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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Best young media professionals honoured at WorldSkills Germany..............................................................................................................................8 VDMA’s Future Workshop and the Printing and Paper Industry in the Years 2030 to 2040................................................................................. 11 Fusion Print And Pack grows and succeeds with Autoprint........................................................................................................................................... 12 End-to-End Integrated Marketing Solutions for Brand owners by iMS Global........................................................................................................ 13 Printwell installs Amritsar’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74.................................................................................................................................. 14 Showcasing the Power of 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Digital Media India 2019 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Asian publishers recognised for their outstanding work in digital and mobile content..................................................................................... 16 Konica Minolta demonstrates innovative label printing technology......................................................................................................................... 17 LabelExpo welcomes record visitors this edition............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Flint Group showcases breadth of technological innovation at LabelExpo India.................................................................................................. 19 Five bookings for show stopper JETSCI Colornovo .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 BALDWIN Vision Systems at LabelExpo India....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 190: Future ready solution for dynamically evolving market.............................................................................. 22 It’s an Alliance repeat for Prakash Printers ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22 It’s pouring orders for Esko CDI imager at LabelExpo....................................................................................................................................................... 23 HP at Label Expo India: Cutting-edge solutions to fuel business growth opportunities in labels and packaging industry................... 24 Vetaphone A/S at LabelExpo India 2018............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Standard Printers Providers highlights Taiyo range .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Codimag at Label Expo 2018 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Multitec at LabelExpo India........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Kejian Instrument showcases at LabelExpo India.............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Brotech label/IML finishing machine at LabelExpo India 2018..................................................................................................................................... 26 Edale presents Label Presses FL3 and FL5 at LabelExpo India....................................................................................................................................... 27 Luster Inspection system displays at LabelExpo India...................................................................................................................................................... 27 VINSAK at LabelExpo India 2018............................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Numex Blocks invests in 2nd FLEXCEL NX System............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Vee Pee Graphics launches an in-house APP....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Omet showcases iFLEX 370 at LabelExpo India.................................................................................................................................................................. 30 OMET X6 with additional units sliding on rail ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 World’s 1st water-wash flexo plate Cosmolight showcases at LabelExpo................................................................................................................. 31 Spilker Germany at LabelExpo India....................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Asia thinks digital........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Fujifilm India launches its 2nd Graphic Arts Demo Centre ............................................................................................................................................ 34 Ricoh to acquire ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH........................................................................................................................................ 35 Xerox recognized in Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India List...................................................................................................................... 36 Kodak partners with Evolve Additive Solutions.................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Strategic software alliance for a new information era...................................................................................................................................................... 38 Vineet Gehani is Director of Technology and Channels at Xerox India ..................................................................................................................... 39 Konica Minolta installs MGI JETVARNISH 3DS & iFOIL S at Futura Infinite................................................................................................................. 40 Kodak sells FPD business to Montagu ................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Esko takes“Packaging Connected” to All4Pack.................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Cosmo Films launches metalized velvet lamination film................................................................................................................................................. 43 MPS Systems appoints Atze Bosma as new CEO................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Upgrading the USAR line of Label Finishing........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 Udaybhai C Patel is MMS Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 winner........................................................................................................................ 44 Looking forward to PackPlus Delhi 2019............................................................................................................................................................................... 45 PrintFair 2019 to take place in April in Bengaluru.............................................................................................................................................................. 45 Gold in packaging innovation for IVD breakthrough ACU-Drop II............................................................................................................................... 46 YESGO: Where your Packaging journey begins................................................................................................................................................................... 47 EFI introduces Reggiani BOLT: Next-generation single-pass Textile Digital Printer............................................................................................... 48 ColorJet India partners Digital Hires for Spain & Portugal ............................................................................................................................................. 50 Roland DG launches VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 colour eco-solvent printer................................................................................................................. 51 Esko at SGIA 2018........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, LabelExpo welcomes record visitors this edition. It was an almost 23 percent increase in visitor footfall over the last edition at the 6th edition that took place during 22-25 November at Greater Noida. Being the biggest LabelExpo India so far with around 10,000 visitors from 55 countries taking advantage of the successful showcase by 250 exhibitors, it was almost 28 percent larger than the previous edition of 2016. “It is a resounding proof that the Indian label and package printing market is booming, with printer demand for new technology and innovation moving at an incredible rate,” states Lisa Milburn, managing director for Labelexpo Global Series. The show was a catalyst for machinery launches and numerous sales achieved by exhibitors on the show floor. The key sales taking place at the show include: Monotech Systems selling two Jetsci Colornovo UV inkjet presses, the new launch and also other 8 key sales; Multitec selling two 8-colour presses; HP Indigo selling Indigo 6900 press; and Vinsak selling two USAR slitter rewinders and three Lombardi presses. Other machinery sales were achieved by Esko, DuPont, Nilpeter, Omet, Xeikon, Rhyguan, Brotech, UV Graphic, SNM Enterprises, Hyden Packaging, Marks Print, amongst others. Key launches included IEEC’s Ozonash and Lab Corona Treater; and Alliance Printech’s Alliance A3 flexo press. Veepee Graphics, a pre-press trade house, launched a mobile application for its customers. Also reflecting the buoyant mood of the industry, several strategic partnerships were announced, including Domino and Multitec; and Konica Minolta Business Solutions and China-based Brotech Graphics who are partnering to source accessories for the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 190 label press in India. Complementing the Expo, an extremely well attended Brand Innovation Day took place on day one of the show. Brand owners and designers from a wide range of sectors took part in an exclusive series of seminars and educational sessions aimed at equipping them with expert insight into making the most out of their brand, how they can overcome key challenges on the path to future growth, and stay ahead of the competition in a fast-paced industry. Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director for Labelexpo Global Series, moderated a lively panel discussion on product decoration, joined by representatives from SMI Coated Products, Esko, HP India and Avery Dennison. The 2018 LMAI Awards, sponsored by Avery Dennison was extremely well-attended by exhibitors and association members at Labelexpo India 2018. More industry installations in recent times, apart from LabelExpo orders, include: Printwell installing Amritsar’s 1st Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74; and Konica Minolta installing MGI JETVARNISH 3DS & iFOIL S at Futura Infinite. In addition to our LabelExpo India 2018 review, we have the cover story of Fusion Print & Pack’s growth and success with Autoprint; interview with Abraham Prabhakar, MD Asia Business, iMS Global; and Asia’s first Packaging Pre-Press Software training institute. There’s a lot more in our regular sections serving our esteemed readers. Enjoy reading the November 2018 Issue of PRESSIdeas.
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Best young media professionals honoured at WorldSkills Germany German championships in media technology, graphic design, and web design held centrally for the first time in the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Wiesloch-Walldorf. This year’s WorldSkills Germany competition saw a total of fifteen highly motivated and committed young media professionals taking part. For the first time, the German championships in print media technology, graphic design, and web design took place centrally from 23 to 25 October 2018 in the Print Media Center of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in Wiesloch-Walldorf. The gold medal in the printing technology skill went to Jessica Sturm from Druckerei Raichle in Marktoberndorf, with the silver going to Maurice Vornholt from Mohn Media in Gütersloh. In the graphic design skill, gold went to Klara Schäffer, Heilbronner Stimme, Heilbronn, silver to Tim Kreische, unitedprint.com SE, Radebeul, and bronze to Anton Chertkov, Die Etagen GmbH, Osnabrück. In the web design skill, Dominique Oppermann, P3 Medienagentur der MMBbs, Hanover, took home gold, with Mona Lange, Beckdesign, Bochum and Antonio Groß, aquafun, Mönchengladbach taking home silver and bronze respectively.
The medal-winning participants form the respective national team in their skill and will now receive intensive training for the international competitions from the experts.
All winners were presented with their medals and certificates by Franz Schropp, Senior Technical Delegate from WorldSkills Germany, Anette Jacob from Zentral-Fachausschuss Berufsbildung Druck und Medien (ZFA, Central Committee for Vocational Training in Print and Media), and Professor Dr. Ulrich Hermann, Member of the Management Board
Winner in the printing technology skill: First place went to Jessica Sturm from the Raichle printing company. Maurice Vornholt from Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH was happy about the 2nd place.
responsible for Life Cycle Solutions and Chief Digital Officer at Heidelberg. The medal-winning participants form the respective national team in their skill and will now receive intensive training for the international competitions from the experts. One of them will represent Germany at WorldSkills in Kazan in Russia in August 2019. The award ceremony was incorporated into Campus
Key Notes : > Next WorldSkills in August 2019 in Kazan. > Heidelberg a forerunner in the digitalization of vocational training. > The gold medal in the printing technology skill went to Jessica Sturm from Druckerei Raichle in Marktoberndorf.
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The German championships in Graphic Design and Web Design were held for the first time in the Print Media Center of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in Wiesloch-Walldorf.
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Day, an event hosted by Heidelberg for vocational students. Over 130 budding young talents applauded enthusiastically and got an impression of what the competition involves. “The digital age offers great opportunities for committed and qualified young professionals and is, as it were, a prerequisite for the digital transformation of the leading industrial companies in their respective fields,” confirmed Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hermann.
Clever and creative minds are in demand Participants in WorldSkills Germany must have completed their training and be under 23 years of age. Applications are submitted to Zentral-Fachausschuss Berufsbildung Druck und Medien (ZFA). The participants can look forward to varied, exciting, and eventful competition tasks based on the tasks of the international WorldSkills. For example, those competing in the printing technology skill had to print two posters, mix two spot colours, and complete one maintenance task. The graphic designers created a logo, a flyer, posters, and a packaging. The competitors in the web design skill demonstrated basic web design concepts with server- and client-side programming and design. An expert jury made up of representatives of the vocational school teachers, the association, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and the ZFA evaluated the work on each day of the competition and then determined the winners. The German championships are hosted by WorldSkills Germany together with partners such as Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. (the German printing and media industries federation), SRH Berufsbildungswerk Neckargemünd (a non-profit vocational training organization), and Zentral-Fachausschuss Berufsbildung Druck und Medien (the central committee for vocational education and training in print and media). “We are proud to be a founding member of WorldSkills Germany and to be supporting the national championship for the eighth time. And this time as a platform for all media professions,” said Prof. Dr. Hermann at the award ceremony. “The media professions are in great demand in the industry, which is looking for the clever and creative minds of the future.” Heidelberg’s clear commitment to training was honoured in spring with its nomination as a Federal
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In the web design skill, Dominique Oppermann (center), P3 media agency of MMBbs took home gold, with Mona Lange (right), Beckdesign and Antonio Groß, aquafun, taking home silver and bronze respectively.
Performance Center for Printing. All computer equipment for the graphic design and web design skills was provided by SRH.
Heidelberg a forerunner in the digitalization of vocational training For five years, Heidelberg has been one of the five partners which supports the “Social Augmented Reality” and “Social Virtual Learning” project in technical and commercial vocational training funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project is coordinated by ZFA (Social-augmented-learning). Heidelberg contributes the 3D press data so that the students can master learning modules such as lateral ink distribution, sheet reversal, or inline coating in virtual space using a model of the Speedmaster SX 74. The opportunities afforded by visualization and knowledge management have already yielded very good results at vocational schools. Throughout Germany, nine institutions are already equipped with AR/VR technology, and
Switzerland, Austria, and Denmark want to follow suit. There are also learning modules with the high-speed cutter from Polar, and the current project uses label printing machines from Gallus for flexo and digital printing. The project has been extended until 2020. Heidelberg also uses AR/VR in its own training. There are five places per training year, divided into three for print media technologists and one each for packaging technologists and digital and print media designers. In addition, the company provides mechatronics engineers with targeted training in using the View2Connect virtual collaboration and communication platform, which facilitates completely digital assembly planning among other features. Virtual Reality is an integral part of the technical training here. For example, as part of Heidelberg’s Future Workshop, trainees in the “Digital Platforms” area are working on a project to produce and jointly develop 3D printing systems on behalf of Karlsruhe-based startup Apium with support from View2Connect.
The award ceremony was incorporated into Campus Day, an event hosted by Heidelberg for vocational students. All winners were presented with their medals and certificates by Franz Schropp (left), Senior Technical Delegate from WorldSkills Germany and Professor Dr. Ulrich Hermann (second from left), Lifecycle Solutions and Chief Digital Officer at Heidelberg.
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VDMA’s Future Workshop and the Printing and Paper Industry in the Years 2030 to 2040 “In 2040, the basic human needs will be similar to those of today. People will be dependent on the supply of fresh food and in their purchases continue to insist on undamaged products, which can only be mastered with packaging.” With the aim to develop a mission statement for the years 2030 to 2040, VDMA, its member companies, the trend research company TRENDONE and the drupa team participated in a future workshop and discussed the influences of social and technological trends on the printing and paper industry. Which role will printing and paper technology play in a digitalized world? This is one of the questions the participants of VDMA’s future workshop discussed at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH in September. With a view to drupa 2020, the team also contributed to the mission statement for the years 2030 to 2040 developed on this occasion.
No Prospects without Future Perspectives Together – VDMA member companies, trend researchers from TRENDONE GmbH and students analyzed the influences of social and technological trends on the printing and paper industry and derived concrete fields of innovation and action. Looking forward is extremely crucial as Dr. Markus Heering, VDMA Managing Director, points out: ”In the daily business routine, the companies often play too little attention to the future. Changes in the market are not only a challenge, but may also offer chances. The companies must identify them at an early stage. Our aim is to develop a joint positive vision for the future of our sector.”
Travelling time to embrace the future In order to get in the mood for an innovative and predictive day, short time travel was done to the year 2040 characterized by a networked world full of drones and robots, mixed reality and artificial intelligence. When it comes to print specifically TRENDONE showed printed cell tissue and completely individualized products. During some group work periods they identified ten key future trends likely to have
a major influence on printing and paper technology manufacturing of which only some are mentioned below: Despite the increasing amount of time consumers spend online, they are equally expected to have offline breaks and more nature experiences. Technological advances such as smart factories, artificial intelligence and virtual reality will allow for progressive individualization. This is extremely important since it’s only natural that each individual wishes to stand out from the crowd. It becomes more and more relevant to react faster to changing markets. Methods like open innovation are highly likely to help companies identify their customer’s needs at an earlier stage and adjust their portfolio and business model accordingly.
“In 2040, the basic human needs will be similar to those of today. People will be dependent on the supply of fresh food and in their purchases continue to insist on undamaged products, which can only be mastered with packaging.”
Printed Products remain our everyday companions But the most important finding is that printed products will retain their key role in many spheres of life such as the individual design of textiles, rooms, ceramic products as well as electronic decorative or operator panels. We have to wait to see if these tendencies will already be present at drupa 2020 from June 16 to 26 in Düsseldorf.
How exactly does that affect the printing and paper industry? To name just one effect: Inter alia, print will fulfill even more emotional tasks than it does today and offer people some sort of analogue refuge in a networked society. Also core requirements will have impact on the printing and paper industry as Heering explains:
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Fusion Print And Pack grows and succeeds with Autoprint The two Autoprint Repetto 80 Die Punching Machines have brought in a lot of saving for the Surat printer. Surat, Gujarat based Fusion Print And Pack engaged in Offset printing and packaging, used to run six semi-automatic Die Cutters for their over 2 million impression output per month. It involved a lot of labour for the production of these two million impressions. With the investment in two Autoprint Repetto 80 Die Punching Machines over the last two years time, they are now able to save considerable labour as well as time. “Autoprint has played a big role in the success and growth of our business,” says an optimistic Mr. Kalpesh Lal, Director of Fusion Print And Pack.
“The most appealing feature of Autoprint’s machines is their fully automized system & speed throughout the process. With the installation of these machines we can assure 100% quality in the printed cartons to our customers & at the same time we as a company will save considerable time and manpower.” – Kalpesh Lal, Director, FPAP
Key Notes : > The job of six semiautomatic die cutters done faster by two Autoprint Repetto 80. > Zero gripper wastage means minimized wastage of boards and increased production. > Autoprint High Precision Blanking Machine impresses with zero downtime and better quality printed cartons.
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“With its zero gripper wastage, Autoprint’s Repetto 80 Die Punching Machines have helped us minimize wastage of boards and increase production. Their product quality, training of our operators and quick service has helped us tremendously in the smooth functioning of our business,” adds Kalpesh. Besides, Kalpesh also plans to eliminate the manual process of blanking of cartons in his workflow. For this purpose, he has already zeroed in on Autoprint’s High Precision Blanking Machine. “This is another good product from Autoprint for which we are in negotiation and will be soon installing. This Blanking machine has a good feedback from the industry. Being an indigenously manufactured machine, we can be sure of zero downtime and better quality printed cartons. The most appealing feature of Autoprint’s machines is their fully automized system
& speed throughout the process. With the installation of these machines we can assure 100% quality in the printed cartons to our customers & at the same time we as a company will save considerable time and manpower which is otherwise spent on the carton blanking,” he explains Fusion Print And Pack mainly caters to the Textile and Cosmetic product packaging. With a loyal customer base, they have achieved a continuous moderate growth over the years. The shop floor of around 10,000 sq.ft is equipped with one 5-colour plus Coater Heidelberg SM72, two Heidelberg Speed Masters 2-colour (28 x 40), one U.V Coater, five semi-automatic Foil Printing machines, two Autoprint Repetto 80 Die Punching Machines (22 x 32), two Lamination machines with sheet separators, one Carton Folder Gluer and a Rigid Box Making semiautomatic set up from China. “We are grateful to Mr. Dilip Raka of Raka Enterprises for guiding us from time to time in making necessary changes and upgrading our infrastructure with the best machinery suited for our work,” says Kalpesh. “Investing in Rigid Boxes Making machines has helped us grow our business both in textile and cosmetic products. With our creation and new developments for gift and cosmetic boxes we are well appreciated by all our customers,” continues Kalpesh.
