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Print World Asia Magazine

Issue 6 2015 US$8.50

Covering the Printing, Packaging and Publishing Industries across Asia.

MICA (P) 155/12/2013 - KDN PPS1529/05/2013(025527)

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Issue 6 2015

4 Powerful Design Tool for the ‘General Security Print’ market.

6 Xeikon unleashes Cheetah 10 Print and Paper The Facts Paper is one of the

few truly sustainable products 12 Workgroups Win with Vivid Colours and

Ease of Use 14 50 years of unit-type sheetfed offset presses

from Radebeul 18 Vietnam printer Viet Hung Packaging adds its

second ROLAND 700 HiPrint 20 Preferred for Packaging 24 Expertise and integrity lead to overseas orders

for Sky Printing 26 Smarter print to market 32 Large investment in high-performance

manufacturing in parallel to realignment 34 QuadTech technology showcased with new press 36 Print and Paper The Facts Paper is one of the

few truly sustainable products 40 Retrofitting Pays Off 42 Enhanced Customer Control through HTML5 44 FESPA China 2015: Find your key to success 46 Retroreflective Solution that Cuts Traffic

Signage COSTS and Production Times 48 Lifts productivity for display and signage

powerhouse 50 News from around the world

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Powerful Design Tool for the 'GeneralSecurity Print' market.

A state-of-the-art plugin for Adobe Illustrator is a new addition to the software portfolio from Agfa Graphics, offering an anti-counterfeit design solution for general-security printing and personalization..

Inspired by Fortuna, Agfa Graphics’ design software for the high-security print market, Arziro Design can create very complex, security patterns in seconds for general-security print applications. Arziro Design is easy to use, running on a standard Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 system for Mac and Windows.

According to a European Commission report, nearly 7-10% of world trade is infected by counterfeit goods, costing

brand owners approximately EUR 500 billion. The report calculates counterfeiting as being responsible for the loss of around 2.5 million jobs across the G20 countries.

"The counterfeiting epidemic has caused many companies to rethink their manufacturing strategies and improve their technology so they can more effectively stay ahead of the pirates and prevent further financial losses," said Andy Grant, Global Head

Complex artwork created with Arziro

Visually rich details prevent illegal copying

Arziro artwork integrates in the original design

of Software, Agfa Graphics. "Inferior products in the marketplace create problems for respected brands and the economy. We developed Arziro Design in response to the growth of those threats."

Arziro Design was created for generalsecurity printers and designers in brand protection and those who feel the need for protection against counterfeiting and “digifeiting”.

Arziro Design is ideal for companies involved in the design and production of packaging and labels, tickets and coupons, tax stamps, post stamps, company access cards, bank cards, and general document security such as breeder documents, certificates or diplomas.

Thanks to the seamless integration with Adobe Illustrator, designers have access to a wide collection of design modules and tools in their known environment. Arziro Design helps create complex artwork that are true Adobe Illustrator elements in the end. It is even possible to 'enrich' existing creations with security design elements from Arziro or to modify the Arziro creations by altering the predefined design parameters in the plugin. As such, Arziro offers an easy to use creative platform for designers in this specific market.

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technologies take the finite resource of time and multiply it for you. You get more out of every shift and enhanced relationship with your clients.

The Versant™ 2100 Press allows you to manage colour more easily and simply with automated calibration and proofing. The result is higher quality without operator involvement, a positive impact on your productivity as well as your print output.

Do More. With More.

For more information: www.fxap.com.sg/product/production/versant_2100p.jsp The Versant™ 2100 Press

Xerox, Xerox and Design, as well as Fuji Xerox and Design and Versant are registered trademarks or trademarks of Xerox Corporation in Japan and/or other countries.

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Xeikon unleashes Cheetah Race against a Cheetah and see how Xeikon is 100% crazy about digital label printing

will see that we are direct and close to our customer, dedicated to the label market and clearly a leader in digital label printing.”

Xeikon, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced the worldwide commercial availability of its groundbreaking Xeikon CX3 digital label press, based on Xeikon Cheetah digital print technology. The press will be available for order taking as of September 29, the opening day of Labelexpo Europe 2015. The Xeikon Cheetah technology is in pilot operation at five sites around the world, where it has delivered outstanding performance. At the show, Xeikon will unveil the newly designed press and conduct live demonstrations of the Xeikon CX3, the fastest fivecolor digital label press in its class.

Labelexpo Europe takes place in Brussels from 29 September through 2 October, and Xeikon will be located in hall 9, stand B/C 50. Xeikon busses are available to transport show attendees from Brussels airport to Labelexpo.

“Our extensive presence at Labelexpo Europe 2015, the world's largest event for the label industry, reinforces our dedication to bringing innovation, productivity and profitability to the label printing business, which has

grown to represent more than 50% of our revenues,” says Wim Maes, Xeikon’s CEO. “We are very excited to be making the Xeikon CX3 available for all digital label printers and converters worldwide as of the first day of the show. We have been extremely pleased with the feedback received from the Xeikon Cheetah’s pilot sites, and we look forward to seeing those results replicated with many more customers around the globe.”

The five keys to success in digital label printing In addition to Xeikon Cheetah technology, the company will have a complete range of digital print production solutions on display. Maes adds, “We are also keen for attendees to see that our approach to this market is unique, being the only printer manufacturer with vertically integrated development and manufacturing that addresses all five primary components required for digital label printing success: printing, toner, workflow, converting and services. This endto-end solutions approach will be evident to visitors to our stand. They

Digital presses dedicated to labels and folding carton Next to the Xeikon CX3, Xeikon will have a Xeikon 3300 on the booth, its flagship narrow-web label press with printing widths of 200mm (7.9”) up to 330mm (13”). This press is ideal for printing self-adhesive labels at top speeds, and will be printing wine, health & beauty, food and industrial applications. A Xeikon 3500 press, dedicated to folding carton, will be demonstrated in the Packprint Workshop, where Xeikon will also give presentations. This breadth of capabilities highlights the unique range of labels and packaging applications that can be produced with Xeikon digital printing technologies.

The color of success At Labelexpo, Xeikon will be unveiling two new toners: MatteSilver and PalladiumSilver. These new luxurylook toners are the first products in the new Xeikon Creative Colors toner group. MatteSilver offers the luxury of a rich metal finish to the print substrate, while Palladium – uniquely available for digital print in the Xeikon portfolio – features a speckled silver sparkle for extra textural interest.

A focus on workflow “In order to gain the full benefit of digital label printing, it is important to ensure an efficient workflow that keeps manual touches to a minimum,” comments Jeroen Van Bauwel, Director Product Management at Xeikon. “This is especially true when considering the growing demand for shorter run lengths and faster delivery times for all types of labels. Xeikon continues to enhance its X-800 digital front-end (DFE) to ensure that

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Digital Technology quality, productivity and technology – and as such support customers to maximize the added value they can offer their brand owner clients. Xeikon services range from installation, setup and maintenance to a range of Premium Services that include training and education, color services and business development training & advice. “We encourage show attendees to sit together with the Xeikon product experts, and gain the benefit of their insight into business and production issues as well as future strategy development,” Wim Maes concludes, “We love to talk to customers, and the back-and-forth of these discussions benefits both parties.” our customers are as productive as possible. Attendees at the show should not miss the opportunity to check out the extended capabilities of the latest version of our DFE, the Xeikon X-800 4.0, which is being released at the end of this month.”

A unique capability included in the Xeikon X-800 4.0 DFE is the nextgeneration VariLane tool, designed to optimize productivity and profitability by printing labels of different heights, widths and run lengths on the same web in separate lanes. The latest X-800 release also includes full support for the Adobe® Mercury RIP Architecture and ColorKey, a new option that takes advantage of the inline spectrophotometer that is an integral part of Xeikon presses.

ColorKey enables users to generate reports reflecting the stability of the printing process during a specific job, the accuracy with which specific brand colors are reproduced and the possible occurrence of deviations from a predefined printing standard. It gives press operators a clear view into the quality of a specific production batch and allows managers to receive a concise production overview. This functionality also addresses the requirements of a growing number of brand owners who seek a quality report for each job.

Finishing with a flourish "We are constantly expanding the components of our Label and Packaging Suites, which include defined sets of software, equipment,

finishing, consumables and/or substrates to complement our digital presses. This enables our customers to build the best digital production solutions for their specific business needs," adds Van Bauwel. “At the show, visitors to our stand will see live demonstrations of two leadingedge in-line varnishing solutions that enhance the speed and quality of digital label production.”

The Web Varnishing Module (WVM) is an extremely versatile unit that can apply UV or aqueous varnish on one side of a wide range of substrates. It enables press operators to immediately see the results of the coating and make adjustments if necessary, eliminating the time and cost that occurs when lessthan-optimum nearline coating means sending the job back for reprinting.

Launched last year at Labelexpo in Chicago, the WVM is ideal for use with self-adhesive label materials, unsupported films and paper board.

Available in in-line and nearline configurations, the Xeikon DCoat post-press unit includes as standard flood UV varnishing, lamination, semi rotary die-cutting, length slitting and a dual spindle rewinder. Optional modules such as spot UV varnishing and alternative rewinders or slitters are also available.

Exceptional Services Last but not least, Xeikon’s Services offering will be well represented at the booth with Xeikon experts available in designated areas to share advice on

ABOUT THE XEIKON CX3: FASTEST DIGITAL LABEL PRESS IN ITS CLASS Based on Xeikon Cheetah technology, the Xeikon CX3 digital label press has a top speed of 30 m/min (98 ft/ min), 56% faster than any other model in the current Xeikon press portfolio.

