PRESSIdeas January 2020 issue

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Fujifilm expands Indian footprint................12 PAMEX 2020 ...................................................14-31 Autoprint launches Checkmate25..............19 HP Indigo 7eco: Smart automation............22

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 The most intelligent Speedmaster is here!.............................................................................................................................................................................8 FICO felicitates Kamal Chopra.....................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Germany’s 1st large-format press on a subscription........................................................................................................................................................ 10 KMPA inaugurates Golden Jubilee celebrations................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Fujifilm expands footprint in India ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Union Budget makes Technology and Data its mainstay, says Ritesh Gandotra................................................................................................... 13 Where’s the Slowdown? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 PAMEX 2020 mirrors a vibrant Print Industry ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Kunal Enterprise sells Sakurai Glitter Line at Pamex......................................................................................................................................................... 18

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com) Vineet K G. Associate Editor (vineetkg@pressideas.com) Jasvinder S. Sub-Editor (jasvinder@pressideas.com)

Autoprint launches Checkmate 25 at Pamex 2020........................................................................................................................................................... 19 APL Machinery showcases Made in India LED UV............................................................................................................................................................. 19 AGS Sample Maker wins quite a few orders at Pamex..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Konica Minolta conducts live demos of latest production printing presses........................................................................................................... 21 HP at Pamex 2020......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 DGM secures eight orders at Pamex 2020............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Ample Graphics sells 3 high speed Lamination Machines on Pamex floors............................................................................................................ 23 Dry Vacuum Pressure Pumps by Falcon ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Grafik Machinery presents LED UV and Carton Folder Gluer........................................................................................................................................ 24 Iridesse has a national presence now!................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Komori highlights GL 37+C at Pamex 2020......................................................................................................................................................................... 25

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Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil: The star attraction at Monotech’s stand ........................................................................................................................... 26 Suba Solutions debuts Specialty V Cut Window Patcher at Pamex............................................................................................................................ 27 Nulith presents Actega Food Safe Coatings & Rollin Coating Plates.......................................................................................................................... 27 Pamex 2020 proved a great opening for VINSAK.............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Sheth Printograph highlights Automatic Lamination machine at Pamex................................................................................................................ 28 Xerox sets the bar higher for Print Production................................................................................................................................................................... 29 PAMEX 2020 in Pictures............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Between global trends and local patterns, online printing continues to grow...................................................................................................... 32 Cost-effectiveness in label printing ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Successful LMAI digital print technologies event in south India................................................................................................................................. 38

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Monotech becomes Memjet’s first Duraflex OEM partner in India............................................................................................................................. 40 Bringing flexo platemaking more in harmony with the environment ...................................................................................................................... 41 Proposal in Budget 2020 will strengthen MSME sector.................................................................................................................................................. 41

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Kumar Labels installs Daheng Imavision ............................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Flint Ink price rise ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 EFI VUTEk D3r debuts at Connect user conference.......................................................................................................................................................... 43 ZRP and Landa celebrate installation of 1st Landa S10 press in Asia Pacific........................................................................................................... 44

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, “We surpassed all the numbers of PAMEX 2017 with a record 10,000 unique visitors on Day 3. We are sure that the next edition in March 2022 will be even bigger,” says Kamal Chopra, Chairman – PAMEX. As the curtains came down to the most successful edition of the four-day PAMEX 2020 on 9 January, the industry is bullish on the growth of Printing & Packaging in India. The show saw more than 32,000 visitors, 375+ exhibitors, 100+ product launches, 250+ running machines and many more attractions.

For the very first time in the country, All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) hosted the World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) conference. Held on 8 January, 2020 – the topic of the conference was Redefining Printing – Brainstorming with World Leaders. This event saw delegates coming in from all over the world with speakers coming in from India, Japan, South Africa, China, Belgium & USA. Another concurrent event – the National Awards for Excellence in Printing (NAEP) – attracted printing and packaging experts from across the length and breadth of the country, casting the net deep and wide to unearth the industry’s finest. The awards also included the prestigious Viren Chabbra Print Leadership Award – instituted to honour Viren Chhabra’s legacy of a lifetime of support and accomplishments for AIFMP. PAMEX 2020 boldly asked one question – Where’s the Slowdown? The 14th Edition of PAMEX not only mirrored a vibrant Print Industry but also happened to be the most successful one yet. The present PostPAMEX 2020 Issue of PRESSIdeas has for you all that happened at the first major show of this year. Just be prepared for drupa, which is just around the corner.

All Speedmaster drupa 2020 models, in both small, medium, and large format, will be equipped as standard with the new Push to Stop functionalities and a cloud connection, announced Heidelberg.

The most intelligent Speedmaster is here! The most intelligent Speedmaster is also the most automated Speedmasters of all times and it significantly increases the economy and competitiveness of offset printing.

Schumacher Packaging has opted for subscription agreement with Heidelberg. It is Germany’s 1st large-format press on a subscription; the agreement includes a Speedmaster XL 145-6+LX with fully integrated logistics.

Fujifilm India has expanded its operations with the new office in Bangaluru. With this new set-up, the company plans to further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting and fun working environment to its workforce.

Mainstream operators, innovators, artisans and packaging professionals light up the web-to-print landscape, discusses Lorenzo Villa in his article – Between global trends and local patterns, online printing continues to grow. Lorenzo Villa is a Print Engineer and Publisher who has led print industry publications from the late ‘90s.

He’s been cofounder and General Secretary of the EDP Association.

Process variability is a key factor in the total cost of ownership. To know more, read the article – Cost-effectiveness in label printing by Dieter Finna.

Successful LMAI digital print technologies event “DIGITAL PRINTING IN LABELS - THE WAY FORWARD” took place at ITC Welcome Hotel, Chennai on 20th of December 2019. The 2nd edition of the event takes place on March 16th, 2020 at ITC Maratha Mumbai. Non-members should get LMAI membership before attending the event which is meant only for the printer members of the association.

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The most intelligent Speedmaster is here!

The most intelligent and most automated Speedmasters of all times significantly increase the economy and competitiveness of offset printing.

“There’s no point in just increasing the speed of the printing press; that would be like being stuck in a traffic jam and expecting a faster car to solve the problem.” – Rainer Wolf, Head of Sheetfed Product Management at Heidelberg.

Key Notes : > Push to Stop operating concept reaches next level. > Premiere: “Plate to Unit” – fully automatic printing plate logistics for lower personnel costs and greater process reliability with short runs. > Most models available as early as April 2020.

Heidelberg will be presenting its technological leadership under the slogan “Unfold your Potential”at drupa 2020, taking place from 16 to 26 June 2020 in Düsseldorf. The main focus will be on the customer and their requirements, as well as optimally developing and exploiting their business potential through the latest technologies, innovative solutions, and new business models. With a view to the key factors such as process optimization and intelligent, operator-independent productivity, Heidelberg will be presenting the next stage in a smart printing business – the Smart Print Shop.

“At drupa 2020, Heidelberg will address the increasing job complexity in the press room with the simultaneous increase in requirements for operator qualification and improved productivity. In addition to increasing the output of the printing press itself, software-supported applications, intelligent user guidance, and autonomous processes as part of an integrated solution system – or as we say, “Smart Print Shop” – will continue to grow in importance in terms of the competitiveness of the print shop,” explains Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hermann, Member of the Management Board responsible for Lifecycle Solutions and Chief Digital Officer at Heidelberg.

“Heidelberg not only supplies tailored technology, from equipment to software and consumables, but also performance services aimed at increasing the performance of our customers’ overall system. With new services like Heidelberg Subscription we not only ensure the optimal technology, but also look after our customers’ available productivity. This delivers planning certainty and gives print shops the freedom they need to devote more effort to cultivating their market and innovating their offering.”

Smart Print Shop: Easy to use and highly productive Industrialization in printing companies is on the rise, and with it the requirement for ever better integrated

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and digitally controlled processes – from creation and production to delivery to the end customer. A growing number of orders need to be turned around within the shortest possible time. On top of this, the industry is looking for qualified specialists who can handle these increasing challenges. Digitalization of operation and processes offers far-reaching productivity potential here. Heidelberg presented the Smart Print Shop and the innovative operating philosophy Push to Stop back at drupa 2016. It has been consistently enhanced and will reach new levels at drupa 2020 thanks to further automation and many intelligent assistants. The new Speedmaster drupa 2020 generation and the Prinect print shop workflow will open up a new dimension in economy and competitiveness for offset printing.

The most intelligent and most automated Speedmasters of all time The new Speedmaster drupa 2020 generation will go into production with almost all model series as early as April 2020. All Speedmaster drupa 2020 models, in both small, medium, and large format, will be equipped as standard with the new Push to Stop functionalities and a cloud connection. This will enable all customer groups to enjoy the everincreasing range of cloud-based software solutions and also benefit from future developments.

“These integrated measures will enable our customers to take the next step at drupa 2020 towards much higher productivity and process reliability. Our forecast at drupa 2016 that the industry would double its productivity by 2026 is on its way to becoming a reality, and Push to Stop is the key to this,” explains Rainer Wolf, Head of Sheetfed Product Management at Heidelberg. “We will present all kinds of technical innovations at drupa 2020 to solve our customers’ concrete problems and close gaps in the automation chain. Interesting innovations in the area

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of intelligent assistance systems and artificial intelligence will be an impressive display of what is already possible today and where development will lead in the coming years.

We are consistently thinking beyond the printing press here also, for example in the area of printing plate logistics.”

Premiere: “Plate to Unit” – fully automatic printing plate logistics reduces the operator’s workload and ensures higher process reliability Heidelberg will be presenting another milestone in sheetfed offset printing at drupa 2020: fully automatic printing plate logistics.

Here the printing plates are provided fully automatically in the correct plate changing shaft and the used plates are removed – this is the only way to achieve consistently high productivity with short runs. As well as reducing the operator’s workload, process reliability is increased since damage caused by handling of the plates is systematically minimized. This increases the reliability of plate changes and reduces the risk of scratches on the plate causing paper waste.

“There’s no point in just increasing the speed of the printing press,” explains Rainer Wolf.

“That would be like being stuck in a traffic jam and expecting a faster car to solve the problem. Optimized, coordinated overall processes are a much more effective way of increasing productivity in the long term – they solve the traffic jam and deliver continuous schedulable productivity at the highest level.

This is exactly where our focus lies.”

drupa 2020 at two sites At drupa 2020, Heidelberg will be presenting

its full portfolio of innovations intended to inspire packaging, commercial, and label printers to develop their potential, whether in major companies or smaller print shops. In Düsseldorf, the digital transformation of the print and media industry will be on display with integrated solutions all the way up to the Heidelberg ecosystem. In parallel, customers in Wiesloch-Walldorf will be able to enjoy a presentation of the next-generation working Smart Print Shop and the comprehensive portfolio of products and applications on selected days.

FICO felicitates Kamal Chopra Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra conferred Award of Excellence by Federation of Industrial & Commercial Organization.

Federation of Industrial & Commercial Organization (FICO) felicitated Prof. Kamal Chopra on the eve of 71st Republic Day on 26th January, 2020. With a member strength of more than 1900 from all parts of India, FICO is a federation of trade and industry with a mission ‘FICO serves trade & industry, Trade & industry serve the Nation’. Prof. Chopra received the award at the Republic Day function organised

by FICO, commemorating the heroes of independence. The function was organized at the office of MSME-DI, Ludhiana in the presence of members and other industrialists of the city.

Presenting the ‘Award of Excellence’ Mr. K K Seth, Chairman of FICO said, Prof. Chopra is the fine and clear example of what one can achieve with determination, sincerity and hard working. In recognition of his services towards printing industry, especially International Print Education, the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, China designated Mr Kamal Chopra as Honorary

Professor of BIGC – world’s largest Printing University. It is for the first time ever that such a felicitation if given to a printer in India. With his vision, he changed the style of thinking of printers and has given a new shape to printing and packaging industry of India.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Kolar President of FICO said, Ludhiana

‘the Manchester of India’ is famous world over for its industrial products and hosiery industry. The industrialists of Ludhiana proved their worth several time at every nook and corner of the world. Today we feel proud to confer the ‘Award of Excellence’ to Prof.

Kamal Mohan Chopra for bringing Ludhiana to international map in the field of printing and packaging industry also.

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Germany’s 1st large-format press on a subscription Schumacher Packaging opts for subscription agreement with Heidelberg. of our discerning customers across a wide range of sectors,” says Hendrik Schumacher, CEO at Schumacher Packaging. “We opted for the subscription model because it shows Heidelberg is prepared to work with us to continuously ramp up the performance of our company as a whole over the coming years. We see this subscription agreement with Heidelberg as a partnership that offers a huge opportunity to shape our continued growth on an efficient basis.”