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In future he also plans to invest in Rotogravure Printing. He is optimistic about setting up their new venture in next financial year. “We have a good demand from our existing and new customers for labels and pouches,” he says. Equipped with Autoprint equipment, Fusion
Print And Pack can now supply quality material faster to their clients. It’s a win-win situation for everyone in the value chain. “Autoprint sales and service personnel have been very prompt in providing services to us. As of date these new installations have met all our expectations and we are sure that it will help us in the days ahead to increase
our customer base and grow our business faster. To summarize our investment in the Autoprint Repetto 80 Die Punching Machine in one simple sentence, I would say, ‘Grow and Succeed with Autoprint’,” concludes Kalpesh.
End-to-End Integrated Marketing Solutions for Brand owners by iMS Global In conversation with Abraham Prabhakar Managing Director Asia business, iMS Global Abraham Prabhakar has joined iMS Global as Managing Director, Asia business. Previously he has had rich and what he calls, ‘educative, rewarding and successful’ association with industry leaders Nordson, Heidelberg and Kodak. “I have had a successful professional journey so far which has been educative as well as rewarding in all previous organisations I have been associated,” says Abraham Prabhakar. His forte remained driving growth of company revenues and improving the performance of sales and service teams and personnel management. He proved as an inspiring mentor and coach displaying exceptional financial skills. Building new business, securing customer loyalty and forging strong relationships with internal and external business partners were other areas of speciality. Earlier being associated with printing and packaging fields, he is now associated with pre-press and designing area. When we asked him about this shift, he says, “Mine is a unique journey – I started with Package and Packaging, then joined Printing and Packaging (Offset), then Prepress and Printing (Digital and Flexography) and now Creative – Pre Media – Prepress – Repro – Printing and Packaging. My journey in packaging is complete!” Abraham Prabhakar’s wife is a dedicated Dentist, his son is pursuing his Masters in Engineering Management in the US and his daughter is perusing her Bachelors in Visual communication and film making. With the hobby of always being a good guide and advisor to his clients in finding the right solution professionally; personally, he also
maintains a regular fitness schedule which may be a walk, a 6 kilometres cycling or swimming.
are passionate about delivering excellence in the execution of design through to physical print and packaging,” he says.
iMSGlobal is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company which has diversified business experience in artwork production, pre-press, repro, conceptual prototype, print production management and E-commerce image albums etc. With operations in Mumbai, India; Shanghai China and Singapore, it is basically a Pre Media Agency providing endto-end solutions for Brand owners globally.
“Implementing an engaging and high impact consumer brand strategy is an incredibly complex task with enormous potential for error, delays and budget blowouts. We offer our clients a flexible end-to-end bespoke solution that addresses every stage of the branding, packaging and sales activation process. We recognise every client is different and we tailor our services to meet your requirements,” continues Abraham.
What makes iMS Global different from others iMS Global is one among very few that offer an end-to-end solution. “When I say end-toend, we provide Creative Design - Adaptive Graphics Design – Art Work Management – Prepress – Repro and Print Production Management,” states Abraham. “For example, speaking about sustainability, our Print Production Managers (PPMs) are the interface between the brand owners and printers and PPM’s constantly, with their vast experience in various printing technologies – Offset / Flexo / Gravure and Digital, make suggestions in the right processes, conversion of print processes to sustainable process and improvements like reduction in number of colours, using the right screens but attain the right densities and make the brand more sustainable,” he emphasises. iMS Global collaborates with clients, their agencies and print vendors to develop the best possible branding solutions for complete success in retail environments. It addresses every stage of the process from developing supplied strategic brand identity to producing creative, pre-press, colour and print production management process. “We
iMS Global helps customers discover, develop and ignite their vision and consumer strategy, and test their communication touch points to make sure they work in the real world. They provide creative solutions to packaging problems in a collaborative, empowering and joint brand guardianship role, ensuring excellent outcomes in the colour management and print process. Some of iMSGlobal’s esteemed client partners are Unilever, Kellogg’s, Quorn, McCain, Nestle, Coca Cola etc. and they are growing. Vibe Creative is a subsidiary of iMS Global which offers Clear enticing consumer creative solutions. “We help define brand’s visual identity and help them grow it from a seed of an idea, through to the final visuals across all printed packaging to create the right consumer impression every time. Our unique blend of expertise ensures brands always have tailored bespoke services to suit their needs,” adds Abraham. “We work the way our clients work, by understanding their workflow and processes and adapting ours to match,” he concludes.
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Printwell installs Amritsar’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74 Associating with a world-class brand like Heidelberg is a key milestone in achieving our long-term vision, says Gurinder Singh, MD, Printwell. Printwell earned the distinction of installing Amritsar’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74 four-colour press, as part of a strategy to create new growth platforms. A commercial printer, Printwell specializes in books, catalogues and brochures. “Associating with a world-class brand like Heidelberg is a key milestone in achieving our long-term vision. With this unique investment in innovation and productivity, we are confident of a step change in our future earnings power,” Gurinder Singh, Managing Director of Printwell, comments on his latest
Best-suited for commercial printing and packaging jobs in mid-size format, the SX-74 supports a wide spectrum of substrates from thin sheets to boards, ranging in thickness between 0.03 mm and 0.6 mm. Shorter make-ready and throughput times, with production speeds of up to 15,000 sheets per hour, render the press ideal for short-run jobs. “With quicker make-ready and high speed print output, the SX-74 is a precise fit into our commitment of delivering on-time, top notch work,” states Gurinder Singh.
acquisition. Established in 1994 to bring international standards to regional publication, Printwell has taken huge strides forward in its mission. From using preowned equipment to installing a new Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74 - the first-of-its-kind in Amritsar, Printwell’s journey has been remarkable.
A top-seller in its class, the Speedmaster SX-74 builds on Heidelberg’s perfecting legacy, combining technology of the XL class with the tried-and-tested SM platform.
A top-seller in its class, the Speedmaster SX-74 builds on Heidelberg’s perfecting legacy, combining technology of the XL class with the tried-and-tested SM platform, delivering productivity improvements of up to 30% over SM peers, at price points lesser than XL counterparts.
Designed for eco-friendly operations, the Speedmaster SX-74 cuts alcohol usage to 3% from 10%, saving172 liters of alcohol for every ten million printed sheets. This is done by using special rollers in the Alcolor dampening system. “The SX74 is equipped with surface technology to enhance service life and extend wash-up intervals,” states Peter Rego, Business head – Equipment Sales of Heidelberg India. “The colour Assistant Pro component enables fully-automated monitoring of the ink fountain liner and self-calibration of ink zones, speeding up the inking unit response by 50 to 70 percent,” Rego adds.
Key Notes : > Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74 four-colour press, as part of a strategy to create new growth platforms. > SM SX74 - bestsuited for commercial printing and packaging jobs in mid-size format. > Shorter make-ready and throughput times, with production speeds of up to 15,000 sheets per hour.
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From Left: Gurinder Singh and Ravinder Singh of Printwell with the Speedmaster SX 74 four colour press.
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Heidelberg’s proprietary Intellistart feature incorporated in the SX-74 compares the current press status with parameters of the next job, and generates the complete sequence of operations to be performed to change jobs intelligently and dynamically. On average, the Intellistart facilitates 70% fewer operations for every job change, with schedulable setup times and constant time
savings. “Integration of the Prinect Press Room Manager with SX-74 empowers the user to control all pressroom operations from the office. A user can monitor the current job, production speed, make-ready requirements, paper usage, idle time and much more. The Prinect software manages information to guarantee automatic and timely delivery of print jobs to production, “states Peter Rego.
“The SX 74 gives us incredible firepower to scale up our offerings, while ensuring competitive advantage. We are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunities ahead,” Gurinder Singh concludes on an optimistic note.
Showcasing the Power of 2 - showcasing LOMBARDI’S twins for the very first time in any Indian trade show. VINSAK – ‘Lombardi distributor in the region’ decided to showcase two Lombardi Presses, a Synchroline 430mm and a Synchroline 530mm at the recently concluded Label Expo India on November 22-25, 2018 at Greater Noida. For the Printing Industry that looks for maximum versatility and possibility of working on wide range of extensible materials needed for packaging, ‘VINSAK, Lombardi distributor in India’ decided to showcase the two Lombardi Presses, Synchroline 430mm press along with a ‘Toro’ Hot foil and Hologram stamping flatbed unit which can also be used for cutting and creasing carton boxes and a Synchroline 530mm 8 colour press including an Overlap Unit which was running flexible packaging and 3 layer labels popularly used for cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging at the LabelExpo. This proved a redefining moment when power of the twins were witnessed for the very first time in any Indian trade show by a European Manufactured Narrow web Label press. Holograms is a popular refining feature
to achieve a prestigious look on labels. Furthermore it can be part of amazing security features when combined with other printing technologies. The Toro unit provides hologram insetting, hot foil and embossing technologies in line with a single operation at the highest speed with a register accuracy never seen before. Multi-layer labels are often used for pharmaceutical and medical label applications, especially when government regulations require product information to remain intact with the product. With a multi- layer label, the customer can also add recipes on food labels, offer detailed instructions, give multilingual information’s, attracts buyers with coupons and display legal text. The multi-layer unit made in Lombardi is able to give value and more opportunities to customer’s business reaching a maximum of 4 printed layers. Mr. Ranesh Bajaj, Director- VINSAK India
states, “Worldwide India is considered as a strong business hub in Asia Pacific with serious revenue potential and we do take it very seriously. Today the Printers are looking out for the possibilities of working on a wide gamma of materials and Lombardi’s Synchroline can print on BOPP, PVC, PE, PET, Paper, Adhesive paper, Board, Coupled material boards etc. and you can witness the impressive features of these powerful presses live on the show floor during the Label Expo.” Since 2014, the partnership of VINSAK and Lombardi has come a long way, with 20 of the Lombardi Presses being sold in the early 2017 to 2018, VINSAK has achieved successful results and earned 04 repeat orders from their satisfied Lomabardi Press customers which evidently proved ‘Synchroline- Synchronized Quality’ is well accepted by the proud Press owners and it has been an investment with a proven track records.
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Digital Media India 2019 DMI 2019 and WEF South Asia Summit 2019 set for 19-20 February in Mumbai. WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India (DMI) conference is back and this time it is bigger, together with World Editors Forum (WEF) South Asia Summit. The 8th edition of the digital eventand WEF South Asia Summit will bring together news publishers and editors from South Asia, to Mumbai on February 19 and 20 at Hyatt Regency Mumbai. Both the events will be held in parallel and will witness discussions on a variety of topics ranging from digital trends to revenue strategies, newsroom transformation to women in news and journalism in a socially connected world. Themed ‘Driving Revenue in Digital’, DMI 2019 will dive deep into strategies for increasing reader revenue, harnessing technology as a strategic driver of business, and managing partnerships in the digital future. Several case studies, coupled with workshops, will make this conference a mustattend event for executives engaged in the digital media business. WEF South Asia Summit 2019 will feature leading editors and business leaders from India and abroad, discussing some of the hot button issues such as newsroom transformation, social media impact on
journalism, combating fake news and gender parity in newsroom. The summit will provide a lot of thought for action for editors and journalists in the region. Welcoming the move to bring together WEF South Asia Summit 2019 and Digital Media India 2019, Mukund Padmanabhan, Chairman of World Editors Forum India Chapter, said ‘It is an excellent move to bring these two events together. Newsrooms today are undergoing a digital-led transformation. And digital teams have ushered in a huge change in the way newsrooms operate today. I am confident that this event will provide an platform to hear and discuss best practices in newsrooms and the opportunity to implement new ideas. The World Press Trends 2018 report shows that digital circulation revenues of newspapers are growing, up 18% compared to the previous period. Publishers are harnessing sophisticated tools and technologies to maximise the value of their audience data and to build strong and trusted relationships with their readers. And audience revenues surpassed that of advertising revenue.
The parallel programmes of Digital Media India 2019and World Editors Forum 2019 promise to discuss all these trends and opportunities, over two days. Post-conference workshop: The event will be followed by a post-conference workshop on ‘Digital subscription revenue’ from 21 to 22 February at the same venue. The event expects to attract about 200 senior news publishing executives from India and abroad. CEOs, CDOs, Senior editors and journalist, Digital Editors-in-Chief, CMOs, Digital revenues strategists, Heads of sales, Media buyers and Advertising Agencies are expected to attend the event.
Asian publishers recognised for their outstanding work in digital and mobile content. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) emerged as the biggest winners at the 9th Digital Media Awards organised by WAN-IFRA. The Prize delivered in Hong Kong awards two new Gold winners from Indonesia and the Philippines. Singapore Press Holdings topped the chart with 13 awards including three gold; while South China Morning Post clinched five awards, including two gold in the “Best Data Visualisation” and “Best Digital News Startup” categories. PT GVM Network and Rappler.com are two first-time winners. PT GVM Network (Womantalk.com) from Indonesia won Gold in the “Best in Digital Marketing” and bronze
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in the “Best in Social Media Engagement” categories. Rappler, from the Philippines won Gold for “Best Use of Online Video” – the most competitive category with a record 38 submissions, the highest for this year’s event.
The ceremony was held at Digital Media Asia 2018, WAN-IFRA’s annual digital conference which opened on November 8, 2018 and saw over 400 media executives from 40 countries attending.
The Awards are the most prestigious recognition in Asia of outstanding work by publishers in adopting digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total offerings to meet the changes in how people consume news today.
The Gold winners of this Asian edition will compete with counterparts from other regions - Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and South Asia - during the WAN-IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards in June 2019.
This year’s Awards, sponsored by Google News Initiative, attracted 157 entries from 27 media companies across 10 Asian countries.
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Event Review Konica Minolta demonstrates innovative label printing technology Konica Minolta India showcases the state-of-the-art label printing solution AccurioLabel 190 at LabelExpo India 2018. Konica Minolta Business Solutions showcased the AccurioLabel 190, its state-of-the-art label printing solution at the recently concluded LabelExpo India 2018, the prestigious industry event that took place at Greater Noida. A future-ready product designed for the dynamically-evolving market demands, the AccurioLabel 190 offers best-in-class print speeds and stability, as well as faster start-up and reduced setup time. It delivers extremely stable, high-quality output from the very first print to minimise paper wastage and reduce time-to-print, and is capable of printing on different media including paper, non-tack paper, tack paper, synthetic paper, PP, and PET of variable thickness. With its compact size, the AccurioLabel 190 also enables better space economy and more efficient utilisation of workspace when compared to other digital printers – in the same category. All of this combines to deliver superior productivity and improved profitability, in addition to allowing printing businesses to expand their business operations by catering to a much wider range of new-age print jobs.
build on this highly-encouraging reception by participating in more such industry events in the future,” Mr. Mori added. Through its demonstration of the AccurioLabel 190, Konica Minolta has further consolidated its robust position within the label and package printing market, as well as underlined its undisputed technological superiority over other competing offerings. The AccurioLabel 190 offers best-in-class print speeds and stability, and is designed
for faster start-up and reduced setup time. Its compact size also enables better space economy and more efficient utilisation of the workspace, when compared to offset printers and other digital printers in the same category. Additionally, it delivers extremely stable, high-quality output from the very first print; this minimises paper wastage and reduces the time-to-print, thus enhancing output productivity and improve profitability. It is also capable of printing on several media – including paper, non-tack paper, tack paper, synthetic paper, PP, and PET – of variable thickness (from 60 to 250 micron). This allows printing businesses to expand their business operations by catering to a much wider range of print jobs.
