Industrial Print Magazine Oct-Dec 2018 issue by Industrial Print Magazine

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New Ricoh Pro C9200 Series..........................06 Key Industry Associations.........................10-13 Joy Chan Advertising........................................14 Superior Press triumphs..................................16

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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Dear Friends from the Printing Industry: Greetings | Selamat Pagi Ricoh Malaysia introduces the new Ricoh Pro C9200 series of digital sheet fed colour presses. The RICOH Pro C7200 series prints at 2400 x 4800 dpi VCSEL image quality with a large colour gamut without sacrificing speed or versatility. With the Ricoh Pro C9200 series, Print Service Providers can expect enhanced revenue potential, reduced operational costs and empowered business growth opportunities. The latest addition to the suite of toners available for the Ricoh five-colour presses is the Invisible Red toner which is normally invisible, but shows as clear, distinguishable red under ultraviolet light. This “invisible” toner is perfect for adding security features to a variety of applications. The highly promising Malaysian Printing Industry is supported by leading industry associations of the country. Each of these industry forums are contributing significantly in the growth, development and technological upgrade of its diverse segments represented by members from across the length and breadth of the country. The industry is represented by many with the PPPMM, PPPIM, SFTCPPA and MPA like associations leading from the front. We have interviews of the top management guys of these associations who have shared the vast responsibilities and activities being carried out by each of these industry bodies. To know in detail about the working, representation and members of these association, the readers may go through the inside pages of this magazine which has these articles as our special feature this time. Joy Chan Advertising is the Signage Powerhouse of Melaka. Covering the leading players of the Malaysian printing industry, we have shared with you the story of this leading signage solutions provider of Melaka. Joy Advertising, christened as just “Joy” now, works with major brands directly in Malaysia. For Heineken Malaysia Bhd., they are doing their custom made internal pub signages. Besides their many customers, they also do a lot of work for Tiger & Guinness all over Malaysia. Mr. Joy Chan worked his way up to one of the leading players in the Malaysian signage industry now. Today, they deal in Digital design, Neon and LED and many such modern solutions. Joy prides itself as a one stop shop for their customers. Our next story is about the journey of a printing press of Selangor, Superior Press, with region’s many first installations to its credit and reaching to the top under the guidance of its mentor Peter Chan. The expected 5 years of RoI turning to 1.5 years for Superior Press’ Heidelberg impressed Peter Chan to an extent that he readily made up his mind to buy another Heidelberg – a bigger format CD 102 which he added just a year after. Read many such achievements by Superior in the story titled: Superior Press triumphs with higher productivity machines. Apart from these special takes, read about the latest happenings from around the vast field of general, 3D, packaging, labels, signage and many other segments of printing in the region and from around the world in this year-ending issue of Industrial Print Magazine. Wishing our readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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New Ricoh Pro C9200 Series Maximizes the revenue and delivers business growth

Ricoh Malaysia introduces the new Ricoh Pro C9200 series of digital sheet fed colour presses. With the Ricoh Pro C9200 series, Print Service Providers can expect enhanced revenue potential, reduced operational costs and empowered business growth opportunities. Building on the highly successful Ricoh Pro C9100 technology platform, the Pro C9200 Series offers increased image quality with outstanding registration. With the all-new Auto Colour Diagnosis technology, colour consistency and stability is assured through detecting and adjusting subtle toner fluctuations while printing.

The latest addition to the suite of toners available for the Ricoh five-colour presses is the Invisible Red toner which is normally invisible, but shows as clear, distinguishable red under ultraviolet light. This “invisible” toner is perfect for adding security features to a variety of applications.

Expanded media capability is delivered with enhanced long sheet capability of up to 1,030mm auto duplex, 1,260mm simplex and increased media support up to 450gsm.

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With improved purge control, Operator Replaceable Units and replenishable toner on the fly, continuous operation and maximum uptime is further enhanced.

> With the Ricoh Pro C9200 series, Print Service Providers can expect enhanced revenue potential. > Colour consistency and stability assured with all-new Auto Colour Diagnosis technology. > The RICOH Pro C7200 series prints at 2400 x 4800 dpi VCSEL image quality with a large colour gamut without sacrificing speed or versatility.

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Productivity is increased with models printing at up to 115ppm (A4) or 135ppm (A4) while streamlined production is enabled with inline options offering the versatility to produce a wide variety of applications. To provide ease of usability, a new, intuitive 17inch operator panel is designed to enhance customer experience, along with added features such as the Media Management Tool which simplifies sharing of media catalogue between printers and also LED guide for easier paper jam removal.

The Pro C9200 series printing is controlled using an external Digital Front End (DFE). A range of DFE options are available, ranging from the EFI Fiery E-45 or E-85 to Ricoh’s high performance TotalFlow Print Server R-62 which offers excellent integration with various pre-press workflow solutions. “There is no other digital colour sheet fed press that matches the value performance package of the Ricoh Pro C9200,” states KL Loh, General Manager of Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. “All these advances have been developed to flexibly support higher quality, on demand production of a wider range of services, printing on a wide range of substrate types that includes

synthetics, carbonless paper, coated and uncoated stock and envelopes. They help Print Service Providers maximise production uptime and expand capabilities to more efficiently, cost effectively and profitably answer broadening market demands.”

New Ricoh Pro C7200 Series – Builds on Ricoh’s successes of making unprecedented and unmatched colour printing affordable The RICOH Pro C7200 series, featuring the 5th colour station models, brings best-in-class price performance and predictability to the most demanding production print environments. Boasting in-line sensors and calibration, these presses aid better front-to-back registration and colour consistency without the need for lengthy specialized training. The 5th colour station Pro C7210X and Pro C7210SX empower shops to produce high-value five colour applications helping them to stay ahead of the competition. Built on the legacy of the RICOH Pro C7100X, these presses print five colours faster and more accurately while offering even greater media flexibility. Additionally, the new Invisible Red toner

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introduces even more ways to innovate, by producing designs only visible under ultraviolet light, perfect for security features such as those found on tickets or coupons. With the competition for attention at an alltime high, many printers need new ways to stand out without having to spend like the big guys. The Pro C7200 series is the only platform in its class that delivers the ability to produce unique applications with a 5th colour station, large format sheets up to 49.6 inches, higher print speeds in a more intuitive and reliable platform. That’s what our customers asked for, and that’s what we delivered with the RICOH Pro C7200 series.” The RICOH Pro C7200 series prints at 2400

x 4800 dpi VCSEL image quality with a large colour gamut without sacrificing speed or versatility. The series offers 85 page per minute (ppm) models and 95 ppm models with auto-duplex capabilities. Each have the option to print on paper lengths up to 49.6 inches simplex or 27.5 inches duplex, empowering printers to introduce larger format color printing to their portfolio. The platform also empowers users to print white and CMYK inks in a single pass, turning around the widest array of eye-catching applications in its class even faster. In-line sensors automatically aid improved frontto-back registration and colour calibration, helping to create a consistent, professional look. Introducing further flexibility to handle substrates such as synthetics, window clings and rich linens, a specially designed 17-inch Smart Operation Panel allows users to intuitively browse and manage the Paper Library directly from the device. The larger panel also brings new job- and workflowmanagement options directly to the device, while also offering seamless remote job management and monitoring.

Invisible Red toner is the latest addition to the suite of toners available for the Ricoh five-colour presses. This specialized toner is invisible under regular circumstances, but under ultraviolet light, it shows as a clear, distinguishable red. This “invisible” toner is perfect for adding security features to a variety of applications, from event tickets to sensitive documents to gamified signage. With graphic design software readily available, counterfeiting can be a huge problem, but not every business can afford to go to the great expense of security holograms. In this way, the Invisible Red toner continues in the Ricoh five-colour tradition of bringing high-end benefits at an accessible price point.

OMET appoints Paul Briggs as new UK agent Paul creates his own agency, Web Converting Solutions and joins OMET as agent for UK and Ireland. OMET has announced the appointment of Paul Briggs as the official agent for the UK and Ireland effective from 1st October 2018. With this new appointment, OMET aims to strengthen its presence and increase sales and service opportunities in this vibrant market place. Paul Briggs, previously the Managing Director of Mark Andy UK, subsequently Sales Director of Mark Andy Europe and more recently working for Xeikon, decided now was the time to create his own agency - Web Converting Solutions- and join the OMET team as local agent for the UK and Ireland.

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“It is a matter of great satisfaction for both of us – says Sergio Villa, OMET Area Sales Manager – Paul brings with him a depth of experience in Labels and Packaging for both traditional and digital printing, which is invaluable for OMET given the recent launch of the XJet line in collaboration with Durst”. In the UK, OMET is strengthening both the sales network and customer after-sales service. “With Web Converting Solutions we are going to offer our customers fast response on-site technical service, spare parts delivered from within the UK by OMET, certified and trained technicians and support staff” says Sergio Villa. “It is important to be able to offer preventative maintenance and service contracts to ensure the very best performance and minimal downtime of the installed equipment.”

OMET has about ten installations of label printing machines in the UK. “They are important machines acquired by major customers, many of whom have installed more than one OMET line. We are preparing for a qualitative leap with an excellent base of installations”.

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MPS Systems appoints Atze Bosma as new CEO Bosma will lead MPS alongside Willem Huijink, CFO, effective December 1st, 2018. The Dutch-based manufacturer of flexo, offset, and hybrid printing presses – MPS Systems has appointed Atze Bosma as their new CEO. Atze Bosma was introduced to MPS by their new shareholders, ABN AMRO Participaties, who became a shareholder in MPS together with management in May 2018. With the acquisition by ABN AMRO Parcitipaties (AAP), MPS entered a new growth phase to become one of the top-3 players in the market. Bosma succeeds Wim van den Bosch, who decided to continue his career outside of MPS as of January 1st, 2019. Friso Janmaat, Managing Director of AAP comments: “Wim van den Bosch did an excellent job at MPS ensuring the organization was well-positioned for further global growth. We are thankful for his efforts over the past five years, and we trust Atze

Bosma to be the right person to lead MPS towards an even stronger position in the printing industry.” Bosma brings 30 years of management experience in the packaging, logistics and food industries, having previously worked for various (international) companies including Heineken, Florimex International and the Dutch Railways. Bosma has broad experience in leading transitioning companies, mostly in the role of CEO. “As I was looking for a new challenge in my career, when AAP approached me for this role at MPS, it was the right step for me to take,” comments Bosma. “MPS is a company with a great deal of potential, and I look forward to further unleashing its true value.”

Atze Bosma, new CEO of MPS Systems

Bosma will lead MPS alongside Willem Huijink, CFO, effective December 1st, 2018. In the upcoming months, Atze Bosma will

travel the world to meet MPS’ international team and agents, customers and key industry leaders.

Ricoh to acquire ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH The acquisition of industrial printing software company to strengthen Ricoh’s growing industrial printing business. Ricoh Company has reached an agreement to buy ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH, software provider in the printing industry with a specific competence in colour management. This acquisition is designed to strengthen Ricoh’s growing industrial printing business. The transfer of shares is scheduled to complete on November 30, 2018.

automate growing digital print markets including décor and textiles. In February this year, Ricoh announced its growth strategy plan, “RICOH Ignite,” which sets out its intention to reinforce its value offering by expanding its printing technology portfolio. The investment in ColorGATE is the latest part of this plan.

Founded in 1997, ColorGATE based in Hannover, Germany, has been supporting the printing industry for over 20 years by providing software for the wide format and industrial printing sectors. With its extensive customer base ColorGATE is the European leader in industrial printing software. It has unique colour management technology to support printing and decorating a wide variety of materials used for packaging, floor and wall coverings as well as textiles and signage. It is a leading provider of performance-optimized colour management and workflow software to standardize and

To enhance its industrial printing business, Ricoh recently established a “Global IP Technology Center” and a “Global IP Marketing Center”. Significantly, both are located in Europe, which is increasingly the center of incubation for industrial printing markets. This allows access to cuttingedge technology and enables increased responsiveness to market needs. The centers aim to drive marketing, strategic planning and development of business and products with Ricoh’s alliance partners worldwide. Peter Williams, Corporate Vice President

and General Manager of Commercial and Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh, says: “By combining ColorGATE’s proprietary software technology with our own industrial printers, Ricoh will provide solutions covering the whole printing workflow from Pre-Press to Post-Press. This acquisition will enable ColorGATE to expand its industrial printing business and global presence as together we become better able to support our customers to accelerate their transition from analogue to digital based production.” Thomas Kirschner, Co-founder of ColorGATE who will continue to serve as CEO, comments: “We are delighted to have been selected by Ricoh to contribute to this strong future growth strategy whilst we continue to serve our established customer base, OEM partners and reseller channel.”

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PPPMM: An association supporting the country’s Malay Printing Industry The association and members are entrusted with production of school books, which are duly printed with collective teamwork.

Packaging is the future and members of the association plan to organise group tours to printing exhibitions across the world to learn the tricks of the trade and the technologies available. They also plan to visit the coming Print China exhibition.

Key Notes : > Association members collectively print school books for the country. > Exists a healthy competition among members to win orders. > Members invite printing students as interns to attract young talents.

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The Malaysian Malay Printing Press Association (Persatuan Pengusaha Percetakan Melayu Malaysia PPPMM) association has been in existence for more than 45 years now and growing stronger. Industrial Print magazine got the opportunity to interact with the new President Mr.Muhammed Farhan Basheer, Vice President Dato Haji Mohammed Zakaria Bin Haji Naina Mohammed and committee members including Mr.Ahmad Fathi Zainuddin, Mr.Ahmad Nazli Zulkifli and Mr.Roslan Sabdin of the PPPMM. They spoke about the association and its activities in Malaysia.

has over 100 members which include a combination of big and small printers and they fill in the tender for getting the job from the Malaysian Government each year. It is a unique cooperation amongst the members who evenly get their share of jobs allocated in such a way that every member gets the jobs as per their capacity. “School books is a national education effort which is very important for our country and we need to put in all out resources to get it executed in the most professional manner possible,” says Mr.Ahmad who owns Mashi Publication Sdn Bhd and is an active member of the association.

The constitution of Malaysia has secured two industries to be under the Malays (Bhumiputras) i.e., Tourism and Printing and the PPPMM has only helped it increase and grow for the members and their employees, which is a sizeable population of the country.

However, the jobs aren’t offered absolutely on a platter but there exists a healthy competition among members to win orders. “Members have to be competitive to win orders. But it is kind of healthy competition as of now which is a matter of relief for all,” adds Mr.Roslan Sabdin of Percetakan Surya Sdn Bhd.

