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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Kodak’s heritage of giving comes full circle with “Print for Good” efforts....................................................................................................................8 Ergonomic stacking of folded sheets with Polar Transomat TRE.................................................................................................................................. 12 Baldwin expands the PREPAC Advanced portfolio for automatic blanket cleaning.............................................................................................. 13 Flint Group launches XCURA EVO ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Vijayawada’s JC Graphics installs MK Easymatrix 106CS Die-Cutter from Heidelberg.......................................................................................... 15 W+D’s successful Direct Mail Days offered envelope insights....................................................................................................................................... 15 Q.I. Press Controls and The Printers House celebrate successful long-standing partnership............................................................................. 16 WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club includes magazines.............................................................................................................................. 17 WAN-IFRA India 2017.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 1st imagePRESS C8000VP: Complementing Avantika’s ‘Mix & Match’ expertise..................................................................................................... 18 Xerox celebrates an innovation that transformed business communications........................................................................................................ 20 Screen receives Intertech Technology Award for Truepress Jet520HD and SC Inks.............................................................................................. 21 Konica Minolta India honoured at Manila Conference..................................................................................................................................................... 21 Yougraphy launched at a joint event by Canvera and HP............................................................................................................................................... 22 Unprecedented colour reproduction precision with Accurio Press ............................................................................................................................ 23 Now NIP Roller adjustment with your Smartphone!......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Skanem Interlabels scale their Digital Printing business with their New HP Indigo Digital Press.................................................................... 24 Konica Minolta and SCREEN GA collaborate ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 4th LMAI Label Conference at Agra......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Labelexpo 2017: Gallus in the fast lane.................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Flint Group launches nyloflex FTC Digital............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Entrepreneurial opportunities at PackPlus’17..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 International Paper to sell foodservice business in China............................................................................................................................................... 31 Drink Technology India 2017 heads for a exhibitors’ house full!................................................................................................................................... 32 75 years of passion for folding-gluing.................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 The Label Academy adds to its portfolio of professional courses ............................................................................................................................... 33 Monotech Systems installed its 1st ColorNovo................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Efficient Management of collections in Archives: RFID solution from Schreiner PrinTrust for Precious Books............................................ 35 Durst at Labelexpo 2017.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Quadtech to present Colour Management solutions at Labelexpo Europe 2017.................................................................................................. 37 Esko organizes Flexible Packaging Honours Class for international young graduates........................................................................................ 38 TrojanLabel and Nilpeter form international collaboration............................................................................................................................................ 39 Bobst Labelexpo preview: Taking innovation to the next level.................................................................................................................................... 39 Merck opens new application laboratory in Shanghai..................................................................................................................................................... 40 ‘Touch by hand the real technology’ proves success formula at OMET Melbourne Open House.................................................................... 41 Monotech Systems - Grafisk Maskinfabrik tie up................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Cosmo Films to showcase speciality PSA Labeling Films at LabelExpo ..................................................................................................................... 42 Esko to bring efficiencies in end-to-end label workflow at Labelexpo ..................................................................................................................... 43 LabelExpo Europe focuses on learning and skills............................................................................................................................................................... 44 India’s first multifunction cutting table at Delhi based signage and display firm ................................................................................................. 45 SPGPrints expands inkjet ink production capacity ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 SPAI - FESPA Awards ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Konica Minolta joins hands with Reprographics India .................................................................................................................................................... 47 New Customer Waveform Tool saves time for OEMs......................................................................................................................................................... 47 ColorJet launches dye sublimation printer Aurajet at Gartex 2017............................................................................................................................. 48

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, India’s first Canon imagePRESS C8000VP complements the ‘Mix & Match’ expertise of Avantika Printers. The Delhi based digital printing company has continued their faith in Canon with the installation of their recent Canon imagePRESS C8000V. The quality and service by Canon have been the deciding factors. The imagePRESS C8000VP combines exceptional quality, productivity and versatility at 80 ppm. The machine is further complemented by the opted Fiery Graphics Arts Package – Premium Edition which includes automatic preflight, GA filters for hot folders/virtual printers, and ImageViewer. To know more along with how EFI Fiery certification enables Avantika save up to 50% time in many routine processes, just find inside this issue our cover story on Avantika’s success with Canon based on exclusive interview with Mr. M N Pandey and his son Himanshu Pandey.

Further on the installation front, the newly acquired Konica Minolta’s Accurio Press C2070 by Concepts Digital and Offset printing firm enables them to operate Duplex printing on 300 gsm papers with perfect front-back registration. Monotech Systems has done the first installation of ColorNovo - Full Color UV Inkjet label production system. The solution installed at a Chinese customer is CMYK – ColorNovo UV inkjet installed on Label converting & finishing line. The company has also announced that the next ColorNovo is coming soon at leading label manufacturer and supplier in India where it will be installed on customer’s existing Flexo label printing machine. Colour Mate Digital has added a 3.2-meter Esko Kongsberg C60 for efficiency and diversification. The Esko multifunction cutting table at Delhi based signage and display firm is India’s first. Skanem Interlabels in Mumbai has installed the HP Indigo WS6800 digital press. It is their second Indigo digital press.

Key technological launches include XCURA EVO launch by Flint Group. Flint Group has told that EVO for this globally launch is short for evolutionary in the new generation UV LED Sheetfed Process Ink. Another launch by Flint Group is the nyloflex FTC Digital – a new solution for corrugated postprint that features significant fluting reduction and outstanding print quality. Baldwin Technology has expanded the PREPAC Advanced portfolio for automatic blanket cleaning. In a joint event by Canvera and HP, Canvera launched its #yougraphy range of products like prints, posters, canvases, photobooks & sharebooks through their website. Krier has launched DigiNip – a new device for setting rollers – measuring the nip of the rollers through smartphone. ColorJet India has launched its new dye sublimation printer Aurajet at Gartex 2017.

Key industry collaborations include, between Konica Minolta and Reprographics India; Konica Minolta and Screen GA; and TrojanLabel and Nilpeter.

Find all this and along with the other regular updates from across the printing, packaging and graphic arts industry in this July issue of PRESSIdeas.

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Kodak’s heritage of giving comes full circle with “Print for Good” efforts Employees support local community and celebrate founder’s philanthropic legacy.

On July 12, Kodak employees celebrated the 163rd birthday of their founder, George Eastman with an event supporting his philosophy and philanthropy through the company’s ‘Print for Good’ programme.

This global initiative supports communities throughout America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with book drives, book donations, and the printing of materials and supplies in an effort to increase literacy worldwide through print.

“An investment in literacy is an investment in the future; and every dollar that’s spent on adult literacy provides society with a return of $7.14, enabling individuals to help themselves, their families and their communities. We feel that print is and will continue to be a critical piece of that solution.” Brad Kruchten

Key Notes : > Global initiative supports communities throughout America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. > Book drives, book donations, and the printing of materials and supplies in an effort to increase literacy worldwide through print. > Teams up with India’s Youth for People and Aroehan to deliver notebooks to children in rural Maharashtra.

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The Rochester event is part of a month-long book drive where Kodak employees and Eastman Business Park tenants have been asked to donate new or gently used books in support of local literacy programs focused on high-needs neighborhoods and schools. This year’s contributions will be donated to the Urban League of Rochester and the Scott Spino Foundation.

Kodak’s ‘Print for Good’ initiative is an overall effort to drive the print industry in a socially conscious and environmentally friendly way, including the development and use of more sustainable print processes.

“Print for Good is about ensuring that print is around for the long term, that it’s driving value, and that it’s doing good in the world,” said Brad Kruchten,

President – Print Systems Division and SVP, Kodak.

“Literacy is a venue for us to talk about the value of print in a very tangible way, while partnering with some of our most important printers to address this huge issue across the globe.”

“In middle-class communities, there is an estimated 15 books per child. However, in underdeveloped or impoverished areas, there’s only about one book per 300 children,” Kruchten adds. “An investment in literacy is an investment in the future; and every dollar that’s spent on adult literacy provides society with a return of $7.14, enabling individuals to help themselves, their families and their communities. We feel that print is and will continue to be a critical piece of that solution.”

This latest event in Kodak’s Print for Good campaign follows several activations that have occurred worldwide, including: • Houston, TX – Kodak partnered with its customer DiscPro to host a book drive. In addition, Kodak purchased and donated books by Tad Carpenter (host of Kodak’s Press On video series and children’s book author) to benefit high-needs Houston schools and communities, as well as an orphanage in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Tel Aviv, Israel – Kodak partnered with a local printer, Emanuel Print, to publish over 1,000 booklets, donated to La’Sova, a local non-profit providing food for those in need, and added those booklets to food packages distributed during the Passover holiday.

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Kodak’s partner Nemlaxmi Books.

Memphis, TN – Kodak donated 1,000 books authored by Tad Carpenter to the Books from Birth Foundation. This donation will support two local initiatives including the Reach Out and Read Program at Le Bonheur’s Outpatient

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and a book-signing day with Ben Cort, illustrator of “Aliens Love Underpants.”

Vancouver, BC – Kodak team will be hosting a spelling bee and bake sale to raise money to donate to a local organization.

Kodak teams up with India’s Youth For People and Aroehan to improve education outcomes for children in Mokhada schools Kodak’s support for this important program in 2017 is part of the company’s Print For Good initiative which is focused on promoting literacy around

The foundation of every prosperous society is built on educating our youth. For the vast majority of children in India, who attend government-run primary schools in rural areas, access to basic resources, like school supplies, is a challenge that impacts learning outcomes and the quality of education.

To help combat this problem, Kodak has teamed up with India’s Youth for People and Aroehan, two local NGOs, to deliver 5,000 notebooks to children across schools in Mokhada in rural Maharashtra. Youth for People began its Notebook Donation program in 2014 to address the lack of affordable blank notebooks for school children in this rural community. In its first year, Youth for People and Aroehan delivered 65,000 notebooks to 10,000 children in 50 schools. In 2016, the program’s success expanded to 200,000 notebooks in 300 schools for 40,000 children.

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Dayton, OH – Kodak employees completed a book drive in support of a local organization, Hannah’s Treasure Chest.

Mumbai, India – Kodak is working with Youth for People to support a tribal region on the outskirts of Mumbai (Mokhada, Palghar) with a supply of 5,000 school notebooks printed by

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the world. The global program partners with printers and industry stakeholders to target high need areas with book drives, book donations and the printing of school materials and supplies to support literacy efforts on a global basis.

For the 2017 Youth for People Notebook Donation program, Kodak worked with its local customer Nemlaxmi Books to print the 5,000 notebooks, using Kodak technology.

For those looking to contribute directly to 2017 Notebook Donation Program, visit the following link (www.aroehan.org) and also follow, post and support Youth for People on Facebook or Twitter with the #notebookdonationdrive2017.

The India notebook donation program is taking place in parallel to numerous Print for Good activities happening across the globe with support from Kodak employees who are raising funds, leveraging industry connections, donating books and connecting with their communities to get much-needed printed materials to children in need.

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Center and the LENA Start program.

Columbus, GA – Kodak is supporting the RiverCenter Readers program.

Several activities are planned including a book collection this week with the local Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals group.

Croxley, United Kingdom – Kodak planning an employee book donation

Kodak’s culture of giving dates back to our founder, George Eastman (1854-1932), inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

In the early 1900s, Eastman was one of the richest men in the world and one of the four largest donors in history to that point. By his death, he would give away approximately $2 billion of his wealth to charitable causes (as measured in today’s dollars). Kodak’s Print for Good campaign builds on this heritage by giving back and supporting the communities where we operate through meaningful programs.

Kodak’s legacy in India dates back to 1913 when it became the first photographic company to set up operations in India. Over the past 100 years, Kodak has been an integral part of millions of Indian’s memories from family moments captured on Kodak film or watching your favourite Bollywood motion picture shot with Kodak film stock. Even today, thousands of photo studios across India continue to hang Kodak branded balloons outside their store. Though Kodak has mostly been known for its historic role in photography, today’s Kodak is a technology company focused on imaging. It provides directly and through partnerships with other innovative companies - hardware, software, consumables and services to customers in graphic arts, commercial print, publishing, packaging, electronic displays, entertainment and commercial films, and consumer products markets.

Eastman’s philanthropic spirit is deeply ingrained into the corporate culture at Kodak. The company and its employees have supported local Kodak communities for over a century. Kodak’s aim is to continue this legacy by putting programs into place such as Print for Gooddesigned to help communities build lasting benefits that can be felt by all.

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Expo World Editors Forum Regional Summit World Printers Forum Regional Summit Pre-Conference Workshops South Asian Digital Media Awards Plant Visit

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Ergonomic stacking of folded sheets with Polar Transomat TRE Can also be used to optimize one-person operation on the Heidelberg Stahlfolder TX 96 - simplifying the stacking of the folded sheets and ensuring the performance of the folding system.

Positioned directly on the folding machine delivery unit of the Stahlfolder TX 96 folding system, the Transomat unloader ensures consistently high production performance on the folding machine. The operator removes the stack of folded sheets from the delivery unit and manually pushes the stack onto the Transomat pallet without having to lift the stack. This is not only much faster, it also relieves the burden on the operator. The stacked signatures are then placed on the pallet automatically – layer by layer.

Transomat unloader can also be used to optimize one-person operation on the Heidelberg Stahlfolder TX 96. This not only simplifies the stacking of the folded sheets, it also ensures the performance of the folding system.

Key Notes : > Positioned directly on the folding machine delivery unit of the Stahlfolder TX 96 folding system. > Consistent high production performance on the folding machine. > Enabling the productivity of the cutting machine to be increased by up to 50%.

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Up to now, the Transomat unloader has been known as part of a cutting system enabling the productivity of the cutting machine to be increased by up to 50%.

However, a wide range of applications are possible.

For example, the Transomat unloader can also be used to optimize one-person operation on the Heidelberg Stahlfolder TX 96. This not only simplifies the stacking of the folded sheets, it also ensures the performance of the folding system. The stacked folded sheets come out of the folding machine and just need to be pushed onto the Transomat pallet on level and arranged there. Placement on the pallet is then carried out automatically layer by layer. At a moderate machine speed of 110 m/min, this enables the operator to process more than 18,000 sheets per hour with ease.