Schumacher Packaging, one of Europe’s biggest family-run packaging printers, has taken out a subscription contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG for its site in Forchheim (Bavaria) and anticipates higher productivity and more flexibility for future growth.

Key Notes : > The subscription agreement includes a Speedmaster XL 145-6+LX with fully integrated logistics. > Replacing a competitor’s press, and all consumables, along with vendormanaged inventory. > International packaging specialist anticipates higher productivity and more flexibility for future growth.

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Schumacher Packaging GmbH & Co. KG, one of Europe’s largest family-run packaging printers, with annual sales of approximately € 650 million, has signed a subscription contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) for its site in Forchheim (Bavaria). The company, which is already a leader in productivity and technology in the corrugated and solid board packaging sector, expects to significantly boost the productivity of sheetfed offset operations at its Bavarian site as a result of the move. The subscription agreement includes a Speedmaster XL 145-6+LX with fully integrated logistics, which is replacing a competitor’s press, and all consumables, along with vendor-managed inventory and a comprehensive service package that also covers wear parts and new functions such as remote maintenance and consulting services. The press is scheduled to enter operation in Forchheim at the end of January 2020 and is the first large-format press in Germany on a subscription.

“This shows that our subscription portfolio is an appealing and competitive offer for major packaging customers, too. A growing number of customers are being won over by the collaborative nature of this offer, which aligns the interests of both contract partners,” explains Prof. Ulrich Hermann, Chief Digital Officer Lifecycle Solutions at Heidelberg.

Schumacher Packaging has achieved sustainable, international growth over the years and plans to further expand its activities. Operating 30 sites in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, the UK, and the Netherlands, the company is already one of the biggest family-run packaging printers in Europe.

“Innovation, quality, flexibility, and reliability are our top priorities as we strive to meet the needs

Heidelberg Subscription – the growing pay-per-use trend The Heidelberg Subscription model is following the growing pay-per-use trend in mechanical engineering and moving further away from simply selling presses.

Under this Heidelberg model, customers only pay for the number of sheets actually printed. The price per sheet under the top configuration level of the new digital business model includes all equipment, all consumables required – such as printing plates, inks, coatings, washup solutions, and blankets – and a comprehensive range of services geared to availability. Heidelberg is launching new variants of the digital business model to widen its appeal to an ever-growing number of print shops. If customers so wish, Heidelberg will also take care of all aspects of logistics operations for consumables as part of a subscription package (vendor-managed inventory).

The rollout is going according to plan and is to be expanded. Establishing pay-per-use models in industrial offset printing is the result of the ongoing digital transformation at Heidelberg, and also the company’s software and data expertise. Heidelberg offers customers a complete smart system comprising press, services, consumables, consulting, and software solutions. A holistic system of this kind could not be managed dependably without big data applications – such as in predictive maintenance – and the company’s Push to Stop approach to autonomous printing.

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KMPA inaugurates Golden Jubilee celebrations The year is being celebrated marking the association’s portfolio of achievements over the years.

4th of January, 2020, was a special day for Kerala Master Printers Association. The year 2020 marked the association’s much-awaited Golden Jubilee Celebrations, showcasing a grand portfolio of achievements of KMPA in the printing industry. The event was organised at the spacious The Versailles hall of hotel The Renai Cochin, Palraivattom, Ernakulam.

The occasion was graced by Mr. Dibyajyoti Kalita, President of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) who was the Chief Guest; Smt. Sarada Rajendran – wife of late M. Rajendran, founder President of KMPA – who was the Guest of Honour; Mr. R. Gopakumar, President of KMPA; Mr. Biju Jose, Hon. Gen. Secretary of KMPA; and Mr. O.Venugopal, Co-ordinator of KMPA among others.

Smt. Sarada Rajendran graced the event despite her ill-health. Special invitee Mr. C. Ravinder Reddy, Vice President (South) of AIFMP spoke about the nascent Telengana Offset Printers Association (TOPA), of which he is also the President. Mr. Reddy stressed on the motivation given by KMPA to improve printing processes in the state, and printing education to students in Telengana.

All three distinguished guests, Mr. Kalita, Smt. Rajendran, and Mr. Reddy were felicitated and honoured for their invaluable contribution towards the printing industry.

Past Presidents and Past Hon. Gen. Secretaries of KMPA were honoured for their leadership and guidance. Past Presidents honoured at the event include late M.

Rajendran, R. Suresh, O. Venugopal, Joseph Muttathottil, G. Venugopal, and S. Saji. Past Hon. Gen. Secretaries were also honoured - P. R. Nair, P. S. Rajan, Manmohan Shenoy, and Rajesh.G. 21 senior employees of KMPA members, each of whom have completed over 35 years of service in the print industry, were awarded at the function. Those who have a reached a milestone of 50 years amongst them includes A. K. Puthussery, S. T. Reddiar & Sons (62 years); Radhakrishnan V. and E. G. Sasidharan, Anaswara Offset (P) Ltd (52 years); and Narayanan Nair, Rajsree Industrial Printer (50 Years). 13 KMPA members, who have been into the print business for more than 50 years, were also awarded for standing the test of time, with their dedication and passion in the field of printing. They include S. T. Reddiar & Sons, Ernakulam; Valavi & Co., Ernakulam; St.

Francis Press, Ernakulam; Ambal Offset Printers, Palakkad; Jai Hind Printers, Aluva; SB Press (P) Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram; St. Joseph’s Press, Thiruvananthapuram; The Swaraj Printers, Kochi; The Union Press, Thrissur, Ebenezer Printers, Thrissur; Vivid Offset Printers, Thrissur; Spartan Printers, Alappuzha; and Viani Printings, Ernakulam.

Both Mr. Kalita and Mr. Reddy spoke highly in praise of the great work done by the members of KMPA to promote the printing fraternity as a whole with their innovative and clairvoyant approach. KMPA celebrated this event as a great awakening for promoting the best days in the printing industry for the year 2020. President of KMPA, R. Gopakumar, presided over the function.

The celebrations were drawn to an end by an entertainment programme organised by the ladies forum of KMPA.

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Fujifilm expands footprint in India Fujifilm India expands with new office in Bangalore; to better serve its customers.

Imaging technologies pioneer Fujifilm has recently announced its new office in India in Bengaluru. This new set-up will help the company further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting and fun working environment to its workforce.

The new office, located on Infantry Road, comes equipped with best-in-class amenities and service capabilities. With multi-coloured workstations along with Wi-Fi meeting rooms with HDCOM facility, collapsible training rooms, it will also offer endoscopy and DSC camera service centers to serve its everincreasing customer base in the region. “With this we will able to provide better customer service to our customers in the Bangalore region,” says Mr. Haruto Iwata, Managing Director, Fujifilm India.

“The energetic, contemporary and distinctive culture of the new office reflects Fujifilm’s vision and efforts of empowering the local management to bring the best of products and services for our consumers and focus on India as well as new growth area.” – Mr. Haruto Iwata, MD, Fujifilm India.

Key Notes : > State of art Fujifilm office in Bangalore. > Reflecting the company’s philosophy of bringing Value from Innovation. > Will also offer endoscopy and DSC camera service centers.

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With the new workplace, Fujifilm plans to increase workforce by 30% in the city across functions like Electronic Imaging Division, Instax, Industrial Products and Medical Systems. The Bengaluru team will work closely with the Gurugram head office and other offices in India and around the world to drive value from collaborative innovation.

Speaking at the launch of the new Bengaluru set-up, Mr. Haruto Iwata said, “India is the most important

market for us in the Asia-Pacific region, and we see huge potential in the country from a market, innovation, and talent point. Our new office is reflection of our commitment and trust in the promise that the country holds. Our vision has always been to provide an open, fair and clear workplace culture that allows individuals to ascertain their objectives sincerely, make rational decisions, and continuously take on challenges with courage. With this new set-up, we are offering a collaborative and efficient workspace that reflect our style of business, boost

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productivity and helping themselves and firm grow.”

Speaking at the launch Mr. Navneet Kumar Ahluwalia, Head – Human Resources & Administration, Fujifilm India said, “At Fujifilm India, we ensure that we are equally committed towards our customers and workforce. The new space in Bangalore is an ergonomically designed workspace, with open and collaborative work environment, and a capacity for different teams to work together, driving synergies and contributing to business outcomes. We are focused on offering a dynamic workplace with immense growth potential to all our employees.”

Sharing his views on the new office, Mr. Sanjeev Kohli, Project coordinator and Senior Manager, Admin at Fujifilm India said, “The setup of the new office was completed in around 70 days. We have designed this new office keeping in mind the vibrant colours defines the setting of a workplace and influences an employee’s mood and the entire office environment. With the Endoscopy and Camera Service center established in our Bangalore office we want to provide full support to our customers in and around the city of Bangalore.”

offices located in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and with its head office in Gurugram. “The energetic, contemporary and distinctive culture of the new office reflects Fujifilm’s vision and efforts of

empowering the local management to bring the best of products and services for our consumers and focus on India as well as new growth area,” concludes Mr. Haruto.

Union Budget makes Technology and Data its mainstay, says Ritesh Gandotra Mr. Ritesh Gandotra, Director, Xerox Business Services, comments on the latest Union Budget.

If this budget had to be known for one thing, it would be the length and breadth of technology infusion across all aspects.

Technology and data are changing the world and the latest Union Budget rightly makes these its mainstay. The focus on data, digital records, connectivity and data security across key citizen services underlines the government’s faith in technology to deliver better governance, a safer society and a more competitive economy. The proposals for building data centre parks and setting up the ambitious National Mission of Quantum Technology and Application are significant announcements to put the technology intent into practice.

Fujifilm India is currently serving its customers across the country with five

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Where’s the Slowdown?

The 14th Edition of Pamex is the most successful one yet!

“We surpassed all the numbers of PAMEX 2017 with a record 10,000 unique visitors on Day 3.

We are sure that the next edition in March 2022 will be even bigger.” – Kamal Chopra, Chairman – PAMEX

Key Notes : > The Show featured 375+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry. > 100+ product launches, 250+ running machines and many more attractions. > Bucking the perceived trend of slowdown, it was deals galore @ PAMEX 2020.

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If there’s a slowdown, it did not show at PAMEX 2020.

As the curtains came down to the most successful edition of the four-day PAMEX 2020 on 9 January, the industry is bullish on the growth of Printing & Packaging in India. The show saw more than 32,000 visitors, with Day 3 seeing, for the first time, more than 10,000 unique visitors in a day. Several deals were being reported from the venue itself.

Spread across 2 halls, 1 & 2, PAMEX 2020 opened its doors with a never-before-seen inaugural function consisting of 25 chief guests. The ceremony was attended by several dignitaries from the printing

industry, including Mr. Falit Pandya (Ahmedabad Printing Press Association), Mr. Surendra Dhote (All Bengal Printers Association), Mr. Prakash Joshi (Aurangabad Mudrak Sangh), Mr. Ashok Gupta (Bhopal Master Printers Association), Mr. Nitin Shah (Bombay Master Printers Assocation), Mr. Dalip Tuli (Greater Delhi Master Printers Association), Mr. Avadesh Awasthi (Kanpur Press Owners Association), Mr. BalasahebAmbekar ( Maharashtra Mudran Parishad), Mr. Tushar Dhote (Mumbai Mudrak Sangh), Mr. Raveendra Joshi (Poona Press Owners Association), Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sanyal (West Bengal Master Printers Association), Dr.

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Ravindra Gandhi (AIPIMA), Mr. Dilip Bhise ( Screen Printer Association of India), Mr. DibyajoytiKalita (All India Federation of Master Printers) Mrs. Neetu Arora ( PrintPackaging. Com Pvt Ltd), Mr. Puskal Gautam (Federation of Nepal Printers Association), Mr. Delan F. Silva( Sri-Lanka Association of Printers), Ms Sabine Geidermann (Drupa), Ms. Jennifer Chen (China Academy of Printing Technology), Prof. Kamal Chopra ( All India Federation of Master Printers), Mr. Dayakar Reddy (IPAMA) and Mr. K. Rajendran (All India Federation of Master Printers) The Show featured 375+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry with 100+ product launches, 250+ running machines and several other attractions.

The exhibition started in the shadows of a much talked about economic slowdown accentuating the negative sentiments shared by the industry worldwide facing challenges from customers moving to digital medium.

Also, the exhibition was coming just a few months before Drupa and the expectations were that customers would like to wait to see the new technologies unveiled at the world’s greatest Show before making their investment decisions. However, as PAMEX got underway, even on the first day itself, several reports of deals being made at the grounds started surfacing. As visitors thronged the venue on all the four days and by the time the show shut its doors, it was evident that an unprecedented amount of business had been recorded in this edition.