Speaking on the brand’s participation at the prestigious event, Mr.Daisuke Mori, Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt, said, “The ever-increasing customer sophistication and the demand for hyper-personalisation have driven the growth of innovative label and package printing solutions, establishing the segment amongst the fastest-growing verticals in the larger print and printing industry. Catering to the new-age requirements, however, requires innovative printing solutions. This is exactly where techdriven products such as the AccurioLabel 190 step into the picture.” “Our participation at the Labelexpo India has allowed us to showcase the superlative value that Konica Minolta’s innovative label and package printing technology can drive for print and printing businesses. We are delighted with the response that we have received at the event, and will be hoping to
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Event Review LabelExpo welcomes record visitors this edition LabelExpo India 2018 has reported about 23 percent increase in footfall over its last edition at the 6th edition at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida (22-25 Nov). The organizers of LabelExpo India have reported the 6th edition of Labelexpo India to be the largest show to date in the region. A total of 9,851 visitors from 55 countries passed through LabelExpo India 2018 doors over the four days of the show, 22.7 percent more than in its last edition in 2016 and the biggest visitor increase to date. Lisa Milburn, managing director for Labelexpo Global Series, said: “We are absolutely delighted with the overwhelming success of this year’s Labelexpo India. The fantastic visitor number surpassed all our expectations, and the sheer volume of sales achieved over the four days showed how valuable the show has been for generating new business. It is also resounding proof that the Indian label and package printing market is booming, with printer demand for new technology and innovation moving at an incredible rate. It also means that this show – the only dedicated event of its kind for the labels and package printing industry in the region – is more important than ever.” The show was also 28 percent larger in size, with 250 exhibitors occupying a total floorspace of 7,073 sqm compared to 200 across 5,899 sqm in the 2016 edition. This makes the 2018 edition the biggest Labelexpo show in the region to date. The show was a catalyst for machinery launches and numerous sales achieved by many of the 250 exhibitors on the show floor to Indian converters, including Indian company Monotech Systems, who launched and sold two Jetsci Colornovo UV inkjet presses, and made a further eight sales at the show; Multitec, who announced the sale of two 8-colour presses; HP Indigo, who sold its 6900 press, and Vinsak, who sold two of their USAR slitter rewinders in addition to two Synchroline presses on behalf of Italian manufacturer Lombardi on day one of the show. They also announced a further four orders placed at the show floor. Other machinery sales were achieved by Nilpeter, Omet, Xeikon, Rhyguan, Brotech, UV Graphic, SNM Enterprises, Hyden Packaging, Marks Print, amongst others. Other launches
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included IEEC’s Ozonash and Lab Corona Treater; and Alliance Printech’s Alliance A3 flexo press. Veepee Graphics, a pre-press trade house, launched a mobile application for its customers. Also reflecting the buoyant mood of the industry, several strategic partnerships were announced, including Domino and Multitec, who have entered into an agreement for producing a hybrid digital press; and Konica Minolta Business Solutions and China-based Brotech Graphics who are partnering to source accessories for the Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 190 label press in India. Complementing the Expo, an extremely well attended Brand Innovation Day took place on day one of the show. Brand owners and designers from a wide range of sectors took part in an exclusive series of seminars and educational sessions aimed at equipping them with expert insight into making the most out of their brand, how they can overcome key challenges on the path to future growth, and stay ahead of the competition in a fastpaced industry. Speakers included the World Packaging Organisation, General Mills and Twinings, with attendees from companies including Reckitt Benckiser, Landor, Bosch and Adobe. In addition, Andy ThomasEmans, strategic director for Labelexpo Global Series, moderated a lively panel discussion on product decoration, joined by representatives from SMI Coated Products,
Esko, HP India and Avery Dennison. Milburn continued: “The success of our Brand Innovation Day, coupled with our series of exceptionally popular forum events for converters around India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the run-up to the show, also helped contribute to this show’s achievement by building fantastic momentum. We saw a large delegation from Bangladesh attending Labelexpo India for the first time, which is hugely encouraging. We are also grateful to the unwavering support from key trade associations in the region including LMAI, AIFMP, DPA, ASPA, SLAP and FNPA. We very much look forward to building on this success for our next Labelexpo India in 2020.” Pankaj Bhardwaj, senior director & general manager, Labels Graphic Materials – South Asia, Avery Dennison, said: “This year’s LabelExpo has further established its position as the most sought-after industry event in the country. We were able to not only meet with the well-established industry leaders but also with the new faces who want to explore the label industry. Happy to have received overwhelming response on the new products and solutions showcased during LabelExpo.” Jakob Landberg, sales and marketing director, Nilpeter A/S, said: “The Indian label business has matured considerably, and people came to see new opportunities and
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broaden their horizons by looking into flexible packaging. We also found that the show has gone from being local to more regional with visitors from the Middle East and Africa.” Ludovico Frati, system engineering, BOBST, who were showcasing their M5 for the first time in India, said: “We at BOBST are pleased with the number and quality of visitors at LabelExpo India. It is a focused show that provides an excellent platform for strengthening customer relationships and gain new business. All days were busy and visitors found our products a very good fit for their requirements, especially as regards the advantages of high automation in the production of trending label specialties. A truly great show.” Rahul Malwadkar, national sales and marketing manager for first time Labelexpo
India exhibitors, Capri Coating Solutions, said: “The Labelexpo India show was a great show for us as we had a tremendous customer response in terms of footfall. We had all the major printers visiting our stall and giving us their thumbs up for the event as we were participating for the first time. Looking forward for more shows in future.” Pramod Jayakar, managing director, Hyden Packaging, said: “The show was very well-organized as usual and especially for us it was an unprecedented success. The machine we had on display, the Hyden FH 400 B, which is a bi-directional slitterrewinder-inspection machine equipped with a Japanese Futec camera, was sold and delivered from the exhibition venue. For us, this was a grand success. Thank you all at Labelexpo and Tarsus.”
The 2018 LMAI Awards, sponsored by Avery Dennison, also took place on the first evening of the show, which was extremely well-attended by exhibitors and association members at Labelexpo India 2018. Rajesh Nema, honorary secretary, LMAI, said: “It was a great experience to attend Labelexpo India at Noida. Team Tarsus did a great job to gather so many exhibitors from around the world and showcase them to the Indian printing fraternity. LMAI is proud to be associated with Tarsus for organizing these shows.” The next edition of Labelexpo India takes place over 28-31 October 2020, where a further show growth of 15 percent is anticipated as the show takes on additional space at India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida.
Flint Group showcases breadth of technological innovation at LabelExpo India Highlighted newest capabilities of its digital print, platemaking, narrow web and flexographic products. Flint Group demonstrated its role as technology innovator with its broad range of technologies, systems and solutions that support customer business goals and profitability aims at LabelExpo India. Visitors got the latest updates on exciting developments from Flint Group‘s four different product groups that deliver leading edge solutions for prepress and preproduction, digital and conventional print and embellishments, converting and delivery. Flint Group CEO Antoine Fady, says, “We are committed to designing and developing systems and solutions that enhance our customers’ services, develop their capabilities and expand their client base. These solutions show our dedication to helping them successfully grow their business and elevate their profitability.” Among those systems are the Digital Solutions’ division’s Xeikon 3300 roll 2 roll configuration. It helped visitors identify ways to cost effectively expand their business
production capabilities and door opening opportunities. It supports high quality production for self-adhesive labels and the heat-transfer sector. The cost effective entry level narrow web label press excels in productivity and prints at true 1200 dpi offering operators flexibility and operations scalability. It is the only digital press with a real prepress workflow and strong colour management functionality to ensure maximum performance with CMYK + White. Its water resistant dry toner allows the use of substrates without any specific treatment. Underpinning Xeikon’s technology agent status were samples from one of its newest portfolio additions – the PX3000 UV inkjet press. Flint Group’s Digital Solutions showcased how its ThermoFlexX 30 platemaking system provides high-resolution plate imaging, unique plate handling and productivity. The Narrow Web division exhibited the latest ink technologies for all Narrow web printing techniques. Exhibition focus
included recent innovations in LED curing inks such as EkoCure XS, the fastest ink for shrink sleeves. In addition Narrow Web experts demonstrated the brand new colour management solution, VIVO Colour Solutions. Also present were Flint Group’s Flexographic division that comprises of a complete product portfolio of nyloflex printing plates, plate processing equipment and rotec sleeves and adapters. The Xeikon 3300 and ThermoFlexX 30 were sold during the show.
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Five bookings for show stopper JETSCI Colornovo The newly launched JETSCI Colornovo by Monotech Systems becomes major attraction for visitors with orders finalised by Indian as well as foreign customers. Monotech Systems India commercially launched its promising JETSCI Colornovo UV Inkjet digital label production press at the recently concluded LabelExpo at Greater Noida. The Colornovo proved to be a show stopper and attracted almost every visitor at the show with great appreciation. Gurvinder Singh, Director – Sales and Marketing, Monotech Systems says, “Monotech Systems books 5 Colornovo during the show to be delivered one each to Barcom Industries, Wonder Pac in India, a customer in Italy and two Colornovo to our existing user in China.”
“We are extremely happy with the wide acceptance from our customers in terms of quality, investment and services. Apart from the orders we received during the show, many global leaders in Flexo printing machines and finishing equipment have shown great interest for tie ups with us.” – Gurvinder Singh, Director, Monotech Systems.
Key Notes : > Barcom Industries, Wonder Pac and customer in Italy buys one and China customer buys two Colornovo. >
JETSCI KolorSmart and Digital label finishing system shown as prototype.
> 3 VSRI booked by Holostik India and two more from a security printer one each in south and north India.
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“We are extremely happy with the wide acceptance from our customers in terms of quality, investment and services. All the Colornovos sold will have inline finishing and converting options with UV Inkjet printing, which is a USP of JETSCI Colornovo. We have come a long way started from basic monochrome small VDP solutions to a fully integrated UV inkjet label production press of best international standards completely developed in India. Apart from the orders we received during the show, many global leaders in Flexo printing machines and finishing equipment have shown great interest for tie ups with us. We also have received orders of our flagship product VSRI (Variable data printing, slitter, rewinder and inspection system), 3 VSRI booked by Holostik
India, Noida and two more from a security printer one each in south and north India,” he adds. JETSCI KolorSmart (a full colour hybrid digital label production system) and Digital label finishing system (Digital Spot UV Varnish, Digital Screen White, and Digital Cold Foil to generate effects on labels like emboss, silk screen, spot coating, textured coating) were shown as prototype. “These prototypes will be shaped in complete products soon as we have received great response on these solutions,” says Jimit Mittal, Vice President – Inkjet Products & Solutions, Monotech Systems. He is also very appreciative about the LabelExpo India organisation as he shares about Monotech Systems’ growing participation every edition of the show. “We really look forward to another great show in Brussels 2019 and LabelExpo India 2020 with more products from our Digital Inkjet arena.” He concludes by congratulating Tarsus Group for organising such a great show.”
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BALDWIN Vision Systems at LabelExpo India - Brings new industry 4.0 connected workflow solutions to Labelexpo India 2018. Exhibiting at Stand C5, Baldwin Vision Systems – provider of Colour Management and Control, Flexo, Gravure and Offset Presses, Inspection equipment, UV Lamps and Curing systems and Waste Management and Handling systems catering to Flexible packaging and Labels segments – showcased their latest solutions to LabelExpo India 2018 visitors. The key highlights of BVS’s LabelExpo stand were the company’s latest developments and new features for its growing portfolio of Defect Detection and Colour Management technology. The new Vision Systems business unit of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. unites former brands PC Industries, QuadTech, and Web Printing Controls. Hemant Desai, Director for Baldwin Vision Systems - India, comments, “Guests to our stand had a first look at some truly exciting new technical achievements. These are some early examples that show—by combining engineering talent and resources—we can take our proven technology to a whole new level. BVS Colour Management and Defect Management Systems already have a strong presence in North America and Europe, and we are eager to feature these automated solutions here.” One “first look” is the Guardian RTM, a new real-time quality monitoring and reporting tool for the Guardian PQV advanced 100 percent print inspection. Guardian RTM uses a central server to monitor, collect, and display real-time inspection data for multiple presses and jobs—and even across multiple plants—on a simple, uncluttered dashboard user interface. Isaam Lutfiyya, Director of Global Sales & Marketing for BVS, explains, “This dataconnecting technology allows printers to track and compare many different production metrics. Press managers can monitor changes as they happen, and make highlyinformed decisions about print quality, defect management, and even operator-to-operator performance. This is a unique competitive advantage, in that it’s truly the first product of
its kind to tie together how you manage your processes, your print customers, and even your people. You’re empowered to quickly identify any mechanical issues, process inefficiencies, or even tailor your operator training to eliminate defects. This new platform opens the door to build even more functionality into the system.” Additional enhancements to the Guardian PQV include automated setup and automated job changeover, limiting operator intervention for a more efficient and accurate inspection process. The system provides true 100 percent print inspection for pharmaceutical, converting, label, flexo, wide, and narrow web applications. Other defect management solutions featured at the show include Guardian OLP PDF proofing and offline inspection, Guardian LSI inspection, and GV-500 Series digital web viewers. BVS Colour Management Workflow technology includes ColorTrack software, which automates the process of delivering absolute consistency from press-topress, shift-to-shift, and plant-to-plant. Significant advancements include options for customized ‘out of tolerance’ alerts, capabilities to reduce changeover time and leftover ink, precise calculation of required ink quantities during job setup, per-job monitoring of real ink costs, and the ability to manage conditions across different processes, presses, and facilities to guarantee brand colour fidelity. New data gathering, production monitoring, and reporting tools will enable quality managers to deliver full production overviews to print buyers and brand owners. These enhancements provide even greater control for highly accurate, fast, press-side correction of ink formulations.
Using InkWeigh software and scales, press operators can eliminate trial and error by weighing and tracking ink corrections at the press for each client, each job. Printers can fully track ink inventories for the creation of new recipes, for managing leftovers, for ensuring full traceability, and for optimizing ink storage to greatly reduce waste and cost. According to Mr. Lutfiyya, “The launch of new products and features demonstrates our heightened focus on providing the latest solutions to meet market demand for fast, accurate, and increased quality control. These enhancements exemplify our commitment to delivering future-proof systems that regularly undergo updates to ensure they meet printers’ changing requirements. The Industry 4.0 technology featured at Labelexpo India is a sign of things to come from BALDWIN Vision Systems.” The Vision Systems business unit of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. is an innovator of advanced colour and inspection technology for the printing industry. Baldwin Vision Systems sells its automated control systems in more than 100 countries, and maintains a worldwide network of sales and service operations.
Color Measurement with DeltaCam delivers affordable, accurate inline spectral measurement to achieve absolute colour consistency. Packaging converters can utilize automated, full spectral value measurement—in agreement with ISO standards—on film, paper, or board, ensuring that all printed products are within their customers’ colour specifications.
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Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 190: Future ready solution for dynamically evolving market Konica Minolta made good of the opportunity at Label Expo India 2018 platform to showcase the AccurioLabel 190, its state-ofthe-art label printing solution. A future-ready product designed for the dynamicallyevolving market demands, the AccurioLabel 190 offers best-in-class print speeds and stability, as well as faster start-up and reduced setup time. “It delivers extremely stable, high-quality output from the very first print to minimise paper wastage and reduce time-to-print, and is capable of printing on different media including paper, non-tack paper, tack paper, synthetic paper, PP, and PET of variable thickness,” said Mr.Daisuke Mori, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India. According to Manish Gupta, Marketing Manager, National Marketing Manager – PP and IP, Konica Minolta Business Solutions “With its compact size, the AccurioLabel 190 also enables better space economy and more efficient utilisation of workspace when compared to other digital printers – in the same category”. He also added that All of this combines to deliver superior productivity and improved profitability, in addition to
allowing printing businesses to expand their business operations by catering to a much wider range of new-age print jobs. A winding equipment from Brotech, with whom Konica Minolta recently tied up, was on show at their stall. The company also had a finishing solution which directly supports short-run label printing so that the label printers do not need separate dyes to finish the digitally printed job. Konica Minolta has two AccurioLabel 190 machines installed in India as of now.
With the label industry growing above average in India and with the short-run labels enhancing their market share, Konica Minolta is looking forward to have a bite from the pie as far as digital label production is concerned. “Indian market potential along with the Indian printer’s attitude to embrace new technology, we are always a game for coming up with new technologies and variants for the Indian market” said Mr.Daisuke Mori.
It’s an Alliance repeat for Prakash Printers Baddi based Prakash Printers orders its second Alliance Printech press at LabelExpo 2018. The newly launched Alliance A3 won a repeat order from Baddi based labels provider Prakash Industries at the recently concluded LabelExpo India 2018.
range of Novaflex range of flexo presses, the company also provides a range of machines including web offset, slitter rewinders and precision sheeter etc.
Alliance Printech launched its new flexo label press at Labelexpo India 2018. Apart from its
With over 100 machine installations in India and the global market in the past 4 years, Alliance Printech is known for its value for money presses. The Alliance A3 flexo label press is equipped with new features like a chamber inking system, space saving cantilever unwind and rewind stands, UV with chill drum for flexible substrates printing, corona treater, web cleaner, cold foil stamping, delam and relam and a lamination unit. Jatinder Kumar Julka is the CEO of Alliance Printech. He looked quite busy at the show attending visitors who thronged their stall and
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expressed keen interest in the latest press demonstrating live printing at the show floor. “We have received a very good response for the Alliance A3 displayed here and expect to expand our customer base in new territories as well as secure repeat orders from our existing customers especially, label printers, flexible packaging majors and offset printers,” says Jatinder. The Alliance A3 will be installed at Prakash before the end of the year and would be converting pressure sensitive labels and unsupported films. Prakash caters to the FMCG, pharmaceuticals and automobile markets and has a state-of-the-art facility with multiple flexo presses and other equipment.
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It’s pouring orders for Esko CDI imager at LabelExpo Esko announces four CDI sales at LabelExpo with leading flexo printers – Abdos, Digiflex, Uflex and Sai – investing in the imaging technology. Visitors to Esko’s LabelExpo stand saw demonstrations of leading component of Esko’s Packaging Connected solution for labels. Key highlights were Automation Engine QuickStart (Job Management), Studio and Store Vsualizer (Design) and PDF editor ArtPro+ (Editing), besides the flagship CDI Crystal 4835 XPS digital flexo imager and exposure system demonstrating the benefits of streamlined production. Esko had a wonderful show with packed stand busy with business all through the four days. Esko announced four sales at the show floor.
