PRESSIdeas October 2016

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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Kodak Flexcel NX System: Flexo is where Packaging Stands!...........................................................................................................................................8 The New modern QuadTech India Office gets inaugurated........................................................................................................................................... 15 All in Print China 2016 provides a “grand feast” for the printing industry ................................................................................................................ 16 Reorganization of the Heidelberg Management Board .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Rajesh Nema looks forward to a successful LabelExpo.................................................................................................................................................... 19 Paper stocks add to investors wealth ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 New office bearers of IPAMA...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 KSPA celebrates Platinum Jubilee ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Pressing for controlled press operations............................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Kodak to show top solutions for the label and package printing industry............................................................................................................... 22 Maharshi Labels: Rising Label Applicator manufacturer of India................................................................................................................................. 23 Six majors to provide total label print solution at Labelexpo India ............................................................................................................................ 24 KS Inctech to announce new UV Flexo Inks with high colour strength...................................................................................................................... 25 Omet iFlex to have its maiden show at Labelexpo ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Alliance Printech to show two presses................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Nilpeter to present FB-3300 servo press................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Brotech to exhibit finishing and inspection equipment at Labelexpo ...................................................................................................................... 26 Lemorau to exhibit for the first time at Labelexpo India ................................................................................................................................................ 26 Insight to launch Digital Inkjet UV Label Press at LabelExpo India.............................................................................................................................. 27 Provin Technos to present new developments in Narrow Web Inline Finishing .................................................................................................... 28 OMET surprise with iFLEX at Labelexpo India..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Focus Proflex at Labelexpo India from Monotech Systems............................................................................................................................................ 29 Monotech Systems to display made in India VDP and Security Solutions ............................................................................................................... 29 BOBST to present comprehensive label solutions range ................................................................................................................................................ 30 GEW to present fully air-cooled LA1 UV LED curing lamphead.................................................................................................................................... 30 H.B. Fuller extends adhesive portfolio in India.................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Tresu to showcase controlling and automating equipment at LabelExpo India.................................................................................................... 31 Arconvert to present Seven Wonders collection................................................................................................................................................................ 31 manroland India highlights XLP 504 industrial printer.................................................................................................................................................... 32 SMI to introduce Product Selector App................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Avery Dennison to launch four new products..................................................................................................................................................................... 32 K N Shanth Kumar is the new chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee........................................................................................................ 33 Orient X-Cel drives growth for tph with many orders ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 World Publishing Expo and new Digital Content Expo coming to Berlin.................................................................................................................. 33 Heidelberg extends range for digital, colour, and personalized printing ................................................................................................................. 34 IDC MarketScape names Ricoh a leader in worldwide high-speed inkjet press market...................................................................................... 35 Worth & Higgins Impremia IS29 open house....................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Xerox Color 1000i Press celebrates Indian success ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1085 streamlines operations at HS Laxmi ............................................................................................................ 37 HP exhorts brand owners to explore possibilities with digital printing .................................................................................................................... 38 New BOBST K5 Expert unveiled at Manchester Open House......................................................................................................................................... 39 Esko and Corbus to optimize Packaging Management Solutions deployment...................................................................................................... 40 Pantec GS Systems & VINSAK to jointly serve the Indian market.................................................................................................................................. 40 Flint at SuperCorr Expo ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Cosmo Films offers intense black with Black Velvet ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 EkoCure ANCORA UV LED by Flint........................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Top label producer places big order for Xeikon CX3 presses......................................................................................................................................... 43 Essel Group standardizes prepress workflow globally with Esko technology......................................................................................................... 44 Konica Minolta enters Label Printing market with bizhub PRESS C71cf.................................................................................................................... 45 Cosmo Films Q2FY17 PAT up by 12% ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 UPM Raflatac boosts brand performance at Labelexpo India....................................................................................................................................... 46

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, “When we talk about production efficiencies, we mean it in the pressroom. Since, it is the press where the printers make their money irrespective of the printing process,” says Emma Schlotthauer, Director, Marketing, Eastman Kodak Company. The pathbreaking Flexcel NX not only reinvents what Flexo is, but it is also the power of imaging and the ability to texturize the surface of the plate. Kodak’s Packaging shift is largely governed by its Flexcel NX System which leads the Flexo’s growth in today’s packaging space. We had a detailed discussion on Kodak Flexcel NX with Emma and Mr. Christopher J. Payne – GM and VP Eastman Kodak Company, who was on his maiden visit to India. Indian representations included Vidhu Gautam, Regional Business Manager and Abraham Prabhakar, VP - Micro 3D Printing and Packaging Solutions, Kodak.

Kodak will be highlighting its entire spectrum of products serving the flexible, labels and packaging industry at the upcoming LabelExpo India 2016.

The largest event for the label and package printing industry in South Asia is a platform of choice for technology solutions providers. The biennial event attracts global suppliers and manufacturers of printing, converting and packaging solutions. It brings together representatives from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, among other countries from all over the world. This year’s show with its motto Tomorrow’s Packaging Technology Revealed, will lead decision makers, manufacturers and customers to understand changing trends and label industry’s direction of growth.

Our event preview covers key product launches, showcases, and innovations in diverse segments of the label and packaging industry. The visitors to the show will have a rich experience of technology showcase with numerous launches, upgrades and the latest in materials, processes and workflow. Some of the key highlights of LabelExpo India 2016 include: launch of four new products by Avery Dennison; Product Selector App

by SMI; XLP 504 industrial printer by manroland; H.B. Fuller’s adhesive portfolio; Arconvert’s seven wonders collection; Tresu automating and controlling equipment; Bobst label solutions range; UV LED curing by GEW; Monotech’s made in India solutions; Omet’s iFlex surprise; Rotatek and other solutions by Provin; Digital Inkjet UV label press by Insight; first LabelExpo showcase by Lemorau; finishing and inspection by Brotech; FB3300 servo press by Nilpeter; new UV Flexo inks by KS Inctech; live demo of Novaflex ELS XS6 by Alliance Printech; and total label print solution by Vinsak and partners to name a few. Of course there will be a lot more on the show floor for the visitors.

An important recent industry event has been All In Print China. With 724 visitors exhibiting at a space spanning 80,000m2 the 6th edition had a successful showing and proved a ‘grand feast’ for the printing industry.

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Kodak Flexcel NX System: Flexo is where Packaging Stands!

Kodak’s Packaging shift is largely governed by its Flexcel NX System which leads the Flexo’s growth in today’s packaging space.

This was well evident at the recent drupa that Kodak had almost 50% of their technologies focused on packaging in some way. The story of this shift started in 2005 with Kodak buying a whole set of printing supplies companies – from to Creo, Scitex Digital and KPG and integrating them together. These companies were earlier involved in publishing, direct mail, brochure printing works etc. and Kodak sensed that all these technologies would go into packaging over time. Seeing a huge opportunity in their ability to take their Offset technology – known for its image quality, consistency and cost effectiveness – to the Flexo packaging space around 2005-2006, Kodak invented the pathbreaking Flexcel NX technology.

“When we talk about production efficiencies, we mean it in the pressroom. Since, it is the press where the printers make their money irrespective of the printing process.” - EMMA SCHLOTTHAUER, Eastman Kodak Company

Key Notes : > The pathbreaking Flexcel NX reinvents what Flexo is. > The power of imaging and the ability to texturize the surface of the plate. > Kodak customers join Kodak for image quality and stay for efficiency and productivity.

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Kodak Flexcel NX was in fact among the first technologies that Kodak decided to go after. “We specifically believed that we could innovate in the Flexo packaging space,” says Mr. Christopher J. Payne, General Manager and Vice President Eastman Kodak Company. “Kodak invented Flexcel NX which is today driving two things in Flexo. First is reinventing what Flexo is – the whole ability to do the highest level of image quality doing consistently over time. The second is to improve efficiency in the pressroom,” he continues.

is where packaging stands in the overall economy,” states Christopher.

