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HoMAI relaunches as ASPA.............................12 Success Begins with a Dream........................14 Weldon recreates Technology Bar...............22 Epson launches SureLab D700.....................49

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Contents..................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.................................................................... 6 St.Francis Press upgrades with .......................................................... 8 Heidelberg SM 52 Four-colour Press................................................ 8 KPA holds first AGM at Tripunithura...............................................10 HoMAI re-launches as Authentication Solution Providers’ Association..........................................................................12 Success Begins With A Dream…......................................................14 Woman Print Entrepreneur of the Year .........................................16 Rotatek launches SMARTFLEX (stall B36)......................................16 Goss Magnum Compact for Express Newspapers.....................18 Times of India finally opts for Q.I.Press Controls MRC-3D.......20 Weldon to recreate its Technology Bar..........................................22 New label press from Alliance Printech (stall B35)....................24 Genius Flexo Machinery represents MPS (stall C37).................26 Dhana Impex exhibits latest foils (stall J28).................................26 Multitec to premier new label presses (stall B30)......................26 Brand Innovation Summit .................................................................26 Esko Full HD Flexo solutions for Labels (Stall B52)....................28 OMET at Labelexpo India 2014........................................................30 UV Graphic Technologies to introduce new LED UV curing systems (stall H23).........................................30 RotoMetrics debuts latest products (stall B20)...........................30 HP to showcase the HP Indigo WS6800 digital press (stall H22)..................................32 UPM Raflatac is at stand A16, hall12).............................................32 DuPont features new Flexographic plate and equipment technologies at Labelexpo India 2014 (Booth B52)..................33 Khushboo Scientific unveils new products (stall G11).............34 Nilpeter presents FB-3300S flexo press (stall C15)....................34 Rotoflex highlights URC 2.0 operating system (stall D15)......34 Innovative Flexotech presents plate making equipment (stall C26)..........................................................................34 Ribbons by Huzhou Linghu Tianyi Tape (stall J44)....................34 Toyobo CtP Plates: Water Flexo and Letterpress........................35 Armor launches new wax/resin ribbon (stall G45)....................35 Bodhi’s quality and cost efficient solutions at Labelexpo .....35 The Label Industry is a wonderful network of friends from around the world........................................................................36

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com) Pragati Graphics: Quality through cartons, leaflets, labels and packaging...........................................................36 J K Fine Prints: Crafting Face of Brand ...........................................37 Any Graphics: A one stop shop for varied printing, packaging and labelling needs .......................................................37 Cost Structuring affects Label Industry.........................................37 GIDUE at Labelexpo India 2014 (Stand J25, Hall 11).................38 VINSAK at Labelexpo India 2014......................................................38 Suzhou Chuanri Precision Machinery unveils five new machines (stall G37)...........................................................39 Inkstar launches R70 resin barcode ribbon (stall G39)...................................................................................39 Print Miracle Expo 2014......................................................................39 Apex Group of Companies debuts GTT anilox technology (stall A5)......................................................39 KODAK FLEXCEL NX platform now available for corrugated packaging applications (stall J48)............................40 BST Sayona Automation (stall E20).................................................40 Fife VEO 600 from Maxcess India (stall A25)................................40 Precise Graphic launches SR330 D slitter rewinder (stall A32)...............................................................................41 Xeikon demonstrates latest solutions (stall D25)......................41 Epson exhibits SurePress L-4033AW digital label press (stall A38)..............................................................41 Epson launches SureLab D700 ........................................................42 Sir Speedy expands its footprint in India, opens new store in Indore.................................................................43 Photo Orange and F-Stop announces OrangeFlash Photographer of the Year contest at the Orange Flash Awards in Ahmedabad............................................................43 Mudrika Labels: Impeccable products as top priority.............44 Parksons Packaging orders two further Rapida 106 presses.45 Printing and Finishing solutions by VINSAK ...............................46 Parksons Packaging installs India’s first Kongsberg V .............47 Ajanta Packaging – Advantage Waterless Offset Labeling.....48 AzimutPrint expands capacity with a second MPS ..................49 International PackTech India and drink technology India set outstanding visitor record...........................................................50 Exciting Premiere of dmax.................................................................52 Esko launches Kongsberg V cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo - SinoCorrugated 2014..........................................54

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Labelexpo India 2014 in its seventh edition is all set to open its curtains to the versatile Label Industry of not only India but also abroad marking its strong presence in the whole of South Asian region. The premier label and package printing exhibition of India expected to be the biggest edition ever shall takes place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 29 October to 1 November. Covering 5,800sq meters, it will feature around 250 exhibiting companies including Avery Dennison, Bodhi, Epson, Esko, Gidue, HP, Omet, Webtech, DuPont, Nilpeter, Technova, UPM Raflatac, Rotatek, Rotoflex, RotoMetrics, Toyobo, VINSAK, Weldon and Xeikon just to name a few. The industry people are excited about the latest machinery and materials, global market trends, live demonstrations of technologies and the newest developments in flexible packaging and intelligent labels. In addition, Labelexpo India will once again play host to the LMAI Avery Dennison Label Awards at New Delhi’s Le Méridien Grand Ballroom. The show has a great showcase for all the segments of the industry. We have brought to you the key highlights of the show in this Labelexpo India 2014 special focus issue. Adding about events, the recent International PackTech India and drink technology India have set outstanding visitor record.

Our key stories this time are on St. Francis Press of Kochi, Chennai’s Xpress-Imprint, Mudrika Labels, Parksons Packaging and Ajanta Packaging.

Key installations include Q.I.Press Controls’ MRC-3D by Times of India and installation of India’s first Kongsberg V by Esko. Esko had just launched the Kongsberg at the recent IndiaCorr Expo - SinoCorrugated 2014.

Epson India launched its new SureLab D700 photo printer, a mini desktop version of its highly acclaimed SureLab D3000. Simple to operate with a lightweight design, the SureLab D700 is Epson’s first six-colour compact photo production printer with inkjet technology, offering a wide range of media and format options. Combining vibrant colour output with reliability and cost-efficiency, it is ideally suited for small and medium sized commercial photo labs in India.

Sir speedy Inc. has opened its first store in the North, Central & Western region of India at Indore. Sir Speedy is a worldwide network of printing, signs and marketing services franchises. In another interesting industry development, Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI), which was founded sixteen years ago as Asia’s only Association representing holography, has now been re-launched with a broader mandate as Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA). Also Photo Orange and F-Stop have announced OrangeFlash Photographer of the Year contest at the Orange Flash Awards in Ahmedabad.

Find this along with a lot more in the October – Labelexpo India Focus Issue of PRESSIdeas. xclusive coverage telling what’s on show at the largest event of the Label Industry. Keep in touch to know the latest happenings as they come.

- Jasvinder Singh, Sub-editor

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St.Francis Press upgrades with Heidelberg SM 52 Four-colour Press Apart from performance and service support, the Heidelberg SM 52 has enabled St. Francis Press to win many new customers and short run jobs from jobbers.

St.Francis Press is a third generation business headed by the current Director Mr.Rajan. It took off its journey in the year 1926 when Rajan’s grandfather founded a letter press unit. His grandfather and father were both agriculturists and took on printing as an added business. The business moved on to his father in 1958 and Rajan, an electronics engineer, took over from him in 1986. “In the beginning days they were mostly doing binding jobs. While studying in college, I also worked with my father in the press. After five years, as I finished my studies, I got inducted into it,” says Rajan.

He started with two old Victorian letter presses. In 1986 he bought a brand new Heidelberg MOV press and two years later, added a single colour Dominant press. In the year 2000, he added a four colour Shiva press from Manugraph and in 2007, he installed India’s first four colour Ryobi 924 press. In 2010 he added a Kodak CtP machine to his Prepress and the most recent installation is their used Heidelberg SM 52 press.

St.Francis Press customers expect high quality print jobs at the best competitive rates, which it meets with the help of its state-of-the-art infrastructure having technologically advanced machines and equipment.

This time Rajan opted for remarketed equipment. “We went for a used machine because we had hands on experience working with our first Heidelberg MOV. We have been working with it for 30 years. Secondly, I am more confident about the performance of a used Heidelberg press than that of any other other make,” explains Rajan. “With reducing margins it wasn’t a wise decision to heavily invest in new machines.

Moreover, I could confidently handle any service problems with the SM 52. I was sure that I can get

better productivity out of this used press than from others,” he adds.

He is also of the view that there haven’t been significant improvements in features of an offset press since 2000. Even speed of machines has marginally increased from 13000 sph to 15000 sph.

Therefore, he decided in favour of a used machine which also well suited their needs.

Since Rajan took over a growing company, he says he did not face many challenges in the business. Also he was qualified and experienced in working with the press even before he took over, he was able to handle sundry day to day problems.

With over 50 employees and apart from printing and prepress, St. Francis Press offers many Postpress facilities through its folding, perfect binding, ruling, cutting and screen printing machines. “We can offer almost any printing solution to our customers,” says Rajan.

St.Francis press mainly caters to the commercial printing segment and have amongst others, customers like banks, finance and FMCG companies.

According to Rajan, the uniqueness that makes their customers stay with them is their focus on quality.

“We don’t compromise on quality. The second aspect is timely delivery. We offer complete service to our customers, including suggestions on enhancing their printed product at competitive price and good quality,” he says.

Key Notes : > The third generation St.Francis Press installed a Heidelberg SM 52. > Heidelberg SM 52 – a sturdy small format press which suited their requirements. > Rajan, Director St. Francis Press, calls his Heidelberg SM 74 a life time investment.

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Director Mr.Rajan with his new acquisition - Heidelberg SM 52 Four-colour press.

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They are known for their quality and are proud recipients of a National Award from AIFMP. Earlier they did not have any marketing team and all business came through word of mouth reference. Now St. Francis Press has two sales executives. “Because of stiff competition we need to be constantly in touch with our customers, else they tend to go to other printers. Keeping contacts intact is one of the main jobs of these sales personnel,” he says.

St.Francis Press customers expect high quality print jobs at the best competitive rates, which it meets with the help of its stateof-the-art infrastructure having technologically advanced machines and equipment.

“We want to get into the packaging segment – printing of plastic covers to pack many consumer products. There is lot of demand for such products. We plan to invest in a digital printer for printing such plastic covers,” reveals Rajan.

A number of four colour offset presses and digital presses have been installed in Kerala in the last five years. There are many printing presses installed even in smaller places, villages etc. All these presses are getting business regularly. This was not the case five years before, when almost every second job was outsourced to other states. But the worrying factor is that due to the supply demand gap, every one drops their price and that has reduced the margins to the lowest possible level.

However, there is a printing boom in Kerala.

Food Packaging products offer a lot of scope in Kerala market. It is next to the largest segment, Commercial Printing. Another segment that Rajan looks forward to is to tap the demand of short run jobs.

He sees a lot of upcoming opportunities in Kerala. “Kerala Tourism is a growing industry.

Food packaging and many short run label printing jobs are on the upside,” he says.

“Though many digital presses have been installed in Kerala, I don’t see it as a threat to the Offset printers here. Both will coexist. The

Indian Printing Industry is on the growth path – the growth rate is faster than last year. The growth rate is around 15% over the previous year,” adds Rajan.

He considers his loyal customers as their greatest strength. The Post-press infrastructure of St. Francis Press is what he wants to take up next. “We will soon upgrade our Postpress further and will invest in more modern technology here,” he informs.

Presently he is focusing on reaping the best out of his latest possession, the Heidelberg SM 52. “Heidelberg SM 52 is a sturdy small format press which suited our requirements.

Apart from the confidence Heidelberg equipments give in form of performance and service support, the machine has enabled St. Francis Press to win many new customers and short run jobs from jobbers.

Rajan calls it a life time investment. “A life time, trouble free investment which perfectly met our printing needs,” he concludes.

Kerala Printers Association (KPA) holds first AGM at Tripunithura, Kerala The first Annual General Meeting of KPA (Kerala Printers Association) was held on 28th September, 2014 at Tripunithura, Kerala.

The Meeting had two sessions. In the first session, Mr. Venkataraman Ganesan and Indukalpa Saikia of Heidelberg India made a presentation on “Latest Innovation in Printing Technology”. In a video presentation, Venkataraman explained Heidelberg’s positioning in the Indian market and Heidelberg’s strong presence in Kerala. With proximity to the customers as their strength, Heidelberg has over 2,00,000 customers in 170 countries. Heidelberg has a strong

Mr. Ashok Kumar, State Vice President, Kerala Printers Association addressing the delegates

presence in Kerala with a large number of installations, Venkataraman further added.

Talking on the Indian Print Industry, he informed that the industry is growing at 12% per annum with the presence of over 2,50,000 small and medium size printers.

The Indian print market is estimated to be around US$ 12 billion. Venkataraman also highlighted various products in the Heidelberg portfolio, catering to all segments of the printing industry. The session also had a video presentation on the recently launched Heidelberg Anicolor press.

A presentation on Heidelberg’s Post-press offerings was made by Indukalpa Saikia, Product Manager, Heidelberg. This followed a question and answer session and then a vote of thanks by Mr. P Ashok Kumar, State Vice President of Kerala Printers Association.

KPA has over 6000 members and is the largest printing association in Kerala. Over 200 delegates attended the Heidelberg presentation and the AGM. Heidelberg sponsored prizes at a lucky draw at the session. The table top exhibition on the sidelines of the AGM represented some known industry names like Autoprint.

From L-R: Mr.G.Venkatraman, Regional Sales Manager, Heidelberg India, Mr. Indukalpa Saikia, Product Manager and Mr.Rajendra Prasad, Marketing Manager, Heidelberg India addressing the gathering

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HoMAI re-launches as Authentication Solution Providers’ Association ASPA aims to be the world’s first and only non-profit representing entire authentication solutions industry.

Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI), which was founded sixteen years ago on 1 December 1998 as the world’s second and Asia’s only Association representing holography, has now been re-launched this year with a broader mandate as Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA). By helping check counterfeiting, ASPA helps protect consumers, unlock revenue realization for brand owners and governments, as well as ensure steady growth of its members and the industry in general.

ASPA President Mr. Manoj Kochar says, “According to Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the impact of the counterfeit and pirated goods on the global economy today stands at a staggering $1 trillion. Like terrorism, counterfeiting is becoming a sophisticated and global menace that can have a crippling impact in any part of the world irrespective of its country of origin. We must develop a unified global strategy with powerful industry linkages and knowledge sharing platforms in order to stop this illegal trade effectively. ASPA is a call to unite various authentication solution providers across the world to galvanize our forces and strengthen this shield univocally. ASPA re-aligns our objectives to more accurately represent the transformation of products and services offered by our member companies. Our broader scope also covers a wide array of authentication technologies that have evolved over the years.”

Counterfeiting today impacts various industries including pharmaceuticals, FMCG, finance, electronics, automobile parts, entertainment, apparel, software, manufacturing, tobacco, liquor and others.