Abdos diversifies with CDI technology New Delhi-based Abdos Lamitubes bought a new CDI Spark 2530 enabled with HD Flexo to support its new flexo printing division. Abdos is one of the largest tube manufacturing companies in India. Two stateof-the-art manufacturing plants at Guwahati and Roorkee manufacture high quality and versatile multilayer laminated tubes to cater to demands of various sectors including pharma, FMCG, cosmetics, oral care etc. Abdos has decided to diversify into flexo printing and partnered with Esko for the supply of the entire pre-press software and flexo platemaking system. Abdos has also orders a DuPont FAST 2000 TD Thermal Solvent-Free Flexographic Plate Processor. Abdos have been using letterpress for their lemitubes and now they have Esko workflow with HD flexo capability for flexo printing. The CDI Spark 2530 and Cyrel FAST 2000 TD are first such installation in the east Indian region.
all units and completely error-free production workflow.
Esko CDI along with MacDermid plates for Digiflex Another key deal for Esko came in when Hyderabad-based Digiflex bought their second flexo pre-press line Esko CDI Spark 5080. For Esko, the Digiflex deal got finalised after a detailed interaction over a period of time. “Digiflex has very high quality standards and we are happy to partner with them with Esko providing the technological support and MacDermid providing high end plate solutions. We look forward to a great partnership ahead,” says Jesper Bringstrom, MacDermid.
and characteristics without adding steps to the platemaking workflow. The game changing technology transforms the face of flexographic printing with the plate that provides flat-top dots right out of the box. The technology enables better ink transfer compared to other technologies. Then there is LUX ITP MELO – a super soft, sheet photopolymer plate which improves ink transfer, minimizes fluting and holds the finest detail for challenging corrugated substrates. Digiflex are very keen on quality and when they come to us they were absolutely satisfied with the results. They tried a couple of plates and finally chose MacDermid as partners.”
CDI to boost capacity for Sai Talking on the new relationship with Digiflex and MacDermid, Esko’s John Winderam comments, “MacDermid technology fits well with the quality objectives of Digiflex. This partnership between Esko, Digiflex and MacDermid means, we are building new relations. We are glad to be part of Digiflex’s flexo platemaking journey.” Rahul Dwivedi explains about MacDermid technolgy, “We have this new technology LUX ITP EPIC achieving LUX-like performance
Bengaluru-based Sai Enterprises bought another Esko imager, this time a CDI Spark 4260 to boost capacity. It’s their third CDI with the earlier being CDI 4835 models. Sai Enterprises has plans to start production at its recently acquired plant in Tripur, and hence one of the existing CDIs would be shifted to this plant. “With the CDI 4260, we will be able to optimise quality in both narrow as well as wide-web segment, and produce high-quality flexographic plates,” says N. Gopalakrishnan, Sai Enterprises.
CDI Crystal 5080 XPS for Uflex India’s largest flexible packaging company, Uflex has invested in India’s second CDI Crystal 5080 XPS and also CDI Spark 4260 enabled HD Flexo Pixel+. The CDI Crystal 5080 XPS is digital UV LED with simultaneous front and back exposure capabilities. The latest top of the line system will be installed in Uflex’s flexo division at Noida. They will be moving their rotogravure jobs to flexo, bring in more consistency, standardisation across
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HP at Label Expo India: Cutting-edge solutions to fuel business growth opportunities in labels and packaging industry At Label Expo India 2018, HP showcased new solutions for labels and packaging business with the latest tools and innovations for top quality printing of labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging on its wideranging portfolio. These included the solutions for workflow, printing and converting along with a range of applications from worldwide converters that are transforming and growing business with HP Indigo’s Liquid Electrophotography (LEP)-based digital printing. HP SmartStream Collage, an automated unique variable design for HP Indigo printing, has been unveiled at the event. It offers unique designs by manipulating elements randomly for unlimited brand impact using logos and symbols. “The HP LEP technology differentiates HP Indigo as the most advanced & trusted technology solution for the label and packaging segment. We continue to reinvent digital printing with innovation that enables customers & brands to remain profitable and explore fresh revenue streams.” said A. Appadurai, Country Manager, Indigo and Pagewide Web Press, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Inc. India. “With the ability to print anything at any length by leveraging the LEP technology, our customers can automate and optimize their production floors with powerful press and workflows. This can help them to produce
more at lower costs and measurable results.”, he added. HP also showcased a series of interesting projects like ‘Share a Coke’ personalized bottles & Polycrol Mosai bottles during the show. These are Made in India projects by HP customers HUHTAMAKI and TRIGON respectively. HP demonstrated the HP Indigo 6900 Digital Press with new applications and effects while running in line with the groundbreaking onepass digital embellishments unit. This end-toend solution allows printing of any label in a simple, more productive and profitable way. The commercially available HP Indigo Pack Ready for Labels solution can produce high-resistance labels for food, household, and chemical applications. A range of breakthrough HP Indigo ElectroInks for labels and packaging along with the HP Indigo ElectroInk Silver were additional highlights at the HP booth. The ink supports a wide range of metallic colours which can enable new, high-value digital applications with costeffective production.
Experience security and brand protection HP set up a unique Security and Brand Protection zone at the event to provide onground experience of the most advanced and leading-edge security and brand protection solutions including new and exclusive covert
serialization with HP Indigo ElectroInks Invisible, unique layered brand protection with micro-text, anti-copy/anti-counterfeiting marks, track and trace and much more. The zone also demonstrated the capabilities of HP Link technology which enables brand owners to track each individual product unit through its entire lifecycle by creating and using a unique combination of marking technologies that create an adaptable and secure digital fingerprint.
New workflow solutions HP also provided hands-on demonstrations of the new high-performance, modular and scalable print server at the event. Further, it showcased the production automation capabilities of the cloud-based HP PrintOS Site Flow for Labels and Packaging, OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) monitoring, EPM Analyzer and the new HP PrintOS Marketplace.
Vetaphone A/S at LabelExpo India 2018 Corona quality for flawless and long-lasting print. Global Corona treatment solutions provider, Vetaphone A/S will exhibit at Labelexpo India (22-25 November 2018), India Expo Centre & Mart – Greater Noida (Delhi NCR) along with their exclusive distributor Weldon Celloplast Ltd. on Stand No. C34. Vetaphone A/S headquartered in Kolding, Denmark, is one of the leading manufacturers of Corona & Plasma systems used to increase the surface adhesion on plastic and metalized films in Extrusion or Converting
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processes. Corona surface treatment is essential in label printing. When the label is made from plastic substrate the ink tends to become blemished due to its inability to bond to the plastic. This problem occurs because the surface energy of the plastic is insufficient to permit a proper bond. A quality Corona treatment is necessary to ensure the perfect label print quality. Vetaphone Corona systems help obtain a flawless and long-lasting quality print. Adding Vetaphone Corona treater to web press, often eliminates
the need for using top-coated materials. Weldon Celloplast represents Vetaphone in India.
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Standard Printers Providers highlights Taiyo range Standard Printers Providers, the Mumbaibased multi-product company with decades of experience in providing a wide variety and range of imported Printing & Packaging Machine, had a busy stand at LabelExpo India 2018 with visitors thronging their B3 stand all through the four days of the show. Mr. Gaurav Sachdev, VP, Standard Printers Providers was quite busy welcoming visitors and answering their queries and discussing business. The company stand highlighted the Taiyo range of Flexo Presses. The
company highlighted their STF – 340/460, TLC flexo press, a CI label/ lamitube press, a web offset press and other solutions besides a showcase of high quality print samples printed on their wide range of machines. Officials from Taiyo were also present to advise customers on the machines’ suitability for their individual requirements. Mr. Gaurav was very positive about the outcome of the great show. They entertained a lot of Indian and overseas visitors and generated many keen enquiries. Commenting on the show, Mr. Sachdev says, “We are happy about the outcome and organisation of the show. Though visitor footfall is better from previous LabelExpo editions, the commuting to and from the exhibition wasn’t as smooth as expected.” He hopes to convert many enquiries in the following months. Visitors showed their keen interest in Taiyo quality and could closely see the intricacies of printed samples on display at Standard
Printers Providers’ stand. The STF 340/460 feature tool-less quick colour change and shorter web path for minimising waste. It has movable cold-stamp unit and dual-servo motors on each unit. The machine with interdeck UV is capable of high-speed production supporting Self Adhesive Label Stock, Supported/ Unsupported Films, Shrink Sleeves Printing and Tube Laminate Printing etc.
Codimag at Label Expo 2018 Waterless Offset and other technologies bring efficiencies for printers. “On a growing label market, Codimag technology offersan answer to today’s market requirements – combining optimum print quality of Offset with the flexibility to print shorter and shorter runs,” says Benoit
DEMOL (President, Codimag), whom we had a meeting with during the recent Label Expo India 2018 where the technology was offered to the visitors. Codimagoffers intermittent presses, giving printers a technological answer with very low production cost and without the need of expensive cylinders and toolings. “Job change does not imply cylinder or sleeve change. Printing plates are mounted directly onto the press without any plate mounting system,” explains Benoit.
world who use waterless offset technology for printing in the narrow web market, including Iwasaki (Japan) andKunshanJinjian (China). Codimag is the only press manufacturer with an Anilox inking system using waterless offset technology.
Vijay Parikh of Genius flexo, Indian representative of Codimag says, “Thanks to Aniflo and Waterless Offset technology by Codimag, set-up times and set-up wastes are considerably reduced and printers can get their margins back, which in fact is the need of the hour.”
Waterless Printing is a technology enabling elimination of the need for water or other chemicals in the printing process with the use of special printing plates that have two key surface properties: ink-resistant and ink-attractive. By working with only one fluid—ink—as opposed to two fundamentally different fluids—ink and water—the printing process is greatly simplified and some very unique benefits can be realized. Waterless runs on virtually any Offset press, but requires special Waterless Plates, Waterless ink and a means of cooling to control temperature on press.
Benoit in his interaction was very vocal about the plate cost of Codimag – being Waterless Offset Plates,it (the cost) is much cheaper than Flexo plates. Interestingly, according to Benoit, there are only three players in the
Genius Flexo Machinery represents Codimag in India.Other leading brands represented in the country by Genius include MPS, Kocher+Beck, Parmarco, Rotocontrol and Raantec.
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Multitec at LabelExpo India Sells second E1 to Stallion Systems, 1st narrow web flexo press to Sierra Leone’s Westflex and signs development partnership with Domino. Stallion Systems has opted for their second Multitec press recently. The new press is an E1 8-colour press, which the company bought at LabelExpo India. The fast emerging label printing group, Stallion has a pan India presence and also in UAE. Mr. Rajeev Nair – Group Chairman of Stallion Systems, signed the deal for the updated E1 8 colour press at the Greater Noida show.
Another deal on the show floors was signed for the supply of an S1 model to Sierra Leione-based Westflex Company. The 8-colour, 450mm wide machine is capable of speed up to 150 m/min and is equipped with turn bar, relam and delam, online cold foiling, video plate mounter and other automatic features. It will be the first narrow web flexo press installation in Sierra Leione. Westflex will be producing labels for soft drinks and water bottles. Amit Ahuja, Director Multitec. Multitec highlighted the S1 automation technology in line with the global trend towards Industry 4.0 at LabelExpo. “Following global trends of automation, all S1 presses now include Industry 4.0 that lets us push updates remotely and allows for remote press monitoring and diagnostics. In addition, this enables printers to access production data on their smartphones,” says,
Domino and Multitec sign partnership Multitec has entered into a partnership with Inkjet integration specialist Domino to jointly develop a hybrid UV inkjet-flexo press. The press configuration will be fully customizable in terms of number and positioning of UV flexo, cold foil and converting units.
Kejian Instrument showcases at LabelExpo India Dongguan Kejian Instrument participated at the recently concluded LabelExpo India at Greater Noida. The Chinese company is a supplier of a wide range of solutions for the label industry. Key solutions include Inspection equipment, Pressure-sensitive films, Pressure-sensitive papers, Pressuresensitive tapes, Release liners, Shrink\stretch films and Silicone release coatings etc. The company presented its range of latest solutions at Stand P3. Established in 2003, Dongguan Kejian Instrument is a high-tech enterprise specialized in developing and producing precise testing instruments and providing complete testing solutions. With the professional technical R&D team, production and management, Kejian today is recognised
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as a quality provider of testing instruments and service to customers. Kejian Instrument with Jiangsu Kunshan branch and offices including Changsha, Chongqing and Xiamen has a whollyowned subsidiary named Kejian Industrial
(HongKong) which got established in 2009. So far, Kejian Instrument has provided premium products and service to its customers in over 50 countries and regions around the world, and most of them have become long-term partners due to the recognition and trust for Kejian Instrument.
Brotech label/IML finishing machine at LabelExpo India 2018 Brotech Graphic, Shenzhen, China, exhibiting at Stand No. M37 LabelExpo India displayed their IML (InMould label), label finishing, converting, and quality inspection equipment. Brotech Graphics is a known name in Asian narrow web printing market and has a wide range of offerings in label finishing, converting, and quality inspection solutions. With innovative and fully modular designed unit by Brotech, label printers are able to design their own systems for finishing and converting applications. Brotech’s systems are designed not only for normal pressure sensitive labels, but also for EAS, RFID, IML,
tickets and tags, including new solutions for booklet labels. Brotech is today a global digital finishing systems supplier offering full line of digital finishing systems which are dedicated for digitally printed labels. Brotech is exclusively represented in India by New Delhi based Weldon Celloplast.
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Edale presents Label Presses FL3 and FL5 at LabelExpo India At the recently concluded LabelExpo India 2018, UK based Edale offered its Label Presses FL3 and FL5 to the Indian Label Industry. Darren Pickford, Sales and Marketing Director, Edale terms the recent LabelExpo India 2018 to be their most successful show yet with an increase in the level of enquiries and visitors compared to previous shows. “It has been a good show for us at Label Expo India with our partner in India - Printers Supply Company Pvt. Ltd. based out of Kolkata,” says Darren. “Footfalls have been reasonable with a number of enquiries to be handled in the coming few days,” shares Amitabh Luthra, the print veteran who runs Printers Supply Co. Exhibiting alongside were also the recently appointed Service Engineer based in India – Nallasingham Karuppasamy. Nalla has been employed to help expedite on-site response times for customers in the Far East, UAE, India and surrounding areas. “It has been an extremely busy four days and we have received a fantastic response in regards to our latest machinery range, enquiries are up and I am confident we have made some future partnerships. There was particular interest in the Edale FL range of presses,” says Darren Pickford. FL3 is a highly productive, cost efficient, quality label and packaging printing press with industry standard automation features, including autonomous inking impression and register “AiiR”. The FL3’s unique print head design means that average down time is cut to a minimum, changeover rates are reduced and the highest graphic quality can be profitably delivered whether short or long run. “Edale’s automation technology improves productivity, reduces waste and increases print quality whilst making one less dependent on highly skilled operators and can do from 12 mcirons to 450gsm,” adds Darren. FL5 Carton line is a single-pass short-run folding carton line which combines print, cut, crease, braille embossing and waste removal
(L-R) Nallasingham Karuppasmy Edale Engineer, Amitabh Luthra, MD – Printer Supplies, Darren Pickford Sales & Marketing Director- Edale Ltd
into a single machine. It is an ideal machine for short-run work from 1,000 – 100,000 units and reconfigurable for a wide range of sizes and forms. “Advanced tension control, dedicated to handling paper board means that the FL5 can handle substrates up to 600 micron (24pt) thick and 510mm (20″) wide. The FDC-510 can run in line with the FL5, combining low tooling costs with cut, crease, braille, waste stripping and diverging delivery all in a single pass,” says Darren.
system running in line with the Edale FDC510, web fed flatbed die cutter, makes a highly efficient solution specifically designed for short run folding carton production. “We have worked as agents for Edale for many years now and the response at the show has been fantastic. The Edale brand is well recognised globally for the highly automated machines and it is a pleasure to continue the relationship with customers and the Edale team,” concludes Amitabh Luthra.
The Edale FL5 printing and converting
Luster Inspection system displays at LabelExpo India LUSTER LightTech Group China exhibited along with their exclusive agent Weldon Celloplast at stand C14 Labelexpo India 22-25 November 2018 at India expo Mart, Greater Noida LUSTER LightTech Group has been playing a leading role in the fields of Fibre Optics, Vision and Imaging since June 6, 1996. Their LabelRoll series are specifically developed for printing quality inspection of electronic labels, daily chemical labels, pharmaceutical labels, food label and other self-adhesive
labels. Being able to be applied on the whole label printing workflow, the LabelRoll products not only can help users to reduce labour and material cost, but also enhance production efficiency and quality management level, which means more profit and competitiveness for our customers.
