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AIFMP-RICOH NAEP-2014...............................12 Nutech expands with SM CD 102................16 Polar N92 at Glo Digital Press........................18 Invention that changed media world........20

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.................................................................... 6 Prinect Media Manager: solution for growth segment of media-neutral publishing services............ 8 Printing South China 2015.................................................................10 AIFMP leads 114 member delegation to China..........................10 9th National Awards for Excellence in Printing take place in New Delhi.....................................................12 Nutech Packagings expands with a seven colour Heidelberg.................................................................16 Glo Digital Press installs High Speed Polar N92 Cutter............18 25th Batch Valedictory & 26th Inauguration Function of KSPA..............................................20 Enfocus releases PitStop 12 update 3 with OS X Yosemite support..............................................................21 Q.I. Press Controls sells its first IDS-3D in Denmark ..................22 Cityline Express wins top honours at Sochi, Russia .................23 Mechanical Newspaper Printing celebrates its 200th Birthday .................................................................................24 First KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press for EAMER at DMI.............26 The rapid evolution of High-Speed Inkjet Printing Technology.............................................................................27 Labelexpo India attracts nearly 8,000 to New Delhi.................28 Encouraging response for Monotech Systems at Label Expo India 2014.....................................................................32 SmartScreen by Bodhi at Label Expo India 2014.......................32 New MPS EB Press ............... Labelexpo India................................33 Creed Engineers successfully manufactures A B Graphic International machines in India...............................33 Monotech Systems sells two Jetsci VSRI at Labelexpo ...........34 Local Presence, Local Production and Local Marketer by MPS Systems ......................................................35 Alliance Printech launches new modular Flexo Label Press at Labelexpo India 2014...................................35 Live show of HP Indigo WS6800 for Labelexpo India ..............36 Diehard Dies launches heavy duty Chrome Plated Dies ........36 FlexoGurukul has its second session..............................................36 Avery Dennison showcases innovations to drive converter growth at Labelexpo India 2014......................37 Arrow Digital highlights ANY001 and ANYCUT .........................37 Kodak highlights Flexcel NX Technology......................................38

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com) Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) partners with Label Expo 2014.........................................................38 Esko launches Suite 14 at Labelexpo India 2014.......................39 BST Sayona introduces Splice Master Unwind/ Rewind Auto Splicer for Narrow Web.............................................39 Delongbo Printing Machinery launched in India .....................39 New GEW RHINO power electronics come with 5 year warranty............................................................................40 Nilpeter showed gravure and Extended Gamut for the first time at Labelexpo India...............................................40 Speclabels installed the first MX in Kolkata.................................41 Zircon installs Omet XFlex X4 displayed by Omet ....................41 Macart reveals UV Inkjet Label Press JetArt.................................41 Jandu Engineering Works sells four ...... at Labelexpo..............41 New appointment at Fasco Printech .............................................41 FIG sells five Rotoflex machines at Labelexpo India.................42 ThermoFlexx 80 launch in India.......................................................42 Inkmaker showcases fully automatic ...system HA650 ...........42 Water Washable Toyobo Flexo Plates by Lucky Graphics........43 Dow Corning launches advanced new Syl-Off Release System .......................................................................43 HEI Flexibility Days ...............................................................................44 Arrow Digital installs Epson SurePress L-4033AW at ...............46 Landa makes key appointments in ....operations......................46 Scodix Design Awards 2014 goes to GEE7...................................47 Canon leads the printing fleet at Friends Xerox ........................48 Monotech Systems and Konica Minolta launch bizhub PRESS C1100/1085 ................................................................49 Shilp Gravures – Pioneering Gravure and Flexo Quality in Asia ............................................................................50 Komori at Label Expo Americas 2014............................................50 Pringraf installing world’s first Highcon Euclid II........................51 Parksons to install India’s first-ever Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 Press ........................................51 FINAT Thirty Fifth International Labelling Competition..........52 Udo Panenka to succeed ...............President of Esko .................52 Malhar Digicomm automates Sign and Display production with its Esko Kongsberg XN.......................53 Roland DisplayStudio Digital Sign System wins Best of 2014 Award at Viscom ..........................................................54

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Labelexpo India 2014 concluded on 1 November on a high note. The largest Label Industry event of the country attracted about 8000 quality visitors who saw the latest technology on show, exhibited by about 200 exhibitors. Numerous sales, order booking and leads were generated. Most of the exhibitors were positive about the outcome. Visitor interest was high. The show floor acted as an ideal platform for new products’ and solutions’ launch. Many players took the opportunity to upgrade their existing offerings with improved and enhanced features. Product launch highlights included those from DuPont Packaging Graphics, HP Indigo, Multitec, Nilpeter, Omet and Rotatek etc. just to name a few. The show also had the debut the Brand Innovation Summit – the conference program attended by several top brands and held in partnership with HP Indigo. We have covered the crucial highlights of the Labelexpo India 2014 in our Events Review with details about the show and showcased products which include those from MPS, Bodhi, Creed, Monotech, Toyobo, Avery Dennison, BST Sayona, Kodak, Esko, GEW, Nilpeter, Gidue, Omet, FIG, Dow Corning and many more.

At HEI Flexibility Days, over 250 visitors watched the presentation of the new generation of Linoprint C digital printing systems. Heidelberg highlighted at the event that the new digital printing applications offer added value. Talking further of digital, Tiruvanmiyur based Friends Xerox has recently installed a Canon imagePRESS C700 and Arrow Digital & Epson have recently sold the SurePress L-4033AW to Trigon in Mumbai. One of the major launches is by Monotech Systems and Konica Minolta – the bizhub PRESS C1100/1085. They held the launch function recently at Mumbai. The event was attended by about 150 printers from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

On the installation front, Shilp Gravures installed Esko’s Full HD Flexo solution; Parksons Packaging has signed up for India’s first brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 six-colour press; Glo Digital Press has installed High Speed Polar N92 Cutter – a state-of-the-art JDF enabled programmable Cutting Machine; and Nutech Packagings has expanded with a seven colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 Combi Press (first of its kind carbon-neutral press).

Also read about the rapid evolution of High-Speed Inkjet Printing Technology and how Friedrich Koenig’s invention changed the media world – as Mechanical Newspaper Printing celebrates its 200th Birthday.

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Prinect Media Manager: solution for growth segment of media-neutral publishing services The Prinect Media Manager is a media publication system that can be used to publish the same information in various media channels via a central database.

One of the first companies to use the Prinect Media Manager is BVD Druck+Verlag AG (BVD) in Liechtenstein.

Founded in 1927, it specializes in high-quality advertising materials in short to medium runs.

Key Notes : > Multi-channel publishing offers print shops business opportunities outside print media industry. > Pilot user BVD Druck+Verlag AG in Liechtenstein focuses on automated brochure production. > Cost-effective feasibility for multichannel publishing solutions and combining print and online services with Prinect Media Manager.

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The term multi-channel publishing services refers to the media-neutral processing of data and its distribution using various media channels, including print and online. These services are a growing market that opens up new business opportunities for print shops outside their conventional core markets. Last year, this led Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) to acquire an interest in Neo7even, a German software house based in Siegen that was already active in this market, and to integrate this company’s software into the Prinect print shop workflow. Heidelberg is now offering print shops this solution - a media publication system for publishing identical information in different media channels - under the name Prinect Media Manager.

Media-neutral image, text, and video data is stored in a database and output for print and online media (websites, tablet shops, etc.) in an automated process. Any changes need to be made only once in the system. This ensures multi-channel publishing is efficient and cost-effective.

“Anyone seeking long-term success in the highly competitive print media industry needs state-of-

the-art technologies and an eye for new business opportunities. The Prinect Media Manager opens up exactly such opportunities for print shops. This solution underlines our commitment to making rapid moves into new, promising areas of business through partnerships and cooperation agreements,” says Jason Oliver, who is in charge of digital business at Heidelberg.

One of the first companies to use the Prinect Media Manager is BVD Druck+Verlag AG (BVD) in Liechtenstein. Founded in 1927, it specializes in high-quality advertising materials in short to medium runs. In recent years, BVD has focused increasingly on automated media publication to expand its future portfolio. It was initially unable to find a suitable solution on the market but recently installed the Prinect Media Manager from Heidelberg.

A pilot project involving a BVD customer aims to produce a campaign brochure from a database using a largely automated process and to distribute this in various languages via print and online channels. The customer stores its data in the central database of the Prinect Media Manager.

Both it and BVD can access this data, so that changes only need to be made once and are then automatically adopted in all layouts. Unlike in the past, BVD is now involved from the creation stage and can speed up brochure production significantly.

“Here at BVD, we see promising business opportunities in multichannel publishing solutions and in combining print and online services.

The Prinect Media Manager now makes it both technically feasible and cost-effective for us to tap into this potential,” says BVD Managing Director Peter Göppel.

The Prinect Media Manager is a media publication system that can be used to publish the same information in various media channels via a central database.

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Printing South China 2015 The 22nd South China International Exhibition on Printing Industry (Printing South China 2015), jointly organized by China Foreign Trade Centre (Group) and Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.(Adsale), will be held on 9 – 11 March, 2015 at Area A, China Import and Export Complex in Guangzhou, PR China.

South China region is one of the four major printing industrial bases in China and is a leading hub of high-end technology. Thus, Printing South China has developed into a highly recognized exhibition of the printing industry in China. In 2015, Printing South China will feature 9 major theme halls, attracting more than 1,200 exhibitors and 65,000 visitors around the globe to attend.

Confirmed exhibitors at the show include: Fuji Xerox, MBO, HORAU, Webe,

Kengseng, Hongming , ZiHong, Cheng Ming, WeihaiPrinting, Jingbao, Fangbang, Zhengrun, Starlite, Jie Ming, DRAGON, Shengdeanxun, Lixiang, Jinglun Printing, Eastcom, Saitu, Tianjin, Ruida, Ruiguang and Bioko.

Printing South China 2015 will co-organize with the 2nd annual “Top Ten Most Competitive Enterprises” and “Top Ten Most Trust-Worthy Enterprises”. Other concurrent events include: “Hong Kong Printing Award Display Zone”, “3D Printing Display Zone”, both will showcase pieces of the latest technologies. Forums will also be held for industry experts, manufacturers, suppliers and renowned end-users to share knowledge on the latest printing / packaging designs, industry developments and technological advancements.

Printing South China 2015 will be concurrently held with Sino-Label 2015, SinoPack 2015 and PACKINNO 2015, building a comprehensive platform that covers four major industry chains: printing, packaging, labelling and packaging products.

Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. (Adsale) is the organiser of the event.

AIFMP leads 114 member delegation to China All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) is leading the largest delegation so far of 114 members to All in Print China (AiP) exhibition. The delegation under the leadership of Mr. Dev Nair, President AIFMP will visit the Shanghai exhibition from 14 to 17 November 2014. This visit to AiP is supported by the Government of India, Ministry of MSME under international cooperation scheme.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Dev Nair, President AIFMP said, “Economic cooperation between India and China in the last decade has been a remarkable story. From very modest beginnings, China has become India’s largest trade partner and India is China’s seventh largest export destination. Trade last year was USD 67 billion and is steadily growing. The relations are now maturing, moving from trade to investments. We need to seek more avenues for increasing bilateral commercial engagement and printing sector can be targeted as one of the potential sectors.”

printers to exchange expertise and seek avenues of business cooperation.

The 16th of November during the show will be celebrated as India Day by AIFMP. The India Day celebrations will further strengthen cooperation between India and China by organizing B2B meeting between Chinese and Indian manufacturers, suppliers and

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Kamal Chopra, Chairman International Relations, AIFMP

9th National Awards for Excellence in Printing take place in New Delhi This year a record number of 2219 entries were received from printers of all parts of India and 485 awards were conferred in various categories.

The 9th National Awards for Excellence in Printing was held at the glittering evening of September 20, 2014 at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi. Ms. Beatrice Klose, Secretary General of Intergraf & World Print Communication Forum in Brussels, was the Chief Guest and Mr. A K Sinha, Director of Printing and Stationery as well as Mr. Manoj Kumar, CFO of Ricoh India were the Guests of Honour. The NAEP, organised by All India Federation of Master Printers, is recognised and appreciated by Government of India.

The judging process of entries for the AIFMP-RICOH NAEP-2014 was undertaken by three eminent judges - Prof Dr. Rajendrakumar Anayath, Director of the Technical Institute of Textile & Sciences in Bhiwani, Mr. Francis Joe of Illum Design Project Pvt Ltd, New Delhi and Mr. Anil Manan, Senior Vice President of McCann, New Delhi.

“Over the years the NAEPs have successfully encouraged the business environment for young printing professionals who strive for higher excellence and performance.” - Ms. Anjana Saha, Marketing Manager, Ricoh.

Key Notes : > The largest ever number of entries received for an NAEP. > Ms. Beatrice Klose, Secretary General of Intergraf & World Print Communication Forum in Brussels, was the Chief Guest. > Ricoh was the lead sponsor of the AIFMPRICOH NAEP-2014.

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This year a record number of 2219 entries were received from printers of all parts of India and 485 awards were conferred in various categories - Gold, Silver and Certificate of Merit. The winners graced the occasion to receive their specially designed AIFMP-RICOH trophies. The 198-page Black Book, carrying reproductions of prize winning entries, was distributed to the distinguished guests. The Black Book is a collector’s item and worth preserving for future reference.

It was a real testing time for the three esteemed judges who took eight days to judge 2219 entries from all across the Indian subcontinent, competing in over 100 categories which included Offset (small, big and medium), Flexography, Digital, Screen and others. This has been the largest ever number of entries received for an NAEP. The function started with a presentation by Dr. Anayath describing the precise process of judging which proved that it was absolutely transparent.

Mr. AMSG Ashokan, President of AIFMP spoke in brief about the activities of AIFMP and its ongoing projects in hand about facing challenges by the printing fraternity in the coming days. He expressed his gratitude to Ms. Beatrice Klose, who had flown down to Delhi to grace the occasion as Chief Guest,

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the three judges for their outstanding work and Delhi Printers’ Association for hosting the grand event. He congratulated the award winners especially those who won awards for the first time. He said the AIFMP would cherish such a rare moment and hoped that the printing fraternity will keep up its mission of producing the best which will automatically get acceptance and recognition from their customers also.

Mr. Ashokan thanked Past Presidents Mr. Manoj Mehta and Mr. P. Chander for their dedicated inputs and fine tuning the different slots of the project as well as Mr. Manoj Mehta and Mr. Arvind Mardikar, Hon. Joint Secretary for tapping advertisement support to generate much-needed funds for the mega event.

Mr. Ashokan also thanked Mr. Manoj Kumar of Ricoh India for his patronage for the third consecutive NAEP event. He stressed that quality output and excellence in printing are bound to create a platform where new technologies and innovations would bring in a better future. Mr Avijit Mukherjee, COOPP BU of Ricoh India, congratulated AIFMP’s

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dedicated NAEP team for recognising the talent of printers and rewarding them. Ms. Anjana Saha, Marketing Manager of Ricoh, said that she is confident that over the years the NAEPs have successfully encouraged the business environment for young printing professionals who strive for higher excellence and performance.

