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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Kodak generates significant industry buzz at largest print show ...................................................................................................................................8 HP unleashes Digital Printing portfolio at drupa 2016..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Highcon launches new finishing portfolio .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Agfa Graphics addresses growth opportunities ................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Innovations for better Packaging and Print.......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Fujifilm’s water-based ink for flexible packaging ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Xerox puts Inkjet within reach of more Print Providers.................................................................................................................................................... 19 Hybrid Offset Printing impresses at drupa ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20 It was obviously an experience worth remembering....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Mukesh Taneja is working on products and ROI after an impressive drupa visit.................................................................................................... 20 Arun Dani team has a wonderful, memorable and informative drupa tour ............................................................................................................ 21 Austin Lopez prefers Swissqprint, Esko and Canon solutions ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Canon pushes the boundaries of digital print .................................................................................................................................................................... 22 ebeam introduces the mass personalization of food packaging................................................................................................................................. 23 Epson presents advanced professional production inkjet printers range ............................................................................................................... 24 Sakurai at drupa 2016................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Heidelberg world premiere at drupa 2016........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Three more Rapida 106 to complement TCPL Packaging fleet..................................................................................................................................... 27 Cosmo Films receives the highest number of visitors at its drupa stall...................................................................................................................... 27 Peak performance redefined .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Heidelberg grows with digital printing ................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 CRON EZcolor makes short-run offset easier profitable .................................................................................................................................................. 31 Konica Minolta enters Industrial Printing market............................................................................................................................................................... 32 Hunkeler: New dynamics in digital finishing........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 China Print 2017 holds Press Conference at drupa ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 New Partnerships at the Center of Goss’ Business Strategy............................................................................................................................................ 35 HP reveals flexible On-demand Book Production Suite................................................................................................................................................... 36 HP sells 25 Indigo 12000 Digital Presses to Shutterfly...................................................................................................................................................... 37 ZESTA Technology Group signs up Capitol Printers .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 KODAK drives Flexo future at drupa with FLEXCEL NX System ’16 and ULTRA NX Experience room............................................................. 38 Saueressig and Merck enable print packaging with RGB ............................................................................................................................................... 39 First hour sale at drupa by KBA to Centrum Printing ....................................................................................................................................................... 39 Goss Contiweb: Optimizing Print Drying efficiency.......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Fedrigoni presents three innovations at drupa................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Insight Communications scores drupa sales........................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Cimpress signs global deal with HP for a fleet of HP Indigo presses........................................................................................................................... 42 Mathrubhumi signs for 20 Krause platesetters................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Dominion Packaging buys TRESU Flexo Innovator hybrid printing line ................................................................................................................... 43 Comiflex shakes hands with Uflex to ‘Make In India’......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Henkel and Continental conclude cooperation agreement........................................................................................................................................... 44 Edubook steps up in automation with Libra 800............................................................................................................................................................... 44 manroland: The EVOLUTION of print at drupa.................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Landa’s Nano has a Mega Show................................................................................................................................................................................................ 46 Lake Image Systems and Solex announce distribution partnership .......................................................................................................................... 47 Intec Printing Solutions launches CS4000/CS5000............................................................................................................................................................ 47 Seminar on Photography and Multimedia........................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Colour Management for Flexible Packaging is IPC focus ................................................................................................................................................ 49 Demak highlights Kromex at drupa........................................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Globe Print n Pack installs Esko ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50 XtraMile service portfolio by Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web........................................................................................................................... 51 Velvet Coating and Crystal UV Coating with Atlas ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 PackPlus 2016 returns with a bigger profile ........................................................................................................................................................................ 52 100% FDI boosts Labelexpo India booking.......................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Monotech Systems sells first Focus Proflex to Glamod Techno Labels....................................................................................................................... 53 JRD Printpack invests in Esko’s packaging workflow......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Flint Group confirms AIC acquisition ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 EDP Award for the Heidelberg Omnifire 250 for colour 4D printing........................................................................................................................... 55 HP adds Chromatic Red Ink to new DesignJet Z-series Printers.................................................................................................................................... 56 EFI acquires Optitex ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 SPGPrints’ PIKE digital textile printer wins EDP Award..................................................................................................................................................... 58

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Landa Nanography had been eagerly awaited by one and all for different reasons but not without reasons. The reasons are as wide as curiosity to belief. Both, the curiosity and the belief, have been established at the recent drupa. The technology was ‘the talk of the town’, so to say. No drupa visitor remained untouched by the popular cliché – small (i.e. nano) is big. It made so much of impact that the sales figures touched an enormous 450 million Euros. While the industry in general is waiting for the real time results, that would surely be pouring in soon, the early adopters are already basking in the glory of a perceived revolutionary technology in the world of printing. The results of quality, applications, material etc. were as much obvious to the naked eyes that witnessed the technology live at drupa. The print cost claims are too quite impressive. They will certainly be weighed against many factors including the cost of investment. The inventor of revolutionary Indigo is at it again with Nanography.

The Dusseldorf exhibition has kept its 4-yearly cycle and quelled the industry reservations about the suitability of the earlier decision to reduce the cycle to 3-yearly one. Obviously, it is the largest industry event; as large as to make it necessary for visitors to have pre-decided visits at booths of choice. 11 days aren’t enough if one wants to see them all at the show. Nevertheless, the 11 days were more than enough to decide the future course of print media industry. In our post-drupa issue, we have reviewed key technologies showcased at the German fair. We are sure our visiting Indian friends must have made the best of their drupa visit.

The ever happening industry will be experiencing the benefits in the coming months and even years. We have summarized diverse solutions presented or showcased by global exhibitors covering the extensive areas and segments of print, its technology and applications etc. You have to go through the inside pages to know how: Kodak generated significant industry buzz; HP unleashed Digital or revealed flexible On-demand Book Production; Agfa addressed growth; Esko innovated for better packaging; Xerox put inkjet within reach; Canon pushed Digital boundaries; Heidelberg redefined peak performance or grew with Digital; Konica Minolta entered Industrial Printing market; Goss optimized print drying; Insight Communications scored; TCPL complimented its packaging fleet; manroland showcased evolution of print; and much more. Also read comments and experiences of drupa visitors from India.

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Kodak generates significant industry buzz at largest print show Having reached its sales target on day 7 and 181% of target on the final day of the show, Kodak declares drupa 2016 a resounding success.

More than 20 new products and technologies launched at the show were the highlighting part of Kodak Quarter which entertained tens of thousands of visitors, prospects and customers from around the world over the course of 11 days.

Jeff Clarke, CEO of Kodak, commented: “Kodak came to drupa 2016 to demonstrate our long-term commitment to the print, publishing and packaging industries, reflected in our ‘Print. For Good.’ message. We also clearly positioned Kodak at the forefront of the industry through the strength of our new technologies to continue driving the sustainability of the markets they serve. Hitting our sales target on Day 7 was testimony of the strengths of our products and Kodak’s standing in the print industry.”

Kodak creates a lifesized interpretation of an urban neighborhood, complete with streets, cafes, a convenience store, a newsstand and a New York-style loft, all designed to reflect the resurgence of the iconic Kodak brand.

Key Notes : > Launches more than 20 new products and technologies at the show. > Celebrates 21 years of thermal imaging technology and its 21,000th CTP sale. > Announces multiple industry collaborations and strategic partnerships.

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Kodak also demonstrated its influence in future technologies, including 3D printing. Visitors were able to see how Kodak’s materials science enables its partner, Carbon 3D, to rapidly transform 3D models into physical objects. Kodak also highlighted the strength of its revolutionary antimicrobial material science with antimicrobial polo shirts worn by its operators for the duration of the show.

The company made daily announcements featuring

prominent sales and partnerships, signalling its focus and commitment to print.

• Kodak announced six PROSPER sales, including four KODAK PROSPER 6000C and two KODAK PROSPER 1000 presses. Toppan Forms (Japan), is now Kodak’s biggest PROSPER press customer with the signing of its fifth PROSPER order, Leaderform (Italy) ordered a second PROSPER 6000C to complement its existing press, and Meiller will be Kodak’s first German PROSPER customer. Lettershop (UK) also ordered a PROSPER 6000C, while two PROSPER 1000 Presses have been sold to customers in the Asia Pacific Region.

• Kodak marked a significant milestone in the

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worldwide adoption of its industryleading mainstream flexographic plate technology with the 500th order of a KODAK FLEXCEL NX System. Multidruk, a Polish flexographic prepress provider who is also expanding its services in Europe, returned to drupa 2016 to place an order for its second FLEXCEL NX System.

Kodak celebrated 21 years of thermal imaging technology and its 21,000th computer-to-plate (CTP) sale at drupa 2016. The company honoured KARTON-PAK S.A. of Poland who chose the KODAK MAGNUS VLF Q2400 Platesetter with KODAK SQUARESPOT Imaging Technology to give its customers a higher level of stability, accuracy and reliability within its operations.

Pareto-Print became Kodak’s biggest SONORA XP plate user worldwide by converting to process free plates. Using 300,000 m2 plates annually to produce high quality books and magazines, the deal underlines Kodak’s prediction that 30% plate volume will be process free in 2019.

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announced a strategic collaboration to provide an automated digital workflow to drive Nanographic Printing presses for mainstream commercial applications.

Kodak and Komori announced a strategic partnership to deliver seamless interoperability between Komori KP-Connect (K-Station 4) Printing Task Control Software and KODAK PRINERGY Workflow.

Kodak also announced partnerships with Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Matti Technology, and manroland web systems.

Kodak announced a new agreement with Caxton & CTP Publishers and Printers Limited, one of the largest printers in Africa. The order includes the installation of a KODAK PROSPER S30 Imprinting System on Caxton & CTP’s existing offset litho printing presses and represents the first variable print technology on African newspapers.

Kodak awarded customer Drukkerij de Bij with its inaugural Global KODAK SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award, for continuously demonstrating outstanding efforts to reduce their environmental

impact through a variety of initiatives and best practices.

Kodak announced details of its new KODAK NEXPRESS ZX Digital Production Color Presses, NEXPRESS Opaque White Dry Ink and the ‘Max Platform’ - the next-generation NEXPRESS Color Platform.

These announcements took place against the backdrop of the ‘Kodak Quarter’. The company created a life-sized interpretation of an urban neighborhood, complete with streets, cafes, a convenience store, a newsstand and a New York-style loft, all designed to reflect the resurgence of the iconic Kodak brand. The reaction from visitors and other key industry figures were overwhelmingly positive: Professor Frank Romano, Rochester Institute of Technology, noted: “Kodak had the most interesting, creative, and useful booth at any trade show I have attended, and I have attended almost every major event since 1968.”

“Kodak’s Urban Renewal theme for the drupa 2016 stand has become a must-see for visitors and exhibitors, and perfectly reflects the transition that the print & publishing industry has been going through in recent years,” said Sabine Geldermann, Director of drupa. “The quality of the stand, combined with the fact Kodak has chosen to launch over 20 new products and technologies here at the show reflects their commitment to drupa and the importance of drupa as a global showcase for our industries.”

“We are committed to sustainability, profitability and growth in this industry,” said Brad Kruchten, Senior Vice President, Kodak.

“Our solutions that drive real value for our printers, materials science expertise, industry partnerships and strong brand recognition all helped Kodak exceed expectations at drupa 2016.”

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HP unleashes Digital Printing portfolio at drupa 2016 Reimagines possibilities of printing with new PageWide, Indigo, HP JetFusion 3D printing solutions and more At drupa 2016, HP introduced a range of digital printing solutions designed to empower print service providers (PSPs) to reinvent their possibilities. The company unveiled the new HP PageWide C500 Press, a flexible and robust industrial post-print corrugated solution powered by proven HP PageWide Technology. It also showcased the new HP Indigo Digital Combination Press, enabling HP Indigo print and digital embellishments in a single pass.

And, demonstrating the power of its portfolio, HP announced early customer adoption of its new HP Indigo 12000, 8000, 7900 and 5900 Digital Presses and a first beta customer for HP Indigo 50000. “drupa 2016 is a celebration in the graphics industry and an opportunity to showcase innovations that are transforming the print and graphics world,” said Mike Salfity, general manager and global head, HP Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “HP is redefining the role of printing with digital innovations that change the economics of the graphics industry. We have breakthroughs at drupa that aim to surprise, delight and inspire print providers with the possibilities enabled by print.”

With the largest exhibit space at the show (spanning the size of a football field in hall 17), HP featured more than 50 digital printing solutions from across its portfolio highlighting the innovation, speed, performance and power of digital printing.

Key Notes : > Unveils HP PageWide C500 Press. > Highlights world’s first technology demonstration of HP Indigo Combination Press. > Features HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution.

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Igniting digital corrugated post-print with decades of innovation Leveraging 30 years of HP Thermal Inkjet innovation and powered by proven single-pass HP PageWide Printing Technology, the new HP PageWide C500 Press introduces a highly versatile, offset-quality cost effective solution for corrugated direct-to-board printing.

The new press is designed to seamlessly integrate into a standard production environment, from large integrated packaging converters with centralized

or distributed printing, to small, independent sheet plants, enabling customers to affordably adopt digital technology for mainstream production and reinvent a segment ripe with opportunity. Digital printing is the fastest growing segment in packaging with a projected annual growth rate of 17 percent in a market expected to be worth $19 billion by 2019.

Helping customers expand media versatility and enhance production flexibility, HP Corrugated Grip Technology allows customers to handle a wide range of media from the lightest micro-flute to the heaviest double-wall board. Additionally, new water-based HP inks are designed for printing on the non-food contact surface of paperboard packaging and comply with global food safety regulations and industry guidelines necessary to produce food-compliant packaging, thus allowing customers to capture more opportunities with leading food and packaging brands.

The press joins HP’s growing portfolio of digital solutions for packaging from thin films to cartons and corrugated, providing converters with new opportunities to increase productivity and profitability while satisfying dynamic market requirements.

HP plans to start testing the HP PageWide C500 Press at customer sites in 2017, and the press is expected to be commercially available in 2018.

The future of digital combination labels production HP previewed its vision for the future of combination labels’ production. The HP Indigo Digital Combination Press concept will incorporate HP Indigo print and digital embellishments in one press, creating a

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fully-digital, single-pass solution for more customers to deliver high-value labels and packaging production.

Showcased as a technology demo and as part of a dedicated line with an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press, this new digital combination concept, developed in alliance with JetFX, enabled streamlined production of digital spot and tactile varnishes, digital foils, as well as embellishments of virtually unlimited designs made possible using HP SmartStream Mosaic.

The HP Indigo Digital Combination Press concept demonstrates the advantages of a fully-digital combination press, providing a single point-of-control for all functions with seamless integration to the digital-front-end of an HP Indigo WS6800 or 8000 Digital Press, also reducing waste and production time.

Featuring the world’s first production-ready commercial 3D printing system HP showcased the newly introduced HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution – a landmark in design, prototyping and manufacturing.

Delivering superior quality physical parts up to 10 times faster- and at half the cost- than current 3D print systems, HP Jet Fusion 3D printers are designed for rapid prototyping and production, producing functional parts at the individual voxel level (a voxel is the 3D equivalent of a 2D pixel in traditional printing).

This event was the first public showing of HP’s 3D printing systems since its launch in May.

Customer adoption of the new HP Indigo portfolio Since the worldwide introduction of the new HP Indigo portfolio in March 2016, the company is achieving strong market acceptance and customer adoption. Early customers of: HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press include global customers from Spain, UK, Italy as well as U.S.; of HP Indigo 8000 include those from Germany, France, Netherlands and U.S.; of HP Indigo 7900 are from France and U.S.; and of HP Indigo 5900 include from Netherlands and U.S. The first beta customer of the HP Indigo 50000 Digital Press also invested $5.2 million in six HP Indigo 7900 Digital Presses. A leading Malaysian photobook service provider will install HP Indigo W7250 Digital Press in

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addition to its four existing HP Indigo digital presses. Leading digital label printer from Philippines has recently added to its current fleet of HP presses by acquiring another HP Indigo WS6800 Press.

Additionally, more than 500 presses at over 300 customer sites are now connected to PrintOS, with PrintOS applications already helping customers increase daily print volumes and improve press performance.

PrintOS Box has even allowed Barcelonabased customer to reduce time from file receipt to job production from 40 minutes to just 5 minutes.

Strategic partner solutions for digital press customers HP also expanded strategic partner offerings at drupa, building on a decade

of collaboration with Esko to deliver new workflow solutions for HP Indigo customers.

The new Esko Automation Engine can be integrated with HP SmartStream Production Pro to support light packaging on the new HP Indigo 12000, 7900 and 5900 Digital Presses.

Esko is also powering its preflight capabilities to support Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM) for labels and packaging applications.

Investing in customer innovation HP Financial Services has invested more than $2.3 billion over the past seven years to help HP customers acquire the latest industry-leading digital print technology. With HP Financial Services’ recently expanded portfolio of investment solutions, print service providers can gain easier and faster access to new HP products announced at drupa 2016, and continue to scale and upgrade in line with HP print innovation.

Highcon launches new finishing portfolio Highcon launched a new portfolio of products at drupa 2016. The company had announced the new portfolio at a pre-drupa event held at its headquarters. Highcon showcased an entire portfolio of digital solutions whose key focus is on enabling an even wider range of applications that address the needs of packaging and printing companies.

The drupa portfolio offers a full range of digital finishing products from entry level to top-of-the-line production capability, all based on Highcon’s core cutting and creasing technology. All these products ran on Highcon’s 1000m2 booth in hall 9, C50.

Highcon Beam is a digital cutting and creasing solution for mainstream production.

With a speed of up to 5,000 sheets per hour, the machine was developed as a robust solution to the challenges facing folding carton converters and print service providers.

Highcon Pulse is for digital cutting and creasing in a B2/29 in. Format. Highcon’s digital cutting and creasing technology enables an in-house controlled digital system that delivers improved responsiveness, design flexibility and entry into a wide range of applications in numerous markets.

The Highcon Euclid III addresses today’s operational challenges and answers

tomorrow’s growth needs by opening the door to countless new opportunities in high value applications and markets; from packaging and commercial print applications to Web-to-Pack and even 3D modeling. The 3D optional module with Highcon’s Rapid Layer Manufacturing technology offers customers a wide range of capabilities with disruptive speed, size and costs that unleash the power of paper. 3D models are created based on any type of substrate, including recycled board and even used offset makeready sheets.

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Agfa Graphics addresses growth opportunities ECO³ in prepress: the new generation of eco-friendly, economical and extra convenient CtP solutions for commercial, newspaper and packaging printers Agfa Graphics President Stefaan Vanhooren: “Print and print technology continue to play a crucial role despite the digitization of our daily lives. Print volumes undoubtedly suffer in particular areas and applications (e.g. newspapers, magazines and some commercial jobs), yet they are still growing in packaging, wide-format and industrial applications, as well as in the emerging economies, generating plenty of business opportunities. And even in mature printing markets and regions, our innovative thinking and solutions enable our customers to always stay ahead.”

