Print Innovation Asia issue 9

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Printing, Packaging and Publishing Industries across Asia. Issue 9 2017

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MGI & Konica Minolta wins at “Must See ‘Em” Awards 2017 HP leads the Digital Print Industry transformation Will become available in both a 4-colour and 5colour configuration Wine & spirits label printing? What you need to know Print and Paper Packs a Punch in a Digital World Special press for large Indian packaging printing company Landa announces worldwide commercial roll-out of Nanography

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Debunking Colour Management Myths Five things you need to know before exhibiting at a trade show PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2017 continues stellar performance Printable Polyester Film Revolutionises Packaging Industry Cast & Cure: 3D holographic effect makes its debut Asian Print and the Asian Packaging Awards entry forms. Go and be a winner in 2018 News from around the world

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MGI & Konica Minolta wins at “Must See ‘Em” Awards 2017 The two companies won three “Must See ‘Em” awards at Print 17, highlighting global partnership to demonstrate new advances of Intelligent Print Registration, FlexPack/ Label Enhancement & Colour Management

MGI Group and Konica Minolta will demonstrate the strength of their Global Alliance at PRINT 17 by presenting three new award-winning “Must See ‘Em” advanced printing technology solutions and sharing the largest booth at the US Graphics Arts industry trade show.

The annual “MUST SEE ‘EM Award” program recognizes the most compelling and noteworthy products each year at Print 17. MGI and Konica Minolta received the “MUST SEE ‘EM Award” distinctions for the following digital products: • JETvarnish 3D Web Print 17 will be the venue for the official launch of the world’s first fully digital, web-fed high-production flexible packaging & label enhancement press.

The JETvarnish 3D Web provides stunning 2D/3D UV dimensional, tactile textures and personalized, embossed Variable Data Foiling (VDF).

These eye-catching decorative special effects are now available without the traditionally expensive use of dies, screens or tooling on label rolls up to 420mm and at speeds up to 2520m/hr.

• Ceradrop F-Serie Printer Print 17 will also be the American launchpad of the CeraPrinter F-Serie solution in the traditional graphic arts & commercial printing industry. This turnkey materials deposition platform is a Printed Electronics (PE) lab system

for process development and Smart 3D Printing. Utilisation examples include advanced circuitry development of applications such as RFID, NFC, QDOT and OLED technologies.

Features include a patented, rotating “plug & play” inkjet/aerosol jet headholder, multi-curing options, in-situ characterisation devices and a full analytic software suite. The CeraPrinter X-Serie received a Print 17 “MUST SEE ‘EM Award” in the special “Future of Print” Category.

• IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer The Konica Minolta IQ-501 is a comprehensive, automated process management system for the AccurioPress C6100/C6085 engines.

It uses an inline spectrophotometer and two synchronised scanners to read output and maintain internal calibration. The result is ultra-precise colour yields and consistent image quality that achieves the highest G7 & GRACoL industry standards – as well as increased productivity, reduced waste and improved performance ratios.

Konica Minolta launches bizhub Press C71cf label printer

The company’s first roll-to-roll machine for the label industry is now available to the Asian region.

The bizhub Press C71cf is Konica Minolta’s first digital label press, and is designed to bridge the gap between entry-level and high-end digital labelprinting presses. It is targeted at label printers who are looking to shift volumes from offset to digital to meet demands for shorter run lengths, faster delivery times, personalisation and multiple SKUs. The bizhub Press C71cf is ideal for new market expansion and complementary use with existing analogue machines.

The bizhub Press C71cf utilises dry toner and does not require pre-coating of substrates. Print substrates include pressure-sensitive paper in gloss, semigloss or matte finishes to wine stocks, white BOPP, PET and polypropylene.

The press prints full CMYK colour, at 1200dpi x 1200dpi and supports a maximum paper width of 320mm. The machine prints at speeds up to 13.5m/ min.

Konica Minolta used the inaugural opening of its Customer Engagement Centre in Singapore to launch the bizhub Press C71cf. Now available to the Asian market, the bizhub Press C71cf was first launched at Labelexpo Europe 2015.

The launch further strengthens Konica Minolta’s goal to gain leadership in the industrial printing market. Key industrial applications such as labels and packaging are the focus of Konica Minolta’s research, as evidenced by its development of new printing technologies and partnerships with companies such as MGI Digital Technology.

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For advice on how Konica Minolta can help your business move forward, contact us at (65) 6361 2800 or enquiry@konicaminolta.sg

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leads the Digital Pri Company: HP Inc. Headquarters: Singapore Number of countries served: APJ (Asia Pacific & Japan) Interviewee/s & Designation: Mike Boyle Vice President Graphics Solutions Business - Asia Pacific Japan Nick Price - Business Manager HP PageWide Industrial HP continues to lead the acceleration of the analog-to-digital graphics printing transformation. Commercial digital page volume for HP’s customers are growing double digit , alongside accelerated adoption of its digital presses by leading print service providers worldwide as they grow business in a connected world.

Michael Boyle, General Manager, HP Inc. Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific and Japan explained “Brands across Asia Pacific and Japan need to engage their customers, reduce time to market, optimize supply chains, and deliver security solutions, HP continues to deliver innovative digital printing solutions that help brands meet these challenges, giving them a competitive edge on the crowded shelves, while also enhancing their profitability�.

Print Innovation Asia talks to Nick Price, Business Manager for HP PageWide Presses to find out how HP are succeeding in the market.

1. Why is digital printing growing?

Digital printing has historically been seen as a good solution for short runs. However with significant improvements in digital printing technology the economic crossover point is becoming more and more attractive.

Today HP have presses that can produce up to 100 million m2 of printed output per annum, which was unheard of just a couple of years ago.

This kind of productivity and competitive cost per copy completely changes the game and is driving the charge towards digital printing.

Secondly the flexibility of digital printing is also creating new applications and opportunities. Mass customization means that each and every printed page can be different.

Brand owners, and their creative agencies are now leveraging on the possibilities and are integrating them into their various product campaigns.

The labels and packaging segment has seen an explosion of personalized and mass customized campaigns that simply cannot be produced with analogue printing due to fixed images on plates and cylinders.

2. What are your observations on the digital printing industry in Asia Pacific? (As a global player, how do you perceive the Asia Pacific market? Can you give us your views on its present conditions and future projections?)

Much of the future global growth in Print & Packaging will happen in Asia Pacific, both through export manufacturing demand, and increasingly through domestic GDP growth; consumers in Asia Pacific will have more money to spend and are becoming more discerning and demanding. This is good news for the Print and Packaging market as it is driving overall volumes and variety.

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Most of this will require digital printing due to the customized print and the fast turnaround time required.

4. What challenges do digital print adopters in Asia face?

Printing and packaging is becoming more complex.

Individual print runs are declining yet the number of jobs produced per day is increasing, add to this the need for faster turnaround times and this is adding complexity to production.

The main challenge will be ROI. Those companies that are not prepared with adequate workflow and properly trained and experienced staff to manage this complexity will result in inefficiency that will impact profitability.

We are seeing this play out, with the larger players expanding their position and footprint in the market through acquisition and capacity building. These large players have developed a healthy mix of conventional and digital printing and have learned how to maximize them together.

At the same time this is putting a lot of pressure on the small-medium sized business that have ageing analogue equipment and are relatively risk-averse in regards to new technology.

Having a business transformation strategy and understanding the benefits of digital printing would certainly equip them with the choice points, and more importantly how to leverage both conventional printing and digital printing together.

3. What industry trends are gaining traction now in Asia?(Can you give us a forecast on where the industry is headed within the next five years?

What do you think will be the biggest opportunity for digital print in the upcoming year?)

Most print segments have already seen digital printing becoming mainstream.

However, we now see the growth of digital printing in labels and packaging increasing significantly over the next few years.

Mass customization will also likely grow in this space, so we will see more and more unique designs for the same product.

But probably the single biggest change will be the impact of e-commerce on retail and the way print and packaging is produced. Delivery boxes will become printed real-estate space on which personalized messaging and advertising can be printed. This will create new revenue streams for retailers and will elevate the importance of secondary packaging.

Nick Price, Business Manager for HP PageWide Presses

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HP PageWide Industrial T1100S Press This will require some mindset change and business transformation on the part of the print providers to survive.

