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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 2nd drupa Global Insights Report..............................................................................................................................................................................................8 “Cradle to Grave Protection” with XCP Press Protection now available in India..................................................................................................... 13 “Simply Smart” by Heidelberg at drupa 2016..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 11th KBA Cortina User Workshop............................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC-3D for new TKS in India............................................................................................................................................................... 17 HP Indigo 10000 B2 Digital Press has first show in India................................................................................................................................................ 18 Monotech Systems highlights endless opportunities of Scodix Ultra....................................................................................................................... 20 Xerox: A showcase of five high-technology products at Pamex 2015....................................................................................................................... 21 A rocking response for imagePRESS C10000 VP launch at Pamex.............................................................................................................................. 22 Electro Mec Machinery Manufacturers demonstrates Six-clamp Machine.............................................................................................................. 22 EFI’s expanded portfolio of Advanced Print Technologies at Pamex 2015 .............................................................................................................. 23 Bodhi Professional Solutions focuses MaxPro, VeriPack 3D solutions........................................................................................................................ 24 Konica Minolta takes digital spot UV coating to a new dimension with new MGI JETvarnish 3DS ............................................................... 25 Ricoh India eyes top market position.................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Taiyo presents new range of narrow web multi-process Flexo Presses..................................................................................................................... 26 Flint Group to start international quality Blanket Barring facility in India................................................................................................................ 27 Param aims complete range of ERP Solutions with addition in Rotogravure......................................................................................................... 27 Kunal Enterprises launches EEP-Packing products from Topan, Japan..................................................................................................................... 28 AGS launches Print and PDF Inspection System at Pamex 2015................................................................................................................................. 28 Proteck Machinery promotes Horizon range at Pamex................................................................................................................................................... 29 FujiFilm shows commitment towards Indian Printing market...................................................................................................................................... 29 HP and KBA present world’s most productive inkjet web press ................................................................................................................................. 30 Canon strengthens foothold in Digital Photo Printing.................................................................................................................................................... 32 Konica Minolta participates in Airtel Delhi Half Marathon ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Print Yatra-2015 by LPA & OPA promotes PAMEX 2015................................................................................................................................................... 33 Epson introduces New Surecolor P-Series Large Format Printers............................................................................................................................... 34 Xerox on tech predictions 2016............................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Xerox India has a successful 2015........................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Xerox to remain focused on Digital Printing....................................................................................................................................................................... 37 The digital transformation of industrial printing............................................................................................................................................................... 38 400th MIRAFLEX goes to Danaflex ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 New Board at FINAT’s Young Managers Club...................................................................................................................................................................... 44 New Head of Digital Sales Europe at Gallus........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 Esko Kongsberg enables L&E India provide customer service in ‘no time’ .............................................................................................................. 45 Creation Reprographics chooses Esko’s WebCenter ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 HP organizes Knowledge Session for Cosmetic Brand Owners and Agencies....................................................................................................... 47 Highly positive résumé of the PrintCity Alliance after FachPack 2015....................................................................................................................... 48 The new Rs.1500-crore Gujarat unit of U-Flex to generate employment for around 3000................................................................................ 48 Impress to enter new markets with MPS EF Flexo Press................................................................................................................................................. 49 Petainer Innopac Packaging opens world-class manufacturing plant in India...................................................................................................... 49 W&R Etiketten signs for their sixth MPS Flexo Press......................................................................................................................................................... 50 UPM Raflatac opens a slitting and distribution terminal in China............................................................................................................................... 50 Miraj Multicolor opts for Esko ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg XE10.................................................................................................................................. 51 Fujifilm installs Acuity EY at Raj Printer & Packagers........................................................................................................................................................ 52 Large format printing with Latex inks at SGI Dubai 2016............................................................................................................................................... 53 ColorJet to launch two future ready digital inkjet printers at Media Expo.............................................................................................................. 53 Xaar appoints Chris Morgan as Non-Executive Director ................................................................................................................................................ 54

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, The 10th issue of Pamex Exhibition sets the tone for a high growth phase in the industry. The Pamex exhibition held from 9-12 December at Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) Mumbai reported 20441 unique trade visitors, and featured 300+ exhibitors, 200+ running machines and 75+ product launches. Coming at the end of the year 2015, the event saw a record number of deals being finalised, setting the stage for what could be the biggest year for the Indian industry in 2016. The show was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Shri Uddhav Thackeray, President, Shiv Sena. Being a printer and publisher himself, he said, “Printing industry is a very big industry and it deserves to get its due recognition.” Sunil Garg, Honorary General Secretary- AIFMP, had welcomed the dignitaries and exhibitors to PAMEX while Tushar Dhote, President, Mumbai Mudrak Sangh and Co Chairman, Pamex, highlighted how PAMEX 2015 was a step forward for printing shows. Shyamal Chandra Basu, President, AIFMP delivered the Presidential address.

It was a digital feast at Pamex 2015 as all the leading global players were there with product launches of their latest offerings. Leading the pack were HP, Canon, Konica Minolta, EPSON, Xerox and Ricoh etc. Other key players included EFI, Reprographics, Newstech, Bodhi Professional Solutions, AGS, Provin Technos, Proteck Machinery, Komori, Indo Polygraph Machineries, Standard Printer Providers, Genius Flexo, Global Graphics, Acme Machinery, Sodhisons, Suba Solutions, Pratham Technologies, SL Kulkarni, Autoprint, Line O Matic, Dongguan Hongming, Jianxi Zhonjing, Grafica Flextronica and Kunal Enterprises to name just a few.

EFI, exhibiting at Pamex for the first time found a very positive reflection from potential trade visitors at the show. “I see a stimulating economy in the Indian market for which we are making our investment at the utmost level,” said Stephen Green, Vice President, Asia Pacific, EFI. HP India, which had been the knowledge partner of Pamex promotional roadshows, hosted a knowledge session for cosmetics brand owners and agencies at its stand, showcasing the possibilities in labels and packaging using HP digital printing technology. It displayed the star of its portfolio Indigo 10000 using the show platform for the very first time.

A one-day International Technology Conference, organized by Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS) was attended by more than two hundred delegates from the industry.

“The enormous success of Pamex 2015 will act as the strong base for the next edition of the show, where people will get to see more from the Indian Printing Industry. The unprecedented amount of sales that has happened at this edition of the event pictures the rising graph of the industry. With the industry, the show is bound to grow,” said Anil Arora, President, Print-Packaging.com (P) Ltd. PAMEX ’17 will be back in Mumbai two years later from 18-21 December. We have extensive coverage of this premier industry event with exclusive interviews with top management of many leading players.

Apart from Pamex 2015 review, we have expert article by Ron Gilboa – Director, InfoTrends’ Production & Industrial Printing Advisory Service; 2nd drupa Global Insights Report; the Most Productive Inkjet web press by KBA and HP; and installations and other news including our regulars.

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2nd drupa Global Insights Report Touch the future - Applications that can create growth

Demand for print has dropped in recent years, in part because of the recession, in part because of the impact of digital communications. Despite this there are strong reasons to be confident about the future of the global printing industry, but only if the industry adapts its products and services to the changing demands of consumers. This report highlights strategic shifts in global demographics, economics and consumer lifestyles that will fundamentally change the demand for print. At the same time, technological development is both reducing the demand for conventional print and creating fresh opportunities for digital print. Suppliers and printers the world over must review how their specific markets are evolving and make clear print application investment decisions based on their findings.

The objective in this report is to identify how digital technology is both changing the demand for print but also allowing fresh print applications to create growth opportunities. It demonstrates that a good print application will only fulfill its potential for turnover growth and profitability if it is well planned, integrated and marketed.

Key Notes : > Despite recent drop in demand, print has strong future. > Drupa 2016 will be an ideal opportunity ensuring a profitable future for printers. > Replacement capacity will be of keen interest at drupa 2016.

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Drupa 2016 will be an ideal opportunity to promote and/or purchase those print applications that will ensure a profitable future for printers. However the survey has demonstrated decisively that choosing the right print application is not enough. You must first plan, then effectively implement, integrate and market your application if good profits are to be made.

The bigger picture For the next 30 years at least, the world’s population

will continue to grow, albeit almost exclusively amongst developing nations. Literacy and living standards will improve amongst the developing nations, so the demand for print will continue to grow in line with the greater population. At the same time the inexorable rise in trade will, ignoring the setbacks

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caused by recessions, also create greater demand for print.

Against that must be set the impact of digital communications with the unstoppable rises in both Internet access and use of mobile technology. Print advertising, which pays for much of print, is falling rapidly amongst developed nations, but consumer expenditure on print is falling much more slowly. Audiences are fragmenting as advertisers and publishers play catch-up with the shift to niche marketing and 1-1 relationships compared with their traditional mass-market approach.

There are seismic shifts in the way that consumers expect brands and governments to communicate with them.

Multi-channel applications are emerging that can ensure print plays a central role in those communications, by using the very technologies that are driving the external underlying change. This report is about how to grasp those opportunities successfully.

The impact of new print applications In spring 2015 the 2nd drupa Global Trends report based on a sample of 810 printers from around the world, stated that 50% of printers reported declining conventional print volumes and 48% reported declining lead

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times. At the same time, 38% of commercial printers reported that more than 25% of turnover was from digital print, whilst the equivalent figure was 25% for publishing printers, just 11% for packaging printers but 59% for functional printers.

When the Trends panel was asked about their investment intentions, 51% stated they would go for new print technology, 48% for finishing and 41% for prepress/workflow/MIS. It will be to research and clarify those decisions that most of them will attend drupa 2016.

Yet for many, the best route to improved and sustainable performance will be by investing, not in simple replacement equipment (essential though that may be), but in integrated print applications that offer fresh products or services to meet evolving customer demands.

All printers and suppliers must understand that at its heart print is another form of manufacturing and that manufacturing is undergoing fast and fundamental changes driven by digital technology. Being digital requires a re-examination of your entire way of doing business and understanding where new value can be created, which could be from new automated and integrated production, new markets, new products or new customers.

Whilst in volume terms analogue print will continue to dominate for many years, (and therefore replacement capacity will be of keen interest at drupa 2016); it will be digital print combined with workflow automation that increases reliability and product quality, and makes it easier to create flexible production processes that can add value to the product lifecycle. Workflow automation is probably the most important IT investment a company can make, yet few printers will put this high on their shopping lists. The success of different printing sectors and their applications will depend on the integration of printed products with web and mobile communication platforms that are underpinned by data services and automated workflows.

Making print applications succeed 741 printers from around the world participated in the survey conducted for this report. We examined 4 markets – commercial, publishing, packaging and functional with a total of 26 different applications. On average the panel had implemented 2.8 applications, clear evidence of the need to diversify their range of services.

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failures or least major setbacks on the road to implementation. Such disappointments are not surprising when you hear of the casual manner in which many applications were implemented, with little advance planning, modest integration and only basic conventional marketing applied. We asked what were the key challenges faced and the panel told us it was poor market pricing and a lack of effective sales staff.

Those were standard explanations masking the uncomfortable truth, as evident by the more detailed examination of how the panel tackled planning, integration and marketing.

However what is striking is regardless of how efficiently printers implemented new applications, some applications offered a quicker payback on average than others and the differences were not explained by the size of the original investment. For example short-run batch book production had on average over double the payback period than that of on-demand book production. Similarly business stationery applications had over double the payback period of multichannel marketing applications and digitally printed corrugated applications had a payback four times longer than that for digitally printed flexibles. At the heart of the survey were a series of detailed questions on how the panel had implemented their chosen application, in terms of planning, operational integration

and marketing. We separated their scores into two groups – those scoring poorly (‘poor’) and those scoring well (‘good’) and compared the level of investment made, the additional annual revenue and the additional annual profit achieved. At application level, market level and total sample level, the picture was absolutely clear – those that carry out detailed planning, integrate applications effectively, and market well, will spend more but get better net results. On average across all three parameters (planning, integration and marketing) those adopting good management practices invested an additional $70,235 but gained an additional $175,623 of annual turnover and enjoyed an additional $63,330 of annual profit.

What is more the result is statistically significant to a high degree (p<0.0001 for the full sample). That is not to say the results were the same for all applications and markets, simply that the overwhelming majority supported that hypothesis. One example of these variations was in the packaging market where the gains were less overall and in some cases were in reverse i.e. those who spent more on integration got a poorer net profit. We believe this is clear evidence that making new applications take off in the packaging market is more challenging for structural reasons than in other markets. The question is whether those that have tried to date will reap the benefit of experience as the new applications finally get significant market traction. Drupa 2016 will be a key milestone on the transition to digital packaging formats.

What is undeniable is that there is overwhelming evidence that those tackling print applications more professionally in terms of planning, integration and marketing are on average investing more but getting proportionately more back by way of additional revenue and profit. Suppliers and printers must make clear investment decisions on print applications that they intend to offer/purchase, and then implement them with effective planning, operational

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integration and marketing, if they are to be rewarded with good growth and profitability.

Demand for print per head will decline over time amongst the largely static population in developed countries, but in developing countries the underlying growth in both population and prosperity will ensure that absolute print volumes will grow for years to come. However the demand for print will be pinned back worldwide by the growth of digital communications and mobile in particular. The same technologies that are doing this are also creating fresh opportunities for emerging print applications to offer new and innovative growth opportunities. Print is still a manufacturing industry at its heart and to be successful in manufacturing in the digital age requires a radical fresh outlook at the entire way that products and services are developed, promoted, produced and delivered.

It is the second of a series of reports that study strategic shifts in the international print and media sector at both global and regional level and follows the publication in October 2014 of ‘The Impact of the Internet on Print – The Digital Flood’. Published in parallel are the ‘drupa Global Trends’ reports, annual publications that track key economic and market developments in the global print industry over the period leading to drupa 2016 and beyond – the last of which was published in February 2014.

Messe Düsseldorf, in its role as drupa organizer, appointed two independent consulting and market research companies - Printfuture (UK) and Wissler & Partner (Switzerland) to conduct these two report series.

A total of 741 senior decision makers answered the extensive questionnaire with a good cross-section across markets and regions. Of particular interest were the 170 participants who took the trouble to offer personal experience of implementing applications in their own companies.

“Cradle to Grave Protection” with XCP Press Protection now available in India XCP (Xtra Corrosion Protection) – the globally recognized brand of Press Protection products is now available in India.

In an interview with WAN IFRA, Mr.Scott Sutherland, MD said “XCP Press Protection products have been specially developed for the printing industry. Throughout the development of the product, we worked with OEM’s, employed printing industry standards and test methods, and importantly specifically looked at ALL the surfaces found on a modern day printing press. XCP is used by many of the biggest printers worldwide.

The product is recommended by manroland and complies with all other relevant OEM recommendations (WIFAG, etc.)

Kuruvilla Abraham of 3N Vision – the Market Development partner for XCP product range for the sub-continent – introduced XCP as a supplier of products of unmatched quality for protection from corrosion. XCP Press Protection products are tested and approved as per FOGRA standards; and endorsed by leading German manufacturers like MAN Roland for both web and sheet fed machines; and Heidelberg, Abraham emphasised. The products are thus designed for “Cradle to Grave Protection” of any printing machine.

Arguably, printing machines are the most valuable assets of a printer and therefore protecting them from corrosion is a necessity than an option. Printers can trust something that has been developed especially for their application, i.e. relevant surface protection, drying speeds that do not impact under-packing foil adhesion strength, etc.

Furthermore, if used as part of regular press maintenance it has also been found that areas treated with XCP become easier to clean due to the soft coating laid down on the surface of the metal. There are many generic corrosion ‘oils’ available on the wider market, but these have not been developed with the printing press in mind, i.e. some may be hazardous, contain high levels of VOC, are not easy to work with or don’t provide protection across the surfaces found on a presses.

XCP Press Guard is a simple to use high performance printing cylinder protection.

Every time the cylinder surface is cleaned (during replacement of a blanket or plate), application of XCP Press Guard is recommended. XCP Press Guard can be applied using a standard trigger spray bottle and buffed down with a clean cloth as shown below.

XCP Bearer Ring Oil is a specialty lubricant that ensures supreme lubrication for smooth running of bearer contact points without friction wear and corrosion. This MAN Roland approved product can simply replace the bearer lubrication oil on any bearer contact press to ensure life-long benefits.

The XCP ONE is a high performance multipurpose spray designed to penetrate as well as clean and protect against corrosion.

The product is ideal for cleaning the plate clamping devices of web presses. XCP ONE delivers maximum performance across a wide range of applications and can be used on nuts, bolts, screws, valves, chains, bearings, levers, locks, hinges, cables and many more.

XCP Lubricate & Protect is dedicated to the art of lubrication. This high performance spray delivers long lasting protection against friction, wear and corrosion. A powerful blend of mineral and bio-based ingredients, it is designed to deliver maximum performance in a wide range of applications, including high pressure and motion. Use it on joints, bearings, cables, slide mechanisms, gears, locks, winches, hydraulics, power tools and many more.

XCP Rust Preventer (RB32) is a powerful rust prevention spray. It creates a long lasting protective barrier to protect any steel, metal or alloy surfaces against the effects if rust and corrosion. Use it on exposed aluminium and ferrous surfaces, suspension units, box sections, chrome, chains, motors, shafts as well as tools and equipment. In addition, XCP Rust Blocker provides excellent protection against ‘galvanic corrosion’.

The full range of XCP products is made available through Nulith Graphic – the Mumbai based importing and distributing partner of 3N Vision and XCPTM.

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“Simply Smart” by Heidelberg at drupa 2016 At drupa 2016, Heidelberg exhibits the digitized future of the print media industry.

At its booth in Hall 1, Heidelberg and its partners will be exhibiting integrated business models for commercial and packaging printing under the motto “Simply Smart”.

During the drupa 2016 trade fair (Düsseldorf, May 31 to June 10, 2016), Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be exhibiting the digitized future of the print media industry under the motto “Simply Smart”. At its heart, this topic is about the pressing need for print shops to continuously improve their efficiency and respond to the global demands of end customers in ever faster and more flexible ways.

To meet this need, print shops must determine how their business model can be digitized and involve their customers in this process. The highly flexible production of a growing number of personalized print products is, in itself, becoming a standard process. In the future, print shops will be embedded even more deeply into a digital supply chain with customers and suppliers, and will have to meet even greater expectations regarding additional services such as shipping and multimedia marketing.