“The entire education system constituents in Malaysia look towards us printers from the association to complete the task assigned to us to print the school books timely as well as accurately,” says Mr.Muhammed Farhan Basheer, President PPPMM. “Over the last many years and we are proud to have always accomplished the assigned task in time, every time,” adds Mr.Haji Mohammed Zakaria the Deputy President. It is the members of this association who collectively print school books for the country. The association

Talking about the training sponsored by Malaysian Government to the members of the association of which Roslan too was a beneficiary, he says, “It was such training which helped me as a printer to graduate from a single colour machine to a four colour and then to web printing press.” Institutes like Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Institut Latihan Perindustrian Kuala Lumpur, are imparting training on printing by the government. Unfortunately, the next generation is not much

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enthusiastic about joining the printing field. Even young members of family-owned printing businesses, which constitute major part of the PPPMM too lack interest in printing. “Today a young person needs everything instant and printing is not an instant earning industry. The next generation is more interested towards quick and highpaying jobs like BPO jobs etc. which give them easier remuneration without having to get dry ink on their fingers – as printing is usually perceived,” reasons Roslan. Likewise, after studying printing, many students are opting for jobs outside of the industry which is a disheartening development for the association. “Our members do invite students who pass out from these institutes as interns in order to attract young talents and present the real opportunities of growth in this challenging and promising field,” adds Mr.Ahmad Fathi. Interestingly, many printers in the association not only have offset presses including web offsets but also digital presses in-house. And for those who do not have in-house digital facilities take help from the one who

have. “Cooperation amongst members of the association is a unique feature and is a reason for the association to thrive,” adds Dato Zakaria. According to the President, it is important for the members to expose themselves to the latest technology available in the market, study the pros and cons and then decide to invest to reap the best advantages. “Packaging is a field in which our members have not looked much into as yet. But, it is a growing field and we will see many trying to make their path into the realm of packaging printing in due course,” observes Mr.Ahmad Nazi of Percetakan Zainonkassim. Packaging is the future and members of the

association plan to organise group tours to printing exhibitions across the world to learn the tricks of the trade and the technologies available. “Members of our group will be visiting the coming Print China exhibition scheduled in April 2019 in Dongguan, China,” informs the President Mr.Basheer. Joining the PPPMM requires one to have a printing press and production capabilities of any scale. “We welcome all Malays who wish to be a part of the association. We always strive to strengthen the association and its reach through bonds among printers and new members joining for a better future of the industry and our members,” concludes the President.

PPPIM (Malaysia): The association that strengthens the Advertising Industry In conversation with Mr. Lau Sei Kwong, President, PPPIM. PPPIM (Malaysia) represents the Advertising Industry in the region and strives for the betterment of the advertising industry along with safeguarding the interest of its members. It is a national federation and is represented by different state associations. Established in the year 1992, some 26 years ago, the association comprises industry people as members and who include signage makers, advertising printers, suppliers (advertising) etc. The association membership is ever expanding with many related segments adding to it regularly. Various state associations come together at PPPIM for a common goal and mission. Being a national association, it represents the unified strength for taking up issues of interest of different regions and member associations of different states. It plays a pivotal role as a crucial link between industry constituents and the government. For example, with the newly implemented

Sales & Service Tax (SST), the association is currently having numerous dialogue with the government (treasury) on the new tax system. It actively negotiated many issues of concern for the industry with the government like, sales tax rates on the advertising industry and also the service tax. The association submitted memorandum to the treasury on the matter and has urged the treasury to address the conflict between various states and custom departments at the earliest. The association supports the annual IPMEX exhibition in Malaysia. Besides, the members benefit by getting better exposure and business opportunities through various activities and events by the association. Also, advertising companies and other customers deem the association members as more reliable to get their products and solutions requirements answered. The advertising industry is quite different

from other industries and this is also what makes it more important, says Mr.Lau Sei Kwong, the newly appointed President of PPPIM. “Advertising industry plays a vital role in city planning and consequently contributes to building the image of the city,” says Mr. Lau Sei Kwong. “Advertising industry is constantly changing / improving as newer technologies are being introduced to the industry regularly. What makes the industry unique is the fact that it needs to work closely with the local government,” he sums up.

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President Peter Chan shares SFTCPPA activities and achievements - Building better fellowship, discussing issues affecting the Printing Industry and meeting everyday challenges. brochures and manual for their products info, sales and marketing brochures and collaterals to boost their branding and reports and news publications to feature their events. Printing is involved in many levels of the products cycle, from factory of its birth to the shelf it will be sold. This vital role of printing make us important to many other industry sectors. Furthermore, Printing is so advanced now that we are much preferable compared to other genuine material maker because of low cost of production.”

The Selangor and Federal Territory Chinese Printing Presses’ Association (SFTCPPA) was founded in 1947 by a few leading printers with aims and objectives to build better fellowship, meet and discuss issues affecting the industry and being a representation in the industry to share information and to advise relevant solutions to the needs of the industry member. SFTCPPA members are mostly printing business owners, from sheet offsets, web offsets to digital printing and flexo printing. Due to the diversity of its members coming from so many different modes of printing and leaders in their own field of expert, they are enabled to collectively share and compare their challenges. “Each Executive Committee of SFTCPPA were elected for their strength and wisdom, from different printing sectors and this line up of the EXCO enable SFTCPPA to provide better representation for Malaysia Printing Industry,” says Mr. Peter Chan – President, SFTCPPA. SFTCPPA organised many events and seminars throughout Malaysia to share and promote current trends and challenges to our fellow Malaysian Printers. It connects solution providers to the printers, tax and incentive seminars from Government Departments and linking schools and institute to provide training for skill workers for the Printing Industry. One of the main events organised by SFTCPPA is Malaysia Print Awards. Since the inception in 2010, Malaysia Print Awards has consistently raised its benchmark for quality

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and innovation, to recognise and award print excellence in Malaysia. SFTCPPA is also committed to the representation in ASEAN to build better ties and to share information and issues among 10 ASEAN peers association leaders. “Recently in November 2018, SFTCPPA represented Malaysia in ASEAN PRINTING FORUM, which was held in Singapore to discuss current issues of our printing industry and widening our opportunities to 600 million populations in ASEAN,” informs Peter Chan. SFTCPPA is also the founding Member in ASIA PRINT, stretching the association’s influence and ties to further Asian countries like China, Korea, India, Pakistan, United Arab of Emirates, and others.

The Malaysian Printing Industry vis-a-vis the global Printing Industry Global printing trend has changed tremendously in these past 2 decades. “Ever since the introduction of Computer to Plate (CTP) in mid 1990s, to the Print-On-Demand over internet at the late year 2008, Printing Companies have been busy adapting to the trend and upgrading their machineries setup to meet these changes,” says Peter Chan. Drawing attention towards the vital role of Printing in our lives, he says, “Printing Industry has always been a supporting role in manufacturing, marketing and distributions, publications, pharmaceutical, food and beverages and many more. We produce boxes and labels for their packaging, printed

“Being a trade association, we sets our common mission and goals to assist the industry. We do not allow any of the EXCO members abuse the privilege for any personal agendas. Such understanding among the EXCO allow us to work happily together even if we are healthy competitors in our business,” cheers Peter Chan. He however expresses his concern over the steep rise in the number of associations. “Formation of trade associations is free as long as it is allowed by the Registrar of Societies Malaysia. But, many trade associations have been dormant and seriously need active succession for revival. We are NGO, and we act like one. If any trade association is formed to serve personal interests of certain group, then it is not an NGO. They should better be in politics,” he explains. He believes association to association interactions and collaborations can go a long way to safeguard the interests of the industry. “Mutual respect and understanding among other trade associations will build strong ties and enable us to work together in many events. SFTCPPA has long been affiliated with so many well established associations, locally and internationally, offering us many opportunities and priority access,” he says. When asked what is his advice for success in printing business, Peter Chan concludes with these words, “I agreed with Tycoon Mr. Lee Ka-shing, who said, ‘Don’t treat your business like your wife’. You maybe the founder of the business, but if you apply the same methods today, you may run it to the ground. Open up and listen to ideas; it may not have your explosive history but it will surely lead you to a bright path.”

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Malaysia Printers Association President – Mr.Koay Hean Beow talks about the association and its various welfare activities for printers. Malaysia has got an effective competition legislation of general application, which is similar to competition legislation in Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Competition Act 2010 (Competition Act) and the Competition Commission Act 2010 (Competition Commission Act) were passed by the Malaysian Parliament in May 2010, and received Royal Assent on 2 June 2010. The Competition Act prohibits agreements between enterprises that have either the object or effect of significantly preventing, restricting or distorting competition in Malaysia. “It is a free market and it is for the printers themselves to decide what best the rates could be,” elaborates Mr.Koay. He was replying to a query that why the association couldn’t devise fixed printing rates for the industry. With seven branches in Malaysia (Penang, Johor, Melaka, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, Sarawak and Perak) and over 800 members, Malaysia Printers Association forms a bridge between Government and the printers in the country. Mr.Koay Hean Beow is the President of the Malaysia Printers Association for the last over 10 years. A printer himself for the last over 20 years, Koay intends to take the association to new levels of performance and achievements. “It is very important for printers to be a part of the association since it carries with it the responsibility of welfare of the printers within the framework of law and governance in order for the printers to be always providing their view and response to any difficulty in conducting their business in the country,” states Mr.Koay. Besides, acting as a connecting point for printers and government, the association was duly consulted by the government to discuss the recent change in taxation system from GST to SST. “This way the government hears the printers out through our association in addition to other such organisations on issues which concern the printers business,” says Mr. Koay. Additionally, a number of inconclusive meetings have been made with MATRADE and the Finance Minister and they are in the process of reaching at a final stage.

Talking on why it’s important for the printers to join the association, he says that the platform allows a printer get ample exposure, interact with fellow printers and thus find

Malaysia and abroad. “We need to change the mindset of the printers so that they value the activities of the association and take it to their advantage because dissemination of information to the members is one of its first and foremost objectives,” emphasizes Mr.Koay. The association and its constituent branches normally have a meeting of its members each month. The association also holds the Central Committee Meeting (CCM) 4 times a year. “Annual dinner of each of its branches is another effort which is largely attended. For example, we have over 80 tables at our Penang branch event which is always in high demand,” says Mr.Koay. There are an estimated 3000 plus printers in Malaysia with many of these yet to join an association. Packaging printing industry in Malaysia is follows the growth path of packaging industry in the rest of the world. With consumers preferring an easy buying experience by picking up packaged goods from shop shelves, everything now needs

Koay Hean Beow: Leading the UNI Group of Companies as the 33rd Salesman Mr.Koay Hean Beow is the Group Chairman of UNI Group of Companies with interests in Paper, Stationery, Packaging, Printing, Publication etc. Started way back in 1980, today their factories based in Penang spread over 9 acres and employs over 350 workers. Starting as a trading firm of colouring books, stamp albums and diary etc., he started printing with a SORD single machine in 1995 producing hard cover books, diaries and planner along with products like drawing books and ring note book to supply to wholesalers in the country. By 1997, Mr.Koay started supplying his products directly to

the retail stores and passed the margin to his customers. With direct entry into the supermarkets and hypermarkets in Malaysia, he is now also involved in importing of pens, pencils, eraser and similar stationery items from China. Around six years ago he bought over a paper trading company which is in good shape now and just three years back he bought another packaging company. With a keen eye for business opportunities and calling himself a proud sales man, even today he claims himself to be the 33rd sales person in his company which has an annual turnover of about 140 million Ringgits.

commonly beneficial solutions to everyday problems. Through the platform, the printers can not only discuss contemporary industry issues inside and outside of press, share innovations, creative ideas and technology and advancement in the field. They can further fulfil their interests by attending various industry events like open houses, conferences and trade shows both in

to be packaged to be sold. “The so called print-killer online models like Amazon and Alibaba have had a very positive effect on the packaging industry especially the corrugated and duplex box manufacturers,” Mr.Koay adds. “One actually needs to have an open mind, a passion to learn, a wish to explore and then innovate to achieve success,” he concludes.

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Joy Chan Advertising: The Signage powerhouse of Melaka The story of a leading signage solutions provider of Melaka, Malaysia. Melaka is a picturesque little town about 120 kms from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur with stark reminiscences of the Portugese, Dutch and British influence on architecture as well as style. Melaka is also the town which tells the inspiring story of Mr. Joy Chan who started his Joy Chan Advertising from here in the mid 70’s.

Joy Advertising, christened as just “Joy” now, works with major brands directly in Malaysia. For Heineken Malaysia Bhd., they are doing their custom made internal pub signages. Besides their many customers, they also do a lot of work for Tiger & Guinness all over Malaysia.

Key Notes : > Mr. Joy Chan worked his way up to one of the leading players in the Malaysian signage industry now. > Today, they deal in Digital design, Neon and LED and many such modern solutions. > Joy prides itself as a one stop shop for their customers.

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The signage business took off with the Coca-Cola company asking Mr. Joy Chan to develop their signages. It was a humble beginning from a small shop lot. From the days of drawing boards, marker pens and dry-transfer lettering, Mr. Joy Chan worked his way up to one of the leading players in the Malaysian signage industry now. Today, they deal in Digital design, Neon and LED and many such modern solutions with the active involvement and vision of his son Mr. Edison Chan. Edison – a bundle of energy with an effervescent personality and down to earth demeanour to say the least – joined his father in 1995. “The sign industry those days was all manual and involved highly skilled personnel for the job unlike these days where we designers are helped by computers and various other gadgets,” remembers

Edison. The first milestone for Joy Advertising could be traced to their acquisition of a Graphtec plotter for Vinyl cutting in 1992. “I think ours was one of the very first machines to come into the signage market of the region. The acquisition in fact revolutionized the process with amazing improvements in speed and accuracy,” says Edison. Next revolution, according to Edison, in this industry was the introduction of routers for cutting the acrylic and other various substrates. “I would place the vinyl cutter and router as the two big leaps that the sign industry has seen over the last few decades and we made it a point to invest in both and that was the key investment that enabled us drive our growth and success,” says Edison. “The next important development in the sign industry (banners to be specific) is the introduction of Inkjet wide format printing which in-fact has changed the face of the industry. The technology made bigger, faster and vibrant colours possible which were earlier unimaginable. I remember the time when we used to take orders for only 3 to 5 hand drawn and painted banners for a day; which today has changed to almost 200 in a day irrespective of the size and/or the number of colours,” he continues.

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“Today things are not as much for the speed, which in fact is taken for granted. Today, customer wants quality, looks for lasting colours, is impressed by brightness of colours, talks about pixels; these are the things that customer today demands,” reasons Edison. “As technology grows, so does the demands of the customer. Customers now talk about CMYK, LM (Light Magenta) and LC (Light Cyan) or for that matter, they talk about white colour, spot UV machine and UV printing,” he elaborates. His customers today like the touch and feel effect in print, for example, special value additions like the raised UV. As the technology improves, so does the demand. The next revolution, he thinks would be the 3D printing which he says is already in the fast lane of development. “I see clearly 3D entering into our industry very soon. May be they already have for signage printing without all the needs of the router, vinyl cutter and so on and so forth,” foresees Edison. Joy Advertising, christened as just “Joy” now, works with major brands directly in Malaysia. For Heineken Malaysia Bhd., they are doing their custom made internal pub signages. They also do a lot of work for Tiger & Guinness all over Malaysia. “Fraser & Neave Limited (F&N) have been an excellent customer for over 40 years for Joy. We have associated with them for their product ‘100 plus’ for their coffee shop signages which are all done on our large format UV printer,” reveals Edison.

is of course hard. Customer come with high expectations – to get products which speak for themselves, are unique and eye catching, are of excellent quality and that can be produced at a moment’s notice. He still believes it to be a satisfying scene at the end of the day, “to actually see our signages across the country as one drives by,” he adds. Joy gets designs (and sometimes samples too) from clients to produce as per their guidelines. At other occasions they develop prototypes for customers which are then approved by their brand managers and finally

produced by Joy. Mamee is a local Malaysian company based out of Melaka for which Joy does the entire functionalities as their advertising agency including development of their promotional products and accessories. Edison thinks the industry is very competitive. It is a tough uphill road for new entrants in the signage field. “Though innovative ideas will always be capable of creating new niche, yet signage business requires a load of creativity and innovation and also deep pockets to thrive today. The new entrants should come in with this awareness,” advises Edison as he concludes.

