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Platesetter for High-Volume Newspaper Printers New white paper - LANDA digital printing redefines press operator user experience (UX Digital Goes Heavy Metal 5,000th XMF Workflow worldwide at US print service provider Fastest difital label press in its class Alliance Print & Desgin sets high bar with iGem3 and Oris Press matcher Pro Komori has succesful China Print show High-speed sheetfed offset at Joemay in Niigata Getting bigger and stronger IGAS 2015 Promises to Focus on Print Innovation IDCm – InlineDensity Control motorized: perfect ink density made affordable Epson launches new label printer for manufacturing sector The NX advantage Revolutionary digital printing solution – BOBST starts beta site program Muller Martini China Hosts Successful Open House in Shenzhen Digital cold foiling solution to create security and appealing label applications One of Europe's largest Label Producers to address new markets FESPA 2015: Global Expo attendance up 17% HP Accelerates Productivity for Sign & Display PRINT Providers and Corrugated Converters News from around the world

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Agfa Graphics Launches the Advantage N-TR VHS Platesetter for High-Volume Newspaper Printers This ‘High-Production’ engine hits speeds of 400 plates per hour, to allow publishers extending editorial and advertising deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Agfa Graphics today introduced the new high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market. The Advantage N TR VHS (Trolley Load, Very High-Speed) produces up to 400 plates per hour, which is 50 plates faster than the Advantage N TR HS. Thanks to the increased speed, the Advantage N TR VHS can allow newspaper publishers to deliver the latest news and last-minute offers to their daily readers with sharper production deadlines. It will also help newspaper publishers to replace multiple, slower CtP engines with

faster, yet fewer units. This not only saves on new CtP investments but also on processing equipment or punch and bending machines. Fewer CtP engines also require less floor space while less processing equipment drastically reduces the labor cost for cleaning and refill.

“With these new systems, Agfa Graphics again shows its commitment to the newspaper industry by offering state-of-the-art CtP technology that meets the requirements of the premium

level segment in the newspaper market,” said Emiel Sweevers, marketing manager for Newspaper Engines, Agfa Graphics. “Everyone in the industry is also looking for automation, improved production efficiency and cost savings. This is not different in the high-volume segment.

We are dedicated to newspapers and can be an ideal partner for them.

We offer the expertise in hardware, complete workflow solutions and consumables, covering the entire prepress production for print. Our goal is to continue developing solutions that enable our customers to effectively meet the current market challenges head-on and win.”

The Advantage N TR VHS features a trolley to transport plates from safelight environment to the platesetter. This gives operators the flexibility to load the plates in a separate yellow safelight environment more easily and efficiently, in case switching to yellow safelight conditions is not possible in the room where the CtP device is installed.

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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.

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

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Digital Technology

NEW WHITE PAPER: LANDA DIGITAL PRINTING REDEFINES PRESS OPERATOR USER EXPERIENCE (UX) Landa has released a new white paper, “The Landa UX: Revolutionizing the Press Operator User Experience for Breakthrough Productivity”, that explains why user experience (UX) has become such an important consideration for many industries—including print. The paper explores how Landa has incorporated the latest 21st century UX design and touchscreen TECHNOLOGY into its Landa S10 Nanographic Printing® Presses in order to meet the needs of the MARKET and deliver unparalleled press operator efficiencies and productivity.

within easy reach of all press controls and output trays.

Using an offset press requires the full attention of the press operator and forces him to stand next to the press delivery during the entire production period. In contrast, the Landa S10 offers a new operation concept with a superior user experience. The Landa Operator Cockpit enables the operator to be significantly more effective, performing additional tasks such as inspecting print output, monitoring press functions, managing the JOB LIST, and more—in parallel to managing production, all without compromising on productivity and print quality.

Landa Alters the UX Landscape While touchscreen TECHNOLOGY and UX innovation has come a long way in other industries, such as automotive, healthcare and financial services, the PRINTING press room experience has remained largely unchanged for many years. Engaging with hundreds of press operators, Landa undertook considerable research and used its learnings to redesign a new UX from the ground up. The objective was to radically improve current workflow and operator habits to help ensure print’s continued relevant and profitable role

within the marketing mix.

The new white paper details how the Landa S10 press incorporates latest market leading UX technology and expertise - delivering for the first time, an extremely human-centric approach to printing. It explains how Landa presses are managed from a central command and control area called the ”Landa Operator Cockpit” that features a large touchscreen display, positioned at a 45-degree angle to the delivery end of the press. Like never before, this allows operators to be

Gilad Tzori, Landa’s Vice President of Product Strategy, explains, "Many industries revolutionized their user experience AND PUT the user in the center and made the user experience more enjoyable, improving the end results and reducing faults. Airplanes, cars, and cameras are all great examples of this revolution. We hope that by reading the white paper, you will gain insight into how Landa has used advanced technologies in the Landa S10 Nanographic PRINTING® Press to deliver a truly outstanding, more productive user experience.”

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Digital Goes Heavy Metal The metallic finish is gaining popularity as new options promises to cut down on processes and open opportunities for digital printing. Sha Jumari explores.

is fused onto the media, the pigment particles lay parallel to the media, allowing for higher reflection of light from the pigment. This achieves a high sheen for a true metallic appearance.

The true metallic look with a high sheen has long been a coveted finish, especially for this region. Beyond exuding a luxurious feel, Asian markets deem the metallic look, gold especially, to convey prosperity and success. From labels and packaging, book covers and greeting cards, its uses are wide-ranging.

Today’s climate calls for short-run, on-demand and personalised printing; applications that all fit with digital printing. Conventional methods of producing the metallised surface include offset, screen printing and hot foil stamping. These methods are often time-consuming and laborious.

There are now new digital innovations that aim to significantly shorten processes to better address the needs of the market.

The first half of the year witnessed Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific unveiling its latest production colour press, the Color

1000i, a first in the industry to offer both gold and silver dry inks. Aimed at the high-end professional printing market, the production press uses ellipsoid-shaped toner inks with flat reflective pigments. When the image

“Having the metallic ink directly within the digital printing machine helps cut out processes. The gold and silver inks widen up the creative capabilities and applications, such as business cards, certificates, photo applications, and direct mail,” said Yamazaki Toru, general manager, production go-to-market, Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific.

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A significant feature of the dry inks is that the reflective pigments do not allow light to pass through. This prevents the colour of the underlying media from showing through to allow printing on any media, including those with printed text and even darkcoloured paper.

“The inks can be integrated into personalised communication.

It boosts customer perception of quality through eye-catching prints and can facilitate premium customisation that will help the consumer feel more connected to the brand,” Yamazaki continued.

“The advantage of metallic printing is the emotional impact,” concurred Junichi Arai, Operating Officer,

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Japan.

“The role of print in general is changing, where IT media is replacing paper communication. However, metallic printed communication has the ability to bring out the true emotion of the message - better than email or any online media. From that point of view, metallic printing has a good paper- or print-only role. That’s where the value of metallic print is,” said Arai.

Konica Minolta announced that it will be placing the spotlight on the JETVarnish 3D and iFOIL at the upcoming IGAS 2015 in Japan to address the needs of the graphic communication industry in the region.

The iFOIL module utilises a new digital process that can produce hot foiling without the use of dies, plates or make-ready. This process can create new customisation applications not available through traditional spot UV coating methods due to the increased throughput for flat spot UV jobs and 3D raised effects.

Another foiling method that incorporates digital print is the DM-Liner by Kurz Group, recently debuted at Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2015. Through a process called Digital Metal, the DM Liner combines digital printing with coating and metal-transfer to create metallised surfaces. The printed product can also be overprinted with UV or digital printing toner, to allow metallic colours besides gold or silver, to be produced.

Xeikon worked closely with Kurz to develop the solution to process high gloss or holographic digital metal foils using toner: “The trick is that our toner works together with a specific foil developed by Kurz. Our toner basically acts as a glue for the foil, that can be printed on to the material in any shape at all. Spaces that do not require a metallic finish are masked with a varnish,” explained Frank Jacobs, marketing communications manager, Xeikon.

Since pre-printing with the toner is digitally controlled, making it possible to include personalised content, serial numbers or individualised design elements: “This is a unique way to protect from counterfeiting as a brand protection feature,” added Jacobs

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5,000th XMF Workflow worldwide at US print service provider Fujifilm announces the 5,000th INSTALLATIONworldwide of its XMF Workflow at Christmas City Printing, a Pennsylvania, US-based print service provider.

reduce processing ‘standby time’ to a minimum, ensuring that each output device is used efficiently.

Furthermore, as a single XMF instance is capable of executing the RIP processing for multiple platesetters, the number of RIP devices can be greatly reduced, resulting in easier management and lower costs. It also means that the results of the job will always be consistent – even if produced on different output devices – resulting in a highly reliable workflow.

Founded in 1981 as a letterpress and business card print shop, Christmas City Printing soon evolved into a full service commercial print provider.

The company has supported its business growth over the years with the integration of conventional and digital printing TECHNOLOGIES, and today manages its hybrid print production environment using XMF Workflow as a central hub.

