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Photo Create Reach the Pinnacle of On-demand Personalized Fulfillment Operations

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Epson Forays Into Textile with New Dye-Sub Printers

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Successfully Pushes the Envelope for Tea Packaging

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Returning Champions, Thailand, Dominates the Asian Print Awards 2013

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Thailand and India Dominate AFTA Excellence Awards 2013

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Check out 2013 Event Photos - Asia Print Awards and Asian Flexible Packaging Conference Exhibition

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Landa and Komori Stregnthen Strategic Relationship

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Kodak Sonora Plates to Save an Estimated 265 Million Liters of Water in Next 12 Months

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Japan on the Road to Success with High-tech Sheetfed Offset

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KBA and Vinfoil develop Compact Cold Foil System

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Beijing Daily Moves into Commercial Printing with Chaina’s First Goss M-800

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Family, Business and Labels

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Print Save Trees Campaign

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Industry: General Commercial Printing Business name: printed.com Headquarters: United Kingdom Website: www.printed.com

Produce high-quality digital printing in an on-demand environment with tight deadlines. Provide stellar customer l service, including a money-back guarantee, without compromising profitability. Grow printed. com into a leading national and international ecommerce brand offering a diverse range of printed products

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printed.com efficiently serves thousands of printers, designers and small businesses by producing varied, affordably priced, highquality products quickly, using HP Indigo and HP Scitex systems. Consistent, high-quality printing on HP Indigo Presses supports money-back customer satisfaction policy while safeguarding margins. Just four months postlaunch, printed.com was printing about 3.6 million full-colour A4 pages per month with three HP Indigo Digital Presses. ecommerce customer base has jumped almost 500 per cent in one year, mostly since the launch of printed.com.

Photo Create reach the pinnacle of on-demand personalized fulfillment operations Make it easy, risk free and affordable. These are the watchwords of printed.com, one of the UK’s fastest growing sources of quality printed products. As an online print ordering business, printed.com relies exclusively on HP digital printing systems – primarily HP Indigo Presses – to print orders to exacting quality standards within tight turnaround times.

During Belmark’s 35-year history, investment in progressive technology has helped the Wisconsin-based company print effective labels and packaging for food and personal care products, while maintaining its lean manufacturing practices.

To stay competitive, six years ago Belmark advanced its printing equipment, adding HP Indigo digital technology. Today it produces pressure-sensitive labels and folding cartons using two HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Presses— along with a recently purchased HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press and optional Inline Priming unit.

Belmark added the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press and its optional Inline Priming unit to enhance its ability to efficiently produce a wide variety of vivid pressure- sensitive labels and folding cartons, as well as further streamline its lean production practices. Always forward thinking, Belmark is using its new HP Indigo technology to its full potential—and business is thriving.

Efficient production on diverse media Meeting market demands and achieving efficient, resourceful production can be challenging in the labels and packaging industry. Thanks to the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press—and its optional Inline Priming unit— Belmark can print on a variety of media, while reducing production time, costs, and waste.

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“We offer an excellent proposition – a simple interface, unbeatable quality, and competitive pricing – so we need to use the best equipment, and that’s what we’re doing by using HP.”

– Ian Gordon, operations director, printed.com

tant when customers request opaque tones. “In my opinion, it’s comparable to the print quality of an offset press.”

“The Inline Priming unit has been a great enhancement to reduce the inventory we need on hand and to get materials to the customer faster,” says Schmidt. “It allows us to run more unique materials with very short lead times.”

Before owning the optional Inline Priming unit, Belmark had to send out substrates to be primed offsite—a process that contributed to longer turnaround times. The unit can prime standard or untreated paper substrates in-house— eliminating the need for pre-planned substrate preparation and increasing the selection of readily available substrates.

“The unit created a leaner model for materials from our suppliers, to us, to our customers,” explains Schmidt.

The production efficiency offered by the HP Indigo WS6600 and its optional Inline Priming unit also align well with Belmark’s lean manufacturing practices.

“Anytime you can shorten the supply process, you’re taking a tremendous amount out of waste, time, any type of carbon footprint, and cost,” says Schmidt.

“The more waste you can take out of the process, the lesser the environmental impact.”

Outstanding print quality and colour The benefits of inline priming are not just limited to efficiency. The process also improves media for exceptional print quality, which helps the HP Indigo WS6600 deliver the sharp images and brilliant brand colours Belmark’s customers want.

According to Schmidt, priming in-house is more effective than priming off-site.

“There’s a quality enhancement when priming at the source,” he says.

Once primed and ready to print, Belmark can easily produce rich colours and images to meet its customers’ specifications. “Our customers have extreme needs around colour, predictability, and repeatability, so we tend to put more colours down than other companies do,” adds Schmidt.

Exclusive to HP Indigo technology, HP ElectroInk enables high-quality prints, a wide and accurate colour gamut, sharp images, uniform gloss, and very thin image layers. The seven colour stations on the HP Indigo WS6600 allow emulation of four, six, and seven colours—plus spot colour printing. The press also supports white ink, which Schmidt says is impor-

Easy-to-operate digital workflows “We recognised many years ago that the real advantage of digital printing would be taking steps out of the process before jobs hit the press,” says Schmidt. Working toward this ideal, Belmark developed its Web-to-Print® and Web-to-Web® services—online ordering, proofing, and processing services. Today, these services allow large volumes of orders to travel directly to the highly- automated HP Indigo WS6600, giving Belmark outstanding end-to-end productivity and speed to market.

“We do zero paperwork here. Our workflow is completely electronic,” says Schmidt.

Linked to Belmark’s online services, the HP Indigo WS6600’s print server is fully integrated with the Esko Automation Engine. This enterprise-ready solution integrates and automates all design and prepress activities into one workflow, enhancing data management and reducing operator intervention. “When you make the transposition of letters and numbers an electronic process, it reduces errors and increases speed,” says Schmidt.

Thinking ahead For Belmark, being at the leading edge of labels and packaging technology is a key component for success, as it provides the company with progressive tools to serve its customers. And the company plans to invest in new HP Indigo digital presses again. Schmidt concludes: “We’re very much a growth company, and we’ll continue to use HP Indigo technology as part of our growth strategy.”

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Epson Forays

Into Textile With New Dye-Sub Printers

With an eye on a piece of the fashion and textile markets, Epson rolled out a new series of ink tank system printers in Singapore, marking the country as the third launch point in Southeast Asia.