The Chairman of 9th NAEP Mr. Vinod Rajpal thanked the Organising Secretary of 9th NAEP Mr. Vijay Mohan for his support during the organisation of the prestigious event.

He stated that sponsors play a major role in the execution of such a project. On behalf of AIFMP he thanked Mr. Avijit Mukherjee and Ms. Anjana Saha of the lead sponsor Ricoh and also TechNova, Heidelberg, IPAMA, Sona Commercial Paper and Replika Press for their generous contribution for this mega event. Mr. Rajpal said that it was for the first time in the history of AIFMP that “Print Ratna” awards were given to Mr. Pranav Parikh of TechNova, Mr. S. M. Shah of Manugraph and Mr. P. Sajith of Welbound for recognising their exemplary contribution to the Printing Industry of India. He added that “Print Man of the The Year” and “Print Woman of The

Year” awards were presented to Mr. Avijit Mukherjee and Ms. Anjana Saha respectively.

This innovative gesture by AIFMP got widespread praise from the industry.

At the entry of the auditorium an Awards Gallery showcased the award winning entries. The event was attended by award winners and special guests from all over the country. Ms. Beatrice Klose, along with Mr. A. K. Sinha, Mr. Avijit Mukherjee and Ms. Anjana Saha, handed over the trophies to the awardees. Mr. A K Sinha spoke about developments in the Indian Printing Industry and thanked Mr. Vinod Rajpal and AIFMP for raising the standards of the industry. Mr. Ashokan thanked the guests, award winners, GC members from all affiliates and the backup teams of Federation as well as the Office Bearers and Executive Committee of Delhi Printers’ Association for their remarkable support in making the event a success. The audience gave a standing ovation to the NAEP team. The function ended with a gala dinner.

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Nutech Packagings expands with a seven colour Heidelberg At an interaction with the Press, Mr. Jatinder Shroff talked about his recent acquisition of a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 7-colourCombi Press (first of its kind carbon-neutral press) which gets to their newly constructed Gr.NOIDA unit.

Nutech, from its very beginning, is an environmentally conscious company. It all started from developing a green working environment with trees being planted in available spaces, efforts towards water conservation and treatment of waste before it flows out of its factories. “Now that we are planning for a bigger unit, it was a chance for us to realise our dream to further enhance our environmental footprint and contribute a little in the direction of preserving nature,” says Jatinder Shroff.

Jatinder went for a uniquely new configuration of Heidelberg machine for his new unit. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Heidelberg brand and pretty vocal about the quality of service and support by the German major.

They have also recently acquired a fully loaded “Kohmann Window patching machine”, a complete “Perfecta Paper Cutting Line” & an “x-rite EasyTrax Colour Scanner with PressSign software” Besides investing in these machines, investments have already done/planned for – Automatic Corrugation Plant, Auto Litho Laminator, Auto Film Laminator, Hot & Cold Foil Equipment and UV Coater apart from a host of quality testing, lab and Colour Management equipment.

The Speedmaster CD 102 is the all-rounder for a wide variety of applications and is among the top choices in the 70 × 100 format. It presents exceptional and stable print quality throughout the run and has straightforward and stable operation.

Outstanding net productivity make the Speedmaster CD 102 a secure investment with a short payback period.

Going for a 7-colour configuration is also not without reasons. Nutech has many customers with regular demand for combination printing. “The customers are regular with their demands for RGB+CMYK colours. We have those international customers who plan to change their entire packing products into 7-colours. They

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plan the shift for uniqueness as well as to challenge counterfeits,” explains Jatinder.

Nutech is looking into getting into more specialised and exclusive products. “The way to tackle present day competition is through niche markets. Alongside our regular applications, we shall be strongly focusing certain niche market segments. Presently, we are not into UV. It will obviously take a while before we go into full steam. I am sure the Heidelberg will help us in getting things right across the board with training and knowledge sharing etc.,” envisages Jatinder.

“We are constructing a Packaging Unit which will be shelled in a ‘fully green’ building spread over 1.45 lakh sqr feet area with an option to further expand it to over 2 lakh sqr feet,” says Jatinder. He says the green building is being certified by internationally reputed firm LEEDS of UK. They have put in a lot of efforts into selecting material, developing designs and implementing ideas at the place in consultation with a Chicago based consultant. The plot on which the unit is being constructed is about 10,000 sqr feet.

“We shall be gradually moving to the new unit and expect the transition to complete in mid 2015,” says Jatinder.

Things go pretty smoothly at Nutech which has got systems in place including an in-house MIS system developed over the years. The system keeps some of the burden off Jatinder’s shoulders as all the staff is well-trained in the system and things keep moving effortlessly. “We have a well set system and well trained staff that keeps the operations streamlined. We never feel the need for intensive supervision and I can afford sufficiently long time away from the operations without affecting the work at all,” beams Jatinder.

Packaging is one of the most promising fields of the industry today. The matters of concern, according to Jatinder, are the competition and the rates in this field. He still feels that it is better when compared with the Commercial Printing. Also, investment in new technology and upgrading is the key here. Mr.Klaus Neilsen of Heidelberg puts across similar views, “It is very necessary for packaging printers to actually upgrade themselves in this competitive scenario to increase productivity and decrease wastage.

And, by investing in Heidelberg CD 102 Nutech Packaging has taken a right step in the right direction.”

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Glo Digital Press installs High Speed Polar N92 Cutter Coimbatore based Glo Digital Press, one of the top Digital Printing companies of the country improves production efficiencies and bottom line with the state-of-the-art JDF enabled Polar N 92 programmable Cutting Machine.

Glo Colour Labs Pvt. Ltd.(Glo Digital Press), Coimbatore has recently installed a new Polar N 92 Cutting Machine. The company has transformed its cutting function from programmable Cutters to a high technology Polar Cutting Machine featuring seamless JDF connectivity with the press. “The press itself is behind the Cutting solution – since the Cutting is programmed, it is perfectly done,” comments Managing Director, T.S.Ramanan on the newly acquired capabilities.

“Earlier we had programmable Cutters of other makes. They did not support JDF and the Cutting program had to be monitored on the Cutting machine itself. Whereas in the Polar N 92, every Cut is programmed in the pre-production, design stage itself,” adds an extremely pleased Ramanan.

“In present day market situation, Polar N 92 is the best Cutting machine that can deliver high perfection Cutting jobs and increase production.”

– T.S.Ramanan, MD, Glo Digital Press.

Key Notes : > The new Polar N 92 transforms cutting function at Glo Digital Press. > High technology cutting with seamless JDF connectivity with the press. > Benefits of 100 percent cutting accuracy, elimination of wastage and increased production.

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They decided in favour of Polar N 92 chiefly for its JDF support. While they looked for other options, it was just the Polar N 92 which perfectly suited their requirements. Giving details about his decision, Ramanan says, “Polar is known for high-end Cutting applications world over. Post Polar N 92 installation, we not only achieved perfection in Cutting but also attained 100 percent cutting accuracy. Elimination of wastage and increased production are the key benefits. Since no manual intervention is needed, we can reduce on manpower as well. Perfection means more satisfied customers and improved bottom line.”

Moreover, there is no other machine in the region with high technology JDF support. Therefore, their machine is winning high-end jobs for them from other printers as well.

“In present day market situation, Polar N 92 is the best Cutting machine that can deliver high perfection Cutting jobs and increase production,” declares Ramanan.

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“In a digital print environment where print production is very fast, we need to reduce manual intervention. Each job is to be classified in the pre-production design stage itself, so that after printing it will be easy for the finishing department. It is here the JDF supported Polar N 92 programmable Cutting Machine scores over others,” he explains.

On the recent installation of Polar at Glo, Venkataraman (Asst. General Manager – Sales) of Heidelberg adds, “We are very much happy to be associated with Glo Digital Press. Polar N 92 is an extremely user-friendly equipment and we have installed many Polar cutters in Coimbatore. It is a preferred Postpress Solutions for Digital Printer too.”

Glo Digital Press – a one-stop shop for Photo and commercial printing, publishing and packaging Glo Digital Press is known as the pioneer of Digital Printing technology in the southern region. Today it is a successful Rs.35 crore turnover company running a chain of over 15 Photo Labs across southern India. Throughout the country, it’s a known

name among photography circles and is distinguished for its highly specialized Photo Albums. In 2007 they installed Coimbatore’s first HP Indigo 3050 7-colour Digital Press which they complemented by another similar HP Indigo in a short span of just six months of installing their first.

“We are the largest Digital Press in the country. For any specialized printing, our customers come to us from all over the southern region and Coimbatore is centrally placed in South India to function as our main hub,” says Ramanan.

Apart from the Photo segment, Glo is also into Commercial Printing, Publishing and Packaging. With its strong Online marketing, Glo expects to source more business from the northern region of the country in the days to come. Raman says that Chennai has installed at least five Digital Presses just in recent few previous months. The competition is stiff and Glo beats it with diversification and strong finishing capabilities led by their recent JDF equipped Polar N 92. Catering to the Commercial Printing segment, they also print special occasion photo books, coffee

table books, personalized gift products, special effects printing, greeting cards, photo calendars, user manuals and corporate collaterals – business cards, letter heads, invitations, ID cards and direct mailers etc.

They are also into publishing of books, magazines, periodicals, annual reports etc.

Today this segment contributes to Glo’s 40% business. Consequently, they have a fully equipped Finishing infrastructure that includes PUR Binder, Guillotines, Cutting Table, Cutter and Lamination machines etc.

Glo has expanded its reach to Mumbai.

Product deliveries are ensured through offices and four production units in major towns of Tamil Nadu. Around 200 direct and 40 indirect employees constitute Glo’s total staff at all the three branches. The company is opening its fourth branch in Salem.

With a present turnover of Rs.35 crores, Ramanan aims a 40% growth for the coming year. Ramanan envisages Glo as a one stop shop for all printing needs in near future.

25th Batch Valedictory & 26th Inauguration Function of KSPA Inauguration of 26th Batch of training started on 31-10-2014 by the President of KSPA (Karnataka State Printers Association) Sri Ashok Kumar. Also present at the inauguration was Hon. Secretary Sri C.N. Mohan Kumar, Treasurer Sri T.S. Nagaraja, Committee Member Sri T.V. Mukund and faculty Sri Michael Das. Around 40 members attend the function. The function concluded with the awarding of participation certificate for the 25th Batch.

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Enfocus releases PitStop 12 update 3 with OS X Yosemite support Automatic Colour Bar generation, tools for proportional resizing, and new Layer functionality lead the list of requested features in latest update to the PDF “pocket-knife”.

Enfocus has announced the release of Enfocus PitStop 12 update 3. In addition to support for Mac OS X Yosemite, this latest release of PitStop technology includes a range of new and user-requested features that improve the quality of PDF pre-flighting and editing. PitStop 12 update 3 is available now.

AsPDF files have become the standard for file exchange in the graphic arts industry, critical gaps have emerged in PDF workflows.

PitStop technology covers these gaps, giving users tools that go beyond quality control and enable manual and auto¬mated error correction that guarantees reliable PDF processing and output.

As Andrew Bailes-Collins, Senior Product Manager at Enfocus, notes, “Since its introduction, PitStop has helped customers worldwide solve the challenges that occur with PDF file production and output. It has become the must-have product for anybody working with PDF files in the graphics arts industry, used by over 130,000 customers all over the world to detect, correct and edit problems within PDF files.”

He goes on to note, “The value of this wide network of customers gives us a tremendous benefit. They are a great source of ideas and information on how we can make our technology even better. You can clearly see the input of our users in this latest release of PitStop technology. Their input, combined with our development efforts, makes PitStop 12 update 3 an important resource for our

customers and for anybody working with PDF files.”

New features and functionality included in PitStop Pro 12 update 3 are: OS X Yosemite Support Apple recently announced its OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and PitStop 12 update 3 is officially supporting this new version. This compatibility gives users the opportunity to take advantage of the features in this new operating system.

New Actions for Better Production PitStop 12 update 3 includes several new actions that better support the speed, accuracy and output of PDFs that are managed with PitStop. These actions include: •

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Add Colour Bar - This new action lets users automatically generate a colour bar using the document colours of each individual page. While users can still control tint values, patch size and position, the automatic generation of the colour bar saves time and ensures greater colour accuracy in production.

Match, Fill and Stroke Colours - This new action fills a request heard from many PitStop customers. It lets users change the stroke to match the fill – and vice versa - based on the selected objects.

Flatten Annotations - This new action builds on a previous ‘Flatten form fields’

action that was released in an earlier version of PitStop 12. Because that action had no configurable options, users reported that some of these annotations were causing issues on output. This new action solves that problem by giving users the tools to flatten annotations so they become normal objects within the PDF.

Tools for Proportional Resizing This is another customer request that Enfocus is addressing in PitStop 12 update 3. It gives users a ‘lock’ in the Inspector that can be used for proportionally resizing objects or page boxes.

New Actions for Layer Functionality PitStop 12 update 3 also includes improved functionality for working with layers in PDF files. Users now have actions that enable them to select layers in various ways, giving them the ability to select, remove, check, and change layers and layer properties.

Enhancements to Existing Functionality PitStop 12 update 3 improves the user experience further with better colour mapping from Gray to CMYK, and support for rasterising content within PDF files via Action Lists.

New default Action Lists PitStop 12 update 3 also ships with many new pre-configured Action Lists that use the newly developed functionality. These new Action Lists helps users to get immediate benefit from the new features without having to create Action Lists of their own. The Action Lists can easily be modified by users to meet their own production requirements.

New functionality for PitStop Server 12 update 3.

PitStop Server also benefits from the new Actions and Action Lists available in this new release. In addition, PitStop Server also includes an improved configurator for use with Enfocus Switch and PitStop2Switch.

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Q.I. Press Controls sells its first IDS-3D in Denmark Fynske Medier is the first printing plant in Scandinavia to acquire the closed-loop colour control system fitted with IDS-3D cameras.

“Closed-loop colour control enables Fynske Medier to get the best possible performance out of their presses. This includes such aspects as consistent printing quality, optimisation of pre-set curves and minimisation of downtime. The product gives them more accuracy in quality control than before.”

Key Notes : > Merger to create the third largest media group in Denmark. > Intends to make more efficient use of resources and save up to £32 million euros. > Finds the solution in the fully automated systems from Q.I. Press Controls.

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Fynske Medier is a media business that satisfies the media needs of Denmark and, in doing so, aims to use all the media options at its disposal. In January 2015 the organisation will merge with Syddanske Medier and Jyske Medier as a result of which Fynske Medier will reach one third of the population in Denmark with its range of media products, consisting of radio, television, internet, magazines and newspapers. It will also become the third largest media group in Denmark.

The group intends to make more efficient use of its resources and aims to save up to as much as €32 million euros. Fynske Medier will take on many of the group’s printing operations, which means that 40% more orders now have to be produced on the KBA Colora press.