Different printing processes catering to packaging and Kodak’s key solutions and focus areas thereof In the Packaging sphere, Flexo is the key area of focus for Kodak. Kodak’s offering here has been unique in two ways – the ability to do best image quality and the ability to provide cost effectiveness through production efficiency. Kodak has a strong heritage with robust technologies like SQUARESPOT imaging technology in their CtP devices and Thermal imaging in their proofing products. The latest in the line is the SYSTEM ’16 launched at drupa. It’s a technology that features significant improvements in both software and hardware.

Traditionally, Kodak customers have joined Kodak for image quality and stayed for efficiency and

With an installed base of over 500 units of Flexcel NX Systems worldwide (22 in India), Kodak has continued innovation and has developed a number of technologies in the Flexo space as well as invested in Workflow including in the Offset and Inkjet space.

PRESSIdeas had a detailed discussion with key personalities from Kodak’s top management on its Flexo technologies, solutions, focus areas, industry in general and much more. This was the first trip of Christopher to India. He met with a lot of printers and sees a lot of opportunities in India. Given India’s demographics that constitute a huge middle class with growing disposable income that’s catching up to buying at malls and consuming packaged foods, Flexo packaging has a huge potential in the country.

Bringing a lot of opportunities for different printers, Flexo offers greater flexibility and productivity for brands. Christopher and his team explored the Indian industry to find how it can leap frog in this space as markets in other parts of world have, even as this growth trend continues to develop. “India is an exciting market place in the dynamics where Flexo Mr. Christopher J.Payne, GM and VP Eastman Kodak Company.

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productivity. In packaging, the customers initially remained focused on flexible and labels for around 4-5 years. But today they are moving more into corrugation and folding cartons; this was also evident at the recent drupa. “Now customers will be enjoying the same level of image quality and production efficiency in these segments also,” declares Christopher.

Flexo Printing is all about how you transfer ink “Real focus of Kodak’s innovation around Flexcel NX has been on how the plate actually performs on press,” states Ms.Emma Schlotthauer, Director, Marketing, Eastman Kodak Company.

“When we talk about production efficiencies, we mean it in the pressroom. Since, it is the press where the printers make their money irrespective of the printing process.

The technologies introduced in SYSTEM ’16 allows printers to get greater speeds on press – which turn to greater yields, faster start-up times and less material waste – that improve their bottom line as well as uptime,” she continues.

Flexo Printing is all about how you transfer ink and the technology here helps control ink transfer of press. Apart from efficiency in transfer of ink, it determines the way the press runs – how often the press has to stop; how quickly it comes up to colour; how fast it can run; and how quickly it can dry. The Flexcel NX system’s features essentially allow a platemaker to optimize the plate for ink transfer for a particular print condition. Consequently, irrespective of a printer printing solvent inks or water-based inks, small anilox or large anilox volumes, it allows him to customize the plates (plate surfaces). For example, a typical flexible packaging job may have a seven or eight colour job on press. That may contain four process colours, a white lay down or even two special colours. All of those inks would work in a slightly different way; they would require different anilox volumes to be able to transfer different pigment sizes. In order to optimize ink transfer for all of those different components of a job, a plate has to behave a little differently for each of them. Through software and imaging, Flexcel NX allows users to customize the surface of the plate to print optimal for White, for Process colours as well as for Spot colours. What’s interesting is

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Mr. Christopher J.Payne with Ms.Emma Schlotthauer, Director, Marketing, Eastman Kodak Company.

that the user requires just a single plate type for all this – through the power of imaging and the ability to texturize the surface of the plate using different sizes, shapes and spacing of the dots. “It’s not just the dots but also the pattern on top of the dots that deliver the said quality and capability. The dots that make the graphic image and the patterns on top allow transfer of ink efficiently. All in all, the Flexcel NX SYSTEM’16 is all about the ability to provide customized plate surfaces right through plate patterning to optimize both for print quality and efficiency,” explains Emma.

In addition, the core capabilities of the system come from – the high resolution of the SQUARESPOT imaging technology,

high resolution of the thermal imaging layer technology and the ability to take an image from a data file and exactly reproduce that on a plate. “Now, customers can control exactly the performance of the plate i.e., how it behaves on press. It eliminates the pre-press operation’s need for an inventory of 4-5 plate types for supplying to different customers – who may be printing packaging, labels, corrugated boards or something else.

They can supply all these customers just one plate type by customizing the surface,” she affirms.

Environmental sustainable performance of Indian industry vis-à-vis global standards Apart from various governments world

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over being laying down stringent rules for environmental protection and friendlier solutions, brands too have been doing significant to improve their solutions’ environmental footprint. Driven by consumers, they are now developing products that are safer, disposable, re-usable and are available at comparable prices.

We see that customers want environmental friendly solutions not any costlier than existing solutions. At drupa Kodak introduced technologies to help the industry move forward in sustainable solutions. Apart from them, Flexcel NX too leads in promotion of global sustainability standards. With India having less stringent environmental safety standards than other developed economies like Germany, the US and even China, the awareness about sustainability is yet to catch up in the Indian industry. With the awareness standing dismally low around 3 to 4 on a scale of ten, customers in the country are less prepared to pay anything extra for environmentally friendlier products.

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Given the figure that 50 percent of global packaging is being done for top brands – top 100 global brands are driving 50 percent packaging globally – today big brands world over are driving sustainable packaging for their customers. “Though India is still in the lower rung of global sustainability standards, the shift, especially in the pharmaceutical packaging and food packaging, is asking for environmentally friendly solutions. For example, Hindustan Unilever has a mission statement that says that they want to reduce the waste, use of solvents as well as number of consumables etc. They are among the first movers. “There is a lack of regulatory enforcement right now but we see it’s waiting for a big change in near future. Kodak helps the current situation in many ways. Key among them is by reducing the number of plates used for printing. Other environmental benefits that Kodak helps bring about include longer plate life and wider tonal range – by reducing number of colours by bringing spot colours back into process colour work etc.”

– says Vidhu Gautam, Regional Business Manager at Kodak.

“Since we don’t see customers are too keen to invest particularly in environmentally friendlier technologies, we understand that sustainability largely comes through efficiencies, productivity, lean manufacturing processes and waste reduction.

Consequently, solutions that drive internal production efficiencies are a win-win situation for customers. In packaging industry, things like thinner films, layers and liners help reduce weight and improve economics of production and at the same time drive the sustainability,” adds Emma.

Kodak has always kept its technologies focused on how they can help people with light-weight materials, reduce their wastes, run their presses faster with less energy consumption and don’t have inefficient down times. All these things make significant contributions while helping printers reduce

(From l-r) Christopher J.Payne, Vidhu Gautam, Abraham Prabhakar and Emma Schlotthauer.

their environmental footprint. There is an apparent and imminent need for knowledge about sustainability to be spread evenly. It is the brands that are driving the need for sustainable solutions. Unlike in Europe where they have organized to the level of separating plastic and paper from packaging to smooth their recycling, in India the ways are still too far from that. Everyone has to play his part to make it possible. Big brands too, though they have adopted highly sustainable methods for their packaging in Europe and elsewhere, have been keen on getting their packaging at the least possible price and sadly, sustainability is not a priority for them in India.

Customer vs. Manufacturer technology awareness and its benefits Today technology innovators are innovating as well as partnering with users of those technologies to bring out the right solutions.

It’s only a matter of time when a new technology is readily accepted in the market.

During last decade, in addition to plates, innovation has been in every sphere from presses to inks, aniloxes, paper, pre-press and converting and finishing etc. This in turn is challenging the customers to keep up with technology, understand its importance, make investment decisions and make better technologies last. Industry is in a period of intense innovation. Kodak has played a significant part in driving this. The Flexcel NX is getting major attraction today. “In our industry, technological innovations don’t become a success overnight; it’s a period of several years before a technology adds to the available choices of the customer,” says Mr.Abraham Prabhakar, Vice President - Micro 3D Printing and Packaging Solutions, Kodak.