Sha Jumari reports.

Targeting new markets in the commer- ing in order to reach out to new markets cial and industrial printing industry, Epson recently introduced the SureColor F-series of commercial ink tank system printers in Southeast Asia. Drawing on the company’s proprietary Micro Piezo technology, the new range of products is part of Epson’s strategy to make use of its existing expertise in commercial print-

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Singapore is the third country in Southeast Asia to see the launch of the printers, Thailand and Malaysia being the first two. Up next on the list for the launch is the Philippines.

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“We estimate around 40 or 50 units to be installed in Singapore, mostly within the corporate and gift and merchandising industries. Around the region, we expect more than 400 units installed, with Indonesia and Thailand dominating the largest market share,” said Shaun See, General Manager for Epson Southeast Asia Commercial and Industrial Division.

The new printers in the F-series are the 44-inch SureColor SC-F6070 and the 64-inch SureColor SC-F7070, both rollfed dye-sublimation fabric printers. The printers are suited with the Epson Micro Thin Film Piezo print head, renowned for its abilities to print at 720dpi to deliver efficient, precise and high quality outputs. The machines are the first dye-sublimation printers in the market to have every part designed and manufactured by a single company.

Customising Creativity The launch showcase was indicative of the company’s intent to break into new consumer segments in the fashion, arts and creative industries. Creative collaborations with Singaporean designer Max Tan and artist Isaac Liang and customised printed sportswear were presented to highlight the diverse applications of the latest series of printers. Emphasis was made on the customisation potential of the printers, signifying the company’s focus on the corporate customisation and gift and merchandising industry for the new product rollout.

“Customised product printing has a higher rate of adoption in Southeast Asia. The monthly growth rate for us is at about 180% currently with main contributing countries being Thailand and Malaysia because of their strong domestic and export markets for custom printing,” said See. The launch also included the SureColor B-Series of large format sign printers and the SureColor SC-F2000, the company’s first direct-to-garment printer. With the launch, Epson hopes to offer a wider array of printing options to its customers by highlighting the cost-savings and productivity capabilities that the ink tank system printers can offer.

“The F & B series aim to extend crucial benefits of cost savings while maintaining consistently high printing quality to professionals and businesses. With the commitment to empower customers with more choices, we are pushing the boundaries to provide products that are not only first in the market, but also the best in the market,” said Tan May Lin, Epson Singapore’s General Manager.

Textile Printing Goes Digital Worldwide, the textile printing market is estimated to be valued at $165 billion.

Traditionally, the textile printing industry employs the largely preferred methods of screen printing or gravure printing.

However, due to the proliferation of digital textile printing, dye-sublimation processes are becoming increasingly popular. A report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. anticipated that the global production of printed textiles to reach 27.8 billion square meters by 2018, because of the increasing acceptance of digital printing techniques.

InfoTrends reported that digital print production represents less that 1.5% of

printed textile volume. While this may not reveal the shift from traditional printing systems to newer digital applications to be apparent, the potential for growth is considerable.

Digital printing’s significant advantages over traditional methods of textile printing include faster product runs, being comparatively more eco-friendly, and using less energy, water and labour. Digital printing also allows for customisation, an added service that printers could charge for.

In 2011, 42% of the world’s installed digital textile printing is based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Not surprising, since a majority of the biggest names in fashion are clustered in Italy alone. Asia Pacific exhibits burgeoning demand for digital print textile production, ranking second at 39%. InfoTrends predicted that the region would experience a growth rate of 18.7% by 2016.

Asia Pacific includes not only heavyweights China and India, but also two emergent countries in the textile manufacturing industry, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

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Successfully pushes the envelope for tea packaging Infusion GB, a leading tea packaging manufacturer, is printing directly onto enveloped tea bags for the first time, following its investment in three Domino G220i thermal ink jet printers.

Gloucester-based Infusion GB, which packages teas and herbal drinks for brands including Pukka Herbs, Twinings, Tetley and Lipton, found that there was demand from customers for best before dates and batch information to be printed on the enveloped tea bags, so that they could be sold individually or repackaged for the gift market. The application is also proving popular in the hospitality industry.

Peter Barry, Infusion GB Senior Manager, said: “While the coffee sachets used by hotels are often individually printed, best before dates on enveloped tea bags was an application that we wished to offer to our customers.”

“We believe that being able to print best before dates onto these envelopes is a real point of difference for Infusion GB,” he added.

Infusion GB, which produces string, tagged and enveloped tea bags, required a coding and marking solution that could

match the speeds of its IMA C27 tea packing machines, which produce 250 bags per minute.

It also needed a fast drying ink because of the way that the enveloped tea bags are packed in cartons shortly after being printed, meaning any information printed with conventional inks is at risk of smudging.

The company asked the manufacturer of its IMA machines for advice and was pointed in the direction of Domino UK. Infusion GB also approached several other solutions providers while searching for the coding and marking solution it required. Domino, however, was the only manufacturer that was able to provide a suitable solution: its G220i printers, which had to be integrated into the IMA packaging machine, and its unique, ethanol and fast dry ink.

Peter Barry explained: “The other manufacturers struggled to get the print heads

integrated into the IMA machine, and there were other problems in matching the line speeds and getting the ink to dry quickly enough.”

“When we change anything on the production line and restart the IMA machine it takes some time to reach full speed again, so the coding and marking solution that we chose had to synchronise with these warm-up speeds.”

The installation of the G220i printers presented a number of challenges for Domino UK and Infusion GB. Domino UK’s team of specialist engineers visited Infusion GB to examine the IMA machines and develop a solution for the integration of the G-Series printers.

Due to the complex nature of the IMA machine, space was at a premium; therefore, it was decided that the best solution was to use Domino’s unique, lowprofile compact print head. This ensured that the G-Series printers did not disrupt or change the web path and that they

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printed as close to the bottom of the envelope as possible.

“Domino definitely had the edge in terms of the capability of its engineers, who were able to adapt one of their printers and create a new market for GB Infusion,” said Peter Barry.

“We weren’t very clear on what we needed at the beginning of the process, but Domino’s team was willing to take the time to listen to our needs and tailor a solution.”

Infusion GB believes that demand for individually printed enveloped tea bags is set to increase. To meet the anticipated demand, the company is planning to roll out the printing of the envelopes and is aiming to have best before dates printed on all of the envelopes it produces by summer 2014.