Zhongke India sold fifteen machines at the exhibition…

On the first day of PAMEX 2020 itself,

Zhongke India sold its Yongshun YS KC 108 automatic speed window lamination machine to Chennai-based RS Graphics. “This will mark the machine’s first installation in India,” said Rohit Rajpal, Director, Zhongke India on the adoption of the new window lamination machine. VB Sridharan, Managing Partner, RS Graphics, was fully impressed with the high-end features of dry lamination with glue that is applied to the pre-cut sheets and the curing done by infrared devices.

Udaipur-based Miraj Multicolour also finalised an order for the same machine while the Bengaluru-based Asha Sweets Center bought an automatic rigid box-making machine.

Vadodara-based Concord Printing invested in a Wenhong 1050 SF automatic die-cutting and hot-foil stamping machine and a LC-740 automatic corner cutting and line pressing

window patching machine.

“More than 3600 visitors visited our stall During the 4 days and we booked orders for over 15 machines and have many inquiries in the process that we expect to finalise soon,” added Rajpal.

Ample Graphics sold rigid box manufacturing line to Tholasi Print India and finalised many other deals…

Again, on the first day of PAMEX 2020, Ample Graphics sold its fully integrated Lishunyuan line of rigid box making machine to Bengaluru-based Tholasi Prints India. The machine features robotic arm positioning system, in-line case making system, etc.

The compact high-speed Chengling Tech folder-gluer was bought by Ruchipack from Rajasthan and the AOER fully automatic

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foil stamping machine on display at the exhibition was bought by Mumbai-based Award Offset Printers & Packaging.

Emerging Graphics sold iECHO speed cutting system to Packaging Ind…

Ample was also showcasing Tiancen’s latest high-speed lamination machine, KFM106MC at the exhibition and bagged an order from three companies including Manohar Filament from Sonipat, Azure Press from Bahadurgarh and Dimple Packaging of Ludhiana.

Baroda-based Packaging Ind invested in iECHO high speed digital cutting system from Emerging Graphics. Mujahid Sulemani, General Manager of Emerging Graphics says the machine is for proofing and other shortrun jobs. They chose the machine after an extensive R&D over a long period of time.

Canon imagePRESS C8000 sold during PAMEX 2020…

Hitech Systems signed over 50 deals for its machines…

Alpana sold to Nepal and Algeria…

Canon India, during PAMEX 2020, sold its imagePRESS C8000 to Mumbai-based Commercial Art Engravers. The press is equipped with Fiery B4100 software for VDP personalisation and it is designed for VDP, photo, barcode and QR code.

Mumbai-based print finishing equipment specialist Hitech sold over 50 Machines worth over Rs 2.3 crore. The key highlight among the range of flagship products the company was showing at the expo was its widely popular iECHO PK 0640 & PK 0604 Plus automatic intelligent cutting system.

“We booked 8 machines including the RHINO DEXA TWIN DECK Coater during PAMEX for orders totalling around Rs. 5 Crore. We got orders from Algeria and Nepal,” said Kapil Dev, General Manager, Alpana Visual Packaging Aids.

KOMORI sold two Machines…

Delhi-based Advantage Offset booked a KOMORI Lithrone G437 during PAMEX 2020 on the first day of the exhibition. The machine can run at the maximum speed up to 15000 sph with online coater. Advantage Offset is aiming at doubling their volume of production with the new KOMORI press.

“We greeted more than 1,500 visitors during the four-day long exhibition,” said Parag Shah from Hitech.

Nippon Color reported six orders for Insun CTP Machines by second day…

Akshat Pardiwala, CEO, Nippon Color

Later, Polykam Offset booked a five-colour Komori GL 537 plus online coater printing press.

NBG sold rigid box making machine to Kala Jyoti…

NBG Printographic Machinery sold its rigid box making machine to Hyderabad-based Kala Jyoti, which is an old customers of NBG and satisfied user of rigid box making machines from NBG over the last three years.

The new machine is designed for producing boxes for mobile phones, gifts, cosmetics, etc.

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confirmed selling at least six CTP Machines by the end of the second day and was expecting to sell more before the exhibition closed.

Robus sold five Machines…

Prem Vishwakarma, Director, Robus India, reported selling two die-cutting machines and three folder-gluer machines at the exhibition.

Megabound sold over 70 postpress machines…

The Bangalore based Case Making and Book Binding machine supplier sold more than 70 machines and expects many more conversions from the active enquiries in the coming days.

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Acme Machinery received five orders during PAMEX 2020…

Mumbai-based Acme Machinery Company has bagged five orders of their machines during PAMEX 2020. Key highlights at the stand of the company consisted of corrugation machines, mini effluent treatment plant (ETP) and others.

Kandalaa Prints invested in BOBST Ambition A1 and Novacut 106 3.0 die-cutter…

To strengthen their new venture into packaging domain, Bengaluru-based Kandalaa Prints invested in a Bobst Ambition A1 and Novacut 106 3.0 die-cutter. The company sealed the deal with Bobst during

PAMEX 2020 mirrors a vibrant Print Industry PAMEX 2020 presented the face of a vibrant industry with a grand show at Mumbai’s Bombay Exhibition Centre. The optimism shown by the industry was quite obvious and the 14th edition of the event saw a 15 percent growth in exhibitor area and a whopping 20 percent higher visitor turnout. The economy has been going through a bad face and PAMEX outcome was under some serious doubt with investment decisions generally being postponed and technology adaptation being timid. Belying all apprehensions of the perceived slowdown in the economy in general and the Printing Industry in particular, the real success story of PAMEX was “not in the increased numbers alone but also in the quality and the geographical range of visitors that it attracted,” opined Deepak Chawla, GM-Marketing, Technova. The event concluded on 9 January 2020 on an enthusiastic note.

Several exhibitors reported many serious enquiries and also significant sales on the ground. The visitor enthusiasm seen a few months before the major Industry event – Drupa, held great portends for the International industry players that are looking to India to provide an even greater footfall to the International event than the 19000 printers that it sent in the last edition.

The world thought leaders converged in the parallel WPCF conference to brief the printers on new industry trends and opportunities as they gear themselves to meet the growing challenges posed by shrinking traditional business and changing customer expectations. The industry also found time to honour its stalwarts at the VCLA award and celebrate the excellence of its printers at the NAEP Awards in glittering functions that added a lot of allure to the ongoing exhibition.

“The success of an event of this magnitude does not happen as a co-incidence. A lot of meticulous planning and hard work goes into the promotion and organising of the event. I congratulate the entire AIFMP and Print-Packaging team for pulling off a great exhibition with such élan,” said Kamal Chopra, Chairman, PAMEX who had spearheaded an International Outreach Program and a grassroots Print Odyssey in the months leading to the exhibition.

The next edition of the PAMEX will be held from 23 to 26 March 2022 at the same venue and will include a separate hall for the Label Industry Suppliers.

PAMEX 2020. The new machines will be installed at the company’s facility in Harohalli Industrial Area.

All displayed equipment sold by Intergraphic Sales…

“We sold all the machines that we displayed at the exhibition and have several enquiries that should convert to orders soon, The PULSI 100 % inspection system that we showed was sold to a leading label converter from Maharashtra and will be installed in their factory next month. The WEIGANG Die Cutting Machine with Hot Stamping was bought by Target Foils of Faridabad and the WEIGANG Slitter Rewinder went to a Mumbai based Converting Press,” shared Amit Sheth from Intergraphic Sales and Services.

DGM India received eight orders during PAMEX 2020…

DGM India received eight orders for its foil stamping machines, die-cutters and folder-gluers during PAMEX 2020. Machines demonstrated by the company at the expo consisted of SmartFold 1100 folder-gluer and others. The machine is designed to produce around one lakh boxes per hour.

Vijaya Grafiks sealed two deals for Veenine 65 carton folder gluer…

During PAMEX 2020, Vijaya Grafiks bagged two orders for its Vijaya Veenine 65 carton folder gluer from JP Print N Pack (Sahibabad) and Shri Balaji Industries (Parwanoo). The machine has a speed of 300 m/min with optional features such as third bottom track and top track final folding unit, plasma curing system, etc.

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Citi Digital Press signed deal with Monotech for advanced Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil…

New Delhi-based photo-album specialists Citi Digital Press signed a deal with Monotech for replacing their existing four-year-old Scodix S75 with the advanced Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil. The company is equipped with a Scodix S75 which will be replaced with the higher Scodix model.

Prakash Offset Machinery automated box making machine to Pune based company…

At PAMEX 2020, Prakash Offset Machinery demonstrates its fully automated PBM 2BM PC1117 box making machine. The machine can make V-Box. A Pune-based packaging company has booked the machine during the expo.

SPB Machinery sold folding machine…

SPB Machinery sold PTF-130 cake trey folding machine to Lucknow-based Shree Shyam Packaging during PAMEX 2020.

Five Star Machinery reported sale of Five Machines…

The company sold five of its machines at PAMEX 2020 and was elated with the response.

The Stake Holders Speak Mr. Shakeel Ahmed – Nimbra Printing & Binding, Karnataka (Visitor) – “This is the biggest printing exhibition I have ever seen.

I saw several book binding machines, which were of my interest. I am glad I could come and visit the Show.”

Mr. Gesesau – Africa – “ I have come all the way from Africa to attend this exhibition.

I could see a large number of printing machines here and my main agenda was to explore the latest developments in the Indian printing industry so that I can explore business opportunities in the area.”

Mr. Himanshu – HS Industry Solutions – Ambernath, Maharashtra – “I have visited PAMEX exhibition for the very first time.

Looking at the event I understand that there is a lot of innovation happening in the industry. The Show gives a huge business platform to everyone who exhibits or visits.

I look forward to visit next edition as well, in 2022.”

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Puneet Agarwal - DGM China (Exhibitor) – “DGM China started its operations in India last year, as DGM India. We have our factory in Noida. As PAMEX 2020, we displayed Smart fold PC, which comes with motorised function. I would say the quality of visitors at PAMEX is very good as they know what they are looking for and it develops a quality discussion.”

Deepak Chawla – Technova (Exhibitor) – “Technova has a full range of printing products and solutions. We have been associated with PAMEX since last many editions and the response has always been good. The printers who come are serious and so I would say that the quality of visitors here is amazing. The Show is well organized.”

Mr. Appadurai – HP Indigo (Exhibitor) – “We have lot of products related to commercial printing and packaging. We displayed severalapplications here as we wanted to show that HP Indigo brings endless possibilities for printers in Digital Printing segment. We also launched a seven eco model in India recently, which was displayed here. The quality of visitors is very good and I would say that this is best edition of the Show as compared to last all editions.”

Concurrent Events @ PAMEX 2020 For the very first time in the country, All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) hosted the World Print & Communication Forum

(WPCF) conference. Held on 8 January, 2020 – the topic of the conference was Redefining Printing – Brainstorming with World Leaders.

This event saw delegates coming in from all over the world with speakers coming in from India, Japan, South Africa, China, Belgium & USA. Another concurrent event was the National Awards for Excellence in Printing (NAEP).

The celebrated awards attract printing and packaging experts from across the length and breadth of the country, casting the net deep and wide to unearth the industry’s finest. The awards also include the prestigious Viren Chabbra Print Leadership Award. The Award has been instituted to honour Viren Chhabra’s legacy of a lifetime of support and accomplishments for AIFMP. Mr.Narendra Paruchuri of Pragati Offset, Hyderabad won the prestigious award.

Chairman Signs Off “We have received unprecedented response to PAMEX 2020. The show is getting better with each edition. We surpassed all the numbers of PAMEX 2017 with a record 10,000 unique visitors on Day 3. We are sure that the next edition in March 2022 will be even bigger. We have already booked an additional hall to promote the Label Industry.

See you all at Bombay Exhibition Centre from 23-26 March 2022,” said a beaming Prof.

Kamal Chopra – Past President AIFMP and Chairman PAMEX.

Kunal Enterprise sells Sakurai Glitter Line at Pamex

“Pamex should focus on all type of printing especially Industrial Printing so it attracts more visitors from the industry,” believes Ajay Gandhi, President, Kunal Enterprise.

Though he says that Pamex 2020 had a slow start, the pace picked up on later days. Kunal Enterprise sold a Sakurai Glitter Line and two Foiling Machines at the show.

“It was good networking opportunity and

we could see the actual trend going on in Industry,” says Kunal Gandhi, Ex-President of the company.

They had highlighted Sakurai Foiling Machine, SUN SGM Folding and Gluing Machine, Laserack Fully Automatic Blanking Machine and their Material Division at the Mumbai event.

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Autoprint launches Checkmate 25 at Pamex 2020 The Longhua Die Cutting Machine presented for the first time in India at Pamex.

Autoprint launched Checkmate 25 at the recently concluded Pamex 2020 at Bombay Exhibition Centre. A smaller version of its successful Checkmate 50, the new machine targets the need of manufacturers who want to address smaller carton sizes of less than 250 mm.

