with other companies boycotting APP and its related partners for the last two years. The Forest Stewardship Council disassociated itself from APP in 2007, driven primarily by NGO campaigns and media coverage of APP’s participation in deforestation, illegal logging and social conflict. In spite of the loud pledge, RAN appears to remain unconvinced till proven otherwise. Asia’s Director for RAN reportedly responded to the pledge: “APP will not be seen as a responsible company in the marketplace until its new commitments are implemented and it resolves the devastating rainforest and human rights crises it has caused in Indonesia.” APP has also pledged to source fibre globally, only from responsible forest managements. To further emphasise the seriousness of their commitment, APP’s pledge included the promise to cease all purchases and agreements with any supplier who is found not to be in compliance with their commitment. APP and its suppliers manage more than 2.5 million hectares of land in Indonesia and produce more than 15 million tonnes of pulp, paper, and packaging globally every year. SkyDesk Print Enables to Print Files From Android Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. begins offering a free-of-charge application for Android™ mobile devicesNote1: SkyDesk Print that enables to print files stored in SkyDesk Docs— an application for online document sharing and management of the SkyDesk ServicesNote2— through
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Fuji Xerox's Net Print serviceNote3 or multifunction devices/printers at offices. SkyDesk Docs is an application for Android™ mobile devices, which allows users to view and edit various documents and files stored and managed on the cloud. With SkyDesk Print, users can print files from their mobile devices. Linking with Net Print to respond to mobile printing needs Through Fuji Xerox's Net Print service, users can print filesNote4 viewed with SkyDesk Print from multi-use copiersNote5 installed at approximately 14,800 Seven-Eleven stores across Japan. This answers to the printing needs
Oce became a wholly owned Canon subsidiary on March 8 Canon Inc. ("Canon"; Chairman and CEO: Fujio Mitarai; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) announced today that its consolidated subsidiary Océ N.V. ("Océ" ; President and CEO: Anton Schaaf; Headquarters: Venlo, the Netherlands), which was delisted from NYSE Euronext Amsterdam in February 2012, became a wholly owned Canon subsidiary on March 8, 2013, following the conclusion of formal statutory buyout proceedings under Dutch law ("squeeze out procedure"). Since joining forces, Canon and Océ have jointly developed new products and worked to strengthen their marketing and service capabilities. Now that Océ has become a wholly owned subsidiary, both companies will work to maximize synergies with the aim of creating the overall No. 1 presence in the printing industry.
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In June 2012, GIDUE introduced a new line of press dedicated to startup labels & packaging companies. With the Combat MX "ready-to-go" configuration, the customer bought with a limited investment an 8-colors UV Flexo 370 mm printing machine with cold foil and die-cutting stations and a high number of printing tools (print and magnetic cylinders, anilox and varnish rollers). The machine offers the famous Flower™ flexo head and a unique 'nomaintenance' program: the press requires no maintenance, no operator intervention and no specific greasing. Thanks to the friendly GIDUE machine, Duta Warna operators have been able to switch easily from offset to flexo, thereby developing a feeling of self-confidence in the labels market. Mr Ari Aswin Jap, Duta Warna Production Manager, commented: "GIDUE MX was a good investment in terms of quality and price, the press is incredibly handy and the Flower head is a miracle of simplicity and durability. Duta Warna comes from a sheet-fed offset background and, only thanks to GIDUE narrow web inline machine, is now able to convert in one-step process. GIDUE invented a very smart press, we were looking for such a product".
The First GIDUE MX Step in Indonesia The first GIDUE Combat MX has been installed in Indonesia. The new MX strategy had an immediate answer at Duta Warna, one of the biggest offset printer in the Indonesian pharmaceuticalpackaging industry. The Indonesian
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News Rotary Engineering expanding into Asia Australian-owned Rotary Engineering, has released its latest digital finishing press to the Australasian market. Called the Rotomag 340 SPF, Rotary Managing Director, Peter Jessop, described as a high-speed quick change unit, built to the highest quality standard and coming with German servos and electronics. “The Rotomag 340 will deliver a 340 web width, is servo driven to register with two servo flexographic units for reregister or over print/coating,” explained Peter. “It has a laminating unit with cold foil options, two heavy-duty die units, back-cut, slitter/stripping, dual rewind and comes with an optional sheeter. “It will deliver a finished product with speeds of up to 120mpm and can be operated by personnel with little previous experience.” The Rotomag brand of flexo presses and converting equipment, has proven itself over 35 years of design and construction and has recently expanded its vision into S-E Asia, via the establishment a manufacturing facility in Bangkok,
Thailand, as well as its major production facilities in Sydney. According to Peter, this move into Asian manufacturing, will offer customers high quality products at an affordable price. “We have full servo solutions as well as direct drive models,” added Peter. “Our press widths range from 250mm,340mm/520mm - up to 1,000mm and features include Corona Treater, UV, foiling and high velocity dryer for packaging. “Another service we can offer, is a servo-driven die unit that can be fitted to older machines, that will allow them to die cut to register. Using your existing equipment means a substantial saving. If you’re thinking of going digital, we have a great deal of experience converting existing presses and slitters that can be retrofitted, so you can die cut pre-printed stock to register. “Our manufacturing range includes flexo coaters, die-cutters, single wide web, RFID inserters, fan folders, jumbo unwind/rewind and digital finishing converting equipment.”
