PRESSIdeas August 2017 by Jacob George

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Trends in UV Technology ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................8 2017 InterTech Technology Award for Komori Impremia IS29 ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Compelling ‘price performance’ ratio as competitive differentiator............................................................................................................................ 12 IPAMA unfolds roadmap of 14th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA...................................................................................................................................... 14 Komori Europe and Highcon announce strategic partnership..................................................................................................................................... 15 Xerox India showcases the all new Versant 3100 & Versant 180................................................................................................................................... 16 Ricoh India launches Ricoh Pro C5200S at Print Expo 2017............................................................................................................................................ 20

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Canon presents ImagePRO 8000 at Print Expo.................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Monotech highlights recently launched Mimaki Latex Printer..................................................................................................................................... 22 Konica Minolta showcases newly launched Accurio Press C2060 & C2070 PS........................................................................................................ 23 Trelleborg expands partnerships in Indian newspaper market.................................................................................................................................... 24 Global leaders to share ideas at WAN-IFRA India 2017..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Trust & quality of news: WAN-IFRA India 2017..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 EAE wins key retrofit order from the Times of India.......................................................................................................................................................... 26 KMPA submits memorandum on GST to Minister of Finance ....................................................................................................................................... 27 David Callaway to keynote at WAN-IFRA India 2017......................................................................................................................................................... 27 HP wins five-year Shutterfly deal – accelerates digital print momentum................................................................................................................. 28 Xerox showcases unparalleled digital printing portfolio ................................................................................................................................................ 29

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Dominion Packaging takes Flexo Printing to new speeds.............................................................................................................................................. 30 Xitron Inks workflow development agreement with Liaoning Basch Digital........................................................................................................... 31 Beer and Beverage Label Printing: What you need to know!......................................................................................................................................... 32 IML Technology for food and non-food applications........................................................................................................................................................ 34 IML technology – the reference class...................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Monotech Systems launches JETSCI Track and Trace solution...................................................................................................................................... 35 X-Rite, Esko and AVT present packaging simplified, ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 VINSAK in action at LabelExpo Europe 2017........................................................................................................................................................................ 37 PAMEX 2017..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Release Liners market worth 93.02 billion USD by 2022................................................................................................................................................. 40

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FINAT and Labelexpo Europe..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 BSTe India highlights iPQ Center @ PackPlus 2017............................................................................................................................................................ 42 SIES Sop Star Awards 2017.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42

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Esko XPS Crystal exposure unit is a 2017 PIA InterTech Technology Award recipient.......................................................................................... 43 Monotech installs six Digital Finishing Machines at New Manikya ............................................................................................................................. 44 hubergroup launches new, innovative flexo products..................................................................................................................................................... 45 Cosmo Films Q1FY18 total revenue ups to 470cr. ............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Mimaki brings photorealistic colour to 3D Printing.......................................................................................................................................................... 46 X-Rite and ColorPartner to automate Colour Measurement.......................................................................................................................................... 48

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Colours make our life – in different aspects of our life. Printing contributes to many of life’s colours. For example, currency is today a beautiful colourprinted medium of exchange. Apart from facilitating an easy recognition for different denominations, the colours also make it somewhat modern from the instrument of the past. Well, they are so colourful that we find it quite difficult to find any black or white in it. Demonetisation too helped in a fresh new colour for a few of our printed notes. The industry suffered its impact, especially in the lower rungs of the manufacturing and consumption chain which characterised day-to-day indispensability of transactional cash. Necessity drove them to adopt cashless and things took their time. Thankfully, the industry has come out of earlier business blockages and demand is getting on track. We discussed it with industry people during the recent Print Expo 2017 in Chennai and tried to understand the industry sentiment. They were more into GST – claimed as one of the greatest tax reforms for goods and services in decades. Here again, the lower rungs of the manufacturing and business chain have been seen asking for more time to fully implement the new regime which has – either been difficult to understand or impacted adversely by way of more tax than it was previously for them. Things will take time. And, it is widely believed that it will actually benefit tax payers by saving them from multiple tax and interstate business. KMPA has submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Finance on GST. The memorandum highlights the lack of clarity prevalent in the printing industry regarding GST. Xerox India showcased its all new Versant 3100 & Versant 180 at Print Expo. The new versions feature over 500 modifications, Fiery and more to give enhanced value proposition to customer. Konica Minolta showcased newly launched Production Printing cut sheet press Accurio Press C2060 and C2077 PS models. Ricoh India launched Ricoh Pro C5200S equipped with the version 2 engine and can print directly on 360 gsm. media and take higher loads. The Canon highlights included its flagship production machine ImagePRO 8000 and the 650 model. Monotech made the maiden show of Mimaki Latex Printer along with a showcase of key Finishing equipment for both Digital and Offset printing processes. You can find details about the showcased solutions in the inside pages with exclusive comments from key officials present during the show. Another upcoming event of import is the WAN-IFRA India Conference in Chennai taking place from 13 to 14 September. The international newspaper conference will have high profile speakers from the newspaper world and will include the likes of David Callaway of The Street Inc.; Mukund Padmanabhan of The Hindu; Shadi Rahimi of Al Jazeera; Bella Hurrell of BBC news; Basant Rathore of Jagran Group; and Michael Kiesswetter of Rheinische Post AdLog GmbH. The Panel Discussion will be chaired by Thomas Jacob, COO, WAN-IFRA and other personalities at the discussion will be Pawan Agarwal, DB Corp; Rajiv Lochan, Kasturi & Sons and Rajiv Verma, HT Media. There are also news details about PAMEX 2017 as well as LabelExpo Europe in this issue. Also of interest to our readers should be the articles – ‘Beer and Beverage Label Printing: What you need to know!’ and ‘IML Technology for food and non-food applications’. Enjoy reading all this along with our regular updates on the colourful Printing Industry.

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Trends in UV Technology Advent of Process-Free Pre-press for UV Print environments.

With all the buzz around Digital printing over the last decade or so, it’s easy to miss the fact that during that same time span there have been some big changes for Offset printing. Approximately 97% of printed pages come from Offset presses, with only 3% printed Digitally, so any changes to Offset technology have the potential to make a big impact both for individual printers and for the industry as a whole. Arguably, the most noticeable change in Offset printing technology has been the trend toward UV curable inks. UV technology has been used in the printing industry for a long time, particularly with packaging, label, and business forms printers, but it hasn’t had much penetration in other areas until recently. However, in the last few years, UV has taken off among commercial printers, primarily due to new, low-energy UV technologies introduced by the major press manufacturers.

Low-energy UV offers all the advantages like higher gloss levels as well as superior rub resistance with a smaller, less expensive system using less energy.

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Advantages of UV – less VOC emissions and inks drying on plastic and nonporous substrates and dry fast.

> If you can get it through the press you can print on it. > Ink dots are left sitting on the substrate, delivering more vibrant colour and detail.

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Kodak has been watching the move to UV closely, talking with its customers about the improvements they are seeing in their printing operations with UV, working with them to make the transition as smooth as possible, and developing new products that can extend the advantages of UV for them even further.

Brief overview of UV Printing UV curable inks were introduced as an alternative to

solvent-based products to provide improved print quality and higher speed to a dry print. Conventional heat and air drying works by solvent evaporation, a process that shrinks the initial wet coating and additionally can release environmental pollutants when organic solvents are present (VOC’s). In UV curing, there is little or no solvent. Instead, the inks comprise liquid reactive components. These reactive components can be hardened rapidly through the application of UV light, which causes chemical crosslinking (or hardening). Because there is little or no solvent to evaporate, there is no volume lost from the wet coating, resulting in higher ink densities and higher gloss on the print. In addition, there are no environmental pollutants from any organic solvents. Through the use of photoinitiators, it has been possible to cure the inks using UV lamps. Conventional UV lamps consume a lot of power, take up a lot of space and generate a lot of heat. These systems also produce ozone, requiring an extraction system that adds cost to the press. Together these factors limit the application to print shops where the value of the print product would pay for the equipment and cost of running the UV. More recently, with the advent of higher powered and cheap UV sources, it has been possible to provide the same amount of energy to the wet sheet but with a lot less power, heat and space, and no need for an ozone extraction system. With these new low-energy UV

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systems, such as LED-UV, H-UV, HR-UV, and LEC-UV, equipment and running costs are reduced, and old presses can be more easily modified with the smaller equipment. These less expensive, smaller systems are allowing Commercial Printers to use UV and take advantage of faster turnarounds, less maintenance through use of less anti-setoff powder, a wider range of substrates, and higher print quality. Craig Bretherton, Product and Marketing Manager at KBA (UK), states, “Commercial printers are also being attracted to this technology as it means difficult-to-dry stocks, such as offset, can be quickly turned around without the need for coating. In addition, due to the lack of a requirement for extraction and coating units in many cases, capital costs to add new drying technologies are not prohibitive.” Printers in Japan have widely adopted lowenergy UV presses, with Ryobi MHI (RMGT) being one of the first press manufacturers to the market with their LED-UV technology, and with Komori offering H-UV technology. The estimate is that about 70% of new presses made in Japan are now low-energy UV presses. In Europe, UV presses are also dominating new press sales. Heidelberg estimates that approximately 15% of their global installations of presses are UV presses.

New technology means more new technology Switching to a UV system requires a complete review of all current components that go through the press, and some changes will be necessary. Not only will a printer be changing their inks, they must also look at compatibility with press chemicals, blankets, substrates, and more. In particular, UV can be challenging for printing plates. The good news is that Kodak’s plate scientists and engineers are very familiar with UV technology, and we have developed new, innovative plate technology specifically for UV print applications, including low-energy UV. New plate technologies are necessary because in a UV system, the blanket washes and plate cleaners that are required to clean the special UV-curable inks also happen to be aggressive against the coating of printing plates. Also, as the press chemistries have become more eco-friendly, they provide

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less protection for the plates. Historically, Kodak provided plates that could be baked to withstand the aggressive chemicals used with UV, but baking is also not very environmentally friendly, using a lot of energy and producing excess heat. Kodak’s newest plates, such as KODAK ELECTRA MAX Thermal Plates, deliver superior solvent resistance without baking and are therefore ideal for UV applications, plus they require less developer in prepress than previous generation plates, further increasing their environmental benefits. KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates reduce even more environmental impact by eliminating the energy, water, and chemical

waste from plate processing. SONORA Plates are suitable for short-run UV print applications, up to 10,000 impressions with SONORA XP Plates and 30,000 impressions with SONORA UV Plates. What’s in store for the future? Kodak looks forward to many new innovations around Offset print, whether they come from the press manufacturers, other industry suppliers, or printers themselves. And, of course, as the inventor of Thermal CTP and the first to introduce a successful Process Free Plate technology, Kodak will surely be at the forefront of developing newer technologies as well.

2017 InterTech Technology Award for Komori Impremia IS29

Komori ImpremiaIS29 UV digital inkjet printing system received the PIA 2017 InterTech Technology Award. In 2017, 14 recipients won award among 26 nominees. This year is the fourth time Komori has been honoured with an InterTech Technology Award. Previous accolades were for the Automatic Plate Changer (APC), the Lithrone S40 40” Offset Printing Press and the H-UV Innovative Curing System. “We are honoured to receive the prestigious InterTech Technology Award for this firstof-its-kind technology,” said Meishi Tsuya, president of Komori America. “The Impremia IS29 is part of Komori’s line of inkjet output products, underscoring Komori’s continued commitment to offer the industry solutions that expand the potential of print and improve margins with the ability to produce diverse print communications.” The Impremia IS29 is an innovative press that delivers on Komori’s three core competencies—product reliability, high quality and substrate freedom. It is an inkjet printing system designed to successfully meet customer demands for complex variable print requirements where size is

a factor. The system has the capability to economically produce variable shortrun, high-quality colour printing with the characteristic of digital printing, while making it possible to get to market quickly with reduced set-up costs and colour output that rivals offset press. Equipped with UV inkjet technology, the ImpremiaIS29 can handle a 23x29” sheet which is ideal for a six up print format. In addition, it does not require precoated paper, and enables printing on a wide range of stocks, including ordinary offset paper. By taking advantage of its UV inkjet characteristics, ImpremiaIS29 is ideal for not only commercial print applications, but also package printing.

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Compelling ‘price performance’ ratio as competitive differentiator Hyderabad’s Creative Print & Pack installs one of the most popular machines in the 70x100 print format – Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 six-colour with Coating Unit. In line with its growth strategy, Hyderabadbased Creative Print & Pack recently invested in a remarketed Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 six-colour press with coating unit. “Heidelberg is a trusted brand and the CD 102 is a synergistic fit into our business objectives,” states Kondaiah Chowdary, the CEO of Creative Print & Pack - which specializes in design, Commercial printing, Packaging, Paper carry bag manufacturing and, innovative and specialty packaging. From a modest startup that once outsourced printing jobs, Creative Print & Pack has taken giant strides forward today as an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company with a prestigious clientele that includes IZOD, LEVIS, PUMA, ROCKSTAR, SUPERDRY & VANHEUSEN among other upscale brands. The latest CD 102 installation adds a feather to its cap.

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“Heidelberg has sold more than 50k units of the Speedmaster CD 102 thus far. That makes the CD 102, one of the most popular machines in the 70X100 printing format. The compelling price/performance ratio is a competitive differentiator,” comments Saseendran Baskaran, General Manager, - Press & Postpress Products. A preset plus feeder supports maximum substrate flexibility, assisting the Speedmaster CD 102 in handling a wide array of substrates from 0.03 millimeter paper to 1 mm thick cardboard. The AutoPlate feature facilitates fast plate changes and shorter make-ready times, while an ‘AirTransfer System’ supports contact-free sheet travel. A high capacity inking unit ensures stable inking through the entire production run, promoting consistent and excellent print quality, even at speeds of up to 15,000 sheets per hour.