POLAR Transomat unloader TRE The Transomat TRE simplifies unloading of the high-speed cutter or folding machine and optimizes

the entire workflow. The products do not have to be placed by hand - an arduous step - and are instead simply pushed onto the Transomat transport pallet.

The Transomat then automatically places the material on a pallet. At the same time, the operator can continue to work, which significantly increases the capacity of the upstream machine. Thanks to a format setting that can be made in a matter of seconds on a scale, the setup times are minimal. Work is far more ergonomic because the operator does not have to lift the material.

Heidelberg Stahlfolder TX 96 The Heidelberg Stahlfolder TX 96 stands for maximum productivity during folding. The folding system combines two principles to increase performance: oblong format processing and shingled folding. With this innovative concept, 18,000 sheets/h can be processed at a low machine speed and thus maximum process reliability. The result is a completely new level of performance in the industrial folding of signatures. When combined with the palamides alpha 700 hd stack delivery and automatic stacking with the Polar Transomat TRE, the Stahlfolder TX 96 can be operated by just one person. The recipe for success in the Stahlfolder TX 96 is therefore: an increase in performance at the same machine speed thanks to shingled folding and oblong format processing. This raises the performance of the folding machine to the same level as that of the printing machine.

Baldwin expands the PREPAC Advanced portfolio for automatic blanket cleaning The extended line offers significantly improved cleaning results and increased productivity

Baldwin Technology has announced the expansion of its PREPAC Advanced portfolio. Developed for the global market to provide customized and optimized pre-impregnated cleaning cloth solutions, this product line meets the specific needs of various press types, applications and local requirements.

The new PREPAC Advanced portfolio, with its unique formula of solvent and cloth, offers a superior cleaning performance. With a focus on reducing paper waste by up to 50 percent, improving cleaning results, enabling faster cleaning cycles and increasing productivity by up to 100 additional production hours per year, the upgraded portfolio provides several benefits for both the producer and the environment.

“Our new product development team has developed a breakthrough formula within the PREPAC Advanced portfolio to meet the printing industry’s increasing demand for shorter runs, improved quality and slimmerstaffed organizations,” said Birger Hansson, Vice President of Business Development at Baldwin. “We are proud to offer customers increased productivity and efficiency, along with outstanding print results and a reduced environmental impact.”

The PREPAC Advanced portfolio consists of various products that are customized to meet local requirements and regulations. As a leading global supplier of equipment for the printing industry, Baldwin introduced the first PREPAC pre-impregnated cleaning cloth system in 1995, and customers worldwide now use this award-winning, highly effective and environmentally efficient product line.

The expanded PREPAC Advanced portfolio is the latest development in Baldwin’s long history of continued research and development. The company also offers dry-to-wet conversion programs for printers wanting to utilize the benefits of PREPAC technology.

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Flint Group launches XCURA EVO - the new generation UV LED Sheetfed Process Ink. Flint Group has globally launched its latest version UV LED process inks, XCURA EVO. “EVO is short for evolutionary,” explains Trevor Amps, Global Product Management Director for Energy Curing inks. “This signals a step change from our world renowned XCURA formulations which, for the past four years, have served our customers very well as an industry leader.

XCURA EVO is our next generation offer to the UV LED and low energy sheetfed market, and we are very pleased to announce its global launch today.”

“More and more sheetfed press manufacturers are heading their technology development with LED and low energy curing, and we see growing numbers of retro-fit conversions from lamp providers and OEMs as well,” stated Mr Amps.

“Some of the main drivers encouraging commercial printers to switch to UV LED are improved efficiency, reduced energy costs and the ability to break into new markets.

XCURA EVO helps to maximise all of these with its excellent flow characteristic, superb

transfer and high gloss.”

Based on the new and unique energy curing Platform Technology that premiered in May 2017 with UltraCURA Sens Low Migration process inks and bases, XCURA EVO is created out of the new advanced resin technology system, which delivers increased stability and performance consistency.

“We’re very pleased with the number of improvements we’ve achieved with “Platform Technology,” revealed Dario Zarantoniello, UV Inks and Coatings Technical Manager who managed field trials of the new inks.

“We tested EVO on all the main presses and many formats, straight and perfecting, with and without IPA, highest production speeds and quality standards and we drew critical comparisons against our existing products and all of our main competitors.

The customers noted better gloss levels,

exceptional colour strength and sharper dots. They also commented on much better stability, as production speeds increased, offering tangible efficiency benefits.”

“XCURA EVO is the second global launch this year to be created with these unique formulations,” Mr Amps says. “As well as all the improvements Dario just mentioned, one more main impact from EVO is the low waste generated thanks to excellent transfer properties on all substrates.

Add to this the fact that all Flint Group sheetfed energy curing products are compliant with current raw material exclusion lists, National and International regulations and manufacturing best practice, as laid down by advisory bodies, such as the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA), and the result is a very positive, sustainable product offering in our latest energy curing product range. Considering we are the only manufacturer offering just one product for both UV LED and the low energy systems, I think we’ve come up with an excellent new product that will prove to be a real winner.”

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Vijayawada’s JC Graphics installs MK Easymatrix 106CS DieCutter from Heidelberg manual re-positioning of tools for each production run.

“The price-performance ratio is excellent.

Faster make-ready times, non-stop processing and efficient operations lead to cost-effective and improved productivity.

After-sales support from Heidelberg for Easymatrix is the high point,” Karunakar comments on the latest acquisition that complements his state-of-the-art press portfolio, which includes an ISO12647-2certified Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102.

Vijayawada’s JC Graphics reaffirmed its trust in Heidelberg, by installing a MK Easymatrix 106CS Die-Cutter. The MK Easymatrix 106CS, an automatic die-cutter to meets the precise requirement of JC Graphics, which specializes in Packaging & commercial Printing, Stationery Printing and the Monocarton business.

“We believe that we share the same values as Heidelberg, like commitment to quality printing. So, we keep coming back for more,” smiles Karunakar, the Managing Director of J C Graphics.

Motorized cutting pressure adjustment for up to 260 tons, helps the Easymatrix 106CS perform die-cutting and embossing operations at a speed of 7,700 with thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 2 mm and corrugated board up to 4mm without any changes in the feeder. Other impressive features include non-stop rake delivery for uninterrupted production during pile changes and a Quick-Lock system to increase the speed and accuracy of the die-cutting process. The quick-Lock system ensures rapid and precise positioning of tools on the stripping frame, eliminating time-consuming,

“The Easymatrix 106CS is also a value addition for commercial printers looking to bring die-cutting and embossing operations in-house, instead of outsourcing these activities. The die-cutter can process highquality foil, plastic and cardboard substrates with ease,” adds Lalitkumar, Product Manager, Postpress Packaging Solutions, Heidelberg India.

“As we relentlessly strive to enhance our print offerings and customer experience, investing in the right technologies becomes imperative.

Heidelberg is the brand we continue to lean on for innovative and insight driven technologies,” concludes Karunakar.

W+D’s successful Direct Mail Days offered envelope insights Direct Mail Days proved to be an exciting forum for those in the envelope, printing and supplier industries. Organized by Winkler+Dünnebier GmbH (W+D), in cooperation with the European Federation of Envelope Manufacturers (FEPE), the event attracted around 110 participants to Neuwied from June 28 to 29, 2017.

Association and industry experts offered

its future in this area.”

insights and spoke extensively about direct mail, as well as about the current market trends in Europe and the U.S. Above all, the focus of the event was on the enormous potential of envelopes to create added value for mailings, with haptics, layouts and personal approaches increasing open and response rates by more than 30 percent in recent direct mail examples.

“Advertisers are increasingly realizing that concentrating on digital media like email is not enough—successful campaigns require a clever combination of print and online media,” said Frank Eichhorn, Managing Director of W+D. “Direct mailing offers tremendous potential again, and W+D sees

The event also showcased various creative envelopes, such as shape-cut formats, alongside demonstrations of the machines that created them. The W+D 410 Easy Enveloper, now equipped with two window patching stations, showed how fast and easy it can convert envelope formats, as well as implement printing changes with the newly developed inline flexo blank printing units for inside and outside envelope printing. Another helpful application was demonstrated by an innovative cloud solution that can create personalized envelopes on demand, which were printed on the W+D 234 dL printing machine display.

The next Direct Mail Days will take place in 2018, with an exact date to be announced.

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Q.I. Press Controls and The Printers House celebrate successful long-standing partnership For fifteen years that Q.I. Press Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE) has been active in India, The Printers House (TPH) has been one of its longest standing partners.

QIPC-EAE, specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, and TPH, an Indian constructor of printing presses, recently celebrated their longstranding partnership. To mark the occasion, TPH was presented with a commemorative figure by QIPC-EAE. The presentation provided a fitting moment to reflect on the achievements of the past years.

“TPH has always given us stalwart support in India,” Vijay Pandya, managing director of QIPC-EAE India, eulogises. “At trade fairs, for example, they’ve allowed us to demonstrate our automation systems on their presses.

What’s more, they’ve always put in a good word for QIPC-EAE among their customers.”

L.K. Sharma, the CEO of TPH underlined: “We have a very special working relationship with QIPC-EAE. In the beginning, the collaboration of course, was with QIPC, with the later addition of the newly acquired EAE. Our job was to build bridges between the needs of typical Indian customers and QIPC-EAE. We have always tried to convince clients of the quality inspections carried out

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by QIPC-EAE, because we are convinced of their value too. In turn, QIPC-EAE always tries to meet the expectations of the client as well as constantly seek out new innovations.”

us has been our continued ability to provide reliable quality, whilst at the same time reducing operational costs for our clients,” adds L.K. Sharma.

QIPC - Reliability at an affordable price

Both companies are full of confidence looking towards the future. “Trust is an important basis for sustaining an intensive collaboration such as the one between QIPC-EAE and TPH,” muses L.K. Sharma.

“That trust is enshrined in a reliable product, optimum costs for the user and excellent after-service support. Furthermore, the constant quest for product improvements plays a vital role.” Vijay Pandya agrees: “You have to have a good understanding of each other’s products. In addition, there must be mutual respect and trust, from senior management level right down to the shop floor. Last but not least, you have to be ready and willing to respond to the needs of clients and innovate together. Our relationship has been built in this fashion and we both see a bright future together.”

Vijay Pandya makes reference to several of the projects that QIPC-EAE has carried out with TPH - both inside and outside India - which give him abiding satisfaction.

“For example, our installation at the National Media Group in Kuwait, the largest printing press that TPH has ever sold, complete with our automation systems. There have also been numerous installations at Lokmat Publications, as well as the system we installed on the seven-tower TPH Orient 45000 at Amar Ujala. There have been more recent projects too, such as for Deshabhimani, with the installation of our automation systems on TPH’s Orient 36000 and 50000 presses.” L.K. Sharma, like Vijay Pandya, can also look back with immense satisfaction at the fully automated installation at Punch Nigeria Ltd in Nigeria.

“Nevertheless, the key highlight for both of

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WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club includes magazines •

For the first time since its launch in 1994, the WAN-IFRA International Color Quality Club is allowing the participation of magazines. The next round of the worldwide quality printing competition, 2018–2020, is open to all newspapers and magazines: • Newspapers that print according to coldset standard (ISO 12647-3) • Newspapers using dryers or UV systems • Newspapers with exceptional production conditions (tinted or dark paper, flexographic printing, inkjet printing, etc.)

Magazines, printed in sheetfed offset, heatset or gravure

Printing higher-value products and periodicals has become a global trend. From Canada to Australia, newspaper printers are bringing the production of magazines into their portfolio. So it was only logical to include magazines in the Color Quality Club as well.

Registration is now open for the next session, International Color Quality Club 2018–2020.

Early registrants benefit from a free PreCheck in the autumn of this year. Publications from Belgium, Brazil, Colombo, Finland, Germany, Malaysia and Panama are already registered.

The biennial WAN-IFRA International Color Quality Club is the only worldwide newspaper and magazine print quality competition. It is based on objective measurement and the

judgement of international industry experts.

ISO printing standards are the foundation of the evaluation.

The next test period will run under the motto “Fly higher by proving your great color printing” through March 2018. Results will be announced in June, and club members will be honoured in October 2018 at the IFRA World Publishing Expo in Berlin.

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WAN-IFRA India conference is back to Chennai after a gap of 6 years. This is also the silver jubilee year of the conference since its inception in 1992 and the event has grown to be the largest news media conference in the sub-continent. Over the years, technology has helped the publishers to increase the news consumption volume, either through print or digital. Print circulation is still maintaining a positive trend in South Asia and the technology has made it possible to print with high yield, with relatively lesser cost. There is a trend towards print turning to be the profit centre, with operational excellence and innovative initiatives.

Parallel conference tracks South Asian Digital Media Awards presentation Printing plant visit Gala dinner makes it a not-to-be-missed event.

The eminent speakers at the conference will include top representatives from some of the top media houses of the world. Leading technology and solutions providers will be exhibiting at the event.

The registration early bird offer is open now and it is valid upto 11 August.

WAN-IFRA for the first-time launches World Editors Forum South Asia summit in India.

This conference includes: • The Expo • Learning workshops

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1st imagePRESS C8000VP: Complementing Avantika’s ‘Mix & Match’ expertise Avantika Printers of Delhi has installed the Canon imagePRESS C8000V. Their faith in Canon continues for the quality and service they have been getting from Canon.

Canon and M N Pandey have written an ideal success story for Avantika Printers of Delhi. The story has various milestones like the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP, then a C7010VP, then another C7010VP, then a C800VP and finally a C8000VP – all got installed at Avantika to answer to the diverse printing demands of the Delhi & NCR region. The more recent C8000VP got installed in May 2017.

The C8000VP is not only printing deep textured images but also doing long print at Avantika.

They are now able to shift production for large volume jobs between different machines; there are no quality variations.

Besides, they have been able to narrow the quality variation between samples as well as print products.

Key Notes : > imagePRESS C8000VP - combining exceptional quality, productivity and versatility at 80 ppm. > The opted Fiery Graphics Arts Package – Premium Edition includes automatic preflight, GA filters for hot folders/virtual printers, and ImageViewer. > EFI Fiery certification enables Avantika save up to 50% time in many routine processes.