‘Make in India’ and Kodak Kodak manufacturers its Flexo solutions in three locations globally – Japan (Flexo plates), US (Thermal Imaging Layer) and China (CtP devices). The R&D is carried out in Israel and Canada. Though Thermal Imaging Layer has been manufactured

by Kodak for many decades, it bought a company in Japan to add Flexo Plate manufacturing to its portfolio. That company was already manufacturing plates for over 20 years at that time. With all the infrastructure and facilities in place there, Kodak kept the manufacturing there. “Since all these set-ups require huge investments along with

availability of basic skill levels, the set-ups have been kept as earlier and any possible shift will be based on need of the market and customers,” says Christopher responding on a query about possibilities of manufacturing in India in wake of the recent aggressive promotion of the Make-in-India concept.

Automation opportunities at the bottom Top players with heavy investment are more likely to go for automation as a way of recovering their investments. Contrarily, lower down the ladder, printers have less investment to recover and automation is not found as much as it is at higher levels.

Automation is a key opportunity for top players to maximize their return. Another reason may be that they are also better at presenting themselves to the top brand owners as ideal service providers. Apart from all these things, what actually stops players from adopting automation readily is the availability of labour in India. Here, we don’t have labour costs as a major limitation in production. While automation costs put vis-àvis costs of labour-intensive alternatives, the latter wins and consequently, we have less automation as we move lower in our industry.

“Though majority of packaging providers have automation high on their agenda, it’s ultimately the economies that win over a process,” believes Vidhu. “Surely, automation brings profitability with reduced waste, faster turnovers and customer satisfaction by way of less possibility of errors due to fewer human intervention in production and other processes,” he adds.

“Even though Flexcel NX is an enabler of automation that the industry is moving to, it also uses more manual process, is more repeatable and more efficient while setting up a press. This way Flexcel NX is helping in standardization even if the printer does not change his existing technologies,” puts in Christopher.

substrates like paper. Gravure has been a choice for flexible packaging. However, when Flexcel NX got launched at drupa 2008, certain industry quarters had reservations about its success. A few industry experts had even almost written off the technology. But, it didn’t happen that way and last year the technology reached the milestone of crossing the 100 mark. “The Flexo technology has been widely accepted in the industry both in terms of quality and productivity. Today almost 90 percent of labels are Flexo printed; both labels and tags have fully accepted the Flexo technology. Customers too have accepted the technology for its quality, price and productivity. Similarly, carton and mono-carton printing has been adopting flexography as a printing process. Other key application areas are like pouches and sachets that too are moving from other printing processes to Flexographic printing,” adds Abraham.

Collaborating with MPS: showcasing Flexo capabilities visa-vis Digital At Chicago Labelexpo show, Kodak collaborated with MPS. The collaboration was focused on showcasing how Flexo can compete with Digital. “Digital has probably the largest share in label printing. Together with MPS, Kodak showcased Flexo’s true capabilities and quality that can truly compete with Digital print quality,” reveals Emma. “The key focus was to ensure that printing processes aren’t dictated by brands.

A product needn’t be print process specific because of quality. It should be other factors that decide the choice of one process over the other. Those factors should be the likes of the turnaround time, volume and substrate.

We showcased that whether a customer requires Digital for short run or Flexo for higher volumes, quality should not be a barrier. There are Kodak customers who are printing the same products in Flexo and Gravure; Flexo and Offset; and Flexo and Digital,” she expains.

Flexo vs. Gravure vs. Offset Flexo has come a long way from being a ‘rubber stamp technology’ to be at par with Offset and Gravure in terms of quality and productivity. “Putting it in one line, today, we can ‘deliver the quality of Offset and class of Gravure with Flexcel NX’,” says Vidhu.

Flexo is today the fastest growing segment of printing when compared to Gravure and Offset. Offset has been at the top for simple

Kodak provides the freedom Designers too have been helped by Kodak technology in a significant way. While producing artwork for different printing processes, it was usually a designer’s nightmare to get an artwork for a particular printing process printed in another printing process as well. The need for a packaging for a brand to be uniform and consistent

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in quality, colour and reproduction across media has been well answered by Kodak technology which has hugely eased the designers’ work. “Since various packaging (with portions of Gravure, Flexo, Digital or Flexo) of a particular brand has to meet the lowest common denominator to bring consistency to the brand, there was an absolute need for ‘freedom’. This ‘freedom’ has been provided by Kodak technology – now designers can design their package knowing they don’t have to make changes or tweak as per different processes including Flexo,” asserts Emma. In other words, Kodak enables packaging designers or producers to produce best quality packaging at the lowest cost and at the same time take those barriers and inconsistencies between various print processes away.

The gap between the benefits of existing and new technologies can be filled by education. In this regard, Kodak has been at the forefront – providing education about the true capabilities of the technologies available to their users. It has been in touch with designers, pre-press, press and other workflow users / operators to know exactly about their requirements and provide solutions and education regarding the latest technological capabilities of these solutions.

At the upcoming Labelexpo, Kodak will be bringing in its drupa Street Box experience to Indian customers. It is planning to wow its customers by showing them what they can do with Kodak’s technology with a showcase of real life examples from across the globe.

Other important area is security printing.

Kodak solutions in this sphere will also be offered at the show. Kodak has developed many pathbreaking technologies in security printing arena. The technologies that impart security to products include the capability of micro-texturization and very fine print.

shorter and Gravure is not a viable solution there. Flexo is filling this gap efficiently with its latest capabilities. As for Digital, it is best suited for very short runs and once the threshold is crossed; it becomes less beneficial when compared to other technologies.

Flexo in India and Kodak Overall, Flexo industry in India is growing.

New installations are coming along. The team in India lead by Abraham, has done a great job. Kodak is growing not only in terms of installations but number of presses using Kodak plates. “The growth in India is all technology driven. Customers are seeing the benefits in the technology and are adopting the technology and we are seeing that growth,” says Christopher.

Kodak’s current focus area in India vis-àvis packaging is Wide-web Flexo (flexible packaging/ C I Flexo). The next focus area is Labels. “In the last year, Indian printers have added over 30 Wide-web CI Flexo presses.

With a tremendous growth in this market, Kodak has a larger role to play. With the confidence in Flexcel NX technology gaining, even Gravure printers who were 100 percent into Gravure are now looking to add Flexo capabilities,” says Abraham.

Flexo is among the fastest growing segments in the printing industry of not only India but the whole of Asia. The key growth areas of Flexo are the CI Flexo and the Narrowweb Label segments. Gravure printers are adopting Flexo as a complementing technology. This is driven by a number of factors. The run lengths are becoming

Unlike other players with specialization in a particular area, Kodak has expertise and solutions across major segments and technologies. Kodak provides solutions in Offset, Digital (both Inkjet and Electrophotographic) and Flexo. Therefore, it has deep understanding of all these technologies and their market characteristics.

Digital, for example, though got introduced into commercial printing around two decades ago, still answers only 5 percent of the total commercial print volume world over. The main reason for this is the economies. “The best model for packaging printing would be imprinting system with Flexo and Inkjet combination. Packaging is growing because of the rise in disposable income of the middle class. Brands are attracting this spending through packaging which is consequently enjoying a boost. These dynamics are playing in favour of Flexo not only in India but in other parts of the world as well.

“For Kodak India is a key market place in packaging space, Flexo, Offset, Inkjet and other areas represented by Kodak’s workflow,” says Vidhu.

“Packaging is the market where Kodak wants to be. Today every single trade shop in India who are into Digital Flexo platemaking has the Kodak Flexcel NX technology,” says Abraham.

Kodak chose to be in the packaging space to differentiate the packaging in terms of image quality, productivity and efficiency.

