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Cover : “India’s first Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor Press at Prakash Offset at the recent Open House held at the company’s Kodialbail plant.”

Contents

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com)

FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.................................................................... 6

Esko Knowledge Base website has successful rollout..............44

Heidelberg showcases Anicolor capabilities at

New White Paper identifies 5 key trends for

Open House at Prakash Offset............................................................ 8

Packaging workflows of today ........................................................44

Glimpses of the Heidelberg Open House at Prakash...............12

Esko announces expansion in India Market .... office ..............45

Kaliswari lights up printing division with

CLP regulations fuel global demand for

Heidelberg solutions............................................................................16

peel and read varnish..........................................................................46

Seminar by All India Print-Tech Professionals Forum...............17

OMET’s ‘Open doors’ event attracts over

Commercial Printing. Competence. Network. 2014.................20

150 companies and sold 3 hybrid presses ..................................46

International Packaging & Supply Chain Conclave 2014........26

Flint Group Narrow Web commercializes a range of

CGS supports open standard to digitally exchange brand

EkoCure UV LED Coatings..................................................................47

colors with ORIS CxF Toolbox & ORIS CxF Designer . ...............28

Paper Bind to showcase PUR Binders at

Clariant inaugurates new India headquarters at Airoli............28

Dscoop Asia 2014..................................................................................47

Komori debuts new flagship Lithrone GX40 ..............................29

Esko displays its most versatile digital finishing

Heidelberg initiates next stage of Group’s reorganization ...30

solutions at Media Expo 2014, Delhi..............................................48

Entries now open for PrintWeek India Awards 2014 ...............31

BOBST mirrors its strong market position

Komori Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd........................................................31

with Interpack success .......................................................................49

Sergusa Solutions appointed Distributors for

Arrow Label Press 216 for on-demand short-run printing.....49

SolPrint PRINT MIS software..............................................................31

OMET’s ‘Open doors’ event attracts over

Installation of Sakurai Swing Cylinder

150 companies and sold 3 hybrid presses ..................................50

Type Screen Press by KK Enterprise................................................32

BST to fully acquire Eltromat.............................................................50

Newspapers and digital news products should develop

FINAT announces winners of first

designs tailored to content, news designers told.....................33

Recycling Awards Competition........................................................51

Dainik Bhaskar Digital launches moneybhaskar.com..............33

Second Soma Flexo Conference enjoys success .......................52

KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses . ......................................................34

Highcon adds labels to Euclid offering.........................................53

Monotech to introduce Highcon Euclid in India........................35

JETSCI industrial inkjet marks over

HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 Digital Presses debut at

10 installations across India...............................................................53

Dscoop Asia 2014..................................................................................36

Avery expands Craft Beer portfolio to help

The 34th FINAT Label Awards continue to excel........................38

brewers stand out in growing market...........................................54

Heidelberg invests in digital packaging printing......................39

EFI’s Packaging installed base shows sizable growth...............55

Esko releases Suite 14..........................................................................40

HP Latex 3000 Printer opens account with two

Monotech is Konica Minolta’s Best Partner of the Year ..........42

installations in India ............................................................................56

X-Rite brings manufacturing workflow innovations

Mimaki sets new trade show standards at

to the Indian auto industry . .............................................................43

FESPA Digital 2014................................................................................57

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

Networking/ Hardware Consultant Sukhdeep Singh USA Correspondents Tensi M., Preeti European Correspondent Rimi, Yadhu Morphine Production Thomas K Alex

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Heidelberg showcased Anicolor capabilities at the recent Open House at Prakash Offset. The one-day Open House at Prakash Offset highlighted the unique capabilities of India’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor along with Heidelberg’s press solutions, expertise and experience. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation of 50 Commercial and Digital Printers from across the country who experienced live machine demos, site visit to Prakash Offset’s unit two in Baikampadi industrial area and technical presentations from Heidelberg’s knowledge experts. What impressed the participants was the machine delivering five jobs in thirty-five minutes – including make-ready and changeover times. The machine can execute incredible 40 jobs in a typical eight-hour day shift – irrespective of sheet size or substrate. The complete details are wrapped up in the cover story of this issue.

Another key Heidelberg story is of Kaliswari which has lighted up its printing division with Heidelberg solutions. The Sivakasi’s Kaliswari Group has recently invested in Heidelberg Pro C 751 Digital Press & Polar N 115 Plus Cutter. “The Heidelberg Pro C 751 is the latest jewel in our crown. Easy to use, it offers an exceptional range of functions and outstanding print quality,” says an engthusiastic A. P. Selvarajan, Director, Kaliswari, Manufacturer of well-established and reputed “Cock” brand of fireworks. The fireworks major has an in-house printing division to cater to the labeling and packaging of Fireworks. The division is complemented by the Heidelberg Pro C 751 and also 20% productivity boost by Polar N 115 plus.

The year has been very happening for the Heidelberg Group which plans sustained profitability in the years ahead by expanding growth segments, implementing portfolio measures and introducing structural cost projects. It aims to achieve an EBITDA margin of no less than 8 percent by financial year 2015/2016. Heidelberg has invested in digital packaging printing – with full acquisition of Gallus Holding AG, Switzerland.

Other important events include The International Packaging & Supply Chain Conclave 2014 held in Delhi, Pragati Maidan Conference Centre between June 11 and 12, 2014. This Conclave was organized to put together a knowledge based discussion on the role of packaging design in efficient end-of-line and supply chain operations. Knowledge experts from various facets of the industry participated – among which are names from: ITC, Nestle, Coke, GSK, BaristaLavazza,Cadbury-Mondolez, Oriflame, Home TV 18, Organics India, Adani, Esko, Omron, Mamata, UFlex, Weldon Celloplast, Kumar Printers and more.

Important installations include the Sakurai Swing Cylinder Type Screen Press by KK Enterprise from Kunal Enterprise. The Mumbai based KK Enterprise is a new entrant in this segment and the newly installed machine is a 28”x40” Printing machine which is complemented by Screen Pre Press from Unitech and Dryers from Unique UV at the facility.

Kodak has taken another leap in digital colour print with the introduction of the KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses. The PROSPER 6000 Presses are a completely new product offering with new innovations in transport, drying, and writing systems, combined with advanced press management technology.

These enhancements will empower customers in the book, commercial print and newspaper businesses as well as print service providers of data-driven print applications such as direct mail and transaction with tools for success.

Esko has released Suite 14 – major software release of the next-generation productivity suite for packaging preproduction and Management. It has also announced the successful implementation of its on-line Knowledge Base system. This system, part of a complete Esko help center available at http://help. esko.com/, is a digital platform for customer support self-service. It is accessible for Esko users worldwide and can be navigated in a number of languages.

The company has announced expansion in India Market with new office by opening up a new facility in the Mumbai region. Find all this and much more in the current June Issue of PRESSIdeas.

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Heidelberg showcases Anicolor capabilities at Open House at Prakash Offset One-day Open House at Prakash Offset highlights the unique capabilities of India’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor along with Heidelberg’s press solutions, expertise and experience.

On June 21, Heidelberg India hosted an Open House, showcasing the country’s first Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor press installed at Prakash Offset. The launch function included a factory visit to Prakash Offset Printers’ facility in the outskirts of Mangalore city, followed by a presentation by Heidelberg executives titled “Discover how Anicolor technology can help your business grow”.

Heidelberg’s relationship with Prakash Offset spans over two decades, ever since the print shop installed its first Heidelberg machine in 1983. Today, the firm houses eight Heidelberg presses, including the latest feather in its cap – the Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor – which was added in early 2014.

Amazing 5 jobs in 35 minutes!

The one-day open house witnessed enthusiastic participation from 50 Commercial and Digital Printers across the country. The event included live machine demos, site visits to Prakash Offset’s unit two in Baikampadi industrial area and technical presentations from Heidelberg’s knowledge experts.

Under the guidance of Saseendran Baskaran, Heidelberg’s Product Manager – Press Solutions, Prakash Offset’s operator printed five jobs, each of 125 sheets, in thirty-five minutes. This included make-ready and changeover times. Interestingly, each job varied from the other in terms of artwork, paper density and type of substrate used. A variety of substrates were used, including 170 GSM art paper, 300 GSM art card, 250 GSM Natural Evolution paper and 300 GSM textured paper. Despite that, the changeover time was less than seven minutes, even for jobs with heavy ink coverage.

This latest technology press from Heidelberg is

best suited for high quality, short run print jobs says Mr.Ravi Nayak, MD of Prakash Offset. This press eliminates “make ready time” and thus helps in increasing throughput and instant delivery. It can print on any substrate from 0.6 to 300 gsm and can print six jobs of 1000 impressions in ten minutes. The consistency in the printed output is excellent and even the first printout is saleable. It costs around Rs.1800/- for 1000 impressions he adds.

Prakash Offset’s PR Nayak appreciated the commitment and dedicated support from the Heidelberg India team led by General Manager, Peter Rego. On the recent Anicolor installation, Anand Prabhu, Nayak’s nephew and a partner at the firm, said, “With short make-ready times and quick job execution, the new press would help the company to compete with digital printers. Installed in January 2014, the press has worked well, completing high quality short run print jobs quickly and efficiently.

Deliver 40 jobs per day on Anicolor The Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor is well-positioned to handle short-run print jobs, starting from as low as 100 sheets onwards. “In a shift of eight hours, the press delivers more than 40 jobs, irrespective of sheet size or substrate. That is incredible,” adds Anand Prabhu with a smile.

This is possible because of the Anicolor inking unit, which is a short zoneless inking unit with a

Key Notes : > Heidelberg hosts Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor Open House at Prakash Offset, Mangalore. > Five jobs in thirty-five minutes – including make-ready and changeover times. > Incredible 40 jobs in an eight-hour day shift – irrespective of sheet size or substrate.

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The Brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor at Prakash Offset

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Group of Printers attended the Open-house at Prakash Offset, with Mr. Anand Prabhu (in centre) and along with Heidelberg Team.

dampening system that facilitates quick and even inking. No tedious inking adjustments are required with the Anicolor, as it is extremely easy to operate.

Elaborating on the Anicolor technology, Udo Fiebiger, Regional Business Manager, Heidelberg Asia Pacific, stated, “Lot of thinking has gone into the Anilox inking system, which is why it uses a chamber doctor blade instead of a conventional roller train. The Anilox applies a metered, exact amount of ink on every revolution. The same ink consistency and top notch printing quality can be maintained for any run-length of the job. The temperature of anilox roller can be regulated in order to make any minor changes in the ink densities.”

He listed the various pre-press requirements for an Anicolor press. There is no presetting softwares involved and the zoneless inking unit is extremely easy to use. With full integration to the Prinect workflow, the Anicolor technology is ideally suited for Offset Printers with short run jobs as well as for Digital Printers. The higher version of the XL 75 Anicolor press is more suitable for Package printing.

In his presentation, Saseendran gave emphasis to the Return on Investment (ROI) competitive edge of the Anicolor press in terms of time-saved and performance.

On a final note, Indukalpa Saikia, Product Manager – Postpress Solutions, highlighted Heidelberg’s finishing solutions for short-run print products.

Mr.Udo Feibiger of Heidelberg, Bangkok listed the various milestones of the Anicolor press. Launched in IPEX 2006, more than 270 SX 52 machines and 1000 units of XL 75 model have been installed across the globe as on date. Easy changeover of jobs, 50% more press capacity, high degree of surface finishing, broad range of substrates, consistent inking giving 100% offset quality are some of its salient features. Explaining the technology, Udo Fiebiger says, “The cylinders are all the same diameter meaning there are no ghosting issues on the printed sheet. The temperature of anilox roller is regulated in order to make any minor density changes. Even very difficult jobs can be changed in less than seven minutes.”

While Sasseendran Baskaran spoke about

Unique 90:50:50 operating philosophy Ashokan Krishnamoorthy, Product Manager – Prepress Solutions, explained the 90:50:50 operating philosophy of Anicolor technology, “Anicolor reduces Paper wastage by 90% compared to machines with conventional inking units. This means 90% less makeready sheets. The anilox inking system eliminates the need to adjust the ink keys to match colours, implying 50% shorter makeready times. The above two features combined, enhance productivity by 50% or simply means 5 jobs printed within 35 minutes, as seen during the demo at Prakash Offset.”

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Mr. P.R. Nayak of Prakash Offset, sharing his experience with Printers during the Seminar

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Glimpses of the Heidelberg Open House at Prakash Offset...

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Saseendran Baskaran, Product Manager – Press Solutions, explaining with the printed sheets during demo.

cost savings with Anicolor technology, Mr.Ajit Kumar and Mr.Peter Rego spoke about the wide range of Heidelberg portfolio from prepress to postpress, thus offering one stop solution to their customers for all their printing needs. Heidelberg has a 50% market share of installed presses and 80% market share in perfecting technology, added Ajit Kumar. Speaking about the investment cost in Heidelberg technology, Peter Rego highlighted that though Heidelberg press cost 15% more, they give 25% more production than the competing presses. He also emphasized that when one invests in the only one complete solutions provider like Heidelberg, the profits are more. Indukalpa Salkia spoke on the postpress solutions offered by Heidelberg.

One of the participant printers at the Open

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House, Repro India’s Ganesh Khandare was impressed with the low footprint of Anicolor, and called it the key USP of the press.

With full preset and automation in terms of a fully automatic simultaneous plate change and format presetting, it’s basically a push button technology. It just needs to be backed up with a well-tuned pre-press with colour management and high-volume plate output capacity.

At the open house, the Heidelberg team described Anicolor as a solution for medium run commercial print jobs such as those with quantities ranging from 100 sheets and above.

In a nutshell, the one-day Anicolor open house served as a great platform to

showcase Heidelberg’s press solutions, expertise and experience…to foster existing client relationships and create the potential for new ones.

The second session of the open house was a visit to Prakash Offset’s second unit in Baikampadi industrial area. It houses eight Heidelberg’s including the Anicolor installed in January 2014 and a Xerox 1000 for short runs.

Prakash Offset installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 four-colour press and a Heidelberg Suprasetter 105 CTP two years ago in 2012. The CTP feeds the SM 102 and XL 75. The jobs include large-volume book printing applications and packaging jobs for beedi labels.

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Glimpses of the Heidelberg Open House at Prakash Offset

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Kaliswari lights up printing division with Heidelberg solutions It’s a Perfect Match for Sivakasi’s Kaliswari Group which recently invested in Heidelberg Pro C 751 Digital Press & Polar N 115 Plus Cutter.

Sivakasi’s Kaliswari Group, one of the leading manufacturers and global exporters of Fireworks, added sparkle to its in-house printing division, by recently investing in Heidelberg solutions.

Although Pyrotechnics is the primary business, the Kaliswari umbrella brings together other diverse business verticals, including educational institutions, Transport and Hotels. An in-house printing division caters to the labeling and packaging needs of the Group’s own Fireworks business.

From humble beginnings as a ‘Match factory’ founded by Shanmuga Nadar in 1923, the 90-year old company exploded into prominence and growth after expanding into fireworks. The Kaliswari group manufactures and sells fireworks under the wellestablished and reputed “Cock” brand. Today, the group of companies has 30 plus factories, employing nearly 9,000 staff.

“The Heidelberg Pro C 751 is the latest jewel in our crown. Easy to use, it offers an exceptional range of functions and outstanding print quality.” - A. P. Selvarajan, Director, Kaliswari

Key Notes : > Manufacturer of well-established and reputed “Cock” brand of fireworks. > An in-house printing division to cater to the labeling and packaging of Fireworks. > Up to 75 A4 ppm with Heidelberg Pro C 751 and 20% productivity boost by Polar N 115 plus.