The new carton inspection system adds a new chapter in the success story of proven Checkmate 50 with already over 40 installations domestically and internationally.

Autoprint noted that 90 percent of jobs that Checkmate 50 inspected in India belonged to pharmaceutical industry and were of less than 250 mm in size. The new Checkmate 25 will prove a viable solution for this segment.

The machine is equipped with three cameras and can run at up to 250m/min. speed.

The machine inspects cartons based on standards set by the customer, segregating the good and rejected cartons.

Apart from the Checkmate 25, the Longhua Die Cutting Machine was presented for the first time in India at Pamex at Hall No. 1, Stall No. E-03. Longhua is represented in India by Autoprint.

Autoprint also had live demo of its Fine Coat 80. Autoprint Fine Coat 80 is an offline sheetfed Flexo Rotary Automatic UV and Aqueous Coater with UV and IR Dryer. It can perform Full or Flood coating, Spot coating and Spot-not window coating of both UV based and water based (Aqueous) coatings.

It is equipped with 3 roller coating system

including Chrome plated Anilox Roller and doctor blade similar to chamber doctor for better control of UV Varnish solution. It can handle minimum 60 gsm chromo art mirror coated labels and paper upto 450 gsm board of size upto 22”x32”. The maximum speed is 5000 sheets per hour. It is ideal for large packaging printers as well as for starting Job work Unit for UV Coating, Aqueous

Coating, Spot Coating, Post Press process Job in suitable location for serving cluster of printers.

Other machines on live demo was the Autoprint Repetto 80 automatic sheet-fed flat bed die punching and creasing machine; and the Knight NX single colour offset and non-woven bag printing machine.

APL Machinery showcases Made in India LED UV Pamex 2020 proved a great platform to showcase products and maintain their social presence for APL Machinery, according to Vibhati Paul, Sales Executive Export. “To an extent our aim has been accomplished,” Vibhati notes. “Let us hope for an amazing year ahead, better than the last one in terms of scaling up more with success, growth and joy.”

The best part of APL’s showcase at Pamex was their made in India LED. Vibhati explains, “The best part of our stall was that the idea to showcase our LED which is purely made in India was fulfilled. The aim was to let people and the industry know that LED UV can be manufactured in India as well. Our LED UV was our star product at the show.”

APL received a very positive response at Pamex. “The show was full of hot prospects.

We would want to continue exhibiting in Pamex, everytime it is happening,” concludes Vibhati.

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AGS Sample Maker wins quite a few orders at Pamex The star products of Advanced Graphic Systems were the Sample Maker and the X-rite & DI Solutions for Press Automation and Closed Loop Control.

For Advanced Graphic Systems (AGS) the Pamex has always been a good show and this time was no less. Last year didn’t show good buying sentiment in the industry but this year, Vishnuu R Kamat, Sr. Vice President, AGS, is pretty sure the economy will boost. “We are very optimistic that we will see a change in the buying pattern of the industry this year. The start of the year has been good,” he says.

AGS closed a good no of orders at Pamex 2020. “Our products are such that decisions don’t happen so quickly; but we closed quite a few orders for the Sample Maker that we have been selling for about 6 years now.

Post Pamex I am sure the numbers will surely increase for all our products,” adds Vishnuu.

“Our location this time was very nice just opposite to the registration counter which helped us catch the attention of the prospective buyers and the layout done by us was the icing on the cake,” he continues.

The star products of AGS at PAMEX were the Sample Maker and the X-rite & DI Solutions

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for Press Automation and Closed Loop Control.

retrofitted for most offset presses installed in the field.

Vishnuu saw the irregular flow of visitors had its toll on the business of the show. He perceives that the footfall showed a lot of ups and downs during the span of the show. “The 1st day was pretty bleak while the 2nd and 3rd was good and again the last day was down,” he observes suggesting, “Probably the organisers should try to have a steady flow of customers for all the days; this will allow us to concentrate on every customer 100%.”

Reaffirming AGS’ commitment to providing world class solutions this new Xrite-DI solution helps in achieving an accuracy level of up to 99% by constant monitoring of the process. Also being showcased at the exhibition are state-of-the-art products by the company’s long standing Principles namely Xrite, Digital information, Aoke, Tec4Check, GBOS, SHCC, CST & ColorGate.

AGS showcased its complete line of print & packaging solutions for Print & Packaging industry at PAMEX 2020 in Mumbai. The company highlighted its unique X-rite + Digital Information. The combined forces of these powerful solutions allow automated colour control with a Closed Loop Solution

“With our star offering, X-rite + Digital Information, Aoke & Tec 4 Check we aim to deliver the highest level of accuracy to further improve design and production efficiency,” says Vishnuu.

AGS is one of the leading providers of Colour Matching Solutions across all colour sensitive industries like Paints, Textiles, Print & Publishing, Plastics, FMCG, Automobile, and Ink. The company also offers pre and post press software for print industry and lab to bulk dyeing machines for textile industry. With its pan India distribution and service centers located at more than 20 locations, AGS has successfully partnered with several leading brands namely Arvind Mills, Birla Century Mills, Asian Paints, Berger, Kansai Nerolac, Vardhman Textile, Raymond, Bombay Dyeing, Pragati Offset, Parksons Packaging, DIC, Sakata, Huber, Flint and Toyo among others.

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Konica Minolta conducts live demos of latest production printing presses At the PAMEX 2020 show the company receives good response for the award winning Varnishing and Foiling solution – MGI JETvarnish 3DS. PAMEX is one of the biggest industry events for print and allied machinery sectors.

It brings together leading national and international print and printing businesses, OEMs, and solution providers and is always an exciting event to attend. PAMEX 2020 also saw a host of next-generation technologies, products, and other offerings being showcased.

The event was a great success for Konica Minolta India. It conducted live demonstrations of several stateof-the-art production printing presses from the AccurioPress series, including AccurioPress C6100/6085, AccurioPress C3070/3070p/3080, and AccurioPress 6120/6136. “We also highlighted how print businesses can reduce print waste while delivering industry-leading productivity and superlative print quality with the IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimiser, an optional add-on that takes colour consistency and registration accuracy to the next level,” says Mr. Manish Gupta, National Marketing Manager – Production Printing & Industrial Printing, Konica Minolta India.

On the industrial printing front, Konica Minolta received a good response for the MGI JETvarnish 3DS, an award-winning Varnish and Foiling solution. “We are looking to translate this interest into tangible business for the Konica Minolta brand and its customers in India,” highlights Manish.

Even though 2019 was a slow year for many brands in this space, Konica Minolta India continued to sustain its market leadership position QoQ. With the upcoming Union Budget Manish expects the announcement

of impactful policies to address the recent economic slowdown. “We are eagerly looking forward to 2020 with a positive outlook. We will leverage our technological capabilities, channel ecosystem, and market know-how to further consolidate Konica Minolta’s position as a pioneering and market-leading player in the Indian print and printing space,” he adds.

with varied business requirements in mind.

Through this, we successfully demonstrated the differentiation that MGI technology can deliver for new-age print and printing businesses that are looking to expand their portfolios and capitalise on emerging market demand for new-age, short-run print jobs,” explains Manish.

The AccurioPress series as well as MGI JETvarnish 3DS received fantastic response from the customers at PAMEX 2020.

“Now our focus would be to convert those interested leads to a long-term profitable business relationship,” discloses Manish.

“Finally, we would want to thank once again to our customers who have always shown trust in us and helped us in growing and sustaining the market leadership position in all the market scenarios,” he concludes.

He thinks the best thing to happen for them at PAMEX 2020 was the response to their MGI JETvarnish. “It has been the biggest highlight of our participation at PAMEX – the machine was the showstopper for us at the event and produced beautiful embellishments with its spot UV and digital foiling capabilities. Attendees were also excited to experience the MGI Sample Gallery, which was thoughtfully curated

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HP at Pamex 2020 - unveils the power of productivity with smart automation with HP Indigo 7eco Digital press.

HP Inc launched HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press at Pamex 2020. The new press is aimed at boosting productivity & quality by sustainable printing, with the help of advanced technology. The HP Indigo Digital Press is powered by HP Indigo’s milestone Indigo LEP Technology to consistently deliver best-in-class printing capabilities available in the market. The reliable technology enables one to easily fulfill the printing requirements of their customers for commercial, packaging and speciality jobs.

A.Appadurai, Country Manager, Indigo and PageWide Web Press, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Inc. India & Sri Lanka said, “With the launch of sustainable technology in the printing industry, HP aims to introduce the consumers to the latest innovations enabling them to increase their production at an affordable cost with less power consumption, manpower, production time and wastage.

Introducing advanced digital capabilities are a part of HP’s commitment to provide the best solutions to help businesses in staying ahead of the curve.”

“We believe in limitless possibilities with digital printing and are happy to notice some of the very interesting projects and implementations by our Indian customers which is part of our showcase area at our booth,” he added.

Sharing insights on the importance of innovation in reaching out to the customers

today, he suggested how advanced and differentiated printing applications can help brands develop a stronger brand recall with end customers and establish a competitive edge in the market using the unique power of mass customization and personalization.

standards, while saving time and costs with fewer colour adjustments and reprints.

Key HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press features include : •

HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press Setting a benchmark with sustainable technology, the HP Indigo 7eco Digital press offers quality and versatility, increasing productivity, efficiently for enterprises. With less manpower, media wastage and power consumption, HP Indigo 7eco Digital press is designed to deliver highly efficient print production.

Boosting productivity and quality with sustainable technology, the HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press can print up to 160 colour pages per minute using Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), which has the potential to simulate four-color using only C/M/Y. The use of three colour separations increases colour printing productivity by 33%, while the EPM printing consumes 25% less energy per printed page, further enhancing the sustainability of the press.

The access of the device to a comprehensive suite of software applications through the HP PrintOS secured cloud platform helps in increasing efficiency, automation and monitoring giving control over print operations. The colour automation feature complies with the toughest industry colour

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Wide application range–A wide application range offered by the HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press empowers the businesses to meet customer requests Digital offset colour technology - HP Indigo’s Liquid Electrophotography (LEP) technology, using HP Indigo ElectroInk produces crisp linework, attractive images, and smooth vignettes, with a very thin ink layer that creates a uniform gloss between the ink and the substrate Accurate color – The unique inline spectrophotometer makes it easy to meet colour standards and match colours Sustainable solution – The manufacturing of the HP Indigo 7eco Digital Press is certified as CO2 Neutral HP Print OS Site Flow – The most amazing workflow solution helping industrialise commercial printing by automating and driving volumes of commercial and speciality printing jobs.

HP Indigo technology combines all the advantages of its patented LEP printing process into a powerful digital printing solution over an extensive portfolio of digital presses for a wide variety of applications including General commercial print, Photo, Labels, Flexible Packaging and Folding Cartons. The technology is backed by the efficient combination of HP Indigo ElectroInk, thermal offset transfer and direct contact transfer which gives unmatched colour and ink capabilities, widest media and application versatility, high coverage printing, and highest speed for print quality application.

The innovative Indigo digital printing technology was shown live at HP Booth at PAMEX 2020, Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai. The technology highly impressed the show visitors, who, enabled by this powerful solution, can not only meet the demands of the end customers needs, but also target new markets and explore fresh revenue streams.

Mr. A Appadurai, Country Business Manager and Mr. Ashok Pahwa, Sales Manager - Commercial representing HP Indigo & Inkjet Press Solutions, India and Sri Lanka

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DGM secures eight orders at Pamex 2020 DGM Automation India presents SmartFold 1100PC Folder Gluer It was a great success for DGM Automation India at Pamex 2020 with 8 orders in hand and many serious enquires, reveals Puneet Aggarwal, Managing Director of the company.

With the year lined up with many important shows for DGM, Puneet sees it to be a great year ahead for the company. “We are very positive about this year and would better our growth figures especially considering many more important exhibitions like Sino Corrugated Donguan, DRUPA, Sino Corrugated India and All in Print China – Shangai are all lined up ahead,” he avers.

DGM has successfully invoiced 20 machines in India in 2019 and started 2020 with a highly positive note with 8 new orders in hand from PAMEX alone.

reveals Puneet.

DGM was focusing on SmartFold 1100PC Folder Gluer. Other highlighted products at the show included Diecutter, Hot Foil Stamping and Flute Laminator etc.

“Through PAMEX we were able to communicate with the market with demo of one of our products at the booth. We were also presenting DGM India, which is now a 100% share holding of DGM China, as having local manufacturing and also our demo centre functional from March 2020,”

Ample Graphics sells 3 high speed Lamination Machines on Pamex floors Ample Graphics had a great Pamex 2020 show. The company had displayed 4 machines. It had on show the new high speed Dry Lamination Machine with Hot Knife from Tiancen. The machine features marvellous speed of 100mtr/min.