Collaborations combine expertise and accelerate development – Heidelberg joins with partners at drupa to exhibit pioneering solutions in Düsseldorf and Wiesloch-Walldorf.

Key Notes : > “Smart print shop” shows the integrated and networked print shop. > “Smart services” boost availability and productivity. > “Smart collaboration” stands for innovative approaches to cooperation.

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“Presented under the motto “Simply Smart”, the Heidelberg exhibits at drupa will showcase the digitized and industrially organized print shop as an essential element for successful business models in the future. Working with our partners, we want to offer futureproof products and services that help our customers to be successful,” says Harald Weimer, Member of the Management Board, responsible for Heidelberg Services. “We believe that the integrated and networked print shop represents a trailblazing step for companies in our industry that want to move their businesses forward. By supplying automated processes and services, we are helping our customers to meet the demands that competitive print media production will face in the future.”

During the drupa 2016 trade fair, Heidelberg will be exhibiting the digitized future of the print media industry under the motto “Simply Smart”.

print shop. The Prinect print and media workflow from Heidelberg forms the basis for integrated communication between systems and machinery. It focuses on the smart integration of offset and digital printing, additional automation of all production processes, integration of commercial processes, and the inclusion of print buyers in the workflow.

Through Prinect, Heidelberg also gives its customers the opportunity to run offset and digital technologies in parallel, based on a user-friendly and integrated process. What’s more, the company is continuously expanding its digital printing portfolio. As part of its ongoing work in this area, Heidelberg and Fujifilm will be exhibiting a joint development at drupa in the form of a new, highly productive inkjet-based digital printing system for industrial commercial and packaging printing.

“Prinect is the basis for integrated communication inside the print shop and between the print shop and their customers and suppliers,” says Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board, responsible for

The “Simply Smart” theme is the company’s response to the challenges associated with Print Media Industry 4.0. Heidelberg is offering specific benefits and making it as easy as possible to work with increasingly complex processes and technologies.

“Smart print shop” shows the integrated and networked print shop Most Heidelberg products are already suitable for integrating and automating processes in a “Smart print shop” shows the integrated and networked print shop.

platform for software, services, and consumables.

Through Performance Benchmark, Heidelberg gives its customers access to a database of performance data that they can use to compare themselves anonymously against other print shops and draw important conclusions regarding their performance and efficiency. Since it has access to machine and pressroom performance data, Heidelberg can use Performance Plus to offer customers specific proposals for how to improve performance and can provide a solution package comprising hardware, software, and training that is tailored to the customer’s situation.

“Smart print shop” shows the integrated and networked print shop.

Heidelberg Equipment. This integration is supported, for example, by the new Prinect Portal, which makes communication between print shops and customers much easier and more transparent; by the new Prinect Web Shop, which offers print shops an easy route into online trading; and by the Prinect digital front end, which can be used to integrate digital printing systems into the overall workflow of a print shop. “That is how we are helping make the digitized and networked print shop a reality.”

What that means is that, in the “smart print shop” of the future, the production process will be automated and cost-optimized and machines will take care of setup processes themselves, as they will be able to access production-relevant data from upstream.

However, management is also integrated for monitoring business processes, providing print shops the ability to give their customers direct access to production processes.

“Smart services” boost availability and productivity Service offerings and consumables – or “smart services” – from Heidelberg safeguard the smooth running of a print shop round the clock. Since print shops have open interfaces due to Prinect and the various Remote Service packages, there are specific advantages in both day-to-day print production and in terms of services.

Using eCall, a press can automatically make contact with the service team at Heidelberg

when a fault occurs. Thanks to Remote Service, service engineers can log into the customer’s systems through the open interface architecture and provide targeted support fast. Remote Monitoring, meanwhile, ensures that machinery notifies the service team of a problem before it causes a machine stoppage, so that parts can be replaced in good time during a scheduled service, for example.

Most importantly, reliable and efficient print production also depends on tested consumables that are suitable for the relevant application. And this is where customers can choose from the fully comprehensive range of Heidelberg Saphira consumables, which include the Saphira Eco product line for environmentally friendly print production, a specific offering for LE UV printing, Saphira Low Migration products for food packaging, and consumables geared for use with Speedmaster Anicolor presses.

“Smart collaboration” stands for innovative approaches to cooperation New digital approaches are also being developed as part of the collaboration between Heidelberg and its customers.

The first example is the use of e-commerce – among other things through the new Heidelberg Online Shop. In a further step, customers will be able to log into the Heidelberg website to obtain a detailed breakdown of how their machines are performing. This will create a new sales

Collaborations combine expertise and accelerate development – Heidelberg joins with partners at drupa to exhibit pioneering solutions in Düsseldorf and Wiesloch-Walldorf First and foremost, Heidelberg is building on its collaborations. In terms of digital solutions for the printing industry, Heidelberg is widening its range of offerings with cooperation partners Ricoh and Fujifilm, so as to meet customer requirements with added efficiency and speed. The company is combining its expertise with that of its partners to create one integrated system. The same applies to postpress partnerships with Masterworks and Polar that are designed to tap into more market segments.

During the drupa trade fair, Heidelberg will be offering its customers a comprehensive overview of the digitized future of the printing industry both in Hall 1 in Düsseldorf and at the Print Media Centers at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site. At its booth in Hall 1, Heidelberg and its partners will be exhibiting integrated business models for commercial and packaging printing under the motto “Simply Smart”. The focus will be on pioneering innovations for offset and digital printing, prepress, finishing, the workflow, and the associated services and consumables.

The trade fair activities in Wiesloch-Walldorf, meanwhile, will center on the broad Heidelberg portfolio. They are aimed primarily at customers who want to find out about the latest innovations, but also have varied needs in terms of productivity, automation, and capacity requirements.

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11th KBA Cortina User Workshop Offset Printing: Improved quality, flexibility, and productivity in printing newspapers while reducing resource consumption

In the field of printing, the users and supplier industry of waterless newspaper printing press KBA Cortina are known to be among the most active and successful user groups. In November users and experts came together at the invitation of KBA- Digital & Web Solutions AG & Co. KG, part of the Koenig & Bauer group, for the 11th annual KBA Cortina User Workshop. As host, ContiTech Elastomer Coatings welcomed the 80 participants from Belgium, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland to the motorcycle and car museum in Einbeck, Lower Saxony.

The metal-based printing blanket Conti Air has proven itself time and again as the perfect solution for waterless newspaper offset printing. It impresses with its excellent ink transfer, maximum precision, and high printing quality.

The focus of the workshop was on exchanging opinions and experience around the choice of material and tests and trials of the KBA Cortina printing machine. The participants also worked on common strategies to further develop machinery and market waterless offset newspaper printing – a great way to reduce consumption of resources. The highlight of the event was the approval of the second waterless printing plate for the coldset process, which is available from Presstek Inc. ContiTech has been interested in environmentally friendly offset printing for many years. The metal back blankets developed for waterless offset printing

are produced by hand at ContiTech’s Northeim site, and tailored to the specific plant before being sold worldwide. The metal-based printing blanket Conti Air has proven itself time and again as the perfect solution for waterless newspaper offset printing. It impresses with its excellent ink transfer, maximum precision, and high printing quality. It also stands out due to its uniform thickness, which guarantees uniform printing results over the entire printing length and width.

The waterless offset printing press KBA Cortina is a concept for the future. “The Cortina process provides a significant increase in quality, flexibility, and productivity, which gives a real advantage over the competition,” says Peter Benz, Project Manager at KBA. “The result is space for impressive quality newspapers and similar orders.”

These sentiments were echoed by Matthias Tietz, Managing Director of Rheinisch-Bergischen Druckerei GmbH, in his talk based on his own experience: “We’ve seen a noticeable increase in the number of orders since we introduced the waterless newspaper printing press KBA Cortina.” His colleague Katja Lümmer, Head of Sales and Marketing, continued on the subject of diversification in her contribution,

Key Notes : > ContiTech Elastomer Coatings and KBA-Digital & Web Solutions arrange the 11th KBA Cortina User Workshop > Active exchanges of experience between international users and experts > “Zahara Newz” from Presstek Europe approved as another waterless printing plate

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Around 80 international users and suppliers met for the 11th KBA Cortina User Workshop in Einbeck, Lower Saxony.

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Peter Benz, Project Manager KBA Digital & Web Solutions: “Printing with Cortina is a concept for the future.”

and gave participants an insight into the marketing measures of the printer. “Based on the findings of the market study presented at the 10th Cortina Workshop, we contacted advertising agencies directly with Cortina products.” She felt that this, and the relaunch

of the printer’s website, helped to really increase public awareness of the products.

The improved Internet presence also acted as a great contact point for customers. “We also publish the magazine ‘Cortissimo’ twice a year, printed on the Cortina,” says Lümmer.

The product is sent to agency customers and aims to increase acceptance of the product and attract attention. “By optimizing machine technology and materials, we are creating a market with the waterless Cortina printer. But in the end it is the products that have to win over the customers.”

“This time the agenda at the Workshop was again extremely comprehensive and varied,” says Markus Gnass, Head of Metal Back Blankets at ContiTech Elastomer Coatings.

“It was an extremely successful event, and all participants agreed: we need to continue to make progress in this field.” The next KBA Cortina Workshop is planned for September 21 and 22, 2016. The location will be the Nordsee printing center of Nordsee Zeitung in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC-3D for new TKS in India Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the Indian state of Kerala. One of its fourteen printing plants, in Calicut, has three Japanese TKS printing presses. Recently, the organisation decided to expand its production facilities with a fourth new TKS. Through effective communication with the customer, the printing press manufacturer and various agencies, Q.I. Press Controls was able to present Mathrubhumi and TKS with a convincing argument for the mRC3D colour register. The result: Mathrubhumi asked TKS to have the new printing press fitted with the Q.I. Press Controls’ system.

Seeing as this was the first time Q.I. Press Controls has worked together with Mathrubhumi and TKS, the organisation is hopeful of a successful partnership.

Q.I. Press Controls came into contact with Mathrubhumi and TKS almost at the same time. In India, Q.I. Press Controls and its local agent Krause Biagosch India had been constantly seeking new leads at Mathrubhumi. During a visit to the plant in Calicut, Vijay Pandya, managing director of QIPC – EAE India, gave a presentation in which he demonstrated that Mathrubhumi would be able to work more efficiently and effectively using the mRC-3D. It wasn’t completely by chance that Mathrubhumi was looking to buy a new printing press at the time.

time been pursuing new leads at TKS. At the very moment Mathrubhumi opted for the new TKS press, contacts between Q.I. Press Controls and TKS were so well entrenched thanks to the hard work of Krause Biagosch that TKS consented to Mathrubhumi’s request to install the TKS with Q.I. Press Controls’ colour register.

Thanks to the excellent working partnership, twelve mRC-3D cameras for colour register were installed on the new TKS printing presses with six towers and two folders. The cameras are fitted with Automatic Ink Mist Shields (AIMS).

According to Mathrubhumi, the organisation plumped for Q.I. Press Controls because of its local support and service, the wellestablished relationship and the possibility of having the system upgraded. The mRC-3D brings about significant savings in waste and

offers a fully flexible system. Mathrubhumi has expressed an interest in various optional extras, such as cut-off control, and at a later stage plans to invest in the IDS-3D colour control. Vijay Pandya is optimistic the order will mark the beginning of a long-term partnership. He believes that, when Krause Biagosch India continues its hard work, the three already existing TKS printing presses will also be equipped with Q.I. Press Controls in the future. His conclusion: “Once again, the name of Q.I. Press Controls has become associated with one of the leading printing companies in India. It gives us a great sense of pride.”

Mathrubhumi publishes the Mathrubhumi Daily and ten different magazines in the Malayalam language. Mathrubhumi manages fourteen of its own printing plants spread across Kerala, the rest of India and Dubai, each of them using the best available printing technologies.

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HP Indigo 10000 B2 Digital Press has first show in India Apart from this flagship HP showcase, the company enables print service providers to explore new business opportunities with high-value commercial, labels and packaging solutions at PAMEX 2015.

At Pamex 2015, HP showcased its flagship HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press along with other printers and presses from its Indigo, Latex and DesignJet portfolio.

The company also undertook a slew of activities to engage and educate the Print service providers (PSPs) involved in general commercial printing and labels & packaging helping them explore the immense possibilities with HP’s digital print technology and provide increased value to their end customers through unique application and improved automation. Visitors to this one of India’s largest dedicated events for the printing and allied machinery industries, also had the opportunity to see the many high-quality applications achievable with HP’s innovative Indigo printing technology, as well as the numerous production benefits of digital printing at the HP booth, the largest booth at Pamex 2015 covering 500 sq. m. area (Hall 1; E04, E10).

HP invited visitors to learn more about the immense possibilities with HP’s digital printing technology at education seminars and rich application showcases from HP customers around the world

For the first time in a trade show in India, HP showcased its flagship HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press; a B2/750 mm (long side edge) press. The press has over 200 units installed in 35 countries including India and maintains all the capabilities distinct to the HP Indigo portfolio in a B2 format, to expand digital printing capabilities into previously traditional offset

markets, providing high value applications with the widest variety of substrates and unmatched print quality, including spot colours, photo inks and white.

Latest enhancements for the HP Indigo 10000 include additional ElectroInk inks, including white, light cyan, light magenta and spot colours; and HP Indigo Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), which eliminates black via three-color printing and enables an increase in colour printing output by 33 percent. About 25 percent of pages printed on HP Indigo 10000 presses are now said to be done so using EPM. “Print service providers in the country are constantly looking forward to expanding their services and add new capabilities to remain competitive in the marketplace. HP’s Indigo portfolio, is fuelling the industry transformation from analogue to digital printing by helping PSPs expand their range of applications and offerings to their customers, increase capacity and go after highvalue applications; thereby achieving new levels of customer satisfaction.,” said Mr. A Appadurai, Country Manager, Indigo & Inkjet Solutions, GSB, HP Inc. India. “Today, we enjoy a strong base of installed HP Indigo machines in the country and have been able to achieve unprecedented print impressions in India in 2015 alone; a clear testament

Key Notes : > HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press showcased for the first time in a tradeshow in the country > Showcases the bestselling HP Indigo 7800 digital press. > Also showcases the HP Latex 360 Printer, HP Designjet T3500 Production eMFP and HP DesignJet D5800 production Printer.

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In turn, PSPs are trying to address these needs by exploring innovative printing applications which are effective in customer reach, affordable and environment friendly at the same time. HP ran education seminars every day at its booth for the brand owners and agencies, with a focus on cosmetic and pharmaceutical vertical needs to share how HP’s Indigo printing technology offers a differentiated product experience with highvalue, creative and innovative commercial and packaging applications helping them reach out to their customers in more effective ways.

HP Indigo 10000 digital press at HP’s booth at Pamex

to the trust and acceptance of the HP Indigo printers with our customers. We had great customer interactions at Pamex this year, and showcased all the possibilities with HP’s Indigo digital printing technology, helping our PSPs stay ahead of the curve and remain profitable.”

Also on display was the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Presshelps PSPs manage colour easily, with automated colour management aided by an in-line spectrophotometer, eliminating the need for manual colour manipulations. Media fingerprinting, 3Dcolor calibration, spot colour refinement and other advanced colour management tools ensure accurate colour matching on a variety of substrates, colour consistency across presses and sites.

The Press also features the new Optimizer, an on-press production management tool that helps manage the print queue, prioritize print jobs, plan substrate usage and improve efficiencies. The press demonstrates HP’s commitment to provide printing customers’ with state-of-the-art digital printing technology to meet their needs, while also offering an upgrade path that helps protect their capital investments.

The HP Indigo 10000 and the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Presses are compatible with HP SmartStream Designer which lets customers create sophisticated, custom jobs through a simple, affordable variable data tool optimized for HP Indigo presses and based on industry-standard tools. HP SmartStream Designer also features HP SmartStream Mosaic enabling automatic creation of millions of designs based on core patterns.

Along with the two Indigo presses, HP also showcased the HP Latex 360 Printer, HP Designjet T3500 Production eMFP and HP DesignJet D5800 production Printer.

HP Latex 360 Printer powered by thirdgeneration, water-based HP Latex ink technology prints up to 978 ft2/hr (91 m2/hr) and increases application versatility, from a wide range of flexible coated and uncoated materials including textiles and double-sided banners.

Providing easy integration into existing lowcost printing environments, the HP Designjet D5800 Production Printer allows copy shops and printing companies to produce high-quality prints such as backlit graphics, point-of-sale displays, roll-up banners and indoor signage. The HP Designjet T3500 Production eMultifunction Printer (eMFP), the most productive large-format color multifunction printer in its category is ideal for use by enterprises and requires no warm-up time and features an ultra-fast processor and a high-productivity scanner with batchscanning, multipage PDF creation and scanto-email capabilities.

HP at Pamex 2015 HP exhibited its innovative Indigo digital printing technology and applications at PAMEX 2015; helping customers not just meet the end customers’ need but also target new markets and explore fresh revenue streams. Key highlights of the booth include: Education seminars for the brand owners and agencies – Brand managers and agencies are exploring new and creative mediums to reach their end consumers.

As the printing market evolves, visitors will also see how they can use digital printing technology to enter growing markets and address the growing need for short run and variable data printing.

Real-world Application stations HP with its Indigo printing technology is well positioned to address the emerging needs and challenges of the specialized segment customers. To demonstrate this capability; HP showcased themed application stations for its customers and visitors ranging from commercial, pharmaceuticals, labels and packaging to branding, allowing specific vertical customers to experience first-hand, the various possibilities with HP’s Indigo digital printing technology.

The application stations included rich displays and applications printed on HP’s Indigo, Latex and DesignJet printers like marketing collaterals, publishing, and direct mailers, calendars, wrapping paper, posters, cut prints, cards, high-quality publications including coffee table books, mosaic applications label and flexible packaging samples, folding cartons, shrink sleeves, portraits and art reproductions, signages, drawings, maps , films and papers samples, textiles, canvas and wall paper etc. There was also a special dedicated B2 gallery showcasing the real world commercial and packaging B2 applications.

On December 8, 2015 HP also organized the first India Dscoop workshop themed around ‘Make the most of your press’, to share the industry best practices with the Dscoop members helping them stay abreast with the latest technology and applications and improve business operations.