5. How can printers make the easier transition into digital print?

Printers and Brand Owners can now take advantage of a large number of resources in Asia, demo centers, customer open houses and the ability to test many ideas, substrates and relevant applications on demo presses.

Choosing a supplier that has these resources and shows a long term commitment to both country and region will be crucial to success.

presses for longer runs and less changes.

This will improve margins on existing equipment and also gives time for the organization to learn and adapt to the new skillsets required to sell, market and produce digital print.

6. What is the single most important feature that PSPs should keep in mind when making digital print purchases?

Buying a digital press is just the beginning of the journey and certainly no guarantee to success.

Developing a partnership approach with the digital printing supplier will be critical and aligning on clear expectations from the beginning will set a solid foundation. A long term partnership will help increase the chances of mutual success, since a digital press is much more than just a piece of hardware that requires a good operator.

There are many levels of engagement that will help with success, such as

In operational terms, the transition will be a combination of things. First of all identify which work can be moved easily to digital print, for example: - Multiple SKU’s with short runs - Jobs which have frequent design changes - Jobs which have many separations/ plates/cylinders - Work which requires fast turnaround time - Many jobs on same substrate By moving this type of work to digital first will help to maximize conventional

Rice bags being produced on a HP PageWide Industrial T400S Packaging Press in South Korea

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HP has reinvented the versatility, productivity and quality of Corrugated printing so that you can stay ahead of your competitors. From basic corrugated to high value boxes, reduce delivery times on long and short runs while providing offset-substitutable quality. Always with end-to-end support from HP. The HP PageWide T400S Press gives you preprint and digital in one. The HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press ensures high-quality results delivered cost-effectively. Meanwhile, the HP PageWide T1100S Press with Multi-lane Printing Architecture cost-effectively prints multiple short runs with variable box sizes on one roll.

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7. Asia Pacific, while progressive in terms of technology, is still very much price-sensitive. Costing plays a big part in the final decision. What are your thoughts on this?

There is still a mindset in Asia that the cost of ink is the main factor when considering digital printing. Of course production costs are important, there are significant operational cost savings that directly benefit from digital printing that need to be factored in.

- Elimination of cylinders, plates, chemistry, solvents, recycling, CTP and hardware - Reduction of inventory, print only what you need and get paid for everything you print - Reduction of make-ready, time and waste - Reduction of storage and warehouse management - Faster turn-around time with more jobs per shift

To truly succeed though, digital printing should be part of a broader business transformation that will require time, a steep learning curve and a rethink of current skillsets throughout the organization.

It is critical to build a strong sales and marketing team that understands the value proposition of digital printing to develop new business opportunities.

Equally as important is to develop a production team that are properly trained and experienced to maximize the operational benefits of the digital press.

Without a healthy sales pipeline, happy customers and efficient production it will be hard to sustain a long term business. Ultimately ink costs will become a minor cost component of the overall investment and business transformation.

8. What is the one thing that the digital print industry should do more of, or perhaps should do better in?

Brands, publishers and retailers are

Jeb Hurley and Nick Price from the HP PageWide Industrial business constantly looking for ways to innovate and differentiate for their consumers in an ever competitive market place.

The adoption of digital printing is often made for operational considerations, however it can also provide a wealth of new opportunities that can benefit the brand owner in a big way.

Education and collaboration will lead to the creation of new ideas and applications that will ultimately filter down the supply chain and benefit all of those suppliers that have digital capabilities.

HP is working tirelessly with brand owners to share and collaborate on the possibilities of digital printing and in the last few years we have seen a proliferation of new print and packaging ideas.

However, the more we can educate and share the possibilities of digital printing as a broader industry the more the brands owners will start integrating them into their design, product marketing, manufacturing and procurement processes.

This will help move the conversation from cost reduction to business growth.

Any last messages?

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Will become available in both a 4-colour and 5-colour configuration Panther Series introduced, expanding Xeikon’s offering and application reach for the selfadhesive label market Only months after the introduction of the Xeikon PX3000 UV inkjet digital label press, Xeikon today at Labelexpo Europe announced an expansion of its UV inkjet portfolio. The Xeikon PX3000 will become available in both a 4-colour and 5-colour configuration.

In addition, the new entry-level Xeikon PX2000 was introduced, also to be made available in both colour configurations. All presses within the Panther Series are powered by Xeikon’s Panther technology, use unique PantherCure UV inks and take advantage of the powerful Xeikon X-800 digital front-end.

“We are excited to be expanding our UV inkjet line of digital label presses so quickly,” said Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing, Xeikon. “This rapid product development underscores our commitment to offering a broad portfolio of complementary solutions, for both our Cheetah Series of dry toner and Panther Series of UV inkjet digital label presses. Our goal is to bring to

market the broadest portfolio of digital label presses in the industry, together with professional services that help our customers determine which solution is best for their businesses. Our offering also includes workflow and finishing as these are crucial in enabling a fully integrated and seamless production process in the spirit of Industry 4.0.”

The Panther Series will include the high-end Xeikon PX3000 with a web width of 330mm (13”) and the entrylevel Xeikon PX2000 with a web width of 220mm (8.7”), both running at print speed of up to 50m/min (164.5ft/min) for the ultimate in productivity and throughput on the most optimal web width. These Panther presses will be available in two colour configurations, with the 4-colour press field upgradable to a 5-color configuration to allow label converters to add white ink.

“The reason for building a 4-color press is that, aside from the lower investment cost, with inkjet technology, performance of the heads is affected by the usage. Low usage, which can be the case for white ink, can result in reducing the uptime of the press. As some label printers do not need white ink, we believe offering the Panther presses in a 4-colour configuration services exactly their needs.”

The Xeikon Panther Series presses run on patented PantherCure UV inks which use a combination of LED and Mercury UV lights for curing – a concept, unique to Xeikon UV inkjet presses, that offers several benefits such as more consistent curing over time, lower energy consumption, a longer lifetime of the curing source and limited heat exposure to the substrate

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which makes it possible to print even on heat-sensitive substrates. PantherCure UV inks offer high lightfastness, and are resistant to heat chemicals, water, scuffing and scratching, making it ideal for use on pressure sensitive self-adhesive labels for the beverage, health and beauty, industrial chemical, household chemical and industrial markets. These inks deliver a tactile finish and 3D look and feel with uniform gloss appearance that is sure to delight both brand owners and consumers who view products on the shelf.

Driven by Xeikon’s unsurpassed X-800 digital front-end, the Xeikon PX2000 and Xeikon PX3000 excel in efficiency

and productivity, and can be integrated perfectly within any label production environment, including Xeikon’s dry toner digital label press portfolio. “In recent benchmark studies, we have seen that the Xeikon X-800 can save printing operations up to one hour per shift thanks to smart job queuing, job optimizer impositioning, colour management, and other capabilities.

Our workflow technology is a true differentiator that allows customers to get the maximum out of their presses,” comments Weymans.

Xeikon Panther Series presses also feature full rotary printing with variable repeat, consistent 600dpi at 2 bit printing quality and the ability to print

on common self-adhesive substrates including coated paper, PP, PE, vinyl, BoPP and PET. The Xeikon PX3000 5-color will be commercially available in March 2018, and first orders are already being taken from a few early-adopters. Xeikon is running live demonstrations of the Xeikon PX3000 on its stand at Labelexpo Europe in hall 5 where visitors can take advantage of the knowledge of Xeikon experts, who will be on hand to help them navigate through the many choices and make the right decisions for their businesses.

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Wine & spirits label printing? What you need to know

By Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing

Not one label is the same - different applications require different digital technologies, which is precisely why printing is such an exciting business. Whether it is for pharma, wine & spirits, beer, durables, health & beauty, industrial chemicals or beverages, every label comes with its own aesthetic and functional requirements.

We dive deeper into the characteristics of each of these end-use applications, and advice which digital printing technology is best used to produce high-quality labels that are in-line with market demands.

In this article, we focus on wine & spirits labels, which are often printed on challenging materials (natural papers) and include high-end embellishments.

Technically, these labels are among the most challenging for any label converter.

A technology agnostic approach At Xeikon, we did an in-depth

analysis of different digital label printing technologies (dry toner and liquid toner electrophotography, UVcurable inkjet and water-based inkjet), taking into account quality basics (dot positioning and dot sizes), substrate compatibility and process reliability as well as characteristics such as look & feel, durability and sustainability. The results are published in a white paper which is free for download from the Xeikon website.