Atlantic Zeiser launches new DIGILINE Compact Atlantic Zeiser, a global solutions provider of dedicated personalization and coding systems, has released the new DIGILINE Compact system for use in printing and encoding variable data on flat carton boxes, cardboard blanks and single sheets.
Atlantic Zeiser’s DIGILINE Compact system is aimed at packaging companies and carton manufacturers, as well as service providers in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, FMCG (especially food and beverage), security printers, and smallformat commercial printers. The DIGILINE Compact is an entrylevel system that fills out Atlantic Zeiser’s portfolio of carton box and single-sheet printing solutions. It is a stand-alone system for late-stage short-run printing of serial numbers, codes and logos onto carton boxes, cardboard blanks and single sheets, such as sleeves and labels. “The new DIGILINE Compact system is a cost-efficient system for end-of-line printing, and a welcome addition to our growing family of printing solutions,” comments Viviane Schaaf, Product Manager Packaging. “In addition, the system uses Atlantic Zeiser’s proven OMEGA drop-on-demand printing technology, which produces consistently high-quality personalized output.” The new system is flexible both in handling various carton and sheet sizes, as well as integrating with its associated coding equipment. It can process carton sizes from 45 mm to 430 mm in length, and from 64 mm to 368 mm wide. For coding, the DIGILINE Compact is compatible with the complete range of Atlantic Zeiser OMEGA models, consisting of OMEGA 36, 36i (36 mm); OMEGA 72, 72i (72 mm); OMEGA 144 (144 mm) and OMEGA 210 (210 mm). The effective print width of the system
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News “What FUJIFILM can do as a company, thanks to its skilled team, is perfectly backed up by its advanced range of products. We are full of praise for the hands-on service and support provided by FUJIFILM and Mayday Graphics. It’s made life much easier for our prepress team and we’re extremely happy in having put in place a more reliable production process,” Ben concludes. Brillia HD PRO-T3 in a nutshell
depends on which OMEGA printer is used. It prints at speeds up to 60 m/min @ 360 dpi. The DIGILINE Compact is easy to work with in any production environment and enables short set-up times and quick format changes – thanks to the flexible feeder and stacker. Each DIGILINE Compact system is configured with two primary components: A drop-on-demand (DoD) print head based on desired width and a drying system compatible with the selected printer. An optional stand-alone camera for readability control complements the system. The camera ensures that each sheet or box receives the intended personalization or encoding; if it detects a missed print the feeder is stopped immediately. In addition, a capacitive sensor is used for double-layer control – detecting extra sheets that might be missed.
managing director at PJ Print. He adds: “Key objectives were to ensure proven colour matching capabilities and speed up our make ready times.” Supported by FUJIFILM and local distributor Mayday Graphics, PJ Print reviewed the different plates on the market and opted for Brillia HD PRO-T3 in order to help it to achieve new quality standards. “Not only have FUJIFILM and Mayday Graphics helped us to implement a flawless colour control and calibration process, but we’ve also streamlined our production and significantly improved efficiencies with the adoption of PRO-T3,” clarifies Ben. He emphasises: “Not only have we eliminated the
Brillia HD PRO-T3 is a processless plate that eliminates the processor, chemistry, gum and water used in the conventional plate production process, the plate being taken straight from the platesetter onto the press. FUJIFILM’s Brillia HD PRO-T3 represents the fastest way of getting a plate on-press, and all the variables associated with processors and finishing units, including the time and labour involved with their maintenance, are eliminated. FUJIFILM’s Brillia HD PRO-T3 features high performance technologies designed to optimise performance. The Multi Grain (MGV) technology guarantees the widest possible latitude in terms of ink/water balance on-press, while a multi-layer coating ensures plate stability and a long shelf life. Finally, the Fine Particle Dispersion (FPD) technology dramatically improves onpress performance.