On display was a Folder Gluer for plastic boxes from ChengLin Tech. “This versatile machine can process all types of plastic boxes, be it, Rigid PVC, PP or PET,” says Sachin Kala. “This machine has all the possible systems installed for side pasting, viz. Liquid Glue, PUR Glue or Hot Air,” adds Rajeev Jagga.

Ample Graphics booked 3 orders for its High Speed Lamination Machines.

“We had been focusing on automation equipment for making boxes – all types of boxes, mono-carton, rigid, corrugated. We were missing out on the market segment of plastic boxes. By adding the ChengLin Folder Gluer we have entered into this market also,” says Rajeev.

Tiancen had introduced its new model of

Dry Lamination Machine with a speed of 100 Mtr / Min in October 2019. Ample Graphics demonstrated this machine for the first time in India. “We are pleased with the initial response and were able to close 3 orders for this,” says Sachin.

The company showcased a heavy duty Fully Automatic Foil Stamping Machine from Aoer and a Rigid Box line with Visual Positioning System from Lishunyuan.

“With the current state of economy we felt that the current PAMEX was a bit slower than the last edition. The total no of visitors as well as enquires were less than previous. It could also be in light of the forthcoming Drupa this year,” thinks Sachin.

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Dry Vacuum Pressure Pumps by Falcon Falcon Vacuum Pumps & Systems offers its complete range of Dry Vacuum Pumps at Pamex 2020.

Encouraged by the positive response Falcon Vacuum Pumps & Systems received at Pamex 2020, Amarpreet Singh - Group CEO, looks forward to a successful year ahead. “It was a good start at Pamex 2020 with a lot of good queries and we are hopeful of a better year as compared to the last one,” he says.

They entertained and interacted with printers from all across the country at their Pamex stand. The company focused on its complete range of Dry Vacuum Pressure Pumps at Pamex.

Falcon Vacuum Pumps & Systems offers a wide range of Dry Vacuum Pump, which

is manufactured using superior grade raw material. These Dry vacuum Pumps are manufactured in line with the set industry standards and norms. These easy to maintain and operate Pumps are offered in varied specifications and are broadly used in printing, packaging, Food Processing and other industries. Falcon is one of the leading vacuum pumps, oil free vacuum pumps, oil lubricated pumps, vacuum pump spares suppliers and dry vacuum pumps manufacturers. With more than two decades of experience, Falcon sets the standard for producing dry vacuum pumps, vacuum pressure pumps, vacuum pumps and their spare parts of superior quality.

Grafik Machinery presents LED UV and Carton Folder Gluer Grafik Machinery International started the year 2020 on a positive note with a good Pamex 2020 participation experience. They got a lot of serious enquiries from keen visitors who expressed interest in various solutions presented by the company at the show.

Kanishk Jain, sharing his experience at the Pamex show told PRESSIdeas that decision making isn’t quick in wake of present market conditions especially it being very competitive.

Grafik Machinery International offers a wide spectrum of UV Coating and Curing System along with a range of Carton Folder Gluers.

It offered Interdeck UV System, UV Coating Machines - Online and Offline, Carton Folder Gluer for duplex and Corrugated Cartons, Spare parts for sheet fed offset and allied machines. “It is a buyers’ market. Price dominates the market and payments too have to be customer-friendly in present market situation. These are the points we focused at the show,” concludes Kanishk.

The star product Grafik Machinery was focusing at Pamex was LED UV and Carton Folder Gluer.

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Iridesse has a national presence now!

With installation pan-India, Iridesse gives a leap to the Indian digital printing industry beyond CMYK. talked to Mr.Shankaracharya, has always been a platform for Xerox to display the latest products and software from its stable to the visitors. This year too it has been no different and Xerox has yet again set the bar higher for print production with their range of products and services.

Mr.Shankaracharya Laskar, Marketing Director, Xerox India

“The star product at our stall was indeed the Xerox Iridesse press which allows printing white, gold, silver and clear in one pass and has got an amazing response from the customers since its launch and today has installations all across the country,” shares Mr. Shankaracharya Laskar, Marketing Director, Xerox India. “Our endeavour is to provide technology and solutions to our customers which leads to a boost in their business opportunities in these competitive times with portfolio of key Xerox digital presses catering to high, mid and entry level business segments,” he adds.

According to Shankaracharya, Iridesse, with installation pan-India, has given a leap to the Indian digital printing industry beyond

Pamex, an exhibition organized by All India Federation of Master Printers in association with Print-Packaging.com where Xerox had a prominent stall and where PRESSIdeas

CMYK and their other products on display at the show like the Versant V3100, Versant 180, C9065/C9070 offer more choices to the discerning printers in the country.

Xerox’s stall at Pamex also provided the first look of the new 100-ppm monochrome product Prime Link B9100, a light production printer which allows copy, print, scan and email with an ability of print up to 350-gsm as well as banner prints up to 26-inches.

Xerox stall at Pamex 2010

Komori highlights GL 37+C at Pamex 2020 Secures eight orders; entertains high quality focused visitors.

“Pamex has always been a good experience for Komori where we do get to connect with customers and introduce our solution bases products,” says Sangam Khanna of Komori, which was focusing its flagship GL 37+C at the show. “It’s been good but only the focused customers visited us this time,” he adds He sees the current year better than the last year for Komori, as “the needs of the customers are transforming – instead of buying products they now focus of solutions

and total solutions from end-toend,” according to Sangam.

Komori secured eight orders at the Pamex show. The details of the deals will be revealed after completion of all the formalities, says Sangam.

He is of the view that the best thing about Pamex was the quality of visitors who were very focused. “The quality of visitors helped us establish the real need of the customers.

It was really exciting to see that the customer came with his home work done before Pamex,” emphasises Sangam.

Komori GL 37+C was their star product. “The

GL 37+C is now getting high in Demand for its cost effectiveness in Packaging Solutions, Publishing and Commercial. To address all the three verticals of offset print, this was a good success and we hope to close many orders in this size,” reveals Sangam, who however missed the competition at the show as Komori was the only Offset manufacturer participating from the vertical.

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Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil: The star attraction at Monotech’s stand Monotech sold two Xerox Iridesse units at the event and received decent leads for Scodix and the short-run label press i.e. JETSCI ColorAqua.

Monotech Systems’ Pamex 2020 stand remained crowded on all days of the show. “I must say Pamex 2020 was quite successful for us,” says Akash Kumar, Senior Manager – Marketing & Communications, Monotech Systems. “The show was extremely good for us. In fact, we were passive as far as expectation from the show is concerned considering the current economic situation in mind, but response was encouraging. We got a good number of leads and people showed interest in investing in the right technology.

This edition of Pamex was much better than the previous edition in terms of footfall,” he adds.

Speaking of the last year performance and expectations for the present, he says, “We have achieved modest growth this year mainly because of the economic slowdown in the country. However, the company may register a better turnaround in Q4, which usually is the highest-grossing quarter. We

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stay positive and anticipate that the new financial year would be better.”

Displaying unique and high value products draw an attention of serious buyers and that differentiated Monotech Systems as a trusted brand from other participants and competition. “Experimenting with the launch of a label product in a commercial and digital show delivered us a good mileage,” says Akash.

Apart from the JETSCI ColorAqua, the star attraction at Monotech’s stand was the Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil. Explaining more about the digital print enhancement capabilities of Scodix, Akash points out that Digital print enhancement is becoming

a prominent subject of discussion for various companies in the printing industry.

People realize that it provides a good business opportunity now. “We also feel that over a period of time, embossing and foiling will predominantly become digital.

This transformation will give a new set of opportunities for people. For most of the commercial printers across the country, a huge opportunity for growth lies either in digital or in the packaging industry. This is the right time for commercial printers to diversify and explore the digital and packaging segments in order to survive and grow,” he concludes.

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Suba Solutions debuts Specialty V Cut Window Patcher at Pamex – a see through space transformed into an area of creativity, branding and brand protection.

The recent Pamex 2020 proved a good show for Suba Solutions. The company had some successful order closures apart from attracting a great visitor interest for its showcased solutions.

“In volatile global economic conditions, lead time between order confirmation and execution has become unpredictable,” says Vaidy, Director Suba Solutions expressing his concern regarding present market conditions. “World economy is volatile and India is an integral part,” he adds.

“Even at Printpack we booked a lot of machines at the show. Nevertheless it took very long time for only some of them to convert,” he continues.

The show highlight by Suba was their Specialty V Cut Window Patcher. “For the first time in India and probably in the world we demonstrated a Specialty V Cut Window Patcher at the show that precisely patched a multi-colour printed film onto a window carton,” explains Vaidy.

“What was hitherto a see through space has been transformed into an area of creativity, branding and brand protection. It throws

open a fantastic opportunity for Brand owners where their imagination would be the limitation,” he underlines.

“It was quite well received and we loved having been part of creating something

that is set to revolutionise the packaging industry,” he rejoices.

Suba had also displayed the offline blanker with special features at the show. They demonstrated one of the toughest jobs at the show which inspired confidence in the prospective buyers.

The specialty V Cut Window Patcher was, however, the star attraction at Suba’s Pamex stand.

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Speciality / V-Cut Window Patching Machine.

Offline Stripping and Blanking Machine.

Nulith presents Actega Food Safe Coatings & Rollin Coating Plates Pamex 2020 concludes on a successful note for Nulith, says Suresh Shah. “This Pamex we had a very good response and there were also many visitors from 2 & 3 Tier cities,” says Suresh adding, “Pamex created very positive sentiments and with the kind of response we got at the show we are sure 2020 will be better than the previous year.”

Suresh looked impressed with the technical development in 2 & 3 Tier cities as he saw customers from there looking for quality products which was a shift from low price products previously.

Suresh also observed printers now being more aware about health and environment safety. Nulith focused on Actega Food Safe Coatings & Rollin Coating Plates this time. They attracted keen interest from visitors of Pamex 2020.

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Pamex 2020 proved a great opening for VINSAK VINSAK had a great show with orders pouring in from the start.

For VINSAK Pamex is an important show. Mr. Mohan Pailwan, GM, looked quite excited at the outcome. “The show was well attended by serious visitors, with some serious plans for investments. It was great to see that our industry – despite challenging times – is very optimistic and proactive,” states Mohan.

VINSAK’s range of products cover the entire array of printing – Pre-Press, Press and Post Press – but the Pamex 2020 show models were VINSAK USAR (Universal Slitter Rewinder) with Inspection System, Table Top Re-winder with Inkjet System and Roll Lifter.

“Pamex has always been an exciting part of the calendar for VINSAK and this year did not disappoint us either. It was a great opening for VINSAK with Pamex being the first show of the year 2020 and we were all charged up for it. Pamex for us is a time to demonstrate the innovations we’ve been working upon, as well as connect with customers old and new. As with all of our machines, we focus on improved workflow, reduced waste and providing our customers with market-leading finishing equipment,” adds an enthusiastic looking Mohan.

VINSAK had a great show with orders pouring in from the start. “The early signs from the exhibition were great. We enjoyed many insightful conversations and are pleased about the positive response,” continues Mohan.

Sheth Printograph highlights Automatic Lamination machine at Pamex “Pamex 2020 was a good show for Sheth Printograph with customers visiting from Western interior parts of India,” says Sonal Sheth sharing her experience at the recent Pamex show. “And we are glad to learn Tier II and III class cities are also now ready to invest in Automatic machines,” she emphasises.

Looking positive from the outcome of Pamex, Sonal is upbeat about the year 2020: “It should be good being Drupa year where new technologies for future will be unveiled.

At Pamex we have booked good number of machines both from Packaging and Digital segment ranging from entry level to Automatic Laminators. And there are good enquiries to close soon.”

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owing to increasing volumes and time bound customer commitments. “Under our Brand Shenso together with Sodhisons, we had displayed Automatic Stripping machine for Die cut jobs and ERP/MIS Software from Rogler Austria, which received overwhelming response. Stripping machine is already running successfully at number of customers

all across India with repeat orders. Rogler software is also executed at Any Labels, Noida and Concord Printing, Baroda,” reveals Sonal. Recently, they have also installed KDX Automatic Lamination Machine with Hot Knife Cutting with 4 Servo drives at speed of 100mpm at Ramya Reprographics, Bangalore and Replica Press, Kundli.

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Xerox sets the bar higher for Print Production At PAMEX 2020 Iridesse Production Press ushers in new era of printing ‘Beyond CMYK’.

Visitors to the PAMEX 2020 were greatly impressed by the capabilities of Xerox India’s marquee product Iridesse Production Presse. “Iridesse is the only digital press in the market that can print metallic gold or silver dry ink, CMYK and clear or white dry ink in a single pass, giving print providers an immediate competitive edge in the growing digital printing enhancement market,” says Mr. Vineet Gehani, Director, Technology & Channels, Xerox India.

