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Vol. 14 / Issue 154 / December 2017

SGI Dubai 2018 to Celebrate 21 Glorious Years The regional sign and graphics imaging industry is gearing up to Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East, the 3-day sign and graphics imaging extravaganza.

Industrial Packaging Industry to Grow by 3.2% to 2022: Smithers Pira Exclusive data suggests that projects worldwide industrial packaging sales will be worth $52.72 billion in 2017.

The Global 3D Printing Software and Services Market to Register a CAGR of 25.2% Between 2017 and 2021 This growth in the market is attributed to the increasing demand from various end use application verticals

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Contents Events

News Addivant Earns Extended Food Contact Approval From China’s NHFPC

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Flint Group Opens New Facility in Turkey

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ALPS Seminar Held About How and When to Go Digital

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Paperchase Error Sees Firm Print Diaries for Year 2108 Instead of 2018

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World Record of Rotary DieCutting at 17,000 Sheets Per Hour

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Ultimate TechnoGraphics Joins NPES at PAMEX 2017 in India

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PFU Opens Knowledge Suite Facility in UAE

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Screen and Meccanotecnica Collaborate for Premium Quality Book Finishing

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MEPCO Participates in Paper One Show 2017

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Flint Group Acquires Eston Chimica in Italy

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X-Rite eXact Family Supports New ISO Standard for Spot Color Tone Value

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SGI 2018 Digital Printing is Blurring the Lines Between the Conventional Printing Segments

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Canon to Showcase Latest Innovations at SGI 2018

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The Sign Industry Will Move from Digital Printing to Sign-Making Industry

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UV Flatbed Printers are Growing in Demand

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Blue Rhine to Focus on Digital Print Media

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Brother to Launch GTX Garment Printer at SGI 2018

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Sign and Graphic Imaging Dubai 2018 Will Bring the Best Minds from the African Printing Industry

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Fespa Asia Returns to Thailand in February 2018

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Graphics of the Americas See 46% Increase In Registration

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Explore Smart Food and Beverage Packaging Technology at Sino-Pack 2018

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Pictographics Invests in Massivit 1800 3D Printing Solution

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SPGPrints Shows Off Complete Rotary Screen Printing Workflow at Labelexpo Asia 2017

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Solvent-Base Flexo Provides Flexibility to OMET Varyflex V2

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Workflow Solutions for Packaging Print

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Zünd Claims That its Cut Center 3.0 is More Efficient and Productive

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Guangzhou Hongda Tackles Heat Transfer Opportunity with Two Xeikon 3500 Digital Presses

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Hybrid Software Schedules Orders at Belgium Label Printer

Opinion & insight The Global 3D Printing Software and Services Market to Register a CAGR of 25.2% Between 2017 and 2021

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Addivant Earns Extended Food Contact Approval From China’s NHFPC Addivant, the world’s leading supplier of liquid phosphite antioxidants for plastics, announced today that China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has expanded the usage limit for its nonylphenol-free stabilizer, WESTON 705, in polyethylene from 1500ppm to 2000ppm.

“This increase confirms the safety profile of WESTON 705 and comes at an opportune time,” said John Steitz, Addivant’s CEO. “China has just started to enforce its new food-contact law, GB9685-2016, which puts a 10ppb migration limit on nonylphenol in foodcontact materials. With this extension, resin manufacturers can further increase the use of WESTON 705, allowing them to stabilize polyethylene for the most demanding process conditions while avoiding gel formation and additive blooming in flexible film.”

Already approved for use in more than 180 countries for food-contact packaging, WESTON 705 is the only nonylphenol-free liquid phosphite antioxidant alternative with foodcontact approvals in the U.S., Canada,

Europe, and China. This enables resin producers and packaging manufacturers to employ a single, global solution for Consumer Packaged Goods for customers looking to stay ahead of the regulatory curve. The result of more than seven years of research and investment, WESTON 705 is the most thoroughly tested new plastic antioxidant on the market today.

Addivant says that it is dedicated to Responsible Care, the chemical industry’s initiative to protect the environment; while ensuring the safety and security of the operations; and

safeguarding the health and safety of its employees and neighbouring communities. “The goal is to make continuous progress toward the vision of no accidents, injuries or harm to the environment. As active and responsible members of the communities, Addivant is committed to open communication with our employees and neighbors. The company monitors the safe production, transportation, and use of its products. Employees are comprehensively trained to do their jobs safely. We care about the future — for all of us,” said the company in a statement.

Flint Group Opens New Facility in Turkey

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Flint Group continues its leadership position in the Packaging Inks segment with the opening of its new facility in the cosmopolitan district of Beylikduzu, in Istanbul, Turkey. This new 3800 square meter manufacturing and distribution facility is conveniently located only 13 kilometers from the main container terminal on the European side of Turkey and is well positioned for exports to surrounding markets in the Middle East.

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Kim Melander, VP Sales EMEA and Global Strategy Paper & Board, says this, “Flint Group’s Paper & Board business has been a local supplier in Turkey and the neighbouring regions since 2008 and our team has been satisfying customers’ requirements

with state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities and expert local service for nearly 10 years. This additional investment not only solidifies Flint Group’s dedication to the Turkish market, but also confirms our promise to grow together with its customers in this key emerging market.”

Krzysztof Struszczak, Operations Director Packaging Inks Eastern Europe adds, “The acquisition of this new facility was initially, and strategically, planned for Flint Group’s water-based Paper & Board business segment. However, it soon became clear that we should combine with other key segments supplying all needs of the Packaging market from this one location. Today, Flint

Group’s Narrow Web, Sheetfed, and Digital Solutions (Xeikon) businesses have joined Paper & Board in this single facility.”

Melander continues, “Flint Group’s aim is, of course, to provide the best and most streamlined service and support to all customers. Many of our key customers purchase products from more than one of our segments. With this expansion in Istanbul, we now have the ability to satisfy the requirements of multiple aspects of our customers’ businesses under one roof, providing a unique ability to focus on key markets, but also share our knowledge across the full range of the package printing business.”

ALPS Seminar Held About How and When to Go Digital Association of Label Printers & Suppliers organized a seminar on “Going Digital - When & How” on 24th November at India Habitat Centre, Delhi. The main theme of the seminar was to have an open discussion on digital printing & finishing technology, discuss issues of moving towards digital printing and share latest invention, ideas & views of Industry Experts. The event was co-sponsored by HP, VINSAK and the FIG group and witnessed a record turnout of printers, converters and media dignitaries from Delhi/NCR. The seminar was commenced by opening speech of Guru Raj Ballarwad, President - ALPS who gave a warm welcome to all the visitors and have shared his views on how ALPS will be going to support the entire printing industry by starting magazines, organizing seminars and exhibitions, conferences, and so on. The Event was moderated

by Ashish Gupta, MD of Rational Business Corporation, New Delhi.

Gaurav Roy - FIG Group ha d given a presentation on how printers can enter Digital printing business, tackle the entry barriers and discussed various benefits of digital and inkjet printing. He shared a very interesting journey of an Indian Convertor from the late 1990’s to today and also talked about the role Mark Andy is play-

ing in offering affordable digital and hybrid solutions to the India market.

Shamim Alam - Hewlett Packard (HP) gave a presentation on how printers can generate unique labels in Digital printing at optimized costing. He ha s also shared how big brands such as Coca-Cola or Oreo biscuits are using digital printing technology to create unique labels.

Ranesh Bajaj - VINSAK India Pvt. Ltd had given a presentation on short-run inline converting & embellishments. He had shared his opinions on how to optimize digital finishing costs and save on turnaround time on short to medium run jobs. He gave emphasis on variable data personalization on wads, lottery tickets, scratch cards, etc. saying going digital

could mean by starting as small as adding a variable data printing head to the existing presses, finishing lines, and so on.

The presentations were followed by an open and animated panel discussion where leading convertors like Sanjiv Sondi of Zircon, Harish Gupta of Sai Com Codes, S Prabhakar of Ikon Labels, Girender Kumar of Shree Ram Vertitech, all brought out their points of view in terms of the entry level barriers of the high cost of Industrial Digital equipment, high cost of running of digital vs conventional as well as the reluctance of the brands to pay the premium for Digital etc. The vendors tried to offer solutions and advise on these but a key thread to come out of the discussion was that unless both the convertors as well as the equipment suppliers join forces and work towards educating the brand owners and the packaging development teams of corporates, digital was going to be a hard sell.

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A generous vote of thanks was proposed and delivered by Ajay Aggarwal of Syndicate Labels who is also, VP - ALPS. He lauded the efforts of the entire ALPS team including Arunesh Bansal, the Secretary of ALPS and the Executive Team in organising this interactive and informative evening. He also confirmed that subsequent events in the West and South of India are planned in the very near future.

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News

Paperchase Error Sees Firm Print Diaries for Year 2108 Instead of 2018 £12 (AED 60) for the diaries, they will be sold at £9 (AED 45). And a holographic snakeskin with a light-up 2018, aimed at teenagers, was supposed to be sold at £16 (AED 80) but will instead be offered for £12 (AED 60).

Paperchase has not revealed how many of the faulty diaries it has in stock but a conservative estimate of 10 of each design for its 130 UK stores would mean it has 6,500 to sell - although the true figure could be much higher.

Estimates suggest the firm could lose around £20,800 (AED 102455) by selling the diaries at a discounted price. But it could save Paperchase a huge £85,000 (AED 418690) than if it were to destroy the diaries.

Paperchase has admitted to being 'a little red faced' after the stationery firm printed the wrong year in its 2018 diaries.

Several of the popular items show the year 2108 - 90 years in the future - from the middle of March onwards. Yet rather than repulping thousands of the misprinted diaries, the store has decided to slash 25 per cent off the price and sell them to customers.

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In a message to customers, the stationery company said, “We don't want our customers to be disappointed in any way, but we also didn't think it was right to throw away lots of diaries that are otherwise still lovely and still useful. So we've made the decision to keep it on sale at a reduced price because otherwise it would be such a waste.”

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Four faulty designs include a magnetic cover. Among the erroneous designs include diaries with gold stripes, another with embossed owls, diaries with embossed stars and a purple design showing a heart filled with butterflies. Instead of asking for

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News

World Record of Rotary Die-Cutting at 17,000 Sheets Per Hour

Between 29th November and 1st December, KBA-Sheetfed invited international print and finishing specialists to a series of Print & Postpress Innovation Days at the company’s facility in Radebeul near Dresden.

Over 250 participants from 30 countries took the opportunity to gather information on the latest automation solutions for commercial, label and packaging printing, as well as innovative postpress solutions.

Ralf Sammeck, CEO of KBA-Sheetfed and member of the executive board of Koenig & Bauer AG, welcomed the guests with a highly informative opening address, during which he spotlighted both the group’s new brand image and the future visions of Koenig & Bauer. Sascha Fischer, head of product management, then spoke in more detail about the further development of innovative solutions for an increasingly automated printing process.

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That already begins with a new gen-

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eration of plate changers with significantly reduced change times in half, medium and large formats, alongside the ability to load plates without prior bending of the rear edges. New measuring system options such as Print Check and PDF Check make use of a single, common camera system and guarantee absolute inspection and control precision. LED-UV dryers for Rapida sheetfed offset presses are now manufactured by KBA-Sheetfed itself, are even more finely adapted to the Rapida press series and thus offer even greater drying performance across all format classes, including also large formats. Autonomous printing with ErgoTronic AutoRun is about to be raised to a new level.

“The future belongs to AutoPrint,” said Sascha Fischer – not least because the system will soon be able to program a complete job changeover itself, without any need for operator input. And the Rapida LiveApp, finally, is already in practical use in the field, with a further expanded scope

of features: The info panel with press status display and print job information, the maintenance manager and the consumables tracking module have been complemented with stock management controls and PressCall Mobile, a communication tool with chat functions for service and operator support purposes.

During the subsequent practical session, Dirk Winkler, head of print technology, demonstrated the printing of labels and folding cartons on a six-colour Rapida 106 coater press with reel sheeter and a Vinfoil Micro cold foil module. The focus of his presentations was placed on the benefits of low-migration LED-UV production, the simple flexibility to incorporate cold foil application, and high-speed production at 20,000 sheets per hour both on reel-fed IML film and on cardboard and selfadhesive label substrates from a pile.

On two eight-colour perfector presses for 4-over-4 production with subsequent coating, Winkler and Fischer provided impressive proof of the performance capabilities of the Rapida technology in commercial printing with conventional and LEDUV inks. The conventional press ran six sections of the latest customer magazine Koenig & Bauer Report, with fully automatic management of the entire job sequence by ErgoTronic AutoRun. As soon as the defined run length was reached – in this case 500 sheets – the next makeready process began automatically. PrintCheck and PDFCheck provided for continuous quality monitoring.

The LED-UV press produced six sections of the new Koenig & Bauer image brochure and, to conclude, a pencil box on folding carton board. Here, too, job changes were initiated automatically once the run length was reached, and the press subsequently returned to production without manual intervention. It was only the necessary substrate change for the last job which required manual intervention on the part of the operator.

Under the claim “Ready for the next step”, Mario Gerber, senior sales manager for postpress solutions, introduced the rotary die-cutter Rapida RDC 106 as a “game-changer for the die-cutting process”. He explained the design features which are shared with a Rapida printing press and the various process steps which can be implemented in the individual towers.

These range from die-cutting and hole punching for in-mould and other label applications, via emboss-

ing, creasing, cutting and stripping for the processing of packaging products, through to tailored variants for commercial users. The machines offer cutting outputs of up to 15,000 sheets per hour, depending on the substrate and the required contours, and can thus match the speed of a modern sheetfed-offset press. Productivity is increased by up to 300 per cent for label applications, and folding carton producers can also look forward to a 65 per cent increase in efficiency.

The visitors were able to witness this superlative die-cutting performance for themselves during practical demonstrations on two Rapida RDC 106 rotary die-cutters. The four-unit machine began with a job requiring the creasing, cutting and stripping of a folding carton for pharmaceuticals.

At the end of production, the machine was converted within just a few minutes for a completely different job, namely the pencil box printed during the morning session. Subsequent blanking was done offline on

a Master Blanker from Laserck with a throughput of up to 20,000 sheets per hour.

The single-unit Rapida RDC 106 rounded off the day by processing the in mould and self-adhesive labels which had been printed on the sixcolour Rapida 106 with coater and cold foil module. Despite the tricky job change from classic die-cutting to kiss-cutting, the machine was back in production in next to no time.

As the final highlight of the show, the Rapida RDC 106 then ran the self-adhesive label production at the world record speed of 17,000 sheets per hour.

Partner companies Wink and Esko accompanied the event with specialist information on cutting plates and process-integrated workflows for packaging production. There were similarly plenty of opportunities to talk shop and discuss experiences with fellow users from other countries and even continents.

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Ultimate TechnoGraphics Joins NPES at PAMEX 2017 in India Ultimate TechnoGraphics Inc. is rapidly progressing with its efforts in building a tailored offering for the India Print Market and is engaging in a second consecutive participation to a major graphic art show: PAMEX 2017. According to the NPES, India is the fastestgrowing print packaging market across all segments, growing on average 12.4% per year in local currency terms in 2016-20. Mumbai remains at the center of this economic growth and commercial capital of India.

Ultimate is having a session at the Outlook Conference organized by the NPES, Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies on Saturday, December 16, at the LaLiT hotel in Mumbai, called “Optimizing Photobook and Photo Print Production”. During this session, Ultimate will present its scalable range of imposition automation solutions for

India’s print service providers and resellers, including for photo publishing, book publishing, sign and display, as well as labels and packaging markets.

“We are dedicated in growing our distribution network in India, says Ray Duval, Director of Sales at Ultimate TechnoGraphics. We have a unique imposition and finishing automation

portfolio to address small to large print business needs, ideal for the India Print Market.”

Visitors can learn more about Ultimate TechnoGraphics’ innovative solutions at Pamex 2017, from December 18th to 21st, at the Bombay Exhibition Center, in TechNova Stand, hall 01, stand F02.

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PFU Opens Knowledge Suite Facility in UAE

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PFU (EMEA) Limited, a Fujitsu company, is further strengthening its business in the Middle East by opening a Knowledge Suite facility in the United Arab Emirates. Located at Dubai Silicon Oasis, the facility is designed to improve collaboration between PFU, the leading scanner manufacturer and its partners and end users in order to deliver the solutions that customers need. The Knowledge Suite is an ideal location for training, seminars, product

launches and software development collaboration and forms the cornerstone of our channel enablement policy.

concept with facilities at PFU’s EMEA headquarters in London, and in Paris, Milan and Moscow already well used and appreciated by PFU’s customers.

The new facility is part of the company’s growth plans for the Middle East and reflects the company’s focus on the region. PFU (EMEA) Limited is the market leader in professional document capture solutions and the new premises at such a distinguished location will further enhance its strong market position.

The Knowledge Suite is a proven

“Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East are important and growing markets for document capture. This training and meeting facility offers our partners and customers the opportunity to learn about new solutions and share their expertise,” said Mike Nelson, Senior Vice President at Fujitsu subsidiary PFU (EMEA) Limited.

Screen and Meccanotecnica Collaborate for Premium Quality Book Finishing Screen Europe and Meccanotecnica today announce a collaboration which will bring together Screen’s EQUIOS Book Solution package with Universe Sewing from Meccanotecnica. Designed as a single interface to automate job management, EQUIOS supports roll to book impositions required for high quality book finishing solutions. This latest development includes a special page order needed for Meccanotecnica’s Universe Sewing. It also includes a variable data processing function for the dynamic barcodes required to identify signatures and book blocks for sewing.

“To ensure that the finished book is both excellent quality and good value for money, it’s essential that accuracy and consistency is maintained throughout the production process,” comments Stefano Formentini, Marketing Manager, Meccanotecnica. “This is especially true at the finishing stage where elements such as sewing quality

and page ordering are crucial to the finished product. With Screen’s 75 years of prepress experience, EQUIOS digital workflow solution ensures reliability and productivity throughout the whole workflow.”

“Working with Meccanotecnica is a privilege, the brand is renowned for reliability and performance in the book-finishing sector and serves a huge customer base worldwide,” says Bui Burke, Senior Vice President Sales at Screen Europe. “Screen is enabling technological innovation and collaboration that improves quality, reliability and output – not just in our own products but across the whole press line. Alongside Meccanotecnica’s Universe Sewing, our high-speed inkjet solutions and EQUIOS workflow software are designed to deliver market-leading quality and productivity.”

Meccanotecnica launched the new Universe Sewing Web-fed in February this year. The automatic

book folding and sewing machine was designed to produce high quality lay flat books directly from the pre-printed roll. Universe Sewing performs several processes all-in-one, including: unwinding, cutting, scoring and folding, collating, and sewing. Ideal for web digital printers who have the need to manage short to long runs efficiently, the system avoids nonproductive steps such as: plating, folding, palletizing and gathering, especially for high signature-count books.

The new Screen EQUIOS features will be available in January 2018 for the Screen Truepress Jet520HD press. Designed to support today’s book printing market, the highspeed inkjet web press features 1,200 dpi true resolution and precise droplet size control in order to deliver flexo-quality colours, textures, details and solid ink areas expected for high-end publication work.

MEPCO Participates in Paper One Show 2017 Eng. Sami Safran, CEO MEPCO commented: “MEPCO is excited to be participating at the fourth international Paper One Show as an exhibitor. The Exhibition attracts a worldwide audience of paper specialists, offering opportunities for manufactures of finished products and suppliers of paper services access to the MENA market and to develop long-lasting business relationships in a thriving regional economy. MEPCO has enjoyed great success throughout 2017 and is excited to be sharing its progress with high-level attendees from the region at the Paper One Show.”

The industry event also showcases diverse products and services including packaging machines, paper mills and converters, paper allied products, pollution control and

treatment equipment, chemicals and chemical equipment and more. MEPCO produces a diverse range of containerboard grades, including high performance fluting, test liner, semi-chemical fluting, kraft liner board, dual use and white top test liner, along with other grades of industrial paper such as core board, plasterboard liner and absorbent kraft.

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The Middle East and Africa’s leading vertically-integrated paper manufacturer, the Middle East Paper Co. (‘MEPCO’), is proud to be participating in the three-day Paper One Show, the international exhibition for the paper industry in the MENA region.

The fourth international Paper One Show, held at the Expo Centre Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, will allow MEPCO to continue building strong relationships in the UAE while meeting new high-profile clients and showcasing the company’s broad range of products and services. The Paper One Show includes a conference and exhibition allowing participants to showcase the latest technology and products while offering attendees the opportunity to share the latest knowledge and explore developments in the industry.

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Flint Group Acquires Eston Chimica in Italy Flint Group has announced the acquisition of Eston Chimica SRL located in Padova, Italy. This acquisition follows Flint Group’s strategy to grow not only organically, but also through tactical acquisition.

Eston Chimica manufactures and sells water-based inks for flexo and gravure applications to printers predominantly located in Italy and Southern Europe. The company supports key Paper & Board applications, such as corrugated, shopping bags, paper bags, and various other water-based print jobs. Eston Chimica is located in northern Italy, near Venice, and employs 32 people.

Kim Melander, Vice President & General Manager EMEA and Global Strategy, Paper & Board, says, "Flint Group is very happy to join together with Eston Chimica. We have found the ‘right’ partner; a company who, with the dedicated support of its employees, has been very successful in recent years outgrowing the market as compared to other suppliers.”

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He continues, “Eston Chimica’s state of the art facility in Italy is fully automated providing Flint Group important geographic expansion plus full manufacturing capabilities in Southern Europe - an excellent complement to our established manufacturing facility in Europe.”

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Nicola Mellon, CEO of Eston Chimica, states, “The team at Eston Chimica is the principal reason for our business success thus far and we are very excited by the prospect of growing our business as part of Flint Group. In combining our strengths, we are able to offer our customers cutting edge innovations in both inks and coatings and customer-focused support. The water-based packaging print sector is growing and changing; this partnership gives us the opportunity to stay one-step ahead and effectively plan for the future.”

Mellon continues, “Flint Group and Eston Chimica are dedicated to customer success and we are now presented with a great opportunity to provide our customers with new solutions through our support teams and extended product resources. Business will continue as usual for existing customers with significant benefits being rolled out over the coming months. We genuinely look forward to our future as part of the Flint Group team.”

Melander concludes, “With this partnership, Flint Group will substantially increase its volume output for Paper & Board enabling us to deliver additional products, solutions and expertise to our

customers in Italy and Southern Europe – many of which are key international printers. We have the capacity, the expertise, and the ability to serve all major players in this important region.”

Flint Group’s strategy is to build its market base for the benefit of the customers it serves around the world, delivering value to printers in a consistent, reliable, and economical way. It is the company’s mission to be the best performing supplier to the printing and packaging industries.

The partnership between Flint Group and Eston Chimica further proves that this objective is a growing reality.