“With Domino’s help we have found a solution that the tea market has been struggling with for some time.”

In order to expand its envelope printing offering, the company is planning to invest in another G-Series printer in the near future.

“We have capacity for further G220i printers and we may well invest within the next few months,” said Peter Barry. “Thanks to Domino we are now able to offer complete traceability on every envelope.”

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Returning Champions, Thailand, Dominates the Asian Print Awards 2013 Thailand relived its 2012 reign to lead the Asia Pacific pack as it swept 25 wins.

India came up close behind at second place with 17 awards, while Hong Kong amassed 14 wins. Sha Jumari reports.

Over 500 key industry players from around the region gathered at the ballroom of the Prince Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Asian Print Awards Gala Night. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the annual awards ceremony since it kicked off in 2003.

Though not as astounding as last year’s 32-win streak, Thailand continued to emerge victorious at the Asian Print Awards. Sirivatana Interprint PCL and Benjamit Packaging Co., Ltd accumulated three awards each; the latter also receiving the GMG Platinum Sponsor Award for

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Best in Packaging, Printing & Converting.

Thailand was the sole winner in the Packaging category, with Modern Film Center Co., Ltd taking home the Bronze. In total, the country took home two Platinum Sponsors, five Golds, seven Silvers and 11 Bronze awards.

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It was a big night for India, which bagged 17 impressive awards, up five from last year’s 11 wins. India’s golden boy Pragati Offset Pvt. Ltd, chalked up seven wins, making the bulk of India’s share of awards. The company also defended their title for the CGS Platinum Sponsor Award for Best Application of Creative Colour, having won the award in 2012.

With 14 awards under its belt, Hong Kong still proves to be an eminent presence in the print industry. Hong Kong’s C & C Joint Printing (HK) Co., accrued three Golds and two Silver awards, along with Heidelberg’s Best in Sheetfed Offset Printing, which the company also won the year before.

Singapore’s BusAds Pte Ltd entered the competition for the second time and took home the Gold for the Digital Outdoor, Large Format & Signage Category, moving up from last year’s maiden Silver win. Additionally, the company won EFI’s Best in Digital Wide/Superwide Format award.

A notable mention is Pakistan’s inaugural participation and following win in the ceremony. Pakistan-based Adsells Group of Companies was awarded the Silver prize for the Digital Outdoor, Large Format & Signage Category.

Sri Lanka came back from last year’s only Bronze win to score three awards. Representing the nation, Gunaratne Offset (Pvt) Ltd took home Sri Lanka’s first ever Gold in the competition, along with two Bronze awards.

Book & Story made bigger waves this year on the Digital platform. The company not only repeated their 2012 Gold wins in the Book Printing and Multi-Piece Productions & Campaigns categories, but also managed yet another Gold in Calendars & Photobooks and a Bronze for Catalogues, Booklets & Brochures. The Indonesia-based company also accepted the honour of the Gold East Paper Judges Award. Book & Story’s submission for the Book Printing category was deemed parallel to top quality offset printing by the judging panel; an astounding achievement, considering their use of copier machines.

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Thailand and India Dominate AFTA Excellence Awards 2013 The AFTA Excellence Awards went for its 12th run on 15th November 2013 in Manila. While the usual suspects bagged the usual accolades, one actually did the same for the six consecutive year.

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At the Dusit Thani hotel in Manila, over, 300 guests from the flexographic industry in Asia congregated to witness not only the reinforcement of alreadyastounding standards in packaging, but also acknowledge new contenders who just might join the ranks of the elite in the game.

Alf Carrigan, Chairman of the Independent Judging Committee, shared in his opening speech: “There are significant improvements in the print qualities of entries this year. The judges were heartened to see contenders taking more pride in their work; the time and effort spent to assess and place entries are nothing less than worthwhile.”

Thailand and India dominated the ring with nine and seven wins respectively.

India’s tightest contenders – but now Vietnam, Sri Lanka and others are quickly raising the quality bar and soon will be winning gold medals.

One Indonesian company, PT Bentoel Prima, went on stage many times, scooping wins out of win, It was also announced that at the successful conference that was held on the 14-15th the association along with Thailand and India dominate AFTA Excellence Awards 2013 its member partners managed to raise a total of US$17,000.00, which was presented to the Philippines Red Cross by all members who went on stage for a group photo-

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graph. The moneys raised was sent to the Red Cross headquarters to be distributed to help with aid for the many thousands of people who were effected by super typhoon Yolanda that only hit a few days before the conference started.

Paul Callaghan Chairman of AFTA congratulated each and every company/ person on stage after a minute’s silence to reflect on the devastation that ripped much life’s apart. he also has asked to stay one more term as Chairman after this outpouring of generosity for the people who needed help

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and RotaJET 76 Strengthen Strategic Relationship The KBA Roadshow is already a well-established tradition

Following a lengthy of technology LandaforCorporation and Komori the print branch in the People's Republic China, diligence the period, during which Komori scientists Corporation today announced the Asia-Pacific region and India.and In March, successful engineersthe studied, evaluated and strengthening of their strategic tested Landa Nanographic™ Printing series extended its list of venues to include also Taiwan. relationship. The companies had technology, Komori concluded that Nacollaborated during Landa’s devel- nography™ has the potential to deliver its promise of matching the quality opment of Nanography™, withaKo-goodon such as Wu Weng Hsiung, chairman of Three events attracted and speed of offset printing at the lowand attendance sheetfed in each ofplatforms the country's the Just Shine Printing Company, mori providing cost per page in thepresident digital printing Cheng Hsiung, of the most important print centres: Tainan inest Chen for Landa’s launch of Nanographic industry.

Komori therefore formalized its Printing Technology Research Institute. the south, Taichung in the central region Printing™ at Drupa 2012. The com- license agreement with Landa, cementand Taipei in the north. The technical panieshighlights have now formalized theirwereing IntheTaipei, long-term strategic alliance the managing director beof placed in the spotlight tween the companies. long-term strategic alliance by UV technologies for sheetfed offset, KBA Greater China, Walter Zehner, in-mould label printing, theagreedigital web thanked the management of the Glory entering into multi-faceted Landa Founder, Group Chairman Benforand twoCEO special 76, and thewill Rapida mentspress in RotaJET which Komori be106,ny Innovations Landa says, “Since we first started the world champion press in terms of “firsts”, namely the installation of the the global supplier of all sheetfed collaboration with Rapida 106 in Komori, Taiwan we andhave the makeready and production speed. Theourfirst Landaprocess Nanographic Printing Press been deeply impressed by the company, developments and product opportunity to present this high-tech people its culture.