The 1200 x 3600 dpi digital press is dedicated solely to the production of self-adhesive/pressure sensitive labels.

It offers all the renowned benefits that make the Xeikon 3000 Series unique, including the use of dry toners that meet FDA regulations for food contact and the ability to print opaque white toner in one pass. It also enables printing on a variety of heat-sensitive substrates due to incorporation of Xeikon’s ICE toner technology which requires a much lower fusing temperature than typical toner-based presses. Xeikon presses are based on dry toner electro-photography.

This enables the use of conventional substrates that do not have to be pretreated. Extremely high toner lightfastness and truly eco-friendly printing (no VOCs) are some of the other industry leading features of the Xeikon presses for digital label and package printing. The presses offer easy integration of third-party workflow software and converting/finishing solutions and incorporate professional color management capabilities. In addition to the standard CMYK + White, the fifth station on the Xeikon CX3 can be used to print gamut expansion colors or security toner.

Media weights range from 40 gsm to 350 gsm.

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Digital Technology At a glance - Industry: Labels & Packaging; Flexible Packaging - Business name: Yoshimura Package Partners Co., Ltd. Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan Website: yoshimura-pack.co.jp Business name: Meiko Chagyo Co., Ltd. Headquarters: Shizuoka, Japan Website: meiko-chagyo.co.jp Challenge • Yoshimura needed to find a flexible printing platform that would allow it to produce low volume print runs quickly without compromising onquality.

Solution Results • The company installed a HPIndigo WS4500 Digital Press that proved so successful it was quickly joined by three HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Presses and one HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press.

• Yoshimura’s digital business has grown by 500 percent in four years and is now bigger than the traditional gravure printing business.

• Small print runs enable customers to experiment with package design, allowing them to more effectively target different demographic groups.

• The turnaround on a typical digital print job is seven days, compared to 20 for gravure printing. This includes making bags into complete finished products.

Print and Paper The Facts Paper is one of the few truly sustainable products Paper is made from a natural resource that is renewable, recyclable and compostable. These features, combined with the paper industry’s advocacy of responsible forestry practices and certification, use of renewable, carbon -neutral biofuels and advances in efficient paper-making technology, make paper a product with inherent and unique sustainable features.

Founded in 1932, Yoshimura has become a leading provider of printed packaging for food, most notably Japanese tea. Headquartered in Tokyo, it employs 205 people across nine offices and factories, and has an annual turnover of approximately five billion yen.

outreached the supply. The packaging didn’t really matter, but as consumer expectations have matured with the economic growth of Japan and the introduction of plastic bottled drinks, the Japanese tea market has become more selective,” explains Kumiko Hashimoto, president, Yoshimura

Creating targeted packaging Since its inception, the company has adapted to changing client requirements. The need to offer short runs has been clear for several years and this has been a focus. Yoshimura is also one of the few print service providers in Japan offering fully integrated manufacturing, not only printing but also design, print, slit, lamination and bag production. The challenge lies in making the packaging attractive so products can compete effectively in the current market.

. “We have to break consumers down into different segments, for example specific packaging aimed at young people or for working women. We start from the consumer’s point of view with design in mind and approach the package as a tool to help sell the product.”

“In the past, if you had the product, it would sell, because the demand

Digital flexibility leads to growth Critical to this focus on customized packaging is Yoshimura’s HP Indigo WS4500 Digital Press which was installed in 2008. Prior to its introduction, the company had relied on traditional gravure printing methods. However, this approach was

limited by the inflexibility of the plates and the large volumes involved.

“The Indigo digital press has been a huge asset to us, enabling customers to create something new or develop a product targeting a specific segment.

Implementing the HP Indigo with the ability to produce smaller print runs let us try lots of new things. With small lots, you don’t have a plate charge so you can quickly and easily try out new

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“Also, the print quality of the picture was excellent. Maccha is a very delicate thing – a good maccha is foamy and the print quality allowed us to really capture this feature. Turnaround was also quick. For gravure, we aim for 14 days, but it usually ends up being around 20 days. With digital, we can deliver in seven days once the proofs have been checked, which includes making the bag.”

ideas. Then you can compare those results and decide which one would work best. The ability to introduce this type of planning was exciting for both the customer and for our business,” explains Hashimoto.

The HP Indigo WS4500 Digital Press proved such a success that Yoshimura went on to add an extra three HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Presses and one HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press.

In the past four years, the digital business has grown by five times as customers have become aware of the flexibility and quality offered by the digital process.

“We currently have four digital presses in operation, and the highest production from three machines was over 5.4 million impressions in March 2013,” continues Hashimoto. “Jobs are growing by about 120 percent each year, which is good for business.

It’s also great to continue receiving orders without having to compete for customers.”

Quality and versatility Alongside the ability to print in small volumes and produce more customized products, the level of quality produced by the HP Indigo digital presses has also been an important factor in winning over customers who are more used to the gravure process.

“The HP Indigo presses excel at gradation and can reproduce at one percent with smooth color gradients.

There is a lot of gradation in designs in our industry, and with gravure, 10 to 15

percent of this is uneven. Making the switch to HP Indigo gives much better results that keep customers happy,” comments Tetsuya Yoshimura, vice president, Yoshimura.

“In addition, recreating certain textures like Japanese paper, craft paper and other paper-based materials just doesn’t work as well with gravure.

Photo printing on these substrates was even more challenging. With HP Indigo, the printing is fluid and consistent, and customers are delighted with the results. Customers were impressed with the reproduction of beautiful solid colors and fantastic photos.”

Takashi Nagase, president, Meiko Chagyo agrees with this positive endorsement: “We often receive requests to try different designs, but until now the plate charge held us back since it doubles the price of a bag. We tried stickers on packages but this was rarely successful for products that weren’t already established. Then Yoshimura proposed its new digital service to us. At first we were doubtful and assumed that the quality would be inferior to gravure printing, but it turned out to be better than we expected. In fact, the print quality of the HP Indigo WS6000 is on a par with gravure printing. We can now cater to individual customer requests and can easily take care of private label products for our customers. We expect this to be a big part of our sales strategy in the years to come.”

Speed is of the essence One company that is reaping the benefits of digital printing is Meiko Chagyo, a tea producer that has been a Yoshimura customer since 1972. It recently introduced a new product line of high grade Maccha tea, which required 110mm x 145mm aluminium foil laminated onto PET to make a standing pouch.

The fast turnaround of the print process, combined with the ability to experiment with design, was critical to the success of this product’s launch.

“If we had to use gravure printing and print 20,000 packages at once, we would have just used a plain package and stuck a sticker on it but instead the HP Indigo lets us try something new - we can print just

Looking to the future, Yoshimura is convinced that HP will continue to play a vital role in the company’s growth and development.

“In future, we plan to expand our use of digital printing – not just for the tea business, but for food packaging in general. This is another reason why having HP as a partner is extremely helpful, since it can provide related insights and information based on its experience,” concludes Hashimoto.

“One other thing that we’re looking at is Web-to-Print services. We’re hoping to create a service where, without even having any contact with staff, an individual could design their very own unique package to print in small lots. With low volume jobs, interfacing with people is often one of the primary bottlenecks, so I’d like to see us move beyond that into a new era.”

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Workgroups Win with Vivid Colours and Ease of Use Canon, a leader in photographic and digital imaging solutions, has unveiled its latest imageRUNNER ADVANCE (iR-ADV) A3 colour series (iR-ADV C3320/C3325/C3330), an expansion of Canon's acclaimed iR-ADV line-up.

The new series is designed to bring the benefits of vivid and vibrant colours, improved user friendliness, and enhanced productivity to help small and medium sized business workgroups better collaborate among themselves, and compete in the market.

"Marketing materials and coloured documents must create maximum business impact and help companies stand out. As a market leader in the imaging space, we recognise that need and with the launch of the new colour iR-ADV series, we are confident that companies can enjoy quality printouts at an efficient cost of ownership," said Melvyn Ho, Senior Vice President, Domestic Operations Group, Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. Driving business impact with colour The iR-ADV C3300 series features a new engine that offers the perfect combination of efficiency and reliable high quality output. Instrumental to achieving this outcome is Canon's new V2 (Vivid & Vibrant) imaging technology that enables workgroups to produce professional-looking colour documents in-house that deliver consistently strong brand impact, ondemand, and helping them stand out from the competition.

Eco Friendly, Smart Stapling A new compact Inner Finisher combines both traditional stapling and eco-stapling in one to reduce waste as well as simplify recycling and shredding. The iR-ADV C3300 series has an optional 3-in-1 Inner Finisher.

On top of the normal stapling finish, users can leverage the Staple-onDemand feature to staple their original documents together after scanning or printing, without needing to walk back to their desks. The environmentalfriendly Eco-Staple option enables

users to bind a maximum of five sheets of paper together staples-free.

Employees can then easily shred documents without having to remove any staples, improving workflow efficiency.

Improved user friendliness The iR-ADV C3300 series offers an onscreen Walkthrough Video, a first in the industry, providing step-by-step instructions to guide users through consumables replacement with the choice of English, Chinese, or Japanese languages, with more languages planned in the pipeline to ensure maximum user-friendliness across the region. With this new feature, employees need not spend additional time and effort on guesswork in troubleshooting, thus allowing them to focus on business that really matter. For larger fleets, all iR-ADV models can now be centrally managed, configured and updated remotely in a consistent and efficient manner with a remote operation kit, which allows IT administrative staff to resolve users' issues in a timely, accurate and effective manner.