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Monotech Systems highlights endless opportunities of Scodix Ultra Monotech had a good response at Pamex 2015. The focus of Monotech had been to take print to the next level, says T P Jain.

The Scodix Ultra high-speed machine was the key Pamex highlight of Monotech. The machine targets packaging for longerrun jobs. The machine can also be used for embossing and in-line foiling. “The possibilities with this machine are impossible with any other manual process. You can create intricate designs, personalize and take the print to a new dimension,” claims T P Jain.

The Scodix Ultra Digital Press is the most productive in the series and enables commercial PSP’s and foldingcartons converters to produce tangible enhancements for a wide variety of applications; marketing literature, stationery items, book covers, boxes and premium packages, greeting cards, photo albums with VDP capabilities based on a barcode system, and more – the opportunities are endless.

The Scodix Ultra boasts exciting new features designed to answer the growing requirement for digital enhancement in longer runs, while retaining the highest quality, reliability and perfect registration. ,. With its ability to print on a wide variety of materials from paper to PVC or cartonboard up to 700 gsm, this modular digital solution will bring tangible benefits to a wide variety of applications including commercial print, packaging, displays, security marking and braille.

Brand new in the Scodix Ultra is the patent-pending Scodix Ultra™ Twin-Tray media handling system that conveys the sheets under the fixed array of inkheads in a single pass at a rate of over 1,250 B2 size sheets per hour. With two trays operating simultaneously, and with an independent motion system for each tray, the Scodix Ultra™ reaches the ultimate ratio of performance and efficiency, every time.

“It is for high-end packaging customers, especially personalized packaging customers,” says Jain.

Another enhancement equipment by Monotech is the Highcon Euclid – the production speed digital cutting and creasing machine which transforms cutting and creasing from an analogue to a digital

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workflow, dramatically streamlining the finishing process. The machine combines the DART technology to create the digital crease lines with a unique high speed and high quality laser cutting solution. The result is the world’s first production speed digital cutting and creasing machine. The machine handles labels, paper, cartonboard, and microflute.

The Process Metallic Color System by Color Logic is another flagship product presented

by Monotech. It is an affordable means of differentiating brands in the marketplace and produces marketing collateral without trial and error. Using only five inks – white plus CMYK or silver plus CMYK, it can churn out as much as 250 new metallic colours. It is a proven colour system for foil substrates, silver ink and other decorative media. Moreover, it doesn’t require any major capital expense – printers and converters can print Color-Logic on their current presses.

Color-Logic is compatible with offset, inkjet, flexography, digital, screen and gravure

printing processes. It is ideal for packaging, pouches, direct mail, POP, signage, post cards, literature, booklets, labels, shrink sleeves, calendars and many more.

Monotech has also tied up with Focus for their label printing solutions and also presented their range of 3D Printing technologies. “We have a diverse products and solutions range that extends across different segments of the industry and includes printing - 3D, offset, label, textile etc.; finishing – binding, cutting, folding etc. equipment for offset as well as digital; digital enhancement; wide format; and software etc.,” says Jain.

Monotech has big plans for years ahead.

“We would be a formidable player in the industry in the coming times,” says Jain. “Our focus, apart from the offset, will be industrial printing including inkjet. Another key focus market will be label production,” he adds.

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Xerox: A showcase of five high-technology products at Pamex 2015 Launches Versant 2100 and Versant 80 with banner printing option and FreeFlow Core workflow; showcases Color 1000i Press and Color C70.

Xerox India launched banner printing option in Versant 2100 and Versant 80 at Pamex 2015. “It is the first time we are showcasing five different products – four hardware products and one software solution,” says Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Distributor Operations, Xerox India. Other devices showcased were the Colour 1000i Press with option for seven colours including Gold, Silver and Clear options and Xerox Colour C70. The company also showcased for the first time in India its FreeFlow Core workflow solution.

“We believe the banner printing capabilities in the Versant 2100 and Versant 80 will further add a lot of value to our customers,” says Balaji. This feature was well appreciated by customers and print providers at the event.

The remarkable banner printing capabilities of Versant 2100 and Versant 80 open new avenues for digital printers. This is the first time that such option has been introduced in this size. This makes the Versant machines highly profitable options for printers who don’t want to invest in big machines like iGen. The machines are highly power efficient and consume from 40 to 50 percent less power thus saving huge costs in day-today operations. The advanced technology enables the machine to emit low heat and thus also save on air-conditioning costs.

“Apart from being a versatile new opportunity for printers looking for a machine in this size, the machine has a compact footprint, saves operating costs, a lot of in-line options and automation features,” says Balaji.

experience. Giving details about the Freeflow Core workflow solutions he says, “Its automation toolset will remove costly manual prepress steps, reducing your costs and reducing the time it takes to get jobs through your shop. It will enable customers to free up resources from repetitive tasks and move them to higher value jobs.”

Xerox FreeFlow Core Workflow automates the process steps required to prepare a job for print. Though a prepress software that is both an in-line as well as offline workflow, it automates a lot of processes.

Being a software developed by Xerox, it includes Advanced Prepress and Advanced Automation. It automatically processes and prints jobs and does intelligent job management including that for optimal post-press processing. “The software can automate can bring productivity benefits through process automation to the extent of 500 percent over manual processes,” says Balaji.

Xerox has also launched iGen5. The seven colour production machine features blue, green and orange in addition to the regular four colours. “It has the highest level of colour gamut – with option for a 5th colour – orange, green, or blue dry ink, it dramatically increases printers’ ability to match a wider variety of PANTONE® colours and achieve brand consistency with no impact on productivity,” says Balaji.

He further added, “We received a great response at Pamex this year and had the privilege of meeting over 1000 customers

and prospects on-ground. All the devices showcased were launched this year and they have performed exceptionally well in the market.”

Xerox has already installed more than 100 units of C60/70 alone in 2015 and is in the process of closing some deals soon.

Customers, partners and print providers were excited to see the Colour Press 1000i and its exciting features. “This device is the first in the industry to offer Pantone Metallic Gold or Silver dry ink at rated speed in addition to Clear Dry Ink which enables highlighting specific areas and also gives a raised impact with up to 7 layers.” This opens the door for new revenues by migrating lucrative foil stamping applications, such as invitations, certificates and business cards, to short-run, high-value digital production. Multi-pass printing with these specialty dry inks adds an extra textural/dimensional feel and “pop” to documents for attention grabbing effects on a wide range of applications.

Also present at the event was Raju GVSR, newly appointed Associate Director & Head, Production Systems Group at Xerox India. He said, “PAMEX 2015 was a huge success for us. We showcased our key digital presses launched this year and we were happy to see the excitement showcased across partners to customers. Xerox has always been strong in the digital printing segment and has devices to cater to almost all categories of digital printing. With this strength, we gear up for 2016 with some more exciting product launches for the digital printing market.”

“The machines have been developed in close association with customers. These products are specifically designed for the Indian market. Since a significant number of the customers is walk-in customers, the need for fast changeover and makeready has been specially taken care of in these machines,” he adds. The machines do away with complex manual matching of profile and variables like substrates for different jobs thanks to the new automation features which make the machines’ operation a pleasant

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A rocking response for imagePRESS C10000 VP launch at Pamex

“Canon had a rocking Pamex 2015,” says Puneet Datta. The company launched its ImagePRESS C10000 VP at the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Puneet says, “Pamex is an ideal platform for new launches.

It has national importance and wide reach in Industry. The launch of imagePRESS is an important launch – it’s the first in the South Asian region. Mumbai has always been a special focus area for us because of the presence of a number of high volume customers here.”

Canon had a great response for the newly launched imagePRESS C10000 VP. It sold the showcased machine on the showfloor and procured a lot of orders as well. “We got such a good response for the imagePRESS C10000 VP that we have orders for coming few months,” informs Puneet. Another programme from Canon which generated a good interest was the upgrade programme it offers to its existing customers. “We have a long list of customers who want to upgrade their various Canon machines,” he says.

Puneet tells that Canon had a great year.

They launched two flagship products imagePRESS C700 and C800 in September.

“We saw a slight downshift in market response in last one-two months. This is in part due to the flood situation in Tamil Nadu.

It’s a big market and is badly affected by the recent floods. Besides, due to many holidays, print volumes were on decline and no major investment decisions were taken in recent months,” says Puneet. “However, now we expect the orders to pick up. Overall,

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the growth for Canon has been on par with the industry average. We have experienced a steady growth,” he adds.

Designed to meet the increasing demand from both commercial and in-house

print service providers (PSPs) for higher production volumes without compromising on quality, the C10000VP series sets new standards in image quality and productivity by introducing technological innovations that enhance throughput, ensure reliably consistent colour and more accurate registration control and deliver flexible media handling and finishing. The new flagship device builds on the success of the imagePRESS range, which, since its launch in 2006, has established an enviable reputation for robust production presses with a proven track record for reliability and quality. The imagePRESS C10000VP takes image quality to the next level, setting a new benchmark in the 100 page-per-minute segment. Featuring the same CV toner and 32-beam Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology as the successful imagePRESS C800 series, the imagePRESS C10000VP offers 2,400 x 2,400 dpi print resolution and vivid output quality.

Electro Mec Machinery Manufacturers demonstrates Six-clamp Machine Electro Mec Machinery Manufacturers, Coimbatore demonstrated its Six-clamp machine at Pamex 2015. The company focused on Case Making, Perfect Binding and Box Making Machines.

Meeting all its targets, Electro Mec had a good 2015. Last year, their major milestone remained starting making 10-clamp Case Making Machine after a gap of six years for the export market.

“Considering the requirements of the Indian printing and packaging industry, we have

huge opportunities and we are optimistic of the future,” says Mohamed Ismail, MD, Electro Mec Machinery Manufacturers.

He informs that they would be launching a new Box Making Machine soon and focusing more on their Case Making Machine.

Mohamed considers their products as their strength. “Our products constitute our strength. It’s because we are continuously involved in our product development,” he says.

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EFI’s expanded portfolio of Advanced Print Technologies at Pamex 2015 Regional debut of EFI Matan roll-to-roll LED printer, workflow software and EFI Fiery digital production printing technologies EFI’s first exhibit at the Pamex International Exhibition on Printing and Allied Machinery Industries (9-12 December at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai) is a response to the tremendous momentum the company is seeing in India. EFI presented advanced technologies from a portfolio of workflow software, digital production print server technologies and industrial inkjet printers, including the debut of the EFI Matan printer line in India.

“Visitors who came to see us at Pamex 2015 experienced the leading edge in print technology with products specifically designed to improve our customers’ profitability and help them build new revenue streams,” said Samir Gulve, managing director, EFI India. “During the past year, EFI has invested significantly both locally and internationally in acquisitions, R&D and product development. As a result, new and existing customers here in India can be more than just competitive in the industry’s highest-growth emerging markets.”

EFI’s exhibit in stall D10 featured a full range of new products that help leading commercial printing businesses streamline operations, reduce costs and drive highermargin sales.

The EFI Matan 8QW inkjet printer was showcased for the first time in the region.

Users can create beautiful images for indoor and outdoor applications with patented, seven-colour Parallel Drop Size (PDS) technology and white printing. A unique collection of value added optional features increases productivity, minimises waste, reduces labour and provides extremely ease of use.

EFI’s exhibit also included the entry-level H1625 LED wide-format printer. Designed to maximize image quality with four colour plus white and greyscale print capability, the 1.6m wide printer also provides high uptime with simple, automated operational and maintenance features.

The Enterprise Print Productivity Suite

features EFI’s print MIS/ERP software along with fully integrated components to handle Web-to-print, dynamic scheduling, fulfilment, shipping and more. The Suite provides large, multi-plant print operations the advantage of end-to-end commercial print workflows with certified out-of-the-box integrations.

The Packaging Productivity Suite, featuring the advanced EFI Radius® ERP software used by label and packaging converters worldwide, is now integrated with the company’s advanced dynamic scheduling component software technology in a way that optimises cylinder, die and tooling management in converting operations to improve overall plant efficiency and capacity utilisation.

social media, mobile media and image personalisation.

The Fiery®Command WorkStation® is a powerful, intuitive interface that print professionals can use to manage all of their Fiery Driven™ printers locally or remotely from Mac or Microsoft® Windows® clients.

Printing companies can achieve complex tasks with fewer clicks using server-based automated workflows that are easy to set up and use throughout a print facility.

Digital StoreFront® Web-to-print software is an award-winning, flexible eCommerce solution that offers print buyers an industryleading experience designed to help printing companies acquire new customers and grow existing business.

DirectSmile® Cross Media, the multipleaward-winning software for multi-channel communications management, provides a fully integrated marketing software solution for data-driven print, PURL, email, SMS,

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EFI’s Fiery Color Profiler Suite provides integrated management functionality and quality control for today’s colour-critical printing systems. It extends the capabilities of Fiery Driven printers with the most advanced colour management tools available for profile creation, inspection, editing and colour quality assurance.

The EFI exhibit at Pamex comes as the company continues its 30% expansion in India. EFI’s Bangalore facility is one of the company’s largest worldwide locations.

EFI employees in India drive many of the industry’s important printing software improvements – a segment where EFI is the leading innovator for advanced MIS/ERP, Web-to-print and digital production print workflow technologies.

“EFI continues to invest in and advance its presence in India,” said Stephen Green, EFI’s

vice president of sales, Asia Pacific region.

“Our showing at Pamex is evidence of this.

We look forward to continuing to bring the latest technologies and solutions to Indian businesses.”

EFI sees a bigger role for the Asia Pacific region, says Stephan Green. The company aims to transform the print industry from analogue to digital printing, add value and boost productivity.

EFI, according to Samir is about value creation and innovation. “We understand the need of the market first then through detailed interaction we create value for our customers,” he says. “It hardly matters for how long a business is in existence. One has to constantly strive for faster, better and cheaper solutions at the same time create value for one’s customers,” adds Samir.

EFI has been making big investment in its businesses in India. At Pamex, it aimed to educate its customers about EFI and its recent investments apart from the showcased solutions. With the acquisition of Reggiani and adding of Matan this year, EFI has entered newer avenues of signage industry.

Similarly, Vutek and Fiery have shown tremendous growth for EFI. “As compared to other Asian markets, India holds good promise. With the new government in place, the market is responding very positively. We see a lot of growth opportunities in India,” says Stephan.

He says that providing solutions after identifying the actual need of the customer is more important than the solution. “Innovation is not always creating something new but it is creative way of solving problems,” he says.

Bodhi Professional Solutions focuses MaxPro, VeriPack 3D solutions Bodhi Professional Solutions, Bangalore, focused on BenQ, OmniTech, MaxPro and other products at the recent Pamex 2015.

Giving details about one of their focused products MaxPro, Nikhil Puntambekar, Marketing Manager, Bodhi Professional Solutions, says, “It is a standalone system for packaging solutions. Price wise it is much better than the competition and we will give the competition a run for their money.”

MaxPro is a Postscript technology wherein one can edit the RIP data. It is easy for the operator to make any changes and it is fully secured. Bodhi has few installations of this in the commercial packaging segment.

At Pamex, Bodhi was also focusing on VeriPack 3D solutions. “This technology is very simple. We import only PDF files with the key lines inside. Within twenty minutes we can get a 3D mockup,” informs Nikhil. The file can even be accessed from all Android based platforms like mobile phone, laptops, computer etc. without having any special applications to download. “The response for this product has been very good. We are happy with the response at this show,” says Nikhil.

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to be digital. Packaging segment will grow faster – both pre-press and post press. All packaging printers have to move forward from what they are doing now. Digitizing these solutions for them is our forte. We are already providing Colour Management solutions. With brand owners getting more and more educated, packaging service providers have to offer all solutions at one

place. They cannot outsource all these functions. Bodhi can definitely fulfill their needs.”

Bodhi will be present at their principals’ stall at Drupa. “There will be new product launches – for packaging segment. We are very optimistic of the industry growth in the coming years,” he concludes.

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Konica Minolta takes digital spot UV coating to a new dimension with new MGI JETvarnish 3DS Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, launched “JETvarnish 3DS” with iFoil inline digital foiling module to help printers expand their services to include new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities at Pamex 2015. The award-winning JETvarnish 3D takes digital spot UV coating to a new dimension, featuring increased output for flat spot UV jobs and elegant 3D raised effects.

Mr Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions said, “We are extremely glad to launch JETvarnish 3DS at Pamex 2015, the mega event for printing in Asia. The unique Technology in JETvarnish 3DS that takes Print to the next level is designed and manufactured by MGI with Konica Minolta technologies to help printers expand their services to include new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities. Recently we had introduced our 3rd generation of high-chroma production printing systems in Rajasthan Photo Fair 2015. With our new generation of Konica Minolta’s production printing systems, we not only offer our customers, impressive colour reproduction over a wide range but also enable colour users to get the best out of photos, printing them in a fantastic quality.”

Konica Minolta’s stall was inaugurated by Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief at Pamex 2015, Mumbai. The Senior Management of Konica Minolta India led by the MD, Yuji Nakata also graced the event with their presence.‬ The JETvarnish 3DS is a unique Technology that takes Print to the next level is designed and manufactured by MGI with Konica Minolta technologies to help printers expand their services to include new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities. The MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS can convert regular printed output into high-margin spot UV printed sheets, or even higher margin 3D embossed jobs with up to 100 microns of varnish be applied to the sheet, which lifts the image from the page and adds a higher level of sheen to colours.

“The machine has the unique capability of carrying out iFoil and spot UV in single pass,” informs Balakrishnan. “It offers a

combination of – expansion in application; quick turnaround; and with minimal change in existing set-ups. Also, it’s a quick to learn, easy to operate and no waste producing machine,” he adds.

MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS inkjet spot UV coater offers users the flexibility for two powerful and highly sought after digital finishing capabilities: traditional flat spot UV coating and new 3D digital effects. The new machine is specially designed to take inputs from the digital machines and offset as well.

Utilizing MGI’s patented inkjet engine technology, the JETvarnish 3DS can accommodate sheets from 8×11.8-inch up to 14.33×40-inch and substrate thicknesses from 135 to 450gsm. The 100 percent digital JETvarnish 3DS uses no plates or screens and has virtually no makeready, ideally suited runs from one to thousands, with full variable data capabilities. JETvarnish 3DS is an environmentally friendly solution that also features solvent-free coatings and a closedcircuit system that eliminates waste.