Vemula Chakrapani, Regional Sales Manager – Heidelberg adds, “The special and unique UV coating unit of the Speedmaster CD 102 is fitted with a chambered blade system to meet the most exacting coating requirements and rigorous finishing standards. This makes the press a top pick among packaging printers in India. Highly energy efficient, the CD 102 slices energy consumption costs significantly and is recognized as one of the most eco-friendly presses in its class.” Kondaiah Chowdary concludes “Although the CD 102 installation is quite recent, we are already beginning to experience a boost in both productivity and performance. With the CD 102, we look forward to strengthening our professional offerings and expanding our client base to stay on top of the game. Heidelberg has surpassed expectations in terms of training and after-sales support. It’s a win-win situation.”

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IPAMA unfolds roadmap of 14th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA 65,000 sq.mtrs international graphic arts show poised to be a game changing experience for the Industry

“The Indian Graphic Arts Industry has gained a momentum post conclude of 13th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA with a confirmed business of over USD 290 million and trade inquiries USD 510 million generated at the PRINTPACK INDIA 2017, the entire industry seems in acceleration mode and ready to compete with international expos. The industry has a huge potential to grow, as there is big gap in export and import figures. Our focus is to give an ideal platform to the manufacturers so that they can perform better,” comments Mr. S. Dayaker Reddy, President, IPAMA during the curtain raiser of 14th Edition of PRINTPACK INDIA. IPAMA - The apex body of Printing, Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers of India, is dedicated the promotion of the Indian Graphic Arts Industry. Apart from functioning as a dependable data bank and centre for dissemination of information on latest market perspectives, technology and equipment, the Association acts as a big Show Window. For projecting a vibrant ‘Brand India’ image, from time to time, it holds National and International exhibitions. IPAMA organizes PRINTPACK INDIA, a biennial event that usually takes place during the month of February. The exhibitors of PPI have been able to expand business with this common business-customer platform. Serious visitors with definite buying decision

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have been visiting the PPI to know about the latest in the industry and catch up with the approaching technological breakthroughs. Consequently, PPI is a launch pad for new technologies and services for providers from the domestic as well as international markets.

in pursuance of this goal, the 13th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA has been recently concluded set up many new precedents in this industry including a record of over 430 companies under one roof and 86,000 business buyers.”

The 14th edition of its biennial flagship show PRINTPACK INDIA 2019 is scheduled to be held from February 1 to 6, 2019 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCR Delhi. The Venue boasts a World Class infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities and centrally air conditioned exhibit area. Uninterrupted power supply, centralized Wi-fi/PA System, lavish dining areas, lounges and parking lots and excellent road connectivity through 8 lane expressway and Metro Rail are some of the highlights.

The 13th PRINTPACK INDIA, 2017 turned out to be a mini world show on the Graphic Arts Industry with a across globe participation from China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Italy, Riyadh, Sharjah, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, USA, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and many more countries in addition to the overwhelming domestic participation.

Mr. Naveen Gupta, General Secretary IPAMA, further added, “Right on the track, IPAMA is working hard to bring the Indian graphic arts industry on the global map and there is no better platform than PRINTPACK INDIA for the same. I am delighted to share that

India is the 5th largest Print Packaging market with revenues of USD 12.2 bn (As per the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study). By 2020, revenues will reach $18.6bn, just below Japan, the 3rd largest market with $19.1bn in Print Packaging revenues. The fast growing imports due to an evident 1:5 gap between imports and exports present huge opportunities for both domestic as well as international players.

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Komori Europe and Highcon announce strategic partnership

Komori Europe Corporation and Highcon Systems have entered into a strategic selling agreement, further strengthening the existing Highcon relationship with Komori in Japan and America. Komori Europe is in the process of installing a Highcon Euclid III digital cutting and creasing machine at the Komori Graphic Center-Europe in Utrecht and will sell and support the entire Highcon product line in France, Italy, UK and the Netherlands.

The Highcon digital finishing solutions are the perfect complement to the Komori fleet of Offset presses as well as the new Impremia IS29, 29-inch inkjet, sheetfed UV printing system. The Highcon solutions not only remove bottlenecks in the post-press process by reducing setup time and enabling rapid turnaround of jobs, but also deliver increased design options with the ability to produce intricate cutouts, etching, variable

“We are very pleased with this partnership that highlights Komori’s commitment to support our customers developing successful business models utilizing both offset and digital print, from concept to final product. We are convinced that our European customers will benefit from the combined expertise of our two companies, allowing them to develop and deliver innovative applications and a faster time to market,” said Peter Minis, Marketing Manager for Komori Europe.

joint customers and are proud that Komori, with their 100 year focus on reliability and quality, understands the true value that our technology can bring to their customers, whether offset or digital. We look forward to working together to expand the Highcon customer base.” The Highcon Euclid III digital cutting and creasing machine will be demonstrated during the Autumn Open House at the Komori Graphic Center-Europe in Utrecht on 4 and 5 October 2017.

Jens Henrik Osmundsen, Highcon VP Global Sales added, “We already have several

data cutting, and the promise of accessible Web-to-Pack with the Highcon Axis. The potential of this combination is ideal for print providers who want to offer a wide range of commercial and packaging applications.

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Xerox India showcases the all new Versant 3100 & Versant 180 The new versions have come with almost 500 plus modifications, all new Fiery engine and more to give enhanced value proposition to the customer. “We are showcasing a recently launched product here in this show – the all new Versant 3100 & Versant 180,” informs Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director – Technology, Xerox India, who was speaking to PRESSIdeas at the recent Print Expo 2017 in Chennai. These are the latest versions of Xerox’s successful models launched last year – the Versant 80 and Versant 2100.

Technology has changed dramatically; workflow and automation has constantly improved. All this has been encompassed in the products that we have displayed here.” Balaji Rajagopalan, Xerox India.

Key Notes : >

All Xerox machines come with inline calibration, inline automation, registration, back-toback printing.

> All print jobs are executed perfectly on the fly on Xerox machines. > Already 200 Versant series Xerox machines are sold and running successfully in India.

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Apart from this, Xerox displayed the new version of C-70. The Versant Series 180 is the new version of the earlier Versant 80 and Versant 3100 follows Versant 2100. “These new versions have come with almost 500 plus modifications to give the users far more reliability, uptime for the machine due to enhancement in the capability of the hardware as well as the print quality. Most importantly these new versions come with the all new Fiery engine, with text display etc all of these gives a much more value proposition to the customer. The most important point to be noted is how your workflow is done, how you are doing the profiling, how fast you are feeding the job to the machine. All this makes a big difference,” adds Balaji.

Customer expectations in the Digital technologies In recent times, Digital Print market has observed remarkable changes, one of the most important aspect being – what the customer is looking for,

says Balaji. “There is more and more expectation in print quality and reliability of the Digital Printing technologies. Customers are looking for far much faster workflow, because in India walk-in customers are more for any print shop with faster delivery expectations. So the print shop has to constantly endeavor to make the efficiency of the machine much faster. That’s the reason every machine is loaded with a Fiery engine – embedded Fiery or external Fiery. Moreover every customer comes with different media for his print jobs – 300 gsm, 350 gsm; Coated, Uncoated and so on. So all our machines comes with a suite with 40 to 50 job profiles, which can output any jobs with any profile immediately,” he explains. The suite adjusts all parameters for the job automatically. This capability enhancement is a constant development in all print machines of Xerox. Also, none of the Xerox machines need any manual intervention – all these machines come with inline calibration, inline automation, registration, back-toback printing – so that all print jobs are executed perfectly on the fly. “These are some of the aspects every customer looks for. Other customer expectation is environment friendliness of their print jobs. Xerox machines are highly environmentally compliant. Our machines consume very less power, our toners are specialized blow melt toners with very less heat emission etc. The third customer expectation is for “Peace of Mind”

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in the handling of his Xerox equipments. Xerox is known for its excellent customer service and its back up team which can solve any problem in the least possible time. Our service across the world is knowledge based and has global service support 24x7. Technology has changed dramatically; workflow and automation has constantly improved. All this has been encompassed in the products that we have displayed here,” summarizes Balaji.

Digital Print market evolution Technology evolves continuously. What we see today and what we saw ten years back is very different - in terms of size and speed of the machine, print runs, automation of the workflow, print quality, print media, reliability of the machine etc. So developments will take place in all these parameters. The major application areas for Digital printing, according to Balaji, are chiefly segmented into Mono and Colour. “In mono, apart from the normal one-off print jobs, Variable Data printing is the major application. The next major application is book publishing, thanks to development in technology which enables digital to print on less than 70 gsm media. In the colour segment the major application areas are many from photo printing, commercial offset printing, colour proofing and many other colour printing applications like brochures, book covers, advertisements, menu cards and so on. People are getting attracted to color more and more and hence colour printing applications will increase over period of time,” he elaborates.

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When compared to other printing processes especially Offset, Digital is less suited for large print requirements. However, Digital is taking over in the area of Variable Data printing, in the field of innovation & creativity. Since the life cycle of the printed job is getting lower and lower, presently no one wants to ‘Print lot and distribute forever’. The print run is reducing day by day. Everyone wants to print locally and distribute electronically for that particular requirement only. Book-on-Demand printing is a factor which is gaining traction with more and more online distribution companies getting into the fray. The truth of holding stock and selling it over time is gone. In all these areas digital does play a great role in terms of creativity, vibrancy, creativity, variability and customization. So, Short-run print jobs are on the increase for which Digital is the most suitable technology. “Due to our smart

pricing strategy, our prices have come down by about 30% in the last few years. In terms of market share, considering all types of printing, offset does hold more than 90% share nationally and globally. But in particular segments Digital may score over Offset. Also, as far as Hybrid technology is concerned, it’s the earliest stage and I don’t find anyone installing such a machine anywhere in India,” says Balaji. Xerox doesn’t find volumes of business as suitable for manufacturing in India. for them, ‘Make in India’ is in the realm of Digital printing. “We have already started in our own way. We have introduced in India paper to print on Digital equipments upto 300 gsm. As far as printing equipments are concerned the volumes of business in India does not warrant manufacturing here. At this scale of

business requirements, if you make in India, it will be costlier than the imported one,” maintains Balaji.

The GST - overall effect Xerox business remained unaffected by demonetization since the machines are sold only on Business-to-Business on non cash basis. “For the users of our equipments demonetization did affect their business for a short period only. It’s the same situation for every industry. There was a volume dip but it has bounced back once again, since the end customers have found innovative ways of non cash payments,” shares Balaji. “As for GST, for printing it’s 18% and multi-function printers, it’s 28%, which looks on the higher side. But then, it’s same for the entire industry and hence the effect too is the same across the industry. Moreover, every business can take credit of tax paid, therefore, the overall impact is not much. At the end of the day they only gain. Earlier for click billing we were paying Service tax as well as VAT. For VAT they take credit but not for service tax. But under GST you get credit for service tax as well. So overall GST is beneficial,” he continues. “GST is the most important with far reaching positive implications over long term for the country and we welcome it. More so it brings a lot of simplicity in the way we work on a day to day basis. GST is just one country one tax and nothing else. This gives a lot of advantages to us as an organization. I don’t have to open warehouses across the country and move my goods from place to place to minimize tax implications. There is lot of time and money saving due to simplified logistics. Other than this, there are many other evolutions taking place like eTax, eChallan etc. All these will make the way in which we do business very simple and more and more businesses will become tax compliant,” he concludes. Having already sold over 200 Versant series machines across the country, Xerox is among the leaders of Indian Digital printing. “I can definitely say that as an organization we are growing and if you see the IDC data we are leading in some segment. As per the IDC data we have more than 30% market share. We are No.1 in certain segments,” says Balaji.

Event Review

Ricoh India launches Ricoh Pro C5200S at Print Expo 2017 Equipped with the version 2 engine, the new machine can print directly on 360 gsm media and take higher loads. Ricoh India launched Ricoh Pro C5200S at the Print Expo 2017 platform in Chennai. The Pro C5200S comes with a new version 2 engine and can print on 360 gsm media directly. “It is an upgrade of our version 1 engine Pro C5100S, exhausted in the first quarter of this year, which could print only upto 300 gsm,” explains Sambit Misra, COO – Production Planning, Ricoh India. “Secondly this new printer can take higher loads,” he adds. Other than this, Ricoh showcased the five colour machine with neon, white and clear inks. “Generally all toner based printers work with CMYK colours. But we have come out with additional toners which are white, clear and neon. So you can print florosic yellow on a black paper you can print with neon and white colours. Earlier printing was done on white paper. We have changed that with this new engine with which you can print on any colour media,” says Sambit.

“We have a very large continuous speed print equipment base in the country. We have over twenty four up equipments running across the country which means each one of them print upto 30 million impressions a month.” Sambit Misra, Ricoh India.

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Showcases five colour machine with neon, white and clear inks.

> High-end 135ppm Ricoh C9100 – print a million prints per month. > Ricoh is No.3. in the Production Print business and leads in print volumes in India.

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Another highlight was the showcased high end Ricoh C9100 product with 135 ppm colour engine which can print almost a million prints a month. It’s an ideal product for printers who have a monthly print volume of over 1.5 lakh prints. This machine is a workhorse and brings efficiency and profitability as the print volumes increase.