After has come out stronger from the recent shake it went through. It is as smooth and profitable as ever with second quarter results showing growth and profit. “Kodak is moving ahead. Flexo Packaging is one of the growth engines inside of Kodak driving this growth.

Kodak takes the heritage of technological innovations ahead and helps its customers grow. Our customers are able to differentiate their products to the brands and in turn help Kodak grow. Kodak is optimistic about where they are and what the path forward is,” concludes Christopher.

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The New modern QuadTech India Office gets inaugurated The QuadTech India office recently got inaugurated in presence of local customers, company officials and other visitors.

The space accommodates visitors for demonstrations, training and meetings between QuadTech professionals and customers to learn about advanced technology for the newspaper, commercial and packaging markets.

Karl Fritchen, President of QuadTech, explains that “the additional space in this new facility allows us to add more functions to our business that will enhance the service we are

able to provide our customers in India and in the surrounding countries. In the near future we will be adding a 24/7 Help Desk team as well as local assembly capabilities.”

“The structure is beautiful with modern architecture, tall ceilings, large windows and plush greenery. However, this new office represents much more than a cozy place to call “home.” It signifies the sophistication, simplicity and quality that customers have come to expect from QuadTech.”

Pradeep Shah, Managing Director of Manugraph India, kicked off the celebration by cutting the ribbon at the entrance. The inauguration ceremony was also marked by Pooja Celebration.

All in Print China 2016 provides a “grand feast” for the printing industry Showcasing the advancements in printing technologies in recent years, All in Print China 2016 successfully concludes with visitors reaching 76,818.

On Oct. 22nd, 2016, the 6th All in Print China successfully concluded in Shanghai. Embracing the theme, “Discover the Future of Printing”, it comprehensively showcased the advancements in printing technologies in recent years, vividly embodying the vitality and dynamic awakened by the latest developments. The trade fair effectively highlights the importance of innovation, upgrading, integration and development in the printing industry.

“Indian Day” & India Visitor Group Reception Ceremony was attended by an over 100 strong team from the printing industry led by Kamal Chopra, Chairman of the All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP).

Key Notes : > An exhibition area of 80,000m2 hosted 724 exhibitors. > Employed five indoor and six outdoor halls to cover a total of seven themes. > More than 60 printing forums, technical seminars and news conferences were held during the show.

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All in Print China 2016’s grand scale featured an exhibition area of 80,000m2 to host 724 exhibitors - the largest number in the show’s history - coming from countries and regions from across the world.

It has become a window through which visitors worldwide can follow the latest development trends of the global printing industry. During the five-day exhibition, All in Print China 2016 was consistently trafficked with domestic and international visitors, totaling as high as 76,818, an increase of 24.2% from 2014.The total number of person-times reached 109,710 –setting a new record as well. The fair embraced more than 100 domestic associations and enterprise groups, and received above 45 overseas buyer groups from more than 20 countries including the US, Germany, South Korea, Australia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, etc. It was highly praised by exhibitors for its visitor traffic and overseas buyers; for its visitor quality and its expertise.

Exhibiting frontier technologies through seven theme pavilions, leading the future development of the printing industry All in Print China 2016 employed five indoor and six outdoor halls to cover a total of seven themes: digital pre-printing, integrated printing, package post-printing, label industry and flexography, as well as two featured themes developed with the latest technologies and frontier fields in mind: Innovative Materials Pavilion and Innovation Factory.

In the field of digital printing, many international and domestic brands showcased their latest products and solutions, including Fuji Xerox, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Screen, Epson, Fujifilm, EFI, and Founder Electronics.

Highlights included RICOH Pro VC60000 solution, Fuji Xerox Versant 3100 Press & Versant 180 Press, Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C71cf ink control system and Fujifilm Acuity LED 3200R wide-format UV, which made impressive debuts in China. Various exhibitors featured solutions targeting book printing, commercial document printing, packaging, label and large-format ink jet, covering most market segments.

Adapting to the developments in digital printing in depth and breath, numerous digital post-printing technologies have attracted attention; HANS-

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GRONHI, Konica Minolta, Taiyo Kikai, ZTEC, Ginwave, iECHO and many other brands appeared at the fair. The laser die-cutting engraving machine by HANS-GRONHI can be widely applied to cardboard, label and packaging; the JETvarnish 3DS automatic camera ARC technology by Konica Minolta provides high-precision spot varnishing for all digitally-printed pieces, and endow them with various touch effects; the TRD multifunctional label post-printing processing machine by Taiyo Kikai integrates unreeling, rectification, cold ironing, flexible varnishing, hot lamination, UV glue lamination, diecutting, leaflet cutting, waste removal, slitting and winding, and has become a major “allpurpose” product for label post-printing.

Relying on continuous innovation and consistent quality, traditional offset printing brands such as KOMORI, HANS-GRONHI, Hangzhou CRON, ManRoland, Beiren Group, Zhongjing Group and Weihai Printing Machinery have gained trust within the industry. KOMORI gave visitors a detailed introduction to its brand-new solution showcased at drupa 2016; the Shinohara 92 Series by HANS-GRONHI, the digitalized offset printing equipment installed with Hangzhou CRON’s EZcolor system, the JD4920 folio multi-color printing machine exhibited by Zhongjing Group, the WIN924 by Weihai Printing Machinery and so forth have attracted much attention among visitors.

At All in Print China 2016, flexography and package post-printing technology also grabbed visitors’ attention. Taiyo Kikai collaborated with many partners to create the flexography pavilion. Its STF-340unit-type flexo press, for narrow-format label printing also performed well. Also presented were the ZJR-330 unit-type flexo press exhibited by Zhejiang Weigang, innovative applications of 2200flexo press, P series flexo press and digital flexo press exhibited by United Printing as the agent of Mark Andy, the flexibleintaglio combined unit applicable to flexible film packaging and cigarette packaging exhibited by Kuen Yuh Machinery.

full-waste removal”, and debuted its first all-purpose full-waste removal die-cutting machine MK 1060CSB, developed through strategic cooperation with Heidelberg, along with its MK520FC digital integrated die cutting & foil stamping machine. Bobst debuted its SP106 ER full-waste removal die-cutting machine specifically developed for the Chinese market, which can separate cartons automatically. Eterna, a member of the Bobst Group, also showcased three high-quality post-printing products. Shanghai YOCO exhibited its JY-106EB full-automatic dual-purpose die-cutting machine (for both finished product separation and waste removal), which attracted much attention at the fair.

‘Going Green’ is always a goal in the development of printing technologies. No matter it’s offset printing, digital printing, flexography, pre-printing or post-printing

process, both international and domestic brands have always strictly adhered to the concepts of energy saving, consumption reduction, green development and environmental protection. Raw materials suppliers, as the source of consumables for printing, have also increased their R&D of green products. At All in Print China 2016, the printing ink-type enterprises (such as Bauhinia Variegata, Hangzhou TOKA, AYUSI Ink, Siegwerk and Hiway Ink) and printing plate material-type enterprises (such as DUPONT, Chongqing Huafeng and Lucky Huaguang) launched their latest R&D products to add a feel of ‘green ’to the fair.

The independent exhibition of technologies and products have further highlighted the themes and trends in the industry to create a multi-perspective integrated exhibition of printing innovations. The Innovation Factory, in particular, provided an intensive exhibition

In the package post-printing field, “full waste removal” has become an innovative focus while die-cutting automation has seen further improvements. Tianjin Masterwork Machinery showcased its MK21060FCSB dual-unit full-waste removal die-cutting stamping press based on “dual-unit +

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of future printing technologies, consisting of five segments, “Future of Printing”, “Network Printing”, “Innovative Application”, “Green Printing” and “Printing Culture,” providing a centralized display of the latest and most popular upcoming technologies and applications. It’s ample exhibition area (1,500m2), prominent position (N1 entrance), colourful booth design, a rich collection of 30 printing & packaging solutions alongside 22 informative speeches, it became the focus on the first day of the fair.