Joy prides itself as a one stop shop for their customers – starting from receiving (or developing) the designs, to printing, producing and to the installation site which could be anywhere across Malaysia. “We attribute our success to our being a one stop shop for all our clients’ needs,” declares Edison. He however doesn’t believe in outsourcing because any defect at any of the stages will ultimately be counted as your own failure. “A client lost this way or that way is eventually a business failure,” states Edison. “Everything has to be in-house, whatever be the level of investment as otherwise there will be reasons for you to regret in the long run,” he adds. He agrees that life of a signage printer

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Superior Press triumphs with higher productivity machines The journey of a printing press of Selangor, with region’s many first installations to its credit and reaching to the top under the guidance of its mentor Peter Chan. Mr. Peter Chan is the Executive Director of Superior Press Sdn Bhd based in Selangor State near Kuala Lumpur. The press had a modest beginning – started in 1976 by Peter Chan’s father. From a simple stationary print shop, Superior Press has today expanded to be one of the largest printer in the town, and specializes in commercial and industrial printing on paper, card and board, such as marketing collaterals, annual reports, newsletters, leaflets, magazines, festive “ang pow” packets, board and corrugated packaging.

The expected 5 years of RoI turning to 1.5 years for Superior Press’ Heidelberg impressed Peter Chan to an extent that he readily made up his mind to buy another Heidelberg – a bigger format CD 102 which he added just a year after.

Superior Press was one of the first printers to have installed a four-colour printing machine in Kuala Lumpur. One of their major milestones was reaping the demand surge for commercial printing for the F&B and Tobacco industry in the early 80s. Capitalising on this opportunity, they kept their growth charts moving and then there was the CtP milestone in the 90s. “In mid 1990s we were one of the initial print shop in the country with an in-house CtP,” says Peter. That was around the time when Peter joined his father after completing his Accounting and Finance degree from Middlesex University, London. “Joining the family business was simple. My father called me one day and asked if I would join the family business after graduated and there I was – into the printing business,” simply puts Peter.

The first Heidelberg CtP in-house for Superior Press

Key Notes : > One of the first printers to have installed a four-colour printing machine in Kuala Lumpur. > Owning the first of its kind machine in the whole of South East Asia. > Clocking about 45 million impressions on the new machine.

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The success of Superior Press is much attributed to Peter’s London education that helped him a great deal in running the press at optimum levels. Likewise, Drupa 2000 was a turning point for him as it encouraged him to plan investing in higher productivity machines. “I tried and explored all major manufacturers including Heidelberg, Manroland, Mitsubishi, Komori and many more. Considering our requirements during that time, I felt Heidelberg to be the one which perfectly fit into our profile of activity. Prepress seemed to be the way to start with and we decided for a Heidelberg Trendsetter CtP,” says Peter. The million-Ringgit investment was a big decision then, considering the fact that there were only one or two presses at that time having a CtP in-house. Soon they realised the need to upgrade their presses as well. Peter had a hard time convincing his father to invest in a new press since it meant almost 3-4 times

the cost of getting a reconditioned press. The first press they acquired was a Heidelberg SM 74 which, according to Peter, changed the whole algorithm of running a press for them. “The productivity of the machine was so good that we even converted a few bigger format jobs to the new SM 74,” he claims. That year they clocked about 45 million impressions on the new machine which was also a revelation for the whole team at Superior. But they didn’t expect the more surprising, which was to follow – they reduced their estimated RoI period. The expected 4-5 years were astonishingly cut down to 1.5 years in which they fully recovered their investment. Peter was so impressed that he readily made up his mind to buy

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another Heidelberg – this time a bigger format Heidelberg CD 102 which he added just a year after.

Deciding on the Heidelberg 8-colour SM 102-8P perfector machine Next major opportunity for Superior Press struck with the telecom boom and resulting competition among telecom service providers vying for customers with newer schemes every other day. All these promotions needed printing and Superior was there with the capacity as well as the capability to meet those demands. “One day a telecom company offered SMS at 7 cents and the very next day its competitor offered it at 6 cents and we keep printing the price slash leaflets again and again,” recounts Peter. The demand was so high that Superior wasn’t able to meet them. “We had to think harder and wider to find a solution and then came in the Heidelberg 8-colour SM 102-8P perfector machine – the perfect solution for all the troubles being faced by us,” declares Peter. “Though the SM 102-8P did cost us a bomb – over eight million Ringgits which was about two and a half times the cost of a 4-colour machine, yet our backward calculations convinced us that this was the machine for us to actually go ahead and we eventually did,” he adds as he praises Mr. Bent, earstwhile MD of Heidelberg Malaysia Sdn Bhd, for his advice to go for this Heidelberg mammoth.

its kind machine in the whole of South East Asia and even Hong Kong and Singapore which were then considered the majors in printing in the whole region,” prides Peter on their special feat.

The bigger premises at Selangor Soon they felt the need for bigger premises

Web presses; a Komori System 38S, a Toshiba 546 cutoff for textbooks and a new Heidelberg 5 colour with coater among many other finishing and converting solutions.

as it was becoming ever harder for them to handle the increased logistics due to increased capacity. Same year they bought the present Selangor premises – a 180,000 square feet working place. Peter didn’t find it practical to move their existing 8-colour machine as that could mean loss of production and customers. And another 8-colour was added to install at the new premises. “It seemed a crazy decision but eventually the decision paid well to the satisfaction of both our customers as well as my mentor, my father,” he smiles. They kept adding many more machines and equipment to the state-of-the-art facility which today boasts an array of Heidelbergs,

One of the key elements of Superior Press’ success is planning. Peter devotedly plans his daily activities as he spends his morning hours planning the various tenders and quotations whereas the afternoons are spent with the sales, relationship and marketing team. Apart from his printing business, he has invested in a few other ventures as well including real estate. “Trends change very quickly and it is important to innovate and expand. It is equally important to work on one’s own ideas with passion and sincerity,” concludes Peter whose passion to follow his ideas devotedly has indeed helped him take Superior Press to the top.

“Early 2000, we were proud to own the first of

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PROSPER S-Series Imprinting Heads – perhaps the best kept secret for hybrid printing in packaging. There are over 1,500 Kodak imprinting heads in the market today. Most of these are installed for newspaper, direct mail and addressing applications. While this is impressive, packaging converters and brands are just catching on to the value this can bring to their digital strategies to better connect with consumers and optimize their production costs by integrating these heads with their gravure, flexo and offset presses. What has changed? First, Kodak has introduced packaging inks and fluids that are safe for indirect food contact applications for folding carton, corrugated and flexible substrates. As Kodak has presented this at industry trade events, the immediate response has been, ‘I did not know you could print that fast and achieve that level of image quality.’ Perhaps this could be the best kept secret for packaging converters. The trends driving the need for cost effective variable and short run printing are compelling. While packaging is increasing in volume printed, there are dramatic shifts

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to shorter runs and SKU proliferation, so a print run of 100,000 could really be 10 runs of 10,000 each. Brands are also significantly increasing their promotional programs and eCommerce initiatives to better connect with the consumer. However, these shorter runs and need to add variable content can’t be produced cost effectively with conventional equipment and at times are difficult to produce with a digital press format. That is where hybrid printing offers the best of both worlds, enabling variable content and design freedom for brands, while allowing their

reduction in run lengths, along with a significant increase in promotional programs. That means brands are doing more market testing with greater variety per carton. PROSPER S-Series heads are helping converters add QR codes and promotional content, in-line with their conventional press.

converters the cost effectiveness. Here are some examples. Did you know that emojis are the top image used in promotions in Korea and China? Imagine the flexibility and design freedom to add emojis to a package design and execute that with speed to market. According to LPCprint.com, folding carton converters in the US are seeing a 15%

The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects that online retail will grow 8-12%, three times higher than the growth rate of the wider industry. This is driving more creative primary and secondary packaging design along with simple coding for track and trace in corrugated and folding carton to enable inventory control and consumer opt-in to promotions and loyalty programs. This flexibility can only be achieved with Digital.

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W&H develops milestone digital printing machine Development project based on inkjet technology reaches first milestone with digital printing machine for flexible packaging. While digital printing is already firmly established in the label and commercial printing sector, flexible packaging continues to be a challenge: An economical and stable digital printing process has yet to be developed. W&H, machine builder and specialist for flexible packaging, has reached a first milestone in its development project with a machine concept for a new digital printing machine. Now the technology leader starts onboarding partners, including leading inkjet printhead manufacturer Xaar. The digital printing machine from W&H is based on piezo inkjet technology. “We see a need in the flexible packaging market to use digital printing in addition to the established processes. This is driven by the need for faster time-to-market and very short order lengths,” explains Dr. Jürgen Vutz, CEO of W&H. “However, the application of flexible packaging has very special requirements, for example regarding the adhesion of the ink to the film. As specialists in this market, we bring expert knowledge to offer answers to these challenges – first, by continuously advancing the established processes such as flexo and gravure printing; second, by opening up the possibilities of digital printing for flexible packaging.” W&H has been conducting research in the field of digital printing for several years. Since 2016, the digital printing team drives forward the implementation with a development project involving investments in the millions.

“We first collected practical requirements, evaluated technologies and tested new approaches. This has resulted in a machine concept that stands out from all existing approaches and provides our customers with added value. We are now implementing this with suitable partners. The new digital machine concept from W&H is characterized by higher quality and higher speeds,” explains Sven Michael, head of the digital team at W&H. “High availability and usability in daily use are our top priorities. Our goal is to go to market with a functioning and mature digital printing machine that delivers on the promises of digital printing for flexible packaging as well,” summarizes Vutz.

Caption: Sven Michael, head of the digital team at W&H, says the new digital machine concept from W&H will be characterized by higher quality and higher speeds. Windmöller & Hölscher, is a globally renowned name in machinery and systems for the manufacturing and converting of flexible packaging. The product portfolio includes high-performance machines for film extrusion, printing and converting. Machines by Windmöller & Hölscher are in use in over 130 countries and by more than 5,000 customers.

Amcor, Huhtamaki are in talks to buy Essel Propack Even as promoters of Essel Propack, which is part of the $4.2 billion Essel Group, are in preliminary talks to sell a controlling stake in the company, already Amcor and Huhtamaki, two of global packaging giants have initiated talks in the acquisition business. With Morgan Stanley managing the Essel Propack sale, more suitors are also expected to join the talks. Morgan Stanley has also reached out to potential suitors, which include private equity funds and strategic bidders.

Founded in 1982, Essel Propack is the largest specialty packaging manufacturer of laminated plastic tubes catering to the fast-moving consumer goods and pharma sectors. The company has 20 manufacturing facilities across 11 countries, including the US, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Germany, the UK, Egypt, Russia, China, Philippines and India. It caters to diverse categories such as beauty and cosmetics, pharma and health, food, oral and home, and offers customized solutions in materials, technology and processes.

The promoters hold a 57.19 % stake in Essel Propack. The Finland based Huhtamaki is a global food packaging manufacturer. It offers disposable tableware, besides flexible packaging and labels for food and drink, pet food, pharmaceuticals, household and hygiene brands. Amcor is an Australian packaging company, which manufactures flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty carton closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care.

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Heidelberg Primefire honoured with InterTech Technology Award Industrial inkjet printing system Heidelberg Primefire gets honoured by PIA, the world’s largest graphic arts trade association. Printing Industries of America (PIA), the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, has recognized the industrial inkjet printing system Primefire 106 of Heidelberger Druck-maschinen AG (Heidelberg) with the distinguished 2018 InterTech Technology Award. With 39 InterTech Technology awards in total, Heidelberg is the most decorated manufacturer in the industry. “The InterTech Technology Awards recognize truly innovative technologies that are expected to have a significant impact on our industry,” said Jim Workman, vice president for PIA’s Center for Technology and Research. “While less than half the entries received awards this year,” he added, “the judges concluded that the Primefire 106 clearly met the award standard.”

The start to a new era in digital printing technology and applications Heidelberg’s print expertise and Fujifilm’s Inkjet Technology results in a unique offering for packaging customers seeking to enhance, complement and digitize their production.

Key Notes : > Printing Industries of America recognizes potential of Primefire 106 to have significant impact in the industry. > Heidelberg with 39 InterTech Technology Awards most decorated manufacturer in the industry. > The Awards recognize truly innovative technologies expected to have a significant impact on industry.

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Being the first commercially available industrial inkjet digital printing system in the 70x100 (40”) format, Primefire 106 is designed to equip packaging converters with the possibility to add extra value to each produced box, to achieve faster time to market with their products and to streamline supply chain costs with print-on-demand capabilities. Its directto-sheet 7-colour imaging and outstanding colour registration allows for variable content in packaging design and for adding unique security printing

features for anti-counterfeiting, by making every box unique and traceable. “The Primefire 106 is the flagship in Heidelberg’s Digital Print portfolio as it takes digital production to a new level of productivity, quality and integration possibilities. The combination of Heidelberg’s know-how and print expertise with the Fujifilm Inkjet Technology results in an unique offering for packaging customers seeking to enhance, complement and digitize their production,” stated Montserrat Peidro, head of the business unit Digital at Heidelberg. The Primefire offers the highest quality 1,200 x 1,200 dpi with initial production speeds of 2,500 sheets per hour and is designed to achieve volumes of up to 1.5 million sheets per month. Being a modular platform, the digital printing system allows for further speed increases and feature updates without having to replace the press. “The Primefire is the start to a new era in digital printing technology,” said Dan Maurer, Vice President of Digital Product Management for Heidelberg North America. “We’re extremely proud to be recognized by Printing Industries of America for the prestigious InterTec Technology Award this year. This is an exciting time in the graphic communications industry, and we are eager to see how this new technology will impact the industry and our customers in years to come.”

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Print China 2019 is on its ‘perfect’ course With international printing stalwarts participating, Print China 2019 is listed as the most important display platform in the Asia Pacific region. The China (Guangdong) International Printing Technology Exhibition (PRINT CHINA 2019) will be held on April 9-13, 2019 at the Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center. With almost about 1,200 exhibitors and with an exhibition area of 140,000 square meters and an expected over 200,000 professional visitors from China and around the world, it is expected to surpass all previous records. Print China 2019 continues this time too with its characteristic ‘Special Pavilion’ such as special digital prepress, printing equipment, postpress processing, packaging and printing, label printing, advertising printing, corrugated boxes, screen printing, equipment supplies and comprehensive supporting display panels. It will also open up a ‘Green Innovation Theme Park’, focusing on the theme content of Green Printing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet +, Innovative Technology, Cultural and Creative Products, Printing Traditional Culture, etc., so that visitors can have some innovative development in the printing and packaging industry. Traditional printing stalwarts like Heidelberg , KBA , Komori, Jiahe Dingxin (Liyoubi) and Dazu Guanhua are all participating in the exhibition, and Print China 2019 is listed as the most important display platform in the Asia Pacific region. In the Digital printing field, we have Hewlett-Packard in addition to Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Fuji Xerox, Peking University Founder, Corey, Epson, Ideal, Esko, Huaxia, etc. In Post-press

packaging, we have the biggies like Bobst, Tianjin Evergreen, Sino-German Group, Scodix Gaody, Highcon Haike, Dongguan Tutu, Wenzhou Zhengbo, Wenzhou Guangming, Shanghai Yaoke, Shenzhen Precision, Zhejiang Guowang, Zhejiang Fangbang, Tektronix Zhengtong, etc. who have confirmed too. Visitors will also see Label printing machine manufacturers like Qigang, Lingyun, Botai, Yuantie, Zhongte, Naibi, Wanjie, Hongsheng, etc. along with equipment and consumables suppliers like Lekai Huaguang, Qiangbang, X-Rite, Sun Paper, APP, Sakata Ink, Deep Day, Koswood, Bolet, etc. Green printing and VOCs governance area is a focus this time too. In order to better promote Print China 2019, the organizing committee held press conference and meets in Malaysia, the United States, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Hong Kong, Hainan, Taipei and other places in addition to attending international conferences and gained extensive attention in the industry. The International Media Week will be held in Dongguan on January 8-10, 2019 for briefing the international media and industry to brief further on the progress as well as what a visitor could see at the show in April 2019. Invitees include leaders of relevant government departments at all levels, leaders of printing associations in China as well as abroad, heads of exhibition organizing committees, and representatives of well-

known Chinese and foreign exhibitors to discuss the economic situation, industry situation, and development situation, exhibition plan, etc. A series of special reports, guest lectures, media interviews, interactive exchanges and field trips are planned for the visiting delegates. The official Print China 2019 website function is fully upgraded too in order to better provide the fast and comprehensive information service for the printing industry colleagues. Audience pre-registration has started too online. Applicants only need to fill in the personal information and survey items online. After the submission is successful, the page will automatically generate the QR code of the ticket, print out or save the QR code, and scan the code on site for direct entry. The audience can register as groups, which greatly simplifies the visit. Anyone who pre-registers will get a good chance to win the prize too as per the organisers. As a value-added service of Print China 2019, “Visa Invitation Letter Online Application” is an online communication channel established for overseas buyers and organizing committees. Overseas buyers only need to submit relevant personal information and materials online. The relevant staff of the organizing committee can provide them with official invitation letters or company invitations for free. This system can also be used for exhibitors to invite overseas buyers to visit. This interactive and effective platform enables overseas buyers and the organizing committee to seamlessly connect. Speaking to us, Mr. Lu Changan, Vice Chairman of PEIAC and President of Print China Show Company Limited said, “The Print China 2019 Organizing Committee sincerely appreciates the support of the industry colleagues. We are equally committed to serve the exhibitors as well as our professional audience and provide them a broader international multilateral exchange platform for people in the printing industry at home and abroad. We sincerely welcome friends from the Chinese and foreign printing circles to visit Print China 2019 in Dongguan.”