Chris Sicinski, vice president at Christmas City Printing, comments: “XMF Workflow has streamlined our production capabilities tenfold. With advanced imposition functionalities, the opportunity to create 3D virtual proofs for clients, and the unlimited number of users who can access the PLATFORM, XMF maximised our turnaround times and exceeded customers’ expectations.”

XMF Workflow is an efficient and highly scalable end-to-end solution system based on JDF specifications

and Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) TECHNOLOGY. It can handle complex jobs from PDF creation and preflight through imposition, trapping and output, maintaining the PDF file format right up to the final rendering stage using the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) technology.

The latest version of XMF, V6.1, is a powerful and flexible production hub incorporating Mercury RIP Architecture – a technology for high speed operation developed

by Adobe. As a result, XMF V6.1 achieves dramatic improvements in file PROCESSING times, harnessing the Mercury RIP Architecture to allow parallel processing of multiple jobs and reach a processing capability that is approximately 10 times greater than previous systems. This allows PRINTINGcompanies to utilise their output devices more effectively. In the event that output to a platesetter, proofer or digital printer is required simultaneously, XMF V6.1 can

Sicinski concludes: “Fujifilm is a reliable print equipment manufacturer that supports our BUSINESS development with advanced solutions and a partnership approach. We are extremely satisfied with the benefits achieved through XMF Workflow and delighted to work with Fujifilm as a long term partner.”

“With intelligent automation and advanced remote features, XMF Workflow is now one of the most widely adopted solutions to increase efficiency within the print environment. The 5000th INSTALLATION worldwide of our comprehensive workflow platform is testament to Fujifilm’s success in developing products that enable print service providers to effectively manage integrated production,” comments John Davies, business strategy & marketing manager print production workflow solutions, Fujifilm Graphic Systems Europe.

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FASTEST DIGITAL LABEL PRESS IN ITS CLASS The innovation delivered by the Xeikon Cheetah, the most important advancement for the digital label MARKET in 15 years, has received its first industry recognition – the EDP Award for Best Label Printing Solution.

The award was presented today at FESPA in Germany, and the EDP Association is the first industry body to recognize the market-leading qualities of Xeikon’s most productive digital label press, only months after INSTALLATIONat pilot sites around the world.

“We are convinced the Xeikon Cheetah will have a very tangible impact on customers’ BUSINESSES through a number of production gains, all at high quality. We are delighted that the EDP Association recognizes this as well,” states Wim Maes, CEO of Xeikon.

“The speed and quality of the Xeikon Cheetah will help our customers to win business while opening up new markets through improved cost efficiencies and increased productivity,” adds Filip Weymans, Director of Segment Marketing, Labels and Packaging at Xeikon. “The new press will also enable traditional label printers to adjust their workflow strategy to both improve competitiveness and expand their offerings. We have already seen these kinds of results at our three pilot sites. Upon the commercial launch later this year, we are certain more customers will be able to take advantage of this ground-breaking TECHNOLOGY. We are delighted

Kensaku Konishi, President and CEO, Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. Thomas Yip, assistant director, Canon Business Services Division, Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. that the EDP judges agree that this press has a lot to offer to the industry, and to forward-thinking operations looking to stand out from the crowd by adding value and creativity to the PRINT production mix.”

Xeikon Cheetah, a five-color digital label press, runs at up to 30 meters per minute, making it 56% faster than any other member of the Xeikon digital label press family. Its print quality is enhanced by the unique Cheetah toner, specifically developed for high speeds and based on Xeikon’s proven ICE toner technology. It complies with FDA regulations for food contact and offers the ability to print opaque white toner in a single pass. In addition, the exceptionally low fusing temperature for this toner means that a wider range of substrates can be digitally printed at very high levels of quality.

The availability of custom toners also expands the color gamut that can be achieved, especially when printing brand colors where a process match is difficult to achieve.

The EDP Awards were established by the EDP Association which was founded in October 2006 by the publishers of six TRADE magazines with a primary editorial focus on digital production. The EDP Awards acknowledge the value of R&D in the industry and recognize the best products of the past year.

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ALLIANCE PRINT & DESIGN SETS HIGH BAR WITH XEROX IGEN3 AND ORIS PRESS MATCHER PRO With new investment in up-to-the-minute equipment, California State Employees Association Printing Services has expanded its services to the general public and changed its name to Alliance Print & Design. The new name helps the print shop market its commercial printing services to outside customers.

Sacramento, California: For over 60 years, the California State Employees Association (CSEA) Printing Services Department was the exclusive provider to CSEA's union affiliates. But with growing affiliate in- dependence and changes in the way Californians communicate with one another, they started to lose business to more flexible and procampaigns, unions, non-profit organizations, and the State of California. But we're also working with a wide variety of large and small businesses, non-profits and even individuals. We're not too big to do someone's wedding invitations - we're not too small to handle and ship hundreds of thousands of pieces. ductive printing companies.

The CSEA print shop now had to sustain itself on the free market or shut down operations. So in 2008, CSEA

affiliates and the Board of Di- rectors approved a massive modernization project - including purchase of a five-color offset press and a Xerox iGen3, color managed by ORIS Press Matcher Pro. Rommel Hernandez, Plant Manager of the company says the name Alliance Print & Design better conveys their range of ser- vices and helped manage the transition. In a very short period of time, Alliance has been transformed into a modern commercial printing fa- cility offering a wide range of services - digital, conventional and large format as well as finishing and fulfillment.

"We have always been somewhat special as a lot of our work, even today, is political printing. We can now produce any kind of political material, from direct mail, postcards and door hangers to flyers or post- ers, with guaranteed quick turnaround. Our clients include political

Turn-around time is almost always a key issue in the decision on whether a job will be printed digitally or conventionally. A few hundred business cards printed on one of our offset presses can take hours to dry.

On the iGen3 they are printed and ready to be shipped in 30 minutes.

Another key difference is that all of our employees are very dedicated craftspeople and all are cross-trained.

This high level of professionalism allows us to run the entire operation with just 13 employees," says Hernandez.

Although most of the business still comes through four affiliates, the new digital press and its capabilities boosted the number of jobs coming from outside. Two years ago, less than 5 percent of our business came from the outside, says Hernandez. Today, that figure is 20%, and it's going to grow. Currently, Alliance Print &

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"Like all printers, we are seeing the size of jobs constantly diminishing.

At the same time the demand for consistent quality is increasing. To be able to provide consistency most of our printing is being produced to GRACoL industry standards. the digital and conventional presses.

Digital quality had to be as close as possible to our offset press output since our clients want high quality printed materials and do not particularly care about the process.

Some people were surprised when we started looking for a digital highvolume production press last year with print volumes in general being at an all-time low. But we saw an opening.

With print-on-demand becoming the rule, and the use of more and more variable data, there is no alternative to digital printing.

Xerox introduced us to CGS and the ORIS Press Matcher Pro solution.

We did a number of tests and found that it perfectly suited our needs.

It was one of the key factors in our decision to purchase the iGen3.

ORIS Press Matcher allows us to produce consistent color in our digital department, closely matching the output of our conventional presses.

As well as on the iGen3 we are using ORIS for the Xerox DocuColor 250

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Komori has succesful China Print show The International Printing Technology Exhibition of China (Guangdong) was held for six days, from Tuesday, April 7 to Sunday, April 12, 2015. As a sister show to China Print – the Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition, Print China has been held once every four years since 2007 and is a comprehensive show of the printing industry that is among the top shows in attracting customers.

This year marked the third edition of the show, which was held in the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center in Dongguan, a leading hub of the printing industry in China.

Themee - Innovation changes the world Booth area: -1,006 square meters Exhibit machines: Lithrone G37 H-UV-equipped fourcolor 37-inch sheetfed offset press (New) Lithrone G40 H-UV-equipped fourcolor 40-inch sheetfed offset press Lithrone G40 UV-equipped six-color 40-inch sheetfed offset press with inline coater Lithrone SX29 IR-equipped five-color 29-inch sheetfed offset press with inline coater

Impremia C61 (Full color digital printing system) Demonstrations The demonstrations were separated into package and commercial printing using images that assume an aggregated order from an art museum called the “Lithrone Museum.”

COMMERCIAL PRINTING Lithrone G37 (H-UV-equipped fourcolor 37-inch sheetfed offset press GL-437 + H-UV) This show marks the debut of the Lithrone G37, a high performance machine in 37-inch format, the ideal for Chinese paper sizes. Through stable operation achieved by H-UV printing and coordination of various automatic devices at the 15,000 sph maximum printing speed, this press offers the

power to address needs such as short turnaround times, a diverse work mix, short runs and low cost in publishing and commercial printing. In the demonstration, the Lithrone G37 printed the museum’s flyers/postcards using Komori’s standard K-Supply H-UV ink. Many visitors took the just printed samples and were astounded by HUV’s instant curing. In addition, the tablet-ready K-Station 4 Printing Task Control Software was introduced in the demonstration; its ability to perform progress management simply with a tablet computer was seen with deep interest.