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In a latest move, the Kaliswari Group has installed the Heidelberg Pro C 751 digital press for its internal applications. Ideal for cost-effective production on very short runs, the digital press can print up to 75 A4 pages/minute with paper density or grammages of up to 300 GSM. The oil-free PxP toner ensures optimum image quality of up to 4800 dpi resolution, which is close to results achieved with offset printers. The digital press can handle paper sizes between 3.94 × 5.51 inches and 13.00 × 19.20 inches.

Mr. A. P. Selvarajan, the Director of Kaliswari Group, is an ardent admirer of Heidelberg equipments. “We still have the original Heidelberg cylinder presses that were used during early days of operation. The equipments are in perfect working condition even today” he beams. “The Heidelberg Pro C 751 is the latest jewel in our crown. Easy to use, it offers an exceptional range of functions and outstanding print quality”.

Mr. Manoharan, Senior Manager of the Group nods in affirmation, before adding, “We use the Heidelberg Pro C 751 mostly for test-printing and sampling specialty paper and boards for packaging purposes.

The print matches offset quality. Also, it helps save considerable time and money that we would otherwise spend on outsourcing.”

Although it was started as an offshoot of the Fireworks division, the in-house printing unit at Kaliswari is well endowed with state-of-the-art equipments. Prepress facilities include CtP, multicolour offset presses and flexo printing presses, while the Postpress portfolio features Polar cutters, die-cutters and folder gluers.

In addition to the Pro C 751, the Kaliswari Group has also invested in a Heidelberg Polar N 115 plus cutting equipment. This programmable, high-speed cutter, which is used for cutting paper, cardstock, paper board, and plastic foils, comes with an 18.5 inches

colour display and touch screen operations to avoid errors in programming. The Polar N 115 plus offers shortest make-ready times, thanks to intuitive cutting programs.

The patented Direct Positioning System (DPS) of the Polar N 115 plus ensures mechanical positioning accuracy of 1/100 mm, thereby offering the greatest cutting accuracy. An added advantage is the nickelrefined, wider machine table that facilitates easy handling of sheets. The standard model has extensive features to boost productivity by up to 20%. Higher productivity can be achieved by additional, programmable functions.

“Life is a lot easier with the Polar N 115 plus,” quips Manoharan. “The Polar cutter reduces the time usually spent on labeling and smallsized packaging jobs.”

shifts to match packaging with production.

The print jobs involve specialized hot- and cold-foil embossing, and die-cut designs to make the packaging of these Pyro products more attractive. Both the press and cutter will come in handy, especially at the time.”

The senior manager expects the Heidelberg equipments to play a crucial role during Diwali season. “Fireworks production usually peaks before Diwali, when its boom time for business. The printing unit operates in all

Year after year, the Kaliswari Group focuses on churning out quality products with minimum risk to its 9,000 employees. As a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative, the Group has a tie-up with the

Indian Government’s Department of Science & Technology, to research the possibility of machine-made Fireworks in a bid to eliminate risks.

The Kaliswari Group is a happy customer and plans to shop again at Heidelberg.

“Heidelberg is a trusted brand worldwide and our experience with Heidelberg has been spectacular. With these equipment’s, the ROI is significant,” Selvarajan ends on an excited note.

Seminar by All India Print-Tech Professionals Forum On May 22, 2014 Final Year Students and staff members of The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), Kolkata attended the Seminar organized by All India Print-Tech Professionals Forum (AIPPF) in IPP premises.

of Packaging for inviting AIPPF for the presentation on Modern Printing Technology.

Mr. Swapan Kumar Bhattacharya discussed UV ink used in Packaging and described the merits and demerits of UV ink with the help The seminar was a part of an Awareness of a Power Point presentation. Mr.Simadri Programme in Printing. Mr. Sukamal Adhikari, Biswas, Lecturer of The Regional Institute of President of AIPPF delivered the inaugural Printing Technology, Jadavpur explained the speech. He expressed his gratitude to working on Flexography and Gravure Printing ALL INDIAofPRINT-TECH the Management the Indian Institute PROFESSIONALS during Packaging.FORUM He was assisted by Mr.

Gautam Das during his presentation. Mr. Manu Choudhury, Director of CDC Printers Pvt. Ltd. described Colour Management Theory and its application through the path right from the client’s need to the final printing.

The students of IIP had great experience learning from the seminar.

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Commercial Printing. Competence. Network. 2014 Hot-off-the-press topics for commercial printers at KBA in Radebeul Koenig & Bauer (KBA) welcomed over 250 print pundits from 22 countries to its sheetfed offset plant in Radebeul on 26 and 27 June. Under the banner “Commercial Printing. Competence. Network. 2014” the visitors were updated on the hottest topics regarding commercial printing. Following the two-day open house which focused on the latest trends in packaging printing in mid-May, this was the broadly based printing press manufacturer’s second, internationally acclaimed customer event of 2014. The first day was dedicated to theory. On the next day the participants were able to choose between various print demos which focused on perfecting, on-demand printing, mass production and finishing.

of versatility with the raft of different add-ons available. Along with standard materials (usually 0.06 to 0.6mm) they can handle thin substrates (from 0.04mm) up to heavy board, beer mat board or microflute (1.2 to 1.6mm).

Rapida components are even used by KBA MetalPrint in metal decorating systems.

Martin Wenk, executive board member of communication agency Jung von Matt/ Neckar in Stuttgart, held an inspiring keynote speech. In a creative and entertaining way he showed that in today’s media arena print and brand communication has to be surprising and convincing in order to be effective: “Good advertising works like this as well, just like the most successful idea ever – the Trojan horse. It comes nicely packed as a gift, but it is specifically designed for conquering.” Martin Wenk offered insights into a consumer society full of emotion and with the aid of specific examples showed just what really counts in advertising.

As flexible as an ant Ants are brought up to take on various roles, ranging from hunters, food gatherers and cultivators which look after fungi as a source of nutrition. They are all-rounders. KBA product manager Anja Hagedorn used the example of these versatile insects to address the topic of flexibility in printing. The Rapida sheetfed offset presses can achieve this level

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The KBA Rapidas can also be equipped for maximum flexibility for inline finishing. The RSP solutions from CITO open up numerous possibilities in terms of grooving, die-cutting and perforation. These can be implemented in the printing units and coater. Anja Hagedorn presented possible applications and compared these based on practical

criteria, such as the cost of die plates, flexibility, ease of operation, register accuracy and print-run stability.

Sensory effects make a printed product distinctive and prompt consumers to look at it, touch it or even smell it. Luxury finished printed matter in particular evokes such consumer reactions. One coater or a free-standing printing unit in connection with a coater are all that’s needed to create many finishing effects, such as drip-off, haptic qualities or fragrances. KBA has a wealth of experience in inline finishing and the company often sets new trends with its Rapidas. An example of this from shortly

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after the millennium was the hybrid printing method which simultaneously uses oil-based overprint varnish and UV coating for premium finished printed products.

As clever as an arctic fox Fellow KBA product marketing representative Jens Baumann focused his presentation on the topic of performance in commercial printing. He looked at far more than just speed. Perfection when turning the sheet, fast job changes and quick finishing with effective drying all at the lowest possible costs contribute to performance in commercial printing. The Rapida commercial presses are designed specifically for this with features ranging from fast perfecting at speeds of up to 18,000sph, AirTronic delivery, simultaneous plate changing (DriveTronic SPC) and new drying processes, such as HR-UV und LED-UV. The latter offers interesting approaches to optimise investment costs with short delivery times: investment in conventional four or eight-colour presses is the lowest.

However, the printed products cannot be finished immediately. Investing in a four or eight-colour press with coater would bump

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up the start-up costs, but it is then possible to finish the products immediately. HR-UV dryers before perfecting or in the delivery only moderately increase costs compared to conventional presses as a coater are not necessary. Printed products can still be sent straight to finishing. LED-UV is a process with a promising future. LED-UV dryers significantly and sustainably reduce

energy consumption. In addition, they have a long service life, require little maintenance and offer many other advantages. Every firm should look for the optimum solution for them based on job structure and an accompanying cost calculation. Jens Baumann recommends: “Look at the artic fox. Its fur offers the best insulation and energy-saving qualities of all land mammals.

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It also uses less energy when running in winter than in summer.”

Under the key word “efficiency” head of KBA complete services & key account manager Europe Sascha Fischer spoke about boosting efficiency by networking, production planning/control and process optimisation.

Under the name “KBA Complete Services”, the company offers integrated solutions and top-of-the-class automation technologies, all flanked by comprehensive advice and consulting services. When required, KBA works closely with technology partners, such as Kodak, Optimus, Printplus, Logica, MBO, ClimatePartner, IPM, Perfecta, Montex, Müller Martini and others.

Premiere: LED-UV also in large format The print demonstrations focused on typical commercial print applications with particular attention paid to economy, efficiency, finishing and innovation. A ten-colour Rapida 106 was shown producing a cookery book signature. This was followed by a gang forme in quick succession. Four-colour posters were then produced by switching between the first and last four printing units. The other units were set-up for the subsequent job with Flying JobChange and the next job could begin immediately without any interruptions to production. Innovative UV drying processes were demonstrated on an eight-colour Rapida 105. The visiting print experts were able to directly compare the images produced and cured using HR-UV and LED-UV. A further highlight on this press was inline colour measurement with grey-

balance control from System Brunner.

The print demonstrations which took place on large-format presses focused on mass production. Typical book and calendar pages on silk-matt art paper were produced on a six-colour Rapida 145 with coater and delivery extension. The inks were cured by a LED-UV interdeck dryer for the first time ever in large format. The sheets were then finished with a matt aqueous coating, and with glossy UV coating following a coating change.

A five-colour Rapida 145 with coating kit printed a brochure in various languages on the other side of the pressroom. With the Flying JobChange capability the plates for black ink were switched between the first and second printing units during production and the language variations were produced

without any interruptions to production after decoupling and coupling of the corresponding inking units. Both presses ran at speeds of up to 17,000sph.

High-quality finishing LED-UV dryers are also available for the half-format Rapida 75. KBA demonstrated the fast production and finishing of postcards on a five-colour press. Printing on the back of the substrate with LED curing after the fifth printing unit was followed immediately by printing the front. This included inline perforation which meant that the individual post cards could be separated easily. Highquality covers of a magazine were printed on a six-colour Rapida 106 equipped with a KBA VariDry HR-UV dryer and cold-foil kit. They were finished with cold foil and UV high-gloss coating. A further Rapida 106 printed at a maximum speed of 20,000sph.

Nearly all of the presses used for the print demonstrations are equipped with cutting-edge systems for quality assurance, including QualiTronic ColorControl (inline colour control), QualiTronic InstrumentFlight (inline grey-balance control) and QualiTronic PDF (inline PDF control).

An evening spent together in one of Dresden’s traditional pubs not only provided an opportunity for the guests to exchange thoughts on the day, but also to watch the Germany-USA World Cup football match.

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International Packaging & Supply Chain Conclave 2014 The International Packaging & Supply Chain Conclave 2014 held in Delhi, Pragati Maidan Conference Centre between June 11-12, 2014.

This Conclave was organized to put together a knowledge based discussion on the role of packaging design in efficient end-of-line and supply chain operations. Knowledge experts from various facets of the industry participated – among which are names from: ITC, Nestle, Coke, GSK, Barista-Lavazza, Cadbury-Mondolez, Oriflame, Home TV 18, Organics India, Adani, Esko, Omron, Mamata, UFlex, Weldon Celloplast, Kumar Printers and more.

With a theme to gain market value by creating the emerging concept of market driven value network, the Conclave acted as a common knowledge platform for brand owners, packaging technologists and logistics experts.

Mr. Ranesh Bajaj, Director of VINSAK was among from the Panellists on 12thJune,

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He discussed about the Brand Protection Solutions. Under Security Solutions – Security Inks, Software, Substrates as well as Track & Trace solutions were discussed during the show.

In the environment of brand volatility and slow market growth such market driven supply networks are being increasingly sought after to create lean and cost efficient processes. The advent of on-line retail and its attendant sales forecasting and inventory complexity have made the demand even more urgent. The participants at the conclave addressed various complex issues across organizations.

Gaining Competitive Edge with Integrated Packaging & Supply Chain Processes Competitive packaging and shelf display in modern retail alone cannot help to build winning products unless it is backed by a resilient, efficient supply chain. Emerging concepts in packaging design, operations,

sourcing and distribution logistics seek to build integrated platforms of market driven value networks. The packaging is designed not only with the consumer in mind but also its freight and handling. The supply chain seeks to go beyond the old adage of “right product at the right place” to being adaptive enough to sense and realign market focus at all times.

In such a scenario the packaging industry must develop a better understanding of user expectations and put in place the required processes that will meet those demands effectively. The Conclave was planned as an opportunity for packaging users, convertors, equipment and material manufacturers as well as Supply Chain & Logistics professionals to come together on a platform to freely discuss their requirements. The outcome of such discussions helped the development of highly adaptive packaged product supply and distribution networks which was built with real-time market data.

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CGS supports open standard to digitally exchange brand colors with ORIS CxF Toolbox & ORIS CxF Designer There is no denying the persuasive power colour holds – Coca-Cola red, Tiffany & Co. blue, John Deere green. Showing your brand’s individuality isn’t just about ensuring consumers recognize you, it’s also about differentiating your brand from the competition’s.

Powerhouse companies leverage colour to a point where it’s synonymous with their identities. But what happens in stores when packaging colours don’t line up with each other? Consumers may think a product is old or defective, and the sale along with trust is lost.

profiles etc. This CxF spectral data provides the data to accurately simulate ink colours, tint ramps and overprints for design prints and contract proofing.

What’s Next?

In preparation for the standardization of CxF data use, CGS worked with SmileyColor to develop tools to create, analyze and design CxF files. ORIS CxF Toolbox creates an ISO 17972-4 compliant CxF or CxF/X-4 from a measurement file, including spectral data, delivering a file that allows the printer to define ingredients and tolerances, data for ink formulation and pre-qualification of inks, proofing and process control systems.

ORIS CxF Designer, an Illustrator plug-in imports CxF data containing brand owner’s specific brand colours or libraries into the Adobe design software colour pallet. It then embeds spectral data, tints ramps and opacity information to final PDF/X files in an open file format.

ORIS CxF Toolbox and ORIS CxF Designer utilize the new ISO standards and an open format the entire supply chain can utilize.

These tools provide all the information required to improve quality, reduce costly errors and improve customer satisfaction.

ISO Standard 17972 Effectively communicating printing characteristics of inks along the supply chain is essential to ensuring the final piece matches a brand’s vision. Traditionally, inks are thought of as either process or spot colours. Process colours are printed using a combination of the four standard process inks (CMYK), and typically are communicated to the printer in the form of ICC profiles.

Spot colours are premixed inks used when colour accuracy is critical, and to accurately reproduce colours outside the process colour gamut. For the last decade, the ISO 17972 proposal has been working to define methods for the exchange of measurement data and associated metadata within the graphic arts industry, and for the exchange of files between graphic arts users. ISO 17972 will remove the guesswork of communicating colours from concept to printer by using CxF/X-4 data in PDF documents, and the wait is almost over for the standards’ unveiling.

Universal format guarantees usability Scheduled for final publication in October 2014, ISO 17972 looks to standardize the Xrite Color Exchange Format (CxF) designed to accurately and unequivocally communicate all relevant aspects of colour across devices, applications and locations.

This will replace the current CGATS format for communicating colour information, and become a universal language for the print world. CxF works in harmony with the openness of XML to seamlessly integrate with any web-driven workflow, ICC colour

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Clariant inaugurates new India headquarters at Airoli Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited, speciality chemicals producer, has announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art headquarters at Reliable Tech Parkin Airoli, Navi Mumbai. The inauguration of this facility is in line with the Company’s plan for increased growth through greater focus on innovation and profitable growth.

It will allow the Company to expand its capacity, generate value and greater service satisfaction to its customers.

of prosperity and success”, said Dr.Deepak Parikh, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited.