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VINSAK at LabelExpo India 2018 Lombardi adds another successful chapter at the Greater Noida show with three sales on the show floors. Lombardi Converting Machinery S.p.A. is a 30 year old Italian company and is known for production and distribution of automatic punching machines for labels and envelopes, flexographic central drum machines, and narrow web flexographic in-line presses. With more than 1300 installations in 100 countries all over the world, Lombardi has set new standards in converting and printing technology. “Research and development is the core to our business and thus providing the ultimate solutions to the label and converting industry is our vision and aim” says Nicola Lombardi, Marketing Manager of Lombardi. India for Lombardi is one of the very important market and is represented by Vinsak (Creed Engineers (P) Ltd.) and have about 20 presses installed in the country as of now. “This is for the first time that we are showing two presses at Label Expo India 2018 with many interesting innovations incorporated into them,” adds Nicola. The Synchroline machine on display incorporated the special Hot Foil Stamping, Embossing and Holographic capabilities and is, as usual, based on the modular concept enabling the printers to add or remove modules as per their convenience thus giving the always needed flexibility aspect.
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Talking to us, Ranesh Bajaj of Creed Engineers was all gung-ho about the show and the success of the Lombardi brand in the Indian market. “We had a busy few days at the show and had a constant line of visitors both new as well as old to have a look at the presses on display” said Ranesh. Polylam Printers of Greater Noida bought the Lombardi Synchroline 430 on display at Vinsak show stand. The 8 colour Synchroline all UV comes with special attachments like flat-bed Hot Stamping, Embossing in-line. Polylam, already running a couple of Indian make Multitec presses has gone for their first Lombardi press with this deal. Mr. Vishal from Polylam Printers was present at the show to finalise the deal.
Also, Mumbai-based Prakruti Graphics booked a Lombardi Flexoline Plus press. This would be the first Flexoline Plus from the house of Lombardi to be installed in India. It is the state-of-the-art Lombardi technology that attracted Mr. Mandar (Nandu) Rangnekar’s interest. He went for the world class Flexoline Plus technology with a few features especially customised to their specific needs by Lombardi. Ahmedabad-based Prakash Printers has invested in an 8-colour Lombardi Synchroline 530 press. It’s their second Lombardi press with the first being a 430mm 8-colour Synchroline installed last year.
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Numex Blocks invests in 2nd FLEXCEL NX System Mumbai based leading flexo pre-press provider confirms the purchase at LabelExpo. Mumbai-based Numex Blocks, a leading flexo pre-press provider, chooses Kodak FLEXCEL NX 5080 System for catering to burgeoning demand for high quality flexographic plates. Numex Blocks has confirmed their purchase of a Kodak FLEXCEL NX 5080 system on the second day of Labelexpo India 2018. With the capability to image Kodak FLEXCEL NX plates up to a maximum of 50 x 80 inches in size with the new equipment, Numex aims to cater to a larger base of printer/convertors. Sandor Meszaros, Regional Sales Leader at Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division for the Asia Pacific Region (APR) says, “Numex Blocks is amongst the largest flexo pre-press tradeshops in the region. As a key player in one of the fastest growing flexo markets of the world, their investment in their second Kodak FLEXCEL NX equipment is testament to the trust they have in Kodak FLEXCEL NX to grow their business sustainably. We are extremely happy to expand our business partnership with Numex Blocks.”
says, “We believe in investing in the right technologies for today and the future. We are investing in the second Kodak FLEXCEL NX System, this time a Wide 5080, with a view to be future-ready and address the needs of the market.”
The FLEXCEL NX Wide 5080 System allows users to maximize plate making productivity and minimize waste. It brings all the benefits of the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System to print applications with larger form size requirements too.
Nitin Patil, Director at Numex Blocks,
Vee Pee Graphics launches an in-house APP Veepee launches App to ease flexo platemaking for label printers, flexible packaging companies, corrugating converters and brand owners. Veepee Graphics, based out of Bengaluru, offers pre-press services and digital flexo platemaking all over the subcontinent, has launched a one of its kind new App aimed at their customers who include label printers, flexible packaging companies, corrugating converters and brand owners. The App, available on both Android as well as iOS platforms, can be used by their customers for communication with Veepee’s in-house ERP management system’s customer interface. The Veepee App is one of those all-the-way applications that can be used not only for communicating specifications, uploading files but also for monitoring the work right up to delivery to press. At the launch ceremony on the second day at Label Expo India 2018
at their stall, P Jayachandra said, “With the APP, the whole journey of any job we undertake can be tracked online and thus avoid any interaction between customer and my team since there is an option of live chat as well as video conferencing as part of its functions.”
customers and is activated on approval of requests. Vee Pee Graphics has recently opened a plate making set up in Sri Lanka too with an eye on the labels and tag market in the island country.
In fact all the email communications have been integrated into the App and when an email is sent to the customer about a job, the customer gets an alert on the App. In addition, he will get continuous reminders till he approves the job. “This not only makes our life easier but also makes it a lot easier for our customers, who can now trace their job status at the click of a button,” gleams Jayachandran. The App is available free to
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Omet showcases iFLEX 370 at LabelExpo India Multiple Live Demos on each day of the show.
Italian Label Press manufacturers OMET Srl. showcased their Label press iFLEX 370mm at Labelexpo India stand C26 at 22-25 November 2018 at India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida - Delhi NCR.
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10 colour job setup in less than 25 meters Complex shape die cutting at high speed Magnetic cylinder change over in 1 minute Start production in less than 200gms of ink Minimum repeat of 5.5” Direct Drive - Only one pair of gear in flexo stations
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Strong double frame body (ensuring vibration free printing) Camera equipped each unit for better monitoring Patented pressure settings for quick job setup No heavy electronics on board ensuring least maintenance cost Class 5 gears used, ensuring exceptionally long life of the machine Tool-less changeovers ensuring no wear and tear
Market and Applications include: Self Adhesive Labels, Wet Glue Labels, Booklet and coupon labels, Shrink Sleeves, In Mould Labels and Wrap Around Labels.
Features on the machine at the show: • Chilled Drums - For Filmic applications • Peel and Seal - For multilayer labels
Specifications are: 10 Colour all UV; Chilled Drums; Cold Foil; Delam/Relam; Peel & Seal Station; Web Turn Bar; 2 Die stations; and Sheeter-Conveyor. Multiple live Demo’s each day were conducted at the Omet show stand. Installations of OMET IFlex model in India are at following customers’: Huhtamaki Webtech, Insight Graphics and Orianaa Decorpack. Weldon Celloplast are the exclusive agents of Omet in India.
OMET X6 with additional units sliding on rail Advantages of rotary screen printing unit on a rail over one on a printing station. Tailor-made solutions by OMET include the possibility of positioning the rotary screen-
of a station that can be used for the flexoprinting. Moreover, they can also take up a
OMET developed this creative solution in collaboration with its clients in order
printing unit on a rail instead placing it on the printing station. This solution by the on-demand solutions’ specialist not only avoids losing one flexo station but also helps in saving space.
minimal amount of space in the production workshop, by optimising the space in terms of height rather than in length.
to solve specific needs with the aim of becoming more competitive. It believes that machineries designed with personalised configurations lead to strong advantages for the printers in the competitive marketplace.
The printers, who realise complex labels, need to use all the colours provided in the machine configuration, adding the screenprinting unit as additional printing group. By positioning it on a rail, they can avoid the loss
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The silk-screen printing group is completely independent, both electronically and drivewise; it has an integrated chilled impression cylinder and an independent UV lamp. It could be moved everywhere on the rail system inside the machinery’s track, even before or after other finishing units as the hot foil or the cold foil. Thanks to a special rail system the unit can easily be moved from one position to another just by sliding them and without removing them from the machine.
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World’s 1st water-wash flexo plate Cosmolight showcases at LabelExpo TOYOBO commercializes the world’s first water-wash flexo plate, Cosmolight. Cosmolight by TOYOBO is an environmentally friendly way to process Flexo plates. The superior photopolymer technology by TOYOBO produces a waterwash plate which is durable to water-based ink, as well as solvent based and UV-ink. TOYOBO also pioneered Printight, a waterwash letterpress plate. The key advantages of Cosmolight include: • Washout in plain tap water with a small amount of mild detergent • Eliminates the use of dangerous hydrocarbon and hazardous washout solvents. •
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Excellent resistance to solvent ink. (type NS, NH, QS and QH) Thickness tolerance allows for “kiss” impression settings. “A closed washout system” allows for repeated use of the washout solution.
The plates are available in thickness of 1.14 - 2.84mm ANALOGUE / CTP and sizes of 457x610mm to 900x1200mm ANALOGUE / CTP. TOYOBO solutions were presented at Indian representative Lucky Graphics stall – P 25, Hall# 7 at the LabelExpo India 2018 from 22nd November to 25th at Greater Noida. With over 800 installations worldwide, with the help of its very efficient distribution network in over 90 countries; TOYOBO are able to bring a local technical support to the end-user. With Indian distributor Lucky Graphics they have over 40 machines in
India already installed at various customer locations. Key plate making solutions include: • Solvent flexography plate making from A3 size up to 52/80” • Water flexography starting A3 size up to 42’’/40’’ automatic inline system. • Letterpress, A3 up to 42”/60” size • Cleaning machine for plates and sleeves after printing, • Special equipment (newspaper) • Supplying of any spare parts and consumable. • Special lamps adapted to the flexo industry
Spilker Germany at LabelExpo India Spilker Germany demos MicroGap at Labelexpo India stand C34. German tooling manufacturer Spilker GmbH exhibited at labelexpo India 2018, India Expo Centre and Mart Greater Noida India 22-25 November 2018 along with their exclusive agent Weldon Celloplast on stand C34. They exhibited their entire range of magnetic cylinders, print cylinders, Rotary dies, special Anvil cylinders, etc. Spilker is a family-run concern in which third generation already participates in the company affairs in a creative and innovative way. As a globally-active provider with a huge array of products Spilker is appreciated for its experience and competence by its customers. Also on display was their MicroGap anvil for micro gap adjustments to enable fine diecutting and enhancing die life. The further development of the Variabase offers even more flexibility and precision and facilitates maximum fine adjustment of the
gap. Thanks to the compact construction the installation in the cutting station is as easy as with a normal counter pressure cylinder. No adjustments are necessary at the cutting station.
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The gap can be precisely changed by fine adjustment in steps of 0,5 microns. The adjustment is made with one movement absolutely synchronously on machine side and operator side so that parallelism is always guaranteed. The standard adjustable range is ± 0,03 mm but individual adjustable ranges are also available on request.
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Asia thinks digital Heidelberg Smart Print Shop concept successfully established.
The print media industry in Asia is facing the same challenges as in other markets: print runs are getting shorter, the number of jobs is increasing, embellishment is becoming more and more complex, and all this with the shortest delivery times and lowest costs. Digitalization is progressing and these advantages are to be implemented internally in processes and externally in communication with print shop customers. At the end of October, more than 400 customers experienced what this could look like by attending the Commercial Day at the Print Media Center Shanghai, China. Under the motto “Turn Passion into Profit”, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) presented sustainable solutions to make commercial print shops more successful and to guide them on their way to the Smart Print Shop. The fully automated process chain with the Push to Stop philosophy, which is only interrupted manually if necessary, was demonstrated in networked live presentations. This optimized, intelligent production process stands for higher production reliability and thus for more productivity and cost-effectiveness.
Almost 400 customers from Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region attended Heidelberg Commercial Day at the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai.
The Smart Print Shop is based on the Prinect workflow, which completely networks and automates processes from prepress, digital and offset presses through to postpress. This reduces contact points in
The new Versafire generation EV/EP made its debut on the Chinese market on Commercial Day.
the production process and sustainably increases process efficiency.
Push to stop for high throughput The visitors were very impressed with the integrated and touch-point reduced operation of the Speedmaster CS 92-5 LE UV in combination with immediate processing with a Polar Cutting System 300 thanks to the dry sheets in the delivery. Teamwork was presented between the newly launched Versafire EV and the Speedmaster SX 74-4. The high automated Speedmaster SX 74 is built – like all the other Sheetfed machines on show – in the Heidelberg plant Qingpu nearby Shanghai and was first shown to the Asian market with the new features AutoPlate Pro. Thanks to integration and
Key Notes : > Almost 400 Customers attended Commercial Day at Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai. >
Fully automated processes increase productivity.
> Market launch of the new Versafire generation EV/EP in Asia.
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Almost 400 customers from Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region attended Heidelberg Commercial Day at the Heidelberg Print Media Center in Shanghai.
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presetting five jobs were printed in less than 15 minutes and immediately finished with a Stahlfolder machine. Thus Push to Stop results in a production, which is easy, secure, efficient and profitable. At the end of the demonstrations, the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) was calculated and it was demonstrated how an increase in OEE can make production more efficient and job runs shorter and shorter. A Speedmaster CD 1027+L UV presented a 7-color multicolour job, demonstrating the wide range of spot colours achievable which covers the needs of more and more embellishment. A key component of Heidelberg’s Lifecycle Solution portfolio for customers is the Saphira consumables, which aim to maximize the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) utilization of their presses through maximum quality, productivity and production reliability.
New Versafire generation celebrates premiere in China The new Versafire generation EV/EP made its debut in the Chinese market on Commercial Day. The Versafire EV digital printing system provides customers with a high degree of flexibility and creative possibilities, enabling them to further expand their digital business model through diversification and optimization. With the new “Invisible Red” special toner, there are now a total of five spot colours for the Versafire EV. Just like white, varnish, neon yellow and neon pink, “Invisible Red” provides additional embellishment options. For the first time it is now also possible to print first white and then the process colours CMYK. When printing on coloured paper and foils, extraordinary effects can be achieved – all in one pass, where previously several processes were necessary, which significantly improves efficiency.
A Speedmaster CD 102-7+L UV with the latest generation of Image Control produced three very different print jobs showing the wide range of spot colors achievable with the Prinect Multicolor Workflow.
neighboring regions such as northeast Russia. Here, state-of-the-art technology and service solutions are presented, information events are held, and intensive tests and analyses of equipment, consumables and workflow solutions are carried out. Customer operators are also trained here. The Print Media Center Shanghai has fully integrated workflows for commercial and packaging printers. The Qingpu plant is Heidelberg’s production site in Asia and is located nearby Shanghai. It assembles Speedmaster presses in 50 x 70 and 70 x 100 format, from four to sevencolour models, mainly for the Chinese market
and the Asian Pacific markets. More than 380 employees work for production in Qingpu and around 140 for sales and service for Heidelberg East China. “This is not my first time to visit the Print Media Center in Qingpu and Qingpu workshops. But I like the whole arrangement here, especially the new look of the PMC, the real production environment as a Smart Print Shop, as well as the unique live demonstrations. I’m really glad to join this kind of event which can broaden our horizons and help us generate our business,” this resume was given by one customer after his visit of the Heidelberg Commercial Day.
The Versafire EP is a high-performance digital printing system that scores with constant stability and high productivity. Thanks to the new inline calibration, consistent colour stability is achieved from the first sheet to the last. New formats offer extended application possibilities.
Print Media Center Shanghai and assembly site The Print Media Center Shanghai, which is integrated into the Heidelberg plant in Qingpu, serves as a central showroom for China, other Asian Pacific markets and
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Fujifilm India launches its 2nd Graphic Arts Demo Centre Showcases the all new superwide format Acuity LED 3200R. Fujifilm India launched its Second Graphic Arts Demo Centre in Gurugram on 20th, November 2018. The unique Demo Centre has been designed to demonstrate Fujifilm India’s latest innovations in graphic arts technology and will give a first-hand experience of the company’s wide-format printing prowess. This is the second such facility in India, the first one being located in Mumbai. The Demo Centre will house Fujifilm’s latest version of Acuity LED 3200R and Acuity EY wide format printers. These super-wide printers with LED UV technology, can print on a range of rigid and flexible media for different types of application.
“The objective of opening a Demo Centre is to give a live experience of our printing products to our customers as ‘Seeing is Believing’.” – Mr. Haruto Iwata,MD, Fujifilm India
Commenting on the occasion, Mr.Haruto Iwata Managing Director, Fujifilm India, said, “The objective of opening a Demo Centre is to give a live experience of our printing products to our customers as ‘Seeing is Believing’. With our world-class printing technology, we are committed towards providing the best user experience. Our Acuity range of printers has been a success with their speed, quality and precision in work. Moreover, they are energy efficient and much kinder to environment. We look forward to add more products to our Centre going forward.” Mr. SM Ramprasad, Head- Graphic Arts Business, Fujifilm India added, “We want our customers not just to experience our products, but to experience the complete application which can create lasting impact for their brands in the sign and graphic
communications. Also our customers can see for themselves the value that our solutions can bring to their business. We are confident that the Gurugram Demo Centre will provide benchmark levels of customer and ownership experience and benefit them in taking a more informed decision about our products.” The demonstration center is part of Fujifilm India’s aggressive expansion plan as the company is targeting double-digit growth for its business, of which the Graphics Arts segment is a key driver for growth. The company has already crossed 100 units of Acuity Installations in India, selling almost five to six units per month. It is now targeting doubling its current installations on the Acuity range with more innovative products with focus on tier 2 and tier 3 markets as well. The Acuity range of printers has been a success with their speed, quality and precision in work. Moreover, they are energy efficient and much kinder to environment. The new Acuity LED 3200R can produce quality super-wide display and exhibition graphics in the most cost-effective way. With low energy LED UV curing technology, the Acuity LED 3200R delivers excellent production efficiency with impressive productivity. Its specially formulated Fujifilm Uvijet inks can print on a wide range of display materials.
Key Notes : > To give a first-hand experience of the company’s wideformat printing prowess. > The Second Centre in India to showcase latest innovation in Graphic Arts technology. > Aims more than 30% growth in FY19 for its Graphic arts business.