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Heidelberg takes on digital postpress with MBO takeover Plans for more digital postpress offerings to reach new target groups. Heidelberg is taking over the international MBO Group in a bid to further expand its offerings in the growing market of postpress operations for digitally printed products. The move will also see the company gain access to new customers in the pharmaceutical industry and add mailing system offerings to its offset portfolio. Heidelberg aims to use this extended offering to tap into new customer groups for its entire product portfolio. “The planned takeover of the MBO Group enables us to attain further sustainable and profitable growth by leveraging new technologies and customer segments,” said Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberg. “By acquiring MBO’s digital portfolio, we are closing a gap for our customers and helping them achieve a smooth industrial process in the digital future. We also expect to see synergies in our own value added chain, which will bring about tangible benefits for customers, too.” The acquired operations account for a sales volume of around euro 50 million and will see Heidelberg expand its postpress offerings. The acquisition involves, among other things, taking over the sites in Oppenweiler and Bielefeld, Germany, and the production site in Perifita, Portugal, which employ a total of approximately 450 staff. Besides the German sites, the efficiently structured site in Portugal opens up particularly interesting opportunities for the entire Heidelberg Group. “Even when postpress operations are running efficiently, there is still huge potential for boosting productivity throughout the entire print shop,” claims Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for

Heidelberg takes over the MBO Group, headquarters in Oppenweiler.

Digital Technology. “The takeover is another important step in offering our customers a comprehensive portfolio that generates value and covers everything from technology and consumables right through to service.”

Strong MBO brand to be retained The MBO brand is well-established on the market and its technology complements the Heidelberg product range well. Continuing to expand offerings together will optimize the portfolio and supply chain, while leveraging the MBO dealer and service network will also result in mutual benefits. Overall, the acquisition is set to create a better basis for

unlocking shared potential for future-focused developments that are geared toward market demands. With the takeover of the MBO Group, Heidelberg aims to increase productivity and decrease costs by achieving maximum efficiency across all print shop processes. The Heidelberg Push to Stop concept and the company’s industrial digital print portfolio for the packaging market, which includes the Labelfire and Primefire product ranges, is driving forward digitalization. In this regard, integrated postpress solutions are playing an increasingly important role when it comes to optimizing the end-to-end process. Subject to the agreement of the antitrust authorities, the takeover is due to be completed provisionally by the end of 2018.

Herzog + Heymann machines completely cover the demanding spectrum in the pharmaceutical sector.

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MPS appoints Otto Muskee Expands international sales team with appointment of Sales Director for EMEA. To further support MPS distribution partners and area sales managers, MPS Systems has appointed Otto Muskeeas sales director for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. With an educational background in export, marketing management, and graphic technologies and years of industry experience in distribution management and sales channel development, Muskeewill be an asset in managing the MPS distribution sales activities and guiding the EMEA international sales team.

Otto Muskee – sales director Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Muskee also brings valuable technical knowledge of flexo and offset presses from previous positions with MPS Systems.

warmly welcome Otto back to MPS in his new role of leading the EMEA distribution and sales team.”

Eric Hoendervangers, MPS sales and marketing director and co-founder, commented: “With his broad experience in leading sales departments in various industries worldwide, Otto Muskee will help MPS take the next strategic steps in achieving our ambitious growth targets and becoming a leading press supplier. We

“I am pleased to return to MPS and take on this strategic role in advancing sales in the EMEA region,” said Muskee. “MPS has already paved the way with impressive new innovations in flexo and hybrid print technology, and in expanding its reach of local distribution partners and sales managers – I’m excited to be part of the

accelerated growth for MPS.” Also Niels van Groenendaal was recently appointed as MPS area sales manager for Spain and Latin America. Two new local MPS agents were appointed earlier this year Coras do Brasil (Brazil and Argentina) and Ferrostaal Chile (Chile and Bolivia). Representatives from these agents and the newly appointed managers were present at the recent Label Expo Americas.

New distributors for Linx in UAE, Sudan and Yemen Appoints Tamash FZC for the rapidly growing and emerging markets of Middle East and North Africa. Expanding its Middle East and North African business, Linx has appointed new distributors for UAE, Sudan and Yemn. The Coding and Marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies has appointed Tamash FZC distributors for the rapidly growing UAE market, as also for the emerging markets of Sudan and Yemen for distributing Linx products. The distributor will stock the full range of Linx Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) and laser printers, which it will primarily sell to companies in the confectionery, brewing, beverage and dairy industries. Typical coding requirements are two-to-three line codes in English and Arabic. Based in the Sharjah emirate of the UAE, Tamash specialises in industrial inkjet

printers. It has 18 years’ experience in the coding and marking industry, while Aamir Khan, Sales Manager, will be of particular benefit to Linx through his entrepreneurial experience in automation and coding in the UAE. “We’re very happy to be a Linx distributor,” says Minoo Khan, Technical & Operations at Tamash FZC. “With our experience in coding and marking, we feel confident that we are perfectly placed to enhance Linx’s position in the UAE and take advantage of the excellent opportunities in Sudan and Yemen.” Linx Printing Technologies is a global supplier of continuous ink jet (CIJ) printers, case coders, laser coders, thermal transfer printers and thermal inkjet printers. Its printers and

coders are used across many different industries where product identification codes, batch numbers, dates and barcodes are required. Linx products code and mark millions of items every day, ranging from bottles, packages and cans of consumer goods to pharmaceutical products, cabling, electrical components and car parts.

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MPS celebrates sales’ record at Labelexpo MPS Systems breaks sales record at this year’s Labelexpo Americas 2018. MPS celebrates a new record of show sales at this year’s Labelexpo Americas. A hybrid EF SYMJET press on stand with daily live demonstrations, as well as the EF multisubstrate flexo press at the debut Automation Arena attracted lots of visitors and interest.

printshop of the future. A 45-minute live presentation featured two automated press lines for digital (label) and conventional (shrink sleeve) label production, from job creation through to pre-press, printing, finishing and invoicing.

Glasses of champagne were raised five times on the MPS booth during the recent edition of Labelexpo Americas, celebrating show sales. Sold were four hybrid EF SYMJET presses, the MPS hybrid solution developed in cooperation with Domino.

The shrink sleeve portion of the conventional automated press line was printed on an MPS EF flexo press with 100% print automation on each print deck (for both sleeves as well as anilox positioning), and the MPS “talk to me” connectivity platform showcasing a truly automated flexo solution that is ready for Industry 4.0 implementation.

MPS also celebrated a sale of their flagship EF multi-substrate flexo press.

Automation Arena draws crowds

North American market embraces hybrid printing

The debut of Automation Arena, a Labelexpo Americas feature organized by Tarsus, drew crowds to witness a completely automated

The innovative hybrid flexo-inkjet EF SYMJET press demonstrated on the MPS stand during Labelexpo combines the MPS EF

flexo platform with an integrated, wellproven Domino N610i inkjet engine allowing converters to combine flexo and digital printing as well as converting, all in one pass. Tim Fox, President of MPS Systems North America commented: “This year’s Labelexpo Americas surpassed all our expectations. We knew hybrid printing was a hot topic that show visitors were keen to see, but selling four of our EF SYMJET hybrid presses at the show proved the industry is eager to adopt this technology as the future, combining the best of both worlds in digital and flexo label printing.”

Kodak sells FPD business to Montagu The Flexographic Packaging Division business to operate as a new standalone company developing, manufacturing and selling flexographic products. Eastman Kodak Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Flexographic Packaging Division to private equity firm – Montagu Private Equity LLP. After closing, the business will operate as a new standalone company which will develop, manufacture and sell flexographic products, including the flagship KODAK FLEXCEL NX System, to the packaging print segment. Under its new ownership, the business will have the same organizational structure, management team and growth culture that has served Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division well in recent years. Chris Payne, who has served as President of the Flexographic Packaging Division for the last three years, will lead the new company as CEO. Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division, over the past five years, has grown and thrived within Kodak, and has become a significant player in the packaging print industry. The business will be well-positioned to continue delivering solutions to maintain profitable growth for printers in the packaging sector.

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Kodak expects to receive total value of up to $390 million, comprised of the following components: 1. base purchase price of $340 million, subject to purchase price adjustments; 2. potential earn-out payments of up to $35 million over the period through 2020 based on achievement by the business of agreed-upon performance metrics; and 3. $15 million payable by Montagu to Kodak at the closing as a prepayment for various services and products to be provided by Kodak to the business post-closing pursuant to commercial agreements, subject to completion of certain pledge and collateral arrangements. The net proceeds from the transaction will be used by Kodak to reduce outstanding term debt. The Company expects that the remaining outstanding term debt will be refinanced and/or repaid using cash proceeds from additional asset monetizations.

“This transaction is an important turning point in our transformation and is a significant, positive development for Kodak,” said Jeff Clarke, CEO, Kodak. “The sale of the Flexographic Packaging Division unlocks value for shareholders and strengthens our financial position by providing a meaningful infusion of cash which allows us to reduce debt, improving the capital structure of the Company and enabling greater flexibility to invest in our growth engines.” Following this transaction, Kodak will continue to focus on the demonstrated growth areas of SONORA environmental plates, enterprise inkjet, workflow software and brand licensing. The Company will leverage these growth engines and continue to maximize value in commercial printing, film and advanced materials. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of closing conditions.

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End-to-End Integrated Marketing Solutions for Brand owners by iMS Global In conversation with Abraham Prabhakar Managing Director Asia business, iMS Global Abraham Prabhakar has joined iMS Global as Managing Director, Asia business. Previously he has had rich and what he calls, ‘educative, rewarding and successful’ association with industry leaders Nordson, Heidelberg and Kodak. “I have had a successful professional journey so far which has been educative as well as rewarding in all previous organisations I have been associated,” says Abraham Prabhakar. His forte remained driving growth of company revenues and improving the performance of sales and service teams and personnel management. He proved as an inspiring mentor and coach displaying exceptional financial skills. Building new business, securing customer loyalty and forging strong relationships with internal and external business partners were other areas of speciality. Earlier being associated with printing and packaging fields, he is now associated with pre-press and designing area. When we asked him about this shift, he says, “Mine is a unique journey – I started with Package and Packaging, then joined Printing and Packaging (Offset), then Prepress and Printing (Digital and Flexography) and now Creative – Pre Media – Prepress – Repro – Printing and Packaging. My journey in packaging is complete!” Abraham Prabhakar’s wife is a dedicated Dentist, his son is pursuing his Masters in Engineering Management in the US and his daughter is perusing her Bachelors in Visual communication and film making. With the hobby of always being a good guide and advisor to his clients in finding the right solution professionally; personally, he also maintains a regular fitness schedule which may be a walk, a 6 kilometres cycling or swimming. iMSGlobal is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company which has diversified business experience in artwork production, pre-press, repro, conceptual prototype, print production management and E-commerce image albums etc. With operations in Mumbai, India; Shanghai China and Singapore, it is

basically a Pre Media Agency providing endto-end solutions for Brand owners globally.

What makes iMS Global different from others iMS Global is one among very few that offer an end-to-end solution. “When I say end-toend, we provide Creative Design - Adaptive Graphics Design – Art Work Management – Prepress – Repro and Print Production Management,” states Abraham. “For example, speaking about sustainability, our Print Production Managers (PPMs) are the interface between the brand owners and printers and PPM’s constantly, with their vast experience in various printing technologies – Offset / Flexo / Gravure and Digital, make suggestions in the right processes, conversion of print processes to sustainable process and improvements like reduction in number of colours, using the right screens but attain the right densities and make the brand more sustainable,” he emphasises. iMS Global collaborates with clients, their agencies and print vendors to develop the best possible branding solutions for complete success in retail environments. It addresses every stage of the process from developing supplied strategic brand identity to producing creative, pre-press, colour and print production management process. “We are passionate about delivering excellence in the execution of design through to physical print and packaging,” he says. “Implementing an engaging and high impact consumer brand strategy is an incredibly complex task with enormous potential for error, delays and budget blowouts. We offer our clients a flexible end-to-end bespoke solution that addresses every stage of the branding, packaging and sales activation process. We recognise every client is different and we tailor our services to meet your requirements,” continues Abraham.

to packaging problems in a collaborative, empowering and joint brand guardianship role, ensuring excellent outcomes in the colour management and print process. Some of iMSGlobal’s esteemed client partners are Unilever, Kellogg’s, Quorn, McCain, Nestle, Coca Cola etc. and they are growing. Vibe Creative is a subsidiary of iMS Global which offers Clear enticing consumer creative solutions. “We help define brand’s visual identity and help them grow it from a seed of an idea, through to the final visuals across all printed packaging to create the right consumer impression every time. Our unique blend of expertise ensures brands always have tailored bespoke services to suit their needs,” adds Abraham. “We work the way our clients work, by understanding their workflow and processes and adapting ours to match,” he concludes.

iMS Global helps customers discover, develop and ignite their vision and consumer strategy, and test their communication touch points to make sure they work in the real world. They provide creative solutions

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Heidelberg “Smart Print Shop” at Japan customer events Presents latest digital solutions at Open House – digitized and automated workflows with “Push to Stop”.

At IGAS in Tokyo, visitors to the Heidelberg Japan stand were able to experience the possibilities of the Primefire 106 industrial inkjet digital printing system up close using virtual reality glasses.

Key Notes : > Increases in productivity of up to 50 %. > Presentation of the new Versafire digital printing systems. > Primefire 106 exhibited at IGAS using virtual reality.

