PRESSIdeas February 2018

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Heidelberg’s digital transformation............12 Growth areas in coatings.................................20 The printer with a difference.........................24 Reinventing Production Inkjet......................31

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Heidelberg and WEIG: Implementing new digital business model for folding carton printing...........................................................................8 Komori establishes direct Presence in India......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 New Heidelberg raises profile: Digital transformation bearing fruit .......................................................................................................................... 12 Agfa adds foldable SYNAPS OM90F to its synthetic paper portfolio.......................................................................................................................... 14

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com) Vineet K G. Associate Editor (vineetkg@pressideas.com)

Adway Print Concept’s greenfield expansion with Heidelberg..................................................................................................................................... 16 Autoprint Inspection System makes inroads into Malaysian print market............................................................................................................... 17 Tiruppur’s Spectrra Prints installs Speedmaster XL 75 –Six Colour plus coater....................................................................................................... 18 EFI completes three key additions to its senior leadership team ................................................................................................................................ 19 Key growth areas that are driving the coatings for paper and board market.......................................................................................................... 20 Rapida LiveApp gets awarded at the German Design Award 2018............................................................................................................................. 21 Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards winners honoured in Dubai ............................................................................................................................ 22 Lidergraf makes major investment in press automation from QIPC .......................................................................................................................... 23 Friends Print Shop: A digital transformation – the printer with a difference .......................................................................................................... 24 HP accelerates democratization of 3D Printing with breakthrough full colour platform ................................................................................... 26 HP and Dassault collaborate for next generation 3D design innovation for Additive Manufacturing .......................................................... 27 Ricoh extends Inkjet innovation with new ink technology for printing platforms................................................................................................ 28 Canon India installs imagePRESS C10000VP at Prism Printers...................................................................................................................................... 29 printpack alger 2018 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Reinventing Production Inkjet with the AccurioJet KM-1............................................................................................................................................... 31

Jasvinder S. Sub-Editor (jasvinder@pressideas.com) Jacob George Marketing and Sales (jacob@pressideas.com) M.S. Mukundan Advertising and Sales Southern and Western India (aims@pressideas.com) Graphic Designer Anil Kumar

South India continues to lead in the adoption of the DreamLabo 5000 technology .......................................................................................... 32 Vandana Creation adds Xerox Versant 3100......................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Bobst Folder Gluer runs production world record at South India Paper Mills ........................................................................................................ 34 Ashling Impex at PlastIndia 2018 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 35

Networking/ Hardware Consultant Sukhdeep Singh

Gallus Labelmaster: The ‘Less Complexity, More Flexibility’ innovation concept .................................................................................................. 36 OPTIMA pharma at Achema 2018 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 MIT conducts two-day Technical Fest at campus............................................................................................................................................................... 40 India’s first Kodak Flexcel NX 5080 goes to Shilp Gravures ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani inaugurates PlastIndia 2018...................................................................................................................................................... 41 Constantia Flexibles to expand production capacity in India........................................................................................................................................ 42 Uflex announces Rs.1700 crore investment in UP.............................................................................................................................................................. 42 NBG launches STARFlex .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Tetra Pak crosses half billion mark for its fully renewable packages .......................................................................................................................... 43

USA Correspondents Tensi M., Preeti European Correspondent Rimi, Yadhu Morphine Production Thomas K Alex

Label Traxx MIS to present digital optimisation strategies at Xeikon Café................................................................................................................ 44 RPC LongLife packs all 17 varieties of Madama Oliva’s olives........................................................................................................................................ 44 Siegwerk and Agfa Graphics enter into strategic alliance .............................................................................................................................................. 45 New Euclid IIIC extends the range of Highcon Euclid....................................................................................................................................................... 45 Designing advertising with 3D Printing................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 HP adds two new printer series to its digital portfolio..................................................................................................................................................... 47 ColorJet shows green digital printing solutions at Media Expo 2018......................................................................................................................... 48

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Talking of key industry installations, Canon India has installed imagePRESS C10000VP at Prism Printers, New Delhi. The Canon’s flagship 100ppm Digital Printing workhorse is its top of the line machine which got inaugurated at Prism’s Gol Market facility. imagePRESS C10000VP is Canon’s first 100ppm machine which has the ability to produce consistent high quality prints on wide variety of media including highly profitable texture paper. The machine is recognized as one of the strongest digital colour Production Printers Canon has ever offered. Another Canon flagship marvel, DreamLabo 5000 is making waves in South India. The technology witnesses 7th Installation in the country recently. It was installed at Photopark Digital Press at Padma Junction in Kochi. The DreamLabo 5000 has previously been installed in cities such as Kochi, Bangalore, Mysore, Vijayawada etc. In the past five years, Xerox has played an important role in the growth of Vadodara-based Vandana Creation’s business which has recently added Xerox’s Versant 3100. The digital printer plans to add visuals and long run solutions to its portfolio with this enhanced capability.

Other key installations include Spectrra Prints, based in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, installing a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75, with Prinect press centre, Intellistart and wall screen option; Delhi’s Adway Print Concept installing Heidelberg Stahlfolder TI 36 and Polar 115 PF cutter as part of its Greenfield expansion strategy; Suria Press of Malaysia installing Autoprint Checkmate 50 Inspection System and Shilp Gravures installing India’s first Kodak Flexcel NX Wide 50×80 system.

New technologies and launches include Monotech Systems bringing Massivit 3D to the Indian market; HP announcing two new printer series in its digital printing portfolio – the HP PageWide XL 5100 printers and multifunction and the HP DesignJet T1700 printers; NBG launching its first Narrow-Web Flexo press – STARFlex. Important industry events are Komori establishing direct Presence in India by acquiring majority stake in Insight Communications and Print Solutions India; Siegwerk and Agfa entering into an important strategic alliance for digital packaging inks; Uflex announcing Rs.1700 crore investment in UP to enhance its manufacturing capacity and set up a solar project; Constantia Flexibles expanding production capacity in India with an investment of INR 100 crore at Parikh Packaging, Ahmedabad.

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Heidelberg and WEIG: Implementing new digital business model for folding carton printing Heidelberg supplies complete package comprising presses, software, services, and consumables under subscription agreement.

Growth is on the cards for folding carton producer FK Fürther Kartonagen, which forms part of the WEIG network of companies. In creating a new digital business model, WEIG is drawing on the experience, advice, and technology of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg).

“We’re looking to turn our Emskirchen site into a folding carton business that leads the way when it comes to availability and flexibility. We’re therefore entering into a partnership with Heidelberg in which our strategic and business interests are aligned.

Under the new business model, Heidelberg will no longer make its money by supplying press components, but solely by achieving agreed productivity and growth targets,” explains Toni Steffens, Commercial Director of WEIG Packaging.

“Under the Heidelberg subscription model, the economic responsibility for optimum technical availability, increased productivity, and maximum utilization of the installed equipment no longer rests solely with the customer, but for the first time also with the supplier.” - Ulrich Hermann, Heidelberg.

The Heidelberg subscription model follows the growing pay-per-use trend in mechanical engineering and aims to move away from growth based solely on selling and installing printing capacity.

Customers pay for usage in new Heidelberg digital business model Under this Heidelberg model, customers only pay for the number of sheets actually printed. Under the conventional business model, they buy the presses and pay separately for consumables or services. With the new digital business model, all the equipment, all consumables required – such as printing plates,

inks, coatings, washup solutions, and blankets – and a comprehensive range of services geared to availability are included in the price per sheet to be charged. This differs significantly from the click charge model already introduced by digital press suppliers. Although these suppliers also charge per sheet, they mainly base this on their own costs and not on the customer’s business model.

“Under the Heidelberg subscription model, the economic responsibility for optimum technical availability, increased productivity, and maximum utilization of the installed equipment no longer rests solely with the customer, but for the first time also with the supplier,” explains Professor Ulrich Hermann, member of the Management Board and Chief Digital Officer at Heidelberg. “After all, a customer only enters into a long-term agreement with us if the benefits are permanent. We ensure this will be the case with our operator model. A situation in which customers are looking to make full use of the opportunities of digitization throughout the system also represents a forward-looking solution,” he adds.

New approach offers increased availability and new possibilities for users Under the agreement, two new Speedmaster XL 106

Key Notes : >

WEIG draws on the experience, advice, and technology of Heidelberg.

> Industry 4.0 solution ensures excellent availability and productivity across entire system. > WEIG can achieve growth targets based on state-of-the-art technology.

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(from l to r) Siegfried Mahr (MD, WEIG Packaging) with Dr. David Schmedding, Mike Niebuhr, Toni Steffens, Markus Rinkens, Harald Degen and Dirk Kummer.

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presses from the drupa 2016 generation with Push to Stop and Multicolor technology are being installed at the Emskirchen folding carton plant. However, the model in its totality also includes all service components, replacement and wear parts, all consumables required to operate the presses, and a training and consulting service aimed at increasing availability. In addition, WEIG is using the new Heidelberg Assistant digitization solution, which went into series production at the end of 2017.

The Heidelberg Assistant is being developed into the central control panel. In practice,

this means a big step is already being taken in the direction of Industry 4.0 for the entire sector, with equipment and components communicating independently. Maintenance requirements and wear will be identified at an early stage so as to enable joint, predictive service planning. This will significantly improve the availability of equipment. WEIG will benefit from enhanced flexibility in terms of customers and scheduling with a view to achieving just-in-time production.

“Establishing pay-per-use models in industrial offset printing is the result of our company’s ongoing digital transformation,

and also our software and data expertise.

Heidelberg offers customers a smart complete system comprising press, services, consumables, and software solutions,” says Hermann. “The stable management of a system of this kind is inconceivable without big data applications – in predictive maintenance, for example – and our Push to Stop approach to autonomous printing. Our customers and investors alike appreciate the benefits of long-term, sustainable business relationships that aim to digitize the sector,” he stresses.

Komori establishes direct Presence in India Komori Corporation, Japan is set to come into India by acquiring majority stake in Insight Communications and Print Solutions India, handling Komori business.

Insight Communications and Print Solutions India has been the distributors of Komori products in India since 2007. They have achieved tremendous success in terms of the number of machines installed – in just a short span of 10 years they have to their credit more than 260 Komori press installations.

Besides, a strong network of sales and support engineers has been developed to serve an equally strong customer base in the country.

India’s impressive demographics – consisting of a robust young population holds abundant potential for economic growth and consequently the printing market and demand for equipment.

With Komori deciding to take majority stake in Insight Communications and Print Solutions India, the company is all set to seize the growth opportunities in India. The resultant new subsidiary will aim to penetrate deeper into the Indian market and boost sales of Komori offset printing presses.

Mr. Satoshi Mochida, President and COO, Komori Japan says, “We believe that these initiatives will help local printing companies better utilize high-value-added printing solutions and enhance the efficiency of their operations, thereby contributing to the development of India’s printing industry.”

Mr. Sangam Khanna says, “It will result in Komori getting closer to the Indian customers

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and provide much better service, enhance product reliability and provide information and communications technology (ICT) solutions aimed at improving productivity.

Future plans include creating various products tailored to meet local Indian requirements.”

Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, says, “The new organization plans to adopt the best of both the local and global – as the current team will continue to handle operations in India with enhanced support, investments and growth engines coming from Komori’s global presence.”

Mr. Hirofumi Hoshino will be taking over as the Managing Director of the new venture.

He joined Komori in 1977 after getting his degree in Mechanical engineering and was involved in press design and production.

He has served in Komori America as well as in Komori Europe. He is a core member of Komori Global Sales and Service Group and an Associate Board Director. Mr. Sangam Khanna will head Sales and Marketing function.

Komori is a global manufacturer and supplier of sheet-fed Offset presses, web Offset presses, high-end Packaging presses and Security Printing presses. Its overseas sales in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 accounted for 60.3% of consolidated net sales. Out of all its overseas markets – Komori gives a lot of attention to China, India and ASEAN countries due to the robust economic expansion of the region.

Print demand is expected to grow rapidly in these regions due to increasing personal consumption. Komori has positioned these countries as priority Countries.

New Heidelberg raises profile: Digital transformation bearing fruit For Heidelberg, Digital transformation is bearing fruit – the subscription model is attracting considerable interest, with further growth in demand for innovative digital packaging and label presses.

After nine months of financial year 2017/2018 (April 1 to December 31, 2017), the digital transformation initiated at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is increasingly taking shape. Among other things, initial agreements have been signed under the new subscription model whereby customers are ensured a performance product comprising press, services, consumables, and software over a period of several years. The successful market launch of this new business model is a further important step toward achieving the future growth targets. The demand for innovative digital presses remains high, with a recent significant increase in incoming orders in virtually all regions.

What’s more, the Heidelberg Digital Unit provides a new competence center for digital marketing and e-commerce. Among other things, this is intended to triple e-commerce sales in the years ahead to some euro 300 million. Furthermore, series production of the Heidelberg Assistant has started, initially in four countries. This will provide customers with digital support throughout the life cycle of their products.

The strategic focus in financial year 2017/2018 is on initiating and implementing the strategic measures that form part of “Heidelberg goes digital!”

Key Notes : >

New Heidelberg Digital Unit to significantly expand e-commerce business.

> Incoming orders for third quarter 16 percent up on previous year. > Sights still set on operating targets for financial year 2017/2018 as a whole – even more confidence in medium-term outlook.

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Heidelberg is on course to achieve its annual targets for financial year 2017/2018. Driven by the high demand for digital product and business models, incoming orders developed encouragingly in the third quarter of the financial year, increasing by more than 16 percent. Virtually all regions that are of relevance for Heidelberg recorded improvements, especially

Europe and the U.S. The order backlog of euro 693 million at December 31, 2017 was at a very good level for a post-drupa year.

“Heidelberg is systematically transforming into a modern digital technology company. The considerable customer demand for our new digital solutions is just what we were hoping for. This applies to the subscription models setting a new trend in our sector, our e-commerce offerings of the new Digital Unit, and our industrial digital presses for packaging and labels. Our medium-term target of using technological leadership, digital transformation, and operational excellence to generate sales of some euro 3 billion and a net profit after taxes in excess of euro 100 million is increasingly within our grasp,” commented Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer.