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According to Canon, the imagePRESS C8000VP takes Digital colour printing to the next level, combining exceptional quality, productivity and versatility at 80 ppm across a vast variety of applications. The digital press is capable of printing across an extensive range of media up to 350 gsm.

“The C8000VP comes fully loaded with the EFI B4000 Fiery server, where we have opted for the Fiery Graphics Arts Package – Premium Edition. The package includes automatic preflight, GA filters for hot folders/virtual printers, and ImageViewer,” says Himanshu Pandey of Avantika Printers.

Though they have produced with and run various other machines like Xerox, Konica Minolta and Ricoh; Canon for Avantika means durability and service. M N Pandey says, “For us, Canon is the best equipment – they have the best Digital Printing machines available in the market. Since the investment in the latest technologies today is substantial, we believe the quality of equipment must be the best. Hence we never compromise on that. Canon is just in line with our this belief.”

A Canon for a Canon Avantika was well on the threshold of upgrading their existing imagePRESS C7010VP when Pandey looked for various options available for a state-of-the-art Digital press. “Since the latest machine we had had already completed five years, it became necessary to induct another latest machine to lead our fleet,” shares Pandey. He believes that for machine like this, five years is the perfect time to upgrade or replace. Though their C7010VP hadn’t been run to its full capacity, yet, according to Pandey, its optimum working life had been passed. The changing market demands and quality upgrade was what pushed the decision at Avantika Printers to install a Canon imagePRESS C8000VP.

With the earlier technologies installed at Avantika, it was not possible to carry out certain special jobs like textured printing and long printing. “Though we started textured printing with our C800 but still doing heavy textured printing wasn’t possible,” reveals Pandey. Now, with C8000VP, they are not only printing deep textured images but also long print. It was also not possible for them to shift production for large volume jobs between different machines, because of quality variations. With their latest high capacity imagePRESS, they have been able to further narrow the quality variation between samples as well as print products. Moreover, now enabled by EFI, the Ripping time at Avantika has also been substantially reduced.

This too has helped in more efficient operations at the company, which is today a one-stop shop for customers’ complete print related demands. It had relocated to Okhla about a year ago. With the production in full swing, the new facility brings all its operations under a single roof. All departments of Avantika now have separate floors.

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What makes Avantika unique...

Obviously, Avantika is a preferred shop for its customers. It has reached a great height in quality printing, to a greater extent, by Pandey’s knack for sorting complex practical problems of print production. Many a times he is doing difficult jobs that are turned down by some other printers. He also educates fellow printers, should they ever come to him with their problems. As a bonus, the customers who get their stuck jobs through at Avantika, never leave Avantika. They are an expert at ‘mix & match’. The final products that Avantika produces have a tint of subtle expert touches that make their products unique. They have mastered their technique; and this is what makes them unique.

Around 35 percent of the business is contributed by publishing related printing at Avantika. They do job works that come to around 10-15 percent of the total volumes.

Rest 50 percent are from commercial, Offset and other products that also include outsourced printing jobs.

Over the years, Pandey has put special emphasis on finishing & converting part of their products. “We are a failure if we have vast printing capabilities but don’t have a matching finishing capacity,” he states.

Consequently, he has invested in various finishing, converting equipment, chiefly for books finishing. These include die-cutting, three-knife cutting, hard binding, foiling, laminating, UV coating, screen printing, Perfect Binding and PUR – both open and close type – machines. “I have taken care of managing our operations towards perfection.

When you do this, you get the quality as you can also handle quantity and timely deliveries,” continues Pandey.

cost management at Avantika. In his own words, “We are in a time bound trade.

Once we are able to save time with same or better quality, we are ultimately cutting costs for our business. This is how the EFI Fiery certification has helped me. It would be unbelievable for a layman if I tell him that I have saved as much as 50% of time in many routine processes. In some cases it has been far more too!”

The next step in technology adoption for Avantika is streamlining processes towards automation. “We have been doing our estimation, costing, quoting, pricing etc. as per traditional methods. Now that things have settled down on machine and infrastructure set up, we are looking forward towards streamlining of processes through efficient Management Information System (MIS).

We shall be going for the one which will particularly suit our demands,” concludes Mr. Pandey.

Avantika is also planning to launch its range of stationery products. It will be utilising the spare capacity during the lean period between May and July.

Speaking on the occasion of the installation of the first imagePRESS C8000VP in India, Puneet Datta, Director, Canon India observes, “The imagePRESS C10000VP has proven itself to grow the print volumes of our customers by up to three times upon upgrade to our Color Digital Press. This has been possible due to the new technologies that have been incorporated in the system that help deliver exceptional quality, high productivity and great colour consistency.

However, there are PSPs who don’t necessarily need the 100ppm speed, but are looking for a press that will still provide the same high quality, reliability, consistency and media handling of the C10000VP; for those PSPs, the C8000VP is the answer.”

Customers of Avantika are usually from Delhi and NCR region. It also has customers from other parts of the country who usually get their printing demands pertaining to the region met by Avantika.

Himanshu, Pandey’s son has received certification from EFI on Fiery. He now uses his Fiery to optimum use. Having learned various combinations, values, inputs, adjustments and formula etc., he is now handling files for various quality related standards, colour specifications, machine control, calibration and many such things which ultimately have helped him in efficient

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Xerox celebrates an innovation that transformed business communications Xerox history, it routinely generated more than $1 billion in annual revenues. It’s likely that most North American households were touched by it. In the decade after its release, the 9700 was the printing press of choice to print bills and statements for credit cards, banks and utilities. It led the market for high-speed, high-volume production of other types of documents that use transactional data as well, including insurance policies and investment reports.

“The laser printer is arguably the greatest invention made in a Xerox research center,” said Steve Hoover, chief technology officer, Xerox Corporation. “The 9700 was the first in a long line of iconic products that were made possible by Gary Starkweather’s invention, including DocuTech and today’s iGen family.”

In 1969, in his lab in Webster, N.Y., Xerox engineer Gary Starkweather was challenged with improving the speed of an early fax machine. His research led to an invention of laser printing, which profoundly changed how people and businesses communicate around the world.

Forty years ago, the launch of the Xerox 9700 – the company’s first commercial laser printer – gave rise to the digital printing industry, which today generates more than $120 billion in global annual revenues, according to Smithers Pira; the 9700 also transformed office printing with generations of laser printers and multifunction devices using the technology.

Last year, KeyPoint Intelligence cited the 9700 as the product that heralded the third wave of industrial automation (computerdriven printers) after steam-powered presses in the early 1800s and electric-powered presses later that century.

“The Xerox 9700 helped usher in the wave of computer-driven automation in the 1970s that transformed offices, data centers, copy departments, and ultimately, the printing industry around the world,” said Jeff Hayes, managing director, KeyPoint Intelligence.

“Much of how we communicate in hard copy today can be traced back to this remarkable product.”

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The 9700 was retired on the last day of 1997, ending 20 years of market leadership, however, many of the 9700’s advanced capabilities remain relevant today, including: - Printing at speeds as fast as 120 pages per minute; - Automatic two-sided printing; - Cut-sheet paper; - Standard resolution of 300 dpi; and - Ability to print graphics.

The 9700 also paved the way for variable information printing by personalizing each document in a production run. The machine also could be outfitted with Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) toner for printing checks.

After inventing laser printing technology, Starkweather transferred to the then new Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in Palo Alto, Calif., where he built a prototype laser printer that proved to be robust and reliable while serving as PARC’s office printer for several years. Subsequently, it provided the core technology for the 9700.

In recognition of that invention, Starkweather was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2012. Today, he is retired and living in Lake Mary, Fla. Looking back, he says he knew his invention would have a significant impact, but was less clear at the time about how it would play out.

“A real question was raised at the time about the future of paper and how the printer would survive into the future with people using novel displays and so on,” Starkweather said.

“Some 40 years later, laser printers are still going strong.”

The laser printing innovation continues today with the recent launch of 29 new Xerox ConnectKey®-enabled printers and multifunction devices, which offer on-the-go capabilities, cloud connectivity, and access to productivity boosting features and apps.

The family of products includes a variety of sizes, speeds and capabilities to match the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises – and at the heart of ConnectKey devices is the laser technology Xerox invented 40 years ago.

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Screen receives Intertech Technology Award for Truepress Jet520HD and SC Inks Screen Truepress Jet520HD using SC Inks received the PIA’s 2017 InterTech Technology Awards. PIA awards will be presented at the 2017 Premier Print Awards and InterTech Technology Awards Gala on September 10 in Chicago held during PRINT 17 trade show where the Truepress Jet520HD will be exhibited.

The award for innovative excellence honours the Truepress Jet520HD high-definition inkjet web press for the commercial print, direct mail, and publishing markets. The press delivers offset quality printing with high printing speeds. According to PIA, judges were particularly impressed by the specially developed SC Inks that give 520HD owners the ability to print on the same coated litho stocks that they currently use on their offset presses without pretreatment or primer.

The Truepress Jet520HD delivers realistic images with 1,200 dpi true resolution and precise droplet size control, achieving the colours, textures, details and solid ink areas expected for high-end publication and commercial work. The enhanced design opportunities that improve response rates of personalized marketing campaigns make the Truepress Jet520HD an appealing alternative to offset/digital hybrid and toner-based

production for direct mail advertising.

technologies.

The Truepress Jet520HD features a breakthrough combination of proprietary engineering and SC Inks with absorption technology for direct inkjet printing on offset coated papers, eliminating any preprocessing or additional primer coatings typically required of conventional inkjet

The Truepress Jet520HD enables superior quality that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of inkjet printing, opening additional markets and applications to ondemand printing at speeds and economies unmatched in cut sheet digital and, for many run lengths, rivaling that of offset.

Konica Minolta India honoured at Manila Conference Konica Minolta India has received “Best Konica Minolta Subsidiary Company of the Year 2016” award at a conference held recently in Manila, Philippines.

Konica Minolta India garnered double-digit growth in FY 16-17 as compared to previous year. Especially, there was a significant growth in Production & Industrial Printing sales. Konica Minolta was also ranked number two in FY 16-17 in worldwide MGI unit sales, only next to the United States. On behalf of Konica Minolta India, Mr. Rajeev Ahuja; Business Consultant IP presented MGI success cases in India at the conference and was very much appreciated by the participants.

The conference also observed the presence of top management from Konica Minolta Inc. Mr. Yamana San – President and CEO, Mr. Osuga San - Senior Executive Officer & Mr. Taiko San - Executive Officer who participated in the conference and shared medium term direction and strategy.

“We are extremely delighted to receive this prestigious award which is also a reflection of the commitment to help businesses in India with cutting edge technology and products.

Our highly proficient workforce in the country will continue to set new benchmarks in the printing segment of India”, said Daisuke Mori, MD, Konica Minolta India on receiving the award.

Konica Minolta India aims to participate in the industry growth by offering innovative cutting edge products for label industry with a team of experienced channel partners like Insight Communications.

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Yougraphy launched at a joint event by Canvera and HP In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Canvera launches photo printing products at a unique experiential playground for bloggers and media.

With smartphones being equipped with high-end cameras, clicking pictures has become everybody’s favourite hobby. Be it at a birthday party, a wedding or a vacation, the trend of taking selfies and quirky, cool pictures has found favour with everyone from college-goers to tech-savvy grandparents.

But what about turning these smartphone photos into memories to cherish forever? If you’re one of those who hate the idea that so many heart-warming clicks are just stored on your hard drive and aren’t adorning a rightful place on your walls, here’s a reason to rejoice.

To give you the option of turning your magnificent photos into prints with really cool products & accessories, Canvera has launched its #yougraphy range. The range was launched at an experiential playground with bloggers & media. The event, held in association with HP (Technology Partner), engaged with popular bloggers, media persons & social influencers.

A place full of photos printed on fine art canvases, framed posters and prints hung up on ethnic jute ropes with metal clips, and the option of ordering all of this on an easy online platform with just a few clicks. Sounds too good to be true? That’s exactly what bloggers experienced at this event. Canvera announced a unique code and asked bloggers and media to browse and order

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#yougraphy products like prints, posters, canvases, photobooks & sharebooks through their website. The attendees also witnessed a live demo of the unveiling and usage of products and a selfie booth was set up, where the guests clicked pictures in interesting themes and backgrounds.

Canvera has deployed HP’s state-of-theart Indigo Digital Press technology that has revolutionized the Indian photo book industry by, surpassing the conventional technologies on double side printing, variety, speed, quality and cost. The Non-tear able & weather /water proof printing provide the consumers the much need longevity of their memories. After all, memories should last for generations.

Mr Ranjit Yadav, Managing Director, Canvera says, “The idea to launch this range is to help people transform their great pictures into beautiful memories, instead of keeping these photos in their hard disk or leaving them on the phone’s memory card. Yougraphy has some exciting and quirky collections of offerings that are sure to beautify your home or workplace. With the launch of Yougraphy, we aim to directly connect with consumers.

The brand new collection will not only help people preserve their special moments, but make them last forever.”

Mr. Puneet Chadha, Director Marketing

Puneet Chadha (HP Inc) and Ranjit Yadav (Canvera) at the launch of yougraphy range

- Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific Japan, HP Inc. said, “HP strives for consumer satisfaction by providing them with something more than just a product.

We are happy to join hands with Canvera for the launch of Yougraphy which provides customers unique options to preserve their memories. HP’s printing solutions have evolved to meet the needs of modern-day printing environments and with our Indigo Digital Press we have taken innovation and quality to the next level.”

Through the Yougraphy range, one can browse through multiple options as per their need and choose from different types of sizes, paper quality and patterns. Canvera is the only brand that offers photo prints in three categories; square, landscape and portrait and in three sizes. Customers can choose from glossy, matte or velvet finishes.

Print your photos and turn them into fine art canvases, either rolled or mounted. You can also convert your photos or original designs into bright posters that come in two variants; framed and rolled. Canvera also offers Youbooks that come in three categories and in hard and soft cover types. The price of the photo prints starts from Rs 10, while the price of accessories starts from Rs 250.The price of other products on Yougraphy ranges from Rs.120 to Rs. 7,000. All the products are manufactured in Canvera’s in-house production facility in Bengaluru.