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(from left in front): Steve Huppert, Warneke Paper Box; Felix Müller, Heidelberg and Stacey Warneke. Behind are Dan Maurer and Montserrat Peidro-Insa, both from Heidelberg.
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The flatbed Acuity EY, on the other hand, is a true breakthrough in wide format UV digital imaging technology from Fujifilm, offering the perfect combination of near photographic print quality, production output and investment cost. With Uvijet inks the Acuity EY can print on to a broad range of rigid and flexible PoP materials up to 48 mm thick and the white ink option provides an opportunity to print high value materials like wood, metal, clear and coloured products. At the centre, visitors can witness live demonstration of the machines and can have
interactive sessions with our dealers. This is the second Demo Centre in India that Fujifilm is opening in Gurugram after Mumbai. The centre will also serve as a training ground for the company’s existing customers, providing provision for testing new substrates. The Indian Sign and Graphic Printing Industry is growing at an annual rate of around 1015%. There has been a revolutionary change in the last 5-10 years in the printing industry in India. Being part of the global economy, the recent changes in the India as well, has opened doors for the Indian Printing Industry
to modernize and has attracted investment in the latest technology and machinery. The advent of global brands, rising consumerism and growth of FMCG/Telecom/Automobile industries have contributed to an increase in Signage printing as well. Giving an optimistic outlook of the industry, the Sign & Graphic printing industry will continue to grow at an annual rate of 10 -15% in coming years as well with need for more environmental friendly printing technology like UV Printing as well as substrates which are bio degradable & allow sustainable growth.
Ricoh to acquire ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH The acquisition of industrial printing software company to strengthen Ricoh’s growing industrial printing business.
Ricoh Company has reached an agreement to buy ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH, software provider in the printing industry with a specific competence in colour management. This acquisition is designed to strengthen Ricoh’s growing industrial printing business. The transfer of shares is scheduled to complete on November 30, 2018. Founded in 1997, ColorGATE based in Hannover, Germany, has been supporting the printing industry for over 20 years by providing software for the wide format and industrial printing sectors. With its extensive customer base ColorGATE is the European leader in industrial printing software. It has unique colour management technology to support printing and decorating a wide variety of materials used for packaging, floor and wall coverings as well as textiles and signage. It is a leading provider of performance-optimized colour management and workflow software to standardize and automate growing digital print markets including décor and textiles. In February this year, Ricoh announced its growth strategy plan, “RICOH Ignite,” which sets out its intention to reinforce its value offering by
expanding its printing technology portfolio. The investment in ColorGATE is the latest part of this plan. To enhance its industrial printing business, Ricoh recently established a “Global IP Technology Center” and a “Global IP Marketing Center”. Significantly, both are located in Europe, which is increasingly the center of incubation for industrial printing markets. This allows access to cuttingedge technology and enables increased responsiveness to market needs. The centers aim to drive marketing, strategic planning and development of business and products with Ricoh’s alliance partners worldwide.
software technology with our own industrial printers, Ricoh will provide solutions covering the whole printing workflow from Pre-Press to Post-Press. This acquisition will enable ColorGATE to expand its industrial printing business and global presence as together we become better able to support our customers to accelerate their transition from analogue to digital based production.” Thomas Kirschner, Co-founder of ColorGATE who will continue to serve as CEO, comments: “We are delighted to have been selected by Ricoh to contribute to this strong future growth strategy whilst we continue to serve our established customer base, OEM partners and reseller channel.”
Peter Williams, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Commercial and Industrial Printing Business Group, Ricoh, says: “By combining ColorGATE’s proprietary
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Xerox recognized in Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India List - recognized as one of the top 100 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) by AVTAR and Working Mother. Xerox India has set a new benchmark for diversity and inclusion in corporate India. The company has been recognized as one of the top 100 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) by AVTAR and Working Mother. Currently in its third year, the BCWI study highlights initiatives undertaken by companies to increase women’s workforce participation.
“We are honoured to be incorporated into this prestigious list of 100 best organizations for women in India. Our inclusive and non- discriminatory employee-oriented initiatives enable and encourage our female workforce to work in a progressive atmosphere and reach their supreme potential.” said Raj Kumar Rishi, Managing Director, Xerox India.
Organized by India’s workplace inclusion expert, AVTAR, along with Working Mother, a gender-parity champion in the United States – the survey focused on practices, programmes and policies organizations
The Working Mother Media and the AVTAR Best Companies for Women in India study was first launched in 2016 to honor companies that help women have sustainable careers.
enforce to ensure gender inclusion at the workplace.
Xerox India’s high scoring areas included its culture, management accountability, focus on voice of employees and providing a safe working environment for women including the strong compliances around anti sexual harassment policies.
Key Notes : > The survey focused on practices, programmes and policies organizations enforce to ensure gender inclusion at the workplace. > The Women’s Alliance is a catalyst to advance the personal and professional development of women at Xerox. > AVTAR set up in 2000, is India’s first diversity advocate & workplace inclusion expert. Europe and China.
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Xerox India’s high scoring areas included its culture, management accountability, focus on voice of employees and providing a safe working environment for women including the strong compliances around anti sexual harassment policies. In addition, the key highlight was the work Xerox India engages in through “The Women Alliance Asia Pacific Chapter”. The Women’s Alliance is a catalyst to advance the personal and professional development of women at Xerox, enabling them to attain their goals.
AVTAR – Working on Diversity & Inclusion AVTAR set up in 2000, is India’s first diversity advocate & workplace inclusion expert. Renowned for its extensive work in the space of Diversity & Inclusion and more specifically, women’s workforce participation, it is the country’s largest provider of second career opportunities for women and is also the earliest to begin working on diversity audits and measurement. Lead by the visionary Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, AVTAR has ventured into areas of women’s empowerment and career creation, which are firsts to India, such as Creating a marketplace for second
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career women to meet potential employers, developing a comprehensive set of career enablers which companies can implement in their workspaces, spearheading original research that has provided cutting edge insights to organizations, re-Skilling, upskilling and Counselling of women to pursue sustainable career paths and building career intentionality amongst under privileged girl children. Over its 18 years of existence, AVTAR has helped charter Diversity & Inclusion plans for several organisations in
the IT, FMCG and Financial sectors in the country.
Working Mother – mentor for over 24 million working mothers Working Mother is a role model, mentor and advocate for the U.S.’s more than 24 million mothers who are devoted to their families and committed to their careers. Working Mother is a celebrated gender parity champion in the United States. With their website, magazine, research, social
networks, video, and powerful events, Working Mother provides its readers with the community, solutions and strategies they need to thrive. Their annual list of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies celebrates its 33rd anniversary this year. It is one of the most prestigious lists in the U.S. and sets the standards for work life practices for U.S. companies. It continues to raise awareness of the issues women face in the workplace and encourages the development of programs to address those issues.
Kodak partners with Evolve Additive Solutions Companies scale production capabilities and speed of additive manufacturing with electrophotographic technology. print and finish parts cost effectively at high quality and high speed. Collaboration and cross fertilization of ideas between the two teams is expected to reach beyond materials and components to manufacturing, service and support. Eastman Kodak and Evolve Additive Solutions have announced a technology partnership where Kodak will supply Evolve imaging systems, parts and consumables based on the KODAK NEXPRESS digital electrophotographic platform. In addition, the companies have signed Joint Development Agreements for equipment and materials with the goal of helping further develop Evolve’s Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process (STEP) technology in anticipation of the commercial release in 2020. STEP is Evolve’s proprietary 3D printing technology for additive manufacturing. Kodak has also licensed relevant intellectual property to Evolve in support of the development effort. Kodak has been pioneering work with electrophotographic technology for more than 40 years.The award-winning KODAK NEXPRESS Platform delivers unique print capabilities in a modular and upgradeable package, making it an ideal platform for Evolve to leverage and transform into a leading production technology for additive manufacturing. Evolve will be utilizing a Kodak-developed toner manufacturing process to make the part toners for the Evolve system. The electrophotographic technology is part of the whole solution comprising hardware, materials, processes, workflow software, and services required to
“We are very encouraged by the opportunity to expand our electrophotographic platform capabilities outside of 2D imaging to the 3D printing or additive manufacturing sector,” said John O’Grady, President, Print Systems Division, Kodak. “Having worked closely with the talented staff of engineers working on the STEP technology for several years, we are confident Evolve will help change the way the organizations approach production of plastic parts for manufacturing.” Evolve’s STEP technology will sit alongside traditional manufacturing processes, such as injection molding on the manufacturing floor, augmenting an organization’s production capabilities allowing freedom of design and “tool-less” production. The first STEP system
has shipped under an alpha development program and has been installed at a strategic partner location utilizing resources from both Kodak and Evolve. “Creating a strong technology partnership with Kodak is an important element in the development of STEP,” said Steve Chillscyzn, CEO of Evolve Additive Solutions. “The selection of the Kodak systems and technology for STEP allows us to deliver to the market a highly-reliable solution, based on a proven engine that is recognized as one of the most productive printing systems in the world. By working with Kodak, we have a technology and a collaborative relationship that will not only allow us to get to market quickly, but we will have the throughput expansion to grow as we push STEP capabilities into the future.”
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Strategic software alliance for a new information era Heidelberg and DOCUFY develop mobile, AR-enabled integrated solutions for intelligent and constantly updated content. With its “Heidelberg goes digital” strategy, Heidelberg is on the journey toward becoming a digital, agile company while also supporting its customers’ transition into the digital age through innovative software solutions and business models. Together with its subsidiary DOCUFY, Heidelberg is pursuing the further development of the COSIMA Component Content Management System and the TopicPilot mobile content delivery platform for the smart creation, classification, and mobile use of company-wide content throughout the product life cycle, from development to service. An interface to the Heidelberg’s intuitive View2Connect collaboration and communication platform increases the value of the engineering bill of materials within a company and ideally links CAD/PLM, ERP, and technical content management. Additional integrated tools from Heidelberg, such as the content publisher for ERP, PLM, and CMS sources, round out the practical applications of the solutions provided. Since the acquisition of DOCUFY in May 2017, Heidelberg has been using the COSIMA Component Content Delivery System to create its own technical documentation and make it available through the TopicPilot mobile publication platform. COSIMA and TopicPilot have developed into key pillars of Heidelberg’s portfolio for supporting customers as they transform into digital companies. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hermann, Chief Digital Officer Lifecycle Solutions at Heidelberg, says: “COSIMA is a fully developed, ready-to-use Component Content Management System for the documentation process that can be adapted to meet specific customer needs and can be used in mechanical or plant engineering, measurement or control technology, and software. Information should be stored and intelligently managed throughout the entire product life cycle, from development to service, and can be accessed from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers by using the TopicPilot publication platform. This allows us to provide ourselves and our
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Software integration from Heidelberg, DOCUFY, and RE’FLEKT enables the intelligent, mobile, and AR use of content.
customers with consistent digital and mobile information management.” By developing COSIMA and TopicPilot, Hermann plans to expand the Heidelberg Platforms division’s portfolio to include additional innovative applications that are easy to implement.
Maintenance 4.0 with View2Connect, COSIMA, TopicPilot, and REFLEKT ONE in planning Hartmut Ball, Head of Heidelberg Platforms and Vice President Heidelberg PLM, adds: “We immediately recognized the potential of the DOCUFY software for the implementation of Heidelberg Maintenance 4.0. COSIMA can be used to track the maintenance steps for various machines and link them to descriptions of the way that maintenance is carried out. In turn, the mobile publication platform TopicPilot transmits all of this information to the service technician’s smartphone or tablet. What is special about this is that specific maintenance lists can be displayed there for each machine and maintenance interval. The integrated log function allows the user to check off maintenance steps that have
already been carried out, to add images and comments to them, and to save them centrally in the system. View2Connect then even presents maintenance tasks in the form of 3D instructions. TopicPilot and its link to the AR platform REFLEKT ONE can provide technicians with updated AR content.”
3D spare parts documentation for Wallbox Home Eco thanks to COSIMA and View2Connect Wallbox Home Eco impressively demonstrates the potential that can be unleashed by combining COSIMA and View2Connect. For this high-performance charging device for electric cars, Heidelberg has introduced a new combination of descriptive documentation and 3D spare parts documentation from a single source.
Using augmented reality applications in industry with kothes The ability to link 3D data with information also simplifies the use of AR applications, thereby promoting their industrial use. Linking the REFLEKT ONE AR platform to View2Connect, COSIMA, and TopicPilot
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allows companies to enhance existing manuals and instructions through augmented reality and provide extensive AR-based instructions. The documentation specialists from kothes are happy to assist DOCUFY customers by offering their practical experience so as to ensure the introduction, operation and integration.
Leveraging software symbiosis with strategic partners Prof. Dr. Hermann sums it up: “For Heidelberg, the software integration of COSIMA, TopicPilot, View2Connect, and REFLEKT ONE is an ideal opportunity to digitally map a machine’s product life cycle, from development to service, and to enable the intelligent and mobile use of said information. We therefore plan to invest intensive efforts in the further development of COSIMA, TopicPilot, and View2Connect while also reinforcing our partnerships with RE’FLEKT and kothes with the aim of jointly ensuring an established place for futureproof solutions for Industry 4.0 and for the industrial application of augmented reality.”
Heidelberg View2Connect provides the maintenance tasks in the form of 3D instructions.
View2Connect at tekom at DOCUFY’s booth From November 13 to 15, 2018, Heidelberg showcased synergies and potential for value creation through the real-life use of
View2Connect at DOCUFY’s booth at the tekom Annual Conference in Stuttgart, the largest international industry event for technical communication.
Vineet Gehani is Director of Technology and Channels at Xerox India Vineet will lead the channel sales team in India and South Asia. Xerox India has appointed Vineet Gehani as Director of Technology and Channels. Vineet, who joins Xerox from HP, will help the brand drive further growth in the Indian and South Asian markets with an increased focus on expanding Xerox’s technology availability across the channel. Vineet will lead the channel sales team in India and South Asia, helping drive profitability for all Xerox products and services – such as office equipment, production printing equipment, channel managed print services and solutions, consumables and paper – as well as focus on strategic partner development and expanding Xerox’s go-to-market network. “Xerox is one of the most well-known and trusted business solution providers in the market. I look forward to building a stronger channel partner network and to find new ways to deliver more value and support to
the company in its strategic growth,” Vineet Gehani, Director, Technology and Channels, Xerox India. At HP, Vineetled National Sales for Consumer Business, PC & Print Business. He led the teams to deliver business priorities on volume, revenue, profitability, premium product mix and market share through robust distribution and retail channels. Prior to this, he was with Samsung as Head Online Sales (E-Commerce Business) and Mobile Accessory Business. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management- Kolkata. “We are excited to have Vineet lead our technology and channels business in India. He brings with him rich professional experience of over 21 years in varied goto-market and product management roles across diverse industries. We are certain his
experience in helping technology companies accelerate their growth will be invaluable to Xerox. With his deep understanding of the channel ecosystem as well as the technology industry, we trust our business in India will reach greater heights and newer markets,” said Raj Kumar Rishi, Managing Director, Xerox India.
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Konica Minolta installs MGI JETVARNISH 3DS & iFOIL S at Futura Infinite KMI helps Bengaluru-based Futura Infinite unlock advanced printing capabilities and higher profitability with the installation of the MGI JETVARNISH 3DS & iFOIL S. Adding yet another successful partnership to its expanding portfolio, Konica Minolta Business Solutions has recently installed the MGI JETVARNISH 3DS & iFOIL S at the Bengaluru-based digital printing firm, Futura Infinite. The installation of the innovative UV coating and hot foiling solution has since helped the firm venture into new printing segments and offer its customer base a range of high-quality printing services to choose from. Commenting on the installation, Mr. Deepak Boggaram, Director, Futura Infinite, Bangalore said,
The top-of-the-line 3D printing machine installed at Futura Infinite has enabled the firm to successfully expand its portfolio of printing services to deliver on its customers’ evolving requirements.
“The cutting-edge printing capabilities of the MGI JETVARNISH 3DS and IFOIL S offer advanced and seamless functionalities that have enabled us to carry out a whole new range of high-quality printing jobs. Moreover, the machine’s innovative 3D spot coating and hot foil stamping features have added considerably to our overall efficiency in specialized printing jobs, while its high output has augmented our productivity to a great extent. We are indeed thankful to Konica Minolta for its support during and after the installation process of the machine which enabled us to get the equipment up and running in no time.” The JETVARNISH 3D and IFOIL S printer utilizes
MGI’s patented inkjet and hot foil stamping technology to provide digital spot UV coating in plain 2D and 3D (with thickness of up to 200 microns) and embossed foil textured effects in one pass. The digital spot UV coating process is 100% variable data capable, with barcode reader options that enable custom spot varnished prints with unique graphics, text, and numeric data. With the new varnish formula in combination with the Konica Minolta print heads, users can create a 3D effect on laminated surfaces or on toner directly. The digitization of the spot UV finishing allows printing businesses to take a few sheets from each job and spot UV coat it to produce sellable proofs, enabling customers to see, touch and feel the effect with various types of printing jobs. Mr. Vijay Kamat, National Product Manager – Industrial Print, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, commented, “We are committed to identifying appropriate solutions to match our clients’ printing requirements and delivering the best-in-class printing technology to help them augment their production capabilities. We also provide them complete support throughout, to ensure seamless and sustainable production by helping them capitalize on the technology to grow and scale their business,
Key Notes : > The new solutions enable the firm to venture into new printing segments and offer new services to its customers. > The machine’s innovative features add considerably to the overall efficiency in specialized printing jobs. > The smart combination of MGI’s exclusive inkjet technology with Konica Minolta’s Drop-on-Demand Piezoelectric print heads.