Specifically for wine & spirit labels, it is important to realize these require a digital printing technology that is capable of delivering high-quality

labels on a wide range of challenging substrates that absorb liquid inks.

Therefore Xeikon recommends its dry toner printing processes over waterbased, UV inkjet or even liquid toner.

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16 Why? Because dry toner excels in three key areas which are important for wine & spirit label converters. #1 Wine & spirits substrates A broad range of substrates is used in wine & spirits, from synthetic, coated paper to the most challenging natural, structured papers. The last one, a very porous material, can only be printed on properly with dry toner as it doesn’t require any pre-conditioning or primer prior to printing. Any liquid ink is absorbed by the facestock and, as a result, will degrades in color strength.

Incidentally, applying a primer is always difficult as the layer gets partly absorbed by the paper. Dry toner, on the other hand, sits on top of the paper, is not absorbed and keeps its color strength. #2 Embellishment modules Spot varnish and foiling are common processes for wine & spirits labels and

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make them really stand out. Due to the absence of solvents, fuser oils or other liquids, dry toner is compatible with any kind of process (spot varnish, cold foil, hotfoil). Moreover, embellishments can be handled digitally too, using Xeikon’s Fusion technology, a unique solution of digital combination printing. It combines full color digital production printing with digital embellishment of labels and packaging in a single, one-pass and fully digital production process.

A print job is dropped in a hotfolder, RIP’ed and the different channels are sent to the relevant Fusion modules, including the press, without further manual intervention. Because every embellishment module is digital, every single design element in the design can be made variable or personalized, which opens up huge opportunities for new applications. #3 High image quality Wine & spirits frequently boast fine details, making image quality crucial.

The dry toner printing process has a print resolution of 1200 dpi where several particles create one image dot and where the toner is transferred to the exact position over and over, very consistently. The result is impeccable.

With water-based or UV inkjet one drop creates the actual image - any variation to the position and size has immediate effect on the quality.

Consequently, when high-quality labels are required UV inkjet is less suitable.

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Print and Paper Packs a Punch in a Digital World The results of an international survey by Two Sides provides unique insight into how print and paper is viewed, preferred and trusted by consumers around the globe.

In June 2017, a survey of over 10,700 consumers was commissioned by Two Sides and carried out by leading research company Toluna. Nationally representative surveys were undertaken in ten countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Not only is there a global preference for print, there is also greater trust in print. 76% of all respondents believe “fake news” is a worrying trend and only 24% trust the news stories they read on social media. In addition, 63% of all respondents believe reading news in a printed newspaper provides a deep understanding of the story.

The results reveal a strong preference for print when it comes to recreational reading e.g. books, magazines, news etc. 72% of global respondents prefer printed books, compared to only 9% preferring e-books. Significant country differences were also identified: in Germany, 75% of consumers prefer a printed newspaper, but in Spain, only 42%.

The survey also revealed consumers have a negative perception of online advertising. 68% of global respondents say they don’t pay attention to online ads and 62% find them annoying and usually not relevant. 57% of global respondents do their best to block or avoid online ads.

Despite the shift towards receiving digital communications, 89% of consumers believe they should have the right to choose how they receive communications (printed or electronically) from financial organisations and service providers, with a further 77% agreeing they should not be charged more for choosing paper bills and statements.

The common claims assisting this drive to digital, such as “Go Green Go Paperless” and “Save Trees”, are creating consumer suspicion as 62% of global respondents believe the switch to digital is because the sender wants to save money, not because it is “better for the environment”.

Concerns about security and privacy were also evident. 71% are concerned their personal information held electronically is at risk of being hacked, stolen, lost or damaged and 73% keep paper copies of important documents at home for safety and security.

Overall, findings conclude that consumers trust, enjoy and gain a deeper understanding of information read in print, with signs of digital fatigue and concern for electronic information security and privacy evident.

Accessing the report To download the global report, as well as the Key Findings from the UK survey, please visit: www.twosides.info/ Survey2017

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20 overuse of electronic devices could be damaging to their health Advertising preferences • UK: 78% don’t pay attention to most online ads • Australia: 66% can’t remember the last time they willingly clicked an online ad • Germany: 64% find online advertisements annoying and usually not relevant • U.S.: 54% are more likely to take action after seeing an ad in a printed newspaper or magazine than if they saw the same ad online

Reading preferences • France: 85% would rather read a book in print • UK: 78% prefer printed magazines • Germany: 75% prefer printed newspapers • Australia: 63% prefer to shop with printed catalogues • Brazil: 61% prefer their energy and utility bills in print

Trusted news • South Africa: 87% think fake news is a worrying trend • France: 74% would be very concerned if printed newspapers were to disappear • U.S.: 71% believe reading news in a printed newspaper provides a deep understanding of the story • France: 62% trust the news stories in printed newspapers • New Zealand: Only 17% trust the news stories they read on social media

Reading habits • Germany: 67% read a printed newspaper at least once a week • U.S.: 63% read addressed advertising mail at least once a week • Italy: 57% read a printed magazine at least once a week • Spain: 56% read a printed book at least once a week • Australia: 54% browse and shop for products using a printed catalogue weekly • France: 35% never read marketing emails

Digital overload • France: 79% think it’s important to “switch off ” and enjoy printed books and magazines • U.S.: 73% believe reading a printed magazine is more enjoyable than reading a magazine on an electronic device • UK: 72% believe reading a printed book is more enjoyable than reading a book on an electronic device • Brazil: 67% believe they spend too much time on electronic devices • Spain: 60% are concerned the

Key findings from around the globe

The drive to digital • South Africa: 93% believe they should have the right to choose how they receive communications from financial organisations and service providers • UK: 84% believe if they choose to receive bills and statements electronically, they expect to have the option to go back to paper communication • U.S.: 83% believe they should not be charged more for choosing paper bills or statements • Spain: 79% are increasingly concerned their personal information held electronically is at risk of being hacked, stolen, lost or damaged • France: 74% find it easier to track expenses and manage finances when it is printed on paper

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Special press for large Indian packaging printing company Six Rapida sheetfed offset presses at three locations in production - Second long special press - High level of satisfaction with automation and productivity At the drupa, TCPL Packaging, one of the largest packaging printing companies in India, ordered three Rapida 106 presses from KBA-Sheetfed. One of them already started its journey to the TCPL Silvassa plant in autumn 2016. The second started production in the Guwahati plant at the end of August.

This is a special press with six inking units, coating tower, two intermediate drying units, each with a further inking unit and coating tower, and a threefold delivery extension. It has a UV function, pile logistics and has been set 450 mm higher for packaging production.

Now a total of six Rapida 106 highperformance presses are in operation at TCPL – two at each of the locations Haridwar, Silvassa and Guwahati. A

The long Rapida 106 with six inking units, coating tower, two intermediate drying towers, a further inking and coating unit as well as a delivery extension at the official commissioning with Saket Kanoria, Managing Director of TCPL (left) and Dietmar Heyduck, Sales Director KBA-Sheetfed seventh and thus the third from the drupa package is expected to arrive shortly.

automated pool of presses, TCPL produces economically and offers top quality.

Complex configurations The new Rapida 106 is already the company's second with a very special configuration. In Haridwar, a long Rapida 106 with eight inking units, coating tower and extended delivery, as well as a cold foil module, has been in production for two years. It has additional packages for printing cardboard and foils, is equipped for UV/mixed operation and, among other things, is automated with pile logistics, a non-stop automatic function and FAPC plate changing.

High level of customer satisfaction The most recent installations show that the management of TCPL is very satisfied with the automation and productivity of the Rapida presses as well as the service provided by the KBA sales partner Indo Polygraph Machinery.

For medium-format sheetfed offset presses, TCPL invested exclusively in Rapida technology in the last few years.

The six Rapida 106 presses at TCPL have a total of 50 printing and finishing units, including seven coating towers for conventional and UV production, a corona unit and many further details for high-quality inline finishing. They were all installed between 2012 and 2017. With this very modern and

The company was only established in 1990, and today employs a workforce of 1,200 employees. It has all of the standard certifications for quality management and the production of food packaging. In addition, TCPL produces a whole range of other packaging – through to cigarettes and premium packaging. Many of the products of TCPL have won international awards.