Through its extensive classified business, Canvera Digital Technologies caters to consumer needs for superlative photography professionals. The professional photographers registered with the brand get the immaculately designed photobooks crafted for those special days. From weddings to engagements, birthdays, graduation ceremonies, corporate events and more, Canvera acts as a one-stop destination for extensive photography-related needs. They have to their credit, many industry accolades for their core expertise of a photobook maker. The Canvera app provides powerful end-to-end photography solutions that include a perfect photographer to capture your images and preserve them in stunning photobooks with beautiful layouts of professional quality.

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Unprecedented colour reproduction precision with Accurio Press Konica Minolta’s Accurio Press C2070 helps Delhi based Concepts produce unprecedented colour reproduction precision.

Concepts Digital and Offset Printing firm, headquartered in Okhla, Delhi is managed by Ashwani Dhamija. Their Konica Minolta’s Accurio Press C2070 solution, which got installed in March helped it meet its requirements of quality Digital Printing ensuring accuracy in colour gamut reproduction. The company now commends its Konica Minolta for its cutting edge portfolio of Digital Printing Solutions which is supporting businesses in short run printing jobs, cutting operational expenses significantly. ‘’Our market at present is into short run printing. Konica Minolta helps us in short run printing in a reduced time span so we can fulfil our customer’s demand in a satisfactory time. We can now print visiting cards, invitation cards, brochures, coffee table books along with banners,’’ comments Ashwani Dhamija, Managing Director, Concepts on the performance of Accurio Press C2070.

The Accurio Press C2070 machine comes as the successor of bizhub PRESS C1070 press and is an ideal solution to cater to mid range digital colour printing jobs.

The solution has been launched with

substantial advancements and refinements as compared to its predecessors and offers comprehensive scalability to meet the growing requirements of printing businesses and enhance productivity.

The machine offers trend setting features and technology including a high speed dual scanning at speeds up to 240 ipm for hard-

copy originals; 1200x3600 dpi resolution with 8-bit processing for smoother, more realistic images; enhanced Simitri HDE toner for superior halftone and skin-tone reproduction, with biomass plant-based material to reduce environmental impact; SEAD V ScreenEnhancing Active Digital Processing System continuously maintains image stability etc.

Now NIP Roller adjustment with your Smartphone!

DigiNip is the new device for setting rollers – measuring the nip of the rollers through smartphone. Krier, France has invented and patented this latest electronic device.

TabletMeasure Application is now available on iOS. In addition, DigiNip is CE, RoHS certified, and fogra approved. It is ideal and recommended for the standard Offset Printing Ugra PSO 12647-2.

electronic Nip measuring instrument for Offset nip measurement and got it patented in 2006. The instrument was DigiNip and became an instant success. With more than 2300 DigiNips in use, Krier has a strong global market position in this field.

DigiNip 2 is the second generation wireless version. With the associated TabletMeasure

software, it is now even more user-friendly and simpler to use and produces automated reports and test results.

In using modern devices such as Smartphones and tablets, industrial measurement has become user-friendly, viable, efficient and connected in real-time.

The device enables instant measurement of nip between rollers wirelessly thus increasing productivity and reducing paper waste.

DigiNip-2 is also available on Android.

Krier, headed by Antoine Krier got established in 1985. He designed several measuring instruments including the first

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Skanem Interlabels scale their Digital Printing business with their New HP Indigo Digital Press Skanem Interlabels extends their partnership with HP Inc. by choosing HP Indigo WS6800 digital press to meet their growing digital printing needs.

HP Inc. India has installed the HP Indigo WS6800 digital press at Skanem Interlabels in New Delhi. Skanem Interlabels is one of India’s leading providers of labeling solutions and self-adhesive labels. This would be Skanem Interlabels’ second Indigo press installation from HP Inc. India that will enable them to offer complete digital labeling solutions to their clients.

With the latest HP Indigo WS6800 installation, Skanem Interlabels is all set to tap the growing 73 billion dollars market. They will be doubling their capacity and offering faster service to their customer with latest features that will help them in saving on their operational cost, thereby increasing profitability for their company. The HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press delivers high productivity, wide versatility, and intelligent colour automation which will enable Skanem Interlabels to cater to the self-adhesive labels and also deliver innovative printing solutions to both its global and domestic clients as well.

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Speaking on the continued business association with Skanem Interlabels, Mr. A. Appadurai, Country Manager, Indigo and Inkjet Web Press, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Inc. India said, “Skanem Interlabels has been one of our most valued partners since 2011 and is known to provide state of the art labelling solutions to their customers across the country. To help them further their growth, we partnered with them to provide our best-in-class HP Indigo WS6800. With its capability for printing variety of labeling and packaging applications, high productivity through higher speed and in line priming units and accurate colour management through the inline spectrophotometer, HP Indigo WS6800 will help Skanem Interlabels in catering to challenging requirements of their end customers.”

To add to the announcement, Mr. H. Venkataraman, Managing Director, Skanem Interlabels said, “We have been using HP Indigo WS4500 since 2011 which has been instrumental in helping build Skanem a

successful digital business in India. We are sure that the HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press will help us in expanding our digital press capacity to meet our clients demand for consistent high-quality prints for their respective brand campaigns. HP Indigo digital press will help us in addressing newer market segments by offering newer solution to our customer and this will help us in expanding our customer base as well.”

The HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press delivers high productivity by producing up to 30 meters per minute in four colour. The press is a unique solution allowing converters to produce any narrow-format label, flexible packaging, sleeve, IML, wrap-around labels or folding cartons job, with easy and quick changeovers. It supports 12 to 450 micron materials, including standard substrates with in-line priming. The digital press also offers high resolution printing using HP Indigo ElectroInk with minute ink particles, delivers crisp line work, attractive images and smooth vignettes with a very thin ink layer that gives uniform gloss between the ink and substrate.

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Konica Minolta and SCREEN GA collaborate Promoting seamless hybrid workflows by enhancing data exchange between the EQUIOS and the Accurio.

Konica Minolta and SCREEN Graphic Solutions have enhanced collaboration in the digital commercial printing area to achieve seamless hybrid workflows and increase user-friendliness in Offset printing and Digital printing. The two companies will further improve efficiency, expand business opportunities, and deliver new value in the commercial printing industry space.

In the commercial printing industry, digital printing equipment is being increasingly introduced due to growing demand for highmix small-lot printing to meet the diverse needs of consumers. In some cases, users cannot take full advantage of the equipment because the CTP workflow RIPs for Offset printing – the core of workflow systems – cannot fully control the equipment.

Konica Minolta and SCREEN GA have enhanced data exchange in the Job Definition Format (JDF) between the EQUIOS universal workflow systems offered by SCREEN GA and the Accurio inkjet and toner digital presses offered by Konica Minolta.

This enhanced data exchange enables users to directly perform Digital printing from the EQUIOS, achieving seamless operation that encompasses colour management and finishing. This solution increases commercial printing efficiency in a production environment and offers new business opportunities by taking full advantage of ondemand printing.

With its strong position in Variable Digital Presses, Konica Minolta aims to further open up the market in the Digital Commercial Printing area. SCREEN GA offers an extensive lineup of high-speed variable digital presses and CTP systems, and has an imposing position in Integrated Workflow Systems combining CTP systems with digital presses to automate the printing process and eliminate the need for skilled users.

Sharing his delight on the collaboration, Yoshinori Koide, Marketing Head, PP Business Unit said, ‘’Our KMI IC-60x ‘controller’ already connects SCREEN EQUIOS by using JDF/JMF. So CP customers

can print via EQUIOS UI directly. To enhance this JDF connectivity continuously with SCREEN, KM has collaborated with Screen GA to promote seamless hybrid workflows.

This will increase customer efficiency and make is user friendly. It enables the EQUIOS users (Commercial Printers), to directly change the Accurio’s printing settings such as colour, paper.”

workflow systems that combine CTP workflow systems with cutting-edge inkjet printing technologies. To meet diversifying printing needs, SCREEN GA will promote automation of the printing process and offer a solution environment that creates customer value by using the EQUIOS as the solution platform or as the core system for efficiently using Offset presses and Digital presses.”

Toshimitsu Taiko, Executive Officer, General Manager, Professional Print Business Headquarters, Konica Minolta, said, “Konica Minolta aims to become a high-value-added solution provider by identifying customers’ issues, making proposals, and helping customers solve the issues. In the Digital Commercial Printing area, Konica Minolta will take full advantage of its technologies and assets, including the Accurio series, through open collaboration with its partners to value innovation and value creation according to the business types and categories of its customers.”

The two companies will enhance collaboration to further improve the value proposition for customers of the respective companies based on an open partner strategy.

Toru Kawada, Corporate Officer, Division Head, Business Development Division, SCREEN Graphic Solutions, said, “SCREEN GA has continuously improved the EQUIOS universal

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4th LMAI Label Conference at Agra LMAI creates knowledge, entertainment and networking magic.

The 4th LMAI Conference welcomed delegates from many parts of the country at Jaypee Palace Hotel, Agra which served as the venue for the event. The delegates were provided transportation from Delhi airport to the event venue.

The Conference commenced with the welcome address by Sandeep Zaveri and lighting of lamp which was followed by playing of the new LMAI Anthem.

Over 550 delegates attended the Conference themed “Innovation Simplified”.

Label is an important part of a product and connects it directly to the consumer. The event stressed the need for innovation in all processes of label creation.

The keynote address was delivered by Pankaj Bhardwaj, Senior Director and General Manager, Label and Graphic Materials South Asia Avery Dennison.

Expert addresses, one on one interactive sessions, meditation sessions, musical night mark the 4th LMAI Conference.

Key Notes : >

Agra plays host to 550 Label Industry delegates at fantastic networking event.

> Harveen Sahni conferred award for a “Lifetime in support of the Indian label industry”. > New LMAI Anthem plays to open the event.

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In her special address Lisa Milburn, Managing Director Labels Group, Tarsus Group PLC UK mentioned the strong and ongoing partnership with LMAI. She also spoke on the forthcoming meeting of L9 (The federation of nine leading global label associations) which is scheduled to be held next year in India. Pradeep Saroha, Country Manager for Labelexpo group gave information on Labelexpo Europe in Brussels in September this year. Conference Chairman Kuldip Goel apprised the audience with agenda of the event.

The day ended with an entertaining evening sponsored by Bobst Firenze and themed, Mughale-Azam followed by Dinner. Many delegates were in traditional Indian dresses.

Next morning Rajesh Nema, Secretary LMAI initiated the Conference by showing a video of LMAI activities during the past year. Jitesh Mehta, Director Avery Dennison shared, “Innovation is a team sport and aids profitable implementation of ideas, creating value across the value chain and by making innovation complex, we maybe killing it.”

Ajay Mehta and Rohit Mehta of SMI Coated Papers cautioned that reverse auctions were affecting printers adversely and instead of becoming complacent, they need to move on. Competition brings innovation making quality and consistency in product offering an imperative for driving growth.

Pawandeep Sahni of Weldon and Paolo Grasso of

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Omet made an impressive presentation titled “simplify Visions, innovate processes”. The presentation, which was interactive with the audience, was highly appreciated. Shaun Paullen of Mark Andy spoke on “Turning market needs into machine deliverables”.

Amit Ahuja of Multitec spoke on wastage control. Gavin Rittmeyer of Martin Automatic explained the need for automation and nonstop continuous production to reduce wastage. Impressive knowledge delivering presentations were made by the large number of speakers representing companies who sponsored the event. A holistic session was held by Isha Foundation of Sadguru performances and networking dinner.

The final day had a holistic meditation session by Isha Foundation. This was followed by presentations by Samir PatkarGallus, Appadurai-HP, Manish Jain-Loparex, Seigwerk and A K Datta- Kurz. Guest speaker Sudhaker Kasture spoke on export strategy on labels. The day’s presentations ended with presentations from Huber Group and Tesa Tapes.

fame. The Swami Ji hosting the session taught the delegates the nuances of meditation. A session of “Isha Kriya” was taken up with audience participation. He said that for the power to create, we need to meditate to success. Success is not an aspiration, it is your work that others will connect with and say he is successful. He also advised the congregation that creating happiness at workplace will get full potential from employees. The last part of the evening hosted by SMI Coated Papers, began with a high powered motivational lecture by renowned management guru, Shiv Khera.

LMAI Round Table was an interesting event. The sponsors in different groups had a one to one interaction opportunity with printer groups. The Printers got their queries answered face to face. All through the conference, a well spread out table top exhibition was in progress. Delegates were able to visit, interact with exhibitors and collect literature.

The final part of the conference was a gala evening hosted by Avery Dennison with theme “an Affair to remember” and titled “Moulin Rouge”! The evening started with Conference Chairman Kuldip Goel giving vote of thanks.

This was followed by a vibrant musical performance by Sophie Choudry. This conference was appreciated and enjoyed by all the attending delegates. They left Agra with lingering memories of a euphoric networking event.

As the delegates bid good bye they went with hope of yet another similar event in the summer of 2019!

Written by Harveer Sahni, Chairman Weldon Celloplast, New Delhi

“We need the skill and the will to succeed.

Between the two, will is more important,” he quoted boxing legend Muhammad Ali. He also quoted to relevance former President, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, “Dreams are not that make you sleep, dreams are those that don’t let you sleep.” The evening ended with dance

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Labelexpo 2017: Gallus in the fast lane Gallus launches a new platform concept and further digital innovations.

Swiss full-range supplier Gallus, a subsidiary of Heidelberg, will be exhibiting under the banner “Speed up for Success” this year. At Labelexpo the spotlight will be firmly trained on its new Gallus Labelmaster and Gallus Labelfire machine systems alongside the latest offerings from Gallus Services and Gallus Screen Printing.

Maximum flexibility with Gallus Labelmaster and Labelmaster Advanced Gallus Screeny will impressively demonstrate at Labelexpo 2017 that rotary screen printing speed no longer needs to be a limiting factor in label printing.

Key Notes : > Exhibiting under the banner “Speed up for Success”. > To unveil the Gallus Labelmaster Advanced line with multiweb feature. > Focusing reduced throughput times with Labelfire.

Hot on the heels of the successful debut of the Gallus Labelmaster during the Gallus Innovation Days in September 2016, Gallus is now set to unveil the Gallus Labelmaster Advanced line with multiweb feature at Labelexpo 2017 in Brussels. The basic versions of this label printing press will also be on display.