Agfa Graphics participated at drupa with the slogan ‘We Embody Print’. It presented an overview of its product portfolio including following new products: In the field of offset printing, Agfa Graphics focuses on transforming technology into sustainable solutions that create value for its customers. ECO3 stands for Eco-friendly, Economic and Extremely convenient.

“With the introduction of the Azura printing plate in 2004, we pioneered chemistry-free prepress solutions; we are still the industry leader,” explained Joan Vermeersch, Vice President Technology, Marketing & Business Development Prepress. “In the meantime, we also keep improving conventional systems to become more ECO3.”

printing plates for the newspaper industry, the new Azura TU VLF chemistry-free plates and the Azura TE direct-on-press plates.

For drupa, Agfa Graphics also adds the Avalon N8-90CtP to its family of thermal computer-to-plate systems, and the new Energy Elite Eco printing plate. Also new on the booth was the pallet loader for the highend, automated Advantage newspaper CtP systems, and the Advantage N Essentials CtP series, which takes computer-to-plate technology for newspaper printers back to its essence while providing equal userfriendliness and reliability.

Wide-format solutions All Jeti and Anapurna wide-format solutions are designed in accordance with Agfa Graphics’ “matched components approach”.

The Anapurna roll-to-roll and hybrid solutions will be driven by the Asanti workflow at the booth. So will the versatile Jeti Mira with the unique dockable roll-to-roll option and the highly productive Jeti Tauro, now for the first time in a ¾ automation line-up including the new automatic board feeder and unloading unit.

The new Acorta 3120 HD, targeted at very thick or dense materials, completes the Acorta family of cutting plotters.

Software cloud solutions Recent improvements for chemistry-free applications include the Attiro VHS clean-out unit with the N95-VCF (violet chemistry-free)

“Cloud printing is one of the hottest trends in the industry,” said Andy Grant, Global Head of Software, Agfa Graphics. “As we

can boast our own data centers and our dedicated managed services department, we have a unique position in offering cloud solutions with the highest possible data security. Customers benefit from cloud solutions in terms of working capital, energy consumption, space requirements, maintenance and service cost, while they are always up-to-date with the latest workflow version.”

Besides the new Apogee 10 and Arkitex Production 2.0, Agfa Graphics announced PrintSphere, offering print service providers a cloud-based solution for online data exchange. PrintSphere provides a standardized way to send and receive files including secure back-ups of production databases, all seamlessly integrated with the Apogee, Arkitex and Asanti workflow software.

Innovative solutions for the packaging industry @Touchpoint Packaging Agfa Graphics is active in packaging with its offset plates, and serves certain areas with flexo plates through distributors. At drupa 2016, Agfa Graphics was present at the visionary Touchpoint Packaging with technology and software solutions for future packaging design, production, authentication and customization or personalization.

This included Arziro Design and Arziro Authenticate solutions and a range of functional ink technologies for new smart packaging applications.

Mobile publishing With its Eversify mobile content publishing software, Agfa Graphics addressed magazine and newspaper publishers that seek a solution to diversify their content to a wide range of devices (smartphones, tablets) at any moment of the day – in an automated way. The SaaS solution can be integrated in any editorial, content management or InDesign-based layout system. Eversify creates a world of possibilities for more interactive and engaging reader communication.

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Innovations for better Packaging and Print A series of must see innovations by Esko, Enfocus and X-Rite Pantone at drupa 2016.

Esko’s showcase along with X-Rite Pantone, Enfocus and MediaBeacon was spread out across six Inspiration Zones where visitors were taken through each step of a typical packaging production workflow.

In addition, Enfocus offerings were presented in the booth and Pantone occupied a dedicated zone to display and sell its well-known Pantone guides and tools for colour inspiration and design.

Brands, Specification & Briefing Zone This zone focused on the holistic packaging production process from idea to shelf, connecting stakeholders including brands, designers, premedia and converters; and integrating with business systems such as MIS, ERP, PIM, MRM and Content Management.

On view was WebCenter, the packaging management solution that streamlines activities from specification and design through production. Users share files with all stakeholders for approval and collaboration.

In the new version, they are able to view 3D designs, including transparency and print finishing effects, using a standard web browser on a desktop computer or mobile device.

At drupa, Esko showcased a wide range of innovations together with sister company X-Rite Pantone and subsidiaries Enfocus and MediaBeacon.

Key Notes : > Packaging Management, MediaBeacon DAM, Enfocus Appstore, PitStop Extended Preflight. > 3D store simulation; PDF editing; Automated artwork creation,. > CDI Crystal 5080 XPS; PantoneLIVE; Digital finishing automation.

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Integrated with WebCenter was Esko’s MediaBeacon Digital Asset Management system. MediaBeacon makes assets available in the right version at the right time to the right stakeholders in the packaging workflow. This integration supports better design, helps protect brand integrity, ensures regulatory compliance and speeds up time to market.

X-Rite showcased new tools that allow brand owners to select and communicate colour so that it can be

consistently achieved across multiple substrates, printing processes, and locations. Featured solutions included X-Rite’s PantoneLIVE digital colour management; Esko WebCenter for project management; and MediaBeacon, the digital asset management company acquired by Esko in 2015.

Design Zone Esko’s design solutions are about making packaging and display designs better, and faster. Also highlighted was connecting design with production/ logistics for faster time to market and the ability to ensure achievable designs prior to the expense of production.

One of the highlights was ArtiosCAD 16, the CAD design editor that makes design and preproduction of multi-part packaging and POP displays simpler, more intelligent and productive. With ArtiosCAD, users can avoid guesswork, waste and errors. For sign and display producers, ArtiosCAD 16 offers access to an extensive online library of proven parametric design templates. Sign and display converters use these designs to produce complex designs easy and fast, taking away the need for 3D design expertise.

Studio Store Visualizer 16 now integrates with planogram systems to create and populate visually stunning virtual 3D stores in minutes rather than days. Studio Store Visualizer, co-developed with VTales, makes it a lot easier for users to create and test package designs and ultimately reduces time to market. Visitors navigated a highly realistic virtual store, and interact with the packaging in stunning 3D. Other featured solutions included Pantone Color

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Guides (including the new Extended Gamut Guide), X-Rite CAPSURE, X-Rite i1Pro Solutions.

Artwork & Repro Zone This zone focused on ways to produce printready artwork efficiently and avoid rework.

The solutions showcased demonstrated how operations can address the larger number of smaller jobs running through prepress by better controlling and streamlining workflows.

ArtPro+ is the brand new PDF native prepress editor featuring a state-of-the art 64-bit architecture. ArtPro+ has a unique and intuitive user interface with a software tool selector wheel that provides the user instant access to the right tools wherever he happens to be working in the design.

The new Content Management module for WebCenter enables printers and converters to expand their offerings related to artwork services. The software includes a controlled and automated process for updating existing artwork and for creating multiple variants for a single product.

Global Vision QC functionality is now available in Esko’s workflow server Automation Engine 16. The quality check runs as a background process and results in an annotated and viewable design file for Automation Engine, WebCenter and in ArtPro+. This enables fast, systematic revision of all detected errors.

Flexo Platemaking Zone Esko showcased how customers can take control of their flexo plate production and achieve faster plate production turnaround times while delivering more consistent flexo plates.

Esko’s digital flexo platemaking focus on simplicity: making a digital flexo plate as easy as an offset plate. On display was the brand-new integrated flexo imaging

and exposing solution, CDI CRYSTAL 5080 XPS. This new flexo platemaking solution delivers impressive benefits, including a 68% reduction in operator time for platemaking; 50% reduction in operator training time; and 74% faster time to plate.

Printing and Ink Formulation Zone This zone presents solutions that tackle the increased complexity of mixed printing environments (digital, flexo, gravure, offset) with extra attention to achieving colour consistency across an ever-growing number of substrates and production locations.

X-Rite’s PantoneLIVE offerings with its sophisticated ink formulation software and colour measurement devices, improve converters’ speed to market by reducing set-up time and eliminating physical on-press approvals. Extended gamut printing solutions enable the profitable production of short run jobs on conventional flexo presses. Extended gamut printing allows customers to reduce job changeover times and press downtime, produce more short-run jobs per day, and reduce media waste and ink inventories.

Press uptime is increased by 50%, and there’s a 34% reduction in printed waste per job changeover.

processing and handling will work in perfect harmony with the Kongsberg cutting table. The solution is powered by one of the most agile industrial robots currently available, demonstrating high speed, high power and versatility. Besides, a new series of automated board feeders increase Kongsberg table’s productivity.

Enfocus Enfocus showcased its highly rated software solutions for PDF preflighting, editing and modular workflow automation, including the latest developments with Switch and PitStop and Connect. The recently released Enfocus Appstore enables Switch users around the world to instantly purchase and use apps created by other Switch users. By leveraging Enfocus PDF-knowledge in other third parties’ applications, more people than before will have access to the new powerful PDF preflight capabilities.

Enfocus also showed a number of Cloud integrations: PitStop Server subscriptions, Asset Syncing for Switch and a move towards HTML based user interfaces, in order to maximize flexibility and user experience.

Pantone Store Featured solutions that aid automated colour management scanning and closed loop colour reporting include Esko Equinox software for Extended Gamut printing, X-Rite InkFormulation Software, PantoneLIVE Rationalization Service, ColorCert, eXact Xp and IntelliTrax2.

Finishing Zone With a series of new drupa launches, Esko gave digital finishing companies the tools to get the absolute most out of their equipment, their workflows and their staff.

By bringing the complete digital finishing process together in one powerful, streamlined, optimized workflow, Esko helps companies prepare quotes with reliable data, plan production from intuitive, yet powerful, dashboards, execute quick job changeovers at the cutting table, reduce operator idle time, boost throughput with automation and keep Kongsberg tables producing continuously.

Esko showcased an industrial, automated robotic production system. This setup demonstrated how intelligent material

The booth featured a Pantone store where designers, prepress and print professionals were able to explore and purchase the latest Pantone Color Guides and other tools and publications for colour inspiration and design.

Esko Virtual Store Experience: touch packaging!

Visitors also experienced virtual packaging in 3D reality. Using Esko’s Studio Store Visualiser software with an easy to operate touchscreen interface, users were able to “walk” through a virtual shopping mall on a large size screen. They picked products from the shelf, looked them over and checked every detail of the product packaging. As Studio Store Visualiser used real packaging production data, it was an absolute realistic way to experience virtual packaging: all print and finishing effects were brought to life!

Esko Surfer Game Also, visitors to the booth could play and win at the Esko Surfer (Kinect powered) game.

They gathered Esko points and won some exclusive prizes.

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Fujifilm’s water-based ink for flexible packaging At the recent drupa, it also announced addition of new processless plate – SUPERIA ZD – to the Fujifilm SUPERIA product range Fujifilm Corporation exhibited reference models of a pigment ink for water-based inkjet, to be used in flexible packaging, at drupa2016.

Fujifilm is commercialising various inkjet related products under the “FUJIFILM Inkjet Technology” brand, a brand concentrating various Fujifilm technologies, and has introduced the B2 size digital press, the Jet Press 720S, originally made for commercial printing in the graphic arts industry. Fujifilm has further developed the technology used in the Jet Press 720S to create an ink technology for water-based inkjet capable of inkjet printing on flexible packaging film.

The bleeding of inkjet ink is an issue in the non-absorbent film substrates used in the flexible packaging. However, the application of “Rapic Technology” created during the development of the Jet Press 720S enables an ink droplet to retain its stability where it has landed, and clear image reproduction is made possible by combining with proprietary undercoating technology. The combination of these technologies with Fujifilm’s highdefinition Samba printheads has allowed productivity of more than 30 metres per minute to be achieved while printing at 1200dpi high-definition, in full colour,

enabling compatibility for digitalisation for the reverse printing of flexible packaging.

A print sample of water-based ink was exhibited at drupa in the “FUJIFILM Inkjet Technology” zone. An inkjet print sample of a shiny metallic ink currently under development was exhibited as well. The development of metallic ink meets the increasing demand for indoor signs, packages and label printing with metallic textures to give a luxurious look. Other exhibits included latest technologies in “inkjet printheads”, “inks”, “image optimisation” and various samples showcasing the possibilities for expansion in the digital print market, including commercial printing, wide-format, package printing and numerous other fields in the industry.

Addition of new processless SUPERIA ZD – to the SUPERIA range Fujifilm also announced the launch of a new processless plate, SUPERIA ZD, which is available as part of Fujifilm’s SUPERIA portfolio following drupa 2016. Fujifilm has built on the advanced technologies behind its successful SUPERIA PRO-T3 processless plate to make SUPERIA ZD compatible with UV ink and ideal for longer run jobs, while

offering all the reliability and stability features of SUPERIAPRO-T3. These advances open up the benefits of processless plates to a much wider range of printers than ever before.

The SUPERIA ZD processless plate incorporates three exciting new technologies –MGZ, HDN and s-HDS: MGZ is a new graining structure, which has been added to Fujifilm’s MGV technology used in the SUPERIA PRO-T3 plate, to ensure the optimum ink/water balance on press. This new plate structure enhances the adhesion between the substrate and the exposed image, further improving the robustness of the plate during printing.

In order to ensure compatibility with UV inks, a new accelerator has been introduced. As a result, optical energy is used to efficiently cross-link the binders to produce a high density network (HDN). This HDN technology ensures the exposed image has a higher resistance against UV inks and related press chemicals.

Fujifilm’s newly developed “s-HDS” technology optimises the water holding properties of the surface of the non-image area. This enhances the resistance to toning and improves ink/water balance while retaining the fast on-press development characteristics of SUPERIA PRO-T3.

Like the SUPERIA PRO-T3 plate, the new SUPERIA ZD plate contributes to resource savings in five key areas: material, labour, energy, environment and water, while also offering the additional benefits of longer run lengths, web press suitability and enhanced chemical resistance – meaning that it is suitable for the latest UV press technologies including LED-UV and H-UV printing.

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Xerox puts Inkjet within reach of more Print Providers At drupa, new platforms, products and inks frame Inkjet’s future

Despite the promise of inkjet technology, many print providers struggle with embracing it because of cost and other challenges. At drupa, Xerox planned to change all of that.

“Xerox is disrupting inkjet. Come see what it looks like today and what it will do for our customers in the future,” said Robert Stabler, senior vice president and general manager, Global Graphic Communications Business Group, Xerox. “We have two new platforms and a wide range of products designed to make inkjet more accessible and affordable for print providers.”

Powerful new Inkjet Presses The cut-sheet Xerox Brenva HD Production Inkjet Press and the continuous feed Xerox Trivor 2400 Inkjet Press were both on display at the Xerox stand at drupa. According to InfoTrends, global production colour inkjet print volume is expected to grow 23 percent through 2019.The presses give print shops options and opportunities to break into the lucrative inkjet market.

The Brenva HD opens up new possibilities for inkjet entry into the transactional, light direct mail and book markets by combining the cost effectiveness of inkjet with the flexibilities of a cut-sheet platform. With the Trivor 2400, print shops can move to broader application areas such as catalogues, magazines and colour books. The press features high productivity in a small footprint.

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A Laser-Diode Coding and Marking Solution – working with partners Macsa I.D., S.A. and DataLase Ltd., Macsa ID DIGILase Powered by Xerox, is a new laser-based thermochromic solution that prints detailed graphic content on packages at high speed

A new Partnership: Powering Folding Carton Package Printing At drupa, executives from both Xerox and KBA Sheetfed Solutions, a business unit of the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA), shared more details on their partnership to develop a first-of-its-kind 40-inch, B1 digital sheetfed press for the folding carton market. The KBA VariJET 106 Powered by Xerox brings the benefits of digital printing such as running multiple versions of the same carton as well as customized cartons, opening up new business opportunities for industrial production printers.

Simplifying the path to Personalized Catalogues Xerox, XMPie, A Xerox Company, Solimar and Mueller Martini demonstrated a new endto-end workflow solution for personalized catalogue production on the Trivor 2400. The Xerox Personalized Catalog solution uses

Xerox FreeFlow Core to automate the entire workflow process, XMPie PersonalEffect to create customized content to meet tailored requests from customers, and Mueller Martini’s Presto II Digital Saddle Stitcher to bind and finish the product.

Additional Stand Highlights Included: • Workflow and personalization solutions – Cloud-based offerings, digital publishing solutions and variable data publishing applications • The Xerox iGen 5 Press – The iGen 5’s fifth station achieved FDA compliance for its blue, green and orange expanded gamut colours • The Xerox Impika Evolution and Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press – Both presses recently received Fogra certification for quality and performance processes • Daily music and happy hour – Performances from The Ministry of Sound’s DJ Lovra took place daily.

With a theme “Let the Work Flow,” the Xerox stand was divided into six application zones including direct mail, books, catalogs, transactional, photos and packaging.

Technology demonstrations of new Inks and Packaging solutions Xerox demonstrated new ink and packaging capabilities including: • Xerox High Fusion Ink – new ink that enables inkjet printing on traditional offset coated stocks eliminating the need for pre or post paper treatment • A clear toner for the fifth station of the Xerox iGen 5 Press • Xerox Direct to Object Inkjet Printer – inkjet printing on 3D objects as small as bottle caps and as large as football helmets and shoes, eliminating the need for labels in many retail and manufacturing applications

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Hybrid Offset Printing impresses at drupa Harjinder Singh of Swastika Prinwell found drupa 2016 better than drupa 2012. “I found drupa 2016 more effective & impressive than 2012 event. This time similar technologies were put in the same hall that helped to view & better understand the technologies. It was useful in saving precious time for visitors and they could focus better on the technologies they require,” he shares.

He found Hybrid Offset Printing from all manufacturers as most impressive at

drupa. He considers Benny Landa’s Nano technology quite interesting but is still waiting for its usefulness in longer runs. Laser DieCutting machine was another area of interest for Harjinder.

He has all praises for Heidelberg XL series Offset press, “It has crossed all limits of automations to the extent that it not only uses CTP profile to pre-set ink & water controls at the time of installing plates but also self registers the job. This would exclude the requirement of an extraordinary workmanship of highly trained operator to print high quality jobs.”

Harjinder liked the HP stall at drupa the most. He’s soon adding software related to auto job preparation for CtP, costing, preparing job ticket and stock details etc. to his set up. He made the most of his drupa visit and toured London. Apart from this, he looked a bit concerned about the next drupa participation. “Next drupa (in 2020) would be held in the last week of June. By that time, school vacations end and also it is usually peak rainy season at that time. Hope the organisers would have thought about this,” he concludes.

It was obviously an experience worth remembering Varun Sule, Padma Prints visited drupa for the first time. He was with his father and had a wonderful experience of the visit. “It was an amazing experience. The technologies on display blew my mind away. It was obviously an experience worth remembering,” says an excited Varun.

“I remained there for four days. It was not enough to visit all the humongous halls. I found a lot of products interesting at the show,” he continues.

He is pretty impressed by Landa Nano Technology and the display by the company at drupa. “I particularly liked the stalls of Landa and its machinery,” praises Varun.

Varun made the best of this opportunity by travelling across Germany and neighbouring Belgium and France.

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Though he has no immediate plan of purchasing machinery, he considers some of the technologies seen there as suitable for their expansion plans in near future.