ASPA members already protect over 10,000 brands worldwide through the identification of genuine products and documents. As the world’s first and only industry body of its kind, ASPA aims to comprehensively cover the broader interests of the entire

authentication solutions industry worldwide, including, but not limited to, holograms, optically variable devices (OVD’s), taggants, security inks and substrates, watermarks, nanotechnologies, RFIDs, barcode/ QR code-based digital tracking and verification solutions, security and tamper-evident labels and any other brand protection and authentication solutions. ASPA’s tagline – ‘Diverse Technologies, Common Goal’– summarises its vision to become the global voice of the authentication solution providers that facilitate brand protection through anticounterfeiting, anti-tampering and tracking and tracing measures.

Mr. Anil Rajput, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, ITC Limited, and Chairman of FICCI Cascade (Committee against Smuggling & Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy), says, “I am glad to note the re-launch of ASPA, which will represent an even broader interests of the

entire authentication solutions industry.

Counterfeiting and smuggling plagues almost all industries and leads to loss of trust, money, lives and livelihoods. Proper authentication solutions are a must to help validate genuine products. On the technology vendor side, ASPA complements FICCI Cascade’s consumer and industry efforts in curbing counterfeits, by bringing together all types of authentication solutions on one platform. I hope that this move will help in rapid adoption of anti-counterfeiting, antitampering and tracking and tracing solutions, which will yield significant direct and indirect benefits in the form of increased revenues,

brand perceptions, reduced litigation costs, and greater customer retention.”

Welcoming the move, Prof. (Dr.) N C Saha, Director of the Indian Institute of Packaging, an autonomous body under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India said, “It is heartening to note that HOMAI is reinventing itself as ASPA to take a higher responsibility to fight against counterfeiting in packaging. The market has become highly competitive which leads to the demand of innovations in the field of anti-counterfeiting to protect the consumer interest. As a result, it will be a great move to amalgamate multiple authentication technology providers under a single umbrella to offer strong brand protection. I believe ASPA is poised to play a much-needed and vital role in consolidating the entire gamut of authentication solutions, and catalyzing their adoption in various kind of packaging across all industry segments.

Authentication of a product is invariably carried out through integration between the authentication technology and the packaging, and Indian Institute of Packaging welcomes this move. I am confident that ASPA will meet the demand of modern consumers to effectively fight against the counterfeiters.”

ASPA works closely with world-leading peers and authorities such as International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) and Interpol. It lays down guidelines to encourage adoption of best practices, quality standards and usage of advanced technology to provide truly customised, costeffective and consistently reliable solutions.

It also actively analyses industry trends and provides updates on global news, knowledge resources and best practices to its members.

ASPA has also launched a brand new website – www.aspaglobal.com.

Mr. K. Latheef, General Manager.

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Success Begins With A Dream…

Chennai’s Xpress-Imprint invests in Heidelberg Printmaster PM 74 & Polar 78 Cutter Your dream is your destiny”, smiles Mr. Nagi Reddy, the Director of Chennai-based print shop Xpress–Imprint, which recently embellished its strong portfolio with value additions from Heidelberg – the Printmaster PM 74 and Polar 78 programmable cutter.

A quality-conscious entrepreneur, Nagi Reddy hails from an artistic heritage. The name should ring a bell for all movie buffs.

His illustrious grandfather, Mr. B. Nagi Reddy, manufactured celluloid dreams for the South Indian audience. A film producer, he founded and established the famous Vijaya Vauhini studios, one of the largest in Asia. The studio has now been converted to a multi-specialty hospital.

His grandfather was also a printing pioneer and a past president of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP). He founded and managed BNK PRESS and Prasad Process -- both multi-awardee Litho & Offset printing Companies in Chennai from the 60’s until the 90’s.

Actually, Nagi Reddy’s association with Heidelberg dates back to his childhood days, where he would play in the press room around the several Heidelberg cylinder presses operating in full swing at BNK PRESS. Taking cues from his roots, Nagi founded a modest, one-man print shop in 1998 to supply printed stationery for Healthcare institutions. He recalls the challenging times with a chuckle, “It was like a movie. I had a mini-offset press and played all roles from machine operator to running the business. But, the experience was educational and inspired my journey towards new horizons”. Today, Xpress Imprint is a compelling presence in Vadapalani, Chennai, and a trusted name among print buyers in the city. The firm installed a Heidelberg Printmaster GTO 52 in 2008, later expanding to a Speedmaster SM 52 five-color press in 2010. The latest installation, the Printmaster PM 74 Four-color press, is pre-owned equipment from Heidelberg.

with ease, and yield better productivity.

Heidelberg was our natural choice. Our past experience with Heidelberg has been exemplary in every way, including the aftersales support. The Heidelberg Printmaster PM 74 fits our requirements to a tee. It has the flexibility to switch between packaging and commercial jobs.”

The highly automated Heidelberg Printmaster PM 74 operates at a speed of 13,000 sheets per hour, delivering increased productivity.

The compact press is ideal for 29 inch format printing. The equipment can process substrates ranging from 0.03-0.6 millimeter, resulting in high degree of flexibility.

On his choice of remarketed equipment, Nagi says, “We decided to go for used equipment, mainly because of our confidence in Heidelberg India’s remarketed equipment division. We are not new to used equipment. The Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 five-color press we acquired in 2010 is also remarketed equipment. The press is in perfect condition even today and its performance is outstanding. We were more than happy with the after-sales support, as well. So, we thought why not again?

The Printmaster PM 74 was imported from Germany, after a thorough inspection by Heidelberg engineers. Heidelberg offered extended warranty for the spares and

replaced rollers and blankets on the machine with brand new ones. From the date of installation, Heidelberg has been supportive out and out.”

The format and substrate-switchover features of the Printmaster PM 74 have helped Xpress–Imprint achieve better productivity, inviting more business. “Success begins with a dream. If you are willing to work hard and go the extra mile to make your customer happy, you can make your dream come true.

Believe me, you do not have to be rich or famous to achieve your goals”, Nagi Reddy states emphatically.

The other acquisition is a brand new Polar 78 high-speed cutter, which provides remarkable efficiency. It is equipped with the‘OptiKnife’ knife-changing system that facilitates easy operation, and precise cutting accuracy. The Polar 78 cutter joins an impressive array of cutting, folding and die-punching machines in the post-press division of Xpress-Imprint. Venkataraman, Regional Sales Manager of Heidelberg India says, “This is our third successful installation for Xpress-Imprint. Heidelberg is pleased to associate with Xpress Imprint again. We will continue to provide support in every way we can. Needless to mention, our experts pay frequent visits to the print shop providing technical support as and when required.”

Nagi comments on the latest addition, “We were looking to upgrade to a press that could run both commercial and packaging jobs, switching between the two activities

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(From Left) Mr. Nagi Reddy of Xpress Imprint with Mr. Klaus Nielsen, Managing Director ,Heidelberg India and Mr. Venkataraman, Regional Sales Manager, Heidelberg India.

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Woman Print Entrepreneur of the Year Offset Printers’ Association conferred the ‘Woman Print Entrepreneur of the Year’ awards to Ms. Mena Kumari and Ms. Neelam Dawar at its office at South City, Ludhiana.

The awards were presented jointly by Mr. Alex Wang, Project Director and Ms. Susie Zhang, Assistant Marketing Manager, Reed Exhibitions, China. It is first time ever that such awards to promote the female to adopt printing as a career are being conferred.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Kamal Chopra said, “The new generation women across the world have proved themselves in all spheres of life including the most intricate and cumbersome world of entrepreneurship.”

“There is no dearth of women who can take on the best in the business and beat them at their own game. Printing too has its own pool of such women who have made a mark for themselves. Their relentless zeal, incessant quench for success and willingness to walk the extra mile make us all proud in the industry,” he added.

Mr. Alex Wang congratulated OPA for encouraging the women to join the industry.

Introducing the women enterprises Mr. Kamal Chopra said, “It is for prompting the females to adopt printing as a career, and to encourage the existing women entrepreneurs OPA constituted these awards.” To attract more and more female entrepreneur in this profession and to felicitate the existing women OPA conferred ‘Women Entrepreneur Awards’ to: Ms. Meena Kumari, Makadar Printing Press, Nakodar. After her father’s death, Meena has been successfully running the printing unit created by him. She is pretty passionate about her printing profession.

The other recipient, Ms. Neelam Dawar, Ravindera Packer, Ludhiana, after the death of her husband, has been running the printing press successfully since 2002. She worked hard to make her unit Ravindera Packer one of the successful Print Packaging units of Ludhiana.

Chinese Print Leaders visit Ludhiana A delegation of Chinese Corrugated Packaging industry visited Ludhiana on October 17, 2014. They were here to discuss the possible areas of cooperation with the Offset Printers Association (OPA).

These international print leaders from China include Mr. Alex Wang, Project Director and Ms. Susie Zhang, Marketing Manager, Reed Exhibitions, China. Mr. Kamal Chopra, General Secretary OPA welcomed the Chinese print personalities. The visitors have come to study Indian standards and work environment at some factories.

Mr. Alex Wang explored possibilities of collaboration between Indian and Chinese players in the field of Printing, Packaging and Corrugation.

Offset Printers Association (OPA) and North India Printers Association (NIPA) are the supporting associations for the shows conducted by the Reed Exhibition at China.

Rotatek launches SMARTFLEX (stall B36) At Labelexpo India 2014 Rotatek will launch its new SMARTFLEX, a last generation Flexo shaftless printing press.

SMARTFLEX is designed to reduce the web path (saving space and material wastage) and to print on any available substrate in the label and flexible packaging markets. This press ensures maximum productivity, short change over times and the highest flexo printing quality.

The new printing press is highly adaptable by

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the customer, simple and easy to adjustment allows quick job change and minimum set-up time. Moreover, the new house-inside electronic and exhaust duct systems reduce greatly the used space.

The SMARTFLEX incorporates a new automatic register system “Rota Sniper” developed by Rotatek, which offers a great stability and accuracy during all printing process. Besides, is equipped with a rail system for turning bars and/or cold foil stamping units, providing great flexibility to

the operator. The die cutting unit is equipped with a cutting depth regulation system with micrometric adjustment, maximum accuracy is achieved. Fast set-up times are also possible due to the magnetic cylinder system.

The production line is prepared to run up to 150-200 meters/min for one or two side printing in a single pass and can be easily controlled from the digital panel.

Goss Magnum Compact for Express Newspapers Express Newspapers blaze a trail with first Goss Magnum Compact order for Sri Lanka

Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited has ordered a Goss Magnum Compact press for installation at its plant in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for the production of daily and weekly newspapers and semi-commercial magazines.

“The Magnum Compact press will give us benefits on many levels,” said Kumar Nadesan, managing director, Express Newspapers. “Apart from providing more page capacity, the new press is highly automated which will make our daily production more streamlined and efficient.”

The order comprises three four-high Magnum Compact towers with one folder for 24-page single-width production with 546mm cut-off.

Installation is scheduled to begin in spring 2015.

Key Notes : > Unique levels of automation deliver ‘game-changing’ opportunities. > Production flexibility and reduced waste among key benefits. > Format options present future possibilities.

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The Goss Magnum Compact press is the world’s first - and only - 2x1 web offset press with an automatic plate-changer. The Goss Autoplate plate-changing facility will enable Express Newspapers to change a full set of 24 plates in less than five minutes, including ink presets. In addition, the ability to change a single plate in less than one minute will allow Express Newspapers to produce the multiple language editions of the company’s flagship newspaper, Virakesari, with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Full automation with pre-setting, automatic register control, ink filling and automatic reelstands are among the other time and waste-saving features.

Virakesari is a 28-page Tamil-language daily with a circulation of approximately 65,000 copies; the 72page Sunday Virakesari has a circulation or around 120,000 copies and is distributed to 15 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, India, the Middle East, the USA, New Zealand and Australia. A weekly edition is also published in Doha, Qatar on Thursdays under the title Tamil Times and circulated throughout the Middle East.

The first issue of the Virakesari newspaper was published on August 6, 1930. Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited was established in 1970 to continue the paper’s evolution and develop the nation’s print infrastructure. Today the company employs 320 people in 13 branches across Sri Lanka ensuring good distribution to the widely dispersed population.

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In addition to the three editions of Virakesari, Express Newspapers publishes a raft of newspapers and coldset magazines, including: • Metro News (25,000 copies) - a daily 24-page tabloid newspaper, and its 40-page Friday edition, which has a circulation of 40,000 copies for distribution across Sri Lanka.

• The Vidivelli (27,000 copies) - a weekly 24-page broadsheet newspaper distributed mainly in the Eastern regions of Sri Lanka.

• The Sooriyakanthi (15,000 copies) - a weekly 16-page broadsheet newspaper circulated in the central region of Sri Lanka.

• The Mithiran (40,000 copies) - a weekly 44-page family magazine in tabloid format • The Genuis (20,000 copies) - a fortnightly 32-page tabloid magazine for young adults • The Jothidakesari (10,000 copies) - a monthly 100-page astrology magazine The Sugavalvu (10,000 copies) - a

monthly 64-page general health magazine.

As the Goss Magnum Compact press is equally suited to book and semi-commercial work as newspaper printing, it is an attractive choice for the company.

“With the transformation of the newspaper market, we want to be sure that we are able to respond to new circumstances,” Nadesan continued. “The Magnum Compact press is a game-changer in being able to offer that versatility as well as the immediate benefit of time and waste savings. This made it our best choice to accommodate different editions, jobs, and the possibility of short runs for special editions or commercial publications.”

press on the market, making it viable for short runs as low as 500 copies.

“We have a long history with Goss,” Nadesan concludes. “We have relied on our existing Goss Community SSC press for many years. Now, the Magnum Compact press will make us the most technologically advanced newspaper publisher in the region; its productivity, flexibility and automation will ensure our competitive edge well into the future.”

FINALLY OPTS FOR Q.I.PRESS CONTROLS MRC-3D The fast and automatic plate changes of the Magnum Compact mean that plates can be changed and good copy achieved faster than on any other single-width newspaper

14 – India’s largest media conglomerate Times of India has opted for Q.I. Press Controls’ press Times Group is the largest publishing company in India and South-Asia. With a turnover s, the group has the support of over 25,000 advertisers, 11,000 employees and an audience ents. Times of India finally opts for Q.I.Press Controls MRC-3D India’s largest media conglomerate Times of India has opted for Q.I. Press Controls’ press automation solution. The Times Group is the largest publishing company in India and South-Asia. With a turnover exceeding a billion dollars, the group has the support of over 25,000 advertisers, 11,000 employees and an audience spanning across all continents.

12 motorised mRC-3D cameras for cutoff control. Additionally each folder will be equipped with waste gate control. With these features The Times of India will ensure the continuation of monitoring and tracking for good and consistent print quality delivered to his end user.

Managing Director of Q.I. Press Controls India states: “This is a very important order for us to state that we deliver proven and reliable solutions. It also proves the effects of our continuous efforts to provide high standard services offered by a highly skilled technical team that speaks the language of the customer.”

Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) and its subsidiaries, the Times of India is present in form – newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, internet, music, movies and more. It’s the ny with regard to newspaper circulation in India: 13 newspapers, 18 magazines, 11 publishing es.