Komori is an platforms to Landa Landainwill liveand in action to other Taiwanese innovations wereand presented provenits press outstanding partner for Landa, bringing inimitable Jürgen Veil, KBA printers. Walter Zehner: “The Rapida provide Komorimanner with by Nanographic an extremely high caliber of engineering 106 has brought the Glory Innovations head of sheetfed and marketing.

Printing technology Landa Na- expertise, second-to-none qualityboost and Group a significant productivity noInk™ Colorants for incorpora- performance, together with a fervent Akio Pong, managing director of and distinct competitive advantages. tion into and willingness to invest in The high degree of flexibility enables KBA Komori-branded sales partner ShiningNanoGraphics,commitment the future.

It is gratifying to have as our graphic Printing presses. welcomed the guests and introduced response to the most varied demands

JDF connectivity through open systems architecture, Komori presses help printers achieve higher productivity levels essential for increased margins and business growth.

For more on Komori, visit us Alex Honginformation from Shining Graphics at http://www.komori.com explained the press features and process sequences in more detail during a print About Landa on the Rapida 106, and demonstration Landaattention Digital to Printing is part fast of the drew the extremely Landa group.

Its Nanographic Printing™ makeready achieved with the dedicated technology the industry’s “Profplate cylinder bridges drive system DriveTronic itability Gap” – cost-effectively producSPC. Subsequently, the gathered print ing short-to-medium professionals were able toruns. take aLanda closer, Nanographiclook Printing™ Presses yield the first-hand at the press. lowest cost per digitally-printed page in the industry combine the versatilWalter Zehner and presented a model of ity of digital with the qualities speed the six-colour Rapida 106 to and David of offset.

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by Benny Liu, managing director of the Landa, Glory the Landa group also includes Innovations Group, as thanksLanda for theLabs, the group’s innovation arm that explores company's confidence and outstanding nanotechnology in alternative hospitality.

David for Liu use reaffirmed his energy, drug delivery andlocal other fields; great satisfaction with the KBA Landa Ventures, invests in related team and said thatwhich he looked forward firms; and the Landa partner theKBA one aims global further expanding his business withFund, of future markets. to press serve totechnology the KBA group as a broadly based,strategic which helps underprivileged youth purvendor that continues to thrive despite the new Rapida. financially very sound the company as a long-term and reliable Komoriinnovative Selected toand Provide State-of-thesue higher education.

Benny Landa conthe challenges faced by the industry.” partner of the international Art Customized Platforms for all Landaprint partner, and that will benefit both sides tinues to add to the portfolio of over 800 industry.

Sheetfed PressesThe importance attached to in the end.” patent applications and patents granted Yoshiharu Komori, Komori President, the meetings was reflected in addresses worldwide that provide Chairman and CEO, says, “It is a great given by the presidents thebeen printing Walter Zehner (right), managing directortoofhim Since Drupa, Landa engineers of have KBA Greater China, thankedthe companies which he founded with honor to be able to cooperate with Lanassociations the three regions, and managing director David Liu from the Glory Innovations Group for evaluating proposalsinfrom the industry’s hisa solid intellectual property base. da in bringing Nanography to market. the presentations KBA users confidence and hospitality leadinginpress vendors, bothbyEuropean and Asian, for the supply of sheetfed plat- Our teams have been closely monitorforms for Landa Nanographic Printing™ ing Landa’s development and have been For more information, visit us at landanPresses. In making its assessment, Landa amazed with the progress made so far, ano.com or follow us on social media at took into account the caliber of engineer- which exceeds our expectations. We be- Landa Social. ing, robustness of design, automation, lieve that the impact of Benny Landa’s reliability and cost effectiveness. The ven- new invention, Nanography—with the dor’s culture of innovation, technical re- Komori platform—will have a far greater sources, commercial success and financial impact even than his introduction of the stability were also important criteria. The first digital printing press.“ conclusion of this year-long pursuit left no doubt: Komori is in a class of its own and the clear partner of choice for Landa. The outcome led Landa to place orders with Komori for sheetfed platforms for Landa’s S10 Nanographic Printing Presses, which will start to be delivered to customers in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Komori and Landa Formalize License Agreement

About Komori Corporation Tokyo-based Komori Corporation, a premier manufacturer of sheetfed and web offset presses and banknote/security presses, provides world-class technology especially suited for today’s highly competitive printing marketplace. Delivering the highest level in print quality coupled with impressively fast makeready and

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KODAK SONORA

Plates to Save an estimated 265 million liters of water in next 12 months Kodak’s SONORA Process Free Plate technology could lead to impressive water savings for the commercial printing industry. The forecast is based on new adoption data for the process-free plates, which remove the need for a plate processor in the prepress stage of a print operation.

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KODAK SONORA Plates eliminate the need for water to process plates before they are put on the press, setting a new standard for responsibility in prepress in terms of water conservation. Based on sales projections, Kodak estimates that in the next year, use of SONORA Plates could be directly responsible for saving up to 265 million liters of water.

Despite estimates that only one percent of the world’s water is suitable for drinking, industry and agriculture, water scarcity has long been considered a problem relegated only to specific locales where climate or geography limit access to clean water. However, it’s now predicted that even water-rich nations such as the United States could see a water scarcity crisis in 30 percent of its cities in the next four years, and Brazil, the world’s most water-rich nation, faces water supply deficits of more than 80 percent. Both an increase in demand from growingpopulations and a lagging water treatment infrastructure in emerging economies contribute to the spread of this global issue beyond traditionally water-starved nations. Water conservation has become a priority that every industry needs to address.

“In the print industry, it is our responsibility to save resources where we can and continually consider wherewe can use

technology to best minimize the drain on those resources,” said Rich Rindo, general manager of Kodak’s worldwide graphics marketing organization. “Allowing printers to take water use out of the process entirely introduces a new era of sustainability in platemaking. Apart from the chemistry and energy removed from the prepress process, the water savings alone is enough to make printers think twice about the impact they’re having on the environment with their operations.”