With speeds of up to 2300A3 sheets per hour for flat spot UV coating, the JETvarnish 3DS is fast machine complementing both offset and digital presses and allowing commercial printers to increase their productivity while

boosting their margins and differentiating themselves from their peers.

In 3D mode, the JETvarnish 3DS can apply digital effects up to 100 microns in thickness, producing visually stunning, tactile effects.

Coat directly onto digital prints (dry or liquid toner) with no lamination required and the ARC camera system ensures precise registration to printed sheets. The JETvarnish 3DS’s variable data feature allows for full personalization capabilities resulting in maximum marketing impact.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions provides advanced imaging and networking technologies from the desktop to the print shop. Konica Minolta is the global developer, manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. It is also engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of electronic materials (including TAC films), lighting source panels, functional films (including heat insulation films), and optical products (including lens units).

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Ricoh India eyes top market position Sambit Misra of Ricoh India found the Mumbai edition of Pamex show a welcome gesture on the part of the organizers. His experience of the previous Pamex edition was good and he considers this one as even better. He found continuous flow of visitors throughout the show. “West is the biggest market for Ricoh though South has been early adopters of technology,” says Sambit.

Western region has big volumes of print business, he admits. He found the response at Pamex 2015 good and happened to meet many existing and future customers.

Ricoh India, also sponsoring the NAEP (National Awards for Excellence in Printing) Awards at Pamex showcased its entire range of products including the new Pro C 9100 series and Pro C 7100x and the newly launched Ricoh Latex printers.

Photo Printing market. Sambit says that the Photo Printing market is the entrylevel market. Since Ricoh has been into continuous feed high-volume printing, it kept its focus there. Now, the changing market needs have shifted the company’s focus to other markets also. Ricoh has tied up with new partners including some of the best paper companies. “We have observed that intense competition in the high-coverage (toner) Photo Printing market has kept this business less profitable. However, we at Ricoh, always look at Digital Printing market as a mix of diverse Print jobs ranging from very-low toner coverage prints to very-high toner coverage jobs. It not only keeps the business profitable for customers but also helps develop a healthy market,” he explains.

He cites it as the main reason that there is huge deficit of right machines in the market.

“Ricoh will be trying to fill this gap. We today have technology to print on Offset photo stock. However, since the expected selling price of prints is very low and the expected price of equipment and technology is very high, it is hard for customers to enter the market,” he asserts.

Ricoh has big plans for India. “We have the best solutions in the Industry yet we have been playing as underdog. By the end of 2016, we expect to reach the top position,” says Sambit. “With the decline in business in China, Ricoh Japan has decided to concentrate more on the Indian market, which has greater role to play in the whole of Asia-Pacific region,” he adds.

Ricoh showcased application zones for continuous feed printing, question paper printing and bill printing etc. It also showcased Print on Demand printing of books and Latex printing technology.

AIFMP and Ricoh have been presenting the NAEP Awards for last several years now. The prestigious printing awards of the printing industry encourage innovation and creativity in printing technology.

There is also a general feeling in the market that Ricoh hasn’t been focusing the popular

Taiyo presents new range of narrow web multi-process Flexo Presses

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There is an increasing demand for Printing Presses with capabilities of multiple processes in single pass. This demand of printers to carry out Printing, Foiling, Lamination, Screen, Back-side Printing, Inkjet and die-cut, Roll to Roll & Roll to Sheet with single machine has been met with the latest

by Taiyo.

a Printer to cater to multiple demands of customers and print many varieties of jobs at high speed.

“Taiyo has answered this demand with their inline Flexo Press to cater to these processes which are done online in one pass for variety of substrates,” says Gaurav Sachdev, Standard Printers Providers. This includes Printing and other processes on self-adhesive labels, shrink films, light cartons and lamitube material. This enables

During Pamex-2015, Standard Printers Providers promoted the Taiyo Flexo Press.

The press was highly appreciated by the visitors to the show.

Standard Printers Providers represents Taiyo.

Their association of many years provides customers the best support and service and takes care of their changing demands.

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Flint Group to start international quality Blanket Barring facility in India “Moreover having end-to-end products in a workflow helps in standardization and optimization of processes. Whether it is chemistry, blankets or inks, all have to work together to have optimized results. We have got all the solutions needed to create a perfect synergy between inks, plates and chemistry which only few others can offer,” says Upal.

Flint Inks entered the Indian market in a joint venture with Incowax in which it acquired 100 percent shares later. Upal Roy is the Managing Director at Flint Group. We happened to have a brief chat with him at the recent Pamex 2015 in Mumbai.

Today Flint has four plants – two in Baroda, one in Noida and one in Hosur. Flint’s two business units in India serve the packaging and narrow label web industry, and the print media industry.

Print media globally is shrinking but India is one of the few markets that are growing. Flint has been investing in Indian market to tap the

growth. It is adding capacity in News Inks.

Another important development is having their Blanket Barring facility in India. “It will be first by any blanket manufacturer in India.

It will greatly benefit our customers in India.

They will not only have international quality barred blankets locally available but also save a lot of money and time,” says Upal.

On the packaging side, they are setting up a non-toluene non-ketone inks facility in Baroda. “In India the use of toluene is regular, but in Europe the non-toluene inks are the next human friendly products. It will certainly present a product line of future to Indian customers,” adds Upal.

With the recent acquisition of Xeikon by Flint Group, it will be using Xeikon’s products and services forming the foundation of a newly created division to be called Digital Printing Solutions. This new division of Flint Group is aimed to further broaden the group’s conventional and digital printing solutions, offering a unique proposition of equipment, consumables and services across its global markets.

Flint Group India showcased its wide range of pressroom supplies at Pamex 2015. It focused on its newspaper and sheetfed product innovations and showcased among other products, its offset inks range, blanket solutions and chemical developments. It launched Varn Newsline 435 NT, 435 Turbo, dayGraphica 8894 and 8897 for newspaper presses.

Param aims complete range of ERP Solutions with addition in Rotogravure Param ERP Solutions, Indore participated in almost all the exhibitions that took place during 2015 across the country. “At the recent Pamex 2015, we focused on establishing Param ERP Solutions as a brand and we have been successful on this mission,” says Vinod Nawab, Director, Param ERP Solutions.

“Every show has given us new customers and the awareness about our ERP solutions has spread across the country.”

Last year, Param made 44 installations of its ERP solutions. “We had an excellent 2015. As on date we have over 120 installations across the country,” says Vinod. He expects to add twenty more installations this year. “We now have some very big customers as our clients and as a result turnover has multiplied many fold,” he says.

Param had also participated in the last

Pamex held at Noida. According to Vinod, the 2015 edition was better than the Noida show.

“Companies looking for growth always look for ERP solutions to optimize their operations.

In this context, considering the growth of our business as a yardstick, I can vouch that the Indian print industry is growing. I am optimistic about the future also. Next year we

will launch a new product – ERP solutions for Rotogravure. We will then be the only company in South Asia to have the complete range of ERP solutions for all technologies and segments – Offset, Digital, Flexo, Rotogravure, Corrugation, Commercial, Packaging et al. Our customers are our great strength and our Service back up is our customers’ strength,” concludes Vinod.

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Kunal Enterprises launches EEP-Packing products from Topan, Japan Kunal Enterprises launched four new products at Pamex 2015. It launched the EEP-Packing products of Topan, Japan.

“This is an advanced technique of packing food products which gives the products a long shelf life, because of the construction of the packing material, using the technology developed by Topan,” says Ajay Gandhi, Director, Kunal Enterprises.

They offer complete solution from packing material, filling, to the end. This new packing technology is introduced for the first time in India. Kunal is the only company offering these solutions in India. The filling machines are supplied by Sieko of Japan, which works together with Topan. “The packing material contains seven layers which includes barrier film which keeps the packed material in room temperature for a long time. We are interacting with some major consumer product packaging companies to introduce this new technology in the Indian market,” says Ajay. Topan has many other products.

Kunal has started with Easypack and will be adding more products from their range to its portfolio.

The second product launched at Pamex was the roll-to-roll Cylinder Screen Printing Machine from Sakurai. This has various applications like printing on mobile, iPads, electronic items, textiles etc. “This was launched by Sakurai at IGAS in Japan earlier this year but in India it is being launched for the first time in this PAMEX show,” adds Ajay.

Kunal also launched its Material Division.

“Since our founding some fifteen years ago, we have supplied hundreds of machines to our various customers. The customers have grown manifold. To be part of this growth process, we decided to launch a material division. We will now be supplying the materials needed by these customers.

We have selected a few high value products like metallic inks, holographic inks, special conductive inks for printing on electronic items etc. We also supply clean room products, transfer papers for ceramic, textile transfer, lenticular sheets for 3D printing, graphic consumables from Bunshado of Japan. We have also added some doming material from Kromex, a part of Demak.

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and answer their needs as and when required,” believes Ajay.

The fourth launch was the new doming machine from Demak, with additional new features at a lesser price.

Ajay is very optimistic about coming drupa exhibition. “The printing industry is constantly changing from the traditional way of printing

to digital. One has to keep changing with the changing needs of the consumers, to remain in business, be it printing or supply of consumables. There are new markets and applications waiting to be tapped. Drupa next year will be all about these new way of printing for newer and newer applications.

We are very optimistic about the future,” he wraps up.

AGS launches Print and PDF Inspection System at Pamex 2015 Provider of Colour Measurement and Colour Management solutions, Advanced Graphic Systems (AGS) showcased its next generation technology at Pamex 2015. Vishnu Kamat, Vice President, AGS launched, Print & PDF Inspection System for checking of PDF to PDF files at the 4 day exhibition on 9-12 December 2015.

“We are proud to launch Print and PDF Inspection System which can be used as a foundation in the quality control. It’s an electronic verification system which is very useful for pharmaceutical companies. It not only double checks PDF to Print but also checks PDF to PDF ensuring the correct and minute details are printed as required,” said Vishnu Kamat.

System ensures printing and packaging in FMCG and pharmaceutical companies. It

ensures quality of printed material, PDF to PDF Comparison, compatibility with MAC and Windows, Easy integration of scanning, also supports resolution up to 600dpi. Other solutions by AGS include: Densitometers, Spectrodensitometers, Plate Readers, Ink Optimization and Print Standardization software’s, Ink Presetting and Closed Loop Control Software’s (CIP 3 Connectivity), Sampler Makers and Proofing etc.

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Proteck Machinery promotes Horizon range at Pamex though we continue to manufacture screen printing machines,” he adds.

Proteck sold two Stop Cylinder type Screen Printing Machines last year to Permacel, Mumbai for printing of bike stickers etc. they also sold a Horizon cutting machine for the post press operation of Repro India, Mumbai for the growing book-on-demand production.

Proteck Machinery promoted its Horizon range of products at Pamex 2015. “Other than Horizon we are not marketing any other products, not manufactured by us,” says Omprakash H R, GM, Proteck Machinery.

“For some time now, we have suspended manufacturing of Proteck range of cutting machines, which expect to restart shortly,

Horizon performance was up to Proteck’s expectations. “Our business volume for Horizon was to the tune of 70 million Japanese Yen. We have over eleven engineers selling and servicing Horizon machines,” says Omprakash.

Horizon has launched a Rotary Die Cutter

for the digital printing and textile segment.

It has sold one machine to a customer in Bangladesh. “We will be launching this machine in India next year. We are very optimistic about this machine’s success here,” says Omprakash.

Horizon has been updating their product portfolio in line with changing technology and in the Drupa year they will launch new products to meet the growing demands of eCommerce and digital technological applications.

The Pamex experience for Proteck has been good. “The show had very good footfall.

Overall the show was good as we could meet many of our customers at one place,” says Omprakash.

FujiFilm shows commitment towards Indian Printing market The year has been good for FujiFilm India.

“We have lot of opportunities ahead and we have the right technology for all the segment of printing viz. commercial, packaging, newspaper, signage and other graphic arts segments,” says Ram Prasad, FujiFilm India.

“We are a 25 billion USD global company with a turnover of nearly 200 lakh crores.

The parent company has been putting great focus on the Indian market. The focus has brought products keeping in mind the specific needs of the Indian market.”

Besides, FujiFilm puts special emphasis on environmental aspects of processes. Our key focus has been to present solutions as environmentally responsible player. “Lots of chemicals are used in the printing industry.

We, being one of the leading players of the industry, have to lead from ahead the march of environmental friendly products.

Our process-less plates as well as the water washable plates (for packaging segment) are just the right products in this direction,” says Ram Prasad.

“Another key product,” says Ram Prasad, “is our recently introduced Thermal setter. The product gives more control to the printers. It is a quality enabler for printers who outsource their plates. Printers who have invested crores can now have full control on their quality by investing just a few lakhs. It not

only brings a cost effective platemaking solution but also ensures quality.

Moreover, it simplifies the process – by using a processless plate in the low cost thermal platesetter which reduces process, chemicals and water etc.”

According to him, over the years creativity is lacking in general printing particularly solvent printing. UV answers this creativity dearth – it brings innovation into printing and makes prints stand out. Today anything and everything can be printed using UV. “We have products from entry-level for people who need them for testing and sampling to highlevel industrial production on UV platform,” he says.

FujiFilm has a wide range of consumables for different segments of the industry.

In UV range, it provides UV technology, equipments, substrates, materials as well as inks etc. The wide range covers from entry-level to industrial production. FujiFilm is planning new products and concepts for launch and showcase at upcoming drupa.

“The products will be in all the three key

areas – printing, digital and packaging,” says Ram Prasad.

FujiFilm has built its Demo Centre for its customers in India. The Demo Centre is located in Mumbai. “Most of the competitive demo centres are located outside India.

These centres don’t provide much of a help for domestic customers. Our Demo Centre will greatly help customers to have hands on experience of our wide range of solutions,” says Ram Prasad. “Now, customers can have live experience of all equipment including high-end ones for which they had to go to Europe and other overseas locations. This shows our commitment towards Indian customers as well as market,” he adds.

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HP and KBA present world’s most productive inkjet web press HP PageWide Web Press T1100S: Pre-print and digital printing in one machine.

HP and KBA have jointly presented the world’s first HP PageWide Web Press T1100S on 2 and 3 December to almost 200 international packaging printers and trade journalists at the KBA headquarters in Würzburg, Germany. The gigantic inkjet web press with a web width of 2.80m (110in) was developed in under two years by HP Inc. and KBA-Digital & Web Solutions in close cooperation. It opens up new opportunities in terms of the flexible production of corrugated packaging in various formats and run sizes with digital pre-print liners.

HP T1100S delivers significantly higher productivity and production flexibility than traditional analogue technology especially when it comes to small and mid-sized runs, and thanks to its high level of productivity of over 30,000m² printed per hour it can also be implemented economically for large runs.

Digital printing is the fastest growing process in packaging with a projected annual growth rate of 17 per cent and is expected to be worth $19 billion by 2019. Digital packaging solutions now also enable cost-effective short-runs and unlock the ability to make every box different.

DS Smith Packaging is the first customer to install the HP T1100S. It delivers significantly higher productivity and production flexibility than traditional analogue technology especially when it comes to small and mid-sized runs, and thanks to its high level of productivity of over 30,000m² printed per hour it can also be implemented economically for large runs.

“We selected the new HP PageWide Web Press T1100S as the next step in our ground-breaking digital PrePrint programme,” said Stefano Rossi, CEO, DS Smith Packaging Division. “Our codevelopment with HP has resulted in the first digital machine able to print at the speed and width we need for high-volume corrugated production. It will provide our customers with unprecedented short-run flexibility and quality consistency.”

Reinventing corrugated printing “Converters and brands alike need to create more targeted, effective packaging while reducing costs,” said Eric Wiesner, general manager, PageWide Web Press (PWP) division, HP Inc. “HP Inc. and KBA have combined forces to bring the world’s most productive press to market, offering more value to high-end converters with the efficiencies of pre-print and digital in one press.”

While current analogue printing technology prints multiple copies of one box design in a more or less large number and all of the boxes look the same and are the same size, the HP PageWide Web Press T1100S, with Multi-lane Print Architecture (MLPA), creates an immense paradigm shift in the production of corrugated board.

Key Notes : > DS Smith Packaging to install first HP PageWide Web Press T1100S. > Paradigm shift in the production of corrugated board with Multi-lane Print Architecture (MLPA). > Delivers greater cost savings, versatility, productivity and quality with high colour saturation, dark black optical density and crisp text.

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Like a highway, HP MLPA splits the web into multiple print “lanes” during production enabling different jobs, with different box sizes and run lengths, to be printed next to each other simultaneously. Multiple ultrashort or short runs in varying formats can be queued and printed together, with no makeready or press stops in between jobs, while a long run is printed in another lane.

printed solutions at lower costs. Printing at speeds up to 183m (600ft) per minute and a printed area of 30,600m² (330,000ft²) per hour, the HP PageWide Web Press T1100S helps packaging manufacturers quickly take on new, complex jobs at speed.

Fast, high-quality production

With enhanced priming options, including a combination of HP Bonding Agent, HP Priming Agent and four-colour HP A50 aqueous pigmented CMYK inks, customers can print in a high quality on standard uncoated and coated liners from 80-400 g/m² (GSM). The inkjet web press delivers greater cost savings, versatility, productivity and quality with high colour saturation, dark black optical density and crisp text. In-line and near-line coating solutions for HP Priming Agent and aqueous overprint varnishing also help optimise print quality.

As more brands demand customised and personalised packaging, converters must accommodate faster turnarounds and shorter run lengths, while producing high-quality

In cooperation with KBA, HP offers a range of equipment and automation options for the T1100S. These include primer and over-print

HP MLPA, coupled with all the advantages of digital printing, allows cost-effective customisation and personalisation of corrugated packaging if necessary. It meets the demands for shorter print runs without having to create inventory. Corrugated converters can now print only what is needed, when it is needed.

varnish coating solutions, automatic reel change as well as the KBA PATRAS fully automated paper logistics system.

Users benefit from synergies between HP and KBA When presenting the HP T1100S Christoph Müller, CEO of KBA-Digital & Web Solutions, remembered the start of the collaboration between HP and KBA at an evening meal in September 2013. Christoph Müller: “As one of the world’s leading traditional press manufacturers, KBA has 200 years of experience in press engineering and has gathered extensive know-how in handling sensitive substrates and large web widths from offset and gravure printing. HP has played a global leading role in hard and software for 76 years and over the past 31 years has continually pushed innovation in the field of thermal inkjet technology forward.