FUJIFILM’s Brillia HD PRO-T3 passes the performance test with flying colours at PJ Print Digital and litho-printing specialist PJ Print has called on FUJIFILM's pre-press expertise and switched to FUJIFILM’s Brillia HD PRO-T3 processless plates to improve production. PJ Print, a mediumsized company specialising in commercial print, focuses on continuously enhancing its performance to stay competitive and make its range of services more attractive to a broader customer base. The need to achieve excellent colour control and boost its productivity drove PJ Print in the direction of FUJIFILM. “We were experiencing ever-decreasing consistency in our print quality, so at the end of 2012 we decided to review our production,” explains Ben Perkins,
processor and associated chemistry, water and waste, but colour consistency and quality are no longer issues for us, and the amount of impressions we can achieve today is dramatically higher. As a consequence, we can print different jobs more quickly and efficiently.”
Arian GmbH installs first Jet Press 720 in Europe FUJIFILM Europe today announces that Arian GmbH, based in Gleisdorf, Austria, is the first company in Europe to install Fujifilm’s flagship B2 sheetfed digital inkjet press, the Jet Press 720.
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News Installed in January 2013, the machine is now in production and set to complement an impressive array of screen and digital printing presses at the company. Arian GmbH is a family-run business with over 220 employees that has been in operation for over 35 years. It specialises in the development and manufacturing of high quality POP, POS, outdoor advertising and self-adhesive products, including 3D design & development. With a global customer base, the company operates both screen and digital printing presses, with as much emphasis placed on finishing, delivery and logistics as on print production. The site extends to around 21,000 m2, of which 5,000m2 is dedicated to logistics. The company is unique in Europe in operating several five-colour screen printing machines, supplemented by an impressive array of digital printing presses. Stephan Kollegger, Chief Executive Officer, comments: “As one of the leading companies in the world for screen and digital printing, customer satisfaction is a top priority for us, so we are committed to providing support for our customers in order to make their ideas and visions a reality.”
“With customer satisfaction such a high priority, we wanted to offer the same kind of service levels on jobs we were outsourcing to offset as our mainstream in house POP and POS work, but this proved impossible. Our ability to turn jobs around quickly on the Jet Press 720 now helps us fulfil this goal.” With the investment in the Jet Press 720, Arian is now able to offer a high quality print and fulfilment service of three to five days to supplement its main POP and POS offering, bringing all print production now in house. As such, the applications being run on the Jet Press 720 so far include small format POS and posters, together with more traditional brochures and flyers that it offers as an extended service to its current customer
base. Mr Kollegger adds: He continues: “The Jet Press 720 also complements the ultra high quality work we produce for some very demanding clients. When we started investigating this type of digital press last year, we concluded that the Jet Press 720 produced the best print quality, something that was critical for us as our customers expect the very best. But we were also impressed by the material handling capabilities of the machine which is one of the most important issues to address.” Having taken delivery of the machine in December with the installation taking place in January, Mr Kollegger only has praise for the commitment of the FUJIFILM engineers throughout the installation process: “We have a long history with FUJIFILM in terms of their screen inks, so we have a good relationship, but despite installing many inkjet printing presses over the last 10 years, we have never seen a company so meticulous in its installation and commissioning process. From the moment the press arrived in boxes to the day the first print run came off the machine, FUJIFILM’s approach has been first class, with the installation area kept incredibly clean. There have been inevitable issues to address along the way, but the FUJIFILM team has been very supportive throughout the process.” Asked about the immediate future with the Jet Press 720, Mr Kollegger concluded: “We anticipate building up the volume of work on the machine to two shifts over the spring and summer. We are excited about what the Jet Press 720 brings to our business. We often invest in digital presses and end up using them for many more applications than first anticipated. We expect the same will happen with the Jet Press 720. We look forward to working with FUJIFILM during this process.” The Jet Press 720 is a four colour digital inkjet press capable of printing a B2 sheet in a single-pass, resulting in production speeds of up to 2,700 B2 sheets an hour. It makes use of SAMBATM print-head technology to achieve resolutions of 1,200dpi x 1,200dpi with four variable dot sizes, and is set to raise the bar in terms of the quality that can be achieved with a digital printing system. Significantly, by applying a primer to the printed sheet prior to imaging, the Jet Press can print onto standard offset coated and specified uncoated papers.
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