PRESSIdeas March 2018

Issue 03, 2018

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 ‘Ready for the next step’ by Koenig & Bauer ..........................................................................................................................................................................8 Agfa Graphics launches Adamas............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 “Celebrating Print”......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award................................................................................................................................................. 14 Gulf News opts Q.I. Press Controls retrofit............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 How the connected consumer is redefining news media.............................................................................................................................................. 15 Country’s first AccurioJet KM-1................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Shivranjani Imaging installs feature rich Xerox Versant 3100....................................................................................................................................... 17 Heidelberg presents new Digital Press Versafire EV ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Brands and Labels......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Curetex of Japan finds opportunity in Indian plastic bag ban .................................................................................................................................... 23 Breakthrough 16 titles for DS Smith at EFIA Print Awards.............................................................................................................................................. 23 Project Liberty by Essel Propack ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Packaging with High-speed...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 2017 L9 World Label Awards .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 BOBST at Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018............................................................................................................................................................................ 28 ETPA Packaging installs Gallus ECS 340 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 29

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

Edale expands global network with new agents for Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco............................................................................................. 30 Chimeng Packaging represents MPS in Taiwan................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Label printer Zircon Technologies installs DuPont Cyrel Fast....................................................................................................................................... 31 BIS update of printing ink standard may ban Toluene ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Avery Dennison selects winners for sustainability, innovation, service and quality............................................................................................ 32 Constantia Flexibles acquires India’s Creative Polypack ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Esko XPS Crystal awarded EFIA 2018 Gold Award............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Edale to supply Flexopress to Nigerian based Masterstroke ........................................................................................................................................ 35

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

Separation from RGB to Multicolor with GMG Colorplugin 1.3 .................................................................................................................................. 35 Huhtamaki acquires Ajanta Packaging ................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 Produce stunning print definition on Mark Andy Digital Series hybrid press with Raflatac technology...................................................... 36

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Mark Andy acquires Presstek.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Esko at FESPA: Automation for Sign, Display & Digital Corrugated Markets........................................................................................................... 38 HP reinvents the #wonderofprint at Dscoop Dallas 2018.............................................................................................................................................. 40 HP unveils Rigid Latex Printing Technology at ISA Sign Expo....................................................................................................................................... 42 Marabu at FESPA 2018................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Xitron DFE support for Inkjet presses using GIS Electronics.......................................................................................................................................... 44 Skyline 2050 by HP: Design competition shows power of large format printing ................................................................................................. 45

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Recycling, sustainability and environment friendly processes are hot topics today. Japanese paper products firm Curetex Corp. has entered the Indian market. With the establishment of its local unit, Natsu Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd., Curetex has braced itself to meet the increased demand for paper bags. The company is looking to establish a paper bag manufacturing plant at Ludhiana.

Project Liberty by Indian packaging major Essel Propack is a first of its kind and path breaking attempt to recycle multilayer laminates which consists of aluminium in the structure, by separating aluminium and polymer into two distinct and reusable streams without the use of chemicals or heat. With Project Liberty, Essel takes the leap ahead towards recycling all its tubes. An important development in the packaging industry has been Constantia Flexibles Group agreeing to acquire a majority shareholding in the Indian film-based laminates producer Creative Polypack. Creative Polypack is India’s fourth largest flexible packaging group, manufacturing film-based flexible packaging for the food and home & personal care (HPC) industries, as well as paper-based soap wrappers. The company serves the leading domestic and international consumer goods companies in India. Another major acquisition in Indian packaging world has been by Huhtamaki – going to acquire the Indian business and related assets of pressure sensitive labels manufacturer Ajanta Packaging. Promoted by Sudhir and Chandan Khanna, Ajanta was the pioneer and largest privately owned Pressure Sensitive label manufacturers in India. The company has manufacturing facilities in Daman (West India) and Baddi (North India).

Also, Mark Andy has acquired Presstek, the global supplier of DI (direct imaging) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions and worldclass service for commercial and in-plant customers. However, Presstek’s Zahara waterless plates division, which is not being acquired would be spun into a new entity, Verico Technology.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, global provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies is going to install its first AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press in India. The cutting-edge AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press solution comes with a B2 plus Sheet-fed. The press is a favourite among printers for its unprecedented image production quality and capability to print on a host of media. Another key development in the digital printing sphere is from Heidelberg stable – the enhancement of the new Versafire digital printing generation – the new Versafire EV. The press allows new business opportunities for creative commercial applications, such as printing luminescent posters, invitations, admission tickets, wristbands, bright advertising brochures and security elements on printed products. The first user (JD Druck) of Heidelberg Versafir EV is impressed by the new possibilities. With the new “invisible red” special toner, the Versafire EV offers now a total of five special colours.

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‘Ready for the next step’

by Koenig & Bauer Workshops on the Rapida RDC 106 offers close-up insights into rotary die cutting.

Under the motto “Ready for the next step!”, Koenig & Bauer invited trade professionals to its Radebeul facility in the second half of March to learn more about the benefits of rotary die-cutting on the Rapida RDC 106 in packaging, label and commercial production. During the course of each one-day workshop, up to 20 participants were able to test the claims made about the innovative rotary die-cutter for themselves and gained a first-hand impression of its performance capabilities.

The Rapida RDC 106 brings printed sheets into final shape both efficiently and precisely, whether labels, business stationery or folding cartons.

With production speeds up to 15,000 sheets/hour, makeready savings of 40% and more, and up to 65% higher efficiency, the Rapida RDC 106 is a genuine game-changer compared to traditional flat-bed diecutters. At the same time, different equipment variants for the individual units enable several processes to be combined on a single pass through the machine: Die-cutting/kiss-cutting, hole punching and extraction, creasing/embossing, stripping – everything is possible. The Rapida RDC 106 is a single machine handling five technologies for three market segments.

During the workshops, the visitors witnessed

During the workshops, participants test the claims made about the innovative rotary diecutter for themselves and gained a firsthand impression of its performance capabilities.

Key Notes : > Production speeds up to 15,000 sheets/hr. > One machine, three segments, five technologies. > Economical for all run lengths.

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high-speed die-cutting production and fast job changeovers. The demonstrations were tailored to the interests of each group and ranged from pencil boxes and pharmaceutical packaging to banderoles, selfadhesive stickers and a diversity of labels. The two demo machines processed not only 60 µm inmould label films, but also 260 gsm board.

Alongside the practical presentations, the workshops offered ample opportunity to explore the technical details of the Rapida RDC 106. Technicians and operators willingly opened guards and covers to allow the visitors a close-up view of the die-cutting units, where they could familiarise themselves with the highprecision adjustments (e.g. setting of the die-cutting

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pressure in 1 µm steps, separately for each side) and follow the fast forme changing with their own eyes.

With its high production speeds, the Rapida RDC 106 is ideal for long runs, but thanks to the fast job changeovers equally economical on short runs.

The times in which two die-cutters were necessary to keep pace with the print output from a sheetfed offset press are a thing of the past with the Rapida RDC 106.

Early adopters and further prospective users of the rotary die-cutter Rapida RDC 106 are already to be found in Germany, Denmark and France, and even as far afield as Brazil and Japan.

Agfa Graphics launches Adamas - The chem-free Adamas boosts efficiency, zero water and up to 75% less waste.

Debuting in spring 2018, the Adamas solution demonstrates Agfa Graphics’ continuing commitment to eco innovation.

Adamas brings robustness to a whole new level and offers every benefit of chem-free solutions. The most durable chem-free plate available on the market, Adamas boosts efficiency, both in plate throughput as well as in run length, with optimal press performance, zero water and up to 75% less waste compared to similar products.

Maximizing efficiency and ecofriendliness Commercial printers seek cost efficiency and process optimization without compromising on performance. In Adamas, Agfa Graphics brings new technologies to the table that empower printers to deliver high-quality results in less time, and with less waste. To maximize performance, this highly sensitive plate was designed for use with Agfa Graphics’ dedicated Adamas clean-out units.

Due to their eco-driven design, they can be simply cleaned with pH-neutral clean-out solution and zero water.

“When we designed Adamas, we kept every need of the most advanced commercial printers in mind. The result shows innovation on all fronts – increased durability, enhanced performance and responses to the biggest market trends, such as low-power curing inks,” asserts Iris Bogunovic, Product Manager for Thermal Plates. “Adamas is a testament to our ECO3 sustainable innovation drivers, which bring ecology, economy and extra convenience to our customers. With Adamas, commercial

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printers enjoy every advantage of chem-free printing, combined with new technology, ThermoLink, that takes press performance and process efficiency to new heights.”

ThermoLink: the ultimate in high performance Agfa Graphics’ patented ThermoLink technology is at the heart of Adamas. Run lengths as long as 350,000 copies are no challenge for this durable plate. ThermoLink technology contributes to its chemical and mechanical robustness and optimum plate performance.

Superior results, run after run Adamas delivers superb results no matter the application, from commercial sheet-fed and cold-set to heat-set printing. Even more, the plate is perfectly compatible with low-power

curing UV inks. No matter how abrasive or demanding the conditions are, Adamas guarantees superior press performance and durability.

“Celebrating Print” One day Technical Seminar takes place at Manipal campus Bangaluru

Department of Printing and Media Engineering, MIT, Manipal organized ‘Celebrating print’ – a one day technical seminar for Bengaluru printing fraternity at Manipal Academy of Banking campus, Hegde Nagar, Jakkur, Bengaluru on 21st March 2018, with the theme ‘New Horizons, New Hopes’.

During the inaugural session, Mr. B. E. Satish, President, Karnataka Offset Printers Association (KOPA), the chief guest highlighted about the current challenges faced by the printers of Karnataka and emphasized the need of unity of all the printers to confront challenges to be successful printers by achieving higher profitability.

Mr. O Venugopal, Vice president (South) AIFMP, the other chief guest was resourceful in sharing how the printing technology has evolved and highlighted the need of skill development of the print technicians.

During the valedictory ceremony Chief Guest, Mr. Ravikumar KL, Principal, GIPT, Bengaluru addresses the need of right skill development of printing technologists to extract high quality and productivity.

Key Notes : > MIT, Manipal organized ‘Celebrating print’. > A one day technical seminar for Bengaluru printing fraternity. > The theme of the Manipal Academy event at Bengaluru on 21st March 2018 being ‘New Horizons, New Hopes’.

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Mr. Richard D’Sa, AVP, Marketing, Manipal Technologies who was the Guest of Honor explained the current trends of print business in comparison with the digital publishing trends emerging in the market. He ensured that the print industry is safe and will live long but needs to go through transformations in its strategies to satisfy customers and retain profits.

Mr. Murali K, Deputy Director, MGA of BFSI shared the details about the contribution of print industry in

strengthening the Indian economy. He appreciated the department’s initiatives in bridging the gap between the industry and academia.

In the opening speech during the inaugural program HOD, Prof. Dr. Amruthraj H Krishnan, emphasized the need for constant Updation and Upgradation of knowledge, skills and technology to remain abreast in today’s highly competitive print market. and Mr. Devicharan, Convener of the event presented the Vote of thanks.

In his keynote address, Mr. V. Vaidyalingam, Director - Folding carton delivered talk titled “PEP Talk on the Time Bomb”. He highlighted that when looked through the prism of Pollution/Economy/employment – Pollution we get the answers for most of the serious issues that we as individuals, as business or as society face today. Using data and statistics on all the three elements, he showed how these factors affect business leading to cut-throat competition, uncertainty in business, reducing margins etc. The deep rooted systemic flaws were presented. Several alarming data was presented that set the audience thinking. The title was well addressed.

Mr. Amritpal Singh. Bawa, National Head – Business Development DIS of TechNova Imaging Systems spoke on “Driving Value through Innovative Embellishments”. He stressed upon going green and

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explained how Technova was taking green initiatives to safeguard the environment. He also gave a clear overview of all the products offered by Technova, specifically the newly introduced Digital Print Enhancement solutions machines which can touch the senses and add value to business with Innovative Digital UV and Foil. This unique inkjet technology offers 100% Accurate Registration with no Dies or screen along with features like Braille, Foil on Foil, Foil on UV, Embossed UV etc. with a input file format PDF or TIFF. Mr. Madhukar Manoj, NSM, Bottcher presented “Bottcher - Creating Difference”.

He shared his insights into the technicalities of rollers in terms of the surface characteristics, chemistry and the techniques to identify the quality of rollers. He explained how it makes a difference in cost, quality and durability on using Bottcher rollers. He highlighted the different options available in choosing the rollers for different applications mainly for UV inks and conventional inks and the combination of both. He also went through the different products offered by Bottcher India Limited and about the process of Rerubberising the rollers utilized on the printing machines.

Mr. Ganesh Kumar, Product Manager – Labels, from Heidelberg delivered an excellent presentation titled “TAG (Transform and Accelerate Growth) your Business” he conveyed details on present market scenario and scope of label industry. He also introduced the audience about the latest Gallus equipment offered by Heidelberg for label solutions. He explained how to achieve profitability in label business.

Mr. Samarth Chandrashekar, BDM – Software, ESKO, delivered his views on “Enhancing Productivity through Prepress Automation”. He explained with a case study on the application of automation using “Automation Engine” offered by ESKO in prepress industry. Live demonstration of this ESKO product made the audience understand how simple, effective and quick the pre-press process can be made to achieve faster productivity and higher profitability.

Mr. Gururaj Rotti, SAM – Converting and Graphic Arts, HB Fuller India Pvt. Ltd, presented on the topic “The best practices in adhesives”. He educated the

audience on the adhesive chemistry, bond strength optimizing techniques, efficiency improvement and achieve the best in production process. Safety guidelines for adhesive handling and storage conditions, requirements to prolong the shelf life of the adhesives. He also shared his knowledge on different adhesive technologies and selection of right adhesive technology for the appropriate job.