EBITDA improves to €105 million Profitability rose further compared with the previous year’s figures. After three quarters, EBITDA excluding restructuring result climbed from euro 94 million to euro 105 million. As a result, the EBITDA margin after nine months was 6.3 percent after a figure of 5.6 percent in the previous year.

The improvements at operating level and the conversion of a convertible bond in July 2017 led to an increase in shareholders’ equity to euro 345 million (previous year: euro 246 million). The net financial

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debt at December 31, 2017 fell to euro 244 million (previous year: euro 282 million).

“Our financing structure is very solid. We have a low leverage and maintain sufficient liquidity to finance our planned investments in new business models,” said Heidelberg CFO Dirk Kaliebe. “In addition, further acquisitions might become an option, if they help speed up our digital transformation.”

After initially expecting a further moderate increase over the previous year, Heidelberg is now predicting that the result for financial year 2017/2018 will be significantly down on the previous year’s figure (euro 36 million).

In terms of the annual operating targets, this means that – adjusted for the abovementioned special tax effect – Heidelberg is standing by its guidance published with the figures for the second quarter of 2017/2018 on November 9, 2017.

Developments in North America are looking brighter in the second half of the financial year, but exchange-rate effects in Asia and from the U.S. dollar in particular, as well as the deliberate reduction in business with remarketed equipment, are continuing to have a negative impact on business. In financial year 2017/2018, the company is still aiming to achieve an EBITDA margin in the

region of 7 to 7.5 percent through measures to boost efficiency.

The strategic focus in financial year 2017/2018 is on initiating and implementing the strategic measures that form part of “Heidelberg goes digital!” – strengthening the company’s technology leadership, digital transformation of the business model, and achieving operational excellence. These measures are already starting to have a positive impact and will play a key role in achieving the company’s medium-term targets. Confidence about this has grown further as the financial year has progressed.

Agfa adds foldable SYNAPS OM90F to its synthetic paper portfolio The thin gauge and folding capabilities of OM90F now allow the use of SYNAPS for additional application areas.

The market launch of SYNAPS OM90F as the latest addition to Agfa’s SYNAPS synthetic papers portfolio fits the company’s strategy to continuously develop the SYNAPS range of products to meet customer needs in view of new application requirements and evolving print technologies.

The use of SYNAPS as synthetic print media is mainly driven by its water and tear resistance properties. The thin gauge and folding capabilities of OM90F, short for Offset Matt 90 g/m² Foldable, now allow the use of SYNAPS for additional application areas.

Kaisu Soudant, Global Sales Manager SYNAPS, comments: “As a complement to our existing portfolio, SYNAPS OM90F answers the need of the market to have the exceptional print efficiency that SYNAPS offers also available for applications with specific requirements. The 85μm gauge and folding ability of OM90F offer to our customers easy access to relevant additional application segments such as book sections and map printing.”

SYNAPS OM90F has the same ink acceptance layer as the existing SYNAPS OM range to ensure print efficiency in both offset and HP Indigo printing but it has a newly developed polyester core for achieving easy folding. SYNAPS OM90F is available for sales as of today in standard sheet formats while sheet and roll formats to customer

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Adway Print Concept’s greenfield expansion with Heidelberg Delhi’s Adway Print Concept installs Heidelberg Stahlfolder TI 36, Polar 115 PF cutter as part of its Greenfield expansion strategy.

Delhi-based Adway Print Concept installed a Heidelberg STAHL Folder TI 36 and Polar 115 PF cutter, as part of a Greenfield expansion strategy to equip its entire print production facility with that latest and best-in-class paraphernalia. A spin-off from a two-decade old, family-owned printing business, Adway was established in April 2017, to specialize in the production of E-flute cartons, mono cartons, wet-glue labels and inserts.

“The game plan is to reposition our business to target future growth areas. So, we are investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure to realize our key financial and business objectives. Heidelberg is a solid brand we can rely on to provide world-class printing equipment. Both the Stahl TI 36 and Polar 115 PF are value buys,” states Anuj Kumar Jain, director, Adway. He runs the firm in partnership with his brother Pradeep Kumar Jain.

The top-seller in its class of machines, Polar 115 PF is a high speed cutter best-suited for offset formats of 63 x 88 cm. An OptiKnife knife changing system facilitates faster knife changes and shortest make-ready times. The stable, rust-free, single-piece machine frame extends the lifespan of the Polar 115 PF. “Cutting accuracy achieved with the Polar 115 PF is incredible,” lauds Anuj Kumar Jain, “thanks to the DPS (Direct Positioning System) with a mechanical positioning accuracy of 1/1000 mm. This feature ensures greatest cutting accuracy, which is indispensable in our line of business.”

faster make-ready by adjusting folding roller gaps & slitter shaft spacing. The Ti 36 can accommodate a wide range of challenging folding requirements, including gatefold, parallel and cross folds. Dependable and accurate sheet separation, alignment and transport, ensure reliable production, thereby maximizing productivity.

“The Heidelberg Stahl Folder Ti 36 helps in the production of several value-adding folded products at favourable operating costs, paving the way for Adway to tap into new,

lucrative and attractive market opportunities,” comments Anuj Kumar Jain. Currently, Adway operates from a rented 16,000 sq. Feet facility, but plans a Greenfield expansion into Noida or Sahibabad.

“Our business is in growth mode. This is the most exciting part of the journey. Every step in the right direction takes us closer to our dream. Shortly, we plan to invest in equipment for making liner cartons and self-adhesive labels,” concludes Anuj Kumar Jain.

With a strong foothold in the pharma vertical, Adway caters to more than 75 prestigious clients across diverse industrial sectors including automobile, FMCG and fragrance, extending its services to even the neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh.

Adway also invested in a Heidelberg Stahl Folder Ti 36 that rules the miniature folding market segment. The Stahl Ti 36 is designed to process minimum fold lengths of up to 20 mm/0.8 inches. A ‘Festa’ system facilitates

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Autoprint Inspection System makes inroads into Malaysian print market Suria Press of Malaysia installs Autoprint Checkmate 50 Inspection System.

Suria Press (M) Sdn. Bhd. is a paper based packaging printing company based in Malaysia. The company has recently opted for an Autoprint Checkmate 50 Inspection System to detect defects and expedite their manual quality checking process.

Suria Press’ top management visited Autoprint in India in November 2017 before meeting a few other inspection machine manufacturers. They were very impressed with Autoprint’s Checkmate 50 Inspection machine and found it much superior in terms of quality checking and speed. The machine has a rigid body, with user-friendly and customized software. In addition, upon visiting Autoprint, Suria Press’ team found a very supporting and knowledgeable sales and service staff.

The machine has been installed in Suria’s factory in Jan 2018. The company believes that the machine would be the key to further enhance their deliveries and quality control.

Suria Press started their printing business in 1979. Initially focusing in commercial printing, they slowly tapped into the packaging industry in mid 90’s. Their factory with an area of 28,000 square feet in Sekinchan, North Selangor, houses several state-ofthe-art offset printing machines, die-cut machines, gluing machines and various coating machines to cater to the needs of their customers. Committed to provide the best quality products and services to customers, which are chiefly in the pharmaceuticals & FMCG industries, the company has product quality and on-time delivery as their key focus.

They had been looking for a machine that could help to find the defects and expedite their manual quality checking process since manual inspection could not provide 100% defect free cartons. Autoprint Checkmate 50 provides defect free print products to the end customer with 100% accuracy. It can inspect print defects and foil errors. The machine segregates the good and defective sheets neatly into different stacks which can be further analysed to correct the previous process. It not only eliminates expensive manual labour but also enhances the checking speed and process.

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Tiruppur’s Spectrra Prints installs Speedmaster XL 75 –Six Colour plus coater Spectrra Prints based in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, installed a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75, with Prinect press centre, Intellistart and wall screen option.

An offshoot of five-year old JGA Offset printing, Spectrra specializes in carton printing and packaging. The Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu based concern has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75. “The investment in XL-75 strengthens our commitment to serve a diverse client base across various verticals, as we explore a foray into overseas markets. We continue to rely on Heidelberg for quality printing equipment,” states Senthil Kumar, Managing Partner - Spectrra Prints.

“The XL-75’s make-ready can be as less as 2 minutes, with fully-automatic plate changes and the Intellistart 2,” comments Senthil Kumar. The patented assistance system Intellistart 2 automatically generates all the steps required for intelligent job changes and provides maximum transparency across all active and queued processes. Even for complex makeready procedures.

Spectrra has opted for the latest Heidelberg press with Prinect press centre, Intellistart and wall screen option. The Peak Performance Speedmaster XL 75 has the

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highest level of automation in its class, making it extremely user-friendly and economical. Talking on the USP of the press, Saseendran Baskaran (GM - Press solutions) Heidelberg India adds, “With the innovative feature Roller Check Assistant, the reviews and adjustment of rollers reduced by 30% compared to manual adjustment. The wash-up devices for blanket and impression cylinders reduce the consumption of washing fluid and washup cloth as well as the washup times. The blanket and the impression cylinder are washed simultaneously in all units, also the inking unit washup device works with a reduced amount of water and washing fluid.

Spectrra’s parent firm JGA Offset Printing owns a Heidelberg SM 52 five-colour and a Heidelberg two-colour press to cater to the many garment firms in and around Tirrupur.

Spectrra is a spin-off from JGA Offset Printing to capitalize on the huge demand for printed products for the garment industry, including tags, labels, wraps, packaging cartons etc.

“It is very easy to stay loyal to the Heidelberg

brand,” smiles Senthil Kumar, “Heidelberg’s appeal lies in authenticity, great service, and incomparable quality standards. The XL 75 is a right fit into our operational model that calls for shorter make-readies and the ability to accommodate a wide spectrum of substrates.”

The full automated Speedmaster XL 75 minimizes operation footsteps and cut make ready & setup times drastically. The Speedmaster XL 75 can print 15,000 sheets per hour and handle light weight paper to board ranging from 0.0012 - 0.031 inches capable of handling tags, labels and cartons.

Looking ahead, Senthil Kumar envisions significant growth potential for the packaging industry. “In a few years, we expect to expand our infrastructure to cater to other segments of the packaging industry, in addition to deepening our penetration into global markets. Spectrra Prints is uniquely positioned for continued growth and success. Heidelberg will be our beacon,” concludes Senthil Kumar.

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EFI completes three key additions to its senior leadership team Electronics For Imaging, (EFI) has completed three additions to its Silicon Valley-based senior leadership team. Gene Zamiska, the former senior vice president of finance, corporate controller and chief accountant for Verifone, is joining EFI this month as the company’s new chief accounting officer (CAO). Another veteran accounting executive, Mark Allred, has joined EFI as the company’s new vice president of corporate accounting. EFI has also hired Jill Norris, a long-time mobile industry tech leader, as its new chief information officer (CIO).

Zamiska, who is a licensed CPA, comes to the CAO position with a long record of successful tech sector financial management and reporting. Mark Allred is EFI’s new corporate accounting VP. A licensed CPA, he previously worked at technology and

manufacturing businesses. Jill Norris is an IT, services and operations executive with extensive experience helping organizations make the most effective use of their technology. She most recently served as vice president of global IT services for semiconductor company Globalfoundries.

“Gene Zamiska and Mark Allred have the expertise and know-how to help guide our company on the most fiscally responsible path in our next chapter of growth,” said EFI CEO Guy Gecht. “Jill Norris brings important IT leadership expertise that will allow us work even more collaboratively across our worldwide locations. These are significant, valued additions to our senior leadership team, and all of us at EFI are looking forward to the ways they will help us continue to improve.”

Gene Zamiska, joins EFI as CAO.

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Key growth areas that are driving the coatings for paper and board market Smithers Pira identifies the five market pulls that are boosting growth rates in the coatings for paper and board market.

Functional and barrier coatings have been used to enhance the properties and performance of paper and paperboard products for many decades. According to new research from Smithers Pira - The Future of Functional and Barrier Coatings for Paper and Board to 2022 - demand will continue to grow in paper and paperboard applications over the next five years. Worldwide demand is poised to reach 218 million tonnes by 2022. The overall global market of $279 billion in 2016 grew by 6.8% in 2017, and will continue at a pace of 4.9% to a market value of $518 billion by 2022.

Growth is being aided by an improved global economy and the evolvement of underdeveloped countries and regions. In terms of specific markets, the Asia-Pacific sector will represent over 54% of worldwide functional and barrier coatings use by 2022, up from 46% in 2012. The Western, more developed markets, will show more modest growth in demand. Global growth opportunities are achievable across all regions.

Coatings for paper and board market chart There are many demands from the market that require a growing number of substantial advances in technology, leading to greater innovation on numerous levels. Market demands for more sustainable packaging are increasing, as are the regulatory requirements that are forcing companies to consider new alternatives. The rate of technology change continues to challenge the industry, and the packaging industry continues to demand new solutions from functional and barrier coating suppliers.

Smithers Pira’s analysis identifies the following five the main developing areas and technologies that are pushing the market forward and are helping align with the evolving needs of the consumer.

New polymer solutions The largest volume trend in technology is the rapid growth of bio-based polymer alternatives to replace petroleum-based

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plastics like polyethylene in extrusion applications. Nanopolymers and formulated water-based polymers utilising a variety of structured pigments are also being used more.

Water-based systems using advanced emulsion polymers are showing growth rates exceeding 14% in some markets, such as North America. Waterborne polyethylene terephthalate (PET) technologies from Akzo Nobel are also becoming of more interest as a sustainable alternative to polyethylene laminates and wax in many market applications.

Responsive packaging systems designed to react to stimuli in the food or the environment, to enable real-time food quality and food safety monitoring or remediation, is a growing field of use. These coatings are capable of exhibiting changes in physical or chemical properties in response to external stimuli – including pH, temperature, light and biological activity among others – thereby eliminating waste. Antimicrobial packaging is another area of emerging ‘intelligent’ coating technology interest, and it is rapidly advancing with the application of nanotechnology and natural antimicrobials.

Focus on e-commerce Active and intelligent packaging The marketplace continues to demand functional and barrier coatings for paper and paperboard that will provide added benefits to the product, retailer and consumer. This is fuelling demand for more responsive and active packaging – including antimicrobial products and environmentally sensitive functional coatings.