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Over 450 visitors experienced how productivity can be significantly increased with digitized and automated processes at the open house at Heidelberg Japan in Tokyo at the end of July. Under the motto “Smart Print Shop” with “Push to Stop”, the guests from Japan and Asia saw how an integrated workflow incorporates all processes and optimizes the overall equipment efficiency (OEE). Push to Stop is setting new rules for the game: whereas in the past the operator had to manually initiate a large number of steps in the production process, now he only needs to intervene in the automated process chain as necessary. Thanks to intelligent networking and automation, the machines can organize and handle the production process on their own. This goes as far as autonomous printing, and has the potential to double the OEE. Heidelberg has sold over 400 machines suitable for Push to Stop since it was introduced at drupa 2016.

Japanese customers want to increase productivity Japanese and Asian print shops are already highly industrialized, but want further productivity increases to remain competitive and be profitable. They saw the answer at the open house in the shape of a Speedmaster XL 106 eight-colour machine with

perfecting, which independently produced twelve magazine signatures with a run length of 150 sheets within 30 minutes. This record was possible thanks to the high level of automation of the machine, standardized jobs, and the integration into the Prinect print shop workflow. The Speedmaster XL 106 was equipped with Prinect Press Center XL 2, Wallscreen XL, and Intellistart 2 as well as the Prinect Inpress Control 2 inline spectral measurement and control system. The innovative DryStar LED UV drying technology resulted in instantly dry sheets in the delivery, which were sent directly for further processing in the postpress machines also integrated into the workflow – the Stahlfolder KH 82 folding machine and Polar cutting systems. Saphira coordinated consumables from the Lifecycle Solutions division also optimized the overall process. The new Versafire EV and Versafire EP digital printing systems were presented at the open house and printed 28 different jobs on a wide range of substrates and with different applications. The Versafire EV is aimed at customers who want to realize creative applications and enhanced business models. The Versafire EP is designed for flexible production and maximum performance.

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When asked about their impressions, the visitors expressed their positive thoughts: Heidelberg is the technology leader that is consistently driving the digital transformation and in this way setting standards in the print media industry.

Digital presentation was well received by visitors The company also proved this at IGAS, which took place in Tokyo around the same time, from 26 to 31 July 2018. The audience there was amazed by the Primefire 106 presentation using virtual reality (VR). As the first commercially available industrial inkjet digital printing system in 70 x 100 cm format, the Heidelberg Primefire 106 allows print shops to produce an increasing number of variants with declining run lengths in a profitable way, bring products to the market faster, and reduce logistics costs through print-on-demand functions. Sample runs can also be produced quickly and easily for market research purposes or

decision making. The “Primefire 106 Super Journey” VR shows were all booked out down to the last place and over 1,700 visitors experienced the machine and all its details up close and in 3D.

Heidelberg Japan is a full subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). It is headquartered in Tokyo and has branches in Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sendai. Over 200 employees look after more than 1,500 customers.

8th Print Technology event takes place at PWTC Print Technology 2018, a biennial exhibition event since the year 2004 addresses the needs of printing and advertising industries in the region. The eighth edition of Print Technology themed Industrial Print was held in Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; from the 2nd to 5th of August 2018 with over 12,000 square meters in total of exhibition area. Print Technology in 2016 was highly successful with an outstanding number of business deals concluded and exhibition of the world’s cutting edge technologies from international brands namely Roland, Kornit Digital, EFI, Anajet, Mimaki, DGI, Epson, Mutoh, Canon, Graftec, Hewlett Packard, Brother, OKI, LDP, SUmma, Trotec, REN2, Kurz, Uchida, Morgana, Ricoh and Sindoh.

Exhibition (Asia Print) and Asia Advertisement Association (AAA) and was endorsed by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE). Print Technology plays the role of being an important platform for Asia’s advertising and printing trade industry bringing leaders from the industry to gather in Kuala Lumpur, accepting greater challenges, providing superior services to printing industries, creating endless opportunities, discussing major issues and showing the latest and advanced technologies of printing products and solutions ranging from printing equipment to materials. In the face of globalisation, the printing industry, like any other industry needs to

improve on strengthening competitiveness in the market. Prestigious printing enterprises and equipment manufacturers - both domestic and international - putting in their great efforts to create awareness on the ways to maximise growth for the industry and its members – participated in the event to exhibit their state of the art technology. The event provided a strong impression to the Asian and world market. Print Technology 2018: Industrial Print strove to expand by diversifying and integrating: • Packaging & Label • Digital Print • Print Buyer • Malaysia Textile Printing Show • 3D Print

With over 18,000 attendees, numerous international visitors participated in the exhibition. Representatives from the Asia Pacific region included those from countries like Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines and last but not least, Malaysia’s neighbouring countries, Thailand and Singapore. Adding credibility, Print Technology is a member of the Federation of Asia Print

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Leading beauty brands attend ADF&PCD New York 2018 Global Cosmetic and Indie Beauty Brands make their way to ADF&PCD New York 2018 ADF&PCD New York 2018 has been hailed a huge success by the leading beauty brands and top decision makers who attended the Altman Building & Metropolitan Pavilion recently. This year also saw an increase in Independent beauty brands, showcasing the increasing demand for more sophisticated and innovative packaging and the need to compete with the larger brands. Attendees at the event, who included Estée Lauder, Coty, Glossier, Cortarde, Milk Cosmetics, Olika, Johnson & Johnson and L Brands, were able to get hands on with the latest packaging innovations and solutions, network with other likeminded professionals and learn from two days of interactive educational content.

New York Fashion Week took place just after the show. To mark this, ADF&PCD New York 2018 collaborated with fashion designer Dexter Cheston, to host a mini fashion show.

Key Notes : > Showcasing the increasing demand for more sophisticated and innovative packaging. > The Pentawards Conference hosted for the first time, gave unique access to an array of cross-industry innovations. > Ran an exclusive two-day educational seminar programme.

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Show attendee, Jane Shub, Creative Designer at Wash with Joe, commented on her visit: “It has a real boutique trade show feel, which makes it a very nice experience. It opened my eyes to an array of new technologies that I would have never considered!”

packaging designers and international brands. The conference focused on the latest trends and industry developments, whilst also looking at how to get inspiration from and target new markets. Brands passing on their expertise and best practices included world renowned design agencies and brands like Pearlfisher, forceMAJEURE, PepsiCo and Heineken to name a few.

The Pentawards Conference, which was being hosted in the Americas for the first time at the show, gave visitors unique access to an array of crossindustry innovation from some of the world’s leading

New for 2018 was the launch of the ‘ICON Party’, which saw the most influential decision makers from global perfume and cosmetics brands gather to discuss the state of the industry. It provided the

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Lauder, Haircare by L’Oréal, Fragrance by Tiffany & Co, and Tula came out on top in the Indie Beauty group. ADF&PCD New York played host to an exciting ‘Lunch and Learn’ session, titled ‘Indie Brand Packaging Sets the Stakes High’. This fully booked, interactive discussion saw speakers including Antonia Burrell, Skinergies, DexterDexterDexter and Peclers Paris talk about the challenges they faced when launching and how they marketed their solutions to solve the unique problems identified by consumers.

perfect platform for attendees to share their knowledge and do business, whilst also allowing the ‘Indie’ brands in attendance to address the needs of smaller quantity buyers. New York Fashion Week took place just after the show. To mark this, ADF&PCD New York 2018 collaborated with fashion designer Dexter Cheston, to host a mini fashion show. On day one 10 models, featuring Dexter’s latest collection, took to the aisles to help guide attendees to the Innovation Awards and then to the ICON launch party. Also new for 2018 were the show’s ‘Eco Tours’, which provided special trails for visitors with a particular interest in sustainable packaging. Attendees were taken to the suppliers who are having the biggest impact in the field of sustainable packaging,these included Actega Rhenacoat, Albea and Quadpack. The show welcomed back The Innovation Awards, which are designed to recognise companies that are pushing boundaries in terms of innovation. There were seven categories being contested, with the winners being announced live on the showfloor. Dove/Unilever were crowned champions of Personal Care, whilst Montebello took the Industrial and Technical Application title. Skincare was won by Olika, Makeup by Estee

With content in mind, ADF&PCD New York also ran an exclusive two-day educational seminar programme. Sustainability was the major focus for 2018, with the talks packed with visitors wanting to know more about being sustainable and the difficulties that come with it. Finally, with innovation at the heart of the show and over 130 world leading suppliers on display, the aisles were buzzing. Boasting international names, including Coster USA, Emerson, Lindal Group Holding, Parcome, Seram US and Zhejiang Changxing Hanghua Glass, there were plenty of deals being made and business being discussed. Returning exhibitor, Ashley Woods, Marketing Representative at Plastipack, commented: “This is a great event with a host of diverse exhibitors. Every time we exhibit here we always walk away with plenty of new leads and opportunities. I am pleased to say the 2018 show was no exception.” First time exhibitor, Jan Coffman, Sales Manager at Aerofoil Technology, agreed:

“This was our first time at the show and we have found it to be both productive and worthwhile. We have already booked a stand for 2019, which sums up how we think this year gone.” Alli McEntyre-Gaharan, Event Director of the ADF&PCD Portfolio, concludes: “What a show! The new features we launched were huge successes, the quantity and quality of visitors were better than ever and the level of innovation on show from our suppliers was outstanding. “Talking to the many brands walking the show, they were clearly eager to learn. They told me they were using ADF & PCD as an opportunity to find some solutions to their most pressing challenges – such as how to fast-track their speed to market. “It’s fantastic that our show is playing such an important role and really inspires our team as we start putting plans in place for our fourth edition next year. Stay tuned!” ADF&PCD New York 2018 is North and South America’s only dedicated event for the aerosol, dispensing, perfume and cosmetic packaging and design community will return on September 17-18, 2019.

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Asia thinks digital Heidelberg Smart Print Shop concept successfully established.

The print media industry in Asia is facing the same challenges as in other markets: print runs are getting shorter, the number of jobs is increasing, embellishment is becoming more and more complex, and all this with the shortest delivery times and lowest costs. Digitalization is progressing and these advantages are to be implemented internally in processes and externally in communication with print shop customers.

Almost 400 customers from Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region attended Heidelberg Commercial Day at the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai.

At the end of October, more than 400 customers experienced what this could look like by attending the Commercial Day at the Print Media Center Shanghai, China. Under the motto “Turn Passion into Profit”, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) presented sustainable solutions to make commercial print shops more successful and to guide them on their way to the Smart Print Shop. The fully automated process chain with the Push to Stop philosophy, which is only interrupted manually if necessary, was demonstrated in networked live presentations. This optimized, intelligent production process stands for higher production reliability and thus for more productivity and cost-effectiveness. The Smart Print Shop is based on the Prinect workflow, which completely networks and automates

processes from prepress, digital and offset presses through to postpress. This reduces contact points in the production process and sustainably increases process efficiency.

Push to stop for high throughput The visitors were very impressed with the integrated and touch-point reduced operation of the Speedmaster CS 92-5 LE UV in combination with immediate processing with a Polar Cutting System 300 thanks to the dry sheets in the delivery. Teamwork was presented between the newly launched Versafire EV and the Speedmaster SX 74-4. The high automated Speedmaster SX 74 is built – like all the other Sheetfed machines on show – in the Heidelberg

Key Notes : > Almost 400 Customers attended Commercial Day at Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai. > Fully automated processes increase productivity. > Market launch of the new Versafire generation EV/EP in Asia.

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Almost 400 customers from Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region attended Heidelberg Commercial Day at the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai.

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plant Qingpu nearby Shanghai and was first shown to the Asian market with the new features AutoPlate Pro. Thanks to integration and presetting five jobs were printed in less than 15 minutes and immediately finished with a Stahlfolder machine. Thus Push to Stop results in a production, which is easy, secure, efficient and profitable. At the end of the demonstrations, the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) was calculated and it was demonstrated how an increase in OEE can make production more efficient and job runs shorter and shorter. A Speedmaster CD 102-7+L UV presented a 7-color multicolour job, demonstrating the wide range of spot colours achievable which covers the needs of more and more embellishment. A key component of Heidelberg’s Lifecycle Solution portfolio for customers is the Saphira consumables, which aim to maximize the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) utilization of their presses through maximum quality, productivity and production reliability.

New Versafire generation celebrates premiere in China The new Versafire generation EV/EP made its debut in the Chinese market on Commercial Day. The Versafire EV digital printing system provides customers with a high degree of flexibility and creative possibilities, enabling them to further expand their digital business model through diversification and optimization. With the new “Invisible Red” special toner, there are now a total of five spot colours for the Versafire EV. Just like white, varnish, neon yellow and neon pink, “Invisible Red” provides additional embellishment options. For the first time it is now also possible to print first white and then the process colours CMYK. When printing on coloured paper and foils, extraordinary effects can be achieved – all in one pass, where previously several processes were necessary, which significantly improves efficiency.

The new Versafire generation EV/EP made its debut on the Chinese market on Commercial Day.

is integrated into the Heidelberg plant in Qingpu, serves as a central showroom for China, other Asian Pacific markets and neighboring regions such as northeast Russia. Here, state-of-the-art technology and service solutions are presented, information events are held, and intensive tests and analyses of equipment, consumables and workflow solutions are carried out. Customer operators are also trained here. The Print Media Center Shanghai has fully integrated workflows for commercial and packaging printers. The Qingpu plant is Heidelberg’s production site in Asia and is located nearby Shanghai. It assembles Speedmaster presses in 50 x 70 and 70 x 100 format, from four to seven-

colour models, mainly for the Chinese market and the Asian Pacific markets. More than 380 employees work for production in Qingpu and around 140 for sales and service for Heidelberg East China. “This is not my first time to visit the Print Media Center in Qingpu and Qingpu workshops. But I like the whole arrangement here, especially the new look of the PMC, the real production environment as a Smart Print Shop, as well as the unique live demonstrations. I’m really glad to join this kind of event which can broaden our horizons and help us generate our business,” this resume was given by one customer after his visit of the Heidelberg Commercial Day.

The Versafire EP is a high-performance digital printing system that scores with constant stability and high productivity. Thanks to the new inline calibration, consistent colour stability is achieved from the first sheet to the last. New formats offer extended application possibilities.

Print Media Center Shanghai and assembly site The Print Media Center Shanghai, which

A Speedmaster CD 102-7+L UV with the latest generation of Image Control produced three very different print jobs showing the wide range of spot colors achievable with the Prinect Multicolor Workflow.