X-Rite eXact Family Supports New ISO Standard for Spot Color Tone Value X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today announced that its awardwinning eXact family of handheld spectrophotometers now includes a Spot Color Tone Value (SCTV) feature that supports the latest ISO 20654 standard. The eXact SCTV configuration allows commercial and package printers to verify tone value for spot colors that correlate well with visual appearance. With this latest firmware update to the eXact family, printers will be able to more easily verify both spot and process colors that brands specify using the new standard.

“X-Rite now provides SCTV support across our eXact family, IntelliTrax2 and ColorCert Suite 3.0 process control software, providing customers with the color management and workflow tools required to meet evolving industry standards, better formulate inks and take into account the effect of substrates on color,” said Ray Cheydleur, Printing and Imaging Product Portfolio Manager, X-Rite. “With X-Rite solutions, customers can feel confident they have the most accurate and consistent color measurement instruments on the market.”

What’s New in the eXact Family Today’s software update to eXact enables users to separately configure the tone value formula for spot colors as well as CMYK. Configurations are available for Tone Value, Tone Value Increase (TVI) or dot gain, TVI Table and Print Characteristics. This makes it easier for printers when measuring both spot colors and the process colors

used in extended color gamut printing. A new search function in eXact provides faster and easier access to color standards such as Pantone and apply them to a job.

Users can now select Pantone or a standard from another color library, by name or number. Additional updates are designed to further improve the user experience.

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“X-Rite has added functionality for SCTV (Spot Colour Tone Value/ISO 20654) that can create equidistant visual appearance of tints aligned with PDF and Adobe and other creation software,” said Steve Smiley, Principle, SmileyColor and Associates LLC. “This allows for common appearance curve for spot color printing and alignment across digital print, proofing, flexo, offset and gravure. The X-Rite solution can be setup to always use traditional Murray-Davies for CMYK and SCTV for spot delivery as shown to the user in a single screen. As our industry is printing more spot and extended gamut work, the addition of SCTV will save time, waste and improve communications from design through print!”

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Digital Printing is Blurring the Lines Between the Conventional Printing Segments ME Printer speaks to Sharif Rahman, the CEO of International Expo Consults LLC – the Organizers of the SGI Dubai show about what to expect from the event this year.

What sort of technology and market trends have you seen in 2017?

Digital printing is blurring the lines between the conventional printing segments. Take the case of offset and screen printing. Both methods had their particular strong points but with the increase in technology and popularity of digital printing the barriers from moving from one segment to the other have become negligible.

How many years have SGI been organized in Dubai?

The first edition of SGI Dubai was held in 1997, and in the past 20 years we have grown into the largest show in the region for large format printing, graphic and signage industry. SGI Dubai 2018 celebrates the 21st edition of this premier exhibition.

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How important do you think an event such as SGI is for the regional sign and graphic industry?

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Sign and Graphic Imaging Dubai (SGI Dubai) is an ideal converging point where visitors and exhibitors can reach out with architects, sign makers, print and production manufacturers, media agencies, real-estate developers, brand and image consultants among others. The exhibition is a one-stop-shop for the ever-growing needs of signage (digital and conventional), graphic imaging, retail POP/SOS, screen and digital printing industries. Recognised as one of the pioneers in the trade shows in the region for over two decades, SGI Dubai, showcases the current trends and technologies to a robust platform which brings thousands of trade visitors every year to the annual show.

The other trend is in the rise of digital signage. Advertisers are looking for options that hold the interest of a consumer. In the age of smartphones and tablets, the still image doesn’t capture the imagination of an average person.

LED screens with touch capabilities have increased the scope of digital signage to another level.

What are your expectations from 2018?

The coming year will prove to be fruitful if we are to go by the market reports. According to one of the more dependable sources, the printing industry is valued at over $35.1 billion in 2017 will see annual cross-segment growth of 9.0%, to reach $54.0 billion in 2022.

Additionally, the upcoming big ticket events such as Expo 2020 and the plethora of new developments lined up for the country, we expect the new sources of revenue generation to push growth of the market.

What will be the new technology and market trends to look out for in 2018?

During SGI Dubai 2018 visitors and exhibitors will get to witness the best-kept secrets in the industry from across the globe. Exhibitors such as Masonlite, Epson, Signtrade, Canon ME, Heliozid Oce, OKI, Copa-

tra, Flex-Europa, Dynagraph, Wellcare Infotech, Bluerhine , Mutoh and several other brands are expected to bring in their latest products for launch in the MENA market.

Year 2018 will be littered with new product launches brought on by the expected growth in the industry.

How many exhibitors have confirmed participation at SGI Dubai 2018?

More than 300 exhibitors from 35 countries from around the world have confirmed their presence for the next iteration of SGI Dubai.

While we are a regional show, the appeal for the Middle East market pulls in exhibitors form around the world.

What sort of footfall do you expect during SGI Dubai 2018?

Over the years, SGI Dubai has proven to be the go-to event for the printing, signage and graphic solutions industry in the MENA region.

We have pride in our ability to grow each and every year and make SGI the largest show for the industry in the region. Judging by historical data alone, we expect thousands of visitors from nearly 75 countries to visit the exhibition.

Are there are any new components that you have at the show this year?

Every year, we try to bring in something new to the SGI Dubai platform. This year we are looking at Knowledge Series, a panel discussion with experts in the printing and signage industry. Then we have a larger edition of ‘Wall of Fame’, where in exhibitors can showcase their creative masterpieces that they have created during 2017. It will be judged by the social community and industry stakeholders.

Canon to Showcase Latest Innovations at SGI 2018 Ayman Ali, the Marketing Manager at Canon Middle East, speaks to ME Printer about their participation at SGI 2018 How many years have you exhibited at SGI? Canon has been exhibiting at SGI for the past 8 years.

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

Canon’s Stand at SGI this year offers a full demonstration of Canon’s new Value Proposition. Launched in 2017, this new value proposition helps customers explore the new opportunities and challenges that the world of continuously changing imaging and information technology, brings about. Inspiring customers with more than 80 years Canon’s experience in the imaging industry, we are always helping our customers improve their efficiency and profitability levels.

At SGI 2018, Canon will demonstrate to customers how they can evolve their business by unleashing the power of print, through introducing different Applications like CAD/GIS Production Printing, Interior Décor Printing, Indoor Display Printing, Outdoor Display Printing, Packaging, Photo & Fine Art Printing, POS and Poster Printing.

What will be your theme of participation at the event?

tem, rapid print speeds and flawless consistency, this is a large format game-changer. In addition to such, we will also be introducing the new 5 colors pigment imagePROGRAF TX Series for both the POS and CAD/GIS Markets.

What sort of technology and market trends have you seen on the market?

Statistics have shown that 98% of people see an outdoor ad every week, and 76% of consumers (8 in 10) said that they had entered a store or business they had never visited before simply based on signs that lead to it. This on its own is enough to reflect the importance of the signage application as a continuous advertising method for businesses especially given that this signage will serve its purpose on a daily 24-hour basis, 7 days a week.

Moreover, print service providers are nowadays also uniquely positioned to offer high quality print services across a broad versatile application range and based on a survey 74% of print professionals say that the décor segment with the most potential is: walls, wallpaper and pictures.

Adding to such, digital printing on unique substrates such as wood, glass and metal, an art it itself is also trending. But it requires extensive innovation and technology which can be managed by implementing cost effective and productive printing techniques that still output and maintain high qualities.

What products and solutions will you be exhibiting at the event?

How has the sign and graphics imaging industry evolved over the years?

We will be unveiling the Colorado 1640 roll-to-Roll UVgel outdoor product for the 1st time in Middle East market. Introducing the new 12 color imagePROGRAF PRO-6000, with a stunning 12-colour ink sys-

The scope of décor has had incredible changes over the last decade.

People no longer want their homes to mirror their friends’ and family’s homes, but they want to create an environment that is uniquely theirs.

Any other info you would like to add about your participation at the event?

Canon aims to increase its presence in the GA market with versatile innovations in both indoor and outdoor applications. With customers increasingly looking for new ways to personalize their homes and businesses, interior décor now makes up nearly 25% of the world’s industrial print market.

What Canon consistently delivers to the market is creative concepts of personalized interior décor applications on digital printers and during SGI 2018 we will be providing the technology, tools, insights and expertise you need to provide a wider range of services to your customers and thus, grow your business.

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We will be demonstrating a stateof-the-art Elemental campaign with diversified real-life wide format applications that are bound expose businesses to alternative productivity and profitability angles, attract the crowd, and demonstrate why we are always ahead of the competition.

Similar to consumers, brands too, want to see their ideas come to life within their own surroundings. By aligning décor with the brand image, it helps create an atmosphere that consumers can experience and feel affiliated with. A recent survey actually showed that 25% of 18 – 24 year-olds consider “atmosphere and experience” as a top reason behind choosing shopping in-store vs. online.

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The Sign Industry Will Move from Digital Printing to Sign-Making Industry ME Printer speaks to Sunil Purushothaman, the General Manager at Masonlite, about their participation at SGI 2018.

How many years have you exhibited at SGI? We have been exhibiting at Sign & Graphics Show since its inception in 1996.

a good presence. We are hoping to close some good deals and hoping for the best. SGI 2018 is an ideal platform to launch our new products to the GCC and MENA region.

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

This year we have taken a bigger space of 256SQM (16x16) and we hope to get

We will be displaying innovative technology in the show and hope to generate good business. Our theme for the show will be “Come let’s sign together”.

What products and solutions will you be exhibiting at the event?

We will be exhibiting Fiber Laser Metal Cutting Machines, CNC Routers, Laminators, Large Format Printers, Flatbed Printers, LED Solutions, SPANDEX range of Digital Media and whole new range of Letter Making Machines.

What sort of technology and

market trends have you seen on the market?

We have noticed that the trend in the sign industry is to move from digital printing to sign making industry. We have seen the demand for metal cutting, acrylic cutting etc. improving and growing steadily.

How has the sign and graphics imaging industry evolved over the years?

For us, it is the one and only platform in the Gulf area to launch our new products and we have seen it growing and evolving with time.

Any other info you would like to add about your participation at the event?

We are hopeful of a successful SGI 2018 Show and would like to invite one & all to visit our booth in Hall 6 – E24. Since its inception, we have participated in all the shows and helped in making it a success.

UV Flatbed Printers are Growing in Demand Sina Haghi, the CEO of Magic Trading Co. LLC, speaks to ME Printer about the company’s participation at SGI this year How many years have you exhibited at SGI?

our latest product offering.

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

We are the distributor for STAHLS’ Heat Presses and Garment decorating materials. in addition, we have a big range of sublimation printables and promotional gift items.

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We have been exhibiting at SGI for the past 15 years.

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We hope that organizers will be able to bring more people to the event than before.

What will be your theme of participation at the event?

While hoping to meet some new customers, our main goal is to keep our existing clients up to date with

What products and solutions will you be exhibiting at the event?

What sort of technology and market trends have you seen on the market?

We will be showcasing the latest and most stable heat presses and materi-

als in the market. However, in recent years, UV flatbed printers have been developing and becoming more and more popular.

How has the sign and graphics imaging industry evolved over the years?

Although in this digital era, you would be expecting the traditional signage to fade away but we have seen that billboard and signage on the sides of main roads are more and more popular than ever before. So, there still is a lot of demand for actual printed graphics.

Blue Rhine to Focus on Digital Print Media Anand V. Joseph, the General Manager of Blue Rhine Group of Companies, spoke to ME Printer about their company’s participation at SGI 2018 How many years have you exhibited at SGI?

Our company has exhibited in SGI for 12 years now.

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

Hoping to introduce the visitors to some high end solutions for digital printing and digital signage, that extremely cost-effective in terms of the value they offer. Like our JHF industrial printer 3.2m roll to roll on demo which is capable or printing at high speeds for billboards or high quality for backlits, the FUJIFILM ME MEJET 1.2x2.5m flatbed for high end signage and POP and the ultra slim bezel PHILIPS video wall with RYARC digital signage.

What will be your theme of participation at the event?

We will be showcasing our wide range of Industrial solutions that offer quick ROI.

What products and solutions will you be exhibiting at the event?

We will be showing off a great range of digital print media from Aslan, Intercoat, and Avery Dennison. Ecofriendly paper boards for printing

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from Oppogba, and AGFA synthetic paper. We will also display FUJIFILM printers, JHF printers, Versatech cutters, Philips Digital Signage, RYARC software for digital signage and industrial 3D printers.

What sort of technology and market trends have you seen on the market?

Adoption of digital signage on a large scale. Significant movement towards UV printing technologies that can improve speed of production and reduce cost per sqm of printing.

How has the sign and graphics imaging industry evolved over the years?

Today the biggest players in the signage industry are multi billion corporations such LG and Samsung, which I could have never guessed 10 years ago.

More traditional sign makers and printers can take advantage of this evolution by offering digital signage along with static signs as clients will prefer to use 1 vendor who can offer both.

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Brother to Launch GTX Garment Printer at SGI 2018

ME Printer speaks to Heiner Rupperath, the Sales & Product Manager IPM (Industrial Printing Machines) and the Marketing Manager at Brother Internationale Industriemaschinen about the company’s participation at SGI 2018 How many years have you exhibited at SGI? Our dealer Signtrade is exhibiting our industrial printing machines since very long time.

What are your expectations from SGI 2018?

We are launching our new GTX garment printer during this fair! We have a lot of expectations to show this new innovation to our customers in the UAE and surrounding countries.

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What will be your theme of participation at the event?

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Introducing our new GTX garment printer with exciting new features to increase productivity and fashion ideas.

What products and solutions will you be exhibiting at the event?

We will show our new GTX garment printer together with new solutions/ accessories to print on shoes or for example the latest projector system for exact alignment.

What sort of technology and market trends have you seen on the market?

We noticed that the textile decorating market is growing very fast in general and in addition we see that the customers expect to create their unique and individualized textile on spot. This request needs an on demand equipment to decorate wherever the customer needs it quickly.

How has the sign and graphics imaging industry evolved over the years?

The industry is very active and many movements have been done to increase the range of applications. The success of these activities are very unbalanced in each region of the world. We see big grows rates, but also stable or even decreasing markets. The political situation is changing so quickly that some planning could not be realized and this we see everywhere. But in general the industry looks healthy and growing, especially the textile applications.

We know that the Middle East region has a big potential for creative textile designing and the SGI Dubai fair attracts many people from all this region once a year. We are more than glad to meet our existing customers again and welcome new customers.

Sign and Graphic Imaging Dubai 2018 Will Bring the Best Minds from the African Printing Industry

International Expo Consults (IEC) has stated that the African printing industry stakeholders stand to reap huge benefits by visiting the (Sign and Graphic Imaging) SGI Dubai 2018 trade show. The 21st edition of the show will unveil a plethora of innovative products and services from various exhibitors from across the globe under a unified platform.

Every year several trade visitors from Africa benefit from these global innovations in the industry, which they further deploy in their own markets.

As per the Smithers Pira report, the total printing revenues in the MENA region is forecast to grow to 7.2% per annum reaching $26 billion by 2018.

Sign and Graphic Imaging (SGI Dubai) is a key platform where African visitors can reach out to exhibitors who comprise of architects, sign makers, print and production manufacturers, media agencies, real-estate develop-

“A focussed approach from the African print industry can consolidate the sector further and take it to greater heights. We are eagerly waiting to welcome the trade visitors from Africa to our show as we have a huge turnaround from the Africa region each year. The African economy is poised to hit a new high and set to grow to the next level. As per our research, there is a tremendous demand for state-of-the-art printing equipment in the growing African markets,” stated Rahman.

IEC is the driving force behind the 21-year old ‘SGI Dubai show’, one of the most awaited exhibitions in the MENA region within the print, signage and imaging industries.

SGI Dubai 2018 will focus on digital signage, textile printing, LED, digital printing, screen printing and retail signage industry sectors.

SGI Dubai 2018 is roping in exhibitors and trade visitors across the globe including Africa, USA, UK, Germany, China and Japan, among others.

The industry’s best kept secrets and trends are set to be unveiled as the 21st edition of the show is touted to receive thousands of visitors from different countries. The SGI Dubai 2018 show would be held at the iconic Dubai World Trade Centre from January 14th to 16th 2018 at the halls 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Landmark projects within the MENA region are in different stages of construction. This region is the only region in the world that is currently investing billions of dollars in large establishments that includes retail, entertainment and largescale infrastructure.

The printing industry will definitely set to benefit from these projects as government initiatives across the region are succeeding in diversification of economies. This is similar to the infrastructure growth that some of the African markets are witnessing.

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Various industry analysts have estimated the printing ink industry in Morocco, Senegal and Ethiopia to grow at about 18.7% and 11.4%, respectively. “There is a huge potential in Africa’s printing industry as stakeholders are looking to gradually phase out old equipment to bring in new technology. Regardless of the economic conditions, increasing competition from digital media, changes in printing processes, and emerging concerns for environmental protection, the printing industry in Africa would grow at a steady pace,” added Mr. Sharif Rahman, CEO of IEC.

ers, brand and image consultants among others. The show is a globally recognised business forum which entails seminars and workshops led by industry pioneers.

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Fespa Asia Returns to Thailand in February 2018 textile specialists, with the chance to see the latest product innovations and applications in the market and discover new opportunities for business growth. The exhibition will feature more than 100 exhibiting companies, with many leading international brands already confirmed to participate including M&R, Siser, d.gen, Multicam, JK Group, Caldera, Fimor, Sensient and Hexis, the official World Wrap Masters Partner.

FESPA Asia, ASEAN region’s premier wide format print and signage event, returns to Bangkok, Thailand, from 22-24 February 2018 at the BITEC exhibition centre, aiming to build on the success of the 2017 event and deliver the ASEAN region’s premier event for the wide format, screen, textile print and signage markets.

The FESPA Asia 2018 exhibition will provide print service providers and signage professionals, as well as

To demonstrate its commitment to the Asian market, FESPA has strengthened its direct communications in the region by appointing an Asian Business Development Manager, Hannah Pan, to liaise and assist exhibitors in the local language.

FESPA is also working with local marketing and advertising agencies in the pan-regional promotion of the exhibition.

The inaugural FESPA Asia, which took place from 15 to 17 February 2017in Thailand, attracted over 4,500 regional and international visitors.

Attendees travelled from 63 countries, with the largest delegations coming from Thailand, Singapore, India, China and Malaysia. The reputation of the exhibition following the 2017 edition is affirmed by the high level of interest from new exhibitors, with Stahls, Monti Antonio, Foilack, Chemica and many others already placing confirmed stand bookings for the 2018 event.

The success is also reflected in the re-book rate with 60% of exhibitors to FESPA Asia 2017 having confirmed stands for 2018. FESPA Divisional Director Roz Guarnori comments, “Having delivered a successful event in 2017, we’re delighted to have such strong commitment from many major international companies for FESPA Asia 2018 and such resounding endorsement from a broad spectrum of regional Associations. Visitors from across the ASEAN region can benefit enormously from the opportunity to access such diverse international exhibitors all under one roof in Bangkok”.

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Graphics of the Americas See 46% Increase In Registration

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It’s December. That holly, jolly time of year when you will wake up to your holiday wishes nestled under the tree. And just like all the other good little boys and girls, GOA has much to be cheerful about. The latest GOA registration numbers have been unwrapped, and HO! HO! HO! the expo hall will be filled this year, and not just with magic and cheer. The registration numbers have increased, and they are BIG. 46% big across North America.

In October of this year, GOA was excited when their registration data revealed a significant increase in registration over the previous year’s show. That 30% growth was great, but

would it hold steady all the way till the show in February. GOA could only hope. As expected, the number did not hold in December. What wasn’t expected was that it increased. As of December 8, 2017, GOA’s domestic attendance numbers have increased 46% over last year. Well Fort Lauderdale, it looks like Santa will not be the only one coming to town.

So, what led to this holiday gift? What good deeds did GOA perform to warrant inclusion on the “NICE” list?

Did they help an ol’ lady across the street? Did they return their shopping cart to the designated area? Did they recycle? Maybe? But their greatest deeds were when they decked their

expo hall with more than just boughs of holly. GOA concentrated on producing ways to increase the revenue of businesses and professionals in the graphics communications industry.

They focused on upgraded seminars and a Hybrid Exhibit Floor to satisfy buyer attendee’s demands. Live equipment demo areas featuring the newest equipment, running demonstrations throughout the event. Just like Rudolf, the 2018 expo will go down in history.

So, GOA invites business owners and industry professional who serious about increasing their earning potential.

Explore Smart Food and Beverage Packaging Technology at Sino-Pack 2018 Under the rapid growth of global F&B industry, the demand of F&B packaging keeps increasing. Together with the improved efficiency of automated packaging productivity, the latest F&B technology has become a hot issue among packaging industry. A survey from Smithers Pira stated that an annual value of production of the global packaging market will reach US$192.75 billion in 2026, in which F&B packaging will be the main driver of the market growth.

Besides, the list of top 100 Packaging Consumers in the United States showed that F&B packaging will be the fastest-growing field in the packaging market from 2017 to 2026. The above static implies that, product differentiation, unique brand character, attractive appearance, as well as great functionality, will obviously lead to a big transformation in the F&B packaging market.

Under this market trend, “The 25th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials” (Sino-Pack 2018) and 2018 China (Guangzhou) International Exhibition on Packaging Products Exhibition (PACKINNO 2018), which will be held at Area A, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China on 10-12 March, 2018. The total exhibition area is expected to exceed 48,000 s.q.m. with more

than 680 leading exhibitors from 22 countries and regions, featuring a full showcase of packaging industry chain with worldwide latest equipment and technologies.

Logistics Packaging, Food Packaging and General Packaging, will be covering the mainstream packaging industry chain to provide comprehensive solutions for enterprises.

Attractive packaging often catches the first sight from consumers as an attractive packaging delivers information, emotion, concept, character, which probably arouse the consumers’ desire to purchase.

With the development of the food industry and the awareness of health and green in market, consumers required more on F&B packaging besides attractive packaging including its portability, functionality and environmental safety.

Numerous trend-setting items will be featured at Sino-Pack 2018 for the needs of food manufacturers, such as the primary packaging machinery for all kinds of F&B production and downstream packaging machines, expanding the product categories with the whole coverage of wellknown brands. Due to the rising labor costs, smart and automated packaging has become an important factor for enterprises to lower their production costs. Therefore,Sino-Pack 2018 will expand the scale of Smart Packaging Zone, featuring various automated packaging production lines to provide more ideas for manufacturers to transform their factories into automation.

Under the market transformation, numerous of enterprises keep innovating new technologies, meanwhile starting to solve a series of problems faced in production, logistics and sales such as improving production mode, building smart and efficient automated production line, reducing transportation loss, saving storage cost, recycling, extending the food shelf life, using packaging to boost sales, reducing the food waste and costs, green and food safety.