The ever-growing e-commerce market is also playing a role in future growth in paperboard packaging applications, and functional and barrier coating technology will be developed to provide the properties needed to ship more products directly to shoppers worldwide. Food products in particular need insulating, and lower cost and sustainable products are being sought

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to replace expanded polystyrene, wax, polyethylene, PVdC products and the other non-sustainable materials currently used.

In developed markets, the arrival of online services, like Deliveroo and Hungry House, is aligning with a trend for more home delivery – over 30% of US citizens now get food delivered twice a week, and this trend is estimated to grow at 3% CAGR for the next five years. This is expanding the range of menu choices available. High street fastcasual outlets have embraced this trend and, as they do so, are keen to maintain a superior brand experience, delivering meals in innovative designs with high-grade graphics in coated paperboard a popular format.

Sustainability agenda Paperboard will continue to compete with plastics and other materials for packaging, and a variety of other uses. Expanded

polystyrene (EPS) is broadly used to ship fresh seafood, package takeaway food items, cups, plates, coolers and other uses.

EPS is water-resistant, low-cost, lightweight, insulating and structurally attractive for many of these applications, but unattractive from an environmental standpoint. Another use for EPS that will face pressure is the overnight shipment of frozen foodstuffs ordered online.

Trends will continue to replace EPS with paperboard alternatives, using different combinations of formulated water-based coatings, innovative paper and paperboard treatments, and product design changes.

Functional and barrier coated paperboard is also replacing treated wood in some packaging applications where sustainability is an issue, or where lighter weight alternatives are desired. Ox-Box, a US-based company, has developed a paperboard product using functional coatings and treatments that is fully recyclable, lightweight

and can withstand the elements of severe weather, without sacrificing the strength needed to perform in service. The Ox-Box product is replacing wood crates for shipping equipment, mechanical parts and chemical products.

Intelligent printing There is also competition in supermarket freezers, where products need to stand out to consumers with a limited time to make a decision. Brands are putting pressure on printers and converters to deliver more colourful and interactive packaging, with high-end finishing, like hot foiling, spot varnishing and embossing. Add a QR Code eliminates the need for taking up package graphic design space, and allows consumers to learn more about the contents of the packaging by merely pointing their smartphone at the package, is growing in popularity.

Rapida LiveApp gets awarded at the German Design Award 2018 Koenig & Bauer’s Rapida LiveApp supports users with functionality for the location-independent monitoring and control of Rapida series presses.

The German Design Awards 2018 were presented at a special ceremony on 9th February, and Koenig & Bauer received the coveted award in the category “Excellent Communications Design - Apps” for the Rapida LiveApp. After the automation app award received in 2016, this was already the second prize for the Rapida LiveApp developed together with software design specialists Macio.

The Rapida LiveApp supports users with functionality for the location-independent monitoring and control of sheetfed offset presses of the Rapida series. After login via NFC, an info panel is opened with details on the progress and current status of print production. The menu also provides access to a consumables tracker, in which the use

of individual consumables can be recorded and monitored by way of QR codes, as well as a maintenance manager with operator manuals, instructions and press documentation.

The German Design Award jury praised the Rapida LiveApp as a practical solution for the control and maintenance of sheetfed offset presses. In their explanatory statement, they wrote: “With this app for smartphones and tablets, the control console is extended over the whole length of the press. It offers a clever solution to an age-old problem.”

uses Koenig & Bauer’s ProductionApp, which enables full-scale warehouse management and batch tracking through to the final product.

The German Design Award honours manufacturers and designers for innovative products and projects which are considered pioneering for the German and international design landscape. The prize winners are chosen by a top-class international jury. In this way, the German Design Award uncovers and presents unique design trends, and helps to promote design awareness in industry.

One of the first practical users of the Rapida LiveApp is the modern packaging plant of Schur Pack Germany in Gallin. Here, Schur Pack operates two sixcolour Rapida 145 presses in single- and double-coater configurations, and an eightcolour Rapida 106 with two coaters and two inline dryer towers. Besides the Rapida LiveApp, the company also

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Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards winners honoured in Dubai The winners of WAN-IFRA’s Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards for 2018 were honoured at the close of the first day of the 13th annual Middle East Conference, which took place at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina from 28 February through 1 March.

Winners of the 2018 Middle Eastern Digital Media Awards celebrated with WAN-IFRA dignitaries at the organization’s 13th annual Middle East Conference in Dubai, UAE WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards are held throughout the year in every major region in the world. They are the most prestigious recognition of best practice innovation in digital publishing. The winners of the Middle Eastern Awards competition are automatically eligible for WAN-IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards, which recognize the very best digital initiatives globally.

The winners are: 1. Best News Website or Mobile Service 2018 Winner: Al Bilad EST , Saudi Arabia Competition in a general news category is always fierce due to the sheer number of candidates and the quality of news sites in the region. To help the judges make such a tough call, they gave points for a number of criteria, including excellent content, but also UX (user experience), innovative design, and

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appropriate use of multiple media to better tell the story. The winner is a true all-rounder, so congratulations to Saudi Arabia’s Al Bilad EST, a Smart Newspaper project, which one jury member summed up as follows: “great synergy of technology, content and design, creating an engaging user experience.”

2. Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services 2018 Winner: Hia Magazine , UAE Lifestyle, Sports, and Entertainment lend themselves most naturally to the multimedia approach, which made for a rich line-up in this category. The winner, Hia Magazine from the UAE, not only dazzled visually and in terms of interaction but notably impressed the judges on the issue of growing the audience and generating more revenue. As one judge put it, “The presentation gives a good account of the strategy for making this magazine more successful – and from the figures supplied, it certainly seems to be working with the target market.”

3. Best Use of Online Video 2018 Winner: The National , UAE The National from the UAE won this award with video that was not only carefully chosen and shot for aesthetic and emotional impact, but also well thought-out for use across different platforms in social media and mobile. As important as the aesthetics are, the entries were judged firmly within the

context of their value to both viewers and the publisher, and here as well The National stood out, with one judge commenting, “Taking a lead from Facebook video trailblazers like AJ+ and NowThis, this is a well-executed video strategy with clever selection of content with relevance to an international audience.” Some of the judges’ comments: • • • •

“Solid and engaging.” ”Well shot, and nicely edited.”

“Lots of interesting footage – especially the Beirut artist... this is great.”

“The National is doing world-class video here.”

4. Best Data Visualisation 2018 Winner: Khaleej Times , UAE Data visualisation is as much an art as a science, with the outstanding performers using infographics that bring visual impact to information which might easily otherwise be glossed over. The Khaleej Times won this category with a VAT calculator that the judges felt transformed a story about a new VAT rate into a workable tool for users and a great point of engagement for the publisher.

5. Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audience 2018 Winner: Khaleej Times , UAE A second win for the Khaleej Times, and another well-deserved one for its boldness in engaging with a younger audience, in this

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case around a subject that might not be expected from the Dubai-based publisher.

As one judge noted, “‘The Harley Ladies of Dubai’ was a surprising departure – and might be more of the tone the magazine should be aiming at for its young readers – tackling gender stereotypes.”

6. Best in Social Media Engagement 2018 Winner: Rudaw Media Network, Iraq Key to success in this category were measurable growth in user engagement, effective use of the chosen social media platforms, and remaining faithful to the tone and voice of the parent news brand across the new platform. The Rudaw 100 Million Users project did all that, in the process earning the judges’ plaudits. “This is a stunning entry and deserves to win. Great

content and real journalism have been tailored impressively for different social media platforms,” one judge commented.

7. Best Digital News Start-up 2018 Winner: Sayidaty Magazine , UAE Since the industry lives off new approaches, Sayidaty Magazine is a welcome addition to the publisher’s stable with its new web portal for Saudi women. About Her (abouther.com) impressed one of the judges as being “an innovative and interesting site. The tone of the writing is relentlessly positive.”

8. Best Digital Marketing Campaign 2018 Winner: Hia Magazine , UAE Hia Magazine joined the Khaleej Times as the second double winner for a joint project between Hiamag.com and Tiffany & Co.

Clear messaging, an effective social media dimension, brand voice and demonstrably efficient targeting were the key factors in its success.

9. Best Branded Content Project 2018 Winner: Ethos Interactive, Saudi Arabia With the growing importance of native/ content advertising, this category is set to grow in importance with judges looking for joint projects that demonstrate strong branding and generate effective engagment.

Saudi Arabia-based Ethos Interactive won for its McDonald’s Taskita Menu, which a jury member found to be a “very effective and entertaining way to engage the viewer while establishing emotional connection to the product.”

Lidergraf makes major investment in press automation from QIPC Lidergraf not only targets paper waste during production but also aims to quantify levels of quality and improve and stabilise these with cut-off, colour and register control solutions from QIPC. Lidergraf, the Portuguese printing concern, has recently started using measurement and control systems from Q.I. Press Controls.

In 2017 the Dutch specialist in press automation delivered its innovative and highly lauded mRC-3D, IDS-3D and IQM systems to Lidergraf, one of Portugal’s leading printers.

“We are expecting to make intensive use of the IQM system, so that we can optimise performance yet further”.

The plant in Vila do Conde, close to Porto in northern Portugal, has been home to a Heidelberg M600 heatset press since 2001.

In order to get the best out of the press in the future and for it to meet current quality standards in the printing trade, Lidergraf had been looking at possible automation solutions for some while. Thanks to Tecnimprensa, QIPC’s agent in Portugal, the company came into contact with QIPC. “After carrying out a fact-finding mission in the Netherlands and holding various technical discussions establishing Lidergraf’s wishes and requirements, we were able to offer them a practical solution,” says Harold Drinhuyzen, sales executive at QIPC. “Our goal was to reduce paper waste significantly on start-up and during

production,” explains Andrea Carneiro, technical director at Lidergraf, when asked what the company aimed to achieve in implementing the automation project. “We also wanted to quantify levels of quality and improve and stabilise these.” To help towards this objective, two mRC-3D cameras for colour register, five mRC-3D cameras for cut-off control and two IDS-3D cameras for colour control were installed. “This maximises cost savings whilst at the same time bringing about quality improvements,” adds Harold Drinhuyzen.

In addition to improving the operating of the press, Lidergraf’s investment also marks the beginning of a new partnership with QIPC. “For the IQM press analysis system in particular, QIPC’s support is extremely important,” explains Andrea Carneiro.

“We are expecting to make intensive use of the software so that we can optimise performance yet further. Hopefully we will be able to learn a lot from each other.” One of the key reasons for teaming up with QIPC was Lidergraf’s faith in the support being offered by the Dutch company: “Not only are we convinced of its technical potential, first and foremost we know QIPC will deliver an expert and professional service.”

Andrea Carneiro, technical director Lidergraf

For QIPC, the installation of its systems at one of Portugal’s leading printing plants represents an excellent reference in Southern Europe. “The collaboration with Lidergraf presents us with a perfect opportunity to set out our stall in Southern Europe,” enthuses Harold Drinhuyzen. “This plant is a great place to demonstrate our systems in practice to other interested players in the region.”

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Friends Print Shop: A digital transformation – the printer with a difference The story of a leading digital printer that explored the online printing business to exploit an existing top-class digital printing set-up and also grow by leaps.

When Amit Gupta joined his father’s digital printing business, it was already one of the top digital printing houses at Nehru Place. Friends Digital, then based in Nehru Place – which was the hub of digital printing industry – was already having the best equipment.

The Friends Digital facility housed the biggest and the fastest digital machines line-up which was led by two iGen digital printing workhorses from the Xerox stable.

Nehru Place was known for its high competitiveness, as regards both price and products.

For Amit, “the world is the market for the discerning,” and they have also developed their own brand of products. Apart from the popular Soundplug brand, they plan to add Bluetooth speakers shortly; they already own the brand Paper Plane Designs for customised wall paper designs etc; and also Code-Eye for promoting unisex leather accessories.

Key Notes : > Found greater opportunities at online digital platforms. > Offering a diverse mix of products – high quality wall coverings, personalised posters, cushion covers, diaries, calendars, mugs, brochures and much more. > Over 50,000 product offerings, delivery of 1000 packets per day and customers across the country.

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After having his higher studies from Australia, Amit, a tech savvy young man, looked for new opportunities in the fast developing digital platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal etc. He soon decided to shift Friends’ operations to Okhla Industrial area in Delhi.

His plans took wings with the shift that happened about a year and a half ago. “We changed our focus from being a printer who used to calculate the number of prints produced in a day to a printer with major part of its range of products catering to online clientele,” relates Amit.

“With the competition growing to an extent where sustenance in itself had become an issue, I decided that we needed to move away from the rat race and find a niche segment in the digital printing arena itself to support our excellent infrastructure,” says Amit, who finds himself lucky to have got a complete stateof-the-art digital printing setup already in place.

“With the available online portals like Amazon, Flipkart, today we do not need to take out a million prints in a month; but just a couple of thousands is what’s more common. With proper value addition and things like personalisation, we can even get similar or more returns,” he continues.

Today Friends is doing business of about Rs.1 crore a month through the online platform. The customers include a diverse mix of those for high quality wall coverings, personalised posters, cushion covers, diaries, calendars, mugs, brochures and much more different products. In fact, they have over 50,000 product offerings online and dispatch about 8001000 packets per day to customers spread across the country. And, Amit is also exploring the export markets online to further expand their reach and business.

Amit has found his own niche – he serves customers from smaller cities with demands chiefly constituting smaller volumes. According to him, “It is these types of customers who are always prepared to pay for quality. They place smaller orders and mostly because many printers ignore these orders, we found a great opportunity in serving them.”

“Big corporate customers are over demanding and also over-served. They have many options with printers bee-lining at their doorsteps fighting it out

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internet penetrating ever deeper into the smaller cities and towns of India.” He is also of the opinion that the reach that these online platforms can provide to a product is in itself a huge leap for mid-size vendors like Friends and he believes that it would ‘only increase’ in coming days. “These platforms have huge pockets with immense funding and they promote their website crazily to reach every corner of the market they cater. We can’t compete with them in what they are best at doing. What we have done is – continuing with what we do the best i.e., produce quality products. We can always benefit from their expertise by reaching an expansive customer base at one place and we have thus been able to boost our business turnover and profits,” shares Amit. with unreasonable offers – often severe rate cuts and this is exactly what we have always tried to avoid,” he adds.