Users of the HP T1100 PageWide Web Press will profit from our joint knowledge and the synergies between both companies. We started this alliance before all contracts were finally signed, which is proof of our mutual trust, and our technical teams work together extremely well.”

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Canon strengthens foothold in Digital Photo Printing Installs the 4th Dreamlabo 5000 machine in India at Capital Color lab, Mysore – making India the leading market in South Asia.

Canon India has strengthened its foothold in Digital Photo Printing with the 4th installation of its stellar product DreamLabo 5000, a commercial inkjet printer at the Capital Color Lab in Mysore. With this installation India has emerged as the country with the largest number of installations in South Asia and the second highest in printing volume. South India has emerged as the fastest growing market and a hub for superior image quality printing. In India, the demand for better printing output is being fuelled by the fast changing taste of discerning consumers and the manner in which they want to capture and treasure their memories.

“This 4th installation in Mysore signifies that the understanding and therefore the demand for HD quality photo printing in India is increasing rapidly. There is vast opportunity for premium photo printing in the country and DreamLabo 5000, in terms of quality and quantity, justifies the requirements of the industry.” - Puneet Datta

Key Notes : > Premium digital photo lab in Mysore installs Canon’s stellar product DreamLabo 5000. > Aims to capture 15% of professional print album volume by end of 2018. > Targets retail and professional wedding album printing with the premium photo printing equipment.

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Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India, said, “We are delighted to partner with Capital Colour Lab in Mysore and launch the 4th DreamLabo 5000 in the country. India is undergoing a massive transition from the conventional analogue and silver halide technology to digital high definition photo printing. The DreamLabo 5000 is a robust product that aims to revolutionize wedding photography in India. The commercial photo printing market in India is worth Rs.4000 crore, of which nearly 20% is digital, which is about Rs. 800 crore. With this addition, we aim to capture 15% of digital photo album print space in India by end of 2018”.

Delivering a new standard of combined photo and text quality coupled with high productivity, DreamLabo 5000 revolutionises the photo printing industry by providing a high quality alternative to the traditional silver halide technology. In addition, the premium quality printing offers both the production

photo and the small batch print-on-demand (POD) markets substantial new revenue streams.

Mr. Puneet Datta, Director, Professional Printing Products division said, “DreamLabo 5000 is a very ambitious product of Canon. With this product we aim to change the way photo printing industry perceives the quality of photo printing especially wedding photography. This 4th installation in Mysore signifies that the understanding and therefore the demand for HD quality photo printing in India is increasing rapidly.

There is vast opportunity for premium photo printing in the country and this product in terms of quality and quantity justifies the requirements of the industry.”

Leveraging and extending Canon’s existing inkjet technology, which it has successfully deployed through its PIXMA desktop printers range, the DreamLabo 5000 features a newly developed high-density print head, enabling over 300 mm wide printing output. Incorporating Canon’s FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) technology, the print head enables the printing of high-quality photos and detailed text to support a variety of high-value-added output, from premium photo albums, photo books, photo calendars, photo collages and other merchandise to high-quality POD items, such as bespoke brochures.

The wide print head delivers high-speed One-Pass printing, requiring only a single pass of the printing paper while the print head remains in a fixed position.

When used in combination with the automatic Double-sided printing function up to 12x25’size,

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the DreamLabo 5000 is capable of printing approximately 1000 pages of A4 size content and 2300 pages of 4x6’ size content per hour. Canon offers exclusive high quality inkjet papers for DreamLabo 5000 which are like Luster, glossy satin and metallic in different sizes. Canon DreamLabo 5000 can print RGB/SRGB files directly with resolution up to 1200x2400dpi. The system also attains high productivity by enabling paper and ink tank replacement during printing, supporting the extended operation time required for production printers.

gradation. Employing image processing technology that makes use of the full range of Canon’s unique inkjet printing colour gamut, the new printer enables the output of photo images with a level of colour representation which comprehensively surpasses that of conventional silver halide.

DreamLabo 5000 uses a seven-colour dye-based ink system that delivers smooth

Canon India is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore. Set up in 1997, Canon

The retail price of DreamLabo 5000 in India is approximately INR 4.5 crore. Canon India, in association with its channel partners has big plans to work towards realising the full potential of this advanced technology.

markets over 200 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging.

The company today has offices in 14 cities, warehouses in 14 cities across India and employs over 1000 people. Canon has 550 primary channel partners, 14 National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail points. Canon has 168 own retail stores called the Canon Image Square across 80 cities in the country. Canon’s service reach extends to over 5000 towns with 18 Canon camera service centers and 37 Canon Printer Care Centers. Canon India also has 141 authorized service centers for printers and 175 camera collection points.

Konica Minolta participates in Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Konica Minolta participated in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon by sponsoring the education of underprivileged children as a CSR initiative in collaboration with Smile foundation. Few representatives from Konica Minolta ran in the event on November 29, 2015.The Smile foundation will use the sponsored amount for the education of the underprivileged children which will help them in building a bright future.

Konica Minolta’s CSR initiative is implemented in close partnership with Smile foundation. Through the program, Konica Minolta works to enhance the quality of education by promoting learner friendly environment and school community

relationships. With this in mind, in collaboration with Smile foundation, Konica Minolta has been supporting initiatives that benefit deprived children in India, and thereby facilitate national development, since the country has the largest number of children worldwide who are not enjoying the same standard of living or rights as the majority of children do.

Smile Foundation focuses on education of underprivileged children as a means to address issues like health, poverty, unemployment, human rights across India.

“Our voluntary contribution to the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon is aimed at contributing to

existing relief efforts. We deeply appreciate the commitment and leadership of Smile foundation managing the standard of living of the underprivileged children through “Send Every Child to School” campaign under the Mission Education Programme,” said, Mr Yuji Nakata, Managing Director of Konica Minolta.

Print Yatra-2015 by LPA & OPA promotes PAMEX 2015 Lucknow Printers’ Association (LPA) and Offset Printers’ Association (OPA), Ludhiana jointly conducted the ‘Print Yatra’ of Eastern Uttar Pradesh from 24 to 27 November.

The main theme of this edition of Print Yatra was to promote PAMEX. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kamal Chopra, Vice President (North), AIFMP said, “Through Print Yatras we are persuading the printers to form associations so that there may be proper networking. Such networking is required to understand the common problems and to know the facilities and schemes available with the government, for the growth of the industry.”

“Print Yatra is a mission and we are working for the strengthening of printing

and packaging sector of India. Printing, since 1989 has been showing a growth of over 14%. The Indian packaging industry is expected to reach $41 billion by 2015 to become the sixth largest market in the world, according to the study by ICD Research.

There is need to spread the message and to form a strong national level networking which is necessary to get hold of the outsourced printing and packaging from overseas,” said Mr. Jawhar Bhargava, President, LPA at Print Yatra at Lucknow. “Through this Print Yatra we are trying to guide the printers about latest machines and technologies at the same time the formulae for the cost reductions,” he added.

has covered the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and even some districts of Tamilnadu in South India. During this 5th leg 5 new printers’ association at Faizabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Rae Barely came into being. With this the total number of printers associations established with the efforts of Print Yatra has reached 56.

Print Yatra, a concept started by OPA in 2010,

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Epson introduces New Surecolor P-Series Large Format Printers Epson set new standards with professional photo, fine art and commercial proofing printers. and white prints. Microcrystal Encapsulation technology of the UltraChrome ink delivers far superior gloss uniformity than before.

Epson announced the launch of the new 24-inch and 44-inch SureColor P-Series large format printers that are designed to meet the needs of the professional photo, fine art and proofing markets.

Incorporating the latest imaging technologies, the new P-Series printers set a new benchmark for the professional printing industry along with extraordinary performance and unparalleled colourmatching capabilities.

The flagship 24-inch SureColor P7000 and 44-inch SureColor P9000 printers, which are successors to the award-winning Epson Stylus Pro 900-Series, incorporate a reformulated Epson UltraChrome HDX 10-colour ink set for both commercial and flexographic printers, as well as graphic designers, photographers, and fine art reproduction houses.

Leveraging Epson’s UltraChrome HD eightcolour ink set, the 24-inch SureColor P6000 and 44-inch SureColor P8000 are designed for graphic designers, commercial printers and photographers.

The printers feature Epson’s upgraded high performance PrecisionCore printhead technology with Variable Size Dot Technology to produce outstanding performance and long-lasting quality output with ultra-precise control of dot size, shape and placement.

The new easy-to-use, wide-gamut SureColor SC-P printers produce intense, vibrant colours and higher density blacks for both colour and black-and-white prints.

Using the UltraChrome HD pigment inks provides exceptional print permanence with next-generation archival pigment ink technology for up to twice the overall print permanence compared to previous generation inks. A unique screening algorithm behind the Advanced Black and White (ABW) mode enables complete control of greyscale toning for outstanding black

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The SC-P7000 and SC-P9000 set new industry standards for commercial and flexographic proofing applications, ensuring highly-accurate prints with colours that will remain consistent throughout the print run.

Both models feature an all-new Violet ink for expanded colour gamut delivering output matching 99-percent of the PANTONE Formula Guide, making these two printers the most colour-accurate large format printers on the market utilising 10 colours or less.

Ideal for long print runs, all models come with high-capacity cartridges, while the printers’ low power consumption can help save on energy costs. With superior lightfastness, prints will continue to look their best long after they are created. In fact, prints on Premium Glossy Photo Paper can last up to 60 years.

“We have delivered an outstanding printing solution that has exceeded expectations of our customers with the SureColor P-Series.

The SC-P Series brings together advanced technologies to deliver extraordinary print quality that will continue to look their best long after they have been created,” said Mr Samba Moorthy, Vice President, Sales & Marketing The new SureColor P-Series lineup seamlessly integrates with industry leading workflow software solutions to meet the needs of the proofing and graphic arts

community. Additional features include: • Robust Media Handling: Supports virtually any media type in roll or cutsheet, from photographic paper to 1.5 mm thick fine art media and poster board. New roll media handling offers user-selectable 3 mm top and bottom margins and improved guide rollers for reduced media surface impressions.

High-speed rotary cutter included.

• Optional Internal Print Server: Internal 320GB print server boosts workgroup productivity by quickly transferring print jobs to free-up workstations; adds print queue management and print job save and reprint functionality.

• Optional SpectroProofer® UVS: Developed jointly with X-Rite, the in-line spectrophotometer provides automated colour management and verificationrelated tasks for a range of proofing applications. It supports all current illumination standards for UV and UVCut measurement and is UV selectable between M0, M1 and M2.

• Epson Colour Calibration Utility (ECCU) – New software that replaces the old Color Base Linearisation Tool which measures colour density and concentration, calibrating and allows managing of printer network from a central point. The ECCU can also check and verify whether a colour calibration is needed before printing. The P-Series also offers a new LFP accounting tool that helps users to calculate the total cost of individual jobs by inputting media and ink costs into the software.

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Xerox on tech predictions 2016 Optimized document workflow through Xerox Document Management Services. information capture, streamlined by removing time-consuming steps, and even rendered obsolete when replaced with a new, simpler way of doing things (e.g., mobile eForms capability).

As businesses become increasingly reliant on IT to deliver products and services and to interact with their stakeholders, a simple, reliable, responsive and secure document management becomes essential to an enterprise. Organizations today are adopting document management solutions at a rapid rate to increase productivity and efficiency, differentiate competitively and enhance customer experience.

With IT trends like cloud computing, big data and mobility leading to a rise in demand for more refined document management, new age challenges and businesses demand require new age IT solutions. “In the coming years, we will witness trends catching up as organizations will want to synergize effectiveness and efficiency of support services across the company by applying multiple service delivery models including elements of shared services, outsourcing, off-shoring and IT solutions,” says Sushant Dwivedi, Director, Global Document Outsourcing, Xerox India.

This trend is likely to be ushered by efficient Workflow Automation that aims at helping unite personal and business workflows, increasing knowledge worker efficiency, and structured business process effectiveness.

Xerox is constantly educating enterprises and making them realize the productivity enhancement through optimized document workflow possible through Xerox Document Management Services.

The managed print services market on the other hand continues to gain momentum as enterprises seek to tackle escalating print costs and drive greater business efficiency.

Print and document output is really the last unmanaged frontier when it comes to optimizing IT infrastructure. This, combined with trends that are affecting the overall print market (mobility, digitization, enhanced integration of documents with work-flows, analytics, cloud services, etc.) are changing customer buying behaviour.

The market is relatively buoyant with 51% of the organisations (either already using or planning to use MPS) indicating they plan to increase expenditure on MPS over the next year. With, more and more customers moving

to an Op-Ex led managed print services, thereby reaping the benefits of lower costs, enhanced productivity, mobile/cloud printing, user-based accounting and security features, effective print governance via SLA assurance and single point of accountability.

For the next few years, some of the emerging trends will be increasing integration of workprocesses and workflows in organisation.

Xerox managed print services offers a comprehensive assessment of a company’s current fleet of multi-vendor copiers, printers and other hardware and then creates a print environment that best meets the needs of the workplace.

Xerox NextGen MPS aims to help companies in using their information more effectively, and not only helps them print for less but also helps them print less. The solution is designed to build momentum and deliver new value that help customers of all sizes realize cost savings up to 30% with increase in efficiencies. “While complexities of technology continue to increase with the evolution of technology, we have been fairly successful developing mutually complementary solutions that not only address various technological needs but also in turn generate new opportunities. Xerox will continue the history of innovating our products relentlessly for a better offering to our clients,” concludes Sushant.

The next wave of technology advancement in the sphere of Document Management will focus on Digitization and Analytics. Digital Transformation is NOT JUST replacing analogue processes with digital processes through the use of digital technology (e.g., digitizing paperwork in an existing process).

That is, not only is there a direct, tangible improvement to the specific area that is changed (e.g., hard-copy documents replaced with electronic documents), but there is a significant value-add as well.

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Xerox India has a successful 2015 Launches multiple digital presses; installs over 100 units of Color C60/70 alone 2015 has been a great year for the digital printing business of Xerox. The company launched multiple digital presses and all of them received a great response from customers and partners. Few of the products launched were the Xerox Color C60/70, Versant 2100, Versant 80 and Color Press 1000i; all boasting of individual unique features which attracted the customers.

Over 100 units of C60/70 alone have been installed in 2015. This product has a newly developed, heat-efficient IH fuser which does not require preheating and helps reduce power consumption in standby mode by 44% compared to a resistance heating device.

This device also consumes 1/6th of the total energy consumed by most of the digital press available in this segment. Besides offering cost efficiencies, it also has the widest range of applications in this market space, including running synthetics, vinyls, window clings, carbonless paper, never-tear paper, transfer papers, magnets and many other unique applications that are made possible with Xerox’s low melt toner & flexible paper path.

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in India. The newly introduced Versant 80 has registered a great success in FY15 with 24 installations done till September. The press provides production press capabilities with walk-up simplicity, offset-quality performance and automated features that remove the guesswork from optimizing image quality, color and registration. It offers 10-bit image quality at 2400 x 2400 dpi and can handle a variety of media types with a compact Belt Fuser system and Xerox’s EA Low Melt Dry Ink which is a great use for photo-printing.

“We also very recently launched banner printing capabilities in both Versant 2100 and Versant 80. This particularly excited a lot of our customers and partners and we hope this will further add to the sales of these products,” says Balaji Rajagopalan.

Offered in true Pantone® metallic gold or silver specialty dry inks, the Color 1000i Press gives print companies a creative, competitive advantage. With increased automation, the device keeps print environments at peak performance levels. The 1000i device includes an optional Specialty Dry Ink Station that enhances documents with metallic gold or silver dry inks or applies spot or flood creative effects with clear dry ink. The 1000i can migrate lucrative foil stamping applications, such as invitations, certificates and business cards, to short-run, high-value digital production. Multi-pass printing with clear ink adds an extra textural/dimensional feel and the “pop” of the silver and gold inks.

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Xerox to remain focused on Digital Printing Moving forward in 2016, the company will also strengthen its portfolio in the A3 and A4 segment, says Balaji Rajagopalan.

The printing industry is evolving rapidly, largely led by the growing need for adoption of new technologies, says Balaji rajagopalan.

He adds that the print providers need to do much more than matching hardware specifications and ensuring high quality output; options like printing from cloud, mobile printing, storage solutions etc. have become a must in the MFD space today.

Vendors are constantly updating their offerings with new software specifications to meet these growing demands. Software is starting to play a significant role in the MFD market today and will continue to shape the future of the overall hardware ecosystem.

“We had realised this trend way back in 2013 and had launched ConnectKey enabled devices which do much more than printing,” says Balaji. Few features of the ConnectKey enabled devices.

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Can print from just about any device from anywhere Documents can be scanned directly to cloud services like Google Drive, Evernote, Office 365 for storage and collaboration – right from the MFP touch screen The new common user interface allows anyone in the workforce to easily connect into the company’s business processes For IT professionals, the common user interface as well as embedded security protection from McAfee allows MFPs to be managed and protected as easily as the rest of the network

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The ConnectKey MFP platform has an open API system. That means sales channel partners, systems integrators and resellers can develop applications and embed them on the MFP with no additional software requirements

“We foresee more such technologies to be embedded in printers in the coming times,” continues Balaji.

Digital printing is another area in the overall printing industry which continues to show significant promise. Emergence and growth of sectors like photo-printing, print-ondemand, banner printing etc. has helped the growth of the digital print industry in the country. The total digital market will reach 225% of the 2013 value by 2024, according to a new market report by Smithers Pira.

Furthermore, increasing versioning and personalisation has helped make print more targeted to end users which is increasingly

important as the digital world continues to become more and more connected. Xerox has a strong presence in the digital printing market with devices that can cater to market requirements across all segments, starting from entry to mid-high to high end. Very recently launched digital presses like C60/70, Versant 80, Versant 2100 and ColorPress 1000i have all seen a good uptake in the market with already more than 100 units of C60 alone installed across regions in the country.

“Moving forward in 2016, we will continue to remain focused on the digital printing market and also strengthen our portfolio in the A3 and A4 segment. We will also be launching some exciting new products in the digital printing market. We have seen good success with the devices launched in 2015 and will look at maintaining this success and further growing our foothold in 2016,” concludes Balaji.