Lithrone G40 (H-UV-equipped fourcolor 40-inch sheetfed offset press GL-440 + H-UV) Equipped with various automatic devices and incorporating special specifications, this machine performed H-UV printing with K-Supply ink demonstrating short turnaround, high productivity capabilities and printing with complex impositions of multiple items such as gang-run jobs for web printers and trading card work, giving visitors the feeling of the ‘OffsetOnDemand’ revolution advanced by Komori. Job changeover time during the demonstration was measured by a stopwatch, and the high speed provided by Full-APC (Fully Automatic Plate Changer) and the color tone and register adjustment offered by KHSAI gained a great deal of interest. The possibility of one-man operation was shown in the Chinese market, where

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Sheetfed Offset labor costs are soaring. By means of color matching with K-ColorSimulator, the independently developed CMS software, visitors were able to see the printing item from the Lithrone G40 and the output sheet from the Impremia C61 toner-based digital printing system and confirm the high precision of color matching.

varnish was applied by unit 6, and finally gloss coating was applied by the in-line coater, resulting in the drip-off embossing appearance. Visitors could compare the printing with just four colors on coated board and the same image with drip-off embossing on metallized paper and confirm the high added value package printing.

PACKAGE PRINTING To meet the expectations of China’s growing package printing market and solve the issues of package printing companies, Komori exhibited two offset presses specified for packaging work under the banner ‘KOMORI PACKAGE SOLUTIONS.’

In the demonstration using film, fivecolor package printing was first performed using a special green laid down by the first unit and four-color process colors by the following units on coated board. After changeover, film printing was performed with a white applied as the base by unit 6. This demonstration using a new dryer developed by Komori and the chamber blade coater attracted a great deal of interest.

Lithrone G40 (UV-equipped six-color 40-inch sheetfed offset press with in-line coater GL-640 + C + UV) Equipped with various special specifications, including UV, an in-line coater and a new dryer, this press switched between printing on metallized paper and film each day and visitors saw its wide-ranging printing adaptability with heavy stock (package printing) and special substrates (added value printing) along with many examples.

For the demonstration using metallized paper, four-color process printing was first performed on coated board; then on the metallized paper, white was laid down by the first unit, black, cyan, magenta and yellow were applied by units 2 through 5, drip-off

Lithrone SX29 (IR-equipped five-color 29-inch sheetfed offset press with in-line coater LSX-529 + C + IR) Having a maximum printing speed of 16,500 sph, a maximum sheet size of 610 x 750 mm and equipped with a new dryer and special specifications, the Lithrone SX29 is capable of printing on heavy stock and high added value printing, such as package and label work, in the small-format press market. In demonstrations of packages for cosmetics and foods, the machine performed high quality one-pass printing with 4C and one special color and printing for food packaging using a vegetable varnish.

CORNER EXHIBITIONS Digital/Workflow Impremia C61 (Full color digital printing system) The Impremia C61 is a toner-based digital printing system that can perform a wide range of work with the high image quality of its 1,200 dpi output resolution. Color matching of offset printing and the digital printing system was introduced by means of KColorSimulator (Easy color matching software), Komori’s independently developed CMS solution. Visitors could actually see a matching comparison of the output sheet of the Impremia C61 and a printed sheet from the fourcolor Lithrone G40 during the demonstration of the GL-440.

In addition, the Impremia IS29 inkjet digital printing system was introduced with video and printing samples.

In the Digital Printing Sample Corner in the booth, varied samples, including a long printed item output by the Impremia C61, were displayed, and many visitors took some home.

DoNet Corner The latest Komori technologies, such as KHS-AI, K-ColorSimulator and K-PressNavi (navigation system that supports standardization of printing), were introduced.

Visitor interest in KHS-AI and KColorSimulator was high, and they listened attentively to the explanations of booth staff while actually operating the software.

PESP/K-Supply The lineup of consumables and equipment as well as retrofit products best for Komori presses selected for print quality and to address the higher level and greater complexity of printing conditions were introduced.

Actual K-Supply rollers, K-Supply H-UV ink, blanket washing device retrofits and presoaked cloth for blanket washing were exhibited, and questions for technical specialists continued without letup.

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High-speed sheetfed offset at Joemay in Niigata On 22 April a Rapida 106 with four PRINTING units went live at printing house Joemay in Niigata, on the west coast of Japan, only three weeks after it was delivered.

The four-colour press for the Japanese market is somewhat of a novelty for KBA as the presses going to Japan are usually longer. Nevertheless, the world’s makeready champion won over all at Joemay with its fast job change and the Rapida 106 outstanding performance of up to 20,000sph.

Founded in 1995, the family-run firm with approx. 70 employees focuses primarily on commercial printing.

However, Joemay doesn’t think of itself solely as a printing company, but more a communication company given its broad service offerings ranging from campaign planning, production of contents and advertising material to PR services for customers. Along with printing catalogues, brochures, flyers and posters, challenging packaging

substrates, e.g. for Japanese chocolate, also belong to its portfolio.

Given the frequent mix of small to very large-sized jobs Joemay looked for a press offering the highest level of automation and the shortest makeready times. KBA was thus able to win points with its Rapida 106 makeready world champion against tough competition from Japan. The experts from Niigata were bowled over in particular by the savings in waste thanks to QualiTronic ColorControl. Further features include automatic plate change, water cooling, inking unit temperature control and the

networking via LogoTronic CIPLinkX. Raised by 450mm (17.7in) the fourcolour press often runs at speeds of up to 20,000sph and is currently the only high-speed press in Japan delivering this high level performance.

A digital speedometer is used by owner Takeaki Kato to draw the company’s employees, customers and business partners attention to this.

Further Rapida presses will installed in Japan over the coming months.

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Takeaki Kato, owner and CEO of Joemay, proudly shows his new high-speed Rapida 106 to business partners first quarter of 2015. The AGM at the Vogel Convention Center (VCC) in Würzburg was chaired by supervisory board chairman Dr Martin Hoyos.

Shareholders approve new company structure

In his speech to the shareholders, KBA president and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann emphasised the advantages of a de-central company structure. This stipulates converting the parent Koenig & Bauer AG into a management holding after spinningoff four operating subsidiaries for the business fields digital & web (KBADigital & Web Solutions), sheetfed (KBA-Sheetfed Solutions), security press activities (KBA-NotaSys) and production (KBA-Industrial Solutions).

Bolza-Schünemann: “We have been working intensely on this structural change since September 2013 and we are convinced that the improvements to cost and earnings transparency associated with the spin-offs as well as the internal customer supply relationships will have a positive effect on our company and earnings.” A large majority of the shareholders agreed with the management board’s proposal.

The agenda of the KBA 90th annual general meeting focused on the current status of the restructuring programme Fit@All, the shareholders’ decision regarding the proposed change to the group’s legal and management structure and personnel changes on the shareholder’s side to the supervisory board. This was in addition to the company’s figures for 2014 and the

The four spun-off companies will have a German legal status of an AG & Co. KG (limited partnership) with the parent and holding as a public limited company and sole general partner.

The holding company’s management board, which primarily will take over strategic and central tasks, is to be reduced from six to three members.

Along with president and CEO Claus

Bolza-Schünemann, CFO Dr Mathias Dähn and CRO Dr Andreas Pleßke will remain on the management board. The three other board members Michael Kummert, Christoph Müller und Ralf Sammeck will become managing directors of the operating companies in their respective fields. This is in addition to Lothar Hohmann as managing director of the security press business in Würzburg. Following the approval by the AGM and the entry of the new companies in the commercial register, the new structure will be implemented from 1 January 2015 retrospectively.

New supervisory board MEMBERS The AGM appointed Dr Gisela Lanza (41), university professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and head of the Institute of Production Science (wbk) at KIT, and Carl Ferdinand Oetker (42), MANAGING partner at FO Holding GmbH and managing director at WINK Verwaltungsgesellschaft, as supervisory board members. They replace longstanding members Baldwin Knauf (75) and Reinhart Siewert (77) who left of their own accord.

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Getting bigger and stronger Shenzhen Tiany s-Tang is looking to ride the wave of China's booming packaging industry to achieve greater success and get a larger share of the market. this, can we stay ahead in the challenging packaging printing industry."

The key to s-Tang's plan is significantly boosting its productivity while at the same time keeping PRODUCTION costs at a low level. However, quality is never to be compromised, especially since customers have strict quality requirements.

By installing a ROLAND 700 fivecolor sheetfed offset, the Chinese printer is all set to become a leading light in the Guangdong PACKAGINGPRINTING industry. Its all down to merit, the company has consistently turned out products of the highest quality their customers can truly appreciate.

Shenzhen Tiany S-Tang Printing Co., Limited was established in 2005 specializing in high-end gift boxes, delicate albums, handbags, brochures and cartons.

need PACKAGING. We are there to help,'' Mr. Wang said.

"The continuous growth of the PACKAGING printing industry provides us with excellent opportunities for our development. However, this also intensifies the competition in the market. Therefore, we are going to take advantage of the opportunity and become bigger and stronger. Only by

“We chose the ROLAND 700 as our weapon,” said Mr. Wang, “since ROLAND is well recognized as the quality benchmark in the industry.”

Premium print quality for solid image and excellent REGISTRATIONprovide s-Tang unique competitiveness in its quest for expansion. Thanks to the ROLAND 700’s flexible features, a wide range of upgradeable functions further enhance s-Tang’s capabilities of tackling dynamic changing market, for example color control system and UV equipment etc.