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Xeikon’s new entry-level Digital Label Production solution at Labelexpo Xeikon 3030 + entryDCoat = digital print and converting solution with lower cost of entry and operating cost for professional printers. Xeikon’s new entry-level label printing and converting solution is offered at a price point that brings the lucrative label market squarely within reach for label converters of all sizes. The Label Discovery solution consists of a Xeikon 3030, an entry-level web-fed digital label press and the new entryDcoat, a digital converting line that can be used inline or offline with the Xeikon 3030. The new solution featured at the company’s booth at Labelexpo Americas, September 25-27, Rosemont, Illinois. “Although digital label printing has become a fast-growing mainstream business, some companies are still reluctant to invest in the technology – either due to the cost or lack of a truly professional-quality entry-level solution,” said David Wilkins, Xeikon’s Vice President of Sales for the North American market. “The lower cost of the Xeikon Label Discovery solution enables these companies to embrace digital technology and capture a business potential that previously required a steep investment – the crucial business of producing short-run labels. “The Label Discovery solution is a turnkey label production system that provides everything needed to offer an expanded range of services to their customers and to experience the benefits digital production can bring to their businesses. In addition to enabling an affordable entry into this lucrative market, the Label Discovery solution is a platform that can be field upgraded in terms of productivity as the business grows, ensuring long-term viability of the investment.” The Xeikon 3030 digital label press is a dry toner solution ideal for producing labels for a broad range of applications using standard flexo materials. This avoids the need to use specially-treated substrates, and eliminates the associated warehousing costs. Its fivecolour printing features CMYK and white or even a special spot or gamut-extending colour. Changing toner colours on the system is relatively easy, a clear benefit of dry toner compared to other printing technologies. In addition, dry toner is recognized as the best

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technology for food labels in terms of food safety due to its non-toxic nature. Xeikon dry toner has also received FDA certification for both indirect and direct food contact with dry food, which is unique in the digital landscape. The entryDCoat is a compact converting unit which consists of a varnish, die-cut and rewind station. To limit startup and tooling costs, the die-cut unit uses semi-rotary diecutting technology. This ensures the lowest cost converting without loss of productivity while still delivering the well-known quality of conventional die-cutting. With semi-rotary die-cutting, costs can be reduced by as much as 50% with no need to acquire special tools and no setup time as required with conventional die-cutting. “We are featuring the Label Discovery solution at a busy and exciting Labelexpo

Americas,” said Filip Weymans, Xeikon’s Vice President of Marketing. “We are also demonstrating the Xeikon PX3000 UV inkjet label press, as well as the toner-based Xeikon 3500 and Xeikon CX3 presses, offering attendees the ability to evaluate multiple technologies to determine what best meets their label needs.” “We are pleased to be participating in the American debut of Labelexpo’s Automation Arena, illustrating the industry 4.0 enabled, automated self-adhesive digital label production. Xeikon label experts are available throughout the show to speak with visitors about their business needs and provide guidance on the best possible ways to profit and grow,” said Filip during the show. Xeikon exhibited in Hall A #728 which was also home at the show for parent company Flint Group.

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Konica Minolta Solutions Day features seven product launches Konica Minolta forges ahead with introduction of IT-focused products for SMEs. Konica Minolta is headed for a revitalisation of its business focus with the introduction of IT-focused products targeting a wide crosssection of industries and business solutions created expressly for SMEs. At the Konica Minolta Solutions Day event held on 4 October at Eastin Hotel, Konica Minolta introduced a total of seven products and solutions to establish its footprint in the company’s new IT-focused business portfolio. “The seismic shift in technology was a key consideration in our new IT-focused direction,” says C.K. Lim, Director and General Manager, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd. “This corporate transformation is also aligned to the ‘Shinka 2019’ plan that prioritises the creation of real value through innovation.” ‘Shinka’’, which means ‘evolution’ in Japanese, is designed to transform Konica Minolta to be a digital technology company. The primary objectives of Konica Minolta Solutions Day was to showcase the company’s latest range of products, solutions and services to business owners, C-level suites, and mid-to-senior management of a broad cross-section of industries.

distribution, and commercial industrial printing. For the coming year, the company plans to target three key sectors – SMEs, manufacturing and government – through collaborative partnerships, trade exhibitions and digital marketing. According to global research firm IDC, at least 50 percent of global gross domestic product will be digitised by 2021.

The products showcased at the event were production printers, office solutions, Robotics, Mobotix, ERP solutions, managed IT solutions, and a preview of two new future vertical products – Woundaide and Oil and Gas Monitoring solution.

“Our IT-enabled products such as ERP and MIT solutions are geared to helping SMEs towards digital transformation,” notes Lim. “Our solutions are defined to help SMEs manage their IT infrastructure, including IT oursourcing services and technical support.”

“One of our goals next year is to help SMEs migrate to the digital sphere while advancing to Industry 4.0,” adds Lim. “Apart from business solutions products, we also have Robotics for digital manufacturing to help increase productivity and work process efficiency.”

For the near future, Konica Minolta is confident in achieving five percent growth in its core printing automation, and a positive growth ratio for the new IT-focused business.

Konica Minolta’s core imaging, material, nanofabrication and optical technologies have now been expanded to include nursing care, medical, manufacturing, retail sales

Says Lim: “In terms of developing proprietary next-generation technology, we are working to attract sizeable partnership investments while concurrently capitalising on research and development, and recruiting and providing professional development training to qualified staff to create pioneering products.”

Companies can be crippled by the very things that made them strong. The key, explains Lim, is disruptive technologies that appeal to the mainstream sectors that can realise long-term profits. “The spirit of entrepreneurship must always be part of our lifecycle,” Lim states. “Our slogan, ‘Giving shape to ideas through technology and innovation’, has enabled us to invest in future success stories by constanly evolving to stay relevant.” An overwhelming number of vendors, partners, heads of departments and business owners attended the one-day Konica Minolta Solutions Day event. Konica Minolta Business Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd was established over 37 years ago in Malaysia with a wide network of 12 branches throughout Malaysia. With its customer-centric solutions and hardware for the digitally connected world, it is enabling transformation of the workplace of the future by optimising business processes with workflow automation while continuing with the organic print business, covering office printing, production printing and industrial printing. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for seven years in a row.

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Toyo Ink at ProPak - the Group highlights leading edge packaging technology at the Myanmar event. Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and Toyochem Specialty Chemical Sdn. Bhd., both member companies of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan, jointly exhibited at ProPak Myanmar 2018, the trade event for Myanmar’s developing food & beverage, pharmaceutical processing and packaging industries. With Group’s first time participation in ProPak Myanmar, the two firms spotlighted a collective portfolio of inks, coatings, adhesives and specialty products tailored to meet the performance needs of international food producers and brand owners that have, in recent years, established a foothold in the country. Featured at the Booth C-1 were Toyo Ink Group’s recent innovations in flexible packaging, such as flexo and gravure laminating inks, laminating adhesives (solvent-based and solventless), hot-melt adhesives for packaging materials and PET bottle labels. Also on display were the Group’s expanded line of sheetfed and coldset offset inks for the commercial or publication printer looking to boost efficiency or add value to their offset printing operations. Rounding out the Group’s special printing effect and functional product

portfolio for the food and beverage, and sensitive markets were polymer alloy and frosted masterbatch for plastic molding, and metal decorating inks and coatings. Toyo Group has recently made a US$6.5million investment to set up a manufacturing subsidiary, Toyo Ink Myanmar, in Yangon’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone. “ProPak is a milestone event for us,” said Hiroyuki Matsumoto, chairman of Toyochem Specialty Chemical. “The event provides us with a platform to not only showcase our products and technology, but also build a strong brand presence in the country’s growing packaging sector. The Toyo Ink Group will soon begin construction on Yangon factory with completion slated for fall 2019. At ProPak, we established new ties and demonstrated our commitment to the future development of Myanmar’s packaging industry.” ProPak Myanmar 2018 took place from September 13 to 15 at the Yangon Convention Centre in Yangon. In addition to high quality, high value-added, environmentally friendly printing inks for

every type of printing, Toyo Ink provides tools and solutions for consumer safety and security including printing process standards support, assistance with energy saving, materials saving and environmental response, universal design and food sanitation management. Established in 1988, Toyochem Specialty Chemical manufactures and markets offset inks, gravure inks and polymer products such as adhesives to printing, packaging and industrial markets in Malaysia and throughout Asia. As Malaysia’s No. 1 ink brand, the company delivers high quality products made at two factories within the country — the Shah Alam Plant in Selangor and the Seremban Plant in Negeri Sembilan. Toyochem Specialty Chemical is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd., the parent of the Toyo Ink Group of Japan.

Asian publishers recognised for their outstanding work in digital and mobile content Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) emerged as the biggest winners at the 9th Digital Media Awards organised by WAN-IFRA. The Prize delivered in Hong Kong awards two new Gold winners from Indonesia and the Philippines.

categories. Rappler, from the Philippines won Gold for “Best Use of Online Video” – the most competitive category with a record 38 submissions, the highest for this year’s event.

Singapore Press Holdings topped the chart with 13 awards including three gold; while South China Morning Post clinched five awards, including two gold in the “Best Data Visualisation” and “Best Digital News Startup” categories.

The Awards are the most prestigious recognition in Asia of outstanding work by publishers in adopting digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total offerings to meet the changes in how people consume news today.

PT GVM Network and Rappler.com are two first-time winners. PT GVM Network (Womantalk.com) from Indonesia won Gold in the “Best in Digital Marketing” and bronze in the “Best in Social Media Engagement”

This year’s Awards, sponsored by Google News Initiative, attracted 157 entries from 27 media companies across 10 Asian countries.

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The ceremony was held at Digital Media Asia

2018, WAN-IFRA’s annual digital conference which opened on November 8, 2018 and saw over 400 media executives from 40 countries attending. The Gold winners of this Asian edition will compete with counterparts from other regions - Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and South Asia - during the WAN-IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards in June 2019.

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Heidelberg Malaysia conducts training at ILP Heidelberg Malaysia provide you and your employees with both technical product knowledge and the latest industry knowhow so that you can keep pace with the market’s dynamic development. We are also one of the certified training providers under the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) scheme in Malaysia for various training programmes. Heidelberg experts conducted two separate training on Prepress Workflow and Print Color Management at Institut Latihan Perindustrian – Kuala Lumpur in April 2018 and Preventive Maintenance and Machine Handling Training at Institut Latihan Prindustrian – Nibong Tebal, Penang in Sept 2018. (source Heidelberg Malaysia FB page)

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Roland DG launches VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 colour eco-solvent printer incredible quality and business-building potential offered by the solution, the Roland VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour is priced to be the industry’s most affordable 8-colour printer.

Roland DG has launched Roland VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 colour eco-solvent printer, offering the widest colour gamut in its class for outdoor durable graphics. The RF-640 8 Colour is the ideal choice for print service providers looking to stun their clients with jaw-dropping, head-turning, high-impact applications that exceed their colour expectations. From today, the RF-640 8 Colour is available across the EMEA region. An evolution of the incredibly popular RF-640 dual CMYK printer, the RF-640 8 Colour features CMYK plus Light Black, Red, Green and Orange ink to deliver stunning quality prints and super-accurate colour matching capabilities, all with impressive outdoor durability. Even more impressive is that despite the

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The new VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour created a huge amount of anticipation when it was previewed earlier this year at FESPA, Europe’s leading industry trade fair. Paul Willems, Head of Business Development and Product Management at Roland DG EMEA, comments: “The impact of the prints coming out of the RF-640 8 Colour literally stopped visitors in their tracks at FESPA. The incredible buzz around the vibrancy of colour, detail and overall print quality shows that the RF-640 8 Colour offers something truly unique to print service providers, and we are excited to bring this solution to market today.” The RF-640 8 Colour boasts excellent colour reproduction capabilities to accurately colour match and reproduce with ease colours that are normally difficult to achieve. Up to 99% of Pantone+ Solid Coated is within gamut; perfect for PSPs looking to match corporate brand colours. Paul Willems explains: “Green and Orange are notoriously difficult colours to accurately reproduce, so these additions, along with Red, offer enormous opportunities to PSPs working with corporate customers, major brands such as FMCG, and sports companies. Anyone producing branded

signage, POS displays, vehicle wraps, and exhibition graphics will benefit from the RF640 8 Colour’s unparalleled colour matching capabilities.” Red, Green and Orange ink extends the range of achievable colours across the colour spectrum, and with Light Black, delivers eye-popping colour, exceptional skin tones, and smooth gradients for stunning photographic reproduction. This also makes the RF-640 8 Colour ideal for interior décor applications, fine arts and image reproduction, whether supplying to hotel chains, museums, galleries, entertainment spaces or offices. The new VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour is powered by ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 SPECIAL PLUS RIP to boost productivity, job and colour management, and to deliver outstanding overall performance, and it is included in the package price. “We’ve listened to what matters to our users and have developed this innovative solution to help them grow and expand their business. The RF-640 8 Colour is all about giving our users the competitive edge and differentiating themselves in what is an increasingly competitive market. We can’t wait to see the awesome applications our users will now create”, concludes Paul Willems.

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Kodak launches the Global Flexo Innovation Awards 2018 - awards to recognize industry creativity through game-changing packaging with the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System

Since 2008, the FLEXCEL NX System has paved the way for a global technological revolution in flexo platemaking and is driving the industry transformation of flexographic standards. The Kodak Global Flexo Innovation Awards are a way of recognizing innovative, game-changing packaging and emphasize creativity at its best. Even as Kodak celebrates the 10th anniversary of its KODAK FLEXCEL NX System, it has launched the ‘Kodak Global Flexo Innovation Awards.’ The continued adoption of FLEXCEL NX Plates worldwide underscores the industry’s demand for higher quality packaging with more cost effective and efficient production

processes. Many Kodak customers are leveraging the unique capabilities of FLEXCEL NX Plates to drive growth through the conversion of gravure and offset work to flexo printing – delivering significant quality, cost and time-to-market benefits to their brand clients. The Kodak awards will honor packaging that produces outstanding quality and convinces with innovation excellence in at least two of the following categories: • • • •

Use of creative graphic design Conversion from other print processes Print production workflow efficiency Commitment to sustainable print

The competition invites entries from prepress providers, printers or brands from all over the world. It is open to any commercial packaging project printed with KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates. An independent panel of judges comprised of experts representing all players in the flexo and packaging value chain will assess the entries submitted. Chaired by renowned flexo expert Pier Luigi Sassanelli, the panel will also include Philippe Roulet, former Head of Packaging Material and Training at Nestlé; Sebastian Longo, Managing Director of Fotograbados Longo S.A. Argentina;

Bernhard Stradner, Director Sales at Allstein GmbH; Chris Horton, former Senior Vice President of SGS; Ken McGuire, Research Fellow at Procter & Gamble; and Jean-Paul Duquet, Director of Sustainability, Flexible Packaging Europe. “The Global Flexo Innovation Awards are designed to honour companies who, through their commitment to excellence using FLEXCEL NX Plates, have played a significant part in the spectacular rise of flexographic printing over the last ten years,” said Chris Payne, President, Flexographic Division and Vice President of Kodak. “At the same time, the awards are a celebration of the journey we are on; they clearly demonstrate the FLEXCEL NX technology’s potential to help users gaining additional business opportunities by further improving efficiency, quality and sustainability to continue to fuel the industry transformation and raise the flexo standards.” Closing date for entries is October 16, 2018. The Global Flexo Innovation Awards will be presented to the winners in early 2019 at an exclusive gala hosted by Kodak and attended by key influencers from the international flexo community.

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50x productivity with HP Metals 3D Printing Technology - launches world’s most advanced Metals 3D Printing Technology for mass production; low-cost, high-quality final parts to accelerate 4th industrial revolution. At the recent 2018 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), HP Inc. launched HP Metal Jet, the world’s most advanced 3D printing technology for the high volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts. Providing up to 50 times more productivity at a significantly lower cost than other 3D printing methods, HP Metal Jet is being deployed by manufacturing leaders GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech for the factory production of final parts. Customers placing orders include global stalwarts Volkswagen and Wilo and innovative vertical market leaders such as Primo Medical Group and OKAY Industries.

Reinventing factory production for auto, industrial, and medical industries; New partnerships with GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech to produce Metal Jet parts for Volkswagen, Wilo, and more.

Key Notes : > New Metal Jet Production Service opens up world of applications to global customers. > Partnerships with GKN Powder Metallurgy, Parmatech, Volkswagen, Wilo and more. > Metal Jet Production Service to fill orders for production-grade final parts beginning in 2019

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As part of its mission to transform the way the world designs and manufactures, HP also launched the Metal Jet Production Service, enabling customers around the world to rapidly iterate new 3D part designs, produce final parts in volume, and integrate HP Metal Jet into their long-term production roadmaps.

a breakthrough metals 3D printing technology,” said Dion Weisler, CEO and President, HP Inc. “The implications are huge – the auto, industrial, and medical sectors alone produce billions of metal parts each year. HP’s new Metal Jet 3D printing platform unlocks the speed, quality, and economics to enable our customers to completely rethink the way they design, manufacture, and deliver new solutions in the digital age.”