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Landa announces worldwide commercial rollout of Nanography Landa hosted over 100 customers and prospects to mark the worldwide commercial roll-out of Nanography; included tour of Israel’s Graphica Bezalel, the beta site for S10 digital press. saleable sheets quicker than even we’d hoped for.”

“Our new Landa S10 will enable our customers to do things they’ve never done before. It allows a truly unique degree of production flexibility that will change the way that they manage their supply chains. For us, it is a genuinely groundbreaking and unsurpassed technology, taking our business into new areas of profitability.

The Landa S10 is now the focal point of our folding carton operation, and we’re confident that it will be a huge success.”

To mark the next milestone in the commercial roll-out of its Landa Digital Printing is hosting over 100 of the world’s leading print and packaging houses at its facilities in Rehovot, Israel.

Held between 11th-14th September, customers experienced the business progress made since drupa 2016, with a tour of Landa’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities showing Landa presses being assembled, tested and readied for shipping.

Customers also had the opportunity to

see for themselves the first Landa press at a production site, when they toured Graphica Bezalel, the Israel-based folding carton, packaging and label converter that is the initial beta site for the Landa S10 digital press.

“We are very proud to be the first business to install a Landa press and offer Nanography to the market,” said Eyal Harpak, director of Graphica Bezalel. “We’ve been impressed with the professional and dedicated installation team from Landa. They had the press up and running producing

Graphica Bezalel received its Landa S10 Digital Press in August 2017 and is using it to support local as well as international companies including Calvin Klein, Carlsberg, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, SodaStream and others.

Through its incredible color palette and medium-run digital print capability, the company’s Landa S10 is expected to provide new and profitable folding carton work, with a clear point of differentiation in a crowded market.

Yishai Amir, Landa CEO, commented: “With our first beta press now successfully installed at Graphica Bezalel, we are proud to host Landa customers and prospects here in Israel – showing them the incredible results from the Landa S10 and the huge infrastructure investment we’ve put in place to support our growth. As we ramp-up production, we look forward to shipping more presses in the coming months and to making them commercially available in H2 2018.”

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Debunking Colour We speak to industry experts to demystify the world of colour management and paint a more vivid picture in this often-misunderstood process. By Sha Jumari.

A colour management system refers to a set of software tools that are designed to merge the different colour capabilities across all devices in a print production process. The ultimate aim of colour management is to ensure that a consistent reproduction of colours that the eye sees, in other words “what you see is what you get”. This system enables the colours that are displayed on all monitors are as representative of the colours of the final printed product.

Every device in a print production process, such as scanners, monitors, proofing printers, imagesetters and the pressrun machines, reproduces colour differently. An open colour

management system is needed to communicate colour reliably between devices.

Understanding the theory of colour management may not come as first priority for most companies in Asia, especially those who are just transitioning from analog to digital print systems. Yet it is one of the most essential pieces of the final printing puzzle to repeatedly produce accurate colours across devices.

Myth 1: We are traditional offset printers so we have no need for colour management.

There are many factors that impact

how colour looks and is reproduced, such as the environment (is it dry or humid?), materials used, ink/toner/ hardware brands, operation methods and human perception. To overcome and minimise these effects, colour management plays a critical role to ensure colour transformation to be as accurate as possible from one end to another.

To ensure colours are consistent and accurate in a digital press, the following is involved: a. Ensure that the machine is correct and set to the manufactory specification, paying attention to factors like density of ink/toner on paper, operation environment, maintenance, etc. b. Paper Calibration process to ensure correct density is reproduced on that specific paper. This is because different paper will absorb ink/toner differently due to its characteristics such as fibre, moisture and grain direction. c. Colour Profiling to bring the machine back to a known condition, as colour can drift from time to time due to environment effect and operation temperature. d. How does one describe the colour “Blue”? How can we have everyone agree that this is the colour “Blue”?

This is where standardisation comes to

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Management Myths play. We want the colours to look the same in Shop A and Shop B. The only way to do that is to make both shops use the same Standard. A standard is one in which everyone agrees on, and not one that defined by the individual.

For example, ISO 12647-2 is an ISO standard for fffset while ISO 126478 is for digital presses. If both Shop A and Shop B are based on the same standard, then they can produce similar outcomes.

These are all part of Colour Management. The rules of colour management are the same, regardless of whether you are a traditional offset printer or a digital printer.

Some examples for colour management in practice includes: a. Adhering to an ISO standard means that Shop A and Shop B will get similar results, regardless of where the ink is made, and how they are made. b. Using software in a digital press to transform and map the printer’s colour to an ISO standard colour. After which, the colour can be reproduced as to what the source intended when printed on paper. c. Ensuring the monitors across devices should portray similar colours by profiling them towards a standard so that all monitors are able to output similar colours.

d. A can of paint needs to be the same shade as the last time it was purchased.

In order to get the same paint, the manufacturer will have to use devices to accurately mix and measure the colourant to ensure the same colour is being produced as before.

All of these are called colour management, in different forms and methods, but same ultimate purpose – consistent, repeatable colour that look the same. Colour management is an essential process that needs to be understood to achieve consistent colour.

-Colour Expert, Fuji Xerox Australia.

Myth 2: Colour management is difficult to understand.

The objective of colour management in printing is to obtain a good match across multiple print devices. This is so that the printer can accurately predict the colour that their press is able to produce, and thereby achieving that colour quickly with minimal waste and setup time.

For decades, the printer himself has been ‘managing’ colour, and there is a lingering perception that colour management is expensive and difficult to understand. Before even considering acquiring a colour management system, a process control must be in place. If the press is unable to print consistently, the whole effort on managing colour will be a frustrating exercise. The key point that is sometimes overlooked here is consistency. Technology, however,

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Therefore, digital presses should be colour managed correctly.

has moved colour reproduction into the realm of science, where the right tools with automation and real time adjustment capabilities, making process control and colour management both easy and affordable.

-Soh Teck Yew, certified Digital Print Expert, Konica Minolta BSA. Myth 3: It is challenging to achieve rich and desirable colours through production inkjet printers.

We acknowledge that the variance in colour gamut can be significant depending on the type of print equipment, software and colour model.

While colour reproduction may differ across manufacturers’ devices and environmental conditions, accurate colour management can be achieved through modern inkjet solutions that are advanced and highly versatile.

Collaborate with print partners and calibrate your inkjet printers to create a preferred colour space profile, enabling a solid and reliable benchmark for consistent results across varied print jobs on paper media.

-By Chia Wee Yaw, head of Professional Printing Products Division, Canon Singapore.

Myth 4: The digitally-produced print will not match the conventional print run.

In producing packaging proofs, those in the production department especially, are skeptical that the quality of a digital proof might be “too nice”, and that the pressrun will not be able to produce the same colour quality. Should a pressrun print fall short in matching to the quality of the proof, they fear they might be in trouble since the proof is what the customer signs off on. This is a very common misconception that we hear when first introducing our ORIS Flex Pack Web solution to packaging printers in China.

However, having a colour management system in place meant that this is not possible since producing a digital proof can only start from simulating the pressrun, or a standard printing condition, as a first step. Colour management links digital printing and traditional printing functions to achieve the most accurate colour matching.

- By Arthur Kwok, sales director for Greater China, CGS. Myth 5: A digital press is already colour standardised so there is no need for colour management.

Most of the digital press users in Japan are satisfied with default colour settings on the DFE defined by press manufacturers, using industry standard ICC profiles – Fogra, GRACoL, or JapanColor in Japan. If they use a single digital press and there is no collaborative work with any other

Colour management means not only making ICC profiles and colour conversion, but also daily management with measurement and evaluation. To compensate colour differences between digital presses, customers would have to tweak profiles, change settings in the DFE or use external colour conversion software like Automation Engine Color Module. To maintain and ensure colour standardisation, daily measurement and calibration is required.

To ensure standardised colour results, Fogra provides Fogra ProsessStandard Digital certification that sets the colour standard and also standardizes work.

In Japan, the Japan Printing Machinery Association has also established the Japan Color Digital Press certification similar to FograCert.

There is also the misconception that a digital press cannot reproduce brand colours. This claim mainly from packaging converters is partly true.