Mr. Rajesh K. S, AGM, R&D and QC, Unit 2 from Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers (TNPL) presented the topic “What a Printer Should Know about Paper and Board” in which he explained in detail about the various properties of paper and paperboard required for high quality printing. He briefed on the various ISO standards which needs to be considered and adopted to obtain best print quality on the press. He also explained about the extra measures taken by TNPL to reduce how to eliminate pollution caused to the environment. He also welcomed Bangalore printers to visit the factory to see and learn how paper and boards are made – the most important raw material of print industry!

Mr. Babu P, TSM (South), Redlands Machinery in his presentation “Converting Business - a Profit Center” revealed how huge the converting business is and the opportunities available in the area of converting especially in the area of envelope printing, confectionery product packages.

He unveiled how Redlands machines are providing openings to start medium and large scale businesses. He statistically explained the profit margins attained by different envelope making techniques and choosing of correct machine in different envelope categories.

Mr. Gurudutt M.S, Business Analyst - Digital Print, Electronics For Imaging (EFI), in his presentation “Print on Demand - Future of Short Run Digital Printing”. EFI is leading the transformation from analogue to digital imaging with scalable, digital, awardwinning products. Based in Silicon Valley, California with offices around the world, EFI develops breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process, increasing your

competitiveness and boosting productivity.

Gurudutt gave clear insights about the rapid transformations taking place in the field of digital printing and the challenges faced by the printers. He explained the current market trends in the short run on demand printing.

He emphasized the need of automation and the interference of intelligent systems using advanced software’s provided by EFI to be a successful digital printer in today’s highly competitive market. He also explained the e commerce retail business and Work flow Systems.

Mr. VijethaShastry, Lead – Open Innovation, NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Service Companies), shared about the opportunities present in the field of innovations and incubation of new startups.

He put light on the resources, ecosystem, current trends and the support provided by both the state and central government also the private organizations to enhance and motivate the research and development in India.

Mr. Tejas Alva, Associate of Global 3D Labs, in his presentation “3D Printing Technology and Market Trends“ he conveyed to the audience that 3D printing is the next big technology on earth which offers lot of advantages in manufacturing like geometrical freedom, cost effectiveness, less material wastage, high speed in prototyping. He clearly explained with video on the processes involved in 3D printing with the details of its applications and possible business opportunities for product mixing for the printers.

During the valedictory ceremony Chief Guest, Mr. Ravikumar KL, Principal, GIPT, Bengaluru addressed the need of right skill development of printing technologists to extract high quality and productivity.

He also highlighted the need of mutual understanding and support of industry and academia to uplift the print community to the greater heights. He also sought the support of industry colleagues to help student community through internship, factory visit and projects.

Sagarika Shetty and Pranjali Kanchi, 3rd year students were Master of Ceremony during pre and post lunch sessions. Student volunteers of department coordinated and executed the event very smoothly and professionally.

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WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award WAN-IFRA and Sida announce the launch of nominations for the 2018 Award.

WAN-IFRA in partnership with Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, has announced the launch of nominations for the 2018 Women in News Editorial Leadership Award.

The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award will be awarded to two outstanding woman editors who are first amongst their peers in inspiring and paving the way forward for the next generation of leaders.

The Winners will possess a proven track record of success within her newsroom, have demonstrated uncompromising editorial integrity throughout her career, and have a strong commitment to the principles of press freedom and its power to promote democracy and good governance.

In 2017, the award was given to Karima Kamal, columnist and contributing editor for Al Masry Al Youm from Egypt and Kenyan journalist Pamella Sittoni, Editor of the International Desk for the Nation Media Group and Managing Editor for The East African.

“This award is a strong confirmation that the world is taking notice of the important contribution that women leaders in media houses are making to the development of their countries, regions and the world. I’m confident that it will inspire other women journalists, particularly the younger ones, to aim for the top through diligence,” said Sittoni.

On being named a winner, Kamal said: “I am very pleased to have received the Award as I feel it is the crown of my professional journey.

The Award supports those who defend the freedom of the press, and is also a confirmation of the importance of promoting

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the presence of women equally and fairly within all strata of media”.

Award recipients will be honoured during WAN-IFRA World News media Congress The 2018 recipients of the Women in News Leadership Award will be honoured during the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, 6-8 June 2018.

The Winners will receive an all expenses paid trip to attend the World News Media Congress 2018, the premier global annual meeting of the world’s press.

Eligibility and Deadline for nominations The Women in News Editorial Leadership Award is awarded each year to one outstanding woman editor in the sub Saharan Africa region and in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) respectively.

Laureates of the Award are first amongst their peers in inspiring and paving the way forward for the next generation of leaders. The Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an Editor to her newsroom, and under her leadership, the contribution of her newspaper to society.

Eligible nominees in 2018 must: • Be based in the sub-Saharan region of Africa or the Middle East and North African region.

• Hold a senior editorial role as of 1 January 2018.

• Work in a news media role (newspapers, magazines and digitalonly).

The media house can be any size from across the regions.

Anyone is free to nominate a potential candidate from their markets or indeed from other markets. However, it is strongly recommended that nominations be made by superiors, peers or colleagues in order to maintain the integrity of the nominations.

Deadline for nominations is 8 April 2018.

Women in News (WIN) works to increase women’s leadership and voices in the news.

It does so through targeted capacity building actions to develop media leaders, combined with a partnership-driven approach to advocacy that aims to sensitise and mobilise the industry on gender equality.

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Gulf News opts Q.I. Press Controls retrofit Gulf News was the first printing concern in the UAE to decide on having its register system retrofitted.

Whereas the printing industry in other parts of the world has increasingly been discovering the merits of retrofitting, in the United Arab Emirates this is not yet part of daily practice.

The process, which involves the installation of state-of-the art innovations in the field of automation technology on existing printing presses, still has to win over popularity in the region. Gulf News was the first printing concern in the UAE to decide on having its register system retrofitted.

To carry out the project, the company chose Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry. “We see clear benefits in automated register control and an upgrade of our now outdated cutoff control,” explains Michael Condon of Gulf News, a company which now has a pioneering role in the region. “After having used a similar system from QIPC on our new KBA Cortina press, we decided to modernise our manroland CROMOMAN too.” QIPC is

to ink-water balance and density. As a result we are now able to achieve better results more quickly and waste can be reduced by between 30 to 40 percent.” Erwin van Rossem adds this: “Gulf News will now be able to recover the costs of the investment within two years.” delighted that Gulf News has opted for them to install the trailblazing system. “What’s more, we are absolutely convinced that the success of this project will start to rouse the interests of other printing companies in the region,” Erwin van Rossem, head of sales at QIPC, believes.

Savings in waste In total, 33 mRC-3D cameras for colour register and cut-off control were installed on nine towers. “The biggest savings will be during start-up,” anticipates Michael Condon.

“Thanks to automation of the register system and improvements in the cut-off control, operators can devote more attention instead

Future Installation of the new automation system has just been completed. Nevertheless, both companies are already looking towards future cooperation. “I know for sure that support for the new system won’t be the only reason for staying in touch with QIPC,” says Michael Condon. “We’ll be keeping an eye out for other cost-saving technical innovations that may come on-stream in the future.” This is music to the ears of QIPC. “We’re keen to let other printers in the region know about the benefits that register control can bring,” concludes Erwin van Rossem.

“Gulf News’ satisfaction with the system is the best advert we can have.”

How the connected consumer is redefining news media How the “connected individual” is impacting news media is the focus of a recent report released by the International News Media Association (INMA).

In “How the Connected Consumer Is Redefining News Media,” author Paul Berney outlines the ramifications for media companies when the individual is in control of the intersection of publishers, media, and their audiences.

Berney, founder of The Connected Marketer and a mobile marketing specialist, describes how “connectedness” has changed the behaviour and expectation of readers and, subsequently, should be changing how marketers communicate to this “connected individual.”

Mobile devices are empowering consumers to not just become multi-channel readers, but also to be connected patients, shoppers, and voters.

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Attention as finite resource: Reduced attention spans caused by “always on” devices are turning attention into a finite resource – which is having a ripple effect on how stories get told.

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Connected marketing emerging in response: In response, media companies are embracing a shift to “connected marketing” to meet the needs of the connected individual, which impacts the brand experience across platforms.

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Personalisation and friction points: There is an increasing need for personalisation and the elimination of friction points driven by connected individual attributes.

Consumer expectations rising: These connected individuals have higher expectations for news and information, especially via mobile devices where standards are rapidly rising.

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Emerging behavioural patterns: Behavioural patterns are emerging on connected individuals ranging from an inability to focus to the need for participation to a need for instant gratification.

The INMA report is punctuated with interviews and case studies from The Wall Street Journal, News Corp Australia, Hearst Digital, Financial Times, #hashtagourstories, Mather Economics, NZZ, Axel Springer, De Persgroep, and The Washington Post.

“How the Connected Consumer Is Redefining News Media” is available for free to INMA members and available to non-members for US$795 – which includes one year of association membership, all strategic reports, Webinars, and access to all INMA content and peer connection tools. INMA members may download the report and nonmembers may order the report by visiting INMA website.

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Country’s first AccurioJet KM-1 Konica Minolta to deploy India’s first AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies will be installing its first AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press in India.

UV ink technology produces outstanding print results.

Printing business also gets benefited from image quality a wide colour gamut and quality that matches offset.

The cutting-edge AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press solution which comes with a B2 plus Sheet-fed was first unveiled at drupa 2012. The solution during its launch garnered significant admiration particularly for its unprecedented image production quality and capability to print on a host of media.

Versatile print applications:

AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press, Konica Minolta’s innovative inkjet press can efficiently cater to latest production demands and incorporates patented UV inkjet technology, traditional sheet feeding and effective media handling upto B2+ size. The solution also eliminates the use of special digital stocks or expensive coatings and can easily handle quality jobs on a wide range of substrates Some of the salient features of the revolutionary AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press include:

High image quality: “The AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press solution will further pave the way for printing industry to harness new market opportunities as well as set new benchmarks for quality, consistency and turnaround time in the segment.” Kuldeep Malhotra, Konica Minolta.

Key Notes : > The state of the art inkjet press comes as a perfect alternative for short-run printing. > Incorporates patented UV inkjet technology. > Capable of printing 3,000 B2+ oversized sheets per hour.

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The trend setting print output is achieved with Konica Minolta’s high-resolution print heads, 1800IS, which produces true 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution. Konica Minolta’s proprietary UV ink furnishes high quality light fastness as well as scratch resistance print outputs. This eliminates the scenario of complaints from end consumers regarding scratches or rub offs without lamination or any post printing treatment. The company’s original print head design and patented

The revolutionary AccurioJet KM-1 UV digital inkjet press is very well designed to print up to 3,000 oversized sheets per hour. It produces a wide variety of new jobs such as heavy textured stock and packaging. It also enables printing businesses to print both profitably and in fully personalized fashion for end users, leveraging larger sheet sizes for 3-panel and 4-panel brochures, pocket folders, posters, point-of-purchase graphics, dust jackets, wrap-around book covers, and many more.

Enhanced media flexibility: With enhanced media flexibility, AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press processes sizes of up to 585 x 750 mm (B2+ size). It produces an extensive selection of commercial print and packaging applications with a maximum sheet thickness of up to 0.6 mm. The solution also enables printing on a wider range of coated and uncoated substrates including heavily textured, metallic, non-tear able media, eradicating the need for special substrate qualities or special treatment before or after printing. With AccurioJet KM-1 Inkjet Press, small-lot, short-turnaround jobs can be offered immediately after printing to the next production step as the iconic UV ink gets cured instantly.

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Enhanced productivity: The AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press machine can print up to 3,000 sheets per hour in simplex or 1,500 sheets per hour in duplex mode leveraging hybrid production workflow. It also eliminates the requirements of plates enabling easy addition of jobs to the print queues via the web, hot folder or existing offset workflows.

Image stability: AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press also delivers 100 percent consistency in paper feeding, registration, image quality and repeatability.

This absolute consistency comes from excellent front-to-back registration accuracy, enabled by a gripper-to-gripper offset technology. Also, with this solution eradicating the requirement of pre and post printing processes, printing business

can save significantly on turnaround time and operating expenditures to soar profit margins. ‘’The industry-leading AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press solution has set new standards in the global industrial printing segment with its unprecedented output quality, short turnaround time and extremely low operating costs. With a perfect blend of cutting-edge technology and compact design, AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet is set to revolutionize the Indian printing market,’’ said Yoshinori Koide, Director - Business Strategy & Project Management Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

Other important advantages of the revolutionary UV ink include:

Environment friendly operations coupled with Colour Capacity, Natural Gloss, and Colour consistency and scratch resistance print outputs. The revolutionary ink also helps in immediate fabrication, less wastage and cleaning.

“We at Konica Minolta have always strived to enable printing business across the globe tap new revenue opportunities with our cutting edge solutions. The AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press solution will further pave the way for printing industry to harness new market opportunities as well as set new benchmarks for quality, consistency and turnaround time in the segment”, said Kuldeep Malhotra Vice President (Sales Planning and Communication) Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

Shivranjani Imaging installs feature rich Xerox Versant 3100 - Targets 30 percent growth and new clientele with boosted capabilities.

Surat-based Shivranjani Imaging started in the year 2017. It got established in 2016 as Shree Balaji Imaging. The organisation jointly managed by proprietors – Mr. Sagar Detroja and Mr. Sunit Patel – presently caters to the textile, photo and graphics industry with principal clientele constituting textile, modeling agencies and graphic studios.