Sino-Pack 2018 strives to accommodate the diversified needs from food industries. This year, four theme zones including Smart Packaging,

The Logistic Packaging Zone, another highlight of the show, will be displaying a series of smart logistics storage equipment and systems which can help improving efficiency, reducing waste and costs in logistics. In addition, “Innovative Packaging Raw Materials Zone” and “Logistics Packaging Materials Zone” at PACKINNO 2018 will further provide more packaging ideas in attractive appearance, innovation, green and safety aspects.

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Pictographics Invests in Massivit 1800 3D Printing Solution Massivit 3D Printing Technologies, the leading provider of large format 3D printing solutions for visual communication applications, today announced that sign and display print business, Pictographics has installed a Massivit 1800 3D Printing Solution to drive sales for new, innovative 3D visual communication projects and set it apart from the competition.

Based in Las Vegas, the family-run, boutique print service provider also expects the latest addition to support growth of its existing 2D sign & display offering. With a long-standing reputation for pioneering new technologies, Pictographics’ production site now includes eight distinct printing technologies plus a varied array of CNC machines. The Massivit 1800 adds a new, creative dimension to this multi-faceted company and its highly-skilled team.

“With a diverse customer-base covering many different market sectors, we often receive requests for custom jobs. As such, we need an array of production equipment

at our disposal as well as a team that can think outside of the box when it comes to delivering the end-product,” says Craig M. Miller, President & CEO, Pictographics.

“With the capability to 3D print attention-grabbing display projects, the Massivit 1800 will significantly strengthen our applications offering, unlock new business opportunities and enhance our competitive edge. The system has been easy to integrate into our production site and the impact it will have will be, well… massive,” he adds.

The capabilities of the Massivit 1800 are already drawing both prospects and existing customers to the business. Miller and his team are sure that the excitement created by the new 3D applications will also generate interest in the company’s market-leading 2D prints, increasing sales volumes for the entire product portfolio.

The Massivit 1800 applications can also be finished using 2D printing technology and 3D routing, producing yet more revenue back to the company’s core print business.

“Our goal has always been to make our customer’s company, brand and products stand out from the crowd,” continues Miller. “The Massivit 1800 gives us a very powerful tool to continue to accomplish that goal and maintain our reputation as early adopters of truly groundbreaking technology.”

Avner Israeli CEO, Massivit 3D concludes: “We are delighted that Pictographics has selected the Massivit 1800 3D printing solution to help realise its business objectives and we look forward to a close collaboration with them to ensure its success. “Thanks to the wide-ranging opportunities it delivers, we are witnessing more and more companies turn to this technology to elevate their applications offering, drive profitable growth and future-proof their business.”

SPGPrints Shows Off Complete Rotary Screen Printing Workflow at Labelexpo Asia 2017 SPGPrints Printing Systems Wuxi Co., SPGPrints’ China subsidiary, showed off its rotary screen printing and laser imaging systems at Labelexpo Asia 2017. These systems are used for creating highquality labels and packaging in a streamlined, efficient workflow.

SPGPrints’ rotary screen solutions displayed at the show cover every step in the workflow, providing a cost-efficient, productive way of applying numerous eye-catching and functional effects that add brand value. These include the no-label look, raised varnishes, fine linework, small text, metallic foil, security features and Braille up to 250 micron thick, in a single pass.

The company’s programme of Rotary Screen Integration (RSI) printing modules, using 100 per cent nickel re-imageable RotaMesh and re-usable RotaPlate rotary screens, enable smooth incorporation of the process inline with flexo, gravure, offset and letterpress processes. SPGPrints has a close partnership with many of the world’s leading press manufacturers, to install the technology on both new and, through retrofitting programmes, on existing presses, up to at least 900mm width.

Samples covering the complete range effects possible with both screens will be available for visitors to appreciate the visual impact and aesthetic appeal achievable. SPGPrints has

The variLEX processor is a highdefinition digital imaging solution for flexo, dry-offset, screen and letterpress printing formes – combining ablating and exposing in one machine. Offering resolutions of up to 5080dpi, variLEX features multi-beam diode lasers that ablate the black mask and/ or directly expose UV-sensitive screen materials. The flexibility of the variLEX means that it is easily adapted to customers’ plate and dot-shaping specifications.

For dedicated rotary screen imaging, SPGPrints also offers rotaLEN 7511, a direct CO2 laser engraving system with resolutions up

to 5080dpi, without using film, chemicals or water. SPGPrints’ software optimises control when creating fine positive and negative images. Additionally, there will be information about SPGPrints’ new Dev & Dry developer and washing system for RotaPlate screens, providing a fast, automated imaging solution with minimal manual input and outstanding reproducibility, without risk of error.

Jimmy Cao, sales manager label printing, SPGPrints Printing Systems Wuxi Co., comments: “Retail goods manufacturers seek distinctive packaging for their brands, to convey the quality expected by consumers. We are experiencing a growth in demand for our rotary screen technology, as brand owners see a workflow centred around RotaMesh and RotaPlate as the solution to meet brand-owners’ quality demands, combined with a low cost of ownership and the support of SPGPrints’ global network. Our experienced technical sales team will be available at Labelexpo Asia to explain how these advanced technologies are the ideal platform for meeting the Asian market’s needs.”

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With a unique hexagonal hole structure, SPGPrints’ seamless nickel RotaMesh screens offer precision, durability and long-term value. They withstand handling and several imaging cycles, and remain stable at printing speeds of up to 150m/min. The nickel RotaPlate screens also offer significant reusability and stability at relatively high speeds.

recently expanded its RotaMesh programme of rotary screens. The RotaMesh 405 was introduced to meet the demands of the Chinese market for sharp reproduction of small han, hanzi and Western text, down to 3-points. The ultra-high mesh count gives brand-owners the natural vividness of rotary screen, with the ability to provide more information, clearly, on a label. Also new is the RotaMesh Glitter Screen for glitter, lustre, shimmer and optically variable inks.

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Solvent-Base Flexo Provides Flexibility to OMET Varyflex V2

The OMET Varyflex V2 is the most flexible narrow- and mid-web press for packaging printing and converting on the market.

Thanks to its unique platform design, it is able to combine a wide range of printing and finishing technologies in-line and satisfy the requests of the market. One of its most successful configurations, in terms of customer satisfaction, is integrates in-line both UV and solvent-base flexo printing units.

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Solvent-base flexo printing is mainly used in food packaging printing, in particular on plastic films, laminates or aluminum material for yogurt lids. Slovent-

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base flexo inks are much cheaper than UV inks, but they need to be cured through specific hot air drying systems, which can also be produced on demand thanks to the unique expertise of OMET R&D in this field.

OMET is able to satisfy every printers' specific need thanks to a wide range of hot air drying modules, including high-performing blowers, with different dimensions to better fit into the machine. It is also possible to combine UV curing and hot air drying systems on the same flexo unit.

Rotogravure is another printing technology using solvent-base inks that can improve the performance of the OMET Varyflex V2, thanks to interchangeable

groups that can be moved everywhere in-between the flexo stations according to the job to be printed. Rotogravure is the ideal cost-effective solution especially for solid printing, metallic inks and special varnish applications.

Several successful installations all around the world prove the reliability and the high performance of OMET technology.

Alfonso Melesi, OMET technical manager explains, "We designed also a few machines entirely prepared for solvent-base printing, other machines with one solvent-base flexo or rotogravure unit in-line for special color application, or exclusive projects featuring standard UV configuration with the addition of 2 rotogravure units, one in front and one at the end of the line. In this case, rotogravure technology is used to make compliant food packaging through solvent lamination, which doesn’t allow for ink migration.”

The OMET Varyflex V2 is available with web width 430 mm (16”7/8), 530 mm (20”7/8), 670 mm (26”3/8), 850 mm (33”4/8) and confers the possibility to print with solvent-base flexo or rotogravure technology in the full compliance with international standards and Atex regulations in terms of explosion-proof equipment, which guarantees a safe working environment.

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for Packaging Print Koenig & Bauer and Esko, both global leaders in the field of packaging printing, recently agreed to further strengthen their partnership. To this end, colour management and workflow solutions from Esko were installed at the Koenig & Bauer demo centre in Radebeul and are available with immediate effect for live presentations to interested customers.

As a solution provider to the packaging industry, Koenig & Bauer sees Esko as a strong partner when it comes to processintegrated workflow solutions.

Accordingly, it is pleased to be able to show users the Equinox colour management technology, which enables printing with an extended colour gamut, with the necessary RIP architecture

being provided by Esko’s Imaging Engine.

One of the benefits of an extended colour gamut is that printers are spared the constant wash-ups which accompany the use of spot colours. Job changeover processes are accelerated and extra production time is gained. This is an especially interesting option for packaging printers. A growing number of brand owners are today accepting the use of an extended colour gamut as an alternative to company- or product-specific spot colours.

It is thus all the more important for both companies to present practically integrated pre-press and print solutions which meet the highest quality standards.

After all, a wider gamut alone

is not sufficient; for the overall process, the absolute stability of all relevant parameters in print is also imperative. With its advanced measuring and control systems, Koenig & Bauer here offers ideal prerequisites for a stable process even over long runs and for repeat jobs.

Packaging printers who come to the Koenig & Bauer customer centre can in future not only become acquainted with the latest print and finishing technologies, but also obtain a more comprehensive overview of the integrated process and the range of workflow solutions for packaging production. Esko will likewise be using the new presentation opportunities in Radebeul to inform its own customer base.

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Products and Applications

Zünd Claims That its Cut Center 3.0 is More Efficient and Productive Zünd has released Version 3.0 of its comprehensive Zünd Cut Center – ZCC software suite. It offers additional and enhanced registration methods for even greater productivity as well as an added, browser-based Dashboard for remote access to all performance and production data.

production floor. Dashboard gives management and production staff easy, round-the-clock remote access to all relevant production data. Real-time job status can be viewed anytime, anywhere.

Visualized statistics provide a clear, instantaneous overview of Zünd cutter productivity for userdefinable time periods.

Zünd has expanded its already comprehensive software suite with new functionalities and another boost in performance and user-friendly operation. The new release includes a variety of intelligent workflow options.

Additional registration methods generate significant increases in overall productivity.

Organization and clarity are the be-all and end-all of smart production planning. That is exactly what Zünd's proven Cut Queue offers, with a tool palette that facilitates production planning and job management.

Cut Queue estimates production times and facilitates setup by visualizing job contours.

Many settings, such as overcut compensation and offsets for objects and cut paths, can either be handled automatically through hot folders or manually, at any time, via Cut Editor.

ZCC Version 3.0 now includes refined algorithms for capturing only those register marks essential for accurately determining position, skew and distortion. Consequently, the ICC camera targets only critical marks for capture while ignoring the rest. This leads to enormous time savings and translates into significant increases in productivity.

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Dashboard is another highlight of the latest version of Zünd Cut Center. This new browser-based function visualizes performance and productivity data of the Zünd cutters operating on the

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Hot folders automatically generate production-ready files from commonly used layout and CAD programs. This accelerates file prep and eliminates manual steps in job setup. At the same time, the software also automatically optimizes cut data for the shortest possible processing time by determining the optimal cut direction, cut sequence and cut path, closing open contours, smoothing curves, etc.

Cut Editor also provides such useful functions as creasecounter generation for highquality creasing, powerful nesting features for maximum material yield, and a variety of routing features designed to deliver superior routing quality, productivity and profitability.

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Guangzhou Hongda Tackles Heat Transfer Opportunity with Two Xeikon 3500 Digital Presses Xeikon announces that Chinese company Guangzhou Hongda, a leading provider of heat transfer labels in the Chinese market, is adding a second Xeikon 3500 digital press to accommodate growth in the digital portion of its business. The company has more than 20 years of experience in gravure printed transfer labels primarily serving the large toys market in China.

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It was seeking a solution that would enable cost-effective production of shorter runs as well as provide an opportunity to expand into heat transfer segment through a newly created web-portal / network of printing partners. “We did stringent testing of various digital printing solutions available in the market and determined

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that the Xeikon 3500 was the best choice for our business. Following our successful experience with the first press installed earlier this year, we are now in the process of adding a second Xeikon 3500, with plans to expand even more during 2018. We work closely with Xeikon’s team in China and their commitment, service and support played an important role in the successful implementation of our digital production capabilities,” explained Jiongda Chen, CEO of Guangzhou Hongda.

Chen points out that key considerations in this decision included the high quality heat transfer labels the Xeikon 3500 press delivers and the FDA compliant dry toner, highly important for the toys market.

“We also appreciated the 50cm print width that allows for multiple up production, supported with Xeikon’s VariLane which makes it possible to create digital imposition templates for heat transfer labels with different SKUs and different sizes within the same print job. Xeikon’s high quality white ink is also important as this is critical for high quality heat transfer applications,” said Chen.

Xeikon VariLane is an imposition software plug-in to the Xeikon X-800 digital front-end, specifically designed to allow label printers greater flexibility in the production of labels and increased profit opportunities. “Guangzhou Hongda has leveraged Xeikon’s print-on-demand capability for heat transfer labels by building a network of heat transfer converters who can order digitally printed heat transfer labels via a web portal,” commented Bent Serritslev, Managing Director Asia Pacific at Xeikon. “This has been successful in growing volume, as evidenced by the company’s acquisition of a second press. It is a pleasure to work with a company that is innovative and growing, and we look forward to our continuing relationship in 2018 and beyond.”

Hybrid Software Schedules Orders at Belgium Label Printer When the printing capacity at Accent Etiketten outstripped the ability of the company’s production scheduling software, the Belgium label printer called on the services of HYBRID Software. The solution came in the form of a customised production scheduling tool within the industry-leading workflow software CLOUDFLOW.

The family run business specialises in supplying self-adhesive labels to customers throughout Belgium, France and Holland. It employs more than 60 people and operates HP Indigo 6600 and 8800 digital presses as well as eight and ten-colour flexo presses. These are in use around the clock five days a week

and in addition to scheduling their workloads Accent Etiketten wanted to include its cutting and packaging facilities.Bert Van der Perre is Sales Manager Benelux at HYBRID Software and has been heavily involved in the project.

“In the new environment, job information is sent from Accent Etiketten’s MIS system directly into CLOUDFLOW using XML files,” he says.

“We set up a device manager within CLOUDFLOW to define the relevant details of each machine, providing parameters that include minimum run time, setup time, production speed, number of print stations, time to change rolls and cleanup time. The solution incorporates an ‘availability calendar’ that takes into account factors such as staff holidays, maintenance, potential for extra shifts etc.

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“We operate HP Indigo digital presses and flexo presses,” explained Christophe Beke, quality assurance and project manager. “We had originally written our own software for scheduling jobs, which operated within the ERP environment and had performed quite adequately.

However, recent investment in our press department meant that the workload demands had overtaken what our package could handle and we estimated that to rewrite it would

have taken us more than a year.”

According to the company, instead, they started examining what was available on the market and when they looked at the products from HYBRID Software they were immediately interested in the company’s potential to meet their needs. "We liaised closely with its specialist team of developers in order to tailor its existing production scheduling tool to our particular requirements and this cooperation enabled us to reach our current position,” said Beke.

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The Global 3D Printing Software and Services Market to Register a CAGR of 25.2% Between 2017 and 2021 3D printing companies have responded with a range of online 3D printing services that offer technologies catering to a wide range of uses.

Their ultimate goal is to help the clients utilize the technology without investing substantial time and money into researching 3D design principals and 3D printing technologies for a particular business.

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With the emergence of several new software in the category of design/ modeling, data preparation, simulation and machine control (which includes slicing software), there is a wide range of opportunities arriving in the 3D printing industry to design and implement various 3D printed objects. The global 3D printing software and services market is estimated to register a CAGR of 25.2% between 2017 and 2021.

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This growth in the market is attributed to the increasing demand from various end use application verticals such as healthcare industry, consumer industry, automotive industry, fashion and aesthetics industry, aerospace & defense industry, education industry and architecture industry, among others. Manufacturers, designers, artisans and individuals are harnessing the cutting-edge technology of 3D printing and mass production to create objects for numerous applications.

While most of the consumer 3D printers can be purchased for $1000 or less, the cost of commercial 3D printers that offer the precision and build quality that many businesses need, can be as high as thousands of dollars. Hence, the current trend that is trailing in the 3D printing industry is that many of the small businesses are opting for 3D printing services, wherein they upload the design they need, and get the 3D printed products constructed by a 3D printing service provider (that already has a 3D printer) at a substantially low cost.

In other words, service bureaus that 3D print objects on demand provide a way for smaller companies to rapidly prototype without having to invest large sums up front. Currently, most of the companies are providing print on demand services for various applications like rapid prototyping, concept modeling, and the creation of custom parts. The consumer base in this category includes hobbyists, academic institutions, research institutions, and so on.

3D printing has long been considered a tool to quickly design and make one-off prototypes of objects. However, as the technology is becoming more accessible, more affordable and more capable, it is beginning to redefine the way the manufacturing industry is framed. The 3D printing technology has brought a revolutionary change in the manufacturing industry.

The growing market and the decrease in the price of the printers are some of the factors that are anticipated to give birth to some new competitors in the market. In addition, the innovative products that will be used as prototypes are expected to significantly reduce the price of 3D printing. Hence, it can be evidently deduced that 3D printing is going to significantly impact the upcoming future especially in regards to the way makers and manufacturers conduct their business.

The establishment of 3DP within the manufacturing industry has resulted in high revenues for the service providers, as their primary business consists of delivering ready-to-use prototypes and products as well as 3DP engineering and consulting services. The principal advantage of using external service providers is that it allows clients to use different manufacturing technologies, as well as to save on capital expenditure for machines and materials.

Most of the consumer 3D printers can be purchased for $1000 or less; the cost of commercial 3D printers that offer the precision and build quality that many businesses need, can be as high as thousands of dollars. Hence, the current trend that is trailing in the 3D printing industry is that many of the small businesses are opting for 3D printing services, wherein they upload the design they need, and get the 3D printed products constructed by a 3D printing service provider (that already has a 3D printer) at a substantially low cost.

In other words, service bureaus that 3D print objects on demand provide a way for smaller companies to rapidly prototype without having to invest substantial amount up front.

The global 3D printing software and services market is expected to reach $4,526.6 million by 2021, registering a CAGR of 25.2% between 2017 and 2021.

The factors driving the 3DP software and services market include high investment cost of 3D printers, strong growth in medical industry, growing demand from manufacturing sectors, ease of developing customized products, government initiatives and rising investments for research and development (R&D). However, high cost and complexity of 3DP software, lack of technical expertise, quality and functionality of 3D printed products, legal issues and environmental issues are some of the factors which are hampering the growth of 3D printing software and services market.

Opportunities in the emerging economies, opportunities in emerging application verticals, development of more user friendly software and opportunity to enhance the supply chain management are expected to create growth prospects for the 3DP

software and services market. The 3D printing software market is segmented into three types, namely, 3D designing software, data preparation software, simulation software and machine control software.

3D designing software dominated the global 3DP software and services market with the market share of approximately 61% in 2016. There are numerous 3D designing software available online which are either free or paid. Most of the 3D printing manufacturing companies either have their own 3D designing software or have tie-ups with the companies providing 3D designing software. However, the data preparation software which acquired the second largest market share in 2016 are expected to grow at the fastest rate in the forecast period.

The 3D printing services market is segmented on the basis of 3DP service type, 3DP material type, technology, application and end use industry. The three types of 3DP services include print on demand services, after sales and maintenance services, among others. The print on demand services occupied the largest market share of 78.4% in 2016.

Currently, most of the companies are providing print on demand services for various applications such as rapid prototyping, concept modeling, and the creation of custom parts. The consumer base in this category includes hobbyists, academic institutions, and research institutions, among others.

After sales and maintenance services segment includes the repair services required after the sale of 3D printed constructs.

The 3DP services market was dominated by photopolymers which occupied a market share of 46.8% in 2016. Photopolymers are

actually thermoset plastics that cure or harden with exposure to some type of light source. Photopolymers are one of the materials used in 3D printing with the potential to make products with better properties.

Due to increasing variety of photopolymers, photopolymer based technologies like stereolithography (SLA), polyjet & digital light processing (DLP), and increasing acceptability across the various industries, the applications of 3D printing with photopolymers are increasing drastically. In terms of technology, material extrusion dominated the 3DP services market due to its cost effectiveness, acquiring a market share of 48.8% in 2016.

The increasing number of filaments and increased research and development towards the making of new advanced filaments have propelled its market growth. The trends of the 3DP software and services market varies with different geographical regions. The 3DP software and services market holds a prominent share in various countries of Asia-Pacific (APAC), North America, Europe, South America, and Middle East & Africa.

The competitive landscape for the 3DP software and services market demonstrates an inclination towards companies adopting strategies such as agreements, collaborations, contracts, joint ventures & partnerships, business expansion and product launch and development.

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The major established players in the market are focusing more on agreements, collaborations, contracts, joint ventures & partnerships to keep a strong hold on the market. Stratasys, 3D Systems, Dassault Systemes, Autodesk, Siemens, Materialise NV, Prodways, Voxeljet, Exone, Protolabs, and PTC are few of the major industry players that have adopted this strategy to grow their business.

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There is a Burgeoning Demand for Functional Packaging Applications in Cosmetics and Personal Care Industry dustry Analysis 2012 – 2016 and Opportunity Assessment 2017–2027.”

The various regional markets for laminated tubes are North America, Latin America, Japan, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ), and the Middle East and Africa (MEA).

Of these, the APEJ is predicted to rise at the dominant CAGR of 17.3% during 2017–2027 and is expected to emerge as the leading market, vis-àvis global share, by 2027 end.

Some of the prominent players operating in the global laminated tubes market include Montebello Packaging Inc., Linhardt GmbH & Co KG, Tubopress Italia Spa, Ctl-Th Packaging Sl, CCL Industries Inc., Berry Global Group, Inc., Albea S.A., Burhani Group of Industries, Pirlo GmbH & Co KG, Tubapack A.S., Lajovic Tuba D.O.O., and Huhtamaki Oyj, notes Future Market Insights (FMI).

Various players are focusing on the development of advanced functional products to meet a variety of packaging applications in end-use industries, to gain a competitive edge over others.

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According to FMI, the global laminated tubes market analysis is valued at US$821.9 Mn in 2017 and is projected to rise at an impressive CAGR of 13.3% from 2017 to 2027.

The market is estimated to be worth US$2852.4 Mn by the end of the forecast period. The study presented here is based on a report by Future Market Insights (FMI) titled, “Laminated Tubes Market: Global In-

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The dominance of this regional market can be attributed to a substantial uptake of laminated tubes packaging in the cosmetics industry. Based on end-use, the major areas are cosmetics, oral care, food, pharmaceuticals, home and other personal care, and commercial.

Of all the end-use segments, the oral care is projected to dominate, accounting for about 48.0% value share by the end of 2027.