With the acquisition of ROLAND it won't take LONG for s-Tang to achieve its goal of becoming bigger and stronger.

Mr. Wang Maoqi, the company’s General MANAGER had foreseen a rapidly growing Chinese PACKAGING printing industry, even before s-Tang was formed. There was a gap in the market for top-quality, reasonably priced packaging products, and he was determined to step in and fill that gap.

"Plenty of things are indispensable to everyday life, such as household products, food and medicines. All of these

Mr. Wang Maoqi,General Manager of Shenzhen Tiany S-Tang Printing Co., Limited - forward thinking has enabled them to keep ahead of their game.

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End-user operating stage MINIMISE TOTAL CO2 EMISSIONS DURING EACH OFFICE PRODUCT’S LIFE Develop products and technologies that save energy

Sales & Service INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN SALES AND SERVICE Reduce the number of cars at sales offices optimise service visits

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IGAS 2015 Promises to Focus on Print Innovation Organising committee announces general theme, exhibitor lineup an general theme of the upcoming International Graphic Arts Show 2015. Sha Jumari reports.

“We target to double the number of visitors from overseas, including those from Southeast Asia, so that IGAS can truly be an international exhibition,” said Makoto Nishioka, secretary general, Japan Printing Machinery Association.

“We aim to make IGAS 2015 an exhibition beyond a conventional exhibition on print machinery. We would like IGAS 2015 to be an exhibition which provides problemsolving solutions,” Nishioka continued.

“We would also like to provide an opportunity for communication for print by involving not only the print-related companies but also the purchasing parties and brand-owners.”

Organisers also announced that from 2016 onwards, IGAS would now be held under a three-year cycle.

According to organisers, the change was made to correspond with drupa’s change from a four-year to a three-year cycle. The committee has removed its Speaking at a media conference in Tokyo, the Japan Graphic Arts Suppliers Committee confirmed that IGAS 2015 announced the line-up and general theme of the upcoming International Graphic Arts Show (IGAS) 2015. The exhibition is set to take place over six days from 11 September to 16 September 2015 at the East Halls of the Tokyo Big Sight.

Domestic media delegates as well as international journalists from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, were in attendance. The organising committee aims to increase participation from the Southeast Asian region.

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domestic edition, Japan Graphic Arts Show (JGAS) from its event lineup to focus resources on IGAS. To date, the number of participating exhibitors is 323, using 2,605 units of booth space. A wide range of exhibitors from the pre-press, print and post-press fields will be exhibiting. The digital print industry especially, is being represented by a significant amount of companies. Organisers added that exhibitors from China have already taken up 109 spaces.

Amongst the list of exhibitors who have confirmed attendance include: Fujifilm, Screen, Komori, HP, Canon, Miyakoshi, Horizon and Ryobi.

HP intends to exhibit its technology and application innovations with the full range its Graphics Solutions portfolio on display, including end-toend complement of solution partners.

Additionally, the 6th edition of DScoop Asia will be held in Japan from 13 to 15 September, to coincide with IGAS2015. HP is the executive sponsor of DScoop, a global community of HP Graphic Arts users that organises annual educational and networking events for its members.

Fujifilm will place the spotlight on its new CTP system total solution, ‘SUPERIA’, which claims to help the offset industry to improve profitability.

Screen will be showing its latest inkjet printing system, the Truepress

Jet520HD and its label printer, the Jet L350UV. IGAS is highly regarded as one of the major global exhibitions on print machinery held in Japan, showcasing cutting-edge machinery, technology and services, whilst providing a platform for active networking.

2015 Theme: Print + Innovation The general theme of the exhibition this year is ‘Print + Innovation’. The 2015 edition will categorise event spaces into five themes: +Session, +Tour, +Future, +Live Studio and +International.

At +Session, panel discussions and seminars on themes directly related to business will be delivered. In +Tour, touring the highlight areas of the exhibition site will be conducted for visitors. The programs will primarily be conducted in Japanese, although separate tours in Mandarin and Korean are currently in the works. +Future will feature exhibitors in categories and fields that differ from the conventional, such as 3D printing, paper electronics, colour universal designs, flexography, and print packaging.

To give visitors an overview of IGAS 2015, +Live Studio will be a dedicated space to broadcast information on the exhibition, such as event highlights.

The space will also spotlight smallscale exhibitors and those in newly introduced categories. The area will also feature multiple talk show segments to cover topics of interest.

Japan’s famous ‘Omotenashi’, or Japanese hospitality, will be on display at the +International area. To better serve visitors from overseas, this area is a networking space that will provide detailed exhibitor information and business-matching services by professional coordinators.

Visitors can register for IGAS 2015 from the official website.

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IDCm – InlineDensity Control motorized: perfect ink density made affordable InlineDensity Control (IDC) from manroland web systems is now also available for costsensitive retrofit projects. Druckhaus Haberbeck in Lage, Germany, retrofitted a ROTOMAN with the IDCm ink density control. In addition to print quality, the leading commercial PRINTER appreciates the high process stability.

“We wanted to offer our experience in ink density control in a low-cost control system. Customers deciding to retrofit the IDCm system will enjoy increased quality and process reliability while saving resources,” says Florian Fejfar, manroland web systems, explaining the motivation to develop the IDCm ink density control.

The Product MANAGER for Color & Quality describes the innovation and its distinction from the known InlineDensity Control as follows: “The IDCm uses traversing measurement modules.

This allows us to offer a much lower cost price at the same tried and tested measurement quality and precision.

We are now also able to offer uncomplicated upgrades to existing press equipment.” All of manroland web systems’ developments aim to provide customers with an optimal production environment and maximum flexibility for the long term. Subsequent press expansions and upgrades such as IDCm are a major component of this philosophy. Haberbeck, known for its inline and offline finishing products such as catalogs, flyers, and mailings takes advantage of this firsthand. The company retrofitted a 2004 ROTOMAN with the color control.

Quality UPGRADE for ROTOMAN Haberbeck uses the ROTOMAN to

efficiently produce small print runs with frequent JOB changes. The company also requires short retrofit and adjusting times (EDE). In Lage, flying language, price, and image changes are all a part of day-to-day business accompanied by complete image and ink changes.

All of these challenges demand stable production quality. IDCm is a sustainable solution, and Günter Wolf, Technical Director of Haberbeck, has been convinced since day one: “We are already familiar with IDC color control thanks to our LITHOMAN and are

extremely satisfied with its reliability and performance. We wanted to take advantage of this system for our existing ROTOMAN. But it was necessary for us to keep the procurement costs within a reasonable limit.”

IDC – ADVANTAGES throughout the pressroom The advantages of ink density measurement have a positive effect throughout the entire pressroom.

Haberbeck installed IDCm as a plug & play version, entailing fewer

Game changers

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follow-up adjustments. No software changes are required on the press control console and PressManager.

At Haberbeck, IDCm fully meets the expected measurement and control quality, handling, and material savings, as Günter Wolf CONFIRMS: “The SYSTEM impressed us with its excellent measuring precision, comparable to manual measurement.

Press operators are unable to make measurements at this speed and level of accuracy. IDCm is completely responsible for ink metering control.”

The expert staff takes advantage of the staffing resources freed up by the IDCm since the system opens a significantly larger window of time for runability and process optimizing.

“In addition, process stability has improved substantially, while waste has been reduced and ink saved,” Wolf states. He himself understands the production process very well, offering an analysis: “It has become much more transparent thanks to the integrated long-term quality evaluation. This helps us to adjust and optimize existing processes.”

IDC – in-house control system innovation InlineDensity Control (IDC) is one of many Inline Control systems

developed in collaboration between grapho metronic and manroland web systems. This includes ink and cut-off REGISTER, fan-out, and lateral web offset, all of which can be fully integrated into the PECOM environment. In a single measurement, IDC determines true ink density values across the entire width of the web.

The high frequency of the colorimetry enables a comprehensive quality report, which can be analyzed in a tool such as the PressMonitor. grapho metronic – success by precision! grapho metronic is the specialist for reliable, precise colorimetry in commercial, newspaper, and sheetfed

printing. For over 50 years, the efficient measurement and control systems have reduced resource consumption, ensuring consistent quality in the production process. Located near the Isar River in Munich, grapho metronic is a subsidiary of manroland web systems GmbH. grapho metronic develops and manufactures highly integrated cameras that are used for process and quality control in automated production.

Special application fields include spectral measurement technology, color density and layer thickness detection, REGISTER and image recognition at a high frequency and extremely high substrate speeds of up to 18 m/s.

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KBA Rapida 145 and 164 More power in VLF

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Our new Rapida 145 and Rapida 164 jumbos underscore our position as the technological and market leader in large format. The Rapida 145’s maximum rated output of 17,000 sheets per hour and the Rapida 164’s output of 15,000 sheets per hour as well as unbeatably fast job changes deliver an unparalleled level of productivity and cost efficiency. How? Through simultaneous plate change, parallel washing cycles, no-sidelay infeed, automated coating-forme change, quick-change screen-roller sleeves and presetting of all core functions. Plus options for inline finishing, quality assurance and much, much more. Any questions?