The Digital Print market changes Sambit observes that Digital Print market has been undergoing changes as regards applications and customer preferences. “We see that our customers are now looking more into the printed product rather than the print itself. Their focus is more on the quality of the printed product and its suitability for varied applications. The second major change we see now in Digital Printing is the increase in Post-print Finishing applications. More and more Digital Print providers have added in house equipments for finishing capabilities. Digital printers are now becoming a onestop-shop for all printing requirements – from printing to finishing,” he explains. He also expresses his concern on movement from direct customers to third party print freelancers. “This is a matter of grave concern since these freelancers keep approaching newer print shops for cheap prices and with little concern towards product quality. They lack loyalty traits and are key contributors of inefficient businesses with low profitability and substandard quality,” notes Sambit. As regards the recent tax change in the country, Sambit is sure the final consumer in the print product consumption chain would benefit by at least 10% as

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compared to existing price. “The GST impact has been positive for both – our business as well as the industry. Earlier is the final print product consumer was paying almost five times the original click charge. Though they were getting the benefit of VAT but not the multiple service taxes paid for the inputs at different stages. But with the implementation of GST, the entire service tax paid will be reimbursed to him. This will increase his margin by minimum 10%,” he asserts. He is of the view that GST has been able to stabilize the shake-up of demonetisation especially for those down the production band. Our end customers did get affected by the demonetization for a couple of months. All of them were busy trying to move their money and put them in the right places since around 40% of their businesses were done in cash. Their businesses have now more or less stabilized with the implementation of GST wherein most of them have now switched to cashless transaction to avail the benefits of GST,” he says. Another recent development on the policy front has been the ‘Make in India’ initiative by the government for the industry. Sambit doesn’t find it being a much attractive proposition for the manufacturing of printing equipment. “Print Industry is not much benefited by the incentives being offered by the government for ‘Make in India’. This campaign will be beneficial to those companies who are paying higher excise duty for their manufactured products. For manufacturing mobile phones it makes sense, since the business volumes are huge. But for printing equipments, it’s a different story, except may be for setting up units for assembling toners etc. For us, now that the CVD has been removed, the custom duty on our imported products amounts to only 10%. To set up a manufacturing unit in India to manufacture these products with 10% customs duty does not make sense. You can never achieve the economies of scale to reduce the price. The volumes of such imported equipments in India are so low that it does not encourage setting up manufacturing units in India,” he elaborates. Ricoh is No.3. in the Production Print business and leads in print volumes in India. “We have a very large continuous speed print equipment base in the country. We have over twenty four up equipments running across

the country which means each one of them print upto 30 million impressions a month,” states Sambit. He adds that Ricoh did as much business in the last two years as it in the preceding five years. “The future of the industry is very competitive at this point of time. The market is also not growing at the same pace as last year. The smaller print providers who have installed new equipments in the last few years are not going to invest in new equipments for the next seven / eight years. Selling new equipments to the same print

provider is becoming more and more tough,” he contends. Speaking on the hype around mobile printing, Sambit says that the time isn’t ripe yet to integrate print equipment for the mobile environment. “It’s not the right time since India is lagging behind in the Online printing services point. If you look at the Online print services in developed countries, every online print service provider has to integrate their equipments to mobile technology. Here in India it will take another five years to achieve this,” he concludes with a foresight.

Canon presents ImagePRO 8000 at Print Expo Canon India presented its latest solutions to the Indian printing fraternity at the recent Print Expo 2017 in Chennai. The Canon highlight at the show was the flagship production machine ImagePRO 8000. Beside the 8000, there was also on display the 650 model and the black and white machine to answer the lower end of the market segment. “This show has become the only prominent show over the years,” says Ravi Srinivasan, Assistant Director, Commercial Printing Department, Canon India. He however found the footfall lower this time. He was quite positive about the Inkjet technology in Digital printing sphere. “From the view point of the printers, every organization is doing some developmental work on the Inkjet side, though it may take time to evolve. Currently the situation is that the toner based machines will continue to be there for quite some more time,” he shares. He says that cut sheets continues to be

the preferred media for Digital printing. With no major recent change in customer preferences, the printers have to be more creative to improve the print quality in a cost effective manner. The business has been slow in July and August. “We expect the business to considerably improve once the GST and its provisions are understood completely by the industry,” he says. He also cites it to be one of the reasons for the low footfall in this show. “But we are positive of the after effects of GST implementation,” he adds. “More and more customers are now adopting invoice based business to avail the benefits of GST. This will eventually improve market sentiments and business is bound to grow, since selling price will definitely come down and affordability will increase with the GST,” he elaborates. Canon is contributing to the industry in its new focused area of Skill Development initiative. “We are training more and more new recruits in our service department and make them ready for any skilled jobs. We offer these new recruits stipend as well. Skill development is also a thrust area for the present government,” asserts Ravi. Canon has a strong market position with around 15% year on year growth in India.

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Monotech highlights recently launched Mimaki Latex Printer Focusing Inkjet, Monotech offers key finishing equipment for Offset and Digital printing at the Print Expo 2017. Monotech India highlighted their latest Mimaki Latex Printer at the recent Print Expo 2017, Chennai. Beside the Mimaki, they had on show key Finishing equipments for both Digital and Offset printing processes. The newly launched Mimaki Latex Printer had its maiden show at Chennai.

Focusing Inkjet “The Commercial Digital Print market is growing, but our focus is on the Inkjet side, especially for special applications like Label and Packaging and Variable Data Printing,” comments T. P. Jain, MD, Monotech India. He informs that they are developing solutions on their Jet-SCI Industrial Inkjet Solutions platform. Having provided customized solutions with over 100 installations in India and abroad, they are now launching two products based on this platform which will be full fledged Inkjet Label presses for Book Printing and Statement Printing. “In the Wide Format segment, we find that Flat-bed UV Printers are getting traction in the market for more and more industrial applications. These are the areas we are now focusing on – in the Nano-format for the Packaging and Label market and the Wide-format for the Industrial Printing market,” adds Jain. Recent economic policy shake-ups by government have affected the businesses across the country though each to a different level. The demonetisation effect was felt till March and GST implementation has too slowed down the business flow in the industry. “Generally we do not have much of cash and carry business. But, because of the down beat sentiment which prevailed during the demonetisation period, our business was affected, though for a very short period. From March onwards it was normal once again till the implementation of GST in July,” shares Jain. He hopes things to settle down positively in the approaching months. “We hope normalcy to return once again from the last quarter of this year. We are very positive about the GST Act; our customers and getting benefited

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because we are able to lower our prices by passing on the benefits of CVD to them. The entire industry is learning to understand the provisions of GST and its implementation procedures and that is why the business has slowed down in the last two months. Going forward we are sure this GST will benefit all the businesses across the country,” he asserts.

Jet SCI – a complete ‘make in India’ platform Already working towards the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the government, Monotech’s machines made on the Jet-SCI platform is completely made in India. “We have now tied up with GM of Denmark to use their platform for manufacturing Inkjet Label Printers in India. GM is a major supplier of Transport

and Finishing equipments for Label Printing for customers worldwide. GM will now source these equipments from us in future. In the Wide-format segment also we are manufacturing some products in India. There are two more projects in the pipeline for indigenous manufacture, the details of which we will shortly announce to the industry. So our focus is to build products on Inkjet technology in India. We have already started exporting these products to six countries. We are committed to produce more and more products in India for the international as well as domestic markets,” explains Jain. Monotech’s last year’s business growth figures stand at around 30% and Jain looks forward to register similar growth this year as well.

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Konica Minolta showcases newly launched Accurio Press C2060 & C2070 PS Konica Minolta, participating at Print Expo 2017, Chennai highlighted its newly launched Production Printing cut sheet press Accurio Press C2060 and C2077 PS models. Apart from this the company also displayed its mono black and white press 1100 Pro, the productive press targeting the jobber segment. “The main focus here is our very new launch the KIP series wide format printers which are targeted at big corporates and jobbers as well,” informs Vikas Samania, Pre Sales Specialist PP, Marketing Divn, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India. Also on display was its photo printer - C71 HC. The company informed about a sale of MGI press for Digital Spot UV application. The Press will be installed at Dina Color Lab of Chennai.

“Our strong market position shows our exponential growth in the last few years. We started in 2010 and in a matter of seven years our sales in 2017 is more than 500

crores. We have over 3500 customers across the country which shows the level of customer satisfaction with our products,” concludes Vikas.

Konica Minolta offered its customers Web-toPrint solutions at the show. These solutions offer customers opportunity to expand their business globally. “Customer can order from our online shop and the product will be delivered anywhere they need it. Our Accurio Pro conductor is a solution for workflow integration,” says Vikas. He is pretty optimistic regarding the outcome of GST. “It will take time to understand GST and implement it in any business. This may even slow down business for a couple of months but once things normalize, GST is advantageous to the customer and it will make them more accountable to the economy. It will be very beneficial for organizations doing business all over the country,” says Vikas. He also drew attention towards effects of demonetization on their end customers especially jobbers who use to do cash and carry transactions. “Most of them have now overcome their cash problems and regularized their cash transactions into electronic cash transactions. With the regularization of their books, their capability has increased and they can now invest in new equipments with financial support from banks,” he reveals. Presently importing all equipments from Japan, Konica Minolta India, with over 51% share in the production print market is among the leaders in the digital printing arena.

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Trelleborg expands partnerships in Indian newspaper market To work more closely with customers in future; and to present innovative solutions at the forthcoming WAN-IFRA 2017. Since the last WAN IFRA conference, Trelleborg printing solutions operation has made significant strides in pushing forward the boundaries of offset blanket technology relating to newspaper production and at the forthcoming WAN IFRA 2017 the company says it will be speaking to customers about working even more closely with them in the future. Maniraju Bora, Sales and Technical Director for the South West Asia region, says: “Newspaper groups need suppliers that are true partners, which understand the challenges and issues they face and are able to provide innovative solutions. Trelleborg manufactures the industry’s best known brands, with Vulcan 202, Vulcan Royal Web and Rollin Graffity Plus, being household names amongst newspaper printers.

The blanket is crucial to the profitability of the press and it is not something that can be dropped off at the printer’s factory and forgotten about.

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Offset Blanket solutions that match the specific needs of the Indian newspaper market.

> Helping newspaper groups use blanket technology to reduce cost-per-copy on their presses. > Experts training on selecting the correct blanket, settings on the press, maintenance and storage of metalbacked products.

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“Over the last few years a great deal of work has been carried out at Trelleborg’s extensive R&D facilities at the Lodi Vecchio manufacturing facility in Italy to create Offset Blanket solutions that match the specific needs of the Indian newspaper market. Printers need the flexibility to customize blankets according to the type of stock they are handling, the press being used and other relevant factors such as press age. “At WAN IFRA 2017 we will be telling visitors about the enhancements that have been made to our metalbacked blanket range. We are increasingly involved in helping newspaper groups use blanket technology to reduce cost-per-copy on their presses. Our experts provide training on selecting the correct blanket, settings on the press, as well as the maintenance and storage of metal-backed products, which can have quite specific requirements.” “The number of blanket suppliers to the Indian printing industry is growing, but few of these companies provide any sort of training, advice or after-sales support. The blanket is crucial to the profitability of the press and it is not something that can be dropped off at the printer’s factory and forgotten about.” Trelleborg has developed several easy-touse, downloadable software tools, including a ‘configuration’ product that lets users select the correct blanket by entering the application sector,

such as web coldset, web heatset, single-width, double-width, combi or UV. There is also a dealer locator app, which provides a simple way of finding the nearest dealer. Distributors and customers can also benefit from the Trelleborg Printing Academy, which provides ready access to comprehensive technical details of products and applications in a straightforward presentation format for all newspaper application products. “A sound knowledge of the issues is becoming even more important because of the changes taking place in the industry. The increasing use of different stocks that have their own surface characteristics, the implementation of UV, the interest in low migration inks and high-density pigment inks, plus FM screening; all of these things have a major impact on the printing press and the blankets fitted to it,” concludes Bora, who has more than 25 years of experience in Offset Blanket technology for the newspaper sector. Trelleborg will have a team of experts on its booth no. 5.02 at WAN IFRA 2017, which takes place from 12 to 14 September in Chennai. Visitors will be able to discuss their current and future blanket requirements of their single-width, double-width and commercial heatset presses. The company has a well established network of experienced dealers throughout India that provide local, on-site support.

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Global leaders to share ideas at WAN-IFRA India 2017 The 25th Annual Silver Jubilee Conference, co-sponsored by The Indian Newspaper Society will highlight over 35 distinguished speakers from leading news media companies from around the globe converging and sharing ideas. The upcoming WAN-IFRA India 2017 will be organized by World Association of Newspapers and News publishers (WANIFRA) at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai from 13 to 14 September 2017. WAN-IFRA India 2017 is the annual meeting point of news publishers in South Asia and includes two parallel conference tracks, learning workshops, South Asian Digital Media Awards (SDMA), plant visit and Expo. For the first time, World Printers Forum South Asia Summit will be launched in conjunction with the conference. The conference on the theme ‘Driving the media business into future’ will constitute presentations from leading editors and media executives on topics such as journalism, fake news, artificial intelligence, readership development through big data, printing in digital era, operational efficiency and cost reduction in newspaper printing plants, high value products, automated distribution systems and optimized paper handling.