Many digital presses are CMYK-based and their colour gamut is similar to process colours on an offset press.

Vivid brand colours like Coca-Cola Red is “out-of-gamut”, so it is not reproducible even with some colour management systems.

However, several digital presses in the market exceed the limit with higher chroma inks or additional colours.

For example, Konica Minolta’s C71hc has “High Chroma Toner” which covers saturated colours and the HP Indigo can be equipped with additional Orange/Green/Violet inks to extend its colour gamut. Esko’s Color Engine can manage these extended colour spaces efficiently to reproduce brand colours, solving the limitation.

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FIVE THINGS TO CONSIDER A TRADE SHOW

By Nicole O’Donoghue

Trade shows can be one of the most rewarding forms of marketing when approached with the right strategy but there are many factors and costs to consider before, during and after the event. Rather than set specific objectives, some companies attend tradeshows without truly considering what they are hoping to get out of it.

Conversely, others may avoid trade shows altogether, if the cost outlay can’t be justified and the results are difficult to measure. If you’re a wouldbe exhibitor, ensuring you get the most from your attendance can seem like a daunting task but there are a number of steps that can be taken to ensure you get the best ROI for time as well as budget.

What’s the point?

It sounds obvious, but the first thing to consider is why you are participating in this particular show? Establishing whether the event will enable you to achieve your business’ key objectives is the first step. If your primary objective is sales, then how many sales do you need to cover the cost of attending the show, and do you know whether any of your customer prospects will be there?

You might be aiming to enter a totally new market and meet potential customers, or launch a new product for existing customers, but either course needs to be strategically planned ahead of the show if you want to ensure an effective use of both time and money. Starting by defining measurable objectives for each specific show will mean that your PR & marketing and sales team can align to work together to achieve the goals that are set.

Shout about it!

The next crucial step is making sure that potential (and existing) customers attending the show are aware of your products and why they should buy from you, rather than your competitors. Do you know who your target market is?

How will you reach them?

If you already have a good sales database, regular social media updates and e-mail newsletters will help remind them to return to you. Introduce special promotions early and include a ‘call-toaction’ to give people an extra incentive to come and see you.

However, a wider PR campaign is essential if you want to raise your profile to new customers and fully optimise your investment. The best way to do this is through regular news announcements to relevant media outlets, before, during and after the show. If you have new products to launch, an industry event is the perfect time to announce it as you will have better access to a ready-made community of press and potential customers. Negotiating or applying for a conference speaking slot at an early stage in the planning (check deadlines with the event organiser when you book your booth space) will also give you the opportunity to present your

company’s brand in front of a wider audience.

Including the event hashtags in social media updates also means that the show audience is more likely to find you. Even if you don’t have ‘news’, it’s still worthwhile to put out a “pre-show” press release that alerts the market to what products you will be showcasing.

Look the part The single most expensive element of exhibiting is almost certainly booth space, so your booth design needs to deliver ROI. Your booth design brief should carefully consider what you need from your booth; whether it needs to provide meeting space or a variety of demo areas. Do you have a large piece of machinery that can be installed or will you use videos to demo your products? How will you showcase

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AHEAD OF EXHIBITING AT Whether you have pre-booked meetings or casual booth walk-ups, having welllaid out and informative product brochures and catalogues, which you can print or email to your sales prospects, will pay dividends. Printed brochures may seem old fashioned to some people, but don’t underestimate the power of a well-designed hand out to create a memorable impression.

Follow-up Follow-up is crucial, plan it in advance and keep up the marketing effort. You shouldn’t leave it too long after the event – if you don’t contact your leads quickly one of your competitors will. It could be as simple as a thank you e-mail or resending your sales brochures to your leads, but it is important that you process them quickly, qualify them for prioritisation and add them to your mailing lists accordingly.

My last tip would be to ensure you pack some comfy shoes, it’s hard to stay cheerful when your feet hurt! your brand and USPs through the booth design?

A professionally-designed and constructed booth can help to reinforce the quality of your products and the professionalism of your business. However, not everyone has a budget that can stretch to this, and there is still a lot you can achieve with a shell-scheme booth. Print can make a significant impact, whether popup banners to full wall decoration.

Remember that delegates may be trying to find your booth from afar so place your logo in a prominent position!

Holding an event such as a press conference, or even some simple endof-day drinks is a great way to increase footfall to your booth, however you can really drive visitor interest with live product demonstrations and

presentations throughout the event.

Finally, ensure your booth staff are fully trained on your products and any sales procedures, so you can secure sales from both planned meetings and walk-ups.

Pre-book appointments and track visitors Most of your industry is in the same exhibition centre – that’s why you came! Apart from your sales targets, this is an opportunity to build media relationships, meet suppliers, and get involved in networking at the seminars.

Keep a record of your visitors by collecting business cards, and make sure they know about your business, even if they are not sales targets – don’t forget that every contact is a potential advocate for your business.

While exhibitions require a great deal of planning, it’s rewarding to watch all of your well-made plans pay off. Bespoke offers a full range of PR and Marketing support for events / exhibitions including press conferences/launches, exhibition booth and marketing collateral design, media liaison and direct sales emails. Contact us if you’re planning to participate in an event soon to find out how we can help you make it a success.

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PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL 2017 continues stellar performance Record success with biggest turn-out of 17,452 trade visitors from 59 countries 300 leading exhibitors from 25 countries Concurrent conferences, seminars and forum attracted over 800 attendees PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL – the 6th International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia, welcomed a record-breaking 17,452 visitors from 59 countries this year from a wide range of end-user industries. With 300 exhibitors from 25 countries and national groups from Germany, Taiwan, China, Thailand, and for the first time, Singapore, the bustling show floor included brand names from around the world as well as some of the best local players, all bringing to the forefront the future ready theme of packaging and printing 4.0.

Achieving a 20% increase in visitor attendance over the 2015 edition, the strong turn-out by international visiting delegations from China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam as well as visits from 48 local printing and packaging groups proved PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL’s relevance and appeal as a must-visit sourcing event for machine distributors, packaging and printing service providers, licensing manufacturers and finished goods producers. This

year’s visitor profile ranges from retail, creative agencies, labelling and corrugated packaging to various application sectors including cosmetics, food and beverage production, pharmaceuticals and multinational FMCG brands such as C.P. Intertrade, Merck, Siam Winery, Oishi, Dole, Reckitt Benckiser, Dutchmill, Friesland Campina, Ichitan, Malee, Taokaenoi, Osotspa, Monde Nissin, Nestle, Kao, Boncafé, among others.

A tripartite collaboration between The Thai Packaging Association, The Thai Printing Association and Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the exhibition closed last month in Bangkok, also included the signing of an extended Partnership Agreement between the three parties, which marks continued cooperation and enhanced editions of PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL. According to Mr Gernot Ringling, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the exhibition is an event for the industry by the industry and the renewed partnership will see the next three editions of PACK PRINT INTERNATONAL expand even further. “This year we saw high-quality visitors and noticeably higher demand across all the application sectors with many deals secured on the show floor.

From the Labelling zone, Automation and Robotics Pavilion to the One Stop Pack & Print Pavilion introduced this year, we saw very encouraging uptakes and will continue to fine tune this winning formula to reflect industry trends and demand,” he said.

“We look forward to reinforcing the exhibition as the procurement platform of choice as we strengthen working relations with key government and industry organizations and play our part in propelling Thailand’s influence as the centre for Southeast Asia’s packaging and printing technological transformation,” added Mr Ringling.

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Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore.”

For first-time exhibitor, Pressio Asia, Business Development Manager, Mr Kenta Kanamori, the exhibition was an ideal showcase for their products.

“We received interested buyers and understood their requirements and requests better in a face-to-face setting.

Joining the exhibition also provided us the opening to establish new working relations and collaborations with customers and distributors from the region. I look forward to increasing this reach at the next edition,” he said.

As for trade visitor Mr Suhendra Marz, CEO of Print Pack Indonesia, who was at the exhibition to take a look at new technologies and solutions, “we are very pleased with all the product demonstrations on the show floor and we even bought the latest labelling machine. This is not our first time coming as a group to the exhibition, and it will certainly not be our last.”