The new facility covers a total area of 140,000 sq feet will eventually house around 400 employees across the various service functions and the businesses of Pigments, Additives, Industrial & Consumer Specialties, Masterbatches, and also their technical service teams.

Dr. Hariolf Kottmann, CEO, Clariant International Limited, commented at the inauguration saying, “The future of Clariant is in Asia – and India is a key market for Clariant globally. I am excited to open a new chapter for Clariant in the country with the new HQ in Navi Mumbai. The new office will afford us the opportunity to broaden our customer base, deliver innovative solutions and create value that will benefit all our stakeholders.

We intend to improve our market presence and generate additional growth through a sustained thrust on innovation.”

“2014 is a year of transformation for Clariant in India. As we continue to grow, it is important that our facilities reflect and act as enablers for our commitment to innovation and fleet-footed customer services. It will be our endeavour to utilize this facility to its full potential and drive Clariant into a new era

Dr. Hariolf Kottmann, CEO-Clariant International and Dr. Deepak Parikh, VC&MD-Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited inaugurates the new HQ in Navi Mumbai, with the lighting of the traditional lamp.(Photo: Clariant)

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Komori debuts new flagship Lithrone GX40 Komori Corporation has developed a new flagship machine Lithrone GX40 that fulfils a wide range of demanding requirements.

The cutting-edge Lithrone GX40 is a 40inch offset printing press which features extremely stable printing at up to 18,000 sheets per hour printing speed. Even with the heavy stock, the Lithrone GX40 delivers both significantly improved print quality and enhanced agility for colour changeovers.

Apart from the performance needed for high-end commercial and publishing printing, the machine facilitates the print quality and flexibility necessary to meet all the requirements of package printing.

It additionally supports automatic non-stop devices and control systems for long runs at high speed, new automatic cleaning/ washing systems, and availability in special configurations to handle high added value work. Its energy-conserving and space-

saving design along with reduced heat emissions, provides genuine benefits for the environment.

Key features include: • High productivity on long runs requiring heavy stock due to stable operation at high printing speed

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Seamless short makeready even when using special colours High print quality perfect for deluxe printing work Wide range of machine configurations and specifications Reduced environmental footprint and exceptional ease-of-use

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Heidelberg initiates next stage of Group’s reorganization portfolio with the planned complete takeover of the Gallus Holding AG. In fall this year, Heidelberg and Gallus will be unveiling a new digital printing system for the label market based on Fujifilm technology. Ferdinand Rüesch will also become a new strategic anchor investor of the company by acquiring around 9 percent of Heidelberg shares in return for the Gallus stake. At the same time, Heidelberg is strengthening its capital structure, which will support the company’s strategic reorientation.

Following five years of losses, Heidelberg has achieved a € 4 million net profit for financial year 2013/2014 coming back from a negative figure from the past few years.

The Group plans sustained profitability in the years ahead by expanding growth segments, implementing portfolio measures and introducing structural cost projects. It aims to achieve an EBITDA margin of no less than 8 percent by financial year 2015/2016.

“In returning to profitability, we have reached a first important milestone,” said Heidelberg CEO Gerold Linzbach. “We are now starting the next stage of the Group’s reorganization so as to achieve a sustained increase in corporate value. This involves making acquisitions in growth segments, scaling down areas of business with weak margins, and cutting structural costs in order to further improve profitability,” he added.

Heidelberg is further developing its digital

Heidelberg sees particularly good opportunities for growth in the expansion of its activities involving services and consumables. Following the successful takeover of a coating manufacturer, discussions on a further acquisition are currently under way.

As part of the collaboration with Fujfilm, an OEM agreement to supply platesetters (CtP) has also been concluded. Fujifilm will market Heidelberg platesetters under its own name in future, while Heidelberg has taken over some European sales activities for Fujifilm printing plates.

As regards services, the marketing of new service products has gotten off to a successful start. The portfolio now also includes consulting, which extends beyond simply providing technical services and is intended to achieve a concrete, measurable improvement in customer results.

Heidelberg has also switched to new business models lately. Over the next six months, the company may decide on discontinuing some operations or altering the vertical range of manufacture.

Ongoing projects to boost efficiency have already led to a streamlining of structures at the Group’s key sites in Heidelberg and Wiesloch/Walldorf. By the end of financial year 2014/2015, there are plans to integrate the administrative headquarters into the Wiesloch/Walldorf production site. This will involve the relocation of the Management Board and some 500 employees. This step is expected to further improve the harnessing of synergies between the two sites and lead to significant savings in operating costs. It will also create the world’s largest demonstration print shop for both packaging and commercial printing, where customers will get a live insight into the interplay of printing technology, future-focused service concepts and consumables.

“The Heidelberg corporate culture is entering a new era. The key focus when taking decisions will be on both our customers’ results and our own. We are bringing key functions and operational areas into closer proximity and are gearing our activities more toward the market and our customers.

This will make Heidelberg leaner and more profitable. The measures we are planning in the current financial year will lay the foundation for achieving an EBITDA margin of no less than 8 percent by financial year 2015/2016,” concluded Linzbach.

As of March 31, 2014, the Heidelberg Group had a global workforce of 12,539 plus 502 trainees (previous year: 13,694 plus 521 trainees).

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Entries now open for PrintWeek India Awards 2014 Haymarket Media India will host PrintWeek India Awards 2014, the sixth edition of its annual hunt to find print’s brightest and rising stars. The Award, which recognises excellence in the Indian print industry, has announced its entries open for 2014.

In 2013, PrintWeek India Awards received as many as 1200 print samples across 25 categories from 113 firms across the country. These samples were judged by an esteemed 40-member jury panel, drawn from a spectrum of print buyers, professionals and designers.

PrintWeek India 2013 Award winners

Suresh Ramakrishnan, publishing director, Haymarket Media India, said, “The earlier editions of the Awards have been well received and we are expecting an even bigger and better Awards participation this year. We are hoping Indian print firms from more than 100 cities to participate in the Awards this year.”

PrintWeek India has redefined and added new categories for the Awards. Noel D’cunha, deputy editor, PrintWeek India, said, “While The primary categorisation of Quality and Performance Awards remain same, the sixth edition of the Awards will witness 27 categories in all, as compared to 25 categories in 2013.”

The new categories include Green Printing Company of the Year and SME Printing Company of the Year under the Performance Awards, and Cross-Media Company of the Year; Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year;

Direct Mail Printer of the Year; and Industrial Product Printer of the Year under the Quality Awards.

While Bobst has announced sponsorship for the Packaging Convertor of the Year (FMCG) category, Welbound has extended its support for the Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade) and Book Printer of the Year (Specialty) categories. Kala Jyothi has joined hands as the official print partner for the awards.

PrintWeek India Awards recognise the best works of Indian print and packaging industry.

In the last four editions of the Awards, over 1300 entries from various parts of the country have made it to the final shortlist in various categories. The PrintWeek India Awards celebrates new, creative, effective and inspirational ways of working in the print industry.

Komori Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. Komori Corporation has announced that Komori has acquired the share of KMLink, its distributor in Singapore, and established Komori Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. as a subsidiary.

Established in 1923, the Komori Group has grown as the manufacturer and provider of Offset printing presses. With its main products being Offset sheetfed presses, web Offset presses and security presses, the company has been witnessing increased printing demand in growing markets of China, India and the ASEAN countries with expanding total consumption. Therefore, these markets are a high priority for Komori.

Komori’s Singapore distributor since 2009, KMlink, not only sold printing presses but also expanded business by handling other competitive products, including both machinery and consumables, contributing to both increased sales and profit. It has gained a solid reputation in the graphic arts market by proposing and delivering total solutions for the profit of customers.

The acquisition and relaunch of KMlink as Komori’s subsidiary is aimed at expanding sales of Offset presses in southeast Asia and strengthening the service capability of distributors in neighbouring countries from the base in Singapore. The new entity will

also operate as a platform for the promotion of Komori’s key focussed businesses of digital printing systems and solutions.

Tokyo-based Komori Corporation, a premier manufacturer of sheetfed/web Offset printing and security printing presses, provides worldclass technology suited for today’s highly competitive printing marketplace. Delivering high levels in print quality and makeready and JDF connectivity through open systems architecture, Komori presses help printers achieve higher productivity levels essential for increased margins and business growth.

Sergusa Solutions appointed Distributors for SolPrint PRINT MIS software i-teba sp Ltd., UK has appointed Sergusa Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as the Distributor for India of their “SolPrint” Management Information System software solution.

Specifically developed for the Print and Packing industry SolPrint is a comprehensive and modular system covering all the aspects of Print MIS. Modules include CRM, Estimation, Job Costing, Purchase Orders & Inventory, Production Planning and Shop Floor Data Capture with proprietary devices

and/or JDF/JMF technology. The unique solution is available as both a purchased or hosted/rental solution making it economical and affordable for all types of printers and print buyers irrespective of size of their operations. i-teba sp Ltd., is based out of London, UK. Established over 20 years ago by Managing Director and major shareholder Peter Griffin, the company has signed a Distribution Agreement with Sergusa Solutions Pvt Ltd.

and looks forward to a strong presence in the Asian market.

Sergusa Solutions Pvt Ltd. is an associate company of S L Kulkarni Cyril Graphics Pvt Ltd., Mumbai. The immediate areas identified

by Sergusa are colour density measurement and control system for offset printing, print inspection system and print management MIS software. It plans to cover more areas soon.

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Installation of Sakurai Swing Cylinder Type Screen Press by KK Enterprise

KK Enterprise has recently installed a Sakurai Swing Cylinder Type Screen Press from Kunal Enterprise. The Mumbai based KK Enterprise is a new entrant in this segment and has previous experience in Pharmaceutical industry. The newly installed machine is a 28”x40” Printing machine which is complemented by Screen Pre Press from Unitech and Dryers from Unique UV at the facility.

The business segments that KK Enterprise presently caters to include Packaging for pharmaceutical products, electrical switches, commercial printing brochures, Point-ofPurchase products and value addition jobs for commercial printing and packaging.

KK Enterprise considered many available options before finally installing the Sakurai.

They considered many other Indian, Chinese, German and Taiwanese machines but none could fit their requirements. “Sakurai Swing Cylinder Type Screen Press is a very popular machine in this segment. It is also very reliable machine from a reputed company.

The service providers in West Mumbai and also the high resale value of machine altogether played a vital role in our deciding in the machine’s favour,” says Mr. Harishbhai of KK Enterprise.

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Harish plans to remove traditional method like BOPP lamination, Hot Foil stamping effect, Drip off effect, etc. with the installation of his new Sakurai machine. “We plan to do value addition on different kind of print products. We also look forward to step into Industrial Printing area with the enhance capability enabled by Sakurai,” he adds.

With the initial learning phase over, Harishbhai is confident of enhanced business and looking for scaling the business in near future at different location in Mumbai. He expects to recover the investment from 2 to 3 years.

He is very optimistic about the industry future, “Last year was Election year so it was slow for the Screen Printing Industry, but after election, it is going on fast track. We can see Great future in Screen Printing. A

lot of opportunity is there, depending upon which segment you are in. Screen Printing has a lot of scope in many segments,” says Harishbhai.

Both KK Enterprise and Kunal are located in the same industrial area and Harishbhai is happy that he gets neighbourhood engineer support. “Since Kunal Enterprise is so close to us, we can always develop some new applications together. Kunal too gets benefitted as new and interested clients can see Sakurai running in live environment,” he says.

Sky is limit for Screen Printing, says Harishbhai. “It all depends upon which particular segment you explore. We look forward to installing more machines in near future in different areas and applications,” enthusiastically declares Harishbhai.

Newspapers and digital news products should develop designs tailored to content, news designers told

Delegates from more than 35 publications in India and abroad gathered at Mumbai for the two-day conference on ‘News Design’ organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WANIFRA), in association with Society for News Design (SND), on 3-4 June 2014 at Hotel Courtyard Marriott.

Delivering the keynote address of the conference, the world-renowned newspaper designer Lucie Lacava of Lacava Designs Inc., Canada said that the design must be tailored to content and must speak to the

readers in its own unique voice.

WAN-IFRA’s News Design Conference is the biennial event, in association with SND, the last one organised in 2012 in Delhi. The Conference aims to bring to South Asia the advancement in visual storytelling techniques and showcase best practices in news design in print and digital from around the world. Topics such as Design and Redesign, Infographics and Typography, Online and Tablet Designs are discussed at the event.

Many leading publications including The

Economic Times, The New York Times, Hindustan Times, Wahsington Post, Malayala Manorama, Mid Day, Amar Ujala presented and shared their experiences of creating good design at the conference. Die Zeit, which was adjudged as ‘World’s Best Designed Newspaper’ by SND, six times more than any other newspaper, presented a case study on their classic design style and their experiences.

The Conference also included two parallel pre-conference workshops on 2 June on a) Newspaper Design and b) Tablet Design.

Dainik Bhaskar Digital launches moneybhaskar.com The digital arm of Dainik Bhaskar Group has launched a new portal, www.moneybhaskar. com, which will bring information about the world of finance and business. The new website was launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi. The website will offer real time market tips and trends, guidance, opinions and analysis.

The website, which is initially being launched in Hindi has the core target group as the stock & commodity investor, small and medium business entrepreneurs (SMB), retailers and working professionals looking for investment opportunities.

The special attraction of the website will be the ‘Tips and Trends’ section. Other key sections include, newsroom, market, business, do you know and personal finance etc with relevant subsections like policy, politics, corporate, state, tax related and global news.

Earlier Dainik Bhaskar had a separate section on finance on their mother website. The new website will provide more detailed insights into the sector and empower the consumer to utilise this information for his benefit. Dainik

Bhaskar Group has four websites running in four major languages with dainikbhaskar. com (Hindi) and divyabhaskar.co.in (Gujarati) being the favourites among its huge readership.

The website application is available on Google play store also for download.

Other key people present at the launch include the Deputy MD of Dainik Bhaskar group Pawan Agarwal, Executive Director Bharat Agarwal, CEO of Dainik Bhaskar Digital Gyan Gupta and editor of moneybhaskar.com Anshuman Tiwari.

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KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses Unleash the next-generation of printing to meet diverse customer needs.

Kodak takes another leap in digital colour print with the introduction of the KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses. With new innovations in transport, drying, and writing systems, combined with advanced press management technology, the PROSPER 6000 Presses are a completely new product offering that deliver high levels of reliability, print speed and application flexibility. These enhancements will empower customers in the book, commercial print and newspaper businesses as well as print service providers of data-driven print applications such as direct mail and transaction with tools for success.

PROSPER 6000 Presses produce saleable prints at a low cost per page; approaching $0.005/A4 in colour consumable costs. The 6000 Presses provide customers with long inkjet head life, high operational uptime, and fast job set-up and make-ready time, helping them save both time and money.

Key Notes : > PROSPER 6000 Presses – advanced press management technology. > New innovations in transport, drying, and writing systems. > Duty cycle of 90 million A4 top quality pages per month – up to 2.5 times faster than the KODAK PROSPER 5000XLi Press.

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The PROSPER 6000 Presses are powered by an advanced Intelligent Print System (IPS)that continuously monitors, evaluates and adjusts operations to ensure exceptional quality output. With the improved IPS, the PROSPER 6000 Presses can monitor and instantly correct colour registration, delivering enhanced registration performance. The 6000 Press’s writing system runs on Kodak’s newly formulated nanotechnology inks, offering a greater colour gamut and delivering print quality that rivals offset output on a wide range of uncoated, coated, and glossy papers.

Two PROSPER 6000 Models for Business Agility The PROSPER 6000 Presses will be made available in two models: • KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press, ideal for commercial print applications requiring high-ink laydowns.

• KODAK PROSPER 6000P Press, designed specifically for publishing applications such as

books and newspapers which typically use light weight paper and low to medium-ink laydowns.