They have a state-of-the-art infrastructure with latest print and related equipment.

Their Xerox Versant 3100 leads the portfolio

of equipment which includes Thermal lamination, UV India Coat and Konica 1100.

Their recent addition, the Xerox Versant 3100 is a highly capable digital press which perfectly suits the long runs that go up to 3,50,000. “We are very pleased with our latest Versant 3100 from Xerox,” says Sagar Detroja. “The feature rich machine has unmatched print quality, media gamut and ease of operations. After training, we have been able to boost both our production as

well as quality. Our training included: Fiery server, SLM, achieving and maintaining print quality and also hardware and software training,” adds Sunit Patel.

“Though we have been using other digital printing machines, yet we firmly believe that no other machine can match the Print Quality, media gamut, atomization, and operations of the Xerox Versant 3100,” emphasises Sagar.

“Additionally, we have been able to add new customers and applications post Versant 3100 installation. Today we are catering to Graphics Arts, Commercial Jobs, Personalization/Variable data printing, Pay for Print etc. which were not possible earlier. The experience with this machine for us has been very good and the machine works up to our expectations,” adds Sunit.

They expect a 20 to 30 percent growth for their business. With the present turnover of around Rs. 2.5 crores, they expect the growth figure to be around Rs. 3.3 crores.

Shivranjani Imaging operates from 2 facilities which have a combined area of around 1400 sq.ft. and staff strength of 10 people.

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Heidelberg presents new Digital Press Versafire EV The new Versafire EV allows new business opportunities for creative commercial applications.

First user JD Druck impressed by the new possibilities.

The enhancement of the new Versafire digital printing generation is fully focused on customer benefit and the market requirements. With the Versafire EV, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) now offers a truly versatile digital production system, designed for use at entry level as well as by experienced digital printing providers. “The Versafire EV gives our customers a flexible production system that is specially designed to ideally meet the requirements in the graphic arts industry and that they can use to further enhance their digital business model as a result of diversification and optimization,” explains Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for Digital Technology at Heidelberg.

Standing out with special effects

The use of “invisible red” provides protection against copying and is particularly suitable for security-relevant applications. The five special colours facilitate a wide variety of creative applications.

Key Notes : > “Invisible red” for entry level security applications. > First white then CMYK for special effects with coloured paper. > Simple integration into production workflow with the Prinect Digital Frontend.

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With the new “invisible red” special toner, the Versafire EV offers now a total of five special colours.

Along white, clear toner, neon yellow and neon pink, “invisible red” provides additional embellishment options. In daylight, it has a slightly glossy effect and under UV light, the toner shines bright red. The use of “invisible red” provides protection against copying and is particularly suitable for security-relevant applications. The five special colours facilitate a wide variety of creative applications, such as printing

luminescent posters, invitations, admission tickets, wristbands, bright advertising brochures and security elements on printed products.

The new Versafire EV is able to print white first and the CMYK process colours on top, creating strong luminous images when printing on coloured substrates and achieving new unusual effects. Where previously several processes were required, it is all done now in a single pass.

High quality and precise printing results The new automatic inline calibration and inline register provide a high degree of stability, precision and improved quality. Inline colour measurement and automatic calibration take place ahead of the printing process and ensure constant colour stability across the entire run. Top image quality is achieved thanks to the new resolution of 4,800 × 2,400 dpi.

The Versafire EV has an increased printing speed of 85 or 95 A4 pages per minute and processes grammages of up to 360 gsm, ensuring a high level of productivity. Furthermore, the system is able to print banners up to a length of 700 mm (duplex) and as much as 1,260 mm (simplex).

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Even better integration with the new Prinect Digital Frontend The Prinect Digital Frontend (DFE), developed by Heidelberg and unique in the print media industry, allows intelligent integration into digital and offset printing processes. Using this DFE the Versafire EV can be easily integrated into the existing workflow of a print shop at the same time that it processes variable print data considerably faster.

Another new feature is the 17-inch touchscreen to control the machine and the print jobs directly from the DFE ensuring that the operator can keep an eye on everything.

Since the middle of last year, more and more customers have attended Versafire production training sessions, gaining valuable detailed knowledge about setting up media and the machine itself. In addition, customers receive a matching software to control media set up, the Media Management Tool. The assistant-aided user interface enables the time and work needed for setting up substrates to be significantly reduced. All settings can be saved, exported and imported, as well as loaded onto other Versafire machines.

First user JD Druck now offers its customers even more possibilities JD Druck GmbH in Lauterbach in Hesse is the ideal company for field testing the new Versafire EV. The print shop has focused on exceptional customer service and top-class quality for more than 125 years. Today, 65 employees produce offset and digital printing products for renowned agency and industry customers, as well as for publishers.

They focus on advertising printing but small packaging jobs and point of sale displays are

also produced. The catchment area stretches from Germany to Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. “We entered the digital printing sector very early and I believe in the opportunities that personalization and customization bring,” confirms Managing Director Jörg Göttlicher. The trained typesetter took over the print shop from his father in 1991 and is systematically developing the company. This is evident when one looks at the machines in the digital printing department – where the various Heidelberg Versafire models can be found.

At the end of January, JD Druck began the field test with the new Versafire EV and is able to directly compare the performance with the predecessor models. “The Versafire EV is heading in the just the right direction and, after just a short period of time, we can see very positive results,” confirmed Jörg Göttlicher. When asked about the best new features, operator Steffen Möller came up with a number of points. “One of them is the improved user-friendliness due to the new feeder with a flap, which means inserting the banner paper is now much easier. Also, the larger 17-inch touchscreen makes configuring the basic settings much more simple.” In addition he is also happy with the automatic inline register and good color stability ensured by the new inline sensors.

explains Jörg Göttlicher. “This includes all-round service with B-to-B shops, fast delivery and logistics services. We produce small runs and rush jobs as well as personalized products by means of digital printing and larger runs and gang runs with offset printing.” The press room boasts a Speedmaster XL 105 five-colour press with coating, and postpress has four Stahlfolder folding machines, a Stichmaster saddlestitcher and two Polar cutting machines. In the summer, an Easymatrix diecutter will be installed so that the company can also benefit from this added value and achieve faster processes.

Customers and interested parties can experience at first hand the new design possibilities and the enhanced media applications of the Versafire EV at its European launch at the Heidelberg site in Wiesloch-Walldorf on April 18, 2018. Further markets to follow!

“The possibility of now printing white first is super. It saves us a printing operation and creates great effects and quality on coloured paper,” says Möller enthusiastically.

With multiple certifications of the Deutsche Post, JD Druck already has a very good reputation in the digital printing sector with its direct mailing and letter shop services.

“We put our trust in state-of-the-art printing technology and in highly-motivated staff,”

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Brands and Labels The Label World is transforming at an unprecedented rate due to which Label printing & Packaging industries are persistently evolving to meet the ever growing & emerging market needs.

of Label Industry, Brand Owners and Consumers is limping.

Views of Industry experts on how does brand owners perceive the ongoing changes in Label Industry.

Today’s technology driven consumer has totally revolutionized his shopping experience. He is more aware and demanding which has led to many challenges for Brand owners. Where on the one hand it is opportunistic yet on the other it has made the competition fierce among brand owners.

“Brand differentiation is essential to retail marketing success, so packaging plays a primary role by calling attention to your products over those of competitors……..hence it will not be improper to state that ‘The Package is the Product’.” – Samir Patkar, Heidelberg/ Gallus

Key Notes : > Brand has to stand out in digital campaigns and on the shelf to sustain in the market and enjoy consumer’s loyalty. > Brand owners looking for smart and attractive packaging solutions with labels playing a crucial role. > The need of the hour is customized and personalized packaging to go hand in hand with the digital marketing campaigns.

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Samir Patkar, Heidelberg Asia & Regional Head of Sales – Asia Pacific, Gallus Label Presses.

Today, if a brand needs to sustain itself in the market and wants to enjoy consumer’s loyalty, it has to stand out in the digital campaigns as well as on the shelf.

This has opened up a host of opportunities for Label printing & Packaging industry as brand owners are looking for smart and attractive packaging solutions with labels playing a crucial role.

The need of the hour is customized and personalized packaging to go hand in hand with the digital marketing campaigns launched by the brand or to attract particular genre of clientele.

The pace of change has led to attractive designs which need to have multiple effects to engage consumer.

Today a label is no more ‘A Product Identification data’ as it used to be, but it has become multi dimensional adding more cores to its meaning.

It is a brand identity, it has developed a persona of its own, It stands out.

With the rise in the complex requirements by the brand owners, label jobs will tend to increase considerably.

By incorporating technology advents and marketing gimmicks labels have out grown themselves from their traditional image. They are now viewed as a sophisticated tool for not only positioning a brand but an identification mark of the brand authentication as well.

The challenge which lies amidst this advancement for Label Industry is reluctance of brand owners to pay in accordance. The cooperation between the tricycle

Labeling which plays an integral part of packaging and brand recognition also plays key roles in merchandising and product success, furnishing opportunities for producers to stand out among competitors as they jostle for retail shelf space.

Product differentiation calls attention to individual brands in many ways. By associating unique characteristics with their products, brand owners create instant recognition and authority within their niches, leading to higher sales as visibility and credibility rise.

The name of a product/ Brand, for example, provides a cornerstone to build on, often inspiring brand themes that increase recognition among consumers.

Whatever you sell, your logo and supporting artwork aim to please those within your target market, so the visual images do more good than your sales pitch alone. Even your colour-scheme is chosen with

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consumer appeal in mind, catering to trends within your niche.

In the times of retail modernization brands today need to stand out in the crowd especially when certain goods today use same size, shape and style of packaging.

As markets become more competitive, however, brand owners continue to work with converters to help set them apart from competing brands. One way forward to create Colourful graphics with the intent to add value embellishments in the label by process mix of printing processes like flexo, screen, cold/hot foil, gravure all in line to create colour brilliance and high product appeal to attract consumer attention that highly supports brand differentiation. Playing around with different substrates that support both added value and sustainability is getting more popular, for example, labels are now printed directly on a variety of materials, clear films, metallised surfaces, higher use of PP/PE/PET including Silver metallised films that were once difficult to print. And colour is used more effectively than it once was, helping brands establish themselves through colour recognition.

Brand differentiation is essential to retail marketing success, so packaging plays a primary role by calling attention to your products over those of competitors…….. hence it will not be improper to state that “The Package is the Product”.

Considering the critical criteria’s as above the converters need to understand the critical role they play today in supply chain and brand building of brand owners and ensure that a business environment of win – win is created. Innovation that supports business growth needs to create value for everybody in the supply chain for the cycle of innovation to continue …. Else it only damages product value and erosion of street prices which does not support anybody business goals!

Mr. Manish Mehta, MD Reifenhauser (India) Marketing Mumbai THERE IS NO DENYING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LABEL for content, marketing, brand positioning and the company image itself. And at the same time, there is also no denying the fact that margins are constantly under pressure, with brand owners demanding always a high quality, yet

manufacturing techniques to support their drivers. The most important ones are: • shorter runs for different reasons like localization of products, different product versions and flavors according to local preferences or trial marketing actions such as customized or even •

not willing to increase prices especially for packaging.

UNLESS, there are new features or value adds that not only benefit the brand owner but also ensure benefits to consumers.

This therefore, and now, even more, underscores the need for high end technologies, not only to optimize on productivity and production costs, but also new solutions such as aesthetic appreciations or security, anti-counterfeiting solutions et al.

Of late, has been a trend of big players selling off to multinationals and flexible packaging convertor also wanting to have a share of the label pie.

personalized packaging. fully integrated and digitized workflows to support last-minute decisions on manufacturing changes to come to a fully flexible production process which allows for just-in-time production.

The label industry has to cope with these drivers and the resulting requirements and both converters and brand owners are typically on a balance between the new requirements and the new (available) production techniques. At Xeikon we see a lot of marketing trials for new types of labeling illustrating the drive to fully flexible customization as well as growing print volumes at our customers doing this already today.”

Mahesh Kode, Business Unit Head, Narrow Web Siegwerk India,Gurgaon

While on the one hand this is increasing competition ( to the benefit of the brand owner in terms of costs, delivery and differentiation), on the other hand, it is also a very clear indicator of the expected growth in the industry, which is being reflected in terms of number of machines being installed as well.

To cut a long story short, mushrooming of players will continue, as will as the need for differentiation, along with the growing demand for labels with newer and fresher concepts of sales and marketing.

Quality demands in terms of infrastructure, kind of machines, clean room etc will also be precursors for higher realizations in the markets along with brand image and brand positioning taking center stage.

Mr. Danny Mertens, Corp.

Communications Mgr.-Digital Solutions Xeikon-Digital Div. Flint Grp. Belgium “Brand owners are always looking for new

The last decade or so has seen a revolutionary change in the buying habits of Indians! Take the case of the humble hair-shampoo- what was sold as a pillowpack at a Rs. 2 price-point in a sachet-string from a road-shop vendor, first graduated into small opaque plastic containers with a shrink-sleeve to provide branding and cover the mould-lines, with a flip-top, and now has metamorphosed into an attractive shapely

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bulk-pack with a pump-dispenser, sometimes a see-through top-quality clear container to showcase the product inside, with a high-end Pressure-Sensitive Label on the outside, with all kinds of decoration technologies, vying for attention on a supermarket shelf…!!!