The organisation aims to achieve these savings without making any concessions to the quality of its products, the number of staff and the amount of waste. As far as the organisation is concerned, the most crucial aspect is reliability. Fynske Medier has found the solution to this in acquiring the fully automated systems from Q.I. Press Controls. This solution consists of the mRC-3D for colour, cutoff, fan-out and sidelay registration, the IDS-3D for dampening, ductor and colour control and the IQM for quality reporting. As such, the current IRS system will be given a major upgrade. Six IDS-3D

and twelve mRC-3D cameras will be fitted to the three full-colour towers on their KBA Colora printing press. Jesper Thomsen, technical manager at Fynske Medier, believes great things can be achieved with this revamped system: “Closed-loop colour control has been available on the market for years. We believe that the product has now reached a stage of development where we are able to get the best possible performance out of our presses. This includes such aspects as consistent printing quality, optimisation of our pre-set curves and minimisation of downtime. The product gives us more accuracy in quality control than even before.”

The KBA Colora printing press is controlled by EAE software. For that reason the organisation has also bought EAE’s V.I.P. Statistic IQM link. This software provides a good example of the cooperation between EAE and Q.I. Press Controls. EAE’s software enables IQM data to be visualised in a clearly defined way, which means the strengths of the VIP Statistic programme and IQM can be combined. What’s more, this is the first KBA Colora printing press that Q.I. Press Controls has fitted with the closed-loop colour control.

The collaboration with Fynske Medier started in 2004, when Q.I. Press Controls replaced a competitive register system with IRS. This worked to the satisfaction of the customer, which created a bond of

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trust between the two. Thomsen: “Over the years we have been extremely satisfied with the IRS system, so it was pretty obvious to come back to Q.I. Press Controls this time.”

Together, Fynske Medier and Q.I. Press Controls have continued the development of its IQM, for example, with a real-time module. Erwin van Rossem, area sales manager of Q.I. Press Controls said of the partnership: “For the last ten years we have had a genuine partnership, with new technologies being developed which are now being sold worldwide. With the innovative IDS-3D technology we can take new steps in this partnership, which will lead to even more cost savings on the part of Fynske Medier. Thomsen is extremely positive about the collaboration with Q.I. Press Controls: “I’m convinced that the system is working as professionally as it has always done.

The cooperation with Q.I. Press Controls has always been to our satisfaction. I have no reason to doubt the ‘quality’ of our relationship!”

Cityline Express wins top honours at Sochi, Russia Manugraph’s Cityline Express has once again proven its superiority in the world market by winning in the “best colour newspaper” category at the prestigious Sanat Awards ceremony held in Sochi, Russia on 08th October 2014.

The Awards is an annual event organised

by VMG Russia, for printers & publishers of CIS countries. Awards are presented for the best in print, colour, design etc. and judged by an independent panel of judges from the region. This year, 2 Indian newspapers were also invited to participate of which Jagran Prakashan won the 1st place in the best colour newspaper category, which was printed on the Manugraph Cityline Express machine.

Mr.Sanjay Shah Vice Chairman of Manugraph, was present at the ceremony and said, “From the time of inception of the awards 10 years ago, we find the number of participants of the competition increasing.

This time there were a record breaking 54 printing & publishing houses participating which only highlights how significant the awards have become for the region.”

Special certificates were given during the ceremony. Manugraph gave a special “Certificate of Excellence” to a printing house from Kazakhstan which won the category award for the 4th time this year, proving the company’s consistency and excellence.

With this acquisition Q.I. Press Controls expects that Fynske Medier will be able to satisfy its ambitions. IDS-3D is the solution.

“In this highly competitive market, where revenue margins are under pressure,” Van Rossem explains, “automation is providing the answer. Fynske Medier’s order should be seen as example with which other organisations in Scandinavia can acquaint themselves at close quarters.”

Mr.Sanjay Shah Vice Chairman with the award for “Best colour newspaper” awarded to Jagran Prakashan with Mr.Dmitry Remizov, MD VMG Group, Russia.

Mechanical Newspaper Printing celebrates its 200th Birthday Friedrich Koenig’s invention changed the media world.

Possessed by the idea of using steam power to replace the backbreaking labour involved in printing with the hand press, trained printer and ingenious inventor Friedrich Koenig implemented a rotating cylinder into the printing process. This is why it is known today as rotary printing.

On 29 November 1814, 360 years after Gutenberg invented the hand press, a new steam-powered double-cylinder printing press from Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer was used for the first time to print The Times in London. This year mechanical newspaper printing celebrates its 200th birthday.

Possessed by the idea of using steam power to replace the back-breaking labour involved in printing with the hand press, trained printer and ingenious inventor Friedrich Koenig implemented a rotating cylinder into the printing process. This is why it is known today as rotary printing. Precision instrument-maker Andreas Bauer helped him build a fully functional press in England, which was then industrially advanced. With their cylinder press Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer did not simply replace muscle power with machine power. They created the technical requirements for the distribution of printed media to less prosperous social classes and made an important contribution to establishing an informed society.

Nearly three years later, on 9 August 1817, the two pioneers founded the world’s first printing press

factory Schnellpressenfabrik Koenig & Bauer in a secularised monastery in Oberzell, near Würzburg.

Today Koenig & Bauer’s (KBA) main production facility can be found on the opposite side of the river Main. All other German press manufacturers originated, either directly or indirectly, from this Franconian cradle of press engineering, as qualified staff sought to go into business for themselves in the 19th century.

Key landmarks in over 500 years of printing history The double-cylinder press for The Times in 1814 was an important landmark in the 500-year plus history of printing. Its hourly output of 1,100 printed sheets compared to 240 by Gutenberg’s hand press increased productivity by almost five times. Printing and distributing thus became faster, more up-to-date and cost-effective. This ground-breaking invention by Friedrich Koenig to guide paper, and later also many other substrates as individual sheets or as a web from a roll, over a rotating cylinder and to print directly or indirectly (over a blanket cylinder in offset) using a mechanically inked printing form is still used in

Key Notes : > 1814-2014: 200 years of steam-driven cylinder printing press. > Steam-powered double-cylinder printing press first time printed The Times in London in 1814. > The landmark press improved printing productivity by almost five times compared with existing Gutenberg’s hand press.

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The era of mechanical printing began in the night of 28 to 29 November 1814 with the production of “The Times” newspaper on the double-cylinder press from Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer

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Inventor Friedrich Koenig (1774 - 1833) and his partner Andreas Bauer (1783 - 1860) made printing history

Koenig & Bauer delivered its first web press to Magdeburgische Zeitung in 1876

analogue printing today. Digital printing is at times contact-free (inkjet), nevertheless, even this process involves rotating cylinders and drums for the paper run.

manufacturers in Germany, England, Austria and the USA sprung up and drove technical advances in press engineering with their ideas.

The premiere in London which is now 200 years ago initially only concerned newspaper printing, however, books, magazines, catalogues and much more were printed mechanically shortly afterwards. The “Times press” printed paper sheets on just one side (straight printing). However, Friedrich Koenig applied to patent his perfecting press almost at the same time. The presses became increasingly more refined and more powerful, and print quality improved. In 1832 Friedrich Koenig documented his vision of a web rotary press. Nevertheless, the inventor was not able to implement it as he died in 1833. His partner Andreas Bauer and widow Fanny Koenig continued his life’s work. Other

Under the auspices of Friedrich Koenig Jr. Koenig & Bauer delivered the first web rotary press to Magdeburgische Zeitung in 1876.

The conical former developed in the USA soon after paved the way for the arrival of folded newspapers and further improvements to performance. In 1888 Koenig & Bauer shipped the first four-colour web press to St. Petersburg. The very first special presses for printing luxury colour products followed at the beginning of the 1890s. Additionally, the company’s interest in banknote printing awakened, a field in which KBA has been a leading press supplier for more than 60 years.

A cutting-edge offset press for newspaper printing today

New ideas and courage are needed even today The list of Koenig & Bauer’s technical milestones since the invention of the cylinder press by both company founders 200 years ago is extremely long, but would somewhat overshadow the importance of the 29 November 1814. Over the last 80 years the printed newspaper as a channel for information and advertising has faced growing competition from the radio, television and more recently online and mobile media.

However, it has retained its high level of acceptance and credibility with readers, as well as its superior lasting advertising impact.

There are still opportunities for those with the courage and creativity shown by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer two centuries ago.

In 1901 Koenig & Bauer moved to a new site on the other side of the Main to where the company was founded in the Oberzell monastery

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First KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press for EAMER at DMI Kodak has reached an agreement in principle for the first placement of a KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press in the Europe, Africa and Middle East Region (EAMER) to Dubai Media Inc (DMI). DMI, the largest media group in the Middle East, plans to use the PROSPER 6000C Press at the heart of its innovative Smart Printing Services initiative in the UAE, which will see the introduction of readercustomized newspapers and other advanced printing services.

Mr. Faisal Bin Haider, Executive Director of Printing & Distribution Sector said, “In response to the vision of the wise leadership in Dubai to turn it into a smart city and provide the ultimate services to its residents, we have agreed to acquire a KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press. “It offers the best solution of digital printing with an unmatched combination of outstanding quality, day-today productivity, and compelling economics.”

DMI announced its decision to acquire the KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press at WAN-IFRA, Amsterdam. The press enables DMI’s printing division, Masar Printing and Publishing Company, to offer readers the opportunity to select the topics they are most interested in and have a personalized newspaper delivered to their door.

Masar has a longstanding relationship with Kodak, dating back to 2007 and currently uses a raft of KODAK Products, including the KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color

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Press, KODAK GENERATION NEWS System, KODAK TRENDSETTER 800 UHR Platesetter, KODAK PRINERGY CONNECT Workflow, KODAK SONORA XP & NEWS Process Free Plates and KODAK THERMALNEWS GOLD Digital Plates.

This latest innovation will result in more efficient page inventory management, less waste, smoother production processes and a better reader experience. Additionally, the PROSPER 6000C Press will enable Masar to print production quality books on-demand and satisfy new demands of direct mail products.

“We are excited about the implementation of the PROSPER 6000C Press with DMI to address the Smart Printing Services initiative for the UAE government,” said Philip Cullimore, Managing Director, EAMER, Kodak.

“DMI will be the first printing partner in EAMER to implement the PROSPER 6000 Press technology to address the needs for efficient news and publishing production,” he continued. “The exceptional quality requirements for this initiative can be achieved by a printing press that aspires to be the best solution in regards to quality and productivity to meet the demanding needs established by the Smart Printing Initiative.”

In today’s printing environment, businesses are investing in technologies that lay the

foundation for future success. In book printing, printers are looking for ways to enhance revenue potential by shifting to profitable short-run jobs. These print-ondemand jobs reduce inventory costs and allow the printing of shorter runs on a just-intime basis to meet specific orders. KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses make it feasible and economical to print up to 200-lpi quality books at production run lengths of up to 3,000 copies. In addition, it can produce millions of offset-like pages month after month and reduce costs associated with obsolescence and warehousing.

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

The PROSPER 6000 Presses print at speeds of up to 1,000 feet, or 300 meters, per minute on matted and uncoated papers with a duty cycle of 90 million A4 top quality pages per month.

The rapid evolution of High-Speed Inkjet Printing Technology High Speed inkjet printing technology in the world is the highest point of new printing technology and is in the stage of rapid development. This technology represents the mainstream of an international development direction, promoted the development of digital printing to advanced stages.

The global variable data printing (VDP) market opportunity has reached 656,756 million sheets in 2012 and is forecasted to be 853,097 million sheets in 2017, according to Smithers Pira report. Full digital output is forecast to almost double from 8.2% market share to 14.2% as per Pira’s report.

High Speed Inkjet Printing applications market has shown rapid growth trend, but in the global high speed operation of the monochrome and colour inkjet printers. High Speed Inkjet Printing applications market is still in its early stages of development, pending further breakthroughs or stimulate to the market.

The largest VDP output volumes are coming from mature markets such as North America and Western Europe, where digital print overall is showing strong growth especially inkjet and the trends in VDP is direct mail and other marketing documents are setting those for the rest of the world. There is also high growth in digital output coming from emerging Markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. In these regions overall digital production volumes (sheets) are much lower, but the growth within those markets in much rapid with as much as 20% annual growth in these regions.

Without a doubt, the growth in the digital printing segment has come as a result of new technologies. Whether it is the ability to customize products or do short runs, digital printing has moved into new markets with each technology improvement, and as speeds and quality improve and cost per print decreases, inkjet will find new opportunities.

There are so many advances taking place in inkjet printing that it is hard to keep track of them all. VINSAK LVPI is a remarkable solution for printing personalized security labels with fully variable information or frequently changing print. The ability to print high image quality on a wide variety of substrates is also a key technological breakthrough.

The unique design of this label printing and inspection system includes a quick make ready rotary scissor slitting unit with knife separation and lateral adjustment.

With VIS1200, UV drying/ IR unit and inspection system installed on the VINSAK web transport system, it is possible to print personalized data digitally onto various offset papers, coated papers, gloss papers, PET, BOPP, etc. A colour touch screen HMI enables quick and easy job set-ups, control of the various counting facilities, automatic web advance, taper tension control and of roll features.

It offers reliability, flexibility and high performance Low Cost of Operation Vs Print Quality with a variety of options in the Inkjet Printing Systems, UV Curing Systems and Inspection Systems. It’s extremely versatile equipment available in the market. The high speed inkjet market is thirsty for sustainable yet compatible ink solutions.

On addition of LED UV curing capability for UV inkjet is a significant technological advance that VINSAK customers are taking advantage of. The improvement in head technology has pushed the demand for new chemistries and components upstream in the supply chain so advances in materials are being observed. The main improvement overlooked in inkjet printing technology is the reduced cost and better performance of the computing systems needed to drive digital equipment.

VINSAK have installed more than 25 Print Modules in the Middle-East and India and some more installations are in the pipeline and tax stamp being the main application at the moment though new segments

are willing and there are some early technology adapters of this product.

Adopting new technology does require a lot of investment but with this comes the print enhancement, personalisation as well as newer applications & solution that one can offer. With new solutions and enhancement to offer, convertors are in a better position to add more business as well as revenue to achieve faster ROIs; Brands gets more secure Anti-Counterfeit features. Since most of these applications are based on Variable data Printing, Inkjet scores here and this seems to be the future. In India most of these applications are getting addressed by Hi-Speed, High native resolution, grey scale heads. Most of the suppliers of this Inkjet equipment are of western origin or people integrating these systems use European designed assemblies. China has established it’s footprint in the Global signage printers market but is yet to enter the Label and packaging domain of the Inkjet Printing.

New opportunities are being opened up by some of the printer manufacturers who have more open business models and this will allow customers to identify and then create new solutions that allow them to capitalize on those opportunities. The more printers will invest in inkjet technologies, the more opportunity everyone will see. These advances are opening up new opportunities and VINSAK expect they will continue to enable further progress in the future.

“Higher speed, better quality and reliability all make an ROI much more attractive.”