“We are in the midst of a digital industrial revolution that is transforming the $12 trillion manufacturing industry. HP has helped lead this transformation by pioneering the 3D mass production of plastic parts and we are now doubling down with HP Metal Jet,

HP Metal Jet is a groundbreaking, voxel-level binder jetting technology leveraging more than 30 years of HP printhead and advanced chemistries innovation. With a bed size of 430 x 320 x 200mm, 4x the nozzle redundancy and 2x the printbars, and significantly

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less binder by weight, HP Metal Jet delivers greater productivity and reliability at a low acquisition and operational cost compared to other metals 3D printing solutions. HP Metal Jet will start with stainless steel finished parts, delivering isotropic properties that meet or exceed ASTM and MPIF Standards.

Transforming Industries with HP Metal Jet Technology In an industry-first collaboration, HP is partnering with GKN Powder Metallurgy to deploy HP Metal Jet in their factories to produce functional metal parts for auto and industrial leaders including Volkswagen and Wilo. GKN Powder Metallurgy is the world’s leading producer of materials and products using powder metallurgy technologies and includes the brands of GKN Sinter Metals, GKN Hoeganaes, and GKN Additive Manufacturing. The company produces more than three billion components per year and expects to print millions of production-grade HP Metal Jet parts for its customers across industries as early as next year. “We’re at the tipping point of an exciting new era from which there will be no return: the future of mass production with 3D printing. HP’s new Metal Jet technology enables us to expand our business by taking on new opportunities that were previously cost prohibitive,” said Peter Oberparleiter,

CEO of GKN Powder Metallurgy. “Our DNA and our expertise in powder production and metal part processing using digitally networked systems will enable us to drive industrialization across the whole additive manufacturing value stream. By combining the forces of HP and GKN Powder Metallurgy, we will push the productivity and capability of our customers to unprecedented levels based on the economic and technical advantages of HP Metal Jet technology.” Volkswagen, one of the largest and most innovative vehicle makers in the world, is integrating HP Metal Jet into its long-term design and production roadmap. The collaboration between Volkswagen, GKN Powder Metallurgy and HP has resulted in the ability to move quickly to assess the manufacturing of mass-customizable parts such as individualized key rings and exteriormounted name plates. Volkswagen‘s multiyear plan to use HP Metal Jet also includes the production of higher performance functional parts with significant structural requirements, such as gearshift knobs and mirror mounts. As new platforms such as electric vehicles enter mass production, HP Metal Jet is expected to be leveraged for additional applications such as the lightweighting of fully safety-certified metal parts.

consists of six thousand to eight thousand different parts. A big advantage of an additive technology like HP Metal Jet is it allows us to produce many of these parts without first having to build manufacturing tools. By reducing the cycle time for the production of parts, we can realize a higher volume of mass production very quickly. That’s why HP’s new Metal Jet platform is a huge leap forward for the industry, and we look forward to raising the bar on what is possible to deliver more value and innovation for our customers.“ GKN Powder Metallurgy is also leveraging HP Metal Jet technology to produce costeffective industrial parts with higher hydraulic efficiency for Wilo, a global leader for pumps and pump system solutions. Wilo is looking to HP Metal Jet technology to produce initial hydraulic parts such as impellers, diffusors, and pump housings with widely variable dimensions that must withstand intense suction, pressure, and temperature fluctuations.

Reinventing Healthcare with HP Metal Jet To serve the medical industry, HP is also partnering with Parmatech, an ATW

“The auto industry is being revolutionized – not only do customers now expect personalization, but by 2025 the brands of Volkswagen Group will have introduced 80 new electric models,“ said Dr. Martin Goede, Head of Technology Planning and Development, Volkswagen. “A single car

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reliability and HP’s advanced technology and heritage of market disruption give us the confidence to deliver beyond expectations,” said Rob Hall, President of Parmatech. “We are excited to deploy HP Metal Jet in our factories and begin manufacturing complex parts, such as surgical scissors and endoscopic surgical jaws, and new applications and geometries not possible with conventional metal fabrication technologies. HP Metal Jet technology will play a key role in our mission to develop innovative solutions for the unique challenges of our customers.”

Company, to expand mass production of Metal Jet parts for customers including OKAY Industries, Primo Medical Group, and

Designed for Mass Production: HP Metal Jet Pricing and Availability

others. Parmatech is a world leader in metal injection molding and has been a metals manufacturing pioneer for more than 40 years, specializing in producing low-cost, high-volume metal parts for the medical and industrial sectors.

In first half of 2019, customers will be able to upload 3D design files and receive industrial-grade parts in large quantities from the new Metal Jet Production Service. The parts will be produced by HP partners GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech to ensure the highest standards of engineering and production quality.

“HP Metal Jet represents the first truly viable 3D technology for the industrial-scale production of metal parts. Our customers demand extreme performance, quality, and

Commercial HP Metal Jet solutions will be offered at under $399,000 and begin shipping in 2020 to early customers and with broad availability in 2021. Reservations for

customers to pre-order HP Metal Jet systems are available today.

HP showcases the future of 3D Mass Production at IMTS HP’s President of 3D Printing, Stephen Nigro, presented the opening keynote of the Additive Manufacturing Conference at IMTS on September 11 at the Sky Ballroom, West Building, McCormick Place. HP and its partners and customers showcased their journey driving 3D printing metals technology into mass production.

Xaar at TCT 2018 - presents latest performance enhancing Printhead technology for 3D printing Visitors at this year’s TCT Show saw the latest in printhead technology on Xaar stand J21. They learnt how Xaar innovations like High Laydown Technology and other industry partnerships help integrators and machine producers to get ahead in 3D Printing. The award-winning High Laydown (HL) Technology enables Jetting 3D fluids with

high viscosities (at least 55cP) which is especially valuable for 3D printing. Samples produced with high viscosity photoresins from BASF 3D Printing Solutions were on display. In addition, the technology significantly increases throughputs making possible faster printing of 3D parts with improved mechanical properties such as tensile strength. Angus Condie, Xaar’s Director of Integration and Applications, during his presentation High Volume Manufacturing in Photopolymer Jetting on the ‘TCT Introducing Stage’ on 25 September focused on all these advantages – covering in detail how HL Technology can greatly increase the productivity of inkjetbased systems and enable a more diverse fluid portfolio. In addition, print samples illustrating how

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Xaar’s 3D printhead portfolio can be used in various 3D Printing methods such as High Speed Sintering, Binder Jetting, and Photopolymer Jetting were on display. “The TCT Show is a major event for the 3D Printing sector and we were excited to exhibit for the first time with our 3D printhead portfolio and High Laydown Technology,” says Simon Kirk, Senior Product Manager at Xaar. “We provide continuous support to our customers from early fluid evaluation through to successful solution development. That’s why we welcomed manufacturers and integrators to discuss their project proposals and discover how Xaar can help them lower development costs, get to market quicker, and introduce printers that deliver a true competitive edge and a real value to 3D end-users.”

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Vietnam’s first ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION goes to Phu Thinh One of the country’s leading commercial printers expands into packaging print with EVOLUTION with coating module. One of the top three commercial printers in North Vietnam, Phu Thinh Printing, has recently invested in a new six-colour ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION with coating module press which will be operational in the Autumn. Its aim is to expand into the label and packaging field and focus on the growing domestic market for plastic and foil printing. Phu Thinh Printing was founded in 2005 and specializes in the printing of books, magazines, catalogues and calendars. It has more than 150 well-trained and highly qualified staff members. “We strive to provide customers with highquality products at reasonable prices, and in a timely manner, to suit their individual needs.” said Mr. Tran Đuc Phuong, Director and co-founder. In order to meet the requirements of customers in the growing market for plastic and foil printing, which requires LED UV, the company decided to invest in the awardwinning ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION press.

devices, additional washing line and TripleFlow inking system. Several QuickChange functions together with PressPilot Visualization, ColorPilot Smart and SpectroDrive minimize make-ready time and guarantee higher performance and more efficient quality control for high-quality label printing jobs.

Mr. Tran Đuc Phuong: “We believe the world’s latest printing technology is crucial for us to satisfy customer demands for diverse creative products. We are proud to be the first company to own a ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION in Vietnam. We are also a pioneer in Vietnam for LED UV drying.” For label printing it is vital to maintain the consistent and premium quality of these types of substrates without compromising productivity. The unique features of the ROLAND 706 EVOLUTION are well suited, such as a printing speed of 16,000 sheets/ hour, combi-inks with three LED Interdecks and LED UV EOP; a SmartCard printing performance package with Ink blowing

“In addition to Manroland Sheetfed’s established reputation in the packaging industry, the ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION has so many advanced features to add value to high-quality packaging and label print. With LED UV, this new machine has convinced us to further expand our printing operations on all types of flexible packaging. The ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION not only gives us more scope in the packaging sector but will strengthen our existing business of printing books, magazines and catalogues” Mr. Tran Đuc Phuong concluded. With this new investment Phu Thinh Printing will be much more flexible in its diversification program and at the same time increase its competitiveness and profitability.

IST Metz is among Germany’s best training companies IST Metz is among the 154 best training companies out of more than 700 evaluated companies. For the second time, the business magazine Capital has honoured Germany’s best trainers. Of 700 companies, 154 were named “Germany’s Best Trainers”. With 18 points, IST Metz is one of the companies to receive the award and obtains 4 out of 5 stars on the rating scale.

trainees were evaluated. The fifth complex dealt with innovative teaching methods that the companies may use. The company information was evaluated using a special points system, whereby up to five points could be achieved in each of the categories.

“We have put together an overall package which, in addition to professional training, is above all about strengthening the sense of community and social skills”, says Melanie Fischer, personnel officer for training and further education at IST Metz.

Training at IST Metz More than 700 HR managers from all over Germany took part in an evaluation of their training standards consisting of 60 questions. Participants were large Dax corporations, well-known medium-sized companies and numerous smaller companies. The survey was divided into five categories, which dealt with the support and integrations of trainees in the company. Furthermore, the topics learning in the company, commitment of the company and the future chances of the

In 2018, IST Metz employs 19 trainees and one dual student. In addition to professional training, the young people are also involved in the “Social Learning” project in cooperation with the Werkstatt am Neckar in Wendlingen in Southern Germany, where they work with mentally handicapped people. Other special features during training and studies at IST Metz include joint ventures, team-building measures and participation in dragon boat races or football tournaments.

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Marabu at Glasstec 2018 Presents ink solutions suitable for the glass industry, including screen, digital and pad printing.

At this year’s Glasstec in Düsseldorf from 23 to 26 October, Marabu (hall 12, stand B23) unveiled two new screen-printing inks for decorating glass. The company, a specialist in organic inks, also spotlighted its broad range of products for the traditional printing of bottles, drinking glasses, fragrance bottles and flat glass.

A world first: a single-component ink for glass and metal

A particular highlight at their stand was a single component ink for glass applications that is unique in character worldwide.

Key Notes : > Highlights singlecomponent ink system Mara Tech MGO for metal and glass. > New two-component Mara Glass MGLA for printing on second surfaces. > Draws attention to the broad range of applications for UV curable digital direct printing.

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One of Marabu’s highlights in Düsseldorf was its single-component ink system Mara Tech MGO for metal and glass. The baking ink can be used for both screen and pad printing, and can be deployed in a wide variety of scenarios. MGO is ideal for printing on the first and second surfaces of flat and container glass. It is particularly suitable for the food and personal-care product industries. Mara Tech MGO is BPA-free and highly resistant to chemicals, making it an outstanding solution for sensitive products, i.e. with heightened safety needs, especially baby bottles and medical supplies.

for printing on glass touchscreens and touchpads. Moreover, the company has developed the new two-component Mara Glass MGLA for printing on second surfaces, i.e. on the back of the substrate – this is primarily employed for outdoor applications, including door intercoms, ticket vending machines, streetlight management systems (e.g. at airports or in pedestrian zones), and boat control systems. It is also suitable for lamination.

New screen-printing ink for touchscreens, panels and front panels

A broad portfolio of solvent-based and UV-curable inks

Marabu offers UV-curable and solvent-based inks such as Ultra Glass UVGL and Mara Glass MGL

Although UV-curable inks such as Marabu’s Ultra Glass UVGL are increasingly popular, solvent-based

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inks remain relevant in many situations – particularly for designs with a single colour. In Düsseldorf, Marabu showcased its solventbased screen printing ink Mara Glass MGL, plus its pad-printing solution Tampa Glass TPGL, which can be used as a four-colour system. For both screen and pad printing, MGL and TPGL are compatible with diverse substrates, and deliver brilliant, precise colours. The two-component UV-curable ink Ultra Glass UVGL also cuts energy costs and upfront investment, and enables fast production processes for greater efficiency.

Elegant and eye-catching effects Three-dimensional effects are both tangibly and visually attractive. Until now, manufacturers have employed casting technology to create visual effects on bottles and other glass items. This requires costly moulds, and is generally only commercially viable for very large production volumes. However, Marabu has developed an attractive alternative: its UVGL-RH/-RL ink can be harnessed to create tactile effects that could previously only be achieved via moulding. A thick-film coating is precisely applied to a screen-printed design on flat or container glass – exactly matching the existing contours. It is then cured with UV light. In particular, the combination of the two varnishes enables the printing of highly diverse patterns. The ratio of high-viscosity and low-viscosity components can be freely adjusted in line with the required results and printing parameters. Furthermore, hot foil stamping in conjunction with UVcurable screen printing continues to be in demand. This approach achieves brilliant high-gloss metallic effects comparable to precious metals – but is considerably more costefficient.

printing is used for custom decorations

coatings at Glasstec 2018. These products

on beverage bottles, plus for high-quality fragrance bottles and decorative objects. Flat-bed printers are employed for flat glass. Further applications include advertising materials and interior design (e.g. kitchens and furniture). In addition, the ability to print on the second surface is attractive for industrial customers, for example for the manufacture of touchscreens. In this context, the combination of screen and digital printing is increasingly important – designs can be produced via digital printing, for instance, followed by a blocking layer applied via screen printing.

can be leveraged to prime, finish or protect high-quality digital prints. In the case of Mara Shield UV-CGL inks, they can be harnessed for roller-coating large areas of glass. A broad choice of colours creates opportunities to match customer’s desired shades from Pantone, RAL, HKS and other colour systems – making these inks particularly interesting for kitchen and furniture component suppliers. Additionally, Marabu’s new Special Primer P4 significantly improves adhesion of UV-curable colours on glass (for screen as well as digital printing). This can be applied manually or by means of a spray system. Depending on the ink, it is also possible to deliver greater adhesion on metal and plastic substrates.

A special primer for glass Marabu also presented its Mara Shield liquid

Digital printing on glass At this year’s Glasstec, Marabu drew attention to the broad range of applications for UV curable digital direct printing. Inkjet inks can be employed for custom decorative elements on flat and container glass. Marabu’s Ultra Jet DUV-C is suitable for printing diverse glasses and bottles. Direct

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EFI introduces Reggiani BOLT: Next-generation single-pass Textile Digital Printer The Reggiani Bolt introducing Open House creates huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with nearly 300 people watching the new BOLT in action. EFI’s new introduction – the Reggiani BOLT adds another chapter to the company’s commitment towards introducing future technologies for the changing market demands. The latest offering for the modern textile printing requirements was presented at a grand Open House at EFI’s Bergamo, Italy factory. EFI Reggiani BOLT, a digital single pass production textile printer showed its vast gamut of capabilities to about 300 industry people at the printer’s unveiling celebration. The company had invited customers, media and its channel representatives from around the world to witness the colourful function marking the unveiling.