Mukesh Taneja is working on products and ROI after an impressive drupa visit Mukesh Taneja of Kailash Paper Conversion had an exciting drupa 2016 visit. “Offset Printing is there to stay because packaging sector is expanding and a shift from commercial printing to packaging is today’s need,” he says. Another thing that impressed him was: “Value addition for short run jobs with reasonably good output speeds is possible and affordable as demonstrated by KURZ, Konica Minolta through automation of the old foil fusing technology.”

Mukesh found Highcon Direct to Pack as quite interesting. “It (Highcon Direct to Pack) covers the gap between instant digital printing and mechanical die punching,” he declares. However, the most impressive technology for him was Landa Nanotechnology. He appreciates the substantial speed offered by the machines as well as their wide colour gamut offering.

The best stall experience included that of Kodak and Xerox for Mukesh. “Kodak was unique in design while Xerox had an impressive swift customer interaction system,” he marks.

He found the Dusseldorf Hop On, Hop Off tour interesting and is working on products and their ROI to decide on his future investments. He is particularly proud of Indian participation at the show and says: “Besides a substantial number of Indian visitors one feels proud to find stalls from India, like those of Linomatic, Gayatri Rollers and Acme Machines to name a few.”

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Arun Dani team has a wonderful, memorable and informative drupa tour “The exhibition was like hundred tasty dishes at display but one could eat only few of them,” says Arun Dani on his recent drupa experience. It was his first visit drupa though it was his second international exhibition after All in Print China 2014. “The sight of high end machines was really an amazing experience.

Vast stretch of the exhibition area made a good exercise to walk around,” he says.

He was part of the group consisting of 23 printers from their cluster. They had made adequate plans about their drupa visit. “It was a wonderful, memorable and informative tour which all the members of our group enjoyed well,” says Arun.

They visited Cologne, Paris, Brussels and Switzerland along with the drupa visit. Among the key achievements, Arun places their meetings and discussion with a number of industry stalwarts regarding setting up of common facility center in India at the top.

“We discussed with machine suppliers like Komori, Heidelberg, Highcon, Atom, HP, Xerox, Konica Minolta and few more.

They appreciated the idea of setting up of common facility center and extended their support. The communication will be

continued with their Indian counterparts and the suitable machinery will be finalized in the coming days,” reveals Arun.

Austin Lopez prefers Swissqprint, Esko and Canon solutions For Kerala based Elcare Systems’ Austin Lopez, drupa 2016 experience was very useful. He found the Canon, Esko and Swissqpring stalls as the most impressive showcase areas. The product that interested

him most was Robotics assisted production for Esko and Swissqprint. However, besides Robotics assisted production, he found Webto-Print software of Canon with E-commerce as the impressive technologies this drupa.

He is keen on investing in Swissqprint, Esko as well as Canon software. After drupa, Austin plans to direct his energies on: “Starting printing and displaying business in Europe.”

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Canon pushes the boundaries of digital print Unleashes printers’ business potential at drupa 2016 At drupa 2016 Canon demonstrated how it helps print service providers to unleash the potential of their business, exhibiting innovations from across its comprehensive and expanding portfolio.

On the Canon stand at drupa 2016, examples from the entire portfolio of Canon production print solutions could be seen, integrated within more than 25 different live production workflows, many involving complex variable data processing and finishing. Visitors found inspiration for their business among more than 300 individual print applications, vividly illustrating the array of opportunities that exist for printers to diversify and extend their capabilities.

Canon Europe Executive Vice President, Jeppe Frandsen comments, “Since Canon first entered the production print market, we have set out to challenge the sector’s perceptions of what digital technology can do, to inspire printers to push their boundaries and to support them with the technology innovation and expertise to transform their business.

“We have a long-term commitment to the industry and we’ll continue to deliver innovative digital technology to build better business for our customers. Since drupa 2012 we have substantially expanded our portfolio including inkjet and wide format, so that today Canon offers the widest portfolio of solutions in the industry. Here at drupa

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2016, we can demonstrate that digital print is a viable option for almost every application, right across the quality spectrum and for a wide range of media.”

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Canon’s sustained R&D investment was evident right across the stand, with a line-up of next-generation products in all areas of the portfolio. Each new Canon product introduced at drupa 2016 reflected the company’s focus on supporting PSPs by delivering optimal quality, improved media versatility and increased productivity.

The key product innovation highlights from Canon were: • The global launch of the Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma continuous inkjet press, featuring new Chromera inks, extending the press’s capabilities towards high quality graphic arts applications; • The global launch of the Canon imagePRESS C8000VP, following the successful introduction in Autumn 2015 of the flagship imagePRESS C10000VP model, offering the highest toner productivity across a wide range of media; • The global launch of the new ColorGrip option and new inks for the Océ VarioPrint i300 cutsheet inkjet press, enabling high quality colour reproduction on standard offset coated media;

The global launch of the Océ Arizona 2200 Series of flatbed wide format printers, together with the recently launched Océ Arizona 1200 Series, and the Océ ColorWave 910; The first showing at a public exhibition of the Océ ImageStream 2400 continuous feed inkjet press, optimised for printing on standard offset media

Reflecting Canon’s expanding 3D print offering, several systems were demonstrated, working with the Materialise Magics workflow software following Canon’s recently announced partnership with Materialise.

Visitors to drupa 2016 also had the first chance to see live presentations of Canon’s Prototype Next Generation Production Inkjet Photo Press – named Voyager. Still in development, this B2+ press has the potential to set a new benchmark for photo quality inkjet output.

The Canon stand was divided into seven clearly marked zones, reflecting Canon customers’ businesses: commercial print; business communications, including transactional and direct mail; publishing, including books, magazines and newspapers; advertising and creative; functional/industrial, including 3D printing; packaging; and photographic products. Each of the seven zones on the stand featured a series of live workflows, showing how Canon – through its close and long-term partnership

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with print service providers – can support the development of innovative business models that help them to meet the changing needs of their customers.

companies demonstrated in conjunction with Canon imagePRESS colour production presses on the Canon stand.

all around Messe Düsseldorf, launching an extended campaign that encourages printers to adapt to seize new opportunities.

The Solutions and Consulting Hub at the centre of the stand provided insights into the depth of Canon’s technical expertise and solutions offering, including workflow, colour management and business development tools.

Jeppe Frandsen concludes: “Here at drupa 2016, we’re showing PSPs that, to truly ‘unleash print’, they need to match technology innovation with a commitment to transforming business models and inspiring customers with creative and even disruptive ideas. We believe that the key to success is to surround yourself with dependable and like-minded partners and Canon aims to be the partner of choice for every print business, helping them to reimagine and realise their full potential.”

Canon’s ethos of supporting customers with tailored end-to-end solutions to deliver high quality finished products was in evidence in all seven zones, with a wide range of workflow solutions, media handling and finishing equipment from more than 20 technology partners.

#UNLEASHPRINT

New partnerships with Plockmatic and BDT were announced with solutions from both

The #UNLEASHPRINT hashtag and colourful campaign graphics featured prominently on the Canon stand at drupa 2016 and

ebeam introduces the mass personalization of food packaging ebeam Technologies, a brand of the COMET Group, has launched the ebeam Inkjet Dryer (EID), a new energy-curing system that enables food brands to mass personalize products via food-safe inkjet printing.

Major consumer brands recognize the tremendous potential of digital printing for personalizing product packaging to act instantly on consumer trends, but concerns about food contamination by toxic ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiators prevent the use of inkjet printers for food packaging by most organizations. Previous printing technologies have resulted in more than 100 incidents being reported by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) where the UV photoinitiators have contaminated food after migrating from the packaging into the food. ebeam Technologies has not only eliminated the need for UV photoiniators in inkjet inks, it has miniaturized electron beam hardware so that it can be easily integrated into inkjet printers to cure new, commercially available ebeam-curable inks.

Ian Bland, VP Business Development, ebeam Technologies commented: “It has been the dream of leading brands to target their messaging to the individual in real time.

Displays on packages are no longer just science fiction, but are still many years away.

Imagine including the name of the local farm the milk came from or your darling’s name on a package of Valentine’s Day chocolates.

Only digital printing offers this flexibility.

Unfortunately, brand-owners and their packaging supplier have not implemented this innovation. The main reason has been the availability of food-safe, jettable inks. All

this is about to change. As of today, EIDequipped inkjet printers eliminate that barrier to adoption. Inks are available. Hardware is available. If this industry behaves like others connected to ebeam, it will be a race to roll this out as fast as possible. Now the only question is, who will move fastest? We look forward to meeting the innovators at drupa.”

The ebeam Inkjet Dryer (EID) is a compact, sealed ebeam lamp that produces a precisely controlled beam of electrons to instantly cure ebeam inks. The EID is being demonstrated for the first time at the drupa 2016 trade fair, where it is integrated in-line with PPSI’s DICE inkjet printer using ebeamcurable inks provided by Collins Inkjet.

Background to risk of photoinitiator food contamination While harmless in other printing applications, the photoinitiators used to catalyze the polymerization process that cures UV inks are classified as toxic migrants because they can leak from the substrate into food. Energy-curing with electron beam eliminates the need for photoinitators in ink formulations. The precise and stable output of ebeam hardware also makes the print process more predictable, dependable, and energy efficient.

To overcome the dangers of photoinitiator migration and to realize the dream of industrialized individualization, ebeam

Technologies has pioneered the use of ebeam curing in inkjet printers. Whereas ebeam curing was previously only available in the form of bulky, imposing, standalone systems, ebeam Technologies has changed the game with a radical innovation: a compact, sealed ebeam “lamp”. This innovation has led to an explosion in new applications as ebeam technology can now be integrated into various machines with ease. The new EID is just one an example of this. The heart of the EID is a compact ebeam lamp which operates without a vacuum pump and can be replaced in minutes.

Visitors to drupa 2016 explored how ebeam technology is revolutionizing food safety and process efficiency at the ebeam Technologies stand in Hall 5, # A40. ebeam Technologies were in action throughout drupa 2016 at their partner exhibits: • Offset ebeam curing in the Varyflex V2 Offset 850 press at the OMET exhibit (Hall 3, D-90 1 & 2) • Inline ebeam flexo curing and lamination in a Onyx X5 4.0 Evolution 8-station central impression (CI) flexo press at the Uteco exhibit (Hall 10, A18) • ebeam-curable inks at the Collins Inkjet exhibit (Hall 3, C50)

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Epson presents advanced professional production inkjet printers range Latest solutions deliver a combination of high quality, productivity and ROI demand, Epson has just announced a €160 million investment in a new factory in Japan to triple printhead production capacity for new professional print products currently under development.

In line with its commitment to meet the changing needs of the printing industry and to maximise the potential of many different print applications, Epson has merged its wide-format, label and textile businesses to create a major new global ‘Professional Printing Solutions’ division, headed by COO Sunao Murata. drupa 2016 provided the

Epson demonstrated its advanced range of professional production inkjet printers and presses at drupa 2016 for label, sign & display, photographic, apparel, décor and product decoration applications. The Epson booth at drupa was split into 5 zones: Prepress, Sign & Display, Label, Print Shopand Technology to allow visitors to focus on specialist demonstrations and applications and experience the significant business benefits each can deliver.

The company has stepped up its development programme and more than doubled the rate of new product launches for the professional printing industry since the last drupa in 2012. Over the last six months alone, Epson has launched 13 new printers and these were demonstrated together for the first time at drupa.

Epson’s compact, precise and energysaving inkjet printers use its own micropiezo printheads and ink. Every component of an

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Epson printer – hardware, printhead, ink and firmware – is optimised to deliver the best possible performance.

Reducing the environmental impact of its technology is a major focus for Epson. The design and precision of the inkjet printers and presses reduces energy and ink use, and cuts down waste. For example, the new SureColor SC-S printers demonstrated at drupa use up to 4 x less energy compared to latex technology, about 15% less ink than the previous SureColor generation and up to 50% less ink than latex technology (depending on the substrate and quality printed).

Epson’s third generation PrecisionCore TFP printhead in single head and linehead configurations is making a significant impact on Epson’s development of its printers and presses, enabling products that deliver higher quality, higher speeds and better all-round performance. To meet predicted

launch pad for this new division where Epson shows how it is transforming professional printing with a range of smart production systems that are affordable, easy-to-use and which produce a wide variety of ‘addedvalue’ creative products.

Sunao Murata, COO Professional Printing Division, Seiko Epson, says: “Our commitment to R&D and continual improvement shapes everything we do.

The industry sees the very latest results at drupa where we are demonstrating more professional inkjet printers and presses than ever before – all delivering the ultimate in production performance and user experience – and show how companies can use them to build successful businesses and enter new markets.”

Pre-press, Signage & Display, Label, Print Shop and Technology zones illustrate breadth and versatility of Epson’s latest inkjet printers & presses

The Epson drupa zones:

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Sign & Display zone In this zone Epson showed its latest range of wide-format SureColour SC-S signage printers and SC-F dye-sublimation printers producing a selection of signage, display and décor products on a variety of substrates. Visitors saw the new Epson Control Dashboard which gives users online access to over 200 different media profiles for easy and automatic set up. These printers offer the very best combination of quality, speed and price.

Label zone At drupa Epson united its high-end industrial label presses with its desktop office, retail and handheld label printers to display the broadest selection of label printing solutions developed by any single manufacturer.

Highlights included Epson’s SurePress digital label presses which were a major focus within this zone.

PrecisionCore MicroTFP printheads. The 44-inch SureColor SC-P10000 was launched at drupa.

At drupa, Epson unveils significant new features on its multifunction aqueous SureColor SC-T printers with integrated scanners.

Prepress zone The ultimate in colour-accurate proofing was demonstrated by the latest SureColor 24-inch SC-P7000 and 44-inch SC-P9000 printers with the 11-colour UltraChrome HDX inkset, incorporating a new violet ink. These printers use the PrecisionCore printhead to ensure the highest-quality output. They achieve 99% of Pantone® certified colours for accurate spot colour reproduction while large replacement ink cartridges (350ml and

700ml) are ideal for large print runs.

Technology zone Epson invests over a million dollars every day on R&D to drive innovation and in this zone it displayed and demonstrated some of its latest technologies and explained in depth its unique core printing technology.

Furthermore, visitors viewed a video showing the PaperLab – the world’s first instant office paper recycling system. This new system uses a dry process to recycle office paper and produce A4/A3 paper, business cards and coloured/scented paper. PaperLab signals the launch of a new smart recycling division for Epson, which will investigate how the technology can be applied on a larger scale in the future.

Print Shop zone Here Epson showed how high street retailers, bureaux and copy shops can expand their services. Visitors saw a range of desktopbased production printers from the SureColor SC-F2000 direct-to-garment printer to the SureLab D700 inkjet printer enabling the widest variety of applications. A particular highlight in this zone were Epson’s new SureColor SC-P printers with the latest

Sakurai at drupa 2016 With a vast experience of serving print industry for over 7 decades with its range of solutions that include printing equipment and sophisticated services, Sakurai was present at the recent drupa with its latest solutions.

The company had on display the following machines: • OL580SDC (LED-UV) – 5 colour B2 wide Offset Press with Coater and Extended Delivery • MS80AII – Upgrading former MS80A by operation panel, sheet size and printing speed • MSDR60 LED-UV – Roll to roll single colour screen press with UV dryer Sakurai is represented in India by Kunal Enterprises. Mr. Ajay Gandhi of Kunal Enterprises was there at drupa and had a busy time with customers and visitors from India.

: Ajay Gandhi of Kunal Enterprises with Indian clients at drupa.

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Heidelberg world premiere at drupa 2016 With the Primefire 106 Heidelberg has a world premiere for industrial inkjet printing in 70 x 100 format.

Heidelberg presented a world premiere for industrial production of digital printing applications in 70 x 100 format at drupa 2016 with the Primefire 106. The newly designed system is based on the leading inkjet technology from our development partner Fujifilm and the proven Heidelberg Peak Performance platform from our offset technology.

The Primefire 106 enables packaging printers in particular to take the first step in developing new areas of business, for example with the production of variable or personalized packaging. The digital printing system offers a number of highlights, including the highest quality of 1,200 x 1,200 dpi at a printing speed of up to 2,500 sheets per hour, even achieving production volumes of up to 1.5 million sheets per month in future productivity modes. The 7-color inkjet system with Heidelberg Multicolor technology also covers up to 95 per cent of the Pantone color space. At the same time, waterbased inkjet printing meets strict environmental and recycling requirements and therefore also permits food-safe production.

Preset Plus feeder and Prinect Digital Center Inline with Perfect Stack technology ensure reliable overall process and flawless good sheet delivery and seamless workflow integration with the Prinect Digital Frontend.

Heidelberg has outfitted the Primefire 106 with a revolutionary operating concept in the form of the new Prinect Digital Center Inline with Perfect Stack technology. In combination with the Prinect Digital Frontend (DFE) from Heidelberg, the new highperformance control station ensures seamless integration into a print shop’s existing overall workflow.

In combination with the Perfect Stack technology and controlled by the Prinect Digital Center Inline,

Key Notes : > New business opportunities specifically for packaging printers. > The new Heidelberg Primefire 106 is printing live on drupa 2016. > High environmental standards and recyclability permit food-safe production.

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the Speedmaster XL-based feeder only allows good sheets into the delivery pile. The operator can also output test sheets directly to the control panel at the push of a button in order to visually check their quality.

“The Heidelberg Primefire 106 combines the best of both worlds and is the first commercially available, industrial digital printing system in 70 x 100 format.

This opens up completely new market segments both for our customers and Heidelberg. Folding carton producers in particular develop new digitally driven business models and thus improve their competitiveness. Heidelberg now offers a first-rate solution to do exactly that”, says Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for Heidelberg Equipment, during the presentation of the Primefire 106 at drupa 2016.

Heidelberg is also setting new standards with the Primefire 106 in terms of possible print jobs and applications. To illustrate this, the company showcased a wide range of examples live during its presentation of the new system. With these applications, Heidelberg is addressing specific topics of relevance to the industry, for example web-to-print, multichannel publishing, personalized short runs, or digital packaging and label printing, displaying them in a visually appealing manner with expensively designed print samples, and in so doing giving customers something to talk about.

“Our shows on the Primefire 106, taking place four times per day, showcase the variety and variability of industrial digital printing. We look forward to in-depth discussions with our customers on the completely new business opportunities opened up by this system,” says Jason Oliver, Head of Business Area Digital at Heidelberg.

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Three more Rapida 106 to complement TCPL Packaging fleet Hardly a year has passed since the last investment and TCPL Packaging, one of India’s largest packaging printers, has ordered three more Rapida 106 presses from KBA at Drupa. They will join the four mediumformat Rapidas with six to eight inking units, coater and logistics system already in operation.

company is accredited with all the usual certificates for quality management and the production of food packaging. Founded in

1990, the packaging printer employs 1,200 staff today. Many of the company’s products have won awards.

The first new Rapida will begin its journey to the TCPL plant in Silvassa in autumn 2016. It features seven inking units and two coaters, produces conventionally as well as with UV inks/coating and will be embedded in pile logistics. A six and a seven-colour Rapida 106 with coater are expected to follow in early 2017. One will go to the company’s plant in Haridwar and the location for the other has not yet been decided. The main reasons for the new investment in KBA sheetfed offset presses are the presses’ high output, the excellent support from KBA and sales partner IPM, and KBA’s recognised poll position in UV production.