The list of speakers include: • David Callaway, CEO, The Street Inc., USA • Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor, The Hindu, India • Shadi Rahimi, Senior Producer, Al Jazeera, USA • Bella Hurrell, Asst. Editor, BBC News, UK • Basant Rathore, Sr. VP, Strategic planning - Brand and Business development, Jagran Group, India • Michael Kiesswetter, Managing Director, Rheinische Post AdLog GmbH, Germany

Panel Discussion on future of media business: • Pawan Agarwal, Deputy MD, DB Corp Ltd, India • Rajiv Lochan, MD & CEO, Kasturi & Sons Ltd, India • Rajiv Verma, CEO, HT Media, India • Chaired by Thomas Jacob, COO, WANIFRA

South Asian Digital Media Awards The awards programme, jointly presented by WAN-IFRA and Google, will recognize the outstanding work by news publishers in South Asia in ten different categories.

Trust & quality of news: WAN-IFRA India 2017

In the age of digital, smartphones are becoming an unavoidable thing. A survey says that 40-50% of the smartphone users spend time in social media. As the roots of social media are growing stronger, publishers prefer to feed their news in social media platforms. At the same time, these technological advancements could be used to spread false and antisocial news.

Shadi Rahimi, Senior producer from Al Jazeera, USA will be discussing the intractable problem of “fake news” and some steps that media companies can take to combat against the fake news to protect the interest of news readers and news publishers at the upcoming WAN-IFRA India 2017, the 25th annual silver jubilee conference on 12-14 September at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.

To listen to this presentation and other unique case studies from around the world, register to WAN-IFRA India 2017 conference, the meeting point of news publishers in South Asia.

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EAE wins key retrofit order from the Times of India The new retrofit project represents EAE’s biggest direct order to date from the country in South Asia.

The Times of India, India’s largest English-language daily newspaper, has charged EAE Engineering Automation Electronics with the modernisation of a newspaper press at its printing centre in Sahibabad, just outside Delhi. Times of India, a The Times Group publication, has a daily circulation of over 3 million copies. The newspaper company operates 13 printing centres across the country. At the site near Delhi, newspaper production takes place on four web presses. The portfolio includes the Times of India and Navbharat Times, both of which are published daily, as well as various other titles for Delhi and the surrounding area.

“The decision to equip the press with the most advanced control, drive and preset technology possible will profit us not only with higher availability but also with a leap in productivity.” Snehasis Roy, Technical Director, Times of India.

The company had already been thinking about modernising a manroland GEOMAN web press in Sahibabad, which was getting on in years, for some time. The situation became more urgent when technical defects and production stops started to become a regular occurrence at a time when several components of the control electronics were discontinued and it grew more difficult to get hold of spare parts. After sounding out the options in considerable depth, the newspaper company elected to cooperate with EAE. EAE’s retrofit experts will upgrade the web press – which has five four-high

towers, one double folder and eight reel stands – to the latest state of the art.

Reliable production for the next decade EAE will exchange the entire press and drive controls, all of the most important drives and the obsolete Interbus loop system. The existing PECOM system will be superseded by a modern EAE solution plus an EAE Print production planning and preset system. Three control consoles belonging to the very newest EAE Desk 7 generation will simultaneously replace the present PECOM press control consoles. The retrofit should guarantee reliable production of the newspaper web press and maximum availability for the next ten years.

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India’s largest English language daily charges EAE with press modernisation.

> Existing PECOM system to be superseded by an EAE solution, an EAE Print production planning and preset system. > EAE (Germany) to take care of planning, software development and coordination & QIPC-EAE India the operational implementation.

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From L to R ; Bernhard Schmiedeberg (EAE Sales Manager), Snehasis Roy (BCCL Technical Director), Mohit Jain (BCCL Executive President Supply Chain), Menno Jansen (QIPC-EAE Chairman), Shyam Shanker (BCCL Director - Business & Commercial), Werner Ringel (EAE M.D.), Raj Nargis (Chairman Krause India & agent QIPC-EAE), Heiko Küttner (EAE M.D.)

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“We opted for EAE, or rather QIPC-EAE India, because they’re a supplier with enormous experience in press retrofits. They were able to offer us a solution that is very much geared to standards and based on hardware which is freely available in the market. The decision to equip the press with the most advanced control, drive and preset technology possible will profit us not only with higher availability but also with a leap in productivity,” says Snehasis Roy, the Times of India’s Technical Director. “We were also persuaded by the fact that EAE presented themselves from the outset as a partner interested in long-term collaboration with us on a local level who would adopt a flexible approach to our specific needs.”

KMPA submits memorandum on GST to Minister of Finance On August 27th, KMPA (Kerala Masters Printers Association) submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Finance Dr.Thomas Isaac. KMPA was represented by S.Saji (President) along with R Gopakumar (Vice President) and Rajesh.G.( Hon Secretary). The memorandum highlighted the lack of clarity prevalent in the printing industry regarding GST. The association highlighted the difficulties of the printers due to the recent changed Taxes consequent upon the

GST implementation. The printing association also forwarded its request for uniformity of Taxes in the Printing sector. KMPA representatives expressed in detail the concerns of the industry and marked the meeting with the Minister being successful. Minister Dr. Thomas Isaac took keen interest in printers’ concerns and assured that he would look into the matter.

Key order in the Indian market A slightly unusual procedure was chosen regarding the execution of the retrofit work. Whereas EAE in Ahrensburg (Germany) will take care of the planning, software development and project-related coordination, the operational implementation in the field will be in the hands of QIPC-EAE India. QIPC’s Indian subsidiary will source the necessary hardware from the local market, then carry out the essential preassembly and testing and finally the installation. QIPC-EAE India will additionally provide primary service and support and set up a spare parts depot. “We’re delighted that the Times of India has put its trust in EAE’s retrofit expertise and standards based solutions by entering into a partnership with us,” comments Vijay Pandya, Managing Director & CEO of QIPC-EAE India. “This key order will help us demonstrate our retrofit capabilities to the whole of the Indian newspaper market. It’s also further proof that QIPC and EAE’s seamless cooperation is working in a global context.” Menno Jansen, Chairman EAE expressed his gratitude to Mohit Jain, Times group Executive President Supply Chain during his visit at EAE’s headquarter in Ahrensburg Germany. Thanks to EAE’s ingenious retrofit concept, all modifications to the newspaper web press will be undertaken in the midst of normal production, which will not experience hindrance in any way. The preparations at EAE began in June 2017 with the implementation phase for the Sahibabad retrofit to span between February and July 2018.

KMPA Hon Gen Secretary Rajesh.G, President S.Saji, Minister for Finance Dr.Thomas Isaac and Vice President R.Gopakumar

David Callaway to keynote at WANIFRA India 2017 Keeping pace with the technological advancements and with the way people demand and consume the news is the key to sustain business in the news media world. Successful media houses across the globe have sensed this trend and have embraced digital first mind set and developed organisational capabilities to reach out to the readers.

Keynote address at WAN-IFRA India 2017, the 25th silver jubilee annual conference coming up on 12-14 September at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. A nearly 30-year media veteran will speak on how the media industry is changing and evolving continuously. What are all the challenges and opportunities for the sustainable growth and ways to protect journalism and news media business.

David Callaway, CEO, The Street Inc., and former Editor-in-Chief of USA Today will give

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HP wins five-year Shutterfly deal – accelerates digital print momentum Shutterfly and HP Indigo help customers personalize and print what they love.

HP has procured a historic deal with Shutterfly, one of the leading online retailers and manufacturers of high-quality personalized products and services. Adding a second phase of HP Indigo 12000 Digital Presses, Shutterfly has named HP as its preferred digital press provider as the online digital print service provider expands and further strengthens its position. The announcement comes just a year after Shutterfly acquired a first phase of 25 HP Indigo 12000 Digital Presses, making its combined order the largest deal by far for HP Indigo. “We are seeing an incredible renaissance in digital printing. People click on what they like, but print what they love. The power of HP’s digital print technologies opens new markets, applications and possibilities for our top customers like Shutterfly,” said Enrique Lores, President, Imaging & Printing Business, HP Inc. “We are seeing enormous momentum in our digital printing and graphics business as more companies discover the power of print to reinvent connections. Shutterfly leads the market in high-quality photo based printed products and we are incredibly pleased to be part of that success.”

HP ushers in the analogue-to-digital revolution with more than 500 Indigo B2 presses operating in 50 countries around the world.

Key Notes : > HP Indigo named a Shutterfly preferred digital press provider. > Shutterfly installs additional HP Indigo 12000 Digital Presses for largest customer deal to date. > Expanded relationship highlights growth and transformation of HP’s digital printing and graphics business.

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Shutterfly will use its new fleet of digital presses to produce a range of high-quality, personalized products and gifts including photo books, calendars, custom stationery, cards and keepsakes. The 29inch format HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press enables production of these products through offset matching digital colour with true photo quality, high productivity, and wide versatility on an unmatched range of media including synthetic, metalized and canvas applications. The new HP Indigo presses will be installed in time to help Shutterfly manage the annual boom of photo-based gift giving for the holiday season. The deal also marks the biggest-ever competitive win for HP Indigo, with Shutterfly’s decision to make

HP its preferred digital press provider and replace presses from an existing vendor. “At Shutterfly, our mission is to help people share life’s joy. Our customers trust us with their most treasured memories, and count on us to deliver the best quality in the industry,” said Dwayne Black, Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, Shutterfly, Inc. “HP Indigo digital presses set the industry standard for quality, and after our successful HP press installs last year, we’re delighted to complete the second phase of upgrading our printing fleet. Through this initiative we’re further raising the quality we deliver to customers in time for the holidays this year, helping us deliver on our happiness guarantee.” Shutterfly will also use HP PrintOS capabilities for its full HP Indigo fleet to seamlessly harness and print its products. Today’s Shutterfly announcement is another proof point of the accelerated growth of brands from all industries leveraging the power and unique capabilities of HP digital printing to find new ways to engage with their customers. HP digital printing enables creativity and personalization, speeds time to market, reduces complexity, helps cut costs and provides security for some of today’s leading global companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, Mondelez International/Oreo and many more.

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Xerox showcases unparalleled digital printing portfolio The newly launched Versant series is the highlight at PrintExpo 2017. Xerox India is showcasing a wide range of high-powered digital at the ninth edition of PrintExpo 2017, (18th - 20th August 2017) at Chennai Trade Centre in Chennai. The presses which are on display include the newly launched Xerox Versant 180, Xerox Versant 3100 along with the marquee presses Xerox Color C70 Printers. Commenting on the event, Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Relations said, “Print Expo is a great platform which has always excited us as a brand and inspired us to deliver beyond expectations. It gives us the opportunity to network with like- minded professional and showcase our fleet of devices which resonates the technology innovation that Xerox is known for. We are demonstrating an array of our key digital devices this year. All of our devices highlight the versatility, scalability and performance which is perfect for both commercial printing environments and adoption by enterprise community including SMBs.” “This event also brings us back to the southern market and helps understand how the digital printing market is constantly evolving. This region has always been significant to the overall Xerox business and continues to contribute almost 33% of Xerox India business. In fact, the first installations of the newly launched Versant presses also happened to be in South India. Our diverse product portfolio and innovative solutions meets this market’s needs for business efficiency, productivity and infrastructure optimization,” he further added. Key features of the products showcased:

businesses, thus serving as an all-in-one solution that can boost productivity in varied environments. The Color C70 was awarded the 2016 Buyers Laboratory Production Printer PRO Award for its reliability and colour stability on both uncoated and coated media. The printer now offers even greater accuracy and media flexibility. It is available in India through Xerox’s extensive channel partner network of 150 at an attractive price range. Quick Facts: • Speed: Up to 70 ppm color and 75 ppm black-and-white • Single-pass Scanner: Up to 200 images per minute (ipm) • Resolution: 2400 x 2400 dpi • New Optimal Print Quality mode for higher gloss and image quality • Expanded paper catalogue for stock profiling and management

Xerox Versant 180 Xerox Versant 180 is a compact and powerful production press capable of printing at 80 ppm. Xerox Ultra HD Technology and 10 Bits provides 4 times more pixels on a page when compared with similar presses. It has wide media latitude, with the ability to print on stocks and specialty media from 52–350 gsm. It combines high-performance press features with the walk-up simplicity of scanning and copying. With a maximum monthly duty cycle of 750,000, and life of 7 Crore A4 impression or 7 years whichever is earlier customers can keep up with demand and grow their business, month after month.

Xerox Versant 3100 Xerox Versant 3100 is a powerful production press capable of printing 100 ppm on

stocks and specialty media from 52–350 gsm. Featuring Xerox Ultra HD Resolution Technology, it offers four times more resolution and low-gloss. Besides, low-melt EA Toner enables an Offset-like finish with all the ease and convenience of a Digital press. Media latitude including banner printing (26”/660 mm), synthetics, labels, envelopes, tabs, transparencies, ID Cards, posters and special substrate like linen, poly, vinyl, magnet stock and more. Advanced Stock Library Manager (SLM) provides single-click convenience when assigning and optimizing specific media. The SLM simplifies the process of creating, managing and profiling stocks, so that customers can save time and count on consistent quality. The Full Width Array featuring Automated Color Quality Suite takes time out of setup and puts it back into production. Automated colour calibration, Automated Density uniformity and automated image to media alignment along with Production Accurate Registration (PAR) and other registration and image quality controls create errorfree output and tolerances to within a half millimeter without manual adjustments, operator error or profit-busting do-overs. Also, its Automated Sheet Clearing reduces downtime. With a maximum monthly duty cycle of 1.2 million and life of 9 crores A4 prints or 7 years whichever is earlier, Indian customers are ready for a long term investment and future proofing their business.