Cost and Energy Efficiency In addition to these winning features, users stand to enjoy improved cost efficiency as the administrative and management burden of print is removed through automatic toner management, remote diagnostics and automatic meter collection.

Added Security Features for Complete Protection Security remains an integral part of the iR-ADV C3300 series. This series is equipped with a Reminder LED light on the automatic document feeder that flashes upon scan and copy jobs completion. This reduces instances when employees leave confidential documents behind and prevent information leaks. The new series also provide added security features such as User Authentication to assist enterprises in managing user access or restricting certain functions to specific users. The iR-ADV C3300 series also ensures ultimate document security with the standard Hard Disk Data Erase feature, which automatically overwrites and erases data as soon as the job is complete, thus reducing the risk of compromising sensitive information.

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50 years of unit-type sheetfed offset presses from Radebeul Some 50 years ago most colour prints had to be passed through the press several times. On the one hand predominantly only one or two-colour presses were available and on the other hand from a technological point of view the prints required up to 12 colours.

The establishment of the “short” colour scale (BCMY) in offset printing made production more rational on four-colour presses. These widely available presses were, however, a combination of two two-colour presses in a tandem design in line with the five-cylinder principle. This resulted in shortcomings with regard to press technology as every two printing units used a single impression cylinder.

This type of construction also meant a huge amount of effort for press manufacturers, especially when it came to large-format presses. After assembly and print tests at the manufacturers’ plant, the machines then had to be taken apart again to a large extent and the many single components had to reassembled a second time when it reached the customer.

1965: Sensation at the spring trade fair in Leipzig At the beginning of the 1960s engineers at the Planeta press plants (a member of the KBA group as KBA Radebeul since 2001) thus toyed with

the idea of building a press without all of these grave disadvantages. The switch from the tandem to today’s dominating unit-type design for sheetfed offset presses began with the launch of the Planeta Variant P4 (B3 format) at the spring show in Leipzig in 1965. The future-focused design was even applied to largeformat presses from Radebeul only two years later. The world first from Saxony 50 unveiled years ago was one of the technological milestones which fundamentally changed sheetfed press

In 1965, some 50 years ago, Planeta launched the unit-type press design which today is the dominating design in sheetfed offset engineering with double-size impression and transfer cylinders engineering and today is widely used by a raft of manufacturers.

Pros of the unit-type design The unit-type design was then a completely new and revolutionary press design in line with the threecylinder principle. For the first time the individual parts and the technical properties were identical in every printing unit. This offered a raft of advantages which today still apply to all subsequent presses in the Planeta Variant series up to the cutting-edge KBA Rapidas:

The flexible design was constantly updated and used for the Rapida 104 from Koenig & Bauer

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The KBA Rapida 106 world makeready champion is also based on the invention from the 1960s - High level of flexibility when it comes to tailoring a press’ configuration to the needs of a printing house - Significant reduction in the number of different parts when producing the press - Short assembly time at the customer’s given the delivery of completely assembled parts - Accurate print register via a superior drive system - Smooth sheet travel given the first double-size impression cylinders and transfer drums - Lower number of sheet transfer points between the printing units - Outstanding dot-sharp reproduction compared to other presses.

Convertible perfecting in one sheet pass (Planeta patent from 1967) is also based on the unit-type design. While it was only possible to place an imprinter in front of the first printing unit with the tandem design, perfecting on a unit-type press is possible anywhere.

The prerequisites for today’s eight, ten or twelve-unit presses for 4/4, 5/5 or 6/6 printing and indeed other special configurations were thus created back then.

New technology opens up new possibilities The new technology with double-size cylinder systems opens up completely

new possibilities for printers in terms of print quality and substrate flexibility. The streamlined, smooth sheet travel delivers significant advantages especially for cartonboard printers. Accordingly, the Variants and Varimats from Radebeul were installed in a raft of packaging plants worldwide at an early stage. Thus the foundations for the press manufacturer’s leading position in folding carton printing were laid half a century ago. This is also true for today’s cutting-edge high-tech Rapidas. KBA Rapidas are the first choice for printers of heavy board, beer mat board and corrugated.

Furthermore, large-format Rapidas printing units are also implemented into KBA Metalstar metal-decorating presses. It is not without reason that KBA is the global market leader in large-format packaging printing presses. The unit-type design can also be found at KBA in superlarge format 150 x 205cm (59 x 80.7in) with the Rapida 205 launched in 2004 as the world’s largest sheetfed offset press.

The unit-type row design was also the prerequisite for the flexible integration of coating, drying and other finishing units in presses that are becoming increasingly longer. It delivered the huge level of flexibility in terms of printing and finishing equipment in sheetfed offset presses that is now

standard. Sheetfed offset presses have become even longer since then. A KBA Rapida 106 in Switzerland holds the world record with 19 printing and finishing units.

The fundamental ideas are still in place today It goes without saying that the basic inventions have been updated regularly over the last 50 years and brought up-to-date technologically.

Today’s standard production output of up to 20,000sph on the Rapidas and extensively automated printing and makeready processes were still unheard of in the 1960s. The Planeta Variant P4 was engineered for 10,000sph and nonstop operation for 8,000sph, half as fast as the KBA Rapida 106. The speed and makeready world champion in medium format even permits job changes on the fly (Flying JobChange) without stopping the press.

All leading press manufacturers use the unit-type design with the usual modifications in their sheetfed offset presses today. In our fast-paced world it is easy to forget that it was the clever engineers from Saxony who first had this ground-breaking idea and that it often took decades for others to adopt it. Nevertheless, this often happens in the history of technology

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Vietnam printer Viet Hung Packaging adds its second ROLAND 700 HiPrint It does not take A rocket scientist to figure out the secrets to the success of Viet Hung PACKAGINGCo., Ltd. – highest quality standard and greatest flexibility to meet print buyers’ demands.

Those two factors have enabled the Vietnam printer to stand out among the competition and evolve into a leading comprehensive packaging solution provider, just one decade after it STARTED doing BUSINESS.

world-class quality packaging and printing that befit their outstanding products – and Viet Hung Packaging definitely meets the grade.

Viet Hung Packaging, belonging to Hoa Viet Group, was established in 2003 with a 120,000 square meter printing facility. Viet Hung now has become one of the largest packaging companies in North Vietnam. It has a solid business infrastructure, from experienced employees to modern, highly automated equipment.

Quality control is observed very closely at every stage of the PRODUCTIONPROCESS at Viet Hung PACKAGING, from the input of raw material to finished goods all the way to warehousing and delivery.

“Rigorous quality control and total flexibility to meet our clients’ demands are a must,” says Mr. Hoang Gia Hung, the General Director of Viet Hung Packaging.

Viet Hung Packaging specializes in the manufacture and supply of highquality commercial printing products.

Multinational companies and wellknown brands – such as Samsung Mobile, Canon and Panasonic – have become regular Viet Hung Packaging customers. These global brands require

Color consistency is one of the daily challenges for packaging printers, especially because solid and halftone colors are frequently used in the packaging products. “Perfect printing RESULT – that’s one of the key reasons why we installed our first ROLAND 700 HiPrint in 2013,” says

Mr. Hoang Gia Hung.

It turned out to be a wise investment and a great business decision. Fastforward to 2015 and Viet Hung are INVESTING in a new ROLAND 706 LV 3B format machine.

“Based on the successful investment in the first Manroland machine, we have very good reason to believe that Manroland’s top printing technologies can lead us to a new level,” says Mr. Hoang Gia Hung. “The recent investment in the second press, ROLAND 706 LV, is an important part of our company's strategy to strengthen our competitiveness and increase our market SHARE.” Mr. Hoang Ngoc Son, Managing Director of Print & Pack Machinery, the local sales and service partner for Manroland Sheetfed in the Vietnam market, is confident that the new press

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“The latest technical enhancements to this new press, such as IR/LT/ UV Dryer 2.0, do not only maintain top print quality, but also reduce production cost,’’ Mr. Hoang Ngoc Son said. “It can absolutely enhance Viet Hung Packaging’s overall competitiveness and effectively help it with its further expansion.”

Additionally, the flexible machine configuration of ROLAND 700 HiPrint is capably supporting Viet Hung PACKAGING in producing various JOBS FOR print buyers. “According to its specific requirements, Viet Hung installed the SelectAntistatic module on the machine. This has huge advantages when printing laminated substrates,” says Mr. Hoang Ngoc Son.

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Consumerism, an increase in global populations, the effects of the Internet and ecommerce – all of these developments are impacting our world, changing forecasts for the future and having a huge impact on the evolution and survival of print.

Consumers are reaching out to purchase the latest products in consumables, pharmaceuticals and decoration. The drive for goods with desirability, branding and quality is impacting the industrial, packaging and print industries.

The upsurge in interest in 3D printing, printed electronics, RFID, coding and mobile applications is taking the concept of communication into a new space. Here Gareth Ward offers his view on the future of print. According to Gareth we need to embrace the trends and all the developments affecting our world. We also need to face the challenges and use our creativity. The future of print is here today – we can touch and grasp it with both hands… at drupa 2016!