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The digital transformation of industrial printing A growing desire for mass-customization creates a fertile ground for innovative digital printing technologies.

Since ancient times, people around the world have been looking to beautify their environment and enrich their lives using decorations. They have used decorative glyphs, paintings, and written words in monochrome and colour to reflect their lifestyles and to communicate functional messages (e.g., a green light means go!). Innovators on worldwide basis always seek solutions for the deposition of decorative and functional materials on everyday objects and surfaces. Some of these designs were intended to convey information, while others created a striking visual effect or enhanced functionality. First came early block printing on paper and textiles, and then the game-changing invention of Gutenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s printing press with movable type in 1440.

During the drupa 2016 event in Dusseldorf, Germany, the world will converge to explore and observe new technological innovations in print and material deposition. Many of these will certainly take aim at industrial and functional printing solutions.

Key Notes : > Industrial printing - a technology used for enriching the decorative elements in everyday surfaces. > The transition from mass-production to mass-customization â&#x20AC;&#x201C; digitally printed output enabling masscustomization. > The printing technology spans a broad range of industries â&#x20AC;&#x201C; graphic communication, packaging, decorative, and functional printing.

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Since the time that Gutenberg revolutionized printing 575 years ago, this manufacturing process has evolved as a precise deposition of colorants or materials as part of graphic arts applications and industrial applications. Graphic arts technology evolved to produce printed matter used for information sharing, promotional activities, education, and a range of utility documents.

Industrial printing became a technology used for enriching the decorative elements in everyday surfaces like packaged goods, decorative surfaces,

and sophisticated functional materials for the electronics industry. Industrial printing applications have historically been produced using a variety of analog printing technologies, such as offset, gravure, flexographic, and screen printing. The range of applications is dazzling, spanning applications such

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Our desire to increasingly customize our surroundings coupled with relentless innovations in materials science and digital material deposition technology is a major driving force in the transition from mass-production to mass-customization.

This transition enables consumers as well as institutional buyers to customize their environments with branded imagery, or with decorative surfaces that reflect their tastes and visual sensibilities. Digitally printed output is now increasingly used to enable mass-customization while also providing a range of other benefits, including operational efficiency in manufacturing and a positive environmental impact.

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as textiles, ceramics, flooring, laminates, glass, wood, membrane switches, printed electronics, packaging, and even some biomedical materials.

The impact of mass customization The driving force behind these developments was the need to mass-produce printed items like books or packaged consumer goods from leading industry brands. Items such as fashion fabrics, decorated laminates, ceramic tiles, and product packaging became available to consumers with the help of mass production processes and technologies.

Although mass production reduces unit price, it requires a large investment in manufacturing capacity as well as a suitable supply chain to manage the inflow and outflow of materials and goods.

According to InfoTrendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; estimates, worldwide mass-production of decorative products accounted for just under half a trillion dollars in manufactured goods in flat glass, ceramic tiles, flooring/laminates, textile, and wallcoverings.

that have effectively transformed industry dynamics to enable mass-customization of graphic arts products using inkjet technology.

These changes are quickly expanding into industrial manufacturing as well. At their core, these inkjet solutions enable manufacturers to produce quality products while benefiting from the operational advantages of digital print.

As important as operational efficiency may be, it is only one of the ingredients that is driving market growth. The ability to costeffectively manufacture products in short runs is democratizing the creative process.

In a market where printing requires less make-ready and inventories are significantly reduced, brand owners and designers are now free to explore new products, materials, and manufacturing technologies that do not require as high an investment as massproduced products. Fueled by the Internet, these products generate demand for a range of applications that were previously unavailable to consumers and businesses.

Compounded with the operational benefits, these market-driven opportunities can spell profitable growth for companies of all sizes.

The industry landscape

Over a generation ago, digital printing emerged with a range of technologies that ushered in new integrated production processes as well as the ability to customize or personalize products. Although promising, early innovations were often expensive and did not yield acceptable quality for endusers. One of the leading technologies in this space was inkjet printing. For many years, inkjet printing technologies like drop-ondemand and continuous inkjet struggled to gain acceptance due to high costs, reliability issues, and a limited range of available materials (e.g., inks and substrates). These factors hampered the range of applications that could be produced.

The printing technology spans a broad range of industries including graphic communication, packaging, decorative, and functional printing. A common element to all of these industry segments is the need to precisely deposit a range of materials such as ink binders and functional materials.

These are deposited on a variety of surfaces from sheets of paper to 3D printed objects.

Core technologies typically migrate to adjacent markets; for example, a technology that was initially adopted by one segment will find its way into a related segment and will later be modified based on the new segmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specific needs. Although the digital revolution has taken several paths, the most prominent to date has been in the graphic communications market. Digital print-on-demand is now well-established in this area, with over 1 billion A4 impressions produced annually. The use of digital technology is now migrating and growing in industrial segments such as packaging, decorative, and functional printing.

Over the past two decades, surging technological developments in materials and printheads have yielded a crop of products

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offers dimensional printing in later firings to add texture in addition to the decorative layer.

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examples to illuminate the solutions that are available in these industry segments.

Packaging Packaging is a massive industry, and InfoTrends’ industry assessments estimate that it accounted for over $400 billion in related revenues on a global basis in 2014.

Applications span from simple marked corrugated brown boxes to award-winning labels for premium products. Over the past few years, digital color technology has established a critical base of electrophotographic and inkjet solutions.

These accounted for about 1 billion square meters in 2014 and are projected to reach 2 billion square meters in 2019, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23%. Thanks to a new generation of inkjet presses, this market is now reaching folding cartons, flexible packaging, direct-to-shape, and corrugated printing. These systems go beyond proofing into fully integrated production lines. Solutions that are targeted toward corrugated liner manufacturing or sheet fed printing of corrugated boxes/ displays are now available from key industry suppliers with print speeds exceeding 200 meters per minute.

Direct-to-shape is another example of an emerging category where graphic arts, technologies, and industry-specific suppliers have come together to meet the demand for customized printing like never before.

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offering digitally printed beer bottles that are fully customized and linked to an augmented reality campaign. This isn’t a completely new concept, except that it is now being done on an industrial scale by a mainstream manufacturer.

Decorative printing Decorative printing is a vast market segment with a number of applications that are taking advantage of digital printing capabilities.

The digital print volume in this segment is large and growing rapidly. Although many applications exist in this segment, this article will focus on ceramics, textiles, laminates & wood, wallcoverings, and glass, which are leading the digital transition.

Ceramics The market for ceramic tile is huge, with over 12 billion square meters of tilemanufactured worldwide in 2014 based on an InfoTile report.This industry segment traditionally used rotary presses to deposit decorative ceramic inks onto tiles ahead of the firing process, resulting in a cost-effective product that rivalled the permanency of natural stone.

At the same time, however, using rotary print cylinders has its drawbacks—pattern repeats are limited and require costly changeovers.

Because digital printing has dramatically improved time-to-market, enabled design changes, and reduced make-ready, it now captures the majority of tile manufacturing in Europe and is gaining a rapidly-growing share in China. Moreover, digital technology

Textile printing is a far-reaching industry with a deep-rooted heritage in countries like Italy, Turkey, India, Japan, Korea, and China.

Based on InfoTrends’ Digital Textile Forecast, printed fabrics accounted for over 35 billion square meters in 2014—and 800 million of this volume was digital. Although most of these fabrics are produced using silk screens or rotary presses, the use of digital printers is rapidly increasing. This unique industry has been creating dazzling designs since woodcarved blocks were used to stamp fabrics.

Great strides have been made since that time, and the prevailing technology for highvolume fabric manufacturing is now rotary screen printing. Now that specialty inks can be used with a wide range of manmade and natural fibers, it is possible to create costeffective finished products with bright colours and bold designs.

The ever-increasing need for improved operational efficiency and the desire to provide consumers with cutting-edge designs was a key driver in themarket’s evolution. Since the early 1990s, inkjet technology vendors have attempted to make inkjet a suitable solution for fabric manufacturers. The past few years have seen a rapid growth in inkjet printing on fabric for organizations of all sizes. InfoTrends’ Digital Textile Forecast projects that digital textile fabric printing will demonstrate a CAGR of over 30%, surpassing 3.2 billion square meters by 2019. This rapid growth can be attributed to a reduction in make-ready, cost reductions in environmentally-friendly production, and the democratization of designs that enable brand owners to reach markets quickly and effectively.

Laminates & wood Within the construction and furniture industries, woodworking products have been making use of printed decorative papers and laminates for decades. With a wide range of designs that mimic natural wood grains, stone, and graphic patterns, laminates are a cost-effective substitute for natural materials. In some cases, laminates are actually preferred because they are more durable. Typically produced using gravure presses, decorative papers are converted to laminates using a range of processes.

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This industry produced over 300 million digital square meters in 2014, based on InfoTrends’ document entitled Profiting from Digital Printing in the Décor Marketplace.

The pressure to develop short-run or custom laminates is driving an increased demand for mid-range as well as industrial products that rival the printing volumes of traditional gravure presses.

Many leading providers of laminates and décor paper (e.g., Schattdecor, WilsonArt, and Formica) are now offering custom laminates based on end-users’ demands for increased levels of design freedom and customization. These trends follow many years of successful production of laminate flooring as well as a range of decorative trims for the construction industry. Emerging on the heels of laminate solutions are a range of direct printing solutions produced on a variety of wood products such as Medium Fiber Board (MDF), plywood, and natural wood. These do not require lamination and are used for adding a decorative surface to residential and commercial applications.

Wallcoverings Wallcoverings have been in existence since the ancient Chinese decorated their palace walls. More recently, King Louis XI of France ordered wallpaper for his royal dwellings in 1481. Creator Jean Bourdichonpainted 50 rolls of paper with angels on a blue background because King Louis found it necessary to move frequently from castle to castle. Wallcoverings have made great strides since that time, and they are now readily available to everyday residences and commercial buildings. Technologies such as surface printing, offset, flexography, and gravure printing have been widely used to produce standard wallpapers, with volumes estimated at 52 million square meters annually in 2014 based on InfoTrends’ Profiting from Digital Printing in the Décor Marketplace.

Digital wide format printing solutions ushered in generations of innovative graphic communication solutions for the plethora of industries that have been migrating to the wallcovering segment. Advancements in digital printing inks (e.g., latex and flexible UV inks) now enable printing on standard industry media that complies with health and safety codes. Applications such as murals and graphically rich wallpaper rolls are

becoming increasingly common and are now available from a number of suppliers.

Glass Decorative glass has been adorning cathedrals, palaces, and a range of public and private buildings for millennia.

Applications span from leaded stained glass to screen-printed glass panes, and these items have been used to reinforce branding, promote artistic expression, or create simple signage. According to the Global Flat Glass Industry Trend, Forecast, and Opportunity Analysis by Lucintel, the flat glass market is expected to surpass $66 billion by 2019 and is starting to adopt digital printing as a means of expanding its reach. With the development of inkjet printheads that are capable of printing ceramic inks onto glass, a number of industries are using digital printing technology to produce long-life decorated glass that is suitable for architectural and industrial uses.

Functional printing Another type of industrial printing is where the printed surface is deposited with material or ink to enable some functionality.

These applications take advantage of piezoelectric or continuous drop devices to enable deposition of a variety of materials.

Applications include membrane switches, printed electronics, 3D printing, and a range of new innovations in small particle sizes (e.g., nano-particulates) that are expanding into pharmaceutical and bio-medical

applications. This section will highlight some of the developments that enable membrane switch printing, printed electronics, and 3D printing. While there are a number of other very compelling deposition technologies, these are typically limited to specialty industry forums in the life sciences industry.

Membrane switches The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) defines a membrane switch as “a momentary switch device in which at least one contact is on, or made of, a flexible substrate.” These flexible substrates are typically printed on PET (Polyethylene terephthalate), which is used as a base carrier. They are very common within home appliances, medical devices, games, smartphones, and toys.

Printing technologies are regularly used in the production of the graphic overlays as well as the some of the circuitry where conductive inks are used. Advancements in digital UV printing technology—including flexible inks and Light Emitting Diode (LED) curing—are expanding the range of membrane switch applications and carrier materials to include flexible substrates that can be cured with less energy and heat. In certain higher-volume applications, curing using EB (Electron Beam) technology enables deposition and curing on sensitive materials. In all of these cases, short-run of customized print can take the place of screen or flexographic printing technology.

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deposited on the substrate to create active or passive devices, such as thin film transistors or resistors. Printed electronics are expected to be used in applications such as flexible displays, smart labels, decorative/animated posters, and active clothing.

One example where digital technology is emerging as an alternative to more complex and costly implementation is the creation of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display components.

3D printing The 3D printing industry is a vast space with many different technologies, applications, materials, prices, and solutions. Current 3D print technologies include binder jetting, digital light processing, electron beam melting, fused filament fabrication, material jetting, selective deposition lamination, selective laser sintering, and stereolithography. All of these technologies have their pros and cons, and it is likely that this list will grow even longer over time as more vendors make their own contributions to this space. The market is delineated along three product categories: production, professional, and personal.

Typical applications created on 3D printers include prototypes, molds & dyes, and enduse products. These applications are being

used by almost all industries to create a variety of products from nano-sized research products to airplane parts. This segment is evolving rapidly, and hardly a day passes when we don’t hear about a new innovation that enables another compelling application.

The attraction in 3D printing is its additive nature—waste is limited, time-to-market is shortened, and custom designs are possible.

Printed electronics Printed electronics rely on traditional printing technologies to create electrical devices on various substrates. Electrical circuits have been printed using screen printing, flexography, gravure, and offset lithography for many years, and inkjet printing has been an option for quite some time too. During this process, electrically functional inks are

Digital display printing is at the forefront of innovation, but digital deposition of functional materials has been in development since the early 1990s and can now be found in applications including Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags, smart textiles, and many more printed electronics. At the same time, however, conventional printing technologies such as flexography and photolithography are still in use in high-volume manufacturing of printed electronics. This provides numerous opportunities for growth in this industry for a range of specialty print providers.

About the Author Ron Gilboa is a Director of InfoTrends’ Production & Industrial Printing Advisory Service and has been involved in digital imaging and printing since 1980. Ron’s skills and experience span a range of print industry graphics communications segments, including commercial printing, publishing & transaction, sign & display graphics, and industrial segments such as packaging, decorative, and functional printing. These segments are rich with applications that are now digitally enabled. Ron is an expert in translating these trends into actionable market strategies, as well as go-to-market plans based on primary industry research & forecasts. He is a regular contributor of editorial content and industry events in emerging print segments.

Ron has an extensive technological background in workflow processes, digital imaging and printing with a focus on a range of inkjet printing and related technologies.

InfoTrends advises a range of companies in the digital printing and imaging arena (e.g., core technology suppliers, material & media suppliers and integrated workflow suppliers) on how to best succeed in their digital strategies.

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400th MIRAFLEX goes to Danaflex Recently, Windmöller & Hölscher sold this 400th machine to the Russian customer, Danaflex, in Kazan, located around 800 km east of Moscow. packaging segment in industrialized, threshold and developing countries can find the right solutions for their production requirements. Machine and printing quality, efficiency and ease of use are the machine’s outstanding features. With the MIRAFLEX, numerous innovations have become the printing plant standard, such as the automatic register set-up and impression setting systems EASY-REG and EASY-SET, or the EASY-COL system for optimized colour matching at the printing press.

AiratBashirov, the founder and president of Danaflex

From the outset, the MIRAFLEX C. I. flexo printing press was met with enthusiasm from customers all over the world. The sales figures increased from year to year. Today, machines of the MIRAFLEX C and MIRAFLEX A type series and, for several months now, the MIRAFLEX S type series are in operation in some 70 countries. Recently, Windmöller & Hölscher sold its 400th machine from this series to the Russian customer, Danaflex, in Kazan, located around 800 km east of Moscow. Since its founding in 2001, Danaflex, today one of the top companies in the Russian packaging industry, and Windmöller & Hölscher have maintained a close and trusting business relationship.

With the very wide range of MIRAFLEX models and extensive machine equipment options, printing companies in the flexible

Russia has always been an important MIRAFLEX market. Around 20 machines are installed in the country, and are responsible for a large proportion of flexible packaging printing in the Russian packaging industry.

One of the leading and most successful packaging producers is the Danaflex company, which Windmöller & Hölscher has supported as a machine supplier on its path to success from its founding in 2001 to today.

Danaflex – one among the top ten Russian producers of flexible packaging AiratBashirov, the founder and president of Danaflex, started the company with a SOLOFLEX. At the beginning of 2003, the first PRIMAFLEX followed, and in 2004 the company invested in an additional SOLOFLEX. With these additions to its machine fleet, Danaflex succeeded in establishing itself among the top ten Russian producers of flexible packaging. Additional PRIMAFLEX machines in the following years led to the company advancing to a leading position within its segment. In 2010, the Danaflex-Nano company was founded

with the aim of increasing the production depth, and the first VAREX 3-ply blown film extrusion line was put into operation. At the same time Danaflex entered the gravure printing business with a 10-color HELIOSTAR and supplemented its flexographic printing section with a 10-colour NOVOFLEX. From 2011, Danaflex-Nano’s investments in equipment on the basis of technology from Windmöller & Hölscher were further intensified. VAREX blown film extrusion lines with up to 9 plies, FILMEX cast film lines and additional HELIOSTAR gravure printing machines with up to 12 printing units were sold. The year 2013 was then the starting signal for the first MIRAFLEX CM, a high-end machine with 10 colour decks, which is now being supplemented by the landmark machine, a MIRAFLEX CM 8.Impressive figures, which are bound to be increased further, particularly in light of the latest machine orders, to which the 400th MIRAFLEX, currently being built at the W&H plant in Lengerich, also belongs.

Today, Danaflex employs around 800 workers, including many highly motivated and exceptionally well qualified specialists.

The company produces packaging material for ice cream, chocolate, pralines, pasta and bakery products, condensed milk, mayonnaise, ketchup, tea, and much more.

Windmöller & Hölscher is a leading international manufacturer of machines and equipment for the flexible packaging industry and is headquartered in Lengerich, Germany.

The product range includes blown and cast film lines, flexographic and gravure printing presses, machines for the finishing and converting of paper, films and woven plastic materials, and also FFS (form, fill and seal) bagging machines.