60+ professional activities and gathering of industry elites to discuss the future of printing More than 60 printing forums, technical seminars and news conferences were held during All in Print China 2016 (based on current data) and provided numerous opportunities of information and idea exchange for visitors.

On Oct. 16, the 14th Cross-strait Printing Industry Exchange Conference & Silk Road Printing Development Forum 2016 and AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation Conference 2016 were successfully held.

On Oct. 17, “China Printing Forum 2016 & 16th Asia-Pacific Printing Forum”, the main forum of All in Print China 2016, gathered experts from various printing industry organizations of China, US, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, India, Philippines and other AsiaPacific regions, as well as Artron, Evergreen, 98ep.com and other prominent enterprises with rich experience in greenness, intelligence, creativity and interconnection.

The international representatives offered comprehensive international visions and innovative ideas for visitors from all over the world.

On Oct. 18, the Third (enlarged) Council Meeting of the Second Information System Application Branch of the Printing Technology Association of China (PTAC) & “Cognitive Printing• Intelligent Future” took place, facilitating in-depth discussions and exchanges around topics of “intelligent manufacture of printing”, “Internet + printing”, and “intelligent products (packaging and publication)”. The 1st Asia Jet Printing Forum 2016 &“JHF Cup” Asia Jet Printing Grand Prix focused on the large-format ink jet arena, inviting many top-end experts and suppliers to discuss

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new technologies, ideas and direction of the jet printing industry. On the afternoon of Oct. 18, the Catalog of Green Raw &Auxiliary Materials 2016 Edition was formally launched with over 200 people in attendance, including the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), the leaders of various provincial, municipal and district printing associations, the representatives of printing enterprises, raw and auxiliary suppliers, dealers, and e-commerce platforms and media.

information for broadening the ideas and visions of the label industry chain.

On Oct. 19, the success of “Digital Printing in China” summit forum and “Fuji Xerox• Keying Cup” Digital Printing Award highlighted pace of digital printing technology innovation and and developmental in China.

All in Print has been successfully held for six editions between 2003 to 2016 becoming one of the key exhibition showcases for the Chinese and the global printing industry. The 7th All in Print China will be held in 2018.

Indian Day & India Visitor Group Reception Ceremony On the morning of Oct. 20, the sponsor representatives of All in Print China 2016 held its “Indian Day”& India Visitor Group Reception Ceremony. Kamal Chopra, Chairman of the All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP), attended the ceremony along with more than 100 colleagues in the printing industry. The occasion also witnessed the 2016 “Sun Cup” Awards Ceremony of Asia Label Printing &Global Label Technology Summit Forum, sparked from multiple perspectives of new business types, new technologies, and new services, analyzing the approaches of transforming and upgrading the label printing enterprises and strengthening their competitiveness, and provided precious

The 8th Council Meeting of Whole-army Printing Association was also held during the fair (Oct. 19-23), during which many exhibitors including Fuji Xerox, Hangzhou CRON, Konica Minolta, Screen, Lemel, Tiancen, Esko-Graphics, ZTEC, Print Home, LUSTER Light Tech and Focusight held a rich variety of technology debuts, signing ceremonies, appreciation dinners and related events.

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Reorganization of the Heidelberg Management Board – Rainer Hundsdörfer appointed new CEO, Dr. Ulrich Hermann is appointed to the Management Board.

The Supervisory Board of Heidelberg is reorganizing the company’s Management Board with the appointment of Rainer Hundsdörfer (59) as the new CEO and Dr. Ulrich Hermann (49) as a regular member.

International industry expert Mr. Hundsdörfer will replace Dr. Gerold Linzbach on November 14, who is leaving the company of his own accord.

“We sincerely thank Gerold Linzbach for successfully turning around the company.

Heidelberg is well on track,” says Dr. Siegfried Jaschinski, Chairman of the Heidelberg Supervisory Board. “We are delighted to have gained an internationally experienced leadership personality in Rainer Hundsdörfer to drive forward the reorientation of the company. Mr. Hundsdörfer has acquired many years of specialist expertise with global technology leaders that will help pave the way forward to a successful digital future at Heidelberg.”

Rainer Hundsdörfer has managed a number of leading industrial technology companies.

After graduating in business engineering, Mr. Hundsdörfer started work for Trumpf in Ditzingen and performed various managerial roles abroad.

“Heidelberg is moving toward customerfocused technology and services in what is a changed market environment,” says Rainer Hundsdörfer. “We now need to make solid use of the opportunities digitization presents for profitable growth.”

With this focus on expanding digital business models at Heidelberg, Dr. Ulrich Hermann has been appointed a member of the Management Board effective November 14. As proven expert in digitization, he is qualified to steer the company’s ongoing digital transformation.

“Dr. Hermann has been successful in realigning conventional business models throughout his career. Heidelberg will benefit from his experience in the future,” says Dr. Jaschinski.

After graduating in mechanical engineering,

Dr. Hermann gained his doctorate in business economics in St. Gallen in 1996.

He launched his business career in 1997 with a number of managerial positions at Bertelsmann AG. Current Management Board member Harald Weimer, responsible for Heidelberg Services, will be stepping down at his own request as of November 13, 2016.

Stephan Plenz’s Management Board contract

has been extended for a further three years.

The Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG comprises the following members effective November 14, 2016: • Mr. Rainer Hundsdörfer (59), Chairman of the Management Board • Mr. Dirk Kaliebe (50), Member of the Management Board • Mr. Stephan Plenz (51), Member of the Management Board • Dr. Ulrich Hermann (49), Member of the Management Board

Rajesh Nema looks forward to a successful LEI’16 Pragati Graphics is an ‘Under One Roof Solution Provider’ for a wide range of products and services for customers spread in varied segments of the industry. The range includes printed mono cartons, self-adhesive labels in roll/sheet form, wet glue labels, pack inserts and products and solutions for commercial printing as well.

“This is the first time LabelExpo is being held at Noida. The earlier print related shows at

Noida were successful so I look forward to it being successful,” says Rajesh Nema of Pragati Graphics and Hon. Secretary, LMAI. Focusing on Digital Printing solutions this time at LabelExpo India, Rajesh says he would be ‘richer in his knowledge’ after LabelExpo participation.

He expects the show will contribute towards the growth of Label industry in India which is currently around 10% year on year.

Visitors can meet Rajesh Nema at the LMAI booth.

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Paper stocks add to investors wealth Owning to attractive valuations, a sharp drop in raw material cost and closing down of a few plants, over 15 stocks from the Paper Industry have enabled investors to more than double their wealth in the last one year. These stocks are of companies including Kushal Tradelink, Star Paper, Emami Paper, Ruchira Papers, Malu Paper Mill etc. The S&P BSE Sensex rose about 1 per cent in last one year.

Though paper industry saw a good growth over last couple of years, the drop in raw

material cost in present year has improved margins further for the paper players. Other factors too augur well for coming years for the paper industry. India is yet to catch up with per capita consumption of paper in other developed economies. With many paper plants being shut down globally, the demand-supply equation is too in the manufacturers’ favour. Even as paper prices are on the rise, the demand is likely to be on the upswing with the retail, online shopping and packaging boom.

New office bearers of IPAMA At the 101st Governing Council of IPAMA (Indian Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association), the Association elected its new office bearers for the term 2016-2018.

Mr. H.V. Sheth, President, Sheth Printograph, has been elected the President; Mr. P.K. Bhalla, of Manugraph India, Vice President (West); Mr. Vinay Kumar Gupta, AEC Machinery, Vice President (North); Mr. C.N. Ashok, Autoprint Machinery, Vice President (South); Mr. Jaiveer Singh, Rotta Print India, Vice President (East); Mr. Balkrishan Khindria, Memory Repro Systems, Honorary General Secretary; Mr. Satish Kaushik, Web Masters, Joint Secretary (West); Mr. Naveen Gupta, Prakash Offset Machinery, Joint Secretary (North); Mr. Dayaker Reddy, Gutenberg Machinery Manufacturers, Joint

Secretary (South); Mr. Iqbal Singh, Sond Associates (Engg.), Joint Secretary (East); and Mr. Dharmesh Arora, Fair Deal Engineers has been elected Treasurer.