Both PROSPER 6000 Presses print at speeds of up to 1,000 feet, or 300 meters, per minute on matted and uncoated papers with a duty cycle of 90 million A4 top quality pages per month – up to 2.5 times faster than the KODAK PROSPER 5000XLi Press.

An enhanced drying capability allows heavy-weight glossy and silk stock to be printed on the PROSPER 6000C Press at 650 feet, or 200 meters, per minute.

“Today’s printers need tools that enable them to quickly respond to the needs of their customers, as well as the needs of the business. From book publishing to commercial and newspaper printing, the future of the industry will revolve around digital solutions,” said Doug Edwards, President, Digital Printing & Enterprise, Eastman Kodak Company. “The PROSPER 6000 Presses deliver the highest industry performance coupled with quality approaching 200 lpi, allowing customers to increase agility so they can adapt to the changing demands of the business and better respond to their customers.”

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Aligning with its commitment to sustainability, Kodak is focused on delivering imaging innovations to customers that provide greater product value while enabling them to achieve their own sustainability goals. With the combination of stellar quality, reliability, and industry-leading productivity, the PROSPER 6000 Presses produce saleable prints at a low cost per page; approaching $0.005/A4 in color consumable costs. The 6000 Presses provide customers with long inkjet head life, high operational uptime, and fast job set-up and make-ready time, helping them save both time and money.

Next-generation printing In today’s printing environment, businesses are investing in technologies that lay the foundation for future success. In book printing, printers are looking for ways to enhance revenue potential by shifting to profitable short-run jobs. These print-ondemand jobs reduce inventory costs and allow the printing of shorter runs on a just-in-time basis to meet specific orders.

KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses make it

feasible and economical to print up to 200-lpi quality books at production run lengths of up to 3,000 copies. In addition it can produce millions of offset-like pages month after month and reduce costs associated with obsolescence and warehousing.

Printers in the commercial print space are looking to provide their customers with better response rates for mailings.

KODAKPROSPER 6000 Presses can produce high-gloss targeted direct mail pieces for an average of 30 percent less than using electrophotographic (toner-based) systems.

These economics deliver greater return on marketing investments as well as improved efficiency and profitability for production runs of up to one million high-quality mail pieces.

Newspaper printers and publishers need to drive innovation and leverage technology to gain a competitive advantage.

KODAKPROSPER 6000 Presses make it possible to reach new audiences more efficiently, while streamlining print runs and adapting print editions to target different

readers. Digitally printed newspapers are the same size as offset versions and have the same look and feel, offering a high-quality appearance that is readily accepted by advertisers and readers. The6000Presses allow multiple newspaper titles to be produced in very short runs. The right number of newspaper editions needed for each outlet can be produced with sufficiently high productivity for medium-sized markets: 15–20,000 newspapers.

Monotech to introduce Highcon Euclid in India Monotech Systems has announced its joining the ranks of Highcon channel partners and introducing the Highcon Euclid in India.

With 15 years’ experience in all aspects of digital printing technology, from pre-press through to post-press, and offices throughout the continent, Monotech Systems will now be adding the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine to their portfolio.

Mr. T. P. Jain, Managing Director, of Monotech Systems said, “We have been tracking the progress and sales of the Euclid around the world since we first saw it at Drupa 2012. We believe this a great fit to our existing range of digital products and look forward to showing it to our customers.”

Mr. Kamal Vyas, Vice President and Business Head, High End Products added, “Future is going to be the digital way and everything that can go digital will go that way, perhaps at speeds that we can’t even imagine. The coming Drupa shall be eye opener in this direction for the industry!”

Systems has agreed to represent us in India.

Obviously, this is a huge market and with their expertise in all things digital, Monotech Systems are ideally situated to be our partner and help us promote the move into digital cutting and creasing for short to medium folding carton runs.

The Highcon Euclid is the world’s first production digital cutting and creasing machine for folding carton. The Euclid transforms cutting and creasing from an analogue to a digital workflow, dramatically streamlining the post-print process and offering limitless design options, increased efficiency and flexibility and faster time to market.

Monotech Systems Ltd is a leading manufacturer and Solution Provider of high end, high performance and reliable products and solutions for printing, packaging industry

in India. With its corporate and registered office in Chennai, it has extensive sales and service support across the nation.

Highcon develops innovative digital cutting and creasing solutions that enable the post-print market world over. The Highcon Euclid offers converters and printers design flexibility, and rapid speed to market, while eliminating costly production steps and reducing carbon footprint of folding carton production. Launched at Drupa 2012, the Euclid is installed at customer sites in Israel, UK, Belgium, Africa and the USA. Highcon is represented by channel partners and a dedicated sales force and has a demonstration center at Plantin in Belgium.

Nigel Tracey, Highcon International Sales Director said, “I am delighted that Monotech

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HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 Digital Presses debut at Dscoop Asia 2014 HP increases productivity, simplifies Colour Management with new HP Indigo Digital Presses HP has expanded its digital press portfolio with new HP Indigo solutions to offer customers increased productivity, simplified colour management and new capabilities for high-value applications.

Building on the success of the flagship HP Indigo 7000 and WS6000 Digital Press series, which have more than 2,000 installations worldwide, new additions include: • The sheet-fed HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press offering printing companies a range of new capabilities, including the ability to print directly on synthetic substrates and plastic cards, and a new color management experience with an in-line spectrophotometer.

• The roll-fed HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press that offers label and packaging converters faster turnaround times through automated color management, a wider frame and new ink capabilities for expanded applications.

“Our customers are always considering ways to improve productivity and diversify applications so they can deliver more value to brands and end customers,” said Roy Eitan, director and general manager, Graphics Solutions Business – HP Indigo and Inkjet Digital Press Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan. “The latest releases of our industry-leading portfolio demonstrate our commitment to providing customers state-of-the-art digital printing technology to meet these needs, while also offering an upgrade path that helps protect their capital investments.”

Dscoop Asia 2014 attendees will be the first in the world to see both the HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 Digital Presses. The presses will also be showcased at ExpoPrint Latin America, Labelexpo Americas and GRAPH EXPO 2014.

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Indigo ElectroInk Invisible Red and Light Black. The press also features unique special effects for high value applications, including raised print, textured effects and digital water marks.

The HP Indigo 7800 provides automated onpress colour management based on an inline spectrophotometer. Eliminating the need for manual colour manipulations, the in-line spectrophotometer and colour management tools help to ensure the best possible match to hard-copy proofs, colour uniformity within a page, and colour consistency between presses and sites to meet strict brand guidelines. The spectrophotometer also streamlines the process for colour standards certifications, such as GRACoL and FOGRA.

HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press: A leap forward in colour management and productivity The HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press provides general commercial printers improved productivity, simplified colour management and an expanded application gamut.

Offering direct printing on synthetic substrates with One Shot Color technology, the HP Indigo 7800 enables printing companies to print high-value applications, such as plastic cards, overlays, lenticular applications, point-of-sale, premium postcards and more. The press supports HP Indigo ElectroInk Digital Matte for spot coating effects on glossy substrates in addition to other special inks, including HP

In addition, the press features an intelligent automation feature that helps prioritize print jobs with optimized on-press job sequencing

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according to job length, media, image types and job priority.

The HP Indigo 7800 is driven by HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server Version 5, the fastest digital front end (DFE) available on the market that enhances performance with 30 percent faster Raster Image Processing (RIP). HP Indigo Direct2Finish, a platform for automated and simplified near-line finishing operation, enables automatic submission of accurate job definition format (JDF) instructions to leading finishing devices, reducing makeready and turnaround time as well as reducing the chances of waste and human error.

Redefining label printing performance with the HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press The HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press, the third generation of the best-selling HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press series, offers breakthrough productivity, versatility and advanced colour management.

Delivering the industry’s highest crossover point in narrow-web production versus

analog for the vast majority of pressuresensitive label jobs, the press will help support the rapid increase in volume of digitally produced labels, sleeves and flexible packaging.

The HP Indigo WS6800 helps customers reach new levels of productivity and reduce time spent preparing colour profiles and PANTONE colour matching by up to 75 percent with a new in-line spectrophotometer.

Using closed-loop control, the spectrophotometer eliminates the need for manual colour calibrations and adjustments.

An expanded frame width, increased from 317 mm to 320 mm, allows for higher press output and reduced costs. In addition, label converters can produce up to 131 linear feet per minute in colour using Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM).

Providing improved efficiency in the converting of shrink sleeves, high-slip HP Indigo ElectroInk White reduces production steps with single pass sleeve production.

HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver gives labels a metallic look similar to UV flexo silver inks and can be used as a spot or base colour on a range of label applications, including paint, automotive, household chemicals, nutraceuticals and soft drinks.

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“The increased frame width and automated colour management processes of the HP Indigo WS6800 will help us produce more jobs per day with less operator intervention and reduced overall costs, while maintaining the high print quality our customers expect.”

Printing with the environment in mind By enabling just-in-time print production in the exact quantities needed, HP Indigo digital printing solutions help reduce waste and boost sustainability. HP Indigo has established a program in collaboration with the Good Energy Initiative to offset carbon emissions associated with the manufacturing of its HP Indigo 7000 series and WS6000 series Digital Presses achieving carbon (CO2) neutral manufacturing status for these presses.

Availability Initial shipments of the HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 Digital Presses are beginning in July. HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 features are expected to be available as optional field upgrades to existing HP Indigo 7000/7500/7600 and WS6600 Digital Presses in early 2015.

The HP Indigo WS6800 supports the HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging Workflow Suite 4.1, powered by Esko. This workflow suite provides consistent repeat job control and advanced decision-making tools to help select suitable jobs for EPM. A new, high-definition 223 lines per inch (lpi) screen provides increased colour gamut space.

“Our company seeks to provide our customers high quality products that meet their strict brand guidelines, while pushing the limits on productivity,” said Cees

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The 34th FINAT Label Awards continue to excel India, entering 13, won 4 awards - with about 30% winning entries.

FINAT, the international association for the selfadhesive labelling industry, announced the winners of its 34th label awards competition at the award ceremony of its annual FINAT congress in Monaco.

There were 241 awards entries representing 49 companies from 25 countries, including two newcomers this year, Ile de la Reunion and Latvia.

The quality of the entries has been maintained at a high level once again.

the best labels that have been produced gives a valuable overview of just what can be achieved by those printers at the top of their game. To see and understand the amount of work, skill and effort that goes into producing a label with up to 12 print and process stages is quite stimulating. Having said that, a label in just two or three colours or processes can have just as dynamic an impact,” he concluded.

Best Show and Group Winners Chairman of the judging panel was industry expert Mike Fairley (UK), standing in for Tony White, who was unable to assist due to health issues. He was joined by the judging panel regulars Murat Sipahioglu (Turkey), Steve Wood (UK) and Rik Olthof (Cartils, The Netherlands). This year they received additional support from Bill Bruce (editor foodbev.com) and Bernard Plat, past president of the French label association UNFEA.

The judging experience

“To see and understand the amount of work, skill and effort that goes into producing a label with up to 12 print and process stages is quite stimulating.” - Mike Fairley

Key Notes : > Outstanding performance in design and technology. > 241 awards entries representing 49 companies from 25 countries. > FINAT to select the best labels from this year’s winners to represent FINAT in the forthcoming WLA judging.

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“To work and talk with the other experts provided a valuable opportunity to gain insights about the label industry and the people involved”, said Mike Fairley.

“It’s always challenging to determine which label is better than another, and why, but seeing some of

The Best in Show and Printing Processes Group winner awards went to Multi Labels, United Kingdom for “The Irishman Single Malt” label. This label received consistently high marks from the technical and design judges. At first glance this label looks simple to produce but the facts tell another story. The generous use of delicate gold hot foiling especially in the signature and reversed out areas is worthy of note. The fact that 10 colours were used to achieve the finished result along with embossing and varnishing in a single pass is testament to the degree of control required to produce this label to such a high standard. A combination of the best attributes of the flexo and screen processes have produced the result which merits the Best in Show.

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entries in this category are fairly complicated, this one is no exception. Basically it combines an information booklet integrated with two peel off parts for documentation purposes and a strong hanger allowing the bottle to be suspended on a rack. Using 9 colours and a combination of printing processes this label offers a solution to an ongoing medical issue of providing information along with the infusion.

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A. Marketing-End Uses – 11 – 50 – 61 – 167 B. Printing Processes – 5 – 17– 22– 64 C. Non-Adhesive –1–3–4–9 D. Innovation –1–-–1–1 Total – 18 – 70 – 88 – 241

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The top ten countries entering and winning awards include:

The Marketing/End-Uses Group Winner is Collotype Labels – Griffith, Australia for De Bortoli Wines – La Bohème. This is a very attractive label with an opera theme. The complexity of the flowers surrounding the central figure adds an extra depth to the finished result. The use of a subtle buff colour surround encapsulates the main figure very well. The six colours were printed using offset lithography and finished off with a satin varnish.

The Non-Adhesive Group was won by Masterpress S.A., Poland, for Heineken The Future – Limited Edition. This sleeve has immediate eye appeal with stars in abundance! The use of silver foiling makes the label stand out on the bottle. Using 9 colours, UV and solvent flexo and gravure makes this a complex label to print.

The Innovation Group winner was won by the Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG,Germany for Pharma-Tac Plus label. As usual the

Turkey, entering 39, won 12 awards (31%) UK, entering 28, won 11 awards (39%) Poland, entering 25, won 10 awards (40%) Germany, entering 20, won 7 awards (35%) India, entering 13, won 4 awards (30%) Switzerland, entering 11, won 5 awards (45%) Greece, entering 10, won 5 awards (50%) France, entering 10, won 3 awards (30%) Spain, entering 9, won 4 awards (44%) Austria, entering 9, won 1 award (11%) Category Winners in Marketing/End-use Group (A), Printing Processes Group (B) and Non-adhesive and linerless Group (C) There were no category winners in group D (Innovation).

Promotional labels: Multi Labels Ltd, United Kingdom for Printers Proof Gin Sets of Labels: There were joint winners in this category: Permapack AG, Switzerland for I Am Deo Roll-on 50ml and Marzek Etiketten + Packaging, Austria for Cserszegi Pálinka

Flexographic Printing: St. Luc Labels & Packaging, Belgium for The King’s Ginger Rotary Letterpress: Çiftsan Etiket, Turkey for Carjen Hand & Body Cream Moisturizing Screen Printing: Çiftsan Etiket, Turkey for Imaj Hair Gel Hardest 750ml Digital Printing: Flexiket A/S, Denmark for Chorizo med Jalapeño Combination Printing: Multi Labels Ltd, United Kingdom for The Irishman Single Malt

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Sleeves: Masterpress S.A., Poland for Heineken The Future – Limited Edition

Selection World Label Awards Later in the year FINAT will be selecting the best labels from this year’s winners to represent FINAT in the forthcoming WLA judging which will take place the day before the Labelexpo Americas show opens in Chicago in early September 2014.

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Wines: two joint winners: Collotype Labels, Australia for Pocketwatch Cabernet Sauvignon and Collotype Labels – Griffith, Australia for De Bortoli Wines – La Bohème Alcoholic Drinks: Litho-Bru SA., France for Rémy Martin Coupe Shanghai “étiquette effet miroir” Food Products: Cabas S.A., Greece for Rhyton – Cretan Thyme Honey Cosmetics: Doga Etiket, Turkey for Elsève Extraordinary Oil Pharmaceutical: Pragati Pack (India) Pvt. Ltd., India for OrthoZen 500ml Security: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for Authentication Label Booklets: Arca Etichette, Italy for Pivetti Impasta & Vinci 2013

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Heidelberg invests in digital packaging printing Full acquisition of Gallus Holding AG, Switzerland

The management board (Vorstand) of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has resolved with the approval of the supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat) to carry out a capital increase against contribution in kind from authorised capital with the exclusion of the subscription rights. For such purpose, Ferd.