“The online platform has helped us to serve our customers with high quality printed products at excellent prices and at much faster delivery schedules,” he avers.

The world is the market for the discerning Amit looks pretty optimistic about the online business model when he states, “The world is the market for the discerning.” More recently, he has also been occupied in developing his own brand of products. We got the opportunity to see their ‘Soundplug’ brand earphone during our visit to Friends Print Shop. The high quality earphone was a neat little device that came with a safe-

keeping zipper pouch in an international standard duplex board packing case. Amit says that the product sells like hot-cake – about 8-10 pieces each day.

Along with the ear phones, Amit plans to have similar branded Bluetooth speakers shortly under the same Soundplug branding.

The company owns the brand Paper Plane Designs which deals in customised wall paper designs and similar printed products.

Meanwhile, the brand Code-Eye is another brand which Friends is developing for promoting unisex leather accessories for its customers.

“With amazing platforms like eBay, Amazon, Shopclues and Flipkart to name just a few, business opportunities are immense and I see it exploding exponentially – with the

Creativity Pays Apart from a good infrastructure, Amit believes, the second most important thing for success in this business is Creativity.

“In online printing business, you have to be extremely creative – there is no end to what you can do with a single design that you own. You should be able to sell it as a poster, a coaster, a lampshade, a T-shirt, a mug, a pillow cover, wall covering or even a mobile/ laptop cover,” explains Amit. He further adds that today one cannot survive as a simple printer; in fact, “a printer today must be ready to print on any substrate be it paper, textile, wood, board or even walls!”

The online print business of Friends Print Shop has a staff strength of about thirty people, which includes the creative team along with the production, fabrication and dispatch staff. “The creative team along with the fabrication team in our industry is the most important one; for us, they are the ones who create an idea that I conceive and then comes the sampling, production, photography and online promotion,” reveals Amit. At Friends, paramount importance is given to the target market, which is decided beforehand by the team. “A luxury product cannot be sold to the masses and the mass products may not be of interest to the luxurious,” Amit concludes with a smile, sharing a simple secret for business success.

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HP accelerates democratization of 3D Printing with breakthrough full colour platform Evolves partner ecosystem with new channel program and alliance with Dassault Systèmes.

HP Inc. has expanded its 3D printing portfolio with the introduction of its new Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series of 3D printers, the industry’s first 3D printing technology to enable manufacturers to produce engineering-grade, functional parts in full colour, black or white – with voxel control – in a fraction of the time of other solutions. Depending on configuration and colour preference, the Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series is available starting in the $50,000s, enabling smallto medium-sized product development teams and design businesses, entrepreneurs, and universities and research institutions to access HP’s industry leading Multi Jet Fusion printing technology.

Portfolio expansion ignites new wave of voxel-level innovation with low cost HP Jet Fusion 300 / 500 Series for functional parts in full colour, black or white.

Key Notes : > Introducing the industry’s only 3D printing technology for engineering-grade, functional, full colour parts. > Solutions starting in the $50,000s open up innovation for small- to mediumsized businesses and institutions. > Customers can go from prototyping to full production on the same Multi Jet Fusion technology platform.

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The new Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series complements HP’s existing industrial-grade Jet Fusion 3200 / 4200 / 4210 3D solutions which deliver the lowest cost per part2 and are designed for manufacturing environments. With this portfolio expansion, HP is providing users of its Multi Jet Fusion solutions the ability to prototype and produce new designs and applications on the same platform and stay ahead with a future-ready technology for voxel control beyond color.

“HP is committed to democratizing 3D design and manufacturing, unleashing new possibilities for millions of innovators around the world,” said Stephen Nigro, President of 3D Printing, HP Inc. “No matter your industry, no matter your design complexity, no matter what colors fit your business needs – black, white, or the full color spectrum – the new HP Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series gives you the freedom to create brilliant new parts liberated from the constraints of traditional production methods.”

HP’s unique ability to control part properties at the individual voxel level enables the design and production of previously unconceivable parts and is now available, for the first time, in full color. Whether in healthcare, automotive, consumer goods, or other industries; or for entrepreneurs, designers, or university researchers with the next great idea; the potential of new 3D printing applications is enormous.

HP is already engaging in the co-development of new color applications with universities and businesses around the world including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Yazaki Corp., and Youngstown State University, amongst others.

“At Phoenix Children’s Hospital, we strive to create personalized experiences benefitting the long-term well-being of our patients,” said Dr. Justin Ryan, Cardiac 3D Print Lab, Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

“From visually-appealing casts and corrective devices, to custom surgical guides, to interactive and personalized anatomical models, we see tremendous value in the design possibilities and highly-accurate and durable parts from HP’s new 3D printers.”

Innovation for small- to medium-sized development teams, businesses and educators In addition to providing voxel-level control, the new Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series of 3D printers has a compact design, enhanced workflow solution, and the world’s first integrated and automated materials

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delivery system, enabling greater unattended operation, ease of use, and dramatically increasing production efficiency and output. The Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series also supports the three leading color file formats (OBJ, VRML, and 3MF) enabling designers to reliably and easily produce the parts they want without the inconvenience of file conversion or data corruption.

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“I’m excited about the range of applications for functional multi-color 3D printing,” said

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HP Jet Fusion 340 (Black and White) / 380 (Color): for customers who have smaller part-size needs or who commonly print fewer parts per build.

HP Jet Fusion 540 (Black and White) / 580 (Color): with a bigger build size than the 300 series for customers who have larger part-size needs or heavier production demands.

Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates Inc. “It’s good to see that HP is targeting this interesting and largely untapped opportunity.

The possibilities are infinite.”

Building on HP’s open approach to materials development The HP Jet Fusion 300 / 500 3D printers will launch with a new material, HP 3D High Reusability CB PA 12. Parts using this material will have mechanical properties similar to the HP 3D High Reusability PA 12

HP and Dassault collaborate for next generation 3D design innovation for Additive Manufacturing for new consumer experiences to market.

At SOLIDWORKS World, Dassault Systèmes’ annual conference dedicated to the 3D design and engineering community, HP Inc. and Dassault Systèmes announced their collaboration to empower a new era of product design innovation by entrepreneurs, makers, students and businesses. The two companies intend to optimize Dassault Systèmes’ renowned SOLIDWORKS 3D design and engineering applications to take advantage of the unique voxel-level capabilities of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing solutions. Designers and engineers can completely reimagine products, leverage new materials, escape the limitations of traditional manufacturing, and produce new products more quickly and efficiently.

Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWORKS applications support the complete design through manufacturing process, enabling innovators to rethink their approach to how parts and products are made. Millions of designers and engineers use SOLIDWORKS applications to quickly bring innovative ideas

HP is now shipping more plastic production 3D printers than any other company in the world. Its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology revolutionizes design, prototyping, and manufacturing with its unique ability to control part properties at the individual voxel level. This enables the design and production of previously unconceivable parts and, in the future, products with multiple physical properties such as variable stiffness and flexibility, numerous colours and textures, and electrical conductivity and communications.

HP and Dassault Systèmes will align future technology roadmaps to provide users with access to the latest design tools integrated with HP’s voxel-level technology, as well as design tools for new materials. This roadmap includes upcoming releases of the SOLIDWORKS portfolio to support the fullcolor capabilities of HP’s newly released Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series of 3D printers. Both companies are strong supporters of the 3MF standard to deliver reliable exchange of color information for 3D printing. They will continue to test, validate, and support 3MFfor their solutions to assure accuracy of information exchange across the manufacturing workflow.

“The $12 trillion manufacturing market is being digitally transformed and HP and Dassault Systèmes share a vision to change the way the world designs and manufactures,” said Stephen Nigro, President of 3D Printing, HP Inc. “Some of the world’s greatest innovations spawn from the ideas of students, researchers,

educators, and entrepreneurs. We are honoured to bring the HP Multi Jet Fusion platform together with SOLIDWORKS’ leading design platform and millions of users worldwide to give creators the tools to build the next great innovations.”

“Innovators are driving tomorrow’s industry renaissance, and additive manufacturing, new materials and 3DEXPERIENCE twins are opening up a world of possibilities where they can test and create their concepts,” said Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes. “Our investments in materials science combined with HP’s open approach to materials development are also key to accelerating the 3D printing industry. Together we can expand on the technologies of both companies and collaboratively research new tools around materials science and the development of new materials. Innovators can stretch the limits of imagination, invent and reinvent, further the art of manufacturing and ultimately pursue sustainable innovation for products, nature and life.”

Changing the way the world designs and manufactures Attendees at the SOLIDWORKS World 3D design conference have the opportunity to experience the industry’s most comprehensive end-to-end solutions for every phase of the product design process at HP’s booth #301. In addition to the HP Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series, HP announced new workstation, VR, and, 3D Printing and Scanning products and services which are also on display at the show.

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material from HP’s industrial solutions.

Leveraging HP’s unique Open Platform for

materials and applications development, HP will work with its growing materials ecosystem to grow the material breadth and drive costs down. The Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series will ultimately support similar materials as the Jet Fusion 3200/4200/4210, and also support unique materials that enable color or other voxel-level capabilities.

The HP Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series of 3D printers is available for order and will begin shipping in the second half of 2018.

Jet Fusion 300 / 500 series, it also highlighted the evolution of its global 3D printing reseller program – the HP Partner First 3D Printing Specialization program – including a variety of new options provided to partners selling HP’s Jet Fusion 3D printing solutions. As HP continues to increase its market reach and builds out its global go-to-market structure, it is now enabling solutions providers with specific manufacturing industry expertise, global digital transformation, and IT solutions expertise to deliver Multi Jet Fusion technology for customers around the world.

Partner program delivers broader capabilities and targets new resellers As HP expands its product portfolio with the

Ricoh extends Inkjet innovation with new ink technology for printing platforms Knowing that production printing businesses are continuing to ask more from digital print vendors, especially for inkjet solutions, Ricoh has announced the development of a new ink technology. This new ink will soon be brought to market as an additional option to current and future clients on the Ricoh Pro VC60000 continuous feed inkjet printing platform.

The direction Ricoh is taking with the new ink technology contributes to improving the wide-ranging capabilities of what is already one of the leading production inkjet portfolios. Clients will benefit from Ricoh’s decades of experience in tuning print head technology, waveforms and ink chemistry. By using these new inks, clients will enjoy many advantages.

The inks are designed to print directly to traditional offset coated substrates, without primers. As a result, the production system is more flexible and economical, while at the same time being less complicated.

By enabling the latest in pigment ink innovations, clients can continue to expect excellent durability, water fastness, and print head reliability, similar to Ricoh’s current inks.

An improved colour gamut will increase the different types of applications that can be supported due to more vivid colours and a richer black.

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will increase to support higher production volumes (including offset to digital page migration), decreasing time to market for applications and promotions.

“Our clients have been very successful levering Ricoh’s production inkjet solutions in their businesses. They have also continued to partner with us in developing new technology that will enhance the solutions they have invested in, and offer them clear growth paths for the future,” said Eef de Ridder, Director, Commercial Printing of the Commercial & Industrial Printing Group, Ricoh Europe.

“The future of Ricoh’s business, and that of our clients’, is entwined in a shared opportunity to understand market requirements and the solutions required for business growth. Ricoh’s new inks are an excellent example of innovation addressing real world business opportunities through improved colour, faster production speeds, and enabling the use of common paper types in the commercial print space.”

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Canon India installs imagePRESS C10000VP at Prism Printers Prism Printers, New Delhi installs Canon’s flagship 100ppm Digital Printing workhorse.

Canon’s top of the line imagePRESS C10000VP has been installed at New Delhi based Prism Printers. The machine was inaugurated at Prism’s Gol Market facility at a grand function attended by Mr. Puneet Datta, Director of Professional Printing Products (PPP), Canon India. imagePRESS C10000VP is Canon’s first 100ppm machine which has the ability to produce consistent high quality prints on wide variety of media including highly profitable texture paper. The machine is recognized as one of the strongest digitalcolour Production Printers Canon has ever offered.

The innovative imagePRESS C10000VP/ C8000VP takes digital colour printing to the next level. It uses various proven and upgraded Color Control technologies like Auto Gradation Adjustment, Auto Correct Color Tone, Shading Correction and Multiple Density Adjustment Technology. This Powerful Print Engine featuring EFI RIP Print Servers reliably delivers print speeds of up to 100ppm and consistency at 350 gsm without compromising on quality and offers an excellent return on investment for busy graphic art environment.

Expressing his views on the increasing market demand for the machine, Mr. Puneet Datta, Director, Professional Printing Products (PPP), Canon India said, “At Canon, we believe that technological innovations are key to drawing a balance between the market demands and trends. Leading by innovation, we are empowering users to adapt to newer technologies and keep them at pace with the global printing practices.

The installation today is another step in the direction of increased customer outreach.

The imagePRESS C10000VP has been instrumental in allowing our customers to exploit the growth in the colour production market. It is ideal both for existing customers who have grown their print volumes with the imagePRESS series and are now looking for the next step in high quality colour productivity, as well as for other customers who want to take advantage of the changing market demands. Our main objective is to add to the revenue stream of our customers.

Through the best of technology and invention, we are constantly endeavouring to enhance the productivity and production quality of our users, in turn helping them provide more efficient services to their end consumers.”

In the changing age of digitalization, the markets are in the process of transition from print-first to digital-first. The digital machine installations are growing at 15% to 18% per annum with the customers opting more for On Demand and Short Run printing. Keeping up with the evolving needs of Digital Printing, Prism Printers opted for the first top-of-therange imagePRESS C10000VP from Canon India.

Mr. Vipin Kharbanda, Managing Director, Prism Printers, said, “I started Prism Printers with my brother 7 years ago. Since the inception, we are committed to and take pride in providing the best quality printing solutions to our customers. We specialize in printing brochures, catalogues and booklets extensively catering to the jobbers segment. In the past, we have been using equipment’s from various Digital Printing vendors and wanted to differentiate our prints on parameters like print quality with colour consistency & accurate front- back registration. After multiple evaluations, Canon imagePRESS C10000VP emerged as an excellent choice for us giving us everything we were looking for - all in a single equipment. We are thrilled to have installed the device at our premises and are excited

to delight our customers further with the enhanced printing experience with variety applications possible now.”