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Labelexpo India attracts nearly 8,000 to New Delhi With just under 200 exhibitors taking part, the show floor was busy with product launches and news of many installations being agreed as numerous deals were signed on-site.

7,927 visitors attended the seventh edition of Labelexpo India which took place recently from 29 October to 1 November at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

We’ve been really satisfied with the anecdotal feedback from our exhibitors with many of them securing large orders and generating strong leads. We look forward to returning in 2016.” - Jade Grace, event director

Key Notes : > Leading Indian and international manufacturers showcase cutting edge technology. > Successful debut of the Brand Innovation Summit. > Exhibitors have a successful show.

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Aimed at label and package printers, brand owners and label designers, 2014’s show saw the leading Indian and international manufacturers showcasing their cutting edge technology. Product launch highlights included new flexographic plate and equipment from DuPont Packaging Graphics, HP Indigo’s WS 6800 digital press, Multitec’s two new narrow-web label printing presses - Ecoflex VSi Servo and Ecosmart, Nilpeter’s Indian-made FB3300S press with gravure unit, Omet’s XFlex X4 8-colour all-servo press and Rotatek’s Smartflex UV flexo press.

2014’s edition also saw the successful debut of the Brand Innovation Summit. Held in partnership with HP Indigo, the half day conference program was attended by several top brands including ACG Pharma, Cipla, Coca Cola, Dabur, GSK, ITC, Morepen, Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser and Siemens amongst others. The insightful session focused specifically on the role and importance of label and package printing in a brand’s design and ultimate sales performance in the Indian marketplace.

Jade Grace, event director said: “There was a good buzz about this year’s Labelexpo India and our exhibitors reported excellent visitor engagement with revisit numbers up 42%. This is not purely a numbers game however and attracting the right sort of visitor is crucial, so we are delighted to report an increase in senior decision makers attending the show. We’ve

been really satisfied with the anecdotal feedback from our exhibitors with many of them securing large orders and generating strong leads. We look forward to returning in 2016.”

Quotes from exhibitors: Luc Dehandschutter, Arets Graphics: “Arets Graphics and Toyo Ink India, both subsidiaries of Toyo Ink Group, introduced a new series of UV flexo inks at Labelexpo India 2014. The new series, Steraflex, is designed to address the high-end needs of UV flexo customers. This is an ideal product, for customers who are looking for high strength and yet low viscosity, maintaining high curing speeds for quality and productivity. Steraflex is a high strength, fast curing UV flexo ink system ideally suited for label and flexible packaging markets. With the launch, Arets hopes to improve its share of UV flexo ink market in India.”

Jitesh Mehta, Avery Dennison: “Labelexpo India has been very successful for Avery Dennison. A large number of customers visited our booth who were keen to know about our offerings in durable, home and personal care and pharma segments.

The 14 innovations we showcased this time earned the spotlight at the exhibition. Labelexpo gives us a platform to demonstrate to customers how we can help them grow.”

Martin Kugler, GEW: “Once again GEW participated as an exhibitor in this year’s Labelexpo India to demo the latest product developments. For GEW the show was an international platform to announce

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the availability of the RHINO electronic power supply for UV-printing systems that was launched in production following three years of intensive development and rigorous testing. RHINO sets the new benchmark in effective UV technology and includes a series of innovative features with reliability and energy efficiency at the top of the list. Visiting the GEW stand, existing customers and new prospects alike were excited about the benefits of 24x7 reliability, energy savings, ease of use and embedded service support.

The combination of the rugged RHINO power unit and the E2C UV-lamphead has made an extremely favorable impact and customers are insisting that OEMs incorporate these systems from GEW in their scope of supply.”

A Appadurai, HP India: “Labelexpo India was the ideal platform to showcase the new HP Indigo WS 6800 digital press for the first time in India. One of the major attractions at our booth was the digital supermarket, where visitors could see first-hand, the various application possibilities for label and packaging converters. Our key highlight was

the Brand Innovation Summit, where we were able to share insights with brand managers and owners, helping them understand the challenges and opportunities of the label industry. We were thoroughly pleased with the visitor engagement we had at the expo.”

Ashish Anand, LinkSmart Technologies: “Labelexpo India was a successful event for introducing smartDNA based new technology and solution for tamper-evidence, anti-counterfeit coupled with track & trace.

Our fundamental differentiator of insider threat protection was something of great interest for visitors and other exhibitors as well. LinkSmart witnessed interest for various end-customer applications and at least three licensing opportunities in multiple geographies. Similarly our reusable tamper-evident, duplication-evident and remote-monitorable flexible packaging again based on smartDNA was received with great enthusiasm. To summarize there were more opportunities at Labelexpo than we had expected while doing ground-up architecture, design and development of smartDNA

labeling technology.”

Atul Gandhi, Macart: “This is the first time we have participated at Labelexpo India and we are very much satisfied with the inquiries generated. We got visitors from all over India and also some international visitors.”

Sanjeev Chada, Memory Repro Systems: “This was our first participation at Labelexpo as for the past four decades we’ve been in pre-press and post press in offset printing.

We got tremendous response to our flexo cleaning machine because printers were really looking for one such machine.

Labelexpo India gave us exposure and we are sure to gain out of it. Our rough estimate is to get business worth 3-4 million. The enquiries that have gone into the pipeline are serious and we will turn them into orders in the near future.”

Ajay Metha, SMI Coated Products: “SMI Coated Products Private Limited has its roots truly entrenched in India. Despite the growth in exports, India has been the centre of our

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focus and Labelexpo India is a fantastic opportunity to showcase our products, firm commitment and gratitude to the Indian label industry. The four days at the show were very busy and extremely fruitful. Over the period of years the show has progressively improved and the quality of the large number of visitors is truly amazing. Our friends in the industry evinced keen interest in our ever expanding wide range of products as well as the new tools we have introduced at the show. Our new specification sheets, curved diameter indicator and brochures for the seven different types of industry are path breaking tools to help the industry. And last but definitely not the least; Labelexpo has truly made the show of an international standard and hats off to them!”

Pravin Varshney UPM Raflatac: “We enjoyed the four extremely busy days at Labelexpo India. The atmosphere was great and we had a pleasure to host a successful gala dinner for over 300 customers, industry partners and other stakeholders. Labelexpo is definitely is the best place to meet the people working

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in the labeling industry and to see where the business is moving. We are seeing overall healthy organic growth in India and across South Asia due to a rapid increase in pre-packaged food products, pharma sector growth and the massive appetite for personal care products. In addition, Indian companies are increasingly becoming aware of environmental issues and that’s why our Label Life concept was of interest to both

label printers and end-users. We’re proud to work in India along the same principles of world-class technology, quality and performance, environmental sustainability and top class customer service as we do everywhere else.”

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Encouraging response for Monotech Systems at Label Expo India 2014 Participating second time in Label Expo India, Monotech Systems displayed its strength in the Labels & Packaging segment.

At the show Monotech Systems launched JETSCI RL Series industrial inkjet systems and also launched JETSCI VSRI, Variable data printing, Slitting Rewinding and Camera Inspection System especially suited to the requirements of pharmaceutical security label printing and packaging works. The VSRI is equipped with Kyocera printhead and GEW UV drying lamps which enhances its capability to print both water based and UV inks. The JETSCI M series is a new product with speeds over 150 mtrs/ min. either with UV curable ink or water-based ink, depending on the applications.

Jimit Mittal, General Manager – Inkjet Systems said, “It is raising our enthusiasm to see the positive response of the customers in our solution that we have proudly designed and developed in India. We strongly believe that this product will be welcomed by the customers in labels and packaging segment.

We already have booked two orders of JETSCI VSRI at the show and generated good amount of leads to work upon. We have a positive sight and we look forward for few more installations in the coming months.”

Monotech also presented Super Line, AntiCounterfeit Design System from Founder.

The Super Line is a digital design software for producing printed products with advanced security features to help prevent forgery and counterfeiting.

Other offerings by Monotech included products from their principal’s. These included: EFI Jetrion range of digital colour label presses; Highcon high speed digital

cutting and creasing production system; Scodix, digital enhancement press for packaging; and Color Logic process metallic colour system.

At the digital front Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS 1052 Monochrome Digital Production System was on display and remained the focus of visitors’ attention at Monotech stand.

SmartScreen by Bodhi at Label Expo India 2014 Bodhi marked its presence whilst partnering with Toyobo Dealer Lucky Graphics (Photopolymer plate manufacturer) in Label Expo 2014. Showcasing different innovative technologies like, Max pro and MaxColor conversion and Digital Imaging solution along with SmartScreen Flexo and Letterpress screening solutions, Bodhi provided visitors the opportunity to have first hand experience of the technologies.

“Label Expo gives us a fabulous stage to demonstrate our award winning prepress solutions,” commented Nikhil Puntambekar Marketing Manager at Bodhi-Pro. SmartScreen, winner of the Flexotech Prepress Innovation award, is an independent screening solution for the Flexo and Letterpress industry. It grabbed a lot of visitor attention for its ability to produce smooth highlights on the plates without retouching the image. It is developed to work with digital imagers at standard or high

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resolutions and can be easily implemented in the existing workflows without doing any major changes.

SmartScreens has an ability to print Offset quality images on Flexo OR Letterpress by enabling extremely small dots of 1% in the print image.

Also on Show was the 2011 innovation winner, MaxColor, which has been developed to automatically reduce separations and/ or convert CMYK Separations to spot colours. The resultant print uses less ink, with more vibrant colours and a better quality registration whether printing Gravure, Flexo or UV Offset.

Recognizing the need of perfect colour management, Bodhi showcased soft proofing solution with BenQ Color calibrated monitor and GTI D50 Light booth with perfect matching of Proof to monitor /

Print to monitor. It featured a special Dark room cabinet on the booth showcasing the real time scenario for standard prepress retouching room with neutral grey background.

Star Plate demonstrated production of Imagesetter-quality HD Flexo films from inkjet devices. They produced negative films for use in Flexo and Letterpress platemaking.

Star Plate also utilizes Smart Screen technology, enabling users to produce high density films at screen rulings up to 200 lpi.

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New MPS EB Press garners broad interest at Labelexpo India Genius Flexo Machinery, representing MPS in the Indian subcontinent, presented the EB label solution and EF multi-substrate flexo technologies in their stand C37 to numerous label printers.

MPS EB label solution press garnered a broad interest at the recent Labelexpo India.

Genius Flexo Machinery received numerous label printers in their stand where the new MPS EB label solution and the EF multi-

substrate flexo technologies were presented.

An order for an MPS EF multi-substrate flexo press was confirmed at the show.

Vijay Pareek, director of Genius Flexo Machinery comments: “This was by far the best label show we had in India. With the introduction of the new EB press, we can now offer a mid-range press solution built with MPS quality and robust engineering, at a very affordable cost. We see a huge

market potential in India for the EB, which was confirmed by the number of EB quote inquiries received during the show. The highly automated MPS EF-multi-substrate press also generated interest, with one EF press sold at the show to a new MPS customer in Bangladesh. MPS has at present 10 installations in the Indian sub-continent Bangladesh”.

The EB is engineered with innovative MPS

GeniusFlexo representing MPS Systems B.V. at Labelexpo India 2014 in booth C37

Crisp.Dot Light, iSet and iStop technology to minimum set-up waste, set-up time and optimize operator user-friendliness, while reducing the initial investment and overall printing costs. The EF multi-substrate press is designed for both label production and flexible packaging printing. With the use of servo-drives, all press settings are automated in the EF, which reduces set-up waste and offers simpler machine operation. The EF combines automation, superior print quality and ease of operation.

Creed Engineers successfully manufactures A B Graphic International machines in India AB Graphic International (ABG), Based out of England, with its extensive and innovative range of label converting machinery is one of the leading players within the label and packaging industry. A B Graphic International is among the top providers of fully modular

digital converting, inspection rewinding equipment and turret rewinding machines. It also produces machines for many specialist applications including RFID insertion, laser die cutting, booklet label machines and 100% camera inspection systems. In India, the

L to R - Dave Kirkaum of ABG and Ranesh Bajaj of Creed Engineers

company is represented by Creed Engineers and the two has been together for almost two decades now.

Dave Kirkham, Director, AB Graphic International, at the recent Label Expo India 2014 told PRESSIdeas that over the years Creed had installed the whole range of equipments by ABG in India at many of the leading label printers in the country.

Mr. Ranesh Bajaj of Creed Engineers told that they have started producing some ABG machines exclusively for the Indian market. “Pricing has always been an issue.

We along with Ranesh thought about it and found this (manufacturing in India) as a great idea to reach to more printers in India besides reducing cost. We have been able to successfully achieve our targets as well,” says Dave.

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Monotech Systems sells two Jetsci VSRI at Labelexpo Monotech Systems showcased their all new Jetsci at the Labelexpo India 2014. The Jetsci features a slitter, rewinder, complete transport system, complete label inspection system and digital printing system. The company sold two Jetsci VSRI digital converting system during Labelexpo India 2014.

Monotech presented its wide portfolio of packaging solutions. “The Scodix Ultra machine has a size of up to B2+ size sheet format (545 x 788 mm / 21.5 x 31 in) with capability to handle material from 135gsm to 675gsm. It can easily execute up to 0.7 mm / 700 microns thickness,” says Mr.T P Jain, MD of Manotech Systems. The Scodix Ultra has the patent-pending Scodix Ultra™ Twin-Tray media handling system that conveys the sheets under the fixed array of inkheads in a single pass at a rate of over 1,250 B2 size sheets per hour. With its ability to print on a wide variety of materials from paper to PVC or carton board up to 30 points or 700gsm, this modular digital solution brings tangible benefits to a wide variety of applications including commercial print, packaging, displays, security marking and braille.

Highcon Euclid is a new addition in the Monotech stable of products. “It is an innovative, one of its kind machine – one can do digital creasing and laser die cutting along with stripping in one pass. It does away with the need to make die for each job,” says Mr.Jain.

Highcon Euclid is suitable for short run packaging production process for upto ten thousand sheets. With Highcon, one can convert customer jobs without tooling and provide delicate and unlimited cutting options that were not possible with the conventional analogue die making process.

Color Logic is another product Monotech represents in India. Monotech highlighted its ability to get metallic prints with CMYK inks.

It allows normal substrate to give metallic effects. “It’s an interesting product for printers to explore,” says Jain.

Monotech started in the year 1999 with sales of imagesetters and today it has six verticals with which it caters to the print and packaging industry. The verticals are Prepress, Digital Printing, Digital

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T P Jain - Monotech

Enhancement, Engineering, Wide-format Graphics and Labels & Packaging.

Monotech has accomplished over 250 installations of Basys Print, ECRM, Highwater etc. in the Prepress vertical. In Digital Printing, it represents Konica Minolta and is the single largest player with over 32% market share in installation of KM machines.

With over 1000 machines installed till date, it also represents another leading brand, Xeikon in the commercial printing segment.

Scodix represents the Digital Enhancement vertical of Monotech which has installed 9 Scodix and expects to execute 6 more installations soon. “As we complete these installations, we shall be place in the number

two position in the world after the US for Scodix,” states Jain. Monotech has in its stable Augmented Reality software too.