The Gallus Labelmaster Advanced line’s impressive modular design combines maximum flexibility with a high level of automation. The new press offers label printers a wide variety of processes, as the various finishing and printing units can be changed quickly and easily at any machine position.

All Gallus Labelmaster presses share the same special platform design and can be configured to meet the customer’s specific requirements. With its open interfaces, this machine series represents a highly secure investment and enables users to respond flexibly to future changes in the market.

In the new platform system, the Gallus Labelmaster

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is made up of modules each comprising two printing units. These modules are available in three different variants. The basic variant already covers the essential label printing standards. The Plus version provides enhanced flexibility to cover many applications in the label industry, and the Advanced line can meet most requirements and be configured to include as much or as little automation as necessary. By offering this modular system, Gallus is ensuring that label printers can satisfy prevailing market requirements and always remain fit for the future – all for a level of investment that would previously have been inconceivable for premium products.

The new Gallus Labelmaster features a special platform design and can be configured by customers to meet their own specific requirements.

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

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

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An optimised ink chamber for the doctor blade needs just 250 g of ink and therefore keeps the associated costs low while minimising ink spitting and foaming. The newly designed flexographic printing unit, which benefits from the construction principles established in sheetfed offset at the parent company Heidelberg, is directly driven by two servomotors and delivers Gallus premium quality from the start. Besides being fitted out with flexographic printing units, the press can also be equipped with a newly developed screenprinting unit that enables users to make the most of high-end finishing options. The register accuracy of the Gallus Labelmaster is particularly striking – whether the press is being run at a low setup speed or accelerated to a high maximum speed, the printed image is always in register, without the slightest correction necessary. This performance highlights the precision of the Gallus Labelmaster.

Gallus Labelfire 340 – digital printing now with added inline finishing functions At Labelexpo, Gallus will be focusing on reduced throughput times for manufacturing digitally printed labels by showcasing the Gallus Labelfire digital label printing press with added inline finishing processes. In contrast to existing digital label printing presses on the market, which only print digitally and then perform further processing steps for the label in a downstream process, the Gallus Labelfire can produce finished and die-cut labels in a single production operation. Thus the Gallus Labelfire achieves

faster production times for digitally printed finished labels and wastes less paper.

This saves label printers time, costs and material compared to a multi-step production process, as there is no changeover required for subsequent further processing. And thanks to the latest-generation inkjet printing heads from Fujifilm, the Gallus Labelfire achieves a native resolution of 1200 dpi, which is comparable with offset printing quality.

Gallus is showcasing the Gallus Labelfire digital label printing press at Labelexpo with added inline finishing processes.

Digitization at Gallus Services increases machine performance The new service offerings from Gallus fit hand-in-glove with Industry 4.0 and ensure label printers benefit from higher availability of their machinery. Gallus and Heidelberg are collaborating on many specific projects which advance the digitization in the print shops and deliver added value to customers.

For example, the “M-Call” product enables automated ticket manufacturing, in which the printing press independently communicates all the necessary machine data to the Gallus helpdesk. This does away with the initial telephone calls and emails otherwise required to log the case, which is precisely how M-Call speeds up the service organisation’s response times.

to access Heidelberg’s worldwide service network in the future. Gallus customers will now benefit from the dense global network of Heidelberg local service organisations and thus faster on-the-spot service.

Gallus Screeny – easy to use, fast to print Gallus Screeny will impressively demonstrate at Labelexpo 2017 that rotary screen printing speed no longer needs to be a limiting factor in label printing. By selecting the right system components, users can significantly accelerate screen/flexographic combination printing without having to trade this off against quality. The screen printing experts at Gallus will be showcasing the system components required for this under the banner “Gallus Screeny – easy to use, fast to print”. A Gallus Labelmaster equipped with Gallus Screeny speedprinting components will present the incontrovertible evidence during the trade fair by producing labels at speeds that set new benchmarks.

The screen printing department will also be teaming up with Heidelberg to showcase the new Phoenix UV LED direct platesetter. With this innovative exposure system, high-quality printing formes can be produced for almost all printing processes. Whether for screen, flexo, offset and letterpress printing, the Phoenix offers a future-proof solution for the production of high-quality printing plates with the best profitability.

Gallus customers also benefit from the almost completed integration of Gallus sales and service organizations into the Heidelberg Group. This means that Gallus will be able

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Flint Group launches nyloflex FTC Digital New solution for corrugated postprint features significant fluting reduction and outstanding print quality.

Following “The Easy Way”, Flint Group Flexographic Products expands its product range with a further inherent flat top dot flexo plate, which provides significant fluting reduction on various corrugated boards from fine to rough flute. Holding fine highlights, the nyloflex FTC Digital Plate offers outstanding print quality – sharp and defined elements with precisely reproduced text and codes, inviting printers to push the boundaries of print resolution in corrugated postprint. Furthermore, the new flexo plate features excellent ink transfer, resulting in very smooth solids with even ink laydown, which allows for high and consistent print quality on a variety of substrates.

Interested customers can request free test kits and a specially launched promotion box with print samples in 4c and 2c, printed with nyloflex FTC Digital Plate and waterbased ink from Flint Group.

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“With a continuing trend for lower quality liners due to cost reasons, however, uncompromised requirements for quality printing, printers, retailers and brand owners demand good quality in corrugated postprint, both for superior liners and more challenging materials,” says Dr.Eva Freudenthaler, Vice President Technology, Flint Group Flexographic Products. “With the development of nyloflex FTC Plate, we therefore had two focal points with regard to print quality -to reduce the fluting effect across many different liner qualities and to further enhance the quality of fine highlight screens in corrugated postprint – while at the same time keeping it simple for the pre-press operation by providing a plate that can be processed like any normal digital printing plate.”

nyloflex FTC Digital promotion box with print samples in 4c and 2c printed on different substrates.

nyloflex FTC Digital Plate provides the benefits of flat top dots in an easy and efficient way by processing it like any standard digital plate - no additional equipment, processing steps or consumables required. Hence, the complexity of plate making is clearly simplified, while reproducibility and consistency is increased. The plate material displays the well-known durability, robustness, high ozone

Inherently flat top flexoplate with excellent print quality on a variety of substrate types, from high to low quality liners.

> Cost savings and increased productivity through quick press set-up, resulting in shortenedstart-up times and reduced waste. > Reduced complexity in an easy way, with increased reproducibility and consistency.

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nyloflex FTC Digital for corrugated postprint with significant fluting reduction and outstanding print quality.

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resistance and good storage capabilities that are standard for all nyloflex printing plates.

On the press, the new inherent flat top dot flexo plate allows for great consistency due to less dot gain tolerances, higher wear resistance and print-run stability, also at increased press speeds. The nyloflex FTC Digital Plate ensures a reduced bump-up and consistent dot gain over the entire print-run.

In addition, the new flexo plate provides cost savings and increased productivity through quick press set-up, resulting in shortened

start-up times and reduced waste.

The new photopolymer flexo printing plate, nyloflex FTC Digital, is available in several thicknesses, from 2.84 mm (.112”) up to 6.35 mm (.250”).

Interested customers can request free test kits and a specially launched promotion box with print samples in 4c and 2c, printed with nyloflex FTC Digital Plate and water-based ink from Flint Group, PremoNova Base Board on different substrates, to illustrate

the outstanding print quality through the company’s website or writing to it.

The nyloflex FTC Digital Plate is further member for The Easy Way family, next to nyloflex FTF Digital, a flat top flexo plate for flexible packaging and winner of the 2016 Flexographic Technical Innovation Award.

FTF stands for Flat Top Dot plate for Flexible Packaging and FTC stands for Flat Top Dot plate for Corrugated Postprint.

Entrepreneurial opportunities at PackPlus’17 Paper Cup Making Machines

PackPlus is less than 100 Days away.

With more than 375 Exhibitors, 80 Product Launches, 250+ Live Demos, this year’s exhibition is bigger & better than ever before.

Many entrepreneurs have started their enterprises from trade shows in the past. There they have access to various technologies and solutions pertaining to a specific industry under one roof. With MSMEs and large enterprises present, there will be solutions for different budgets at the trade fair. Likewise, PackPlus’17 provides many opportunities to budding entrepreneurs to kick-start their business.

Owing to growing market demands and growth opportunities in various sectors, the exhibition offers many opportunities for budding investers, like:

Priced between 5-15 Lakhs, Paper Cup making Machines is another popular Entrepreneurial idea doing the rounds. As is the case with Paper Bag Making machines, Paper Cup making Machines also needs less space. Companies such as AKR Machinery, Elegant International, Pritul Machines, Vardhman Packaging will display Paper Cup making machines among many others.

Non-Woven Bag Making Machines Priced between 20-25 Lakhs, several Non-Woven Bag Making Machines will be displayed live at the event. With an area of 1200sqm required for installation, these machines provide a good option for Entrepreneurs. Prosper Group, Fair Deal Engineers, Sahil Graphics are just a few companies that will showcase Non-Woven Bag Making Machines.

Rigid Box Making Machines Priced on the higher side, between 1.5 Cr-6Cr, Rigid Box Making Machines are an option for established Entrepreneurs. The investment on this project is much more when compared to others on the list but the ROI is the largest as well. With packaging trends moving towards luxury packaging, Zhongke India, NBG Printographic, 3S Graphic Solutions will provide solutions in this category.

PackPlus 2017 is scheduled from 3-6 August, 2017 at PragatiMaidan- New Delhi.

International Paper to sell foodservice business in China

Paper Bag Making Machines Priced between 3-10 Lakhs, Paper Bag making Machines are one of the most suitable start-up budget solutions available in the Industry. The entire project is low on investment and space. The increasing usage of Paper Bags as an eco friendly packaging solutions makes it the right investment choice. Companies such as Avtar Mechanical Works, RVM Controls, UP Group Shanghai UPG International Trading - China will provide solutions in Paper Bag Making Machines.

International Paper has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its foodservice business in China to Huhtamaki Hong Kong.

International Paper’s foodservice business in China has two plants and a workforce of approximately 200 employees. The transaction is expected to be completed in the next couple of months.

Over the last two years, the company has

finalized the sale of its corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia, along with the sale of its interest in a coated board joint venture business in China. Although the Chinese and Asian markets remain strategically important for IP, the Company has determined these markets can more effectively be served through its Ilim joint venture in Russia and with products exported from the U.S. and other parts of the world.

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Drink Technology India 2017 heads for a exhibitors’ house full!

The annual cycle at alternating venues proves to the right decision for dti 2017 with exhibitors having already booked a near full show space.

dti has gained an excellent reputation in India, as evidenced also by the fact that the key trade associations in India are taking part. Apart from VDMA India, AIDA, AIWPA and UPDA, it has FSSAI as a supporter.

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Annual cycle at alternating venues proves to be the right decision.

> dti 2017 wins an important supporter in FSSAI. > Confirmed dates for the next events in Mumbai in 2018 and Bangalore in 2019.

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At around three months before the start of drink technology India (dti), it´s already clear that the change to an annual cycle was the right step to take. dti 2017 is attracting strong interest from exhibitors. Already, over 90 percent of the available exhibition space is booked. Which means the event is approaching full capacity. Among the companies that have signed up to exhibit are leading names in the sector, for example, ACE Technologies, Anton Paar, Chemco Group, Krome Dispense, Repute Engineers, R J Brewing and The Brewmaster. drink technology India 2017 takes place from October 26 to 28 at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

dti has gained an excellent reputation in India, as evidenced also by the fact that the key trade associations in India are taking part, among them VDMA India, All India Distillers Association (AIDA), All India Wine Producers Association (AIWPA) and Uttar Pradesh Distillers’ Association (UPDA). For the event in New Delhi dti has attracted the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) as a supporter. “The beverage, dairy and liquid-food area is continuing to make good progress in India. In particular the themes of hygiene, recycling, resourceefficiency and packaging are playing an ever greater role for industry. In all these areas dti offers solutions tailored to meet the demands of the Indian market and we are very pleased to have FSSAI on board as a new strong partner, supporting our event,” explained Avisha Desai, Project Director of drink technology India.

The strong demand from the sector underlines the importance of the beverage, dairy, liquid-food and associated packaging industry for the Indian market. “Alternating between New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, dti now has excellent coverage of the north, south and also the west of India,” explained Markus Kosak, Exhibition Director of dti. “As a result we can offer our customers lasting visibility across the whole of India and we enable the industry to target the individual sectors in the respective regions in a highly efficient way,” continued Kosak.

By switching to an annual cycle, dti is responding to the development in the Indian beverage, dairy and liquid-food sector. This rhythm, combined with alternating venues, takes account of the requirements of the Indian market and presents a needs-oriented platform in all the regions of India. The dates for the next events are already decided: from October 24 to 26, 2018, dti takes place at the Bombay Exhibition & Convention Centre in Mumbai and from October 17 to 19, 2019, dti is being held for the first time in Bangalore, at the Bangalore Exhibition Centre.

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75 years of passion for folding-gluing

In 2017, it will be seventy-five years since BOBST started designing and producing folder-gluer machines for the packaging industry.

One of the very first such machines, a PCR382, was set up in 1942 at the Zeiler company near Bern, Switzerland. This same company, which under its current name, LimmatdruckZeiler, is now an extremely successful part of one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of folding boxes — the RLC Packaging Group —is, to this day, still a BOBST client.

What began in 1942 is very much a success story. Thanks to their reputation for consistently high box quality and outstanding performance, BOBST folder-gluers have imposed themselves as the benchmark for the folding carton and corrugated packaging industries. And today’s client can purchase complete folding-gluing lines. They combine highly configurable machines with top-ofthe-range peripherals to provide integrated and automated solutions for anything the customer might need.

BOBST has consistently invested around 6% of its annual turnover into research and development. This has allowed the company to develop innovative new systems, equipment and processes — many of which are still patented and unique to the sector.

For all of those 75 years, BOBST foldergluers have continually evolved through the roll-out of ground-breaking new technologies such as, the blank aligner, the crash-lock module, four-corner box folding systems,

the flipper-ejector, as well as GYROBOX for the production of complex boxes in a single run, Braille embossing and zero-fault quality checks, in-line and at full running speed.