In the professional printing industry, Canon products are recognized for superior quality, efficiency and enhanced productivity. The imagePRESS C10000VP is designed to meet the evolving needs of commercial and in-house print service providers (PSPs), enabling higher production volumes without compromising on quality. The printer comes with 2400 x 2400 dpi resolution. The choice of new front end controllers based on EFI Fiery FS200 Pro Platform allows the product to streamline the workflow and media handling capabilities from 60 gsm to 350 gsm. It can help commercial printers, in-plants, production hubs, direct mail and transaction print service providers to produce a broader range of applications in shorter turnaround times.

The Imagepress 10000VP, Canon’s first 100ppm device, has yielded more than 50 installations since the launch, attracting the attention of the industry at a pan India level.

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printpack alger 2018 - powered by drupa – growing dynamically.

The Algerian, Maghreb and West African markets for paper processing, printing technologies, finishing and packaging printing are on the upswing. According to the VDMA, the three countries Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have already imported print and paper technology worth 131 million euros in 2016. In packaging technology, the amount even amounted to 340 million euros.

the previous event on both the exhibitor and visitor sides. The last visitor analysis showed that 94 percent of trade visitors and 89 percent of exhibitors were satisfied with printpack alger 2016. At the same time, 83 percent of visitors were pleased with the positive business prospects, with each exhibitor praising the quality of the trade visitors and recommending the event.

In comparison, West Africa imported printing and paper technology worth 122 million euros and 240 million euros in packaging technology.

North Africa is an attractive market for drupa. More than 2,200 trade visitors came to the 2016 event from Egypt, around 1,000 from Morocco, just under 950 from Tunisia and 860 from Algeria.

Since Algeria is Africa’s third-largest importer of printing and paper technology and the largest importer of packaging technology, it is not surprising that printpack alger 2018 is also showing positive growth. printpack alger 2018 is supported by the world’s leading trade fair drupa. The printpack alger 2018 is jointly organized by fairtrade and Messe Düsseldorf.

The 6th International Trade Fair for Print Technologies and Packaging for Algeria, the Maghreb and West Africa will take place from 11 to 13 March 2018 at the state-of-theart Centre International de Conférences CIC in Algiers.

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From 11 to 13 March 2018 in Algiers.

> Rising export rates for printing, paper and packaging technologies in Maghreb and West Africa. > Algeria - the 3rd largest importer of printing & paper technology in Africa.

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At printpack alger 2018, renowned exhibitors present technologies and solutions along the entire value chain from prepress/print, premedia/multichannel and postpress to converting and packaging to materials, equipment, services and infrastructure - tailored to the needs of North and West African customers.

Exhibitors include Amut, Bobst, Chespa, DaetwylerHell, Future Pack, GIC Graphique, Graphic Evolution, Konica Minolta Sensing, Maghreb Emballage, Miller Graphics, NBG Printographic Machinery, OMS Maghreb, Pakea, pbh, Rotoffset Corporation, SCS Automaberg, Solema, Tasdeer, Tecnomac, Weifang Donghang Graphic Technology, Wenzhou Allwell Machinery, Windmöller & Hölscher and YutianHuatai Printing Machinery.

A total of 47 exhibitors from 12 countries will be attending printpack alger 2018; a significant increase over the previous event with 21 exhibitors from six countries. The exhibitors come from Algeria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Poland, Taiwan, Tunisia and Turkey.

The basis for the positive growth of printpack alger is the increasingly interesting North and West African market as well as the high level of satisfaction with

Messe Düsseldorf’s international print technologies portfolio now includes events in six countries. In addition to the world’s leading trade fair drupa in Germany, Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiaries also organise outstanding regional trade fairs in important growth markets. These include printpack alger in Algeria, indoprint in Indonesia, All in Print in China, IPAP in Iran and PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL in Thailand.

In parallel with printpack alger, fairtrade and Messe Düsseldorf are organising plast alger, the 5th international trade fair for plastics and composites for Algeria, Maghreb and West Africa with more than 200 exhibitors from 23 countries. Taken together, the printpack & plast alger 2018, with 250 exhibitors from 25 countries and the expected 4,500 trade visitors from more than 20 countries, is one of the most important meeting places for the printing, paper, packaging and plastics industries in Africa.

Admission to the fair is free of charge. Visitors can register online in advance.

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Reinventing Production Inkjet with the AccurioJet KM-1 The AccurioJet KM-1 takes full advantage of the 20 plus years of Konica Minolta R&D commitment to deliver the graphic arts quality the AccurioJet KM-1 is gaining world-wide recognition for.

Konica Minolta’s production inkjet is lead by the flagship AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press.

Behind this revolution is a long and powerful history of Konica Minolta technologies that are being leveraged to change the commercial production print environment.

“Konica Minolta is committed to be amongst the top manufacturers in the commercial and packaging printing arenas, and is investing a substantial amount of R&D dollars to do it. Company is continually investing to bring solutions for their clients to add more value to print.”

Years of R&D and industry experience in key technical components – inkjet heads, ink, and processing technologies – were brought together as foundational components that led to the revolutionary new AccurioJet KM-1 Press.

In Inkjet Konica Minolta enjoys a strong market position with the world’s largest market share of over 40% in piezo inkjet heads. The AccurioJet KM-1 takes full advantage of the 20 plus years of Konica Minolta R&D commitment to deliver the graphic arts quality the AccurioJet KM-1 is gaining world-wide recognition for. Konica Minolta has taken its rich knowledge in inkjet head technology, ink development, and processing technologies to put them all together into a cutting-edge new product. It has developed its unique UV-curable inkjet technology for the sheet-fed inkjet digital press AccurioJet KM-1, which achieves offset like high quality image with high productivity of 3,000 sheets per hour. A number of AccurioJet KM-1 have been already running

in the production lines of customers, and have gained reputation as “Real Digitalization Pioneer” for commercial printing industry.

The single-pass inkjet printing technology, one of the key technologies for the high productivity, is still a big challenge for image processing. To avoid the dots coalescing, Konica Minolta’s new ink formulation and curing process controls the ink viscosity precisely in the print head and on the recording media. Additionally, the improved technology efficiently controls the gloss level of the image. Combining them is Konica Minolta’s printing system with offset like high quality image as well as high productivity.

The UV ink that the KM-1 utilizes an unconventional ink and delivery system that produces startlingly beautiful, graphic arts quality output, thus eliminating the UV ink drawbacks of the past.

Konica Minolta global client services are backed by a network of 24-hour call centers, supporting hundreds of thousands of customers through a team of competent engineers.

Industry response to the rich graphic arts quality of the files printed on the AccurioJet KM-1 is quite enthusiastic. AccurioJet KM-1 features impressive resolution and wide colour gamut which surpasses inkjet.

The AccurioJet KM-1 allows print service providers to produce fully personalized 1200 x 1200 DPI, 23 x 29.5-inch sheets that compare to offset quality with no plates, no make-ready, and no waste. The large B2+ sheet size enables more pages ‘up’ on a sheet than any other graphic arts quality digital technology on the market. Getting more on the sheet means getting the job done faster with fewer sheets, and driving a more profitable bottom line.

The AccurioJet KM-1 Press produces the equivalent of 18,000 full-bleed 8.5 x 11” pages an hour – that’s 300 letter size pages (with variable data) per minute. What’s more, it can print a wide array of media types and weights without requiring any pre-treatment.

Many customers are taking advantage of the KM-1’s UV ink for durability with Direct Mail and other applications needing scratch resistance. Many others are adding digital light weight package printing to their capabilities as well as textured and synthetic stocks.

Konica Minolta has revealed important market updates for its AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet digital press, which was commercially launched at drupa 2016. More than 30 worldwide installations have been achieved, including new ones in Europe for January and February this year.

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South India continues to lead in the adoption of the DreamLabo 5000 technology Canon sets the benchmark for highest quality of photo printing; flagship marvel DreamLabo 5000, witnesses 7th Installation in the Country.

Canon India reinforces its foothold in Digital Photo Printing with the seventh installation of its flagship offering – DreamLabo 5000.

The photo printing marvel from Canon India’s Professional Printing Products portfolio was recently installed at Photopark Digital Press at Padma Junction in Kochi.

Present in the city for the inauguration, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India said, “At Canon India, we take utmost pride in offering innovatively preeminent solutions to the imaging industry. Understanding the significance and relevance of wedding culture in India, we are elated to extend the prowess of Canon DreamLabo5000 today. This is our seventh installation for the marvel in the country up until now, and it gives us immense pride to share that India is leading our South East Asia chart in adopting this technology. Kochi has been a significant market for us, with this being the city’s third installation, we would like to congratulate the region for being an early adopter of our eminent inkjet photo printing technology.”

“We take pride in being enablers in the imaging arena; with our complete portfolio of input to output solutions. Our products like EOS 5D mark IV and DreamLabo 5000 have revolutionized the wedding photography and printing industry in the country,” added Mr. Kobayashi.

Mr. Puneet Datta, Director, Professional Printing Products, Canon India, said, “There has been an increasing demand for high definition photo shooting and printing in India which is led by wedding photography segment. Along these lines, there has been a tremendous opportunity for premium photo printing in the industry. Our DreamLabo5000 has become a benchmark for the best imaging solution for the industry globally. Delivering a new standard of photo quality coupled with high productivity, DreamLabo5000 revolutionizing the photo printing industry by providing a high quality alternative to the traditional silver halide technology. Furthermore, the premium quality

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

Our partner today; Photopark Digital Press has been addressing customer’s printing requirements, for three decades now. We look forward to contributing to their endeavor of staying a step ahead of their customer’s demands.”

Mr. Louis Francis, Managing Partner, Photopark Digital Press, said, “We are committed to provide the best printing solutions to our customers, which include professional, amateur and freelance photographers. Our Photopark group has evolved over the last thirty years, as per the needs and demands of the customers.

We are the pioneers of silver halide printing in the region and the quality of our colour prints is a benchmark in the industry. With the installation of Dreamlabo 5000, we are looking forward to revolutionize the wedding printing industry with Canon’s renowned inkjet photo printing technology. We are confident that DreamLabo 5000 with its state of the art technology will strengthen our endeavor of increased and effective customer outreach and will contribute towards our growth”

DreamLabo 5000 – a revolution in photo production printing The DreamLabo 5000 is set to revolutionize the photo production printing market by utilizing Canon’s eminent inkjet photo

printing technology on the production scale.

With highest levels of precision printing at outstanding speeds and the absence of harmful chemicals, the DreamLabo 5000 provides superior alternative to conventional silver halide technology. The DreamLabo 5000 features a high-density print head, enabling over 300 mm wide printing output and incorporates Canon’s FINE (Fullphotolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) technology. When used in combination with the automatic double-sided printing function up to 12x25 inch size, the DreamLabo 5000 is equipped for printing around 1000 pages of A4 size content and 2300 pages of 4x6’ size content per hour.

DreamLabo 5000 utilizations a sevenshading colour based ink framework that conveys smooth degree. Utilizing picture handling innovation that makes utilization of the full scope of Canon’s one of a kind inkjet printing shading range, the new printer empowers the yield of photograph pictures with a level of colour representation which comprehensively outperforms that of ordinary silver halide.

This is the 7th successful installation in the country and the DreamLabo 5000 has previously been installed in cities such as Kochi, Bangalore, Mysore, Vijayawada etc.

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Vandana Creation adds Xerox Versant 3100 - To add visuals and long run solutions to its portfolio with the enhanced capability.

Vandana Creation started in 1995 with screen printing business to gradually diversify its portfolio to B&W printing services in 2003.

The turning point came in 2006 when they started colour print business with the purchase of their first colour RC machine DocuColour-12 that year. “We soon realized that in order to succeed we should invest in a Xerox machine with FSMA,” says Mr. Susheel Sharma of Vandana Creations. “The Xerox team was very supportive and guided us well.”

service and sales team; we purchased the Xerox Versant 3100,” he adds.

Post the installation of the Xerox 550 in 2012, there was no looking back. In July 2015, they upgraded their facility and installed a Xerox Colour C70. Very recently, they have invested in a Xerox Versant 3100 press. In the past five years, Xerox has played an important role in the growth of Vandana’s business.

With the increased capabilities post Versant 3100 installation, Susheel wants to add visuals and long-run jobs to his portfolio.

“Post the installation of the Versant 3100 press, our production capacity has increased immensely and we have also seen a huge difference in terms of copy quality and delivery schedules,” states Susheel who expects to maintain 10 to 15 percent yearly growth after their latest installation.

Chiefly catering to retail clients of the graphic segment, Vandana offers a wide range of CMYK and Black and White Print services to customers. The job work constitutes mostly short-run jobs. Apart from the long line up lead by Xerox Versant 3100 press, they have a B&W machine and various finishing equipment including those for Cutting and Lamination etc.

“Speed, quality and machine life are the key features that really encouraged us to invest in the Xerox Versant 3100 press. Also, the support and training provided by Xerox further motivated us,” comments Susheel on their decision to invest in their latest Xerox.

The Vadodara based digital print services provider has a staff strength of four and the products are of diverse media type. So far, they have printed 3.50 lac sheets on their Versant 3100 which is complemented by a state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment like Automatic German made cutting machine, Thermal Lamination and Spiral Machine to name just a few.

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Powerful production press, printing 100 ppm on stocks and specialty media from 52–350 gsm.

Wide media latitude including banner printing (26”/660 mm), synthetics, labels, envelopes and more. Stock Library Manager (SLM) provides singleclick convenience when assigning and optimizing specific media.

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and other registration and image quality controls create error-free output and tolerances to within a half millimeter without manual adjustments, operator error or profit-busting do-overs.

Automated Sheet Clearing reduces downtime.

Feeding and inline finishing versatility create opportunities for the highermargin, higher-profit applications. Print everything from envelopes to banners to full bleed booklets. An integrated cooling module eliminates stock cooldown time for seamless operation from start to finish.