Echoing similar sentiments was Mr Cao Thai Luan, Director of Flexible Packaging Enterprise, Liksin Corporation who was there to source for a new flexo machine and other environmentally friendly machines.

“We will definitely share this with other businesses in Vietnam, and that this is a good exhibition to visit and even to come as exhibitors,” he said.

and equipment sales onsite with companies such as Fujifilm, HP, BPS United, Cyber SM, Wanjin Trading, Guangzhou Yue An Import & Export, Sansin securing business deals at the exhibition. In particular, HP Inc., announced the sealing of six new deals in Thailand across its Indigo and Latex range, including the installations of the first 2 units of Indigo 20000 and 1 unit of Latex 3600 in Southeast Asia.

For Sansin Printing Machine Material (Thailand) who has been exhibiting at PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL since it started in 2007, according to President, Mr Qi Xiaoyun, the exhibition’s world-class class planning and programmes - has led Sansin to - participate in every edition. “In this edition, we sold 30 machines and we are happy to meet with old clients and have also welcomed new visitors from

The four-day trade exhibition included insightful market information and trending developments in the packaging and printing industries via concurrent conferences, seminars and forums attended by over 800 industry professionals and specialists. Led by field experts from international and local industry organizations, these knowledge-sharing sessions, included the SAVE FOOD Conference, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and paved the way for attendees to learn, network, gain industry insights and engage in topical discussions.

The next edition of PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL will be held from 18 to 21 September 2019 at BITEC, Bangkok.

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Printable Polyester Film Revolutionises Packaging Industry Uflex Limited has developed a specialty polyester film for direct UV offset printing on non-absorptive surfaces.

in contrast, is a very elaborate and time-consuming process, impacting convertors’ productivity. In the end, neither process was able to fully meet market’s needs.

With a major invention, Uflex Limited has recently hit the packaging industry’s headlines. India’s largest flexible packaging company has managed to find the key to direct UV offset printing on non-absorptive surfaces: a specialty polyester film.

The Initial Problem The method of direct UV offset printing is gaining in importance in the packaging industry. But until now, polymeric substrates were lacking the crucial characteristic to allow good printing and ink adhesion, making direct printing impossible: an adequate surface energy. To gain optimal printing results on non-absorptive surfaces, however, the surface tension (or dyne level) of the substrate has to be in a certain relation to the surface tension of the ink. And it is important that it is neither too low, nor too high: With a dyne level of the surface lower

than that of the liquid, the ink will not wet the surface. With a dyne level of the surface too high, poor wetting and adhesion will lead to poor results.

10 dynes above the dyne level of the liquid is what experts say to be the right amount – but so far, this could only be achieved by a laborious modification of the substrate.

Corona Treatments and Primers: Far From Perfection In order to make the substrate receptive to direct surface printing, corona treatments or primer coatings were the means of choice, each creating its own challenges: Corona treatments, although cost-effective and fast, can increase static charges in the material treated. Furthermore, they do not protect the created dyne level from loss or decay during, for instance, storage.

Applying primer coatings that adhere to both the substrate and the inks,

Surface Printing Without Treatment Confronted with these difficulties, Uflex’s assortment expansion must have caused a sigh of relief in the fastgrowing flexible packaging industry.

After all, Uflex’s specialty polyester film solves all problems at once as it allows direct UV offset printing without any primer or treatment – a big step for e.g. decorative printing and thus packaging.

Furthermore, Uflex lists a minimum lead time on the converting end, excellent print results, suitability for high-speed machines and excellent ink adhesion amongst the benefits.

“Convertors had been facing difficulties with primer coating of the films as it takes a lot of time. […] I am happy that the team at Uflex addressed the pain point of convertors by engineering the UV offset printable PET film, which now permits surface printing without any treatment”, says Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, Uflex Limited.

The film comes in bare transparent and metallized variants, where the non-metallized side is used for UV offset printing and UV curing. The metalized version has an optical density ranging from 1.4 to 2.2. The metal bond between the metal and the film is 130-180gms/25mm

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Cast & Cure: 3D holographic effect makes its debut Scodix, the world’s leading provider of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, announces today the commercial availability of the Scodix Cast&Cure™ application.

delivers unmatched style and security features to brochures, packaging, displays, book covers, greeting cards, and bags. Scodix Cast&Cure creates a high-impact 3D holographic effect, bringing a whole new dimension, and value proposition, to customers’ print projects. Easy-to-operate with minimal setup, the effect is cost proficient for short to medium run lengths.

Making 3D holographic effects more accessible to brands than ever before, the latest addition to Scodix’ portfolio of applications provides yet another differentiator for printers looking for a competitive edge. Now available with the Scodix Ultra Pro™ Digital Enhancement Press with Foil Station, Scodix offers a record nine different enhancement effects, more than any

other digital enhancement system.

Customers will be able to see the application demonstrated for the first time at an Open House event at beta customer Drukkerij VD’s facility in Belgium, on 10th October 2017.

Employing a variety of standard offthe-shelf holographic patterns, as well as customized designs, this technique

“This particular finish is causing a real buzz amongst brand owners and we expect it to be very popular in the greeting cards sector and in packaging.

Specifically, we can see some scope in the authentication of products as counterfeiting becomes more and more of an issue for brands,” states Amit Shvartz, Scodix Marketing VP. “The process works by ink jetting the clear polymer directly on to the sheet before passing through a foiling unit which leaves a micro-embossed pattern on the polymer, thus creating stunning holographic effects by refracting the light. Scodix unique PAS™ (Pin Activate Secure) technologies deliver superior enhancement with ultrafine detail and flawless registration, achieving outstanding Cast&Cure quality. The results are amazing!”

Shvartz continues, “We are in the unique position at Scodix of being able to offer customers an unmatched number of digital enhancement applications.

This latest addition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to innovation.”

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13TH ASIAN PRINT AWARDS 2018 - THE ONLY REGIONAL AWARDS OF ITS KIND IN ASIA The annual Asian Print Awards was founded to recognise outstanding achievement in the print and packaging industries across Asia.

With more than half the world’s population represented in this fast growing area, communication in the form of printed matter links Asia’s diverse cultures. It is imperative that such print achievements do not go unrecognised, especially among the population base that Asia enjoys.

The Awards are judged on a wholly quality-oriented set of criteria to ensure that fair play is enacted at all times.

The Independent Judging Panel comprises highly qualified personnel from within Asia and around the world. The independent judging panel has no knowledge of the actual entrants details. ALL ENTRIES ARE NUMBER-CODED. Entries must be commercially produced work.

The Asian Print Awards is the only regional print quality competition of its kind in Asia. Supported by leading industry-supply companies, any progressive quality print house should enter and prove that they are the best - by winning the Gold, Silver or Bronze award. Proving pride in quality awareness is what customers love to see. It’s not just empty words, you can prove it.

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Categories 1-7 : Offset Printing Only 1. Calendars – any format 1. Sheetfed magazines – 4 or more colours 3. Book printing – less than 4 colours 4. Book printing – 4 or more colours 5. Limited Editions & Artwork reproductions (under 2000 print run) 6. Web Offset – Coated stock 70gsm and above 7. Web Offset –LWC (light weight coated) 65gsm or less

Categories 8 - 10: Digital Printing Only Will be Judged on – Quality – Production – Appropriate use of technology & Visual impact Provide name of press utilised in “Other technical details” of section B on the entry form

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Categories 11-15: Specialty Categories 11. Multi–piece productions and Campaigns – Any substrate or print process: Multi–piece Production must be 3 or more items such as folder, leaflets, ringbinders, inserts, envelopes including their contents. Campaigns must be 3 or more items with a consistent theme produced during the year by the same printer for the same client.

12. Embellishment - any substrate – any combination for example: embossing –diecutting – foil stamping – laminating, coating.

13. Innovation / Specialty Printing – the entry must exhibit any innovative and/ special application of machinery, process, substrate or finishing. A short description must be provided for the judges, detailing reasons for entry into this category.

14. Digital Colour Proofing: The Judging Criteria is to assess the best proof to print match. Entries must be from a commercial Production Job (not a test sample) and must supply a proof together with a full copy of the printed job. Magazines entries must provide a proof of eight (8) different pages together with a full copy of the magazine.

15. Self Promotion – any item printed to promote a product or company involved in the graphic arts industry. Self promotion cannot be entered into any other Category.