As Times of India is known in India for its good print quality, the order for the supply of Q.I. Press Controls’ basic module of IQM (Intelligent Quality Management) system and the waste gate control option is a logical. The supplies ensures a top position in quality printing in the Indian market. The print quality is excellent and consistent so it matches the ambitions of The Times of India Group.

eir manroland GEOMAN double width newspaper With its flagship Bennet, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) and its location–subsidiaries, 6 tower and 1 folder (twin). The order the Times of India is present in mRC-3D cameras for – newspapers, register control and 12 every existing media platform magazines, books, TV, radio, internet, music, eras for movies cut-off control. Additionally each folder will and more. It’s the largest publishing company with regard to newspaper ate control.

With these features The Times of India circulation in India: 13 newspapers, 18 ation ofmagazines, monitoring and tracking for good and 11 publishing centres, 26 printing centres. ivered to his end user.

The investment is for their manroland GEOMAN double width newspaper press at its Ghaziabad location– 6 tower and 1 folder (twin). The order consist of 12 motorised mRC-3D cameras for register control and

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Event Preview Weldon to recreate its Technology Bar at Labelexpo India 2014 New Delhi based Weldon Celloplast will once again be recreating the “Technology Bar” at Labelexpo India 2014. Technology will be served to label and package printers with support from Weldon’s exclusive principals and technology partners from across the world. The finest and latest technical offerings will be on show with senior technical and/or sales representatives of its international partners being present at their respective technology bar counters. Listed below are the Principals and their special product offers at the show:

Omet Srl Italian label press manufacturer OMET will be displaying their state of art new label press, the OMET XFlex X4 at the show. This is an eight colour all servo press with advanced controls on a budget friendly press, which is operator-friendly with maximum automation, shorter web path, minimum waste, gearless anilox roll, OMET’s unique Rock’n’Roll matrix re-winder for increased productivity, delamrelam, web turnbar, cold foiling unit, fully automatic register control system capable of registering in machine direction and cross direction without manual intervention,etc. It is one of the latest new generation machines launched at Labelexpo Brussels in 2011.

The press has an extremely short web path and is capable to handle a vast range of materials from 12 micron films to 250 GSM board. It can produce Shrink sleeves, Flexible packaging materials, Self adhesive labels and a variety of other packaging materials.

The success and acceptability of this press is evident from the rapidly increasing number of installations around the world. OMET believes in making printing a comfortable experience for the label printers and their operators.

ETI Converting Equipment Canada The Mini-Cohesio machine by ETI Converting Equipment consists of a servo driven in-line coating technology specifically designed for label printers seeking very compact and

more affordable equipment to manufacture their PS material or labels after printing for small and medium run. The Mini-Cohesio is an easy-to-operate 13-inch web width coating laminating machine. It can come equipped with the Pellicut technology which enables to die-cut down to 18 micron release liners and a nonstop turret rewinder.

Another machine, Pellicut is a heavy duty module for precise die-cutting. It includes a W type anti-deflecting system to avoid pressure cutting variation and a die equaliser system to correct the thickness inconsistency of magnetic plate. This unit is fully servo motorized and is equipped with a cassette system allowing quick change of the die.

This patented technology enables to die-cut with regular die down to .48 mil (18 micron) polyester film or 20 lbs (30 gsm) SCK or glassine at a speed of up to 750 ft/min.

(225 m/min.). The Pellicut is offered as a stand-alone unit or could be retrofitted to the Cohesio or to an existing servo label press.

Delta For over 30 years Delta Industrial has designed, engineered and manufactured web converting and packaging machinery.

Delta offers manufacturing solutions for a variety of complex medical, pharmaceutical, label, security, RFID, packaging and cosmetic products. Ease of use and flexibility has helped make Delta Industrial a household name in the web converting / web handling industry. Delta machines have made their homes in both large and small-scale, production and laboratory facilities.

Martin Automatic MBSC automatic butt splicer by Martin

Automatic is a compact designed butt splicer with Reliable rolling shear splice unit, Lift-and-load, Automatic sidelay, Inertia compensated tension control, Automatic splice initiation.

It has max web width: 330 mm/13 inch, max roll diameter: 800 mm/31 inch, max speed: 150 mpm/500 fpm suitable for PS label, thin film, laminate, paper material.

The STR automatic transfer rewinder is a compact designed automatic turret rewinder with manual pneumatic spindle chucking, automatic transfer on roll length or operator signal, Festoon with pneumatically adjustable tension, operator adjustable winding profile setting, with diameter-based torque boost feature, integrated web guide, Martin standard DC drive package, Martin standard PLC control system.

It has max web width: 330 mm/13 inch, max roll diameter: 610 mm/24 inch, max speed: 150 mpm/500 fpm suitable for PS label, films and paper materials.

MBS automatic butt splicer features reliable rolling shear splice unit, Lift-and-load, Automatic sidelay, Inertia compensated tension control, Automatic splice initiation. It has max web width: 660 mm/26 inch, max roll diameter: 1270 mm/50 inch, max speed: 304 mpm/1000 fpm suitable for PS label, thin film, laminate, paper and light paperboard material.

LRD automatic transfer rewinder has twospindles cantilevered rewind with Automatic transfer on roll length or operator signal, Cantilevered spindles with automatic inflation, Center core winding, Programmable tension control, Automatic unloading of finished rolls, Touchscreen operator panel with expanded diagnostics and recipe storage/recall. Suitable for PS label, papers, films, laminates, light paperboards and other materials.

Link Label Link-Label machinery (Lien-Yi machinery) established in 1980, design and produce their own label printing machines. Major

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products are LLR-300 /320 / 360 full rotary/ intermittent label printing machine, PLNCT170-300 flatbed label printing machinery and other machines such as hot-stamping and die-cutting machines, slitter, sheeter, auto rewinder, computer hold puncher and related products. They are designed for the production of small to medium volume label printing orders with short setting time and thus low material loss for start up. The Link-Label machines are easy to operate, fast speed, according to CE standards and have got TÜV Certificate of Conformity and SGS Certificate of Compliance. These two certificates also include various patents.

They will display catalogues and information of their intermittent rotary label presses, hot foil equipment, slitter re-winders and other converting machinery.

BERHALTER AG B 500 system features flat-bed die-cutting

FAES AG FAES AG provides TTR slitting and rewinding machines which include high performance, low maintenance, best in world “system blau” and “system azur”.

Nikka Stuttgart, Germany based, Nikka Research Deutschland GmbH is specialized in providing high-tech automation, inspection and measurement solutions for the labels and packaging printing industries. Nikka Research is part of the Nikka company group of Japan with more than 50 years experience in providing solutions for the graphic industry. Our product line includes the Alis and ODRI inspection systems, widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, packaging, beverage and food product printing.

(male/female system), reel to reel (no sheeting or guillotining processes needed), mechanical machine capacity up to 400 strokes/min, rugged basic construction for long-life, extremely high feed accuracy for accurate print-to-die registration, up to 8 servo drives.

Process control has features like end of foil, spice control and foil jam control system, control of the axial movement of the unwinder, edge and line guiding system, automatic regulation of brake intensity (foil tension), automatic tension control system, RFID tool identification and fully automatic tool management, integrated processes:, embossing , perforation , anticurling, anti-static (ionisation), marking, counting , stacking, Other solutions include Progressive double row Punching Tools featuring long shelf-life, integration of up to different functions, up to 15 mio. strokes before re-sharpening, up to 15 re-sharpening, range of punchable materials 20 - 300 microns in thickness.

Other innovations by the company are PRINTinspect for print inspection, WEBinspect for web surface control, REELsplicer butt splicing unit and PRElaser laser cutting for additional functions.

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high performance due to a self-cleaning granulator and ventilator design.

Lundberg Tech Granulator GR-series comes with optional unique lubrication systems and non-stick coating for handling aggressive adhesives. The scissors-cut principle optimizing the results ensures a very silent and efficient cutting process with less wearing.

Vetaphone: The inventor of Carona founded the company Vetaphone. They have been on the forefront of innovation. Salient features of this equipment include; Easy to operate, Quick change of cartridges, Insulated electrodes, all widths available and operates at all speeds. Also on offer is new EASI PLASMA/ nano coating

Weldon Weldon will exhibit their innovative and non commodity self adhesive label stocks and label products. These include A4 Laser/Inkjet layflat label materials and labels, Tamper evident labels, specialty double sided tapes.

In its New Product Launch, the company will showcase its inkjet printable film.

Lartec Lartec will exhibit their range of Flexible Dies.

Lartec has been researching and developing flexible dies for over 20 years in order to achieve the best quality and longest duration.

Lartec currently supplies dies to customers in more than 90 countries worldwide, making it a truly global company

Lundberg Tech A/S WasteTech by Lundberg is an ”all-in-one” unit for capturing, cutting and collection of edge trim and matrix waste from process machines. WasteTech delivers a constant

New label press from Alliance Printech (stall B35) Alliance Printech will launch its new modular flexo label press at Labelexpo India 2014.

The new press has many advanced features like top loading print and anilox cylinders, quick job change, shorter web length, servo drive controls for in-feed and out-feed, digital tension controls for unwind and rewind, and various options for printing, foiling, web cleaning, delam relam, coating, embossing, lamination, variable data printing and rotary die-cutting, etc.

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Genius Flexo Machinery represents MPS at Labelexpo India (stall C37) Genius Flexo Machinery will represent MPS at Labelexpo India. The company will showcase the EB press available with a material width of 370mm (14.5 inches) and the EF MultiSubstrate UV flexo press.

The EB press is built for short and long label print runs. It is engineered with features such as Crisp.Dot Light, iSet and iStop technology to minimize waste and set-up time and optimize operator user-friendliness. The EF Multi-Substrate UV flexo press is especially designed for both label production and flexible packaging printing. It uses proven servo drive technology, in order to instantly

change from one material to the other. The press is built with an automation package

Dhana Impex exhibits latest foils (stall J28) Dhana Impex is the distributor for Univacco foils in India, giving complete solutions for stamping foils with the state-of-the-art slitting facility. The complete series of Univacco foils for label converting will be displayed at Labelexpo India 2014.

Univacco will launch hot stamping foils for rough-surface substrates, overprinting and embossing applications, suitable for wine label stamping and special event decoration. New transparent holographic narrow-web cold foil creates security effects on Univacco joint labels with Flint Group will be demonstrated along with metallic (CF4.6

series) and holographic cold foils (CF4.2 series). Also, cold foiled shrink sleeve labels printed via flexo press will be available at Dhana Impex’s stall.

including job memory, iControl, gearless tooling and more.

Brand Innovation Summit HP Indigo and Labelexpo will co-host an exclusive invitation-only session for brand owners on 30 October at Labelexpo India 2014. This program is specially created to help answer the questions asked by brand owners in India today.

The session will provide: • overview of the FMCG market in India, • overview of the label and packaging market • panel session discussing the challenges faced by brands and the solution for getting the branding right each time

Multitec to premier new label presses (stall B30) Multitec will be displaying its range of label printing presses at the show. There will be three presses on the floor with live demonstrations of the new presses – Ecoflex VSi ELS and Ecosmart.

Ecoflex VSi ELS is the full servo version of the successful Ecoflex VSi. The machine runs on an electronic line shaft and incorporates “preregister” capability. As soon as a new job is put, the press pre-registers to almost near perfect register. Then, the final registration

can be done through the touchscreen placed on every print unit or automatically if the customer has opted for the auto-register package. The press also incorporates “Zerobreak” waste stripping technology after the die cut unit to strip complex matrix shapes without any breakage at high speeds.

Ecoflex VSi and Ecoflex VSi ELS both are suited for PS labels, flexible packaging and light cartons.

Another new launch will be the Ecosmart – a

new machine based on the same principles as the Ecoflex VSi. Like the Ecoflex VSi, the Ecosmart will feature open access design, servo infeed and outfeed for excellent register, short web path, etc. The only difference is that it would not have chilled impression drums. Therefore the Ecosmart press will be suitable for PS labels and light cartons. Also on the stand will be the ever so popular Ecoflex. Multitec has sold over 70 Ecoflex presses since it first launched it in Labelexpo 2008.

Visitors to the Multitec stand will see the label press range the company has to offer along with different accessories and packages that the presses can be configured with.

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Esko Full HD Flexo solutions for Labels at Labelexpo India (Stall B52) Esko will be displaying its digital flexo plate making workflow at Labelexpo India 2014.

Highlights include demonstration of CDI 2530 and viewing of Suite 14, along with Equinox and Full HD Flexo, technologies that have recently received industry-wide acclaim.

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Suite 14: The most complete collection of preproduction software tools for labels and packaging A major emphasis of the booth will be Suite 14, an update of the world’s most complete collection of preproduction software tools for packaging and sign & display production. It supports and manages the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers, packaging manufacturers and print service providers. Suite 14 focuses on five key directions supporting the future of packaging workflows: •

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Superior quality: The prepress operator’s focus shifts entirely to quality checking: once to obtain customer design approval and again just before the press starts. Interactive tools dedicated to check quality simplify the task.

Task driven interactive editing: Quality checking, exception handling and building smart templates are the

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prepress operator’s main tasks. New cross platform software apps provide a task-driven user experience. Intelligent wizards guide the operator through expert processes.

Improved workflow automation: Smart workflow tickets route designs automatically to a press-ready printing plate. Workflow automation stretches beyond printing and finishing and integrates with logistics. Operator interaction is limited to exception handling and quality checking. Open industry standards enable integration with business systems and data silos, regardless of location. Cloud based packaging management systems interface with prepress workflow servers openly and transparently.

Smart templates: The basis for a lightsout workflow, smart design templates separate content from creation: the designer determines the looks of the pack “by example” and within a brand guidelines framework. Critical content resides securely in the cloud-based packaging management system of the brand owner. No more ‘copy and paste’ in Adobe Illustrator but linking smart objects to secure and approved content in a database. This guarantees brand consistency and legal compliance at

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maximum productivity and shortest time to market.

Online supply chain integration: Smart templates and workflow tickets connect prepress to all stakeholders. Operations run virtually anywhere in the world.

Integrated packaging-savvy production and asset management systems dramatically improve time to market and reduced cost.

Full HD Flexo for Labels Esko will be showing examples of Full HD Flexo for Labels. Full HD Flexo is the recipient of a 2014 PIA InterTech Technology award. Full HD Flexo for Labels features adapted screening and standard operating procedures for the label and tag industry, and delivers very high quality with impactful solids, smoother highlights and expanded colour gamut. Full HD Flexo for Labels delivers enhanced print stability as well as a reduction of gear marks when using geardriven presses.

At the Esko booth, will be exhibiting an Esko CDI Spark 2530 flexo plate imager—for the tag and label market, folding carton and small volume flexo plate producers—with inline UV and Full HD Flexo. Visitors can learn about HD Flexo and Full HD Flexo through real-life production samples that demonstrate the quality and extended colour gamut made possible by incorporation of Esko solutions.

Esko with DuPont at LabelExpo India Esko and DuPont will be sharing their Labelexpo India booth and exhibiting an Esko CDI 2530 plate imager—a perfect size for smaller, narrow web presses that produce labels with DuPont’s Products.

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OMET at Labelexpo India 2014 “We always look forward to exhibiting in India, it is a growing market and the printers wish to grow to global levels in quality, is amazing, it encourages us to present to them our best technological offerings,” says Paolo Grasso, Sales Area Manager of OMET.