Give us a call.

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Epson launches new label printer for manufacturing sector The unveiling of the new ColorWorks C7510 commercial label printer at MTA2015 signals a growing demand for colour-on-demand labeling for the manufacturing sector. Sha Jumari reports.

As manufacturing is increasingly strengthening the Asian economy, the need for on-demand colour labeling for the sector grows. In response to this growing demand, Epson showcased the new ColorWorks C7510 commercial label printer at the recently concluded Manufacturing and Technology Asia 2015 (MTA2015) conference in Singapore.

The ColorWorks C7510 is Epson’s ondemand colour label printer that uses Epson’s proprietary PrecisionCore thin film piezo print head technology.

Designed for continuous printing, the C7510 is currently only available in the Asia region. It is able to print a maximum of 300 mm/5 at resolutions of 600 dpi. Users can potentially

save up to 50% on labeling costs while increasing productivity. The ColorWorks C7510 is purported to run twice as fast as older printers.

“We feel there is a big market for Colour-on-Demand (COD) labelling here in the region, because of the obvious benefits in cost reduction and productivity. While manufacturing production in China has slowed, ASEAN has grown, with foreign direct investments in 2013 exceeding that of China by 9.2%,” said Ng Ngee Khiang, general manager, Epson Southeast Asia.

“Taken as a whole, ASEAN could be considered the seventh largest economy in the world with a combined gross domestic product of US$2.4 Trillion. It’s the fourth largest exporting region accounting for 7% of global exports. Furthermore, manufacturers in US and Europe are finding a need to move their production closer to Asian consumer markets and are seeking to plant their flags in Singapore. These are all opportunities for COD Labelling market to grow,” Ng continued.

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Users also do not have to stock up on expensive pre-printed colour labels that may never be used. This would especially benefit manufacturers and suppliers that are required to adhere to the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.

Prior to COD, they would have to rely on the lengthy system of ordering preprinted colour labels, loading them onto black and white labels, and ensuring every label was correctly sized. COD labeling will reduce this entire process to a single step, effectively cutting down on time, labour and costs.

Industries that adhere to GHS standards include chemical, oil and gas.

Other sectors that can benefit COD labeling include the pharmaceutical and food packaging industries. Ng added that small and medium enterprises are also showing interest in COD in order to reduce costs of third part label supplies.

“Colour-on-Demand printing provides a number of benefits for any business, not just manufacturing,” explained Ng. “The most prominent is the reduction of overhead costs. Manufacturers no longer need to deal with the cost of pre-printed labels, which might end up being unused and wasted, and SMEs do not have to deal with third party

label suppliers who, very often, have a minimum order requirement.”

According to Epson, a new industrial grade colour label printer that caters for higher print volume users will be launched in the region in the third

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quarter of the year. Ng concluded: “This new model is 3 times faster than current model and even more reliable.

We are confident it will further improve the productivity and efficiency of businesses significantly.”

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KBA Rapida 106 World champion in medium format

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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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Revolutionary digital printing solution – BOBST starts beta site program BOBST is known for driving innovation in the packaging industry, and for the technological leaps that allow packaging manufacturers to reach new markets and better exploit existing ones. Today, BOBST is proud to announce one such leap, the first beta site installation of the highly anticipated BOBST digital printing press for corrugated board.

customer for this revolutionary press.

We firmly believe that the technology this BOBST solution brings will permanently transform the corrugated packaging industry.” Philippe Milliet, Head of Business Unit Sheet-fed, added, “Model have been our partners on many such pioneering projects and we tremendously value their input because of their forward-looking philosophy.”

Working with Stream Inkjet Technology supplied by imaging technology leader Kodak, BOBST has produced the first credible digital solution for industrial scale corrugated box printing. The Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology not only delivers vivid color reproduction and one of the highest print resolutions available, it also utilizes food compliant inks, a key issue for packaging manufacturers in many sectors.

Designed to deliver four-color digital post-print directly onto a broad range of uncoated and coated corrugated media, the BOBST digital printing press is unique in that it offers both personalization and speed, on short-run and high volume work. This sheet-fed press delivers superb quality, variabledata printing at exceptional speeds – up to 200 meters per minute – and can handle sheets up to a maximum size of 1.3 x 2.1 meters.

Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO of BOBST, said, “We promised the packaging industry a series of revolutionary digital printing solutions. Now that the

corrugated version is in beta testing, the industry can see that we are making good on that promise. This press will start a revolution in the corrugated packaging industry because it opens up such a huge range of possibilities to box makers, and to their clients – the brand owners.”

The site chosen for the first beta installation is the Model AG plant in Weinfelden, Switzerland, which is also the production and management hub of the CHF 700m turnover Model Group. Dr. Daniel Model, CEO of Model Group, said, “We are very excited and proud to be the first beta

Philippe Milliet further said, “The BOBST digital printing press is unlike any other solution seen in the market.

For corrugated packaging makers, it bridges the gap between high-volume flexo printing and the lower capacity digital systems available up until now.

Furthermore, the press has been designed to integrate into the typical high-volume post-print production environments of the corrugated industry. For our customers, it means they can offer their clients more flexibility and the reactivity to meet dynamic consumer demands, by introducing new products with versioning, mass customization and personalization.“ The beta press at Model AG will be shortly followed by a second installation in Europe.

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Muller Martini China Hosts Successful Open House in Shenzhen Almost 100 visitors from over 50 graphic arts companies from across China took the opportunity to see the new Ventura MC 160 book sewing machine and the Presto II saddle stitcher live in action at the open house held at the Muller Martini plant in Shenzhen.

Muller Martini demonstrated how fast the Ventura MC 160 compact book sewing machine can be changed over from one job to the next. The numerous visitors were visibly impressed by the state-of-the-art technological features, such as servo technology with a patented drive design, servo-controlled thread tension, combined staggered stitching at the push of the button and the active thread divider system.

Lots of Positive Feedback The quick setup times also attracted lots of interest during the demos of the Presto II. Muller Martini also showed live how double production enables increasing productivity significantly.

“Overall, we have received good responses from customers and most of them felt that their visit to our open house was useful and very beneficial to their work,” concludes Finn Nielsen, Managing Director of Muller Martini China.

He was delighted not only by the large number of visitors, but also by the fact that four machines were sold during the open house – one Presto II saddle stitcher each to Hangzhou LuoShi Printing Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Yutong Printing Co. Ltd, a Diamant MC 35 bookline to Beijing QL-ART Printing Co. Ltd. and a Pantera perfect binder to Shanxi Tiansheng Guocai Culture Development Co. Ltd.

The business model of China’s leading producer of high-quality art books is explained to Bruno Müller (second from right), CEO of Muller Martini, and Finn Nielsen (right), Managing Director of Muller Martini China, during the visit to Artron.

Visit to Artron During the open house, visitors also had the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at Artron Shenzhen.

With its three production sites in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, each with Diamant MC 60 booklines in operation, Artron is China’s leading producer of high-quality art books.

Wan Jie, founder and Chairman of the Artron Group, and Wang Xiao Bing, General Manager of Artron Art (Group) Co. Ltd., were delighted to welcome the many guests, including Bruno Müller, CEO of Muller Martini, in person.

Artron and Muller Martini have been strategic partners since drupa 2012. Besides the installation of new machines, the partnership includes Muller Martini providing support to Artron in maintenance of the machines (in line with the MM Services package) and the recruitment and training of machine operators.

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Digital cold foiling solution to create security and appealing label applications Domino has recently launched its first digital cold foil solution based around the proven Domino K600i digital print module. The solution uses the K600i to print a digital adhesive and create the image area prior to UV-curing and delamination.

Unlike some other ink jet systems that print metallic ink to provide a foil-like effect, the digital cold foil solution introduced by Domino is based on real conventional metallic foil to provide a higher quality finish and enable the use of security and decorative holographic images within the foil.

Depending on the substrate, the digital cold foil solution can operate at speeds up to 75m/min (246ft/min) and can be SUPPLIED as a stand-alone unit or be retrofitted to an existing foiling station.

It is offered in up to seven different foiling widths ranging from 108mm (4.25”) up to 782mm (30.81”).

Philip Easton, Director of Domino’s Digital Printing Solutions Division, comments: “We have been facing an increasing demand for a digital coil foil solution over the last seven years, so have now combined the latest higher resolution K600i print TECHNOLOGY with an advanced adhesive formulation and a web handling solution supplied by AB Graphic International.”

Since the launch of the K600i monochrome ink jet printer in 2010, Domino has INSTALLED over 200 modules in a range of different production lines, including label presses for hybrid printing, and finishing and sheet-to-sheet lines. The new K600i cold foiling solution is based on the same TECHNOLOGY, albeit printing a new digital adhesive.

Digital foiling represents a unique proposition for security applications designed to prevent parallel TRADE and anti-counterfeit activity. The combination of holographic foil with digitally created images provides additional product complexity and makes counterfeiting increasingly difficult to achieve.

The label and packaging market, which is seeing a trend for shorter run lengths and multiple SKUs, is another segment that can profit from digital foiling. Easton explains: “According to our customers, production run lengths are getting increasingly shorter.