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All Narrow Web, Mid Web, Wide Web, Beverage Carton and Cups and PrePrint for Corrugated entries, MUST BE submitted with a minimum of five (5) full cylinder print repeats, at full printed web width and wound onto a 75mm (3”) cardboard core.All Narrow Web, Mid Web and Wide Web entries MUST NOT be printed onto a pressure sensitive web substrate

All Gravure entries MUST be submitted with a minimum of five(5) full cylinder print repeats at the full printed web width and wound onto a 75mm (3”) cardboard core. All other substrates to be packed to avoid creasing and damage.

Categories 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 MUST BE printed onto a pressure sensitive web substrate, be die-cut, submit a minimum of five (5) full cylinder print repeats at the full printed web width and wound onto a 75mm (3”) cardboard core.

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5. Combination Printing - Any number of printing processes or embellishments.

6. Non Pressure Sensitive Material any Process 7. Digital 8. Digital Packaging (New Catergory)

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Deadline for Entries Submission: 20th March 2018, 5pm Remember to submit 2 copies of each job! Why? - Just in case one is damaged.

SECTION A (This will not be shown to judges).

Entered by (company name): ______________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Person: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: _______________ Country_____________________

Postcode__________________

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Title of entry (description): ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Printed by (company name): ________________________________________________________________________________________ Client name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Designer Pre Press House: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Brand of Printing Machine used: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Stock supplied by (Merchant’s name): ______________________________________________________________________________ Brand name of stocks Coated Uncoated: ____________________________________________________________________________ Category entered __________________________________________________________________________________________________ By signing here you accept the rules and conditions of the Asian Print Awards

Signature over printed name_____________________________ Name_____________________________________________________

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Category entered (Same as above): __________________________________ Entry number (Administrative use only] ____________ Print method: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Number of ink colours Embellishments: _______________________________________________________________________________ Number of press passes Quantity produced (Print run copies): _________________________________________________________ Other technical details (finishing processes etc)_______________________________________________________________________

13th Asian Print Awards 2018 ENTRIES SUBMISSION CLOSES 20 March 2018, 5pm Send all entries to: APAM Pte Ltd, 39 Robinson Road,

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Category entered (Same as above):

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Entry number (Administrative use only]:

Print method: Number of ink colours:

Ink Manufacturer:

Quantity produced (Print run):

Brand of Printing Machine:

Substrate Type: Web Width: mm Substrate Thickness: microns Substrate Grammage: gsm Other technical details (finishing processes etc)

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION A company can enter a maximum of ten (10) jobs per printing category. All entries must be from a commercial print production run: Sheetfed entries must be full sheets untrimmed and supplied in a tube or flat between 2 sheets of cardboard to avoid creasing. All production details must be provided in all sections of the entry form and in English. (Otherwise, an entry will not be deemed eligible). Please note that all entries are non-returnable, unless a self addressed courier pack is supplied with an entry. All entries must be printed within the Asian Region between 21st March 2017 and 20th March 2018

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We hope to see you on stage in Bangkok - May 2018

LABELS & PACKAGING INNOVATION CONFERENCE : 2018 We will be sending out soon the details for the 16th Annual Packaging Conference in Bangkok Thailand in May 2018 As the Packaging Industry continues to grow, its more imoportant than ever that you KEEP AHEAD of trends, technology and more than ever your competition.

We have the best line up of speakers from around the world that will show you over two days all that you need to be one step ahead. You cannot afford to miss this event. Look out and reserve your seat soon.

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Purchases worlds first Screen TruePress Jet LV350 UV + LM Screen announces today the landmark first purchase of its Truepress Jet L350UV+LM press by brand management, digital print and interactive media provider Springfield Solutions Ltd. The sale, signed today at Labelexpo, represents Springfield’s fourth Screen label press and sees Screen continue to strengthen its position in the digital labels sector and expand its remit in food packaging labels.

An early adopter of technology since its inception in 1975, Springfield Solutions was among the first to use CTP, created some of the earliest digital assets for packaging, invested in one of the first Apple Macintosh computers, pioneered the use of ISDN to send artwork and installed the first of Screen’s label presses in Europe in 2014. Since then the Hull-based company has developed an extremely fruitful relationship with Screen, purchasing another two Truepress Jet J350UV presses to meet growing demand, becoming Screen’s biggest customer worldwide, advising on R&D routes, and now making another milestone investment.

“When Screen announced a new press with low migration inks we were instantly curious,” states Dennis Ebeltoft, Operations Director at Springfield Solutions Ltd, “With the additional accommodations for food packaging combined with such a productive, high quality digital press, it’s a very compelling proposition.

Innovation and growth are paramount to who we are as a company and

Screen shares and supports those values. Our previous experience with Screen and the reliability and efficiency of its technology meant that this new innovative machine was a natural choice for us.”

The new Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+LM uses newly developed low migration (low permeability) inks that offer enhanced safety and unrivalled levels of functionality to food packaging label production.

Additionally, the press includes a nitrogen purge mechanism for accelerating the curing of UV inks, further preventing ink migration and UV odour. Furthermore, the digital press delivers industry-leading, reliable print speeds of up to 60 meters per minute and enables the reproduction of a wider colour gamut by adding support for a special orange ink to conventional C, M, Y, K and white inks.

“Springfield Solutions is forming a habit of making landmark purchases from Screen,” says Bui Burke, Senior Vice President Sales at Screen.

“Pioneers like them are essential for us to bring the most relevant technology to market. In the case of the L350UV+LM, they advised on additions such as the chill roller, and have been advocates from early on.

Its invaluable. Our relationship with Springfield has gone from strength to strength since 2014 and we’re delighted to work with such a forwardthinking company.”

Successfully printing on a number of industry standard shrink sleeve materials

At Labelexpo 2017, Domino Digital Printing Solutions was excited to announce that it has had positive results successfully printing on a number of industry standard shrink sleeve materials, using its newly launched UV90six colour UV-curable ink set in the N610i ink jet label press.

These inks have excellent physical properties for printing on self-adhesive labels, but shrink sleeve capability has long been a disadvantage for ink jet when compared to toner solutions.

However, with this latest technology breakthrough, this is now no longer the case.

For shrink sleeve applications, Domino proposes that the N610i is supplied in a hybrid configuration using a flexo station after the N610i Integration Module to print a costeffective white back layer to the shrink label. This combination provides the full benefits of digital printing with instantaneous job change, minimal substrate waste and variable data printing capability, but more cost effectively, by using flexo printing for the high ink usage, non-digital elements. Domino is working in conjunction with a number of industry partners, including the press supplier MPS and AB Graphics International.

Philip Easton, Director of Domino Digital Printing Solutions commented, "We are in the process of understanding the cost of ownership model for shrink sleeve printing.

Industry feedback suggests that many of the toner applications are used for prototype production and early product life requirements. This is mostly driven by high unit cost and slow running speeds. The Domino N610i high speed ink jet solution, running 70m/min combined with a lower cost flexo printed white for the backing, offers a different proposition and will be a disruptive technology. After extensive testing of this capability with a shrink sleeve printer, one of our OEM partners has confirmed its first sale of a Domino hybrid line configuration designed to print both self-adhesive labels and shrink sleeves.”

Philip Easton further comments, "We are really delighted with the performance of our UV90 ink set.

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“With the launch of the Xeikon CX500, we are demonstrating our ongoing commitment to further development of dry toner technology for the print and packaging industries, ready for the future. It is the most productive digital label press in the high-quality class thanks to its combination of high speed and wider web. The ability to produce larger labels is particularly important with end-use applications such as labels for household products, pet food, decoration, etc.” states Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing, Xeikon.

“At the same time, we continue to support the entry-level Xeikon 3000 Series dry toner label presses, which are complementary to our high-end Cheetah Series.”

Build for the future Xeikon’s new generation dry toner platform has been designed around four key values that differentiate it in the marketplace, and sets a new milestone in the digital press landscape.

The development team in Domino has surpassed all our expectations with this ink, it is so positive to offer something very new for the market. Many of our customers have been asking for broader print capability. UV90 has improved adhesion and light-fastness and now with shrink-sleeve printing, we feel confident the already rapid adoption of ink jet technology will accelerate further."