The market is primarily driven by the rising demand for aesthetic packaging options that are easy-to-use and portable, provide product preservation, and meet varied requirements in diverse end-use areas, including pharmaceuticals, industrial application, food, and personal care. The burgeoning demand for aesthetic packaging of cosmetic products which can also provide superior protection barriers to contents by preserving fragrance, flavo8r, and moisture is boosting the market.

The wide demand for attractive as well as highly functional packaging options for packing a variety of hair care and skin care products is stoking the demand for laminated tubes. The rapid strides being made by the cosmetic and personal care industry in developing and developed countries is accentuating the growth of the market.

The soaring popularity of flexible packaging applications that can be tailored to any shape and size, while providing substantial branding and product differentiation options is

catalyzing the growth of the worldwide market. The conscious, marked shift from aluminum-based packaging to laminated tube packaging among pharmaceutical players is attributed to several noteworthy anti-contamination properties of these packaging. The rising uptake of laminated tubes for packing OTC pharmaceutical products is boosting the market.

The notable benefit of prolonging the shelf-life of cosmetic and personal care products possible with laminated tube packaging is a prominent factor expected to bolster their demand. The popularity of high-catching visuals in product packaging in the FMCG sector has bolstered the demand for laminated tubes, as these enable the use of high graphic flexo printing technology.

However, the rising availability of substitute packaging options, including stick packs and airless pumps, is likely to hamper the demand for laminated tubes. Furthermore, the rising concerns of the adverse environmental effects of plastics and various governmental regulation to ban plastics in packaging are key factors likely to impede the growth of the market to an extent.

Nevertheless, the attractive of laminated tubes packaging is fueled by their growing popularity among end-use industries owing to a large number of functional properties.

In addition, laminated tubes are considered cost effective for a growing number of brand owners, who want to differentiate their products and meet their specific product needs.

Paper and Paperboard is the Most Preferred Material Type in the Global Consumer Electronics Packaging Market Future Market Insights has recently conducted an extensive market study on the global consumer electronics packaging market and published the findings in a new report titled ‘Consumer Electronics Packaging Market: Global Industry Analysis (2012 – 2016) & Opportunity Assessment (2017 – 2027).’ The report provides in-depth market information and insights along with key metrics to study the performance of the global consumer electronics packaging market for an assessment period of 10 years from 2017 to 2027.

According to the report forecasts, global sales of consumer electronics packaging is estimated to be valued at US$ 14,105.8 Million by 2017 end and this is projected to reach US$ 35,393.3 Million by 2027. Sales revenue is expected to expand at a CAGR of 9.6% during the forecast period (2017–2027). The commoditisation of consumer electronics products, reducing product life cycles, and changing consumer buying patterns are some of the factors expected to boost revenue growth of the global consumer electronics packaging market.

However, growing intolerance towards plastic, shifting regulatory environment, changing consumer preferences, and falling average disposable income levels are some factors expected to restrict global market revenue growth. The global consumer electronics packaging market is segmented on the basis of:

Product Type: Corrugated Boxes, Paperboard Boxes, Thermoformed Trays, Bags & Pouches, Blister Packs & Clamshells, Protective Packaging, and Others

Application: Mobile Phones, Computers (Laptops & Tablets, Desktops & Servers), TVs, DTH & SetTop Boxes, Music Systems, Printers, Scanners & Photocopy Machines, Game Consoles & Toys, Camcorders

& Cameras, Electronic Wearable, Digital Media Adapters (DMRs), and Others

Region: Western Europe, North America, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ), Middle East & Africa (MEA), and Japan.

Corrugated Boxes is the largest product type segment, estimated to hold just under 23% market share by 2027 end. This segment is expected to create an incremental $ opportunity of US$ 4,968.8 Million during the forecast period.

The Mobile Phones application segment is anticipated to lead the global consumer electronics packaging market with a valuation of US$ 8,417.2 Million by the end of the forecast period in 2027. This segment is expected to create an incremental $ opportunity of US$ 5,210.3 Million over the forecast period.

The Paper and Paperboard material segment is estimated to hold a high value share of just under 62% by the end of 2027. This segment is expected to create an incremental $

APEJ is the dominant regional market for consumer electronics packaging with a high value share of 41.3% by the end of the forecast period in 2027. The APEJ consumer electronics packaging market is expected to gain 310 basis points in market share in 2027 over 2017.

The report profiles some of the top companies operating in the global consumer electronics packaging market such as DS Smith Plc, Mondi Group, International Paper Company, Sonoco Products Company, Sealed Air Corporation, Huhtamaki Oyj, Smurfit Kappa Group PLC, WestRock Company, UFP Technologies, Inc., Stora Enso Oyj, Pregis Corporation, Shenzhen Hoichow Packing Manufacturing Ltd., Dordan Manufacturing Company, Hangzhou Xunda Packaging Co., Dunapack Packaging Group, Universal Protective Packaging, Inc., Parksons Packaging Ltd., Neenah Paper Inc., Plastic Ingenuity Inc., and JJX Packaging LLC.

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Material: Plastic (PE, PP, PVC, PA, PET, PS, Others), Paper & Paperboard, and Others

opportunity of US$ 14,430.4 Million during the forecast period.

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Top 20 Car Wrap Designs of 2017 One of the main reasons for ongoing growth in a particular sector of the industry is the level of creativity and innovation among companies involved with the type of work. Vehicle wrapping and graphics is one of the best examples of this areas, with

PressOn aims for World Record with Bloodhound SSC wrap

Designer: PressOn Description: “If at first you don’t

succeed; try, try, try again”. PressOn followed this advice this year by continuing its partnership with the Bloodhound SSC team to attempt to break the land speed record.

PressOn wrapped the supersonic car in a striking Union Jack flag design, which was printed using a HP Latex 570 and applied to Avery MPI 1104EA cast white vinyl selfadhesive cast film.

the market having come on leaps and bounds in recent years. From championship motor-racing cars that are seen by millions of fans around the world, through to jumbo jet planes that carry tens of thousands of people each year; vehicle wraps and graphics come

in all sorts of wonderful shapes and sizes. Here, FESPA looks back over the past year in this section of the market and highlights some of the standout projects that not only captured headlines in our own industry, but also the mainstream, global media.

Ohio sheriff looks pretty in pink

revealed that the sticker covers an area of more than 500sq m.

Race down the aisle with Maro Engel

Designer: Brand Installers Description: Stark County

Sheriff’s Office in Ohio, US, this year used a decorated cruiser to help raise awareness about breast cancer. Avery Dennison donated Satin Bubblegum Pink and Satin Nero Supreme Wrapping Films for the project, while Brand Installers carried out the installation. The design features the famous pink breast cancer ribbons and, as a bonus, criminals picked up by the cruiser are greeted with a message on the inside that reads: “Look on the bright side…you’re helping raise breast cancer awareness”.

Designer: Mercedes-AMG Description: Professional racing driver Maro Engel enjoyed a special present on his wedding day this year, courtesy of the MercedesAMG team. Engel and his now-wife Steffi drove away from church in a Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM, complete with wedding day graphics.

Exploring the deep with Boaty McBoatface

Take a flight with the stars of Real Madrid Designer: Signs Express South-

I predict a car wrap

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Designer: Ecosse Signs Description: Such is the popular-

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ity of vehicle wraps that musicians and bands are featuring them in their music videos. This year, English group the Kaizer Chiefs used two decorated Honda Civic Type R track cars in a video to promote its new single, ‘Hole in my Soul’. Scottish company Ecosse Signs designed, digitally printed and applied the wraps using Scotchcal Graphic film from 3M.

ampton

Description: Although perhaps Designer: Real Madrid / Emirates Description: Emirates, the main

shirt sponsor of famous Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid since 2013, decorated one of its A380 plans with a giant vinyl sticker featuring players from the club. Although details of the printing process are being kept under wraps (no pun intended), it was

not the most colourful of examples, this piece of work by the team at Signs Express Southampton forms part of a news story that captured the attention of the world’s media.

A vote to name a new submarine concluded with the vessel being titled ‘Boaty McBoatface’, and Signs Express Southampton was on hand to apply the graphics for its maiden voyage in the Southern Ocean.

Tesla gets the cartoon treatment

Designer: Burnie Burns / Graph-

ics Guys

Description:

Burnie Burns, founder of US television production company Rooster Teeth, was able to transform his Tesla P90D into a cartoon version with the help of a specially designed wrap. Burns worked with Texas-based Graphics Guys on the project, with the end result being a car that looks like a real-world cartoon.

Canadian artist takes his work on the road

Designer: Jeroen Vermeulen Description: Canadian artist

Jeroen Vermeulen came up with an inventive and cost-effective way to showcase his work to the masses by wrapping one of his large, abstract paintings around his S450 Mercedes. Fashion photographer Lilian Tan took images of the original painting and the images were then transferred to wrapping materials and applied to the car.

BJR backs equality with rainbow livery

Spaghetti BMW – an acquired taste

Designer: Brad Jones Racing

Designer: Maurizio Cattelan /

Description: The Brad Jones

Description: From the sublime

Holden

Racing Holden team from the Australian Supercars series showed its support for equality with this vehicle wrap. The colourful design features primary branding from Holden and followed the company’s sponsorship of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Super Disney fan reveals spooky car wrap

Pierpaolo Ferrari

to the slightly confusing. Earlier this year, a Swiss collector spent €100,000 on a BMW i3 decorated with a ‘spaghetti’ wrap. The unusual design on the electric vehicle is the result of a collaboration between satirical Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari – an art partnership known as ‘TOILETPAPER’.

Funds raised from the sale went to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

Keeping the new Jaguar under wraps

Designer: Miss Mortis / Vinyl Ink Description: How far would you

go to display your love for a film?

This year, big Disney fan Miss Mortis wrapped her car in a design themed on hit film ‘Haunted Mansion’. The wrap was printed and applied by California-based Vinyl Ink.

Freshly wrapped supercar excites Lamborghini fans

Dorset Police supports UK Poppy Appeal

Designer: Unknown Description: Wraps are usually ap-

plied to a car to improve its look, but Jaguar opted to use this striking wrap to add to the mystery, and indeed excitement, over the new XE SV Project 8. The Telegraph reports that this specially designed wrap was meant to hide its exact appearance so as not to reveal too much about the new car during its initial outing in May.

Flying the rainbow flag for Brighton Pride

Designer: Unknown Description: In April, car fanat-

Police joined forces with a local sign company to decorate one of its cars to support this year’s Poppy Appeal. The vehicle led the Weymouth Remembrance Sunday parade and carried the design for a further three weeks.

Designer: West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service / MotoFX

Description: To mark this year’s

edition of the famous Brighton Pride LGBTQ event, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service wrapped one of its fire engines in this colourful design. Work was carried out by MotoFX.

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Designer: Dorset Police Description: In England, Dorset

ics had their first glimpse of the new Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder, which was snapped while out on a test run at the famous Nurburgring in Germany.

And if one of the first public outings of the new car was not enough to excite fans, the black and white wrap that covered the car also got people talking.

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Luxury wrap for billionaire’s son

attracted so much interest, the Volkswagen dealership opted to launch its own ‘McCoo’ car.

Tonka truck goes life-size with Toyota Australia

past. The black-and-white wrap was accompanied by other décor, including the flags of all 14 states of the country. Krishnan spent RM5,500 (€1,123/£1,000) on the unique design.

Sjöström clinches showpiece award at World Wrap Master 2017

Designer: FoilX Description: What’s

the perfect gift for the 15-year-old who has everything? How about a Ferrari F12berlinetta supercar wrapped with the logos of Louis Vuitton and Supreme? Dubai-based car-wrap workshop FoilX took on the job for Emirati Rashed Belhasa, son of billionaire businessman Saif Ahmed Belhasa, and socialite and fashion entrepreneur, Sarah Belhasa.

Take the McCoo by the horns

Designer: Toyota Australia Description: Many of us will

have memories of playing with toy cars and trucks when we were children, and this year, Toyota Australia gave adults the chance to try out one of their childhood toys for real. The HiLux Tonka Concept is based on the famous ‘Tonka’ truck toys and features a matching wrap to make big kids feel like they are behind the wheel of their very own ‘toy’.

Patriotic taxi driver goes all out to celebrate Malaysia Day

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Designer: Steven Brown Description: Steven Brown,

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the Scottish artist behind the famous ‘McCoo’ brand, joined forces with a local Volkswagen dealer to produce this striking car wrap for a VW Polo. The car was offered through a competition, but after the initiative

Designer: M. Krishnan Description: Malaysia taxi

driver M. Krishnan celebrated the country’s National Day in style this year by wrapping his cab in iconic images from the nation’s

Designer: Patrick Charrier, Bazoon Studio

Description: Patrick Charrier

of Bazoom Studio, France was the winner of the 2017 FESPA World Wrap Masters Design Competition. The winning design was applied, by the world’s best vinyl installers in the Wrap Master Finals in Hamburg, to a speedboat used by the Haugaard Racing Team in the 2017 World Formula 4 UIM Powerboat Championship.

Jonas Sjöström from Sweden held off competition from wrapping experts around the world to clinch this year’s FESPA World Wrap Masters Series, in what the organisation described as one of the tightest-run editions in the history of the competition.

FESPA offers wrap specialists from around the world to showcase their talents in the annual World Wrap Masters, a series of regional competitions that culminate with a final event at the main FESPA global print expo, which is taking place from 15-18 May 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

Industrial Packaging Industry to Grow by 3.2% to 2022: Smithers Pira Exclusive data from the latest Smithers Pira market report ‘The Future of Industrial Packaging to 2022’ projects worldwide industrial packaging sales will be worth $52.72 billion in 2017. This value is forecast to grow across the next five years at an annual rate of 3.2% to reach $61.84 billion in 2022. The materials used to produce industrial packaging formats – sacks, IBCs, drums, crates/totes – are 14.56 million tonnes in 2017, this is forecast to grow at an annual rate of 2.7% across the same period to reach 16.62 million tonnes.

Consumption increases will continue to be driven primarily by the faster-growing transition economies of Asia, Central & Eastern Europe and Africa, rather than the more mature advanced economies of Western Europe, North America and Japan.

Despite this impression of stability, complex dynamics are acting to restructure the industrial packaging sector.

The report author, David Platt, explains: “Gradual changes along the supply chain that have been

brought about by market and technology developments will have implications for the future of industrial packaging formats and markets. These include packaging, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the switch to dimensional weight pricing in the consumer parcel shipping business.”

Flexible IBCs will register steady growth due to the advantages they offer in terms of efficiency, loading and unloading products.

Overall, however, rigid industrial packaging containers are forecast to grow at a faster rate than flexible formats.

Plastic drums will post aboveaverage gains based on cost and performance advantages over fibre and steel drums. In the industrial packaging sector, a key concern is the overall protection provided by the packaging, particularly when dealing with the transport of hazardous materials.

Thus degree of substitution from steel to plastic drums for transportation of industrial products is limited because of safety regulations that apply to various hazardous products. In instances

where this switching is plausible, the relative cost of steel versus plastic remains the principal driver. Sustainability is gaining traction in the industrial packaging market, with mounting public pressure on governments, brand owners and retailers to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. The industry is continuing to focus on reuse and reconditioning of industrial packaging, rather than downgauging to cut its carbon footprint.

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Calendar

TRADE SHOWS CONFERENCES & EVENTS January 2018

Digi Sign Africa Cairo, Egypt 9 – 11 January 2018

Heimtextil Frankfurt, Germany 9 – 12 January, 2018 SGI Dubai Dubai, UAE 14 – 16 January, 2018 Saudi Print & Pack Riyadh, KSA 21 – 24 January 2018

February 2018

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Sino-Label Guangzhou, China 10 - 12 March, 2018 Printing South China Guangzhou, China 10 - 12 March, 2018 FPA 2018 Annual Meeting Naples, Florida, US 13-15 March, 2018

April 2018

Paperworld Middle East Dubai, UAE 27 February – 1 March, 2018

Ponte Vedra Beach Florida, U.S. 9 - 11 April, 2018

Paperwork Canada Montreal, Canada 5-8 February, 2018

Inkjet Summit Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, US 9-11 April, 2018

easyFairs Packaging Innovations Birmingham, United Kingdom 28 February - 1 March, 2018

PPC Spring Outlook and Strategies Conference Baltimore, Md., US. 11-13 April, 2018

easyFairs Empack Birmingham, United Kingdom 28 February - 1 March, 2018

Pure Digital Amsterdam, The Netherlands 17 - 19 April, 2018

March 2018

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PrintFair Hyderabad, India 9 - 12 March, 2018

unique 4+1 Leipzig, Germany 3 - 5 March, 2018

DPES Sign Expo China Guangdong, China 3 – 6 March 2018

2018 NAPIM Spring Convention Sonoma, Calif., US 20-23 April, 2018

May 2018

RT Imaging Summit & Expo Americas Cancún Cancún, Mexico 24 - 25 May, 2018

MARK YOUR CALENDAR BOOK YOUR TICKETS Grafitalia Rho Milan, Italy 29 May - 1 June, 2018 Print & Packtech Bangalore, India 4 - 6 May, 2018 FESPA 2017 Global Print Expo Berlin, Germany 15 - 18 May, 2018 RT Imaging Summit & Expo Americas Cancun, Mexico 24 - 25 May, 2018 Grafitalia Milano, Italy 28 May - 1 June, 2018 Graphic Expo Pasay, Phillipines 31 May - 2 June, 2018

June 2018

Fabcon 3.D Erfurt, Germany 5 - 7 June, 2018 Printech Moscow, Russia 19 - 22 June, 2018 Additive Manufacturing Europe Amsterdam, The Netherlands 26 - 28 Junes, 2018

July 2018

Serigrafia Sign Future Textil Sao Paulo, Brazil 25 - 28 July, 2018

September 2018

TeleNet fair Switzerland 04 - 06 September, 2018 O ZBEKinPRINT-O ZuPACK Tashkent, Uzbekistan 19 - 21 September, 2018 Sign China Shanghai, China 19 - 21 September, 2018 Indoprint Jakarta, Indonesia 19 - 22 September, 2018 TCT Show United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25 - 27, September 2018 Graph Expo Chicago, USA 30 September - 03 October, 2018

October 2018

Druck+Form Sinsheim, Germany 10 - 13 October, 2018 PCVExpo Moscow, Russia 23 - 25 October, 2018 Creative Paper Conference 25 - 26 October, 2018 Munich, Germany

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Printpack + sign Singapore 18 - 20 July, 2018

August 2018 Print Technology Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 02 - 05 August, 2018

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‫رسومات األمريكيتان تزيد‬ ‫بنسبة ‪ ٪46‬في التسجيل‬ ‫إنه شهر ديسمبر‪ ،‬شهر القداسة والبهجة في‬ ‫السنة عندما تستيقظ لترى أمنيات العيد‬ ‫خاصتك تحت الشجرة مثل جميع الفتيان‬ ‫والفتيات الصغار الطيبين‪ ،‬لدى ‪ GOA‬الكثير‬ ‫من البهجة لتطلقها في األرجاء‪ .‬تم إلغاء‬ ‫فك أرقام تسجيل ‪ GOA‬األخيرة‪ ،‬وستمأل‬ ‫صيحات «هو هو هو» قاعة المعرض هذا‬ ‫العام‪ ،‬وليس فقط بالسحر والهتاف‪ .‬فقد‬ ‫زادت أرقام التسجيل وأصبحت «كبيرة»‬ ‫بحوالي ‪ 46٪‬في جميع أنحاء أمريكا الشمالية‪.‬‬

‫حسناً‪ ،‬ما الذي جلب هدية العيد هذه؟ ما هي‬ ‫األعمال الجيدة التي قامت بها ‪ GOA‬لتبرير‬ ‫إدراجها في قائمة « ‪»NICE‬؟ هل ساعدوا‬ ‫سيدة عجوز في الشارع؟ هل أعادوا عربة‬ ‫التسوق إلى المنطقة المخصصة؟ هل أعادوا‬

‫تدوير األشياء؟ من الممكن؟ ولكن أعظم‬ ‫أعمالهم كانت عندما زينت قاعة المعرض مع‬ ‫أكثر من مجرد أغصان قدسية‪ .‬ركزت ‪GOA‬‬ ‫على إنتاج طرق لزيادة إيرادات الشركات‬ ‫والمهنيين في صناعة االتصاالت الصورية‪.‬‬ ‫كما ركزت على الندوات المحسنة وطوابق‬ ‫المعرض المتنوعة لتلبية مطالب المشترين‬

‫من الحضور‪ ،‬ومناطق تجريب المعدات الحية‬ ‫التي تضم أحدث المعدات‪ ،‬وتقديم البراهين‬ ‫خالل هذا الحدث‪ .‬سيذكر معرض ‪ 2018‬في‬ ‫التاريخ‪ ،‬تماما ً مثل رودولف‪.‬‬ ‫لذلك تدعو ‪ GOA‬أصحاب األعمال ومحترفي‬ ‫الصناعة الجادين في زيادة إمكانيات‬ ‫مكاسبهم‪.‬‬

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‫في أكتوبر من هذا العام‪ ،‬كان ‪ GOA‬متحمسا ً‬ ‫عندما كشفت بيانات تسجيلهم زيادة كبيرة‬ ‫في التسجيل خالل العام الماضي‪ .‬كان ذلك‬ ‫النمو بنسبة ‪ 30٪‬كبيراً‪ ،‬ولكن سيكون‬ ‫ثابتا ً حتى المعرض في فبراير شباط‪ .‬يأمل‬ ‫‪ GOA‬فقط‪ ،‬وكما كان متوقعاً‪ ،‬بأن العدد لم‬ ‫ُيستوعب في ديسمبر‪ .‬وما لم يكن متوقعا ً‬ ‫هو أنه اعتبارا ً من ‪ 8‬ديسمبر ‪ 2017‬زاد‬ ‫عدد الحضور المحلي في ‪ GOA‬بنسبة ‪46٪‬‬ ‫عن العام الماضي‪ .‬وبحسب «ويل فورت‬ ‫لودرديل»‪ ،‬ال يبدو أن سانتا سيكون الوحيد‬ ‫القادم إلى المدينة‪.‬‬