The number of brands, variants, packssizes and the challenge of catching the consumer’s eye in a busy mall aisle only meant that the PS-label be as eye-catching as possible, able to stand out in the crowd, and be the chosen one to be picked up by the ever-so-discerning Indian consumer, who knows what he or she wants in a product, and yet is swayed by the attractive appearance of a beautifully rendered Label!

Sometimes First impressions are Last impressions, as they say!!

The Indian Labeling industry has been quick to sense and adapt to this changing need and ever-increasing demand for Aesthetics, Anti-duplication & Branding, and Shelf-appeal challenges. The country has continued to see a spate of high-end Imported presses being installed and added over the years, producing labels that rival any others produced in the most developed countries, and yet, at what price??!!

Alas, the Brand Owners who have created this need for enhanced decoration techniques and fine, high-quality printing, have then set the Packaging Development and Purchase teams to browbeat the Labelconvertors and suppliers into submission, challenging them to produce the highest quality at the lowest possible prices…

It is a fiercely competitive scenario, wherein quality, consistency, supply-chain, innovation are all taken for granted in the face of say, a reverse-auction, that does not always end up altering the original vendor, but only secures lower prices from the same supplier when the actual auction-winner is unable to service demand in real-life!!!

One hopes that the MNCs, domestic FMCG players (who are getting as successful as the former, sometimes even outshining them with products and campaigns!) and BOs start realizing that this vicious cycle has to end somewhere, and their partners in the entire supply-chain should get their dues worth for the investment, hard work and systems that they deploy to produce millions of labels that

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all look the same and yet stand out!

Label Convertors, on the other hand, need to continue improving efficiencies, enhance their people-skills and knowledge to increase productivity, cost their products appropriately based on not just RMC but all direct and indirect costs that go into running a Labelprinting plant, and defend their prices based on due merit and cost justification.

India has come of age, and the Indian consumer is now far more discerning and affluent, not wanting to buy a product because it is the cheapest off the rack, and it is time the industry recognizes this change and stops focusing only on the cost or the price-point, and instead brings in more value to the end-user in various ways, be it the product performance itself, or a premium appeal of a superiorly labeled container, which will ultimately ensure sustainable business growth for all the players associated with it!

Mr. Gururaj Ballarwad, Management Consultant, Signode India & President , ALPS, N.Delhi In India, all the Brand owners want most of the features & decoration but unfortunately they don’t have budget to spend. Most of the Brand owners are on cost reduction drive.

As a cost component Label only adds 1-2% to the total cost but the questions which haunts is, why only Label is at the radar.

Label is the selling point for them, still Label is the only one component which is always targeted.

If they reduce the decoration of the label they will invite more & more counterfeit in the market. Instead of increasing their margins & sales either they will find that brand not growing or in negative.

My suggestion is wherever they are in the leading position they should add more features, decoration & improve the sales rather than looking at reducing the packaging cost.

To end this discussion, I would like to add, the tools that Indian Label Industry need to beat the current course scenario are: • Setting the Costing right, to include equipment payback & investment for

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new equipment in 3-4 years Great Negotiation skills because they are up against a highly qualified & constantly trained purchaser/ brand owner.

Wise Equipment choice, with low cost of production & long term quality product delivery in mind.

USP (unique sales proposition) has to be built into the product, this may be decoration, security features, on time delivery etc.

Every new financial year collaborative brainstorming & planning to get better pricing as the opponent for sure is doing a detailed planning on how to get prices reduced and that too in a very structured manner.... leaving our front end guy defenseless.

This article is written by Ms. Priyanka Rathi, Executive Secretary Head – Marcom & PR, Association of Label Printers & Suppliers.

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Curetex of Japan finds opportunity in Indian plastic bag ban proposed plant will either be a 100% Curetex project or as a joint venture with an existing manufacturer.

Japanese paper products firm Curetex Corp. has entered the Indian market. With the establishment of its local unit, Natsu Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd., Curetex has braced itself to meet the increased demand for paper bags in wake of many states banning plastic bags across the country.

India’s paper bag market is growing following a series of bans on plastic grocery bags in 17 of the 36 total states and union territories. An

Masaki Fujishiro, chairman, Curtetex Corporation, also met the members of the Offset Printers Association (OPA), Ludhiana recently. Masaki was accompanied by Mari Teramoto and Shivinder Singh (Natsu). estimated 25,940 tons of plastic waste gets generated per day in India, according to the latest government data.

Curetex is looking to establish a paper bag manufacturing plant at Ludhiana. The

Curetex uses paper for weaving thread for the manufacturing of various kinds of cloths.

The company also deals in paper bag, wrapping paper, non-woven fabric bag etc.

The company also supplied paper bags for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Breakthrough 16 titles for DS Smith at EFIA Print Awards DS Smith’s packaging division claims 16 awards – 15 for the UK and 1 for Germany.

DS Smith’s packaging division triumphed at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) Awards, claiming 16 awards, fifteen for the UK and one for Germany.

The packaging strategists were presented with 16 wins across six categories, including an impressive gold, silver and bronze in the Flexo Print on Paper category for its work with Nestle Kit Kat Chunky and T&B Containers 1kg Grape Tray.

The DS Smith team also led the way in the Corrugated Post Print-Uncoated Process category picking up gold and silver for its work with Diageo J Walker Chalice and Diageo J Walker Blue packs.

Another double was presented in the Flexo Print on Paper category with the Greene King IPA Pavilion Pack and Greene King Great British Ales achieving gold and bronze awards.

Simon Hamer, Print Director at DS Smith’s UK Packaging Division, said: ‘We’re very proud of DS Smith’s continued success at the EFIA awards. All these awards and nominations demonstrate the talent of our skilled teams in partnership with our customers.

This latest award success reflects DS Smith’s determination to deliver innovative solutions and invest in the latest print technology to provide our customers with the highest quality print, to ensure their products stand out at the moment of truth in store.

Details of DS Smith UK wins at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) Awards: Flexo Print on Paper – Medium Web • Gold Greene King IPA Pavilion Pack • Bronze Greene King Great British Ales • Highly commended Mr Kipling Iced Top

Flexo Print on Paper – Wide Web • Sliver Amstel 12*300ml • Bronze Fruit & Nut Limited Edition Flexo Print on Paper – Super Wide • Gold Nestle Kit Kat Chunky White Lid • Silver Nestle Kit Kat Chunky White • Bronze T&B containers 1kg Grape Tray Corrugated Post-print – Coated Line & Screen • Gold Kentish Ale • Bronze Glenmorangie Corrugated Post-print – Coated Process • Gold Remy Martin Corrugated Post-print – Uncoated Line & Screen • Silver Diageo J&B 1920s Rare Corrugated Post-print – Uncoated Process • Gold Diageo J Walker Chalice Pack • Silver Diageo J Walker Blue Pack Corrugated Flexo Folder Gluer – Uncoated • Sliver Jaffa Triple Case

Details of DS Smith Germany awards: Flexo print on Paper – International • Gold Wodka Gorbatshow Polar Star

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Project Liberty by Essel Propack - to establish a traceable and sustainable recycling process.

Essel Propack, part of the USD 4.2 billion “Essel Group”, with FY17 turnover of over USD 368 million, is the largest specialty packaging global company.

The laminated plastic tubes manufactured by Essel Propack cater to the FMCG and Pharma space.

Employing over 2852 people representing 25 different nationalities, Essel Propack functions through 20 state of the art facilities and is present in 11 countries, selling over 7 billion tubes and growing every year.

Holding Oral care market share of 36% in volume terms globally, company’s manufacturing facilities cater to diverse categories that include brands in Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharma & Health, Food, Oral care and Home, offering customized solutions through continuously pioneering first-in-class innovations in materials, technology and processes.

Project Liberty – a first of its kind attempt to recycle multilayer laminates with aluminium in the structure, by separating aluminium and polymer without the use of chemicals or heat.

Key Notes : > With Project Liberty, Essel takes the leap ahead towards recycling all its tubes. > Over the next few months, will focus on its successful implementation on commercial scale. > With global partners co-developed solid state environmental friendly process to liberate aluminium from the laminate/ tubes.

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Project Liberty is a first of its kind and path breaking attempt to recycle multilayer laminates which consists of aluminium in the structure, by separating aluminium and polymer into two distinct and reusable streams without the use of chemicals or heat.

In this effort, Essel has collaborated with multiple major technical partners across the globe and co-developed a solid state environmental friendly process to liberate aluminium from the laminate/ tubes.

ABL poses challenges in recycling and the company has been working relentlessly over the last 4 years, on developing a solution to separate the polymer and

aluminium. Essel uses two basic structures to make laminated tubes : • •

Plastic Barrier Laminates (PBL) tubes – made of all Plastic layers and are easily recyclable Aluminium Barrier Laminate (ABL) tubes – made with combination of polymers and has aluminium foil as the barrier layer.

The main objective of launching Project Liberty is to establish a traceable and sustainable recycling process, which will not only fulfil company’s vision of “every single tube made by Essel is recyclable” but will also help all its partners across the value chain including the Brand Owners, in achieving their sustainability goals/commitments to their stake holders.

With Project ‘Liberty’, the polymer fraction can be recovered from ABL tubes and the same can be recycled to various applications. The recovered aluminium metal also shall go as metal scrap for reuse, thereby making every single tube recyclable.

The Project will be implemented in 2 Phases. It shall begin with India where: In Phase-I: The Company will recycle its own tubes and laminate scrap, for which it will be ready by the end of this year.

In Phase-II: Essel will offer the re-cycling facility to its customers and partner with Brand owners to regulate the post consumer tubes and offer for recycling.

Gradually, in subsequent phases, it shall roll out such facilities globally.

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Packaging with High-speed New packaging product Styropor P 24 Speed with reduced moulding cycle and conditioning times.

As a responsible company, Essel Propack has always strived hard towards achieving better sustainability. Some of company’s other initiatives that have been acclaimed and used by its customers are:

a) Etain – Tubes made with upto 25% PostConsumer recycled resin content, promoting the use of PCR resins, reducing the demand for virgin raw materials. b) Green Maple Leaf – PE based recyclable barrier tubes with HDPE caps that can be 100% recycled in to C2 HDPE recycle stream. This laminate is one of its kinds globally and has recently been awarded under the “sustainability” category by the American Tube Council. c) Super Titanium – Tubes designed with better stiffness to enable reduction in web thickness without compromising on other functional requirement enabling source reduction.

BASF now offers a new plastic grade for the manufacture of EPS (expandable polystyrene) foam packaging. For the products in the Styropor P 24 Speed range the pentane content has been lowered to approximately 4.8 per cent, thereby reducing moulding cycle and intermediate conditioning times. The new grade Styropor P 324 Speed with a density of 25 grams per litre yields an up to 50 per cent shorter moulding cycle time in comparison with Styropor P 326 at an average moulding steam pressure.

Easy processing for food and E&E packaging Just like the classic Styropor P 26, this new type of Styropor is approved for food packaging and has a high mechanical resistance as well as excellent flexural and compressive strength. Moreover, it has good fusion properties and a smooth surface finish. As with all Styropor packaging grades, the new Styropor P 24 Speed is without flame retardant and especially suitable for the manufacture of thin-walled technical mouldings as well as food packaging and cool boxes. The material is available in three bead sizes ranging from 0.4 mm to 1.3 mm.

The new product rounds off BASF’s EPS range for the packaging industry.

BASF’s Performance Materials division encompasses the entire materials know-how of BASF regarding innovative, customized plastics under one roof. Globally active in four major industry sectors – transportation, construction, industrial applications and consumer goods – the division has a strong portfolio of products and services combined with a deep understanding of applicationoriented system solutions. Key drivers of profitability and growth are the company’s close collaboration with customers and focus on solutions. Strong capabilities in R&D provide the basis to develop innovative products and applications. In 2017, the Performance Materials division achieved global sales of € 7.7 bn.

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2017 L9 World Label Awards L9 announces 2017 WLA competition results – includes category and Honourable Mention winners. several years. Other associations involved in the 2017 competition included FINAT (Europe), TLMI (USA), JFLP (Japan), FPLMA (Australia), SALMA (New Zealand) and PEIAC (China).

The L9 group of international label associations has announced the results of the 2017 L9 World Label Awards (WLA) competition judged by an international panel of judges representing each of the participating associations. The judging took place in Brussels the day before Labelexpo Europe at the exhibition venue. The L9 is an alliance of global label associations formed to jointly formulate policies and collecting strategic information of global interest to the worldwide label industry.

The current class structure includes 22 classes covering all the principal printing processes and market applications. The results are listed in class order with the Winners announced first followed by the Honourable Mention (HM) awards.

All of the L9 label associations are invited, each year, to submit entries for the World Label Awards. This ensures that the competition has a truly international flavour.

We were pleased to welcome representatives from the Indian Label Association (LMAI) who were taking part for the first time in

In order to be considered for entry in this prestigious competition a label converter must first have won an award in their “local” association’s competition as this is the only route to entry. Each L9 association is permitted to submit one entry in each class, entries from individual converters are not accepted. Winning an award in the WLA competition is highly valued throughout the worldwide label fraternity signalling that the label converter has achieved real excellence in label production. The awards not only reflect the achievements of the production departments involved in producing the label, they are also used as a valuable marketing tool. No wonder they are often referred to as the technical Oscars of the global label industry. The jury spends a considerable time examining and debating the technical and aesthetic features of each label including converting and finishing technology.

“Never will a label have been examined in such detail, even by the converter’s QC department. We expect a high standard of printing at this level and we also look for the quality of the design of the label” comments Tony White, chairman of the judging panel.

“We continue to be surprised by the quality of the entries year on year” he continues.