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New Board at FINAT’s Young Managers Club The Board of the FINAT Young Manager’s Club (YMC) has been hard at work planning special events for young managers in the label industry during 2016. The Board consists of three core members of the YMC: Dana Kilarska of Purgina, Slovakia, Chairman/Treasurer; Rainer Ulrich, of Ulrich Etiketten, Austria, Programme Management; and Christopher Jones of Alphasonics in the UK, Marketing.

“Since my first YMC event in 2013, I have been really keen to beinvolved in a bigger way,” comments Jones, the newest YMC Board member.“What I found at that first meeting were like-minded people who share my passion for the label industry and its ongoing development. I’m looking forward to contributing to our industry in a positive way, flying the flag for young people in labels and packaging, and opening our wonderful group to more people.”

members of the group. “We’d like to thank the three outgoing board members who have contributed greatly to the group and our progress as a forum,” says YMC Chairman Dana Kilarska. “Our recent growth can be attributed to their dedication and energy. We are very much looking forward to working with Chris, who brings enthusiasm and passion to the role and who I am sure will help drive us forward into the future in his role as our marketing guru.”

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The group made a conscious decision to reduce the number of board members, and the new board’s first meeting at Labelexpo Europe yielded enthusiastic and positive results. At the meeting, which was hosted

by Delfort Group, the board agreed to the location and date of the next Young Manager’s Club event: the 3rd YMC Summit which will be held 28 to 30 April in Budapest, Hungary. The board will be communicating the seminar’s theme and full details soon, as well as posting them at www.finat.com.

Formed in 2008, FINAT’s YMC has met regularly in various locations across Europe with members who are both converters and suppliers actively working in the label industry.The group aims to highlight issues for young managerial talent and to share ideas and experiences for the advancement of these professionals, the businesses they represent and the industry at large.A popular forum, the YMC has seen increased attendance at every event and subsequent membership growth year overyear.

“We have found our hands-on approach to these events to be very well-received by our members,” Kilarska adds. “Our goal is to make 2016’s session better than ever and to work hard to attract even more attendees.

Our members are young, eager to learn, and are selflessly working to advance the industry. These sessions are a key contributor to helping them do that through education and networking. The bar is already high, but we think we can raise it even further!”

Three members of the YMC board have stepped down due to the demands of other commitments. However, Pawandeep Sahni (Weldon Celloplast), Nicola Motetta (Euroadhesiv) and FrancescEgea (IPE) will continue to attend events and remain active

Previous YMC conferences were held in Vienna (2011), Berlin (2012), Warsaw (2013) and Bratislava (2015). The YMC also organised an exchange programme with Indian label manufacturers during Labelexpo India.

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New Head of Digital Sales Europe at Gallus

On 1 November 2015, Karl-Gerhard Amerongen joined the Gallus Group as Head of Digital Sales Europe. Amerongen boasts a wealth of sales experience in the graphic arts industry. From 2000 to 2010, he worked in sales, workflow and CtP functions for Scitex/ Creo/Kodak. Between 2010 and 2015, he was responsible for management information systems and efi VUTEk for the region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland at EFI Germany. Prior to this – from 1997 to 2000 – he was Managing Director of Reprotechnik Deutschland GmbH, a print shop with two branches in Munich. Amerongen is responsible for the European sales of the new digital printing division at Gallus.

The Gallus Group with its production sites in Switzerland and Germany is the global player that develops produces and sells narrow-web, reel-fed presses designed for label manufacturers. The machine portfolio is augmented by a broad range of screen printing plates (Gallus Screeny), globally decentralised service operations, and a broad offering of printing accessories and replacement parts. The comprehensive portfolio also includes consulting services provided by label experts in all relevant printing and process engineering tasks. The Gallus Group is a member of the Heidelberg Group and employs around 410 people, of whom 250 are based in Switzerland.

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Esko Kongsberg enables L&E India provide customer service in ‘no time’ The new Esko Kongsberg V20 at L&E India has made it faster and more efficient than ever. For example, the turnover time has reduced from 4-5 days to an amazing 24 hours.

L&E India is a packaging resource company that helps brand owners design and execute their packaging materials across the country.

The parent company, L&E International is headquartered in New York. It is a leading global supplier of packaging and packaging related materials to the footwear, athletic, retail consumer product industries and various global brands. With offices and warehouses in Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam the company supplies hundreds of millions of boxes, retail displays and assorted printed and unprinted items each year to major brands all around the world.

Choosing a Kongsberg V CAD table The 50-year-old company started its operations in India in 2007. In 2014, L&E India, in collaboration with SP TechPac Solutions in Kundli, purchased an Esko Kongsberg V20 sample making table. “We did a lot of study and after discussing it with many of our printing partners who have the real experience, we got to know that Esko is the right company to go with as they also have a good name and support in the industry. So we went ahead and bought a brand new Esko Kongsberg V20, large format digital finishing system.”

The sample making solution from Esko was a huge success. However, both companies quickly outgrew the arrangement and each needed an in-house sample maker of their

Series model V20 in September 2015 offering durability, precision and versatility along with the Esko ArtiosCAD software to drive the sample maker. own. Thus, in September 2015 L&E India bought a complete solution including Esko ArtiosCAD software and a Kongsberg V20 for its new office in Patparganj in New Delhi.

Vikas Gupta, country manager and sales director – emerging markets, says, “Generally companies source globally from regions such as Asia, South-east Asia or Asia Pacific and we understand their packaging requirements, their pain areas and work directly with brands as we are present everywhere. L&E is a single point contact with local teams situated in all the above-mentioned regions.” L&E India is a nominated supplier of brands such as Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Bata, Action Shoes and Home Depot amongst others.

Gupta explains, “It was getting difficult for us to service our end customers and to offer them various options in line with their specific needs and provide faster turnaround in order to execute the orders. In addition, there’s a lead time of four to five days involved in die manufacturing, for a sample diecut carton to be made at the manufacturing facilities and sent to us. This was consuming a lot of time and thereby arose a strong need of an in-house sample maker CAD table.” L&E India again bought an Esko Kongsberg V

“Since the time we have been using Esko Kongsberg V20 table, our turnaround time has reduced to 24 hours from four to five days. It has helped to get more and more orders. My customers are very are satisfied to see the sample within a short timeframe.

This also helps us in refraining from investing in dies fulfilling the real purpose of a CAD table. Now we are able to provide services to our customers in no time,” concludes Gupta.

Shrihari Rao, sales director of Esko in India, says, “Esko’s combined CAD/CAM solution with ArtiosCAD Software and Kongsberg digital cutting tables offers a global standard, accuracy and most importantly a high throughput. We are happy that L&E recognized the versatility that Kongsberg offers in terms of tooling and the continuous developments we make for each of the applications. They needed the best of both worlds – cartons and corrugated- and our solutions fit in perfectly. L&E in India has been working with many convertors, like SP TechPack in North India and MK Industries in West India, who also invested in our solutions (ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg V Series) which guarantee unparalleled consistency.

Esko’s major strength in the Indian market is its postsales support with around 100 Kongsberg table installations in this region alone.”

Esko Kongsberg V cutters come in standard configurations for samplemaking, signage and display production. The Kongsberg V offers a broad selection of tools, providing quality results on a wide range of cutting, creasing, and plotting tasks. The Kongsberg V for packaging is a cutting table configured for sample making, short-run production of mock-ups and other packaging specific applications. This table is outfitted with a FLEXIHead. The Kongsberg V for signage and displays comes with a MultiCUT tool head offering milling productivity and a camera system.

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Creation Reprographics chooses Esko’s WebCenter Streamlined communications, paperless operation and localisation increase capacity, facilitate growth, generate 30% savings.

When Creation Reprographics began analyzing ways to improve daily client communications to create a leaner, more effective, production process, expanding the export side of its operation was a dim and distant consideration. However, after further investigation into the capabilities of WebCenter from Esko, it soon became clear that the UK operation could achieve time and cost savings through more transparent communication and at the same time boost profits and revenues by winning new business overseas.

“This time last year, we started looking at what we were exporting to other countries,” explains Matt Francklow, responsible for sales and marketing at Creation Reprographics. “After analyzing that data, we could see that our international business was quite profitable and an avenue of sales we wanted to pursue further. Then we learned that by using WebCenter, we could easily have localised user interfaces to simplify communication as well as grant user privileges based on geography. This means that with this complete online portal, communications are streamlined and there are virtually no geographic limitations in terms of the areas we can effectively serve.

This opened up many new opportunities in a number of countries, including Germany and Belgium, but particularly in Poland. That is where we are targeting most of our resources now, but we will also continue to work in other countries where printing remains a growth industry.”

Founded in 2004 as a reprographics studio, Creation Reprographics provides

a range of platemaking, proofing, design and management services. It delivers high levels of customer service for brand, label and wide-web print customers and supports brands with innovative technical production strategies, including moving work from gravure print to flexo for more flexibility without any compromise in quality. Creation Reprographics aims to provide clients with an advantage in a very competitive market, and its implementation of WebCenter is a critical element of that strategy.

“We are becoming much more brand focused, and we are also helping printers, who make up to 70% of our customers, do the same,” Francklow adds. “By driving that side of the business forward, we are helping printers appear more professional to their customers. Brands already know the benefits that complete solutions like WebCenter offer, and quite frequently they look for those benefits from their suppliers.”

Customization is key A very close developmental relationship with Esko was crucial to the successful adoption of WebCenter. Francklow explains, “We wanted to be able to completely understand the solution ourselves so we could create something that exactly fits our needs. We knew that a standard packaged solution would not be optimum, and we wanted the ability to customize over time as needs and requirements changed.”

The first challenge was to streamline email communication, minimize traffic and ensure that everyone who needed to be involved in a given project had access to the latest

information. “We wanted to make sure people are not bogged down by having to respond to endless emails,” Francklow states. “Also very often, not everyone has timely access to all of the information and knowledge they need. With the cloud-based WebCenter, everyone can access the same information for clarity on what the exact project status is. It enables much clearer communication across the entire process.”

Building for a brighter future As part of Creation Reprographics’ continuous improvement strategy, the company has engaged with the University of Derby’s Invest to grow program. In return for a 30% investment grant, Creation Reprographics works with the University on investigating ways to drive technology forward that can aid operations in a variety of sectors. The company has also created student and graduate positions to help younger talent get their feet on the first rungs of the industry career ladder. “By participating in this program, we are doing our part to upskill the work force so they can gain higher paid positions in jobs that have a future career path,” Francklow states. “So they can say ‘we have done this degree, now we can go to these businesses and enjoy this career path.’ This approach helps us futureproof our business with the right technology and talent, and future-proof the industry by helping to groom the next generation of innovators.”

WebCenter went fully live end of 2015 at Creation Reprographics. As for the collective anticipated benefit, Francklow says, “WebCenter will be the lynchpin of our business. I fully expect to see time and cost savings of around 30%. There will also be some production capacity gains. It took some time to decide exactly what we needed, but we expect our hard work to pay off even more further down the line.”

WebCenter manages all the complexities of job creation from specification and design through execution. It offers a highly secure environment that is easy to integrate with existing business systems, no matter what the size of the company. WebCenter is GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliant.

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HP organizes Knowledge Session for Cosmetic Brand Owners and Agencies Showcases innovation possibilities in labels and packaging with HP Inc.’s digital printing technology On the Day 1 of Pamex 2015, HP organized a dedicated knowledge session for cosmetics brand owners and agencies to educate them on the immense possibilities in labels and packaging with HP Inc.’s digital printing technology. The session was attended by around 18 brand managers including those from leading cosmetic brands like CavinKare, Lakme, Marico and Avon amongst others.

“Cosmetic brand managers and agencies are exploring new and creative labels and packaging mediums to reach their end consumers and address key priorities like increasing the response time from the customers, reducing the inventories, fuelling on demand deliveries and promotion capabilities, experimenting with mass customization and short run capabilities amongst others,” said Mr. Appadurai A, Country Manager, Indigo & Inkjet Solutions, GSB, HP Inc. India. “HP’s Indigo digital printing technology is the right answer to all their needs. We are transforming the packaging industry with our passionate customers who are coming out with the most creative ideas that helps the brands immensely.”

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Highly successful mass customization project of Coca-Cola in Israel with the help of HP Indigo technology. How design-driven variable printing helped Coca-Cola create two million Coca-Cola bottle with unique pattern using HP SmartStream Mosaic. Project result – A spike in sales for Coca Cola.

How Marks & Spencer uses customer data to create targeted promotions in their labels & packaging and drive customer loyalty with high quality digital print.

How Estee Lauder’s grassroot adopted seasonal packaging changes which resulted in reduced stocks and waste.

How L’Oreal targeted a specific population – kids genre; with its Digital printing, using theme based – cars, kids movie characters etc; on its product (including shampoos) packaging.

How personalized labels and packaging is reaching customer’s bedrooms – with Durex’s innovative campaign in China How a label innovation (Innovative wood veneer labels) helped Jim Beam build customer connect with its distinctive aging process

Mr. Appadurai A. presided the session and made a presentation detailing the evolving challenges with the brand managers especially with respect to customer engagement and sales and how can innovative and well thought through packaging can help them boost the sales significantly.

The presentation ended with the Mr. Appadurai A. detailing few technical aspects of the HP Indigo digital printing technology and interacting and answering the specific customer questions.

Key highlights of the presentation

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The utmost critical role of innovative packaging and how it is the ‘First moment of truth’ and a make or break opportunity for brand managers. While package must be able to entice the customer and hold the attention; it must also be able to connect with consumer’s aspirations, trust, beliefs and product benefits.

Key wishes of the brand owners with their packaging – Better speed of response from the customers,

positioned to address the emerging needs and challenges of the specialized segment customers like cosmetics and FMCG. To acquaint the brand owners and agencies better, HP showcased cosmetic themed application stations, allowing visitors to experience first-hand, the various possibilities with HP’s Indigo digital printing technology.

HP Inc. also showcased its flagship Indigo 10000 and the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Presses which are compatible with HP SmartStream Designer which lets customers create sophisticated, custom jobs through a simple, affordable variable data tool optimized for HP Indigo presses and based on industry-standard tools. HP SmartStream Designer also features HP SmartStream Mosaic enabling automatic creation of millions of designs based on core patterns.

As the printing market evolves, visitors will also see how they can use digital printing technology to enter growing markets and address the growing needs for short run and variable data printing.

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Highly positive résumé of the PrintCity Alliance after FachPack 2015 for the first time in 2015. The focus was on our Océ InfiniStream technology, and we were able to make some promising new contacts. Participation in FachPack in the framework of the PrintCity Alliance doubtless contributed to our success.

The PrintCity Alliance PrintCity is recognised as the ‘connection of competence’ strategic alliance across the entire printing, packaging & publishing value chain, promoting the value of print & packaging.

After being absent for several years, the PrintCity Alliance returned to FachPack with a joint stand and gives a highly positive résumé.

Statements by the participating companies: Axel Schreier, Leonhard Kurz: FachPack 2015 was a very successful exhibition for us.

The motto “Value Added Packaging” was particularly attractive for the visitors to our joint PrintCity stand. Numerous national and international contacts confirm that added value for packaging is an important topic for our customers. This was also reflected in the great interest shown in our decorative and functional coatings, since it is their diversity and capabilities that generate precisely that added value for packaging.

Arno Dürr, Weilburger Graphics: WEILBURGER Graphics was represented at

FachPack for the first time with the partners in the PrintCity Alliance. The clearly defined structure of the exhibition had an impact on both the number and the quality of the visitors. We also noticed that well-known brand owners use the exhibition as a source of information. The relaxed surroundings encouraged some interesting talks.

Stefan Kranz, Metsä Board: FachPack brings companies from the entire packaging industry together and promotes a creative, innovative atmosphere. So, Metsä Board is happy to again be part of the exhibitor community and is delighted to be able to make an important contribution to the value chain with its versatile range of light-weight board and liner grades.

Christoph Gauss, Océ Printing Systems, A Canon Group Company: Canon Commercial Printing Group EMEA took part in FachPack

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The new Rs.1500crore Gujarat unit of U-Flex to generate employment for around 3000

Indian Flexible Packaging major U-Flex will generate direct employment for around 3000 people with an investment plan which amounts to Rs 1,500 crore been recently announced by the company. The investment relates to U-flex’s new unit at Sanand in Gujarat. The unit will be producing seven billion packs per annum for liquid drinks.

The 72-acre plant will add an expected Rs.4500 crores to the company’s revenues.

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by April 2017 and will serve the company’s expanding capacities in India.

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Impress to enter new markets with MPS EF Flexo Press MPS has installed an EF flexo press at Impress, a Siberian customer based in Barnaul. The press is already printing highend labels for a variety of industries, the EF press will open new markets for Impress in shrink sleeves and other unsupported films.

With 340mm web width and 8-colour UV print units, the new EF press at Impress features a double quick-change die unit, multi laminating on rail, delam/relam and iStrip matrix rewinding. The press is also equipped with the Automatic Print Control (APC) package and a mark-to-mark camera system, which automatically sets the press in register without operator intervention.

High-end labels for food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries are currently being printed on the EF, and it is the first MPS machine purchase for Impress. Ogard, the MPS Russian local sales and service representative led the sale, installation, and operator training.

Impress is the printing division of the company Retail-Service, founded in 1999 and also in Barnaul. Retail-Service began with the offering of in-house designed software solutions and trade equipment for

supermarkets, hotels, and restaurants, and later added printing capabilities of simple and complex labels, now operated by the Impress division. Employing over 100 employees, Impress runs print production with five presses: two letterpresses for short print-runs and three flexo presses.

Using advanced production control software from Retail-Service, Impress can determine optimum production schedules to maximise time and reduce waste for each print job, communicated to the operator through an iPad. Impress plans to integrate their new MPS EF press into this intelligent software system to capture useful savings data directly from the press. MPS and their local agent Ogard will support Impress with the

implementation of this system enhancement.

Impress Managing Director Konstantin Kokin comments: “Three years ago we began our research of advanced flexo printing press solutions available in the narrow web market. We ultimately chose MPS as the ideal partner, to provide us a flexo print solution for a range of high quality labels now in production, and prepare us for new markets with the ability to print shrink sleeves and other unsupported films. The EF stood out with offering the highest automation, high quality components, and advanced print productivity. With the press already up and running, we are very pleased with the performance of our new MPS EF flexo press.”