With an Average Monthly Printing Volume (AMPV) of up to 250,000 and a maximum monthly duty cycle of 1.2 million.

Exclusive Xerox® Ultra HD Resolution Technology, with four times more resolution and low-gloss, low-melt EA Toner for an offset-like finish with all the ease and convenience of a digital press.

“We also considered a few other machines, however, owing to our special bond with Xerox, because of its premium quality,

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Bobst Folder Gluer runs production world record at South India Paper Mills The Bobst FFG 8.20 Discovery Flexo Folder-gluer achieves a world record for corrugated box production in single shift at SIPM Printing & Packaging Division.

The Printing & Packaging Division of South India Paper Mills has achieved a world record for corrugated box production during a single shift with a Bobst FFG 8.20 Discovery Flexo Folder Gluer. The machine completed 106,113 corrugated boxes in eight hours on 19 September 2017, a record made even more remarkable because this involved five separate jobs which had to be set up and changed.

“The average of 13,264 boxes per hour includes the set-up and cleaning time during the shift,” says Mr Pratik Patel, Manager – Marketing and Product Development at SIPM Printing & Packaging Division.

The Bobst FFG 8.20 Discovery has four flexo colour units. Running at full speed it can produce up to 300 boxes per minute (18,000 per hour) on coated/uncoated duplex board with white or kraft liners of all types.

Key Notes : > A world record of 106,113 corrugated boxes complete in eight hours. > Involved five separate jobs including set up, cleaning and change over etc. time. > The next target of SIPM on this machine is 120,000 cartons in an eight hour shift.

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This was almost a normal day at the factory, he says. “We have been producing around 75,000 to 85,000 cartons for most of the shifts,” says Pratik.

The record-breaking shift involved a fortuitous combination of jobs and customer requirements, he explains: “There were in total five job changes performed in this particular shift. One of the jobs was two-colour and the rest were single-colour jobs.

In particular, one of the jobs was a beer carton box, which is a very lightweight board construction, ie 100 gsm and three layers with B-flute. This kind of job adds more value to us as well as our customers if processed at the fastest speeds with maximum accuracy, so that it runs flawlessly in the fast case erecting and filling lines at the customer’s end.”

South India Paper Mills was founded 59 years ago

and is based in Nanjangud, close to the historic city of Mysore. Its Printing & Packaging Division (SIPM-PPD) was founded in 2007/8 to specialise in corrugated box making. It is situated near to the paper mill site on a 48.5 hectare plot. The main production takes place in a single-storey 16,000 m2 factory. The paper mill and the SIPM-PPD factory share an advanced power generation system, with a newly installed 50 TPH (tons per hour) biomass boiler producing steam for a 12 MW power generator. This not only serves the electricity needs of the factories but allows about 3 – 4 MW to be exported to the state electricity grid.

SIPM-PPD is a strategic supplier to multi-nationals including GSK, RB, Britannia, ITC, UB, USL, RSIL, Adani Wilmer, Nestle, American Power Conversion, Unilever, Coca Cola and others. Mr Patel says: “We have a much diversified portfolio, with our carton boxes are supplied to various industry segments such as food, beverages, alcohol and spirits, edible oils, copier paper, fresh agricultural produce, white goods, automobiles, footwear, textiles and many others.” Most deliveries are within a 250 to 300 km radius, though some special orders may go up to 1,000 km away within India.

In total the division employs 97 people in production, maintenance, sales and administration. It has certification for ISO 9001:2008, FSC and an SGS Social Compliance Audit. It operates a state-of-the-

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art 1.8 m wide 5-ply automatic corrugating machine from Agnati and also has a range of converting machines from several manufacturers, handling flexo and litho printing, diecutting, printer-slotting, flexo folder-gluing and litho-laminating.

The Bobst FFG 8.20 Discovery was installed earlier in 2017 and is the company’s first Bobst machine. It was supplied by Bobst India. It takes sheets up to 2,180 mm wide and has four flexo colour units. It is run inline with a Mosca strapper/palletizer. Running at full speed it can produce up to 300 boxes per minute (18,000 per hour) on coated/ uncoated duplex board with white or kraft liners of all types.

“We have a range of single-colour, two, three and a few four-colour jobs,” explains Mr Patel. “The Bobst machine is intended to be effectively used in changing many single or two-colour orders, to cater for a wide range of segments with a just-in-time supply concept. This ensures the best use of available resources to retain a competitive edge in the market.”

The operating crew on for the recordbreaking production shift were Mr BM Jagadish and Mr HK Santosh. “To hold a record for producing good quality boxes can never be an accident,” say Mr Patel. “Neither

can it be an effort only of the operating crew.

The first thing what comes to all of our minds while running the machine at the fastest speeds is a feeling that we are walking on the path and vision given by our Managing Director, Mr Manish Patel. We the managers have an opportunity to show our skills and planning abilities under the constant guidance of our top management. But surely for that day all credit goes to the supervisory team and the operators Mr Jagadish and Mr Santosh!”

In future SIPM-PPD has ambitions to increase productivity on its Bobst FFG 8.20 Discovery still further, says Mr Patel: “Our next target on this machine is 120,000 cartons in an eight hour shift, which is 15,000 cartons an hour.” The company is very pleased with the performance of its Discovery, he says. “This is our first Bobst equipment. If it continues to perform the same way with accurate, dependable quality and with optimum running costs, then surely we will have future machines from Bobst in our wish list.”

Ashling Impex at PlastIndia 2018 Exhibiting at Stall H7B11, Mumbai based Plastics and Packaging solutions provider, Ashling Impex showcased its wide range of solutions including those from global brands it represents. Ashling offers quality equipments ranging from those for Flexo / Roto Printing to Pouch Making, Extrusion Lamination, Thermoforming, DOP / Flexo / Screen Printing Machines, Solvent Recovery Systems, Seamless / Laminated Tubes Machines, Material Handling & Special Equipment for FILMS Industry, Surface Inspection Systems for Films / Plastics Objects from Reputed Suppliers across the globe for Plastics / Packaging / Film Industry in India. The products’ range include Flexographic Printing Machines,

Offset Printing Machines, Printing Machine for Tubes, Thermoforming machines and Extrusion Coating and Lamination.

Ashling represents range of products and solutions from Nordmeccanica group, Uteco group, ETS, Dah Bah Machinery Industrial, Omso, WM Thermoforming Machines and Ametek. Apart from aggressively promoting its range of packaging and printing solutions at PlastIndia, Ashling also presented its material handling and logistics solutions to the Ahmedabad show visitors. The highlight of Ashling’s PlastIndia stand was the Sapphire Evo Digital and Flexo hybrid press from Uteco.

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Gallus Labelmaster: The ‘Less Complexity, More Flexibility’ innovation concept The new Gallus Labelmaster for label printing builds on the successful, tried-and-tested design principle of Speedmaster offset printing presses from Heidelberg.

At the beginning of December last year, Heidelberg China and Gallus Shanghai jointly organized in the Print Media Center in Shanghai a launch event for the Gallus Labelmaster in China. Around 160 guests from label print shops in China and Region Asia as well as media journalists attended the event. They were able to watch live demos of the Gallus Labelmaster in label production and experienced a new height in label printing. “We are extremely optimistic about the future development of packaging and label printing in China”, explains Benny Huang, CEO of Heidelberg China. “In recent years, with an increasing middle class and accelerating urbanization processes, there are more and more specific requirements on packaging and label. It is our duty to continue providing high quality products and services for packaging and label print shops in China.” Asia has become the fastest growing label market in the world.

It is expected that by 2019, the Asian label market will have increased by 5.5%, in which the growth rate of self-adhesive labels will reach 6.3%.

The Gallus Labelmaster sets new standards in cost effectiveness – from dramatic time savings to low waste and minimal material consumption.

It makes label printing easier, faster and more profitable.

Key Notes : > Label printers world wide use the flexibility and productivity of new Gallus Labelmaster. > Gallus Labelmaster launched at the Print Media Center in Shanghai. > Since entering the Chinese market Gallus has sold over 100 machines.

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“Owing to the higher cost of raw materials and labour today, print shops are paying more attention to productivity”, describes Teddy Jiang, General Manager of Gallus Shanghai. “At the same time, influenced by consumers and branding goods manufacturers, packaging and label printing is

moving towards short run, multiple orders and product diversification.“ Since entering the Chinese market nearly ten years ago, Gallus has sold over 100 machines. Together with Heidelberg China Gallus will introduce their machines to more Chinese customers.

After the full integration of the Gallus Holding AG into Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) in 2014, the Gallus Innovation Days were held at the Gallus headquarters in St. Gallen, Switzerland in September 2016. Customers from all over the world saw for themselves the world premiere of the Gallus Labelmaster, the latest flexographic printing press designed for the label market. A year after that, in September 2017, visitors of Labelexpo Brussels were totally convinced of the high efficiency as well as high flexibility presented by the new Gallus Labelmaster.

The machine has set a new benchmark in 17 inch label printing. Already now, only three months after the market launch, there are more than 20 presses installed in foreign countries and customers’ feedbacks are positive.

The Gallus Labelmaster is a label printing press platform designed for the label and packaging market. It features a special platform design and

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can be configured by customers to meet their own specific requirements. With its open interfaces and Heidelberg platform development know-how for offset presses of Heidelberg, this machine series represents a highly secure investment and enables users to respond flexibly to future changes in the market. The new Gallus Labelmaster for label printing thus builds on the successful, triedand-tested design principle of Speedmaster offset printing presses from Heidelberg. “Less Complexity, more Flexibility� is exactly the innovation concept defined by Gallus for the Gallus Labelmaster. Modules such as flexo printing, screen printing, cold foil, die cutting etc. can be freely selected and configured, thus enabling the press to be customized to suit any specific requirement of label print shops. The unique modularity of the Labelmaster meets all popular needs on the market, from commodity labels to sophisticated, high-finish products.

Therefore, the Gallus Labelmaster is able to print on a wide range of substrates, to name a few, self-adhesive label, cardboard, PE, PP, aluminum foil, tube laminate and so on.

With this new press platform, Gallus has also developed a new locking system that enables quick, easy and accurate changes of printing units. The system positions them on the base unit with absolute precision and ensures 100% register accuracy.

New standard in cost effectiveness The Gallus Labelmaster also sets new standards in cost effectiveness – from dramatic time savings, thanks to its ease of use and high speed, to low waste and minimal material consumption. It makes label printing easier, faster and more profitable.

The machine platform boasts a whole series of product highlights, such as an extremely short web path of just 1.4 m between printing units and a high maximum speed of 200 m/ min, thus making the Gallus Labelmaster

the fastest label printing press Gallus has ever produced. The press can be controlled centrally via a HMI touch panel, although manual intervention is also supported, with operators able to make changes with ease and, more importantly, very quickly, thereby achieving extremely short setup times. The lightweight aluminium printing cylinders that were specially developed for this machine type can be changed in just a few quick steps, thus ensuring that job changes can be completed with unparalleled speed.

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OPTIMA pharma at Achema 2018 - Offers a glimpse into the future; smart solutions and more.

“Smart Solutions for Pharma experts” is the Optima Pharma theme at Achema 2018. Small batch sizes and flexible filling equipment and processes are trending requirements for the pharmaceutical industry. With the MultiUse platform, Optima Pharma offers a concept for pharmaceutical companies to handle small batch sizes and diverse container types.

Optima Pharma also introduces Comprehensive Scientific Process Engineering (CSPE) – a process that generates a timeline from the order to start of production that is safe and efficient. The freeze dryer CS and the sterility test isolator STISO are two new developments by Optima Pharma and will be displayed at Achema.

The needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech users are changing. The decision about a specific machine configuration is made later and later in the project process. In order to react to these changes Optima Pharma developed the CSPEprocess.

Key Notes : > Optima offers concept for pharma to handle small batch sizes and diverse container types. > Introduction of CSPE that generates a timeline from order to start of production that is safe and efficient. > The freeze dryer CS and STISO are two new developments to be displayed at Achema.

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patient safety. Optima Pharma meets this trend with MultiUse platform, a preview of this technology will be presented at its booth. The MultiUse machines are proficient in processing different primary packaging materials – vials, syringes, cartridges – and only have a minimum space requirement, since the basic machine does not have to be exchanged. Users will also save time due to the adjustable transport system that does not require any format parts. A variety of technologies minimizes product loss. Re-dosing upon request, short hose lines, 100%-In-Process-Control for vials, syringes and cartridges, weigh-dosing, recapping upon request and much more.

MultiUse – flexible machinery for small batch sizes and diverse container types

Comprehensive Scientific Process Engineering – an answer to current developments for sterile filling

Highly specialized products in small quantities and different drug delivery systems – the trend to flexibility – present a challenge for pharmaceutical companies. It makes a change in thinking necessary, since niche products require a completely different production process than Blockbuster pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical companies that produce small quantities need flexible machines that can process small batch sizes and different container types. At the same time, it is essential to maintain the high level requirements for product quality and

The needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech users are changing. The decision about a specific machine configuration is made later and later in the project process. In order to react to these changes Optima Pharma developed the CSPE-process. CSPE, the Comprehensive Scientific Process Engineering, revolutionizes the digital project management, planning and realization of pharmaceutical filling equipment; this technology will be introduced during the Achema 2018 show. The combination of scientific methods and technological processes makes the

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time from the order to the production start safe and as short as possible. For example, simulations to recognize and avoid the problem zones of the laminar flow are already present during the design phase.

VHP decontamination can also be simulated.

This reveals, at an early stage, if all surfaces inside the machine are decontaminated.

Simulation also reduces development time tremendously.

A freeze dryer especially designed for small and medium size batches: the GT-CS The freeze dryer CS from Optima Pharma targets maximum flexibility. It is customized for products that are new to the market and are produced in small and medium sized batches. The freeze dryer CS is designed to be installed into existing buildings and can be flexibly configured for an optimized overall layout. It is also economical due to its compact design. The CS can be installed as a Monobloc or dual bloc, guaranteeing safe and fast commissioning.

The STISO from METALL+PLASTIC sets new standards in isolator technology Visitors at the Optima booth will find out why the sterility test isolator STISO from Metall+Plastic, a subsidiary of Optima, is setting a new standard in isolator technology.