TCPL Packaging operates three sheetfed offset sites. The third is in Guwahati. The

Saket Kanoria, CEO of TCPL Packaging, (3rd left) and the company’s management team – here with representatives from KBA and IPM – ordered three further Rapida 106 with a total of 26 printing and finishing units

Cosmo Films receives the highest number of visitors at its drupa stall Cosmo Films, manufacturer of speciality BOPP films, registered the largest number of visitors at its drupa stall. Cosmo Films launched its premium range of Lamination Films which included the new improvised Velvet, scuff free matte & digital lamination films. The premium films target high end graphic lamination industry and answer high quality luxury packaging needs.

producers of thermal lamination films in the world with plant cum distribution centres in India, Japan, Korea & the U.S along with

global channel partners in more than fifty countries.

Cosmo had a vibrant stall design which interested the attendees who witnessed the application mock ups/luxury packaging cartons & boxes (for perfume, liquor, watch, jewellery, coffee table books etc.) created with these films. The display helped packaging convertors visualize some of the ways these films could be used to enhance product’s visual and tactile experience.

Visitors also got to experience velvet, one of the films from the new range through various hospitality touch points.

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Peak performance redefined drupa-generation Speedmaster XL 106 revolutionizes industrial print production

“It’s like a navigation system in a car. Intellistart 2 automatically calculates the fastest route from A to B, and guides the operator. And we even go one step further. Like in autonomous driving, today we are already capable of printing jobs with a similar structure completely autonomously.”

Key Notes : > Paradigm shift in offset printing – “Push to Stop” philosophy enables digitized and integrated print production, all the way to autonomous printing. > Dramatically reduced makeready times with new Hycolor Multidrive inking unit and further automated, parallel processes. > Intelligent assistance systems take the strain off the operator and enable maximum productivity despite numerous job changes

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The world premiere of the new drupa-generation Speedmaster XL 106 marks the start of a new era in industrial print production. For this new generation of presses, Heidelberg combined its expertise in automation and ergonomic operation, and is thus able to amply satisfy the requirements of commercial, packaging and label printers. Against a background of ever-declining run lengths and more frequent job changes, what is needed in order to be competitive in the market is fast, automated, reliable and efficient production. With the new Speedmaster XL 106, new features such as intelligent assistance systems and parallel, automated processes are lifting industrial print production to a whole new performance level.

The greatest focus is on ease of operation and integrated, digitized processes, extending all the way to autonomous printing.

“Our drupa motto is “Simply Smart”. We show what a fully integrated and networked print shop – the “smart print shop” of the future – looks like, and how we achieve the perfect harmonization of equipment, services and consumables,” explains Stephan Plenz, member of the Management Board responsible for Equipment at Heidelberg. “The new drupa-generation Speedmaster will herald a paradigm shift in the operation of sheetfed offset presses. We are evolving from a “Push to Start” approach to a “Push to Stop” philosophy. Whereas today the operator must actively start processes on the machine, in future the machine will, wherever possible, do this itself. It will automatically work through the queue of print jobs.

And it will do this using the ideal, shortest makeready operation, with maximum net productivity as the result. The operator then only has to intervene if the process needs correcting.”

Greatly reduced makeready times with Hycolor Multidrive In order to achieve this high level of automation with the Speedmaster XL 106, the developers at Heidelberg have turned innovative ideas into reality.

One such new feature is the “Hycolor Multidrive”, which can operate the inking and dampening units independently from the main drive. For example, the inking units are washed while the main drive is responsible for changing the coating plates, or washing the rubber blankets and impression cylinders. What’s more, individual inking units can be shut down if they are not needed. The inking units do not have to be disengaged for this, but always remain connected to the main drive train. On the one hand, this saves on time spent engaging and disengaging, while on the other hand the drive system remains stable against vibrations – regardless of how many and which inking units are shut down.

The coating unit now also features more extensive automation. With “AutoPlate Coating Pro”, a fully automated coating plate change was presented at drupa. Further optimized washup programs allow even faster washing times for rubber blankets and impression cylinders. AutoPlate XL 2, the second generation of simultaneous plate changing, has been further accelerated and also runs completely independently and parallel to rubber blanket and impression cylinder washing.

With the second generation of the Prinect Inpress Control 2 spectral inline colour measuring system, the time until first measurement has been halved, while optimizing the control algorithms has achieved a further 20 percent reduction in waste.

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operation and digital integration. The foundations were laid with the presentation of the Intellistart press operation and the Wallscreen at drupa 2008. “Based on this experience, we are now going to exhibit the next generation at drupa 2016. The new Intellistart 2 and Wallscreen XL, in combination with our new automation possibilities, are set to permanently alter the landscape of industrial offset printing,” declares Stephan Plenz. “Once again, Heidelberg will redefine the peak performance class.”

The heart of the new-generation Speedmaster XL 106 is the Prinect Press Center XL 2 machine control station. The unique and patented Intellistart 2 software automatically organizes the optimum job change, independently initiates automated makeready processes, and gives the operator clear instructions when manual intervention is required.

To ensure the operator has a complete overview, Intellistart 2 has been integrated into the new Wallscreen XL and is divided into four areas. Jobs released for a machine are listed in a clear, easy-to-understand “Job Queue”, and can be moved using drag and drop. Intellistart 2 automatically works through these jobs in the defined order.

By clicking on a job in the queue, the adjacent “Process View” section of the Wallscreen XL shows which processes Intellistart 2 suggests, in order to change from the previously planned job to this one.

The “Intelliguide” timeline display shows in real time which makeready processes are currently running, how long they have yet to run, and also when the operator has to manually intervene – to change the ink, for example. However, fully autonomous production is only possible if the decision to start production is also taken automatically.

This is done by the “Quality Assist” software feature. Once all the necessary makeready processes have been completed, Intellistart 2 begins production. Here, Quality Assist recognizes when the sheet has reached the defined quality parameters, and automatically commences good sheet production.

“All customers who have seen this so far are delighted,” confirms Stephan Plenz. “In principle, it’s like a navigation system in a car. Intellistart 2 automatically calculates the

fastest route from A to B, and guides the operator. And we even go one step further.

Like in autonomous driving, today we are already capable of printing jobs with a similar structure completely autonomously. The advantages are obvious: printing can be more easily planned and is more effective, and the operator is able to master a high job volume over a long period of time.”

Field test expectations exceeded Feedback from field tests of the newgeneration Speedmaster XL 106 is extremely positive. For example, the colordruck company in Baiersbronn, a European technology leader in the packaging sector, has been producing on a Speedmaster XL 106 six-colour press with coating unit and AutoPlate Pro plate changer from the new drupa generation since April of this year.

“We have consistently focused on quality and reliability,” explains Managing Director Martin Bruttel. “To do this, we need the most modern and innovative equipment on the market. With the new Speedmaster XL 106 we are taking another major step in terms of increased efficiency.” For colordruck, the high level of press automation, in particular, moves them one large step ahead in terms of higher throughput and therefore profitability, while also ensuring more reliable production.

In packaging printing, washing the inking unit, when changing from a dark to a light ink, is very important. “With the new Hycolor Multidrive, the inking units or even the rubber blankets and impression cylinders can now get washed while the plates are being changed. This noticeably cuts makeready times, even for complex job changes,” Martin Bruttel confirms. “Our operators are delighted with the ease of operation of the Speedmaster XL 106. The new Intellistart 2 user software and the Prinect Press Center XL 2 machine control station help us tremendously to produce our jobs quickly and efficiently,” summarizes Martin Bruttel.

For several months now, commercial printer Aumüller in Regensburg has already been producing with a new drupa-generation Speedmaster XL 106 eight-colour press with perfecting. With the web-to-print business model, both the shortest possible makeready times and efficient production are key factors for the company, in order to ensure even faster and more reliable delivery – whether for small, medium or long runs. Frequent job changes, in particular, need to be processed

intelligently. “Thanks to the high level of automation and Intellistart 2, our productivity has been further raised considerably, and we can set up a four-over-four job in under three minutes. The new AutoPlate XL 2 and the new option of washing rubber blankets at the same time as plate changing save us a huge amount of time and increase productivity,” Christian and Stefan Aumüller agree. “Our operators immediately got to grips with the intuitive operating concept – operation is now as simple and self-explanatory as a smartphone or tablet.” The operator controls and monitors workflows and gets the printing plates ready for the next printing forms. He maintains an overview thanks to the Prinect Press Center XL 2. “The press defines the work cycle by processing the jobs that are released for production on the press virtually automatically,” conclude the two Managing Directors. Now, over a period of nine months, 121,000 plates have already been changed and 15,000 jobs produced on the new Speedmaster XL 106-8-P.

Dynamic duo of high net productivity and cost efficiency “We regard the digitized, industrialized print shop as a prerequisite for successful future business models in our sector,” asserts Stephan Plenz. For this reason, Heidelberg simultaneously exhibited two Speedmaster XL 106 presses of the new drupe-generation at its stand in Hall 1. On the Speedmaster XL 106 six-colour press with double coating, packaging and label printers could see just how simple, uncomplicated, reliable and extremely fast production and setup of jobs with high-quality finishing can be. The Speedmaster XL 106 eight-colour perfecting press is aimed at commercial and webto-print printers, who face the challenge of frequent job changes. Furthermore, this press features innovative DryStar LED drying technology. The dry sheet enables the print-free areas otherwise required for sheet brakes in straight printing and perfecting mode to be dispensed with. And with smaller sheet sizes, two percent can be saved on the cost of paper, and the sheets are immediately ready for postpress. Both machines are integrated into the Prinect print shop workflow along the value chain, and work with Saphira consumables, which are ideally adapted to suit stringent process requirements.

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Heidelberg grows with digital printing 1,000th Versafire digital printing system sold to German specialist in digital printing applications

At drupa, Heidelberg sold its worldwide 1000th Versafire (formerly Linoprint) digital printing system to a customer from Germany. Komplan Druck & Design in Munich, specialist in digital printing applications, chose a Heidelberg Versafire CP with a printing speed of 110 pages per minute. Komplan has also opted for a Versafire CV with its extended range of applications and the possibility of a fifth colour.

Versafire CV. The new toner colour is especially reflective under UV and black light. It extends the range of printing possibilities offered by CMYK, white, or coating printing, and provides a way of making short or personalized print runs even more creative and attractive. The function will also be retrofittable to all CV systems available on the market, which helps to protect customers’ investment in a Versafire.

“We are a business with more than 20 years of practical experience in digital printing. The focus of our company today is sophisticated digital business colour printing. For this we need a highly productive, reliable and high-quality digital printing system. The Heidelberg Versafire CP and the particularly variable Versafire CV are just the right solutions for this scope of applications and they perfectly complement our portfolio,” explains Eva Biechteler, Managing Director of Komplan the reasons for the investment.

The company showcased both Versafire printing systems with a new version of the Prinect Digital Front End with new user interface. The user benefits include a further simplification of operation and increased functionality. Higher speeds are now possible when printing personalized data.

New name and fifth colour added Heidelberg is underlining its continued growth in the digital segment with exclusively digital printing customers such as Komplan. The Komplan example demonstrates how the company can benefit from its customers’ experience and application knowhow in this market segment.

Heidelberg presented the Versafire CV and CP at drupa 2016 as a member of the new “Fire product line” with a number of new features: Apart from a new name and logo, Heidelberg showed new print samples with a neon yellow toner for the

Prinect Digital Front End: greater integration and certainty in the production process The Prinect Digital Front End developed by Heidelberg and launched last year has turned out to be a top seller. Almost all Versafire customers chose Heidelberg’s proprietary DFE, which permits seamless integration of all Heidelberg digital printing systems into a print shop’s overall workflow. It allows print jobs to be centrally managed in one workflow system independently of the chosen production

Key Notes : > New name and neon yellow fifth colour added. > Almost all customers chose the optional Prinect Digital Front End. > Heidelberg and Ricoh extend their partnership.

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The ink is dry: Eva Biechteler (right), Managing Director of Komplan Druck & Design, and Helga Flex from Komplan, in front their new Heidelberg Versafire CP. Since the beginning of the partnership with Ricoh, Heidelberg has thus sold 1000 Versafire digital printing systems worldwide.

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method, and provides a high level of certainty for repeat jobs and when printing personalized data. The Prinect Digital Front End also supports the finishing options of the Versafire systems, which means that many print jobs can be produced ready for sale in a single operation.

Digital printing system, service, and consumables – everything from a single source In partnership with Ricoh, Heidelberg supplies the two Versafire systems with a comprehensive range of technical and

machine-related services, training and consulting services as well as consumables.

The aim of the range is to strengthen and extend the competitive ability and performance of print media companies.

continue to offer our customers interesting products for new business opportunities in the future,” says Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for Equipment at Heidelberg.

Heidelberg and Ricoh extend their partnership

“Ricoh is delighted with the success of our great partnership with Heidelberg. With over 1,000 of our digital products being sold

by Heidelberg to date, we are looking very positively towards a bright future for both companies and for our customers, said Tad Furushima, Corporate Vice President, Business Solutions Group, Ricoh.

With its sale of the 1000th Versafire, the company is underlining the success of its partnership with Ricoh, which dates back to 2011. “Our partnership with Ricoh has been a total success, both for our customers and for Heidelberg. We are therefore deepening our collaboration with Ricoh so that we can

CRON EZcolor makes short-run offset easier profitable CRON demonstrated a new inking system for sheetfed offset presses at drupa. The new EZcolor system not only reduces waste and enhances quality but also brings down the point at which short-run offset becomes profitable. In this way, EZcolor is positioned to challenge digital print’s established stronghold on runs of just a few copies.

“EZcolor is a brand new technology linking prepress and press,” states CRON’s CEO and Founder, Mike Xiang. “It takes us one step closer to CRON’s Holy Grail, zero waste and perfect colour. In addition to improving print quality and consistency, we predict that paper waste could be reduced to the equivalent of digital press levels with savings of up to 90%. EZcolor makes it easier to reach better compliance with ISO standards.”

Inside the EZcolor enclosure, high performance, micro-pumped ink jets exactly meter ink directly onto the first forme roller.

Control of the jets is via CIP3/CIP4 data working in conjunction with an Expert database which predicts the exact ink demand under specific printing conditions.

The resulting control over ink volume, to a tolerance of +/-1%,keeps a balance of ink-feed and consumption, hence ensuring a higher colour consistency on all printed jobs. Also guided by the Expert database, precise pre-inking on each press unit ensures that makeready is exceptionally fast and that colour is accurate after just a few impressions. These advantages give offset users an enhanced capability to compete with digital print for low print runs.

EZcolor ensures greater accuracy for light coverage areas where minor ink variations can make dramatic visual differences to image quality as the volume of ink is exactly metred to match the density requirements for each zone of the printed signature.

Full-digital ink control of EZcolor also avoids impacts from unstable conditions, such as ink viscosity, temperature, humidity, press running speed and anything that may affect ink transfer in open fountain systems.

EZcolor is extremely easy to use due to its creative design and intuitive operation. The heart of the system is an enclosed manifold which replaces the cumbersome ink duct on a conventional offset press. Being enclosed, the EZcolor system eliminates ink contamination and the problems associated with open fountain systems of viscosity changes through solvent evaporation. There is also no need for an agitation system to keep the ink fluid.

With very few moving parts and ink fed under pressure, EZcolor is inherently reliable, maintaining high levels of uptime for the press. In the unlikely event of a problem, the ink nozzles are easy to clean, returning the system to full operation in a matter of minutes.

“Trying to close the loop between prepress and press is increasingly common. But current solutions are not only imperfect but also unavailable to older press users,” says Derek Sizer, CRON’s Regional Director for EMEAR. “Being modular, EZcolor can be retrofitted to any offsetpress, meaning that any printer can benefit from enhanced image quality, reduced waste and dramatically shorter makeready times. And then, of course, due to the time savings, more work can be completed per shift, enhancing overall profitability of the pressroom.”

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Konica Minolta enters Industrial Printing market Not only did Konica Minolta boost sales at drupa, it also launched the much anticipated AccurioJet KM-1 digital inkjet press Konica Minolta has reported successful sales at drupa 2016, the world’s largest trade fair for print and cross media solutions, which attracted about 260,000 visitors. Even though this was fewer than at drupa 2012, Konica Minolta saw an increase of about 25% more visitors at its stand. A prominent showpiece at Konica Minolta’s 2,400 sq. m. booth was the AccurioJet KM-1, making its debut as a commercially available product.

“The exhibition has pushed Konica Minolta from being a market leader in commercial printing and in publishing to now being recognised as one of a few select companies operating right at the forefront in the exciting world of industrial printing and pushing on towards new horizons.” – Yuji Nakata

Key Notes : > The first two orders from a list of prospects for the AccurioJet KM-1 were confirmed during the show. > Several orders for the bizhub C71CF label printer. > Achieved an extremely healthy pipeline of new orders.

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Throughout drupa, AccurioJet KM-1 drew admiring crowds of visitors all keen to see how this breakthrough technology can help them diversify into new markets such as books and packaging, or serve their existing markets better. The first two orders from a list of prospects for the AccurioJet KM-1 were confirmed during the show – from U.S. companies Postcard Mania and Cohber Press. These contracts, together with several orders for the bizhub C71CF label printer that were also placed at drupa, represent Konica Minolta’s first successes in the industrial printing segment.

Furthermore, Konica Minolta’s leading position in the mid-production colour printing sector was strengthened as customers from across the world chose to invest in Konica Minolta printing systems

and software. Besides the output devices and print embellishment technologies, KM also demonstrated host of solutions under Accurio Pro Portfolio of workflow software solutions for the customers to be more productive and profitable. A healthy pipeline of future orders was secured, underpinning the company’s impression of an extremely positive overall mood and investment climate during the show.

Konica Minolta India was pleasantly amazed to host and demonstrate its products and solutions during the exhibition.

Konica Minolta’s partnership with MGI Digital Technology was another highlight of the stand at drupa, with the French company’s JETvarnish technology being shown working in conjunction with several Konica Minolta systems like the AccurioJet KM-1 as well as the bizhub PRESS C71CF label printer.

Mr. Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, comments, “The drupa 2016 been a great platform for us to demonstrate that we deliver the right and have a very strong R&D to constantly innovate for our customers. The exhibition has pushed Konica Minolta from being a market leader in commercial printing and in publishing to now being

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recognised as one of a few select companies operating right at the forefront in the exciting world of industrial printing and pushing on towards new horizons. We also achieved an extremely healthy pipeline of new orders.”

Accurio Pro for optimising print production AccurioPro, Konica Minolta’s suite of digital solutions for professional printing, is one of the industry’s most versatile and powerful tools for optimising print production operations and workflow launched during drupa 2016. The AccurioPro name derives from accurate, automated, control. Our automated precision technologies lead to consistent gains in productivity and significant reduction in human and technical

errors that raise costs by wasting time and resources.