With traditional processed plates, water is used to run the plate processor and

clean it after production, as well as to run a rinse/gum unit if baking plates. In addition, water is mixed with concentrated processing chemistry. With SONORA Plates, this water can be removed from the platemaking process entirely, conserving a natural resource and reducing the load on water treatment facilities.

SONORA Plates also hold promise for print operations in emerging industrial centers with limited or no water treatment infrastructure. Kodak is seeing rapid growth in SONORA Plate adoption, with more than 400 new and converted customers.

While water is essential to commercial printing industry operations, Kodak is also mindful of its own water use.

Kodak manufacturing facilities around the world closely monitor water consumption and have achieved a nearly 25 percent reduction in usage since 2009.

Kodak has been committed to developing sustainable technology and practices to keep up with an everchanging world.

With products such as SONORA Plates, Kodak is delivering on its promise to drive innovations that lead the industry.

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Japan on the road to success with high-tech sheetfed offset The employees of KBA Japan moved into their new Tokyo office in September 2012 making it the first subsidiary in the 200-year-long history of Koenig & Bauer (KBA) to be based in the Land of the Rising Sun. The team in Tokyo is being led by Kenneth Hansen, managing director of KBA Korea in Seoul. He has worked in the Asian graphic arts industry for over 30 years and is a valued expert on the Japanese printing industry with outstanding contacts.

After only 15 months Kenneth’s efforts in Japan with KBA sheetfed offset presses have begun bearing fruit. Long and highly automated high-tech presses from KBA are proving particularly popular.

So far four Rapidas have been installed in Japanese printing firms or are on their way there. Especially the world makeready champions Rapida 106 and Rapida 145 have generated a great deal of interest and can now be seen live in operation.

Long Rapida 106 at Taisei in Tokyo Japan, which ranks among the top five printing press markets in the world, has long been a blank spot on the KBA map. In the past only publication rotogravure and web offset presses for telephone directories were delivered. Therefore Kenneth Hansen carefully planned KBA’s entry into this market. The Japanese team received comprehensive training before prominent packaging printer Taisei in Tokyo flipped the switch on the first Rapida 106 at the beginning of 2013. The press features eight printing units, simultaneous plate

A highly automated KBA Rapida 106 with comprehensive kit for inline finishing has been in action at prominent packaging printer Taisei Co. Ltd. in Tokyo since spring 2012

changing, packages for foil and board handling, capabilities for UV mixed operation and a cold-foil module. In addition, the employees in Japan are supported by their colleagues from Korea and Germany with regard to commissioning and service activities. Rapida 145 for Kinsei Printing in Osaka Following initial successes of the medium-format Rapida 106 with packaging printers, the first Japanese commercial printer recently opted for a large-format press. Kinsei Printing in Osaka ordered a Rapida 145 with six printing units, simultaneous plate changing (DriveTronic SPC) and a maximum output of 17,000sph. Kinsei Printing is a commercial printer Japan on the road to success with high-tech sheetfed offset The employees of KBA Japan moved into their new Tokyo office in September 2012 making it the first subsidiary in the 200-year-long history of Koenig & Bauer (KBA) to be based in the Land of the Rising Sun. specialising in large-format, high-quality printing of maps, books, bro-

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chures, calendars and posters. President Morikiyo Nosaki states that the KBA Rapida 145 with its combination of outstanding speed, quick turnaround times and high quality is a perfect match for his customers and his company.

Morikiyo Nosaki: “After a series of print tests we had no doubt that this machine will carry us well into the future and make Kinsei able to meet the demands of the market segments it is in, in addition to supporting our expansion. None of the other manufacturers came close to meeting our ambitious demands, but KBA’s Rapida 145 exceeded them. I now know why KBA is the undisputed world market leader in large format.”

The Kinsei plant in Osaka only operates large-format presses and until now has had presses from Mitsubishi, Komori and manroland. Installation of the new KBA Rapida 145 will begin in spring 2014.

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The crane and remote control unit nsure simple and effortless foil changes

KBA and Vinfoil develop compact cold foil system The ColdFoil Infigo SF110 module has been an integral part of the KBA sheetfed offset product range for a number of years. It is already in use in print companies all over the world.

exclusive appearance – for example through the use of metallic effects. Today, cold foil transfer is even being used for brochures, as a means to help them stand out from the crowd. Cold foil is It has been conceived as a simple-tohan- here able to play out a major advantage dle, compact alternative for high quality over hot-foil stamping, as inline producfoil transfer, with which the growing de- tion on an offset press is more efficient mand for stylish product refinement can and thus cost-effective. also be satisfied by users on a tighter budget. The market for gloss foil transfer They run at higher speeds, even shorter is growing. More and more brand-name runs become profitable, and no expenmanufacturers are looking for ways to sive tools are required. lend their products an unmistakable, Now, Vinfoil and KBA have once again pooled resources to develop a trimmeddown version of their proven cold foil system, the Micro SF110 GF.

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Cold foil systems for every application.

The cold foil module ColdFoil Infigo SF110 has been a product of choice on the market for gloss offset foil transfer for several years. Packaging printers all over the world have integrated modules into their Rapida sheetfed offset presses to realise high-quality foil applications inline. Many are using the system on a daily basis, and that at top printing speeds up to 18,000 sheets per hour – performance which definitely merits a world record for this type of finishing.

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Space-saving: The whole system, including the crane, is fitted above the inking units of the Rapida 106

There are numerous print companies, however, who would like to offer gloss foil transfer, but do not have enough corresponding jobs to work with cold foil every day. With the Micro SF110 GF, KBA is now able to offer such users a perfect solution. The new cold foil module is a compacter, space-saving version of the ColdFoil Infigo SF110 which – with a slightly lower level of automation – offers the same first-class quality, robustness and reliability as the present system.

space. Even so, the Micro SF110 GF handles reels with up to 10,000 metres of cold foil. And it runs just as fast as the Rapida press, namely at the highest speeds. Rapida presses with the ColdFoil Micro SF110 GF module are fitted with a crane for handling of the full and empty reels.

This allows reel replacement without physical effort. The remote control unit for opening and closing of the shaft locks also The Micro SF110 is intended for printers renders an additional walkway superfluwhose job structures require occasional ous. Accessibility to the inking units is not production with cold foil refinement. Sim- restricted in any way. ple handling Vincent van der Heijden, the founding father of manufacturer Vinfoil: “We are naturally using certain proven el- Constant high quality ements of the Infigo in the Micro version, The lightweight tensioning and friction but the Micro is otherwise a new develop- shafts are driven by a servo motor and were ment from the ground up.” One particular selected specifically for the Micro SF110 characteristic of the ColdFoil Micro SF110 GF. They are especially simple to handle.