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(from left in front): Steve Huppert, Warneke Paper Box; Felix Müller, Heidelberg and Stacey Warneke. Behind are Dan Maurer and Montserrat Peidro-Insa, both from Heidelberg.
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enhance their productivity, and increase their profitability. We are extremely glad with the positive response from Futura Infinite, and are looking to help more printing businesses across the country with our innovative range of printing solutions.” The smart combination of MGI’s exclusive inkjet technology with Konica Minolta’s Drop-on-Demand Piezoelectric print heads delivers the best-in-class quality to users for their printing jobs. The JETVARNISH 3DS HubManager allows users to follow multiple jobs, manage job queue, create job tickets, recall reprints and adjust their AIS Scanner in one simple and self-explaining tool. A powerful function allows businesses to easily export all their detailed production data on internal costs for analysis and reports. The Spot Varnish Editor is designed for editing job files on-the-fly. This gives customers the needed flexibility to adjust and modify
their print jobs as and when needed to save on both time and costs. The Product Cost Analyzer can anticipate production cost to the tenth of a cent, enabling printing
before the job has been completed. In addition to this, the JETVARNISH 3DS is equipped with the AIS SmartScanner for automated sheet-to-sheet registration for
businesses to provide customers precise information on the costs per print job even
easier tracking and reproduction.
Kodak sells FPD business to Montagu The Flexographic Packaging Division business to operate as a new standalone company developing, manufacturing and selling flexographic products. Eastman Kodak Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Flexographic Packaging Division to private equity firm – Montagu Private Equity LLP. After closing, the business will operate as a new standalone company which will develop, manufacture and sell flexographic products, including the flagship KODAK FLEXCEL NX System, to the packaging print segment. Under its new ownership, the business will have the same organizational structure, management team and growth culture that has served Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division well in recent years. Chris Payne, who has served as President of the Flexographic Packaging Division for the last three years, will lead the new company as CEO. Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division, over the past five years, has grown and thrived within Kodak, and has become a significant player in the packaging print industry. The business will be well-positioned to continue delivering solutions to maintain profitable growth for printers in the packaging sector.
Kodak expects to receive total value of up to $390 million, comprised of the following components: • base purchase price of $340 million, subject to purchase price adjustments; • potential earn-out payments of up to $35 million over the period through 2020 based on achievement by the business of agreed-upon performance metrics; and • $15 million payable by Montagu to Kodak at the closing as a prepayment for various services and products to be provided by Kodak to the business post-closing pursuant to commercial agreements, subject to completion of certain pledge and collateral arrangements. The net proceeds from the transaction will be used by Kodak to reduce outstanding term debt. The Company expects that the remaining outstanding term debt will be refinanced and/or repaid using cash proceeds from additional asset monetizations. “This transaction is an important turning point in our transformation and is a significant,
positive development for Kodak,” said Jeff Clarke, CEO, Kodak. “The sale of the Flexographic Packaging Division unlocks value for shareholders and strengthens our financial position by providing a meaningful infusion of cash which allows us to reduce debt, improving the capital structure of the Company and enabling greater flexibility to invest in our growth engines.” Following this transaction, Kodak will continue to focus on the demonstrated growth areas of SONORA environmental plates, enterprise inkjet, workflow software and brand licensing. The Company will leverage these growth engines and continue to maximize value in commercial printing, film and advanced materials. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of closing conditions.
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Esko takes“Packaging Connected” to All4Pack - to showcase innovative packaging software solutions along with Kongsberg C24 at Paris show. Esko will showcase its innovative packaging software solutions for brand owners, tradeshops and converters, as well as a Kongsberg C24 cutting table (1680x3200) at All4Pack, Paris, November 26 to 29, Hall 6 Stand L141. Esko will show visitors how streamlining and connecting the end-to-end production delivers tangible business benefits, resulting in faster throughput, higher quality, and ‘Right First Time’ production. Eddy Fadel, VP Sales EMEA of Esko, explains: “Visitors to All4Pack will see how Esko’s solutions are connecting job specifications, order information, approval cycles, CAD and graphic data, as well as requirements for manufacturing and logistics in one integrated workflow, making the process from order to completion far more efficient and cost effective.”
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Prepress Workflow Stars Live demonstrations of the latest business enhancing developments of Esko’s Software platform: • Esko’s “QuickStart” solutions of Automation Engine and WebCenter are quick to deploy workflows for packaging and sign applications to be used by
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brands and packaging suppliers. Automation Engine automates repetitive prepress tasks from one-up artwork to the print-ready data. WebCenter includes program, artwork and asset management tools for quick and easy project handling and approvals. Both Automation Engine and WebCenter connect with ERP/MIS systems. ArtPro+ is the next generation native PDF editor that reshapes packaging prepress editing into an intuitive QA tool with fewer clicks. Within the editor routine, functions can be automated to speed up production. Novel features like the powerful Packaging Preflight functionality within ArtPro+, as well as the new DeskPack Text Recognition plug-in will be demonstrated. The easy-to-use Print Control Wizard software further simplifies the platemaking department. It takes the complexity out of flexo platemaking by going beyond excellent screening to output the right plate fit for purpose based on a range of print
run parameters. The plates produced through Print Control Wizard deliver superior print quality; they use screen and dot gain curves that take into consideration the press, substrates, inks, anilox and other print run parameters.
Digital Finishing Demonstrating high quality finishing capabilities will be Esko’s Kongsberg C24 cutting table. It delivers value, durability, reliability, precision and ease of use at an attractive investment level. It features a lightweight carbon composite traverse to consistently provide the fastest throughput. Fadel adds: “We are excited to show new and existing customers how our continuously evolving suite of solutions combines to deliver a connected offering that streamlines every production step and ensures consistency, accuracy and reliability. We will share ways to add value and support operations as they address key market demands efficiently and effectively.”
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Cosmo Films launches metalized velvet lamination film - to offer intense silver colour along with rich velvet touch to the laminated paper/paperboard or package. Cosmo Films, global provider of speciality films for flexible packaging, lamination and labeling applications as well as synthetic paper, recently launched a metalized velvet lamination film for luxury packaging segment. The newly developed film has been engineered to offer intense silver colour along with rich velvet touch to the laminated paper/ paperboard or package. Silver colour is not easy to handle especially when used as a background during printing. It takes longer to dry and also has a risk of ink set off during print stacking. Due to these challenges, printers usually avoid using silver as a background colour. However, graphic art designers prefer silver background as it allows them to make attractive artworks facilitating use of many other shades and the impact it generates with gold foil stamping and UV spot coating. To bridge this gap,
Cosmo Films introduced the metalized velvet touch film which is glueable, stampable and printable. The matte silver coloured BOPP based velvet touch lamination film needs to be laminated to the unprinted paper before going for printing or post lamination embellishments. The film is available for both thermal and wet lamination in 32 and 20 microns respectively and offers excellent printability with offset, UV offset, screen, UV inkjet and laser printing. Apart from providing excellent scuff resistance, the film is perfect for post lamination operations like UV spot coating, foil stamping & embossing. The film is ideal for lamination of premium products like perfume cartons, liquor & wine cartons, gift & jewellery boxes, shopping bags for luxury brands and graphic arts industry.
Speaking on the development, Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films said, “Packaging design is an important differentiator given that the brand owners are extremely conscious of their brand image and consumer experience these days. With the addition of metalized velvet film to the existing portfolio, Cosmo now offers an enhanced portfolio of premium lamination films to choose from.”
MPS Systems appoints Atze Bosma as new CEO Bosma will lead MPS alongside Willem Huijink, CFO, effective December 1st, 2018. The Dutch-based manufacturer of flexo, offset, and hybrid printing presses – MPS Systems has appointed Atze Bosma as their new CEO.
Atze Bosma was introduced to MPS by their new shareholders, ABN AMRO Participaties, who became a shareholder in MPS together with management in May 2018. With the acquisition by ABN AMRO Parcitipaties (AAP), MPS entered a new growth phase to become one of the top-3 players in the market. Bosma succeeds Wim van den Bosch, who decided to continue his career outside of MPS as of January 1st, 2019. Friso Janmaat, Managing Director of AAP comments: “Wim van den Bosch did an excellent job at MPS ensuring the organization was well-positioned for further global growth. We are thankful for his efforts over the past five years, and we trust Atze Bosma to be the right person to lead MPS towards an even stronger position in the printing industry.”
for various (international) companies including Heineken, Florimex International and the Dutch Railways. Bosma has broad experience in leading transitioning companies, mostly in the role of CEO. “As I was looking for a new challenge in my career, when AAP approached me for this role at MPS, it was the right step for me to take,” comments Bosma. “MPS is a company with a great deal of potential, and I look forward to further unleashing its true value.” Bosma will lead MPS alongside Willem Huijink, CFO, effective December 1st, 2018. In the upcoming months, Atze Bosma will travel the world to meet MPS’ international team and agents, customers and key industry leaders.
Bosma brings 30 years of management experience in the packaging, logistics and food industries, having previously worked
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Upgrading the USAR line of Label Finishing In 2018, VINSAK installed more than 25 USAR machines. VINSAK has always played a pivotal role in the technological front for the Packaging & Label Industry.
produce Sheets& Labels and the Second Variant can handle Lamitubes and Thin Films to be slit.
In 2018, VINSAK installed more than 25 USAR machines out of which 08 were exported to Packaging companies in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
The first Variant allows a Standard Rotary die cutting unit for Roll to roll Labels, to be installed with a Sheet conveyor which allows the production of Wet Glue Paper labels, Sheets, and Cut and Stack Labels for Bottle Wraps. This allows the standard Label Convertor to venture out into new markets thus increasing their Product offering.
With this aim VINSAK has introduced three new products to its range viz. • Two new variants to its USAR Range and • An Upgraded Version of the Reel Lifter VRL The first Variant is a unit which can also
The Second Variant, a modified new slitter is developed to slit the Lami tube materials & Thin Films. Built with a large size dual rewind, the system has lay on rollers for each rewind along with the necessary Static removal equipment to handle these products. An integration with Camera systems has also been developed for the same. The first of these new variants has been installed at M/s Sky Pack India in Faridabad. The two new variants will add a whole new gamut of possibilities that can be achieved via using the equipment.
VINASAK Roll lifter (VRL Series) is another such innovation in series. It is a portable roll lifter equipped with safety brakes for loading unloading and transporting the rolls safely. It proposes solution to all the problems which were earlier accompanying the tedious process of manual roll lifting. The equipment is well suited to reduce and eliminate all the occupational hazards and injuries. It reduces or even eliminates all the possibilities of accidents and material mishandling. A New higher capacity Hoist and stronger frame designs have been developed to handle reels upto 250 Kgs in weight for 500mm width model, or upto 400 Kgs of weight for a 1000mm width Model.
Udaybhai C Patel is MMS Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 winner Udaybhai C Patel, Founder, Owner, Line O Matic Graphic Industries has been chosen for Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019. Mumbai Mudrak Sangh announced Udaybhai’s name for the proud achievement recently. Industry veteran Udaybhai C Patel is that rare breed of successful industrialists among the machinery manufacturing fraternity who is a true visionary and dynamic entrepreneur. He made the entire country proud by being the pioneer in exercise notebook making machinery and paper converting machinery segment. Line O Matic, under his stewardship, has today become a preferred brand globally in exercise notebook making machinery with a presence in over 60 countries including Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, CIS countries and Far East countries. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented on 2 March 2019 at a function
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to be held at the Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai. The keynote speaker at the event will be Padma Shri Deepak Bhaskar Phatak. Shriniwas Yeshwant Joshi, partner, CVK and
Associates will speak on Indian and World Economy while Chandrashekhar Narayan Vaze will speak on Management Principles from Ramayan.
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Looking forward to PackPlus Delhi 2019 The total packaging, converting, supply chain event expects to be fully booked before schedule. In the backdrop of the enormous success of last edition, PackPlus is all aimed to make it big, once again in 2019. With 200+ exhibitors having already signed up for the Show, the event is expected to be sold out months before the scheduled date. Co-located with CartonTech, SupplyPlus, PackSol and India Converting Show, PackPlus will be held from 28-31 August 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. In 2018, the event featured 400+ exhibitors that attracted a footfall of more than 20,000 visitors. The show will be spread over 11 halls of Pragati Maidan and will present exhibitors from all parts of India and neighbouring countries. The event will be attended by important decision makers from top and middle management from various industries including pharmaceutical & chemical; food & beverage, dairy & meat; engineering; garments & textiles; personal care products and logistics. Printers, converters, packaging professionals and packaging end users as well as the providers of materials, equipment
and services will also visit in large numbers.
Converting and Corrugation.
The exhibitors will span across three major segments –(a)Primary Packaging & Automation, (b) Supply Chain & Material Handling and (c) Flexible packaging,
The Delhi edition of PackPlus also hosts a one-day knowledge sharing interactive session at International Packaging Conclave.
PrintFair 2019 to take place in April in Bengaluru The Commercial Printing, Package Converting and Digital Sign Show is coming to Bengaluru in the month of April next year. The Indian packaged printing industry is growing at an annual rate of 17%, commercial printing at an annual rate of 1012% and digital printing at a robust growth rate of 30%. The overall industry is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 7% till 2020. The optimistic figures open up various new opportunities for the industry. Amid this scenario, PrintFair is setting up a business and networking platform for the industry
to help showcase all that is innovative and ground-breaking. The event is happening, concurrently with PackPlus South, from 10-13 April 2019 at BIEC, Bengaluru. Renowned players from the industry including NBG Printographic Machinery; Xerox India, Monoprint Digital Equipments; Outabox Media Solutions LLP; Compact print Tech; Max Print Engineers; Prosper Group; Print Max Technologies; Riso India; Tech Master Engineering; Konica Minolta Business Solutions India; Prizm Holography And Security Films; RevesTechnopack; Photokina Chemicals; Dizario Industries; Polyplex Corporation; Learn and Design; SreeVenkataramana Graphics; AbhikrutiDigi Soft, Arrow Digital, Zhongke India are already on board, with several others soon to join the list, according to the organisers.
The event will be attended by Package, label and commercial Printers; Converters, machinery for corrugated box & box manufacturers; Printing & print buyers; Publishers, owners of commercial newspapers; Production / quality control managers; Design houses, art directors & production managers; Graphic designers; Packaging development manager; Print shop managers and Printing technologists. The event comes together with PackPlus South, the flagship event of Next Events, which happens to be the prime packaging exhibition of South India.
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Gold in packaging innovation for IVD breakthrough ACU-Drop II The Silver went to the Combo Excelsior, a multiple-use container with many new innovative features. The 29th edition of packaging innovation competition De Gouden Noot was won by ACU-Drop II, a unique, patented packaging form that revolutionises quality control in the In Vitro Diagnose (IVD) market. The innovative, dual chambered device keeps various fractions separated, preventing reactions between components of the desired matrix. When ready, the user simply pushes a button to allow the fractions to combine. Then mix with the integrated “static stirrer” and the sample is ready to use, either from the built-in dropper bottle or by attaching a syringe. ACU-Drop II will open doors in the quality control arena with its ease of use, elimination of the need for pipetting and by solving matrix interactions – all in a single container. Winning business combination Verhoeven Ontwerpburo and Eurotrol received the winner’s trophy containing the well-known solid gold walnut during the Award Ceremony on 22 November 2018 in the A’DAM Tower Amsterdam. Master of ceremony was Francesca Vanthielen. The Silver went to the Combo Excelsior, a multiple-use container with many new innovative features. The elements used (walls, base, lid) have a superior strength/ volume ratio. The floating hinges, ergonomic sidewall latches and self-locking lid provide easy and safe operation with minimal risk of damage to the product or the operator. And thanks to its modular construction, all
individual parts can be easily replaced in the field, further extending the life of the product, says Silver winner Schoeller Allibert. The Bronze was for Arcwise, a patented alternative way to produce corrugated board. The end result is a corrugated board that is easy to bend, in a way that even, “fluent” (not kinked) round shapes can now be made of corrugated board without any problems. Arcwise is predestined because of its application possibilities to be combined with round shapes such as bottles, tubes and cans, and to be able to realise beautiful round shapes in displays. This from a threefold point of view: round shapes are significantly stronger than square shapes, in addition, the Arcwise corrugated board uses less material, so your carbon footprint is smaller and, finally, consumers rate round shapes more positively than square shapes, which can boost sales, according to the Bronze winning Brohl Wellpappe. With De Gouden Noot, NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre stimulates ground breaking packaging innovations worldwide every two years. De Gouden Noot (‘gold walnut’) owes its name to the unique trophy containing a solid gold walnut, symbol of truly ‘holistic’ innovative packaging. Jury chairman Professor Renee Wever
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comments, “It is incredibly inspiring to experience how much creativity and innovative power there is in all the entries and of course especially in the ten Finalists we chose after our first jury round - which took two full days. Each entry had a surprising aspect, each with its own ‘angle’ to solve a problem or seize an opportunity.” The winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze as well as the other seven Finalists of the 29th edition of De Gouden Noot were on display in the Creative Lounge at the ALL4PACK packaging exhibition in Paris from 26-29 November 2018. The ten Finalists of this 30th edition will be on display at the NVC booth at the interpack2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany and on the NVC website after the first jury round. The Award Ceremony of the 30th edition of De Gouden Noot is 8 October 2020, again in the A’DAM Tower Amsterdam.