Rüesch AG, Switzerland, a company controlled by Ferdinand Rüesch, will contribute its 70 % stake in Gallus Holding AG, Switzerland, as contribution in kind into Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG against the issue of new shares. After the completion of the transaction, Heidelberg will directly and indirectly hold 100 % of the shares in Gallus Holding AG. Gallus is a leading supplier in the packaging industry for labels and folding boxes. In 2013, the Group generated a turnover of CHF 188 million with approx. 500 employees.

Capital increase against contribution in kind by up to 23,000,000 shares from authorised capital by contribution of the stake in Gallus Holding AG held

by Ferd. Rüesch AG.

Key Notes :

The planned complete takeover of Gallus Holding AG accelerates the development and use of Heidelberg’s digital products in the growing labels sector. In fall this year, Heidelberg and Gallus will be unveiling a new digital printing system for the label market that incorporates Fujifilm technology. By acquiring approx.

9 percent of Heidelberg shares in consideration for the Gallus stake, Ferdinand Rüesch will also become a new strategic anchor investor of the company. At the same time, Heidelberg is strengthening its capital structure, which will support the company’s strategic reorientation.

“We are very proud to have won Ferdinand Rüesch as anchor investor with long-standing sector knowledge,” said Heidelberg CEO Gerold Linzbach.

“The full acquisition of Gallus will further enhance the cooperation of the two companies. Together, we will continue to foster the development in the growing market for digital label production.”

> Strategic cooperation of the two companies reaches next level.

Capital increase against contribution of stake in Gallus Holding AG held by Ferd. Rüesch AG

> Ferdinand Rüesch becomes new anchor investor of Heidelberg.

Heidelberg undertakes, in consideration for the holding in Gallus Holding AG that will be contributed

by Ferd. Rüesch AG, to issue up to 23,000,000 new shares and make a cash payment in the amount of a single-digit EUR million sum. The amount of the consideration depends, inter alia, on the further performance of the price of the Heidelberg share until the capital increase is notified. The face value of the

> Enhanced capital structure as starting point for portfolio adjustments.

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new shares will amount to at least EUR 2.70 per new share of the company. The registration of the capital increase against contribution in kind is, subject to approval by the antitrust authorities, expected to take place in July this year. Ferd. Rüesch AG undertakes to hold the acquired shares until 31 July 2015.

Through the capital increase against contribution in kind from authorised capital, the share capital of the company will be increased by up to EUR 58,880,000.00 to EUR 659,040,714.24 with partial utilisation of the authorised capital.

“Both, the enhanced capital structure and the operative synergies will create the room required to further enhance the product and service range of both companies,” said Dirk Kaliebe, CFO at Heidelberg. “This is the starting signal for the profit focused alignment of our portfolio and the steps required in this context.”

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Esko releases Suite 14 Major software release of the next-generation productivity suite for packaging preproduction and management Esko has released Esko Suite 14, a comprehensive collection of new and updated software designed to give brand owners, premedia houses, converters, sign and display producers and commercial printers the resources they need to manage today’s complex preproduction environment.

“To be successful today, packaging service providers and brands owners are required to perform exceptionally well in all areas of packaging preproduction,” says Carsten Knudsen, Esko President and CEO. “Brand owners must create packaging designs that resonate with consumers and that are designed, developed and produced with the utmost accuracy. Converters must execute perfectly and efficiently to remain profitable. There is also a need ensure regulatory compliance and to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner within the entire ecosystem. Above all, everyone throughout the entire packaging supply chain must be able to work together effectively to achieve these goals.”

Esko Suite 14 builds on Esko’s years of packaging preproduction expertise and features breakthrough developments as a result of ongoing investment in innovation, and based on feedback received from brand owners, packaging converters and industry thought leaders.

More than just a software update, Suite 14 is an essential resource for successful packaging and prepress professionals.

Key Notes : > The new Suite 14 is available beginning July 2014. > Enables better connections throughout the supply chain. > Helps operators to work smarter with templates and intuitive operator tools.

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Knudsen adds, “In the Suite 14 development process, Esko concentrated its resources on addressing five key trends in packaging preproduction: • Increasing importance of Workflow Automation • The use of Smart Templates to handle package variations • Quality as the most important driver • A more task-focused software user interface to drive increased efficiency • Integration of the Supply Chain and data-sharing via the cloud The result is Esko Suite 14, bringing together a family of solutions that provides all parties in the packaging preproduction supply chain with the resources they need to succeed in this dynamic market. We believe that the Esko software Suite is the broadest and deepest collection of professional software tools available today in the package production industry.”

Suite 14 – a sweet deal for packaging preproduction Esko Suite 14 includes a wide range of breakthrough improvements and enhancements that support these key trends in the packaging preproduction market.

Each element has been fine-tuned to better meet the needs of the entire supply chain. Details of each of the enhanced Suite 14 modules follow.

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WebCenter focuses supply chain connectivity Improved connectivity leads to faster turnaround times and reduced errors.

WebCenter 14, now a 64-bit application and supporting HTML 5 for the Viewer, offers easy-to-implement connectivity with thirdparty solutions.

Interconnectivity among Esko products is also boosted with WebCenter 14. Seamless data transfer between WebCenter and packaging editors such as ArtiosCAD and Adobe Illustrator guarantee better utilization of centrally managed assets and information.

And WebCenter servers can now interact with each other to even better integrate the entire supply chain. Launching a task or sharing assets among multiple WebCenter servers shifts workflow automation into high gear.

This makes it easier to achieve true supply chain integration with exceptional efficiency and real-time communication among all stakeholders in the packaging preproduction supply chain.

Automation Engine: taking time and touches out of the packaging preproduction process Suite 14 includes a broader and more sustainable integration framework that goes well beyond the boundaries of XML and JDF by standardizing the way third-party solutions are integrated with any Esko component.

This Connect software kit enables users to further remove manual activities from the packaging preproduction process, driving end-to-end automation. Connect allows for easy integration with all wide-ranging thirdparty solutions as MIS, shipping systems, popular web applications such as Google Maps, or other web portal or cloud-based solutions.

In addition, a series of new colour tasks are now integrated into the Automation Engine.

This ensures consistent colour through automated colour management. Automation Engine now automatically converts brand colours to a fixed ink setting using Equinox profiles, reducing the need for spot colours and increasing press productivity and quality while reducing overall ink usage.

ArtiosCAD: more creativity, less clicking With the updated ArtiosCAD editor, users

have more time to be creative and will spend less time clicking buttons. Users can now create more accurate BOM’s in less time with the new BOM capability available directly from the ArtiosCAD browser. Other enhancements increase designer productivity when preparing designs for production and improve die-press efficiency as well.

Suite 14 also gives ArtiosCAD users more realistic 3D visualization when folding corrugated and paper board, setting more realistic expectations for clients when presenting designs.

This update of ArtiosCAD also features a number of improvements for die making manufacturers, resulting in higher precision and productivity. This includes single-click options for filling a line or path with nicks and configurable options for driving various output devices to reduce the time it takes to get a design into production. Enhancements to the die-board bolt hole mounting pattern tool allows users to select mounting holes more quickly and efficiently, optimizing diepress efficiency.

3D Visualization: 360 degrees of packaging 3D tools are increasingly important in the packaging design and preproduction processes to ensure as early as possible in the process that the final product meets the needs of all stakeholders. Esko Suite 14 includes a number of enhancements to its 3D capabilities.

• Visualizer effects in Illustrator: Suite 14 lets users of Studio Designer go beyond the normal 3D view to add special effects and finishing details when creating packaging graphics in Illustrator. This streamlined solution brings enhanced speed and enables better creative decision making during the design and review process.

• Store Visualizer: Created in partnership with VTales Graphics, Esko Store Visualizer lets users place virtual objects in photographed scenes, enabling them to see their designs in an instore setting to determine how they compare with competitive products.

The integration of an innovative LOD (Level Of Detail) system gives users enhanced speed when rendering virtual store views, especially in environments with vast numbers of 3D models. Suite

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14 ships with three pre-established hyper-realistic environments that help users quickly and easily see what their 3D products will look like in a store environment.

Studio: Two new and one enhanced flexible bag types are available in Suite 14, including the popular quattro seal bag. In addition, the new version of Studio includes an Augmented Reality viewer for mobile devices which is perfect to share and view 3D packaging designs in context for quick comparisons and informed decision making.

CHILI Publish Integration: Cloud based package editing Esko has partnered with CHILI Publish to bring to market the world’s first in-browser editor dedicated to packaging design.

With this solution, the artwork creator can enable anyone in the supply chain, such as the brand manager of a global brand, to modify packaging content within established constraints. This gives brand owners control over their packaging content, avoiding mistakes and ultimately product recalls, and ensures that both the brand integrity and design intent are protected throughout the entire process.

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Visual Inspection Systems: you have to see it to believe it In Suite 14, this module provides digital communication of critical parameters for automatic setup of the visual inspection system, eliminating set-up time and saving 3-5 minutes per job. This is especially important in digital printing environments with shorter runs and a larger volume of jobs running through the shop. For these operations, time savings can quickly add up to two hours per day or more. In addition, this digital link to inspection systems is the only way to inspect variable data in the packaging production process.

ArtPro+ quality control ArtPro+ in Suite 14 is a new application that gives users a tool for quality control of artwork and prepress files. ArtPro+ is a no-charge companion product to ArtPro 14 and PackEdge 14, running on both Mac and Windows. With its innovative interface and modern 64-bit architecture ArtPro+ is ready for the workflow of the future.

Imaging Engine: APPE3 for CTP Now built on Adobe’s PDF Print Engine (APPE3) platform, Esko’s Imaging Engine 14 brings users into the next generation of CTP production. Reduced need for operator intervention in the platemaking process, more consistency, fewer errors and elimination of duplicated data entry are just a few of the benefits of the updated Imaging Engine included in Esko Suite 14.

FlexProof: the proof Is in the proof A new, task-driven, wizard-style user interface makes it much simpler to fine-tune and optimize proofer device profiles for the highest possible accuracy. FlexProof enables

users to quickly meet color accuracy expectations while saving operator time.

i-cut Layout+: next-generation layout editor Suite 14 speeds up production with a next-generation layout editor. i-cut Layout+ is a simple, task-oriented user interface that makes the learning curve extremely short. It is compatible with both Mac and Windows for full flexibility.

With a new flexible subscription model for i-cut Layout+, users can better manage software costs, reduce risk and achieve more flexibility in load balancing across regions and during peak periods. Using a “pay as you go” SaaS model for software is becoming increasingly popular, both from a usability perspective and to transition software ownership from a capital investment to an operating expense. DeskPack and Preflight are also now available in a subscription-based SaaS model.

Sweet success with Suite 14 Esko is rolling out Suite 14 beginning July 2014. Customers with maintenance contracts will receive the software for which they are entitled to as part of those agreements.

Esko’s customer services organizations around the world are prepared to install, support and provide training for the new

version of the software to guarantee smooth transitions and continuity of operation.

“At Esko, we are in close contact with our customers and industry thought-leaders,” concludes Bernard Zwaenepoel, Senior Vice President Software Business. “We are aware of the many challenges that are involved in packaging preproduction and have worked hard to incorporate as many solutions to those challenges as possible in this release.

That is why everyone at Esko is so proud of Suite 14. From extensive previews and testing at customer sites, we know the impact it will have on improving various aspects of the process, and, most importantly, the way in which it will make our customers even more successful.”

Monotech is Konica Minolta’s Best Partner of the Year Monotech Systems has been awarded as “Best Partner of the Year” by Konica Minolta India. The award was given to Monotech Systems for highest turnover consecutively 3rd year in a row.

The award session was organized by Konica Minolta in the Konica Minolta Annual Partner Conference held in Golden Palms Hotels and Spa, Bengaluru on June 13, 2014. This conference was attended by over 100 Konica Minolta partners in the production printing

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and office solutions segments. Monotech Systems also received Konica Minolta C8000 Performance Award for year 2013 – 2014.

The award was given by Mr. Nakata, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India and it was further received by Mr. T.P. Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems and Mr. Utpal Raina, General Manager – Digital Systems, Monotech Systems Limited at a glittering award ceremony. Monotech Systems has given a business of approx

Rs.100 Cr. to Konica Minolta for the FY 2013 – 2014.

Utpal Raina, General Manager – Digital Systems said “These awards further strengthen our position of leadership in the digital print segment and consolidates our position as a reliable solution provider to the digital print industry. The awards are dedicated to our extremely professional and efficient sales and service staffs”.

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X-Rite brings manufacturing workflow innovations to the Indian auto industry X-Rite Pantone brings digital colour and appearance management to automakers and suppliers in India X-Rite Incorporated and its wholly owned subsidiary Pantone LLC, will host two Automotive Innovation Days in India. The events will provide automotive manufacturers and suppliers with valuable information and demonstrations of X-Rite Pantone’s full suite of solutions – including instruments, software, services and standards – that support the entire colour communication chain in the automotive industry. These events are taking place in Pune on 2 July, 2014 and in Delhi on 3 July 2014.

Francesco Tomasello, VP EMEA Sales Channels, said, “The automotive industry is constantly evolving. To succeed in this changing market, manufactures need the best information and the best solutions.

X-Rite gives them both. Our Automotive Innovation Days provide leaders in the industry with the opportunity to better understand what their challenges are, and learn how X-Rite’s innovation and development can solve those challenges today and into the future.”

Partners from around the region will also participate to both Automotive Innovation Days. Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, will bring their market insight to the events in Pune and Delhi.

X-Rite dealers are sponsor of the event, including AGS, X-Rite’s distributor in Pune, and Corpora and Presto, X-Rite’s distributors in Delhi.

The Automotive Innovation Days will be held: • On 2 July 2014 at Vivanta Blue Diamond Hotel – Pune • On 3 July 2014 at Trident Hotel, Gurgaon

compares measured colours numerically against in-house standards to help users determine quickly whether incoming batches of materials meet specification or if products on the assembly line are colour matched properly, without disrupting production speed.

A full suite of solutions for the Automotive Industry X-Rite developed a suite of solutions to provide a more sophisticated management of colour and appearance throughout the automotive workflow. The Automotive Innovation Days will showcase how X-Rite’s product introductions use the digital definition of colour and appearance as a foundation for efficient manufacturing in every step of the production process.

The X-Rite solutions include: CarFlash, X-Rite’s in-line, non-contact spectrophotometer that can be integrated into automated production lines with 6-axis robotic systems. CarFlash is a unique proposition for the car industry as the only solution offering multi-angle colour measurement in the process line.

The MA9X family of multi-angle spectrophotometers helps manufacturers identify and maintain the colour quality of parts that may originate from different production lines, factories or supply sources, saving money and time by reducing scrap and rework. These instruments are designed for frequent and comfortable measurement by personnel on the factory floor. Together, these features encourage quality control that goes beyond random checks and provides “total” control of colour and appearance in a high volume production environment.

The SpectraLight QC gives companies involved in global supply chains a superior way to visually evaluate whether the colours of paints, plastics and textiles are production ready, helping to bring products to market quicker and reducing instances of waste.

The SpectraLight QC also reduces the rate of sample rejections at multiple locations by providing better consistency of light sources and standard conditions under which the colour of products are assessed visually. SpectraLight QC gives quality control managers new monitoring and reporting tools to more precisely control and communicate how visual assessments of samples are performed.

The Ci62 Series of versatile spherical spectrophotometers are performance-driven solutions for managing color at all stages of the automotive production process. The Ci6x gives manufacturers confidence in their color data, regardless of where or when the measurements are collected.

The Ci4200 is an easy-to-use, spherical spectrophotometer that manufacturers can harness quickly to reduce instances of non-conforming product and improve speed to market. With its attractive price point, the instrument is particularly well suited for companies that want to improve on existing colour measurement programs that currently rely on non-spectral devices or only visual inspection pass/fail methods.