Xerox Color C70 Printer The Xerox Color C70 printer provides application versatility and professional image quality, and is a flexible solution for growing

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Dominion Packaging takes Flexo Printing to new speeds Advances with the installation of TRESU Flexo Innovator flexographic in-line press equipped with rotec High Speed Sleeves and rotec Atlas Adapters from Flint Group. Founded in 2004, Dominion Packaging, Inc. is a midsized packaging manufacturer with two sites in the Richmond, VA area with over 350 full-time employees generating an estimated $150 million in annual revenue. The company prides itself on providing among the highest quality folding cartons in the industry with personalized communication. With a culture of innovation, Dominion Packaging selected the latest technology in flexo printing to produce premium folding carton packaging for the tobacco, food and beverage markets when deciding its print direction. Its formula for success lies in the combination of state-of-the-art machinery and a market-focused strategy to provide exceptional product appeal. A key driver – to offer quality packaging at a modest cost – led the company to develop new technology using a Flexo press operation capable of replacing jobs that were previously printed on both Gravure and Offset presses.

The combination of sleeves and adapters provides optimal control of plate bounce by absorbing press vibrations and providing added stability, thus permitting the press to run at faster speeds while still allowing for a solid kiss impression.

The advancement is based on the successful installation of a TRESU Flexo Innovator press (FI1400-10, 55-inch, 10-units). The new Innovator is a flexographic in-line press equipped with rotec High

Speed Sleeves and rotec Atlas Adapters from Flint Group. This particular combination of sleeves and adapters provides optimal control of plate bounce by absorbing press vibrations and providing added stability, thus permitting the press to run at faster speeds while still allowing for a solid kiss impression. The unique polyurethane composition of the rotec High Speed Sleeve provides the compression necessary to reduce bounce-induced skipping (a common occurrence on press as speed is increased) and offers a wider impression latitude, which enables the printing of half tone images and solids on the same print deck with a consistent print quality throughout the job. Additionally, since the sleeve has a durable compressible surface, plates can be mounted to the sleeve using an inexpensive 5 mil transfer tape, rather than the more expensive cushion tapes. For even greater stability at high print speeds, the rotec Atlas Adapter with a special carbon fiber structure and a hard surface presents further vibration dampening characteristics and affords maximum print performance. Randy Butler, Dominion Packaging Flexo Operations & Converting Manager

Key Notes : >

Flexo printing meets quality of gravure and offset printing with new technology.

> rotec High Speed Sleeves and rotec Atlas Adapters pave the way. > Flint Group experts offer support for best practice and development.

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: Dominion Packaging’s Randy Butler, Flexo Operations & Converting Manager and Brett Hawkins, President and CEO are pleased with the speeds achieved on the new TRESU Innovator press equipped with rotec sleeves and adapters.

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been able to achieve at high press speeds with this particular combination of rotec sleeves and adapters.” According to Wes Johnson, Regional Sales Manager, Flint Group Flexographic Products, “The maximum line speed of a typical folding carton press would normally be around 1200 fpm, but we were able to employ a combination of the rotec High Speed Sleeves and rotec Atlas Adapters to allow for the production of quality product at the maximum speed of the equipment.” Dominion Packaging is probably the only folding carton producer using 150 LPI plates for this print segment, and this press could possibly be one of the fastest folding carton presses the industry has seen to date.”

The 55-inch, 10-colour TRESU Innovator press equipped with rotec High Speed Sleeves and rotec Atlas Adapters.

explains, “The materials used in the rotec sleeves and adapters allow us to print a very fine dot structure; it helps us to eliminate cushion tape and allows us to print a wide

range of products at the highest level of dot reproduction.” Butler continues, “Our solid ink laydown and excellent combination print are directly attributed to the success we have

The relationship between Dominion Packaging and Flint Group goes back for over 20 years, and Butler is quick to attribute the technical expertise of Wes Johnson as being “instrumental” to the recent developments made at Dominion Packaging.

Xitron Inks workflow development agreement with Liaoning Basch Digital Software will drive new digital label presses and Flexo/Resin/Thermal CTP Device Xitron, developer of RIP and workflow products for commercial, digital, and highspeed inkjet printing has announced an agreement with Liaoning Basch Digital for the development of a cross-product prepress workflow. The system will be designed for Basch’s Panthera 3322C colour inkjet label press, the 3326V digital inkjet varnish press, and will also be capable of driving the Panthera CTP line.

The Panthera 3322C uses the Memjet Sirius inkjet head and is capable of print speeds up to 18 meters per minute with a maximum web width of 330mm. Xitron’s Northstar RIP and workflow will handle job submission, job tracking, spot colour matching, label-based step-and-repeat, and variable data input, driving the press at full rated speed. “We’re extremely pleased to partner with Basch on this project,” commented Karen Crews, President of Xitron. “Our experience with other Memjet OEMs places us ahead of the curve in development of these systems, so time-to-market will be short. Of equal benefit is our background with commercial offset and flexographic CTP devices,” she added, “which will

Xitron President Karen Crews and Basch GM Du Xuan sign a formal development agreement at Basch headquarters in Yingkou, China.

allow us to bring a full-featured workflow to Basch’s Panthera CTP line as well.” Designed to image flexographic, resin, and metal printing plates, the Panthera 500G offers resolutions up to 4,000 dpi with a maximum plate size of 670mm x 640mm. It’s capable of imaging plates at speeds up to three square meters per hour and it features an auto-focusing system, which matches the laser energy with drum speed and the plate material being used. “We chose Xitron as our workflow partner because of their ability to offer a complete solution,” said Mr. Du Xuan, GM of Liaoning Basch. “Instead of supporting several separate systems based on output type, we are able to collapse to a single architecture that includes the features necessary for high-speed, colour-accurate throughput regardless of destination.” Basch demonstrated the Panthera 3322C during ChinaPrint 17. They will also be exhibiting at LabelExpo Asia in Shanghai beginning December 5th, where Xitron’s Northstar workflow will be driving multiple devices.

Beer and Beverage Label Printing: What you need to know! Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing, Xeikon, in one of his series of blogs, dives deep into the characteristics of labels. Not one label is the same – different applications require different digital technologies. Whether it is for pharma, wine & spirits, durables, health & beauty, industrial chemicals or beverages, every label comes with its own aesthetic and functional requirements. Let’s dive deeper into the characteristics of each of these labels. In this article, we focus on beer and beverage label printing, a niche of label printing that requires a specific approach in order to get the desired white opacity level and look & feel of the end product. The no-label look, a capability provided by clear-onclear label materials, has transformed beer labels into a strong growth market for the self adhesive label market, at the expense of wet-glue labels. The growth of the clear-on-clear adhesive labels is driven by the fact that they provide more capabilities regarding aesthetics, variation in look & feel etc. The following paragraphs tell exactly which digital printing technology is most optimal to achieve the best result with these labels.

What’s important to remember is that when offset quality is required, dry toner is most appropriate and UV inkjet comes in play when very high gloss and a unique tactile impression are desired.

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Focusing beer and beverage label printing.

> Every label comes with its own aesthetic and functional requirements. > How do you know which technology is best suited for a specific beverage label project?

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Which beverage label type do you produce?

Beverage labels can be divided in two types. There are the craft beer labels, which are paper-based labels, with natural or coated paper facestock, commonly printed in 4-colour. The other type are premium labels, for which clear-on-clear materials and BoPP facestock are typical and high white opacity is a requirement to make the colour stand out. Regardless of the type, Xeikon recommends both dry toner and UV inkjet printing technology. So how do you know which technology is best suited for a specific beverage label project? This choice depends on a number of factors – here’s a guide.

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limit the maximum possible pigment load. However, inkjet inks are capable of achieving an opacity comparable to that of screen printing, provided the printhead features a low native resolution, producing a large-sized droplet, which allows for high ink lay-down.

#3 Look and feel

#1 Substrates Two factors determine if a printing technology is suitable for a certain substrate: adhesion (if and how well the printed image stays fixed to the substrate) and pigment penetration (if and how well the ink or toner penetrates the substrate). For beverage labels, adhesion should be high in different conditions (in a refrigerator, outdoor, in an icebucket…), while pigment penetration should be avoided at all cost as this reduces colour strength and implodes the colour gamut. The two common substrates consist of paper or BoPP facestock. Due to its chemical affinity dry toner is a great choice for both paper and BoPP facestock. It can be used without any coating or primer and still achieve good adhesion and no pigment penetration. UV-curable inkjet, due to its low viscosity (6 times lower than UV flexo), can penetrate paper so it is recommended to use a primer. This will improve the UV curing

process and ensure a proper image quality. For BoPP facestock you need to ensure a high enough surface tension to ensure a proper spread of the UV inkjet ink.

#2 White opacity For premium beverage labels (clear-on-clear labels) a sufficient level of white opacity is required. The opacity of white is determined by the concentration of pigments, pigment particle size and the layer thickness that can be achieved. Dry toner scores well on both accounts as the technology allows for thick toner layers. White dry toner combines the highest pigment load with the largest particle size, offering white layers of an opacity that is higher than that of liquid toner, in a single pass. For UV-curable inks used in single-pass inkjet systems, the pigment particle size should be small enough to avoid nozzle clogging. Also, the required viscosity of the inks does

Dry toner gives a matte impression which, by applying a varnish, can give a glossy impression. When offset quality is required this technology is preferable. UV inkjet gives a very high gloss and tactile impression, which can appeal to certain people. The image details are not as sharp as dry toner but this is not necessarily a requirement (‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’). The appearance of both technologies is not influenced when the labels get in touch with the water (condense) on the outside of the bottle. Taking into account these factors, both UV inkjet and dry toner are valid technologies. What’s important to remember is that when offset quality is required, dry toner is most appropriate and UV inkjet comes in play when very high gloss and a unique tactile impression are desired. If you want to find out more on beverage label printing, or learn more on the different technologies available in the market, make sure to check Xeikon’s White Paper: ‘Digital Label Printing Technologies. No one size fits all’. It’s free for download from the Xeikon website, and provides in-depth analysis of digital label printing technologies: dry toner and liquid toner electrophotography, UV-curable inkjet and water-based inkjet. Or visit Xeikon at Labelexpo Europe 2017, where Xeikon will be sharing its expertise on beer & beverage label printing, and much more in Hall 5. On its stand, the company will display its full portfolio of digital label printing solutions, including both dry toner and UV-inkjet, and unleash our two fast felines – Panther and Cheetah.

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IML Technology for food and nonfood applications Beck Automation presents four-cavity IML machines for coffee capsules at Fakuma 2017.

Fresh coffee straight out of a coffee capsule has been one of the most popular ways to make a good cup of coffee for years. The classic disposable coffee capsule’s job is actually quite varied: the coffee aroma has to completely develop even though the capsules have a long shelf life. The capsule has to convey the feeling of lifestyle and luxury you get from enjoying a good cup of coffee. It should also ensure brand recognition and provide information about the contents. Once used, the packaging should be disposed of easily while demonstrating that it is environment-friendly, both during manufacture and when in use. What might seem straightforward at first glance, is becoming increasingly difficult to communicate to consumers – a good example of this is aluminium

IML technology – the reference class Since IML is a very dynamic process, operational efficiency is the sum of all the machine’s high quality components.

“With such small packaging sizes, the challenge lies in label inserting precision, as well as an operatorfriendly concept.” - Nino Zehnder, Head of Sales, Beck Automation

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Premiere of a single serve Capsule IML machine.

> Ultra-lightweight parts in injection moulding: IML meets multi-component technology. > Premiere at the Fakuma 2017.

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First, the labels are sucked out of the label station. In the second step, the labels are placed on the cores and held in place by a vacuum. The cores move into the cavities to transfer the labels. In this phase, the labels are blown off against the vacuum, electrostatically charged and thus positioned in the mould, mapping the cavities as closely as possible and held in place. The level of process design and the quality of the labels are decisive for process reliability, reproducibility, part quality and cost-effectiveness. A high-quality automation system, which is equally convincing in terms of availability, process reliability, stability and longevity, is crucial for return on investment and the level of added value.

capsules. The environmental awareness of consumers has noticeably been on the increase in recent years. A multi-component injection moulding solution with barrier properties plus IML decoration could be just the right answer. This saves resources and gives the packaging a more premium look. IML

users know the traditional strengths of IML: visually appealing packaging. With this increasing demand in mind, Beck Automation set about developing an IML machine for high-quality plastic coffee capsules. The new machine shall premiere when it is presented to the public at the Fakuma 2017. Nino Zehnder, Head of Sales, Beck Automation: “The result is a highly dynamic, precise and operator-friendly machine for IML decoration. This way, the disposable coffee capsules are both more environment friendly and look more premium, too. The aroma of the coffee should not be inferior to market-driven solutions, but should even surpass them.”

The Single Serve Capsule IML Machine The exhibit at the Fakuma trade fair is a four-cavity IML machine. The machine architecture shows that machines with much larger numbers of cavities are also possible. For example, in 2016 Beck Automation successfully commissioned several solutions for 32+32 stack moulding machines. The company is currently completing a 32-cavity IML Single Serve Capsule machine. Nino Zehnder: “With such small packaging sizes, the challenge lies in label inserting precision, as well as an operator-friendly concept.

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product’s functionality. Beck states that the packaging itself is less than 10% of the total weight of the product at a mere 1.35 g.