GF is its compact design. As the foil reels Print companies acquainted with the heavy are positioned above the printing units, the shafts typically encountered will immedimodule is also a very practical option for ately appreciate the difference. The servo smaller print companies with limited floor drive permits extremely exact synchronisa-

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tion of the foil web to the running speed of the press. Combined with the modern technology for web View of the ColdFoil Micro SF110 GF from the feeder side tension control, this ensures efficient production.

formats at KBA, welcomes the development of the new Micro SF110 GF: “We have been working with Vinfoil for many years. The cold foil systems meet and even exceed our expectations with regard to speed and performance.”

Just like the larger ColdFoil Infigo SF110 module, the Micro SF110 GF delivers constantly high quality. The use of servo motors precludes the need for dancer rollers. The sensitive metallised layer of the cold foil never comes into contact with any press parts or rollers, and there is accordingly no risk of damage. The result is outstanding print quality. Annoying contamination of the inking units with aluminium dust is likewise avoided.

Naumann sees good chances for the new product on the market. “KBA has a very strong standing on the packaging market. With the new compact system, we are able to offer our users real added value – an extremely modern, high-performance cold foil system.” A ColdFoil Micro SF110 GF module will be available for print demonstrations on a Rapida 106 in the KBA customer centre in Radebeul from the second quarter of 2014.

Compact system with good market chances Johannes Naumann, head of the design office for half and medium

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Beijing Daily moves into commercial printing with China’s first Goss M-800

Beijing Daily has installed a new heatset Goss web press as part of a strategy to diversify beyond its well-established newspaper production. In choosing the 32-page Goss M-800 press, the company has signaled its intention to become a leading player in its regional commercial print market.

Featuring a four-pages-around by fourpages-across (4x4) cylinder configuration, the M-800 model is capable of printing up to 80,000 16-page signatures per hour in straight production mode. The four-unit press system also incorporates a Goss Ecocool heatset dryer and Contiweb FD paster, as well as a Goss PCC-2 pinless folder.

Previously running an exclusively coldset operation, Beijing Daily produces more than 2 million newspapers daily and its entry into the commercial market is expected to reach a similar scale over time.

According to Jia Fudong, vice director for the Beijing Daily printing operation, the M-800 model was chosen with production versatility in mind. “The new press has already been called on to produce a wide range of products and formats,” explains Jia Fudong. “Demand for commercial products and heatset retail inserts continues to increase alongside quality expectations in our region, so we’re very pleased that we decided to go with the clear leader in web press technology for this important step. Goss International’s position is well deserved, not only because they have supplied precisely the right capabilities for our production requirements, but also because the technology is backed up with a level of local support that ensures our longterm confidence.”

The double-circumference M-800 press utilizes proven design elements from other Goss presses, including Sunday

With the installation of a new 32-page Goss M-800 heatset web press, the Beijing Daily has signaled its intention to become a leading player in the regional commercial print market. models, to achieve a unique combination of value and performance. Multidrive technology, bearerless cylinders and a 12-roll inking and dampening system deliver premium print quality as well as a high level of flexibility for changing production requirements.

product content and quality. This is also an excellent option for commercial printers looking to expand their existing operation as its four-around press format complements existing twoaround presses such as Goss M-600 and M-500 models,” he adds.

Tim Mercy, vice president of sales for Goss International, says the ability to print magazine, tabloid and other formats in straight or collect mode makes the M-800 model ideal for a company embarking on a new venture. “Beijing Daily needed a press that could adapt in line with the way the new business develops, while at the same time being able to maintain the high standards expected due to its established reputation for both

Beijing Daily is part of the Beijing Daily Group, a media company that manages nine newspapers and three magazines as well as web sites, a publishing house and a television broadcasting station. The Group publishes the leading circulation newspapers in the area, including Beijing Daily, Beijing Evening News, Beijing Morning Post and Beijing Suburbs Daily.

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Family, Business, and Labels How multiple generations globally are working together to manage and grow successful businesses in today’s labeling industry Infusion GB, a leading tea packaging manufacturer, is printing directly onto enveloped tea bags for the first time, following its investment in three Domino G220i thermal ink jet printers.

All over the world, family run businesses play a critical role in our economy and or society. Research done by the European Commission, shows that family businesses make up more than 60 % of all European companies and account for over 40 % of employment in Europe.

In North America, family-owned business plays an equally big role, where over 80% of businesses are considered to be family owned. Until recently, nearly all the businesses in India were considered to be family owned businesses. While these statistics relate to

businesses in general, family owned businesses also play an important role in the labeling industry. “Family businesses are a dynamic part of our membership – in both the traditional FINAT association and the more recently established FINAT Young Managers Club (YMC),” says Kurt Walker, President of FINAT. “ We wanted to capture how two generations work together to make a labeling business successful for today - and for the future.”

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resenting companies in Europe, in North America, and India: Slovakian based Purgina is run by Stefan Kilarsky, his son Radovan and his daughter, Dana. Dana is also President of the FINAT Young Managers Club (YMC). The German-based company Hagmaier Etiketten & Druck is run by Thomas Hagmaier, his son Rodolfo and his daughter Veronika. Elvira Vidal and her daughter Bibiana manage Rotatek in Spain, Harveer Singh Sahni and his son Pawandeep from Weldon Celloplast Limited in India, ETI Converting Equipment is based in Quebec, Canada. It is run by François

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Bayzelon and his son Maxime. Each of these organizations are diverse in their history, their market focus, and their geographic location. Yet, they are united in one key area: they are run by multiple generations of the same family. Heritage: The Foundation of Successful Businesses Pawandeep says, “The most important benefit of a family business is its principles and core values. For any company to grow, these have to be passed in the hands of someone who has understood the benefit of this from childhood.”