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‫أحداث‬

‫فيسبا آسيا يعود إلى تايالند في فبراير ‪2018‬‬ ‫فيسبا آسيا‪ ،‬معرض الالفتات والطباعة على‬ ‫نطاق واسع األول في منطقة آسيان ‪ ،‬يعود‬ ‫إلى بانكوك‪ ،‬تايالند من ‪ 22-24‬فبراير ‪2018‬‬ ‫في مركز المعارض بيتيك‪ ،‬ويهدف إلى العمل‬ ‫على نجاح الحدث ‪ 2017‬وتقديم الحدث‬ ‫الرئيسي لمنطقة اآلسيان بالنسبة للنطاق‬ ‫الواسع والشاشة وطباعة النسيج وأسواق‬ ‫الالفتات‪.‬‬ ‫سيوفر معرض فيسبا آسيا ‪ 2018‬مزودو‬ ‫خدمات الطباعة وحرفيين صناعة الالفتات‬ ‫فضال ً عن المتخصصين في مجال النسيج‪،‬‬ ‫باإلضافة إلى فرصة لرؤية أحدث ابتكارات‬ ‫المنتجات والتطبيقات في السوق واكتشاف‬ ‫فرص جديدة لنمو األعمال التجارية‪ .‬سيضم‬ ‫المعرض أكثر من ‪ 100‬شركة عارضة‪ ،‬مع‬ ‫العديد من العالمات التجارية العالمية‬ ‫الرائدة التي أكدت بالفعل للمشاركة بما في‬ ‫ذلك ‪M & R، Siser ، d.gen، Multicam ،‬‬ ‫‪JK Group ، Caldera ، Fimor ، Sensient‬‬ ‫و ‪ ، Hexis‬وشركاء ‪World Wrap Masters‬‬ ‫الرسميين‪.‬‬

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‫وإلثبات التزامها بالسوق اآلسيوية‪ ،‬عززت‬ ‫فيسبا اتصاالتها المباشرة في المنطقة من‬ ‫خالل تعيين مدير تطوير األعمال اآلسيوي‬ ‫«هانا بان»‪ ،‬لربط العارضين باللغات المحلية‬ ‫ومساعدتهم‪ .‬وتعمل فيسبا أيضا ً مع وكاالت‬ ‫التسويق واإلعالن المحلية في الترويج‬ ‫اإلقليمي للمعرض‪.‬‬

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‫وقد اجتذب المؤتمر االفتتاحي في آسيا في‬ ‫الفترة من ‪ 15‬إلى ‪ 17‬فبراير ‪ 2017‬في تايالند‬ ‫أكثر من ‪ 4500‬زائر إقليمي ودولي‪ .‬وقد‬ ‫سافر الحضور من ‪ 63‬دولة‪ ،‬حيث جاءت‬ ‫أكبر وفود من تايالند وسنغافورة والهند‬ ‫والصين وماليزيا‪ .‬وتحظى سمعة المعرض‬ ‫لسنة ‪ 2017‬بمستوى عال من االهتمام‬ ‫من العارضين الجدد‪ ،‬مع ‪Stahls ، Monti‬‬ ‫‪ Antonio ، Foilack ، Chemica‬وغيرها الكثير‬ ‫قد أكدوا مسبقا ً الحجوزات لحفل ‪.2018‬‬ ‫وينعكس النجاح أيضا ً في نسبة إعادة الحجز‬ ‫من حوالي ‪ 60٪‬من العارضين إلى فيسبا آسيا‬ ‫‪ 2017‬بعد أن أكدوا حجزهم لعام ‪.2018‬‬ ‫وقالت مديرة قسم فيسبا «روز غارنوري»‪:‬‬ ‫«بعد أن حظي المعرض بالنجاح في عام‬ ‫‪ ،2017‬نحن سعداء بمثل هذا االلتزام القوي‬ ‫من قبل العديد من الشركات الدولية الكبرى‬ ‫في فيسبا آسيا ‪ 2018‬ومثل هذا التأييد‬ ‫الباهر من مجموعة واسعة من الجمعيات‬ ‫اإلقليمية‪ ،‬بحيث يمكن للزوار من جميع‬ ‫أنحاء منطقة آسيان االستفادة بشكل كبير‬ ‫من فرصة الوصول إلى هؤالء العارضين‬ ‫الدوليين المختلفين كلهم تحت سقف واحد‬ ‫في بانكوك «‪.‬‬ ‫يتم دعم فيسبا آسيا ‪ 2018‬من قبل رابطة‬ ‫مصنعي المالبس التايالندية‪ ،‬جمعية تنمية‬ ‫األعمال اإلعالنية التايالندية والمعهد النسيج‬ ‫التايالندي (‪ )THTI‬الذين يروجون بشكل‬

‫استباقي للمعرض كأعضاء‪ .‬ويأتي المزيد من‬ ‫الدعم من الجمعيات األعضاء في الرابطة‬ ‫في الهند وسريالنكا ونيبال وجمهورية كوريا‬ ‫واليابان والصين والفلبين وأستراليا التي‬ ‫تمثل عضوية إقليمية مشتركة ألكثر من‬ ‫‪ 2000‬من مقدمي الخدمات المطبوعة‪.‬‬ ‫وسيتاح للزوار في فيسبا آسيا ‪ 2018‬أيضا ً‬ ‫الوصول إلى برنامج يركز على المحتوى‬ ‫التعليمي واإللهامي بما في ذلك ورشة‬ ‫عمل طباعة النسيج‪ ،‬و‪Wrap Masters‬‬ ‫‪ Asia‬وسلسلة من الندوات التي تضم‬ ‫المتحدثين البارزين من آسيا وخارجها‪ .‬يمكن‬ ‫للزوار الدوليين المسافرين إلى فيسبا آسيا‬ ‫االستفادة من رحالت مخفضة مع الخطوط‬ ‫الجوية التايالندية‪.‬‬

‫الورق والورق المقوى من أكثر المواد تفضيال ً في سوق‬ ‫تعبئة وتغليف االلكترونيات االستهالكية العالمية‬ ‫أجرت شركة ‪Future Market Insights‬‬ ‫مؤخرا ً دراسة سوقية واسعة النطاق حول‬ ‫سوق التعبئة اإللكترونية لاللكترونيات‬ ‫االستهالكية العالمية ونشرت النتائج في تقرير‬ ‫جديد بعنوان "سوق تغليف اإللكترونيات‬ ‫االستهالكية‪ :‬تحليل الصناعة العالمية‬ ‫(‪ )2016 - 2012‬وتقييم الفرص (‪- 2017‬‬ ‫‪ .")2027‬ويقدم التقرير معلومات السوق‬ ‫المتعمقة واألفكار باإلضافة إلى المقاييس‬ ‫الرئيسية لدراسة أداء سوق التعبئة والتغليف‬ ‫لاللكترونيات االستهالكية العالمية لفترة تقييم‬ ‫‪ 10‬سنوات من عام ‪ 2017‬إلى عام ‪.2027‬‬ ‫ووفقا ً لتوقعات التقرير‪ ،‬تقدر المبيعات‬ ‫العالمية للتعبئة والتغليف لاللكترونيات‬ ‫االستهالكية بمبلغ ‪ 14,105.8‬مليون دوالر‬ ‫أمريكي بحلول نهاية عام ‪ ،2017‬ومن‬ ‫المتوقع أن تصل إلى ‪ 35,393.3‬مليون دوالر‬ ‫أمريكي بحلول عام ‪ .2027‬ومن المتوقع أن‬ ‫تتوسع إيرادات المبيعات بمعدل نمو سنوي‬ ‫مركب قدره ‪ 9.6٪‬خالل فترة التوقعات‬ ‫(‪ .)2017-2027‬إن تسليع المنتجات‬ ‫االلكترونية االستهالكية والحد من دورات حياة‬ ‫المنتج وتغيير أنماط شراء المستهلك تعتبر‬ ‫من العوامل المتوقع أن تعزز نمو اإليرادات‬ ‫من سوق التعبئة والتغليف لاللكترونيات‬ ‫االستهالكية العالمية‪.‬‬ ‫ومع ذلك‪ ،‬فإن تزايد التعصب تجاه‬ ‫البالستيك وتحويل البيئة التنظيمية وتغيير‬ ‫ما يفضله المستهلكون وانخفاض متوسط‬ ‫مستويات الدخل المتاح هي بعض العوامل‬ ‫التي من شأنها أن تحد من نمو عائدات‬ ‫السوق العالمية‪ .‬يتم تقسيم سوق التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف االلكترونيات االستهالكية العالمية‬ ‫على أساس‪:‬‬ ‫نوع المنتج‪ :‬صناديق الورق المقوى‬ ‫المموج‪ ،‬صناديق الورق المقوى‪ ،‬الصواني‬

‫الحرارية‪ ،‬األكياس والحقائب‪ ،‬والتغليف‬ ‫الصدفي للمنتجات‪ ،‬والتغليف الوقائي وغيرها‪.‬‬ ‫المواد‪ :‬البالستيك (‪PE, PP, PVC, PA,‬‬ ‫‪ ، PET, PS‬وغيرها)‪ ،‬الورق والورق المقوى‪،‬‬ ‫وغيرها‪.‬‬ ‫التطبيقات‪ :‬الهواتف المحمولة وأجهزة‬ ‫الكمبيوتر (أجهزة الكمبيوتر المحمولة وأجهزة‬ ‫الكمبيوتر اللوحية وأجهزة الكمبيوتر المكتبية‬ ‫والخوادم) وأجهزة التلفاز واألقمار الصناعية‬ ‫ومجموعة أجهزة الكمبيوتر وأنظمة‬ ‫الموسيقى والطابعات والماسحات الضوئية‬ ‫وآالت النسخ وأجهزة األلعاب وكاميرات‬ ‫الفيديو والكاميرات العادية واألجهزة‬ ‫االلكترونية القابلة لالرتداء‪ ،‬ووصالت اإلعالم‬ ‫الرقمية‪ ،‬وغيرها‪.‬‬

‫المنطقة‪ :‬أوروبا الغربية وأمريكا‬ ‫الشمالية وأوروبا الشرقية وأمريكا الالتينية‬ ‫وآسيا والمحيط الهادئ باستثناء اليابان‬ ‫(‪ )APEJ‬والشرق األوسط وأفريقيا (‪) MEA‬‬ ‫واليابان‪.‬‬ ‫علب التموج هي أكبر األنواع إنتاجا‪ ،‬ويقدر أن‬ ‫تستوعب فقط أقل من ‪ 23٪‬من حصة السوق‬ ‫بحلول نهاية ‪ .2027‬ومن المتوقع أن یخلق‬ ‫ھذا القطاع فرصة إضافیة بمبلغ ‪4,968.8‬‬ ‫ملیون دوالر أمریکي خالل فترة التوقعات‪.‬‬ ‫ومن المتوقع أن يقود قطاع تطبيقات‬ ‫الهواتف النقالة السوق العالمية للتعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف لاللكترونيات االستهالكية مع‬ ‫تقييم ‪ 8,417.2‬مليون دوالر أمريكي بحلول‬ ‫نهاية فترة التوقعات في عام ‪ .2027‬ومن‬ ‫المتوقع أن يخلق هذا القطاع فرصة إضافية‬ ‫حتى ‪ 5,210.3‬مليون دوالر أمريكي على فترة‬ ‫التوقعات‪.‬‬ ‫ويقدر أن يحتفظ قطاع المواد الورقية والورق‬ ‫المقوى بحصة عالية تبلغ أقل من ‪ 62٪‬بنهاية‬ ‫عام ‪ .2027‬ومن المتوقع أن يخلق هذا القطاع‬ ‫فرصة إضافية قدرها ‪ 14,430.4‬مليون دوالر‬ ‫أمريكي خالل فترة التوقعات‪.‬‬ ‫‪ME Printer December 2017‬‬

‫تعتبر ‪ APEJ‬السوق اإلقليمية المهيمنة‬ ‫للتعبئة والتغليف لاللكترونيات االستهالكية‬ ‫بحصة عالية من القيمة بنسبة ‪ 41.3٪‬في‬ ‫نهاية فترة التوقعات في عام ‪ .2027‬ومن‬ ‫المتوقع أن يكتسب سوق التعبئة والتغليف‬ ‫لاللكترونيات االستهالكية(‪ APEJ( 310‬نقطة‬ ‫أساس في حصة السوق في عام ‪ 2027‬خالل‬ ‫عام ‪.2017‬‬

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‫آراء وأفكار‬

‫طلب مزدهر لتطبيقات التعبئة والتغليف وظيفية‬

‫في مستحضرات التجميل وصناعة العناية الشخصية‬

‫فإن المجاالت الرئيسية هي مستحضرات‬ ‫التجميل‪ ،‬والعناية الفموية‪ ،‬والغذاء‪،‬‬ ‫والمستحضرات الصيدالنية‪ ،‬المنزل‬ ‫والعناية الشخصية‪ ،‬والتجارية‪ .‬ومن‬ ‫المتوقع أن تهيمن العناية الفموية على‬ ‫جميع قطاعات االستخدام النهائي بما‬ ‫يمثل حوالي ‪ 48.0‬في المائة من القيمة‬ ‫بحلول نهاية عام ‪.2027‬‬

‫األسواق اإلقليمية المختلفة لألنابيب‬ ‫المغلفة هي أمريكا الشمالية وأمريكا‬ ‫الالتينية واليابان وأوروبا الغربية وأوروبا‬ ‫الشرقية وآسيا والمحيط الهادئ باستثناء‬ ‫اليابان (‪ )APEJ‬والشرق األوسط وأفريقيا‬ ‫(‪ .)MEA‬ومن المتوقع أن يرتفع معدل‬ ‫النمو السنوي المركب بنسبة ‪ 17.3٪‬خالل‬ ‫الفترة ‪ ،2017-2027‬ومن المتوقع أن‬ ‫يرتفع هذا المؤشر باعتباره السوق الرائدة‪،‬‬ ‫مقارنة بالحصة العالمية بحلول نهاية‬ ‫‪.2027‬‬

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‫هيمنة هذه السوق اإلقليمية يمكن أن‬ ‫يعزى إلى امتصاص كبير من تغليف‬ ‫األنابيب المغلفة في صناعة مستحضرات‬ ‫التجميل‪ .‬واستنادا ً إلى االستخدام النهائي‪،‬‬

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‫مؤشر ‪ ، FMI‬فإن تحليل سوق األنابيب‬ ‫المغلفة العالمية يقدر بنحو ‪ 821.9‬مليون‬ ‫دوالر أمريكي في عام ‪ ،2017‬ومن المتوقع‬ ‫أن يرتفع بمعدل نمو سنوي مركب يبلغ‬ ‫‪ 13.3٪‬من عام ‪ 2017‬إلى عام ‪.2027‬‬ ‫ويقدر أن تبلغ قيمة السوق ‪2852.4‬‬ ‫مليون دوالر أمريكي بحلول نهاية فترة‬ ‫التوقعات‪ .‬استندت الدراسة المقدمة هنا‬ ‫إلى تقرير صادر عن ‪ FMI‬بعنوان "سوق‬ ‫األنابيب المغلفة‪ :‬تحليل الصناعة العالمية‬ ‫‪ 2016 - 2012‬وتقييم الفرص ‪2017-‬‬ ‫‪."2027‬‬

‫و ُيس َّير السوق في المقام األول بارتفاع‬ ‫الطلب على خيارات التعبئة والتغليف‬ ‫الجمالية المحمولة والتي يسهل‬ ‫استخدامها‪ ،‬وتوفير الحفاظ على المنتجات‪،‬‬ ‫وتلبية المتطلبات المتنوعة في مجاالت‬ ‫االستخدام النهائي المتنوعة‪ ،‬بما في ذلك‬ ‫المستحضرات الصيدالنية والتطبيقات‬ ‫الصناعية والغذاء والعناية الشخصية‪ .‬كما‬ ‫أن الطلب المتزايد على التعبئة التجميلية‬ ‫لمنتجات التجميل التي يمكن أن توفر‬ ‫أيضا حواجز حماية فائقة للمحتويات‬ ‫من خالل الحفاظ على الرائحة والنكهة‬ ‫والرطوبة تعزز السوق‪.‬‬ ‫الطلب الواسع على خيارات التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف الجذابة والوظيفية بشكل كبير‬ ‫لتعبئة مجموعة متنوعة من منتجات‬ ‫العناية بالشعر والعناية بالبشرة يزيد‬ ‫على الطلب على أنابيب مغلفة‪ .‬كما أن‬ ‫الخطوات السريعة التي تتخذها صناعة‬ ‫مستحضرات التجميل والعناية الشخصية‬ ‫في البلدان النامية والمتقدمة تسلط الضوء‬ ‫على نمو السوق‪.‬‬

‫نمو صناعة التعبئة والتغليف الصناعية بنسبة‬ ‫‪ ٪3.2‬حلول عام ‪ :2022‬سميذرس بيرا‬ ‫تشير البيانات الحصرية بحسب آخر تقرير‬ ‫لسوق سميذرس بيرا "مستقبل التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف الصناعي إلى ‪ "2022‬بأنه ستبلغ‬ ‫قيمة مشاريع مبيعات التعبئة والتغليف‬ ‫الصناعية في جميع أنحاء العالم ‪52.72‬‬ ‫مليار دوالر في عام ‪ ،2017‬ومن المتوقع أن‬ ‫تنمو هذه القيمة خالل السنوات الخمس‬ ‫المقبلة بمعدل سنوي قدره ‪ 3.2٪‬لتصل‬ ‫إلى ‪ 61.84‬مليار دوالر في عام ‪.2022‬‬ ‫أما المواد المستخدمة في إنتاج أشكال‬ ‫التغليف الصناعية؛ األكياس‪ ،‬والورق‬ ‫المعدني‪ ،‬والبراميل‪ ،‬والصناديق ‪ /‬األحزمة‪،‬‬ ‫فهي ‪ 14.56‬مليون طن في عام ‪،2017‬‬ ‫ومن المتوقع أن تنمو بمعدل سنوي‬ ‫قدره ‪ 2.7٪‬خالل نفس الفترة لتبلغ ‪16.62‬‬ ‫مليون طن‪.‬‬ ‫وستستمر الزيادة في االستهالك في المقام‬ ‫األول من الشركات االقتصادية التي تمر‬ ‫بمرحلة انتقالية سريعة النمو في آسيا‬ ‫وأوروبا الوسطى والشرقية وأفريقيا‪ ،‬بدال‬ ‫من الشركات االقتصادية المتقدمة واألكثر‬ ‫نضجا في أوروبا الغربية وأمريكا الشمالية‬ ‫واليابان‪ ،‬وعلى الرغم من هذا االنطباع‬ ‫باالستقرار‪ ،‬فإن الديناميكيات المعقدة‬ ‫تعمل على إعادة هيكلة قطاع التغليف‬ ‫الصناعي‪.‬‬ ‫ويوضح كاتب التقرير "ديفيد بالت"‪" :‬إن‬ ‫التغييرات التدريجية التي رافقت سلسلة‬ ‫التجهيز والتي نشأت عن التطورات في‬ ‫السوق والتكنولوجيا سيكون لها آثار بالنسبة‬ ‫لمستقبل أشكال التغليف الصناعية‬ ‫واألسواق‪ ،‬وتشمل هذه التغييرات؛ التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف‪ ،‬إنترنت األشياء (‪ )IoT‬والتغيير‬ ‫إلى تسعير الوزن القياسي في األعمال‬ ‫التجارية لطرود الشحن االستهالكية‪" .‬‬

‫وسوف تسجل شركات الحاويات الوسيطة‬ ‫المرنة نموا ً ثابتا ً تبعا ً للمزايا التي تقدمها‬ ‫من حيث الكفاءة والتحميل والتفريغ‪.‬‬ ‫وعموما ً من المتوقع أن تنمو صناعة‬ ‫حاويات التعبئة والتغليف الصناعية‬ ‫الصلبة بمعدل أسرع من األشكال المرنة‪،‬‬ ‫وستأخذ براميل البالستيك أرباح فوق‬ ‫المعدل المتوسط على أساس التكلفة‬ ‫وإجراء التحسينات على براميل األلياف‬ ‫والصلب‪ .‬يتجه القلق الرئيسي األكبر في‬ ‫قطاع التعبئة والتغليف الصناعي نحو‬ ‫الحماية الشاملة التي توفرها التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف‪ ،‬والسيما عند التعامل مع نقل‬ ‫المواد الخطرة‪.‬‬

‫وبالتالي فإن درجة االستبدال من براميل‬ ‫الصلب إلى البالستيك لنقل المنتجات‬ ‫الصناعية محدودة بسبب أنظمة السالمة‬ ‫التي تنطبق على مختلف المنتجات الخطرة‪.‬‬ ‫وفي الحاالت التي يكون فيها هذا التحول‬ ‫معقوال ً ستظل التكلفة النسبية للمعدن‬ ‫مقابل البالستيك المحرك الرئيسي‪،‬‬ ‫فاالستدامة تكتسب زخما ً في سوق التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف الصناعي مع تزايد الضغط‬ ‫العام على الحكومات وأصحاب العالمات‬ ‫التجارية وتجار التجزئة للحد من األثر البيئي‬ ‫للتغليف‪ .‬وتواصل الصناعة التركيز على‬ ‫إعادة استخدام وتجديد التغليف الصناعي‬ ‫بدال ً من تخفيض انبعاث الكربون‪.‬‬

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‫سوق البرمجيات وخدمات الطباعة العالمية ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد ستسجل معدل نمو سنوي مركب بحوالي‬ ‫‪ ٪25.2‬بين عامي ‪ 2017‬و ‪2021‬‬ ‫مع ظهور العديد من البرامج الجديدة في فئة‬ ‫التصميم‪ /‬نماذج وإعداد البيانات والمحاكاة‬ ‫والتحكم في اآلالت (التي تتضمن برامج‬ ‫تشريح)‪ ،‬هناك مجموعة واسعة من الفرص‬ ‫التي تصل إلى صناعة الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫لتصميم وتنفيذ مختلف األشياء المطبوعة‬ ‫بتقنية ثالثية األبعاد‪ .‬ومن المتوقع أن يسجل‬ ‫سوق البرمجيات وخدمات الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد العالمي معدل نمو سنوي مركب‬ ‫قدره ‪ 25.2٪‬بين عامي ‪ 2017‬و ‪.2021‬‬

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‫ويعزى هذا النمو في السوق إلى الطلب‬ ‫المتزايد من مختلف االستخدامات للتطبيق‬ ‫العمودي مثل صناعة الخدمات الصحية‬ ‫والصناعة االستهالكية وصناعة السيارات‬ ‫واألزياء وصناعة الجمال والفضاء والصناعة‬ ‫الدفاعية وصناعة التعليم وصناعة الهندسة‬ ‫المعمارية وغيرها‪ .‬يستخدم المصنعون‬ ‫والمصممون والحرفيون واألفراد التكنولوجيا‬ ‫المتطورة للطباعة الثالثية األبعاد واإلنتاج‬ ‫الضخم لخلق أهداف للعديد من التطبيقات‪.‬‬

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‫وقد استجابت شركات الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫مع مجموعة من خدمات الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد على االنترنت التي تقدم تقنيات تلبي‬ ‫مجموعة واسعة من االستخدامات‪ .‬هدفهم‬ ‫النهائي هو مساعدة العمالء لالستفادة من‬ ‫التكنولوجيا دون استثمار الوقت والمال كبيرة‬ ‫في البحث في معايير التصميم الثالثي األبعاد‬ ‫وتقنيات الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد لعمل معين‪.‬‬