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YESGO: Where your Packaging journey begins - providing prepress and packaging software training from basic to advance level both Offline and Online. Current age of urbanization and globalization requires fast and easy solution for more and accurate output with minimum input. The requirement thus escalates demand for high-end smart software to meet industries growing needs. At present only big brands invest in these high-end software. Due to growing digitalisation, in future, even Medium Level Enterprises, Prepress Houses, and Premedia Companies will move towards these high-end software hence demand for skilled operators as well as scope of career opportunities will only see a rise. The industry is facing issues of lack of skilled operators who mostly don’t know where to learn these software. Lack of specific training centres as well as skilled operators and the growing industry need for such skilled operators propelled the idea to carve a software training centre specific to printing and packaging prepress. YESGO is a brainchild of Mr. NizamAppas, Gold Medallist and visionary printing technologist possessing more than 20 years of global experience in printing and packaging industry. YESGO is an effort that bridges industry’s demand and supply gap by providing corporate operational skilled manpower as well as training and grooming existing designers and prepress operators based on the requirements. It’s 1st time in Asia that such training centre has come up to impart complete practical training in highend Packaging software along with Esko by leading Global Trainers to the printing and packaging aspirants in short duration at their own comfort to help them learn and deliver cost effective actual result.
It vows to provide complete prepress and packaging software training from basic to advance level- Both Offline and Online. The Course is divided into three levels: Level I, Level II and Expert Level. • Level I includes – Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Coral Draw, RIP, Imposition, Packaging Artwork Creation. • Level II includes – ArtiosCAD, DeskPack Illustrator/ Photoshop, Plato. • Expert Level includes – PackEdge, ArtPro, ArtPro+ Studio. Training Module is also divided in to 3 legs – Individual, Vocational and Corporate training. Individual Training is for both students as well as professionals. Under Vocation Training, printing and packaging institutes can send students in group as part of vocational training. Under Corporate Training, brand owners, branding agencies, packaging converters can send their designers to learn new high-end software. YESGO training centre in Chennai was inaugurated on 19th June 2018 by Guest of Honour Mr John Winderam – General Manager for South & South East Asia Esko and Chief Guest – Mr AMSG Ashokan – Managing Director Arasana Ganesan Group of Industries and President – AIFMP (All India Federation of Master Printers).
“Packaging matters. Consumers reported to make 80% of purchase decision at store shelf and in less than 5 seconds at that and of course packaging matters to everyone in this room,” says Mr. John Winderam. “People need to understand not only how to use your software, but equally important is that they know how to use it in your environment to help you improve quality and productivity, and this is what will be able to help you with by coupling the world’s leading pre-press software from Esko with decades of applications expertise. YESGO is filling a gap in the market that will become a genuine enabler for our industry here in India and at the same time help solve the skills shortage issue too.”
The effort has gained appreciation and laurels from many industry stalwarts. Mr. Narendra Prachuri – Pragati Offset termed it “a much needed skill. It will make a difference to the industry.” YESGO premises hosts full-fledged Training cum Placement Centre. Candidates will have exposure to all the latest Packaging Prepress software of global standard while undergoing training and will develop complete understanding of work flow functionality.
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EFI introduces Reggiani BOLT: Next-generation single-pass Textile Digital Printer The Reggiani Bolt introducing Open House creates huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with nearly 300 people watching the new BOLT in action. EFI’s new introduction – the Reggiani BOLT adds another chapter to the company’s commitment towards introducing future technologies for the changing market demands. The latest offering for the modern textile printing requirements was presented at a grand Open House at EFI’s Bergamo, Italy factory. EFI Reggiani BOLT, a digital single pass production textile printer showed its vast gamut of capabilities to about 300 industry people at the printer’s unveiling celebration. The company had invited customers, media and its channel representatives from around the world to witness the colourful function marking the unveiling.
“The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile singlepass printing, delivering superior throughput and quality with a highly competitive return on investment for customers. We are excited to bring this technology to our customers and see their businesses succeed and grow.” - Adele Genoni, VP & GM EFI Reggiani.
Key Notes : > Industry people from around the world attending to see the new BOLT in action. > Fast-startup recirculation printhead delivers better, moreuniform printing with superior uptime. > The printer ran at 60 meters/ min (maximum o f90 meters/ min) producing four colour detailed floral patterns.
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The brand-new, next-generation, single-pass EFI Reggiani BOLT textile digital printer is an ultra-highspeed digital single-pass printer which has the potential to revolutionize the textile printing market. It is designed to provide users with high uptime and reliability, outstanding performance, superior printing uniformity and accuracy, long printhead life and minimal maintenance needs. The EFI Reggiani open house has created huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with people from around the world attending to see the new BOLT in action. “The innovative development of our new single-pass
printer comes from Reggiani’s speed of innovation in digital textile printing, its 70 years of history, and our proprietary knowledge of high-volume analogue rotary printing,” said EFI Reggiani Vice President and General Manager Adele Genoni. “Our EFI colleagues’ proven, worldwide expertise in single-pass technology and, most importantly, EFI Reggiani’s serious commitment to listening to and addressing our textile customers’ needs, have allowed us to achieve incredible results with our newest print technology. The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile single-pass printing, delivering superior throughput and quality with a highly competitive return on investment for customers. We are excited to bring this technology to our customers and see their businesses succeed and grow.”
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Cutting-edge printhead technology and highperformance ink delivery The single pass inkjet printer uses EFI Reggiani proprietary Fuji Dimatix – an innovative, low-maintenance, fast-startup recirculation printhead that delivers better, more-uniform printing with superior uptime. Thanks to its cutting-edge printhead concept and high-performance ink delivery system, the BOLT has throughput speeds of up to 295 feet per minute (more than 86,100 square feet per hour) at a 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution. It features high-end grayscale imaging in drop sizes from 5 to 30 picoliters, and also provides premiumquality 600 x 4,800 maximum-dpi resolution printing, allowing customers to address the full range of design needs. The printhead has been developed in partnership with a leading printhead manufacturer, and will be available exclusively for EFI Reggiani.
High-end capabilities, with reduced downtime The EFI Reggiani BOLT meets growing requirements for high-quality, ecologically sustainable digital textile imaging in apparel, décor and other markets. Paired with an EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) print server offering unique, high-speed processing capabilities on demand, the BOLT printer is a robust, industrial platform designed for 24/7 operation and continuous productivity that drives high-volume throughput while reducing the cost per meter.
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Enhanced maintenance features – The printer’s contactless wiping system prolongs printhead life and quality. Plus, the printer comes with an assisted alignment system for its test calibration scan unit, and features extractable printing beams for easier maintenance. Extended colour gamut and superior image quality – Thanks to EFI expertise in colour management and flexible colour configurations, customers can easily reproduce a wider variety of work, including designs featuring plain colours, geometric patterns, fine lines, deep blacks and smooth gradients. Proprietary IP combining digital and rotary technologies – One or more analogue printing stations, which may
be easily connected as an optional feature, can be integrated into the digital printer for special effects.
Efficient, high-powered EFI Fiery technology The Reggiani BOLT is a Fiery Driven printer, featuring an EFI Fiery DFE with RIP and colour management technologies running on Fiery XB bladed hardware for maximum performance. Fiery technologies for the printer give textile printing businesses the ability to successfully produce highly challenging jobs with the finest detail, demanding colours, smooth gradients and more. EFI colour scientists developed special algorithms and custom screening for this Fiery system to deliver vivid print results, including high saturation without losing detail, and superior colour even when using the fastest print mode.
EFI Reggiani high-speed innovation in digital printing for textiles The BOLT printer is the newest in an important series of EFI Reggiani innovations. In the last 15 months, the team has developed a totally renewed range of digital scanning printers with cutting-edge technologies, launching a new model every quarter to offer customers solutions to whatever their requirements may be for easily scalable textile printing. The list of EFI Reggiani advancements includes two recent launches – the COLORS digital printer, which provides unparalleled performance with up to 12-colour printing, and the TERRA pigment ink with binder solution featuring in-line polymerization, a process that speeds up customers’ printing with one of the industry’s greenest production technologies.
Fiery technologies for the new Reggiani BOLT printer also will include a 1-year subscription to EFI Fiery DesignPro, a powerful textile and fashion design suite that runs inside designers’ Adobe Creative Cloud applications. Fiery DesignPro reduces the time needed to create colour books, repeats, colorways and prepare files for production to minutes instead of hours. Together, the new Reggiani BOLT single-pass printer and Fiery technologies address key market trends as customers face pressure for faster time-tomarket, quick fashion cycles, shorter print runs and more customization.
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ColorJet India partners Digital Hires for Spain & Portugal DH to market ColorJet’s all variants of digital printers and also provide after sales service for these printing machines. Country’s prominent wide format inkjet digital printers manufacturer and exporter, ColorJet India has recently appointed Digital Hires from Spain as their distributor for Spanish and Portuguese markets. Digital Hires which was set up in 1992, is a successful and renowned distributor in Spain, Portugal and the UK, of digital treatment of images and printing systems for the printing and audiovisual industry. The Spanish company will be marketing all the variants of digital printers from ColorJet like UV, Soft Signage and Eco Solvent. Digital Hires will also be providing after sales service for these printing machines. ColorJet offers digital printers in several configurations in speed and print heads, which meet the varying needs of Sign & Signage printing. Signage products comprise entry-level solvent printers to high end UV and soft signage printers. For applications in Sign & Signage, ColorJet has the Polo Turbo, Softjet Plus, Softjet Grand, Irisjet, Irisjet Pro and the Neptune. In UV printers, the company manufactures the Vulcan, Verve Hybrid, Verve, Verve Mini and Verve LED, while in Eco-Solvent printers; it offers the Polo HQ, Aurajet Series II and the Neptune HQ. “This partnership is a good reason to feel happy. Entering into these two important markets with such a respected company which specialises in digital inkjet products is another reason to be euphoric,” Mr Binoj Anthony, International Business Head at ColorJet India said. “This partnership will encompass all printers manufactured by ColorJet. I believe it is a fantastic opportunity for both of us to provide some excellent printing technology to the end users in Spain and Portugal,” Mr Anthony added. “After the signing of the agreement with ColorJet, we immediately participated in C!Print Madrid 2018 and set up a booth
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for showing ColorJet digital printers. The feedback we got was tremendous and made us realise that there is a wide market scope for ColorJet printers,” Angel Jimenz, CEO at Digital Hires said. ColorJet India markets its products in 14 countries worldwide. Founded in 2004, the company maintains its operations via two manufacturing facilities and sales offices spread across seven countries, which include India, China, Bangladesh, UAE and Sri Lanka. To-date, ColorJet has installed
and implemented over 4,000 of its printing solutions and products across 315 cities around the world backed by a strong 278 member team. Digital Hires, established in 1992 serves the large format digital printing, digital photography and audio visual film post production sectors. The headquarters of Digital Hires is located in Spain and its activities extend throughout Spain, Portugal and the UK.
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Roland DG launches VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 colour eco-solvent printer Roland DG has launched Roland VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 colour eco-solvent printer, offering the widest colour gamut in its class for outdoor durable graphics. The RF-640 8 Colour is the ideal choice for print service providers looking to stun their clients with jaw-dropping, head-turning, highimpact applications that exceed their colour expectations. From today, the RF-640 8 Colour is available across the EMEA region. An evolution of the incredibly popular RF-640 dual CMYK printer, the RF-640 8 Colour features CMYK plus Light Black, Red, Green and Orange ink to deliver stunning quality prints and super-accurate colour matching capabilities, all with impressive outdoor durability. Even more impressive is that despite the incredible quality and business-building potential offered by the solution, the Roland VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour is priced to be the industry’s most affordable 8-colour printer. The new VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour created a huge amount of anticipation when it was previewed earlier this year at FESPA, Europe’s leading industry trade fair. Paul Willems, Head of Business Development and Product Management at Roland DG EMEA, comments: “The impact of the prints coming out of the RF-640 8 Colour literally stopped visitors in their tracks at FESPA. The incredible buzz around the vibrancy of colour, detail and overall print quality shows that the RF-640 8 Colour offers something truly unique to print service providers, and we are excited to bring this solution to market today.”
reproduction capabilities to accurately colour match and reproduce with ease colours that are normally difficult to achieve. Up to 99%
makes the RF-640 8 Colour ideal for interior décor applications, fine arts and image reproduction, whether supplying to hotel
of Pantone+ Solid Coated is within gamut; perfect for PSPs looking to match corporate brand colours. Paul Willems explains: “Green and Orange are notoriously difficult colours to accurately reproduce, so these additions, along with Red, offer enormous opportunities to PSPs working with corporate customers, major brands such as FMCG, and sports companies. Anyone producing branded signage, POS displays, vehicle wraps, and exhibition graphics will benefit from the RF640 8 Colour’s unparalleled colour matching capabilities.”
chains, museums, galleries, entertainment spaces or offices.
Red, Green and Orange ink extends the range of achievable colours across the colour spectrum, and with Light Black, delivers eye-popping colour, exceptional skin tones, and smooth gradients for stunning photographic reproduction. This also
The new VersaEXPRESS RF-640 8 Colour is powered by ErgoSoft Roland Edition 2 SPECIAL PLUS RIP to boost productivity, job and colour management, and to deliver outstanding overall performance, and it is included in the package price. “We’ve listened to what matters to our users and have developed this innovative solution to help them grow and expand their business. The RF-640 8 Colour is all about giving our users the competitive edge and differentiating themselves in what is an increasingly competitive market. We can’t wait to see the awesome applications our users will now create”, concludes Paul Willems.
The RF-640 8 Colour boasts excellent colour
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Esko at SGIA 2018 - displays automation software and digital finishing hardware solutions. There are many challenges facing large format printers, but production can be enhanced and operational efficiency increased with software that delivers faster approval cycles, eliminates file errors, reduces idle time, improves workflow control and simplifies complex manual steps of digital finishing equipment. At its booth during SGIA Expo 2018, Esko focused on its new QuickStart solutions: Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign and WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated, as well as two Kongsberg tables, showcasing end-to-end production workflows.
order, design and finish through to shipping. Preloaded, proven workflows for sign and large format production make it very easy to eliminate repetitive tasks. Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign encompasses the traditional requirements, including preflighting and PDF optimization, automatic cut paths and bleed creation, and automatic nesting. Also included is a direct link to Kongsberg digital finishing tables, reducing waste in the most expensive step of the process. WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated offers
Both Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign and WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated are turnkey solutions that are built with proven workflows, allowing collaboration among teams or departments. In just five days, users are up and running, reaping the benefits of automation almost immediately.
critical project management tools that provide shorter time-to-market cycles. It increases a company’s capacity to handle more jobs over a wide geographic area without adding headcount, reduces errors caused by miscommunication and cuts approval cycle times from weeks to days.
Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign is a powerful workflow solution that boosts production capacity without adding headcount. By automating prepress work, sign makers can handle more jobs, faster. The complete process is automated from
On display at SGIA Expo were Kongsberg X24 and Kongsberg C64 finishing tables. The Kongsberg C64 is a multifunctional, digital cutting table for signage and display applications. Designed to keep up with today’s faster, wider digital printers, it is the
optimal solution for short run production on all typical display materials. The highly versatile Kongsberg X24 offers value, precision and ease of use, with tools that offer the speed, power and flexibility to handle a wide variety of display materials. A Kongsberg X Sign Production Kit makes it easy to produce signs from flexible roll material or rigid sheets.
Events Calendar Digital Media India 2019
PrintFair 2019
Converting Show 2019
Date: 19 FEB -19 to 20 FEB -19 Venue: Hyatt Regency Mumbai
Date: 10 APR -19 to 13 APR -19 Venue: Venue: BIEC, Bengaluru
Date: 28 AUG -19 to 31 AUG - 19 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi
PackPlus 2019 World Editors Forum 2019 Date: 19 FEB -19 to 20 FEB -19 Venue: Hyatt Regency Mumbai
Date: 28 AUG -19 to 31 AUG - 19 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi
CartonTech 2019 Date: 28 AUG -19 to 31 AUG - 19 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi
SupplyPlus 2019 PRINT CHINA 2019 Date: 09 APR -19 to 13 APR -19 Venue: Guangdong Modern International Exhibition center Dongguan, China
PackPlus South 2019 Date: 10 APR -19 to 13 APR -19 Venue: Venue: BIEC, Bengaluru
Date: 28 AUG -19 to 31 AUG - 19 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi
PackSol 2019 Date: 28 AUG -19 to 31 AUG - 19 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi
drupa 2020 Date: 16 JUN -20 to 26 JUN-20 Venue: Dusseldorf Germany
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The 4th International Printing Technology Exhibition of China (Guangdong) April 9-13, 2019 Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center
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