For all these FINAT family owned businesses, it is this value of heritage that drives the growth and sets the goals for the company. The result is a focus on long-term success even if that means sacrificing short-term gains. The balance of long-term success over short-term gains was the experience at Purgina. The newfound entrepreneurism that came with an open market shortly after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, resulted in an explosion of growth for the company during the 1990’s. Purgina’s business grew at an exceptionally fast

rate – from 1.3m euros in 1991 to 6m euros in 2000. Stefan says, “It was too much growth too fast, and the company had to put the brakes on in 2000.” They then restructured so that they could serve fewer but better qualified customers. This way of doing business reflected the value of the company and ensured steady, manageable growth for years to come. This focus on long-term growth is not just good for the company; it benefits the industry as a whole.

As Bibiana says, “The opportunity to mix different generations with different backgrounds and ideas is very important to a business. It’s also good for the industry because there is a continuity of the next generation coming to keep the business going. Without further generations on board, many of these companies are forced to close.”

The Right Person for the Right Job Finding the right people for the right job is critical to the company’s success – even if the right person is not a member of the family. For these companies, suc-

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cess means giving people responsibility based on their skills and ability, rather than on their role in the family. Stefan and Dana say that at Purgina, they welcome the mix of family and non-family employees, though it is critical to build a good working relationship with nonfamily members. “The most dangerous situation in a family business is that all members of the family think they have a patent on everything. All good people from the outside need to have the feeling that they can be successful and have a future in the company.” Thomas stresses that for both family and non-family members, the emphasis needs to be on finding the right person for the right job.

Right now, his son Rodolfo and daughter Veronika work. Despite their different backgrounds, each company interviewed shares one common value: the importance of honoring their company’s heritage and ensuring that it lives on for future generations.

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it is a large reason they have been successful. in the business. “What future role the children will play in the business remains to be seen.

What is being done now must be proven. My goal is to gradually delegate more and more responsibility to my employees and to my children.

But that isn’t easy. Gaining experience takes time, and more responsibility isn’t for everyone.” In the end, the families say it’s about balance.

Employees from outside the family provide welcome perspective and strengths that are of value to the company. But at the heart of the company, what sustains it through the good times and the difficult times, are the family members. Innovation and Value Adding Services Innovation is a large part of what has helped these family-owned businesses to experience steady growth in a changing industry. All the families agree that as the next generation takes on more responsibility, they will bring new ideas and energy to their organizations that will undoubtedly lead to more innovation.

ETI is an example of a company that was founded on innovation. After leaving his previous company, François spent two years developing Cohesio technology. Cohesio enables printers to manufacture their own PS labels or their own rolls of PS material. This development led to the formation of ETI, which has continually evolved and grown under his leadership.

As ETI plans for the handover, François’ son Maxime is actively selling and hearing what the market needs, and bringing new ideas to how the company can grow and prosper in the future. All of the interviews showed that the next generation has its own ideas of what innovations come next for the business. Some see adding new services, developing new solutions, or expanding into new markets. While their ideas are often tempered by the older generations desire for thoughtful growth, there is no doubt that in time, the next generation making their own mark on their company

Qualities of a Successful Transition In his interview, Harveer shared a quote from the Sikh religious scriptures that says, ”In this journey through the world, nothing is stationary, everything moves on.” Harveer added that, “Change is inevitable, and our generation has to accept that. When we do, transition will be painless, satisfying, and smooth.” His philosophy on change is one that is echoed by other families. An openness to change – for both generations – is good for the business and good for the family.

Yet, any time you have one generation letting go of their responsibility and the next generation picking up responsibility, there are bound to be disagreements. It’s how these disagreements get resolved that will make a difference for the family and the business.

As Thomas says, “The foundation for bringing the next generation into a business is trust. There will always be some conflicts with the younger generation, but finding time for each other and doing things that create a bond can help avoid serious conflicts.”

“Trust and respect at Purgina goes both ways”, says Dana. “Listen to the ‘experienced generation’, use your gained knowledge of today, listen and most importantly, discuss the issues together.”

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both generations. “I am still benefiting a great deal from the experience of my father. I still have much to learn, and I am glad to have him by my side. And as for him, everything I do means he has to do less, so he can spend more time on activities outside of the business.” Doing less is also something that Thomas is looking forward to – eventually. “In five year’s time, I can imagine being slightly less involved in the day-to-day runing of the business and having a more advisory role. But at the moment, I can’t imagine a life without labels.” The tradition of having two generations successfully involved in the management of a business extends also to Lejeune Association Management, the professional services company that oversees the FINAT association.

FINAT is currently managed by Jules Lejeune. He took over the business 15 years ago from his father, Mans Lejeune, who previously ran the FINAT association and had done so for 28 years. Jules also has two sisters, Astrid and Lisanne who look after other associations within their company. Jules says, “Our family business and FINAT have a 40 year history of working together, so these stories are especially close to my heart. I am proud to have shared this history and the family business experience with FINAT members.”

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Six Strategies that Make Family Business in the Labeling Community A Success A Value of Heritage Everyone holds a strong belief in their corporate history. They have learned from the successes and disappointments the business has experienced along the way. The next generation sees it as an honor to take this heritage into the future.

Communication Successful family businesses have open lines of communication between the generations and with the employees of the company. It enables a successful generational transfer when the time comes.

Long Term View Family owned businesses want to be sure that they pass along a thriving company to the next generation. As a result, they focus their efforts on strategies that generate long-term success rather than short-term gains.

Innovation Family owned businesses have a strong history of innovation and they continue to look for new ways to solve business problems and offer new solutions.

This innovation is balanced with the more thoughtful, planned pace of growth that is also part of the family business culture.

The Right Person for the Right Job While family is obviously an important part of the business, family members aren’t the only people who hold leadership positions. Key roles – whether for family members or people outside the business - are given to individuals based on their own skills and accomplishments.

Openness to Change With generations working side-by-side, there is a known culture of change that is a part of these organizations. Having an openness to change and embracing what comes next makes both generations – and the business – successful.

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Environmental

PR Fail?

Dear Sir or Madam, or Dear Laurel the emails from PR companies begin. Then follows a boast of one kind or another.

It could be an installation story, a case study, some new technology or information, news about presence at a trade show, or a positive environmental achievement. Whatever it is, the story always bigs up the accomplishments of some supplier or other player in the graphic arts, IT and related industries. This is what PR is all about, but sadly the environmental boasts are relatively few and far between.

This has to change if the graphic arts industry is to maintain its sustainability messaging and keep encouraging market awareness.

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Environmental messaging is difficult because environmental impact is not really seen as an easy topic for communication.