Smarter print to market The successful printer of the future will deliver customers a full service offering that extends well beyond printing and finishing. The exact mix of digital communications, value added print, data manipulation and logistics will depend on the customer base and how the printer positions himself, or perhaps how he forms partnerships with others with expertise in these areas. But what is going to make print a successful communications medium in the next decade is already clear: print has to be relevant.

services as cheaply as possible and this is no way to build for the future nor to create enduring partnerships with customers. Unfortunately there are many printers that lead with price and face the same inevitable fate as the wooly mammoth: extinction.

IT drives print relevance Tomorrow’s printer must become as comfortable with IT as he is with offset litho. That can stretch from operating a website to harvest jobs, to creating automated workflows that minimise touch points where errors

This was not necessary when print was the prime channel for advertising, information, communication with government and so on. Much of this mundane printing has transferred to digital and will never come back, but print is not shrinking. It is evolving into something smarter, more versatile and above all more relevant to those who receive it.

If a printer is not part of this development, the only option is to sell print

Author: Gareth Ward Gareth Ward first visited drupa in 1986 and has been writing about print ever since. During this time he has visited print companies across the world and interviewed leaders of most industry suppliers as editor of Printing World magazine. Today he edits and publishes Print Business both as a magazine and website. It helps printers navigate the changing communications landscape by discussing the technology and the successful businesses that have adapted to the new ways of working.

Gareth is also a popular speaker and moderator at industry events around the world, and writes guest columns for magazines and blogs.

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This approach begins with the research and development of new products and services, continues through all internal processes integrating both the supplier and customer chain, and comes full circle with the recycling of old devices.

Manufacturing ENERGY CONSERVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A ZERO WASTE PROGRAM Promote recycling

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Management/General can be introduced, using management systems - MIS to record and present up to the minute details of how a company is performing through to data handling to create personalised communications for customers to talk to their customers in the most relevant way. If that means using social media alongside print, the new print house has to deliver.

The problem here is that printers continue to prefer to invest in a new printing press rather than in IT. It is as if the press is tangible and understandable. If it runs at 18,000sph (and machines at drupa 2016 are likely to hit 20,000sph) this is 20-30% faster than their current machine, so must make sense. But few give due thought to how jobs are to be processed either before reaching the press, or once printed. Across the globe, print runs are falling and time allotted is shrinking. A faster press magnifies the problem of handling more jobs in less time without introducing errors. In addition, too few consider training for their staff to be an investment rather than an imposition.

The first drupa ‘Global Insights Report’ published in October 2014 highlighted this: “Only 23% of the drupa expert panel report an increase in IT spend in the last five years, and virtually all decision makers stated a lack of IT specialists. This is a major challenge for printers,” says Sabine Geldermann, Director of drupa 2016.

IT knowledge is key for automation at the process level. Those supplying software to the industry take it as read that JDF compliance is essential.

Workflows have to become more sophisticated. Producing an eight page section on standard paper is simple, but tomorrow’s customers will want something far more than this. They will want their printed products to stand out, to have the impact to cut through the thousands of marketing messages that are received each day. drupa President and CEO of KBA Claus Bolza-Schünemann predicts: “In some years from now there will be fewer printing companies but they will be larger and more industrial with a broad service range. In the commercial sector printers will turn into mar-

keting service providers for print and online services.”

“The connection between print, online and mobile activities will grow stronger.” says Claus Bolza-Schünemann.

The transition is in its infancy. A well known commentator on advertising and the internet pointed out last year that consumers spend vast amounts of time with their smartphones, but these only take a small proportion of the overall marketing spend, whereas the fast shrinking newspaper sector receives a disproportionate amount of advertising spend. One must shrink its share while the other one grows – unless the newspaper becomes more relevant to its reader. This means hyper local sections, printed digitally with targeted advertising.

Revalidating print in a digital world The same can be noticed in magazines where the mass circulation titles that used to be printed gravure are losing circulation while magazines that focus on the special interests of readers remain healthier. There will be fluctuations across national boundaries and as fashions change, but the magazines that focus on this sort of reader will not be displaced by digital delivery of content because reading a magazine is so much more than the information presented.

A decade ago it was predicted that with the growth of the internet, video on demand and the ability to interact with websites, fashion magazines must disappear because websites can

show clothes being worn, have links to prices and instant ordering. But fashion magazines are stronger than ever because possession of Vogue makes a statement about the women carrying it. Online fashion websites like ASOS and Pret-a-porter have launched printed magazines because of this phenomenon.

The doomsayers who predicted the same fate for catalogues have also been thwarted by human nature. We like to browse a catalogue or holiday brochure. They spark our imagination in a way that digital fails to do. And retail-

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And the printer can have far more influence on the quality than the company working for global brands with extensive product marketing teams forcing printers to toe the line.

However, even these global companies must become more flexible in order to match society’s craving for innovation and novelty. It means that printed packaging becomes a major marketing tool, consider the impact that Share a Coke has had for example.

The printer must be able to help cut the time to market for new products, either through automated workflows or perhaps by also taking on prototype creation using 3D printing technology.

ers that either exist only online or else which dropped their print catalogues are returning to print to remind customers to visit their websites to complete a purchase. If online shopping is going to grow, (though it remains only a relatively small share of consumer spending even in the industrialised countries) more and more print is going to be needed.

But it is not going to be the same sort of print as of old. Why send someone who always takes a vacation in Mexico details of holidays in Canada for example? Instead the holiday company, with the help of the printer, can tailor a brochure that features the best hotels and resorts in Mexico. It will be a smaller publication with a shorter production run, but production standards can be higher in terms of print, paper and personalisation.

The printer must be ready to deliver this to his customers. It means investment in technology that can cope with shorter print runs. It means the ability to print on uncoated papers which are popular because of their tactile qualities, and this can be addressed through the new UV technologies that are spreading through the industry. It means being able to enhance the printed product using varnish, foils, raised

print effects, die cutting and other processes that enhance the value of the printed product and make it more exciting and engaging to the consumer.

This can involve the inclusion of printed electronic circuitry to turn a printed page in a book or magazine into a loudspeaker to tell a story, the dashboard of a car which comes alive when various buttons and switches are activated, a printed label which can light up when a sensor detects movement.

Embedded codes within the printed page are scannable by smartphones to unlock digital information for the consumer, perhaps an offer to be redeemed in a certain store or restaurant, while providing the company making the offer with information about who has scanned the code, where and when.

The printed poster or advertisement acquires a measurable value because it proved to be relevant to that consumer at that time.

Marketing innovation The sorts of high quality print and finishing effects that sell the premium bottles of spirits are finding their way to other types of packaging, especially as the movement for artisan produced goods gathers pace. While overall volumes are small, the value of the print-

There is room too for using the new inkjet technologies by printing directly to the bottle or package itself, what is called direct to shape printing. The printing system becomes part of the bottling or packing line and rather than printing and delivering labels, the print company’s task becomes managing this new technology and establishing a new workflow.

It is going to require a whole new approach to marketing what a printer is and can do, and this is very much unknown territory for many print service providers. The exceptions are the online printers that have grown rapidly in recent years, sweeping away swathes of small print businesses as they have done so. But even these rarely lead on price; they are selling convenience and ease of access and that is down to constant marketing and sponsorship to raise brand awareness.

Increasing the value Printers should focus on benefits such as personal service, same day printing, wide choice of substrates, design, fulfilment and so on. Even this requires marketing skills that need to be developed.

The answer will be different depending on the printing company says Claus Bolza-Schünemann: “Every printing house knows its customers and its strengths best. Therefore, it is of little help to simply copy the recipe for success of others. If every company offered the same this would automatically lead to over abundance in the

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“Large trade fairs, such as drupa, offer good chances to find out more about new technologies and future-focused business models and the appropriate path for a company.” says Claus BolzaSchünemann.

Alon Bar-Shany, Vice President and General Manager of HP Indigo, agrees: “There is pressure to commoditise, options for lower quality and lower pricing, but that would spell disaster for the industry. The opportunity is for less pages but higher value ones.”

“Printers need first to acknowledge change and then embrace it. The industry needs to evangelise the inherent beauty and effectiveness of print in a digital world.” says Alon Bar-Shany.

Printing will remain at the heart of it, but printers must become like project managers, shepherding the different aspects of the communication chain to achieve the result that the customers want, reaching a measurable return on investment. The focus on reducing overheads in the end to end supply chain has already transformed how books are printed and distributed; digital printing is starting to eat into packaging for the same reason. It is not the cost of producing an individual carton or label that is important, it is the overall cost of wasted materials and time in the supply chain that is important.

Printers need to expand their thinking beyond the creation of the box.

For those companies that can do this, that become engaged with their customers and work together to find solutions that embrace print at some level, the future is bright.

“Print can still create emotions and print lasts, preserving moments and memories,” says Alon Bar-Shany.

Print is no longer the dumb sheet of paper that is recycled in moments. The smart printers are discovering this.

Value now is a function not of scarcity but of relevance.

Executive summary drupa 2016 like all drupa exhibitions before it, will be a marker in the sand for the printing industry. Large trade fairs such as drupa offer the best chances to find out about new technologies and future focused business models. Never before has this been so important. The radical changes brought about by the internet, global demographics and macroeconomics are forcing printers to reassess company performance and review marketing based business models, database management, MIS systems, online communications and above all IT education.