For automotive interiors, X-Rite has developed its RM200QC imaging spectrocolourimeter that bridges the gap between colour appearance and material colour in an elegant, portable unit that fits comfortably in the hand. The RM200QC

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Esko Knowledge Base website has successful rollout With access to valuable hardware and software information, self-service support has increased 75% in less than half a year Esko has announced the successful implementation of its on-line Knowledge Base system. This system, part of a complete Esko help center available at http://help. esko.com/, is a digital platform for customer support self-service. It is accessible for Esko users worldwide and can be navigated in a number of languages.

“According to the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), planned spending on knowledge management and self-service technology is currently very high.

Companies are relying on technology to create more robust self-service knowledge base systems,” comments Igor Vandromme, Esko Vice President Global Services. “TSIA also reports that new technology is enabling self-service sites to be overhauled and help to improve success rates. When more than half of TSIA members plan to spend resources in a single technology area, it is obvious that a major industry shift is occurring.”

Esko is responding to customer preferences that more users prefer to access online resources as their ‘first line’ of immediate support. According to Forrester, 72% of customers prefer using a company’s website to answer their questions. Esko is responding to the challenge of providing different support solutions and delivering more options for people to learn about their software and equipment. In the process, the online help system offers creative, insightful answers to ‘How would I do this’; not just solving technical problems. The efforts have paid off. Visitor traffic has increased 75% from its launch less than half a year ago.

The Knowledge Base library is Wiki-based and searchable. It is populated with articles written by Esko experts: support associates, product specialists, and others who have a good sense of what is – and what is not – helpful, practical information. Each article goes through an extensive auditing process to ensure it is valuable, categorized properly and technically correct.

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customers find answers immediately. We are building an integrated support network and therefore are deploying modern technology to assist our customers,” adds Vandromme.

“Our customers are pushing us to offer a self-service model, something that is more efficient and effective for basic questions.

We’re just responding to the changing needs of the workforce.”

Esko develops topics that they see are being tapped for information, using Google Analytics as a tool to analyze site use. “Our daily management shows who is adding articles,” says Pieter Reel, Engineer at Esko, “so we can react quickly, review content and post the articles.”

After each Knowledge Base answer, Esko gives the user the opportunity to tell the company if the article was helpful or not, and to make a comment. “Esko is getting a 20% hit rate on user feedback, well above industry standards. The vast majority tells us that our articles have been helpful,” explains Vandromme. “We truly value that feedback.

If a comment suggests that the item was not helpful, we will review that feedback to the author and address the issue immediately.

In the same way, if an article receives a favorable comment, we will compliment

the author. This helpful feedback has helped grow Knowledge Base contributions from Esko experts rapidly. We want to get everybody at Esko involved, and it appears to be working.”

Esko continues efforts to improve the site: navigation, user experience and immediate access to the most important information for the user are key drivers. Among other new features, ‘hot fixes’ will become part of the Knowledge Base. If newly released software needs to be corrected, Esko will offer a button on the Knowledge Base home page to check these solutions.

“Our most important objective is to offer a support system that helps our customers get answers in the way they find most efficient – whether online, from a call center, or from our field support,” concludes Vandromme.

“Our ongoing efforts to extend our service offerings have proven to be useful and appreciated. We will continue to develop innovative ways to support our customer base.”

New White Paper identifies 5 key trends for Packaging service providers and printers are under constant pressure to reduce costs, improve productivity and deliver new and innovative packaging concepts to brand owners. Understanding the trends affecting the industry today is the first step toward addressing these challenges and creating a differentiated offering.

Esko has released a new white paper identifying key market drivers that affect the packaging supply chain and discussing opportunities for innovation and efficiency in prepress and converting operations. 5 Key Trends for Packaging Prepress and Production Workflow, written by WhatTheyThink Senior Editor Cary Sherburne and sponsored by Esko, is available for download at http://

whattheythink.com/whitepapers/5-KeyTrends-in-Packaging-Prepress.cfm “Our research and our many conversations with customers and industry professionals has identified five key trends that affect the future of packaging prepress and production,” said Jan De Roeck, Esko’s Director of Solutions Management. “These trends have guided our product development process, resulting in the many enhancements customers will see implemented in Esko’s product range. They are key drivers for the necessary business process change within the industry. The white paper not only thoroughly explains these trends but provides actionable ideas for both brand owners and packaging converters as they look to remain competitive in a very dynamic marketplace.”

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Esko announces expansion in India Market with new office Esko, the global supplier of integrated solutions for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing and publishing industries, has announced a major expansion of its business in India. As a result of its continuous growth and strategic focus on the region, the company has opened an additional facility in the Mumbai region. In this office the sales and service functions for the west India region will be hosted.

Esko in India since 1996 Active in India since 1996, Esko has formed successful and longstanding relationships with leading companies such as Universal Print Systems, Shilp Gravures, Numex, Veepee, Britannia, Pragati, Acuprint, ITC, Parksons, TCPL, Positive Packaging to

name a few. The company spent the first years focusing on developing commercial opportunities. In 2007 Esko opened of the Global Resources Centre (GRC), and again new premises in Bangalore in 2009.

Last year, Esko moved its main India office to larger premises in Bangalore, where it hosts sales and service functions and accommodates a growing team of software developers and application engineers, systems integration architects and e-support services to customers around the world.

Esko operation in Mumbai as part of the company’s investment in the region, this includes recruiting local expertise and adding new talent to strengthen the teams.

“A large proportion of our business in the South Asia region originates from the west of India and requires us to be closer to our customers. Our expanded footprint with the full-fledged sales and support team operating from Mumbai ensures that Esko continues to provide local presence and support to this growing market.” says Mr. Shrihari Rao.

New Mumbai offices The new supplementary facility in Mumbai will enable a better support to the local growing industry. Mr. Shrihari Rao, Sales - Director of Esko India will be leading the

“In order to meet growing local consumer demand, packaging production in India is expanding rapidly,” comments Mr. Christian Korte, Senior Vice President of Esko. “Through our broad array of technologies and services, Esko helps print and packaging operations to deliver cost-effective, consistent and high-quality solutions. Our growing presence in the west of India allows us to improve our service to new and existing customers.”

5 Key Trends for Packagin Prepress and Production Workflow New Mumbai office address:

A White Paper by: Cary Sherburne

Esko-Graphics India Private Limited C/o. DHR Holding India Pvt. Ltd. Unit 405 to 408, 4th Floor, B-Wing, Commercial Office Towers, Kohinoor City Mall, Kirol Road, Off L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (W), Mumbai - 400 070.

Packaging workflows of today For packaging converters, the challenge is to push more production jobs in shorter runs through their plants while operating faster, better, cheaper and greener. Brand owners expect all that from their suppliers, but on top also are seeking creativity and innovation from supply chain partners in order to differentiate their products and create greater shelf appeal. Achievement of these objectives requires seamless collaboration among all supply chain stakeholders as a key outcome.

entire packaging design, production and distribution process. In doing the research for this white paper, I was particularly intrigued by the smart template concept as a basis for near-lights-out prepress workflow in packaging preproduction. We have seen this concept in play in other areas of the printing industry, where it has made a huge difference, and it is exciting to see smart template capabilities now becoming available for packaging preproduction as well.”

“Increasingly, the package is the brand,” Sherburne added. “Brand owners and packaging converters alike must stay current with the latest technologies in order to better understand the possibilities for innovation and improvement across the

Smart templates separate design from content creation. Content resides in a cloud-based packaging management system, and smart objects within the templates are linked to approved content in a secure database. “This type of

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infrastructure accommodates the need for smaller runs of more targeted packaging,” Sherburne said, “and also allows late-stage editing, critical in a dynamic environment such as the one we face today. The ability to change content once and have it flow through a variety of templates also ensures that all content remains current and in regulatory compliance. This improves efficiency and reduces cycle time, benefiting all stakeholders within the packaging supply chain.”

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CLP regulations fuel global demand for peel and read varnish Narrow web ink and varnish manufacturer, Pulse Roll Label Products Ltd., reports increased demand for its UV flexo free radical release varnish for peel and read applications fuelled by EU regulatory demands for increased information on labels, packaging and their content.

With less than a year to go when Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) regulations become mandatory on 1 June 2015 for all mixtures, demand for peel and read labels is growing as these formats become the preferred choice for many end users. Suitable for application on a wide range of packaging, containers and bottles, peel and read labels allow additional space on pack for consumer product and safety information, user instructions and similar, but without sacrificing graphics, visual appeal and impact on shelf.

runnability and printability, it is easy to see why this product would be in high demand by label and package printers in the UK and beyond.

Seward adds, “Changes in label and packaging regulations often brings many challenges. The new CLP legislation does however, also bring new market opportunities and this is driving demand. As well as being a proven and consistently high quality product, our formulation offers a potential lower cost alternative to the conventional cationic chemistry used for peel and read labels. We would be very happy to help UV flexo printers enter or expand their share of this growing market sector through product trials involving both customers and end users.�

Pulse Roll Label Products Ltd. has been

supplying high quality inks and varnishes for the global narrow web label printing market since 2001. The company’s product range includes UV curable and water-based inks and varnishes for flexo, screen and letterpress printing, low migration products, special effects, digital varnishes, primers, adhesives and more. Serving an international customer base from its UK based manufacturing operation the company’s products are sold worldwide.

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Gary Seward, MD at Pulse Roll Label Products said, “Following the development and launch of our UV flexo free radical release varnish in 2011, we have seen considerable growth in peel and read applications in both the UK and export markets. This dramatic increase in demand reflects growing end user requirements to provide enhanced product and more detailed consumer information on pack. Now a market-leading product, which has set an industry standard after being in commercial use for over three years, our release varnish is now one of our best sellers worldwide.

The forthcoming changes in CLP regulation present many opportunities for end users to take advantage of peel and read label technology and our free radical release varnish provides a great solution for both end-users and label printers alike.�

The company claims the product provides excellent release properties and adhesion with smooth, even and consistent repeatable release characteristics on a variety of substrates. The free radical UV formulation is optimised for smooth running on press and can be used on any printing machine at any time, significantly reducing waste and press clean-up times, improving production efficiencies and overcoming issues often associated with the use of cationic systems on press. With potential cost-savings to be achieved and the benefits of easier

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Flint Group Narrow Web commercializes a range of EkoCure UV LED Coatings Customers have long been waiting for coatings that can provide value-added attributes – innovative products that bring increased productivity and lower maintenance, print solutions that are sustainable, and technology that is safe for handling and safe for the environment. Flint Group’s new line of UV flexo coatings for UV LED curing under the EkoCure brand name is a viable answer to customers’ demands.

requirements of narrow web printer using their EkoCure UV LED technology.

EkoCure Coatings are developed using specially selected raw materials that match the narrow and targeted wavelength area that is typical for UV LED lamp output, and are the first commercially available UV LED coatings available in the market.

The judges’ comments were, “UV LED, mercury and ozone free ink technology, from Flint Group now offers a commercially viable option with its new EkoCure™ inks providing improved cure response, cost and productivity savings, waste reduction, energy savings and enhanced safety that will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the future of the label industry.”

The main advantages with UV LED can be summarized as economical and ecological: Economical benefits – • Quality assuredness brings increased productivity and press uptime; • energy costs will be significantly reduced; • expanded capability to run heat sensitive materials with less heat management costs.

Ecological benefits include: saving on energy and ozone & mercury free UV LED lamps.

Printers can realized improved worker and environmental safety.

Printers looking for low maintenance lamps need to consider UV LED technology. UV LED lamps are nearly maintenance free with no mercury bulb replacement and disposal costs The range of EkoCure™ UV flexo coatings available include – • Gloss Coating • Matte Coating • Product Resistant Coating • Low COF Shrink Coating • Cast and Cure Coating • Rotary Screen Tactile Coating • Primer Coating for non-topcoated films • Primer Coating for various shrink films • Non-Yellowing Coating • Coatings with or without optical brighteners

In September 2013, Flint Group Narrow Web won the Award for Innovation at The Label Industry Global Awards in Brussels for its EkoCure UV LED ink technologies. Flint Group was named joint winner alongside co-supplier and development partner, Mark Andy.

Flint Group’s EkoCure™ UV flexo and screen inks are the first-ever narrow web printing inks developed for use in combination printing. These inks perform to the highest standards and bring economical and ecological benefits to the market. First launched in the U.S. in 2012, these inks are now globally available through Flint Group’s extensive distribution network.

EkoCure products are available in a complete range of UV flexo inks, from all base colours in the Pantone base range, as well as UV rotary screen whites designed for combination printing. The EkoCure ink range also offers a complete portfolio of metallic inks, and varnishes with more exciting developments on the horizon.

Paper Bind to showcase PUR Binders at Dscoop Asia 2014 The long-standing Perfect Binding technique is now giving way to the new PUR Binding technology (especially for hard cover book binding). PUR-bound materials tend to lie flatter than those which are bound using other processes, and offer a host of other advantages in terms of quality and productivity. They have fewer limitations with respect to paper type and thickness, coating, lamination, presence of ink in spine, etc. PUR binding is revolutionising the production of photobooks and large hard bound volumes like coffee table books, helping printers make a mark by adding value to the print jobs and increasing profitability.

Paper Bind International Pte Ltd. is playing a vital role in bringing quality and creativity in post-print finishing up to speed with

the strides made in printing technology.

Headquartered in Singapore, Paper Bind specialises in high technology post-print finishing equipment like PUR Binders, Cutting, Creasing and Lamination Machines.

Paper Bind has an enviable client portfolio in Asia with over 46 PUR Binders installed just in the last 2 years across India and 3 recent installations in South Korea and Dubai.

Paper Bind is bringing its range of PUR Binding equipment to Dscoop Asia 2014 at Bali from 12th- 13th June this year.

To know more about Paper Bind’s worldclass PUR Binders, Creasing Machines, Laminating Systems, Digital Foiling Machines and other complimentary and innovative post-print products, read the complete article in the May issue of PRESSIdeas.

Flint Group also offers option of specifically developed coating to meet diverse

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Esko displays its most versatile digital finishing solutions at Media Expo 2014, Delhi Esko, exhibiting at Media expo 2014, Pragati Maidan, Delhi (1-3 August 2014), will showcase its i-cut Suite and ArtiosCAD software as well as a Kongsberg digital cutting table. The entire workflow – from design to prepress to versatile finishing – can be witnessed live at Esko’s booth #92.

Mr. Shrihari Rao, Sales Director of Esko South Asia states: “The versatility that Esko’s digital finishing solution offers with i-cut Suite and ArtiosCAD software alongside the Kongsberg XN series is exactly what the growing Retail and Signage market in India needs. Quality and on time delivery are the key to success. Retailing in India is one of the pillars of its economy and accounts for 14%-15 % of its GDP. The Indian Retail market is estimated to be US$ 500 billion and one of the top five retail markets in the world by economic value. India is one of the fastest growing retail markets in the world, with 1.2 billion people. Esko has invested in the digital finishing excellence centre with equipment and trained staff and has nearly 100 Installations in the region addressing various applications”

Kongsberg cutting tables provide versatile digital finishing Esko’s range of Kongsberg tables brings world class solutions for cutting, creasing and short-run converting for the packaging, label, sign and display industries. The Kongsberg cutting tables are customers’ first choice for die-less digital finishing thanks to their robust build, their precise and fast performance, and their smooth integration with Esko production software. The large number of options, a variety of tool heads

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and the smart workflow tools ensure that these tables perfectly finish the widest range of applications.

The Kongsberg XN is the most versatile and upgradeable digital finishing table to be configured for various applications. The Kongsberg XP is the fastest digital finishing table, designed to handle continuous, high-speed production on the most demanding materials. Esko has more than 60 installations of Kongsberg tables all over South Asia.

i-cut Suite software supports the large format industry Through Esko’s i-cut Suite software and Kongsberg digital finishing tables, visitors will be demonstrated how to become more productive in their own business. Esko’s i-cut Suite is the perfect solution for streamlining the sign and display workflow. i-cut Suite is a collection of pre-production software targeted specifically at large format digital printers and users of digital finishing systems. It eliminates errors, saves time and reduces waste. The different modules of i-cut Suite provide optimal efficiency and productivity, regardless of the type, source and variety of the incoming job information.