In the opening address, Mr. H.V. Sheth, President emphasized the need for technological up-gradation and development, smooth coordination with the members of the Association and also to educate them on different aspects of the industry. He also highlighted the need to open an Institute for imparting technical training for the betterment of the industry.

KSPA celebrates Platinum Jubilee Karnataka State Printers Association, which got established in the year 1942, celebrated its Platinum Jubilee on 23rd Sep 2016. The event commemorating the completion of 75 years by the association was celebrated at Le Meridien, Bangalore.

The 233rd GC Meeting coincided with the Platinum Jubilee celebration and was held on 24th -25th Sep 2016. The 233rd GC Meeting was attended by more than 240 GC & GB members. The members were presented mementos of the Platinum Jubilee.

Platinum Jubilee was inaugurated by the Governor of Karnataka, Sri Vajubhai Valaji while Sri Dibyajyothi Kalita President of All India Federation of Master Printers was the Guest of Honour.

The 63rd Annual General body Meeting of AIFMP was held at Le Meridien, Bangalore.

Dr M. Veerappa Moilyji, Former Chief Minister of the state inaugurated the event.

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Dr. Veerappa Moilyji in his inaugural speech admired the AIFMP and being the Chairman of Union Government Finances Committee, he agreed to recommend inclusion of the Printing Industry in Manufacturing Sector.

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Pressing for controlled press operations In the third Knowledge Sharing Workshop, Mr Afsal Kottal and Das Damodharan, from Percept Printing Solutions shared the knowledge about Colour Management and Process Control in Offset printing.

“Two years ago, since we began our journey with Colour Management and Process Control, I have experienced better and consistent product output,” says MMS President, Tushar Dhote while welcoming the eager audience gathered at the MMS’ Training Centre in Mumbai on October 14. He quickly introduced the two speakers of the day – Business Director of Percept Printing Solutions, Afsal Kottal and the Technical Expert and the Field Services Officer Das Damodharan.

Taking a very focused and practical approach, Mr Kottal began the knowledge sharing process by encouraging the members of the audience to share their experience with colour, process control, and prepress and press management. Fred Poonawala of Comart, the veteran in the industry and also an experienced customer of GMG shared his experience. He said, “we have been using GMG colour systems for quite some time now. It has improved over the course of time, and it has helped us deliver consistent output through our presses and on multiple papers.” He further added, “We can simultaneously print two jobs on two different machines with constant and colourmatched output on two papers – for cover and inside pages.”

Several members of the audience – business owners and operators – echoed the similar experience sharing. They shared the experience of better product output, efficient operations, greater customer satisfaction, and some direct savings with ink optimisation and process control technologies. A large part of the audience, however, were struggling and experimenting with colour management and process control with their offset presses.

Assurance from an expert Mr Kottal assured all the members of the audience that, with some easy yet decisive steps they all can implement sound and efficient colour management and press control technologies for better and consistent output. He said, “the high-quality products are the only differentiator for any print business owner in the contemporary

competitive world. In fact, high and consistent quality is the top priority besides innovation and speed of delivery for the discerning clients.” He stressed upon the fact that data from a wide range of suppliers is used in offset printing, and not all of it complies with the offset standards. Manual adaptation of data to the respective printing conditions calls for expertise on the part of the staff and costs a lot of time and money.

In the world of declining run lengths and a greater degree of individualisation, the print operations must be agile and quick to stay competitive.

A reliable solution “Colour management has improved and come a long way. The process, today, seamlessly handles creative, prepress and printing process through a consistent and controlled workflow,” assured Mr Kottal.

Explaining the GMG offerings, he said, “GMG’s software solutions keep you in control of colour, without much hassle. The preflight is automated to the stage that it can add bleed to some files.” He further added, “all the GMG products – single or modular – support the common international standards, and they let you define in-house standards.”

Mr Kottal, along with Mr Damodharan, then explained the features and details of the four GMG-color product offerings – the ColurServer, ColorProof, InkOptimizer and PrintControl. The ColorServer is at the core of a colour management workflow and production reliability. “You don’t have to worry much. The ColorServer fully automatically matches RGB, CMYK and mixed-data to a consistent colour standard by separation, representation or colour conversion,” said Mr Damodharan. He added, “automation ensures that all data is optimally prepared and delivers identical colour appearance on the press and papers.” The DeviceLink approach devised by GMG avoids classical drawbacks of ICC technology, such as the representation of the black channel.

it complies with the relevant standard (ISO, FOGRA, ECI, etc.) or in-house standard. This proof can become a valid contract proof.

The InkOptimizer replaces CMY colour components by black while preserving the colour impressions. The improved colour composition offers smooth gradient, stabilised greys and significant improvement in printing properties. The tool also ensures ink savings. The PrintControl completes and ties together the standardisation and process control. The software tool is intuitive to operate and provides total control over the entire printing process employing a detailed, numeric and graphic evaluation of a single control strip. The PrintControl tweaks the characteristics for plate setting to achieve the prescribed targets for a press that does not comply with the defined standard.

A strong footprint While concluding the workshop, Mr Kottal shared that they serve about 150 clients across India, including the big names such as Dainik Bhaskar and Lokmat.

Worldwide, GMG has about 14,000 installations. He also added that only in the textile market of Surat in Gujarat, about 19 photographers and 15 presses use GMGcolour solutions.

Before the two and a half hour interactive and truly knowledge sharing workshop session closed, Mr Kottal had a strong and straightforward message for the audience, “you can charge a premium only if you strive to deliver the best. If you are not delivering your best possible quality and colour, you are being ‘mechanical’, and not achieving your full potential.”

The ColorProof, in combination with proofing media, ensures the best possible quality when producing proof. The tool can be used to verify the proof, and document that

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Kodak to show top solutions for the label and package printing industry Kodak will be highlighting its entire spectrum of products serving the flexible, labels and packaging industry. to understand the benefits of digital flexo, capabilities of Kodak’s NX solutions, and move towards the future of flexible packaging with Kodak,” adds Hersh.

Kodak will be present at L1, a 27 sqm space.

The theme will be simple – open discussion spaces and a set of real-life samples picked up from the shelf. “This is our way of showing that when Kodak talks about technology and the ability to develop better brand impact for the industry, we already have a concrete set of customers who are using Kodak’s industry-leading technology to bring in change as we speak,” continues Hersh.

At LabelExpo India 2016, Kodak will highlight the entire spectrum of its products that serve the flexibles, labels and packaging industry. It will showcase: • Turnkey system for Flexo, a complete end to end pre-press • Unique SRX plate with NX, that gives a result on par with other digital technologies • DITR digital film that is environmentfriendly and doesn’t require any chemicals or human intervention. It is a true digital solution that goes into imager & comes out ready to use.

Suitable for variety of applications – analogue plates, screen printing applications • Letterpress products, both analogue and digital • Workflow, for packaging applications, including strong tools and automation options that can drive productivity upwards with efficiency • Sonora Process Free Plates for certain applications in the offset packaging space, where environment conservation is critical to business

Kodak is a technology company focused on imaging. It provides – directly and through partnerships with other innovative companies – hardware, software, consumables and services to customers in graphic arts, commercial print, publishing, packaging, electronic displays, entertainment and commercial films, and consumer products markets. Its services and solutions reach out to over 25,000 customers worldwide in 130+ countries. With world-class R&D capabilities, innovative solutions portfolio, and highly trusted brand, Kodak is helping customers around the globe to sustainably grow their businesses.