Italian Label press manufacturers OMET Srl will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Labelexpo India 2014, the largest label event in India. OMET, represented by Weldon Celloplast, producer and supplier of products and solutions including labelstocks and materials etc. to the label industry, will be displaying their state-of-the-art new label press, the OMET XFlex X4 at the show. This is an 8 colour all servo press with advanced controls on a low-budget press, operatorfriendly with maximum security shorter web path, minimum waste, gearless anilox roll,

board. It can produce Shrink sleeves, Flexible packaging materials, Self-adhesive labels and a variety of other packaging materials.

The success and acceptability of this press is evident from the rapidly increasing number of installations around the world. OMET believes in making printing a comfortable experience for the label printers and their operators.

UV Graphic Technologies to introduce new LED UV curing systems (stall H23) UV Graphic Technologies will launch its all new LED UV curing systems that will be offered for flexo, offset, gravure and letterpress.

OMET’s unique Rock’n’Roll matrix rewinder for increased productivity, delam-relam, web turnbar, cold foiling unit, fully automatic register control system capable of registering in machine direction and cross direction without manual intervention, etc.

The press has an extremely short web path and is capable of handling a vast range of materials from 12 micron films to 250 gsm

Harveer Sahni, Managing Director of Weldon Celloplast states: “We are proud to bring the technically advanced OMET products to our Indian printers, they have in recent times proved that they are willing to invest in the best by opting for the highest end presses offered by OMET.”

The company now has an option to upgrade existing conventional mercury UV lamp systems that are powered with the EPS to an LED UV system. On display will also be a new web video inspection system which now supports color distinguishing features with high speed reading capabilities of RGB / CMYK values at the substrate with real time values displayed. Amongst other equipment, the visitors will also see the new Combi Plate Mounter which works with a wide variety of cylinders to go on conventional systems as well as the latest machines. It can

accommodate conventional shafted cylinders as well as cylinders from the latest machines with rings and bearers. The company will launch advanced flexo presses later this year.

At Labelexpo India, a glimpse of two stations of this press will be offered.

RotoMetrics debuts latest products (stall B20) At Labelexpo, RotoMetrics will introduce anodized print cylinder, which is positioned as an economic alternative between Standard and Hardcase grades, offers the same precise tolerances as the Standard but has added surface protection for improved scratch resistance and protection from corrosion.

The company will also showcase the new through-hardened, machine-finished RD300 for cutting disposable medical substrates, dust-sensitive labels and tags, in-mold labels, synthetic gasket materials, Velcro, Tyvek and electronic components. The

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RD300 has been made using chromium D2 steel grade body along with a specialized heat-treating process that provides a fulldepth hardness of 58-60 Rockwell. Another product at the show floor will be Pin Eject solution that offers a method of preventing build-up of small die-cut slugs. It was designed for challenging cavity sizes as small as 0.0625 inch (1.6 mm).

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HP to showcase the HP Indigo WS6800 digital press (stall H22) HP will be exhibiting the HP Indigo WS6800 digital press at Labelexpo India. It is the third generation of the highly popular HP Indigo WS6000 Digital press series and offers breakthrough productivity, versatility and advanced colour management.

Delivering high crossover point in narrowweb production versus analog for the vast majority of pressure-sensitive label jobs, the press will help support the rapid increase in volume of digitally produced labels.

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

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

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

The HP Indigo WS6800 helps customers Providing improved efficiency in the

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

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

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

Initial shipments of the HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press are underway. HP Indigo WS6800 features are expected to be available as optional field upgrades in early 2015.

UPM Raflatac is ‘Engineered with Raflatouch’ at Labelexpo India (stand A16, hall12) At Labelexpo India, under the theme ‘Engineered with Raflatouch’, UPM Raflatac is highlighting its world-class technology, quality and performance, combined with environmental sustainability and customer service.

Newly appointed South Asia Country Manager for UPM Raflatac, Mr Pravin Varshney, explains: “We are proud to provide our customers the first-class technical expertise and service by our local operations and customer service professionals. We view the relationship with our customers as one of business partners. Together, we’re delivering

leading-edge labelling solutions to brands in a way that builds success for everyone.”

Product highlights for UPM Raflatac at Labelexpo India include the thin Raflex MDO label film and the ‘RafCare’ wet wipes range for personal care labelling, and the RP 31 Purus adhesive for pharmaceutical end-uses.

Raflex MDO is a machine-direction oriented film with excellent conformability and flexibility for contoured and squeezable containers, and supports a pristine brand image throughout the product lifecycle. The RafCare range offers special adhesives and

label faces expertly combined for a precision match to specific wet-wipes applications – personal care, home care and industrial.

The RP 31 Purus adhesive is specially developed for pharmaceutical labelling where migration safety is a must. Critical applications for RP 31 Purus include labelling for liquid drug preparations packed in plastic containers and LDPE droppers.

Visitors to the UPM Raflatac stand will see how the new Label Life tool can aid them in making more sustainable choices.

Label Life provides an easy to use, tailored service which informs label converters and brand owners about the life cycle impacts of different label stock products and helps them obtain credible information on the environmental performance of their labels.

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DuPont features new Flexographic plate and equipment technologies at Labelexpo India 2014 (Booth B52) DuPont Packaging Graphics (DuPont) is highlighting new flexographic plate and equipment technologies for the Tag and Label market at the upcoming Labelexpo India 2014 from Oct.29 – Nov. 1 in New Delhi. Shown for the first time at Labelexpo India, these new featured products include the DuPont Cyrel FAST DFUV plate, the DuPont Cyrel FAST 1001 TD processor and the DigiFlow 1000 EcLF exposure-unit, all designed to deliver quality, productivity and sustainability benefits to tag and label printers.

The new Cyrel FAST DFUV flexographic printing plate is designed specifically for the narrow web printer who needs a highperformance plate for use with ultraviolet (UV) curable inks. It is a thermal process plate that comes up to colour quickly minimizing startup waste and prints smooth and dense solids, without compromising dot gain, highlights and resolutions. This new plate can

improve solid ink density, reduce waste, save time and cost in applications involving highend substrates such as pressure sensitive and self-adhesives labels.

For narrow web printers who want a more efficient and more sustainable solvent-free processor, the new Cyrel FAST 1001 TD is a small format thermal platemaking system that has been redesigned and streamlined for improved dimensional stability and efficiency. The Cyrel FAST 1001 TD uses a unique thermal management system and multiple roller design to improve clean-out, provide more consistent relief depth and a more uniform floor, especially with thin gauge (.045”) plates often used for tag and label applications.

For narrow web printers who want to deliver superior print quality and productivity, Cyrel DigiFlow 1000ECLF is a powerful tool to improve solid ink densities and print contrast,

while maintaining the outstanding image quality typically associated with Cyrel, all within the existing digital workflow. The Cyrel DigiFlow 1000ECLF exposure units were designed for use on an ‘as-needed’ basis, and can easily be switched off when the standard digital dot is the preferred result.

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Khushboo Scientific unveils new products (stall G11) Khushboo Scientific will demonstrate some equipment for quality checking of adhesives at its Labelexpo India show floor. On display will be AR-1000 adhesion release testing machine which is designed to perform PSTC, ASTM, TLMI, FINAT and AFERA adhesion and release testing procedures with the speeds varying between 6 and 1200 inches per minute. Other equipment include PA1000-180 degree peel adhesion; LT-1000 loop tack to quickly and efficiently determine the tack or grab of an adhesive; PT-1000 Polyken Probe Tack for measuring the tack of pressure sensitive adhesives. A precision ground 5.0 mm diameter flat probe contacts the adhesive, reverses direction and pulls away from the adhesive. The maximum force required to break the adhesive bond

is recorded and displayed. S-HT-30 high temperature 30 bank shear performs shear tests in ovens, humidity chambers or freezers; and RBT-100 rolling ball tack tester provides an easy method of testing the tack of an adhesive.

Innovative Flexotech presents plate making equipment (stall C26) Innovative Flexotech shall display its photopolymer plate making equipment at Labelexpo India. Some of its features include high intensity UV lamp with ballast for short exposure time and fine dot, four drawer dryer for individual control for electric saving and accurate drying, combined UVA and UVC post exposure unit, automatic solvent recovery unit with PLC based and eexD Flameproof design, water wash flexo plate making unit and thermal image setter.

Nilpeter presents FB-3300S flexo press (stall C15) Nilpeter will showcase the high performance FB-3300S press. The 8-colour servo flexo press with short web path features gravure, a value-adding unit for metallic inks, solids, and coatings. The press is also equipped with corona treater, web cleaner, chill drums on all units, movable cold foil, and a 100 percent print defect inspection system.

The FB-3300 features a splicing table with pneumatic hold down bars, ergonomic slide-out print stations, easy-to-use operator interface and advanced die-cutting and drying systems. The gravure unit features

Ribbons by Huzhou Linghu Tianyi Tape (stall J44)

adjustable doctor blades, an ink-circulation system, viscosity control, and a drying and vacuum system. The unit is prepared for both front- and reverse-side printing, and offers quick job-change and setup.

Rotoflex highlights URC 2.0 operating system (stall D15) Rotoflex will showcase live on its stand an advanced and improved URC 2.0 operating system. Job set up is quicker with refined job save/retrieve capability, and also features the unique Report Management System. Exclusive to Rotoflex, this system allows data and performance details from multiple machines to be collected wirelessly, accessed and analyzed, providing realtime access to production managers and supervisors.

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servo-driven, will be on stand, demonstrating higher-speed production that delivers consistent, high quality rolls.

Huzhou Linghu Tianyi Tape Co is a manufacturer of polyester satin ribbon and will be showcasing its range of ribbons at Labelexpo India 2014. The size and colours of these ribbons can be customized. These are suitable for letterpress, silk screen, rotary and thermal transfer printing and are used in labels for clothes, shoes, tents, bags, hometextile, etc. The product range includes nylon taffeta label, woven edge and single edge satin label, cotton ribbons, etc.

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Toyobo CtP Plates: Water Flexo and Letterpress Toyobo Cosmolight Digital Water Flexo Plate has the unique inbuilt “Flat Top Dots Property”. This plate is water washable and can produce 200 LPI with 1% Dots, and excellent sharp printing with higher resolutions and ink transfer. No extra equipment is required to generate or create the Flat Top Dots. The plate making time to prepare the set plates is less than one hour which makes the down time less for printer and thus adds to their profits.

Toyobo Letterpress Digital water washable plates also have Flat Top Dots technology which enables quality production and is an enhancement to the Letterpress printing technology. This technology enables better ink transfer with smooth vignette to produce high quality Letterpress printing jobs.

Toyobo will be presenting its latest solutions at the upcoming Labelexpo India exhibition.

Toyobo team to be present at the exhibition includes Fujimoto San (General Manager), Matsuda San (Regional Sales Manager), Kotani San (Global Sales Manager) and other staff at their stall G-70. Toyobo Products are being handled by Mr. Rohit Sachdev (President) M/S Lucky Graphics, Mumbai, who will also be present throughout the show.

Bodhi’s quality and cost efficient solutions at Labelexpo Bodhi made its presence felt at the recent Screen Print India exhibition in Goa with the showcase of its revolutionary Inkjet Film Output system. The system has already scored many installations across the country in different segments including Industrial Decals, Textile Screen Printers, Large Screen

Houses and Prepress Service Providers with photographers. They also showcased a Color Calibrated Monitors from BenQ this which received an overwhelming response.

Mr. Nayak from Bodhi commented at the show, “Screen printing in India itself is a huge business and needs cost effective quality solutions. This Inkjet Film Output is becoming a major substitute for Film/Positive outsourcing from imagesetters.”

Colour Measurement instruments, hardware calibrated Monitors, Certified Proofing as well as Digital Labels. With its packaging specific solutions, Bodhi will be focusing on quality and cost efficiency for Indian Packaging industry at the Labelexpo. More can be found on the company’s Labelexpo India 2014 stand G25.

Bodhi will be present at the upcoming Labelexpo India. Bodhi’s solutions for Label and Packaging industry range from connected solutions from Maxpro prepress workflow to Colour Management softwares, high quality Inkjet Film Output,

Ajay Aggarwal: Clarity on Organized Retail can give impetus to Label Industry Ajay Aggarwal, has been associated with the Printing Industry for over 23 years and is part of the Self-Adhesive Label Industry for the last 11 years. He has been witness to a lot of change that underwent in the industry all these years and has had an interesting journey that gave him a lot of friends in his professional field.

Ajay disagree to the recent recession and rather sees a continuous growth in the industry during the last couple of years. “My feeling is that the expansion by printers in printing facilities has outstripped the real growth in volume by end customers and leading to increasing commoditization of the Self Adhesive Labels market,” he says.

“This would be clearly evident by the fact that the machinery suppliers today are building machines with shorter web paths and

automatic register controls and other such features which increase the efficiency of the production thus reducing wastage’s which in turn reduces costs,” adds Ajay.

He is also quite upbeat about the new more stable political situation in the centre which he hopes will spur growth. He says that it would also be able to bring capital and working capital costs down. “People of India have lot of expectations with the new government and hope the business environment will improve and consequently also help the growth of printing fraternity. Also we expect that there will be increasing clarity on Organized Retail which will give a further impetus to the Label Industry,” says Ajay.

He is a bit concerned about the ongoing trend of reverse auction. Many Printers are

working with a select group of customers.

If any group leaves this leads to a lot of problems for the printers.

Therefore, during reverse auctions printers tend to also reduce prices emotionally leading to unrealistic prices at times. “This, in my opinion, is extremely bad from the print buyers perspective because if a printer doesn’t get sustainable margins, he may resort to unfair practices which in the long run adversely affect the printer and also the brand,” says Ajay.

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The Label Industry is a wonderful network of friends from around the world “There is an urgent need in India to open training schools for label printing professionals and have enough technical forums to trigger technical upgradation and innovation. The industry should create a platform that would allow the label community to refer to, in time of need. There should also be regular interactions with professionals of the industry from around the world,” says Harveer Sahni, a Label Industry veteran of over 37 years and MD of Weldon Celloplast.

Weldon went through a major restructuring to rework its existing business of commodity labelstock manufacturer to a specialty producer and marketer of total solutions to the label industry. Major challenges faced by the company then included the erratic foreign exchange movements which significantly delayed investments. This year, however things are crystalising well for Weldon and growth in labels is looking up. “Intense competition has put margins under pressure for the label printers. They are on back-foot. ROI issues are affecting their decisions regarding making big time

investments in equipments,” says Harveer.

Recently, printers have been found optimistic about investment decisions encouraged by double digit growth. “We will be launching many innovative coated products from our manufacturing division in the next few months,” reveals Harveer.

Among the key challenges of the Indian Label Industry, shortage of trained manpower is one of the main issues.

“Poaching of personnel, reverse auctions creating competition, cutting corners to win, downgrading quality and lower prices are the issues marring the industry,” points out Harveer. “It is a big deterrent for quality enhancement as lower prices do not encourage investment in new technology.

Margins drive technical growth,” he adds.

He believes that the organized retail will grow with many educated youngsters joining the mainstream each year with disposable incomes to spend. FDI may speed up this process that will generate demand for good labels, he says.