More importantly, brand owners are expecting lead times in some cases as short as 24 hours. The only way a label converter can efficiently respond to this DEMAND is by digitally printing the labels. And, if the produce then needs foiling, our digital solution can be cost effective but also an efficient

way to quickly process multiple small runs.”

The K600i foiling solution benefits from the inclusion of Domino’s unique i-Tech intelligent T E C H N O L O G Yp r o d u c t i v i t y enhancing smart features designed to optimise printer performance and maintain the highest levels of productivity.

Domino’s i-Tech ActiFlow ink circulating system ensures that the ink is always moving around the PRINT head, even when the print head has stopped, while the revolutionary i-Tech CleanCap automated print head cleaning and capping TECHNOLOGY reduces manual operator intervention.

In addition, the i-Tech StitchLink micro-motor controller technology ensures that all heads are automatically and precisely calibrated to print as one, enabling seamless print across the full web width.

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!

Top quality, true 1200 x 3600 dpi Dry toner electrophotography 98 ft/min (30 m/min) 5 colors Full rotary printing

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One of Europe's largest self adhesive label producers to address new markets

Xeikon announced that Telrol Group, one of Europe's largest producers of labels, is the fourth label printing operation worldwide to INVEST in the breakthrough Xeikon Cheetah technology.

to wait until releases are already on the market – I want to have them before they are!”

With production sites spread over nine countries in Europe, the Telrol - Schades Group produces close to a billion square meters per annum of self-adhesive labels and paper rolls.

With five Xeikon 3300s – the most recent one installed earlier this year, plus Xeikon Cheetah technology being implemented in June; Telrol is one of Xeikon’s largest customers worldwide.

“Acquiring Xeikon Cheetah was the next logical step for us,” states CEO Hoessein Hadaoui. “We consider Xeikon to be a critical BUSINESS PARTNER. They are innovative, forward-thinking and always involving us as they develop new technology and solutions. For us, the Xeikon digital printing technology is ideal, because of the quality and productivity it delivers but also because of the food safety

This mutually-beneficial relationship enables Telrol to continually grow its visionary digital strategy: “We want to be a one-stop shop,” Hadaoui continues. “Our customers are number one companies in their field, and they want us to supply only the best. Xeikon technology puts us ahead of the competition. In our opinion, no other digital print production supplier can offer the integration, IT, strategic marketing or technological developments that Xeikon can. As an example, we are now also looking to expand into the security market. We already have a solid base in food, retail, cosmetics and beverages and believe security labels and ticketing will be the next growth market. Our Xeikon fleet positions us well to enter this exciting market.”

aspect of the Xeikon toner. Building on the great success and experiences we had with all of our Xeikon 3000 Series, we know Xeikon Cheetah will be a game changer that will help us take the company to the next level.”

Long standing partnership Telrol has always been at the forefront of technology evolution. “Change in the MARKET is happening extremely quickly,” Hadaoui explains. “It’s not a matter of being the smartest or the strongest – it is who can respond most quickly and effectively to change.

Keeping up with change is not enough, you have to be ahead of the changes or create the MARKET to succeed and grow. Working with Xeikon, we can do that. They keep me informed as R&D progresses, because I don’t want

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Speed is of the essence Running at 30m/min (98 ft/min), Xeikon Cheetah will enable Telrol to create a leaner multi-platform approach to print production, and deliver its customers a more tailored, cost effective and efficient production process. And it will ensure the company is able to quickly respond to any new market challenges.

Hadaoui clarifies: “Offering extreme productivity and quality, Xeikon Cheetah gives us a new way of seeing the market and its potential. We want to give customers broader access to the benefits of digital print by enabling more work to be transitioned from conventional production to digital.

Xeikon Cheetah technology will allow to significantly raise the crossover point in addition to the other advantages it offers.”

He explains that the press can easily handle volumes of close to 38.000 meters per day – counting 21 hours of production during three shifts. This ability takes digital label printing to new limits: “In my business, there is still a lot of low hanging fruit that can be transferred easily and cost efficiently from existing technologies. Not only can we then add value through digital print, but we can also increase capacity on the existing traditional printing machines. We have production plants that are dedicated to Blanc, Multi– Color, High–end, Digital, Commodity label and POS (cashroll) production.

Each of these sites are highly structured and have their own KPI´s to ensure each is as profitable and Lean as possible. Within the digital department, we can address a different set of demands and ensure that it is also as competitive as it can be. Of course, adding the fastest digital label

press in its class, we will be setting new break-even points for certain orders.

This opens up the market to broader digital support and a faster analog-todigital migration.”

Survival of the creative Being able to offer something extra is crucial to Hadaoui’s business ethos: “We are always looking to offer something new,” he says. “That is why we have worked closely with Xeikon throughout the years, and opted to become a pilot site for its Xeikon Cheetah technology – knowing it will meet our expectations. It had to be the best, most robust, and strongest solution in its class in order to support our aggressive 24/7 production schedules. When Xeikon sees any limitations, they proactively work to eliminate them. This ensures that they will continue to have the best digital presses on the market for our portfolio.

Because of our past experience with Xeikon, we expect ROI on our latest investment in just two years.”

This initial install is expected to serve as a blueprint that could be rolled out across the group,Hadaoui states, adding, “My strategy is to set up plants that offer the highest quality in one discipline, which is easy to combine and copy to other locations in Europe. It will help me Europeanise digital in the group. I can take the best configurations, processes and practices, put them together and set up similar digital divisions in every site.

Our investment in the latest and most advanced Xeikon technology is part of that strategy.”

And the timing is right with a buoyant market, Hadaoui concludes: “Our industry is set to grow and consolidate.

We are still in a pull market. Our anticipated growth is driven by two things – the market is growing volume wise but also important is our ability

to add value and drive down costs compared to conventional production, especially with growing demand for shorter runs and versioning from our brand owner clients. I believe you not only have to grow in the field in which you are operating but also keep your eyes open for growth opportunities in related fields. Staying in the same field is a limitation, and I don’t want to be limited in anything – not in markets, technology or people. My partnership with Xeikon ensures that I push the boundaries.”

ABOUT TELROL The company, founded in 1995, is headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands. The Telrol Group – comprising of Peha Labels, BioLabel, HACCP Label, LMG Ribbons, Kolibri Labels ,and Q-Tronics – is a European leader in self-adhesive labels. The company services the markets for food, retail, cosmetics, pharma, home and personal care, logistics and the chemical industry. Leveraging years of experience and an extensive range of converting machinery, the Telrol Group has the flexibility to succeed in these markets. The Telrol Group operates on a national and international level. The company now employs 275 people and features over 80 printing and converting machines and virtually unlimited technical possibilities.

Telrol Group was partly taken over in September 2014 by Hansol Paper, a conglomerate quoted on the stock exchange. The group, with a turnover of 150 million euros, continues to be run by its joint owner and CEO Hoessein Hadaoui. Together with the Schades Group which Hansol Paper acquired in September 2013, the acquisition of Telrol creates a one of kind in the servicing of POS receipts and self-adhesive labels for the retail business across Europe.

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FESPA 2015: Global Expo attendance up 17% FESPA 2015 Global Expo (18-22 May 2015) drew its largest total audience ever, with 43775 visits to Koelnmesse over the five days of the show, an increase of 17% compared with the previous flagship FESPA event in LONDON in 2013.

The combined event attracted 23137 individual (unique) visitors, with the majority electing to stay at the show for more than one day, resulting in the highest ever revisit rate for any FESPA event. This reflects the increased scope of FESPA’s Global Expo in terms of exhibiting companies and educational content, which motivated visitors to extend their visit beyond one day to take in all the product innovations and educational opportunities .

The speciality print mega-event played host to more than 750 exhibitors under four distinct event brands: FESPA 2015 (screen, digital and textile printing); FESPA Fabric (garment printing and decoration); European Sign Expo (non PRINTED signage) and Printeriors (printed interior décor).

FESPA 2015 Global Expo also offered visitors an Educational Hub, Sign Hub, Wrap Cup Masters vehicle wrapping area, 3D and Industrial Print Showcases, a gallery of FESPA Awards entries, and the NEW Printeriors conference featuring speakers from the interior design and architectural communities.

An increased emphasis on textile applications - including soft signage, interior décor applications and garment printing - was notable throughout the halls of FESPA 2015 Global Expo. This was reinforced by the publication on Wednesday 20 May of the six directional trends emerging from FESPA’s global PRINT Census, one of which was the rise of textile applications as a means

of diversification for print service providers.

FESPA CEO Neil Felton comments: “This was the most colourful, most comprehensive FESPA event we have ever delivered, and printers from all over the world touched down in Cologne, ready to discover their universe of print. This record attendance is an unmistakable SIGNAL of the renewed energy, optimism and engagement of our global community of suppliers and service providers.