There are now fewer print companies surviving, many swept away by online printers offering convenience and ease of access. The remaining print companies have to acknowledge change and embrace it. The successful printers of the future will have to become more like project managers and bring added value to a mix of services. The key to making print a successful communi-

cations medium in the next decade is already clear – Print has to be relevant!

Print for newspapers will live on but will become more relevant to the reader with hyper local sections, printed digitally with targeted advertising. Short run, high quality holiday brochures and catalogues will also survive as personalisation and tactility using varnishes and foils meets consumer demand. Fashion magazine publishers have turned back to print as they witness a phenomenal trend and desire by the consumer for hard copy which gives them an identity statement. We are also seeing the uptake of printed electronic circuitry and embedded codes which opens up a world of possibilities for packaging and label printers and brand owners to market their products.

The connection between print, online and mobile activities will grow stronger but the industry needs to evangelise the inherent beauty and effectiveness of print in a digital world and deliver a more rounded service offering which extends well beyond printing and finishing. As Alon Bar-Shany Vice President at HP Indigo says, “Print can still create emotions and print lasts, preserving moments and memories”.

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Large investment in highperformance manufacturing in parallel to realignment The consumption of printed newspapers, magazines, catalogues and books has not been left unscathed by the advance of the internet into more and more aspects of our lives.

Print media is forced to share readers and pieces of the advertising pie with a growing number of online channels. In addition, publishing houses are on the hunt for sustainable business models and are therefore often reluctant to invest in print.

Adjusting to a smaller market This affects press manufacturers in media and advertising-orientated markets. The global market for sheetfed offset presses has halved since 2007 and demand for web offset presses for larger runs has shrunk by over three quarters. Over 15,000 jobs have been lost alone at the three biggest German manufacturers Heidelberger Druck, Koenig & Bauer (KBA) and manroland given the necessary adjustments to capacity.

Fit@All programme on the home straight KBA has now largely implemented its Fit@All programme for the realignment of the company in place since the beginning of 2014. The extensive package of measures includes the relocation of over 50 machine tools preventing parallel activities at the production sites. The plants in Ternitz and Trennfeld have been closed and sold. The cut of a total of 1,500 jobs announced in 2013 is virtually complete. Furthermore, on 21 May 2015 the majority of the KBA AGM approved the company realignment under company law proposed by the management board.

This stipulates the conversion of the parent company, Koenig & Bauer AG,

into a management holding following the spin-off of four operating subsidiaries for the business units digital & web (KBA-Digital & Web Solutions), sheetfed (KBA-Sheetfed Solutions), security printing (KBA-NotaSys) and production (KBA-Industrial Solutions).

The four spun-off companies will have a German legal status of an AG & Co. KG (limited partnership) with the parent Koenig & Bauer AG as sole general partner. The holding company’s management board, which primarily will take over strategic and central tasks, is to be reduced to three members. After the entry of the new companies in the commercial register at the beginning of July, this new structure will be implemented from 1 January 2015 retrospectively. The management board expects the new structure to deliver more transparency in terms of

costs and earnings as well as improved profitability through internal customer supply relationships.

New markets in focus Excluding apprentices, trainees and employees on phased retirement schemes at the end of March 2015 there were 4,711 employees on group payroll. This was over 3,000 less than eight years ago. In 2007 group sales still stood at €1.7bn compared to €1.1bn in 2014. KBA’s previously core web offset press business has shrunk the most. Along with its main site in Würzburg, the factory in Trennfeld and the plant in Frankenthal/Palatinate were especially affected by this market slump. The missing sales volume could only partly be replaced with business opportunities in digital and packaging printing. KBA is therefore actively

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In addition to its own new product developments, this strategy includes company takeovers, such as KBAFlexotecnica and KBA-Kammann in 2013, and partnerships with other firms. For example, an inkjet press for corrugated packaging to be unveiled at the Würzburg site in November codeveloped with American manufacturer Hewlett Packard (HP).

Print in all its diversity has a future The repercussions of the structural shift in the print and media arena are well publicised. At times the impression is given that print is only heading downhill, but this is not true. Stable and growing markets for printed matter exist, e.g. packaging and new industrial applications. The world’s oldest and second-largest press manufacturer continues to believe in print and a positive future for its main site in Würzburg despite necessary cutbacks in recent years. This is why the company invested €14m in 2011 in renovating its foundry and recently more than €7m in production facilities in Würzburg with the installation of five high-tech machining centres, as KBA CEO and president Claus BolzaSchünemann reported during a tour of the site.

KBA-Industrial Solutions also for others Along with side frames, ink ducts, round drums and other components

for KBA presses, the new business unit KBA-Industrial Solutions aims to cast and precision machine challenging large parts for external mechanical engineering and plant manufacturers.

This has already taken place successfully for a raft of renowned companies. As well as producing various components made of casting, steel or metal, KBAIndustrial Solutions is also able to offer assembly, engineering and logistic services. It is thus an interesting partner for other machine manufacturers looking to outsource or in the event of capacity shortages. Accordingly, in addition to Würzburg KBA has also invested strongly in its plant in Radebeul, Saxony, including the latest coating units.

Commitment to traditional site in Würzburg Compared to other German machinery engineers, the cutting-edge production facilities at both KBA main plants are anything but the norm. Claus Bolza-Schünemann and his colleague Michael Kummert responsible for production view this as a commitment to the company’s traditional main site in Würzburg and proudly gave representatives from politics, business and government institutions as well as external manufacturing clients and journalists on a tour of the site on the first production open day on 12 June. Teachers and students from the region were also invited to the cradle of press engineering in order to find out more about the various training opportunities offered by the company and the KBA state-recognised in-house training school. With a training rate of 7% of the workforce Koenig & Bauer has an outstanding reputation when it comes to educating the next generation of young skilled staff.

In addition, on 13 June current and former KBA employees plus their families are invited to see what has changed as part of the realignment in the production and assembly halls on a second production open day as many do not see these activities on a regular basis.

An open day for the general public, like the one in September 1992 which attracted several thousand visitors, is planned for September 2017 in celebration of the company’s 200th jubilee.

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QuadTech technology showcased with new press QuadTech today announces the installation of a QuadTech® Color Control System with SpectralCam™ on the newly launched DG press (DGp) Thallo Press.

Purchased by Vuye Flexible Packaging, one of the world’s first customers for the press, the QuadTech system will provide closed-loop color control for reduced waste and fast make-readies.

Using QuadTech technology to automatically measure and control color on its new Thallo press for both paper and film, Vuye Flexible Packaging will be able to ensure accurate color information for the entire web and throughout the print run. It will also allow them to profit from a streamlined workflow for increased job turnaround and production efficiencies.

With an expected delivery of late June 2015, Vuye Flexible Packaging’s new DGp Thallo press will be used to produce a range of packaging applications including labels, flow wraps, sachets and shrink sleeves.

Recently demonstrated at a DGp Open House event in Hall, the Netherlands, the new press was chosen for its ability to provide quick and low-cost job change-overs, high quality print and low waste.

DGp commented that the QuadTech Color Control technology perfectly complements its new press, enabling it to deliver the best possible end product to customers.

“We are always looking for technology that can make our customers’ lives easier, and their equipment more reliable and profitable,” commented Peter Kloppers, Director, DGp. “We are pleased to be able to further enhance our presses through the use of QuadTech’s technology. Combined with our new Thallo press, the Color Control solution will provide not only

improved performance but will also reduce waste. Together, this means that we are able to address one of the key market concerns for customers.”

QuadTech’s smart SpectralCam technology enables the system to quickly detect and analyze printed micro color bars at full press speeds on paper or film substrates. Coupled with QuadTech’s web stabilizing system, spectral color measurements of transparent and opaque web material are possible on-the-fly without risk of substrate corrugation. Obtaining the right color quickly and maintaining color quality throughout a print run provides new levels of color accuracy and assurance to converters and brand managers that color specifications have been met.

“We are extremely confident in the capabilities of the Thallo press and in QuadTech’s technology – it was a delight to share this with so many customers and industry professionals during our Open House event,”

continued Kloppers. “We are hopeful that this marks the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership with QuadTech, and we look forward to being able to bring the benefits of our combined expertise to many future customers.”

About DG press DG press is a company of the DG press GrouP. The company is privately owned and directed by Remko Koolbergen and Peter Kloppers, and was founded in 2009 after the banckrupcy of Drent Goebel.

The DG press GrouP focused initially on servicing the installed base of Drent machines worldwide, quickly extending its activities to the reconfiguring, refurbishing, upgrading and trading of pre-owned presses. After 2 years, the former Drent building was purchased and the company began developing and building new printing machines (Vision and Thallo). DG press has now been actively involved in production with web offset printing presses for flexible packaging applications for more than 20 years, with approximately 70 skilled employees and over 90 customers printing flexible packaging.