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The most successful value addition in the Indian Label Industry, according to Harveer, has been the switch over from normal Flexo to UV Flexo. He also thinks that the evolution of Pre-press to bring Flexo quality comparable to Offset and Gravure is another major turning point for the industry.

Heading one of the top active members of LMAI, Harveer looks forward to the day when the industry will have a pan national think tank.

Pragati Graphics: Quality through cartons, leaflets, labels and packaging Label Industry include Foiling and Booklet Labels. Pragati Graphics is an LMAI member and Rajesh is pretty appreciative of the association’s endeavour in the direction of training operators.

Rajesh Nema of Pragati Graphics had his share of experience in the Sheetfed Offset Printing before he ventured into Label Industry in 1998. “It’s been a big learning curve, I had to un-learn many of Sheetfed Offset practices, which I enjoyed a lot though. I am still learning and enjoying,” says Rajesh who presently looks after sales, purchase, production and finance at Pragati.

Having seen a less than satisfactory patch during 2010-2013, Rajesh says the scenario has changed now and looks promising as well. “Particularly with the changed sentiments of general public as well as the industry people after new political situation in the country, I do see a positive change in the business scenario,” he adds.

Mr. Rajesh Nema

When asked about some revolutionary technology to ease the Label Printing, Rajesh says, something which can handle the headache of waste matrix in the self-adhesive

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labels would be a welcome innovation. The present best technologies, according to him, providing value-addition in the Indian

Pragati Graphics’ well-equipped unit in Indore comprises facilities and equipment including Offset & Flexo presses and other production and finishing equipment. The unit has different divisions for production, R&D, quality control, sales and marketing, warehouse & packaging for better workflow.

A team of professionals support the organization to offer clients high quality products. The product range includes Mono Packing Cartons – Liner & Ceka Cartons and Bag In Box; Met Pet Cartons; Metalized Cartons; Self Adhesive Labels; Commercial Leaflets; and Pharmaceutical Leaflets. The company also provides varied Printing Services and Flexible Packaging Material for different applications.

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J K Fine Prints: Crafting Face of Brand A label is the face of a brand and JK Fine Prints ensures that each brand gets a unique and outstanding personality by way of its labels. The company is one of the leading labels and stickers manufacturers in India, with the quality of its products certified by ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004. The Mumbai based company with over 30 years of printing experience is serving clients around India in the Pharmaceutical industry, lubricant industry, FMCG market, chemical industry, cosmetic industry, beverage industry and many more. Some of the types of labels that its specializes in include: food labels, bar code labels, wine labels, beverage bottle labels, food product labeling, labels for various bottles etc.

Using latest flexographic label printing technology to manufacture Custom Labels, Product Labels, Food Labels, Wine Labels, Barcode Labels and Bottle Labels, JK Fine Prints’ manufacturing facilities are able to produce complicated printing like Screen Printing, Gradient Effects and Cold Foil

Stamping on various types of labels. It has carved out a niche for itself among label manufacturers in India with its technology and service.

The company’s promoters were also among the founders of Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI). With an exciting journey of growth, the company has constantly achieved its targets in a highly competitive Label Industry. Himanshu Kapur, Director JK Fine Prints, thinks there is an absence of equal turf in a highly turbulent Industry with ongoing rat race for jobs in the market.

He sees Screen Printing and Foiling as the best value additions the Label Printers have been offering to the customers. They are a member of LMAI and the manufacturing facility is situated at MIDC, Panvel, on the outskirts of Mumbai. Equipped with over 20,000 sq feet of the latest label printing equipments that manufactures high quality products with reduced lead times, the

Any Graphics: A one stop shop for varied printing, packaging and labelling needs Any Graphics is one of India’s leading printing & packaging companies. The ISO 9001 & ISO14001 company has more than 25 years of experience in the printing industry. A product range of mono cartons, self adhesive labels, dome stickers, graphics, panel overlays, warranty seals, commercial print, blister cards & publicity material makes Any Graphics a one stop solution provider with solutions spanning various print technologies like screen, offset, digital & label printing.

The company is equipped with the latest automated machines supported by in-house testing and quality assurance facilities to produce quality products. The state-of-the-art, fully air-conditioned dust free manufacturing plant & head quarter is spread over 1 lakh square feet area. Fully automatic set up for printing and packaging with latest machines for Pre-Press, Press & Post Press and in-house Design & Pre-press studio make the set up one of the best in the country.

“We continuously focus on providing solutions to our esteemed customers and accordingly suggest products to them befitting their applications and requirements,” says Kuldip Goel, MD, Any Graphics.

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centrally air conditioned plant maintain dust free environment with a fully equipped inhouse pre press.

The ISO 14001:2004 EMS certified organization is committed towards environment-friendly manufacturing.

Cost Structuring affects Label Industry Sandeep Zaveri joined his father in business in the year 1994. After initial challenges, he also took on the hard recession times of recent years. The goings-on were particularly tough because of the costing structure in his field of Label Printing. Now, he is pretty optimistic about the new simplified taxation policies proposed by the new government at the centre. However, an area of concern, according to him, is huge capital investment by players in the industry and little concern to handle the cost structures. Booklet labels has been the most promising field in the Label market in India, says Sandeep, who is a member and one of the Directors since 2002 who ventured LMAI. “LMAI is taking with cost restructuring and I hope we shall be able to address the cost structuring issues affecting the present Label Industry,” says Sandeep, Director, Total Print Solutions, Navi Mumbai.

With Any Graphics providing product branding and printing solutions from concept to completion, customers are benefitting from the vast capabilities of this Noida based company.

Mr. Kuldip Goel

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GIDUE at Labelexpo India 2014 (Stand J25, Hall 11) GIDUE, taking part in the Labelexpo India 2014, will introduce the new Digital Flexo Excellence concept along with the latest GIDUE Technologies for the Labels and Packaging industry. Federico d’Annunzio, GIDUE President, Matteo Cardinotti, GIDUE Managing Director, and Maurizio Trecate, GIDUE Vice President Sales, will welcome visitors at GIDUE Stand J25 in Hall 11 to introduce the new Digital Flexo Excellence concept. The technology has been recently awarded with the Global Awards for Innovation 2014 in Chicago.

GIDUE Digital Flexo Excellence will be presented together with the REVO Digital Flexo Revolution technology. REVO is the name of a Project Team, which collects 8 industry leaders, cooperating to drive flexography towards the new “digital” world of Printing and Converting. Process consistency, efficiency and cost reduction are the main objectives of REVO Digital Flexo Revolution, to win the Labels and Packaging challenge for short runs, global quality and total flexibility.

GIDUE Digital Flexo Excellence, played a strong role in the REVO Project, by providing to the project a particular system of technologies developed to make the work flow, set-up and run of a flexographic press for Labels and Packaging “digitized”

and “automated”. Digital Flexo Excellence presses are designed to deliver high productivity, cost reduction, flexibility and consistent quality, with “digital” efficiency, repeatability and ease of operation.

With faster change-over times, higher press up-time, and minimum wastes, Digital Flexo Excellence projects flexography to a new era in the Label and Packaging industry, challenging Digital printing on quality, efficiency and profitability also in micro and short runs.

combination presses and finishing solutions for Offset, Flexo, Gravure, Screen, Digital, Hot Stamping, Cold Foil, Embossing, Label and Carton Die-Cutting, Sheeting, Perforation and others. For the flexible packaging industry Nuova GIDUE offers substrate solutions such as aluminium foil, laminated tubes, sausage skins, shrinkable sleeves, ROSO, wrap-around, stand-up pouches, IML, PE 20 M PET 12 M, PA, PVC, BOPP, aluminium foil 12 m etc. Lamination solutions complete the product range with in-line solventless, hotmelt, pre-adhesive lamination.

Nuova GIDUE ‘s product range includes solutions for the label industry such as

VINSAK at Labelexpo India 2014 VINSAK will be presenting its solutions at Labelexpo India (October 29 – November 01, 2014) in Hall 11, Booth No. J11. Visitors to the booth can see the live demonstration of VINSAK LSR330 Label Inspection Slitter Rewinder along with VINSAK LVPI Variable Data Printing & Inspection System. They can also see VINSAK Brand Protection Solutions that contain security inks, software and other smart innovative and secure products.

Neeraj Thappa, VINSAK Inkjet Team, says, “Retailers and packaging convertors want to learn and adopt the digital technologies due to the reliability as well as the versatility. Short run campaigns with bespoke messages; printing of variable data (Bar Codes; 1D/2D codes) helps in anti-counterfeiting as well as track and trace for the supply chain, running campaigns digitally. With Digital – in house

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– the versatility on the solutions that can be offered increases. It is the creative thinking of the entrepreneur that will add value to their product with the digital printing. Visit and witness the era at our booth – J11 at Label Expo India 2014.”

for printing personalized security labels with fully variable information or frequently changing print. The unique design of this label printing and inspection system includes a quick make ready scissor slitting unit with knife separation and lateral adjustment.

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VINSAK Brand Protection solutions include the range of security inks, security software, security substrates, hot stamping and track & trace.

VINSAK LSR (Label Slitter Rewinder) – The PLC operated VINSAK Slitter Inspection Rewinder is designed to meet the increasing demand of today’s Label Printing Industry.

Manufactured at VINSAK’s Navi-Mumbai facility the 450mm wide machine comes with new value added features including 100% defect detection, matrix stripping, razor and scissor slitting etc.

VINSAK LVPI (Variable Data Printing & Inspection System) – this is a perfect solution

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Suzhou Chuanri Precision Machinery unveils five new machines (stall G37) Suzhou Chuanri Precision Machinery will be showcasing five new machines at Labelexpo India 2014.

The company will be showing a gap adjustable roll to sheet cutting machine which is used for kiss cut tapes and has a feeding width of 450mm or 700mm. The CQ-270 roll to sheet cutting machine suitable for cut printed or blank material will also be

exhibited as will the MQ-320A automatic die-cutting machine. The company will also be demonstrating the FQ-650 automatic slitting rewinding machine which is suitable for slitting adhesive labels, paper, film, foam tape etc and its feeding width can be 650mm, 1300mm or 1600mm. Also being shown is the TH-650 automatic laminating machine which is suitable for laminate adhesive material with release liner.

Inkstar launches R70 resin barcode ribbon (stall G39)

Apex Group of Companies debuts GTT anilox technology (stall A5)

Inkstar Office Appliance Factory of Tianjin will be launching its R70 which is a premium resin barcode ribbon designed for the highest applications. It has a highest level resistance to abrasion, scratch, heat and various chemicals.

Apex Group of Companies will be showcasing its patented GTT anilox technology which can be used to overcome some inconsistency of standard anilox designs.

The new barcode ribbon is suitable for use with various label types such as PET, PVC, PE, BOPP and vinyl. The R70 also offers maximum durability and chemical resistance, excellent print quality on high-end films and uses less energy for imaging. It can be supplied both as a jumbo roll or finished roll with different sizes and colours.

The unique open slalom ink channel geometry of GTT delivers a controlled ink transfer to ensure high quality results and is the key to a constant and predictable print result. Apex Group of Companies and Color Dot shall be showcasing their products.

Print Miracle Expo 2014 KMPA has lined up a variety of programmes during the 3-day expo for the benefit of the printers fraternity in Kerala. Conferences, seminars and presentation of awards for ‘Excellence in Printing,’ are some of the events that are going to be held at the expo venue.

Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) is fully geared up for Print Miracle Expo 2014 –the print industry show to be held at CIAL Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre from December 12-14, 2014. KMPA is conducting Print Miracle Expo - 2014 in association with Mumbai-based Showcase, a leading group in organizing top line exhibitions.

A number of top companies dealing in prepress, printing, print finishing, packaging, converting machineries and consumables will be displaying their products in the expo.

Showcase CEO Ashok Neelkant says, “Top programmes such as seminars, conferences print machinery manufacturers and allied and workshops. “These sessions will be held firms like Xerox, Canon, Monotech, Insight throughout the 3-day expo,” Venugopal said.

Communications, Proteck Machinery, Provin Contact: Aditya NeelkantI-Tech Imaging, Technos, TechNova India, 113, New Sonal Link Industrial Along with Print Miracle Expo, KMPA will Intel Trade Fairs & Estate, Building No.2, Link Expositions Pvt. Ltd Road, Malad (W), Qutub Impex, Ace Finepack, First Paper be presenting awards for ‘Excellence Mobile: Mumbai - 400 064. (+91) 98200 06669 www.wlsexpo.in (22) Riso 28803977 Ideas, PurandaraTel:&(+91) Co., India, Aesthetic in Printing’. There will be 3 categories – Multimedia etc., will be taking part in the Small, Medium and Large capacity based expo.” on number of units. Best printing jobs in

offset, mini offset and digital printing will be 53 ­ day countdown begins The gross area atSee Live Demonstration of Machines and Equipments CIAL is 30,000 sq. ft and considered for the awards. the organizers expect at least 100 exhibitors

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for the expo is marked on October 20, 2014.

It’s not just a show of “A large number of Printers, Print Buyers, machines and materials, KMPA hastoalso lined Converters are expected visit theupexpo,” a variety of programmes says O. Venugopal, KMPA’s General during the 3-day expo for benefit of the Convener who is the overseeing theprinters preparations fraternity in Kerala. for the expo.

Conferences, seminars andthe presentation of On the sidelines of expo, KMPA and awards for ‘Excellence in Showcase have lined up a variety of Printing,’ are some of the events that are going to be held at the expo venue.

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Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) is fully geared up for Print Miracle Expo - 2014 –the mega

extremely enthusiastic about Print Miracle Expo – 2014.

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KODAK FLEXCEL NX platform now available for corrugated packaging applications (stall J48) Kodak has commercially released new extensions to its industry-leading KODAK FLEXCEL NX System, empowering customers in the post-print and pre-print corrugated markets to drive significant print quality improvements while taking advantage of increased print stability and pressroom efficiencies. Developed in response to customer demand, the new KODAK FLEXCEL NX Wide 5080 System and new range of KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates will extend to the corrugated sector the print excellence customers have grown to expect from Kodak flexographic solutions.

With a proven track record in labels, flexibles, cartons, shrink sleeves and bags, the FLEXCEL NX System allows prepress providers and printers to maintain a competitive edge by delivering highly impactful packaging of exceptional quality while streamlining production costs. Through continued innovation and investment in technologies such as KODAK SQUARESPOT Imaging Technology and KODAK DIGICAP NX Patterning, corrugated producers will now be able to take advantage of these benefits with a solution that enables expanded tonal range, higher line screens, more efficient ink transfer and improved print quality on lower grade boards. Whether customers are

BST Sayona Automation (stall E20) BST Sayona Automation, an Indo-German joint venture company specializing in automation control, will showcase BST Shark 1000LEX and Nyquist TubeScan System.

BST Shark 1000LEX is a 100 percent print defect detection system for use on rewinders and narrow web printing machines, suitable for defect detection upto 0.2mm2.

Some features include 2048 pixels gray-scale camera, 10X quick zoom, detects defects for web-width upto 450mm (17.7’’), maximum web-speed upto 200m/min. The system is suitable for all types of substrates, including transparent, opaque and highly-reflective materials. Nyquist TubeScan System is a combination of imaging technology and the stroboscopic principle.