Besides the Iridesse Color Production Press, Xerox showcased its range of future-ready digital printing presses including Versant V3100, Versant 180, PrimeLink C9065/C9070 and also provided the visitors the first look of a new 100 ppm Monochrome product Prime Link B9100 at the Mumbai exhibition.

Print providers, from India and abroad got a closer look at the sophisticated print technology offerings of Xerox. It showcased its full strength across the segment through its powerhouse digital printing solutions such as: • Iridesse Production Press that ushers in a new era of production printing and brings to life the possibilities in printing beyond CMYK through digital specialty enhancements and color FLX technology where variety of effects can be created tough overlays and underlays of special metallic colours, white ink and clear ink.

• Versant 3100 printer that provides automation and more productivity which helps you meet the highest production demands • Versant 180 printer that takes printing operation to the next level with automation and quality in a compact footprint. The press that has redefined the mid production space in the last 3 years of its launch with multiple installations.

• PrimeLink 9065 Color printer that consists of colour MFP which offers a range of digital front ends to fit every print environment in addition to expanded media compatibility of 350 GSM and banner printing.

• The New Prime Link B9100 monochrome light production printer which allow copy, print, scan and email

with an ability of print upto 350 GSM in monochrome as well as banner prints upto 26”. A perfect fit for pay-for-print shops and centralized reprographic departments, the machine helps in increasing productivity, reducing costs and exceeding the customers’ demanding expectations

and it is surely one of the key highlights in Xerox’s journey. Our endeavour is to provide technology and solutions to our customers which leads to boost in their business opportunities. Along with Iridesse, we are also bringing a diverse portfolio of key digital presses catering to high, mid and entry level business segments.”

“This year, at PAMEX, we are exploring and showcasing the world beyond CMYK by displaying our versatile devices which allow better production for businesses helping them achieve efficiency in their work and boost their revenue with cutting-edge devices,” says Vineet Gehani.

Xerox’s Iridesse Production Press, the Versants and the PrimeLink series are among the main attractions at PAMEX 2020.

It is a key platform for industry loyalists of the printing world to come together under one roof, giving them an opportunity to showcase their products to customers and print providers.

Talking about Iridesse, Vineet adds, “It is overwhelming for us to showcase Iridesse Production Press at PAMEX this year. This product has seen stupendous success over the last 1.5 years of its launch with multiple installations. It allows printing white, gold, silver and clear specialty dry inks, all in one pass. Since its launch, we have received an amazing response from the customers

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Between global trends and local patterns, online printing continues to grow Mainstream operators, innovators, artisans and packaging professionals light up the web-to-print landscape – Lorenzo Villa

If online selling is synonymous with democratisation, it is reasonable to think that every printing business can benefit from this opportunity; surprisingly, even those who don’t have real (actual) production capacity and sometimes not even machinery.

If the Internet has democratised access to information and social media have stimulated interaction between brands, retailers and consumers, Amazon has convinced buyers of all kinds and all ages that buying online is safe, comfortable and even rewarding.

And printed products, although more complex and full of customisation and creativity, do not seem to be an exception. The first fledgling phenomena of online print sales go back to the 1990s, but it is only in the last decade that such sales have really taken on significant size, as large players progressively raise the bar in their services and investments and disproportionately broaden their product portfolio, their range of ancillary services, also the geographical reach. All this to the point whereby both the large national operators – those still without an online store, of course – and the thousands of small local print-service providers are all wondering how appropriate it is to enter an already crowded, mature arena. Above all they are asking themselves what the real prospects for growth and development are, and which investments have to be made. Although almost all online businesses have some elements in common – strong automation, effective quality management, impeccable customer care – online printing is not an exact science, nor does it provide for a common or standard organisational model that can be just adopted and copied indefinitely. The internet is instead a powerful interactive channel

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and as such it must be understood, exploited and supported. To find your own success-recipe and to ensure space for growth in the medium to long term, it’s first of all appropriate to analyse the market, the best practices and the moves of the most relevant operators.

1) Established companies set the example Favoured over other global economies because of the larger average size of their companies, the

Key Notes : > Online Printing is not an exact science, nor does it provide for a common or standard organisational model. > German printers have created stateof-the art online sales models with optimised workflows. > Today, packaging is the market that expresses the highest volumes, growth rates and margins & the most challenging segment to deal with.

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United States and Germany are undoubtedly the Western countries that have best interpreted the concept of consolidation and concentration of business. In the case of the USA, the result is a vast market flying a single flag and speaking the same language, where giants such as vistaprint.com, controlled by Cimpress, are thriving. In Germany, success factors include the presence of significant technology manufacturers, trade shows, logistics infrastructure, skilled labour and an automation culture. Advantages that German printers have been able to exploit masterfully, optimising their workflows and creating stateof-the art online sales models which go way beyond clumsy ‘multilingual websites’ used to place orders here and there. The most successful online printers have made cultural and linguistic diversity their flag, hiring local staff across Europe, creating mother-tongue customer care infrastructure, sometimes opening national subsidiaries. The names are the emblazoned ones of onlineprinters. com, flyeralarm.com, unitedprint.com and others. Companies that are large in size but remain largely independent or familyowned. “The online printing market, and our company, in particular, benefits from four main factors,” explains Michael Fries, CEO of Onlineprinters GmbH. “First of all, there are still a significant number of customers who move from slower and more expensive purchasing processes to faster online orders.

Another success factor is the increasingly international scope of our activities. Also, we are constantly evolving our focus from printing to e-commerce, to create an excellent customer experience at low prices.

Finally, through integrated processes and

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centralised purchasing, we share a mutual benefit with our subsidiaries.” The German company, founded as a printing house in 1984, now employs more than 1,400 people and is the symbol of how a favourable geographical location, combined with fierce competition between compatriots of long tradition, can advance the quality of service and product. “We continue to aim for doubledigit annual growth, and we believe that the conversion from small, decentralised printers to large industrial e-commerce models will continue for many years to come. In our case, we are also expanding our product range with gadgets, textile applications and products that help our customers achieve their marketing goals.”

2) When online printing is artisanal and design-driven If online selling is synonymous with democratisation, it is reasonable to think that every printing business can benefit from this opportunity; surprisingly, even those who don’t have real (actual) production capacity and sometimes not even machinery.

The most far-sighted entrepreneurs have understood that to be successful, it is necessary to break away from a generalist offer and build an original and recognisable recipe of their own. The American platform mycreativeshop.com was born as a large container of creative solutions, in which printing is only one of the possible outputs.

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I considered it essential that it had to be scalable, automated, with a small or almost non-existent physical warehouse. I didn’t know anything about the world of design or printing, but I felt that the idea could work,” says Jason Frueh, founder and CEO of MyCreativeShop. The platform allows users to create a graphic design based on a fully customizable online template, without the support of a designer. Once the operation is complete, you can download your project and buy printing from a trusted vendor, generating the potential for many other offline printers. Or order it on the platform in the desired quantity. “A very small percentage of users order printing through us, so much so that, the related turnover is below 25% of the total. It’s also our most expensive revenue stream, as there’s a tangible cost associated with printing.” MyCreativeShop, which leverages CHILI Publish’s powerful automated publishing infrastructure, is a lightweight, scalable model that enables the American company to serve customers worldwide while remaining incredibly small.

Among the thousands of local experiences, the Italian skillpress.it is an example of how it is possible to digitise and bring online the art of typography. The small company, born from the love for typography of Maurizio and Marco Battiston, has chosen to subvert the logic of standardisation that characterises almost all online suppliers. Skillpress, whose firepower is limited to an HP Indigo 12000HD and a modern finishing department, has turned total freedom of size, substrate, grammage, finish and quantity into its strengths. “We invest a lot in training and advice to our customers for the choice of papers, finishes and binding methods; we also produce the single copy for them, and we treat each project as if it were unique,” explains Battiston. “Although many find it senseless and uneconomic, for us it is a winning model, and our customers recognize us as true craftsmen of online digital printing.”

3) Between decoration and hyper-verticalization, make way for solution makers!

If design plays a crucial role in the development of “conventional” printing projects, its importance increases if we enter the field of unusual applications, with substrates and surfaces that have little or nothing to do with commercial printing and display graphics. It’s new territory, made up of operators that we could define as solution makers, able to satisfy a new printing demand, often creating an offer completely separate from that of other PSPs. Most of them have gained specific experience outside the graphic arts, to the point that their portfolio ranges from fabrics

to wallpapers, from photographic paper to pictorial canvas, up to gift-wrapping paper.

This is the case of the American spoonflower. com, the Dutch motiflow.com and the Italian thecolorsoup.com, three businesses with different histories and sizes, all sharing a strong orientation towards textile substrates.

But above all the desire to combine simple print output with an unlimited range of designs and patterns, searchable by theme or colour, sometimes scalable in size, created by young international designers, who find visibility and business opportunities on the platform. An open and meritocratic attitude that involves new stakeholders, and generates a spontaneous network of promoters for printing infrastructures. Among the solution makers, there are also those who have focused on niche applications, such as the British moo.com. Founded in 2006

by Richard Moss, the company has always been inspired by the passion of its CEO for extreme design and quality, which MOO uses to transform the segment of business cards, considered by many others as just a commodity. “The exchange of a business card is often the first time a potential contact, customer or investor interacts with a company or brand. Having a carefully designed premium card helps you stand out in a crowded market,” says Amanda Champion, Marketing & Communications Manager at MOO. “MOO is just over 12 years old and had £100 million in revenue in 2018.

The business card market is booming and, looking at only the 600,000 new companies that open their doors each year in the United States, the market opportunities are obvious.”

4) Profiting from new segments: Packaging as the next big thing Today, packaging is the market that expresses the highest volumes, growth rates and margins. At the same time, except for promotional containers and gadgets, it is the most challenging segment to deal with.

Making packaging involves managing a multitude of variables, such as the design of effective templates and die-cutting patterns, adherence to strict quality and safety standards, impeccable reproduction of spot colours, the use of enhancement, the integration of packaging into industrial packaging processes, the durability needed for shipping and for display at the point of sale and effectiveness (impact) in its interaction with consumers. For this reason, there are still few online print operators

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who have introduced it, perhaps limiting themselves to simple products that can be made with standard papers, weights and sizes. Among the pioneers of web-topack, there is the Italian pack.ly, a software company founded in 2014 to open the way for designers, agencies, small converters or simply newcomers to design, approve and purchase online professional packaging. “We have found that the packaging industry was still conditioned by complex and expensive production methods, inaccessible to a large part of the market. That’s why we designed software that would make digital die-cutting and 3D rendering accessible to everyone,” explains Giuseppe Prioriello, Founder and CEO of Packly. Entirely web-based, but also accessible via API, Packly gives access to a library of models, fully customizable in size and substrate, to apply your graphic layout.

At the end of the process, in addition to the interactive 3D preview, you can download the generated die path file, or place the order.

Packly can produce and ship in a few days micro-orders (starting from a single copy) of folding carton boxes, digitally printed and die-cut with Zünd technology. But also medium and large runs, printed with Koenig & Bauer sheetfed offset presses, finished with BOBST converting lines or with a Highcon digital die-cutter. Labels deserve a separate chapter. Another vast and hyper-technical market, which online printers mostly treated as an ancillary service, providing stickers and small reels, or a little more. Unexpectedly, the CCL Group, the global giant of labels, is presenting itself as a real game-changer. With its self-adhesive skills and converting capacity to satisfy the most demanding brand owners, in 2018 the Canadian group launched online portals such as etikett.de in Germany and etichetta. it in Italy, and acquired established operators such as easy2name.com in the UK.

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2020 it will be considered as an indisputable fact. It is therefore to be expected that the discussion will shift to digital transformation and the hybridisation of print-production processes. And that the strategic messages of organisers and exhibitors will increasingly focus on interconnection, automation and digitisation of the design, procurement, preparation, finishing, converting, inventory and logistics stages. As chance would have it, it is precisely these ingredients that have already added flavour to the online printing production and sales models, with yet more destined to make a difference.

About the author: Lorenzo Villa is a Print Engineer and Publisher.

He holds a degree in Graphic Arts, as well as technical, strategic and commercial skills. From the late ‘90s Lorenzo has led print industry publications. He’s been cofounder and General Secretary of the EDP

Association. From 2010 he started serving innovative manufacturers as management consultant, specializing in product & business development, being involved in a number of projects within graphics, textile and packaging. Together with his partner Gabriele Lo Surdo, in January 2015 he founded Density and acquired Italia Publishers, driving an ambitious revitalization plan based on a new generation of B2B media, delivering our industry higher levels of knowledge and inspiration.

Will technology be the trigger?