First References are promising In the USA, which is a huge market for disposable capsules, the trend towards environment friendly products is already well-established. Suppliers are therefore looking for alternatives to the high quality, yet environmentally problematic aluminium capsules or simple plastic solutions, which are unable to convey the lifestyle aspect of

We are talking about very small labels and ultra-lightweight components with extremely high production volumes. And, what’s more, it is an application for multi-component technology.” The coffee capsules shown are inserted into a multi-component, fourcavity mould from FostagFormenbau. Beck Automation states a target cycle time of < 5 s. The labels are produced by Verstraete, the Belgian IML label specialists. The moulding machine also includes a quality assurance module to perform barrier checks from IMDvista. ANetstal ELION 1200-250/55 serves as the injection-moulding system. It is fitted with servo-electric drives for all components and is absolutely clean and quiet in operation. Its compact design, high shot weight precision, rapid closing speed and reproducibility, make it a perfect match for Beck Automation’s IML machines. Multi-component technology makes it possible to manufacture coffee capsules with PP (polypropylene) in the outer layer and an EVOH inner layer. The barrier layer is responsible for the durability and aromaretention of the content, and thus for the

the product. IML, when combined with barrier properties, offers a new way to reposition disposable coffee capsules and to enhance the appearance of the product. Beck Automation solutions have been very well received by the company’s first customers in the USA. These suppliers are pleased with the functionality, look and environmental performance of the capsules, which they believe suit market demands. The output of a high-performance IML machine from Beck Automation also enhances added value.

Monotech Systems launches JETSCI Track and Trace solution compromise in health and safety of public. Pharmaceutical counterfeiting has been increased to the business of around US$ 200 Billion till last few years and it is growing rapidly, Proper regulations with necessary implementation of next generation anticounterfeiting solutions is much needed to combat the effect of counterfeiting. Many countries have successfully adopted various solutions and regulations to reduce the adverse effect of counterfeited drugs.”

Monotech Systems has introduced JETSCI Track and Trace solution. Mr. Jimit Mittal, VP-Inkjet Products & Solution says “Global Counterfeit market is increasing in almost every industry sector due to lack of effective regulations, be it in cosmetics, pharma, automobile, electronics and other sectors. Pharmaceuticals is the most lucrative business for counterfeiters which is a major concern as it directly relates to the

Most of the counterfeiting starts from supply chain irregularities, JETSCI Track & Trace solution provides the complete workflow including designing security software, converting & variable data printing lines along with the workflow to track the consumption since manufacturing throughout the supply chain. Counterfeiting cannot be stopped / omitted completely but we can make best efforts to make the life difficult for counterfeiters by adopting frequently changing processes and strong work flow for track & trace. The JETSCI solution(s) workflow can be implemented effectively in any Industry sector whether it is in Pharma, Automobile, Cosmetics, Electronics, Alcohol & beverages, perishable and non- perishable products and many more. Other than Pharma the solution is very effective for the tax stamps which add value and enable significant reduction in loss of revenue due to counterfeiting.

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X-Rite, Esko and AVT present packaging simplified, -

A complete solution for Label & Packaging converters at Labelexpo Europe

X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone will join its sister companies Esko and AVT at Labelexpo to give label and packaging converters the opportunity to see complete label and packaging solutions, from inspiration to the shelf.

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One stop to learn how to implement an end-to-end colour workflow.

> Helping brands and converters improve time to market and lower costs. > Combined solutions that simplify many steps in the process of label production and improve customer communication and production quality.

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“X-Rite, Pantone, Esko, and AVT – all members of the Danaher family – have an extensive impact on the labels and packaging market,” says Cindy Cooperman, Global Director of Packaging & Brand, X-Rite. “For the first time at Labelexpo, X-Rite, Pantone and Esko will be located on the same stand for a convenient one-stop approach to solutions for inspiration, design, communication, colour management, and quality control. Customers will see combined solutions that simplify many steps in the process of label production and improve customer communication and production quality. Additionally, AVT, the provider of print inspection, print process control, and quality assurance solutions, will showcase systems for automation and efficiency supporting Industry 4.0 production environments. Together, we are the only organization in the industry that can provide this level of end-to-end integration for labels and packaging converters.” Visitors to the Esko/X-Rite/Pantone stand will find ways to leverage technology to expand their print production capacity and profitability while producing quality output to meet their customers’ demands. This includes: • Managing press runs with X-Rite ColorCert which delivers real-time process control, tracking and reporting. • Utilizing lean manufacturing techniques and integration of standard work, to reduce errors on the production floor. • Integration of Pantone physical and PantoneLIVE digital standards for uncompromising print quality across even the most sophisticated plant or complex supply chain. • Identifying the right tools to empower operators to schedule jobs between digital and conventional print for the utmost in accuracy, efficiency and cost-effective performance. “In labels and packaging, ensuring consistent colour

across a global supply chain is still a challenge for many brands and the converters that support them,” added Cooperman. “The first step in addressing this challenge is delivering a colour specification that can be consistently implemented and measured against during the production process. That’s exactly what we will be showing at Labelexpo – and end-to-end colour workflow that will help brands and converters ensure consistent, reliable colour, with faster time to market, lower costs and less rework and waste.”

New Brand Packaging Starter Kit Bundle Visitors will also have the opportunity to take advantage of a new Brand Starter Kit Bundle offering that is customizable for specific brand workflows within the labels and packaging industry, quickly putting brands on the right path to an intelligent and data-driven colour and print quality program. The Brand Starter Bundle includes: • A portable spectrophotometer (either the X-Rite eXact or the Ci64); • PantoneLIVE license for Production with

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Visualizer providing common colour digital standards for a wide variety of packaging materials and processes; ColorCertInkRoom Tools for simple pass/fail software measurement of ink colour; and Judge QC light booth to ensure evaluation of colour under controlled lighting conditions.

“This affordable Brand Starter Bundle will quickly pay for itself in improved results for both brands and converters,” Cooperman concluded. “It includes a one-day WebEx training with an X-Rite Solutions Architect that is personalized to each organization. This along with access to our online training library helps organizations quickly get up to speed and immediately begin benefiting from more efficient operations.”

converters to use with their customers. Fundamental Guide to Color Process Control helps converters understand where their operations fall on the colour continuum and what steps they would need to take their businesses to the next level.

Brand guides and beyond At Labelexpo, X-Rite will be offering two free guides designed for brand owners and converters that will help improve communication and educate on the latest label and packaging colour technologies. Getting Color Right on Consumer Packaging provides brand owners with insight, advice and guidance on specifying, measuring, managing and securing real-time reporting for a data-driven print quality program. The guide is also an excellent educational tool for

X-Rite will be conducting daily product and workflow demonstrations for visitors who work in the areas of design, premedia, ink formulation and print. In addition, X-Rite Ink Formulation demonstrations will be available at the following partner stands: Codimag, Pulse-Roll Label Products and BOBST. X-Rite, Pantone and Esko will be located on Stand 3C50 at the show, while AVT will be located at Stand 9C05. Labelexpo is scheduled for 25 to 28 September in Brussels.

VINSAK in action at LabelExpo Europe 2017 Label printing & finishing solutions from VINSAK and its strategic associates; live demos, experts’ meeting to highlight the show. Label Expo Europe will be taking place at Brussels Expo Centre from 25th to 28th September 2017. Print & Packaging equipment supplier VINSAK (Hall 7 Stand B43) along with its strategic associates will showcase its complete range of label printing and packaging solutions at this mega event. VINSAK will show a live demonstration of VINSAK USAR (Universal Slitter & Rewinder) at Label Expo Europe, 2017. The new post press machine is having an indigenous modular design and provides high-quality label finishing. The USAR will be having slitter rewinder with Die-Cutting unit, 100% Inspection system and Inkjet System for Variable Data Personalization. It can throughput at the speeds of 300 meters per minute. Visitors can also pay a visit to VINSAK’s strategic associates & watch live demos of the machine, collect brochure and meet industry experts. Key attraction from these associates will be: ABG International’s (Hall 6 Stand A37) demonstration of Digicon Series 3-Short run converting press, Digilase-Laser converting press, OMEGA SRI-Slitter & Rewinder, Vectra ECTR-Turret Rewinder and Omega Booklet Machines.

Lombardi (Hall 11 Stand C53) will be displaying SYNCHROLINE 430 eight colours UV Flexo press having TORO and BRAVO units, fully servo assisted with the automatic register and pre-register. Lombardi will also provide Demo of INVICTA 630 six colours, full servo gearless flexo machine having 10 motors for each printing unit and sleeve technology with pre-register and auto-register control ideal press for printing of different kind of films. Apart for this, DIGISTAR with Domino inkjet 5 colours unit, semi rotary Flexo unit, cold foil and semi-rotary die will be displayed. It will be able to combine digital printing and finishing in a single operation. The key highlights of these machines will be the accuracy of the register and the rapidity of the job change over, ABS servo and ABS sleeve printing group, TORO, hot foil unit inline and BRAVO and inline flat screen unit. Pantec GS System (Hall 5 Stand A36) will be showcasing SWIFT having 3D spatial registered hot foil patch & Rhino having High-speed Flatbed Foil embossing with the registered patch. Iwasaki International (Hall 7 Stand B43) will be showcasing TR2 Intermittent Offset Press. TR2 offers very high-quality offset prints with

all finishing processes inline and uses both conventional wet offset as well as waterless printing plates. Schober Technologies (Hall 8 Stand A52) will be demonstrating Sheetline SL 106 equipped with a high-speed belt stream feeder, a heavy duty die cutting station and a robot-automated stacking, counting & piling system. Jet Europe (Hall 11 Stand D27) will be launching the Aguagreen water-washable flexo plates, LSL water-washable letterpress, and UV flexo plates together with new generation processors range from the Jet Line 500/700/900 flow line system with automatic washout and separate Black mask removal station to the Water Press, an all-inone processing tower. Visitors looking for a live demo of machines can book their business meeting with VINSAK team.

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PAMEX 2017 International Media Week brings global preview for PAMEX 2017 The promotional campaign for PAMEX 2017 started off with a big bang with an International Media Week, organized by All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) in New Delhi from 3-6 August. The first of its kind event witnessed participation from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand.

Day-1, Aug 3, 2017 - Indian Associationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Meet AIFMP organized a joint meeting of printing & allied industries associations on 3 August 2017 at Holiday Inn, New Delhi. It was the first ever meeting of this kind held in the country. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the issue of common interest and problems being faced by printing and allied industries. Representatives from Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association (FCBM), Association of Label Printers & Suppliers, Institute of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers of India (IPMMI), News Papers

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Association of India, Label Manufacturers Association of India and Jalandhar Printers Association attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Kamal Chopra, President, AIFMP. The topics discussed at the meet included the state of economy & printing industry, identifying common issues that can be taken up jointly with authorities, developing mechanism for resolving inter trade issues, co-operation and support for industry events. This initiative of organizing such meeting was taken by Prof. Kamal Chopra and was well appreciated by all the attendees of the event. It was further decided to have a mutual co-operation and start a forum to discuss the issues of common interest. Association and media representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia and Malaysia were also present at the meeting. Mr. Anand Limaye, HGS, AIFMP and Mr. Tushar Dhote, Chairman, Pamex were also present at the

gathering. The meeting was followed by networking cocktail and dinner.

Day-2, Aug 4, 2017 International Media Conference To strengthen the mutual co-operation for the development and betterment of printing industry amongst the neighbouring countries, AIFMP organized International Media Conference on Aug 4. The association and media representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, and Thailand were present at the event. The idea and initiative of such gathering by AIFMP was well appreciated by everyone, especially the foreign participants. The representatives from International Associations shared the current printing industry scenario in their countries and underlined that such platform will definitely help share the expertise and advancements. Technova Imaging Systems and Chemline India supported the conference as sponsors. Ms. Hasina Newaz, Vice Chairman, Printing

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Industries Association of Bangladesh; Mr Mughira Nurhani, President, Indonesia Print Media Association; Mr. Kelvin LEE Kat Min, Asst. Sec. Gen, Malaysia Printers Association and Mr Madhav KC, President, Federation of Nepal Printers Association presented the printing industry scenario of their respective countries. Mr. Chrisnadi Purnomo, Managing Editor, Print Indonesia; Ms. Katatron Charoenprom, Asst Manager, The Thai Printers Magazine and Mr. Karma Nima, General Manager, Kuensel Corporation Thimpu, Bhutan were also present for the conference.

Prof Dr Rajendra Anayath, Vice-Chancellor, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram - University of Science and Technology Murthal; Mr Deepak Chawla, Head-Marketing & Corporate Communications, Technova Imaging Systems; Dr. R.N Goel, Founder, Chemline India; Mr. C N Ashok, Managing Director, Autoprint Machinery and Mr. Abhishek Paul, Director of Marketing, APL Machinery also enlightened the gathering with their technical inputs and expertise in their presentations.

publication printing, packaging and stationary. Ms. Amila Singhvi, Managing Director, IPP Group was kind enough to welcome the delegates and shared about the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise, journey so far and plans ahead with them. The delegates also had an opportunity to witness the on-going printing jobs in the factory.

The meeting was followed by networking cocktail and dinner.

Day-4, Aug 6, 2017 - A visit to the Taj Mahal

One of the objectives to organize this gathering was to inform the global printing industry about PAMEX 2017. Mr. Tushar Dhote, Chairman, PAMEX 2017 in his presentation highlighted the encouraging response from industry that the event has received so far and also shared the plans of promotional roadshows scheduled in India and other countries. The International association representatives showed keen interest to host roadshows and bring delegates from their countries at PAMEX 2017.