‫في حين أن معظم مستهلكي الطابعات‬ ‫ثالثية األبعاد يمكن شراؤها مقابل ‪1000‬‬ ‫دوالر أو أقل‪ ،‬وتكلفة الطابعات ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫التجارية التي توفر الدقة والجودة البناءة التي‬ ‫تحتاجها العديد من الشركات‪ ،‬يمكن أن تصل‬ ‫إلى اآلالف من الدوالرات‪ .‬وبالتالي‪ ،‬فإن االتجاه‬ ‫الحالي الذي ينتشر في صناعة الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد هو أن العديد من الشركات الصغيرة‬ ‫تختار خدمات الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‪ ،‬حيث‬ ‫تقوم بتحميل التصميم الذي تحتاجه وتحصل‬ ‫على المنتجات المطبوعة ثالثية األبعاد التي‬ ‫قام بها مزود خدمة الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫(التي لديها بالفعل طابعة ثالثية األبعاد)‬ ‫بتكلفة منخفضة إلى حد كبير‪.‬‬ ‫وبعبارة أخرى‪ ،‬فإن مكاتب الخدمة التي تطبع‬ ‫أشياء ثالثية األبعاد عند الطلب توفر وسيلة‬

‫للشركات الصغيرة لصنع النماذج بسرعة دون‬ ‫الحاجة إلى استثمار مبالغ كبيرة في المقدمة‪.‬‬ ‫حالياً‪ ،‬معظم الشركات توفر خدمات الطباعة‬ ‫على الطلب لمختلف التطبيقات مثل النماذج‬ ‫األولية السريعة ومفهوم النماذج وإنشاء أجزاء‬ ‫مخصصة‪ .‬وتشمل قاعدة المستهلكين في‬ ‫هذه الفئة؛ الهواة والمؤسسات األكاديمية‬ ‫والمؤسسات البحثية وغيرها‪.‬‬ ‫تعتبر الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد منذ فترة‬ ‫طويلة أداة للتصميم السريع وإنشاء نماذج‬ ‫لمرة واحدة‪ .‬ومع ذلك‪ ،‬بما أن التكنولوجيا‬ ‫أصبحت أكثر سهولة وبأسعار معقولة وبقدرة‬ ‫أكثر‪ ،‬كانت البداية في إعادة تعريف طريق‬ ‫الصناعة التحويلية ضمن إطار معين‪ ،‬فجلبت‬ ‫تكنولوجيا الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد تغيير ثوري‬ ‫في الصناعة التحويلية‪.‬‬

‫‪ Blue Rhine‬تركز على وسائل اإلعالم المطبوعة الرقمية‬

‫أناند ف‪ .‬جوزيف‪ ،‬المدير العام لمجموعة بلو‬ ‫رين ‪ ،Blue Rhine‬يتحدث إلى مجلة (مي‬ ‫برنتر) عن مشاركة شركتهم في ‪SGI 2018‬‬ ‫كم سنة قمتم بالعرض خاللها في ‪SGI‬؟‬ ‫لقد قامت شركتنا بالعرض في ‪ SGI‬لمدة ‪ 12‬عاما‪.‬‬ ‫ما هي توقعاتك من ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫نأمل أن نطلع الزوار على بعض الحلول الراقية‬ ‫للطباعة الرقمية والالفتات الرقمية‪ ،‬والتي هي فعالة‬ ‫للغاية من حيث التكلفة تبعا ً للقيمة التي تقدمها‪،‬‬ ‫مثل ‪ JHF‬الطابعة الصناعية خاصتنا بلفة ‪ 3.2‬م‬ ‫على العرض أو الطباعة بسرعة عالية على اللوحات‬ ‫اإلعالنية أو ذات جودة عالية للخلفيات‪ ،‬فطابعة‬ ‫‪ FUJIFILM ME MEJET 1.2x2.5m‬المسطحة‬ ‫لالفتات الراقية و‪ POP‬واإلطار الرقيق جدا ً لجدار‬ ‫فيديو ‪ PHILIPS‬مع الالفتات الرقمية ‪.RYARC‬‬

‫ماذا سيكون موضوعك للمشاركة في هذا‬ ‫الحدث؟‬ ‫سنعرض مجموعتنا الواسعة من الحلول‬ ‫الصناعية التي تقدم العائد على االستثمار‬ ‫بشكل سريع‪.‬‬ ‫ما هي المنتجات والحلول التي ستعرضها في‬ ‫الحدث؟‬ ‫سوف نقوم بعرض مجموعة كبيرة من وسائل‬ ‫اإلعالم المطبوعة الرقمية من ‪Aslan, Intercoat‬‬ ‫و ‪ Avery Dennison‬ولوحات ورقية صديقة‬ ‫للبيئة للطباعة من ‪ ,Oppogba‬و ‪AGFA‬‬ ‫الورق الصناعي‪ .‬وسوف نقوم أيضا بعرض‬ ‫طابعات ‪ ،FUJIFILM‬طابعات‪ ،JHF‬قاطعات‬ ‫‪ ،Versatech‬الفتات ‪ Philips‬الرقمية‪ ،‬برنامج‬ ‫‪ RYARC‬لالفتات الرقمية والطابعات ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد الصناعية‪.‬‬

‫ما نوع التكنولوجيا واتجاهات السوق التي‬ ‫شاهدتها في السوق؟‬ ‫اعتماد اإلشارات الرقمية على نطاق واسع‪.‬‬ ‫فالحركة كبيرة نحو تقنيات الطباعة ‪ UV‬التي‬ ‫يمكن أن تحسن سرعة اإلنتاج وتخفض التكلفة‬ ‫لكل متر مربع من الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫كيف تطورت صناعة التصوير والرسومات على‬ ‫مر السنين؟‬ ‫اليوم أكبر الالعبين في صناعة الالفتات هم عدة‬ ‫مليارات من الشركات مثل ‪ LG‬و ‪،Samsung‬‬ ‫والتي لم أكن أستطيع تخمينها أبدا قبل‬ ‫‪ 10‬أعوام‪ .‬يمكن أن يستفيد صناع اإلشارات‬ ‫والطابعات التقليدية من هذا التطور من خالل‬ ‫تقديم الفتات رقمية مع عالمات ثابتة‪ ،‬حيث‬ ‫يفضل العمالء استخدام بائع واحد يمكنه تقديم‬ ‫كليهما‪.‬‬

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‫معرض اس جي آي‬

‫‪ Canon‬تقدم عرضا كامال لمقترح القيمة الجديد في معرض ‪SGI‬‬ ‫ما هي المنتجات والحلول التي ستعرضها‬ ‫في الحدث؟‬ ‫سوف نكشف النقاب عن منتج كولورادو‬ ‫‪ roll-to-Roll UVgel outdoor 1640‬للمرة‬ ‫األولى في سوق الشرق األوسط‪ .‬مع تقديم‬ ‫طابعة ‪imagePROGRAF PRO-6000‬‬ ‫بنظام حبر ‪ 12‬لون مذهل‪ ،‬ستكون الطباعة‬ ‫سريعة وانسياق ال عيب فيه‪ ،‬وهذا سيغير‬ ‫نمط اللعب بصيغة كبيرة‪ .‬باإلضافة إلى ذلك‪،‬‬ ‫سنقوم أيضا بإدخال ‪ 5‬ألوان صباغ جديدة‬ ‫لسلسلة ‪ imagePROGRAF TX‬لكل من‬ ‫أسواق ‪ POS‬و ‪CAD / GIS‬‬

‫أيمن علي‪ ،‬مدير التسويق في كانون الشرق‬ ‫األوسط‪ ،‬يتحدث إلى (مي برنتر) عن‬ ‫المشاركة في معرض ‪SGI 2018‬كم سنة‬ ‫شاركتم فيها بالعرض في ‪SGI‬؟‬ ‫تشارك كانون بالعرض في ‪ SGI‬على مدى‬ ‫السنوات ال ‪ 8‬الماضية‪.‬‬

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‫ما هي توقعاتك من ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫تقدم منصة ‪ Canon‬في ‪ SGI‬هذا العام عرضا‬ ‫كامال لمقترح القيمة الجديد من ‪ .Canon‬تم‬ ‫إطالق هذه القيمة الجديدة في عام ‪،2017‬‬ ‫وهي تساعد العمالء على استكشاف الفرص‬ ‫والتحديات الجديدة التي يخلقها عالم التغير‬ ‫المستمر في التصوير وتكنولوجيا المعلومات‪.‬‬ ‫بإلهامنا للعمالء ألكثر من ‪ 80‬عاما من خبرة‬ ‫‪ Canon‬في صناعة التصوير‪ ،‬فدائما ً نساعد‬ ‫عمالئنا على تحسين مستويات الكفاءة‬ ‫والربحية‪.‬في ‪ ،SGI 2018‬سوف تثبت ‪Canon‬‬ ‫للعمالء كيف يمكنهم تطوير أعمالهم عن‬ ‫طريق إطالق العنان لقوة الطباعة من خالل‬ ‫إدخال تطبيقات مختلفة مثل منتجات‬ ‫الطباعة ‪ ،CAD / GIS‬طباعة الديكور الداخلي‬ ‫‪ ،‬طباعة العرض الداخلي‪ ،‬الطباعة في الهواء‬ ‫الطلق‪ ،‬التغليف‪ ،‬طباعة الصور والفن الرفيع‪،‬‬ ‫‪ POS‬وطباعة الملصقات‪.‬‬

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‫ماذا سيكون موضوعك للمشاركة في هذا‬ ‫الحدث؟‬ ‫سنقوم بعرض حملة أولية عصرية مع‬ ‫تطبيقات متنوعة على نطاق واسع من واقع‬ ‫الحياة والتي من شأنها أن تعرض للشركات‬ ‫الزوايا اإلنتاجية والربحية البديلة وتجذب‬ ‫الحشد‪ ،‬بحيث تظهر السبب الذي نكون فيه‬ ‫دائما على رأس المنافسة‪.‬‬

‫ما نوع التكنولوجيا واتجاهات السوق التي‬ ‫شاهدتها هناك؟‬ ‫أظهرت اإلحصاءات أن ‪ 98٪‬من الناس يرون‬ ‫إعالنا في الهواء الطلق كل أسبوع‪ ،‬و ‪ 76٪‬من‬ ‫المستهلكين (‪ 8‬من كل ‪ )10‬قالوا إنهم دخلوا‬ ‫متجر أو أعمال لم يسبق لهم زيارتها من َقبل‬ ‫بناء على إعالنات قادتهم إليها فقط‪ .‬وهذا بحد‬ ‫ذاته يكفي لتعكس أهمية تطبيق الالفتات‬ ‫كوسيلة دعائية مستمرة للشركات وخاصة أن‬ ‫هذه الالفتات ستخدم غرضها على مدار ‪24‬‬ ‫ساعة يوميا ً خالل ‪ 7‬أيام في األسبوع‪ .‬وعالوة‬ ‫على ذلك‪ ،‬يتمركز مقدمي خدمات الطباعة‬ ‫في الوقت الحاضر أيضا ً بشكل فريد لتقديم‬ ‫خدمات طباعة عالية الجودة عبر نطاق واسع‬ ‫من التطبيقات المتنوعة‪.‬‬ ‫معتمدة على إحصائية أن ‪ 74٪‬من‬ ‫المتخصصين في الطباعة يقولون‪ :‬أن أجزاء‬ ‫الديكور ذات اإلمكانات األفضل هي‪ :‬الجدران‪،‬‬ ‫وورق الحائط والصور‪.‬‬ ‫إضافة إلى ذلك‪ ،‬تقوم الطباعة الرقمية على‬ ‫ركائز فريدة من نوعها مثل الخشب والزجاج‬ ‫والمعادن‪ ،‬والفن أيضا متجه لذلك‪ ،‬ولكنه‬ ‫يتطلب ابتكارات وتكنولوجيا واسعة النطاق‬ ‫يمكن إدارتها من خالل تنفيذ تقنيات الطباعة‬

‫الفعالة والمنتجة من حيث التكلفة التي ال‬ ‫تزال تنتج‪ ،‬والحفاظ على المؤهالت العالية‪.‬‬ ‫كيف تطورت صناعة التصوير والرسومات‬ ‫على مر السنين؟‬ ‫لقد شهد نطاق الديكور تغييرات ال تصدق‬ ‫على مدى العقد الماضي‪ .‬لم يعد الناس‬ ‫يريدون منازلهم لتعكس منازل أصدقائهم‬ ‫وعائالتهم‪ ،‬لكنهم يريدون خلق بيئة فريدة لهم‪.‬‬ ‫على غرار المستهلكين والعالمات التجارية‬ ‫أيضا‪ ،‬يريدون أن يروا أفكارهم تصبح حقيقة‬ ‫داخل محيطهم‪ ،‬من خالل محاذاة الديكور مع‬ ‫صورة العالمة التجارية فسيساعد على خلق‬ ‫جو يمكن للمستهلكين تجربته ويشعرهم‬ ‫باالندماج‪ .‬وقد أظهرت دراسة حديثة أن ‪25٪‬‬ ‫من الفئة العمرية ‪ 18-24‬عاما يأخذون بعين‬ ‫االعتبار «الجو والخبرة» سببا رئيسيا وراء‬ ‫اختيار التسوق في المتجر مقابل التسوق عبر‬ ‫اإلنترنت‪.‬‬ ‫هل هناك أي معلومات أخرى ترغب في‬ ‫إضافتها عن مشاركتك في الحدث؟‬ ‫تهدف ‪ Canon‬إلى زيادة وجودها في سوق ‪GA‬‬ ‫مع االبتكارات المتنوعة في كل من التطبيقات‬ ‫في األماكن المغلقة والهواء الطلق‪ ،‬بحيث‬ ‫تشكل اآلن ما يقرب من ‪ 25٪‬من سوق‬ ‫الطباعة الصناعية في العالم‪ ،‬بوجود العمالء‬ ‫الذين يبحثون بشكل متزايد عن طرق جديدة‬ ‫لتخصيص منازلهم والشركات‪ ،‬والديكور‬ ‫الداخلية‪.‬‬ ‫ما تقدمه ‪ Canon‬باستمرار إلى السوق هو‬ ‫مفاهيم مبتكرة من تطبيقات الديكور الداخلي‬ ‫الشخصية على الطابعات الرقمية وخالل ‪SGI‬‬ ‫‪ 2018‬سنقوم بتوفير التكنولوجيا واألدوات‬ ‫والرؤى والخبرة التي تحتاج إليها لتوفير نطاق‬ ‫واسع من الخدمات لعمالئك‪ ،‬وبالتالي تنمي‬ ‫عملك‪.‬‬

‫تزايد الطلب على طابعات األشعة فوق البنفسجية المسطحة‬ ‫سينا هاغي‪ ،‬الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة‬ ‫ماجيك تريدينج ‪Magic Trading Co.‬‬ ‫‪ LLC‬تتحدث إلى مجلة (مي برنتر) عن‬ ‫مشاركتها في معرض ‪ SGI‬هذا العام‬ ‫كم سنة شاركتم بالعرض خاللها في ‪SGI‬؟‬ ‫قمنا بالمشاركة في العرض ضمن ‪ SGI‬على‬ ‫مدى السنوات ال ‪ 15‬الماضية‪.‬‬ ‫ما هي توقعاتك من ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫نأمل أن يتمكن المنظمون من جلب المزيد‬ ‫من الناس إلى الحدث أكثر من ذي قبل‪.‬‬ ‫ماذا سيكون موضوعك للمشاركة في هذا‬ ‫الحدث؟‬ ‫على الرغم من أملنا في تلبية بعض العمالء‬ ‫الجدد‪ ،‬إال أن هدفنا الرئيسي هو الحفاظ‬ ‫على عمالئنا الحاليين حتى اآلن مع أحدث‬ ‫عرض لمنتجاتنا‪.‬‬ ‫ما هي المنتجات والحلول التي ستعرضها‬ ‫في الحدث؟‬ ‫نحن وكالء توزيع للمطابع الحرارية‬ ‫‪ STAHLS‬ومواد تزيين المالبس‪ ،‬باإلضافة‬ ‫لذلك لدينا مجموعة كبيرة من المطبوعات‬ ‫و الهدايا الترويجية‪.‬‬

‫ما نوع التكنولوجيا واتجاهات السوق التي‬ ‫شاهدتها في السوق؟‬ ‫سنقوم بعرض الطابعات الحرارية األحدث‬ ‫واألكثر استقرارا ً في السوق‪ .‬ومع ذلك‪،‬‬ ‫تطورت طابعات األشعة فوق البنفسجية‬ ‫المسطحة في السنوات األخيرة وأصبحت‬ ‫شعبية أكثر وأكثر‪.‬‬

‫كيف تطورت صناعة التصوير والرسومات‬ ‫على مر السنين؟‬ ‫على الرغم أنه من المتوقع أن الالفتات‬ ‫التقليدية ستتالشى في هذا العصر الرقمي‬ ‫إال أننا رأينا أن اللوحات والالفتات على‬ ‫جانبي الطرق الرئيسية هي أكثر شعبية‬ ‫بكثير من أي وقت مضى‪ .‬لذلك‪ ،‬ال يزال‬ ‫هناك الكثير من الطلب على الرسومات‬ ‫المطبوعة الفعلية‪.‬‬

‫صناعة الالفتات ستتحول من الطباعة الرقمية لصناعة إنتاج الالفتات‬ ‫مجلة (مي برنتر) تحاول سونيل بوروشثامان‪،‬‬ ‫المدير العام في شركة مازوناليت ‪،Masonlite‬‬ ‫عن مشاركتها في ‪.SGI 2018‬‬

‫ونتمنى األفضل‪ .‬فمعرض ‪ SGI 2018‬هو‬ ‫منصة مثالية إلطالق منتجاتنا الجديدة لمنطقة‬ ‫الخليج والشرق األوسط‪.‬‬

‫كم سنة قمتم فيها بالعرض في ‪SGI‬؟‬ ‫لقد قمنا بالعرض في معرض الرسومات منذ‬ ‫إنشائه في عام ‪.1996‬‬

‫ما هي توقعاتك من ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫سنقوم بعرض التكنولوجيا المبتكرة في‬ ‫المعرض ونأمل أن تولد األعمال الجيدة‪،‬‬ ‫سيكون موضوعنا لهذا المعرض «تعال دعنا‬ ‫نوقع معا»‪.‬‬

‫ما هي توقعاتك من ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫اتخذنا هذه السنة مساحة أكبر لـ ‪256SQM‬‬ ‫‪ ))16x16‬ونأمل في الحصول على حضور جيد‪،‬‬ ‫كما نأمل في إغالق بعض الصفقات الجيدة‬

‫ما هي المنتجات والحلول التي ستعرضها في‬ ‫الحدث؟‬

‫سوف نقوم بعرض آالت القطع بألياف الليزر‬ ‫المعدني‪ ،‬موجهات ‪ ،CNC‬التغليف‪ ،‬طابعات‬ ‫كبيرة الحجم‪ ،‬طابعات مسطحة‪ ،‬حلول ‪،LED‬‬ ‫مجموعة ‪ SPANDEX‬من وسائل اإلعالم‬ ‫الرقمية ومجموعة جديدة كاملة من آالت صنع‬ ‫الرسالة‪.‬‬ ‫ما نوع التكنولوجيا واتجاهات السوق التي‬ ‫شاهدتها في السوق؟‬ ‫لقد الحظنا أن االتجاه في صناعة الالفتات‬ ‫هو االنتقال من الطباعة الرقمية إلى صناعة‬ ‫الالفتات‪ .‬لقد رأينا الطلب على قطع المعادن‪،‬‬ ‫قطع االكريليك وغيرها‪ ،‬تتحسن وتنمو باطراد‪.‬‬ ‫كيف تطورت صناعة التصوير والرسومات على‬ ‫مر السنين؟‬ ‫بالنسبة لنا‪ ،‬هي المنصة الوحيدة فقط في‬ ‫منطقة الخليج إلطالق منتجاتنا الجديدة‪ ،‬وقد‬ ‫شهدنا نموا ً وتطورا ً مع مرور الوقت‪.‬‬

‫فقد شاركنا في جميع العروض وساعدنا في‬ ‫جعله ناجحا ً منذ إنشاءه‪.‬‬

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‫هل هناك أي معلومات أخرى ترغب في‬ ‫إضافتها عن مشاركتك في الحدث؟‬ ‫نأمل بنجاح معرض ‪ SGI 2018‬ونرغب في‬ ‫دعوة الجميع لزيارة معرضنا في قاعة ‪.E24 - 6‬‬

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‫معرض اس جي آي‬

‫براذر تطلق طابعة جارمنت ‪ GTX‬في معرض ‪SGI 2018‬‬ ‫تحاور مجلة (مي برنتر) ‪ME Printer‬‬ ‫السيد هاينر روبراث‪ ،‬مدير المبيعات‬ ‫واإلنتاج لـ ‪( IPM‬ماكينات الطباعة‬ ‫الصناعية) ومدير التسويق في شركة براذر‬ ‫إنترناشيونال حول المشاركة في معرض‬ ‫‪.SGI 2018‬‬

‫الحظنا أن سوق تزيين الغزل والنسيج ينمو‬ ‫بسرعة كبيرة بشكل عام‪ ،‬وباإلضافة إلى ذلك‬ ‫نرى أن العمالء يتوقعون إنشاء منسوجاتهم‬ ‫الفريدة من نوعها والفردية على الفور‪ .‬هذا‬ ‫الطلب يحتاج إلى المعدات المطلوبة لتزيين‬ ‫كل ما يحتاج له العميل بسرعة‪.‬‬

‫كم من السنوات شاركتم فيها بالعرض في‬ ‫‪SGI‬؟‬ ‫يقوم عميلنا ‪ Signtrade‬بعرض آالت الطباعة‬ ‫الصناعية خاصتنا منذ فترة طويلة جداً‪.‬‬

‫كيف تطورت صناعة التصوير والرسومات‬ ‫على مر السنين؟‬ ‫الصناعة نشطة جدا ً وقد تم القيام بالعديد‬ ‫من الحركات لزيادة نطاق التطبيقات‪،‬‬ ‫ولكن نجاح هذه األنشطة غير متوازن جدا‬ ‫في كل منطقة من مناطق العالم‪ .‬إننا نرى‬

‫‪.‬ما هي توقعاتك لمعرض ‪SGI 2018‬؟‬ ‫نطلق طابعة المالبس جارمنت ‪ GTX‬خالل‬ ‫هذا المعرض! لدينا الكثير من التوقعات‬ ‫إلظهار هذا االبتكار الجديد لعمالئنا في دولة‬ ‫اإلمارات العربية المتحدة والدول المحيطة‪.‬‬