“The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile singlepass printing, delivering superior throughput and quality with a highly competitive return on investment for customers. We are excited to bring this technology to our customers and see their businesses succeed and grow.” - Adele Genoni, VP & GM EFI Reggiani.

Key Notes : > Industry people from around the world attending to see the new BOLT in action. > Fast-startup recirculation printhead delivers better, moreuniform printing with superior uptime. > The printer ran at 60 meters/ min (maximum o f90 meters/ min) producing four colour detailed floral patterns.

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The brand-new, next-generation, single-pass EFI Reggiani BOLT textile digital printer is an ultra-highspeed digital single-pass printer which has the potential to revolutionize the textile printing market. It is designed to provide users with high uptime and reliability, outstanding performance, superior printing uniformity and accuracy, long printhead life and minimal maintenance needs. The EFI Reggiani open house has created huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with people from around the world attending to see the new BOLT in action. “The innovative development of our new single-pass

printer comes from Reggiani’s speed of innovation in digital textile printing, its 70 years of history, and our proprietary knowledge of high-volume analogue rotary printing,” said EFI Reggiani Vice President and General Manager Adele Genoni. “Our EFI colleagues’ proven, worldwide expertise in single-pass technology and, most importantly, EFI Reggiani’s serious commitment to listening to and addressing our textile customers’ needs, have allowed us to achieve incredible results with our newest print technology. The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile single-pass printing, delivering superior throughput and quality with a highly competitive return on investment for customers. We are excited to bring this technology

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to our customers and see their businesses succeed and grow.”

Cutting-edge printhead technology and highperformance ink delivery The single pass inkjet printer uses EFI Reggiani proprietary Fuji Dimatix – an innovative, low-maintenance, fast-startup recirculation printhead that delivers better, more-uniform printing with superior uptime. Thanks to its cutting-edge printhead concept and high-performance ink delivery system, the BOLT has throughput speeds of up to 295 feet per minute (more than 86,100 square feet per hour) at a 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution. It features high-end grayscale imaging in drop sizes from 5 to 30 picoliters, and also provides premiumquality 600 x 4,800 maximum-dpi resolution printing, allowing customers to address the full range of design needs. The printhead has been developed in partnership with a leading printhead manufacturer, and will be available exclusively for EFI Reggiani.

High-end capabilities, with reduced downtime The EFI Reggiani BOLT meets growing requirements for high-quality, ecologically sustainable digital textile imaging in apparel, décor and other markets. Paired with an EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) print server offering unique, high-speed processing capabilities on demand, the BOLT printer is a robust, industrial platform designed for 24/7 operation and continuous productivity that drives high-volume throughput while reducing the cost per meter.

Additional new features and enhancements on the printer include: •

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Enhanced maintenance features – The printer’s contactless wiping system prolongs printhead life and quality. Plus, the printer comes with an assisted alignment system for its test calibration scan unit, and features extractable printing beams for easier maintenance. Extended colour gamut and superior image quality – Thanks to EFI expertise in colour management and flexible colour configurations, customers can easily reproduce a wider variety of work, including designs featuring plain colours, geometric patterns, fine lines, deep blacks and smooth gradients.

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Proprietary IP combining digital and rotary technologies – One or more analogue printing stations, which may be easily connected as an optional feature, can be integrated into the digital printer for special effects.

Efficient, high-powered EFI Fiery technology The Reggiani BOLT is a Fiery Driven printer, featuring an EFI Fiery DFE with RIP and colour management technologies running on Fiery XB bladed hardware for maximum performance. Fiery technologies for the printer give textile printing businesses the ability to successfully produce highly challenging jobs with the finest detail, demanding colours, smooth gradients and more. EFI colour scientists developed special algorithms and custom screening for this Fiery system to deliver vivid print results, including high saturation without losing detail, and superior colour even when using the fastest print mode.

EFI Reggiani high-speed innovation in digital printing for textiles The BOLT printer is the newest in an important series of EFI Reggiani innovations. In the last 15 months, the team has developed a totally renewed range of digital scanning printers with cutting-edge technologies, launching a new model every quarter to offer customers solutions to whatever their requirements may be for easily scalable textile printing. The list of EFI Reggiani advancements includes two recent launches – the COLORS digital printer, which provides unparalleled performance with up to 12-colour printing, and the TERRA pigment ink with binder solution featuring in-line polymerization, a process that speeds up customers’ printing with one of the industry’s greenest production technologies.

Fiery technologies for the new Reggiani BOLT printer also will include a 1-year subscription to EFI Fiery DesignPro, a powerful textile and fashion design suite that runs inside designers’ Adobe Creative Cloud applications. Fiery DesignPro reduces the time needed to create colour books, repeats, colorways and prepare files for production to minutes instead of hours. Together, the new Reggiani BOLT single-pass printer and Fiery technologies address key market trends as customers face pressure for faster time-tomarket, quick fashion cycles, shorter print runs and more customization.

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Ricoh presents ‘The Art Of The New 2018’ Visitors to the Ricoh booth at Print Technology 2018 experience live demonstrations of RICOH’s innovative portfolio of solutions.

Print Technology 2018 took place from 2 to 5 August 2018 at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event showcased Ricoh’s innovative solutions at the company’s booth with highlights that include: • Commercial & Digital Printing Zone • Corporate & AEC ( Architecture, Engineering and Construction) • Innovation Zone • Direct to Garment (DTG)

In conjunction with its participation at Print Tech 2018, RICOH also embarked on a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme together with the students of Malaysian Institute Of Art (MIA), which is to design T-shirt competition contest based on the theme of “CMYK”.

Key Notes : > The 5th colour station Pro C7200 series enables users to produce high value five colour applications. > The Ri 3000 / RI 6000’s new technology with white ink enables printing on black colour garment material. > The new launch Ricoh Pro C9200 series adds to Ricoh’s Production Printing portfolio.

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The digital industry expert Ricoh has been driving innovation and providing document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems. At the recent Printech 2018, it highlighted: • Pro C7200 • Invisible Red 5th • Direct to Garment (DTG)- Ri 3000 • Sample Application New (Pro T7210 & Pro C9200 sample showcase) • Malaysian Institute Academic (CSR Program)

Ricoh Pro C7200 Series – featuring 5th colour station model Ricoh’s latest product Pro C7200 series, featuring 5th colour station models, is among the best-in-class price performance and predictability solutions for demanding production print environments. The 5th colour station Pro C7200 series enables users to produce high value five colour applications helping them to stay ahead of the competition. The 5th colour station have different choices of colour such as white, clear, neon pink, neon yellow and new invisible red. Pro C7200 series comes with two different print speeds of up to 85 print per minutes and 95 print per minutes. With the new long banner sheet improvement, it is able to produce a simplex banner up to a length of 1260mm (700mm long for duplex). Pro C7200 features high quality with high reliability enabled by its auto registration. With the new function of auto registration, it can read the image location on the front and adjust the image location on the back that fits the front. With this new feature it reduces the

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time and makes it far easier for the user. The new 17’’ smart operation panel allows user to intuitively browse and manage the paper library directly from the device. The larger panel also brings new job and workflow management options directly to the device, while also offering seamless remote job management and monitoring. Moreover, the new 5th station has swappable one pass print option, which allows the white ink as undercoat and the second layer as a CYMK colour. This enables efficient printing and reduces the colour registration gap.

Invisible Red 5th Station – the latest addition to toner suite Invisible red toner is the latest addition to suite of toners available for the Ricoh five colour presses. This specialized toner is normally invisible, but shows as a clear distinguishable red under ultraviolet light. The invisible red toner, protecting privacy of media application chiefly targets entry level applications of security printing i.e. tickets, VIP passes or other sensitive documents to avoid fraud.

Print on black with Ricoh Ri 3000 DTG Printer Ricoh’s new devices for Direct to Garment (DTG) printing make qualified, high-quality apparel printing easier, faster and more flexible. The Ri 3000 / RI 6000’s new technology with white ink enables printing on black colour garment material. The printers discover an extremely short route from design to print. With its excellent performance, it is able to print a shirt as fast as in 27 seconds. These devices print at 600 dpi quality even on traditionally difficult media, such as poly 50/50 blend. Ri 3000/ Ri 6000 provide high quality, durable prints and

printers take garment printing to the new level by allowing users to print directly to shirts, socks and canvas grocery bags and others cotton materials. They use water based inks to deliver soft, long lasting and eye catching vibrant designs.

diagnosis which improves colour consistency and enables real time colour adjustment and correction during printing. In addition, auto registration is enabled by an in-line sensor which uses data to automatically adjust image position and shape.

With the built-in of white ink circulation that dramatically improves ink flow and minimizes waste, it produces high-quality prints on even dark coloured garments. A new easy to use colour touchscreen control panel streamlines the print process. The ANARIP software enables users to print files directly from a USB flash drive or any networked PC; without manual colour separation, which is a timeconsuming process traditionally required for screen printing.

Pro C9200 supports long banner sheet and allows printing of up to 1260mm simplex and 1020 mm duplex. Its VSCEL laser beam technology delivers superb 2400 x 4800 dpi print laser resolution quality. It comes with a new Ricoh 17’’ Smart Operation Panel which brings job and workflow management options directly to the device, on a single screen including the ability to monitor and manage print jobs remotely through either an EFI Color Controller or Ricoh Total Flow Server.

With Ricoh Ri 3000/ Ri 6000, customers can start bringing high-quality garment printing in house easily with just a few simple clicks.

New launch – Ricoh Pro C9200 series adds to Production Printing portfolio Ricoh launched the new Ricoh Pro C9200 series, which adds to its Production Printing portfolio. Featuring an exciting price performance offering, the new series provides an affordable, predictable way for businesses to maximize revenue due to its uptime and reliability. Printing with speeds of 115 and 135 pages it features auto colour

Enter industrial decoration market with Flatbed Pro T7210 Bringing printing to a new level, Ricoh enters industrial decoration market with Pro T7210 large format UV flatbed printer. The Pro T7210 offers both excellent high image quality and impressive high print speed up to 100sqm per hour in (high-speed mode) and 50sqm per hour for (standard mode). With the latest technology, Pro T7210 is able to print high adhesion on to versatile media. The broad application range focuses on the industrial sector such as interior decoration

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properties for performance on a wide range of rigid industrial materials. While the LED Lamps is both energy saving and has a longer life resulting in less downtime to change parts.

and building materials, especially rigid and heavy items including glass, wood, and aluminium composite and metal. It is able to handle material and sizes up to 110mm media thickness and a maximum printing area of 2.1m x 3.2m. The printer uses Ricoh’s proprietary image processing technology, as well as 12 robust Ricoh MH54 series industrial print heads that is made of stainless steel. The newly developed UV ink has high adhesion

Pro T7210 has few benefit functions. One of the benefits is the multi-zone vacuum system, and it is divided into 8 areas. Each area has a variable vacuum switch to control suction, which eliminates the need for masking which is conveniently located close to the operator.

Malaysian Institute of Arts (CSR Program) In conjunction with its participation at Print Tech 2018, RICOH also embarked on a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme together with the students of Malaysian Institute Of Art (MIA), which is to

design T-shirt competition contest based on the theme of “CMYK”. The contest is open for all the MIA students, the top 10 best design were selected and printed out to showcase at Print Technology Exhibition from 2 - 5 August 2018 at PWTC Kuala Lumpur. Furthermore, the T-shirt was for selling to public for students to raise funds for student’s activities purposes. Ricoh sponsored the cost of T-shirt and printing for the students, who used the Ri 100 as world first “Entry Level Direct to Garment Printer” and used Ricoh’s in house technology to print the t-shirt. The use of the DTG enabled them to create a new printing “culture” of on demand t-shirt printing, the capability of Ricoh’s printer business from paper expand to “Garment”.

Mimaki opens first Experience Center in Ankara Mimaki Eurasia and their dealer Procolor open Center to facilitate access to rapidly developing advertisement sector – Central Anatolia Region. 4.5 floors; JFX200-2513, UJF-3042MkII EX, UJF-7151plus CJV150-160, UCJV300-160, CG-130FXII and the lamination machine are on display at Mimaki Ankara Experience Center. Industrial advertising (signage), outdoor advertising, promotions, roll-to-roll printing in industrial areas, layer-by-layer printing, and hard surface printing subjects are prominent in this experience center.

Mimaki Eurasia has opened the Mimaki Ankara Experience Center in Timko Business Site in the capital Ankara with their dealer Procolor. This is a further step by one of the leading brands, Mimaki, provider of cutting plotters, digital printing technologies and solutions to strengthen its market network to reach every point in Turkey. Mimaki Eurasia and Procolor officials, as well as many professionals from the printing industry and Mimaki Solutions users, attended the inaugural ceremony held on July 12, 2018. Among the guests were the 13th Committee of Ankara Chamber of Commerce – Committee on Advertising and Visual Communication Activities, Chairman Arif Demirbaş and the members. Mimaki solutions are located on the entrance floor of a total of 550 sqm area of Procolor’s

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PRINT CHINA 2019

Asia Sign 2019

Date: 08 Jan -19 to 10 Jan -19 Venue: Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre Germany

Date: 09 Apr -19 to 13 Apr -19 Venue: Guangdong Modern International Exhibition center Dongguan, China

Date: 01 Aug -19 to 04 Aug -19 Venue: PWTC, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Paperweek Canada 2019 Date: 04 Feb -19 to 07 Feb -19 Venue: Montreal Canada

drupa 2020 Gulf Print & Pack Date: 15 Apr -19 to 18 Apr -19 Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE

Date: 16 Jun -20 to 26 Jun-20 Venue: Dusseldorf Germany

Label&Print 2019 Date: 27 Feb -19 to 28 Feb -19 Venue: National Exhibition Centre Birmingham, UK

Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair Date: 27 Apr -19 to 30 Apr -19 Venue: AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong

Readers are required to confirm the dates of the exhibition from the organizers. This is a reader service provided by PRESSIdeas and the company cannot be held responsible for any error or omission.

Sino Label Date: 04 Mar -19 to 06 Mar -19 Venue: China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair Complex) Guangzhou, China

IPMEXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;2019 Date: 01 Aug -19 to 04 Aug -19 Venue: PWTC, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

If your event is not listed in the above list, kindly write to us at info@pressideas.com with subject as event and we shall gladly be including the same as above.

PERFECT FIT for Digital Label Production HIGH IMAGE QUALITY AND HIGH-PRECISION PRINTING Multi-gradation Data Processing at a high Resolution of 1200dpi x 8bit 8bit/256-gradation processing “S.E.A.D” Image Processing Technology to meet Sophisticated Needs OPERABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY Ease of Tasks such as Colour Adjustments & Reprinting compared to Analogue Machines

HIGH PRINTING SPEED

COLOUR CONSISTENCY

Realisation of production speed 13.5m/min*1 for pressure sensitive adhesive substrate

Complete colour management control allows consistency across substrate from the beginning to end of entire press run

CONTINUOUS BANNER SIZE PRINTING

SPACE ECONOMICAL Footprint (W x D x H): 5160mm x 3170mm x 1480mm (operation unit included)

Capable of continuous printing of a maximum size of 1,195 x 320mm FUNCTION WITHOUT PRINTING PLATE Provides ﬂexibility for high-mix low-volume jobs at affordable cost

*1 Feeding speed needs to be changed depending on the paper type: 18.9, 13.5, 9.45m/min.