Day-3, Aug 5, 2017 - Factory Visit Day 3 of the International Media Week started with a visit to one of the leading industry events PackPlus and CartonTech, organized by Print-Packaging.com. The delegates were welcomed and briefed about the event by Mr. Anil Arora, President, Print-Packaging. com. All the delegates were taken through an extensive tour of the entire exhibition. A factory visit to International Print-o-Pack (IPP Group) was also organized for the foreign delegates. IPP is one of the renowned and leading houses for commercial &

A special cocktail & dinner was arranged at Indian restaurant for the delegates by AIFMP.

AIFMP gave a send-off to all foreign delegates of International Media Week in a unique way by arranging a visit to the Taj Mahal. All the delegates were excited to visit and a brief history of this wonderful monument being explained by a tourist guide. The four day International Media Week 2017 concluded successfully. The international delegates and the media representatives were extremely pleased and showed keen interest in the upcoming PAMEX 2017 in December (from 9 to 12 December at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai).

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Release Liners market worth 93.02 billion USD by 2022 The report “Release Liners Market by Substrate Type (Glassine/Calendered Kraft Paper, Polyolefin Coated Paper, Clay Coated Paper), Application (Labels, Pressure-Sensitive Tapes, Hygiene), Material Type, Labelling Technology, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022” The global release liners market was valued at USD 64.50 Billion in 2016, and is projected to reach USD 93.02 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2017 to 2022. The market is driven by the increased demand for release liners from various application segments, such as labels, pressure-sensitive tapes, hygiene, industrial, graphic arts, medical, and others. The report contains 112 Market Data Tables and 53 Figures spread through 160 Pages

as durability and high strength of release liners make them preferred in the automotive industry.

Silicone is projected to be the fastest-growing material type in the global release liners market

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Labels is estimated to be the largest application segment of the global release liners market Among the various applications, the labels segment is estimated to be the largest application segment of the global release liners market. Release liners are used in the automotive industry, particularly in gaskets and accessories. Properties such

Silicone release liners have many important consumer and industrial applications such as postage stamps, envelopes, and bar code labels. Silicone as additives help provide resistance to slip, moisture, and abrasion, improved adhesion, anti-blocking properties, gloss, foam control, and many other benefits. The demand for silicone release liners is growing due to their increased usage in the graphic arts, medical, and packaging industries.

Rising demand for release liners in Asia Pacific contributes to the high growth of this market Asia Pacific accounted for the largest share of the global release liners market in 2016. Currently, China is the largest market for release liners in the Asia-Pacific region and is expected to continue the same during the forecast period. In China and India, the demand for release liners is expected to increase due to the growing packaging industry and rapid economic expansion. In addition, growing population in these countries serves as a huge customer base for the manufacturers of release liners. Key companies profiled in the global release liners market research report include The 3M Company (US), Mondi Group (Austria), Sappi Limited (South Africa), Ahlstrom-Munksjo (Sweden), LINTEC Corporation (Japan), Polyplex Corporation Ltd. (India), Eastman

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Chemical Company (US), Gascogne (France), UPM (Finland), and Loparex (US). MarketsandMarkets provides quantified B2B research on 30,000 high growth niche opportunities/threats. It is currently servicing 5000 customers worldwide including 80% of global Fortune 1000 companies as clients. About 850 fulltime analyst and SMEs at MarketsandMarkets are tracking global high growth markets following the “Growth Engagement Model – GEM”. The GEM aims at proactive collaboration with the clients to identify new opportunities, identify most important customers, write “Attack, avoid and defend” strategies, identify sources of incremental revenues for both the company and its competitors. MarketsandMarkets’s flagship competitive intelligence and market research platform, “RT” connects over 200,000 markets and entire value chains for deeper understanding of the unmet insights along with market sizing and forecasts of niche markets.

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FINAT and Labelexpo Europe -Driving the label industry agenda The flagbearers of the European label industry – the international label association FINAT and Labelexpo Europe founders Tarsus – are celebrating the 25thanniversary of their partnership this year at the biggestever Labelexpo show, taking place at the Brussels Expo, 25-28 September.

An industry initiative At the heart of their present co-operation is the establishment of the Labelexpo Advisory Board (‘LAB’), composed of representatives from Labelexpo organisers Tarsus, FINAT board members, and show exhibitors. In an industry that is continually growing and changing, the LAB’s key mission has been, and continues to be, to expand the event’s profile to include all the ‘new technologies’ that now form part of the definition of a ‘label’; and to make both exhibiting and participation in the associated events programme a truly special experience. Their efforts, coupled with the first results of long-term investment by the event venue, will deliver improvements in logistics, facility management, and visitor convenience for this year’s show, which features an awe-inspiring total of 700-plus exhibitors from more than 40 countries around the world.

On-site events The show itself is enhanced by a lively agenda of on-site workshops, seminars, and, of course, the presentation dinner at which this year’s Global Label Industry Awards will be presented. FINAT will be welcoming members, as well as potential association members, to their stand, 11A31, for refreshments, and to preview the new base of advanced online features which the members-only website offers today, along with their strong yearround events programme. This includes a series of webinars; FINAT’s biennial Technical Seminar next March, updating members on the state of the art of self-adhesive technology along the supply chain; its major annual opinion-leading event for senior managers, the European Label Forum in June; and, for young managers in the label industry’s many and varied disciplines, the

lively Young Managers Club Congress, taking place later in 2018.

European Digital Label Study Labelexpo Europe will also be the launch platform for FINAT’s Digital Label Study, an authoritative report, commissioned from LPC–specialised in research, technical PR, and commercial due diligence within the printing and packaging industries -which will offer a critical analysis of the current digital label printing technology landscape in Europe, as well as identifying trends and future projections relevant to digital label print across different regions and sectors. The report is based on a survey conducted with more than 100 label companies across Europe, who were asked questions on topics ranging from the profitability of their digital presses; their most significant challenges associated with digital label production; and the opportunities they see for digital label printing in the near and longer-term future.

‘Young Talent’ initiative FINAT will also present an update on the important topic of attracting ‘young talent’ to the labels and package printing industry. At the beginning of this year, FINAT launched an initiative, together with the German label association VskE and other national associations, with the objective of developing an industry campaign that can be instrumental in attracting the ‘next generation’ workforce for the label industry across Europe.

Recycling awareness A special feature on FINAT’s stand will, once again, be the Recycling Desk, at which visitors can obtain information about

the various recycling solutions for spent release liner, and where a special video will be launched to promote awareness among both users and manufacturers of labels concerning the necessity, and benefits of, secondary uses for spent liners.

Visions of (future) labelling On display on the FINAT stand will be the winning entries in this year’s prestigious FINAT Label Competition. Not only are these labels the best in their class, but what is equally interesting are the stories behind their success. FINAT will present a series of video-recorded interviews with the winning companies in the main category groupings, to provide a source of inspiration for continuous improvement and innovation which will be rewarded in future editions of the competition.

The Label Academy FINAT will also be encouraging participation in Tarsus’ growing Label Academy initiative – providing label and packaging industry technical training online in topic-specific modules, with the opportunity for students to acquire technical certification for each successfully completed module. Today, Label Academy certification is accepted around the world as a valuable, ‘industry standard’ qualification.

‘A must-attend event’ Comments FINAT Managing Director Jules Lejeune: ‘For all concerned in the label and product decoration value chain, from raw material supplier to brand owner and retailer, Labelexpo Europe 2017 is a must-attend event’.

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BSTe India highlights iPQ Center @ PackPlus 2017 ARC_18, POWERScope 5000 and CLS PRO 600 demo units with the live web. All the products received positive response from visitors who were facilitated with live demo of the products and experts guided them on various aspects of the solutions displayed.

BSTe @ LMAI Conference 2017 Participating at the recent PackPlus 2017 from 3 to 6 August, BSTe India highlighted its new iPQ Center Demo unit. The demo unit has been built in-house by BSTe and was the main attraction at their booth. The iPQ Center demo unit equipped with iPQ Check and iPQ View modules attracted a lot of visitor attention at BSTe’s Pragati Maidan stall. Also on display was their flagship

Earlier from 20 to 23 July in Agra, BSTe India was one of the main sponsors of the LMAI Conference. The conference organized by LMAI (Label Manufacturers Association of India) was one of the biggest conferences in India for Label & Narrow Web industry. Held at Jaypee Palace Hotel & Convention Centre, Agra, the conference attracted the participation from over 175 countries, where more than 100 label manufacturers and more than 500 delegates were present from the

Narrow web & Label Industry. BSTe India invited Mr. Martin Betting (Director - Business Development at BST eltromat International) for the conference and he gave a presentation on TubeScan system. His focus was on “Low Cost and high quality narrow web viewing and inspection” for Indian market. He also presented the key features of TubeScan System’s Hybrid technology. BSTe received a very positive visitor response at the conference and made the most of the opportunity to interact with the delegates at the conference. BSTe will be participating at the Paperex 2017 in November at Pragati Maidan New Delhi. It will be exhibiting at Hall 6 Booth E 60 at LabelExpo Europe 2017, Brussels.

SIES Sop Star Awards 2017 The SIES-SOP/PTC had instituted the “STAR AWARDS” to recognize the “Innovations, creativity and developments” in the field of packaging covering all sectors- packaging materials/ forms, packaging machinery and system, ancillary adjuncts to packaging, product packaging, packaging and environment, packaging for non-packaging applications and related areas. The entries received will be on display in the SIES School of Packaging campus, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. SIES is a national institute of repute fully devoted to upgradation

of standards in packaging and creating widespread awareness of the opportunities and benefits. It offers various services that include “Career Development in Packaging Profession”, “Projects/Consultancy Services, Research-Design-Development in Packaging”, “Quality Assurance and Testing Services”, “Data Interface”, besides promotion and publications. SIES is an approved Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and affiliated with Rutgers University, School

of Engineering, The State University of New Jersey, USA and Cal Poly State University, CA, USA (in process). The awards represent various categories of packaging with participation open to all interests related to packaging like, raw material manufacturers, package converters, product packaging, packaging machinery and equipment manufacturers, ancillary packaging equipment and packaging material manufacturers, graphic designers, package printers, besides academic institutions and students. The members of the jury will constitute experts from connected fields independent of participating group of industries. The entries received will be duly classified and displayed. The members of the judging panel will be provided with a brief of each. The assessment will be based on specific criteria covering innovation, creativity, concept and development. The last date for submission of form is 31st July, 2017. The awards presentation function will be intimated in Advance to all winners and participants. Senior industry dignitaries and Government heads will be invited to present the awards.

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Esko XPS Crystal exposure unit is a 2017 PIA InterTech Technology Award recipient Digitally controlled LED UV exposure systemmakes flexo plate production simple, consistent, and automated. considerable interest in not only the XPS Crystal, but the complete CDI Crystal XPS solution, integrating our CDI imager and XPS plate exposure systems.”

Esko announces that its XPS Crystal flexo plate exposure unit has received the PIA InterTech Technology Award. Since 1978, the InterTech Technology Awards have honoured the development of technologies predicted to have a major impact on the graphic communications and related industries. More than 80% of technologies that receive an award experience commercial success in the marketplace. The new, unique XPS Crystal, part of a complete automated platemaking system, is a digitally controlled LED UV exposure unit, providing nearly simultaneous main and back exposures and supports all photopolymer flexo plates. The XPS Crystal is the tenth PIA InterTech Award Esko has received since 2003. “We are excited that the XPS Crystal exposure unit has been honoured with a PIA InterTech Technology Award, and flexography continues to be acknowledged as a strong, viable print technology,” remarks Rory Marsoun, Esko VP Business Development, Flexo, Americas. “We are already seeing

“The judges praised Esko’s innovation that both streamlines flexographic platemaking— by automatically moving plates from the imager to the exposure unit—and improves plate consistency with UV LEDs, where the back and main exposures occur nearly concurrently,” says Jim Workman, Vice President of Printing Industries of America’s Center for Technology and Research.

A simple, consistent process with nearly simultaneous main and back exposures The new, unique XPS Crystal, ultimately part of a complete automated platemaking system, is a digitally-controlled exposure unit, supporting all photopolymer flexo plates. Plates are placed onto the glass surface, where very accurate back and main exposures—by patented LED UV light technology that allows very precise control— are conducted simultaneously. Nothing else is required from the operator. The consistent light source and main and back exposure (termed, by Esko, as nearly concurrent ‘dwell time’) deliver unmatched relief and image consistency combined with perfectly formed flat-top dots. As a result, these plates deliver the highest level of consistency and quality on press.

Flexo Plate Making Simplified Because the XPS Crystal system can be connected on one side to a CDI flexo plate imager and to the other by a plate processor, the flexo plate making process is automated and much simpler to use—and high quality, plate consistency is assured. The CDI XPS Crystal solution makes flexo platemaking a simple and controlled process with fewer manual steps and, thus, fewer chances for errors. Combined with Esko smart automated prepress workflows, it is now easier for flexo label printers, printers and converters to bring platemaking in-house to shorten their lead times and improve their press and finishing equipment uptimes. “In addition to the InterTech Technology Award, viewing products from the entire printing industry, the XPS Crystal has been recognized with the 2017 FTA Technical Innovation Award as a significant flexo product, and the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017, one of the most respected product global design competitions,” exclaims Philippe Adam, Esko Vice President, Marketing. “The XPS Crystal is truly a revolutionary product, and we are excited that others acknowledge its significance. With this innovative platemaking technology, the next few years promise to deliver an even greater share of print work to flexo.”