New Xeikon CX500 digital label press, the first press based on a new generation dry toner platform At Labelexpo Europe, Xeikon introduced the new Xeikon CX500 digital label press, the first press based on a new generation dry toner platform that is ready for Industry 4.0.

For larger sized labels, labels requiring an opaque white or an extended colour gamut, the Xeikon CX500 outperforms all high-quality digital label presses in terms of productivity, thanks to its web width of up to 520mm (20.47"), full rotary printing technology and 30m/min (98ft/min) printing speed. The wide web Xeikon CX500 is part of Xeikon dry toner

Cheetah Series serving the high-end self-adhesive label market, and it complements the narrow-web Xeikon CX3 which has been very successfully

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Operators can quickly define and implement optimal settings with this innovative Industry 4.0 man/machine interface Consistent top-notch quality: expansion of the development unit ensures consistent top-notch quality and uniformity across the wider web width at high speeds and high resolution (1200 dpi) Reliable best in class uptime: dry toner is a proven technology that has always been, and will remain, a very reliable technology. It uses no solvents or inks that can impact the performance as is the case with other technologies, and has less impact on the production environment. In addition, it features longer lasting components and ensures efficiency for both operators and service technicians Unbeatable productivity: enhancements in the developing unit, the fuser system, material conditioning for more capacity, and much more in the development of this brand-new platform, make it the most productive digital label press in the high-quality class Just like the Xeikon CX3, the Xeikon CX500 runs on Cheetah toner, which is based on Xeikon’s award-winning ICE technology and is designed specifically to cope with the higher speed. It ensures a reliable and proven printing process operating at 1200 dpi, that meets FDA regulations for food contact and allows to print on standard label materials without the need pre-treatment, including direct thermal papers, BoPP, PE and CoExtruded films.

As with all Xeikon presses, the Xeikon CX500 is driven by the Xeikon X-800 digital front-end which is unmatched in enabling consistent print quality in combination with industry-leading productivity for label production.

The Xeikon CX500 continues the

Xeikon tradition, built on nearly 25 years of experience in digital printing, of developing presses and workflow solutions that deliver high quality and exceptional uptime.

“This introduction extends the Xeikon dry toner digital label production portfolio from the entry-level Xeikon 3000 Series presses through to the high-end Xeikon Cheetah Series which includes the Xeikon CX3 and the Xeikon CX500. This places digital label printing within reach of label converters of all sizes.

We are looking forward to hearing what visitors to our stand have to say about this expanded portfolio, and how it will help them in their decision process as they add or extend digital label printing capabilities,” concludes Weymans.

The new Xeikon CX500 is demonstrated for the first time at Labelexpo Europe on Xeikon’s stand in Hall 5, and will be commercially available as of 2018.

X-Rite Color Management Solutions Support G7 and PSO Workflows for Print and Packaging X-Rite Incorporated, a leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today unveiled new versions of ColorCert Suite 3.0 process control software and the award-winning eXact handheld spectrophotometer. Both releases support all G7 and PSO metrics, and guide operators in determining whether printed output is compliant with those guidelines. The new products, combined with X-Rite’s InkFormulation Software, offer commercial printers and packaging converters an integrated, end-toend solution for managing color consistency in a G7 or PSO process workflow. X-Rite and Pantone will

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A growing number of brand owners are investigating extended color gamut printing, or CMYK plus Orange, Violet and Green (CMYK +OGV), as a means to achieve more than 90 percent of brand colors using process printing. In addition, brand owners, especially those in North America and Asia, are requiring G7 and/or PSO compliance from labels and packaging converters as a way to ensure consistent color across printing processes. G7 provides a structure that guides process print to achieve a common appearance for output across presses, printing technologies and production sites.

Adopting the framework can help printers and converters meet brand owner requirements while increasing press uptime and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

“At Labelexpo, we will be showing how eXact along with ColorCert help validate that a printer has calibrated its

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The Goss Thallo printing system offers significant advantages for the profitability and environmental requirements of your business. Integrating web offset with flexo, gravure or digital into hybrid configurations means: • • • • • •

Sustainable printing, no solvents (VOC free), environmentally friendly Cost-effective plates and sleeve system Fast make-readies EB cured High print quality on a wide range of substrates Combined inherent advantages from each technology

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Release of the Acuity 15 flatbed printer Massivit 3D Printing Technologies today announced that its business has grown by almost 350% since the launch of its Massivit 1800 3D Printer at drupa 2016.

processes to G7 and PSO guidelines, and can monitor print quality moving forward to ensure it stays in compliance,” said Ray Cheydleur, Printing and Imaging Product Portfolio Manager, X-Rite. “With this solution, converters can provide their customers with real-time ColorCert Scorecard data that confirms compliance with these brand owners’ specifications, speeding approval processes and often eliminating the need for expensive and time consuming on-site press checks.”

Operators can now quickly measure output with the X-Rite eXact and export the data to ColorCert Pressroom for immediate G7 or PSO compliance determination. The new ColorCert software provides guidance as to how to quickly address any issues, including adjustments to density or ink strength using the BestMatch feature. By integrating X-Rite’s InkFormulation Software to this color workflow, operations can also ensure accurate ink formulations, validating the quality of inks upon receipt, as well as quickly creating ink recipes, including the use of leftover inks to create spot colors when required.

New Interface Improvements in eXact The new release of eXact features many user interface enhancements.

Operators can now choose one-step setup for G7 and PSO jobs for an 86% performance improvement over previous tools. A new quick menu tab on the front screen offers easy access to the most commonly used features in eXact. This includes one-click access to the Density/TVI tool for CMYK print processes and the L*a*b* tool for spot colors. X-Rite eXact still offers an enhanced mode for access to advanced features for power users,

The exponential success has seen the company secure over 30 customers from 15 countries on five continents.

Since the launch of the flagship Massivit 1800, the company has also grown its worldwide distributor network, now 25-strong, to provide full customer service support and training.

As the world’s only 3D printer specifically engineered for large format signs and displays, the Massivit 1800 empowers companies to produce attention-grabbing applications that surpass those created using traditional methods, while also enhancing their competitive edge.

Among those customers already enjoying such benefits is SuperSize, a dedicated 3D printing subsidiary of Israel’s largest retail specialist, Heidia Group. The Petach Tikva-based company, purchased the Massivit 1800 to extend its business offering to the retail, advertising and exhibition sectors.

“With almost 30 years’ experience in the industry, we have built a reputation as expert craftsmen when it comes to iconic retail displays for many international brands. Maintaining this ability to offer our clients innovative displays, is at the forefront of our business model and is the reason we continue to invest in pioneering technologies,” explains Ofer Gal, Founder and Chairman, Heidia Group.

“With the ability to quickly combine luxury with head-turning appeal, our Massivit 1800 not only adds a new dimension to our portfolio but it’s our solution of choice for statement pieces.

“In fact, we recently produced a 1.8m/ 5.9ft tall flamingo for a luxury private event. Utilising the Massivit 1800’s

dual print heads, we 3D printed the flamingo in just one day. Painted in the famous salmon pink, the model is now housed in the event organiser’s home.

It not only continues to captivate the attention of visitors to the organiser’s home, but has also contributed to increased business.”

In addition, leading Italian digital print house, Sismaprint, has been able to meet its objective to enter new markets since the installation of its Massivit 1800.

“As the first Italian adopters of the technology, we are differentiating our business offering and pushing the boundaries of super-sized applications,” says Oscar Stucchi, President of Sismaprint. “The ability to elevate our existing applications to new heights has seen us increase our customer base and enter the promotional, event and interior decorating markets.”

Offering unrivalled print speeds and dual printing capabilities, the printer can quickly produce premium models up to 1.8m / 6ft high, allowing customers to produce engaging advertisements, unique displays and much more.

“The immediate impact that the Massivit 1800 3D Printer is having on our customers’ ability to grow their business, reflects its ability to successfully fill a technology gap in the market,” says Avner Israeli, CEO, Massivit 3D. “Additionally, it demonstrates that brand or marketing managers within their own customer base are always seeking to maximise their budgets and add as much WOW-factor as possible to their campaigns,” he concludes.

The market is changing

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Goss International Singapore Pte Ltd 2 Toh Tuck Link, #05-01, Singapore 596225 PHONE: +65-6462 4833 www.gossinternational.com

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