Leadership through innovation “Esko maintains its market and technology leadership through persistent product development and enhancements. In a world with rapid technology and trend changes it’s important to invest in equipment that offers flexibility to cover future needs. With its complete software and hardware portfolio, Esko creates a safe business climate to let customers take on more profitable jobs,” concludes Mr. Shrihari Rao.

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BOBST mirrors its strong market position with Interpack success For BOBST, it was a premiere participation in Interpack, and it has reported a successful show. “We were able to finalise projects, kickoff new ones, foster existing relationships and make new contacts with professionals of the industry,” comments Eric Pavone, BOBST Business Unit Web-fed Business Director, as he sums up the company’s participation in the exhibition. He also explains the reasons for the great interest in BOBST products: “Not only are we continuously improving the performance of our high-end solutions for mature markets, we are also extending our product offer for emerging markets. Last but not least, our customers appreciate our service capacities that have been expanded significantly over the last twelve months.”

The Business Unit Web-fed of BOBST offers printing presses, laminators, web coating and metallizing lines for flexible materials as well as web-fed folding carton

printing and inline converting equipment.

Its ongoing commitment to the packaging markets worldwide and the strength of its product portfolio are reflected in the Business Unit’s 2013 record performance (+ 8.9 % compared to the already excellent results of 2012).

The F&K 20SIX range of CI flexo presses recorded excellent market penetration in both mature and emerging markets, performing especially well in USA, Mexico, Middle East and China. Solid sales strengthened BOBST flexo leadership also in the pre-print and nonwoven segments worldwide.

In the flexible materials gravure printing global market, BOBST maintained its premiership mainly with its comprehensive Rotomec 4003 platform. Strongest sales were recorded mainly in Eastern Europe and South East Asia. BOBST Web-Fed

Solutions in folding carton over-performed against sales targets due to a high level of investments in South East Asia. This reflects the well-balanced positioning of its range of LEMANIC printing lines.

The portfolio of BOBST CL and SL laminating machines made progress in driving compelling sales in USA, Germany and Italy mainly for the high performance duplex and triplex converted products. In special coating, BOBST extrusion coating and lacquering equipment sales are growing for highly customized applications with high added value in Europe and the USA. Leveraging on the performance of its latest innovative products such as General K4000 and K5000, the range of vacuum metallizing solutions continues to make strong inroads into the converting segment.

Based on business activity at Interpack, Bobst expects the growth trend to continue further in 2014.

Arrow Label Press 216 for on-demand short-run printing Arrow Digital unveiled its digital roll fed label printer at its R&D Centre in Ahmedabad this May. At the demo centre, customers have the freedom to test print samples and gain hands-on experience of the machine. The Arrow Label Press 216, running at 9.3 meters a minute, is a desktop-sized digital roll label printer using a single-pass LED colour laser engine. The system focuses on precise registration: the web station is designed for precise control of exact registration (± 0.3mm width-direction variance) with supporting gap sensors and black mark sensors. This enables the printer to support any pre-cut labels and post-processing of rotary die-cutters.

The Arrow Label press uses its own software and thereby conveniently and speedily

processes the tasks that were impossible with analogue equipment. The Unique and Variable data that is entered into labels, such as QR codes, barcodes and numbering can be printed out immediately. Labels, of sizes up to 20.5-120 cm can be printed on various media such as art papers, certified PET, Gold/silver paper, Teslin etc. This Label Press is an ideal in-house solution for companies in various segments like Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverages,

FMCG, Healthcare, Cosmetics, Home appliances etc.

Along with the Digital Label Printer, Arrow has also launched a Label finisher – making it the complete label finishing system.

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OMET’s ‘Open doors’ event attracts over 150 companies and sold 3 hybrid presses Customers from all continents have flowed in OMET to attend demonstrations on its entire range of modular, multi-process printing presses and watch ‘live’ the latest innovations specifically dedicated to the label and packaging market. Japanese, Indians, Arabs, Latin Americans, Europeans in general and Italians crowded the three days at the headquarters of OMET in Lecco, Italy.

Many decided to include also a visit to the nearby customer who owns an XFlex X6 with the combination of flexo and digital inkjet.

The excellent print performance on all the machines conquered the audience and convinced three companies to sign a contract for as many hybrid flexo/offset XFlex X6 and ‘full flexo’ XFlex X4.

OMET event featured two recent innovations worthy of note: the double unwinder on XFlex X4, which is available across the range, and the flat-bed hot foil and embossing integrated in-line on the XFlex X6 offset with 3 UV flexo units, 5 offset sleeve groups, cold foil on rail, rotary die-cutting and the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ matrix rewinder.

The double unwinder is a semi-automatic unwinding system for ultra-fast change of the printing substrate; it saves several minutes in the changeover process and increases the productivity and profitability of the machine with any type of run.

For what concerns the flat-bed hot foil, the great news is the short time that was needed to OMET’s technical staff to tune it for work on the XFlex X6 offset, immediately obtaining

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quality level and register performance higher than any tests previously performed on machines not OMET. The flat-bed hot stamping and embossing is characterized by superior quality and this same quality is now perfectly integrated on OMET’s rotary machines for printing and finishing in one pass.

With reference to JetPlus, OMET’s inkjet digital unit, the company acknowledges to have concluded the test phase on the first machine, which has already been producing for a few months at a label converter located near Lecco, and opens the possibility to order it from Labelexpo Americas 2014.

During the event, the machine was printing several jobs demonstrating the simplicity of job and die-cutting exchange. The whole operation was eased by the presence of Monotwin Cut, the die-cutting system patented by OMET that secure high speeds of operation and quick changeovers since there is no need to replace the magnetic cylinder, and whose adjustments are completely automated with respect to both digital and flexo printing.

Next to the new XFlex X6 equipped with offset with sleeves groups and XFlex X4, entry-level machine with superior electronics coupled to traditional, though revised, printing cylinders, OMET was presenting Varyflex V2, multi-technology modular platform dedicated to the printing of flexible packaging – here with the combination flexo and gravure – and one ‘full flexo’ XFlex X6.

All the machines have shown great flexibility, which has always been at the base of OMET’s technological choices. Work with an OMET’s printing press means to rely on the experience of a company whose objective is to support the converters with modular, rapidly re-configurable and multi-application solutions and with productivity levels suiting each customer’s actual needs. The desire to offer the greatest efficiency translates into tested and guaranteed solutions that offer all-in-one pass printing of the simplest to the most difficult jobs, quick job changeovers involving great savings, and the utmost print consistency, for high quality and repeatable results.

The companies which extended their support to the event include: Asahi Photoproducts,Avery Dennison, ACM Carcano, Erhardt+Leimer, IST Metz, Kurz, Rotometrics, Praxair, Simec Group, Rossini, Tesa, Ultralen,Vetaphone and Zeller+Gmelin.

BST to fully acquire Eltromat Eltromat GmbH will be 100% owned by BST International GmbH w.e.f 1st July 014.

Joining hands, the two major global players in Quality Assurance Systems will together work to further enhance their sales & service support, technological expertise and skilled manpower which will largely benefit the flexible packaging industry. A wide range of businesses will be benefited in the areas of Print, Web and Tyre applications including, web guiding, register control, web viewing, print inspection, colour measurement, colour control, ink fountains, workflow solutions and automation technology for gravure, flexo, reel-fed offset and digital printing, surface inspection, thickness and web width measurement, sensor technology, production processes and extrusion and error detection etc.

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FINAT announces winners of first Recycling Awards Competition Hagmaier Etiketten and Unilever recycling efforts honoured at congress.

FINAT, the international association for the (self-adhesive) labelling industry, announced the winners of the first FINAT Recycling Awards Competition during its annual congress in Monaco.

Converter Category Winner In the converter category, the winner Hagmaier Etiketten & Druck GmbH impressed the jury with the high recycling rates for both paper and film liner, the communication efforts made both inside and outside of the company, and with the solutions offered for other secondary materials. Finally, by offering customers take back of spent liner, the company not only demonstrates responsibility for its own secondary materials, but helps others as well.

End-user Category Winner The end-user category saw a number of impressive entries, but in the end Unilever

edged out the others based on the company’s clear dedication to a zero waste to landfill policy. Not only is this clearly communicated on the company’s website and in its sustainability report, but it is also being reflected in Unilever’s long history in liner recycling and its impressive liner recycling figures.

Jury honours recycling efforts FINAT established a jury of international experts that was chaired by Jacques van Leeuwen, former FINAT recycling consultant and industry veteran.

“With the growing number of recycling solutions available today, we decided that the time was right to launch a FINAT Recycling Award,” said Jacques Van Leeuwen. “This award brings recognition to the recycling efforts made by these companies and helps to promote the best practices in liner recycling.”

The jury was delighted by both the quality and the quantity of the entries, especially for the first edition of the competition. The 11 entries reflected a total of well over 1000 tonnes of recycled film and paper liner, as well as a significant amount of recycled matrix and other secondary material. This clearly demonstrates that the industry is stepping up to the challenge to recover these valuable materials.

“While our own efforts to promote recycling are valuable,” said Mark Macaré, Recycling Project Manager at FINAT, “nothing speaks louder than the experience of companies which actually have their release liner recycled.”

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Second Soma Flexo Conference enjoys success Soma Engineering drew an audience of over 160 at its May 2014 Flexo Conference held at its Soma Globe Training and Demonstration facility in Lanskroun, CZ. Attendees were comprised of senior management personnel from printing and converting companies from around the world as well as industry co-suppliers, the trade press and two delegations from China. As a result of the success of this and its 2013 program, the Flexo Conference is set to become a regular annual fixture in the Soma calendar.

The spotlight was shared with speakers from various flexographic printing technologies who gave presentations on the latest innovations in their respective fields that included effective 4C colour Pantone reproduction from PPP, saving money through anilox roll consistency, Apex, Smart App technology to meet 2014 EU standards for packaging from Reproflex and plate technology bench marking, Chespa.

An afternoon session covered presentations from the perspective of a flexo printer and a brand owner, BUDVAR, preceded by an overview of the new Optima press by Soma Marketing Manager, Petr Blasko who explained the reasons behind the development of this, narrow/mid web printing solution. “Our research has shown that the flexo printing market wants consistent quality of 70 lines per cm (177 lines per inch) with as short a set-up time as possible. It is difficult for printers to produce short runs on wide web presses and remain competitive.

We believe the Optima, with its new design concept offers a more competitive solution,

particularly as a supplement to an existing wide web printing operation. The Optima offers reduced running costs compared with running a like for like job on a 1300mm press.

In addition, the new design concept reflects the new trend in value added packaging offering press customisation according to specific customer needs.”

The Optima uses all the sophisticated components as found on Soma’s wide web presses including Bosh Rexroth servo drives to reduce energy costs, JDF intuitive menus and job reporting, Falcon impression system with no marks, InkFix colour matching and Fast blade doctor blade technology. Additional cost savings are achieved through the use of one litre volume ink cartridges where reduced coverage is required for colours such as expensive

metallics. Constructed from one solid single block frame the press offers maximum rigidity at high speeds up to 300 m/min and ergonomically divided work stations for print and unwind/rewind operations.

Mr Blasko adds, “We are not over-looking the possibility of aiming the Optima, not only as a solution for wide web flexible packaging, but also for the narrow web label printing industry. We can foresee the possibility of high speed printing label and packaging substrates on an 820mm wide model by splitting into two 400mm wide webs and adding various off-line finishing options such as embossing, foiling and other decorative and converting applications.”

The three day program was rounded off with a presentation by ex flexo printer, Nick Crow, demonstrations of the Soma Flex Optima and Premia flexographic printing presses and was preceded by a tour of Prague and celebratory boat trip. Copies of all presentations can be supplied on request.

Located in Lanskroun, Czech Republic, SOMA Engineering designs and manufactures high quality printing and converting machines for a wide variety of industries. Its portfolio encompasses CI flexographic presses, slitter/rewinders, laminators, mounter-proofers, sheeters, die cutters and special purpose machines. The company serves an international market with representation and distribution channels throughout the world.

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Highcon adds labels to Euclid offering Digital folding carton finishing specialist Highcon has added self-adhesive labels to the list of products its Euclid system is capable of handling.

The Euclid was launched at drupa 2012 as a digital finishing system that allowed creasing and cutting of folding cartons using lasers and Highcon’ s DART technology. A number of converters have installed the Euclid since its launch, such as Glossop Cartons in the UK and Anro in the US, and their experiences and feedback have allowed Highcon to extend the capabilities of the Euclid.

One area of development has been substrate thickness and type, with customers having produced work on substrates beyond the initial specifications, including self-adhesive labels and stickers, so offering new substrate cutting possibilities for converters and printers.

Highcon has also developed the Light

Editor software tool, which allows Euclid operators to take full advantage of the digital technology by enabling last minute editing of crease and cut lines, partial cutting depth control and sharp angled cut control.

Highcon said these new tools and features are enabling Euclid users and their customers to ‘expand their offering, streamline their workflow and develop awardwinning applications’.

Highcon has also announced a large-scale expansion of its distribution network, with A to Z Graphic Solutions in Israel, Canadian Printing Equipment in Canada, Castiel Group in Mexico, Matset in Turkey, and MGraf in Italy and Monotech Systems in India now to represent the Euclid.

Founded in 2009 by Aviv Ratzman and Michael Zimmer, Highcon has developed a truly innovative digital cutting and creasing solution for the post-print market. The

Highcon Euclid offers converters and printers design flexibility, and rapid speed to market, while eliminating costly production steps and reducing carbon footprint of folding carton production. Launched at Drupa 2012, the Euclid is installed at customer sites in Israel, UK, Belgium, Africa and the USA. Highcon is represented by channel partners and a dedicated sales force and has a demonstration center at Plantin in Belgium.

It is represented in India by Monotech Systems Ltd, provider of high end and high performance products and solutions for printing, packaging industry in the country.

JETSCI industrial inkjet marks over 10 installations across India Monotech Inkjet Systems, a distinguished division of Monotech Systems specialized in manufacturing and supplying of high speed single pass industrial inkjet systems for variable data printing has installed over 10 Systems across India having various customized configuration with multiple printhead setups.

Monotech’s Flagship solution for the customers and delivers various benefits to the customers. The solution manufactured in India offers great flexibility to customers in terms of capital & running costs, customized configuration, on field upgradation and fast turnaround time & job setups with wonderful support structure.

Since its inception, Y series has been

Currently JETSCI production systems are offered in two variants: Y Series and M Series, both utilizing most modern inkjet printhead technologies.

Y series is now available with new enhancements which ease installation and minimize the customer’s work like Roller mounting assy, Servo Driven automatic X and Z axis travel, Touch screen HMI etc.

Newly launched M series is an equipment of choice due to low cost of capital, running costs and the great flexibility in the solutions and speeds to match current conventional customer setups.

JETSCI Y series and M series can print on a wide range of substrates at speed of up to 150 m/min using both UV curable inks and

water based inks for various applications including courier bills, redemption tickets, tags, labels, OMR sheets with Lithocode & Barcodes, university certificates, holograms, lottery tickets and cheque personalization etc.

Customers can print high quality variable data printing jobs online /offline with both systems at low running costs. Such jobs include barcodes, QR/2-D codes, address, text, number, logical and sequence numbers, OMR and litho codes, images, custom fonts, full or part page variable data etc. and many more at high resolutions of up to 1200 and 1440 DPI and speeds of over 150 m/min.