In the Engineering vertical, Monotech has the Oce Wide Format Graphix printers – the Arizona range. There are also Contex (Denmark) wide format scanner and software – both colour as well as monochrome.

Monotech today have their own Product line for wide format printing with Xaar printhead and have a manufacturing platform in Tamilnadu. They also produce UV flatbed printer and distribute Matan range of printers.

A separate Labels and packaging division looks after the sixth vertical.

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Local Presence, Local Production and Local Marketer by MPS Systems “We are mainly focussed at trying to understand the demands of the Indian printing industry at this show. We have been in the Indian market for a while now and have over 10 machines installed. We have plans to enter the Asia market in a big way and you may consider this attendance at Labelexpo India 2014 to be a part of this focus,” says Eric A J Hoendervangers, Co-Owner, MPS Systems B.V at Labelexpo India 2014.

On his plans, Eric says, “I am now here with my CEO to get a hands-on feel of the market. Also, our Area Sales Manager of the region, Mr. Blomjus has extensively travelled in India.” He pointed three prerequisites of establishing in a marketplace – local presence, local production and local marketing. MPS has a strong local presence with its strong Indian ally, Genius Flexo.

Eric emphasised production of machines locally in India and promoted the use of local marketers to endorse their products and solutions. He uses this success mantra invariably across all the markets. MPS has more than 450 installations across the world.

MPS - Eric (holding the mike)

The installation base is fast expanding particularly in the developing Asian market.

What places MPS machines above competition is their being specific to

customer needs. “We understand the exact needs of the customer before designing our machines. This way we provide solutions that make easier for our customers to reach RoI faster and more efficiently,” says Eric.

Alliance Printech launches new modular Flexo Label Press at Labelexpo India 2014 Alliance Printech launched its new modular flexo label press at Labelexpo India 2014.

Jatinder Julka, Director, Alliance Printech, at Labelexpo India 2014 told us about the new machine on display at their show stand.

“The machine on display is an absolutely new model from us and is one of the most easy to operate machine in the country. A completely servo driven piece of wonder, with the smallest foot print in the industry,

the machine enable absolutely tool-less re-loading and tool-less parent roll handling,” explains Jatinder. “You just need to place the roller or the ink-tray into the slot and press the HNI button. The tool locks itself into the slot and the machine is ready for the next intended activity,” he adds.

length of just 7 mtrs. The compact size is a very positive point for printers who want to fit the machine in their existing setups or are looking for efficient space utilisation. Space availability is a key issue in big metro cities as well. What’s special is that the machine takes just about 20 minutes for a job change.

This six colour machine, with two die cutting station and a web cleaning system has a

A relatively new entrant in the field, Alliance has sold more than 15 machines in all with an existing footprint in the Middle East as well as Africa. “The response has been amazing at the show and with some very strong enquiries which we expect to convert once the show is over,” says Jatinder. They sold one ACE 1 Label Slitter Rewinder to Holostik India at the Labelexpo.

Alliance exhibited its new series of Novaflex Flexo Label Press. Other products from Alliance range include Label Inspection Rewinder, Registered Rotary sheeting Machine, Printing & Converting Equipment for ECG /ATM Rolls and Wide Web Flexo etc.

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Live show of HP Indigo WS6800 for Labelexpo India visitors HP had an Indigo WS6800 installed at the show with regular live shows for the audience. With this, HP has expanded its digital press portfolio increasing productivity, colour management and new capabilities for high-value applications. Building on the success of the flagship WS6000 Digital Press series, HP has introduced the new roll-fed HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press that offers label and packaging converters faster turnaround times through automated colour management, a wider frame and new ink capabilities for expanded applications.

“The machine is being shown at the expo for visitors to actually have a look at the versatility of the machine and have a feel of the whole setup,” Said Christian Menegon, Business Development Manager, HP Indigo.

All Indigo machines are retro-fittable when an eager customer wishes to upgrade to the next edition of the machine which are on the same platform. “The HP Indigo WS6800 helps customers reach new levels of productivity and reduce time spent preparing colour profiles and PANTONE colour matching by up to 75 percent with a new in-line spectrophotometer. Using closed-loop control, the spectrophotometer eliminates the need for manual colour calibrations and adjustments,” adds Christian.

Talking about the ‘eye-opening’ session with

HP Christian Menegon

brand owners at the HP stand on the second day of the exhibition titled “Brand Innovation Summit”, Christian emphasised: “The idea of the summit was to make brand owners aware of the various possibilities they have when it comes to labelling their products with live examples of ‘actual’ labels.” He further added, “The world is getting digitised at an amazing pace and India is not behind at all when it comes to acceptance and implementation of digitization.” He stressed that printers need to understand the capabilities and advantages of going digital. They should embrace the amazing technology to keep pace with the latest, suggests Christian.

The Panelists at the summit included Mr.Hitesh Shenoy, Head of Technical Packaging ISC, China and AP GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; Mr.Biswajit Basu, Head of Packaging Development, Reckitt Benckiser Health and Personal Care; Mr.Deepak Manchanda, Associate Director of Business Development, Firstouch Solutions along with Christian Menegon.

With an array of products done on the HP Indigo machines from all across the world, it was indeed a great knowledge sharing by HP among over 60 attendees at the summit.

Diehard Dies launches heavy duty Chrome Plated Dies Diehard Dies launched Chrome Plated Dies at Labelexpo India 2014. The Chrome Plated and Laser Hardened flexible-dies are designed for longer runs. Various inline processes like Cutting, Creasing, Perforating and Embossing can be efficiently carried out with these Dies. Other products in Diehard’s portfolio include Flat Die, Rotary

Die, Stripping Die, Braille/ AccuBraille Die, Flexible Die, Flat Foiling/ Embossing Die and Label Die. Hyderabad-based Die Hard Dies showcased its die-cutting solutions for the label, corrugation and folding carton industry at Labelexpo India. The company is one of the

top manufacturers of dies in Asia. Providing international standard dies to its customers based in India and abroad, Diehard serves its clients through its efficient service network across India in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

FlexoGurukul has its second session FlexoGurukul, a technical training session organized by Fasco Printech, recently had its second session on October 27-28. Frank Burgos addressed an audience comprising of about 30 industry people representing suppliers, manufacturers and printers who came from different parts of the country.

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controlling colour in the Flexo pressroom to the Indian market. Interactive knowledge sharing sessions among the audience took place during FlexoGurkul. Frank Burgos stressed on the use of spectrophotometer for measuring colour and setting up process control systems. He also discussed Spot Colours, their expectations, challenges and

recycling surplus Spot Color batches. Various aspects like density, dot gain etc. of fourcolour process printing were also discussed during the session. The session concluded with the discussion on colour standards.

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Avery Dennison showcases innovations to drive converter growth at Labelexpo India 2014 Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials highlighted the innovations to expand business opportunities for converters at Labelexpo India 2014.

“Our theme of ‘Inspiring Innovations.

Sustainable Growth’ reflects our dedication to providing the best products for our customers and the environment,” said Anil Sharma, vice president and general manager, Avery Dennison Materials Group South Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa. “Labelexpo is a showcase event that we use to introduce products and services that expand the use of pressure-sensitive materials and help our customers grow their business,” he added.

Avery Dennison showcased the latest innovations at Labelexpo India, including:

Point-of-Purchase (POP) Tyre Label This award-winning label features a film and adhesive construction with productionfriendly gum patterns designed to eliminate oozing and increase conversion speed. The POP label material incorporates a special back coating on the polypropylene film, which resists the migration of low molecularweight components and processing aides

from the tyre surface — a common problem in the industry. The barrier prevents materials from bleeding through the surface of the label, preventing label curl and maintaining outstanding print quality and brand appeal.

On-Demand Colour Inkjet Portfolio This comprehensive offering of label materials delivers greater flexibility and visual identification in variable information printing. Compared to conventional variable information printing, which can only produce monochromatic information and images, Avery Dennison inkjet label solutions enable coloured printing whilst reducing label obsolescence and inventory-carrying costs.

Food Reclosure and Reseal These innovative food packaging solutions incorporate Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved adhesives. Ideally suited to less perishable ‘dry’ foods, reclose labels create a convenient reclosing mechanism that eliminates the need for existing in-home reclosure methods such as rubber bands, clips or separate storage boxes. Reseal labels keep perishable food fresh within its existing flexible packaging, providing an airtight solution that allows easy opening and

multiple package reseals.

Colour Changing Tamper-evident Labels This reliable security solution provides immediate detection of tampering in shipping boxes. The tamper-evident label changes colour once the box is slit and resealed. The innovative solution enables brand owners to protect both the short- and long-term value of their brands.

These innovations and the others that Avery Dennison featured are designed to drive growth for label converters in new market segments and new product areas. “As competition expands, our innovations will deliver new business opportunities and a healthy bottom line for customers,” Sharma said. “We are committed to providing innovations that enhance efficiency and reduce environmental impact while also supporting growth. That’s what ‘Inspiring Innovations. Sustainable Growth’ is about.”

Avery Dennison representatives were available to discuss the innovations at the Avery Dennison Booth.

Arrow Digital highlights ANY001 and ANYCUT

Arrow Digital introduced ANY001 digital label press and ANYCUT label finishing system at the Labelexpo India 2014. Any001 is a complete solution for true digitalizing of label production in desk-top scale. ANY001 is compact and professional device with many strong features. The environment friendly high-quality solution is easy to install and operate even for beginners. ANY001 label press runs at 9.3 m/min and is equipped with

a single-pass LED colour laser engine. It can print labels of sizes upto 20.5-120 cm on a range of media including art papers, certified PET, gold/silver paper, Teslin etc. ANYCUT on-demand label finishing system can be attached to any conventional flexo machine, screen, inkjet, digital press or can work In-line with the ANY001 press to maximize productivity.

Epson showcased its short-run digital press SurePress L-4033AW at Labelexpo India. Equipped with Epson’s Micro Piezo technology, the L-4033AW uses a seventh, white ink to print the transparent no-label look, as well as metallic labels catering mainly to the cosmetic, health and beauty markets. The opaque white printing on materials such as clear film and metallic substrates, gives the flexibility of printing white first or last. Arrow Digital is the distributor of Epson Surepress In India.

During Labelexpo, Arrow sold a SurePress L-4033AW to J P Printers of Mumbai. The printer will use the press for printing short-run labels and creating mark-ups in the cosmetic and specialty food segments.

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Kodak highlights Flexcel NX Technology According to Abraham Prabhakar, Sales and Business Development, Kodak India, there are 14 installation of Kodak NX Flexcel in the country spread over the whole of country.

“This proves the efficiency and the reach of Kodak and the confidence we have gained in the Flexo industry of India,” he says.

Vidhu Gautam, Regional Business Manager, Kodak (Singapore) speaking about the merits of the Flexcel technology explained, “Kodak came in with a disruptive technology in 2011 in the Flexo arena at Drupa. It was the Flexcel NX technology wherein Kodak addressed the lacunae in the Flexo technology of that time. The technology offered better and easier results to the industry – with its widest toner range, widest colour gamut and ability to efficiently convert spot colours into CMYK etc.

All plates that come out of the Kodak stable are HD plates. When it comes to imaging, Kodak produces 10 micron spot size of the laser consistently across the board. With the latest Digicap screening technology, 10x5 micron is not a problem at all which results in highest ink density, incredible ink transfer

KODAK Vidhu Gautam

and ultimate consistency in the plate making system.

Kodak’s NX certification program is another aspect which enhances the consistency aspect of its products and services. Printing at multiple locations has become extremely easy helping customers with enhancement in productivity as well as output stability.

Kodak provides Complete Solutions to the Indian packaging industry under one roof.

“We provide optimised solutions to the

KODAK Abraham Prabhakar

packaging industry since we have the entire gamut under our umbrella. The solutions are not only easily available to customers at one stop but they also constitute a combination of products that perfectly complement each other,” emphasises Abraham.

Hyderabad based Prepress bureau, Digiflex booked a Kodak Flexcel NX digital flexographic system at Labelexpo India 2014.

The machine will be installed at its Chellapalli plant of Digiflex, which aims the packaging market with the new solution.

Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) partners with Label Expo 2014 Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) exhibited at the seventh edition of the Label Expo 2014 held at New Delhi. ASPA was a partner for the Label Expo 2014 event and exhibited at Stand #G36 in Hall #11.

On supporting with Label Expo 2014, Mr. Manoj Kochar, President, Authentication Solution Providers’ Association, said, “We have partnered with the Label Expo for the past several years under our earlier brand name of HoMAI, though we are exhibiting under the ASPA banner for the first time. In the past, we were only accepting membership from hologram manufacturers, but this year onwards, with the broader mandate passed by our governing body, we are also soliciting other authentication solution providers to join hands in our fight against counterfeiting and to comprehensively grow the authentication solutions industry. For over 16 years, our

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members have enjoyed an unparalleled reputation and credibility among buyers and other stakeholders worldwide for their adherence to best practices, quality standards, ethics and use of latest technologies to provide truly customised, cost-effective and consistently reliable solutions. We would love to discuss how ASPA can help more authentication solution providers and emerge as a strong voice to represent their collective interests.”

ASPA accepted requests for full and associate membership at its booth during all four days of the Expo. Visitors could also collect their complimentary copy of ASPA’s official quarterly journal, The Authentication Times, from the booth. Typical organizations eligible to apply for ASPA’s full membership include security hologram producers; state printing works and commercial high security printers; issuers of passport, ID and travel documents; suppliers of security

substrates, and security features such as biometrics; identity card manufacturers and personalizers; suppliers and integrators of ID document projects such as passports; vehicle registration plate manufacturers; Bar code and RFID solution providers; and any other authentication solution providers. Suppliers to authentication solution providers, resellers, consultants and research & training providers are eligible to apply for an Associate membership. ASPA also accepts foreign members, honorary members and patrons. Members are bound

by ASPA’s Constitution, Bylaws, Code of Conduct and any amendments made by the Association.

Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) is a self-regulated, non-profit organization of authentication solution providers. Founded in 1998 as Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI), it has now been re-launched in

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Esko launches Suite 14 at Labelexpo India 2014 Esko and DuPont shared the Labelexpo India 2014 stand. They displayed a complete digital flexo workflow, HD flexo and launched Suite 14 in India. In the hardware segment, they highlighted CDI Spark imager, Full HD Flexo and FAST 1001 TD Thermal plate processor.

The major highlight of Esko’s Labelexpo India booth was the launch of Suite 14.

Esko Suite 14 supports and manages the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers, packaging manufacturers and print service providers.

The Suite 14 focuses Superior quality, Task driven interactive editing, Smart templates and Online supply chain integration.

“At this show we are showing an entire digital flexo plate making workflow for a printer per se from designing, pre-press to plate making,” says Mr. Noah Lim, VP at Esko.

“We have a complete setup suitable for a flexo prepress house here at our stall with an Artwork creation station, a Full HD Flexo plate imager along with a plate cleaner/drier

2014 as ASPA to more accurately represent the transformation of products and services offered by its existing member companies.