“The fact that so many visitors committed more than a day to the show reflects the vast spectrum of innovative products and applications that were there to be explored, and cements FESPA’s reputation as the

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“Each FESPA exhibition is a reflection of the inventiveness and vitality that runs through the veins of our community, and the 2015 show floor was buzzing with imagination and opportunity. What’s clear from these five days in Cologne is that the word ‘print’ barely does justice to the diverse and imaginative TECHNOLOGIES, products and concepts that now come together under one roof at FESPA.” A strike by Deutsche Bahn employees impacted national train SERVICES in Germany on days three and four (Wednesday/Thursday) of the five-day show, with some service disruption continuing towards the Whitsun holiday weekend. FESPA responded by providing free shuttle bus services from Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt airports, enabling international visitors travelling by plane to reach the exhibition with ease.

The 2015 Entry form is out next month. Go to www.printworldasia.com for your copy.

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HP Accelerates Productivity for Sign & Display PRINT Providers and Corrugated Converters At FESPA 2015, HP unveiled the HP Latex 3500 and 3100 Printers, expanding its proven HP Latex TECHNOLOGY portfolio, and grew its digital corrugated offering with the HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press. These new solutions help sign and display print service providers (PSPs) and corrugated converters increase productivity and workflow efficiency.

New industrial HP Latex printers for dedicated and diverse application workflows To remain competitive, high-volume PSPs are constantly challenged to deliver short turnaround times across

varied applications, while maintaining top-of-the-line quality. HP is addressing these challenges to better meet the various production needs of sign and display PSPs with the new 3.2-metre (126-inch) HP Latex 3500 and 3100

The new HP Latex 3500 Printer handles high-volume, dedicated application production, boosting productivity and helping to reduce production COSTS

Printers, which build on the success of its more than 26,000 HP Latex printers INSTALLED worldwide.

Ideal for standardised workflows, the new HP Latex 3500 Printer handles

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Set your future along a secure, profitable path in labels and packaging with the HP Indigo Digital Press portfolio.

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Match your business needs with the widest range of digital production capabilities to help your business grow. Choose from the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press for heavy-duty medium and long runs, or move from one job to the next with the HP Indigo WS6800 Press, a high-performing versatile press for short to medium-run jobs, or why not step into the world of digital print production with the HP Indigo WS4600, today’s best entry level solution.

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high-volume, dedicated application production, boosting productivity and helping to reduce production costs.

With heavy-duty roll handling up to 300 kg (660 lbs) and 10 litre ink SUPPLIES, the printer enables more unattended operation such as overnight printing.

Additionally, dual-roll split spindles offer easier, safer handling of oversized rolls; in-line slitters reduce bottlenecks in finishing; and built-in LED lights support on-the-fly proofing.

“Every day, clients are sending us shorter and shorter deadlines. They want better quality and longer runs.

Our team was pushing the limits of our existing PRINT equipment to meet DEMAND and keep our customers happy,” said Andy Wilson, managing director, PressOn UK. “The HP Latex 3500 Printer has allowed us to push the boundaries even further. The larger media rolls and ink supplies allow us to produce longer runs and save time by printing overnight, enabling us to drive down operational COSTS.” Delivering high IMAGE quality for a variety of indoor and outdoor applications, the HP Latex 3100 Printer is ideal for large sign and display PSPs with a diverse service offering. Printing indoor quality at speeds up to 77m2/ hr (830ft2 /hr),(1) the printer can handle peaks in production and deliver on short turnaround times without sacrificing quality.

“PSPs are increasingly faced with complex jobs and shorter lead times, stretching existing equipment to meet client DEMAND,” said Xavier Garcia, vice president and general manager, Large-Format Sign and Display Division, HP. “The NEW HP Latex printers further establish HP’s industrial Latex portfolio, delivering a new level of productivity and operational efficiency to help our customers fulfill even the most demanding high-volume sign and display print jobs.”

Helping customers increase unattended operation with remote monitoring and print status alerts, the new HP Latex printers are both compatible with the HP Latex Mobile application,(2) with expanded functionality including metrics reporting and extended language support. The new Printer Status Beacon also helps operators stay up-to-date on job statuses and unexpected downtime from anywhere on the production floor.

The new HP Latex 3000 Printer series is also JDF-enabled, a standard language that allows data to pass between different systems to simplify data exchange and collection, helping PSPs reduce labour costs and increase profitability through automation.

Widely recognised as the industry´s most comprehensive finished graphics warranty, the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty

duration is expanding for HP Latex inks, now offering a six year warranty for film lamination. 3M™ is also introducing a new UV clear coat for third-generation HP Latex inks that features a five year warranty when used with 3M™ premium solutions. The 3M™ UV Clear Coat is expected to be available beginning September 2015.(3) The HP Latex 3100 and 3500 Printers and complementary HP Latex mobile app are expected to be available worldwide starting 3rd August 2015.

(4) A new bright white, FSC-certified HP Premium Poster Paper for use with HP Latex printers will also be available worldwide through licensing partner Brand Management Group (BMG).

HP Scitex expands digital corrugated printing portfolio Helping converters address market DEMAND for shorter runs and faster turnaround times, the new HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press, powered by HP Scitex HDR PRINTINGTECHNOLOGY, can increase digital print productivity for cost-effective corrugated packaging printing.

The new press features the recently introduced HP Scitex Corrugated Grip and HP HDR230 Scitex Inks and prints at speeds of up to 1,000 m2/hr (10,764 ft2/hr) for ECONOMICAL, high-volume production of industrial-

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Support for HP Latex 3000 Printer series and tablet devices available as of August, 2015.

(3) Certification and requirements vary by country. Graphics manufacturers using HP 831/881/891 Latex Inks, a 3M™ MCS™ Warranty component, that are eligible to offer the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty can go to www.3Mgraphics.com/warrantyregistration to register to receive their personalised Certificate of 3M™ MCS™ Warranty.

Once approved, they will also be able to use the MCS logo in their promotional efforts to brand owners.

(4) Availability will be country dependent and subject to change.

(5) Papiertechnische Stiftung Munich Deinking certification according to INGEDE Method 11 and European Recovered Paper Council Deinking Scorecard.

The new HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press, powered by HP Scitex HDR Printing Technology, can increase digital print productivity for cost-effective corrugated packaging printing grade corrugated boards. Prints made with the HP HDR230 Scitex Inks on a representative coated media have been independently certified as having Good Deinkability.(5) “With growing customer DEMAND for faster production, our full-service team frequently moves from graphic design to printing in a matter of days,” said Louis DeJesus, owner, Third Dimension. “The HP Scitex 17000 will help us increase speed to market, meeting deadlines impossible with conventional corrugated equipment.

The new press is a key ingredient in our plans for accelerated digital corrugated growth, extending the same high-volume capacity of the HP Scitex 15000 to power our new Charlotte,

N.C. facility.”

HP is also introducing the HP Smart Uptime Kit for HP Scitex Presses, a cloud-based inventory management system enabling customers to log parts, track usage and extract reports for increased production uptime and productivity.

The HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press is expected to be available worldwide starting 1st August 2015.(6) (1) Printed in Indoor High Quality mode (6-pass 6-colour 100%) (2) HP Latex Mobile is compatible with AndroidTM 4.1.2 or later and iPhone mobile digital devices running iOS 6 or later, and requires the printer and the smart

(6) Selected availability as of August 1, 2015 and general availability as of November 1, 2015. Availability will be country dependent and subject to change.

(7) Printing at up to 30 D/A1 pages/ minute and up to 1500 D/A1 pages/hour, the HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer is faster than alternatives for large-format printing of technical documents, GIS maps, and point-of-sale (POS) posters under $200,000 USD as of March, 2015 including 36-inch wide LED printers (printing up 22 D/A1 pages/minute) and wide-format printers based on Memjet technology (printing up to 800 D/A1 pages/hour). Based on internal HP testing of the HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer in line drawing print mode on uncoated bond paper printing in D/A1 landscape.

The new HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press, powered by HP Scitex HDR Printing Technology, can increase digital print productivity for cost-effective corrugated packaging printing

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NEWS HP Indigo 7800 at Nava Press to Better Support Luxury and Fashion Brands Rotolito Lombarda announces the INSTALLATION of an HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press at its Nava Press print facility in Milan, Italy. Servicing world leading luxury, fashion, furniture and automotive brands in Europe, USA and Asian Countries, Nava Press is using its new digital print capability to produce a wide range of short-run, high value publications and commercial print applications.

Enabling customers to produce short runs or simply react quicker to market opportunities, the HP Indigo purchase is driving new business and increased flexibility for Nava Press. Combined with a range of OPTIONS for digital print finishes, brands are now able to utilize Nava Press’ new HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press to increase consumer interaction and communication, through full personalization and versioning capabilities.

Paolo Bandecchi, Ceo of Rotolito Lombarda Group comments: “The installation of the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press is part of our strategic plan. Our customers, including major international luxury brands, want the certainty of having high quality print to enhance the beauty of their products and differentiate themselves from their competitors. Our new digital printing capabilities provide this differentiation, and allow us to print products with high impact."

“Our new HP Indigo 7800, and the new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 6LX3 LE which will be installed in June, will be alongside our existing Heidelberg machines that are dedicated to highvolume print production. These latest press installations represent a significant commitment to serve our customers and enhance our status as a global supplier of quality products. To support this INVESTMENT and to manage the overall business growth, we have also appointed a new Plant Manager of Nava Press, Luca Nesi."