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focused on achieving high quality results in pre-print and post-print or impactful, costeffective post-print results on lower grade liners, the Flexcel NX system is an innovative solution to meet those needs.

The new FLEXCEL NX Wide 5080 System includes a newly designed imaging platform and laminator that enables plate making in formats up to 50 x 80 inches. Designed for operator ease of use, rapid throughput and robust performance, the system features the tried-and-trusted KODAK SQUARESPOT

Imaging Technology for precise, repeatable high-resolution imaging.

The new KODAK FLEXCEL NXC Plates are formulated specifically for post-print applications delivering superior ink coverage, reduced fluting, improved highlight reproduction and cost-effective on-press performance. KODAK FLEXCEL NXH Plates, now available in 50 x 80 inch format, are ideal for high quality pre-print applications, enabling efficient on-press performance, long plate life and photo-realistic print reproduction.

Fife VEO 600 from Maxcess India (stall A25) The Fife VEO 600 is a low cost, compact and easy to install and use video-assisted moving-web monitoring inspection system.

The VEO 600 uses a camera system with

integrated strobe lighting, timed to your machine print cylinder, bull gear or printed mark to capture or “freeze” images of a moving web. This allows for the visual inspection of print quality, registration and other print processes by an operator at production speeds.

In addition, the VEO 600 features a 30:1 zoom function, up to 10 images per second, gamma adjustments and split screen with image freeze. An intuitive system, it is available in manual, manual with remote and motorized options to fit your application needs, making your web inspection quick and easy.

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Precise Graphic launches SR330 D slitter rewinder (stall A32) Precise Graphic will launch high speed slitter rewinder SR330 D. The basic model comes with the manual tension control but pneumatic and auto tension control are also available.

The single slitting station is equipped with shear knife as well as razor blade slitting options. On display will also be an inline hot foil stamping system that can be retrofitted

on most of the narrow web flexo printing machines.

The process is controlled by PLC and an interactive HMI. Other exhibits at the stand will include hot foil stamping cylinders; high speed rotary die cutting machine DC-330 mainly for blank label die cutting with an in-line slitter.

Precise Graphics will also showcase semi rotary die cutting machine designed for digital and narrow-web label industry. This machine includes features like full servo drive for re-pass, re- register, die cutting, common magnetic cylinder, etc.

Xeikon demonstrates latest solutions (stall D25) Xeikon will demonstrate its solutions that have positioned the company as leader in the digital label market. Furthermore, Xeikon experts will be available to discuss the capabilities of digital printing technology and the distinctive attributes of Xeikon 3000 Series of presses. The Xeikon 3000 Series represents the widest range of digital label and packaging presses available on the market today, with entry-level as well as high-productivity models. In partnership with its Xeikon Aura partners, the company also offers a series of complete solution suites for specific applications, including pressuresensitive labels, folding cartons, IML and heat transfer labels. The Xeikon Aura partners include leading suppliers of print media, equipment, software and consumables.

On the stall, a Xeikon 3030 digital press in roll2roll configuration will be live printing a range of label applications for several vertical markets. The Xeikon 3030 is the narrow web entry-level press of the Xeikon 3000 Series.

It is meant for label converters looking to foray into the digital production of labels. In addition to prime label applications, the press

is also suitable for producing promotional and transfer applications. The Xeikon 3030 has a variable web width ranging from 200 mm up to 330 mm. It runs at a top speed of 9.6 m/min and can handle production volumes of up to 190 m²/hour.

“Whether you are looking to make a foray into digital printing, or you’re already established and are looking to grow your digital business further, we’ve got insights and innovations to share that you won’t want to miss. Over the past few years we’ve significantly grown our portfolio of digital solutions for labels and packaging, and we encourage converters and brand owners alike to come check out what’s new,” comments Filip Weymans, director segment labels and packaging at Xeikon.

Epson exhibits SurePress L-4033AW digital label press (stall A38) Epson will be demonstrating the SurePress L-4033AW at Labelexpo India. It is the new breakthrough innovation in short-run digital label presses. With Epson’s highly acclaimed Micro Piezo™ Technology, you can now create outputs with incredible color quality and smooth gradations. The L-4033AW uses a seventh white ink to print the transparent ‘no-label’ look, as well as metallic labels catering mainly to the cosmetic, health and beauty markets. On the other hand, the opaque white printing on materials such as clear film and metallic substrates, gives you the flexibility of printing white first or last.

The SurePress L-4033AW comes with automated printhead maintenance, and ink cartridges that can be replaced without stopping the press, providing maximum uptime. It is also kinder to the environment, as it does not require chemicals, plates or films, and all inks are water-based.

The L-4033AW isn’t limited by any pretreatment or top coating, making a variety of standard off-the-shelf substrates usable at variable web widths of up to 13 inches.

This impressive substrate versatility, and compatibility with industry-leading manufacturers in every aspect from color management to media and finishing options, gives you the freedom to make short-run label printing more profitable than ever before.

enables the creation of custom ICC profiles for a specific substrate, ensuring consistent, effortless and repeatable printing results.

Now deliver a wide colour gamut for precise colour matching and accurate reproduction of spot colours, economically with green and orange inks with higher colour saturation and lifelike shades that make labels literally pop-out!

Epson’s SurePress is powered by the included RIP and Max Print Pro from ISI Graphics. This offers intuitive workflow controls, and with the optional X-Rite Photo spectrometer

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Epson launches SureLab D700 The professional photo printer is an ideal solution for small photo lab owners wanting to scale up their business and profits.

Building on the company’s success in professional photo printing, Epson India, today announced the launch of its new SureLab D700 photo printer, a mini desktop version of its highly acclaimed SureLab D3000. Simple to operate with a lightweight design, the SureLab D700 is Epson’s first six-colour compact photo production printer with inkjet technology, offering a wide range of media and format options.

Combining vibrant colour output with reliability and cost-efficiency, it is ideally suited for small and medium sized commercial photo labs in India.

The outstanding flexibility of Epson’s Micro Piezo print head technology used within the Epson SureLab D700 guarantees crisp and vivid image quality. The printed images are sharp and defined thanks to its high 1440dpi x 720dpi (max) resolution, variable sized ink droplets and precise droplet placement.

The Epson SL-D700 has been manufactured to easily provide print durable colour and black and white images on gloss, lustre and matte media and can produce prints sized from 102mm x 152mm to 205mm x 305mm. It is capable of producing up to 360 6” x 4” production quality photos per hour.

Users are able to print directly from common photo applications and also available as an optional Epson proprietary OrderController V3.0 software at additional cost, that has integrated job estimation, scheduling, image editing and colour control to easily manage print jobs.

Key Notes : > 6-colour, compact inkjet for high-quality photo production. > Print speed (6x4 inches) of 360 sheets/h (at standard print quality). > UltraChrome D6-S ink with 200ml individual ink cartridges.

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Epsons SureLab D700 will be offered in a package as part of Epson’s Pro Lab Imaging solutions. The Epson Pro Lab Imaging solutions for Commercial Photographers and Photo labs are unique, customized, and scalable and are very clearly focused on enhancing the business potential of those engaged in the output business of photography.

They have been designed in such a way that there are distinct profit models for the potential customer to choose from depending on his current business, his planned growth, his market and his investment capability. The first of the Epson Pro Lab Imaging Solutions packages is meant for Commercial Photographers who can invest Rs.5.0 Lakhs. The Epson Micro Photo Lab Solution will offer a business opportunity for the smallest of lab owners and people looking to start off in the business. Epson India’s first Micro Photo Lab was inaugurated in the month of September at Mumbai by Worldwide President of

Seiko Epson Corporation Mr. Minoru Usui The products in the package are the mini Digital DryPhoto Lab - Epson SureLab SL-D700 and the A2 Size Professional Printer Pro 4900. Along with these two great printers the package also includes Free Media & Inks to print 12000 4R Prints + 2 Years Warranty on both the Printers. All of these come with an initial investment of just Rs.5 Lakhs and with the support of in-shop branding elements as well. This package is ideal for providing print services like Coffee Table Books, Greeting Cards, Wedding Albums, Photo Diaries, A3/A2 Color Photo enlargement/Portraits, Instant Photo Prints from 10x12 cms (4R) upto 20x99 cms (8x39”) and many more across a variety of media like Photo Glossy/Matte/Luster papers.

Announcing the launch, Mr. Samba Moorthy, Vice President-Sales & Marketing, Epson India, said, “We have been industry leaders in the photo printer segment offering our customers a diverse range of product offerings. Our SL-D700 is the latest addition to our photo printer portfolio. It is an incredible solution for small photo lab owners wanting to scale up their business and profits. We believe Epson will be changing the commercial photo printing landscape in India yet again with this fantastic product.”

The SureLab D700 offers long service intervals and low maintenance requirements. A durable, long-lasting cutter blade reduces downtime and maintenance costs, boosting productivity and ensuring that users can offer their customers a consistent and reliable service.

The SureLab D700 is also available as standard offering, priced at Rs.300000 (Rupees Three Lacs) and comes with a standard one year on-site warranty.

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Sir Speedy expands its footprint in India, opens new store in Indore New outlet is the 5th store in India and first in North Central & Western region of India Sir Speedy, Inc., a worldwide network of printing, signs and marketing services franchises has announced the opening of a new store in Indore. This is the first store in the North, Central & Western region of India.

The new franchise store is located on AB Road, Indore & is owned & operated by Mr. Annal Jain. It is the 5th Sir Speedy center in India in addition to stores already operational in Hyderabad and Bengaluru markets.

Sir Speedy Indore aims to cater to the marketing communication, digital marketing and printing needs of medium to large businesses across all segments. Strategically located in main business district, Sir Speedy Indore is equipped with the latest digital printing equipment, systems and processes from Xerox. Managed by a well-trained team of seasoned professionals alongside the business acumen of local promoters coupled with global experience and vision of Sir Speedy; the store is expected to add a new dimension to the unorganized local printing industry with greater customer delight.

Sir Speedy India had entered into an agreement with Xerox India to drive strategic initiatives in the Indian market earlier this year. Xerox has been globally associated with Sir Speedy since 30 years and helped them meet printing demands in the most efficient and cost controlled manner. On the launch of the new store, Mr. Chandrajit Narra, Managing Director, Sir Speedy India said, “We are glad to open the 5th store in India.

We have seen huge opportunities evolving from the western market and hence the conscious decision to move into this part of the country. Our association with Xerox has been great and with their support we want to further strengthen our presence in the country. We are glad to be associated with Xerox and their countrywide partner network has certainly helped us reach out to a much larger audience in the country. We hope to further build on this association and with Xerox’s expertise in printing, deliver true value to our customers.”

Commenting on the store launch, Mr. Pankaj Kalra, Head, Production Systems Group,

Xerox India said, “Our partnership with Sir Speedy has been unique and it is great to see how they are strengthening their foothold in India. They have a strong global team, focused on delivering good services to their clients. We are glad to continue our partnership with Sir Speedy and wish them success on their future endeavours.”

Indore is the largest and most populous city in Madhya Pradesh. Some of the growing industries here that serve as prime markets for Sir Speedy’s printing services include information technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, oil processing, textile manufacturing, transportation, and real estate. The city also has a large number of IT/ ITES companies and BPO’s. It is soon also going to host large campuses of global giants- TCS and Infosys.

Photo Orange and F-Stop announces OrangeFlash Photographer of the Year contest at the Orange Flash Awards in Ahmedabad On October 14 at Tagore Hall in Ahmedabad, Photo Orange, printer of photobooks and wedding albums, hosted the inaugural Orange Flash Awards ceremony to recognise and celebrate the efforts of India’s wedding photographer community. The Orange Flash Awards is a step to help the wedding photography industry gain its due recognition. An event of this stature and scale heralds a new era in Indian wedding photography.

Celebrated photographers, Mr. Prakash Tilokani and Mr. Manish Lakhubha, presided over the ceremony, which was attended by approximately 700 wedding photographers.

The event opened opportunities for new and established wedding photographers, to network and interact with their industry mentors and peers from the photographer associations, learn and share the latest trends in the industry and participate in the contest.

During the awards ceremony, Mr. Dwipal Patel, Marketing Director of Photo Orange, shared details of the country’s biggest wedding photography contest with the audience. He announced that winner of the ‘Orange Flash Photographer of the Year’ will receive a camera kit worth Rs. 1.25 lakh, along with other attractive gifts. Other shortlisted participants will be awarded certificate of participation to acknowledge their effort. He further discussed the details of training that will be provided to the winners of the contest, allowing them to enhance their skill in photography and digital printing.

Mr. Tilokani, Jury- Orange Flash Awards, shared valuable insights on how wedding photography is an intensive combination of consultation, planning and photography and social skills to get the best from the subject. He also discussed how he plans and

organizes the shoot, and aligns the team for best results.

Mr. Lakhubha, shared his views on how this contest will change the life of the winning photographer. He further added that the contest aims at providing a chance to the wedding photographers to prove their talent on a national platform, and nurture the Indian wedding photography community, which is at a nascent stage.

Mr. Pravin Patel, Managing Director – Photo Orange, addressed the participants on their queries and shared tips on how photographers can establish themselves in this high growth segment. He also talked about how Indian customers are constantly reinventing and demanding innovative and best-in-class results in wedding photography today.

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Mudrika Labels: Impeccable products as top priority For Mudrika Labels quality in its products is the foremost thing. They ensure it through continuous R&D and ever innovative offerings to their customers.

Mudrika Labels has been into manufacturing of self-adhesive labels and related products for the last over 18 years. Having witnessed a lot of changes that took place all these years in the packaging and labelling industry, Mudrika has come a long way taking on the challenges of the business. Since its inception in 1996, Mudrika has been innovating and adopting latest labels manufacturing techniques and technologies. Dealing in various labelling products viz. Self-Adhesive Labels (in different forms), Stickers, Heat Transfer Labels (HTL) etc., its key focus remains on providing durable, efficient & competitively priced products to clients in India as well as across the globe. They currently export to 12 countries as also major Indian exporters get their products labelled by them.

“The demand for quality work at lower cost is never ending,” says Mr.Manish Desai, Managing Director, Mudrika Labels. “We are always on R&D mode to deliver the best looking labels which are not only competitively priced but also meet international quality standards,” he adds.

“In last 10 years many Indian entrepreneurs have capitalized on risk by opening their wings for investing in the latest technologies and adaptation to business dynamics. Mudrika Labels is one of them.” – Manish Desai

He strongly believes that the quest for quality never ends and there can never be a recession for quality.

They have thus beaten the recent recession period with their quality products. “We have never been victim of recession because of the fact that the demand for quality only increases with time. We have been developing various types of labels for new products which enabled us to remain above recession,” he informs.

> Exporting to 12 countries.

Manish drives his innovativeness by putting himself in his customers’ place. “In a sense, the team of Mudrika Labels is also consumer of its own products – we buy many products that bear labels manufactured by us. We keep observing the ways labels drive customer decisions. Today’s customer has a very keen eye for quality and we ensure he gets the same in the product through impeccable look and feel of the packaging and labels. This is the top priority of everyone in our team. Since label is the prime part of a packaging, we always strive to provide our customers with the best quality labels,” he declares.

> Delivering international standard labels in India.