The broader scope of ASPA also covers a wide array of other technologies that have evolved over the years. ASPA aims to comprehensively covers the interests of the entire authentication solutions industry worldwide, including, but not limited to, holograms, optically variable devices (OVD’s), taggants, security inks and substrates, watermarks, nanotechnologies, RFIDs, barcode/ QR code-based digital tracking and verification solutions, security and tamper-evident labels and any other brand protection and authentication solutions. ASPA works closely with global authorities such as International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) and Interpol. ASPA members protect over 10,000 brands worldwide through the identification of genuine products and documents.

Esko - Noah Lim (L) and Shrihari Rao (R)

in association with Dupont,” explains Srihari K Rao. The Esko solutions consist of an extensive suite of software for packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers, packaging manufacturers and print service providers. They also own two hardware product lines: CDI flexo computerto-plate imagers and Kongsberg digital cutting systems.

Shilp Gravures, one of the leading players of Indian Gravure industry based in Ahmedabad, has installed Esko’s Full HD Flexo solution, which is a combination of inline UV2 technology on its CDI 4260 digital flexo imager and special screening.

With this investment, Shilp will be providing its customers plates to produce smooth vignettes, highlights and shadows.

BST Sayona introduces Splice Master Unwind/ Rewind Auto Splicer for Narrow Web

Delongbo Printing Machinery launched in India

BST Sayona introduced “SPLICE MASTER”Unwind/Rewind Auto Splicer for Narrow Web at Labelexpo India 2014. The company had live demos of Splice Master at its Stand E-20 in Hall No. 12 at the show.

Splice Master enables significant savings in material and ink wastage and role/ reel change over time during process resulting in increased productivity. BST Sayona also exhibited Shark LEX 1000 Defect Inspection system and Powerscope Video Inspection system.

Manufacturer of intermittent rotary label printing and automatic label application machines, Delongbo Label Printing Machinery, has introduced its solutions for the Indian label market. The launch was done

by Morsef Machines at the recent Labelexpo India 2014 in New Delhi.

Manufacturing special purpose label and packaging machinery and trading label printing and pharma packaging machine from China and Taiwan, Morcef also represents Wanjie Printing Machinery and Liaoning Tianyi Machinery.

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New GEW RHINO power electronics come with 5 year warranty GEW unveiled RHINO at the 2014 Labelexpo India trade show. RHINO is an electronic power supply for UV-printing systems that went into production following 3 years of intensive development.

RHINO sets new standards with many innovative features. Energy saving is top of the list, approaching 95% efficient and with power factor of 1, RHINO represents a huge step in electronic design. Harmonic demand has been minimised with the result that transmission and cable losses are all but eliminated. Many customers have saved over 50% of their energy consumption, in many cases this has allowed additional presses to be installed without increasing incoming mains capacity.

GEW Managing Director, Malcolm Rae is

confident: “RHINO sets the new benchmark in effective UV technology, enabling our customers to print faster for longer, with less energy and no downtime. At Labelexpo India GEW’s complete UV system technology was on display.”

Around the world mains power supplies are under strain, resulting in dips, sags, spikes and noise. RHINO however is immune to all, its aerospace heritage ensures a safe shutdown and no damage when an event occurs, recording what has happened for later analysis.

RHINO is rugged, capable of withstanding elevated ambient temperature, high levels of dust, humidity and air contamination. The patented RHINO RACK protects the power supplies in a neat space saving enclosure

designed to survive the arduous environment of a printing works for many years and is quick to install.

RHINO has, as a standard feature, a fully Embedded Service capability allowing real time monitoring of all system performance parameters. From fully testing in factory, to commissioning on site and monitoring during the run RHINO logs all events as they happen. Simple software then allows acting on any out of range readings to avoid unplanned downtime.

RHINO comes with a 5-year warranty to completely remove unexpected maintenance costs from customers’ capital repayment schedule, thus ROI with the UV system is guaranteed as never before.

Nilpeter showed gravure and Extended Gamut for the first time at Labelexpo India The Indian-built FB-3300S Flexo Press with inline gravure was a great success at Labelexpo India. Nilpeter demonstrated for the first time the Extended Gamut printing process.

With its customary focus on high performance presses, Nilpeter showcased its Indian top-seller: The FB-3300S. The 8-colour servo flexo press with short web path featured a gravure unit built at the Nilpeter

India factory in Chennai. Andy Thomas stopped by the Nilpeter stand. “This unit is very big news for the show,” commented the Tarsus group editor.

The value-adding gravure unit printed a white as the first down on a metallic beer label.

“Gravure has come into the Indian market in a big way in the latest six months. Converters have started using gravure for metallic decoration, special coatings, and whites,”

says Sales Manager Manish Kapoor.

The press was also equipped with Corona treater, web cleaner, chill drums on all units, and a 100% print defect inspection system.

The servo function covers all operations from tension-setting of roll to supplying power to the printing units, and enables the press to operate at a speed of 225 meters a minute.

Nipeter India sold its first press in 2009.

Nilpeter assembles ten presses each year at its Chennai plant, and has over thirty FB3300 presses installed in India.

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Speclabels installed the first MX in Kolkata operations and the good service back-up,” commented Mr. Amit Kataruka, Owner and Director of Speclables.

GIDUE has announced the recent Flexo Press installed at the Indian converter Speclabels. The GIDUE printing machine installed in Kolkata is an MX, 370mm width, 8 colours, Delam Relam and turn bar attachment along with a cold foiling system.

Lead by Amit Kataruka, Speclables has been founded in 2006 in Kolkata and, in less than 10 years of activity, is already satisfying the demand of the Label Industry with a flexo printing machine of 2 colours and a letter press of 6 colours. Thanks to the successful results achieved during the years, it has bolstered its capacity in the Label industry by purchasing the first GIDUE narrow web Flexo Press.

Since its foundation, Speclabels has been specializing gradually in: prime labels, mainly

Since its launch, the GIDUE MX line has provided highest quality results at remarkably low investment costs. It is a press dedicated to the production of labels and, thanks to its short web-path, it minimizes the set-up waste and gives perfect printing register over time. for food & beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical, drum labels, performance labels, security labels and also promotional labels.

“I’ve decided to invest in GIDUE technology, since I’ve seen a lot of GIDUE flexo presses running and I have been always impressed and satisfied with the easiness of the

“We are very proud to see that our technology has another confirmation of its great impact on customers worldwide. MX printing machine is really the top entry level press, ideal for every converter that looks for the best quality results with the lowest costs and waste,” concluded Mr. Maurizio Trecate, GIDUE Vice President Sales.

Zircon installs Omet XFlex X4 displayed by Omet Indian’s leading label converter Zircon has installed the Omet XFlex X4 which was displayed at Weldon Celloplast stand at Labelexpo India 2014.

The Omet XFlex packaging printing press offers high efficiency for the everyday converter by combining OMET’s patented chilled Impression roll print head design with top-rate electronic equipment including OMET’s famous Vision-1 fully automatic (MD & LD) register control system, twin servomotors on each printing unit that deliver

industry leading label and thin film printing capabilities. The XFlex X4 offers a shorter web path, limited footprint, wide accessibility to the press for changes and regulations, and overall consistent printing results satisfy all converters who still rely on print cylinders.

Any job changeover is easily and rapidly performed thanks to a special ‘Easy change’ configuration, which guarantees lower waste levels, faster set-up and reduced run-to-register time. With the XFlex X4 it is possible to obtain highly consistent quality

Macart reveals UV Inkjet Label Press JetArt

Jandu Engineering Works sells four machines at Labelexpo

Macart unveiled a UV Inkjet Label Press JetArt at Labelexpo India 2014. JetArt uses UV, water and oil inks to prints on a range of substrates, including porous and non-porous self-adhesive label stock. The new JetArt is aimed at Flexo printers looking to add shortrun capabilities.

Jandu Engineering Works displayed high speed Rotary Label Die Cutting & Sheeting Machine at the recent Labelexpo India. Other products by Jandu include Multipurpose Coating & Laminating Machine Solventless Silicone Coating Machine, Rotogravure Printing Machine, Flexo Label Printing Press, Slitting & Rewinding Machine reel-to-sheet Cutting Machine.

Jandu Engineering sold four machines at the show.

and superior production performance in short runs through simplicity and intuitiveness.

X4 is an 8-color all-servo press features delam-relam, web turnbar, cold foiling unit and Vision-2 fully automatic register control system. The press line is finished with an inline Lundberg automatic matrix removal unit.

Zircon is already using an OMET Varyflex V2 at its Dehradun facility. It was one of the largest labels presses Omet ever produced by being a 26-meter long press.

New appointment at Fasco Printech Fasco Printech has appointed new Chief Executive Officer and International Technical Advisor. Shelvam I Muthukrishnan has been appointed the CEO and Frank Burgos is the the International Technical Advisor.

Frank Burgos is owner of FlexoExchange and Program Director at FlexoGurukul.

Muthukrishnan has worked with Flexo Image Graphics (FIG) in the capacity of Managing Director.

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FIG sells five Rotoflex machines at Labelexpo India Flexo Image Graphics, representative of Rotoflex has sold Rotoflex VSI 330 Slitter Rewinder at Labelexpo India.

The Slitter Rewinder with 100 percent fault detection systems was centre of visitor interest at the show. The machine supports web width upto 330 mm and can deliver speed up to 230 m/min. It has wide substrate capabilities including labels, foil, light carton, paper labels and speciality.

At FIG stand D25, Xeikon 3030 digital press printed live self-adhesive labels samples. FIG termed its Labelexpo India as a huge success. Astron Packaging finalized their third P5 press during the show while Sai Com Codes Flexoprint finalized their first Rotoflex VSI300 and Jain Transfer Products finalized a Rotoflex VSI 330.

ThermoFlexx 80 launch in India Malhotra Graphics, the Indian representatives for Xeikon commercially launched the ThermoFlexx 80 to the Indian market at Labelexpo India.

The ThermoFlexx 80 digital imager focuses

Flexo and Gravure pre-press and is an open and modular device which accepts 1-bit TIFF files from any workflow or front-end. It delivers unique 5080 dpi exposure (optional) and 2540 dpi resolution as standard. The maximum plate size is 1270mm x 2032mm.

The CtP from Xeikon incorporates latest features like automatic vacuum slider, two imaging heads, laser protection plates and auto calibration system amongst other.

Malhotra Graphics also displayed PackZ,

Studio-rip and Techkon at Labelexpo.

PackZ is a PDF-editing software; Studiorip incorporates advantages of stochastic screening and hybrid screening; and Teckon represent a range of colour measurement tools. Also displayed at the show was Xeikon 3030 digital press in roll-to-roll configuration.

The press can handle a range of web width from 200mm to 330mm. It runs at a top speed of 9.6m/min and can handle production volumes of up to 190 sq. m per hour.

Inkmaker showcases fully automatic dispensing system HA650 At Labelexpo India 2014 Inkmaker showcased its range of dispensing systems.

HA650 is a fully automatic dispensing system

by Inkmaker. The system is suitable for UV flexo inks. The dispensing system allows converters use the existing ink from a job and utilise it to create a new set of spot colours. This is done by using concentrates from the ink to create a specific spot colour.

The system generated a lot of interest at the Labelexpo.

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Water Washable Toyobo Flexo Plates by Lucky Graphics Toyobo has been producing Water Washable Flexo Plates for more than 40 years and have been in India along with Lucky Graphics for more than 34 years now.

Toyobo is the pioneer when it comes to Water Washable Flexo Plates with supply to over 33 countries in the world. “We manufacture only Water Washable Plates which are the most environmental friendly Plates in the world,” says Mr.Kyozo Kotani of Toyobo, Japan.

“Toyobo Plates are ready to be loaded on to the machine in just one hour compared to the conventional ones which take over three hours. This makes these Plates cost efficient as well as affordable,” adds Mr.Susumu Fujimoto, Deputy Director and Senior General Manager of Toyobo.

Another key feature of Toyobo Plates is the Flat Top Dots. “All our Plates have built in technology to have flat top dots when

Toyobo - Susumu Fujimoto (L) & Kyozo Kotani (R)

exposed (on any CtP), washed and dried.

This is a major factor for image quality,” explains Kyozo.

“Normal Plates in the market cannot give you 1% dots whereas Toyobo Plates guarantee the same each time at 175 lpi,” adds Mr. Rohit Sachdev, Lucky Graphics, representative of Toyobo in India. Speaking

further on the price factor, Rohit says, “These Plates have added advantages of being environment friendly and saving time (taking about 1/3rd time when compared to the conventional Plates). The Plates are though about 8% costlier than the chemical washable Plates, in totality, a printer will find Toyobo Plates cheaper than any available Plate in the market.”

Dow Corning launches advanced new Syl-Off Release System Dow Corning, a global player providing silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, unveiled its new, highperformance Syl-Off Release System at Labelexpo India 2014. The new system combines Dow Corning’s successful Syl-Off SL 35 Release Modifier and new Syl-Off SL 411 Coating to help customers optimize quality control and cost-effective manufacturing. Dow Corning showcased the new system at the recent Labelexpo India 2014. The company showcased its broad Syl-Off family of products along with its full line of extreme-performance labeling technologies, including pressure-sensitive (PS) silicones, pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and emulsion coatings.

“Dow Corning’s new Syl-Off SL 35 Release Modifier/Syl-Off SL 411 Coating system illustrates our commitment to developing next-generation silicone technologies to help our labeling customers drive greater manufacturing performance and cost efficiencies,” said Praveen Malhotra, marketing manager for Packaging, South Asia, at Dow Corning. “Like all of our SylOff Advantage Series products, the new system demonstrates Dow Corning’s total understanding of what our customers need

in order to strengthen their market position, and how we collaborate with them to create forward-looking labeling solutions.”

Syl-Off SL 411 Coating is a new solventless silicone release polymer technology that offers low platinum levels and optimizes highspeed performance. It provides fast cure and extremely stable release for applications involving bulk roll pressure-sensitive label stock, food packaging and industrial release papers using glassine and super-calendared kraft (SCK) substrates.

technologies to help customers reduce exposure to variations in platinum prices without sacrificing release performance.

The Syl-Off Advantage Series offers a comprehensive selection of base polymers, crosslinkers, release modifiers and catalysts – all engineered to optimize flexibility in controlling release, cure and cost.

Additionally, Dow Corning showcased at Labelexpo India the following highperformance solutions for the package and labeling sector:

Syl-Off SL 35 Release Modifier, used together with Dow Corning’s new Syl-Off SL 411 Coating, offers tightly controlled, but flexible modification of a coating’s release force.

It combines very low platinum levels with superior stability and shelf life to optimally balance quality control and cost savings.

This new addition to Dow Corning’s leadingedge Syl-Off Advantage Series improves the manufacture of pressure-sensitive label stock, single- and double-sided release papers, liners for adhesive tapes and other coatings for sticky materials.