For large printing companies that need integration with offset printing as well as businesses that use digital printing to produce their own in-house publications and promotional materials, AccurioPro can boost speed and efficiency, expand capabilities and services, and reduce the need for operational manpower, all of which improves profitability.

AccurioPro’s comprehensive suite of features includes centralised management, software for automated processing workflow, cloud-based colour management, seamless integration of offset and digital printing, and

full connectivity of all printing systems used from input to output.

Evolving from Konica Minolta’s expertise in precision technologies and more than 80 years of experience in the printing and imaging industries, AccurioPro reflects Konica’s commitment to developing marketshaping technology with functionality that enables businesses to grow.

Hunkeler: New dynamics in digital finishing In addition to the exhibits at Hunkeler booth, visitors to drupa 2016 also had an opportunity to experience the company’s widely supported range of solutions with partners in different exhibition halls (over 25 solutions). Hunkeler has reported drupa as incredible positive: in all its three business areas, commercial printing, transactional printing, and direct mail. There have been sales contracts with customers from all around the world.

With a wealth of updated and new developments, Hunkeler AG is bringing new dynamics in the advancement of digital finishing processes. Besides the bookon-demand production line with the new Book Block Destacker BD7, other highlights at drupa included an updated innovative laser process, high performance dynamic perforation, punching and cutting in new modules DP8 and CS8, dynamic production

of tabloid and broadsheet newspaper.

With the Hunkeler Control Platform “huncontrol” customers have at their disposal a modular solution that ensures the quality, integrity, and monitoring of complete production processes, and this across all functions.

For Hunkeler, after Drupa 2016 means before Hunkeler Innovationdays.2017. The Hunkeler team will be welcoming visitors to the beautiful city of Lucerne during the days from February 20 to 23, 2017.

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China Print 2017 holds Press Conference at drupa At drupa 2016, China Print held a press conference on 3rd June. The conference updated on the preparation and organisation of the coming China Print and the latest statistics and contemporary development trend of the printing industry in China.

Mr. Chang’an LU, Vice President of PEIAC – Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China, Mr. Shijun ZHENG, Vice President of CIEC – China International Exhibition Centre Group Corporation, Ms. Fengna WANG, Vice Secretary-General of PEIAC, and Mr. Jason WANG, Project Director of CPSC – China Print Show Company hosted the conference. A large number of leaders from overseas printing associations also participated in the conference. In addition, media partners from the global printing and packaging industries were also present at the conference. The conference was attended by about 80 representatives.

Ms. Fengna WANG gave the welcome speech. Mr. Chang’an LU also spoke on the occasion. An overview of the development of contemporary China’s printing industry and the latest statistics of China’s print market were introduced and released. Recently, China has implemented new regulations on air pollution and acts on VOC emissions, which has wide implications for the printers and print industry. The Organising Committee of China Print has been trying to figure out

the new solutions for better showcasing at the fair. Leading manufacturers from the world have confirmed their exhibition at China Print 2017.

“There will also be more than 60 events held concurrently to the fair, such as the 6th China Print Award Ceremony. We are ready for the reception of more than 180,000 visitors, and also ready to offer the best platform to facilitate the trade and business. After this year’s drupa, it is really worth to go and visit China Print the next year,” says Mr. Chang’an LU. Mr. Shijun ZHENG, Vice President of CIEC, says, “PEIAC is an association consisted by printing equipment manufacturers

and printing enterprises, and CIEC is a professional and comprehensive exhibition group. The two powerful organisers – PEIAC and CIEC – together have built China Print an international brand for the printing industry. We feel very delighted to see the achievements that China Print has gained.”

“The 9th edition of CHINA PRINT will be held from the 9th to the 13th of May, 2017 at New Beijing International Exhibition Centre.

The exhibition area is estimated to be more than 160,000 square metres. Concurrently to the fair, there are more than 60 events about to be held including conferences and forums. China Print 2017 will feature 8 themed halls including: Comprehensive Printing, Printing Equipment, Digital Printing, Label Printing, Post-press, Package Printing, Frontier Technology, and Materials and Consumables. Whilst, the fair will also feature 8 special exhibition zones, including: VOC Treatment Zone, Industrial 4.0 + Made-inChina 2025 Zone, RFID Zone, Printing and Packaging Zone, Creative Designing Zone, China Print Award Zone, Internet + Printing + Multichannel Zone, and 3D Printing Zone.

A large number of prestigious enterprises in offset press, digital printing, package printing, label printing, printing plates, postpress, materials and consumables will have their booths ready-to-show at the fair with their latest technologies, equipments and solutions released. Companies going to participate at the exhibition include names like, Heidelberg, KBA, manroland, Komori, Mitsubishi, Ryobi, HP and BOBST etc.

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New Partnerships at the Center of Goss’ Business Strategy At drupa, Goss disclosed further details of its strategic approach to partnerships, underpinned by a new collaboration with Presstek.

Goss International confirmed its latest collaboration with Presstek LLC at drupa.

The companies are teaming up to deliver a powerful combination of Computer-to-Plate (CTP) imaging systems, eco-friendly plates, presses, service and support, specifically targeted for the commercial and newspaper printing markets.

In addition, Presstek introduced a range of new prepress and plate products at drupa (hall 15, stand D59) that align perfectly Goss’ commercial and newspaper printing systems.

“Both Presstek and Goss International strive for continuous advancement in our products and in the way we deliver them to our customers,” said Sparsh Bhargava, CEO, Presstek. “Goss is a significant leader in the commercial and newspaper business sectors and we are pleased that our new CTP systems and eco-friendly plate offerings fit so well with Goss presses in these markets.

These innovative and compatible prepress and press systems supported by world-class service organizations will allow customers to compete at a higher level with faster productivity and increased profitability.”

“The industry is changing and innovative thinking is needed from both customers and suppliers,” explained Mohit Uberoi,

CEO, Goss. “To meet the evolving needs of our customers and remain at the forefront of this industry, we need to think outside of the traditional box and ensure our product portfolio and service offering continues to provide dynamic, pioneering solutions.

However, we’re not looking to reinvent the wheel. We want to utilize the strengths and expertise of those companies that we can see a partnership approach would be mutually beneficial, and most importantly, provide our customers with the best solution.

This strategy has driven our long-standing collaboration with Contiweb and its partner companies, that together provide marketleading auxiliary systems, as well as the recent agreements between DG press ServiceS, Dovak Industrial Services and now, Presstek.”

Support is testament to how much we value our customers. We are planning major investments in this segment and are committed to ensuring our customers get the one-stop, lifetime support they need and that their systems operate in the most efficient, productive and reliable way, providing constant improvements and upgrades to guarantee they stay competitive.”

Goss also highlighted its continued and renewed focus on its Lifetime Support services at drupa. It highlighted its robust service dedicated to press enhancements, technical assistance, customer support and training. The focus is on strengthening customer relationships by ensuring adequate parts inventory, on-time shipment of parts and available upgrades for obsolete parts and systems.

“Traditionally, color bars require a clear space on the substrate,” explained Peter Walczak, Director Product Management, Goss.

“This clear section then either requires an additional step in the production process to remove it or it is left on the finished product and can impact the design. This has been a barrier to many converters who would otherwise choose web offset due to all the quality and productivity benefits it offers.

However, with our new Embedded Color Bar Control, this problem has been eliminated.”

Uberoi continued, “Goss’ focus on Lifetime

Goss’ highlight at drupa (hall 15, stand D51) also included the launch of its gamechanging Embedded Color Bar Control technology. Another industry first from Goss, this new innovation enables packaging converters to embed the color bar, used for controlling colour, registration and ink on the printed substrate, into the image on a label or packaging design.

To make the Embedded Color Bar possible, Goss has developed the smallest color bar available for both colour and register control.

Between each section of color bar, an image is printed, filling in the space between each bar and therefore minimizing its impact on the finished product design.

“This technology is a true innovation and will create new opportunities for our existing customers to streamline production and offer even higher value products. It will also open the door to many prospects already convinced by the advantages of web offset for packaging production,” said Walczak.

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HP reveals flexible On-demand Book Production Suite End-to-end workflow equips print providers to efficiently produce customized books at any run length – even one At drupa 2016, HP introduced HP OneBook, a multi-faceted suite of end-to-end workflow solutions for industrial book printing, bolstering efficient book production, from one book to thousands. HP also announced Webcom, a Toronto-based book manufacturer serving the printing needs of global and independent publishers, as the first HP OneBook customer using PrintOS. Traditional book production run lengths are shortening and demand for ultra-shortrun orders of books is increasing, causing publishers to re-evaluate their supply chains to counteract diminishing publishing industry sales. HP OneBook works seamlessly with HP PageWide Web Presses and HP Indigo digital presses to address the industry’s need to eliminate waste, reduce inventories and streamline production, while adding value with highly-customized books at any run length – even one.

“In a time when the value of printed books in classrooms is questioned and overall book sales are declining, print providers and book manufacturers need to add greater efficiency and value to publishers through production flexibility, increased automation and customized on-demand book production,” said Eric Wiesner, vice president and general manager, PageWide Web Press division,

HP. “HP OneBook provides our customers with the end-to-end solutions they need to efficiently deliver customized books, journals, magazines and catalogues to publishers and end users on demand in the exact quantities needed.”

Flexibility for all publishing production HP OneBook is ideal for short-run, print-ondemand production of custom books. When combined with HP Link Technology, books can be uniquely and securely identified for traceability and to expose counterfeits, and printed pages can be linked to multi-media content and other online user experiences.

Additionally, HP High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA) Technology, which offers breakthrough print quality, versatility, reliability and productivity, expands HP OneBook’s application range to include high-quality journals, short-run magazines and catalogues produced on HP PageWide Web Presses.

HP OneBook workflow solutions offer efficient publisher-to-print service provider (PSP) collaboration, web-to-print portals, pre-flight tools, production management and automation, finishing, fulfilment and tracking. Providing flexibility for all publishing production, HP OneBook enables users to select from HP SmartStream server-based and HP PrintOS cloud-based platforms as well as HP partner workflow solutions. In addition, several finishing partner solutions can be integrated, including those from Horizon, Hunkeler, Kolbus, Magnum Digital Solutions, manroland web systems, Muller Martini, Tecnau and VITS International.

HP OneBook enables Webcom to competitively produce ultra-short runs Webcom selected HP OneBook technology to provide its publishing customers with an automated book-of-one solution to manage its increasing print-on-demand needs.

Leveraging its two HP PageWide Web Presses (T300 and T360), HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press and the new HP OneBook technology, Webcom is poised to transform

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existing book publishing supply chains, competitively producing a single book or ultra-short runs.

HP and Webcom’s multi-phased engagement will address Webcom’s systems and customer needs and includes full integration of the HP OneBook solution, including the HP PrintOS platform’s Site Flow application. Site Flow streamlines print-ondemand production management, while delivering the enhanced automation, visibility and tracking required to support the higher job volumes associated with book-of-one production.

“Publishers need to be able to keep their fingers on the pulse of their inventories and streamline their supply chains,” said Mike Collinge, president and CEO, Webcom.

“With HP OneBook, we are able to offer a world-class print-on-demand platform that will address publishers’ needs for strategic cost-saving initiatives and help them free up capital by reengineering their supply chain models. HP OneBook is the transformative step to provide publishers with a streamlined, highly-responsive and scalable solution for short-run orders.”

Webcom will use HP OneBook technology to reduce order management overhead, individual book production costs and production cycle time and will collaborate with HP on iterative improvements. Webcom will also use the solution to scale its production in peak publishing seasons.

HP OneBook on the SmartStream platform is available now. HP OneBook on the PrintOS platform is anticipated to be commercially available in September 2016. Pricing varies based on equipment configuration.

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HP sells 25 Indigo 12000 Digital Presses to Shutterfly Largest customer deal in HP Indigo history to capture 2016 holiday peak season production demands for Shutterfly Shutterfly, manufacturer and digital retailer of highquality personalized products and services, has leased 25 new HP Indigo 12000 Digital Presses, marking the largest customer installation in HP Indigo history. HP and Shutterfly officials disclosed the agreement during drupa 2016, where the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press made its worldwide debut in HP Hall 17.

Shutterfly is shifting production to its new HP Indigo 12000 fleet, and installation of the new presses will take place in summer 2016 to ensure the company is prepared for peak holiday season production of photo-specialty applications, such as custom photobooks, greeting cards and calendars.

“Shutterfly has collaborated with HP for the better part of a decade, first as an early HP Indigo adopter and having since grown our business with HP in line with their steadfast innovation in the photo-specialty market,” said Dwayne Black, senior vice president and chief operations officer, Shutterfly. “This latest installation of an HP Indigo 12000 fleet will help Shutterfly continue to deliver innovative, personalized web-to-print product offerings to our customers.”

Preparing for peak holiday production with a new fleet of HP Indigo 12000’s The holiday season is Shutterfly’s most demanding production period and the most

vital to the company’s success and bottom line. To prepare for this peak in demand as well as capture new customers, the company sees it as mission-critical to have the right production engine in place to manage the annual boom of photo-based gift-giving around major holidays.

With its new HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press fleet, Shutterfly can handle the significantly increased volume of photo-specialty jobs and take advantage of the most recent HP Indigo innovations, including improved colour accuracy and consistency. Shutterfly can also increase productivity and automation by utilizing the new press’ larger print format, efficient workflow and automation tools equipped to handle thousands of jobs per day. adopting three Horizon SmartStackers, which provide automated cutting, trimming, collating, and stacking for faster job turnaround, reduced waste and fewer errors.

“HP and Shutterfly have a like-minded determination to deliver the very best in quality standards for photo applications that often become long-lasting memories and keepsakes,” said Mike Salfity, general manager and global head, Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “We look forward to working with Shutterfly and delivering the right technology at the right time to help our customers meet mission-critical production demands.”

This smart sheet processing system is designed to be integrated in-line or near-line with the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press for the production of photo-specially applications the company has in mind for its new fleet.

The Horizon SmartStacker was demonstrated in-line with the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press at drupa.

HP Financial Services helped Shutterfly develop a flexible investment strategy to acquire the HP technology they required on terms that work for their business.

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ZESTA Technology Group signs up Capitol Printers ZESTA Technology Group, the provider of Print Technology Software Solutions in India announced signing up Capitol Printers, Nairobi for its eZPrint Print ERP product.

eZPrint is a Cloud based software solution for Digital, Commercial, Packaging, Corrugated Packaging and Large Format Printers combining many different modules such as Web2Print, CRM, Estimation & Quotation Management, Order Management, Job Management & Tracking, Inventory and Purchase, Shop Floor Data collection, Invoicing & Financials, Reports and Analysis.

In addition, the system has add-on for Digital printers such as Variable Data Printing, Image Personalisation, Gift Personalisation and Photo Book creation modules.

ZESTA’s flagship cloud based Print ERP has been successfully running in India for last 7 years. eZPrint is designed to work successfully with Indian Printing Industry. eZPrint’s powerful features combine extreme ease of use with operator friendliness to make it suitable for wider industry needs with operators possessing different level of skills.

ZESTA eZPrint will be deployed at Capitol Printers of Nairobi, which is a 60 year old press specialised in all kinds of commercial, packaging and digital jobs and equipped with state of the art presses.

Mr. Bharat Shah of Capitol Printers says, “We wanted to streamline our complete

Estimation, Order Management and Production. We considered many options at the recent drupa, before going for eZPrint.

We found eZPrint to be the right fit with its extreme ease of use, its flexibility to handle our business and ZESTA’s willingness to customise the solution to our need.”

ZESTA Technology group allows Printers to get the best solutions designed specifically for Indian needs with adequate support and handholding to derive the desired value out of their investments.

KODAK drives Flexo future at drupa with FLEXCEL NX System ’16 and ULTRA NX Experience room In the Kodak Quarter (hall 5, stand F09) at drupa 2016, Kodak introduced the new FLEXCEL NX System ’16, which builds on Kodak’s award-winning NX Advantage technology to deliver the gold standard for print quality and production efficiency with the simplest flexo plate portfolio in the industry.

The new FLEXCEL NX System ’16 includes Advanced DIGICAP NX Patterning with Kodak patented Advanced Edge Definition technology that dramatically improve ink transfer in the broadest range of print applications and controls ink flow at the edge of objects, resulting in cleaner print, increased contrast and greater visual edge definition. Implementation is streamlined with NX tags for the application of multiple patterns on a single plate layout.

These new features, combined with Kodak imaging and material technology, enable the FLEXCEL NX System ‘16 to uniquely serve the wide-ranging demands of flexo print applications, including wide web flexibles, narrow web labels and paperboard printing, with a single plate type. This gives pre-press

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operations that switch from competitive technologies the added opportunity to reduce inventory, errors and complexity.

FLEXCEL NX System ’16 also introduces corrugated post-print customers to the proven industry-changing benefits of the Kodak FLEXCEL NX technology.

In the ULTRA NX Experience room, Kodak demonstrated its commitment to sustainability and ongoing innovation with a preview of next generation flexo technology, which will see highest quality, print efficiency and environmental stewardship combine.

Driving the future of flexo, ULTRA NX includes all the proven benefits of the awardwinning FLEXCEL NX technology with an environmentally conscious plate processing solution.

“Our Flexo offering on the stand at drupa shows visitors how Kodak’s investment into the development of future technologies will drive the growth of the flexo industry in the future,” comments Chris Payne, General Manager and Vice President, Kodak Flexographic Packaging Solutions. “At a time where Flexo is evolving in such a way that packaging printers can truly meet litho and gravure quality standards in a cost effective daily production environment, Kodak is perfectly positioned with its new FLEXCEL NX System ’16 and ULTRA NX future technology to support customers in this industry shift.

And, as we’re basing all our developments on a single technology platform, customers can effortlessly upgrade and maximize their return on investment.”

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Saueressig and Merck enable print packaging with RGB

For more than 50 years, full-colour images have been produced in two ways: CMYK for print; RGB for screens. Both models are so ubiquitous that most people rarely think about other options for colour reproduction.

In RGB printing, packaging can be created that has iridescent radiance. Using pigments developed by Merck, it is possible to print images of several colours directly onto a black substrate. Until now, packaging had to be printed exclusively on a background of white or of another light colour. With CMYK, a black background was achieved by overprinting the CYMK colours at full saturation. In RGB printing, the approach is completely different: full-strength red, blue, and green complement each other to produce white on a black substrate.

This new technique uses highly-reflective, pearlescent colours in red, green, and blue, as well as a silver-white colour. In CMYK printing, the “K” represents a definite black that the mixture of cyan, magenta, and yellow cannot entirely achieve. The silver-white colour in RGB printing is used in a similar way. It results in a brilliant white that cannot quite be achieved by combining the RGB colours.

Merck contacted the experts at Saueressig to implement RGB printing. Testing revealed that gravure printing is the ideal system for

transferring the pigments. In gravure, the volume of the ink wells can be adjusted to the colour in use with extreme precision.

“Since the RGB effect pigments differ in volume from those used in normal printing, Saueressig’s RGB specialists ensure good results,” says Volker Hildering, Sales Manager for RGB Printing at Saueressig.