Petainer Innopac Packaging opens worldclass manufacturing plant in India Petainer Innopac Packaging, a joint venture between Petainer UK Holdings Ltd and Innopac Containers Pvt Ltd, has officially opened its new manufacturing facility in India near Mumbai.

The plant has been designed to provide customers with high quality, high performance and sustainable PET/plastics packaging solutions using Petainer’s advanced polymer engineering technology, enabling customers to enter new markets and enhance their brand at a reduced cost of ownership.

The plant houses world-class blow moulding equipment to manufacture the 20 Litre bulk water cooler jar, petainerCooler, using preforms

produced from Petainer’s manufacturing sites in Europe, as well as a fully equipped on-site design studio, laboratory services and warehousing.

Petainer Innopac Packaging recently also introduced the petainerKeg, a one-way 20 or 30 Litre keg made out of highly engineered advanced polymers for the beer, wine and other beverage segments. More equipment and products will be brought online in the coming months.

Officially opening the plant, Atit Bhatia, Managing Director, Petainer Innopac Packaging, said: “This is an exciting day and we are delighted that we have delivered on our timely promise to the market by bringing a world-class facility and a world-class product to the Indian

Mr. Atit Bhatia, Petainer, with his team at the opening of new facility

market. The plant and its strategic location supports our ambitious growth plans for the region which is based on providing customers with an exciting portfolio of innovative and game changing solutions.”

Nigel Pritchard, Group Chief Executive Officer, Petainer UK Holdings Ltd commented: “India presents an exciting and dynamic market opportunity for our innovative packaging solutions. There is huge interest and demand from brand owners in India who genuinely recognise that Petainer’s advanced polymer engineering brings significant benefits in terms of reduced cost of ownership and improved sustainability.”

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W&R Etiketten signs for their sixth MPS Flexo Press Signing of the sale took place during Labelexpo Europe in the MPS stand between Jack Willemsz, owner of W&R Etiketten and Arnaud Fleuren, MPS Area Sales Manager.

W&R Etiketten has been a loyal MPS customer for many years, since the purchase of their very first MPS press back in 2000. Willemsz had an integral role in the successful inauguration ceremony for the new MPS headquarters in Arnhem earlier this year.

MPS confirms the sale of a sixth flexo press to W&R Etiketten, a Dutch label printer headquartered in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Ordered was an EF 430mm web width flexo press with eight colours and APC (Automated Print Control) package, joining five MPS flexo presses currently running full label production at W&R Etiketten.

The MPS EF is a high-quality and highly automated multi-substrate flexo press, especially designed for label production and flexible packaging printing on thin unsupported film or thick cartonboard.

The EF, MPS’ flagship press provides the ultimate in flexibility with optional converting units that can be implemented at any location along the press using the flexible positioning rail system. The innovative MPS iControl, Quick Change Die and Crisp.Dot technologies enable operators to maximize press performance, with ease of operation and reliability.

Founded in 1992, W&R Etiketten with five MPS flexo presses, two digital presses, diecutters and their own prepress and design

studio, is today recognized as a significant player on the Dutch label market. In the food industry, where the company has its primary focus, W&R sees a growing demand for multi-colour, specialized labels with applications requiring print on the backing or the adhesive side of the label. The new EF flexo press ordered by W&R Etiketten is in response to this trend.

Willemsz explains why MPS was chosen again: “This was a logical step for us. We have experienced many years of exceptional support from MPS and are extremely satisfied with the output of our current five MPS presses. The new EF flexo press will enhance our existing range of print machinery and will enable W&R Etiketten to extend additional flexibility to our customers, with the ability to interchange production between our various machines. MPS is a pioneer in the narrow web industry, and we are honoured to partner with them.”

UPM Raflatac opens a slitting and distribution terminal in China UPM Raflatac has opened a new selfadhesive label stock slitting and distribution terminal in Chengdu, China. The terminal will supply both film and paper label materials to customers in the Southwest China region.

The new Chengdu terminal is part of UPM Raflatac’s expansion program in Asia Pacific

which targets to increase production capacity and expand the service network in the market.

“The new terminal brings us closer to our customers in the southwest part of China, thus allowing us to offer a wide range of products with shorter lead times. It also strengthens our commitment to provide excellent customer service and technical support to the customers in the region”, says Jari Haavisto, Vice President for UPM Raflatac Greater China. In addition to the new slitting and distribution terminal in Chengdu,

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UPM Raflatac’s production and sales network in China consists of a self-adhesive label stock factory in Changshu as well as terminals in Guangzhou and Tianjin and sales offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

UPM Raflatac, one of the world’s leading producers of self-adhesive label materials supplies high-quality paper and film label stock for consumer product and industrial labeling through its global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices.

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Miraj Multicolor opts for Esko ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg XE10 Miraj Multicolor, Offset Folding Carton Converter based at the beautiful lake town of Udaipur in Rajasthan, is part of the large Miraj Group which is active in tobacco, FMCG, real estate, hospitality, and stationery & printing. Miraj Multicolor has adopted best technology in a state of the art factory located at Sukher Industrial Area situated around Aravali Hills of Udaipur.

Choosing ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg XE10 sample table Miraj Multicolor is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company. Miraj entered the industry in 2001 with notebook and stationery printing. In 2013, Miraj diversified into folding carton packaging. Growing at a good pace, Miraj Multicolor decided to bring prepress inhouse. After thorough deliberations and research, Miraj Multicolor opted for Esko’s seamlessly integrated packaging solution of ArtiosCAD software and Kongsberg XE10 sample table. This investment will boost quality, consistency and enhance productivity for Miraj.

The technical team at Miraj Multicolor was very impressed with the seamless integration that Esko offers with CAD design software and the precise and durable sample table – the Kongsberg XE10. They did their thorough

research of all available technologies and finally chose Esko because of the industry specific solution, their packaging expertise and back-end support. They found the Kongsberg XE10 table to be a precise sample table with ease of use, speed and versatility. They were equally impressed with the way Kongsberg efficiently handles different types of paper, paperboard, and litho-laminated corrugated board. A huge advantage of the Kongsberg XE10 is also the ability to produce partial cuts with exact depth and perfect registration of spot varnishing blankets for offset folding carton package printing. Miraj Multicolor is extremely happy with the quick customer support and the precise co-ordination of Esko’s software and hardware engineers.

Mr. K.G. Sharma, Director of Miraj Multicolor says, “Esko’s strong solutions for packaging prepress and their efficient sales and support structure in India are the driving factors on our decision to choose Esko as our partner. We already can feel a lot of difference in our production controls through the implementation of CAD software and Kongsberg CAM table, designed specifically for packaging. In a short span, we’ve realized why Esko is the frontrunner in packaging prepress solutions.”

Karan Talwar, Regional Business Manager of Esko in North India, says, “Miraj Multicolor is our first customer in mainland Rajasthan, excluding NCR and we are very proud of the same. The vision of Miraj Multicolor with able leadership of Mr. K.G. Sharma is definitely very positive and encouraging. I am confident that Esko’s team of packaging prepress experts will provide necessary know-how to support Miraj’s vision of growth. We‘re very happy to welcome Miraj team to growing Esko customer base and maintain leadership status in India.”

ArtiosCAD comes with dedicated tools specifically designed for packaging professionals – for structural design, product development, virtual prototyping and manufacturing. It is the ideal product for corrugated, folding carton and POP, POS, FSDU display designers and for structural packaging design.

The Kongsberg XE10 die less digital sample making and short run production machine.

The Kongsberg XE10 processes a wide range of packaging materials: folding carton, single flute corrugated board and synthetic materials such as polypropylene to name a few. The Kongsberg XE10 is also a cost efficient solution for producing partial cuts with exact depths along with perfect registration in preparation of spot varnishing blankets for offset folding carton packaging printing.

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Fujifilm installs Acuity EY at Raj Printer & Packagers With the installation of state of the art wide format digital inkjet printer Raj Significantly adds to its competitive advantage by reducing print cost and time to deliver.

Fujifilm India has installed its Acuity EY wide format digital inkjet printer at Raj Printer & Packagers, Allahabad. The state of the art Acuity Series wide format digital inkjet printer brings a range of true flatbed UV print solutions optimized for quality, speed and production. The Allahabad based Raj printers and packagers have multi-colour labels, computer stationery and printing material production operation.

Acuity EY wide format digital printer as opposed to conventional technologies can produce prints in the most cost-effective way. The reduced time to market allowed

by UV wide-format equipment is a plus for a competitive and on-demand driven industry.

Acuity EY has many advanced features that assist printing business to optimize top line and bottom-line growth. Key features include: • zoned vacuum table to hold all types of media for accurate registration, • variable dot imaging to produce sharp images with smooth gradations, • two liter ink pouches that are quick to change without any mess,

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Unijet inks to offer a wide colour gamut and high gloss that works on media up to 1.25mx2.5m i.e thickness up to 48mm.

It also has flexibility with roll-to-roll option up to 2.19m imaged at up to 26.4m2/hr. The features like bi directional output speeds up to 35m2/hr and highly pigmented UV curable Uvijet inks negate the need for specialist air extraction systems. All these features make this machine the best in the industry for exceptional quality printing.

Rohan Bhargawa from Raj Printers and Packagers said “installing state of the art Acuity EY is a strategic business investment for our printing business. It will enhance our capabilities in digital printing thus delighting our clients. We are very excited to see the response as it has increased turnaround time and reduced the operating cost.”

Speaking about Acuity EY, Mr. S M Ramprasad, AVP, Graphic Arts Divison, Fujifilm India said, “Fujifilm is focusing on the need of mid range printer market in Asia region that includes India through innovative

products like Acuity EY that are best in class when it comes to price and performance.

Ink pricing should reflect market conditions and we believe that value for money should be delivered. With expertise in the areas of inkjet inks, print systems, and industrial printheads Fujifilm has built a capability in inkjet technology that is second to none.”

Commenting further, Mr. Ramprasad added, “Keeping in mind our focus in the Indian market, we have worked on reducing the running cost of inks approximately to Rs 6-7 per sq/ft. It’s a calculated risk that we have taken considering the scope that we have to increase our volumes in India.”

The Acuity Series of wide format printers brings a range of true flatbed UV print solutions optimized for quality, speed, and production. Fujifilm’s wide format printing portfolio includes a broad range of printers, inks, media, workflow and finishing solutions for every size shop. Whatever one needs to print, Fujifilm has a solution. From entry level solvent printers to the fastest UV flatbeds, Fujifilm can help produce high quality images faster and more efficiently that can optimize productivity and output.

Raj Printers and Packagers installs the new Fujifilm Acuity EY

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Large format printing with Latex inks at SGI Dubai 2016 fade resistance when exposed to the sun’s UV rays is much greater.

Aqueous or water-based inks in large format printing are mainly reduced to indoor applications. However, since some years rinting with Latex inks at SGI Dubai 2016 manufacturers are offering Latex inks that enable many more applications and adhere to a multitude of substrates. ave been around for a long time. Since some years,

ers offer Latex ink that enables a host of new

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The speed of Latex printers is as high as 180 sqm/h and the inks are environmentally friendly. Some manufacturers have their inks certified according to UL Ecologo and UL Greenguard Gold standards. As latex inks are water-based, their environmental impact is reduced and only low VOC levels are emitted thus eliminating the need for expensive ventilation systems.

“Several of the exhibitors at SGI Dubai 2016 will present printers and solutions employing Latex inks. Existing and new applications, such as car and vehicle wraps, outdoor advertising as well as indoor advertising can thus be realised environmentally friendly.

As organiser of SGI Dubai 2016 we are very happy to be able to showcase such a

multitude of applications as well as solutions for the signage market to visitors from MENA and beyond. The UAE is one of many states that foster environmentally friendly solutions and actively supports their introductions”, states Mr. Sharif Rahman, CEO, IEC. “While traditional sign making technologies are declining, digital technologies are taking over and offer a multitude of applications that enable print shop owners to increase their business and engage in new applications that hitherto could not be accommodated.

SGI Dubai 2016 is the place for everyone in the signage industry and beyond to inform themselves about those new technologies and how they can benefit their businesses.”

SGI Dubai 2016 will take place from January 10 – 12, 2016 at the World Trade Center in Dubai (UAE).

ColorJet to launch two future ready digital inkjet printers at Media Expo

nters is as high as 180 sqm/h and the inks are environmentally acturers haveColorJet their inksis certified according UL Ecologo launching its latestto printer model,and standards. As“Softjet latex inks are water-based, theirSignage environmental Grand” – 2.5 metre Soft only low VOC levels are emitted thus eliminating the need for Printer and “Polo Turbo” at Media Expo at systems.

Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, itors at SGI Dubai 2016 will present printers and solutions Goregaon, Mumbai.

Existing and new applications, such as car and vehicle wraps, as well as indoor advertising can thus be realised The of launch of the 2016 Softjet signals dly. As organiser SGI Dubai weGrand, are very happy to be a multitude of well as solutions for theline signage theapplications company’sasextension of its product m MENA and beyond. one of product many states towardsThe the UAE soft is signage line.that Thefoster dly solutions and actively supports their introductions", states Softjet Grand easily prints on polyester based CEO, IEC. "While traditional sign making technologies are fabricsover which can be arecycled andofuses nologies are taking and offer multitude applications op owners to increase their business and based engageinks. in new environmental friendly aqueous erto could not be accommodated. SGI Dubai 2016 is the place gnage industry and beyond to inform themselves about those Softjet Grand is the perfect solution to print how they can benefit their businesses." directly on fabrics for soft signage business and optimised for replacement of PVC based media and even the most amazing applications like mesmerising backlit displays and additionally, flexible displays can be printed by this machine.

width up to 3,300 mm, with a maximum thickness of 3.00 mm and can print on SAV, PVC Banner, Backlit Film, Window Film and solvent based fabrics.

According to Colorjet Brand Manager, Smarth Bansal, “We are launching the Softjet Grand model to expand our product line and also to enable the entry of entrepreneurs in soft signage business at a lower investment.”

“The machine will prove to be attractive for producers of soft signages like flags, banners, hoardings, demo tents, vibrant backlits, etc, since nowadays; a lot of fabric is being used for events like weddings decorations, banquets, etc,” he added.

“Softjet Grand opens another business avenue of customised decorative fabrics

for its users and comes in both 2.5 and 3.2 metre print width to target different market requirements,” Smarth Bansal informed.

ColorJet, the manufacturer of digital inkjet printers, markets its products in 14 countries worldwide. The company is backed by a team with extensive experience and expertise in the inkjet printing segment and is guided by its commitment of delivering products that support a design philosophy of being economic, efficient and ecological.

The company maintains its operations via manufacturing facilities located in India and China and sales offices spread across seven countries, which include China, Sri Lanka, UAE and India. To date, Colorjet has installed and implemented 4000+ of its printing solutions and products across 315 cities around the world.

While, the Polo Turbo is a high speed industrial grade solvent printer, built on a heavy duty structure. Its independent drive technology drives each nozzle independently to achieve high speed production speeds of up to 1,600 sq. feet per hour, while also delivering high quality output, reliability and offering low running costs. The Polo Turbo is a 4-colour printer with printing resolution of 1,440 dpi and can print on media’s of

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Xaar appoints Chris Morgan as Non-Executive Director Xaar, the global industrial inkjet technology player has announced the appointment of Chris Morgan as Non-Executive Director.

Morgan will join the Board of Directors at Xaar from 4th January 2016.

Chris brings with him a wealth of expertise in managing complex international technology businesses, having spent 25 years at HP,

Inc. His HP career encompassed more than 15 years of diverse senior executive roles including WW Sales and Marketing leadership for HP’s entire printing business and Senior Vice President of Graphic Solutions where he had end-to-end global general management responsibility for HP’s multibillion dollar portfolio of digital printing and packaging press, signage and display, large format design, 3D, and specialty printing solutions and services.

Chris has a strong background in global marketing and general management roles, with 11 years living and working in Asia for HP. He has led strategic investments in key growth markets such as China and India and has established channel networks, and customer service and supply chain capabilities in growth markets. Morgan has also been involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions at both the strategic and operational levels and was a board member for an HP-Softbank PC-related joint venture in Japan. Morgan recently served as Chief Marketing Officer for Stratasys, until June of 2015, where he was responsible for marketing 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions globally.

Phil Lawler, Xaar’s Chairman, welcomes Chris saying, “We are delighted that Chris is joining Xaar’s Board. He brings a wealth of experience with him in both global businesses and leadership roles. We look forward to his help in guiding the Company at this important period in Xaar’s 25 year history.” Echoing Phil’s comments, Doug Edwards, Xaar’s CEO, says: “I am pleased to welcome Chris to Xaar. His extensive international experience and market knowledge will aid Xaar’s growth in new and emerging applications for digital inkjet printing.”

“Xaar is well positioned to take advantage of a number of growth opportunities in the digital print market over the next few years” says Chris Morgan. “I am very excited to be joining Xaar at this important time.”

Events Calendar SGI Dubai 2016

Print Summit 2016

All In Print China 2016

Date: 10-JAN-16 to 12-JAN-16 Venue: World Trade Center Dubai Dubai, UAE

Date: 29 JAN-16 Venue: NCPA, Mumbai

Date: 18 OCT-16 to 22 OCT-16 Venue: SNIEC, Shanghai Shanghai, China

MediaExpo 2016 Date: 15-JAN-16 to 17-JAN-16 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra

National Seminar on Packaging for Processed Foods Date: 20-JAN-16 to 21-JAN-16 Venue: Hotel The Leela Mumbai

Print Pack Sign Digital 2016 Date: 22-JAN-16 to 24-JAN-16 Venue: Ahmedabad Education Society Ground Ahmedabad, Gujarat

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PackPro Expo 2016 Date: 25 FEB-16 to 27 FEB-16 Venue: Chennai Trade Centre Chennai

Fespa Digital 2016 Date: 08-Mar’16 to 11-Mar’16 Venue: Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam Netherlands

drupa 2016 Date: 31 MAY-16 to 10 JUN-16 Venue: Dusseldorf, Germany

Labelexpo India 2016 Date: 17 NOV-16 to 20 NOV-16 Venue: India Expo Centre Greater Noida (Delhi NCR)

PAMEX 2017 Date: 18 DEC-17 to 21 DEC-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon Mumbai, Maharashtra

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

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