Nesi graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in industrial technologies in 1992, with a degree in Engineering. He then worked in production roles at both

CSQ and the Bertelsmann Group, before joining Rotolito Lombarda in 2005.

Having held various production positions within Rotolito Lombarda, Luca is now responsible for managing the company’s expanding TECHNOLOGY portfolio, and successfully integrating its new HP Indigo press.

The print quality of the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press is comparable to the quality of offset PRINTING, and prints up to SRA3 + size in 4, 6 or 7 colors using Pantone colours too. It also uses white ink and prints on a wide range of media including transparent and coloured media.

Special printing capabilities enable Rotolito Lombarda to print high-impact products to increase the satisfaction of end users. Thanks to HP Indigo’s unique One Shot Colour technology, Rotolito Lombarda can now print on a wide range of synthetic substrates and plastic cards, and also offer a wide range of special effects, such as relief printing and digital watermarks – all on-press, reducing the normal time of production.

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH INVESTS IN MULTIPLE STRATASYS 3D PRINTERS TO STIMULATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM Stratasys Ltd, a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions has announced that the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich1 (ETH Zürich) has invested in multiple Stratasys uPrint SE Plus 3D Printers to enrich undergraduate engineering design training and aid

research students.

The INVESTMENT in the haul of professional uPrint SE Plus 3D Printers, from Swiss Stratasys reseller, Alphacam, follows ETH's objective to completely modernize its Technical Drawing and CAD course by INSTALLING the very latest technologies available. According to Professor Dr. Kristina Shea, head of the Engineering Design and Computing Laboratory (EDAC) at ETH Zürich, Stratasys' uPrint SE Plus 3D Printer was selected specifically for its reliability and ability to produce higher-quality, functional parts in comparison to other similar options available on the market.

"The course has between 450-500 students, so reliability was essential and a big part of our decision to INVEST in a professional 3D printer," says Dr. Shea. "We had previously relied on CAD and modeling on a screen, but using high-quality, functional physical models ensures students are far more engaged."

All of the work undertaken on ETH Zürich's arsenal of 3D printers is achieved using ivory ABSplus® FDM material, a mechanically strong and stable thermoplastic which is ideal for functional prototyping.

The ability of the uPrint SE Plus 3D Printer to print layer thicknesses of 0.330mm and 0.254mm provides the needed precision for students requiring accurate parts.

Customization, automation and motivation One of the key projects on the course

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is the customization and BUILDINGof a balloon-powered car model, which challenges students to design and 3D print various iterations of two parts for the car.

"Thanks to 3D PRINTING technology, we've given students the tools to design and prototype the wheel spokes and the top of the cars," states Dr Shea. "The first time we 3D printed parts, we did it in six days, running overnight. With nine parts to each car, it was a huge job, therefore you can see why the reliability of a professional 3D printer was integral to such a large investment. We now call them our ‘little workhorses!'"

Dr. Shea continues: "I was particularly INTERESTED IN the effect of using 3D printed models on students' motivation. With 3D printing, we saw increased motivation in learning to use the CAD software. The appreciation of scale and the importance of production tolerances grew when the customized parts the students had designed were 3D printed and assembled. Even though design manufacturing guidelines were provided, there were marked increases in understanding as a result of the material realization of their designs."

As Sig Behrens, General Manager, Global Education at Stratasys, explains; "We believe in empowering engineering students with 3D printing skills of the modern workplace and this is a strategy that many leading institutions, like ETH Zürich, are committing to and INVESTING in.

"The ability to access and familiarize students with professional 3D printing

technology is incredibly important, because these are tomorrow's designers and engineers," adds Behrens. "With its desire to embrace 3D printing, ETH Zurich is bridging the gap between academia and industry by fulfilling the demand for skills that EMPLOYERS are seeking."

The Optron “no-fly zone” – a new solution to the insect repellent

version also blocks electromagnetic SIGNALS for enhanced privacy.

Andy Voss, Managing Director of Lintec Graphic Films, concludes: “Like all Wincos architectural films, Optron is non-PVC and cleanroom-manufactured to an exceptional standard. Lintec is committed to providing innovative solutions and we are confident that this new product will be a valuable addition to our wide range of high quality films.”

Optron, the latest addition to Lintec’s Wincos range of window films, is an inventive new approach to repelling insects in environments where hygiene is paramount.

Fujifilm unveils new UV ink technology with launch of Uvijet OW at FESPA 2015

A patented product, Optron is a pressure-sensitive film that can be applied to both interior and exterior window surfaces. The film is designed to block the specific wavelengths of light that are visible to insects, therefore preventing their attraction to the glass surface. Lintec promises insect-repellent rates up to 80%, depending on which of nine Optron films is specified.

Fujifilm today announces the launch of an advanced new UV ink TECHNOLOGY at FESPA 2015, called Uvijet OW. The newly launched ink range, which is used in the Inca Onset series, has been developed specifically with improved adhesion properties so that it can be used on a wider range of rigid and flexible plastic substrates, while retaining the high jetting standard and printing reliability associated with all Uvijet inks.

Optron is the ideal non-invasive, non-maintenance solution for food manufacturing and PROCESSING plants, pharmaceutical facilities, hospitals, retail stores — anywhere that hygiene and sanitary protection are vital.

Available in seven versions for use inside and two for use outside, the film has other significant benefits. Aside from improving shatterproof qualities, Optron minimises the risk of skin damage thanks to its ability to block 99% of UV rays and reduces fading or discolouration of interior furnishings. The Optron GM

All Uvijet OW inks, currently available as CMYK, Lc, Lm and orange, deliver a high gloss finish and cure effectively at the fastest Onset print modes to ensure maximum productivity and excellent print appearance. The inks also provide superior resistance to post print PROCESSESsuch as cutting, creasing and routing.

Tudor Morgan, marketing manager at Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems, comments: “There is a shift in market DEMAND from PVC to a wider

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“We have reached a point where the IP address has limited effectiveness as a means of identifying and blocking illegitimate users,” says Ben Desjardins, director of security solutions for Radware. “With the proliferation of devices driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) and users operating multiple mobile devices more than ever before, the challenge of device identification continues to increase exponentially. Our device fingerprinting technology gives ONLINE BUSINESSES a powerful tool in combating the threats posed by the difficulties of accurate device and user detection.” range of more sustainable substrates, with brand-owners and retailers being increasingly asked to demonstrate their green credentials by using recyclable materials such as polypropylene and polystyrene. It is consequently fundamental for print service providers to ensure they use inks with excellent adhesion properties on a wide range of environmentally friendly media without compromising print quality or jetting reliability. Uvijet OW inks perfectly meet these requirements.”

TECHNOLOGY is used to precisely identify application users or website visitors who have a history of malicious behaviour, and are often part of a botnet.

He adds: “Fujifilm was the first company to commercialise the use of additional colours such as orange, green and violet on the Inca Spyder 320 platform in 2007, and we are committed to continuously develop ink systems that will maximise the impact of PRINTED images. By adding orange to the Uvijet OW range, it not only increases the colour gamut that can be delivered, but rigorous testing has proved that it delivers a brighter and more vibrant image.”

Businesses that conduct a high volume of online TRANSACTIONSare plagued by bots that can exhaust application resources, scrape sensitive information from websites illegitimately and seek vulnerabilities through application logic abuse. In order to protect applications from advanced bots or even collective human threats, website operators need more advanced user/client identification that can detect and block illegitimate users.

Provides accurate identification to precisley detect malicious end user devices

To help combat this threat, Radware's Attack Mitigation System has been enhanced with TECHNOLOGY that can track and precisely detect malicious end user devices regardless of the source IP address. Device fingerprinting implemented in Radware’s Attack Mitigation System suite uses dozens of characteristics of the device in a unique way to identify and distinguish it from all others. Using proprietary tracking, Radware can generate device reputational profiles that combine both historical behavioural information aiding in the detection and mitigation of threats such as Distributed Denial of Service

Radware®, a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions ensuring optimal service level for applications in virtual, cloud and software defined data centres, today announced enhanced protection from threats posed by advanced bots through its Attack Mitigation System. This major enhancement now gives Radware customers the ability to track end user devices without the need for Internet Protocol (IP) address. Fingerprinting

Many of today’s most severe security threats LEVERAGE bots and other traffic sources that can avoid detection by mimicking user behaviour, dynamically changing the source IP addresses or operating behind anonymous proxies and content delivery networks.

Accurate device-level identification allows for effective protection from traffic that can elude IP address based security measures. This includes malicious traffic coming through content delivery networks (CDNs) with whitelisted IPs, traffic using dynamic hosting configuration that results in a NEW IP address each time they access the Internet. Device fingerprinting can also improve identification of malicious users accessing the Internet through Network Address Translation (NAT) devices that result in many devices SHARING the same IP address, and anonymous proxy services that make it difficult to block IPs without potentially blocking legitimate users/devices.

Device fingerprinting further bolsters the Radware Attack Mitigation System, an award-winning solution to protect an enterprise’s infrastructure against network and application downtime, application vulnerability exploitation, malware SPREAD, network anomalies, information theft and other types of attack.

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