“They have the expertise and know-how in gravure and reproduction to evaluate preliminary colour proofs from the CMYK printer and to convert them.”

The effect in RGB printing is mysterious.

The image appears to shimmer and to be illuminated from within. These packages stand out from the crowd at the point of sale – a new way of seeing things that has not existed before. The advantages of RGB colours are many and varied. Designers get a larger colour space, a palette of more colours and saturations, as well as a surface offering a previously unknown level of glossiness.

New opportunities present themselves for designers to develop exciting packaging and to unleash their creativity.

The concept for this new kind of printing emerged from a 2014 brainstorming session between creative designers and the Performance Materials Unit at Merck KGaA in Darmstadt. Their idea was to turn the standard colour model on its head. What would happen if you used RGB colours to

print on a black substrate? The realization of this thought led to many months of tests and refinements. Then, Merck succeeded in showcasing the first significant colour innovation in more than a century: a technique for RGB printing.

“At Saueressig we are happy to be a part of this huge innovation in printing,” says Dr. Anna Zumbülte, Innovation Manager at Saueressig. “The RGB printing technique is still relatively new. We are expecting improvements at all stages of the process in the coming years.”

Volker Hildering adds, “RGB will not supplant CMYK as a printing method. It will be an alternative to enable products to stand out from the crowd. When you take a package printed in RGB from the shelf, you’ll know that it is something special.”

Saueressig and Merck showcased at drupa at their respective booths - hall 3, booth B24; and hall 12, booth C55.

First hour sale at drupa by KBA to Centrum Printing KBA sold the first large-format sheetfed offset press not even one hour after Drupa opened its doors on the first day. The Rapida

145 (sheet format 106 x 145cm) will go to Centrum Printing in Sydney, Australia, in September.

This comes just two years after Centrum Printing ordered a large-format Rapida.

Back then the company expanded 3.5 times with a Rapida 162a to target new markets: printing packaging and displays for its own customers and partner companies. The concept was successful as the new Rapida 145 will ramp-up capacities further in the future.

The new press will be equipped with the same features as the company’s existing press. It is a six-colour Rapida with coater and extended delivery. It is equipped for UV hybrid operation so it can cover the biggest range of finishing options. The press’ automated features include fully-automatic plate changing, CleanTronic Multi washing systems and lowerable non-stop rollers in the delivery. Before confirming the order Centrum general manager Sandra Mascaro began her visit with a tour of the KBA stand at drupa.

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Goss Contiweb: Optimizing Print Drying efficiency New Contiweb Fluid Applicator (CFA) technology offers significant cost benefits for web offset printers At drupa 2016, Goss International showed the latest innovation in its range of heatset drying systems. New CFA technology enhances print performance and productivity, and contributes to a better finished product.

Now supplied as an option on new Ecocool and Ecoset models, the Contiweb Fluid Applicator (CFA) system is also available for retrofitting on existing installations of these models and stand-alone silicone application.

The system offers significant cost benefits for web offset printers. A demonstration unit on the Goss Contiweb booth guided visitors through its breakthrough approach to the application of silicone oil and water to restore moisture to the printed web and protect against ink picking on the surface of the chill rollers. Silicone is necessary to protect the web from mechanical stress and for better runability though the folder.

Apart from cutting unnecessary expense, the CFA system offers a solution to issues which might result from consumables commonly used in the drying process, according to Bert Schoonderbeek, Managing Director, Goss Contiweb.

“Up until now, printers have been using ‘ready mixed’ silicone/water products,” explains Schoonderbeek. “These are provided by a wide array of chemicals and additives in different formulations and standards. They can also cause maintenance issues and contamination in the silicone mix system and folder long term. With the CFA system, we’re giving the printer back more

control and also cost benefits.”

Treating the web with a silicone/water mixture (silicone and remoistening) in one process was developed by Contiweb engineers in 2004, and since then, has become considered by many high-quality print professionals to be essential in ensuring best-quality results. The combined process replaces water that has evaporated from the paper during drying to restore the original dimensions of the substrate. It also avoids web shrinkage, as well as reducing instances of cracking, curling or folding, and delivering an overall more forgiving substrate for postpress handling.

The new Contiweb Fluid Applicator now introduces the ability to mix pure silicone oil with water on-the-fly within one system.

By delivering a fresh mix which is used immediately, only a single agent is required as surfactant, which helps to control the

delicate balance required for maintaining uniformity and consistency of the web. The oil drops in the mixture are extremely large compared to standard silicone emulsions.

The result is that the oil is not absorbed by the paper, but stays on top where it offers a much better protection. On average a reduction of 50% in silicone oil consumption is documented.

In addition to the performance benefits, the new system offers considerable financial gains, including approx. 60 percent savings on the current cost of silicone, which can be equivalent to around euro 50,000 per year for the consumption associated with a 64-page press. Based on the same production model, the reduction in terms of transportation is just 15 containers versus 80 per year.

The use of pure silicone oil and mixing on demand benefits the performance and longterm maintenance of the applicator and the folder. Applicator, control and drive rollers are all more lubricated, reducing incidence of contamination and improving the lifespan of components.

With the Ecocool dryer, Contiweb was the first manufacturer to offer a single drying unit with integrated chill rolls, silicone application and optional remoistening. Apart from improved ergonomics, it introduced a new level of control of the web in one closed environment, bringing with it significant advantages in quality, efficiency, productivity and cost-effectiveness.

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Fedrigoni presents three innovations at drupa Fedrigoni – international operator in the production and sale of high added-value papers, special supports such as plastic and metal-coated films, security products and self-adhesive items, presents this year’s three innovations, one for each business sector:

Special Papers: Splendorlux, Freelife and Old Mill Splendorlux – the collection of cast-coated high gloss papers and boards expands to 46 articles: new finishes, sizes, and colours designed specifically for the luxury packaging sector. The restyling renewed the coloured paper range: careful selection of the trendiest shades led to the launching of new crossover colours, favourites in the fashion and beauty sectors. The range of Blacks and Metalized papers, with numerous finishes, are perfect for coordinated uses, covers, cases, boxes, and shopping bags. The 11 lines in the Splendorlux collection make up one of the largest ranges of cast-coated papers and boards on the market.

Freelife – the new collection of “smart” recycled papers, use cellulose only from sustainably managed forests; reduce energy and water consumption; reduce atmospheric emissions; use recycled raw materials, and give preference to non-inked recycling, which

involves less transport, less de-inking, and lower CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

Premium White is the new colour in Old Mill, the line of papers and boards made of pure ecological ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) cellulose, certified FSC, felt-marked on both sides. Exclusive feel and good stiffness make this line an ideal support for elegant publications and prestigious libraries, as well as corporate publications such as brochures, annual reports and monographs.

Arconvert presents Immaculate Papers Arconvert (and specifically the Manter brand known for self-adhesive wine % spirits labels) presents Immaculate Papers, the new collection of coated self-adhesive papers.

Designed for oil, balsamic vinegar, jar-packed food specialties, as well as packaging for high-end cosmetics, this line includes nine precious materials treated with an exclusive grease-proofing technology that permanently protects the label against grease and oil spots and keeps it from unsticking. A special plastic-free barrier treatment, added to the paper mix, repels even drops of oil that slide down the bottle neck and attack the sides of the label. This new method allows totally

creative packaging, completely protects both the front and edges, and eliminates plastics bonded to the paper.

According to new EU rules, restaurants may no longer put unlabeled and unrefillable cruets or bottles of oil on tables: the label has therefore become a necessity. This innovation offers top brands of olive oil and balsamic vinegar the guarantee that labels will stay clean, and provides a qualitative association between elegant packaging and excellence of contents.

Liquid crystal threads and Vista double hologram The Fabriano Security division presents “liquid crystal” threads in five different colourchange combinations, and the “Vista”double hologram. The Fabriano Security division, part of Fedrigoni SpA, develops and manufactures security products for the banknote and passport market. Its products, security threads and holograms, comply with the extremely strict standards imposed by the European Central Bank. These technologies can be used to protect against counterfeiting in the luxury packing sector.

Insight Communications scores drupa sales Insight Communications & Print Solutions sold Screen Truepress Jet 520 Digital Web Press at drupa 2016. Komori, represented by its Indian partner, Insight, has also sold India’s first Impremia IS29. Komori has announced biggest sales in India with a number of orders placed at the show.

The Truepress Jet520 combines latest

inkjet technology with SCREEN’s highquality colour management technology. It provides reliable, high-speed printing while maintaining superior quality. It also features the reputable Piezo Drop on Demand(DOD) inkjet heads manufactured by Seiko Epson.

With its 420 feet-per-minute speeds and its ability to print onto a wide range of types of paper, the Truepress Jet520 offers the

flexibility and productivity demanded by today’s variable printing market. It can print up to 860 ppm for A4-size print jobs, and 910 ppm for letter size. The Truepress Jet520 can function both as a high-quality, high-volume variable data printing system and as a highspeed on-demand printing system, ensuring the optimal workflow for your particular job types and printing volume.

Komori Impremia IS29 features 1200dpi high image quality. Enabling use of normal printing paper, it is a digital press that makes the most of Komori strengths. With maximum print speed up to 3000 sph, the Inkjet press offers matching Komori Offset colours.

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Cimpress signs global deal with HP for a fleet of HP Indigo presses At drupa, Cimpress, HP Indigo’s largest customer globally, agreed to purchase a fleet of the larger format next generation HP Indigo presses (circa 20, of which more than half will be installed in the second half of 2016) that are being shown at drupa. With the purchase of these presses, Cimpress aims to increase efficiency, bolster production capacity and enhance the production quality of products it produces for its customers.

Installation of the new presses will start in July 2016 at Cimpress manufacturing facilities in the Netherlands, Canada and Italy.

Building on a decade-long relationship with HP, Cimpress is also upgrading its existing fleet of HP Indigo Digital Presses to incorporate HP’s latest capabilities. The company’s overall investment in its mass customization platform, including these new installations and press upgrades, will support continued growth of the business by enabling additional revenue for the company’s brands and improved efficiency across its existing production footprint.

“Cimpress is committed to delivering an enormous variety of customized products to customers across the world,” said Robert Keane, president and chief executive officer, Cimpress. “Delivering exceptional quality while still operating efficiently is important, and that requires sophisticated production management. HP’s new Indigo digital printing technology will ensure we streamline our

production, offer application possibilities and, most importantly, meet the evolving needs of our customers. We have many different equipment suppliers who are important partners to Cimpress, with HP Indigo being in the very top tier. The technology improvements to HP Indigo which we have seen make us confident that this partnership will endure for many years to come.”

“Cimpress is recognized for on-demand, customized print production, and is well-known for its innovative approach to production efficiency and versatility,” said Alon Bar-Shany, general manager, IndiWgo

division, HP. “New HP Indigo capabilities were designed to boost customer operations in exactly this way, enabling customers to achieve quality, consistency and reliability across many jobs. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Cimpress, helping them not only meet production goals and customer expectations, but also by delivering the right digital tools to slingshot their leadership into the next decade.”

The new 2016 HP Indigo portfolio, including the HP Indigo 12000, 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses are showcased in HP Hall 17 at drupa.

Mathrubhumi signs for 20 Krause platesetters Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing (MPP) in Kerala, has signed for 20 Krause LS Performance 250 violet platesetters with

BlueFin processors and Krause JetNet workflow.

The deal is the biggest sale in Krause’s history. The publisher has 10 printing sites in Kerala, with a total of 25 platesetters.

According to marketing and electronic media director Shreyams Kumar most of the machines are over a decade old. The 20 new platesetters will replace the old machines and boost productivity. The plants house new TKS printing presses with a new press from the Japanese manufacturer only been added last year at Kozhikode plant of

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the newspaper. Now the publishers have four TKS presses, one each at Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochin and Kannur.

Mathrubhumi is the second most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala, after Malayala Manorama.

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Dominion Packaging buys TRESU Flexo Innovator hybrid printing line

Richmond based Dominion Packaging, a paperboard converter, has opted for a hybrid wide format Flexo Innovator printing line from TRESU Group. Dominion purchased a multiple colour Innovator press with hybrid printing capability which is expected to be fully operational at by the end of 2016.

Scott Hibbs, president and CEO, TRESU Americas, comments: “With its robust build, advanced level of automation, ergonomic design and minimal setup times, the Flexo Innovator offers significant efficiency gains and outstanding quality consistency at extremely high production speeds. Furthermore, with its hybrid ink-set, drying and curing specification, Dominion Packaging has the versatility to offer a wide range of applications and sophisticated, bespoke solutions in both short-run and highvolume situations.”

“The Flexo Innovator specified by Dominion Packaging can switch effortlessly between

multiple printing applications on all of its printing units. Furthermore, special-effect coating is possible at several points in the printing sequence, thanks to press’s ability to dry unit-to-unit. The Innovator’s unique printing capability further enhances its hybrid printing solutions, which are not achievable on a common impression press,” said Hibbs.

The Innovator press format can be equipped with an automatic inking and control system to minimise material waste, manual intervention and setup times. Its ink control system provides enclosed, automatically controlled ink circulation and uniform ink laydown, by controlling the ink chemistry during the printing process. The inline inspection and colour management systems maintain quality consistency on-the-fly throughout the printing run.

Brett Hawkins, president and CEO of Dominion Packaging comments, “The speed and distinctive versatility of the hybrid printing

capability of our new press allows us to expand our business into new market areas that were not previously available to us.”

Other features available on the TRESU Innovator include state-of-the-art hot air drying system that can provide extended drying capability on any printing unit on the press. TRESU’s innovative approach to drying reduces emissions by using recirculated air. Additionally, further productivity is achieved with the use of a high efficiency unwind / rewind stands that limit butt-splicing waste to one diameter of paper stock on the core.

The Flexo Innovator will enable Dominion Packaging to expand into other fast growing print market segments where container sizes are differentiated by brands with bespoke pack sizes and shapes.

Comiflex shakes hands with Uflex to ‘Make In India’ Italian firm Comiflex SRL has shaken hands with one of India’s largest global

flexible packaging solutions company Uflex, confirming its intent to manufacture Gearless C.I. Flexo Printing Machines under a Technology Transfer Agreement with the latter. This happened at drupa where Uflex participated as an exhibitor.

The memorandum of understanding has already been signed between Mr. Gianfranco Nespoli, Owner of Comiflex SRL and Mr. Ajay Tandon, President & CEO, Engineering Business, Uflex Limited. Uflex will market and sell these machines across the world.

With 50 years of enriching experience to his credit, Mr. Gianfranco Nespoli, is a renowned exponent in the field of designing and producing high quality C.I. Flexo Machines.

Mr. Nespoli is one of the founding members of Flexotecnica that was founded in 1979 in

L-R Ajay Tandon, Gianfranco Nespoli, Ashok Chaturvedi

Galganano for manufacturing flexo printing presses for roll to roll printing on films and paper for packaging applications.

Expressing his pleasure, Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, Uflex, said, “We will be manufacturing Gearless C.I. Flexo Printing Machines in collaboration with Comiflex SRL at our Engineering Plant in India. I am glad that Uflex has partnered with one of the sharpest brains of the C.I. Flexo printing machine technology. Innovation to create value added differentiation is the guiding principle at Uflex and our engagement with Mr. Gianfranco Nespoli’s Comiflex SRL testifies it. This tie-up furthers the ethos and spirit of my Government’s flagship scheme Make in India.”

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Henkel and Continental conclude cooperation agreement Partnership for printed electronics with focus on automotive applications and smart packaging Henkel Adhesive Technologies and ContiTech Elastomer Coatings will now be working more closely together in the fields of functional printing and printed electronics. The two companies announced the agreement at the recent drupa.

Thomas Perković, head of the Printing Blanket segment at ContiTech, a division of technology company Continental. “Printed electronics are an important area not only for our customers, but also for Continental and its products for the automotive industry.”

With the cooperation, the companies aim to develop products using cost-effective roll-to-roll processing in flexographic and other printing processes. This includes industrial applications such as sensors, speakers, and functional films, as well as security applications for consumer goods (tracking and identification using RFID, radio-frequency identification, for example), or intelligent packaging with additional NFC (near field communication) functions.

“Together with ContiTech as leading provider of flexographic printing solutions we want to develop the up-and-coming functional printing and printed electronics markets and create an alternative to the existing manufacturing process,” says Dr. Paolo Bavaj, Corporate Director New Business Development at Henkel Adhesive Technologies. “Our contribution to this is our wide-ranging, high-performance portfolio of conductive inks. We are excited to be working closely with Continental because we believe that meaningful innovation is only possible through strong partnerships and within innovation ecosystems.”

“We will bring our experience of the printing process, Henkel its material expertise in functional inks and substances,” says Dr.

At drupa, Henkel presented its broad adhesive portfolio for packaging solutions especially for the food industry. It is already working to commercialize printed electronics such as NFC tags for consumer goods.

The technology is offering great potentials for authentication and to provide additional information to consumers.

Edubook steps up in automation with Libra 800 Edubook has opted for Tecnau Libra 800 Book Finishing at drupa 2016 for high-end digital book finishing. Swiss book manufacturer, Edubook provides a 360° service to its customers looking for personalized content and an efficient process from order entry to delivery. Edubook inkjet digital print technology along with advanced workflow management, print and finishing technologies bring high quality books, quick delivery time and competitive pricing for customers.

Rolls will be pre-printed on the Ocè ColorStream 3700 and finished nearline on Libra 800 in a roll-to-finished-book integrated process. The system has been configured

by Edubook with one input channel from roll, along with slit merge and dual web cutter to produce variable book-blocks. The solution features in addition a cut-sheet feeder in order to add inserts on demand to the book composition and dynamically collect input paper from roll and from cut-sheets.

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Three-Knife Trimmer. The system feeds standard cover sizes and cuts them down in length and width with spine scoring according to the book block being processed for complete variability book by book in the same run.

Edubook’s investment includes an upgrade on the printer front end in order to sort print jobs according to multiple and customized criteria. As the Libra 800 can process jobs in any sequence without affecting throughput and without operator intervention, Edubook can optimize production according to other parameters important for their customers, such as paper quality, urgency or delivery

location and more, in order to optimize internal and external logistics and better support their customer needs.

“We are excited to establish a long-term partnership with Edubook. Their commitment to quality and continuous manufacturing innovation is extremely motivating for Tecnau” comments Stefano De Marco, Tecnau sales & marketing Director EMEA. “Libra 800 will support Edubook’s demand for quick delivery of short runs books and open up new opportunities for book on demand production.”

Tecnau exhibited in hall 8a, D63 at drupa.

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manroland: The EVOLUTION of print at drupa Manroland Sheetfed stand at drupa 2016.

When visitors stepped onto the Manroland Sheetfed stand at drupa 2016, they weren’t just viewing the highly advanced ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION, they witnessed a whole new world of print possibilities

Seeing (and feeling) is believing Visitors flocked to the daily EVOLUTION shows.

Manroland Sheetfed, one of the top producers of sheetfed offset litho printing presses is one of the oldest producers of printing presses in the world. A whole new world of inline print finishes met visitors to the

Available on the stand were posters of print jobs printed on the ROLAND EVOLUTION one of the few exhibitors to release realtime samples, bringing to mind the old adage ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Manroland Sheetfed exhibited print ‘previously unimaginable’, creating vivid,

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living output that reached out to visibly move even the most seasoned visitors to the exhibition.