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Syl-Off® EM 7934 and Syl-Off® EM 7935 Emulsion Coatings Syl-Off® Q2-7785 Release Coating Syl-Off® SL 9110 Coating Syl-Off® EM 7976 Emulsion Coating Dow Corning Q2-7406 and Dow Corning 7358 PSAs for hightemperature adhesion application Dow Corning 7651 and Dow Corning 7652 Adhesives Ultra-high-molecular-weight (UHMW) Siloxane Masterbatches from Multibase Dow Corning MB50-001 and Dow Corning MB50-801 Masterbatches Dow Corning MB50-002 and Dow Corning MB50-802 Masterbatches.

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HEI Flexibility Days New digital printing applications offer added value

Demand for creative applications, flexible print production, and cost-effective short-run production is continuing to grow. At the same time, print shops are looking for solutions to expand their existing business models with the help of the internet and unlock additional potential. These key issues served as the backdrop for the comprehensive digital printing and workflow portfolio showcased at the HEI Flexibility Days run by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). The major focus was on the great diversity of digital printing options. More than 250 visitors attended the event over the two days it was held.

New Heidelberg Linoprint C models for wide range of digital printing applications Using a dedicated application center and live demonstrations, Heidelberg presented new and creative digital printing applications that enable print shops to offer added value to their customers. In addition to personalized print applications, the range presented extended from conventional commercial jobs with coatings to white-printed labels and doublesided, coated banners of up to 700 millimeters.

This gave visitors the chance to experience the

excellent performance and flexibility of the new Linoprint CV and Linoprint CP digital printing systems at first hand. With a print speed of 90 pages per minute, the Linoprint CV now supports white and coating functions and an increased range of materials. The new Linoprint CP has a print speed of 130 pages per minute and offers several inline finishing solutions, thereby making it ideal for users who require high productivity when printing high-quality advertising and presentation material, personalized print products, and professionally bound books and brochures. “Most print shops these days already have a digital print solution in place for standardized short-run printing. But now the focus is increasingly on maximizing the potential of the technology and using even higher-quality print applications to really impress end customers. At the HEI Flexibility Days, we presented a comprehensive range of options that address these requirements,� says Jason Oliver, Head of Digital Printing at Heidelberg.

Something that was particularly popular with visitors during the Linoprint C model demonstrations was the new Prinect digital front end, which has set new standards in digital print quality thanks to the

Over 250 visitors at the Heidelberg HEI Flexibility Days watched the presentation of the new generation of Linoprint C digital printing systems.

Key Notes : > New generation of Linoprint C models unveiled to public for first time. > New Prinect digital front end for efficient color management and extensive integration options. > Over 250 international visitors across twoday event

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Sophisticated new digital printing applications give print shops an extra advantage on the market.

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Over 250 visitors at the Heidelberg HEI Flexibility Days watched the presentation of the new generation of Linoprint C digital printing systems.

use of Heidelberg color management and Heidelberg Renderer (RIP) technology that has been tried and tested in offset printing.

At the same time, it enables seamless integration of the two new digital printing systems into the overall workflow of a print shop. This means that all print jobs can be centrally managed in one workflow system, irrespective of the production process that has been selected. “It is increasingly clear that most print shops want to combine offset and digital printing to ensure profitability across the full spectrum of jobs. The new Heidelberg Linoprint C models combined with the Prinect digital front end developed specifically for them provide the ideal solution,� says Oliver.

The new Heidelberg Linoprint CV with white and coating functions offers users more flexibility for costeffective printing of short and personalized runs.

Heidelberg Linoprint CP is the new digital print system for volume-oriented users.

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Arrow Digital installs Epson SurePress L-4033AW at Trigon In 2012, Arrow Digital and Epson joint hands to market the Epson SurePress in India. Shortly after, Sai Packaging gained first mover advantage when it decided to purchase the Epson SurePress at Label Expo India 2012. Since Label Expo, Arrow Digital has kept the SurePress at its R&D Centre in Ahmedabad to conduct demos for prospective customers. Moreover, customers have the freedom to test print samples and gain hands-on experience of the machine.

Arrow’s R&D centre, established in 2007 also plays host to all the other innovative machines it distributes like Tecglass, Jetrix, Kerajet, Epson SureColor etc.

Arrow Digital & Epson have recently sold the SurePress L-4033AW to Trigon in Mumbai.

Trigon, a pre-press firm will use the press for printing short-run labels and create high quality labels for the FMCG market.

Arrow Digital is the sole distributor of the Epson Surepress in India. Sohel, PR & Marketing manager at Arrow Digital, said: “Digital is the future and is getting accepted as a complimentary technology to Offset and Flexo presses to cater to customers looking to transfer short run jobs to Digital presses, thereby increasing productivity. SurePress is one of the best Digital options available in the market. The machine is a cost effective high productive solution for efficient Digital Printing. It is an ideal machine to cater to segments such as pharmaceutical, food & beverages, cosmetics etc.”

The Epson SurePress is a high quality, short-run digital label press that helps create fine quality Flexo prints. It is made to create high value market for customers’ existing and future Flexo /Digital presses. It produces fantastic colours and sharp labels in various short runs on numerous uncoated materials.

Focusing on the premium short run labels market, it features a 7-colour inkjet with a range of pre and post-press options.

The press capitalizes on Epson’s Micro Piezo inkjet technology to create output with smooth gradations and high quality colour.

Its AQ ink-set design includes green and orange for a wide colour gamut, precise colour matching and accurate spot and speciality colours. It is also configured with fast and easy set-up with no need for substrate pre-treatment or coating, thereby ensuring substrate versatility.

SurePress offers quick and consistent Pantone matched colours enabled by proven Epson ink and colour management technology. It is specially advantageous in typical colour critical requirements of the labelling and packaging industry.

SurePress has high Variable Data Printing capabilities offering maximum label customization and providing customers with the flexibility to serialize labels and print on a variety of substrates. Text, graphics and images can further be customized for individual labels offering increased versatility.

The easy to operate intuitive touch screen panel of Epson SurePress offers remarkable user friendliness. The eco-friendly machine complies with the EU directive RoHS. Arrow, with a multi crore facility for trials, R&D and hands on training in Ahmedabad, has offices in all major metros and countrywide 24x7 support.

Landa makes key appointments in sales and field operations Landa Digital Printing has announced the appointment of Marc Schillemans as European (EMEA) Vice President of Sales and the appointment of Kobi Ulmer as Vice President of Field Operations.

With digital print experience, Schillemans has a successful track record for building digital print businesses. During the past eight years Marc has held a variety of senior management positions at HP, from President of Scitex Vision to his most recent role as EMEA VP of Sales and Market Development for HP Indigo and IHPS, HP’s inkjet web

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business. Prior to joining HP, Marc held senior sales positions with Agfa, Esko, Xeikon and Xerox.

“I am delighted to join the Landa team and to be a part of this exciting journey,” says Schillemans. “I look forward to playing a role in the commercialization of the Landa Nanographic Printing® Presses and to getting these amazing machines into customer hands.”

Landa also announced the promotion of Kobi Ulmer from Director of Worldwide Sales to VP of Field Operations, responsible for overall operational and logistical implementation of the Company’s market strategy, including

global customer satisfaction, consumables, facilities and field logistics. Ulmer continues to be responsible for all non-EMEA sales.

“The appointment of Marc Schillemans is of huge importance to our EMEA roll-out,” says Benny Landa, the Company’s Chairman and CEO. “We are pleased to have secured such a high caliber figure, whose reputation and industry experience speak for themselves.

With Kobi Ulmer’s promotion to VP of Field Operations, we greatly strengthen our senior team and reinforce our ability to deliver market leading products and services.”

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Scodix Design Awards 2014 goes to GEE7

Consecutive second time Ludhiana based GEE7 Printek has won the Scodix Design Awards in the Photo Web 2 Print category. The competition has received many entries submitted across six different categories. GEE7 is the only Indian winner among 12 award winners in this award organized by Scodix, Israel.

Vishal Luther, CEO, GEE7 said, “We are truly and honestly thrilled after winning this award. This is the realization of huge life dream. As we have earlier said that Scodix is a machine for those who have creative ideas in their mind but were not able to implement them because of the limitations of technology. After the installation of Scodix we have gained a lot and it is easy for us to apply the ideas, we can do a lot of creative work with this now and the result is in front of all of us. Our sincerely thanks to the Scodix family who have organized this competition as it has motivated us to do something different from our regular work.

It was a great challenge for us to think out of the box and create something unique. We are proud to be a part of Scodix family.”

The 2014 contest for the best creative work produced by Scodix customers using Scodix SENSE Digital Print Enhancement technology yielded a record-breaking number of applications.

75 Scodix users from all over the globe submitted their best work for the awards. From all parts of the globe, customers submitted jobs in 6 different categories i.e. General Commercial Printing (GCP), Folding Carton / Packaging, Photo Web 2 Print, Publishing, Design / Brand Promotion, Technology – Special materials / media / outcome.

The submissions were all judged by visitors at Scodix booth at Graph Expo 14.

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Canon leads the printing fleet at Friends Xerox Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai based Friends Xerox houses three brand new Canon presses. The firm’s proprietor Mr. B.Manivannan is all praises to their latest possession – a Canon imagePRESS C700.

Immediately after his education, Mr.B.Manivannan worked as a service engineer for a few years in a company handling Xerox copiers. He used to service the Xerox machines. After working for few years there, he decided to set up his own unit and started Friends Xerox at Tiruvanmiyur in Chennai.

Starting with an old model Xerox machine, Manivannan has been mainly catering to walk-in customers. “Over the years there has been considerable increase in commercial activities in our area. As a result, apart from our walk in customers we also cater to educational institutions, real estate and few corporate customers,” says Manivannan.

However, walk in customers constitute the major chunk – over 90% of the total business.

Most of them are regular customers and Friends Xerox provides 365 days full day service to its customers throughout the year.

Average daily print run at Friends is about 10,000 black and white sheets and 500 colour sheets.

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They have added three more machines over their last twenty years of printing journey.

“We started with one M/C and now have 3 Canon new M/C with full office automation needs and all service in one place,” adds Manivannan.

imagePRESS C700. “We have full faith in Canon equipments. They are reliable and their service and customer support is excellent. Unlike a few competitors, Canon gives direct company service, instead of through distributors / dealers,” he says.

For quite some time Manivannan was on a look out for a compact press. He waited for a suitable imagePRESS from Canon.

His experience with India’s first Canon M/C had been remarkable. As he felt the need to replace his old reconditioned machine of some other brand, he decided in favour of the Canon imagePRESS C700. “The new Canon iPR 700 gives excellent print quality and is very cost effective in terms of cost per print. Moreover due to its higher speed, it increases production and enables us to meet customers’ delivery schedules.

Without having any service problems, it helps us to increase customer base,” praises Manivannan.

Manivannan is extremely pleased with the performance of his new Canon imagePRESS C700. “Due to its higher speed, we can now have faster production which enables us to service more customers. This has significantly increased our customer base.

Also, high print quality means more satisfied customers. I would like to add that this Canon is very cost effective in terms of cost per print. All together it has increased our print volume and bottom line,” admiringly shares Manivannan.

Interestingly, Manivannan did not consider any other machine when installing Canon

He is all praises about his latest ‘amazing small machine’ as he calls his Canon iPR 700 press, which is a marvelous high quality production printing press with extremely compact footprint and capability to increase business and bottom line.

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Monotech Systems and Konica Minolta launch bizhub PRESS C1100/1085 The launch function was attended by approximately 150 printers from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. All the printers practically experienced the performance of the machine and printed their samples.

Monotech Systems Limited and Konica Minolta Business Solutions India launched the high speed, high end digital production system in Hotel Marriott, Mumbai on November 22, 2014.

Tagged with punch line “Be PRODUCTIVE not BUSY” this newly launched series is ideal for digital and commercial print environment and offers the promise of unrivalled productivity to meet the diverse needs of applications. It delivers outstanding performance with first-rate quality and reproduction for professional use. bizhub PRESS C1100/1085 have been awarded by BLI for outstanding production.

Further a FograCert Validation Printing System (VPS) certificate has been awarded to Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1100/1085 digital printing systems.

The certificate was issued for printer’s performance in conjunction with the latest Konica Minolta Color Care software and for both systems when running with EFI Fiery, CREO or Konica Minolta controller.

T. P. Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems Limited says, “The new product has an added advantage for us. We already have a strong base in digital printing segment with more than 950 installations of Konica Minolta Digital Production Systems across India. I am really thankful to the customers who managed to devote their time and came all the way to attend the launch show.

It was nice to see the enthusiasm which the customers have shown in this product and it further strengthens our confidence that it will be a very successful product.”

The next generation bizhubPRESS C1100 and bizhub PRESS C1085 digital presses combine high speed with a wide range of substrate handling and finishing options for superior flexibility and performance. Ideal for commercial printers and print service providers, the presses boast speed up to 100 and 85 ppm (pages per minute) respectively.

The new digital presses deliver a consistent quality at maximum speed. They also deliver accurate registration and colour consistency

regardless of print job length or complexity.

In addition, flexible substrate handling and inline finishing options provide professional looking output while enabling more effective workflow management.

printing segment, the latest launch will further strengthen our position in the segment,” he further added.

The bizhub PRESS C1100 and bizhub PRESS C1085 also feature enhanced Simitri® HDE toner, S.E.A.D. IV screen processing to continuously maintain image stability over long press runs, air suction (vacuum) paper feeding for spot-on registration and reliable paper handling and hybrid decurling (zig zag plus moisture) for consistently flat output.

“Konica Minolta has always provided competitive products that provide consistently high quality and meet user demands. The new bizhub PRESS C1100 and C1085 series set new benchmark in the colour production printer market.

It will help us boost the productivity for improved workflow performance,” says Mr. V. Balakrishnan, EGM (Marketing) Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

Speaking on the occasion Yuji Nakata MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions India says, “The bizhub PRESS C1100 series is a new platform built upon the success of our previous generations of digital presses with expanded capabilities, flexibility and speeds to further drive productivity. We are confident that these new presses would improve the customer experience of Konica Minolta products & solutions.”

Mr. Kuldeep Malhotra, EGM (Sales) Konica Minolta Business Solutions India adds, “We share with our esteemed customers a relationship that has been built on trust over the years. This new series bizhub PRESS is the best in its class on productivity and will help our customers to maximise the profitability & return of investment. We will further strengthen our sales & service delivery to enhance customer satisfaction.”

“The newly launched printers are for the ability to scale, perform and deliver ondemand across diverse needs with a faster turnaround time while maintaining superior colour reproduction. The new intuitive and intelligent digital production engines offer appropriate solutions to the printing fraternity.

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Shilp Gravures – Pioneering Gravure and Flexo Quality in Asia Matching gravure quality with flexo using Esko’s Full HD Flexo solution.