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Monotech installs six Digital Finishing Machines at New Manikya Agartala based New Manikya Press has installed a wide range of digital finishing systems to become a complete shop for any printing product upto A3 size in the region. Monotech Systems has installed six machines of digital finishing systems, Dumor 331SCC Gemini Cut, Dumor Booklet Maker EB215, GMP Excelam Plus 355R Laminator, Sysform 480EP Paper Cutter, Sysform D60C Automatic slitting and Dumor 600 Corner Rounder at New Manikya Press in Agartala, Tripura. Located in the capital of the remote north-eastern state, New Manikya Press is owned by Namita Debbarma and is currently managed by her son Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury and his wife Anamika Roy Chowdhury. Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury said while the city’s market potential is growing, it has a major disadvantage in terms of poor connectivity with the rest of India and being almost landlocked by Bangladesh on three sides. Because of that we don’t get good quality and varied types of printing materials. Moreover, printing machines available in Agartala are not well maintained due to lack of proper technical support.” Considering above factors Manikya Press has procured and installed a wide range of digital finishing systems so that the company could offer a complete job of any printing material upto A3 size. “We are proud to say that the GMP Laminator from Monotech Systems is able to deliver special spot effects such as coloured silver and gold, which gives a new dimension to the finished product thus

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enhancing its aesthetic appeal,” Chowdhury said. In their earlier investment, in 2012 New Manikya Press had added one 10ft solvent printer, 5ft Eco Solvent printer and one 4ft Mimaki cutting plotter for printing of outdoor hoardings, indoor pictures and special cut stickers. Initially, New Manikya Press had two treddle machine and one flatbed machine of demi size. So, it was mostly occupied with job work, single-colour magazines, log books, registers and school diaries, etc. Danik Sambad, the renowned Bengali daily newspaper of Agartala too was printed from this press. Today, the company’s client list includes all missionaries and catholic organisation such as, Holy Cross, Don Bosco, Auxilliam, St.Pauls and many others; most departments of the Government of Tripura such as, Police, Forest, Industry, Transport, Forensic, ICA, Health, Biodiversity, Pollution, Science & Technology and many more; ONGC; Tripura University; among others. “According to Roy Chowdhury, the latest trend is the demand for metallic colours. Ours is the only press in Tripura who works in special channels apart from four colours, capable of delivering spot effects of metallic gold and silver and also metallic red, green, blue and so on.” Surendra Singh Halsi, DGM – Digital Print

Enhancement and Finishing says, “It’s been a great achievement for us and it clearly portrays our long term commitment with the customer and wide foot presence even in every part of the country. Dumor and GMP range of products are world renowned and already proven products and we are proud to represent them in Indian printing and packaging market” Talking about the printing industry in Tripura, Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury, said, “Tripura is a scarcely populated state with 36 lakh people and it cannot boast of a high demand in printing industry. Hence, people do not invest in printing industry. But this has been a motivating factor for me as I have tried to garner this adverse condition as my booster. Since this industry is not in a lucrative position, I have taken it as a challenge to prove my passion in sustaining this industry and helping in its survival. I take it as an opportunity for proving my commitment to the society of this state.My small investment in this industry in an undeveloped place like Tripura is highly appreciated by society and people. This feeling of being able to serve the state in a small way gives me satisfaction.

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hubergroup launches new, innovative flexo products Printing-inks manufacturer showcases its know-how at the DFTA autumn conference in Leipzig. This year’s edition of the DFTA Flexo Association’s (Deutschsprachige Flexodruck - Fachverbande.V.) annual industry conference will be covering topical issues and challenges that affect the corrugatedboard and flexible-packaging sectors. hubergroup will be taking this opportunity to showcase its current portfolio for flexographic applications to the visitors of this event. Four of the products being exhibited are of special interest to branded-goods manufacturers and printers, because they solve processrelated printing problems or open up new possibilities for packaging designers. Special-effect coatings appeal to end consumers not only at the visual, but also at the haptic level. Films with the right specialeffect coating can feel like paper and are consequently perceived as being of higher quality. Soft-touch coatings give the substrate a velvety or suede-like surface and the complete packaging a luxury feel. Highly pigmented halftone inks make it possible to create ever more realistic images on packaging, because the high pigment content facilitates ever finer screen rulings and resolutions. Printers can use screen rollers with smaller pick-up volumes that make it easier to print fine elements while still maintaining high colour intensity. The use of spot inks is no longer absolutely necessary since a four-colour set of high-pigment inks is capable of reproducing a greater colour space. Opaque white: The flexo printing process quickly reaches its ink-transfer limits whenever the colour white – that is so indispensable in packaging printing –

hubergroup is one of the world’s leading specialists for printing inks, coatings and press room auxiliaries, currently comprising 40 companies and 130 sites. With more than 250 years of experience, the family-owned enterprise has expertise in the printinginks industry and manufactures top-quality products for packaging, commercial and newsprinting. 2016 saw the Group, with its global workforce of more than 3500, generate sales worth some euro 820 million. is called for. The highly opaque white hubergroup will be presenting at the DFTA conference enables printers to achieve almost the same opacity levels as can be with the gravure process and prevents the package contents or substrate from shimmering through. hu-track is a hardware/software service package marketed by hubergroup that enables users to quickly check the quality of the inks they are using and to modify ink formulations directly on the press. This reduces the number of adjustments required to achieve the perfect colour, making hu-track the ideal solution for maximising production speed and minimising waste. The DFTA autumn conference is being held on 14 September 2017 at the Pentahotel Leipzig.

Cosmo Films Q1FY18 total revenue ups to 470cr.

Cosmo Films Limited is a global provider of films for packaging, labeling & lamination applications and synthetic paper. The company has declared its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2017. The total revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 increased to Rs.471 crores, from Rs.409 crores in Q1FY17. The increase in revenue could have been higher but for the de-stocking and deferment of purchases by customers in June in preparation for GST. The GST transition also affected the margins. The declining raw material prices led to one time stock loss of Rs.5.3 crores in the quarter. The company could partly compensate the above adverse impacts by more than 25% increase in speciality films and additional volume from the new line commissioned in Feb 2017. Commenting on the financial performance of the company Mr. Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films Ltd. said, “The company continues on path of enhanced focus on speciality films. GST implementation, being second significant event after demonetization within short time span, impacted volume and margins temporarily and is expected to get stabilized within Q2FY18. Further, the new line is expected to operate at full capacity from mid of Q2FY18 and should help improve the profitability.”

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Mimaki brings photorealistic colour to 3D Printing With 3DUJ-553 UV LED printing solution, Mimaki enables full-colour modelling with more than 10 million accurate colours.

With the Mimaki 3DUJ553, its water-soluble support material can easily be washed off without damaging the object. This enables the cost-effective production of exquisite 3D printed products with elaborate finishing. This makes it especially suited to professionals in many industries, from signs & display graphics to education, healthcare, manufacturing, architecture, construction and more.

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World’s first 3D printer with over 10 million colours.

> Producing photorealistic colour; eliminating hand painting to create 3D printed objects. > Satisfying even the most exacting professional requirements for full-colour modelling of 3D objects of all types.

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Mimaki, manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting systems, has announced the launch of a brand new approach to 3D printing with the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 UV LED printing solution. This is the world’s first 3D printer with over 10 million colours, enabling the production of colour-realistic signs, prototypes, parts, products and other 3D printed applications that eliminate the need for timeconsuming hand painting of 3D printed objects. “As the 3D printing market continues to grow, Mimaki has capitalised on an opportunity to bring a truly unique solution to the market,” says Ronald van den Broek, General Manager Sales at Mimaki Europe. “Other 3D printing solutions have two primary issues when it comes to creating 3D printed objects. First,

they cannot produce objects in photorealistic colour. This often requests that objects be hand painted, a time-consuming and expensive prospect. Secondly, most 3D printed objects require removal of stabilising fixtures before they can be used. This again takes time and risks damaging the object. With the Mimaki 3DUJ-553, both of these barriers are eliminated, since it can print photorealistic colour, choosing from up to 10 million different colours. And its water-soluble support material can easily be washed off without damaging the object. This enables the cost-effective production of exquisite 3D printed products with elaborate finishing. We believe this printer will be warmly welcomed by professionals in many industries, from signs & display graphics to education, healthcare, manufacturing, architecture,

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construction and more.” Mimaki has a long history of bringing innovative inkjet printing solutions to the market, for the printing of everything from banners and dimensional signs to textiles and direct print to cylindrical objects. The company has brought to bear its deep knowledge and expertise in the development of the 3DUJ-553 full-colour 3D printer. It satisfies even the most exacting professional requirements for full-colour modelling of 3D objects of all types, with highly precise laydown of ink droplets and a choice of three dot sizes for modelling of colour gradations with less granularity. These 3D printed objects are also durable enough to withstand post-processing such as overcoating and attachment of screws and other fixtures. “We showed this as a technology demonstration at drupa 2016 to rave reviews,” Van den Broek comments. “And we have shown the printer and/or objects it has printed at a variety of shows and events since that time. Prospective customers tell us this is exactly the 3D printing solution they have been waiting for, and we expect to see fairly rapid uptake once it is commercially available by the end of this year. Customers will also be able to take advantage of Mimaki’s excellent service and support infrastructure to get up and running fast, and to ensure uninterrupted production to the fullest extent possible.”

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More than 10 million colours. With its UV LED curing method, the 3DUJ-553 is able to produce objects layer by layer and apply a final UV ink coating of approximately 22 microns using CMYK, white and clear inks, producing a finished object of exquisite quality. UV LED curing also applies minimal heat to the object. The printer exhibits fast startup times and minimal power usage, reducing the overall running costs. Extended colour gamut. This full-colour modelling approach is able to achieve 84% of the FOGRA 39L colour gamut and 90% of the SWOP gamut. A white ink layer results in objects featuring brilliant colours. Colour profiles. The 3DUJ-553 is the world’s first 3D printer to take advantage of colour profiles. This means not only accurate colour from the printer but also

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allows the development of simulation profiles for accurate viewing of colour on a PC monitor. This ensures accurate colour specification before printing even begins,saving time and reducing waste. Add translucency with clear ink. Using clear ink adds an additional effect to 3D printed objects, especially if the object will be backlit. The combination of clear and CMYK inks opens the door to increased designer creativity. Excellent post-process performance. The inks used by the 3DUJ-553 contain an acrylic resin that produces hardness equivalent to ABS resin. This means that overcoating, drilling and attachment of screws can be accomplished without

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damage to the object. It also adds superiorweather resistance, surface smoothness and strength to the object. Water-soluble support material. The 3DUJ-553 uses a water-soluble support structure which can be easily washed away with water. This enables removal of the support material even on very delicate objects, without the need to cut or scratch away support material as in other 3D printing processes. Camera for monitoring of modelling status. The 3DUJ-553 has a monitoring camera that enables users to observe modelling status, reducing modelling losses.

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X-Rite and ColorPartner to automate Colour Measurement X-Rite Incorporated, global player in colour science and technology, has announced that it has joined forces with the German company, ColorPartner to help automate colour management for industrial inkjet applications. The unique solution combines the ColorPartner ColorScout A+ automated colour measurement table and X-Rite’s Ci6x family of sphere spectrophotometers allowing industrial printers to accurately measure colour on metallic, wood, plastic, ceramic and textured materials. The new Ci6X/ColorScout A+ solution will be made available through a variety of RIP manufacturers that support industrial inkjet output devices. “Inkjet technology makes it possible to print on a wide variety of materials, opening up new opportunities to industrial and commercial printers from fast fashion to flooring to packaging to home décor,” said Jan Keller, Vice President, X-Rite. “With higher material costs, printers cannot risk colour errors that may be inherent in a manual measuring process. The Ci6x/ColorScout A+ solution eliminates these potential errors and can quickly and easily pay for itself by ensuring less waste due to colour issues, increasing profitability and speeding time to market for brand owners and manufacturers alike.”

As the market moves to greater use of industrial inkjet, there is a growing need for an automated measurement solution that can quickly measure colour across flat, textured and reflective surfaces. The popular 45/0-based measurement devices used in graphic arts applications are ideal for smooth or matte surfaces but have limited capabilities for textured or reflective materials. The Ci6x/ColorScout A+ solution, in A3+ size (other standard sizes: A2+, A1+; others on request) accommodating materials up to 515mm by 310mm (20.3 x 12.2 inches) and up to 30mm (1.18 inches) (60mm (2.36 inches) optional) thick, is ideal for measuring colour on surfaces that do not perform well with a 45/0 spectrophotometer. As a sphere spectrophotometer, the Ci64 can accurately measure smooth, matte, reflective or uneven surfaces such as metallics, special effect finishes and textures commonly used in industrial inkjet applications from small label printing to LFP. Integration with colour RIPs

through X-Rite’s software development kit (SDK) will enable better colour calibration and profiling of industrial inkjet printing and deposition solutions. In addition to being more reliable, the Ci6x/ ColorScout A+ solution saves precious time in busy production environments. X-Rite tests reveal that it measures up to twice as fast as manual measurements, saving as much as an hour per 1,000 measurements. “The Ci6x/ColorScout A+ solution is truly rare in the market, as it incorporates a sphere spectrophotometer to handle thick and textured materials, as well as reflective surfaces,” said Ingmar Brumm, Managing Partner, ColorPartner.

Events Calendar WAN-IFRA India 2017

Pharmapack 2017

drupa 2020

Date: 12 SEP -17 to 14 SEP-17 Venue: Hotel ITC Grand Chola Chennai

Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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

Intelpack 2017

IPEX 2017

Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Date: 31 OCT 17 to 3 NOV 17 Venue: NEC, Birmingham UK

Foodtek 2017

PAMEX 2017

Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Date: 18 DEC-17 to 21 DEC-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon Mumbai, Maharashtra

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