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“Paper has been an integral part of our cultural development and is essential for modern life. Paper helps to increase levels of literacy and democracy worldwide and plays an important role in protecting goods and foodstuffs during transit. Paper is made from renewable resources, and responsibly produced and used paper has many advantages over other, non-renewable alternative materials...”1 Paper is recyclable and one of the most recycled commodities in Europe. The benefits of paper recycling include: extending the supply of wood fibre; reducing greenhouse gas emissions that can contribute to climate change by avoiding methane emissions (which are released when paper decomposes in landfills or is incinerated); contributing to carbon sequestration; reducing the amount of energy needed to produce some paper products; and saving considerable landfill space.2 • “Forest certification is widely seen as the most important initiative of the last decade to promote better forest management. [It] is a mechanism for forest monitoring, tracing and labelling timber, wood and pulp products and non-timber forest products [like paper], where the quality of management from environmental, social, and economic perspectives is judged against a series of agreed standards. The key to forest certification is the development of

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Capable of printing fifteen 500-sheet jobs per hour, the Rapida 106 has been the world makeready champion since Drupa 2008. Now it has broken the records for speed and length as well. Its output of 20,000sph in straight printing or 18,000sph in perfecting mode, and configurations of up to 19 printing and finishing units, are virtually unrivalled. While simultaneous processes that include automatic changes of coating formes and anilox rollers have trimmed costly down times. So drop by and test the medium-format world champion for yourself.

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wasteful and irresponsible. That, to me, is completely crazy”5 “The biomass emissions from papermaking are part of the natural carbon balance and do not add to atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, unlike emissions from fossil fuel.

The forests that provide that biomass support key climate change mitigation technologies and practices currently commercially available including, afforestation; reforestation; forest management; reduced deforestation; harvested wood product management; use of forestry products for bioenergy to replace fossil fuel use; tree species improvement to increase biomass productivity and carbon sequestration; improved remote sensing technologies for analysis of vegetation/soil carbon

sequestration potential and mapping land-use change.”6 Bioenergy accounts for 58% of our energy use.7 Our sector is the largest industrial producer of bioenergy, generating 20% of the biomass based energy in Europe.8 Today, 95.2% of electricity is produced on-site in paper mills using the energyefficient combined heat and power method9 [which recycles exhaust steam for use as manufacturing process heat or space heating]. CHP systems are highly efficient (up to 80% efficiency compared to about 50% for traditional fossil-fuel powered systems) and have lower emissions than separate heat and

power generation.10 • 88% of production capacity is certified or registered according to internationally recognised environmental management standards ISO14001 and EMAS.11 • The print and paper industry accounts for only 1.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions.12 ”In 2007, the net sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere into the forest products industry value chain was 424 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, enough to offset 86% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with manufacturing forest products, and almost half of the value chain’s total emissions”13

1. WWF, 2010 2. US EPA, 2013 3. WWF, 2010 4. WBCSD/WRI, 2014.

5. Sir Jonathan Porritt / Printmonthly.com, 2014 6. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007 7. CEPI,Sustainability Report, 2013, p 36 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

CEPI,Sustainability Report, 2013, p 36 CEPI,Sustainability Report, 2013, p36 Association for Decentralised Energy, 2015 CEPI,Sustainability Report, 2013, p40 World Resources Institute (WRI), 2005 FAO, 2010

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The EFI Jetrion 4950lx delivers the lowest cost per label in its class without compromise. This feature-packed modular system will literally get in line with your growing business needs. Just the type of fuel you need to accelerate your success.

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Retrofitting Pays Off The new, retrofittable 0507 folder feeder from Muller Martini makes saddle stitching even more efficient and cost-effective thanks to its large range of formats, quick replacement, feeding using stream feeders and the fact that a folding process is no longer necessary.

“In terms of return on investment, it’s one of the most attractive investments that we’ve ever made.” When Martin Vogel, Head of Production and Member of the Executive Board of Zofinger Tagblatt AG, which is based in the Swiss canton of Aargau, was asked about his experiences of the 0507 folder feeder with which the BravoPlus saddle stitcher (year of production: 1996) has been fitted, he soon gets talking about the figures, for example for the production of the weekly magazine Tierwelt, which has a circulation of around 80,000 copies.

Since the new folder feeder can now also be fed using stream feeders, and all stream feeders for the cover and content signatures can be operated by one and the same person, only one operator is needed for all the feeders instead of two. “With eight hours of production time multiplied by 52 issues a year, it pays off,” says Vogel.

Numerous benefits In addition to cover feeding using stream feeders, the 0507 folder feeder with servo drive, which comes as standard with the new Primera generation and can be retrofitted on the Prima, Prima S, PrimaPlus, BravoPlus, Primera 130 and Primera 140 saddle stitchers, offers numerous other key benefits.

- Kill two birds with one stone: With a maximum size of 482 x 635 and a minimum one of 89 x 165, the 0507 folder feeder covers a large range of sizes, and replaces the 0353 and 0354 predecessor models (the former being for smaller sizes and the latter for larger sizes) with a single feeder model that covers the whole product range.

- Flexible installation: Thanks to its

compact design, the 0507 folder feeder can be installed anywhere at the saddle stitcher in place of a flat pile feeder.

Two flat pile feeders had to make way for the 0354 folder feeder.

- Short setup times: The 0507 folder feeder has considerably shorter setup times than earlier models. That makes an impact with several job changeovers per shift.

- Ideal for thin paper: The 0507 folder feeder is optimized for the processing of low paper grammages, which additionally extends the product range.

- No need for folding process: Since the 0507 folder feeder ensures clean scoring thanks to the tWinScore scoring wheel developed by Muller Martini, the folding process for the covers can be omitted. For saddle stitchers without a folder feeder to date, the use of the folder feeder enables skipping an entire process, making production considerably more efficient.

“An Attractive and User-Friendly Solution” At Zofinger Tagblatt AG, the Tierwelt cover that is printed in four-up, only needs to be trimmed to individual sheets. The earlier folding process in double production is no longer necessary, allowing around five hours of production time to be saved per week. In addition to greater costeffectiveness (“without the need for the folding process, we can produce at lower cost and have more free capacity”), Martin Vogel also reports enhanced quality when using the new 0507 folder feeder: “Previously we occasionally had scratch marks, but that’s now a thing of the past.”

He is therefore in no doubt that retrofitting has paid off for the company: “The new folder feeder is an attractive and user-friendly solution for industrial production in particular – it’s just a shame that it wasn’t on the market even earlier ...”

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Enhanced Customer Control through HTML5 HTML5-based user interface eliminates bottlenecks while extending automation, security and performance capabilities

To strengthen the working relationship between PRINT service providers and their customers and to enhance the user experience, Kodak is launching KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal System 7 built on HTML5. By removing the requirement for the JAVA Platform, a third party plugin, KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal 7 now delivers new features including HTML5 system diagnostics and a redesigned HTML5based Smart Review user interface.

KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal 7 helps print service providers extend workflow automation capabilities while reducing turnaround time and cost by delivering simple, real-time access and collaboration with customers. It is equipped to securely integrate with KODAK PRINERGY Workflow and to support enhanced control over the prepress process. This enables customers, prepress operators and

service representatives to SUBMIT jobs, track progress, collaborate on changes and review and approve work—anywhere, anytime.

KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal 7 gives the customer additional freedom by providing a real-time and userfriendly experience with the new HTML5-based Smart REVIEW. The system automatically track all activities – including job submissions, change requests and approvals or rejections – and alerts customers and prepress staff of issues for quicker correction and page updates. The removal of the JAVA Platform requirement is a significant enhancement, allowing customers to engage with a secure, streamlined platform for managing proofs with reduced technical support.

The HTML5 platform delivers a consistent interface across the widest range of platforms and Web browser

environments.

Executive QUOTE “Delivering automation workflow solutions that enable PRINT service providers to build relationships with customers based on quality and trust is our number one priority,” said Allan Brown, General Manager, Unified Workflow Solutions, Eastman Kodak Company. “We understood the challenges our customers faced with existing prepress portals and have delivered a tool that offers a more efficient and accessible experience. The development of KODAK INSITE Prepress Portal 7 provides an enhanced Smart Review experience, while the system’s integration with PRINERGY Workflow gives our customers the most significant competitive advantage available through workflow software today.”

THE QUALITY BENCHMARK JUST GOT FASTER The Xeikon digital presses for labels and packaging excel in productivity and high quality printing. With its top speed of 30 m/min (98 ft/min), the Xeikon Cheetah is the fastest top quality five color digital label press. Furthermore, it offers all the other benefits that make Xeikon label presses unique. With the Xeikon Cheetah, the quality benchmark has just become significantly faster!

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FESPA China 2015: Find your key to success FESPA China returns to Shanghai with host of top global and local print manufacturers FESPA is pleased to announce that the third iteration of FESPA China will take place from 21-23 October 2015 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

and Guangzhou, enabling FESPA to engage with a broad cross-section of the Chinese market and attract a high number of international exhibitors and visitors.

Under the event theme ‘Find Your Key To Success’, FESPA China 2015 will provide visitors with the inspiration and skills to unlock their business potential through the latest industry launches, product innovation and content led features.

Global exhibitors already confirmed for this year’s event include Kornit,

Managed in partnership with CSGIA (China Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association), FESPA China 2015 currently expects to fill over 12,000sqm of floor space – an increase of 13% since the last event in Shanghai in 2013.

The event’s annual cycle sees it alternate between venues in Shanghai

Siser, Dgen, Mimaki, Keundo, Asialink (for Anajet) and Synnex (for Roland).

Local participants include Denishi Denbishi Fine Chemical, Ever-Bright Printing Machine, Shenyang Shicheng Printing Machinery, Dongguan and Suzhou Yihui Printing Machinery Factory, Invision Printing Materials,

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Over 9,500 visitors attended the inaugural FESPA China 2013 exhibition from 77 countries. In 2014, attendance grew to 15,166 from 91 countries, cementing FESPA China’s position as a regional event. After mainland China, the largest visitor delegations were from India, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, with printers also travelling from Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as Australasia, Europe, USA, Africa and South America.