Though there’s no new launch from Kodak this LabelExpo, it will highlight the drupa launched Flexcel NX System ’16, that takes the capabilities of Flexo plate-making equipment to newer levels.

The key focus of Kodak at the show will be meeting customers, talk about current products and tomorrow’s needs and expectations. “We will showcase Kodak’s commitment to the printing and packaging industry by elaborating on our persistence in developing newer technologies and pushing the bar towards higher quality of print output, at lower cost to the customer, with sustainability of business and environment at the core,” says Hersh Lulla, Kodak.

“With already 22 Flexcel NX equipment installs in India over the short course of time since its launch, we expect the industry

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The Kodak Booth will be designed as a dynamic space showcasing Kodak’s top solutions for the label and package printing industry. Visitors will learn about dozens of real-world applications and be introduced to Kodak’s latest innovations.

Speaking on the organisation of LabelExpo India, Hersh says, “LabelExpo India 2016 is fairly well-placed. Although the venue is in Greater Noida, which adds expense in logistics and planning, it also means that a majority of visitors will be serious customers and prospects who look to make the commute for growing their business. The addition of permanent structures at the venue sounds like a welcome idea.”

“Tarsus has been an excellent host and their entire team has always done their best to enable manufacturers and solution-providers such as Kodak, and many others, by giving a great platform to showcase our solutions.

Their marketing strategy has been a strong contributor to the success of the show even in past editions.”

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Maharshi Labels: Rising Label Applicator manufacturer of India One of India’s leading label applicator manufacturers also started producing labels and now eyes the promising packaging segment.

Ahmedabad based Maharshi Group is headed by Rajesh Shah. Today the labels and label applicator manufacturer has a conspicuous presence in the label industry. Rajesh started business with fabrication of vessels and catering to various needs of the pharma and chemical industry. Soon he got into developing the label dispensers and applicators. He also took Guhl & Scheibler AG agency selling their equipment in India. He went to Germany for training and after returning developed his first labeller. Since then there is no looking back.

The Label applicator manufacturing facility is now a part of the Maharshi group and known as Maharshi Udyog. It is one of the largest Label Applicator manufacturing companies in India. With a staff strength of 80 people, the facility spreads 110,000 square feet with additional 70,000 feet land adjacent to the factory kept for further expansion.

His brothers Bhagwat Shah and Hiren Shah are also part of the management of the growing group. While Rajesh looks after the overall administration, Bhagwat looks after the finance and Hiren looks after the technology part of Maharshi. Hiren’s brotherin-law Jigesh Dani takes care of the sales & marketing of the group. Rajesh’s son is taking care of automation and marketing.

Mahrishi Udyog’s sprawling shopfloor is quite impressive with a variety of equipment that creates solutions ranging from simple label applicators to print & apply systems for variable data labels incorporating barcode inspection, missing label detection bottle neck inspection and automatic segregation.

They are also entering into packaging machines that include machine that do automatic filling, capping, labelling, carton erection, product insertion and whole gambit of automatic packaging. The unit is complete with design, electronics and quality control departments. The spare part storage is all meticulously systemized with computer support and it is easy to trace the spares

instantly when a customer is in need. The whole process of customer service support is planned at the manufacturing stage itself. All equipment on completion undergo strenuous tests before the customer is called in for the “Factory Acceptance Test”.

In the 1980s, when Indian labelstock manufacturing was still in its infancy, most of the conversion of stock to labels was done on slow flat bed Japanese label presses.

When the market for labellers grew, the demand for labels in roll form too grew. The vendors weren’t able to meet the increased demand and Maharshi decided to integrate forward and produce labels themselves. This was the birth of Maharshi Labels.

In 1995, they invested along with Rajender Gandhi and Jigesh Dani to initiate Maharshi Labels. Rajender Gandhi looked after production and Jigesh took care of marketing. Within two years, they had invested in 3-4 presses which were flat bed Onda and Changi presses. With increase in demand for labels, in 1997 they added a ten inch rotary flexo Acquaflex label press to augment their production capacity.

The decade of nineties and later, saw a sea change and growth in the label industry in India. Flexo printing, plate making, inks and pre-press was evolving. Usage of self adhesive labels in India was on the rise. Automation in the packaging industry became not just a process but an imperative need to meet deadlines. Between 1997-2012 Maharshi bought a label press every alternate year. They were a Mark Andy customer and when the MA-LP-3000 was launched, they bought it within months. Later they replaced

their Mark Andys with Gidue presses. Today they operate with 5 Gidue (Bobst) 370mm label presses. They still use the old flatbed machines for the real short runs.

One of the earliest labels they printed was that of Vasmol, a popular brand. The most challenging and satisfying job till date remains the Signature whiskey label. That label needed micro embossing, foiling with three different foils and printing with special pantone shades. The job became extremely challenging because the customer did not give any artwork. They were just handed over a few labels to copy and produce identical. Maharshi answered the challenge by developing a special foiling machine in-house and importing blocks from UK. The challenge was successfully met and brought immense satisfaction. Rajubhai and Jigesh continue to efficiently run the label enterprise with active support of the Shah family.

However their wish to enter into packaging is still there. As Jigesh says, “The day we can convert it on a web press in-line cost effectively, we will also be into packaging yet again.”

At the moment Maharshi’s has no immediate expansion plans though the space and resources to expand are there. Their label unit operates from a land area of 50,000 square feet and a shop floor of 30,000 square feet. The total group turnover of Maharshi is around $15 million.

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Six majors to provide total label print solution at Labelexpo India Witness demonstrations of total label print solutions from VINSAK, Lombardi, ABG International, Lead Lasers, Iwasaki International, Schober & Petrel.

Much awaited Label Expo India is approaching in the mid of November 2016.

Every year Label Expo brings new groundbreaking technologies from companies providing Equipment, substrates, and solutions to the Label manufacturers. This is the sole reason why visitor’s attendance increases every year resulting in higher sales at stands. As Label Expo America was a huge success this year compared to earlier label events, so a lot will be expected from Label Expo India 2016.

Brand owners, converters, and printers across continents will be keeping their eye on new technologies and innovation to be revealed in Label Expo to enhance their products, prints, and services. With growing demand in Asian countries and increase of private Label and organised retail, the label market is growing leaps and bounds in this region.

VINSAK, manufacturer of Label Printing and security solutions is going to participate for the record 20th time in Label Expo. In the last Label Expo India 2014, VINSAK has showcased its LVPI, LSR and DSR machines capable for Digital Label Printing and Finishing. VINSAK have received an overwhelming response from buyers for these machines. Continuing this legacy, this year VINSAK will display their most watched USAR machine equipped with slitter, rewinder and 100% inspection system for label finishing. Being a modular machine, it can be equipped with die-cutting, variable data printing and, adjustable splicing table with pneumatic clamps for removal of the waste product.

Apart from VINSAK, Lombardi will be demonstrating its new Synchroline 430 UV Flexo press known for its versatility and printing on the wide gamma of materials.

SYNCHROLINE is equipped with printing groups governed singularly by brushless motors and the setting and maintenance of the printing register of the whole press are governed by the electric board with a system of register control. This enables to correct in real time the deviation from the register due to the extensions of the material.

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ABG International, one of the leading manufacturers of Label Finishing Solutions will be showcasing its turret rewinderVECTRA ECTR 430 which is fully upgradable with a wide range of options. These options include servo technology upgrades, allowing the ETCR to produce a range of finished rolls from a wide spectrum of substrates. The ECTR is also fully compatible with automatic core loading options and finished roll label application options. The ECTR, with its wide range of optional extras including automatic core loading, is fully compatible with A B Graphic International’s own 100% camera inspection system.

Besides watching live demonstrations of machines, buyers will have an opportunity to explore products of Lead Lasers, Iwasaki International, Schober, and Petrel. They will provide sample, brochures and related information about their products and technical experts from each company will be present to guide customers about nitty-gritty of their machines.