It can be hard to get to grips with because environmental achievements need to be appreciated in technical, social and economic contexts. This isn’t a problem for companies who get it, such as those supporting the Verdigris project, but it can be a difficult conversation for those who don’t get it.

Companies often feel compelled to send out press releases, so why not look at environmental topics? A change in thinking could help make a difference to printing and publishing’s environmental impacts, especially at local level. It might also encourage companies in different geographies to follow the example of their peers in other parts of the world.

Here are a couple of for instances: we were told last week that each Italian citizen collected for recycling an average of 48.9 kg of paper and board in 2012.

Do you know what the figure is for your country? Nor I. The press release added that in 2012 the Italians recycled an astonishing 84.5 % of paper and board packaging, and that in Italy the net amount of community benefits derived from separate paper and board collection between 1999 and 2012 is €4.3 billion which is an awful lot of money. There is more detail here: http://www.comieco. org/about-comieco/publications/news/ paper-and-board-c...

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across the entire economy by 2050. This is a massive undertaking, even though Denmark is already well-endowed with renewables. The WWF has given its Gift to the Earth prize, its most prestigious award for governments and organisations, to Denmark describing Denmark as “the lighthouse we need to show that change is possible”.

This is the sort of environmental news we should be getting for the graphic arts industry. Facts and figures about positive environmental impacts, from technology through to case studies, local initiatives and ideas for change. With more positive environmental impact stories floating around on the web, print buyers and consumers might just be less inclined to believe the myth that printing is a dying industry.

– Laurel Brunner

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by Laurel Brunner For those of us who find the concept of patience anathema, progress on sustainability is taking too long. However that sustainability takes time is the reality and is probably a reflection of how hard it is for businesses to shift their thinking. Sustainability progress depends on a cultural change and this is a slow process. All industries, business owners and consumers have to move away from treating resources as an endless privilege to which we have absolute rights.

Instead organisations operating in the graphic arts sector have to turn around their thinking towards something more holistic.

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Heidelberg is the big beast of printing and a terrific example of how tough it can be to turn around a business, and indeed an industry. It has taken some twenty years for Heidelberg to move from sustainability vision to reality. The company’s sustainability report for 2011-2012 explains in just the right amount of detail how far Heidelberg has come in putting its ideas into practise. The eco-ethos starts at the top and in Heidelberg’s case reaches

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down through an organisational pyramid right to the shop floor. Major departments are represented on an ECO Council chaired by Stephan Plenz, a member of Heidelberg’s management board.

The ECO Council and its associated working groups come up with ideas for environmental projects which are ultimately in the hands of employees. People are the basis of change in environmental impact, however many people in our industry are still too confused by the complexities of environmental science. This means that too often they prefer simply to ignore it which is not good. In order to overcome this problem, Heidelberg has encouraged a change in employee behaviour through raised awareness of CO2 emissions reduction.

Taking a simpler approach can help people to engage more readily, rather than trying to teach the nuances of Life Cycle Assessment, a decidedly daunting task.

In any organisation, encouraging people to understand the principles of an environmental programme and the underlying reasons for its purpose is absolutely necessary. Understanding gives people the confidence to develop their own ideas for controlling emissions or cutting waste or whatever. Often such new ideas can be quite unexpected, such as Heidelberg’s lead free soldering which has eliminated the use of 300 kg of lead per year.

Ideas are the basis of progress and even though we want sustainability progress to happen more quickly, it is nonetheless happening. Together people are doing the work and changing the ethos. Initiatives and commitment from major players like Heidelberg provide the support for grass roots efforts as well as major projects driving positive change in our industry. Progress may be slow but it is steady and yielding real results.

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supporters who make it possible: Agfa Graphics (www.agfa.com), Digital Dots (http://digitaldots.org), drupa (www. drupa.com), EFI (www.efi.com), Fespa (www.fespa.com), Heidelberg (www. uk.heidelberg.com), Kodak (www.kodak. com/go/sustainability), Mondi (www. mondigroup.com/products), Pragati Offset (www.pragati.com), Ricoh (www. ricoh.com), Shimizu Printing (www. shzpp.co.jp), Splash PR (www.splashpr. co.uk), Unity Publishing (http://unitypublishing.co.uk) and Xeikon (www.xeikon.com).

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Print Saves Trees Campaign We recently came across a US industry association representing 350 printers on the midAtlantic coast, campaigning with much the same goals as the Verdigris project. The Printing & Graphics Association MidAtlantic (PGAMA) “Print Saves Trees” campaign takes as its starting point the debunking of the idea that people shouldn’t print because printing leads to environmental damage.

Take the underlying assumption in those messages at the end of emails saying “Please consider the environment before printing this email ”. In the graphic arts we should all know this is

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a silly message, but it isn’t easy to explain why without getting bogged down in intricacies of sustainability and forestry. Instead the PGAMA explains a forest owners commercial alternatives to growing forests, which is to cut down the trees and sell the land for something else.

The “Print Saves Trees” campaign explains how print is just one of the many reasons forest owners have for growing trees. And as we all know trees are pretty much the best option we have for cleaning up the excess CO2 in our atmosphere. We need any possible excuse for growing them so printing should really be at the top of the environmental messaging list.

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The most important point about the PGAMA’s campaign is that it reminds people of the alternatives to commercially grown forests. Without a reason to replant trees, landowners might be tempted to sell their land for other uses, such as agriculture or raising cows and sheep or for development. This is the reason for the loss of so much forest in Europe and America over the last couple of centuries, but the economic realities of the Industrial Revolution no longer obtain.

We can do better because hindsight shows us where we have been and informs our future directions.

Where we have been was about feeding and housing people and building economies. This argument still has weight in developing countries but deforestation is not the answer because taking care of the planet’s natural resources is part of a global collective future.

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the need to cease deforestation of Indonesia’s natural forests in the interests of Indonesia, broader conservation and of course APP’s commercial future.

For printers and print buyers the PGAMA initiative is encouraging as well as being straightforward and easy to grasp. Simple, basic and honest ideas that are about the pragmatics of what makes print the only truly sustainable medium are the best way to educate. We can easily forget that as we inadvertently blind folk with environmental complexities that are often elitist. We hope other printing industry associations should take a closer look at the PGAMA ideas and consider adapting them for their region. Check out the campaign: http://www.printgrowstrees.org/ facts.html – Laurel Brunner http://verdigrisproject.com

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