Philippe Milliet, Head of Business Unit Sheet-fed, explains, “The success of our folder-gluer equipment over the past seventy-five years is the proof that passion and innovation are part of our DNA. Over the years, customers have demanded equipment that runs faster and faster, is more and more efficient, and can deliver boxes that meet increasingly stringent quality requirements across a whole range of packaging markets. We are continually developing the sophisticated materials and technologies that allow us to deliver all this, while maintaining the same reliability and longevity as those very first machines.”It is this ability to respond to client needs through constant innovation that has earned BOBST its dominant position in the folder-gluer market, such as the sector of e-commerce.

Today, BOBST folder-gluers are sold worldwide, often locally produced for different markets. Founded in 1890 by Joseph Bobst in Lausanne, Switzerland, BOBST has a presence in more than 50 countries, runs 12 production facilities in 8 countries and employs more than 5 000 people around the world.

The Label Academy adds to its portfolio of professional courses Label Academy has added to its portfolio of professional courses for label and packaging printing professionals with the offering of Management Information Systems (MIS) and Workflow Automation as its tenth self-study topic. The new offerings include a new module and a book.

The book explores the world of MIS and workflow automation systems, it aides the choice and implementation of suitable systems and technologies. The study module and book provide day-to-day problem solving and long-term strategic decision making and tackle issues like estimating, procurement, production planning and scheduling, workflow automation, asset data collection and post data analysis.

The Label Academy is a global training and certification program for the label and package printing industry.

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Monotech Systems installed its 1st ColorNovo Expands its sales globally with full colour ‘made in India’ UV inkjet label press developed under brand JETSCI. Monotech Systems has announced the first installation of ColorNovo - Full Color UV Inkjet label production system in China. The solution installed is CMYK – ColorNovo UV inkjet installed on Label converting & finishing line; and next ColorNovo is coming soon at leading label manufacturer and supplier in India where it will be installed on customer’s existing Flexo label printing machine.

Company makes Full colour Inkjet module as a hybrid solution to existing Flexo press or converting lines or CMYK + White Digital UV inkjet Label press with complete converting & finishing of labels as standalone solution.

Jimit Mittal, vice president, Inkjet Products and Solutions, said: “Monotech Systems has an expertise in delivering turnkey solutions to the industry based on the bespoke requirements from our customers and we have delivered over 100+ prestigious projects under own brand JETSCI. ColorNovo is India’s first digital label production system and is our most innovative solution to the industry designed & developed in-house under brand JETSCI. It is the result of our expertise and in-house R&D efforts and developed after extensive research on the requirement of such press in the market.

With ColorNovo, we are sure it will deliver to the expectation of customers be it in terms of capex , opex and total cost of ownership giving fastest return on investments. Label printing market is going through a transition period where run lengths are becoming shorter and shorter, margins are shrinking and short turnaround time to market creating huge pressure on label printers, here ColorNovo bridges the gap between end

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users and the label printers enabling them to print on demand. It utilizes the state of the art and most reliable DOD inkjet print head technology that prints high quality labels at 600 X 600 Dpi native resolutions up to speed of 70 m/min and up to 330 mm print widths. Complete digital label press consists of ColorNovo CMYK + White Inkjet module, with inline Corona, web cleaner, two registered servo Flexo, Cold Foil, Lamination Die cut, Slitting & Dual Rewind system units.

This machine is at par with any international technology in terms of quality.”

Mittal further added “Digital is the future so is the Digital press, it comes with the power of printing short runs very effectively and economically with great value addition featuring personalization, variable data and security printing in real time production at one go. Digital printing is far economical till the run length of 2000 linear meters and most of the jobs are going under this run length nowadays. Adding a digital label printing press requires medium to high capex, so it is most important for label printers to select the right technology at right time to be profitable and competitive in business for their short run and digital labels printing requirements.

We have an eye on global market and we are already working on the required approach.

ColorNovo & other Inkjet products made by Monotech Systems under JETSCI Brand has got CE certifications and one machine is already exported and successfully installed at customer site in China. We are committed to deliver the latest technology & cost-effective solutions to the industry and customers can expect many more in near future.”

Monotech Systems has network of channel partners for their entire JETSCI Inkjet systems range of products expanding their reach to Turkey, Latin America, Middle East, China, Africa, ASEAN, Sri Lanka and Russia.

Mittal added, “With a strong focus on exports this year, our inkjet division exported in the last six months many turnkey solutions to China, Middle East, Turkey, Africa & ASEAN Region(s). The sales force in each region is trained to sell and service these machines.”

Other JETSCI range of inkjet products includes, VSRI (variable data printing with slitter rewinder & complete inspection), Track & Trace solutions, high speed/high resolution & many customized variable data printing hybrid solutions for label and security printing industry.

Monotech Systems has recently shifted its manufacturing facility of JETSCI products at Gurgaon in a much bigger and state-ofthe art facility that aims to deliver the quality products in minimum time.

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Efficient Management of collections in Archives: RFID solution from Schreiner PrinTrust for Precious Books The newly developed ((rfid))-Archive Label for precious books enables the efficient management of collections in archives.

The new ((rfid))-Archive Label developed by Schreiner PrinTrust is the world’s first solution to enable the application of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology also to precious and sensitive books for contactless management of library collections. Efficient management of ordinary books using RFID technology has long been standard practice.

Due to its innovative product design, the new RFID label now meets the requirements for application even to precious and sensitive books and documents. A pH-neutral, and thus acid-free, adhesive will not attack the valuable documents and makes nonresidual removal of the label possible even after decades. In addition, being certified according to ISO 9706, the label meets all the prerequisites for archival-grade materials.

The application of RFID technology for effective decades-long electronic management of their collections has become standard practice in numerous libraries around the globe. Due to the sensitivity of many antique originals stored in archives, standard RFID labels cannot be used here because the labels would irreversibly damage these precious items. For these specific requirements, Schreiner PrinTrust has developed a special RFID label for archives, enabling them to manage their collections by means of modern RFID technology.

Utilization of Archival-Grade Materials according to ISO 9706 A special high-performance adhesive that

can be non-residually removed even after a long period of time guarantees optimum protection of the precious objects which often are of historic value. In addition, the labels include an age-resistant paper that does not affect the tagged items in any way. As a result, irreversible damage to the archived documents is avoided even after decades-long application of the labels. The entire product has been tested and certified according to ISO 9706 requirements. The memory of the RFID transponder utilized in the label has a guaranteed life of 50 years, making it perfectly suitable even for longterm use.

Contactless management of precious document collections Be it precious books, papers, manuscripts, maps, drawings, pictures, photographs, newspapers, magazines, sheet music or patents: the new ((rfid))-Archive Label makes it possible for libraries to comprehensively manage their collections using contactless technology. Product Manager Christian Stephan sums up the additional benefits of the label: “Contactless reading of the information on the chip avoids manual handling of the items during stocktaking. The label enables fast and reliable bulk reading of the archived objects and enormously simplifies the search-and-find process of documents as well.� For custom overprinting and programming of the labels, Schreiner PrinTrust offers specifically adapted TTR printers.

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Durst at Labelexpo 2017 Durst expands its Tau 330 series with new UV inkjet single pass printing technology.

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, will be presenting its latest development, the new digital - high resolution - high speed - 8 colour label press Tau 330 RSC inline with OMET’s Xflex X6 hybrid solution as well as its new Web2Print workflow at Labelexpo 2017 in Brussels, from 25–28 September 2017 at the Durst Booth.

The new Tau 330 RSC is a UV inkjet label and package printing press featuring 330 mm (13 in.) print width combined with leading edge print speed of up to 78 linear meters/ min (245 ft./min) at 1200 x 1200 dpi printing resolutions. The press achieves a production capacity of 1.485 m² per hour, and thanks to its 8 colour stations (CMYK+W+OVG) with new designed high pigmented inks it delivers outstanding, flexo look-like print quality with close to 98% pantone colour gamut coverage.

In line with Durst’s customer claim “Configure Your Digital Future”, the completely new Tau 330 RSC is available as stand-alone version or can be combined with in-line digital laser die cutting LFS 330. At Labelexpo, the Tau 330 RSC will be configured as “hybrid press” with OMET’s Xflex series of conventional finishing options, providing unlimited material flexibility for a vast range of applications.

Its configuration options include jumbo unwinder and material pre-treatment options like inline corona, web cleaner, priming as well as post press finishing options like varnishing, cold foil, lamination, die-cutting, slitting and rewinding.

Also showcased will be the flagship Tau 330 with Low Migration ink for primary food & pharma packaging as well as the economic entry model Tau 330E with its specially developed high pigmented UV inkjet inks. The press will be demonstrated as a complete solution with the EFS 330, an equally economic converting & finishing system from SMAG. Together with the Tau 330 series, Durst will also introduce its new Web2Print solution for online design, preview and ordering of all kinds of packaging products like labels, folding carton, and more. Also on

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display will be Durst’s own Workflow-Label Application Suite, a modular, expandable prepress software for order entry, pre-press, RIP, colour management, ink-costing and production data management. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to see full live demonstrations of the entire digital production workflow from online ordering, data processing, digital printing and finishing.

Helmuth Munter, Segment Manager, Durst Label & Package Printing, said: “We are very excited to demonstrate our broad range of digital printing and workflow solutions

to Labelexpo visitors, and we are sure that especially the new Tau 330 RSC with its unmatched printing speed and printing quality will be the highlight at our booth and create a high level of interest among label converters that are looking for an industrial scale digital press solution.”

A global manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, Durst is a family company with an 80-year history.

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Quadtech to present Colour Management solutions at Labelexpo Europe 2017 Live demonstrations of ColorTrack, QuadTech’s latest colour workflow solution for packaging printers.

QuadTech’s extensive range of colour management and defect management solutions will be the company’s focus at this year’s Labelexpo Europe (September 25-28) at Brussels. Alongside the highlighted product portfolio, which is designed to ensure consistently high colour quality, significantly lower production times, reduced waste and increased profits, visitors to the QuadTech stand will see live demonstrations of ColorTrack, QuadTech’s latest colour workflow solution for packaging printers.

According to QuadTech President Karl Fritchen, “We have demonstrated our colour management technology at a number of key events this year already and the feedback we have received from packaging converters has been phenomenal. We knew from the reaction at drupa the potential impact ColorTrack and DeltaCam could have on the industry, and we’re delighted to hear such positive feedback directly from the market. Since last summer our developers and engineers have continued to develop the products. We look forward to demonstrating at LabelExpo just how these colour breakthroughs will further improve the way printers manage colour quality and allow them to take better control of their print production.”

QuadTech Solutions for Packaging Among the innovations featured at the show is QuadTech’s Color Measurement with DeltaCam, launched at last year’s drupa.

The system makes advanced, inline spectral measurement affordable to individual packaging print houses. For about half the

cost of other inline systems, package printers can utilize accurate, automated L*a*b* measurement on film, paper or board— ensuring that all printed product is within their customers’ colour specifications. The M1, M0, ISO compliant technology enables printers to reduce time and waste while confidently maintaining colour throughout the roll—without the need to wait for a roll change to measure with a handheld device.

ColorTrack, a unique new colour management software for flexo and gravure packaging applications, is an industry-first highly adaptive “colour expert in a box” solution for packaging printers. With a variety of options for hand-held and inline configurations, the software facilitates fast, accurate press-side correction of ink formulations. Without any hardware modifications to the press, ColorTrack automates the process of delivering absolute consistency from press-to-press, shift-toshift, and plant-to-plant.

Seven “Color Management Breakthroughs” The live ColorTrack demonstrations will be used to showcase QuadTech’s seven “colour management breakthrough” technologies.

These worldwide firsts include: • Pre-Laminate/Post-Laminate Color Support • ColorTrack Press-Side Recipe Correction Module

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Ink strength/Anilox Color Correction Spot Color Tone Value Calculation to ISO 20654 Enhanced Color Measurement through Strip Scanning Simplified Ink Quantity Tracking via Patented “Virtual Scales” Complete, Simplified Workflow

Also featured will be QuadTech’s Color Control with SpectralCam, which compares colour accuracy to desired targets – inline, during the print run – and detects any variation. If any problems are found, the system automatically corrects the problem without the need for operator intervention.

The SpectralCam camera uses 31-bin spectrophotometer technology to measure spectral response and calculates accurate L*a*b*, ΔE and ΔDensity values at maximum press speeds.

Recent success for the QuadTech’s Color Control with SpectralCam includes French printing house Imprimerie Bidoit. Director Sébastien Garaboeuf comments: “Now our colours are consistent from the beginning to end of the print run. We are achieving higher quality with less waste on a variety of labels and substrates. Not only has this automation given us advantage over the competition, but it shows customers and new prospects that we are a company committed to absolute colour consistency.”

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Esko organizes Flexible Packaging Honours Class for international young graduates The 3rd edition of the course took place from June 19th until June 30th, at Esko’s headquarter offices in Ghent, Belgium.

Esko recently hosted the Flexible Packaging Honours Class, an initiative of the Graphical and Digital Media department of the Artevelde University College Ghent. Intended for ambitious and talented students at the top of their university class, this two-week program focuses on the production of flexible packaging, including design, prepress, file handling and plate making operations.

Jan De Roeck, Director Solutions Management at Esko explains: “The flexible packaging market is a continuously growing segment in the graphic arts industry. We are honoured to support educational institutes by facilitating comprehensive flexo prepress and platemaking training programs. As leaders in the packaging industry, our investment in education will help promote the future of flexible packaging, create enthusiasm and passion for the industry, and give young graduates an increased opportunity to find jobs as they begin their professional careers.”

A practical, hands-on agenda The Honours Class enriches the formal university education with flexible packaging prepress skills and knowledge. Using Esko Software Platform, students get intimately acquainted with each step of the workflow, including: • Design and artwork creation • Virtual 3D prototyping • Prepress workflow automation, colour management and proofing • Supply chain collaboration, reviewing and approvals • Flexo plate making • Digital cutting of mock-ups The training program is complemented by three Esko customer visits to demonstrate the reality of production. The 2017 Class had the opportunity to visit a label, shrinksleeve and small format flexible packaging converter (St-Luc labels & packaging in Nazareth), a wide format flexible packaging converter (Segers & Balcaen in Liedekerke), and a flexible packaging service provider and trade

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shop (Athena Graphics in Roeselare).