Ahmedabad based Shilp Gravures has recently installed Esko’s Full HD Flexo solution – a combination of inline UV2 technology on its CDI 4260 digital flexo imager and special screening. Full HD Flexo allows flexographic printing to compete with offset and gravure quality. As Shilp’s Marketing Director Mr. Gajanan Bhavsar says, “This was the only technology that gave us the best flat top and round top dots in the same flexographic plate, with results close to offset and gravure quality. We have been waiting for years to achieve gravure quality with flexo plates as it is a faster, more flexible and cost effective process. Finally Full HD Flexo gives us this breakthrough so it’s now possible to move the highest quality work from gravure to flexo which is what some of the leading brand owners want.”

Shilp’s mastery and expansion in flexography parallels its mastery of gravure by continuous investment in leading edge technology. The Esko CDI 4260 installation with inline UV2 provides the Full HD Flexo solution with its combination of special micro screening for smooth vignettes, sparkling highlight detail, vibrant brand and spot colours and high solid densities.

For most of its 25-year history, Shilp Gravures has been acknowledged as the leading Indian gravure cylinder trade house. In 2009, Shilp acquired a leading flexo trade shop –

an existing user of Esko prepress and digital imaging for flexographic plates. As narrow and wide web flexography grew in the country and even gravure printers added wide web central impression cylinder (CI) flexo presses for flexible packaging, Shilp was there with the best technology from its longtime partner. The company was amongst the earliest to invest in Esko software products such as Flexo Tools and HD Flexo imaging in 2012. By adopting innovations like Esko’s Full HD Flexo in-line UV2 on its CDI imager, and with its own comprehensive knowledge in flexible packaging, Shilp has been able to move flexo quality to the next level for leading packaging and label printers and converters.

Since 1997, when the first Esko system was installed at Shilp, it has been an exercise of constant growth, expansion and new technology and refinement for both the companies.

As the flexible packaging industry grew in India, the global quality standards required by the consumer product companies had to be met and Shilp continued to exercise its leadership position in the industry by adding the latest technology in prepress and electronic engravers. In fact, the company became an exhibitor at drupa as a supplier and exporter of engraved cylinders. This latest development of cutting edge flexographic platemaking at Shilp is the natural outcome of a fruitful relationship of 18 years with Esko.

Komori at Label Expo Americas 2014 Komori America presented a booth jointly with INX International Ink Co., the overseas subsidiary of Sakata INX Corporation, exhibiting the NW210 narrow web UV label press bearing the Komori emblem at Label Expo Americas 2014.

The exhibit machine was a white + CMYK UV inkjet NW210-E equipped with a Spartanics laser die cutting unit. Demonstrations of printing labels on 21 cm wide tack sheet and film with an output resolution of 360 x 360 dpi at a printing speed of 23 m/min were carried out. The NW210-E exhibited at this show, the most compact and space-saving of all digital UV inkjet label presses with an internal laser unit, was observed and asked about

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by visitors continuously, and it received nearly 200 inquires over the three days. As a series, ten presses have already been installed in the U.S. and Europe.

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Pringraf installing world’s first Highcon Euclid II Pringraf in Italy, is in the process of installing the world’s first Highcon Euclid II digital cutting and creasing machine.

Giuseppe and Roberto Prioriello, Cofounders of Pringraf comment: “We fell in love with the Highcon Euclid, seeing it as an ideal solution. We had been looking for something special, something more productive that would help us bring our dream to life. We have been in the printing business since 1994 and have always been passionate about the connection between graphic design, digital technology and printing. This revolutionary new product will remove the limits inherent in creating truly imaginative design and will make the realization of package design far more hassle-free” In order to demonstrate their commitment, Pringraf entered and won design awards with a package digitally cut and creased on a Highcon Euclid machine.

The Gelato box won both the ProCarton ECMA award and the Luxury Packaging Best in Show awards as well best food pack, during the past couple of months.

Initially, the customer, Aloha, wanted a wicker basket, which is expensive, but Pringraf produced a cardboard package, which perfectly represents the product and remains useful

NEWS renewing our longEUCLID relationship PRINGRAF INSTALLING WORLD'Snow FIRST HIGHCON II through

this important project. right to the end. The original shape was kept and the November wicker structure was2014, created Yavne, Israel, 13th, Pringraf inThe Italy, is in the process of installing the Highcon Euclid II incorporates numerous through intricate laser cutouts.

This resulted world's first Highcon™ Euclid II digital cutting and creasing productivity andmachine. quality improvements the in a more ecologically sustainable and less result of valuable production input garnered expensiveand concept.

TimePrioriello, to market was only Giuseppe Roberto Co-founders of Pringraf “We fell around in lovethe with the from Euclid customers world, three months! the customer his Highcon Euclid,And seeing it as anachieved ideal solution.

We had been something including a new looking substratefor handling system, objective: sales were increased and market special, something more productive that wouldenhanced help us creasing bring our dream life. We quality, andto optimized presence was also increased significantly. have been in the printing business since 1994 cutting and have always been passionate algorithms.

about the connection between graphic design, digital technology and printing. This Nigel Tracey, Highcon Sales Director: I havethe limits inherent in creating truly revolutionary new product will remove The Euclid II will be installed at a special site known Pringraf for several years.

They arerealization of package design far more hassleimaginative design and will make the in Campochiaro. true innovators and the Highcon Euclid is a free” great match for them. I am looking forward to

Giuseppe has also founded a new startup In seeing order to theirbusiness. commitment, Pringraf entered and won design awards howdemonstrate it helps grow their called Packly (www.pack.ly), a web to pack with a package digitally cut and creased on a Highcon Euclid machine. platform for custom packaging. It is an easy

Pringraf signed the deal withthe MGraf, the latestECMA award and the Luxury Packaging Best The Gelato box won both ProCarton and fast way to create packaging online addition to Highcon’s distribution channel in Show awards as well best food pack, duringand thehave pastitcouple of months. printed starting from one copy. in Italy. David Marinoni, of MGraf, said: The

brand owners etc., can Initially, the about customer, Aloha, iswanted a wicker Graphic basket, designers, which is expensive, but Pringraf great thing this business the ability even use Packly to create custom die-cut produced a cardboard package, which perfectly represents the product and remains to bring two friends together. The combinashapes. The user can do this on-line, enteruseful right to thegame-changing end. The original shape was kept and the wicker structure was tion of Highcon’s technoling the dimensions and substrate thickness created through intricate ogy and Giuseppe’s vision laser will becutouts. a great This resulted in a more ecologically and have the CAD file immediately available sustainable and less expensive Time to market was only three months! And success and personally, I am veryconcept. happy for download. Packly is in private beta and thebecause customer achieved his objective: sales were increased and market presence was we supplied Prioriello Brothers with will be launched to the public at the beginalso increased significantly. a small offset machine more than twenty ning of 2015.

years ago and thanks toSales Highcon, we are I have known Pringraf for several years. They Nigel Tracey, Highcon Director: are true innovators and the Highcon Euclid is a great match for them. I am looking forward to seeing how it helps grow their business. ink reaction resulting in lesser wastage and

Parksons to install India’s first-ever Heidelberg faster make readies. Speedmaster CX 102’s sets up distribution the job automatiPringraf signed the deal with MGraf, the latest Intellistart additionfunction to Highcon’s Speedmaster CX 102 Press Parksons Packaging has signed up for a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 six colour press, the first-ever in India.

Heidelberg will be installing this extremely ‘energy-efficient’, best-in-class press at Parksons Packaging in December 2014. With this addition, Parksons would be inaugurating its 7th Heidelberg press. In a response to the latest signup, Mr. Ramesh Kejriwal, Chairman of Parksons Packaging said, Heidelberg will continue to be our partner in our journey towards future investment and growth”.

With production speed of 16,500 sheets per hour, the Speedmaster CX 102 can handle a broad spectrum of packaging substrates from thin plastic to bending-resistant cardboard. The highlight of Parksons Speed-

cally in the leastthing amount of time and many channel in Italy. David Marinoni, of MGraf, said: The great about this business master CX 102 is its ‘Prinect Inpresstogether.

Control’ Theother new features make this work is the ability to bring two friends combination ofwhich Highcon’s gamemeasuring system. Thisand patented quality vision will horse sure winner!

Currently Parksons I changing technology Giuseppe’s be aa great success and personally, control system from Heidelberg forms has production units at Daman, am very happy because we supplieda Prioriello Packaging Brothers with a small offset machine close looptwenty with Prepress controls,to Highcon, Pune and much-awaited more than years data ago which and thanks weRudrapur. are nowThe renewing our long register & colour on the fly without operator relationship through this important project. Speedmaster CX 102 will be installed in the

interference, resulting in almost no wastage, Daman unit. significantly shorter make-ready times and The Highcon Euclid II incorporates numerous productivity and quality improvements no colour variation during production. The the result of valuable production input garnered from Euclid customers around the highly productive Speedmaster CX 102 press world, including a new substrate handling system, enhanced creasing quality, and is based on the state-of-the-art technology optimized cutting algorithms. of XL class with the tried-and-tested cylinder configuration of Speedmaster CD 102, which The Euclid II will be installed at a special site in Campochiaro. perfectly meets the challenges in packaging printing. Apart from this, other features include simultaneous wash up of blanket cylinder, impression cylinder and ink rollers, resulting in much faster change overs than before, sheet fed control system for faster Mr. Klaus Nielsen, Managing Director of Heidelberg India with Mr. Ramesh Kejriwal, Chariman of Parksons Packaging.

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FINAT Thirty Fifth International Labelling Competition FINAT has announced that label converters can start selecting their best examples of label print as the 2015 FINAT Labelling Competition is now open and will accept entries till 5th March 2015.

The annual FINAT competition showcases the best of self-adhesive label print. It recognizes and rewards achievement in terms of both end use/marketing impact and print and converting quality. Awards are given in the main segments where self-adhesive labels are used: alcoholic beverages, food, household, industrial, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, security labels, (self-) promotion, and booklet/coupon labels and for the major reel-fed print processes.

“The objective of this annual labelling competition is threefold,” says Kurt Walker, FINAT president. “It not only helps highlight the advantages of self-adhesive labels and related products as effective marketing, promotional or identification tools, but definitely also encourages converters to extend their technical and quality boundaries. And last

but not least, it promotes labels and labelling techniques on a world-wide basis and this to the benefit of the label and associated industries. I therefore invite all label converters to participate in this prestigious competition and to take advantage of the benefits it has to offer.”

Award winners will receive their prize on the occasion of the annual congress which will take place 11-13 June 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The winning entries will be displayed at the congress and at Labelexpo Europe 2015. Selected winners of the FINAT Label Competition 2015 will be entered in the 2015 World Label Awards (WLA) Competition.

FINAT has revamped the participation details and entry form and has introduced a new, fifth category under Group E: Digital. This group has been added to recognize the significant part that digital printing is playing in the modern label industry. Three categories have been included to cover the main digital printing technologies: solvent toner, dry toner

and ink jet. The category digital is complementary to other categories, which include marketing/end-uses, printing processes, nonadhesive applications and innovation.

Udo Panenka to succeed Carsten Knudsen as President of Esko Esko has announced that Udo Panenka, Senior Vice President for Global Sales & Marketing will succeed Carsten Knudsen as President on 1 January 2015. Over the near term, Carsten Knudsen will continue to support Esko and Danaher in an advisory role.

“Under Carsten’s leadership, Esko has built a loyal and growing customer group, created world class technology, and with a strong team, driven excellent growth and established itself as a leader in its served markets”, said Joakim Weidemanis, Vice President and Group Executive for the Product Identification Platform, Danaher Corporation.

Udo Panenka joined Esko from Kollmorgen, another Danaher business, earlier this year, where he was Vice President & General Manager for Industrial Automation in Europe and India. Udo joined Kollmorgen in 2008 and has served in several key leadership roles with increasing responsibility.

“We want to thank Carsten for his leadership and tremendous impact on the success of Esko” said Joakim Weidemanis.

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Malhar Digicomm automates Sign and Display production with its Esko Kongsberg XN In just nine months, with the help of its Esko Kongsberg XN digital cutting and creasing table, Malhar Digicomm, a commercial digital printing firm has made a remarkable transformation from a manually operated facility to a fast-growing digital point-of-purchase (POP) and point-of-sale (POS) company. The company designs and manufactures display products for retail outlets. This includes freestanding displays, end-aisle displays, and shelf displays. It prints on diverse materials and even does custom molding as part of its displays.

Malhar has invested in 100% digital production. The company’s recent and rapid success started with its investment in digital printers and the Kongsberg XN with i-Cut technology and Artioscad software for structural design for its 3D displays. Mr. Milind Deshpande, Managing Partner of Malhar Digicomm, says, “The company realized it could not be as successful as it wanted to be because the work was complicated and took too much time when done manually.

Moreover, prior to installing the Kongsberg, we were sending our jobs outside and the finishing part, which is important for a POP or POS, was not as per our expectations. The POP business is growing fast, but you have to offer brand owners and retail customers a good solution, or you will not be able to keep them as customers. We understood that we could not work manually anymore.”

Milind Deshpande Managing Partner of Malhar Digicomm with work produced on his Esko Kongsberg XN.

The most important thing Malhar Digicomm wanted from a table was one that would work quickly and provide a good quality cut. Also,

they needed a machine that was reliable enough to work continuously all day, if necessary. The Kongsberg XN is a high-speed cutting and creasing device with precise registration. Earlier, Malhar had several people working in the production area, now it has only two, while others work in skilled areas such as design, sales and marketing. In the meantime, production has tripled with fewer people and the factory is much cleaner with much less dust. The i-Cut software has also resulted in significant material savings.

Mr. Deshpande adds, “With the Kongsberg XN digital cutting table, we are now able to cater to big brands such as Top Ramen, Being Human, Volkswagen and GM Electricals amongst others. Today, we cater to projects which are usually in the range of 1,000 to 5,000 pieces, but now we can work on much smaller or even larger quantities — depending on the job itself.”

Milind Deshpande Managing Partner of Malhar Digicomm in the middle: “The Kongsberg table does most of the work”

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Roland DisplayStudio Digital Sign System wins Best of 2014 Award at Viscom Roland DisplayStudio, a complete turnkey digital sign system designed to make it easy for sign shops to introduce print customers

to digital signage, has won a Best of 2014 Award in the Software category at Viscom Frankfurt 2014.

Making its debut on the international stage at Viscom 2014, the Roland DisplayStudio digital sign system includes user-friendly software, a powerful digital media player and commercial-grade monitor developed specifically for digital signage applications. Roland DisplayStudio software, which features drag-and-drop functionality and dynamic templates for simple content creation, is advanced yet incredibly easy to use. It enables pictures, text, logos and videos to be incorporated into attractive presentations with just a few mouse clicks. The software also makes creating playlists that schedule and automatically show selected digital signage presentations a breeze.

“Receiving this prestigious award from Viscom is quite an honour,” said Rick Scrimger, president of Roland DGA. It recognizes the unique capabilities of RolandDisplay Studio and how this high quality, affordable digital sign system streamlines the content development and management process.

When designing DisplayStudio, we wanted to create a system that would make it simple for sign shops to create new profit centers by offering customers digital signage to complement their existing print campaigns.

This honor reinforces the fact that we have achieved our goal.”

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