Taking on challenges with quick technology adaptation

Key Notes : > Answering the labelling needs of customers since 1996.

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Manish is a bit concerned about the rat race in the highly competitive Labels market though. He attributes it, in part, to the low-priced machines from China. “The capital cost of these machines being low, they are resulting in lower overall manufacturing costs and thus contributing to unhealthy competition like price war,” he says.

Label manufacturers are being driven to mass production at reduced prices. Other materials are largely affected by high inflation which makes sustaining margins even more challenging. “The buyer today is in the driver’s seat dictating prices for products. The scenario which was more prevalent in the Commercial Offset industry, has been moving into the Labels industry as well for about five years,” reasons Manish.

He thinks that adaptation of technology in minimal time and delivery to international clients has been the key value addition by Indian Label industry. “In last 10 years many Indian entrepreneurs have capitalized on risk by opening their wings for investing in the latest technologies and adaptation to business dynamics.

Our company is one of them. From Self-Adhesive stickers, to Heat Transfer Labels the journey was challenging yet fruitful. Now we are at par with international Label market,” he states.

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Mudrika Labels is a member of the LMAI (Label Manufacturers Association of India) and based in Malad-W, Mumbai with manufacturing facility in Vasai-E, Thane.

from the current government. I expect the manufacturing to experience a good boost with the ‘Make in India’ scheme of the government,” he adds.

Manish is pretty optimistic about the industry growth in coming times. “A stable Government always add to the overall growth of the country as well as to the Industries,” he believes. “Business houses in India and abroad have lot of expectations

The Vision Statement of Mudrika reads: “To be the leader in Label Printing industry by providing international quality through constant innovation, most advanced printing technology, ever expanding products &

services thus sustaining credibility with the associates.”

With their key focus being delivering international standard labels in India, Mudrika has successfully achieved its objective of manufacturing in-house Self-Adhesive Labels in roll form (which was previously imported).

It now targets the Heat Transfer Label (HTL) and plans to produce them for in-house and export as well.

Parksons Packaging orders two further Rapida 106 presses Parksons Packaging, a renowned Indian packaging manufacturer, recently ordered two additional high-performance Rapida 106 sheetfed offset presses. In the last two years the company has installed four mediumformat Rapidas and is extremely satisfied with their performance. The order is for an eight-colour press and a seven-colour press, both with coater. The first is scheduled to arrive at around the turn of the year and the second in the first quarter of 2015, expanding the firm’s capacity significantly.

Over the last 50 years Parksons Packaging has become one of India’s key packaging manufacturers. At its three sites in Daman, Rudrapur und Pune the company predominantly produces packaging for food and beverages, but also for pharmaceutical products and the electronic industry.

The eight-colour Rapida is planned to go live at the plant in Pantnagar. It will join an existing six-colour Rapida 105 with coater and a six-colour Rapida 106 with twin coaters

already in operation. The new Rapida 106 features board and film-handling kit and is configured for UV mixed operation. It will be typically equipped for packaging printing with automatic nonstop systems and pile logistics, and the press will be raised by 450mm (17.7in). Automatic plate changers, CleanTronic Multi combined blanket, impression cylinder and roller washing systems for ink changes as well as CleanTronic UV all ensure production efficiency. Furthermore, ErgoTronic ColorDrive and ErgoTronic ACR monitor and control print quality online. Essential preset data is transferred to the press via LogoTronic CIPLinkX. The almost identically configured sevencolour press will be installed at the plant in Daman next to an existing six-colour Rapida. An additional six-colour Rapida is in operation at the company’s site in Pune.

Parksons Packaging places great importance on the high quality of its print products and relies on innovation and cutting-edge technology at its production sites. With these requirements in mind it easy to see why the firm opted once again for two high-tech Rapida 106 presses.

L-r: Adiya Surana, MD, IPM; Ramesh Kejriwal, CEO, Parksons Packaging; with Dietmar Heyduck, Bhupinder Sethi and Jürgen Veil from KBA

Parksons Packaging provides end to end packaging solutions and have collaborated with the technology leaders in all spheres of the manufacturing chain. Their partners include renouned names as Heidelberg, KBA, Bobst etc..The company has it’s own Ink matching centers at each plant along with top end high speed multi-color presses with conventional and UV capabilities to high end and accurate finishing equipments.

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Printing and Finishing solutions by VINSAK Secure Print Equipment Suppliers FZE solutions now part of VINSAK’s portfolio.

VINSAK’s growth spans extensively across the nation and overseas in Srilanka, Bangladesh, Middle East and African Continents. Secure Print Equipment Suppliers FZE solutions are now part of VINSAK’s portfolio. Secure Print Equipment Suppliers FZE offers hi-tech machines including printing equipment, finishing equipment, digital printing equipment and print finishing equipment. The company sells label printing machine Lombardi in the Middle East and Africa.

The Lombardi Label Printing machine features the state-of-the-art electronic line shaft and combines printing with flatbed die cutting from roll to box. “One of the major requests of the printers today is the possibility of printing on extensible materials needed for packaging industry,” says Mr. Ranesh Bajaj of VINSAK. “The problems related to the maintenance of the printing register in these cases are well known by the printers. The technology of the electronic line shaft becomes crucial here. The machine is capable of printing and flatbed die cutting from roll to box,” explains Ranesh. The company has installed one machine in the UAE and over 6 machines in Africa, specifically for the labels, cartons and the scratch card industry.

Another key market being catered to by VINSAK is the Cheque Book printing market.

“We do a lot of Cheque Book printing in the Middle East, Africa and now in Nepal too where the MICR cheques is becoming the norm in the banking industry,” informs Ranesh. VINSAK undertakes all business that is outside India from its Sharjah setup.

Ranesh also plans to take forward VINSAK to cater to the global market of printing and label industry.

VINSAK now aims to be present in more markets around the globe. With a new manufacturing facility becoming operational in India, they are now producing the two entry level Label finishing machines under license from Europe. “Local production of the machines reduces the capital investment for customers who also get the same quality along with the high level of service and

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support from VINSAK,” says Sanjdip Kandhari, Director, who handles the complete manufacturing and service support, which has always been one of the USP’s of VINSAK for which it is recognized among the industry. “We have exported these machines to Africa as well and are in the process of delivering a few into newer markets in the South East Asia,” adds Sanjdip.

VINSAK has a complete range of equipments and services which extend from Prepress (Thermal CtPs and Plates) to MICR/ Cheque Printing solutions, Label Printing and Finishing solutions from Lombardi, ABG and VINSAK colour Label Presses and Intermittent Offset Press among others.

Product range includes Label Inspection systems and Slitter Rewinders, Die Cutting and Converting equipments, Braille Printing machine, CMC Envelope Inserting and Paper Wrapping solutions, Lemu Offline Converting solutions and VINSAK Digital Presses with Variable Data Printing solutions.

Brand protection is another key area which is ably answered by Creed and VINSAK. Under the VINSAK brand, the company provides Security Software, Security Inks, Security Substrates, Track and Trace solutions along with Variable Data Printing and Inspection systems.

VINSAK LVPI 250/330 is a Variable Data Printing and Inspection System and is an essential solution for those who undertake printing of personalized security labels with fully variable information.

VINSAK LVPI is a unique solution that offers both flexibility and high performance with typical applications including: • Usage in direct mailing, commercial, transactional & security printing, tax and excise stamps • Label and flexible

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package printing Coding on pre registered and die cut labels, Frequently changing text, graphics, numbers, 1D/2D codes Ingredient information, Track & Trace codes, production data, Custom designs, serial codes, different languages and fonts, Printing on blank or pre-printed web stock to name a few.

“With our new high Security installation at one of the states in South India with multiple installs, the VINSAK LVPI is currently delivering 20 crore tax stamps a month with full variable track and trace data printing,” says Neeraj Sharma, Executive Director. “This has reinforced our customer’s belief in the equipment and support capabilities of our organisation in such a high security and time critical application,” he adds.

In addition Creed have association with BUSCH, Germany; CEM, Italy; Jet Europe BV, Europe; KAMA, Germany; Lead Lasers BV, Netherlands; LEMU, Spain; Petrel, France; Schober Technologies, Germany; Vacuumatic, UK; and ZACARES, Spain amongst others.

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Parksons Packaging installs India’s first Kongsberg V Diversifies to BillerudKorsnäs branded corrugated carton trays while relying on Esko’s prepress and digital finishing solutions.

Parksons Packaging, one of the top monocarton companies in the country, has diversified into the production of SoliQ branded corrugated carton trays under license from BillerudKorsnäs (Sweden).

Designed specifically for fruit and vegetables, the special SoliQ marked corrugated boxes are manufactured according to stringent quality standards ensuring that the contents are protected throughout their supply chain.

Parksons Packaging’s diversification into this new vertical of branded corrugated cartons means investing in new equipment for corrugation, multi-colour flexographic printing and slotting and creasing at its Chakan plant.

However, its design and sample-making infrastructure was already in place; Parksons is a long-time user of Esko software including ArtiosCAD for the structural design of folding cartons. Parksons Chairman Mr. Ramesh Kejriwal says, “The Esko prepress system with ArtiosCAD software helped us in building

our packaging design facility into a vibrant innovation centre called DESIGN PARK.” The diversification from offset to flexography and the change from folding cartons to printed corrugated trays for Parksons have been smooth because of the familiarity and confidence in Esko software tools and sample making hardware. Parksons Packaging was the first Indian packaging converter to install a Kongsberg XL series sample maker when it was launched in 2001.

Having found the first Kongsberg XL most reliable, the saga of trust has continued with Parksons’ installation of the newly launched Kongsberg V20 sample making table for the new diversification project.

Parksons Packaging Chairman Ramesh Kejriwal, says that, “The new sample maker was essential because of the larger size needed for the sampling of corrugated cartons. Its immense robustness and

flexibility means that it can cut and crease samples and short runs of both folding cartons and special corrugated cartons.

The Kongsberg V20 can handle materials of sizes up to 1750 x 1650 mm. Its flexibility means that we can cut rubber blankets that are needed for the spot varnishing of folding cartons but we can also cut flexographic plates for mounting on our new multi-color flexo printer slotter. Our familiarity with the use of multiple Esko sample makers at our several plant locations made it a natural progression to the Kongsberg V20 when we were contemplating sample making for the corrugation business.”

Parksons has the complete prepress and workflow software from Esko to drive both folding carton and corrugated carton production. Mr. Kejriwal explains, “The Esko prepress software has been the backbone of our folding carton production. Thus the prepress and design infrastructure was in place and our familiarity and confidence in the appropriate tools and particularly in ArtiosCAD, helped us with our diversification.

With the knowledge that Esko has of the flexo workflow we were encouraged to extend their prepress system to our diversification in the corrugation business. It’s simply a combination of leading edge software and in the case of the sample maker, hardware – reliability and trust.”

Srihari Rao, Esko’s Director of Sales for India recalls the strong relationship with a pioneering and ever-growing partner, “We highly value our long relationship with Parksons Packaging. As this company continues with expansion and diversification to new locations and new segments, it can count on us at Esko as trusted partners.

We’ll help Parksons Packaging to leverage its human resource and investment in our prepress and workflow technology”.

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Ajanta Packaging – Advantage Waterless Offset Labeling Ajanta Packaging has created a special niche in Waterless Offset label printing. The unique technology has been a significant part of its growth trajectory.

Ajanta is not an unfamiliar name in the Indian industry.

The columns of PRESSIdeas have regularly served as the gateway to learn more about such inspiring players within our fraternity. Those who have been our regular readers should remember the earlier coverage of Ajanta’s Baddi unit and subsequently another comprehensive coverage on Ajanta. We happened to visit its Sharjah unit last month and the following story speaks about this unit of Ajanta Packaging.

Chandan is a great fan of the Iwasaki Waterless Offset and has one in all his units – Baddi, Daman, Mumbai and now in Sharjah. According to Chandana, Iwasaki is one of the key reasons for the success of Ajanta in Sharjah.

To give a brief on Ajanta Packaging, the company has its head office in Mumbai. In 2000 Ajanta launched its second unit in the Union Territory of Daman with Waterless Offset as its mainstay and unique selling proposition. Till date, it is the only printer in India to print labels using this technology. Talking about the Waterless technology, Mr.Chandan Khanna, owner of Ajanta Packaging, says “This technology helps reproduce dots up to 2% that gives you a finer output in vignettes and half tones.” Between 2003 and 2005 Ajanta Packaging installed more Waterless Offset machines and in 2007 installed its first High Speed Flexo machine at its Daman unit.

The same year, Khanna launched Ajanta Packaging’s second unit at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh with the installation of one Waterless Offset machine.

Subsequently two highly configured, 10-station, Flexo machines from MPS (Netherlands) were added to the unit. The special feature of this machine is that it prints Flexo and Screen simultaneously with facilities for Hot and Cold Foil in a single pass. The unit is today one of the leading label printing units in the country catering to the demands of some of the top MNCs. The year 2008 put Ajanta Packaging on the global map with the starting of its third unit which was at Sharjah. Two Waterless Offset machines were installed in the beginning. The second unit at Sharjah FZC, which is a Dabur approved production unit, today has a state-of-the-art Mark Andy machine.

Iwasaki – filling the void in high quality short-run label market The centrally located Ajanta Packaging FZC (Sharjah) caters to the diverse needs of customers across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). After about 7 years of its establishment, the unit supplies around 95 percent of its total production to the UAE market and the rest is exported.

Mr.Chandan Khanna, the owner of Ajanta Packaging, keenly observed the void in the high quality short-

Key Notes : > Waterless Offset technology excels at Ajanta’s Daman, Baddi and Sharjah units. > Reproducing dots up to 2% giving finer output in vignettes and half tones. > The centrally located Ajanta Packaging FZC (Sharjah) caters to the diverse needs of customers across the UAE.

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GM, Mr. Gunaratne with Ajanta’s new Nilpeter machine at the all new internationally approved facility

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run labels market in the area. This was the area where Ajanta has been able to create an early niche. This feat is significantly contributed by their Iwasaki. He is a great fan of the Iwasaki Waterless Offset and has one in all his units – Baddi, Daman, Mumbai and now in Sharjah. According to Chandana Gunaratne, GM, Ajanta Packaging FZC (Sharjah), Iwasaki is one of the key reasons for the success of Ajanta in Sharjah. Today they do pressure sensitive labels, sticker, waterless offset printing, Flexo printing for production of tags, labels and security labels etc. The trusted GM is the able Captain of Ajanta’s Dubai ship. His name bears striking similarity with that of Chandan Khanna, for whom the whole of Ajanta is a big family.

He reveals that they produce about 500 thousand square meters in a month. They are also expanding their reach to the European markets. Ajanta’s Thai plant is already in

production and Mr. Khanna is quite busy with setting up systems there.

According to Chandana, the growth of the Sharjah plant is just because of the excellent sales and production team that the management has been able to develop.

“Almost all of them have been handpicked by us. Mr.Khanna and I firmly believe in hiring the best in the industry – be it the staff for sales or production,” he asserts. Moreover, it has been Ajanta’s strategy to promote people from its own cadre. “This gives the workers an impetus to work harder and prove themselves to climb the ladder of growth as the company grows,” he adds.