At the end of the training, students receive a certificate of participation, a valuable advantage when applying for a job in this sector. In some countries, students can also receive training credits by attending the Honours Class.

An international experience The Arteveldehogeschool has opened the Honours Class to its educational partners from abroad, bringing peer-to-peer learning and exchange of best practices to an international level. The 2017 Class had the pleasure of welcoming students from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, Linköping University in Sweden, and both Seneca College and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.

Students in the academic year prior to graduation are welcome to apply for one of

the 20 Honours Class seats. To be accepted, students must have a mastery of Adobe Creative Suite applications and a general understanding of prepress production steps, processes, and functions. Students who are approved for the program will be invited to complete and submit preparatory work in order to fully prepare for the program.

Luc Berth, lector at the Arteveldehogeschool and mentor of the Honours Class concludes: “The Honours Class 2017 has ticked all the boxes: the students have deepened competences relevant for a competitive and rewarding career in the packaging industry. They learned how to cooperate in an international context and have exchanged knowledge and best practices in an open and friendly atmosphere. The Honours Class is a great platform for both technical as well as cultural and social experiencebased learning for our young and ambitious students.”

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TrojanLabel and Nilpeter form international collaboration The Danish manufacturer of digital inkjet label printing machines, TrojanLabel, and Nilpeter A/S have established an international agreement for distribution of the Trojan2 digital label press.

The agreement covers the specific markets of Nilpeter USA Inc., Nilpeter do Brasil, Nilpeter Asia Pacific, and Nilpeter Ltd. in the UK and Ireland.

“From the get-go, it has been Nilpeter’s strategy to offer a wide range of digital solutions with our PANORAMA productline and the products from TrojanLabel fit perfectly into this equation,” says Jakob Landberg, Sales & Marketing Director at Nilpeter A/S. “We are very excited because we now cover a larger market with quality products which is what converters expect from Nilpeter.”

The Trojan2 is a mini digital label press that

can propel converters into the world of digital labels. As such, it supplements Nilpeter’s PANORAMA product-line of hybrid solutions.

TrojanLabel has grown rapidly to become one of the leading manufacturers in the digital colour label printer market and has now become a part of AstroNova inc.

“We consider this collaboration to be a significant, strategic partnership which will further accelerate our leadership position of several hundred Trojan installations in this market “, says Mikkel Wichmann, Managing Director of TrojanLabel. “With Nilpeter as a global partner, we will be able to get closer to our customers, provide strong backup, and further enhance our successful distribution channels.”

Bobst Labelexpo preview: Taking innovation to the next level Visitors at BOBST stand at Labelexpo Europe exhibition will experience the technology of tomorrow.

At LabelExpo Europe, Bobst stand will feature equipment in operation, exciting presentations and connectivity displays.

As many as three narrow- mid-web in line UV flexo printing presses will be in demonstration: the M5X, the M1 and the M6 lines, all in their latest configuration and fitted with enhanced features, will print and convert “live” label and flexible packaging production.

fed solutions BOBST offers in the different segments of the label industry. These include the latest developments in CI flexo, gravure printing and lamination, which are especially suited for customers looking for efficiency in short run production. In addition, visitors can hear more about the BOBST range of silicone, adhesive and pre-/post- metallizing coating lines and vacuum metallizing solutions, including the new K5 EXPERT and

AluBond process for high adhesion.

“Alongside all this technology, BOBST can offer preventive maintenance and service packages that help the equipment to deliver extraordinary levels of performance at all times. During the show some of the latest connected services will be demonstrated,” said Cardinotti.

As well as the inline flexo presses showing incremental innovations to continuously increase the equipment performance, BOBST also has a brand new development in store.

“It relates to packaging and we are keeping it under wraps,” jokes Matteo Cardinotti, Managing Director of Bobst Firenze and Head of Narrow & mid-web multi-process Product Line. “But mum’s the word until Labelexpo, when all will be unveiled during a dedicated event that will take place on the BOBST stand on the evening of the first show day, on 25th of September.”

Visitors to the stand will also learn about the very wide and comprehensive range of web-

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Merck opens new application laboratory in Shanghai With the expansion of the TANC in Shanghai, Merck can meet the growing number of customer requests for close collaboration and technical consultation.

Merck, a science and technology company, has opened its new application laboratory for the Performance Materials business sector in Shanghai, China. The expanded Technology Application Network China (TANC) underscores the company’s strong position in pigments and functional materials.

It also marks the continuation of a 20-year commitment of supplying materials and application technology services to China and Southeast Asia for products that make people’s lives better and more beautiful.

The new, expanded application laboratory at the Jinqiao site in Shanghai’s Pudong district is the first application laboratory in China that Merck launched to deliver comprehensive, customized services for its quality products and to seek and foster creative collaboration with customers for new applications and formulations. This collaboration began in 1998 with the opening of the first site at Fudan University in Shanghai, based on the example of the Merck Customer Support Center. The TANC initially focused on print applications, with three expansions over the years leading to additional application fields – ranging from plastics, coating, and cosmetic applications, to dispersion paints and powder coating technologies, to quality control and cosmetic testing. China is one of the fastest-growing markets for Merck’s pigments and cosmetics businesses. Many of China’s most popular and best-known brand manufacturers rely on pigments and functional materials from Merck and tap into the TANC when developing new products.

The underlying TAN (Technology Application Network) is a global unit with more than 100 employees in central competence centers that provide the market regions with technical consultation and access to application technology laboratories. Within seconds, information is transmitted from one site to another via a global network, allowing the sites to benefit from each other.

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product portfolio of pigments and functional materials and especially on how to integrate these products in new technologies. This includes the use of pigments in hightemperature ceramics, RGB printing, and waterborne coatings or the application of polysilazanes. In addition, more and more customers are expressing a wish for local training. It thus made sense to establish a customer experience center for workshops in a creative environment and with good connections to a lab.

The TANC’s core tasks are to evaluate R&D materials according to customer specification, develop demo tools and steer their production, scientifically support products with lectures and publications, provide training for employees and customers, and perform supportive work for quality control and production. “The new TANC boosts our capabilities for supporting China and the surrounding region,” said Friedhelm Felten, Executive Vice President and Head of Pigments & Functional Materials, about the latest visible signs of continuous investments by Merck in China over many years. “We’re pleased that we can now offer our Chinese customers even more capacities to make their customers’ colour dreams come true – from automotive coatings to printing, architecture, and cosmetics. Furthermore, we’re expanding their possibilities by providing technical

services for functional materials, such as for laser marking or security applications.”

This reflects Merck’s customer-centric approach of not only developing high-quality raw materials for innovative products in line with market requirements and making them available to its partners, but also delivering the related innovative technologies and applications.

Merck is one of the world’s leading suppliers of effect pigments for the coating, plastics, printing, cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Effect pigments underscore the emotional impact of colour and are an important design element when surfaces with special impressions or qualities are created. Application possibilities range from cars to packaging and high-tech products up to building facades. In addition to decorative effect pigments, Merck offers functional pigments and additives that offer practical advantages and specific additional benefits for coating manufacturers and those active in the plastics and printing industries.

With inventiveness, expertise, and specialty chemicals, Merck develops valuable functional future-oriented solutions – from perfect surfaces and control of conductivity to authentication of products. Besides this, Merck also offers cosmetics manufacturers functional solutions for skin care and protection.

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‘Touch by hand the real technology’ proves success formula at OMET Melbourne Open House.

The latest event was organized in Australia on the occasion of PacPrint 2017. The main attraction was OMET XFlex X4 440 recently installed at one of Melbourne’s leading converters.

OMET participated to PacPrint trade fair held in Melbourne from 23 to 26 May 2017 at the Convention & Exhibition Centre, with a dedicated area inside the booth of Currie Group, OMET local distributor.

Claudio Piredda, OMET Area Manager explains: “Instead of bringing the machine to the exhibition, we decided to have it displayed in a working space. Thus, we organized an Open House at United Labels’ premises, only 20 minutes away from the exhibition centre, as we did four years ago during the 2013 edition, when the same client had its first OMET XFlex X4 370 installed” The attendance was impressive: a great number of people,most of them potential customers, had the possibility to see with their own eyes the potentialities of OMET presses in their proper environment and talk

to prepared technicians and sales people.

Mr. Piredda continues: “We carried out several different jobs both on the new press and on the one installed in 2012.

All the attendees were satisfied with the demonstrations: they realized the real advantages of OMET technology in terms of set-up time, waste reduction and cost saving.

After a short break, all the visitors were driven back to the exhibition centre. We are glad to notice once again that this special format

was a huge success and we are very happy with the extremely positive feedback.

Monotech Systems - Grafisk Maskinfabrik tie up Monotech Systems has tied up with Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM) Denmark for their full colour digital label production press. As per the association GM will be providing very high quality converting line for labels which will be integrated with ColorNovo UV Inkjet by Monotech Systems.

Monotech Systems manufactures high speed inkjet printing systems under their brand JETSCI and has a large footprint of Industrial Inkjet Systems with over 100+ installations globally. Recently, Monotech Systems Limited has introduced ColorNovo hybrid UV inkjet system for digital label production designed and developed in India.

ColorNovo UV inkjet is available in CMYK+ White colours and print at a speed of 70min/m at a resolution of 600X600 DPI. GM machine includes fully servo driven converting line with corona, registered flexo, cold foil lamination, die cut, slitting, and dual rewinding, all processes will be in line to the ColorNovo UV (CMYK+W) inkjet.

Digital equipment. We are sure that with our partnership with GM, we shall deliver the best Digital Label production system to the Industry in terms of investment, reliability, quality and fastest ROI.”

T.P. Jain – Managing Director MSL says, “This was critical to find and get a highly stable, reliable converting line which can be easily adaptable to our inkjet digital platform. We are really excited to see the great performance of the GM machine and appreciate their vast experience in integrating

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Cosmo Films to showcase speciality PSA Labeling Films at LabelExpo Cosmo Films would be showcasing its speciality PSA labeling products at the upcoming four days long Labelexpo Europe beginning 25th September 2017 at Brussels Expo, Belgium.

The speciality portfolio would include specialized films for PS self-adhesive labeling as well as direct thermal printable top coated films and universal printable synthetic paper for labeling applications.

These products have been detailed out as follows:

Universal Printable Coated BOPP Label Facestock Films: These films which go in for label facestock applications are available in transparent, white and metalized varieties (both coated and uncoated options). The films are compatible with UV, water based and solvent based ink systems and deliver spectacular print performance across wide variety of printing processes which include flexography, gravure, letterpress, offset, screen, thermal

transfer and HP Indigo digital. The films also offer high stiffness for conversion and dispensing.

Label over Lamination Films: Standard over Lamination Films• Gloss and Matte - The Company offers both transparent gloss and matte films for over laminating PS labels for print protection.

Premium Label over Lamination Films • Velvet Film- Engineered on a special matte base, the film is used for over lamination of labels. This film offers rich velvet finish to the printed labels.

• Scuff Free Matte Film- This over lamination film for labels provides excellent scuff/ scratch resistance which

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could develop during transportation and handling of the pack.

Black Velvet Films- Recently launched black velvet film offers an intense black colour along with a velvet touch to the package thereby enhancing overall aesthetics.

Direct Thermal Printable films: The Company’s just launched top coated direct thermal printable film which goes in for all information, track & trace labeling applications. The product is water and solvent resistant, has matte paper like appearance and can endure temperature range of -20 to 70 degrees. The product is available in 60/75/87/100 microns. A high temperature variety which can endure temperatures of -20 to 130 degrees has also been launched. This variety is mainly used for carcass tagging and deep freeze labeling.

Economic non top coated variety is also available.

Universal Printable Synthetic Paper: It is a white opaque polypropylene based film which resembles paper in appearance.

The film is printable with most available printing technologies which include wet & UV offset, wet & UV flexo, letterpress, screen, thermal transfer and most of the digital toner technologies. It is a replacement of paper in applications where durability and longevity is desired. It is non-tearable, has moisture & chemical resistance and excellent lay flatness. The versatility of synthetic paper is reflected in the vast number of applications where it can be used which includes labeling in retail environment, outdoors as well. The product is available both in sheet and rolls format from 75 to 430 microns.

Visitors can experience these products and their applications at Cosmo Films stand no.

3C70, Hall no.3 at LabelExpo.

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Esko to bring efficiencies in end-to-end label workflow at Labelexpo To demonstrate how its innovations bring efficiency in each of the workflow steps of a prepress and flexo platemaking operation.

Esko will showcase many innovative prepress solutions for brand owners and label converters at Labelexpo Europe 2017 in Brussels. These solutions will address various business challenges of brand owners as well as converters across the end-to-end label workflow.

“On stand 3C50, visitors will see solutions that simplify many steps in the process of label production throughout each stage of the workflow,” said Udo Panenka, President of Esko. “Our range of solutions shortens the lead time by cutting time out of processes, reducing the risk for errors and assuring high consistent output quality.”

Labels Simplified — Innovations that help overcome growing complexity Brand owners require a higher number of different print-runs produced faster to even “just in time” in lower quantities. Converters need to respond to these requirements with a more efficient and integrated production workflow that can involve a mix of print environments.

For label and packaging converters, Esko solutions are designed to improve lead-time and equipment utilization, reduce errors, and assure high consistent output quality. The result is an overall improved efficiency of the entire operation, from incoming order to the

delivery of the printed and finished materials.

At Labelexpo Europe, Esko will demonstrate how its innovations bring efficiency in each of the workflow steps of a prepress and flexo platemaking operation. Key workflow steps of focus are: • Project management: Manage assets, approvals and projects from the initial concept to print-ready design, and connect ERP/MIS systems to workflow for smooth throughput and single data entry.

• Design: Hyper-realistic 3D mockups for presentation, proofing and QA. • Prepress editing: Intuitive PDF editing with packaging-specific preflight functionality.

• Workflow: Easy to set up preconfigured workflows boost prepress throughput and automate quality assurance.

• Colour and Printing: Colour management supporting all printing processes and ink sets, even in mixed environments. X-Rite, a Danaher partner company, will be co-exhibiting with Esko at the show.