The crisp detail and sheen of a gleaming motorcycle, brought alive through Inline foiling – the soft glow of a woman’s skin via TwinEffect contrasts against pure, precision blackness achieved through LED UV drying technology – a textured cosmetic box to touch and feel brought to life with InlineImpress.

InfoStations The company also featured seven iPad controlled “InfoStations” presenting a comprehensive overview of the company, its products and services.

The InfoStations provided detailed information on all ROLAND models including the featured 8-colour ROLAND 700 EVOLUTION double coating with UV, InlineNumbering, InflineFoiler, InlineInspector 2.0 and LED UV drying technology, together with the ROLAND 900 XXL Perfector, the world’s largest perfecting printing press.

Posters for visitors to take away printed on EVOLUTION

. The Manroland Sheetfed InfoStations

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Landa’s Nano has a Mega Show Landa Nanographic Printing Presses was a major impact at this drupa with over €450 million in orders for the gamechanger.

Landa once again took center stage at drupa, taking over euro 450 million in orders for Nanographic Printing presses.

An estimated 200,000 visitors thronged to the Landa stand to catch a glimpse of its 20 daily live press demos. Visitor enthusiasm translated directly into hundreds of sales meetings, with orders taken in all major geographical regions, including the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Landa reported numerous multiple-press deals, demonstrating market confidence in Landa and its Nanographic Printing presses. “drupa 2016 will be remembered as the inflection point in the industry’s transition from mechanical printing to digital. In the past, digital printing vendors had to try to convince the market that digital is the way to go. Previously it was a ‘push’ selling motion,” says Benny Landa, Chairman. “Now, for the first time, the situation has reversed. There is a very strong ‘pull’ from the market, driven by both customers and brand-owners, who are now demanding digital printing. It seems that the market leaders – in packaging, commercial printing and in publishing – have come to the realization that they simply must go digital.

“drupa 2016 will be remembered as the inflection point in the industry’s transition from mechanical printing to digital.” – Benny Landa

Key Notes : > 200,000 visitors throng to catch a glimpse at the live demos. > Nanographic Printing presses ordered in every major geographical region. > Printers throughout the world ordered both sheetfed and web presses.

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“For Landa Digital Printing, this market awakening has been particularly rewarding, as reflected in the substantial number of orders which we took at drupa. Customers are telling us that no one comes even close to matching our quality, speed, substrate independence and print cost, which combine to create a tremendous value proposition.”

area of the Landa stand, with customers lining up to receive print samples after each demo. Each product demo was streamed to large video screens as hundreds jammed the demonstrations. Enthusiastic customers described the live demos as “awesome”, saying “this changes everything” and that “Landa is light years ahead of the others.”

Key milestones for Landa at Drupa 2016 included: • Beta site announcements for USA and Europe • Strategic agreements with Quad/Graphics and Cimpress • Multiple orders taken for every major geographical region • Nearly 240 live print demonstrations of Landa S10, Landa S10P and Landa W10 Nanographic Printing Presses as well as Landa NanoMetallography • Thousands of Nanographic Printing samples distributed • Live demonstrations of Nano-Metallography, Landa’s zero-waste metallization solution

Landa’s theater presentations, “Nano. The Power of Small.”, were fully booked days in advance and seen by 40,000 attendees.

“Everyone is leaving drupa with the understanding that Nanography is a game changer. It’s the only digital solution for mainstream printing and its quality, speed, any-substrate capabilities and print cost are unmatched,” says Yishai Amir, CEO, Landa. “This is the reason printers, packaging converters and pointof-purchase specialists throughout the world ordered so many Landa presses – both sheetfed and web. In short, we had an amazing drupa.”

Between theater presentations, there were live product demonstrations throughout the large arcade

Benny Landa continues to add to his portfolio of over 800 patents worldwide.

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Lake Image Systems and Solex announce distribution partnership Lake Image Systems, variable data integrity and print quality inspection solutions provider, and Solex, provider of consulting, design and implementation services and digital printing solutions, have signed a new distribution partnership following the recent closure of their largest contract. Under the agreement, Solex will become the primary distributor of Lake Image’s proven vision inspection and variable data verification solutions and services across Austria and Germany.

we’re proud to be able to use our expertise and experience to bring this superior technology to satisfy our customers’ needs something we continually strive to do.”

Wolfgang Wild, Managing Director of Solex GmbH says, “We are seeing a growing demand for high performance, variable data and print quality assurance and realize the need to offer best-in-class, affordable vision technologies to win larger, more profitable opportunities. Lake Image Systems is a highly versatile, progressive and innovative solution provider with a big future and so

“We are delighted to be partnering with Solex for the distribution of our expanding Discovery product portfolio. Solex is well known for their expertise and strength in the high volume printing industries, and this partnership offers a strong channel for growing our business in the region.

This partnership represents a significant development in our channel strategy to build

a focussed group of partners that extend our reach to targeted markets,” said Alain Almeras, General Manager of Lake Image Systems France.

Intec Printing Solutions launches CS4000/CS5000 • •

• Intec Printing Solutions has launched CS4000/CS5000 digital printer. The 5-colour printer offers option of printing with a fifth

colour. Printers can now print on demand, the full range of process colours with the addition of a fifth spot colour in either white or clear gloss.

Using digital LED printing technology, the CS4000/CS5000 offers high definition colour printing alongside the ability to print on an extensive range of media at speeds of up to 50ppm thus opening a wide spectrum of opportunities for creative businesses and reprographics studios.

Combining flexible media handling, high print speeds and now five colours, printers can take their printing to a new level, whether producing banners, point-of-sale, leaflets, promotional merchandise, vinyl graphics, stationery or brochures.

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SRA3 and banner lengths up to 1.3m Print on paper stock up to 450gsm single sided and 300gsm duplex Uses wide range of media including gloss paper, film, transfer paper, waterproof paper and more 530 sheet tray as standard with up to five trays maximum (2,950 sheets) Robust 300 sheet multipurpose tray for added flexibility Significantly reduced total cost of ownership

With cost effective, high capacity consumables, customers’ total cost of ownership is significantly reduced. A wide range of application and print products is possible with the new printer: vibrant colour, highlights in gloss, brochures, t-shirt, merchandising transfer printing, short-run packaging and concepts, window graphics on vinyl and clear film, point of sale on a range of media, stationery and business cards, invites, menus, leaflets and much more.

Key features include: • Advanced paper handling from A6 to

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Seminar on Photography and Multimedia

On the occasion of Diamond Jubilee celebration of Regional Institute of Printing Technology (RIPT) of Calcutta, organised

by All India Print Tech Professional Forum (AIPPF) on March 12, 2016, a Seminar on Photography was conducted by Subhomoy Mitra.

Subhomoy Mitra is a Painter, Photographer and Wordsmith, but most of all he is a dreamer who translates visuals into art form. The tools of his trade are brushes, lenses, pen and paper and he makes a living using these. A freelancer by profession and heart, he loves to treat unknown paths and visit obscure destination. His interests are multifarious, building working models of trains, making wine, cinema, music are some that occupy his time when he is not lecturing photography enthusiasts on “why take photographs”, walking with building and seasoned photographers conducting ‘street photography’ workshops or writing fictitious accounts of his travels and on life.

Subhomoy’s accolades include the Lalitkala Acedemy Award (New Delhi), NatGeo Award and prizes at UNESCO, ACCU and various other competitions. He is featured in permanent exhibits in art pockets of France, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, United Kingdom, Belgium, and Austria. He describes himself as an ageing, short tempered, necessarily controversial, social media abhorring loner

and yet he is an avid Facebook user. Kolkata is his love, his home and his returns to his citytime and again Seminar on Stop Motion Animation The Seminar on Stop Motion Animation was by Mr.Nabendu Kumar Pather of Arena Multemedia (Kankurgachhi). Mr.Nabendu Kumar Pathar, with a experience of more than 13 years in the field of Media and Entertainment Industry, has graduated from Calcutta University in English Honours.

During those days has done a Diploma in Advance Multemedia, Animation & Vfx. He started his career as web designer, later expanded his field of work to Animation, Video Editing, Print and Digital Designing and Digital online Marketing. Along with teaching in Arena Animation Kankurgachhi he also

provides Corporate Training to multiple MNC’s like Capgemini, Adobe, PWC to name a few.

Stop Motion also known as Stop Frame is an animation technique that physically manipulates an object that appears to move on its own. The object is moved by small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.

All India Print-Tech Professional Forum has also handed over the Scholorships to the students who stood first in Printing, Photograpgy & Multemedia Technology discipline.

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Colour Management for Flexible Packaging is IPC focus International Packaging Conclave this year happens on the third day of PackPlus Exhibition and focuses Print Optimisation & Colour Management for Flexible Packaging Brand owners, Packaging Converters and Industry professionals, experts & suppliers, will be coming together, for the annual International Packaging Conclave happening on 29 July. The event will take place along with the four day iconic packaging exhibition PackPlus at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The objective of the conclave is to explore how the finally converted package in every instance should be able to preserve brand equity and deliver a consistent brand experience across printing processes, substrates, inks, colour rotation and myriad other outputs.

“FMCG products, brands, SKUs and pack formats are proliferating in a turbulent marketplace. In an environment where competition is intensifying, duplicates are becoming a menace and consumers are becoming cautious and choosy. In such an environment, colour management and packaging design becomes crucial for brand managers to maintain integrity across a brand family,” says Debabrata Deb of Future Formats, a packaging consultancy firm that has been involved in putting together the conclave.

The key note session will be headed

by Amitava Ray from Uflex Ltd. who will be sharing his insights about Brand Management of the future and evolution of Flexible Packaging and Printing.

The first session of IPC will be discussing Pre Press, Colour Management & Work

Flow. Prepress technology has evolved to take advantage of the entire colour gamut and enhance the pack design to the delight of the brand owner. The session will help in understanding the role of prepress, its place in the workflow and how a sound prepress output leads to not only to excellence in print but also to greater job stability and profit for the converter.

Implementation of Colour Management in Print, the second session will be focus on the actual printing process, the ink kitchen, colour measurement, coding and usage of machine returned inks, colour match at minimum ink GSM, colour stability at maximum speed, reduction of set up time, control on wastage and repeatability of colour over multiple print runs. It will also stress on the crucial need for skill development and networking models to achieve Skilling. The Focus will be on Flexible Packaging as many of the issues mentioned above strategic & ongoing change daily in the extremely competitive Flexible Packaging Industry.

In session three, Design, Colour and Print Innovation, the experts will explain how colour science and workflow discipline unlock the door to the wonder of colours driving that exciting first moment of truth for the awestruck consumer.

The conclave will be concluded by Ankur Malhotra from Abbott India speaking about Brand Owners Expectations from Packaging Designers and Converters.

The panelists for the event are the experts drawn from different areas of the packaging supply chain who will enlighten the audience on actual implementation of colour management through their vast experience and case studies. Know how will be discussed along with know why.

The speakers will be experts from Uflex, Unicharm India, DuPont Advantage Printing, Balaji Multiflex, WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER, Seigwerk India, X-RITE PANTONE, Parakh Agro Industries, Jayshree Propack, Indian Printer and Publisher, Tata Elxsi, P. V. G’s College of Engineering and Technology, Pune, Schawk India, Paharpur Industries, Graphic Arts Technology & Education and Abbott India.

The event is produced with contribution from WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER, Kodak, E I DuPont India, Seigwerk India, Esko-Graphics India, X-RITE PANTONE, Future Formats & PackPlus 2016.

Demak highlights Kromex at drupa

Demak, the specialist in 3D Chrome Emblems and the possessor of Kromex patented technology has reported its drupa participation as extraordinary great success.

Represented in India by Kunal Enterprises, Demak, at drupa showcased its range of solutions including DP1/DP2 Degassing Pump, PM1 CV Smart 700x, PM2 CV Smart 700 xyz, PM3 CV Smart 1400 xyz and PM4 CV18 2/4P 1200 xyz. The flagship Kromex has no limit in shapes and produces automotive grade products. Producing chrome/colour emblems, it does away with ABS Injection costs and brings high productivity for customers.

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Globe Print n Pack installs Esko Mumbai based company installs ArtiosCAD, DeskPack and Plato. ArtiosCAD is helping them in building 3D models to be shared with brand owners.

Vasai, Mumbai based Globe Print n Pack has three production spaces across 25,000 square feet. The promotional transparent packaging producer has a successful experience of about two decades.

Recently, it has commissioned Esko’s design and workflow software. With increasing success, the company sought to expedite design concepts, sampling and 3D visuals and prototypes and to develop completely new processes for their FMCG and Pharma clients. Esko’s ArtiosCAD, Deskpack and Plato software are used for this new workflow that yields greater precision and faster turnaround times for new projects.

Technology for transparent promotional packaging

“Esko’s software has helped us in developing key line designs and also in filming a short video on how to form a pack by diecutting flat substrates, which is useful both for brand owners and the workers in the converting and finishing department.” – Rahul Gupta

Key Notes : > Earlier needed to create and input key lines to process the file for prepress which consumed time. > With Esko’s DeskPack and Plato solutions, the operational timing has been brought down to half an hour. > Absolute precision and print-ready production files are the plus.

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Globe Print n Pack provides creative solutions to make consumer products stand out at the point of sale. It uses transparent PET, PP and PVC materials and films extensively for promotional packs for instore marketing. Globe Print n Pack’s owner Mr Rahul Gupta believes, “The base of promotional packaging is to draw the consumer’s attention, to enhance the product image and boost the brand. Our promotional packages have to be elegant and colourful to enhance the sales appeal of the merchandise.”

Head of Packaging Design at Globe Print n Pack, Mr Vijay Dhamne says, “ArtiosCAD is helping us in building 3D models which are shared with brand owners. If the concept designs are still in the approval stage, new design iterations based on additional briefs by the client can be executed at a faster pace with Esko software. In ArtiosCAD, a variety of structures and design styles are available that only require dimensional inputs in order to generate cartons in the required sizes. Earlier, before we installed the Esko software, we needed to create and input key lines to process the file for prepress which consumed time. When we used other multi-purpose software the positioning and fixing the number of ups easily consumed more than an hour, but with Esko’s DeskPack and Plato solutions, the operational timing has been brought down to half an hour and with absolute precision and to create print-ready production files.”

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Speaking about the company’s in-house design development for its customers Dhamne says, “Most brands use printed PET for their promotions and gift packaging.

The product is clearly visible inside and elegant decoration of the outer carton draws attention. When products are presented with see-through diecut windows, glueing is often not needed. Transparent packages are popular among promotional cosmetics producers and distributors.” The company also supplies promotional packaging

solutions to the beverage, gift, household goods segments and a few other markets.

In packaging decoration, Globe Print n Pack has developed options that include offset litho printing and hot foil stamping.

Rahul Gupta says, “Esko’s software has helped us in developing key line designs and also in filming a short video on how to form a pack by diecutting flat substrates, which is useful both for brand owners and the workers in the converting and finishing department.

Apart from this out of the way help, Esko is well organized in India and its sound technical team can support and assist our designers.” The company’s hands-on owner concludes by adding, “Global Print n Pack is growing annually by around 15% while approximately 16% of our finished goods are exported. We have a plan for future expansion and are looking at processing and printing on an even larger variety of substrates using digital presses.”

XtraMile service portfolio by Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web introduces XtraMile to the packaging and label markets. XtraMile is a portfolio of services to assist customers in optimising their quality, performance, and cost in the entire value chain.

the full value chain while still maintaining high levels of quality and customer service.

We have a long history in the packaging and label markets and we’ve seen a wide variety of print operations around the world. We’ve listened to what customers are saying.”

The modules of XtraMile are designed for customers who want to achieve improvements in their process and increase their overall profitability by streamlining their operations through press productivity, ink management, waste reduction, colour consistency, and by using the latest innovative technologies.

He continued, “It is one thing to provide consistent, high quality products - we recognise the importance of this; however, we also realise the value in being a partner who can create additional uptime and process improvement. Our aim through XtraMile is to do both.”

Mr. Doug Aldred, President Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web had this to say, “Flint Group understands that our customers are continually looking for ways to optimise

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Flint Group’s XtraMile is comprised of seven separate modules; each module is designed to support the various needs of the packaging and label print markets.

• Technology – customer innovation and

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product performance Force – improvement in processes and overall profitability Colour – brand integrity and colour optimisation Supply – delivering a robust and agile supply chain Support – a deep understanding of print applications and ink management flow Academy – providing on-site training and consultancy Life – focusing upon the regulatory landscape and global sustainability

Velvet Coating and Crystal UV Coating with Atlas Atlas Industrial Corporation is introducing for the first time in India low budget multifunction Velvet Coating & Crystal UV Coating Machine with combined UV & IR Drying Systems attached to it. This machine is most suitable to coat soft touch Velvet Coating as well as high gloss Crystal UV Coating to give special effect on printed materials and is provided with combined IR & UV Drying Systems online which will allow use of water base chemical coating & oil base UV Coating material and can operate on single phase electric energy.

PLUS Exhibition (July 27 – 30, 2016) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Atlas will also demonstrate Zhongtai’s New Model Reflection Embossing Machine with High Pile Delivery System working size 750 x 1000 mm. For better performance and long life the manufacturers have adopted many imported components like Japanese electronics & ball bearings, air compressor

and sensors from germany, electrical motors & copper wirings from Taiwan and several other parts. Zhongtai’s new Model Machines can now do micro embossing, reflection embossing, deep embossing as well as 2D effects from a single plate in one go which will besides enhancing the beauty of the job will also ensure greater security for the designs from being duplicated.

This machine is available in two sizes 24” & 36”. Interested industry people will find an opportunity to see the performance of this latest innovation at the upcoming PACK

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PackPlus 2016 returns with a bigger profile

PackPlus returns with a bigger profile this year. The packaging, processing & supply chain event will happen from 27-30 July 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

PackPlus has positioned itself as one of the leading exhibitions showcasing the latest innovations & developments from the industry. The last edition of the Show had witnessed a record footfall, and this year, with the increased number of exhibitors, there is certainly more for the visitors to see and explore.

Presenting more than 350 exhibitors from the packaging, printing, converting, processing & supply chain industry, the Show will feature 50+ product launches, 100+ running machines and several other attractions.

Leading companies like AKR Machinery, Any Graphics, Clearpack India, Domino Printech India, EATON, Global Link Impex, Hilda Automation, Intralox India, Ishida India, Janatics India, K B Associates, Kalpvrux Converting Products, Kody Equipments, MGM-VARVEL Power Transmission, Multi Fill Impex, Multilayer Industries, Nichrome India, Packraft Container India, Shrink Packaging Systems, Suddha Converting Machineries, Superpack Packaging Machines, Uflex, V S International and Zhongke India have chosen the PackPlus platform to present their latest products and solutions.

PackPlus will be complemented by the concurrently running SupplyPlus and CartonTech 2016.