Although the ongoing supremacy of any successful business depends on the strategic capabilities of its management/ leadership team and on the skills of its workforce, new or evolving technologies continue to be a driving force for our industry, as well as being a trigger for new businesses.

Over time at drupa 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 digital printing (inkjet in particular) has taken on increasing importance, to the point where it has become the main protagonist at the show and where at drupa Probo - Annemijn Filius and Femke Wijbenga

Cost-effectiveness in label printing Process variability is a key factor in the total cost of ownership – by Dieter Finna The total cost of label production is determined by three key factors: quality, cost, and productivity.

These must not be considered in isolation from each other, which nevertheless occurs due to the complexity in practice. While clear ideas exist regarding the achievable quality and costs of a label printing machine prior to any investment decision, productivity in consideration of the process variability often receives too little attention when making a purchase decision. How big the influence of this criterion on the total operating costs is, is shown in the following example.

While clear ideas exist regarding the achievable quality and costs of a label printing machine prior to any investment decision, productivity in consideration of the process variability often receives too little attention when making a purchase decision.

In investment planning, the market segments in which the machine is to be used are at the beginning of a detailed analysis. The analysis in this example shows that the market and customer structure essentially consists of customers in the segments of cosmetics, wine & spirits, medicines (over-the-counter) as well as orders in security printing, e.g. tax stamps for tobacco. This results in the potential market segments for which the machine is configured. We are looking for a machine system that meets the specific requirements of these market segments.

It should also be noted that all mentioned market segments are characterized by small to medium run lengths as well as high run lengths, i.e. a large number of jobs with many different printing processes and substrates.

Modular design and configurability In order to meet the wide range of requirements identified, a freely configurable and expandable machine system with a high degree of automation is required. In the market, such machine systems are offered by various manufacturers. To illustrate this, two of the most commonly used machine types are used as references in the market.

The machine of manufacturer A has a max. print width of 430 mm (17 “) with a specified machine speed of max. 160 m/min., the machine of the manufacturer B has a max. printing width of 410 mm (16 “) and a max. machine speed of 170 m/min.

Both machines can be configured individually or in combination with all printing units, such as offset, flexo and rotary screen printing, hot foil stamping and cold foil printing, for the requirements of the aforementioned market segments. They are each

Key Notes : > The need of a freely configurable and expandable machine system with a high degree of automation. > Changeover times for a process change are very much at the forefront of a profitability analysis. > The higher acquisition costs can be amortized by savings in the process changes in daily operation.

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example after two to a maximum of three years of operation, depending on whether a machine is operated two or three shifts.

The prerequisite to achieve this amortization period is full utilization of the printing press.

equipped with a web tension control, which is also suitable for tube laminates up to 450Îźm in the cosmetics sector. Both machines can be additionally configured with gravure printing units and meet the requirements for print quality and user-friendliness in a comparison test. They have a high degree of automation for dynamic feed adjustment, presetting of length and cross register and for repeat jobs, machine settings can be recalled from the main memory in addition to also having automatic washing units.

In a nutshell, from a technical point of view, there is comparable machine equipment, but the machines differ in terms of acquisition costs. The price of machine B is approximately 20% lower than the price of machine A, which would consequently influence a purchase decision, taking into account the criteria listed, clearly in favour of machine B.

[Quote:] Process change times have a significant impact on the profitability of a machine system.

What influence does the process variability have?

Market segments such as cosmetics and wine labels require a high number of process changes per shift in label printing. For wine labels, 4 process changes per shift are the rule, sometimes even as many as 7 process changes. For this reason, the changeover times for a process change are very much at the forefront of a profitability analysis. With machine A, for example, process changes can take place while the machine is running, that is, printing units that are not required for

the current job can already be prepared for the follow-up job.

If, as in the given order structure, many process changes are required, i.e. printing units of different printing processes are interchanged, the sum of the process change times has a significant influence on the economic efficiency of a machine system in narrow web printing.

With regard to the process change times themselves – which is often underestimated in an investment decision – the two reference machines differ significantly. The changeover time for a process change is 5 minutes for machine A, without separating the web and with fully automatic setup using a changeover trolley, while it is 30 minutes for machine B. With a corresponding number of process changes, this difference clearly affects the cost-effectiveness of a machine system.

Economic efficiency Using a TCO calculator (Total Cost of Ownership calculator), which the machine manufacturer applies for cost comparison, it can be determined, which machine system with its specific acquisition costs in the determined order structure and the assumed average number of 4 process changes per shift has the highest efficiency. This shows that even a higher purchase price of a machine pays for itself in a relatively short time if the process change time of the machine system is shorter. If, for example, the purchase price of the machines differs by 400,000 EUR, the higher acquisition costs are amortized by savings in the process changes in daily operation in this

An additional advantage is that with machine A, the material web does not have to be separated when changing the process, which means additional material savings. With an average of 12 m of web lost per process change, 4 process changes per shift result in a further savings of approx. 7,000 EUR per year in three-shift operation. These material savings alone also significantly reduce the amortization period of the extra cost of machine A significantly.

How the process change works The more complex a print product, the more frequently process changes in production are necessary, because depending on the job requirements, an application requires the use of the printing units in different positions.

The most common process changes in the beauty segment are primarily flexo to screen printing and vice versa, but also an offset printing unit often has to be replaced with a flexo, a screen printing or a hot foil stamping unit. Screen printing is, for example, used for opaque white, fine lettering or for depositing white. Flexographic printing stands for the cost-effective application of inks and coatings as well as the printing of spot colours.

Summary A more detailed analysis reveals that machine A and machine B can only be compared at first glance. The decisive factor in an investment is not just the total investment and the achievable quality, but also the overall performance.

In this context, in addition to qualitative aspects, the process variability of the machine system is essential, especially with frequent process changes. The reason is simple: fast process changeovers and set-up times have a decisive influence on the total operating costs. As orders become smaller, this influence becomes ever stronger.

Especially in the case of an order structure with many changes, it is therefore worth investing in a highly automated, flexible label printing system despite the higher initial costs. The seemingly more expensive machine proves to be the more economical solution under these general conditions.

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Successful LMAI digital print technologies event in south India LMAI organised “DIGITAL PRINTING IN LABELS - THE WAY FORWARD” at ITC Welcome Hotel, Chennai on the 20th of December 2019.

The narrow web label industry is a smaller segment of the larger diverse printing and packaging industry.

It remains in focus for being the face of all products and an imperative identity providing part of any package. It is estimated by many that the Printing industry in India is growing at over 12% per annum.

Some segments get slower and there are others like packaging are growing at a faster pace of 17% to compensate the shortfall by registering better growth.

The label industry has been growing in a very wide band between 10 and 25%, the growth has always been in double digits. While Offset is the largest segment of the printing technologies employed yet the past 2-3 decades have seen growth in adoption of other printing processes like flexography, Rotogravure and Screen.

The event addresses the need for knowledge and understanding digital printing technologies since label printing and converting is in an evolutionary phase of adopting digital printing, while still growing with analogue.

Key Notes : > Digital printing registering a robust growth of 30%. > European investments in digital presses for labels in a year had exceeded that in flexo presses. > Leading companies sponsor the event and make interesting presentations.

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In recent times the convenience of “just in time computer to print capabilities” has resulted in adoption of digital printing by many printers such that the segment is registering robust growth of 30%. The narrow web label industry that is largely employing flexographic printing has been conservative and hesitant in adopting digital printing for labels because of higher investment in capital equipment, expensive inks and costly printheads needing replacements resulting in costlier labels in comparison to those produced on their existing equipment. The return on investment appeared to be unattractive. It was just

a matter of time that the growth of digital printing of labels in India would start to attract investment.

FINAT, the European label Association with global membership had reported a couple of years ago that European investments in digital presses for labels in a year had exceeded that in flexo presses. We now see an evident interest and indulgence in this digital label printing technology by Indian printers as well.

Recognising the need for knowledge and understanding digital printing technologies since label printing and converting is in an evolutionary phase of adopting digital printing, while still growing with analogue, LMAI-The Label Manufacturers Association of India organized a program titled “DIGITAL PRINTING IN LABELS - THE WAY FORWARD” for the benefit of its members only. The program took place at ITC Welcome Hotel, Chennai

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on the 20th of December 2019. Unlike the other printing processes digital printing has largely four different tangents; Dry toner printing, Liquid toner printing, UV Inkjet printing and water-based Inkjet printing. To deliver the knowledge, leading companies came forward to sponsor the event as also to make very interesting presentations. The following speakers from their respective sponsoring companies made presentations: •

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Dry Toner Digital: Xeikon. Presenter; Vikram Saxena, Sales General Manager Xeikon India (Part of Flint Group) Liquid Toner Digital: HP. Presenter; Ashok Pahwa, Sales Manager-Indigo & Inkjet Solutions (HP India Sales Pvt Ltd).

UV Inkjet Digital: Domino. PresenterAjay RaoRane, Asst. Vice PresidentDigital Printing Solutions. at Domino Printech India LLP Water Based Digital: Astronova Inc. Presenter-Goutham Reddy, Regional Sales Manager Non-speaking support Sponsors: Avery Dennison and Durst Phototechnik AG

After welcoming more than eighty delegates present and after felicitating the sponsors, LMAI Secretary Rajesh Nema handed over the moderation to Harveer Sahni member LMAI Board of Directors.

Sahni updated the audience on the journey

traversed by the label printing industry in India. Starting from the first self-adhesive label made by screen printing process in 1965, he covered many landmarks in the evolution that included the first flat-bed very narrow web Japanese label presses to produce labels in roll form in 1972, rotary label converting in 1982, flexographic label printing in 1993, adoption and development of UV flexo from 1997 onwards, setting up of LMAI in 2002 and the first installation of digital label presses toward end of the decade of 2000. All the speakers gave important insights in the technologies offered by them and emphasized the need and importance of short runs, personalization and variable data on labels and for that how Digital Printing capabilities are fast becoming a necessity.

Goutham Reddy from Astronova explained the cost effectiveness of water-based process and also dwelled on their offering equipment to print on finished packages, Ajay Rao Rane of Domino highlighted the strength of UV inkjet and achieving a higher colour gamut besides printing opaque UV white that is needed for transparent films, Ashok Pahwa demonstrated the success they achieved in personalization of leading brand of beverages giving another dimension to retail marketing of fast moving consumer

products and finally Vikram Saxena of Xeikon informed that digital printing was picking up pace with over 32 high-end installations reported in India. He further informed the benefits of dry toner digital printing technology and that it did not require any precoated media.

It was encouraging to note that despite the event being organized in South India many printers travelled from all over India to attend and to learn the nuance of this emerging technology. Some of the printers seen at the event included Gee Kay-Bangalore, SeljegetSivakasi, Fairfix-Tirupur, ITC-Chennai, Manipal Technologies-Chennai, Prakash Labels-Noida, Kwality Offset-New Delhi, Pragati Graphics-Indore, Speclabel-Kolkata, Total Print-Mumbai and Zodiac GraphicsHyderabad. LMAI founder members Raveendran of Seljegat, Sandeep Zaveri of Total Print, LMAI founder promoter Amit Sheth and Board member Ajay Mehta of SMI were present at this important industry event.

An interactive question answer session was followed by a vote of thanks by Rajeev Chhatwal Vice President of LMAI. The evening ended with networking cocktails and dinner.

- Written by Harveer Sahni, Chairman Weldon Celloplas, New Delhi

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Monotech becomes Memjet’s first Duraflex OEM partner in India Monotech Systems chooses Memjet’s DuraFlex technology to power its new hybrid label printing press.

Monotech Systems, developer of printing solutions based in Chennai, has used Memjet’s DuraFlex technology to create the Jetsci ColorAqua hybrid label printing press.

This printing solution gives printers in India an economical way to produce high-quality labels and expand their product offerings.

Monotech Systems showcased the new printer at Pamex 2020.

For more than 20 years, Monotech Systems has been innovating and providing technology solutions to the Indian graphic arts, label and packaging industries. In that time, the company has developed a range of solutions to meet the changing requirements of its customers. These solutions deliver the quality, productivity and positive return on investment customers need to stay ahead in a competitive market.

The latest example of this innovation is the Jetsci ColorAqua hybrid label printing press.

This low-cost hybrid press enables printers to meet the demands of modern label production. In addition to its economical cost, the printer produces 1600 x 1600 dpi and runs at speeds of up to 45m/ min. Together, these features enable label printers to expand into digital printing and offer services like CMYK full color printing, microtext, variable data and security printing.

Jetsci ColorAqua uses Memjet’s DuraFlex’s aqueous pigment inks that are lightfast, water durable and scratch resistant. The hybrid press can print on most general coated and uncoated label stock materials without primers and can also print on many films and substrates by applying primers.