The STISO is used for aseptic and aseptictoxic products. Advantages are, among other things, a well-designed operator ergonomic concept, full flexibility due to its modular design, fast installation, as well as a glove testing system integrated in the HMI. Due to the catalytic conversion and the DECOjet technology the STISO achieves extreme short cycle times during the contamination.

Because of the H2O2 flash evaporation, the STISO is very low maintenance. Optima will also be displaying a decontamination system that is even faster than the established DECOjet, the DECOpulse system. This system creates less droplets than typical dispersion systems.

Laser cutting and individual dosing: OPTIMA pharma presents expertise in diagnostics Experts demonstrate their knowledge with the Linoline machine – i.e. individual weighing and individual dosing. The individual weighing of cavities and the allocation to serialized cartridges are among the highlights

of the displayed machine. Each cavity can be individually filled and weighed. Eight different products can be filled during one filling process. The Optima Pharma experts will also show how the laser cutting of cartridges increases the availability of the machine and reduces wear at the booth. Optima Pharma is one of the leaders in leak testing for filled cartridges. The innovative solution offers the testing of each individual chamber and is highly cost-effective.

Digital solutions support operators and help to avoid damage to machinery Experts will explain the benefits of the digital technologies developed by Optima Pharma on the SV 125 show machine. In order to facilitate a safe and quick format changeover, Optima Pharma developed a process to mark format parts with a 2D-Matrix code.

The advantage: by scanning the code, the operator can see how to position the format part. Therefore, damage due to incorrectly installed format parts is now avoided. The new HMI display makes the search for an error fast and convenient; this can also be seen on the machine displayed at the booth.

Performance data is visualized and allows optimization of the machine, instead of a fault message, the HMI displays a precise threedimensional machine model.

the possibilities of digitalization Digitalization is not just a catchphrase at Optima – this is demonstrated by our Life Cycle Management system known as “Optima Total Care”. The program was introduced at Interpack 2017 and includes services for each phase of the machine lifecycle. From the planning of the installation including maintenance to retrofitting the machine, Optima assists customers with digital technology. The OPAL software supports machine users during production planning and data acquisition. Mixed reality systems are used wherever it is beneficial – for example during operator training at the Virtual Realty Center of the Packaging Valley or with head-mounted displays that can be used for the operation and maintenance of the machinery.

Achema 2018 (Frankfurt am Main) takes place June 11 to June 15, 2018. Optima Pharma will be present at: Hall 3, booth no.

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MIT conducts two-day Technical Fest at campus Over 100 students from the Diploma and Engineering colleges all over India participated in a grand technical festival held at the MIT campus. The sixth edition of the fest took place from 12 to 13 February 2018. The Department of Printing and Media Engineering, MIT Manipal conducted the Media Carnival event – a national-level intercollegiate print and electronic media technical festival.

category. 11 competitions were conducted separately for Diploma and Engineering students.

Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Sivakashi (AGPC) and Salesian Institute of Graphic Arts (SIGA) shared “Prof. P.S Shivaram Memorial Shield” for overall Champion.

The two day festival was inaugurated by Vilas Nayak, Chairman and MD, Hanuman Group of Companies, Udupi. O Venugopal, VP (South), AIFMP and Sathishchandra SS, PMS Product Manager, Manipal Technologies were Guests of Honour. Dr Somashekara Bhat, Associate Director of Development, MIT presided over the inaugural function.

PVG’s College of Engineering & Technology, Pune bagged “Dr. TMA Pai Memorial Shield for overall Champion” in the Engineering

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“We thank our management, our unstinted supporter Manipal Technology Ltd., all our special guests and invitees of inauguration and valedictory functions, our sponsors and well-wishers, our competition judges,

participating students and their authorities for making this event a memorable one to all of us,” says Dr. Amrutharaj H. Krishnan, HOD, Dept. of Printing & Media Engineering, MIT.

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India’s first Kodak Flexcel NX 5080 goes to Shilp Gravures Shilp Gravures has installed India’s first Kodak Flexcel NX Wide 50×80 system.

The system will boost Shilp’s flexographic capability, increase productivity and improve output. Kodak Flexcel NX will enable the company to make large-format plates and better answer the demands of corrugation industry.

The FLEXCEL NX System delivers significant on-press efficiencies reducing ink and substrate waste, uses fewer plates per job for considerable savings in press set-up costs, uses plates lasting longer for less downtime and enables presses to run faster increasing availability. Flexcel NX Plates enable the use of fewer plates per job by virtually eliminating

the use of two black plates and reducing the need for double hits of white and spot colours. A wider achievable colour gamut enables the use of fixed colour palette printing leading to considerable savings in press set-up costs.

Shilp Gravure, based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is one of Asia’s largest gravure cylinder manufacturers. The company showcased its latest possession at the recent PlastIndia 2018 exhibition that took place in Ahmedabad.

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani inaugurates PlastIndia 2018 The 10th edition of an international plastics exhibition, PlastIndia 2018 was inaugurated by the Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani. Gujarat, among the top plastics producer states in the country is hosting the event at Gandhinagar.

The six-day expo-cum-conference hopes to garner a business of around Rs 5,500 crore as buyers and sellers from around 28 countries meet at the event.

An additional 30 lakh jobs are expected to be created. Considering the immense potential,

the Gujarat government has formulated a dedicated policy for this sector, the Chief Minister said While plastic consumption per person is 9.7 kg in India, the figure stands at 109 kg per person in the US. Over 10,000 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are engaged in plastic industry in the state.

Leading industry players are participating at the event to showcase their products and solutions to an international audience at a common platform.

Energy Minister Saurabh Dalal said, “A Plastindia International University will be set up in Vapi on 50 acres of land and offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses.”

India is the 7th largest plastics manufacturing base in the world. With an investment of $2 trillion in infrastructure in the industry, 90 million jobs are expected to be created in the next decade. Over 150 countries import plastics from India. By 2020, India is expected to become the third largest plastic consumer in the world, with doubling of consumption of plastic packaging in five years.

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Constantia Flexibles to expand production capacity in India - To invest INR 100 crore in the expansion of production capacity at Parikh Packaging, Ahmedabad.

Constantia Flexibles is investing a doubledigit million euro (INR 100 crore) amount in the expansion of production capacity at its Indian subsidiary Parikh Packaging, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The announcement was made during the PLASTINDIA trade fair held in Gandhinagar, February 7-12.

The company already broke ground in mid-2017, on a new greenfield site close to existing production at Parikh. The site is currently under construction and meets the highest international environmental, hygiene and work safety standards. It will be home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, highdefinition Flexo printing press and laminators that will produce high barrier laminates that can be fully recycled.

The extra capacity will come on stream in 2019 and will serve the growing demand from leading multinationals in the food and home and personal care (HPC) industries in India. The flexible packaging market in India is expected to show double-digit growth in the mid-term, driven by the megatrend urbanization and the expansion of the retail sector.

“Our investment strengthens Parikh Packaging’s credentials as a leading provider of innovation and service to customers in the Indian subcontinent,” said Stefan Grote, Executive Vice President of the Food division at Constantia Flexibles. “Major FMCGs are demanding the highest level of sustainability for their packaging material and they will have to comply with upcoming Indian Plastic Waste Management (PWM) regulations that promote only fully recyclable flexible packaging.”

Parikh Packaging has been part of Constantia Flexibles since 2013 and already

has a production unit in Ahmedabad, including rotogravure printing machines, PE extruders, various lamination technologies and pouch making. It is fully ISO-certified and serves with more than 500 qualified employees the domestic and global Food and HPC markets.

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Uflex announces Rs.1700 crore investment in UP India’s packaging solutions major Uflex has announced huge investment plans amounting to the tune of Rs.1700 crores in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman & MD, Uflex Ltd. made this announcement before the Uttar Pradesh Investors’ Summit 2018 that took place recently in Lucknow. Uflex is making this investment to enhance its manufacturing capacity and set up a solar project in Uttar Pradesh.

“We would like to further enhance our unique business strengths in the state of Uttar Pradesh,” said Mr. Chaturvedi.

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largest producer of flexible packaging.

Based on the guiding principle of ‘People, Passion, Packaging’, some 7,400 employees manufacture tailor-made packaging solutions at 32 sites in 18 countries. Many international companies and local market leaders from the food and pharma industries choose the sustainable and innovative products of Constantia Flexibles.

enhance our manufacturing capacity for flexible packaging in the next few years.”

In the project, Uflex will invest Rs. 500 crore and it is expected to generate employment for additional 500 people. The company also plans to set up a solar project on 300 acres with an approximate investment of Rs.1200 crore. Both the proposed projects together are expected to generate employment for 750 people at various levels, the company said. Headquartered in Noida, Uflex has manufacturing facilities in India, the UAE, Mexico, Poland, Egypt and the US.

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NBG launches STARFlex The Web Offset Printing Press manufacturer has launched its first Narrow-Web Flexo press – STARFlex.

Web Offset Printing press manufacturer NBG Printographic Machinery has launched a new range of Narrow-Web Flexo presses – STARFlex. It is the first Flexo Label Press from the manufacturer of Web Offset presses that have been catering to the needs of customers from the newspaper to commercial printing to book publishing industries.

plans to introduce soon new age features like pre-registration, remote assistance and machine data storage for better user friendliness.

STARFlex is a servo driven robust Flexo Printing press capable of producing high quality labels to Packaging and a range of other products. The machine can handle wide range of substrates from 12 micron film upto 400 gsm board and more. The capability to add other printing systems like offset, gravure, rotary screen and digital makes it a versatile and customizable machine for multiple applications and thus expanding possibilities. The 6-colour press has a web width range from 10in to 20in.

Tetra Pak crosses half billion mark for its fully renewable packages

The long awaited STARFlex has been in the development phase for a few years and will first be showcased at Labelexpo India 2018. The machine can be equipped with UV lamps, cold and hot foiling units, delam, relam, turnbar, chill drums and other units.

It may also be equipped to be transformed into combination press to integrate Rotary Screen, Offset and Gravure printing. The maximum design speed of the machine is 200 mpm. The machine features individual servo for each unit and the company has

The company aims to sell around 15 presses this year. With this press, NBG will focus the markets of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe besides India.

World’s first fully renewable package featured in new display at the Museum of Brands.

Tetra Pak has now delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex Bio-based, the world’s first beverage carton to be manufactured entirely from renewable materials. The landmark event was announced at the Museum of Brands, in London, where the package, is featured in a new sustainability display that opened to the public a few days ago.

Tetra Rex Bio-based, which was launched in October 2014, is manufactured solely from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and controlled sources paperboard, together with plastics derived from sugar cane, all traceable to their origins.

Packages made from renewable materials are essential for preserving the environment for future generations. Renewable resources can be replenished naturally over time and enable a move away from fossil fuel-based materials, reducing the environmental impact as well as improving resource efficiency.

Pak said, “We are delighted to see the growing popularity of Tetra Rex Bio-based among customers. Packages made entirely from renewable materials are not only good for the planet, but also good for brands that seek to differentiate themselves with stronger environmental messages. With everything traceable to its plant origin, consumers are assured that the package they hold in their hands is derived entirely from plants.”

Chris Griffin, CEO, Museum of Brands said: “It is good to hear about the significant progress Tetra Pak is making in terms of delivering fully-renewable packages. They are offering brands more sustainable packaging at a time when environment is top-of-mind among consumers, and people want to make more environmentally sound choices.”

The Sustainable Packaging display opened at the Museum of Brands, and will be showing a selection of initiatives that help reduce the burden of packaging on the environment.

Christina Chester, Product Director at Tetra

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Label Traxx MIS to present digital optimisation strategies at Xeikon Café Café attendees in Belgium will see Label Traxx’s newly launched Siteline module – a web interface fully-integrated with Label Traxx.

Xeikon Café, taking place from 20 to 23 March 2018, presents industry trends, best practices and expert views on current and future digital packaging challenges. Label Traxx MIS is exhibiting at the event.

In a digital environment, turnaround times and accuracy are pivotal to success. Label Traxx MIS software provides label converters with the tools to support and enhance digital workflows. It allows label manufacturers to reduce waste and non-value added tasks, paving the way to more profitable work. The company experts will be present at the event to speak about the solutions and discuss strategies to help digital label converters.

“Label Traxx MIS has a number of digitalspecific tools to integrate with key partners and help label converters increase

productivity and profit,” explains business development manager Chris Spooner. “MultiSKU orders can be created within seconds and our file-planning tool enables printers to gang these jobs as efficiently as possible.

Further integration with prepress software such as Esko Automation Engine and Hybrid Cloudflow means that artwork tasks such as step and repeat are automated, reducing pressure on the art department.”

Label Traxx provides a single system of record for data which means customers avoid time-wasting double-entry of data. The program helps to group together similar label products, to increase production efficiencies and speed up turnaround times. It will also manage job timings to help optimise planning and production. Label Traxx monitors job cost information in real time, so

customers can analyse how profitable their digital jobs are and Xeikon press users can also receive data on toner usage from the press as part of this analysis.

Café attendees will also be able to see Label Traxx’s newly launched Siteline module – a web interface, which is fully-integrated with Label Traxx and enables end users to place repeat orders online, see previous order history and track projects through milestones. Siteline also handles new artwork being uploaded online.

RPC LongLife packs all 17 varieties of Madama Oliva’s olives A leading producer of processed and packaged olives, Madama Oliva, has selected the LongLife container from RPC Superfos to pack its full range of products. All 17 varieties of Madama Oliva’s high quality olives made from traditional Italian recipes are now sold in the LongLife pack.

The container sports a different artwork design for each of the 17 products, which together produce an attractive display on supermarket shelves thanks to their striking colours and razor-sharp In-Mould Labelling print. On a practical note, its shape is very similar to Madama Oliva’s previous containers, enabling a smooth transition on the production line.

“We value attractive packaging which matches the high quality of our olives,” explains Manuela Tilli, Marketing Manager at Madama Oliva. “Food safety, an attractive look and long shelf life with In-Mould Labelling were among our core requirements for the new pack, so we got in touch with RPC Superfos to come up with a new solution. We already knew the high quality of some of the RPC Superfos packaging solutions through a local distributor.”