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‫ماذا سيكون موضوعك للمشاركة في هذا‬ ‫الحدث؟‬ ‫تقديم طابعة جارمنت ‪ GTX‬مع ميزات‬ ‫جديدة مثيرة لزيادة اإلنتاج واألفكار العصرية‪.‬‬

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‫ما هي المنتجات والحلول التي ستعرضها‬ ‫في المعرض؟‬ ‫سوف نظهر طابعة المالبس جارمنت ‪GTX‬‬ ‫الجديدة جنبا ً إلى جنب مع حلول جديدة‬ ‫وإكسسوارات للطباعة على األحذية أو على‬ ‫سبيل المثال أحدث نظام عرض للحصول‬ ‫على محاذاة دقيقة‪.‬‬ ‫ما نوع التكنولوجيا واتجاهات السوق التي‬ ‫شاهدتها هناك؟‬

‫معدالت نمو كبيرة ولكن أيضا ً مستقرة‬ ‫أو أحيانا ً تنخفض في األسواق‪ .‬إن الوضع‬ ‫السياسي يتغير بسرعة بحيث يتعذر‬ ‫تحقيق بعض التخطيط وهذا ما نراه في كل‬ ‫مكان‪ ،‬ولكن بشكل عام هذه الصناعة تبدو‬ ‫صحية ومتنامية‪ ،‬وخاصة تطبيقات النسيج‪.‬‬ ‫ونحن نعلم أن منطقة الشرق األوسط‬ ‫لديها إمكانات كبيرة للتصميم اإلبداعي‬ ‫للنسيج‪ .‬ويجذب معرض ‪ SGI‬دبي العديد‬ ‫من الناس من كل هذه المنطقة مرة‬ ‫واحدة في السنة‪ ،‬ونحن أكثر من سعداء‬ ‫لتلبية عمالئنا الحاليين مرة أخرى ونرحب‬ ‫بالعمالء الجدد‪.‬‬

‫‪2018‬‬ ‫ﻋﺎﻣﺎ ً ﻣﻥ ﺍﻟﺗﺄﻟﻖ ﻭﺍﻟﺗﻣﻳﺯ ﻣﻧﺻﺔ ﻭﺍﺣﺩﺓ‬

‫ﺗﻘﻧﻳﺔ ﺍﻟﺻﻣﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﺛﻧﺎﺋﻲ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺑﺎﻋﺙ ﻟﻠﺿﻭء‬

‫ﻗﺻﺹ ﻧﺟﺎﺡ ﻻ ﺗﻌﺩ ﻭﻻ ﺗﺣﺻﻰ‬

‫ﺗﺟﺎﺭﺓ ﺍﻟﺗﺟﺯﺋﺔ‬

‫ﺷﺎﺷﺔ‬

‫ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻋﺎﺕ ‪، ، ، ، ،‬‬

‫‪ ، ،‬ﻳﻧﺎﻳﺭ‬ ‫ﻣﺭﻛﺯ ﺩﺑﻲ ﺍﻟﺗﺟﺎﺭﻱ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻣﻲ‪ -‬ﺍﻹﻣﺎﺭﺍﺕ ﺍﻟﻌﺭﺑﻳﺔ ﺍﻟﻣﺗﺣﺩﺓ‬ ‫ﺩﺍﻋﻡ ﻟـ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻧﱰﻧﺎﺷﻴﻮﻧﺎل اﻛﺴﺒﻮ ﻛﻨﺴﻠﺘﺲ )ش ذ م م (‬ ‫ﺗﻮاﺻﻞ اﻟﻔﺮص‬

‫ﻋﻀﻮ ﰲ "ﻓﻠﻚ اﻟﻘﺎﺑﻀﺔ"‬

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‫منتجات وبرامج‬

‫مذيب الفليكسو يز ّود أوميت فاريفليكس اف ‪ 2‬بالمرونة‬ ‫أو مواد األلمينيوم من أجل أغطية عبوات‬ ‫األلبان‪ .‬إن مذيب سولفينت المصنّع من‬ ‫أحبار الفليكسو أرخص بكثير من األحبار فوق‬ ‫البنفسجية‪ ،‬لكنها تحتاج للمعالجة من خالل‬ ‫أنظمة خاصة للتجفيف بالهواء الساخن‪ ،‬والتي‬ ‫يمكنها أيضا ً أن تنتج على الطلب‪ ،‬يعود الفضل‬ ‫في ذلك لخبرات أوميت ديف آند دراي الفريدة‪.‬‬

‫يعتبر أوميت فاريليكس اف ‪ 2‬المكبس‬ ‫األكثر مرونة ومحدودية على شبكة االنترنت‬ ‫للطباعة التغليف والتحويل لألسواق‪ .‬إنه قادر‬ ‫على دمج نطاق واسع من الطباعة وتقنيات‬ ‫التشطيب المتضمنة وتلبية طلبات السوق‬ ‫بفضل تصميم منصته الفريدة من نوعها‪،‬‬ ‫واحدة من أكثر تكويناته نجاحاً‪ ،‬فيما يتعلق‬ ‫برضا الزبون‪ ،‬هي الدمج كال من األشعة فوق‬ ‫البنفسجية ووحدات طباعة مذيب الفليكسو‬ ‫المتضمنة‪ .‬يستخدم مذيب الفليكس بشكل‬ ‫أساسي في طباعة األغلفة المتعلقة باألطعمة‪،‬‬ ‫وبخاصة األغطية البالستيكية‪ ،‬والصفائح‬

‫إن أوميت قادرة على تلبية كل احتياجات‬ ‫الطابعات الخاصة وذلك بفضل محموعة‬ ‫واسعة من وحدات تجفيف الهواء الساخن‪،‬‬ ‫تتضمن نافخات هواء عالية األداء‪ ،‬مع أبعاد‬ ‫مختلفة لتناسب الجهاز بشكل أفضل‪ .‬ومن‬ ‫الممكن أيضا ً الدمج بين المعالجة باألشعة‬ ‫فوق البنفسجية وأنظمة التجفيف بالهواء‬ ‫الساخن على نفس وحدة فليكسو‪.‬‬ ‫الروتوغرافور ( تكنولوجيا الحفر الصوتي)‬ ‫هي تقنية طباعية أخرى تستخدم مذيب‬ ‫أحبا سولفيت والذي بإمكانه تحسين أداء‬ ‫أوميت فاريفليكس اف ‪ ،2‬والفضل في ذلك‬ ‫لمجموعات التبادل التي يمكنها أن تتحرك في‬ ‫كل مكان‪ ،‬فيما بين محطات الفليكسو تبعا ً‬ ‫لمهمة الطباعة الموكل بها‪.‬‬ ‫الروتوغرافور هو الحل األمثل األكثر فعالية‬ ‫من حيث التكلفة وخاصة للطباعة الصلبة‪،‬‬

‫والطباعة المعدنية وتطبيقات طالء الورنيش‬ ‫الخاص‪.‬‬ ‫تثبت العديد من األجهزة الناجحة حول العالم‬ ‫الدقة واألداء العالي لتكنولوجيا أوميت‪ ،‬وقد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫وضح ألفونسو ميليسي‪ ،‬المدير التقني‬ ‫ألوميت‪ »:‬لقد صممنا أيضا ً بضع آالت‬ ‫مجهزة بالكامل لمذيبات الطباعة‪ ،‬اآلالت‬ ‫األخرى بمذيب فليكسيكواحد أو وحدة‬ ‫روتوغرافور متضمنة في تطبيق ألوان خاص‬ ‫أو مشاريع حصرية تتميز بتكوين قياسي‬ ‫لألشعة فوق البنفسجية مع إضافة وحدتين‬ ‫من الروتوغرافور‪ ،‬واحدة في المقدمة وواحدة‬ ‫في نهاية الخط‪ .‬وفي هذه الحال‪ ،‬تستخدم‬ ‫تكنولوجيا الروتوغرافور( تكنولوجيا الحفر‬ ‫الصوتي) لجعل تغليف المواد الغذائية يتوافق‬ ‫مع تصفيح المذيبات والتي ال تسمح بانتقال‬ ‫الحبر»‬ ‫إن أوميت فاريفليكس ف‪ 2‬متوفرة مع شبكة‬ ‫بعرض ‪ 430‬مم (‪ 530 ،)7/8“ 16‬مم (‪”20‬‬ ‫‪ 670 ،)7/8‬مم (‪ 850 ،)3/8“ 26‬مم (‪”33‬‬ ‫‪ )4/8‬وتتداول في إمكانية الطباعة باستخدام‬ ‫مذيب فليكسيكو أو تكنولوجيا الحفر الصوتي‬ ‫مع االمتثال الكامل للمعايير العالمية وقوانين‬ ‫أتيكس فيما يتعلق بالمعدات المقاومة‬ ‫لالنفجار التي تضمن بيئة عمل آمنة‪.‬‬

‫حلول سير العمل‬ ‫في طباعة التغليف‬

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‫وافق مؤخرا ً كال من الرائدين في مجال طباعة‬ ‫التغليف على المستوى العالمي‪ ،‬كوينغ آند‬ ‫باور وإسكو على تقوية شراكتهم بشكل أكبر‪.‬‬ ‫وتحقيقا ً لهذه الغاية‪ ،‬تم تثبيت حلول إدارة‬ ‫األلوان وسير العمل من إسكو في مركز كوينغ‬ ‫آند باور التجريبي في راديبول‪ ،‬وهي متوفرة‬ ‫بشكل فوري للعروض المباشرة للعمالء‬ ‫المهتمين‪.‬‬

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‫وكمز ّود حلول لصناعة التغليف‪ ،‬يرى كوينغ‬ ‫آند باور شريكه إيسكو كشريك قوي عندما‬ ‫يتعلق األمر بحلول سير العمل الكتكاملة‪،‬‬ ‫ووفقا ً لذلك فإنه من دواعي السرور أن نكون‬ ‫قادرين على إطالع مستخدمي تكنولوجيا‬ ‫إيكوينوكس إلدارة األلوان‪ ،‬والتي ُتمكّن من‬ ‫الموسع‬ ‫الطباعة من خالل التدرج اللوني‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ومع هندسة ريب الالزمة التي يوفرها محرك‬ ‫إيسكو للتصوير‪.‬‬ ‫إحدى فوائد تمديد التدرج اللوني هي تجنب‬ ‫الطابعات لعمليات الغسيل المستمرة‬ ‫والمرافقة الستخدام األلوان الموضعية‪ .‬كما يتم‬ ‫تسريع عمليات التح ّول الوظيفي وكسب وقت‬ ‫إنتاج إضافي‪ .‬وهذا خيار مثير لالهتمام لطابعات‬

‫التغليف‪ .‬هناك عدد متزايد من أصحاب‬ ‫العالمات التجارية يقبلون اليوم استخدام‬ ‫سلسلة من األلوان المتدرجة الممتدة كبديل‬ ‫عن األلوان الموضعية الخاصة أو التي تتعلق‬ ‫بالمنتج‪.‬‬ ‫لذلك فمن المهم للشركتين أن تقدما بشكل‬ ‫عملي حلوال ً متكاملة ما قبل الطباعة والطباعة‬ ‫والتي تلبي أعلى معايير الجودة‪ .‬بعد كل هذا لن‬ ‫تكون كافية سلسلة تدرج لوني واحد‪ ،‬ومن أجل‬ ‫العملية الشاملة واالستقرار المطلق لجميع‬ ‫العوامل المتغيرة والمتعلقة بعملية الطباعة‬ ‫سيكون ذلك أمرا ً حتمياً‪.‬‬

‫مع أنظمة القياس والتحكم المتطورة والخاصة‬ ‫بها توفر كوينغ آند باور هنا شروطا ً مثالية‬ ‫مسبقة لعملية مستقرة حتى على المدى‬ ‫البعيد وألعمال متكررة‪.‬‬ ‫يمكن ألصحاب مطابع التغليف الذين يأتون‬ ‫إلى مركز العمالء في كوينغ آند باور التعرف‬ ‫في المستقبل ليس فقط على أحدث تقنيات‬ ‫الطباعة والتشطيب بل الحصول أيضا ً على‬ ‫نظرة شاملة للعملية المتكاملة ومجموعة من‬ ‫حلول سير العمل إلنتاج التغليف‪ .‬وسوف‬ ‫تستخدم إيسكو أيضا ً فرص العرض الجديدة في‬ ‫راديبيول إلعالم شريحة عمالئها الرئيسين‪.‬‬

‫تحتفي شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ بإتمام عملها لشاشات‬ ‫الطباعة الد ّوارة في شركة البليكسو آسيا ‪2017‬‬ ‫احتفت شركة ويكسي اس بي جي برينتينغ‬ ‫ألنظمة الطباعة التابعة لفرع شركة اس بي‬ ‫جي برينتينغ في الصين‪ ،‬بأجهزتها في طباعة‬ ‫الشاشة المدورة ونظام التصوير الليزري في‬ ‫شركة البليكسو آسيا عام ‪ .2017‬تستخدم‬ ‫هذه األنظمة إلنشاء ملصقات عالية الجودة‬ ‫ومعبأة بشكل منظم يناسب سير العمل‪.‬‬ ‫عرضت شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ حلول‬ ‫الشاشة الد ّوارة على ستار العرض كل خطوة‬ ‫فعالة من حيث‬ ‫في سير العمل‪ ،‬توفير وسيلة ّ‬ ‫التكلفة‪ ،‬وطريقة مثمرة لتطبيق عدّة مؤثرات‬ ‫وفعالة مما يضفي عليه عالمة تجارية‬ ‫الفتة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫هامة‪ ،‬تتضمن المواد غير المعرفة والورنيش‬ ‫( الطالء) والواجهات الدقيقة والنصوص‬ ‫الصغيرة والرقائق المعدنية وميزات األمان‬ ‫والكتابة بنظام بريل ( الحروف النافرة)‬ ‫بسماكة تصل ‪ 250‬ميكرون في تمريرة واحدة‪.‬‬ ‫إن برنامج الشركة لوحدات الطباعة في نظام‬ ‫دمج الشاشة الد ّوارة ( رسي) يستخدم‬ ‫شاشات روتاميش من النيكل ‪100%‬‬ ‫والقابلة للتصوير وشاشات روتابليت الد ّوارة‬ ‫القابلة إلعادة االستخدام‪ ،‬مع تمكين لدمج‬ ‫سلس للعملية التي في النسق ذاته مع‬ ‫فليكسو‪ ،‬النقش بالحروف‪ ،‬عمليات األوفست‬ ‫والطباعة‪.‬‬

‫وسوف تكون األمثلة التي تمأل مجاال ً كامال ً من‬ ‫المؤثرات المتاحة مع كال الشاشتين متوفرة‬ ‫ليتمكن الز ّوار من تقدير التأثير البصري‬ ‫والنداء الجمالي القابل للتحقيق‪ .‬وقد قامت‬ ‫شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ مؤخرا ً بتوسيع‬ ‫برنامج روتاميش للشاشات المد ّورة الخاص‬ ‫بها‪ .‬وتقديم برنامج روتا ميش‪ 405‬ليلبي‬ ‫متطلبات السوق الصينية من أجل استنساخ‬ ‫ذكي لألحرف الصينية الصغيرة( هان وهانزي‬ ‫وأحرف المقاطعة الغربية) وصوال ً لثالث‬ ‫مناطق‪ .‬إن العدد الكبير للشبكات يمنح‬ ‫نشطة للشاشة‬ ‫مالكي الماركات طبيعة ِ‬ ‫الد ّوارة‪ ،‬مع القدرة على التزويد بمعلومات‬ ‫أكثر على الملصقات بشكل واضح‪ .‬والجديد‬ ‫أيضا هو شاشة روتاميش غليتر للمعان‬ ‫والبريق والوميض وأحبار متغيرة بصرياً‪.‬‬ ‫يعتبر معالج المعلومات فاريليكس حل‬ ‫تصويري رقمي عالي الجودة للفليكسو‬ ‫واألوفسيت الجاف والشاشات والحروف‬ ‫المطبوعة‪ ،‬والدمج بين االقتطاع ( االجتثاث)‬ ‫والعرض في آلة واحدة‪ .‬تقديم حلول تصل‬ ‫لـ ‪ 5080‬بوصة‪ ،‬تتمثل ميزات فاريليكس‬ ‫في ليزر الصمام ثنائي االشعاع الذي يفصل‬ ‫القناع األسود ويعرض بشكل مباشر أو‬ ‫يعرض مباشرة مواد الشاشة الحساسة‬

‫ولتخصيص شاشة تصوير د ّوارة فقد عرضت‬ ‫أيضا ً شركة اس بي جي برينتينغيز شاشة‬ ‫روتالن ‪ 7511‬بالحفر مباشرة بليزر ثاني أكسيد‬ ‫الكربون مع حلول تصل لـ‪ 5080‬بوصة وبدون‬ ‫استخدام أفالم وال مواد كيميائية أو ماء‪ .‬بإمكان‬ ‫حسن من‬ ‫برنامج اس بي جي برينتينغنغ أن ُي ّ‬ ‫التحكم عند إنشاء صور سلبية وإيجابية جيدة‪.‬‬ ‫وإضافة على ذلك سيكون هناك معلومات‬ ‫عن مط ّور اس بي جي برينتينغغ الجديد ديف‬ ‫آند دراي ونظام غسيل لشاشات روتا بليت‪،‬‬ ‫والتزويد بحلول تصويرية سريعة وآلية‪ ،‬مع‬ ‫الحد األدنى من اإلدخال اليدوي واستنساخ‬ ‫الظاهر بدون مخاطر أو أخطاء‪.‬‬ ‫وع ّقب جيمي تساو‪ ،‬مدير مبيعات طباعة‬ ‫الملصقات لشركة اس بي جي برينتينغ‬ ‫ويكسي ألنظمة الطباعة‪ ،‬قائالً‪ »:‬يسعى‬ ‫مصنعو البضائع المتفرقة عن تغليف متميز‬ ‫لماركاتهم التجارية‪ ،‬إليصال الجودة المتوقعة‬ ‫من قبل المستهلكين‪ .‬إننا نشهد نموا ً في‬ ‫الطلب على تكنولوجيا شاشتنا المد ّورة‪ ،‬وكما‬ ‫يرى مالكو العالمات التجارية أن سير العمل‬ ‫يتركز حول روتاميش وروتابليت كحل لتلبية‬ ‫مطالب مالكي الماركات فيما يتعلق بالجودة‪،‬‬ ‫جنبا ً إلى جنب مع انخفاض تكلفة الملكية‬ ‫ودعم شبكة اس بي جي برينتينغ العالمية‪.‬‬ ‫سيكون فريق المبيعات التقني الخبير الخاص‬ ‫بنا موجودا في البليكسيكو آسيا ليشرح كيف‬ ‫أن هذه التقنيات المتقدمة هي منصة مثالية‬ ‫لتلبية حاجات السوق اآلسيوية»‪.‬‬

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‫تتمتع شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ بشراكة‬ ‫وثيقة مع العديد من أصحاب شركات الطباعة‬ ‫الرائدة في العالم‪ ،‬لتثبيت هذه التكنولوجيا‬ ‫سواء على مستوى أو من خالل البرامج‬ ‫التحديثية الجديدة‪ ،‬على المطابع الحالية‪،‬‬ ‫لتصل عرض ‪ 900‬مليمتر كحد أدنى‪ .‬مع بناء‬ ‫سداسي الشكل‪ ،‬مج ّوف وفريد من نوعه‪،‬‬

‫تقدم شاشات روتاميش بالنيكل الناعم من‬ ‫شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ الدقة والمتانة‬ ‫على المدى البعيد‪ .‬إنهم يتحملون أعباء النقل‬ ‫ومناوبات التصوير المتعددة‪ ،‬ويحافظون‬ ‫على ثبات سرعة الطباعة التي تصل ‪150‬‬ ‫متر في الدقيقة‪ .‬كما توفر شاشات روتا‬ ‫بليت المعدنية إعادة استخدام كبيرة وثبات‬ ‫بسرعات عالية نسبياً‪.‬‬

‫لألشعة فوق البنفسجية‪ .‬إن مرونة‬ ‫فاريليكس تتمثل في التحديث بشكل سهل‬ ‫إلى لوحة العمالء ومخصصات تشكيل‬ ‫النقطة‪.‬‬

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‫بيكتوغرافيك تستثمر في طابعة ماسيفيت ‪1800‬‬ ‫(برينتينغ سوليوشن) لحلول الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫أعلنت اليوم طابعة ماسيفيت لتقنيات‬ ‫الطباعة‪ ،‬المز ّود والرائد في حلول الطباعة‬ ‫الثالثية األبعاد ذات الحجم الكبير لتطبيقات‬ ‫االتصاالت المرئية‪ ،‬عن تسجيل وعرض‬ ‫األعمال المطبوعة‪ ،‬وقد قامت شركة‬ ‫بيكتوغرافيك بتثبيت حلول الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد من ماسيفيت ‪ 1800‬وذلك لدفع‬ ‫المبيعات قدما ً لمشاريع االتصاالت البصرية‬ ‫ثالثية األبعاد المبتكرة والجديدة بغض النظر‬ ‫عن المنافسة‪.‬‬ ‫ويتوقع أيضا ً بوتيك مز ّود خدمة الطباعة‪،‬‬ ‫الكائن في الس فيغاس والذي تديره العائلة‪،‬‬ ‫أن تكون اإلضافة األحدث من أجل لدعم‬ ‫إنماء تسجيل وتقديم عرضها الحالي ثنائي‬ ‫األبعاد‪ .‬ومع حفاظها على سمعتها على‬ ‫المدى الطويل كونها رائدة في التقنيات‬ ‫الجديدة‪ ،‬فإن موقع شركة بيكتوغرافيك‬ ‫لإلنتاج يملك اآلن ثمانية تقنيات طباعية‬ ‫متميزة باإلضافة لمجموعة متنوعة من‬ ‫آالت التصنيع باستخدام الحاسب اآللي‪ .‬كما‬ ‫تضيف ماسيفيت ‪ 1800‬بعدا ً خال ّقا ً وجديدا ً‬ ‫لهذه الشركة متعددة األوجه ولفريقها ذي‬ ‫المهارات العالية‪.‬‬

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‫وقال كريغ إم ميلر‪ ،‬الرئيس والمدير‬ ‫التنفيذي لشركة بيكتوغرافيك‪ ”:‬ومع‬ ‫قاعدة متنوعة من العمالء تغطي العديد‬ ‫من قطاعات السوق المختلفة‪ ،‬فإننا غالبا ً‬ ‫ما نتلقى طلبات للحصول على وظائف‬ ‫مخصصة‪ .‬وعلى هذا النحو فإننا بحاجة‬ ‫لمجموعة من معدات االنتاج تحت تصرفنا‬ ‫فضال ً عن حاجتنا لفريق بإمكانه التفكير‬ ‫خارج السرب عندما يتعلق األمر بتسليم‬ ‫المنتج النهائي”‪ .‬وأضاف‪ ”:‬مع القدرة على‬