The judges for the 2017 competition included Tony White (FINAT) Chair, Mike Buystedt (TLMI) Vice Chairman, Harveer Sahni (LMAI),

Tony Wheeler (SALMA), Andrew Maxwell (FPLMA), Mr Masaaki Yoshitake (JFLP) and Ms Jean Li (PEIAC).

The Results Class 1: Flexo Line •

Winner SALMA: Rapid Labels, New Zealand for “NZ Sunscreen Pure Shade”

Class 2: Flexo Line/Screen •

Winner TLMI: Label Impressions Inc., USA for “Deva Curl Buildup Buster”

Class 3: Flexo Colour Process • •

Winner FPLMA: Label Force, Australia for “John West Calamari” HM SALMA: Admark Visual Imaging Ltd, New Zealand for “Moana”

Class 4: Flexo Wine/Spirit • •

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Winner JFLP: Takara Pac Ltd., Japan for “Chablis Wine Label HM SALMA: Rapid Labels, New Zealand for “Craggy Range Wild Rock Pinot Gris 2016” HM FINAT: Royston Labels, United Kingdom for “King’s Cross”

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HM FINAT: Cabas SA., Greece for “Agro.VI.M. Olive Oil Kalamata PDO 1L

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HM FPLMA: Label House, Australia for “Pale Ale Birra Zonzo” •

Class 14: Combination Line/ Screen •

Winner TLMI: McDowell Label & Screen Printing, USA for “Performance Nutrition”

Class 15: Combination Colour Process •

Class 6: Letterpress Line/Screen •

Winner JFLP: MARU-SIN Co. Ltd., Japan for “Safety Drive”

Class 7: Letterpress Colour Process •

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Winner JFLP: SATO PRINTING Co. Ltd., Japan for “Daimyo Futomaki (Sushi Roll)” HM SALMA: Leading Label, New Zealand for “Pumpkin Seed Oil”

Class 8: Letterpress Wine/Spirits •

Winner JFLP: SATO PRINTING Co. Ltd., Japan for “Apple and Lime Liqueur “Ringo Hime””

Class 9: Offset Line •

Winner SALMA: Panprint Ltd., New Zealand for “True Honey Co. 300+ MGO”

Class 11: Offset Colour Process •

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Joint Winner PEIAC: Beijing YaZhengYuan Colourful Printing Co. Ltd., China for “JOMO Label” Joint Winner JFLP: SHINWA LABEL PRINTING Co. Ltd., Japan for “YAMAGATA SAKURANBO”

Class 12: Offset Wine/Spirits •

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Joint Winner JFLP: SEIEIDO PRINTING Co. Ltd., Japan for “Japanese Sake “Yamahousi”” Joint Winner SALMA: Panprint Ltd., New Zealand for “Pacific Potion Sauvignon Blanc” HM FINAT: Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits, USA for “Fortnight” HM FPLMA: Multi-Color Australia for “D’SAS”

Class 13: Combination Line •

Winner SALMA: Rapid Labels, New Zealand for “Floating Oil Snapper”

Winner JFLP: SUNMEC Co. Ltd., Japan for “Denen Fuka” Box Label”

Class 16: Combination Wine/ Spirits • •

Winner TLMI: Multi-Color Corporation, USA, for “Octopoda Cabernet Wine” HM JFLP: MARU-SIN Co. Ltd., Japan for “NEI (Japanese Shochu”

Class 17: Digital Printing • •

Winner TLMI: Digital Label Solutions Inc. USA for “KIA –The Extra Mile” HM FINAT: Ҫiftsan Etiket Ambalaj San. Ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti., Turkey for “Winx Body Lotion 75ml”

Class 18: Digital Wine/Spirits •

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Winner TLMI: Syracuse Label & Surround Printing, USA for “Ryze Vodka” HM FINAT: Marzek Etiketten GmbH, Austria for “Heathland Whisky” HM FPLMA: Multi-Color Australia for “Silken Beastie Shiraz”

Class 19: Screen Printing • • •

Winner LMAI: Any Graphics Pvt. Ltd., India for “ComAD Designs” HM JFLP: Sibel Industry Co. Ltd., Japan for “VRONIQUE & CLAUDETTE” HM FINAT: Stratus Packaging, France for “Shampoo Color Lômé Paris”

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Ltd., United Kingdom for “Fortnum and Mason Beluga 000 Fresh Caviar” Joint Winner JFLP: Shibatasesco Co. Ltd., Japan for “Instant Pocket Label” Joint Winner LMAI: Mudrika Labels Pvt. Ltd., India for “Colgate Deep Cleaning”

Overall ranking of winners by region Association

Winners

Honourable Mention

Total

JFLP

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2

10

FINAT

2

7

9

SALMA

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3

8

TLMI

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5

FPLMA

1

3

4

LMAI

2

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2

PEIAC

1

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1

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Best of the Best This is the fifth year that the L9 World label Awards Association has included 5 additional awards representing the “Best of the Best” entries from the principal printing processes selected during the judging process. The awards will be presented at the Tarsus Global Awards event which will be held during Labelexpo 2018 in Chicago in September 2018. The winners were selected from the winning entries in the L9 World label Awards competition from the following classes: Flexography, Letterpress, Offset Litho, Combination Printing, Digital Printing. The plaques will be presented and the winners revealed at the awards ceremony and are perceived as the “Oscars of the Oscars” of the international label industry.

Class 20: Gravure • •

Winner SALMA: Gravure Packaging Ltd., New Zealand for “Chobani 170g” HM FINAT: Multi-Color Wales, United Kingdom for “Heineken Green Identity”

Class 21: Booklets •

Winner FINAT: Stratus Packaging, France for “Multipages les recettes Végétales sans gluten”

Class 22: Innovation •

Joint Winner FINAT: Source Labels

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BOBST at Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018 - To showcase excellence in process technology at the event’s first edition in Bangkok.

BOBST will put on a grand show on its Labelexpo Southeast Asia stand in May 2018. The first edition of the Labelexpo Southeast Asia will take place from 10th to 12th May at BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand.

The BOBST stand will be one of the largest at the show. “The Southeast Asian market has been keeping us very busy of late. The label and packaging industry is booming and the interest in our range of solutions is high and continues to grow,” comments Matteo Cardinotti, Managing Director of Bobst Firenze and Head of BOBST Narrow & mid-web multi-process Product Line. “Following the huge crowd turnout recorded at the Labelexpo Asia exhibition in China in December 2017 and given the comprehensiveness of the exhibits, displays and activities planned, the upcoming event is a great opportunity for showing our equipment live to a wide number of converters in the SEA region and we are gearing up to provide them with a memorable experience when they visit our stand.”

The BOBST M1 Line, a press dedicated to label production, will be the star of the show with seven daily printing and inline converting demonstrations (five on 12 May).

“We launched the new M1 Line, configured with mechanical line shaft and laser preregister and automatic register at Labelexpo Europe just over six months ago,” explains Matteo Cardinotti. “And I am pleased to say that because we never stop upgrading the performance of our equipment, the 8-colour M1 UV flexo press on show will offer even

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more, further extending the range of filmic applications that can be run on the line.”

Alongside solutions dedicated to label printing, most BOBST machines in the inline UV flexo range are suitable to be configured for applications serving the needs of labels, flexible packaging and folding carton packaging manufactures.

This flexibility opens up for converters a variety of untapped opportunities of product diversification to enter new markets which visitors to the stand will be interested to learn about. The latest developments include the M5X Line, also presented last year, whose optimized fixed configuration combines the flexibility and quality of labels and packaging production with the attractiveness of the level of investment and the short delivery time.

Other BOBST solutions that visitors at Labelexpo Southeast Asia will be able to discuss with BOBST experts include CI flexo and gravure printing presses and laminators which are especially effective for mid- to wide-web short run production, as well as the range of silicone, adhesive and pre/post coating lines and vacuum metallizing solutions suitable for a great variety of applications in the label and flexible packaging manufacturing industry.

Present as always on the BOBST stand will be samples highlighting excellence in process technology, as well as displays illustrating BOBST products and services portfolio. Information on the benchmark service offering will demonstrate to visitors the extent of the support which BOBST offers to its customers.

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ETPA Packaging installs Gallus ECS 340 The Greek label printer ETPA Packaging installed a Gallus ECS 340 at their production site in Komotini, North Eastern Greece.

ETPA Packaging of Greece is headquartered in Athens. The company, founded in 1983 has installed a Gallus ECS 340 at their Komotini site. With its focus set on selfadhesive labels, shrink sleeves and flexible materials, ETPA now broadens its spectrum and offers its customers the best possibilities when selling labels. George Ekonomou, Sales Director at ETPA Packaging decided to invest in a Gallus ECS 340 which consists of 9 flexo printing stations and 4 screen printing modules and is further equipped with a cold foil unit as well as the possibility of backside printing on glue, UV Lamination for monofoil material and PS Lamination.

Ekonomou is particularly convinced of the machine because it offers them incomparable flexibility, especially when printing silk screen jobs.

Being nearly twice as big as comparable companies, ETPA is now the most influential label converter in Greece. It is driving the label market and has a huge influence on the market when taking decisions.

Furthermore, it is the only Greek company which is certified as worldwide supplier for well-known multinational companies. 120

qualified people are currently employed at ETPA and the number of new employments is constantly growing year by year. On top of that, the company is always investing in new technologies and new productive machines.

Since March 2017 – exactly a year has passed since the machine was installed – ETPA packaging is running jobs for labels, sleeves and sachets on the ECS 340. “This is the first Gallus we bought, but we are more than happy to have invested in a Swiss quality product. The machine’s versatility is astonishing and the labels, the most important factor, of course, are of impressive quality,” says Ekonomou.

Seeing this quality and versatility, it is no surprise that, since its launch in 2009, the Gallus ECS 340 has been the top-selling label printing machine with short web path.

More than 450 machines have been sold worldwide and provide daily support to Gallus customers in the label printing sector.

The outstanding web feed and the extremely short web path are decisive in delivering the excellent register performance of the Gallus ECS 340. This press produces complex diecuts at maximum speed and is able to print on almost any kind of substrate: paper, PE, PP and even tube laminate. Additionally, the machine system Gallus ECS 340 convinces with a new UV flexographic printing unit with even better performance.

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Edale expands global network with new agents for Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco Edale expands its global network further with the appointment of Redagraph as the agent for Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.

Edale has appointed Redagraph as its agents in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, they will also be providing the servicing of Edales flexographic presses in these markets.

Darren Pickford, Edale’s Sales & Marketing Director comments: “Redagraph have many years experience within the printing industry in both offset and digital printing. The addition of a highly automated flexo solution fits with their philosophy of extending their product range whilst also maintaining the highest levels of service. The organisation also has the right mix of experience and drive which will help us move forward in this region. From the start it has been clear Redagraph have a great understanding of the prospective customer base and are well respected within the territory. Edale is very pleased to partner with Redagraph and have already secured the first sale of an FL5 + FDC into one of the biggest printers in the area.”

With 40 years’ experience in the Graphic Arts Industry, Redagraph, headed up by Reda Moukite provides customised solutions tailored to the needs of its customers.

Redagraph has supported the evolution of the graphic arts market by developing partnerships with innovative manufacturers utilising expertise to provide clients with products and solutions.

and beyond. With providing state of the art technology and professional services, we believe we can help our customers print in very high quality at the most competitive cost, comments Reda Moukite.

We are delighted to partner with Edale, one of the most technological companies in the Flexographic printing industry with a long experience servicing convertors and printers worldwide. Putting our forces together will enable us to accompany the fast-growing market in labels, flexible packaging and folding carton over North African countries

Edale is a global provider of high technology, narrow mid-web flexographic and digital printing presses and converting equipment.

This appointment marks a significant phase in Edales plans to grow the business internationally and provide innovative print and packaging solutions to customers all around the world.

Chimeng Packaging represents MPS in Taiwan MPS has added another new agent to its Asian network with the appointment of Chimeng Packaging in Taiwan. George Tan, MPS Area Sales Manager commented: “Chimeng Packaging speaks the label and packaging language very well and has developed strong relations with local printers.

Building transparent partnerships with their customers to improve printing quality, consistency, and enhance profitability is their primary objective. Taiwan is a unique market with a very high print quality requirement, with effective productivity and cost efficiency as critical success factors. With our operatorfocused technology, MPS matches the requirement.”

With over 15 years’ experience in the flexo and gravure printing industry, Chimeng

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Packaging provides high quality printing machines, anilox rolls, consumables, quality inspection equipment and a strong technical team. In addition to MPS flexo, offset, and hybrid press solutions, Chimeng Packaging represents domestic and overseas partners including Amica inkjet, SEI Laser, Sandon Anilox and other ancillary products for the label and packaging printing industry.

Chimeng Packaging will receive formal technical training at the Technology & Expertise Centre at MPS headquarters in Arnhem, The Netherlands along with two recently hired MPS engineers for Asia. MPS and Chimeng Packaging will attend Taipei Plas in August 2018.

The new appointment is the first of more to

follow in Asia, since the recent opening of the dedicated MPS Systems Asia office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Label printer Zircon Technologies installs DuPont Cyrel Fast DuPont Cyrel Fast 2000 TD Plate Processor will be used with DuPont Cyrel Easy flexo plates.

Zircon Technologies India offers an extensive array of barcode labels & brand packaging such as industrial food labels, security barcode labels, laser barcode labels, rfid barcode labels, printed industrial barcodes, barcode food labels etc. The company is backed by a team of highly qualified and experienced professionals who have specialization in designing brand packaging and barcode labels and fruitfully catering varied demands clients across the world.