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In addition, RPC Superfos demonstrated its excellent level of service when, at short notice, Madama Oliva required the company to produce samples of the new packaging in time for it to be showcased at the Cibus trade fair. From artwork approval to finished samples, it took RPC Superfos less than a month to prepare five varieties of the pack.

“The new pack works well in our production and we are convinced that we have found the right solution together with RPC Superfos,” continues Manuela. “It has been a positive experience to cooperate with this packaging supplier.”

Madama Oliva’s range of olives is available in all major Italian supermarkets in Italy.

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Siegwerk and Agfa Graphics enter into strategic alliance Siegwerk – international supplier of printing inks for packaging applications and labels and Agfa Graphics – supplier in prepress offset and inkjet print entered into the alliance for UV digital packaging inks.

Siegwerk Druckfarben and Agfa Graphics have entered into an important strategic alliance for digital packaging inks. The contract signed between the two companies includes a business transfer from Agfa Graphics to Siegwerk of a selected OEM customer list, access to know-how, intellectual property and services in the domain of UV curable digital inkjet inks for the single pass packaging and labels industry.

“This strategic alliance is a perfect fit for both of us,’’ says Tom Cloots, Director Industrial Inkjet Agfa NV. ‘’Packaging and label printers are increasingly attracted by the performance and quality of the Agfa inks that are used in a wide variety of printing systems. With this deal, we allow Siegwerk to extensively leverage on our strong network with OEM print head and equipment manufacturers as well as on our know-how and intellectual property in the domain of UV curable digital inks for packaging. At the same time, Agfa continues to focus on the other domains of the growing industrial print segment where Agfa has stronger market access potential.”

“With this deal we are bridging the best of two worlds. While we will continue to rely

on Agfa’s existing strong collaboration with OEMs and print head manufacturers, we will be able to offer our packaging market access and application know-how to these new partners,” says Matthieu Carni, Director Business Unit Inkjet Siegwerk.

Both companies will work closely together to ensure a handover of business without any interference for the customers of both companies. Agfa will continue to manufacture

on behalf of Siegwerk for several months to support a smooth transition for the customers. After the transition period, Siegwerk will produce the new inks and varnishes according to the highest quality and safety standards at its own inkjet manufacturing center in Annemasse, France.

With its global commercial network, Siegwerk then will be able to offer its new UV inkjet portfolio to customers worldwide.

New Euclid IIIC extends the range of Highcon Euclid Highcon has recently announced the launch of the latest in its Highcon Euclid series, the Highcon Euclid IIIC. This latest machine extends the range of the 3rd generation Highcon Euclid cutting and creasing machines into the world of corrugated and fluted substrates from 1 mm up to 3mm/ 40-120pt.

The Highcon Euclid IIIC not only saves on the production and storage of die cutting forms but also adds the flexibility of digital technology which enables JIT production, short runs, customized perforations with cleaner edges and easier opening, and variable data etching for customization or personalization down to the level of serial numbers. The Euclid IIIC will handle single

wall, laminated, N F G E and B-flute from 1mm to 3mm/ 40-120 points. Highcon delivers innovation and differentiation that converters, printers, and brand owners all

need, transforming “finishing” into a value adding process to positively impact users’ profitability by increasing speed to market, eliminating costly production steps and reducing carbon footprint.

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Designing advertising with 3D Printing Monotech Systems brings Massivit 3D to Indian market.

Monotech Systems, manufacturer and provider of high end and high performance products and solutions for printing, packaging industry in India, represents a number of world renowned companies and has been pioneer of introducing modern equipment and systems to the Indian Printing industry. The company has associated with the 3D printing giant Massivit 3D of Israel.

3D designing for advertising In marketing segment 3D in general is not common and no one even talks about that. Massivit 3D actually brings the ability to do that. A lot of the creation of sculptures and designs for advertising is still done manually with foam, so it has never really become a common thing for advertising. But because 3D printing is a digital process and its distributed manufacturing, it allows for a lot of personalization and localization, which are so important in advertising and promotion. With this technology 3D printing will actually create the ability to do that and to use such parts that were not commonly used before at all.

The flagship product in offering is Massivit 1800, a super-fast large format 3D printer which is set to transform the way high-level marketing, advertising and themed projects are created.

Key Notes : > The diviners of 3D printing future foresee the 3D printing technology getting bigger and faster. > New technologies are making it possible to 3D print objects more quickly and at larger scales. > The trend has been answered with the coming of Massivit 3D to the Indian market.

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Superfast large format 3D printing with Massivit 1800 The flagship product in offering is Massivit 1800, a super-fast large format 3D printer. The Massivit 1800 is set to transform the way high-level marketing, advertising and themed projects are created. With output speeds incomparable to anything else in the 3D printing industry, the Massivit 1800 printer can produce high quality 3D pieces up to 1.8m / 6ft high. Print providers seeking to dramatically extend their product portfolio beyond 2D pieces, now have access to a profitable new and unique application capability, and an important business differentiator to enhance their competitive edge and secure their future.

Tej Prakash Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems says, “For print providers, the Massivit 1800 dramatically enhances the ability to create eyecatching added-value visual communications that better engage target audiences. With recent studies suggesting that 3D advertising has five times the stopping power and four times the staying power of 2D advertising, it is clear why this is the technology for sign and display applications. We are already a leading manufacturer of signage machineries over 1500+ installations and it will be our pleasure to offer something unique to our customers apart from regular products. We are happy to be associated with

Massivit THE 3D printing solution, which is developed by people who have dedicated their careers to delivering market leading large format digital printing equipment.”

The Massivit 1800 system is one of the fastest large format 3D printers available today. At the heart of the solution is the company’s proprietary GDP (Gel Dispensing Printing) technology that enables instant solidification and high-speed printing. The Massivit 1800 printer also utilizes techniques that allow it to print non-vertical walls and ceilings, without the need to produce a solid object or intensive support structure. So in printing less to achieve the same result, the Massivit 1800 is able to dramatically increase print speed, while also reducing material costs and product weight – crucial for additional materials handling, transportation and storage benefits.

Product specification: Speed: up to 1,000mm / 39 inch per sec in x & y-axis Productivity: up to 35cm / 1ft of object growth per hour (z-axis) Printing dimensions: 1.5m x 1.2m x 1.8m; 4ft x 5ft x 6ft Dual process - Easy printing of 2 different objects in parallel Low material consumption due to ‘support-less’ printing Low energy consumption LED UV curing lamps Monotech Systems Ltd is a leading manufacturer and Solution Provider of high end, high performance and reliable products and solutions for printing, packaging industry in India representing a number of world renowned companies and have pioneered the introduction of modern equipment and systems to the Indian Printing industry. Established in 1999, the company has been consistently achieving sound growth in business year by year and has become Market leaders in its field and an array of segments. This growth comes from the company’s ardent commitment to customers, genuine intention to succeed, meticulous teamwork, consistent attentiveness to customers and outstanding professionalism. The company is backed with highly skilled and committed employee base focused on total customer satisfaction by providing efficient, superior products and solutions with customer friendly services. Monotech has its corporate and registered office in Chennai and has extensive sales and service support across the nation.

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HP adds two new printer series to its digital portfolio - Introduces faster PageWide and its most secure Large Format Printers.

HP has announced two new printer series in its digital printing portfolio – the HP PageWide XL 5100 printers and multifunction printers that prints up to 50 percent faster output, enabling technical production providers to grow AEC volume and expand business in colour applications; and the HP DesignJet T1700 printers, next-generation 44-inch solutions for CAD and geographic information system (GIS) workgroups to produce highly accurate documents and maps with powerful processing and a new level of security.

HP PageWide XL 5100 At speeds up to 20 D/A1-size prints per minute with quick 28-second first page out, the new HP PageWide XL 5100 printers and multifunction printers equips enterprise print rooms, central reprographic departments and reprographic houses for enhanced mid-volume production in both colour and monochrome. The series delivers technical documents with quick turnaround and low operating costs for architects and engineers, in addition to geographic information system (GIS) maps and point-of-sale (POS) poster applications.

“The debut of new HP PageWide XL printers is another giant leap on the HP journey to offer continued innovation in large format printing for the designers of the future,” said, Mr. Devang Karia, Country Manager-Large Format Design, PPS-GSB, HP Inc. India.

“The breakthrough PageWide XL platform with even faster printing speeds will also help our customers move the needle for business with immediate monochrome and colour prints delivered from one unique printer.”

With more than 5,000 units shipped and 3 billion ft² (300 million m2) printed since the HP PageWide XL printer launch in 2015, more customers are discovering the value the HP PageWide XL printers bring to businesses across the globe. HP PageWide XL printers do the job of two printers in a single device, providing both monochrome and colour prints at breakthrough speeds: the Power of One. Additional benefits of the new series include:

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Set a new technical document standard with crisp lines, 2-point text, smooth grayscales, and vibrant colour.

Print/scan/copy in monochrome and colour with one single device in 50% of the time with a consolidated workflow.

New advanced functionality for the integrated scanners such as smart background removal.

ISO 11798 certified HP PageWide XL pigment inks provide long-term storage, light/water resistance.

Help keep data safe—self-encrypting HDD with AES-256, Secure Disk Erase, and IPSec.

The HP PageWide XL portfolio also features new software solutions for increased productivity. HP SmartStream offers two new modules; Document Organizer enables the user to automatically rename large volumes of files using innovative OCR technology for significant time savings in job management; Pixel Analysis provides accurate quotes before printing using the job pixel coverage; HP SmartTracker software is a tool to help users control printing costs and enable reimbursement. New features have also been introduced for HP HD & SD Pro Scanners to improve operator productivity, image quality and background cleaning capabilities. A new output tray streamlines both the scan and copy workflows.

HP DesignJet T1700 HP DesignJet T1700 printers incorporates new added features that make it one of the most secure large format workgroup printers available today. The improved security is designed to help enterprises print CAD and GIS applications while protecting printers and data from unauthorized or malicious access in infrastructure construction, urban planning as well as utilities industries such as oil, water, gas, and electricity.

HP DesignJet T1700 Printer Series includes unique advanced security technologies designed to keep corporate network printers, their documents and data protected.”

Features include a new self-encrypting hard drive on the printer that ensures it is only readable by the printer itself, even if removed from the device. For additional device security, HP Secure Boot ensures BIOS protection, and Whitelisting only allows approved firmware to be installed and run on the device.

With GIS files constantly growing in size with the increase in their complexity and data, the new 44-inch HP DesignJet T1700 printer offers a new, powerful processing architecture using a 500 GB hard disk to smoothly process this information and improve the printing experience of GIS practitioners. The first workgroup largeformat printer to embed the Adobe PDF Print Engine, it can also more efficiently handle very heavy files, freeing up PCs in virtually no time to continue working.

The HP DesignJet T1700 also brings improved colour quality and precision for more accurate maps and renderings, enabling GIS workgroups to make better decisions. A new set of six HP Bright Office Inks with tuned colours profiles and a High Density Printhead deliver bold colour and accurate image quality, in addition to more precise colours, including gray and soft tones.

Additionally, HP Click printing software included in this series can be used by everyone on the team to easily print project sets and PDF documents.

“Security is a top concern in enterprises today as connected devices and increasingly open office spaces are pervasive. At the same time, data breaches are growing at an alarming pace. In the first half of 2017, the worldwide breach level index was up more than 160%,” said Devang Karia. “The

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ColorJet shows green digital printing solutions at Media Expo 2018 - showcases VULCAN – the high speed high quality UV roll-to-roll printing machine equipped with Kyocera and uses Zero VOC UV inks.

Inkjet digital printers manufacturer, ColorJet India, showcased its sustainable and green digital printing solutions as the Media Expo from February 22-24, 2018 in Mumbai.

ColorJet showcased the finest in sustainable and green digital printing solutions for all signage and advertising needs in hall no 6, stall no. D-10. These digital printing technologies are designed to deliver exceptional quality for all types of indoor and outdoor commercial printing applications.

The various green digital printing solutions on display at Media Expo included the VULCAN, which is the first UV roll-to-roll printing machine and uses Zero VOC UV inks. The VULCAN is equipped with Kyocera printhead capable of delivering prints at high printing quality and speed.

Another model, the POLO HQ, prints with ROHS eco-solvent inks and has been developed with proprietary GreenTech technology. GreenTech enables the POLO HQ to print with environment friendly ecosolvent inks and ensures low chemical emissions to reduce environmental and health hazards.

Additionally, ColorJet also showcased their regular range of digital printers like the IRISJET PRO, the AURAJET, equipped with Xaar technology and the VERVE MINI.

several enquiries for our water-based ink digital printers,” Smarth Bansal, Sr. Product Manager at ColorJet said. “We are also experiencing rise in demand for UV and Green Guard Inks. We are showcasing our green range of digital printers at Media Expo to answer these demands.”

ColorJet has won the ‘Green Product of the Year’ award from BAM AWARDS at the Indian Brand Convention 2017, which recognised the new product development, differentiation, reliability and sustainability of ColorJet digital printing products.

“The demand for eco-friendly branding solutions in the Indian market is growing fast, due to which, ColorJet is receiving

Another printer was the SOFTJET GRAND, which prints with aqueous water based inks.

It is a 3.2 metres wide printer, efficiently optimised to replace PVC-based media completely. It easily prints on polyester-based fabrics which can be recycled and uses environment-friendly aqueous based inks, an essential, to achieve goals of green printing.

Events Calendar PrintFair 2018

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Eastern Print Pack 2018

Date: 09 MAR-18 to 12 MAR-18 Venue: Hitex Exhibition Centre Hyderabad

Date: 20 APR-18 to 22 APR-18 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai

Date: 30 NOV -18 to 03 DEC -18 Venue: Science City Ground (A.C. Hanger) Kolkata

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Print4All 2018

drupa 2020

Date: 11 MAR-18 to 13 MAR-18 Venue: Centre International de Conférences CIC Algiers

Xeikon Cafe Date: 20 MAR-18 to 23 MAR-18 Venue: Lier, Belgium

Date: 29 MAY-18 to 01 JUN-18 Venue: Fiera Milano - Rho (MI) Italy

Achema 2018 Date: 11 JUN -18 to 15 JUN-18 Venue: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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

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