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‫جذب االنتباه لمشاريع عروض الطباعة‬ ‫ثالثية األبعاد‪ ،‬سوف تقوم ماسيفيت‪1800‬‬ ‫بتقوية عروض تطبيقاتنا بشكل كبير‪ ،‬وفتح‬ ‫فرص عمل جديدة وتعزيز قدرتنا التنافسية‪.‬‬ ‫لقد كان من السهل اندماج النظام ضمن‬ ‫موقعنا اإلنتاجي والتأثير الذي سيحدث‪،‬‬ ‫حسناً‪...‬سيكون تأثيرا ً هائال ً»‪.‬‬

‫وتابع ميلر قوله‪ »:‬لطالما كان هدفنا‬ ‫إنشاء شركة خاصة لعمالئنا‪ ،‬كما أن نجاح‬ ‫المنتجات والعالمة التجارية يستند إلى‬ ‫الجمهور‪ ،‬لقد منحتنا ماسيفيت ‪ 1800‬أداة‬ ‫قوية لمواصلة تحقيق هذا الهدف والحفاظ‬ ‫على سمعتنا كمعتمدين أوائل للتكنولوجيا‬ ‫الرائدة حقاً»‪.‬‬

‫إن قدرات ماسيفيت‪ 1800‬هي من توجه‬ ‫بالفعل وجهات النظر والعمالء الحالين نحو‬ ‫العمل‪ .‬إن ميلر وفريقه على يقين بأن اإلثارة‬ ‫التي أحدثتها تطبيقات الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫الجديدة سوف تولّد متعة أيضا ً في الطباعة‬ ‫ثنائية األبعاد الرائدة في سوق الشركة‪ ،‬وتزيد‬ ‫في حجم المبيعات للحقيبة اإلنتاجية بأكملها‪.‬‬ ‫ويمكن أيضا ً إنهاء تطبيقات ماسيفيت‪1800‬‬ ‫باستخدام تكنولوجيا الطباعة الثنائية األبعاد‬ ‫والتوجيه ثالثي األبعاد‪ .‬مما يؤدي لمزيد من‬ ‫العائدات ألعمال الطباعة األساسية للشركة‪.‬‬

‫وختم يهودا آفنر‪ ،‬المدير التنفيذي لطابعة‬ ‫ماسيفيت ثالثية األبعاد‪ “ :‬لقد ُسعدنا‬ ‫باختيار شركة بيكتوغرافيكس لماسيتيف‬ ‫‪ 1800‬لحلول الطباعة الثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫للمساعدة في إدراك أهدافها التجارية كما أننا‬ ‫نتطلّع لتعاون أقرب معهم لضمان نجاحها»‪.‬‬ ‫« وبفضل الفرص الكبيرة التي توفرها‪،‬‬ ‫فإننا نشهد شركات أكثر وأكثر تتجه نحو‬ ‫هذه التكنولوجيا لرفع من مستوى عروض‬ ‫تطبيقاتهم‪ ،‬وتحقيق النمو المربح وضمان‬ ‫مستقبل أعمالهم»‪.‬‬

‫ندوة أليس « اتحاد موردين وطابعي الملصقات” حول‬ ‫كيفية وموعد التوجه نحو الرقمية في العمل؟‬ ‫قامت أليس « اتحاد موردي وطابعي‬ ‫الملصقات” بتنظيم ندوة بعنوان “ التوجه‬ ‫نحو الطباعة الرقمية‪ -‬متى وكيف؟” في الرابع‬ ‫والعشرين من شهر نوفمبر في مركز هابيتات‬ ‫( الموئل) في دلهي‪ ،‬الهند‪ .‬كان الهدف‬ ‫األساسي من هذه الندوة فتح نقاش حول‬ ‫الطباعة الرقمية وتقنية اإلنهاء‪ ،‬والتباحث في‬ ‫المسائل التي ترتبط بالتوجه نحو الطباعة‬ ‫الرقمية واألخذ بأحدث االختراعات واألفكار‬ ‫ووجهات النظر للخبراء الصناعيين‪ .‬كان‬ ‫هذا الحدث بتمويل مشترك بين شركات‬ ‫إتش بي وفينساك ومجموعة فيغ وشهدنا‬ ‫معدل حضور ملفت من أصحاب الطوابع‬ ‫والمحولين وكبار شخصيات وسائل اإلعالم‬ ‫من دلهي‪ /‬العاصمة المحلية‪.‬‬ ‫استهلت الندوة بكلمة افتتاحية من قبل‬ ‫حب بجميع ضيوفه‬ ‫غورو راج بوالرواد الذي ر ّ‬ ‫ترحيبا حارا وقدّم وجهة نظره حول كيف‬ ‫يمكن التحاد موري وطابعي الملصقات أن‬ ‫يدعموا الصناعة الطباعية بشكل كامل بالبدء‬ ‫باإلعالن عنها في المجالت وتنظيم الندوات‬ ‫والمعارض والمؤتمرات وكل ما يشبه ذلك‪.‬‬ ‫تم تقديم مجموعة واسعة من العروض‪،‬‬

‫أعقب ذلك جلسة نقاش مفتوحة وحيوية‬ ‫مما جعل كل من المحولين الرئيسيين‬ ‫مثل سانجيف سوندي من شركة زيركون‬ ‫وهاريش غوبتا من شركة ساي كام كودز‬ ‫وبرابهاكار س من شركة آيكون البيز وغريندر‬ ‫كومار من شركة شري رام فيرتيتش‬ ‫يقدّمون وجهة نظرهم فيما يتعلق بمستوى‬ ‫العقبات المقدمون عليها من التكاليف‬ ‫المرتفعة للمعدات الرقمية الصناعية‪،‬‬ ‫التكلفة المرتفعة لتشغيل المعدات الرقمية‬ ‫مقارنة بالتقليدية فضال ً عن تردد أصحاب‬

‫العالمات التجارية في دفع قسط الرقمية‬ ‫وإلى ما هناك‪.‬‬ ‫لقد حاول الباعة تقديم حلول ونصائح‬ ‫حول ذلك لكن الموضوع الرئيسي الذي‬ ‫طرح للمناقشة كان أنه إذا لم يقم كل من‬ ‫المحولين وموردي المعدات على حد سواء‬ ‫باالنضمام بكامل قوتهم والعمل على تثقيف‬ ‫أصحاب العالمات التجارية وفرق تطوير‬ ‫التعبئة والتغليف للشركات‪ ،‬سيكون من‬ ‫الصعب بيع المعدات الرقمية‪.‬‬

‫شركة طباعة المذكرات تبحث في خطأ بيبرتشيبس‬ ‫في كتابة عام ‪ 2108‬بدال ً من ‪2018‬‬ ‫اعترفت شركة « بيبرتشيس” بأنها في‬ ‫موقف محرج قليال ً بعدما طبعت شركة‬ ‫القرطاسية دفاتر تدوين المالحظات لعام‬ ‫‪ 2018‬بتاريخ عام خاطئ‪ .‬إن العديد من‬ ‫نماذج هذه الدفاتر المنتشرة ُتظهر تاريخ‬ ‫العام ‪ 2018‬على أنه ‪ 2108‬أي زيادة ‪90‬‬ ‫عاما ً للمستقبل‪ ،‬من منتصف مارس‬ ‫وصاعداً‪ .‬وبدال ً من إلغاء اآلالف من هذه‬ ‫اليوميات المطبوعة عن طريق الخطأ‪ ،‬قرر‬ ‫مستودع الشركة خفض ‪ 25%‬من السعر‬ ‫وبيعها للعمالء على هذا األساس‪.‬‬

‫تشمل هذه اليوميات أربعة تصاميم ذات‬ ‫عيوب تتضمن دفتر يوميات مصمم بغالف‬ ‫مغناطيسي‪ ،‬وآخر بخطوط ذهبية‪ ،‬وتصميم‬ ‫بنقوش تحمل صورة بوم‪ ،‬وتصميم‬

‫لم تكشف شركة بيبرتشيس عن عدد‬ ‫دفاتر اليوميات ذات األخطاء التي توجد في‬

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‫وقالت شركة القرطاسية‪ ،‬في رسالة وجهتها‬ ‫للعمالء‪ »:‬نحن ال نريد في أية حال من‬ ‫األحوال أن نخ ّيب من آمال عمالئنا‪ ،‬لكننا‬ ‫من ناحية أخرى لم نعتقد أيضا ً أنه كان‬ ‫من الصحيح أن نتلف الكثير من دفاتر‬ ‫اليوميات والتي ما تزال جميلة ونافعة‪.‬‬ ‫لذلك اتخذنا قرار االحتفاظ بها وبيعها بسعر‬ ‫مخ ّفض وإال ّ فإنها ستتح ّول لمخلفات»‪.‬‬

‫بنقشة نجوم وتصميم أرجواني ُيظهر‬ ‫قلبا ً ملئ بالفراشات‪ .‬وبدال ً من أن تسأل‬ ‫عن يوميات بسعر ‪ 12‬جنيه أسترليني‬ ‫( ‪ 60‬درهم إماراتي) سيتم بيعها بسعر‬ ‫‪ 9‬جنيه أسترليني ( ‪ 45‬درهم إماراتي)‪.‬‬ ‫كما أن مجسم ثعباني مبهرج‪ ،‬ومخصص‬ ‫للمراهقين‪ ،‬كان من المفترض بيعه بـ‪16‬‬ ‫جنيه أسترليني ( ‪ 80‬درهم إماراتي) لكن‬ ‫سيتم عرضه مقابل ‪ 12‬جنيه أسترليني (‬ ‫‪ 60‬درهم إماراتي)‪.‬‬

‫المخازن لكن ثمة تقديرات متحفظة تقول‬ ‫أنه يوجد ‪ 10‬دفاتر يوميات من كل تصميم‬ ‫في مخازنها ‪ 130‬الموجودة في المملكة‬ ‫المتحدة أي أنه لديها ‪ 6500‬دفتر للبيع‪،‬‬ ‫على الرغم من أن الرقم الحقيقي قد يكون‬ ‫أكثر بكثير‪ .‬تشير التقديرات إلى أن الشركة‬ ‫قد تخسر حوالي ‪ 20.800‬جنيه أسترليني‬ ‫( ‪ 102.455‬درهم إماراتي) بسبب بيع‬ ‫اليوميات بسعر مخفض‪ ،‬لكن يمكنها أن‬ ‫تنقذ مبلغا ً ضخما ً قدره ‪ 58.000‬جنيه‬ ‫أسترليني أي ما يعادل ( ‪ 418690‬درهم‬ ‫إماراتي) أكثر مما لو كان مصير المذكرات‬ ‫هو اإلتالف‪.‬‬

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‫شركة أديفانت تحصل‬ ‫على موافقة واسعة‬ ‫لتوريد المواد الغذائية‬ ‫من اللجنة الوطنية‬ ‫الصينية للصحة‬ ‫وتنظيم األسرة‬ ‫أعلنت شركة أديفانت‪ -‬المو ّرد الرئيسي‬ ‫في العالم لمضادات األكسدة الفوسفاتية‬ ‫السائلة لصناعة البالستيك‪ -‬أن اللجنة‬ ‫الوطنية للصحة والتخطيط األسري في‬ ‫وسعت من سعة استخدام‬ ‫الصين قد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫مثبتاتها الخالية من النونيلفينول‪ ،‬في البولي‬ ‫إثلين من ‪ 1500‬جزء في المليون لـ ‪2000‬‬ ‫جزء في المليون أي استخدامها ويستون‬ ‫‪.705‬‬ ‫وقال جون ستيتس‪ ،‬الرئيس التنفيذي‬ ‫ألديفانت‪ “ :‬إن هذا من شأنه أن يزيد من‬ ‫التأكيد على المظهر اآلمن لـ» ويستون ‪،”705‬‬ ‫وقد أتى في الوقت المناسب»‪ .‬وأضاف‪ ”:‬لقد‬

‫بدأت الصين لتوها في تطبيق قانونها الجديد‬ ‫المتعلق بالمواد الغذائية‪ ،‬قانون ج ب رقم‬ ‫‪ 9685‬لعام ‪ ،2016‬الذي يتيح إضافة ‪10‬‬ ‫أجزاء في البليون من النونيلفينول كسعة‬ ‫مضافة لمواد التعبئة المالمسة للمواد‬ ‫الغذائية‪ .‬وبهذا التوسع‪ ،‬يمكن لمصنعي‬ ‫المواد الصمغية من زيادة استخدام‬ ‫ويستون‪ 705‬والسماح لهم بتثبيت البولي‬ ‫إيثلين من أجل ظروف العملية األكثر‬ ‫تطلبا ً مع تجنب التشكيل الهالمي وإشعاع‬ ‫مضاف في الغشاء المرن»‪.‬‬ ‫وقد تمت الموافقة بالفعل الستخدام‬ ‫ويستون ‪ 705‬في أكثر من ‪ 180‬بلدا ً فيما‬

‫يخص تغليف المواد الغذائية‪ ،‬إنه البديل‬ ‫الوحيد المضاد لألكسدة الفوسفاتية‬ ‫السائلة الخالية من النونيلفينول‬ ‫المستخدم مع المواد الغذائية والمعتمد‬ ‫في الواليات المتحدة األمريكية وكندا‬ ‫وأوروبا والصين‪ .‬هذا يمكّن منتجي المواد‬ ‫الصمغية ومصنعي التعبئة والتغليف من‬ ‫استخدام حل وحيد وعالمي لتغليف السلع‬ ‫االستهالكية للزبائن الذين يريدون الحفاظ‬ ‫على الصدارة في المنحنى التنظيمي‪.‬‬ ‫والنتيجة بعد أكثر من سبعة أعوام من‬ ‫البحث واالستثمار أن ويستون ‪ 705‬هو‬ ‫مضاد األكسدة البالستيكي الجديد األكثر‬ ‫تجريبا ً هذه األيام في السوق‪.‬‬

‫فلينت غروب تفتتح منشأة جديدة في تركيا‬

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‫ما تزال فلينت غروب تتربع على عرش‬ ‫الصدارة في قطاع أحبار التغليف مع افتتاح‬ ‫منشأتها الجديدة في المنطقة العالمية من‬ ‫مقاطعة بيليك دوزو في اسطنبول‪ ،‬تركيا‪ .‬إن‬ ‫هذه المنشأة الجديدة الموزعة على امتداد‬ ‫‪ 3800‬متر مربع من الصناعات التحويلية‪،‬‬ ‫تشغل مساحة مناسبة وهي فقط ‪13‬‬ ‫كيلومتر من محطة الحاويات الرئيسية في‬ ‫الجانب األوروبي من تركيا وموقعا ً جيدا ً‬ ‫للتصدير في األسواق المجاورة في الشرق‬ ‫األوسط‪.‬‬

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‫وقال كيم ميلندر‪ ،‬نائب مدير المبيعات‬ ‫في إيما ( أوروبا والشرق األوسط وأفريقيا)‬ ‫وغلوبال ستراتيجي للورق والكرتون‪ ”:‬لقد‬ ‫أصبحت شركة “ غلوب فلينت” لتجارة‬ ‫الورق والكرتون مو ّردا ً محليا ً في تركيا‬ ‫ومحيطها اإلقليمي منذ عام ‪ 2008‬وقد‬ ‫استطاع فريقنا تلبية متطلبات زبائننا مع‬ ‫أحدث قدرات التصنيع والخدمات المحلية‬ ‫المتخصصة لما يقارب العشر سنوات‪.‬‬ ‫لم يكن االستثمار اإلضافي لتمتين شركة‬ ‫فلينت غروب في السوق التركية فحسب‪،‬‬ ‫بل من أجل التأكيد على اإليفاء بوعدنا في‬ ‫االزدهار معا ً مع عمالئها في هذه السوق‬ ‫األساسية الناشئة»‪.‬‬ ‫وأضاف كريستوف ستروسزاك‪ ،‬مدير‬ ‫عمليات أحبار التغليف في أوروبا الشرقية‪”:‬‬ ‫كان التخطيط لالستحواذ على هذا‬

‫المرفق الجديد في البداية‪ ،‬ومن الناحية‬ ‫االستراتيجية‪ ،‬من أجل قطاع أعمال‬ ‫الورق والكرتون التي تعتمد على المياه‬ ‫في مجموعة فلينت‪ .‬ومع ذلك‪ ،‬سرعان‬ ‫ما أصبح واضحا ً أنه يجب علينا أن نتحد‬ ‫مع أقسام أساسية أخرى لتزويدهم‬ ‫بجميع احتياجاتهم من سوق التغليف‬ ‫من هذا الموقع‪ .‬لقد انضمت اليوم شبكة‬

‫غروب فلينت المصغرة وشيتفيد وأعمال‬ ‫ديجيتال سوليوشن ( زيركون) التجارية‬ ‫لقطاع الورق والكرتون في هذه المنشأة»‪.‬‬ ‫إن المنشأة في بيليك دوزو قيد التشغيل‬ ‫واالنتاج حالياً‪ ،‬كما أنها تشحن البضائع في‬ ‫السفن لطابعات التعبئة والتغليف داخل‬ ‫تركيا وللشرق المتوسط‪.‬‬

‫المحتـويــات‬

‫‪ISSN 2304-117X‬‬

‫األخب ــار‬

‫معرض اس جي آي‬

‫شركة أديفانت تحصل على موافقة‬ ‫واسعة لتوريد المواد الغذائية من‬ ‫اللجنة الوطنية الصينية للصحة‬ ‫وتنظيم األسرة‬

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‫فلينت غروب تفتتح منشأة جديدة‬ ‫في تركيا‬

‫‪55‬‬

‫ندوة أليس « اتحاد موردين وطابعي‬ ‫الملصقات” حول كيفية وموعد‬ ‫التوجه نحو الرقمية في العمل؟‬

‫‪54‬‬

‫شركة طباعة المذكرات تبحث في‬ ‫خطأ بيبرتشيبس في كتابة عام ‪2108‬‬ ‫بدال ً من ‪2018‬‬

‫‪54‬‬

‫‪ 49‬براذر تطلق طابعة جارمنت ‪ GTX‬في‬ ‫معرض ‪SGI 2018‬‬

‫‪ 48‬تزايد الطلب على طابعات األشعة‬ ‫فوق البنفسجية المسطحة‬ ‫‪ 48‬صناعة الالفتات ستتحول من‬ ‫الطباعة الرقمية لصناعة إنتاج‬ ‫الالفتات‬

‫‪ Blue Rhine 46‬تركز على وسائل‬ ‫اإلعالم المطبوعة الرقمية‬

‫آراء وأفكار‬

‫بيكتوغرافيك تستثمر في طابعة‬ ‫ماسيفيت ‪( 1800‬برينتينغ‬ ‫سوليوشن) لحلول الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد‬

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‫تحتفي شركة اس بي جي برينتينغ‬ ‫بإتمام عملها لشاشات الطباعة‬ ‫الد ّوارة في شركة البليكسو آسيا‬ ‫‪2017‬‬

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‫مذيب الفليكسو يز ّود أوميت‬ ‫فاريفليكس اف ‪ 2‬بالمرونة‬

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‫حلول سير العمل في طباعة‬ ‫التغليف‬

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‫السنــة الرابعة عشرة ‪ /‬العدد ‪ / 154‬ديسمبر ‪2017‬‬

‫‪ME Printer FZ L.L.C‬‬

‫ص‪.‬ب‪ ،502183 .‬مدينة دبي لإلعالم‬ ‫دبي‪ ،‬اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‬ ‫هاتف‪+971 4 391 12 10 :‬‬ ‫فاكس‪+971 4 390 95 61 :‬‬ ‫البريد اإللكتروني‪info@meprinter.com :‬‬ ‫مدير النشر للمجموعة‬ ‫مرتضى كريميان‬ ‫‪karimian@meprinter.com‬‬

‫هيئــة التح ــرير‬ ‫المحرر ‪ -‬القسم اإلنجليزي‬ ‫كريس ن‪ .‬فيرناردو‬ ‫‪editor@meprinter.com‬‬ ‫المحرر التقني – القسم العربي‬ ‫د‪ .‬جورج نوبار سيمونيان‬ ‫‪goujy@dircon.co.uk‬‬ ‫المحرر التقني – القسم اإلنجليزي‬ ‫رود هايز‬ ‫‪rod.hayes@me.com‬‬

‫‪ Canon 47‬تقدم عرضا كامال لمقترح‬ ‫القيمة الجديد في معرض ‪SGI‬‬

‫منتجات وبرامج‬

‫مجلــة شــهرية شــاملة مختصــة ـفـي‬ ‫عالــم الطباعــة ـفـي الشــرق األوســط‬

‫‪ 45‬سوق البرمجيات وخدمات الطباعة‬ ‫العالمية ثالثية األبعاد ستسجل‬ ‫معدل نمو سنوي مركب بحوالي‬ ‫‪ 25.2٪‬بين عامي ‪ 2017‬و ‪2021‬‬ ‫‪ 44‬نمو صناعة التعبئة والتغليف‬ ‫الصناعية بنسبة ‪ 3.2٪‬حلول عام‬ ‫‪ :2022‬سميذرس بيرا‬ ‫‪ 43‬طلب مزدهر لتطبيقات التعبئة‬ ‫والتغليف وظيفية‬ ‫في مستحضرات التجميل وصناعة‬ ‫العناية الشخصية‬

‫‪ 42‬الورق والورق المقوى من أكثر‬ ‫المواد تفضيال ً في سوق تعبئة‬ ‫وتغليف االلكترونيات االستهالكية‬ ‫العالمية‬

‫المختصون المشاركون في التحرير‬ ‫فرانك رومانو (الواليات المتحدة)‬ ‫‪fxrppr@rit.edu‬‬ ‫لوريل برونر (المملكة المتحدة)‬ ‫‪lb@digitaldots.org‬‬ ‫د‪ .‬نيكوالس هيلموث‬ ‫‪nhellmuth@flaar.org‬‬ ‫مدير اإلعالنات‬ ‫انيل نات ك ر‬ ‫‪+971 4 391 12 06‬‬ ‫‪meprinter@meprinter.com‬‬ ‫اإلعالنات المبوبة واإلشترا كات‬ ‫‪+971 4 391 12 10‬‬ ‫‪+971 50 528 9267‬‬ ‫‪info@meprinter.com‬‬ ‫توجه المراسالت إلى العنوان التالي‪:‬‬ ‫مجلة ‪ME Printer‬‬ ‫ص‪.‬ب ‪ ،502183‬مدينة دبي لإلعالم‬ ‫بناية رقم ‪ ،9‬مكتب رقم ‪214‬‬ ‫دبي‪ ،‬اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‬

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