Roz McGuinness, FESPA Divisional Director comments: “We are delighted to be returning to Shanghai for the third iteration of FESPA China. Our launch event in Shanghai in 2013 was met with a fantastic response, and we developed the event further last year in Guangzhou. We’re looking forward to building on this success for a bigger and more comprehensive event in 2015. With the number of international exhibitors in attendance, it’s clear that

FESPA is defining its market position as a key regional event for the major brands.”

For latest news on FESPA China 2015, including latest exhibitors and feature information, please visit http:// en.csgiashow.org/

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Retroreflective Solution that Cuts Traffic Signage COSTS and Production Times SA International (SAi) has announced that its flagship signmaking software, SAi Flexi, has been selected for Avery Dennison’s TrafficJet™ Print System for worldwide compliant highway signage. TrafficJet™ comprises SAi FlexiPRINT DX RIP software, as well as special inks and retroreflective(1) substrates from Avery Dennison, and a 1.6m-wide, eight-color printer from Mutoh.

TrafficJet™ overcomes the time and cost issues associated with traditional production methods of road signage which can be both labor-intensive and expensive. These methods include direct applied legend, use of colored overlay films, and screen printing.

Existing direct-to-substrate digital printing solutions require a high initial INVESTMENT and signs have turnaround times of several days.

International substrate producer, Avery Dennison, developed the TrafficJet™ Print System to achieve a faster, more cost-effective solution for road signage using its beaded and prismatic retroreflective substrates.

“SAi’s long association with Mutoh made us the best partners for the project,” explains Gudrun Bonte, Product Director, SAi. “Mutoh knew that SAi had experience in handling non-CMYK color sets, and Flexi was

easily remapped to ACCOMMODATE this niche requirement.”

TrafficJet is available in an eight spot color configuration as well as a CMYK with 4 spots configuration, capable of PRINTING CMYK inks and TrafficJet spot inks at the same time.

The TrafficJet’s spot colors are all special colors, compliant with EU and US STANDARDS and include special red, blue, green, Worboys green(2), yellow, black and brown. TrafficJet offers a COST-effective inkjet printing system for traffic safety and reflective sign producers, as well as government agencies that produce or purchase signage, who benefit from a 10 and 12-year warrantied and highly flexible solution with equipment, ink and reflective sheeting for both permanent and work zone signage.

Cost and time benefits The Mutoh printer, which COSTS about one third as much as competitive printers for this application, enables the TrafficJet™ Print System to print at 8-10m2/hour using specially formulated inks that are dry and ready for lamination within two hours. The composition of the Avery-Dennison’s retroreflective films also contributes to the rapid drying times. Signage of this type using conventional solvent inks and substrates requires up to 48-72 hours off-gassing time.

Historically, lead times for signs are 3-4 weeks, but using the TrafficJet™ Print System, printing, cutting and lamination can be done in as little as one day.

The low initial cost of the TrafficJet™ Print System will enable more reflective signage printers to bring production inhouse and change production from the slow traditional PROCESSES. With its ability to drive thousands of supported printers, cutters and hybrids, SAi Flexi offers the easiest print-and-cut workflow on the market, giving users both productivity and versatility.

“SAi Flexi also enables nesting which SAVES time and materials,” Bonte adds. “It can also be used as an endto-end system, from design to print, contour cutting, and for the automatic generation of crop marks; or, it can be used simply as a RIP and printer driver.

“This is a specialist application with a large potential market. It plays to SAi’s strengths, as well as those of Avery Dennison and Mutoh,” Bonte concludes. “Above all, it benefits signmakers and converters, governments, and motorists by providing warranted, cost-effective signage for safe roads.”

1 Retroreflective substrates reflect light back toward the source and not at the standard angle of reflection.

2 Used in the UK. Signage standards for UK roads were established by the Worboys Committee in 1963.

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Lifts productivity for display and signage powerhouse Active Display Group is Australia’s largest Point of Purchase (POP) display and signage organization. It has evolved over 25 years from a small Melbourne signage business to today’s retail marketing powerhouse of design, manufacture and implementation.

With almost 400 employees across Australia and China, its broad range of in-house services, products and facilities give it unrivalled scope in Australia’s retail marketing material solutions sector. In Hong Kong its regional office provides offshore sourcing and account management for its Australian and international clients.

An impressive track record of organic growth and acquisitions helped propel Active Display Group to the pole position it enjoys in this sector.

So much so, that in June 2014 STW, Australasia’s leading marketing content and communications services group, acquired Active Display Group to fill a gap in its service portfolio which would “provide significant benefits to our clients operating within the ‘Path to Purchase’ and retail fields,” says Stuart Gittus, operations director, Active Display Group.

Active Display Group adopted an operational strategy in 2010 that seemed to defy the trend being enthusiastically followed by rivals in the Australian retail marketing materials industry. Gittus explains: “We saw rivals jumping with both feet into digital printing and abandoning screen printing. We strategized that we could

move carefully and gradually into the digital print space and still complement our screen printing expertise.”

Great results from POP marketing investment Gittus says the company was acutely aware that they had to guarantee to Active Display Group’s brand and retail clients that they would still achieve great instore results for the POP marketing investment they were making. He visited the HP digital print R&D plant in Israel in mid-2013 and was introduced to the HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press and the HP Latex 3000 Printer. “We bought both machines as a powerful complement to each other and to give us an important flexibility to the solutions we could offer clients.”

He recalls how the machines; “more than doubled our expectations. The HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press achieving between 40,000 and 50,000 prints each month and the HP Latex 3000 Printer recording between 14,000 and 16,000 prints a month.”

The immediate pay off was spectacular, enabling Active Display Group to bring back in-house up to $100,000 worth of print work each month, including banners, that had previously been

contracted out. It also prompted the decommissioning of two screen printers.

“That meant we still had four screen print lines, but we are looking at further digital print purchases and further screen print de-commissioning.”

When judging the impact of the HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press, Gittus talks of speed, quality and versatility.

The speed of output had already been a welcome surprise. The quality of the print finish achievable with HP Scitex High Dynamic Range printing delivers a “wide gamut of color with excellent ink adhesion on a spectacular range of substrates which enables us to deliver

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Wide Format / Proofing Technology “The productivity improvements being delivered by the HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press are enabling us to share thecost savings with our customers. Speedier delivery, stunning quality at more competitive pricing – as you can imagine the result is happier clients.”

– Stuart Gittus, operations director, Active Display Group

He explains the investment rationale behind purchasing the HP Latex 3000 Printer. “It is a game changer of a machine because at one stroke it allowed us to replace seven other roll fed machines. We are getting 50 percent capacity improvement at a third of the cost. It has also eliminated the need to over-laminate every print and that has been a significant direct saving per month.”

to our clients an extremely wide range of imaging needs with quality and speed locked together.” He listed the following variety of stocks as evidence of the versatility Active Display Group is delivering to its retail clients: synthetic paper, cardboard, fluted and corrugated boards, foam PVC, plastic styrene, timber, plywood, magnetic and self-adhesive vinyl.

Speedier delivery, excellent quality, more competitive pricing He mentions another dimension: productivity. “The HP Scitex FB10000 enables us to boost productivity in so many ways. Valuable production time

saved because of the zero set up and simple operation. Automated handling and flexibility covering a wide variety of media allows the organization to deliver jobs faster and more competitively. At the same time it has meant that work is being brought back in-house at more competitive margins.

“The productivity improvements being delivered by the HP Scitex 10000 Industrial Press are enabling us to share the cost savings with our customers.

Speedier delivery, stunning quality at more competitive pricing – as you can imagine the result is happier clients,” says Gittus.

He highlights two major clients as examples of delivering breakthrough results. The first involves a multinational toy retailer needing a monthly refresh of a 10m v 4m feature wall - striking piece of 3D POP marketing merchandise.

The process used to involve three stages; digital printing, mounting on a card and then cutting. Gittus says: “Now we print straight onto a fluted board and simply cut it. Apart from the speedier result it delivers up to a 75 percent cost saving for our client.”

The second example is a range of in-store sign boards used by one of Australia’s iconic department store chains. Previously the task required high resolution printing which had to be mounted and then pressed onto an 18mm thick foam board. With the HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press Active Display Group now print directly to the board with between 30 and 50 percent cost savings, depending on the length of the print run.

Gittus praises the open line of communications Active Display enjo yswithHP.“Thereisgoodrapportwith alllevels,fromvice president, to R&D executives, to the technicians who come on site. HP continually wants to know how we are going with the solution. They are clearly committed to this digital press platform and share with us the company’s philosophy.

It is reassuring and strengthens our partnership with HP.”

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NEWS New Book From Fujifilm Chairman & CEO In Innovating Out of Crisis, How Fujifilm Survived (and Thrived) As Its Core Business Was Vanishing, published

by Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, California, Shigetaka Komori, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation Chairman and CEO, recounts how he was inspired to lead Fujifilm’s journey from the brink of extinction to its current path of prosperity and growth – and a new direction.

In its recent fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation reported a record profit, in spite of the loss of its core business several years ago, brought on by a rapid increase in the digitalization of photography as well as the world financial crisis in 2008. In the year 2000, photographic products made up sixty percent of Fujifilm’s sales and two–thirds of its profit. Within ten years, however, the booming market for digital photography destroyed that business. In the midst of this, Mr. Komori guided the company through an historic transition from being a traditional photographic company into a leading global innovator.