Recently, it installed DuPont Cyrel Fast 2000 TD processor workflow with DuPont Cyrel Easy flexo plates at its platemaking facility in Dehradun.

The Cyrel FAST 2000 TD delivers outstanding plate quality and uniformity. This processor has the ability to produce a finished plate without solvent washout. The Cyrel 2000 EC or Cyrel 2000 ECLF for exposing and lightfinishing plates is available to complement the Cyrel FAST 2000 TD system solution.

As with all elements for the Cyrel FAST system, it is environmentally friendly with no solvents to handle, store, or recycle and

no drying equipment is required. The Cyrel FAST technology enables the production of high quality plates by combining the efficiency and speed of digital imaging with the environmental benefits of thermal plate processing.

DuPont thermal plates are designed to meet the needs of high quality flexographic printers with fine tone, line-work and solids.

DuPont Cyrel Fast 2000 TD is a plate making system that uses dry, thermal technology to process high quality photopolymer plates, thus eliminating all solvents and aqueous solutions from the plate room. This process does not require the time consuming drying steps of other workflows. The Cyrel FAST 2000 TD allows the production of Cyrel FAST finished plates up to a maximum format of 42” x 60” (1,067 x 1,524 mm) in less than one hour, including the imaging and exposing steps, making it the ideal just-in-time flexo plate solution.

BIS update of printing ink standard may ban Toluene The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is working to update the current standard (IS 15495) for printing ink for food packaging and several harmful chemicals. Several packaged food companies in India will be affected by the new standards and may even have to alter their label and packaging printing norms and materials used therein.

Once such material is Toluene, a chemical commonly used in paint thinners. Toluene has already been banned in the food industry in several countries because studies have shown that it may cause liver and kidney damage in humans.

Around 80% FMCG companies in India use toluene-based solvents in packaging materials though studies have revealed that toluene can migrate between layers of

there doesn’t seem much cost restraint in their use either.

packaging. Toluene may be banned with the new standards coming into effect.

In future, packaged food consumers may find a ‘toluene-free’ mention on their products.

Though certain players in the industry are already taking care that no food comes in direct contact with Toluene in a packaging, yet total elimination of the harmful chemical’s use in inks will surely take some time. Since, ink is just a fraction of the total cost of a packaging and Toluene-free inks can be as well run on the existing printing equipment,

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Avery Dennison selects winners for sustainability, innovation, service and quality - recognizes suppliers at Fifth Annual Global Awards Ceremony held in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.

Avery Dennison Label and Graphic Materials recognized eight pressure-sensitive industry suppliers during the company’s fifth annual supplier recognition ceremony, held March 12-13 in Oegstgeest, Netherlands. Winners were selected based on their performance in areas such as sustainability, innovation, service, and quality.

“Our suppliers play a key role in our mission to deliver value to our customers,” said Roland Simon, Global V.P. Procurement & Corporate Sustainability, Label and Graphic Materials. “This ceremony serves as a platform to showcase our suppliers’ innovations and outstanding support, and to thank them for their collaboration and consistent performance.”

The list below details those companies recognized during the ceremony and their respective award categories.

Supplier Distinction Award Jerich International (Gleisdorf, Austria): Avery Dennison introduced this award to highlight a supplier that makes extraordinary contributions to our success. As a global logistics provider, Jerich has offered tailor-

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made transport solutions to enable Avery Dennison to deliver products to customers efficiently and effectively.

Best Emerging Supplier Sumei Chemical Co. (Taipei, Taiwan, PRC): This award goes to the supplier that is growing with Avery Dennison globally while successfully meeting quality, service, and innovation targets. As an emerging vendor in the chemical area, Sumei has distinguished itself for being fast to market, cost effective, and a great collaborator with Avery Dennison’s R&D and operations teams when it comes to commercializing solutions.

Best Indirect Supplier GP Lux (Kayl, Luxembourg): This award goes to the indirect supplier that provided superior quality and service while continually improving their processes. A supplier to Avery Dennison since 2004, GP Lux is the company’s highest-volume regional packaging supplier, and their wedges are used at almost every location in Europe.

both leadership and action to align with Avery Dennison’s sustainability policy to use responsibly sourced materials, comply with third-party verification processes and show clear commitment to innovation and continuous improvement in this very important area. Eneco partnered with Avery Dennison to build and launch last fall a wind turbine at Avery Dennison’s Turnhout, Belgium, plant. This turbine will supply about one-third of the plant’s energy demand, while also lowering the company’s energy costs.

Best Supplier Service Gantrade Corp. (Montvale, New Jersey, USA): This award goes to the supplier who in 2017 constantly met Avery Dennison’s availability targets and found ways to reduce overall supplied lead times. Gantrade went above and beyond to ensure Avery Dennison had an adequate supply of acrylic and vinyl acetate monomers, even in the face of hurricanes in the U.S. and a major force majeure situation in Europe.

Best Supplier Innovation Best Supplier Sustainability Eneco Wind (Mechelen, Belgium): This award goes to the supplier that demonstrated

BASF S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil): This award goes to the supplier that was a key partner in the successful implementation of new

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products and ideas in 2017. BASF in Latin America partnered closely with Avery Dennison last year to develop a specific, high-growth product segment – acrylic film adhesives – in Brazil and Argentina.

Best Supplier Quality

demonstrated the ability to deliver defect-free material that exceeded the expectations of Avery Dennison and its customers. As one of the company’s global paper suppliers, Sappi not only grew their business with Avery Dennison last year, but did so while reducing their defect rate to best-in-class levels.

Sappi (Brussels, Belgium): This award goes to the supplier that in 2017 best

Best Transportation Supplier

USF Holland (Holland, MI, USA): This award recognizes the consistent delivery of outstanding transportation services. Despite freight capacity constraints in the U.S. in 2017, this carrier consistently provided on-time delivery to Avery Dennison’s top customers.

Constantia Flexibles acquires India’s Creative Polypack Constantia to become the third largest flexible packaging company in the country through this acquisition.

Constantia Flexibles Group has agreed to acquire a majority shareholding in the Indian film-based laminates producer Creative Polypack. The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming weeks, pending regulatory approvals. Though, financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, Creative’s senior management will remain in their current roles.

Creative Polypack is India’s fourth largest flexible packaging group, manufacturing film-based flexible packaging for the food and home & personal care (HPC) industries, as well as paper-based soap wrappers. The company serves the leading domestic and international consumer goods companies in India.

Creative Polypack is family-owned and was founded in 1986. It is expected to achieve sales of about 75 million EUR in the business year 2017/2018 and currently has about 850 employees at eight production sites in Baddi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Assam and Puducherry, in northern, eastern and southern India.

Alexander Baumgartner, Constantia Flexibles CEO: “Through this acquisition, we will become the third largest flexible

packaging company in India – the fastest growing packaging market globally, with double-digit growth rates driven by the megatrend urbanization and the expansion of the retail sector. In addition, we gain a stronger footprint in the HPC market, which complements our existing customer portfolio, while we are now able to cover the whole of the Indian subcontinent with our extensive production footprint.”

Constantia Flexibles is already among the leading suppliers of film-based flexible packaging for the Indian market. It acquired Parikh Packaging in 2013, which is based in Ahmedabad, western India. Parikh is

investing a double-digit million euro amount in a new greenfield site, which will be home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, highdefinition Flexo printing press and laminators that will produce high barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come on stream in 2019.

Constantia Flexibles is the world’s fourth largest producer of flexible packaging. Some 7,200 employees manufacture tailor-made packaging solutions at Constantia’s 32 sites in 18 countries. Many international companies and local market leaders from the food and pharma industries choose the sustainable and innovative products of Constantia Flexibles.

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Esko XPS Crystal awarded EFIA 2018 Gold Award Gold Award for Technical Innovation is recognition as Supplier of the Year for Esko by the European Flexographic Industry Association.

Esko’s XPS Crystal flexo plate Exposure Unit has received the 2018 EFIA Gold Award for Technical Innovation. The prestigious EFIA Awards were held at The Vox Centre in Birmingham, UK on 14th March. Robert Bruce of Esko received the Gold Award from Paula Birch, Sales Director at Parkside Flexibles.

Esko’s XPS Crystal technology has already received much global recognition from the industry. Esko won several prestigious awards in 2017 including the PIA InterTech Technology Award in Ohio, USA, the FTA Award for Technical Innovation in Phoenix, Arizona and the coveted 2017 Red Dot Award for Product Design presented by Design Zentrum, Nordheim Westfaln, Germany.

early adopters of Esko’s latest technologies associated with furthering quality and consistency in flexo print. We are delighted that EFIA has recognized Esko’s XPS Crystal as the next step in the journey towards superior flexographic platemaking. Esko is setting new standards in the market place.”

Esko has partnered EFIA for many years.

The flexographic organization supports Esko’s UK based supply chain customers The XPS Crystal is a digitally controlled LED UV exposure unit providing near concurrent back and main exposure to deliver unmatched relief and image consistency with perfectly formed flat top dots. Integrated with Esko’s CDI Imager it becomes an automated system and simplifies flexo platemaking.

Debbie Waldron-Hoines CEO of EFIA states, “We awarded the coveted Supplier of the Year Award for Technical Innovation to Esko as the XPS Crystal Exposure Unit brings huge advantages to the Flexo printing community.

Removing complexity through automation is a game changer for our industry.”

James Mason, Esko’s UK Sales Manager says, “Winning EFIA’s Gold Award for Technical Innovation was a very proud moment for Esko and the UK team. The UK market has always had a reputation as

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through nationally accredited training programs. Esko has been instrumental in compiling part of the syllabus and also offers trainees a full day’s tuition on the topic of origination - teaching delegates how artwork is engineered to produce the highest quality Flexo print though industry standard solutions including software, imaging systems and now the XPS Crystal LED exposure technology.

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Edale to supply Flexopress to Nigerian based Masterstroke

Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Masterstroke Packages is a leading convertor for local alternatives to imported print products. It has already recorded several ‘firsts’ in the area of providing printing and packaging solutions in the country and is known for its quality and versatility.

to an embossing module alongside a standard rotary die system. The FL5 comes with motorised print impression and cross register control as standard with the option to upgrade to Edale’s Autonomous inking impression and registration (AiiR) and 100% inspection system.

A highly valued Edale customer, Masterstroke is running many presses and this time has upgraded its current suite of presses to an FL5 570mm, 8 colour press with hot air drying and UV curing. To stay ahead of the competition, it has also selected to upgrade

Edale’s Managing Director, James Boughton comments: “We are delighted to be chosen

by Masterstroke again. It is evident that the productivity and flexibility of the innovative FL5 system will significantly boost their capacity and move them forward into

new markets. We will continue to work with Masterstroke to assist them with their future equipment needs. Listening to our longstanding customers ensures that we can offer them innovative solutions tailored to their needs.”

The FL5 is due to be installed at Masterstroke in 2018.

Customers can visit Edale’s dedicated showroom which can be used for trials and demonstrations.

Separation from RGB to Multicolor with GMG Colorplugin 1.3 GMG ColorPlugin 1.3 makes manual colour corrections and tedious work-arounds redundant and provides enormous time savings at the pre-press stage and in package printing.

Colour management expert GMG has expanded its plugin for Adobe Photoshop in Version 1.3. With the new solution, based on GMG OpenColor separation profiles, now colour accurate separations from RGB into Multicolor colour spaces are possible with up to seven colours.

MinDot Adjust can now also be used on hidden or locked layers.

With GMG ColorPlugin 1.3 individual channels can be exchanged or removed entirely or selectively. The automatic

compensation by the remaining channels ensures colour consistency when doing so.

It is also possible to make a colour-accurate conversion between a range of colour spaces – in the Pro version also based on a self-created colour profile.

GMG product manager Peter Schöffler explains: “By using separation with the ChannelExtender, image data can be flexibly adapted to the printing process used.”

The conversion can be switched on or off at any stage during image processing. This way the final result can be directly simulate at any stage of processing. A further innovation: The ColorBoost function makes images more saturated and vivid.

The flexography function MinDot Adjust is now also available for defining the tonalthreshold value for spot colours. The Set-with-curve option ensures the capture of gradient details when doing so. In addition,

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Huhtamaki acquires Ajanta Packaging

Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire the Indian business and related assets of Ajanta Packaging, a privately owned manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels. The acquisition aims to further strengthen Huhtamaki’s labeling business in India by adding new printing technologies into its offering as well as improving its innovation capability. The acquisition is complementary to Huhtamaki’s existing labeling product portfolio.

Ajanta Packaging, promoted by Sudhir and Chandan Khanna, was the pioneer

and largest privately owned Pressure Sensitive label manufacturers in India. The company started its self adhesive label printing operation in the year 2000 and has manufacturing facilities in Daman (West India) and Baddi (North India).

Huhtamaki (HPPL) is a global specialist in packaging for food and drink. With a network of 76 manufacturing units and additional 24 sales only offices in 34 countries, in 2017 the company’s net sales totaled EUR 3.0 billion.

HPPL, formerly known as Paper Products Ltd, is currently a leader in flexible packaging,

labels, tube laminate webs, thermoformable laminates, promotional materials and gravure cylinders among others.

The annual net sales of the business to be acquired are approximately EUR 10 million.

It employs altogether 170 people. The debt free purchase price is approximately EUR 13 million. The transaction is expected to be closed at the end of April, 2018. The business will become part of the Flexible Packaging business segment.

Produce stunning print definition on Mark Andy Digital Series hybrid press with Raflatac technology UPM Raflatac’s recently launched Premium Gloss UVI premium-gloss paper labelstock enables highest quality UV ink-jet printing.