SupplyPlus 2016 will feature distribution, warehousing, bulk pack, logistics & AIDC and will be visited by supply chain, logistics and distribution professionals from the processed food, agro-produce, pharmaceuticals, personal care, FMCG, household durables, modern retail and other industries.

Companies like Star Flex International, Shiv Engineering, Ferreterro India, Nilkamal Bito Storage Systems, Nilkamal and Flexituff International will present their products at the Show.

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business & networking platform to the folding carton, converting & package printing industry. The Show will feature suppliers of equipment and materials required from the stage of pre-press through printing, converting and finishing of the carton. The Show will also cover rigid box converting & paper bag making equipment. Companies like Ample Graphics, Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers, Mainpack Industrial, MLM India and Linux Machine Incorporation will demonstrate new products and solutions under the Show.

The Packaging Products Pavilion has been the Key Attraction for Brand Owners from the Food, Pharma, Personal Care, FMCG, Beverage and Dairy Industry segments.

From individual stalls, to a pavilion this segment has now further grown into an exclusive hall at PackPlus this year. Leading Finished Packaging manufacturers including companies like Ajanta Print Arts, Any Graphics, Decorative Sleeves, Ecobliss India, Pragati Pack India, Packraft Containers, Regant Plast and many more will be presenting innovative solutions in product segments like Labels, Mono Cartons, Dome

Stickers, Shrink Sleeves, Plastic and Tin Containers, Cosmetic Closures, Blister Packaging, Corrugated Packaging etc.

International Packaging Conclave is back this year with a defined focus on Print Optimisation & Colour Management for Flexible Packaging. The conclave aims to explore the ability of converted package in preserving brand equity and delivering a consistent brand experience across printing processes, substrates, inks, colour rotation and myriad other outputs. 25+ experts from the industry will unite for a daylong session on 29 July at Pragati Maidan Conference Centre. “This year the Show is 30% larger in terms of the number of exhibitors and the net area occupied and the portents are for a still bigger turnout. PackPlus is coming together with SupplyPlus and CartonTech in this edition. The profile of the exhibition is bound to be beneficial for everyone related to the packaging, converting, processing & supply chain industry,� said Neetu Arora, President, Print-Packaging.com, the organisers of the Show.

100% FDI boosts Labelexpo India booking According to Tina Mandla, Marketing Manager at Tarsus Group, due to Indian government allowing 100% FDI in processed food retailing, Labelexpo India 2016 presents the best ever opportunities. A landmark liberalizing policy earlier this year in the sensitive multi-brand retail sector cleared the way for rapid growth for processed food labels and package printing. The policy has

ignited packaging printing growth.

Our stands are selling fast because the Indian government has allowed 100% foreign investment in processed food retailing following a landmark liberalizing policy earlier this year in the sensitive multi-brand retail sector, clearing the way for rapid growth for processed food labels and package printing.

Even as Labelexpo stands are selling like hot cakes, it is a welcome news to retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Carrefour and which can now set up retail outlets exclusively

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Monotech Systems sells first Focus Proflex to Glamod Techno Labels Monotech Systems has sold the first Focus Proflex E press to Mumbai based Glamod Techno Labels. The deal was finalized at drupa 2016.

Proflex (e version) flexo press is the latest offering from Focus Label Machinery, UK and was recently launched in Labelexpo Europe 2015. The latest Proflex range of modular printing presses are available with Servo drive technology (Se version) or line shaft (e Version). The new drop in Cylinders ensure fast set up and consistent quality printing throughout the press speed. Combination drying systems for labels, tickets & board, with IR, UV, led UV including chill rolls for unsupported films make the Proflex range the right choice for narrow web printing at a sensible investment level.

Glamod Techno labels is a new company formed after merger of Glamour Graphics and Modern Printing Industries. The first company provided pre-press services and other one had been a prominent player in commercial printing and manufacturing of different types of self-adhesive rotary printed labels for pharma, cosmetics etc.

Deepak R Bedi, Glamod Techno Labels says, “Printing today requires the ability and confidence to serve a wide range of markets.

for packaged food products made in India.

The Indian retail market is evolving and moving towards a hypermarket model, encouraging dynamism and organisation in converters to meet with demand for quality and volume. The rapid change is forecast to vastly increase the size of the market, currently estimated to be worth close to US$19 Billion, further boosting its already healthy growth rate of around 17%.

“There has never been a better time to invest in the Indian market as a supplier of label and package printing technology. Ride the wave of change – be at Labelexpo India 2016 and reach thousands of labels and package printing converters and brand owners who are looking to capitalize on this huge opportunity,” announces Labelexpo India.

The ability to produce small volumes balanced with high productivity, cost-efficient operation and versatility while maintaining key elements of quality are essential. Considering these, we are happy to have Focus Proflex as a great value addition to our production portfolio. We are associated with Monotech Systems for a long and have basysPrint UV CtP systems at our place. Other advantage of having Focus is that it is being offered in India by Monotech Systems which has a good brand value, reputation and excellent technical support.”

Monotech Systems manufactures and provides solutions for printing, packaging industry in India representing a number of world renowned companies. Monotech has its corporate and registered office in Chennai and has extensive sales and service support across the nation.

Focus Label Machinery has a wide experience in manufacturing equipment for the narrow web label & Packaging print industry. Focus covers a range of sectors from Food Packing & Labelling, Chemicals, to Textiles, Garments & branding identification.

T. P. Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems says, “We are proud to bring the latest label press from Focus – Proflex-e to Glamod Techno Labels, Mumbai. Glamod has rich experience in prepress and label printing and as a discerning customer they did evaluate all available options in the market and found Focus Proflex as most suitable to meet their exacting needs.

Monotech has strong connect with Label and Packaging market and currently enjoys leadership status in India in providing Imprint and VDP solution to this market segment. A nationwide presence and strong commitment for customer support differentiates Monotech as a leading technology solution provider and we are very happy to have Glamod on board.”

“Drupa has attracted a lot of attention from customers in India to Focus who are showing a complete range of flexo printing equipment.

We are delighted to partner with Focus who have tremendous Engineering strengths besides being very flexible to provide customized solutions for every need in flexo printing,” he adds.

(L-R): Deepesh Gupta with TP Jain (Monotech Systems), Praveen Gupta and Deepak Bedi

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JRD Printpack invests in Esko’s packaging workflow Creating a unique package with ArtiosCAD, DeskPack and Studio designer Part of the Manikchand consumer product group, JRD Printpack is one of Pune’s leading commercial printers with diversification not just in flexible packaging but also in the carton segment, which is a relatively new segment for JRD. Today, nearly 10 to 15% of JRD Printpack’s product mix comprises cartons. The company’s main customers are the telecom, electronic and automobile industries, while cartons are primarily supplied to food manufacturers.

JRD’s packaging plant is well structured to meet the requirements of global and local brands.

can meet the demands of both cartons and commercial printing. Similarly, DeskPack offers essential prepress functions such as the addition of barcodes, trapping and imposition. Using quality control filters it can inspect and pre-flight files before they imaged on a plate and save costly errors on the press. “Importing CAD data and structural design files, it offers trapped production files that can be repeated and imposed for print-ready production files.

It also easily allows the creation and in workflow generation of variable data for taking full advantage of a digital printing press.

To increase the efficiency of its carton printing and converting JRD installed Esko’s packaging workflow software including ArtiosCAD, DeskPack and Studio designer.

JRD Printpack’s Managing Director Janhavi Rasiklal Dhariwal and Director Amit Dhariwal, say, “With a vision to accommodate the amendments for clients we went ahead with ArtiosCAD, DeskPack and Studio designer 3D to accelerate the savings, reliability as well as the flexibility in the production workflow.”

Keeping the design perspective in mind, JRD went ahead with the installation of Esko’s Studio designer 3D software. Studio is a fast and easy way to turn ideas into beautiful 3D images and immensely useful for both prepress operators and packaging designers. It allows the creation of stirring 3D visuals from PDF files and is used to check and eliminate costly mistakes before making printing plates, embossing dies or spot varnish blankets.

ArtiosCAD is the popular structural design software for packaging, and Amit believes it

“With Esko’s tools our intention is to convey that we have something unique, which

will help us in providing better services compared to what customers are getting in the market. We also want to aid our customers as a packaging design company as well as a converter. With Esko’s software solutions we have the edge to target brand owners without errors,” Janhavi concludes.

Flint Group confirms AIC acquisition Flint Group has confirmed the acquisition of American Inks and Coatings (AIC). The acquisition is part of its long-range strategy to grow in key packaging segments around the world.

“We are very excited by the potential of this partnership,” says Antoine Fady, CEO, Flint Group. “The investment in AIC leaves Flint Group very well positioned to support the dynamic growth witnessed in the global packaging market and aligns us even closer to customers situated in the important North American packaging and converting market.”

Michael Mosley, President of American Inks and Coatings has this to say, “AIC is extremely happy to join together with Flint Group – we have built an organisation with relentless customer focus; the expansive

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infrastructure that Flint Group provides will strengthen that focus through extended people and innovation resources. Any transition will remain seamless with our focus firmly placed on providing improved products and services to our customers.”

“We are delighted to welcome the customers and staff of AIC to Flint Group,” says Doug Aldred, President Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web Division. “In combining the strengths of AIC and Flint Group, we are able to provide the North American packaging market with greater product expertise and

also deliver improved value and service platforms to our customers.”

Mr. Aldred continues, “The increased knowledge and expertise obtained as a result of this acquisition will only further enhance Flint Group’s global potential as we continue to support our packaging and converting customers in reaching their goals.”

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EDP Award for the Heidelberg Omnifire 250 for colour 4D printing The European Digital Press Association (EDP), an association of the leading European trade magazines for digital production, selected the Omnifire 250 4D printing system from Heidelberg for the “Technical Committee Award”. The presentation took place during drupa 2016 in Düsseldorf. The jury was particularly impressed with the system’s innovative concept for realizing new business models.

“The print media industry is hungry for new business opportunities. And 4D printing technology for personalizing mass-produced items allows users to open up completely new market segments. The EDP Award is recognition of the new inspiration we are bringing to the industry with our Omnifire technology,” says Frank Janssen, General Manager 4D business at Heidelberg.

Heidelberg is planning to present the Omnifire 1000, the next generation of 4D printing for objects with a length of one meter and over, at InPrint 2016 in Milan in November. The company will be showcasing initial sample applications such as hockey sticks, motorcycle helmets, or even luggage bin covers in airplanes at its drupa stand in Hall 1.

For ten years, EDP has been reviewing interesting and commendable developments and products in the print media industry by putting them before a technical committee, a jury, and finally a general assembly of its members. The Omnifire 250 for personalized 4Dcolor printing won the “Technical Committee Award”.

to describe the personalized, flexible, and digital printing on three-dimensional objects.

As a modular four-color press, the Omnifire 250 features modern inkjet technology in combination with high-precision robotics and is an economical way of personalizing objects with a diameter from 10 to 300 millimeters with up to four colors as well as opaque white or protective coating, depending on the customer’s requirement.

It can be used for smart and efficient color personalization of mass-produced items like footballs and golf balls, drinking bottles, cycling helmets, and other curved surfaces.

Users can even personalize objects for customers in real time if necessary, for example in a shop setting or as part of sporting events, trade fairs, or other events, and in this way increase loyalty to the

company. An emotive element is added to the products, giving the user significant added value within the framework of its marketing activities.

In industrial applications, the inkjet technology of the Omnifire permits greater automation and flexibility in production lines.

Printing directly onto the product reduces costs for materials, handling, and logistics.

At the same time, this method provides an economical way of producing smaller batch sizes as well as regional variants and personalized end products. The high-quality, flexible, fast, and on-demand system is therefore also interesting for manufacturers of consumer goods and brand products looking for an individual sales approach.

4D printing for personalization of mass-produced items 4D printing is the term Heidelberg uses

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HP adds Chromatic Red Ink to new DesignJet Z-series Printers HP has expanded its HP DesignJet Z-series portfolio of high-impact graphics printers with a 44-inch multi-roll printer and its most affordable 24-inch high-impact graphics printer.

The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers come with a six-ink printing system, which helps users cut costs by reducing ink consumption up to 20 percent, while still ensuring crisp colours.

These devices, designed for copy shops, retailers and corporations, specifically GIS departments, newly offer HP chromatic red ink which enhances the colour gamut, ideal for high-impact point of purchase (POP) signs and posters.

“Our customers want colours that are vibrant, not muted; however they also need solutions that increase the colour gamut without excess inks,” said Xavier Garcia, general manager, Large-Format Sign and Display Division, HP. “With today’s new printers, the HP DesignJet portfolio covers all graphic needs, from high-impact graphics to photo quality applications, enabling users to differentiate from the competition.”

The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers produce diverse applications efficiently and with the highest quality standards, from eye-catching signs and posters to durable maps and technical drawings. For greater line accuracy and colour reliability, HP Professional PANTONE colour emulation is included with Adobe PostScript/PDF, HP-GL/2. And smooth colour tones are achieved thanks to HP Multi-Dimensional Smart Drop Placement Technology, which provides increased levels

of colour accuracy and reliable operation of the printer.

high-impact images that leave a lasting impression.

“The HP DesignJet Z5600 opens exciting possibilities for our clients with the vibrant red that differentiates our graphics and technical drawings from competitors,” said Wilson Rodriquez, Speedi Pack. “In addition, with its impressive, straightforward operation and dual-roll, we spend more time serving customers than operating the printer.”

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Quick and efficient high-impact graphics printing The 44-inch, automatic multi-roll HP DesignJet Z5600 PostScript Printer boosts media loading efficiency up to 75 percent and users can print up to 39 percent faster with quick-drying HP inks. For creating highimpact graphics, the pigment-based HP Vivid Photo inks are water and fade-resistant for maps and technical drawings that can last up to 200 years.

HP’s most affordable 24-inch high-impact graphics printer HP’s most affordable 24-inch graphics printer, the new HP DesignJet Z2600 PostScript Printer saves up to 20 percent ink consumption using HP’s optimized six-ink printing system. With its radically simple, intuitive operation, no training is needed to use this compact printer, sized to fit any work space. Additionally, HP Vivid Photo Inks, including chromatic red ink, deliver

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Both new HP DesignJet Z-series printers include new HP DesignJet Click printing software to optimize time and simplify printing by enabling radically simple, oneclick printing for all PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and HP-GL/2 files from a PC or Mac to the HP DesignJet Z-series printers. The software helps cut media costs with features like nesting and file error warnings, and users can now be more productive with realtime previews, along with driverless and multipage/multi-file PDF printing of posters, roll-up banners, CAD drawings, maps, and info-graphic presentations.

HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 Postscript Printers are expected to be available in midJune 2016.

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EFI acquires Optitex strong professional services abilities, and growing portfolio of innovative textile industryspecific products, will be of great benefit to the leading companies we serve worldwide in the fashion, automotive, aerospace and technical textiles industries. I am truly enthusiastic about what is to come for these industries in the years ahead.”

Optitex’s 3D digital apparel simulation, combined with its 2D pattern making software, provides a robust solution that accelerates the fashion industry’s high volume product development. Additionally, these technologies deliver scalable and transformational benefits throughout the organization, digitally optimizing the global supply chain, merchandising and wholesaling. Leading retailers, brands, and manufacturers can now: • Iterate designs in minutes, instead of

EFI has acquired Optitex, a global player in integrated 3D design software that enables the textile industry’s digital transformation and accelerates the adoption of fast fashion.

Privately held Optitex will be integrated into EFI’s Productivity Software business unit.

Optitex’s 3D technology and best practices enable the textile industry’s leading retailers, brands and manufacturers to transform how they do business, gaining benefits of significantly improved time to market, cost and efficiency gains, as well as enabling new capabilities for their design, sales and marketing activities.

“We are thrilled to add the Optitex team and it’s fast growing base of industry leading customers to the EFI family,” said Gabriel Matsliach, senior vice president and general manager, EFI Productivity Software.

“Optitex technology, combined with EFI Reggiani digital printers will expand our textile ecosystem and help our customers set new standards for time-to-market, ondemand manufacturing, cost efficiency and automation in the Textile industry” • “We are very excited to join the EFI family,” said Asaf Landau, CEO of Optitex. “EFI’s global presence, holistic solution approach,

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waiting weeks for a new prototype; See and validate entire collections 3 weeks after design, instead of waiting 4 to 6 months; Reduce sampling by more than 50%, reducing product development costs; Significantly shrink overall cycle times, and consequently, time to market; Present and market collections’ sales samples 4 months earlier than previously possible; Replace photography with ondemand photorealistic digital images for eCommerce, catalogues, and packaging at a fraction of the time and cost.

Landau and the Optitex team have joined EFI, with Landau serving as EFI Optitex’s general manager. Optitex has offices in the U.S., Italy, India, Hong Kong and Israel.

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SPGPrints’ PIKE digital textile printer wins EDP Award images within one roll, and offers very short turnaround times compared to traditional textile printing.”

Commenting on the award, Jorgen Lundahl said: “We are very excited to have won this award for the PIKE printer. It not only recognises PIKE’s significance in the textile market, but also SPGPrints’ leadership in digital printing technologies. The advantages PIKE can bring to textile printers will be reinforced in the marketplace by the award, and the overall credibility of digital textile printing enhanced.”

SPGPrints’ PIKE digital textile printer has won the European Digital Press (EDP) Award for “Best Industrial Textile Solution.”

Launched at ITMA Milan in November 2015, the PIKE is a single-pass printer whose debut attracted wide attention and, since then, that interest has continued and installations are underway at major textile printers. PIKE enable printers to address today’s demands for short-runs and fast-turnarounds as well as full production runs (up to 13 million metres per year).

Jorgen Lindahl, area sales manager for SPGPrints, accepted the award at the presentation ceremony held at drupa 2016.

This is the 11th year of the EDP Awards which were established by the European Digital Press Association to recognise the best offerings on the market in terms of technical performance and service.

The PIKE printer features the break-through Archer technology with Fujifilm Dimatix Samba print heads for high-quality singlepass printing. PIKE delivers fine lines, subtle halftones, smooth gradients and sharp geometric patterns at speeds up to 40m/minute and provides the combined competitive advantages of shortened time to market and reduced logistics costs.

In making the award, the judges’ commented: “The PIKE, built for industrial production, pushes the boundaries for digitally printed textiles. It gives textile printers the opportunity to switch to various

Events Calendar PrintExpo 2016

13th Printpack India

Pharmapack 2017

Date: 12 AUG-16 to 14 AUG-16 Venue: Chennai Trade Centre Chennai

Date: 04 FEB -17 to 08 FEB-17 Venue: India Expo Centre, Greater Noida Delhi NCR

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

Print Miracle Expo 2017

IPEX 2017

Eastern Print Pack 2016 Date: 01 SEP-16 to 04 SEP-16 Venue: Milan Mela Ground Kolkata

Date: 07 APR -17 to 09 APR-17 Venue: CIAL Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kochi, Kerala

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

All In Print China 2016 Date: 18 OCT-16 to 22 OCT-16 Venue: SNIEC, Shanghai Shanghai, China

Intelpack 2017

PAMEX 2017

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

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

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

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Foodtek 2017 Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

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