Reputed packaging and label printers are JetSci customers across India. Many have shown their trust by installing at their production facility multiple print heads with different configurations. Jimit Mittal, General Manager – JetSci Industrial Inkjet Systems says, “Our main aim is to offer our customers the latest technology with great innovation at very competitive prices, needless to say, our customers are delighted with our great technical support after sales”

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Avery expands Craft Beer portfolio to help brewers stand out in growing market “The Avery Dennison Craft Beer portfolio allows brewers to create a label that is as distinctive as their beer, enhancing differentiation and preference while ensuring they present the desired image to the consumer exactly as they intended”

Label and Packaging Materials has expanded its Craft Beer portfolio with eight new label constructions, including a semigloss paper with a wet-strength additive that delivers added protection against peeling and tearing.

The number of North American craft breweries grew 15 percent in 2013, according to the Brewers Association. To help this rapidly growing market segment meet its branding needs, Avery Dennison

“The Avery Dennison Craft Beer portfolio allows brewers to create a label that is as distinctive as their beer, enhancing differentiation and preference while ensuring they present the desired image to the

consumer exactly as they intended,” said Laura Clark, global marketing director, beverage, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials. “As sales of craft beer continue to grow and new competition enters the market, it’s important to distinguish one’s product in every respect.”

The Avery Dennison Craft Beer portfolio consists of paper and film materials with adhesives that stay on surfaces with heavy condensation, giving brewers the freedom to employ unique label shapes and the dynamic printing and finishing capabilities enabled by pressure-sensitive technology. Brewers can also benefit from the faster changeovers, reduced waste and easier clean-up associated with pressure-sensitive labels.

The addition of a material with a wet-strength additive improves peel and tear resistance, keeping labels intact after being submerged in an ice bucket or cooler.

AC Golden, a small batch brewer and brand incubator in Colorado, is using Avery Dennison labeling to strengthen the image of its barrel-aged brew, Framboise Noir. The company chose Avery Dennison Cherry Veneer, which is made with real wood, to tell the story of the beer’s aging process.

“Just as the wood barrels add complexity and illuminate the flavors in the beer, the wood label illuminates the most intriguing points of our brand story,” said Glenn Knippenberg, president and co-founder of AC Golden.

“The label reflects our product’s barrel aging process and also signals to craft beer drinkers that our product is handcrafted for a unique experience.”

Avery Dennison is one of the leaders in labeling and packaging materials and solutions. The company’s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major market and industry.

With operations in more than 50 countries and 26,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers with insights and innovations that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent.

Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company reported sales from continuing operations of $6.1 billion in 2013.

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EFI’s Packaging installed base shows sizable growth Momentum continues after doubling of Radius ERP new customer acquisition rate EFI announced continued, successful momentum among customers in packaging production, led by a significant increase in EFI Radius ERP software installations and new UV and LED inkjet printer sales that will give customers digital converting opportunities in corrugated, folding carton and flexible packaging markets.

The number of net new Radius customers doubled year-over-year between 2012 and 2013. Distinct Packabilities, Shepherdsville, Ky.; Hub Labels, Hagerstown, Md.; K-1 Packaging Group, City of Industry, Calif.; Netpak Packaging, Montreal; and several additional businesses added Radius systems last year. Since then, EFI’s Radius group has witnessed continued momentum working with converters interested in building efficiencies and reducing costs using the industry’s leading packaging ERP platform. The continued growth in the Radius installed base comes from converters of all size and types, from smaller, single-plant implementations to large-scale, multiplant and multinational deployments.

A strong evolution in packaging technology and a ‘spectacular’ ERP One EFI customer, Alex Elezaj, chief operating officer of Center Line, Mich.based Whitlam Label, notes that the ERP advantages with Radius software reflect the overall positive experience Whitlam has seen working with EFI. “Technology has evolved tremendously in the last five years with EFI,” said Elezaj. “Not only has the company provided us inkjet digital printing capabilities with an EFI Jetrion press, the company’s EFI Radius ERP has been just a spectacular program for us.”

EFI customers are expanding their investment in packaging technology beyond the increase in Radius ERP deployments.

While much of the expansion comes from traditional converters bolstering their operations, commercial printing and signage firms are also making strategic purchases to establish profitable packaging operations. In response to the demand, EFI has continued to develop its portfolio to include more bestin-class packaging hardware and software.

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Corrugated and folding carton packaging applications using the EFI VUTEk® HS100 Pro high-speed inkjet press and EFI’s new material edge guide (MEG) system.

New, greener flexible packaging and label production capabilities with the launch of the LED inkjet EFI Jetrion® 4950LX narrow-web press.

Technology from the April 2014 acquisition of Rhapso Group, manufacturer of one of the world’s leading software products for corrugated packaging production scheduling, PC-TOPP.

“The continued growth and interest EFI is seeing in this market reflects our ongoing commitment to be a valued partner for businesses that want to take advantage of the accelerating opportunities in packaging,” said Frank Mallozzi, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, EFI. “We are very proud to work with many of the world’s best packaging converters and, as always, we are committed to helping them grow profits, reduce waste and cut costs using the most innovative digital printing and workflow technologies available.”

Connecting converters to new workflow advantages The improvements customers made last year implementing Radius systems was followed by strong momentum with EFI’s January 2014 Connect users group event. Connect had record attendance, including the highestever number of Radius users.

During Connect, EFI Radius’s product management team shared initial details on a new version of the Radius ERP software that incorporates technologies EFI has developed or acquired over the past year.

Available this month, EFI Radius version 15.1 offers new features and enhancements, including a mobile CRM module; improved scheduling with EFI’s world-class PrintFlow® plant optimization software; web-based, EFI SmartLinc multi-carrier shipping features; and an EFI Radius customer web portal.

“This is an exciting time for EFI and our customers,” according to David Taylor, general manager, EFI Radius. “With our strong track record of smart acquisitions and internal R&D, EFI Radius customers are able to benefit from improvements in our software platform that support increased profits through cost reduction, higher productivity and improved workflow.”

EFI inkjet extends the range and sustainability of digital converting Packaging converters are also increasingly turning to EFI for digital printing solutions that make short- to medium-volume production faster, more efficient and more profitable. To meet increased demand for larger-format digital technologies that offer a better return on investment, EFI has improved the packaging capabilities of its VUTEk inkjet products. Future improvements, including continued expansion of EFI’s advanced, LED-curing inkjet technology, will give converters even more digital packaging printing opportunities.

And, in EFI’s Jetrion product line - the leading inkjet press technology for the converting space - the new Jetrion 4950LX LED press prints on a broader range of label substrates and gives users the ability to produce flexible packaging as well as labels. The press’s “cool cure” LED platform uses significantly less energy, reduces waste, and saves resources and money with longer-lasting LED lamps, all of which makes it a greener, more cost-effective product that meets converters’ needs for sustainable, profitable printing.

According to Deb Warner, founder and president of the first U.S. company to install the EFI Jetrion 4950LX press - Columbia Tenn.-based Graphic Label Solutions - the press’s green production benefits are important. “The brands we work with are all setting goals for sustainability, and they want suppliers who share that commitment,” said Warner. “When I first saw EFI Jetrion inkjet technology, I knew it would help us offer high quality while reducing waste. LED is the missing piece I need to really address what our clients are looking for from a sustainability perspective.”

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HP Latex 3000 Printer opens account with two installations in India HP has announced the first set of installations of the HP Latex 3000 printer in India with SR Digital Imaging-Auto Graphics, one of the leading names in the signage industry and SSR Enterprises a full service print provider in Bangalore. Both companies have recently witnessed strong business growth and needed a more advanced printing solution that could help increase their production capacity. They have opted for the HP Latex printing platforms for greater productivity, versatility and cost-efficiency.

SSR Enterprises specializes in printing a broad range of indoor and outdoor signs, particularly in the advertising and branding segments, for customers spread across southern India. Having installed the HP Scitex XL1500 as its first HP printer in 2010, the new installation of the HP Latex 3000 represents the third HP press the company has installed in a row.

“As our customer base continued to grow, we realized that we needed a more agile and steady printing solution,” said Sheik Rahamathulla, chief executive officer, SSR Enterprises. “With the installation of the HP Latex 3000 printer we have moved to not only a more eco-friendly platform but have also overcome our earlier limitation of not being able to print on substrates like canvas and window fins.”

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for our customers by eliminating the need of lamination,” added Rahamathulla. “With the HP Latex 3000 printer installation we can confidently execute a variety of printing jobs offering better turnaround time and lower cost of printing to our customers.”

SR Digital Imaging-Auto Graphics started operations in 2003 focusing on point-of-sale merchandising projects but over the last 11 years has evolved to address the various turnkey requirements of leading national brands - from printing to fabrication. HP Latex printing technology has been the backbone of its business with a portfolio including an HP Scitex FB500 industrial printer and the HP Latex 800 printer.

“Our business has been growing steadily and we have made heavy investments in marketing to further strengthen our pan India reach for corporate clients. In line with this

expansion, we felt the need to consolidate our printing operations with a more efficient solution,” said D J Bangara, managing director, SR Digital Imaging-Auto Graphics.

“We are excited with the installation of the HP Latex 3000 as it is an industrial printer which offers broader media versatility, including printing on heat-sensitive substrates, which will help us meet our evolving customer needs and also grow our business avenues.”

Puneet Chadha, director, market development, Graphics Solutions Business, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan said, “At HP, we are focused on enabling our print service providers to offer innovative solutions to their customers. With the installation of the HP Latex 3000 printers, SSR Enterprises and SR Digital Imaging-Auto Graphics can broaden their customer offerings and stay ahead of the curve.”

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Mimaki sets new trade show standards at FESPA Digital 2014 Education, awards, new ideas and heavy traffic marked return to positive business environment for sign & display graphics business.

Mimaki, global manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting plotters for the sign/graphics, textile/apparel and industrial markets, reported that FESPA Digital 2014 marked one of its most successful trade shows ever. Held in Munich, Germany, 20-23 May, the show delivered significant results for Mimaki and for the industry as a whole.

“We had high expectations for FESPA Digital 2014, and the show did not disappoint,” said Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA for Mimaki Europe. “As a platinum sponsor of the show, Mimaki is perhaps a bit biased, but I believe most exhibitors and attendees will agree when I say that FESPA Digital 2014 simply radiated with the enthusiasm that visitors brought with them to Munich. We certainly felt it in the Mimaki stand!”

Awards and more awards Mimaki was thrilled with the response from attendees to three new products demonstrated at FESPA Digital 2014. It demonstrated JFX2002513, Tx500-1800DS direct sublimation printer and JV300-130/160 solvent inkjet wide format printer.

Mimaki Europe sponsored and presented the Young Designer Award to Eleni Bourazanis at the show.

Contestants were able to enter their portfolios for a chance to gain recognition for their talents and to win a six-month internship at Mimaki Europe. They were judged on their creativity, business outlook and eagerness to have the internship opportunity.

Bourazanis said, “Fashion is my passion, and I have been focused on screen printing in the past. But I’ve been blown away by the possibilities presented by digital printing. What better company than Mimaki Europe as a stage for me to explore these possibilities further. In the end, I just want to design,

having access to the outstanding tools Mimaki provides will give me new ways to explore my passion while adding value to the Mimaki team.”

Horsten added, “Eleni has the creative mindset to thrive well at Mimaki Europe. We are excited to have this talented trainee to strengthen our team. She’ll fit right in with our culture of Let’s create... together.”

And the awards didn’t stop there. Mimaki was honoured with two European Digital Press Association (EDP) Awards. The Mimaki JFX200-2513 wide format printer with LED curing was selected from a crowded field of submissions for Best Flatbed/ Hybrid Printer up to €200K, and Mimaki’s KEBAB option for 360-degree direct printing on cylindrical products was named Best Multi-Purpose Object Printer. The awards were accepted by Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing for Mimaki EMEA at a special awards ceremony held during the show.

Creative exchange of ideas highlighted event FESPA launched educational hubs at the show, offering a blend of presentations, debates, networking and demonstrations. “We were pleased to be the sponsor of The Digital Hub,” Horsten said. “We believe that educational opportunities - both for us and for attendees - are a critical aspect of any trade event. I had the opportunity to speak there several times during the show, and it was an extremely rewarding experience. The exchange of ideas that

Key Notes : > Mimaki honoured with two European Digital Press Association (EDP) Awards. > The Mimaki JFX2002513 – Best Flatbed/ Hybrid Printer up to €200K > Mimaki’s KEBAB option for 360-degree direct printing on cylindrical products named Best MultiPurpose Object Printer.

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occurred both there and during the live streaming of our press conference inspired us and provided invaluable food for thought for our future developments. It was great to talk about the industry with the industry, including peers, visitors, press and analysts.”

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New products, new opportunities Mimaki was also thrilled with the response from attendees to three new products demonstrated at FESPA Digital 2014.

• The JFX200-2513, a compact UV printer that can easily fit into facilities of almost any size and an affordable price to match. Its variable dot function ensures less granular and higher quality prints by jetting three ink dot sizes at once, and it features white ink for brilliant images, compelling backlits, and other items printed on transparent materials.

It includes two different ink types that support a wide range of materials and applications:

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LH-100, a hard UV cure ink with high rub and chemical resistance with excellent color fidelity; LUS-150, a affordable UV cure ink with suppleness that extends to 150%.

The Tx500-1800DS direct sublimation printer is ideal for flags, sign, display, textile and soft signage segments. It features a new Sb300 ink that is more affordable than conventional ink, as well as increased print speed for polyester fabrics.

The JV300-130/160 is a solvent inkjet wide format printer family. These printers are extremely flexible as they can be used for both solvent and waterbased sublimation printing. This makes return on investment and the profitable development of new applications faster and easier than ever before for sign and display graphics businesses of all sizes.

They are suitable for a wide range of applications including outdoor signage,

posters, interior decorating and vehicle wrapping and reeled in many visitors to the stand.

Mimaki experts also stayed busy during the show, speaking with visitors about their goals and objectives and helping them match those needs to the most appropriate Mimaki Europe solutions.

“Throughout the show,” Horsten concluded, “we felt nothing but positive vibes, both in terms of visitor circulation at our stand and at the party we hosted during FESPA Digital 2014 to celebrate 10 years of Mimaki Europe.

We secured great new sales leads and were re-energized by the level of enthusiasm expressed by everyone that was there. We are looking forward to next year’s FESPA 2015 and are already planning on how to beat the benchmark we set this year!”

Events Calendar WAN-IFRA’s News Design Conference Date: 03 JUN-14 to 04 JUN-14 Venue: Hotel Courtyard Marriott

KIPES 2014

IndusPRINT South Asia

Date: 27 AUG-14 to 30 AUG-14 Venue: Kintex, Goyang South Korea

Date: 11 OCT-14 to 11 OCT-14 Venue: JW Marriott Bangalore

WAN-IFRA India 2014

Labelexpo India 2014

Date: 17 SEP-14 to 18 SEP-14 Venue: New Delhi

Date: 29 OCT-14 to 01 NOV-14 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi

Mumbai

World Newspaper Conference Date: 07 JUN-14 to 07 JUN-14 Venue: Turin, Italy

Screen Print India 2014 Dscoop Asia 2014 Date: 12 JUN-14 to 13 JUN-14 Venue: Bali, Indonesia

Date: 18 SEP-14 to 21 SEP-14 Venue: The International Centre Goa Goa

PackPlus 2014

Eurasia Packaging Fair 2014

Date: 11 JUN-14 to 14 JUN-14 Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Print Technology Date: 14 AUG-14 to 17 AUG-14 Venue: Putra World Trade Center Kulala Lumpur Malaysia

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Date: 18 SEP-14 to 21 SEP-14 Venue: Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center Istanbul, Turkey

Graph Expo 2014 Date: 28 SEP-14 to 01 OCT-14 Venue: McCormick Place, Chicago, USA

Print China 2015 Date: 07 APR-15 to 12 APR-15 Venue: Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center Guangdong, China

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

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

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