In his book, Mr. Komori states, “The company’s core photographic film market was shrinking at a spectacular rate, and the situation was critical.

Fujifilm had good management resources, first-rate technology, a sound financial footing, a reputable brand, and excellence in its diverse workforce.

If all these assets could be effectively

combined into a successful strategy and applied, I was sure that something could be done to save the day. The whole of Fujifilm was depending on my managerial skills to make it happen.

I was gripped by a strong sense of mission. ‘Maybe I was brought into this world to overcome this crisis,’ I thought at the time. The hair stood up on the back of my neck.”

Fujifilm is now a leading global company with business interests in a variety of industries, including: healthcare, highly functional materials, document solutions, digital imaging, optical devices and graphic systems. The company has been applying its unique core fundamental technologies, resulting from 80 years of research and development that began with the design and production of fine, quality photographic products.

In 2015, Fujifilm will celebrate 50 years in the United States.

Innovating Out of Crisis is now available through Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, in both hard copy and e-book.

About FujifilmFUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation is based in Valhalla, New York, and is the regional headquarters for the Americas. It is comprised of fourteen directly owned subsidiary companies in the U.S. and Canada, and two in Latin America: Brazil and Colombia. The company manufactures, markets and provides service for a broad spectrum of industries including photographic, medical imaging and informatics,

pharmaceutical and other life science industries. Industrial segments include data storage, electronic materials, chemical, and graphic arts products and services. For more information, please visit www.fujifilmusa.com.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries, including: healthcare, with medical systems, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; graphic systems; highly functional materials, such as flat panel display materials; optical devices, such as broadcast and cinema lenses; digital imaging; and document products. These are based on a vast portfolio of chemical, mechanical, optical, electronic, software and production technologies. In the year ended March 31, 2015, the company had global revenues of $20.8 billion, at an exchange rate of 120 yen to the dollar.

Fujifilm is committed to environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship.

Xeikon brings next-generation VariLane to Labelexpo Europe Xeikon, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced a new version of VariLane, its imposition software plug-in for the Xeikon X-800 digital front-end (DFE). VariLane 4.0 is now fully integrated within the X-800 4.0 workflow and is specifically designed to allow label printers greater flexibility in the production of labels, providing increased profit opportunities. With this development, Xeikon has added a significant enhancement to the ability for label printers to optimize productivity

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NEWS and profitability by printing labels of different sizes and run lengths on the same web in discreet lanes. In addition, VariLane 4.0 is a key enabler in meeting the needs of brand owners for short run lengths and just-in-time delivery.

“Xeikon has a strong and continuing focus on the label market, and VariLane 4.0 is proof of our ongoing commitment to supporting the needs of label printers in every way possible,” says Jeroen Van Bauwel, Director Product Management at Xeikon. “With prepress activities minimized, and utilizing all of the integrated benefits of the X-800 DFE, label printers can easily combine different jobs on one substrate – even for labels of different heights and widths and with different run lengths.

And they can easily make last-minute adjustments to artwork or add variable data. This is a real advance in optimizing label production and further increasing profitability for label printers. This type of out-of-the-box thinking and unique value-add sets Xeikon apart in the world of digital label printing.”

Supporting the label printer with innovative solutions The unique VariLane plug-in, launched four years ago as a standalone tool and now integrated into the X-800 workflow, brought to commercial reality the concept of printing different labels in lanes of different widths and heights across the same web. Imposition – arranging the labels on the roll in order to serve the proper application of the labels in later production processes – is a fundamental step in prepress. Typically, labels are arranged in lanes across the web roll, and because labels had to be of equal size, the print lanes were also of equal size.

This imposed limitations on both productivity and efficient use of substrates. VariLane gives prepress operators the freedom to combine labels in print lanes of variable sizes which improves throughput and reduces waste.

In fact, label printers working with VariLane have been able to substantially increase their productivity and reduce material wastage, with resultant cost savings of up to 30%. This unique capability is made possible by the full rotary technology of Xeikon digital presses, combined with their variable repeat length.

With VariLane 4.0 and its full integration with the X-800 DFE, yet another dimension is added to the versatility of Xeikon’s digital technology and the optimization of digital print production.

The VariLane concept combines prepress, data processing and press operation functionality, seamlessly integrated with existing workflows and business processes, while maintaining flexibility and quality. VariLane 4.0 makes last-minute corrections to artwork easy to achieve, and Xeikon’s metadata tool can be employed to add barcodes or sequential numbering to labels as required.

“Combining different jobs in the same print run has never been easier. And for label printers working with our wideweb Xeikon 3050 and 3500 presses, it’s a perfect fit!” Van Bauwel adds. “But even with narrower rolls, label printers can optimize their productivity, reduce costs and increase profitability. And that is all possible today with Xeikon technology, without sacrificing the standards of professional and functional excellence brand owners expect – no matter how short the print run or delivery time.”

VariLane 4.0 is a plug-in for the recently launched Xeikon X-800 4.0 digital frontend, which will be commercially available at the end of June.

Reading from paper or reading from screens. What do consumers prefer?

A new survey into the preferences of consumers for printed versus digital communications has been published today by ‘Two Sides’; the global initiative

which addresses the misconceptions of paper use as a communications medium.

The survey, which was commissioned

by Two Sides and undertaken by international research company Toluna, sought the opinions and preferences of 500 consumers in the UK and 1,000 in the US on a number of issues relating to the switch from paper-based to digital media.

Results from the UK-based consumer research highlighted that 84% of respondents understood, retained or used information that had been printed and read on paper much better than information received on a digital device while 83% stated a clear preference for reading print on paper for more complex topics. The survey also revealed 79% found printed media more relaxing to read, while 60% of mobile/smart phone users (rising to 71% amongst the 18 – 24 year olds) were concerned about how these devices were damaging their health (eye strain, headaches, insomnia).

Overall, the survey reported that 79% of respondents preferred to read print on paper when given the choice.

“The results of the UK survey have lessons for all those who choose the way in which information is distributed, particularly for advertisers, marketers and educators who need to understand how information is being delivered, received, PROCESSED and retained,” explains Martyn Eustace, Director of Two Sides.

“While on-screen reading occupies an increasing amount of consumer time, people’s preferences are still for a physical reading experience which they believe it to be a ‘safe’ medium which is

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NEWS FESPA’s DIRECT presence in Turkey through FESPA Eurasia has impacted visitors from the area, with a 27% rise in attendees from the country. The FESPA China brand has also had an effect, with a 59% increase on representatives from Asia compared with FESPA 2010.

FESPA 2015 exhibitors also commented on the internationality of the visitors.

Celine Colin, Sales Director, Demill, notes: “We had over 200 contacts during the exhibition, with maybe 30% from Germany and the rest from around the globe.”

more informative, less distracting and less harmful to their health.”

Eustace continues, “As the world of communication becomes increasing digital, books, magazines and other forms of communication are increasingly consumed on screen. There have been many studies to try and find out if people actually prefer to read digitally distributed information, or whether the convenience and immediacy of digital communication is forcing a change of habits. Our latest survey specifically explores how consumers feel about this development and reveals that PRINT and paper is still preferred by many who also have concerns for learning and literacy in an increasingly digital world.”

While acceptance of digital media is generally stronger among younger age-groups in the survey, there is no evidence to suggest their preferences are significantly different to older ages, with a preference for ‘print on paper’ still in existence across all ages. “This INDICATES there is still a more fundamental and human way in which we react to the physicality of paper-based print,” concludes Eustace.

The full survey, including the US results, can be downloaded from: http:// www.twosides.info/Literacy-andLearning-2015 FESPA 2015 attracts most international visitor audience to date FESPA 2015 Global Expo, (18-22 May 2015) in Cologne, Germany, attracted the most INTERNATIONALLY diverse

audience yet, with exhibitors meeting delegates from 133 countries across the world.

Of the 23137 visitors that flocked through the doors of Koelnmesse, 88% were from Europe, 5% from Asia, 4% from the Middle East and Africa and 3% from the Americas. As anticipated, Germany had the largest visitor delegation, followed by the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium, Italy and France. 68% of attendees came from OUTSIDE of the host nation.

Cologne’s proximity to the Netherlands meant that FESPA 2015 welcomed its largest number of delegates from the country to a Global Expo. There was also a significant increase of visitors from Belgium, with more than double the number attending the 2015 event compared with FESPA 2010, the last time the Global Expo took place in Germany. Cologne’s Northern European LOCATION also meant that there was a 37% increase in printers from Scandinavia, compared with FESPA 2010.

Richard Barrow, Senior Product MANAGER, Epson Europe, says: “FESPA 2015 was very well organised and attracted a much more international SPREAD of visitors than ever before.”

Ralf Roschlau, Managing Director, Foteco Remco states: “We’re surprised by the amount of international visitors attending; we’ve met with people from Africa, the Middle East and Asia.”

Richard Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer, M&R, explains: “FESPA 2015 has been fantastic! It’s been well-attended by people from all over the world – greater than expected.”

Mitesh Patel, Sales and Development Manager, Premier Textiles, comments: “There’s no other show in Europe where we can meet visitors from around the world who are interested in our particular niche in the MARKET.” FESPA CEO, Neil Felton, comments: “FESPA 2015 has been our biggest Global Expo event by far, with the most exhibitors, the most visitors and the richest international visitor mix.

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