• Flexo platemaking: An innovative, streamlined, automated and coordinated platemaking process with guaranteed quality and consistency.

As previously announced, two new Esko turnkey workflow solutions will be publicly unveiled at Labelexpo Europe 2017:

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WebCenter Essentials for Labels: a turnkey project management bundle for label production Automation Engine Essentials for Labels: a turnkey workflow bundle for label prepress workflow automation

Esko joins forces with key industry suppliers New to Labelexpo Europe is the Automation Arena, held in collaboration with Cerm, Esko, Xeikon, MPS, Kocher + Beck, AVT, Rotocontrol, Matho and Wasberger, featuring two automated press lines for digital and conventional label production from job creation through prepress, printing, finishing and invoicing. The Esko software platform with a focus on cost control and productivity optimization, will show support of an endto-end label workflow with hyper realistic 3D viewing, web collaboration, PDF editing, content management, and quality assurance tools.

Esko is also teaming up with the widest range of industry partners ever at Labelexpo Europe 2017, ranging from digital printing, ERP/MIS integration and colour management to flexo platemaking. Worldwide Esko sales and support experts will also be present to handle all enquiries.

Panenka concluded, “Our presence across the Labelexpo floor clearly demonstrates how Esko’s end-to end prepress solutions are essential to the future of the industry.”

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LabelExpo Europe focuses on learning and skills 3 training programs to impart technical printing knowledge to print professionals and brand owners.

Labelexpo Europe 2017 will be hosting two educational master classes and a workshop in conjunction with the Label Academy, the labeling industry’s training and certification program. Focusing on MIS & workflow automation, shrink sleeve technology and inks, coatings and varnishes, the three training programs are aimed at print professionals and brand owners looking to enhance and further their technical printing knowledge.

Led by Mike Fairley, founder of the Label Academy, the MIS and Automation Workflow master class will be held on 26 September and feature presentations by sector experts from AVT, Cerm, EFI Radius, Esko, Label Traxx, OPM Group and Tharstern. Attendees will learn how a joined-up approach to electronically managing an efficient and profitable twenty-first century operation is able to offer an integrated management information solution. Providing both day-today problem solving and long-term strategic decision making, it will look at: fast accurate estimating, procurement, production planning and scheduling, workflow automation, asset data collection and post data analysis.

Running on 27 September, those signed up for the Shrink Sleeve Technology master class will hear about the latest in the area’s technology, markets and applications.

Attendees will gain a clear understanding of design and origination requirements; find out about suitable shrinkable films; review the different printing processes and how to select them; gain an appreciation of the latest converting technologies and specialized applications and also find out about sleeve performance and quality, including troubleshooting and fault finding.

Also headed up by Mike Fairley, there will also be presentations from Accraply, Esko, Flint Group and Klöckner Pentaplast.

Places are limited for both master classes which cost euro 636 and are five-hours long.

The price includes the master class as well as a copy of the associated text book and an opportunity to take an online exam afterwards to earn a Label Academy certificate.

Scheduled for 27 September, the inaugural Inks, Coatings and Varnishes workshop will

show how inks, top and barrier coatings, primers and varnishes are being adapted and applied to modern narrow web converting operations using technologies such as flexo and offset. Workshop delegates will get an insight into how ink components interact with drying and curing technologies.

Current legislation, including ink migration, will also be addressed, along with how to establish adhesion testing and quality assurance procedures.

The four-hour workshop costs €535 and will be presented by leading experts from the field of ink and coating technology with contributors from Flint Group, GSE Dispensing, Pulse Roll Label Products, RK PrintCoat Instruments, Siegwerk and Sun Chemical.

Jade Grace, Labelexpo Europe’s project director says: “The Label Academy classes are a very effective way of unlocking and topping up industry knowledge. This year’s topics are very relevant to current industry trends and attendees will benefit from extending their technical and practical knowledge and build their confidence in understanding how the label and package printing sector works.”

The Academy is the global training and certification program for the label and package printing industry and is supported

by FINAT, the TLMI and LMAI. Consisting of a series of self-study modules, combining free access to a detailed synopsis, relevant articles and videos with paid-for text books, the Academy is sponsored by Cerm, Flint Group, Gallus, MPS, Taghleef Industries (Ti) and UPM Raflatac.

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India’s first multifunction cutting table at Delhi based signage and display firm Colour Mate Digital adds 3.2-meter Esko Kongsberg C60 for efficiency and diversification

Delhi-based signage and display firm Colour Mate Digital installed the Esko Kongsberg C60 3.2-meter digital cutting table in April 2017.

They are the first customer in India to purchase this wide Kongsberg multifunctional digital finishing table for signage, display graphics and packaging applications.

Colour Mate needed more speed and support for their diversification strategy into packaging applications, and the Kongsberg table was an ideal solution.

Colour Mate Digital partner Mr. Sandeep Bhutani states, “Our first Kongsberg table— an XN44 installed more than four years ago— has been a wonderful experience for us. As our market grew in volume and we achieved sophistication in design, we needed a faster and more versatile solution for finishing the output generated on our eight wide format inkjet printers. We evaluated our options, and without hesitation chose the Esko Kongsberg C60 digital cutting table. A huge benefit is its ability to cut vinyl sign boards, ECP, Sunpack foam board sheets, soft textiles, flex, PVC and several other substrates of varying thickness and density.”

Mr. Bhutani adds, “The signage and display market in India is growing at a healthy rate of 22 to 25% annually.

Multinational corporations are investing heavily in India for brand-building activities, and this is quite encouraging for digital printing operations like us.” Colour Mate Digital has kept pace with the industry growth; the company has a 10,000-square-foot plant and 40 employees. It produces POP displays, signage, banners and billboards for a broad range of clients including advertising agencies, stand builders and architects. Mr. Bhutani is very optimistic about the company’s future potential for growth since POP signage and displays are an extremely efficient way for consumer product and service companies to target specific audiences.

The new Kongsberg C60 at Colour Mate Digital with automation features, including a roll feeder and conveyor, has increased the company’s daily finishing and converting capacity from 100 to 500 sheets. With

the C60’s special knives, router tools and automation, 95% of the materials used for wide format signage and POP displays can be converted with high accuracy quickly.

Future Ready Colour Mate Digital has plans to further enhance its operation by adding Esko’s ArtiosCAD structural design software for corrugated, folding carton, POP, POS, and free standing displays. “The addition of ArtiosCAD will make us future-ready as well as help us design more complicated designs with greater ease and precision,” Mr. Bhutani adds. “It also helps that Esko’s experienced team in India is always ready to help us with its domain expertise and handholding when needed.”

Always pleased by the success of his customers, Mr. Karan Talwar, Esko India sales leader for North and East India and Bangladesh, takes special joy in helping early adopters. Mr. Talwar says, “Colour Mate Digital has always been a pioneer in adopting the latest and best technology available for the sign and display graphics industry. As an early adopter of digital finishing technology with a Kongsberg XN44 cutting table in 2012, Colour Mate was able to innovate, diversify and grow its business. As one of the earliest wide format and digital inkjet print bureaus to foresee the advantages that high-end digital finishing solutions brought to digital printing, it’s a pleasure to see the company notch up another first for the Indian sign and display graphics industry.”

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SPGPrints expands inkjet ink production capacity The strategic tie up will enable Konica Minolta to expand its product portfolio in India by adding KIP brand products.

SPGPrints strengthens its commitment to the textile printing industry by doubling the size of its digital ink production facility at its Boxmeer, Netherlands, headquarters for the second time in two years. Scheduled to open in the final quarter of 2017, the expanded 1000m2 production facility is part of an €8 million capital investment programme. This will also include the building of the new Experience Center, dedicated to driving innovation in digital textile printing.

“SPGPrints’ new digital ink production facility in Boxmeer

A global producer of digital textile printing systems, the company manufactures reactive, acid, disperse and sublimation inks for use with digital inkjet printers, covering the full range of textile applications.

The expanded facility is in close proximity to both SPGPrints’ research and development laboratories, and the corporate headquarters so that communication chains are short and decisions can be made quickly. When the facility is completed, at least ten new positions per shift will be created, providing an employment boost for the local economy.

The investment in the ink plant expansion is another step towards SPGPrints’ goal

of making digital the mainstream printing technology for textile applications.

“The combination of research and development, print head expertise, close relations with print head suppliers, and our ink manufacturing capability gives SPGPrints a unique position in the textile market,” said Jos Notermans, commercial manager digital textiles at SPGPrints. “The increase in the volume of our ink production means that we will continue to be able to serve the

SPAI - FESPA Awards Screen Printers’ Association of India (SPAI) has announced its mega event “SPAI-FESPA Awards 2017” which is scheduled on 14th September 2017 at Holiday Inn Resort, Goa. Participants can send in their entries to the SPAI-FESPA award competition before 20th August 2017.

There will be international printing experts coming to India to judge the best entries and select for awards.

The Award Nite is scheduled to be held at Holiday Inn Resort, Mobor Beach, Cavelossim, Goa on 14th September 2017.

Senders of entries will also be entitled for 1 night stay including, lunch, cocktail & dinner at the GALA NITE plus pick up and drop from GOA airport or Madgaon Railway Station.

This is a great opportunity for all printers to NETWORK with industry experts / manufacturers / suppliers / consultants and other printers. The Awards Gala Nite will be packed with lots of fun and entertainment programs. All entries will be displayed at the SPAI-FESPA Awards Gala Nite in Goa.

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expanding digital textile printing market that we have helped to build over the last three decades.

“The global retail markets are now in a position to take advantage of the benefits of digital printing as it moves into the mainstream as a production method,” he said. “SPGPrints will ensure that printers and inks are available to allow our customers to ride the digital wave.”

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Konica Minolta joins hands with Reprographics India The strategic tie up will enable Konica Minolta to expand its product portfolio in India by adding KIP brand products.

Konica Minolta has joined hands with Reprographics India and partnered in the country to sell KIP brand products and its services. Under the partnership, Konica Minolta will leverage its vast network in India in copy shop segments where R.I. is not present to offer a host of KIP products including plotters (both monochrome and colour), folding machines, digitizing software’s etc.

The KIP machines will also be available for display at Konica Minolta’s DIS office at Huda City Centre, Gurgaon. Under the agreement Konica Minolta shall provide the Sales and Service of the machines to its customers.

Konica Minolta has a long relationship with KIP on a worldwide basis and is selling the KIP products in various countries.

Sharing his delight on the new partnership, Mr Daisuke Mori, MD, Konica Minolta India said, ‘’The addition of KIP solutions to our product portfolio will further strengthen our position in transforming India’s printing segment. We have more than 2000 Production Printing customers and with this partnership we intend to strengthen our relationship with the customers by offering more products & solutions to cater to their needs.”

Reprographics India was incepted in the year 1976 and rolled out its operations in the city of Hardwaras ancillary to BHEL, manufacturing Ammonia, Semi Dry Paper, Zinc Oxide Microfilm Reader Printer Paper and Dielectric Plotter Paper as Ancillary.

The company has since then expanded into offering diverse IT solutions in the domains of Microfilm Scanners, Plotters,

Scanners, Book Scanners, Engineering copiers and application software in the field of image editing, document management, archiving and indexing. The company is also manufacturing A0 size Flat Bed Scanners/ Paper Folding machines/ Multifunction systems using Ink Jet Printers. The company has in excess of 2000 installations with its presence through office in more than 20 major cities.

On this partnership Mr Deepak Khanna commented, “To expand our KIP products and its presence in Indian market, this tie up adds more customers by offering value propositions to existing base as well as help both of us to acquire new customer base.”

New Customer Waveform Tool saves time for OEMs Xaar has launched a new Customer Waveform Tool (CWT) to help its OEM customers deliver Xaar-enabled print systems highly tuned to customer applications. End users buying machines which have been developed using the CWT can expect to see a higher degree of print performance.

Furthermore, the new CWT will provide more development flexibility and decrease time-tomarket for OEMs developing new printers.

Waveforms are electrical drive signals which are applied to the channel walls inside a printhead to create a movement; this in turn produces the acoustic (pressure) waves used by most of Xaar’s printheads to eject the ink or fluid from the nozzles. The new Customer Waveform Tool enables Xaar’s customers to finely tune these electrical

drive signals in-house to produce the best possible jetting characteristics. OEMs using this tool will see their product development shorten as they will have more control over time needed for this aspect of the product development cycle. global OEM customer base.”

“This is an exciting development for Xaar and its OEM partners,” says Alan Mutch, Senior Product Manager at Xaar. “We are delighted to be able to respond to customer demand with the launch of the CWT. This tool helps our customers to leverage their own technical capabilities and address the needs of their own customers. It also helps them to bring their products to market more quickly. We are launching the CWT as part of our ongoing commitment to working more closely with, and delivering the very best service to, our

The new CWT is available to Xaar’s OEMs and Ink Partners at two levels - Authorised or Certified. Authorised practitioners can develop and test waveforms for internal use; Xaar will then approve them if external distribution is required. OEM and Ink Partners who meet certain technical criteria can become Certified practitioners, which means they are technically qualified to develop and distribute waveforms as well as delivering service level CWT support.

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ColorJet launches dye sublimation printer Aurajet at Gartex 2017 Aurajet can run low GSM paper starting from 45 GSM, brings down production cost, reduces ink usage and offers perfect colours.

India’s wide format digital printer manufacturer, ColorJet India launches the Aurajet dye sublimation printer at the technology trade show Gartex 2017, which runs from July 29-31, 2017.

with advanced feed and a take-up system for precise paper movement.

vibrant colours and also comes with new CB100 inks, for best results in sportswear, apparel and home furnishing applications.

The Aurajet is bundled with COLORGATE RIP to give

The Made-in-India Aurajet, which is running successfully in Australia, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia and other parts of world, is the perfect choice for dye sublimation users as it can easily run low GSM paper starting from 45 GSM which will help in reducing the cost by using less ink and offering perfect colours.

The sturdy industrial built of the Aurajet helps in ensuring that the machine runs for years and years, while achieving maximum speed of 34 sq. Metres/ hr, thereby providing huge production runs. It comes

Events Calendar WAN-IFRA India 2017

Pharmapack 2017

drupa 2020

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

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

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

Intelpack 2017

IPEX 2017

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

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

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PAMEX 2017

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

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

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