Mr.Khanna firmly believes in developing longterm partnerships and he actively partners with his clients in growth. This is the basic strength which has spelled tremendous

growth for Ajanta. “The core team works closely with the Brand Managers. The team helps them with value-adding inputs.

Strongly believing in ‘best brands deserve exceptional labels’, Ajanta puts special emphasis on overall look enhancement in all its solutions. He is also very passionate about his work and which is evenly evident at all Ajanta operations. We have been witness to its growth trajectory and appreciate the step by step yet fast growth the company has been able to achieve over the years. He believes in taking one step at a time. Yet, he enthusiastically ensures the things settle in the shortest possible time – only to move on to the next step. The result is seen in the gradual addition of units by Ajanta Packaging across the country as well as at strategic global locations. Ajanta’s is an interesting and inspiring story!

AzimutPrint expands capacity with a second MPS Flexo Press A new EF UV flexo press with 7 colours for the Russian label printer will primarily print industrial, food and commodity labels MPS has successfully installed an EF 430 flexo press for Russian label printer AzimutPrint. The EF press, a second MPS flexo press for AzimutPrint, will primarily print industrial, food and commodity self-adhesive labels. AzimutPrint previously purchased an MPS EF 410 flexo press with 10 colours and Automated Print Control (APC), which prints and converts comprehensive designs for oil, pharmaceutical and cosmetic labels.

AzimutPrint’s second EF press is equipped with 7 colours, UV dryers, a die-station, matrix rewinder, web video and a low tension control rewind system. Another feature of the EF flexo press is gearless technology; as there is no connection between the plate roller and the impression cylinder there is no friction, resulting in no gear marking.

General Manager Mr. Piotr Lavrov of AzimutPrint next to their second MPS press.

Superior performance from their first MPS press along with exceptional aftersales service and support from local MPS agent Ogard led to AzimutPrint opting for a second MPS flexo press investment.

AzimutPrint’s printing manager Mr.Artem Volkov comments: “Our first MPS EF press proved to be a versatile printing press: stable print quality, flexibility and performance are a given on this press. Even when running more challenging print jobs, we achieved optimum

production results. We also valued the availability of local sales and service support from Ogard, who is always quick to respond with any advice or assistance we need. It just simply made sense to invest once again in MPS.” Founded in 1996, AzimutPrint specializes in the production of self-adhesive labels,

wraparound labels, carton board and synthetic tags. Highly qualified and experienced staff and the latest high-tech machinery has led to Azimut’s strong position in the Russian market of high-quality selfadhesive labels. AzimutPrint employs 90 people and is located in Yaroslavl city, an industrial region North-East from Moscow.

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International PackTech India and drink technology India set outstanding visitor record

The trade fair duo International PackTech India and drink technology India were extremely successful with a visitor increase of 37 percent. From 25 to 27 September, around 10,250 trade visitors came to the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre to obtain information about solutions for the international packaging, package printing, processing, beverage and food industries.

International PackTech India and drink technology India already took place for the third time together under one roof. A total of 230 exhibitors presented their products on the three trade fair days, this represented an increase in the number of exhibitors and in the occupied net area. The area of food processing was represented at both trade fairs for the first time and is to be expanded further in the future.

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the stand presentations of the exhibitors were in part substantially more extravagant than in the past years. The picture on the trade fair grounds was characterised by intensive technical discussions at trade fair stands with lots of visitors on the three days

of International PackTech India and drink technology India.

The organisers, Messe D端sseldorf and its Indian subsidiary for International PackTech India as well as Messe M端nchen International

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and its subsidiary MMI India for drink technology India, also drew a most positive balance. “We have achieved a completely new level with this result,” declared Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Messe München International.

“Following three joint events, drink technology India and International PackTech India have finally become established in the India market.” Werner M. Dornscheidt, Chief Executive Officer of Messe Düsseldorf, underlined: “Companies meet well prepared customers here who are ready to invest.

Exhibiting companies reported very concrete business negotiations. The visitors put up with long travel distances in part to experience new technologies of international and domestic suppliers live at this trade fair.

The very positive result of the trade fair duo makes us optimistic for the future.”

For the conceptual sponsor of International

PackTech India and drink technology India, the professional association Food Processing and Packaging Machinery in the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), its Managing Director Richard Clemens stated: “Our expectations with respect to the number of visitors and competence have been considerably exceeded. You sense a very positive mood with corresponding investment projects. Both trade fairs have become the optimum platform for the industry, and the many high-quality contacts promise good trade fair follow-up business.” The Indian branch of VDMA, VDMA India, provided valuable support in moderating the round table talks and the exhibitor forums.

There were also a lot of visitors at events of the supporting programme as at the stand presentations of the exhibitors. The Round Table Talk, held for the first time within the context of drink technology India, especially generated a lot of interest. Renowned representatives of the international beverage and food industry discussed the topic “Outlook for Beverages and Food in India 2020.” Topics such as hygiene, safety and waste management were focal points of the panel discussion, topics with which the Indian industry is increasingly dealing. The rows of seats in the exhibitor forum of drink

technology India were also filled to the last seat. Exhibitors presented their product solutions dealing with all subject areas of “Beverage” and “Food”.

The next International PackTech India and drink technology India and is expected to take place from April 28 to 30, 2016, again in the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.

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Exciting Premiere of dmax First customers saw the dmax large-format digital varnishing machine in practical operation

The new dmax large-format digital varnishing machine is getting the finishing market moving. The development partners, Steinemann Technology and Schmid Rhyner, already gave the trade press an exclusive presentation of their trendsetting innovation in June. European print providers, finishers, printing press, packaging and paper manufacturers, together with brand owners, were then invited to the Premiere in late September 2014. The first publications in the professional media had already elicited a massive response from very different segments of the finishing market, and the almost 50 participants at the event proved to be equally impressed by the performance, the versatility and the extremely high quality of varnish application of the dmax. The greatest enthusiasm was aroused by the filigree varnish application with extremely sharp contours, even on very fine lines and types, the possibility of applying different quantities of varnish on one and the same sheet, and the haptic effects, which are unique for a non-contact application method.

dmax high-speed, largeformat, digital varnishing machine was presented for the first time to potential customers.

Almost 50 European print providers, finishers, printing press, packaging and paper manufacturers, and brand owners took up the invitation.

Key Notes :  Almost 50 experts visited Druckhaus Mainfranken.  Enthusiasm about the quality of varnish application and the performance.  dmax made ready for the market in recent months.

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In a close, cooperative partnership and under the motto ‘a joint competence’, Steinemann Technology, Schmid Rhyner and Druckhaus Mainfranken had prepared the dmax for the market under real production conditions at Druckhaus Mainfranken in the preceding months. The dmax is based on the diVar technology (Digital Varnishing Technology) of Schmid Rhyner and the sturdy mechanical engineering of Steinemann Technology, and can spot varnish up to 10,000 sheets per hour in formats up to 1,080 x 780 mm, applying quantities of varnish between 4 g/m2 and 35 g/m2. The principal target markets are packaging and commercial printing.

One secret behind the extremely high varnishing quality of the dmax is the patented ‘Pinhole Killer’.

This term denotes a special process for post-treating the liquid varnish film (diVar Post Print Enhancement).

For Schlatterbeck, Steinemann was the partner of choice when it came to developing the dmax. “The company has been at home in varnishing for decades and has comprehensive machine expertise. Together, we succeeded in optimally coordinating varnish and machine.”

Varnishing machine for industrial requirements “From the very beginning, our aim was to develop a solution for industrial production,” said Markus Müller, Vice President Marketing & Sales at Steinemann Technology, formulating the goal of the three partners.

Consequently, dmax also stands for maximum sheet format and maximum availability.

The digital varnishing machine is of classical modular design and can be expanded to include various options, such as a redundant inkjet system or an IR drier in addition to the UV drier of the standard configuration. “The print mark sensor with register correction in the lateral and machine directions makes a decisive contribution to the high varnishing quality, together with skew compensation,” said Müller, emphasising a component at the start of the machine. In contrast, alignment by the front edge of the sheet would not have met the high demands on the accuracy of spot varnishing. “The defined print marks enable the dmax to detect the actual positions of the printed images and take them into account, in that it calculates the necessary angular corrections before the sheets are fed in under the inkjet heads, and thus during varnishing.” He said that this, too, was a capability that could only be offered in this form by digital printing technology in combination with maximum computing power in the machine controller.

The calender at the front end of the machine is likewise a key factor for the high varnishing quality of the dmax. The Steinemann calender smoothes

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out any sheet roughness, while at the same time automatically removing the powder. The result is substrate surfaces that are perfectly prepared for varnish application.

“Among other things, the dmax owes its optional sample gate, and the integrated inspection table with data RIP for corrections during production, to suggestions from Druckhaus Mainfranken,” noted Müller. At the gate, the machine operators can conveniently have control sheets ejected at the push of a button at any production speed, so that they can examine them directly on-site in suitable light and, if necessary, adjust the machine settings via the control system monitor. These features alone illustrated that the dmax was created in close cooperation with experts in practical industrial printing.

As the manufacturer of the print heads, Ricoh likewise showed high commitment in its work on the development project. “We greatly appreciate their all-round support,” said Müller in recognition of the manufacturer’s help.

Stepping off the beaten track “We’re convinced that printing needs a new dimension if it wants to remain competitive in today’s media mix,” said Ulrich Stetter, Managing Director of Druckhaus Mainfranken, summing up his company’s interest in the dmax project. He said digital varnishing technology was the ideal method for the low-cost, high-quality finishing of short runs of print products of the kind that Druckhaus Mainfranken produces as an industrial print provider for the European online print market. On the other hand, the dmax offered the necessary capacity for also finishing longer runs quickly and economically. As a result, even a number of external print providers today availed themselves of the sophisticated production processes used by Druckhaus Mainfranken, a company that was only founded in 2006.

All in all, up to 15,000 jobs per day are now handled there. Just a few weeks after installing the prototype, the company was able to produce stably on the machine at speeds of 8,000 sheets per hour and more.

“The high production speed and large format of the dmax make it possible for us to achieve a real quantum leap in terms of productivity when varnishing print products,” said Stetter. The high quality of the haptic effects was another winning feature. “We can now open the door to a market that’s been waiting for years and couldn’t be served in the past.” From his point of view, the dmax is nothing less than a milestone in print finishing.

The dmax in practice In the subsequent hands-on session in a production shop of Druckhaus Mainfranken, the visitors watched both a combined form with various jobs and a completely black sheet being finished at different machine speeds and with different quantities of varnish. Drops of water on fresh, crisp apples, glittering scales on the skin of a shiny green snake, or the finely branching veins of a leaf – the eye-catching varnish effects on the images of the combined form certainly had an impact on the participants at the customer event.

The same applied to the varnished screen tints, the varnished merging positive and reverse types in different point sizes, the varnished lines with a fineness of as little as two points, and numerous other, mostly decidedly filigree print elements of different sizes on solid black surfaces, on both the combined form and the completely black sheet. Many of the visitors stood together in groups and discussed the results that could be achieved with the dmax – waiting for the machine operators to hand them the results of the next print job.

Finally, the dmax was even ‘opened up’ to give the visitors a clear view of key components. For example, the shutter was raised on the unit behind which the inkjet printing unit was concealed. The things presented by the team of technicians from Steinemann Technology surrounding dmax Project Manager Patrik Moser and the machine operators from Druckhaus Mainfranken included the cleaning of the print heads. They are automatically moved into a collecting tank and washed there.

The machine is ready to start work again just a few minutes later. Replacement of the print heads is equally convenient.

If the worst comes to the worst, they are quickly exchanged by Plug & Play.

“Those are all features that underline our ambition to develop a machine for industrial requirements,” said Müller, summing up the many fine points of the dmax – produced at the Steinemann factory in St. Gallen in Switzerland – that enable smooth-running, dependable workflows in daily production.

“There’s enormous scope for further development of diVar technology and the dmax. Given the response from the market to date, there can be no doubt about that,” said Schmid Rhyner CEO Jakob Rohner, looking to the future. The next development steps would now be defined in cooperation with customers.

“After the advance reports in the professional media, we came here with pretty high expectations,” said one participant. “It was very important for us to see for ourselves just what the inkjet process is capable of doing today when it comes to varnishing printed sheets.” The excellent quality, in combination with the high productivity, costefficiency and flexibility of digital printing, opened up enormous possibilities, even in the production of finished print products, that were previously not feasible solely for reasons of cost.

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Esko launches Kongsberg V cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo - SinoCorrugated 2014 Esko has already sold 3 Kongsberg V tables in India even before the launch which is going to happen at the upcoming IndiaCorr Expo - SinoCorrugated 2014 show in Mumbai. The first Kongsberg V table was installed at Parksons followed by Stora Enso and Nestle.

The Kongsberg V series is now available to the India market with Esko launching the new Kongsberg V digital finishing platform, and showing a new Kongsberg V24 cutting table at booth B14A during IndiaCorr Expo SinoCorrugated 2014.

Kongsberg V cutting tables deliver reliability, precision and ease of use for companies in carton and corrugation that produce samples, packaging, displays and mockups and other packaging specific markets looking to complement their offerings with productive digital finishing.

The Kongsberg V series features the rocksolid Kongsberg tabletop construction at an attractive price. Kongsberg V cutters offer a broad selection of tools, providing quality results on a wide range of cutting, creasing, and plotting activities. It has many of the features that have made Kongsberg tables popular, such as the camera system, which

ensures print-to-cut registration, even with print-distorted materials.

Exchanging different tools is quick and error-free because every insert is identified by a unique bar code. Insert knife tools are available for cutting a wide range of materials, from thin paper to synthetic sheets through heavy-duty packaging and display material. The tooling selection also includes creasing, and drilling tools.

At the Mumbai event, Esko will demonstrate the Kongsberg V24 for Carton & Corrugation sample making, short run production of mock-ups and other packaging applications.

It is outfitted with a FlexiHead, which offers highly accurate, powerful cutting and creasing of packaging material such as folding carton and corrugated board. The FlexiHead is attached to a very precise servo axis controlling the tool depth when cutting, creasing and routing. Three configurable tool stations accommodate a full range of standard tool inserts.

Kongsberg V is available in two sizes; V20 and V24, and is able to work on material with size1700x1300 mm / 66”x 51” (V20) and 1700x3200 / 66x126” (V24).

i-cut Suite: Software to power the design to print to cut workflow i-cut Suite is software that lets sign & display companies streamline their workflows. It preflights and edits incoming PDF files, ensuring that jobs will RIP and print correctly.

It also helps build and edit sheet layouts, ensuring that jobs make the optimum use of substrates through intelligent true shape nesting and tiling. Kongsberg table technology ensures that die-less cutting contours match printed images perfectly, registering the actual dimensions and positioning cuts on the printed result. With Automation Engine, all of these functions are automated in a single workflow, with less operator intervention.

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ASIA COAT + INKS SHOW 2015

Date: 27 OCT-14 to 28 OCT-14 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi

Date: 02 MAR-15 to 04 MAR-15 Venue: Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

Print China 2015 Labelexpo India 2014 Date: 29 OCT-14 to 01 NOV-14 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi

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Printpack India 2015 Date: 11 FEB-15 to 15 FEB-15 Venue: India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, INDIA

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