For its latest launch, Premium Gloss UVI premium-gloss paper label stock development, UPM Raflatac collaborated with a number of industry-leading printing press manufacturers to ensure it would achieve excellent print quality on their machines, including Mark Andy.

“UPM Raflatac’s new Premium Gloss UVI has incredible print definition and fine details using our UV ink-jet Digital Series hybrid press,” says Nat Davis, Digital Product Manager, Mark Andy. “It’s a great addition to our extensive qualified and recommended substrates. Congratulations to UPM Raflatac for bringing this solution to market; we are very happy to have been able to collaborate on its development.”

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“With our new Premium Gloss UVI, we have solved the industry-wide challenge for semi-gloss paper on UV ink-jet presses,” says Kirit Naik, PhD, MBA, UPM Raflatac’s

R&D Director, Americas. “We could not have developed this innovative, never-before-seen solution without the valuable help from OEMs like Mark Andy, who let us perform a number of print trials on their equipment.”

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Mark Andy acquires Presstek Presstek’s Zahara waterless plates division is not being acquired and would be spun into a new entity, Verico Technology.

Mark Andy has acquired Presstek, the global supplier of DI (direct imaging) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions and worldclass service for commercial and in-plant customers.

With the Presstek acquisition, Mark Andy now serves as one of the only full-complement solutions providers to the global graphic arts and print industry.

Presstek’s team of over 60 technical professionals will be integrated within Mark Andy’s world-class service infrastructure, making it the largest, regionally-staffed service organization in North America.

Certified technicians will support equipment service for brands such as Presstek, ABDick, Ryobi, Heidelberg, Xerox, KBA, Epson and more.

Mark Andy and Presstek have maintained a strong partnership over the years, with Mark Andy Print Products (MAPP) fulfilling all orders in North America for Presstek DI and CTP products. Integrating Presstek’s sales and service teams within MAPP will yield many benefits to Presstek’s existing customers, including improved market coverage, extensive parts inventory, enhanced service resources, single point of invoicing, and faster response times.

Kevin Wilken, CEO, Mark Andy, commented, “Presstek has been a force in the small and medium format offset segment for many years. Presstek’s DI plates and equipment and CTP solutions are well-respected throughout the industry, and I am happy to welcome the Presstek employees and products into the Mark Andy family. We expect Presstek’s customers to benefit from Mark Andy’s stable leadership, tremendous customer service and unmatched product offerings, including MAPP offset print supplies and consumables and Mark Andy digital print equipment.”

Presstek’s Zahara waterless plates division, which is not being acquired by Mark Andy, will be spun into a new company, Verico Technology, headed by former Presstek

CEO Yuval Dubois. Verico Technology will focus on expanding its market share for cut sheet aluminum waterless plates and coating technologies in the printing industry as well as venturing into new market segments.

“Mark Andy’s acquisition of Presstek is a big win for customers from both organizations,” noted Dubois. “We are pleased for the longterm benefits that this initiative will bring to the market.”

Stuart Gallup, appointed as Vice President, Offset Business, Mark Andy shares, “Today’s print buyers are seeking shorter print runs, faster turnaround and no compromises in print quality. Mark Andy has a strong commitment to its’ customers, supporting them with the best solutions to guide them in a direction for success. It’s a privilege to now offer the single point of contact customer experience and streamlined processes that our commercial and in-plant customers have previously enjoyed.”

North America. Gallup, Pollock and Jenkins have a wealth of experience in the printing market, having dedicated their careers to serving offset printers.

Speaking to the excitement, Jenkins commented, “We look forward to continuing to work with our valued customers with the goal of increasing their productivity and profitability. Together with the excellent management team at Mark Andy, we are confident Presstek customers will receive enhanced service.” Pollock also confirmed EAMER customers of both Presstek and MAPP brands will continue to do business as they do today. “There will be no changes in current ordering processes, contact details or distribution logistics. All will remain the same for the EAMER customer base currently transacting with the UK location,” stated Pollock.

At the leadership level, Gallup will be accompanied

by Ian Pollock, Director, Presstek EAMER and Ralph Jenkins, Director MAPP Offset Sales in

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Esko at FESPA: Automation for Sign, Display & Digital Corrugated Markets At FESPA, Esko will showcase solutions for sign providers and corrugated converters looking beyond their production equipment to find an automated end-to-end workflow.

The analog-to-digital transformation is sweeping through the sign, display and corrugated markets as sign providers and corrugated converters look beyond their production equipment to find an automated end-to-end workflow that ensures faster time to market, fewer errors and improved profitability.

Waste can be created everywhere; via complex manual steps, equipment idle time, incorrect material handling or lack of workflow control. Many providers are seeking to eliminate waste and streamline the process from a design request coming in to shipping out a product. At FESPA 2018, they will find the path to this improved productivity and profitability at Esko Stands 3.2-C48 and 5.2-D30 during the 15 to 18 May event in Berlin.

“Our focus is on supporting the sign and display and corrugated sectors with integrated hardware and software solutions that address the requirements of a company’s business strategy. Our solutions will dramatically boost production capacity without the need to invest in additional headcount.” - Geert De Proost, Esko

Key Notes : > The analog-to-digital transformation sweeps through the sign, display and corrugated markets. > An automated end-toend workflow ensures faster time to market, fewer errors and improved profitability. > At FESPA 2018, find the path to this improved productivity and profitability at Esko Stands.

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Geert De Proost, Esko’s Director Solutions Marketing, said, “Our focus is on supporting the sign and display and corrugated sectors with integrated hardware and software solutions that address the requirements of a company’s business strategy. Our solutions will dramatically boost production capacity without the need to invest in additional headcount.

They will also eliminate human error at every step by standardizing processes. We are especially excited to present Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign and WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated converters.

Esko’s QuickStart solutions, offer companies

out-of-the-box, proven and expert workflows for sign and wide format production, as well as the digital workflows required to speed up the time to market of corrugated products. The implemention of theQuickStart solutions, only takes five days. And once they start down the digital path, it is easy for them to continue to add features and functionality to continue improving productivity and profitability.”

At the show For sign and display graphics businesses, the analog-to-digital transformation is well underway. But while today’s wide format printers are more efficient and deliver higher throughput, there are still often bottlenecks in other parts of the design-request-toshipping workflow. To help companies overcome these challenges and shorten time to market while improving productivity, Esko offers Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign– a turnkey workflow solution that automates prepress, enabling companies to handle more jobs faster. On display in stand C48 in Hall 3.2-, this easy-to-implement solution will have companies up and running with improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in five days, to immediately begin benefiting from the investment.

It comes preloaded with proven workflows for sign and large format production, giving companies the possibility to eliminate repetitive tasks. It also includes

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a direct link to Kongsberg cutting tables, significantly increasing workflow automation with less waste in the most expensive step of the process – finishing – since setups are automatically loaded into the Kongsberg workflow. It automates a wide range of tasks from product creation and preflight to approvals and production. Its customizable dashboard and reports ensure everyone involved in the process has immediate access to all information required to speed work through the plant and make factbased business decisions for continuous operational improvement.

De Proost adds, “And visitors to our stand will be amazed to learn they receive all of these benefits without the need to add headcount.

In fact, it enables companies to reassign employees to more productive tasks while the QuickStart solutions take care of the non-productive repetitive tasks that are a waste of employee time. Operators can use Device Manager to monitor job status, and to manage and prioritize the queues of all connected devices, from the convenience of their offices without the need to run around machine to machine.”

In finishing, Kongsberg Automateaids increased productivity; it offers a broad array of impressive innovations that boost the performance of digital finishing operations to industrial levels.This includes the ability to add robotics for loading new materials and offloading finished materials for increased productivity and reduced operator interaction. At FESPA, a Kongsberg C64 cutting table equipped with a Feeder and Stacker will be on display. .

The Kongsberg C64 is a multifunctional, super wide digital cutting table for signage and display applications. Russell Weller, Product Manager, said, “The Kongsberg C combined with the Feeder and Stacker deliversthe ultimate 24/7 performance and is designed to keep up with the faster, wider digital printers of today.With stack height at 915 mm/36 in and quick automatic load cycles it is the optimal solution for short run production on all typical packaging and display materials.It’s an investment in future-proofing sign and display graphics businesses.”

together with a wide range of specialty tools.

Offering the ultimate in versatility, these tools deliver speed, power and flexibility to handle a wide variety of materials, such as corrugated, folding carton, solid board, foam, coating blankets, wood and a long list of plastics.

Esko Corrugated Solutions Esko will also be present on Stand D30 Hall 5.2, where the focus will be on solutions for the Digital Corrugated sector. For the first time, Esko will demonstrate its WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated, a packaging management solution for corrugated converters designed to handle design requests in minutes. Esko will also demonstrate the key elements of its ArtiosCAD solutionfor structural design, Studio for 3D projects, and i-cut Suite for optimization of prepress production.

“The analog-to-digital transformation in corrugated is just beginning,” De Proost

stated. “Esko has applied learnings from other market segments to speed this transformation for corrugators of all sizes. We believe visitors to our stand will be amazed at how quickly an investment in packaging design solution for corrugated will pay for itself in better customer communications, reduced wasted, improved productivity and OEE, and faster time to market.”

De Proost concludes, “We are looking forward to learning about the business issues visitors to our stand at FESPA 2018 are facing, and demonstrating how our tools have been developed to offer maximum OEE on the shop floor, as well as how they help reduce waste. The difference with Esko tools is in our analysis of the customer’s needs; we look first at the company’s strategy upstream and downstream and focus on eliminating pressure points, bottlenecks and errors. Based on many years’ experience, Esko continues to lead the way in workflow automation and simplification.”

Also on display in the Esko stand will be a Kongsberg X20 entry-level cutting table

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HP reinvents the #wonderofprint at Dscoop Dallas 2018 HP Wonderland at Dscoop Dallas 2018 is a new inspirational experience for print service providers, brands and creatives to see how the latest HP digital innovations can create virtually any print imaginable.

Visitors to Dscoop Unleashing Print - Dallas, March 25-28, had an immersive creative print experience at the curated HP showcase of amazing worlds of print using the latest HP Indigo and HP PageWide technology. “In HP’s #wonderofprint any idea can be printed to life – in any setting. This celebration of our customers’ innovation is made possible by the quality and versatility of HP digital print technology,” said Dave Prezzano, General Manager, Graphic Solutions Business Americas, HP Inc.

Dream it and print with HP Storyland In this intergalactic journey, visitors got blown away with the impact of personalized storybooks, photobooks, customized cookbooks and edge printing. They experienced the new HP Reveal augmented reality technology on print.

“We created this print playground by bringing together the best creative minds and technology to help inspire PSPs, brands, and designers with the multitude of opportunities to grow business.” - Dave Prezzano

Key Notes : > Print inspiring experiences with HP Indigo and HP PageWide. > HP Graphic Arts customers awarded for creativity in reinventing the print consumer experience. > Recognizes the most innovative brand experience produced with HP digital printing technology, and Rod Key Marketing Excellence Awards.

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Brandland Featuring outstanding examples of worldwide brand innovation in labels and packaging, this sub-Saharan setting illustrated the impact of Amarula’s 400,000 one-of-a kind labels for the Name the Elephant campaign to help protect the African elephant.

Visitors saw the world’s first animated label, Turmeon vermouth, in action.

Inkland It takes more than colour to shine. HP Indigo labs have created an array of extra special HP Indigo ElectroInks. Fluorescent inks that glow under UV light are now available in yellow, orange, and green in addition to pink; invisible security inks help protect brands from being counterfeited.

Visitors moved through the darkroom and experienced light effects. Beer bottle labels printed on the new HP Indigo 6900 press with HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver made a sterling appearance.

Rewardsland Today, the only way to compete is to move faster.

With HP PrintOS, PSPs can simplify and automate print production processes, and collaborate in new ways to grow business. At Dscoop, HP introduced PrintOS Marketplace, a new app store platform for customers to subscribe to print production tools and design from HP and partners. The Marketplace, opening in PrintOS this summer, was demoed by HP and partners. Two HP solution partners, OneFlow System and HYBRID Software, have already signed up for Marketplace.

Thinkland A showcase for the 2018 Inkspiration Award winners

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to be announced on March 25, Thinkland focuses on the artistry and passion that goes into creating award-winning work. More than 200 entries were submitted to Inkspiration.

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The HP Indigo 12000 HD Digital Press, setting new benchmarks for image quality with high-definition printing, opening new possibilities for high-end photo and commercial applications.

The new HP Indigo 6900 Digital press for production of any label application with features such as a new and faster print server, Pack Ready for Labels for high-resistance products, HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver, and integration with HP Indigo GEM embellishment unit.

New ColorUp! extended colour gamut technology and image enhancement solutions, in addition to new HP Indigo ElectroInks – Light Light Black, Vivid Pink and Green, Fluorescent Pink, Yellow, Green and Orange, invisible inks, Enhanced capabilities of the HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press, including printing on metalized and synthetics.

New finishing solutions for the HP Indigo 50000, to convert oversized B1 rolls into B1/B2 sized sheets.

Inkspiration 2018 winners announced at Dscoop Americas At Dscoop Dallas, HP announced the winners of the 3rd annual HP Inkspiration Americas Awards, recognizing the most innovative brand experience produced with HP digital printing technology, and Rod Key Marketing Excellence Awards for the companies with the most creative marketing campaigns to promote their businesses.

“HP digital printing technology is disrupting print applications across industries, sparking creative ideas for designers and brands and improving efficiencies,” said Dave Prezzano, General Manager, HP Graphics Solutions Business Americas, HP inc. “These awardwinning prints are an inspiration to the HP Graphic Arts community. With leading edge technology from HP Indigo, PSP can capture the growing power of digital print in almost every area of life and work and realize new revenue opportunities.”