“DuraFlex technology has the features and functionality we needed to rapidly develop our latest printer,” said T.P. Jain, managing director, Monotech Systems. “DuraFlex’s modularity, ease of integration, small footprint and affordable cost ensured we could quickly develop the ColorAqua, while the high print

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quality, speeds and productivity of DuraFlex will make the printer — and our customers — successful. We are very pleased to launch ColorAqua with Memjet DuraFlex technology and to provide customers with an entry-level digital printer that can scale up very quickly.”

technology to the market. We have great expectations for the Indian printing industry, not just limited to labels, and look forward to a long relationship with Monotech,” says Bent Serritslev, senior vice president, business development, APAC at Memjet.

Released last September, Memjet’s DuraFlex technology is being adopted by OEM partners around the world to power a new breed of printing solutions that are powerful, yet affordable.

Memjet designs and develops modular printing technologies that combine printheads, inks, data paths, and modules.

Providing this complete sub-system creates peak printhead performance and enables OEM partners to easily integrate Memjet technology into their custom-built printing solutions, and swiftly deliver on their business plans. Memjet maintains its corporate office in San Diego and has offices in Dublin, Sydney, Taipei, Singapore and Boise, Idaho.

“Working with a professional company such as Monotech has been a pleasure, and with their leadership in the Indian market for inkjet solutions, we could not have found a better partner to bring our pigmented inkjet

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Bringing flexo platemaking more in harmony with the environment At drupa Asahi will demonstrate new Water Recycling Unit which can reduce platemaking waste water usage by 80%.

Existing Asahi platemaking systems can be retrofitted with the recycling unit so that all Asahi platemaking processes are more in harmony with the environment.

Asahi Photoproducts has announced the latest development in its CleanPrint strategy, a water recycling unit incorporated in new Asahi platemaking systems as a standard feature. This recycling unit uses 2 litres of water per square meter, versus 10 litres in units without the recycling unit, a reduction in platemaking waste water of 80%. In addition, minimal waste from the system, in the form of dry cake and a highly concentrated liquid extract, can be incinerated, with the liquid contributing to the cooling of the incineration plant, resulting in even more water savings.

“As we have done for the past 45 years, we continue to look for ways to make the flexo printing process more efficient and in harmony with the environment while also improving overall effectiveness,” said Dieter Niederstadt, Asahi Photoproducts’ Technical Marketing Manager. “This latest improvement pushes flexographic printing into an even more environmentally balanced position, preserving precious water resources while maintaining the quality and efficiency our customers have come to expect. It’s another important strategic element of Asahi’s CleanPrint technology.

CleanPrint flexographic plates from Asahi Photoproducts have been specifically engineered by Asahi’s chemical engineers to transfer all remaining ink to the printed substrate, reducing makeready time and press cleaning stops as compared to other platemaking systems while delivering exceptional quality. Asahi CleanPrint

flexographic plates are also ideal for fixed colour palette printing, a method that is increasingly being adopted to save time and money while still delivering the quality brands expect. This is made possible by the precise registration of Asahi CleanPrint plates.

Visitors to the Asahi stand at drupa 2020 will be able to get a first look at the new recycling unit to learn more about how it works, its environmental benefits, and the ease with which Asahi platemaking systems can be incorporated into any flexographic workflow with significant time to market and OEE benefits.

“We have even more on our agenda to introduce at drupa 2020,” Niederstadt adds.

“Our goal is to continue to bring improved flexographic platemaking solutions to market that position flexo even more competitively with other printing technologies, continuing to grow its market share in packaging printing around the globe.”

Asahi will be located in hall 5 C41 at drupa 2020.

Proposal in Budget 2020 will strengthen MSME sector The Union Budget will also spur the revival of the economy, says Neeraj Jain, CFO Cosmo Films.

Budget 2020 looks a balanced one with focus on transforming the economy. Various steps taken to reduce regulatory compliance and creating environment for ease of doing business will strengthen MSME sector and will give a boost to overall economic growth.

The overall measures announced will spur the revival of the economy and increase consumption. The proposed focus on education, infrastructure, data processing and healthcare will be positive for economic growth.

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Kumar Labels installs Daheng Imavision The latest label inspection system is installed at Noida based Kumar Labels by NBG. NBG, manufacturer and supplier of label printing and converting machines has recently installed their first 100% label inspection system and slitter rewinder at Kumar Labels, a renowned label converter located in Noida. The system installed is from Daheng Imavision a part of China Daheng Group.

The system includes latest 4K camera patented LED lighting system for scanning wide range of substrates. The software supports inspection of Print image, text, screens and dots upto a size of 0.05 mm2 and mis-register of 0.1 mm, the software also can complete range of Variable Data, Bar codes, QR codes number, Alfa-Numeric

numbers, fonts etc in each label.

The rewinding system includes full servo drive with 2 direction drive to run the web in forward and reverse mode, Turret rewind for faster change over, servo driven matrix rewind for removing waste, Slitting and duplex rewinding.

Mr. Anuj Bhargava MD of Kumar Labels says, “This is our third camera based inspection device and certainly a notch better than the previous two. We are happy to have NBG as our partner in this project and wish to add a few more of such devices.”

Mr. Nitin Garg of NBG says, “We are pleased to partner with Kumar Labels. The technical team of NBG is trained for after sales support of the system and rewinding machine and we hope it would be a long and fruitful association.”

Flint Ink price rise Flint Group Packaging Inks has announced a price increase on all inks and coatings with immediate effect. The company has cited the recent events in Middle East triggering an increase in oil prices and consequently in the price of solvent raw materials used in the manufacture of inks and coatings. “The instability and current increases necessitate that Flint Group Packaging Inks in India initiate a price increase with immediate effect,” says Upal Roy, Managing Director, Flint Group India.

Effective immediately, a price increase will apply to all orders. However, the company may reconsider the price rise with necessary adjustment if oil prices drop at certain level.

Upal Roy explains, “We understand that price increases have become an almost ‘routine’ matter. However, we hope that our customers will understand and appreciate that we have no choice but to pass along the increase and that Flint Group cannot continue to absorb the entirety of these rising costs.”

“Despite today’s announcement, we are resolutely committed to efficiency projects that will continue to remove cost and complexity in our own operations. We also

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remain dedicated to helping our customers to improve their own efficiencies and to support process optimisation within their press rooms. Ultimately, product quality and consistency remains a key focus; our customers can always rely on us for best in class products and services at the most economic price possible,” he adds.

Flint Group develops, manufactures and markets an extensive portfolio of printing consumables and printing equipment, including: Inks, coatings, chemicals, blankets, sleeves, plates, plate-makers, pigments and additives etc.

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EFI VUTEk D3r debuts at Connect user conference EFI’s new, mid-volume roll-to-roll LED 3m and 5m printer line enables unlimited designs and applications with top-quality prints.

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) launched a new mid-range roll-to-roll printer line that helps sign and display graphics customers drive more volume with high-end digital print for endless applications and designs. The new EFI VUTEk D3r and D5r LED inkjet printers leverage many of the advanced capabilities from EFI’s highly successful VUTEk 3r+ and 5r+ printers, offering a mid-range solution for an even wider variety of high value applications thanks to its combination of white and clear inks, as well as its Museum print mode. The new printer line also supports the unique collection of options for VUTEk roll-to-roll LED printers, providing a full system for higher efficiency and a lower total cost of ownership.

The VUTEk D3r, which prints up to 2,196 square feet per hour, made its worldwide debut at the EFI Connect users’ conference, Jan. 21-24 in Las Vegas, and made its European debut at the EFI EMEA Ignite event on Jan. 29 in Brussels, Belgium.

The second printer in the new mid-range line, the VUTEk D5r, prints up to 2,626 square feet per hour. Early D5r users such as Thomas Printworks in the United States and Allgraf in Italy have purchased the new printer line for its performance capabilities to meet growing demand for high-end signage, décor, outdoor graphics and other applications.

“We were looking to upgrade our 5-meter printing capabilities, and when we found the EFI VUTEk D5r, it checked all the boxes

related to speed, quality, cost of operation, and efficiency,” said Bryan Thomas, president at Thomas Printworks. “The quality of the machine was so impressive that it gave us the added benefit of also replacing a 3-meter printer within our fleet.”

“Our choice to buy the EFI VUTEk D5r was a winning decision,” said Agostino Allegris, CEO and president at Allgraf. “The printing resolution, the possibilities of white printing and the inline clear ink are unique features and they give us a competitive edge. Now, we have the ability to print a full flood or selective clear ink in glossy or matte. We are excited of the possibilities of printing a whole series of innovative applications and materials.”

High-end UltraDrop Technology and high efficiency The D3r and D5r printers, at 3.5- and 5.2-meters wide respectively, deliver outstanding smoothness in shadows, gradients and transitions with UltraDrop Technology, precise and sharp 3-point size text, and a true resolution of up to 1,200 dots per inch. An ultra-high-definition print mode offers near-photographic quality. The printers’ LED curing ensures not only cost savings but also a more environmentally sound printing solution, consuming less energy and enabling the use of thinner, heat-sensitive substrates.

The VUTEk D line is equipped with additional printheads and offers both white and jettable clear ink for matte and glossy effects, covering a wider amount of unique applications such as wall decorations and murals, window graphics, flooring, highvalue prints with selective gloss effects, fleet graphics, truck-side curtains and more.

The printers are easily customizable to the purchaser’s needs and strategies, with optional features including: • White and clear ink; • Inline x-cutters and y-slitters; • Automatic backlit and block-out printing; • Media spreaders and motorized winders; and more.

Both printers include EFI’s industry-leading Fiery proServer SE digital front end, allowing increased productivity as well as accurate coulor matching every time.

For added productivity, users can choose to add a software productivity pack and are able to remotely connect with the printers using a mobile application. EFI VUTEk SuperFlex 3M inks are also available for manufacturing of popular and profitable vehicle wraps and fleet graphics.

“The ‘D’ in the name for these new printers is for ‘Design,’ and they are absolutely designed to offer the right mix of features, productivity and cost to create new opportunities for signage and graphics professionals,” said Ken Hanulec, EFI’s vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We listened very closely to our customers for feedback to create a mid-volume solution that will be the technology of choice for print providers seeking to profitably grow their businesses with high-end applications.”

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ZRP and Landa celebrate installation of 1st Landa S10 press in Asia Pacific ZRP showcases first Landa S10 Press in Asia Pacific demonstrating new revolutionary medium-run capability.

Landa has announced that the Chinese packaging giant, Zhongrong Printing Group (ZRP), has completed the installation and launched the first Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press in Asia Pacific. ZRP will use its Landa press to deliver faster, higherquality digital colour printing of short to medium-run packaging for its large and prominent customer base of Chinese FMCG businesses.

Mr Huang, CEO, ZRP comments: “It fills us with pride to be the first Chinese company to install and operate a Landa S10 press, and to offer the benefits of this technology to our customers. With a strong focus on service innovation, we believe that cutting-edge technologies are key drivers for business growth and differentiation, and early signs

suggest that the Landa press will give us that. Our customers now have the ability to order medium-run jobs for the first time, with incredible colour vibrancy and all the logistical and environmental savings that ordering what you want, when you need it, delivers.

“We already have a comprehensive offering digital print, offset, gravure, silkscreen and flexo printing processes, but the Landa S10 presents us with a brand-new production capability and customer service that truly complements our other printing formats.

In China, colours used in packaging and product branding are very influential in the consumer buying decision. These colours can suggest anything from the nutritional value of the product to the product’s

authenticity (not counterfeit). Because of this, we expect Nanography’s vibrant colour palette to add significant value to customers, especially in a competitive retail environment,” Huang adds.

The single-sided B1 (41 in. / 1,050 mm) format Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press enables just-in-time mainstream efficiency for the production of folding carton and POP/POS applications. With a higher throughput than any other digital sheetfed press in the industry, the Landa S10 prints 6,500 large format sheets per hour on off-theshelf substrates in thickness from 2.4-32 pt.

(60-800μm).

Yishai Amir, Landa CEO comments: “We’ve spent the last six months putting all the necessary service and support functions in place to serve customers in China, which also includes the opening of a local Landa office. With that done, ZRP has been the perfect partner to launch Nanography in Asia Pacific. Being a packaging expert and one of the country’s ‘Top 100’ leading industry suppliers, the company not only understands the opportunities that the Landa S10 delivers, but they also know how to take Nanography to market and drive its rapid adoption. We look forward to supporting ZRP and other customers in this thriving region, in the near future.”

Events Calendar Printing South China 2020

Brand Print India 2020

Date: 04 MAR -20 to 06 MAR-20 Venue: China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou

Date: 29 OCT -20 to 01 NOV - 20 Venue: India Expo Centre Greater Noida, Delhi NCR

Drupa 2020 Date: 16 JUN -20 to 26 JUN-20 Venue: Messe Düsseldorf, Germany

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