At Dscoop Unleashing Print - Dallas, 16 awards were presented to 13 customers and designers in multiple categories across General Commercial Printing and Labels and Packaging for unique and powerful applications. Nearly 200 entries from more than 75 HP customers and designers were submitted to the competition of works produced on HP Indigo, PageWide Web Press, and Scitex print technology.

“Digital printing, digital data and the creative process are coming together more rapidly than ever,” said Dana Arnett, an Inkspiration judge and Founding Partner at VSA Partners.

“I was impressed by how the submissions took advantage of the technology and pulled off things that could not be done with conventional printing. That can work to the benefit of the creative person—they have a much broader spectrum and toolbox to use in terms of producing their ideas.”

The Rod Key Marketing Excellence Award winners are Bennett Graphics for General Commercial Printing and Red Pepper Comunicacion for Labels and Packaging.

Inkspiration award winners For General Commercial Printing: • • • • •

Direct Mail: Hederman Brothers, Mississippi, US Collateral: Hemlock Printers, Madison, British Columbia, Canada Custom Products: Anstadt Communications, Pennsylvania, US Custom Products (Honorable Mention): GSB Digital Publishing: Duggal Visual Solutions, New York City

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Photo Book and Photo Application: Duggal Visual Solutions Photo Book and Photo Application: Hatteras, New Jersey, US People’s Choice Award: Bennett Graphics, Georgia, US

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Spirits: Indemetal Gráficos, Brazil Spirits (Honorable Mention): ETIMEX, Mexico Health, Beauty and Fashion: GLS / NEXT Precision Marketing, Minnesota, US Food and Beverage: Hammer Packaging, New York, US Home, Sports and Recreation: Red Pepper Comunicacion, Mexico People’s Choice Award: Digital Label Solutions

Inkspiration HP and Dscoop collaborated to create the HP Inkspiration Awards Americas in 2015.

The awards program recognizes the most innovative work produced with HP digital printing technology. In its first three years, the contest received 500 submissions from over 186 companies throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America, and 60 awards have been presented.

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HP unveils Rigid Latex Printing Technology at ISA Sign Expo New technology enables latex printing on multiple surfaces, including breakthrough HP White Latex Ink.

The first true hybrid latex technology by HP merges renowned flexible printing capabilities into rigid printing to enable Print Service Providers to expand their offering and enter new markets.

Key Notes : > First true hybrid HP Latex Printing technology, offering both flexible and rigid printing. > Pioneers white ink capabilities with the introduction of HP Latex White Ink. > First solution to produce totally odorless prints with eco-friendly, Original HP Latex water-based inks.

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At the recent ISA Sign Expo, HP Inc. announced the HP Latex R Series, the first, true hybrid latex technology that merges HP’s renowned flexible printing capabilities into rigid printing. The HP Latex R Series brings the most vibrant colours into the rigid printing world, and pioneers white ink capabilities with the introduction of HP Latex White Ink. The HP Latex R series brings unparalleled speed and quality to a wide range of rigid materials, such as foamboards, foam PVC, cardboard, fluted polypropylene, solid plastics, aluminum, wood and glass among others. Unlike UV printing technology, which creates a thick layer of ink that completely covers the material, HP’s water-based Latex Inks preserve the look and feel of the media, and delivers odourless prints that are both safe for the environment and the printer operator.

“With the new HP Latex Rigid Technology, our customers can expand their offering into new, high-value applications while also opening fresh creative ideas and concepts for sign and display that provide their users greater value,” said Joan Perez

Pericot, General Manager, HP Large Format Graphics Business, HP Inc. Tackling one of the industry’s most pervasive limitations in printing, HP’s White Latex Ink has an innovative system that recirculates the white to avoid settling. For the first time, HP’s innovative White Latex Ink delivers glossy, high-quality “true white” that doesn’t yellow over time like traditional UV-based white ink does.

“White ink has been a consistent problem for the industry. Traditionally it uses bigger and heavier pigment particles that frequently clog printheads, or the opaque mixture becomes separated and settles to the bottom of the ink reservoir. Until now, physically shaking the reservoirs often has been the necessary solution,” said Thom Brown, Chief Inkologist at HP. “Through HP’s investment in innovation around chemistry and engineering, the white ink solution with the HP Latex R Series is an industry breakthrough.”

The HP Latex R Series will be available during Q3 of 2018, with a full industry debut occurring in May at FESPA in Berlin, Germany.

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Marabu at FESPA 2018 - to highlighting its current portfolio of screen, digital, and pad printing inks, plus a number of new products.

This year’s FESPA will take place from 15 to 18 May. Berlin is the venue for the 2018 FESPA trade fair. At stand B30 in hall 1.2, Marabu will be presenting its extensive portfolio of inks, plus many new solutions in screen and pad printing for food packaging, operator control panels and glass. It will also showcase a number of digital printing solutions – including its versatile new GBLfree solvent-based inks and an expanded range of UV-curable inkjet products.

Moreover, it will spotlight the advantages of digital water-based options.

New low-migration UV-curable screen printing ink for PE/PP plastic food packaging Food packaging has to perform a variety of tasks: it should present the product to catch the eye and encourage consumers to make a purchase – and, above all, it has to protect its contents. For this reason, inks for food packaging are subject to strict quality audits to verify that they are not susceptible to migration (i.e. the transfer of substances from the packaging material to the foodstuff). Marabu’s new Ultra Pack UVFP is the first officially approved (by Swiss Quality Testing Services, SQTS, a certified institute) for migration-sensitive PE/ PP plastics – the materials most widely used for packaging foodstuffs. Moreover, the very high reactiveness of UVFP inks ensures rapid drying and printing speeds of up to 4,000 containers per hour.

New versatile inks for container and flat glass Marabu is adding two ink ranges for diverse glass applications. The single-component Mara Tech MGO baking ink is ideal not only for glass, but also for screen and pad printing on metal where high resistance to chemicals is crucial. The ink contains silicone, and is therefore suitable for both first and second surfaces, in particular for container and flat glass. As a single-component product, it ensures highly reliable printing processes.

This makes Mara Tech MGO the perfect choice for sensitive goods, such as baby bottles, drinking glasses and medical accessories. Marabu will also spotlight its two-component Mara Glass MGLA. This ink was developed for second surfaces on flat glass items, for example smartphones, input

systems(touch panels) and outdoor user interfaces – including control units for ships and boats, and digital map terminals in Berlin and other major cities.

New specialty inks for decorating front panels Capacitive touch interfaces are found in a wide variety of appliances, including washing machines, driers, dishwashers and ovens – and even coffee machines and microwaves. The latest devices are equipped with state-of-the-art front panels and integrated touch panels. Marabu’s Mara Panel MPA, a new range of specialty decorative inks, features an outstanding opaque white, plus a deep, non-conductive

black developed for printing on the back (second surface) of popular PMMA or PC plastics. Mara Panel MPA displays very high electrical resistance to avoid interference with the input system’s functionality. Furthermore, the range has been tested for resistance to water vapour and to common cleaning agents from leading manufacturers. In many cases, household appliances feature plastic panels within a metal housing. Marabu offers solutions for the entire device, even if individual components are made from differing materials, i.e. plastic, metal or glass.

New GBL-free solvent-based inks for diverse applications and improved safety Product safety is the top priority at Marabu.

This year, for instance, the company is launching a new generation of GBL-free

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solvent-based inks for digital printing in wide formats. Marabu customers will be able to choose between existing solutions and new, highly versatile GBL-free versions.

A broad spectrum of UV-curable digital inks Marabu’s UV-curable inkjet inks can be employed in a variety of situations, and are compatible with all common printer heads.

The offering includes flexible Ultra Jet DUV-A inks for wide formats, and the Ultra Jet DUV-C range for printing directly on flat glass and on containers made from glass or PET. There is also an alternative line of inks for Océ Arizona printers, Ultra Jet DUV-GR, plus LED-curable Ultra Jet DLE-A products.

Moreover, Marabu’s UV-curable portfolio now includes two new lines: Ultra Jet DUV-MF is very versatile, and was developed especially

for wide-format graphical applications. These products belong to a new generation of highly reactive inks that enhance roll-to-roll and hybrid printer productivity. Furthermore, Marabu has a new specialty ink for both indoor and outdoor POP/POS applications.

It features an especially glossy finish and a wide colour gamut.

The advantages of water-based digital inks Water-based inks for digital printing are in

greater demand than ever, and the market is keen for new solutions. A key focus is digital products that come into contact with human skin or foodstuffs. Working closely with the printing industry, Marabu has created waterbased inkjet inks for flexible food packaging, cardboard, toys (in line with the EN71/3 standard), and digitally printed wallpapers.

In general, these inks are ideal wherever eco-friendliness and product safety is critical, or where the advantages of water-based systems outweigh other considerations.

Xitron DFE support for Inkjet presses using GIS Electronics Development completed for Fuji Dimatix, Ricoh, Kyocera, Toshiba, Xaar, & Konica Minolta printheads.

Xitron, the independent developer of RIP and workflow products for commercial, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing has announced the completion of a development project that results in Xitron support for inkjet presses designed with drive electronics

by Global Inkjet Systems (GIS). The digital front end includes the popular Navigator RIP based on the Harlequin Host Renderer platform and the client-server properties of Navigator Workflow Server.

Working with one of their many inkjet OEMs, a Navigator DFE was installed and field tested driving a new production press with Kyocera printheads. “Everything performed exactly to specification and the press is

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printing at full rated speed,” said Eric Nelsen, Xitron’s VP of product development.

Successful completion of the project means that the Navigator DFE drives presses using GIS electronics with Fuji Dimatix, Ricoh, Kyocera, Toshiba, Xaar, or Konica Minolta printheads. Integration of the Navigator DFE provides inkjet press manufacturers a stable, proven RIP and workflow system capable of driving the press with exceptional colour control.

”We are delighted to be working with Xitron. The completion of this development means that more users can benefit from the Navigator DFE,” said Debbie Thorp, Business Development Director at GIS. “Support for GIS-based systems is essential due to the variety of inkjet heads driven by their electronics,” added Nelsen. “Their entire catalogue of inkjet press manufacturers can now take advantage of Xitron’s powerful Navigator workflow platform.”

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Skyline 2050 by HP: Design competition shows power of large format printing With its latest announcement, ‘Skyline 2050’, HP invites architects & structural engineers to envision city skyline of 2050.

With HP Skyline 2050, we hope to document and explore the very progression that enables architects to push their boundaries and traverse beyond restricting definitions to visualize a skyline that can change the perception of cities today.” – Bibhor Srivastava

Key Notes : > A competition by Designjet large format printers for practicing architects & structural engineers based in India.

HP has announced Skyline 2050 – a competition

by Designjet large format printers for practicing architects & structural engineers based in India. In this competition, HP is inviting entries from industry wide architects based in India to design skyline of any city of their choice for the year 2050. For this contest, participants can submit their designs on the company website.

HP Skyline 2050 aims to inspire and empower the architects, designers, innovators and the creators of future by showcasing the power of large format printing. This form of printing is a best fit for a construction firm or an urban infrastructure organization. HP’s large format printers provide high quality information to users to explore their creative minds as it is mobile and more collaborative.

HP large format printers portfolio has ultra-compact, versatile large format printing solutions for architects, engineers and construction teams to seamlessly collaborate onsite and across sites by printing,

copying, scanning and sharing plans with a single device. It offers a convenient solution with a range of communications options that can help increase collaboration. Print, scan, copy, and share drawings, project schedules, renders, presentations, and more.

Talking about the design competition, Mr. Devang Karia, Country Manager-Large Format Design, PPS-GSB, HP Inc. India, said, “HP’s large format printers are considered synonymous with exceptional quality, versatility and robustness. It is our endeavor to constantly reinvent our printing portfolio to meet the evolving needs of our customers. With Skyline 2050, we aim to empower the visionary architects to help them unleash their potential and showcase their creativity by redesigning for a better future of India.”

“Architects are instrumental in bringing technological innovation to the construction industry, transforming not only how the buildings are made, but also how they are being designed,” said Puneet Chadha, Director Marketing, Graphics Solutions Business Asia

> Aims to empower the visionary architects to help them unleash their potential. > Inviting entries from industry wide architects based in India to design skyline of any city of their choice for the year 2050.

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Pacific Japan at HP Inc. “As a leader in largeformat printing, HP delivers cutting-edge technology built specifically to help design professionals like architects do their jobs with ease and excellence.”

The entries will be reviewed by eminent jury comprising of internationally renowned architects and design experts. Top three winners of this competition will get state-ofthe-art Ar. Office solution of LFD Printer with HP workstation and Autodesk AEC software.

The winners will also get an opportunity to present their designs and interact with industry stalwarts in an award ceremony scheduled to be organized in May 2018.

“As one of the largest media houses in the country, ITP Media has collaborated with numerous architects across the length and breadth of the country. Through the journey of eight years since our inception, we’ve had the opportunity to witness the complete evolution and transformation of the fraternity – in terms of their thought-process and their designs. With HP Skyline 2050, we hope to document and explore this very progression that enables architects to push their boundaries and traverse beyond restricting definitions to visualize a skyline that can change the perception of cities today,” adds Bibhor Srivastava, group publishing director, ITP Media.

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as Time Out, Arabian Business, Harper’s Bazaar, Hello! Middle East, Construction Week and Condé Nast Traveller ME. In India ITP leads with 2 key AEC oriented publications – Architect and Interiors India and Construction Week.

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