Lead Lasers will focus on promoting its unique hybrid direct laser engraving machines Printmaster hybrid used to produce high-quality laser engraving on plates and sleeves ranging from 1 mm to 7000 mm. The HYBRID can start with 2 small lasers for imaging flexo sleeves and plates, up to 250 m2/year. By adding shifts and laser power capacity can increase to 8.000 m2.

When it comes to Offset Flexo Press, it’s IWASAKI International which has created a big repo in the international market with Intermittent Press TR2 UV offset flexo printing machine with 5 offset print station and 3 flexo printing stations. TR2 is available in web width of 100 to 330 mm and speed of 30-250 rpm.

Visitors will know about brand protection solutions from Petrel known for world class security inks, fibres, and thread.

Petrel Security inks are printable by offset, silk-screen, flexography, gravure, and are used for protecting documents against falsifications and counterfeiting.

Schober USA, providing world class equipments for Punching and Cutting of Labels and other extensive materials, develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of tools, modules or complete processing lines for the manufacturing of longitudinal, cross, contour and half cuts as well as perforations by proven technologies.

Schober Punching equipments provide clean and burr-free punching with a web width of up to 2000 mm and speeds of up to 600 m/ min.

Buyers can meet major industry experts under one stand with in-depth knowledge of Label Printing Industry to provide them best of the solutions to enhance their print capabilities. Buyers visiting Label Expo India 2016 can find VINSAK and its strategic partners at K5 & K8 stand in Hall No. 5 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. Visitors can also book their meeting with VINSAK officials through mail.

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KS Inctech to announce new UV Flexo Inks with high colour strength KS Inctech is into manufacturing of water base inks and varnish and UV Varnish for the Narrow Web industry.

The company also deals in UV Flexo Inks and UV Rotary Screen inks manufactured by Paragon Inks UK. At the upcoming Labelexpo India, KS Inctech will be announcing the new UV Flexo inks with high colour strength. The new product will allow a printer to use low volume anilox and put less amount of ink on to the substrate. This will help the printer to run the machine faster with faster curing of the inks.

“With our main focus this year being to

penetrate more into the UV flexo business with the new ink series, we expect the market to move into UV Flexo and UV offset from water base,” says M.Rajnarayanan, KS Inctech.

“The UV Flexo market is growing pretty well in the last few years and there is a move in to UV offset or intermittent offset to cater the short runs. The Label Industry is all prepared to answer this change. In this Label Expo Iwasaki and other offset machine manufacturers will have the demo and there are already few machines installed in India,” he shares.

Inctech will be showcasing at a 15 SQM space at stall no C 7 where it will display

Omet iFlex to have its maiden show at Labelexpo

printed samples done by its customers using Inctech inks.

“Labelexpo is well organized and it is good that the venue has been changed to Greater Noida. We will be focusing mainly as the complete solution provider for this industry whether it is water flexo or UV Flexo or UV offset etc.,” he notes.

Alliance Printech to show two presses Indian label press manufacturer Alliance Printech (stall B13) will present two flexo label presses at Labelexpo India 2016.

Italian press manufacturers Omet Srl will exhibit their new Omet IFlex for the first time in India at Labelexpo-India 2016. The iFLEX label press is simple to use and quick at set-up. Several innovations characterize this press, all aiming at simplifying the printer’s work in reaching the highest quality, effortless. They include laser-assisted preregister and register setting devices that speed up the machine set-up and rebooting after job change. iFLEX has shortest web path in narrow web printing for incredible savings in the startup phase (waste measured is below the transition paper between two prints). iFLEX is a machine that has all the impression rollers Direct Drive with obvious benefits on the print quality and in waste savings. The machine handles a wide range of sizes, from 5.5 to 18’’ for small spending in printing plates production. iFLEX is designed to work continuously, without maintenance stops. It

is a robust, silent press, meant for intensive work cycles and performance, and consistent result. iFLEX printing press for labels fills a gap in technology supporting medium to large label converters whose need is to produce in one pass large amounts of standard labels with just-in- time deliveries and decrease process wastage. iFLEX can also represent for label converters with lower budget capabilities the ideal press to print labels with a high level of efficiency and a high return on investment.

Omet is exclusively represented in India by Weldon Celloplast.

The company will run live demonstrations of Novaflex ELS XS6, a highly configured 8-color all UV servo press. It will be seen with features such as cold foil, lamination, die-cutting unit, web cleaning and corona treatment. The press can be customized as per the requirement with top-ups such as relam/delam, embossing and lamination, amongst other features. With a top speed of 150m/min, this press has a short web path measuring 1.5 meters a unit.

Alongside Novaflex XS6, a more economical and semi-automatic press, the Novaflex XS4, will be displayed on the show floor. This is also an 8-color press although a 6-color model will be demonstrated at Labelexpo India 2016.

Both the presses can print on a variety of substrates including paper, film and foils.

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Nilpeter to present FB-3300 servo press Press manufacturer Nilpeter will showcase FB-3300 servo press at the upcoming LabelExpo India 2016. The 6-colour UV flexo press with short web path will be presented at the company’s show stand (stall F15).

The press features a gravure unit as the last printing unit – a value-adding unit for metallic inks, solids, and coatings; and a new rail-based cross-over unit that can be placed above any printing unit for flexibility.

positioning system, two die slots, and a 100 percent inspection system. The FB-3300S will produce pressure-sensitive labels with cold foil as well as metallic gold ink printed in gravure.

labels, as well as printing shrink sleeves getting converted with shrinkable cold foil with the last white printed in gravure. The press includes screen and hot foil drop-in features and runs at a maximum speed of 750 feet per minute.

Nilpeter will also demonstrate 2-ply coupon

The press is also equipped with corona treater, web cleaner, chill drums on all units, movable cold foil, an automatic plate

Brotech to exhibit finishing and inspection equipment at Labelexpo Brotech Graphic, China will be exhibiting their label finishing, converting, and quality inspection equipment at upcoming Labelexpo India, Greater Noida.

With years of experience in developing label finishing, converting, and quality inspection for narrow web printing market, Brotech has become one of the leading digital finishing systems suppliers in the world. The innovative and fully modular units enable label printers design their own systems for finishing and converting applications. The

systems are designed for normal pressure sensitive labels, as well as for EAS, RFID, IML, tickets and tags, including new solutions for booklet labels. The offered full line of digital finishing systems is dedicated for digitally printed labels. Brotech Graphics has also joined HP Indigo’s partner program for

finishing solutions. They now offer HP Indigo users a wide variety of converting solutions Brotech is exclusively represented in India by Weldon Celloplast.

Lemorau to exhibit for the first time at Labelexpo India Portuguese finishing equipment manufacturer Lemorau will be exhibiting for the first time at the Labelexpo India. Lemorau is represented in the country by M-Tech Print Solutions which will be showcasing Lemorau’s latest products including the new Digi EBR

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die-cutting to register machine with digital printing module at its stall No. N19). It will also present the recently launched Lemorau CTA automatic core cutter and EBRS semirotary die-cutting to register machine.

Lemorau, exporting to over 35 countries, and with successful experience at other editions of Labelexpo is looking forward to a great show at Greater Noida from November 17 to 20.

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Insight to launch Digital Inkjet UV Label Press at LabelExpo India Renowned equipment supplier for the Graphic Arts Industry to present solutions from Komori, Kodak, Screen, HP, SOMA, Sandon, DMA, Ligum and many more.

Insight Communications is one of India’s largest high-tech equipment suppliers for the Graphic Arts industry. Providing solutions for various Printing Technologies - Commercial, Packaging, Labels & Flexo, Sign & Display, Book Publishing, Industrial, Textile & Transaction, it is distributors for leading international brands like Komori, Kodak, Screen, HP, Soma, Sandon Engraving Technology UK, DMA Innotec GmbH, Ligum CZ, OXXO Pipes CZ, Mimaki & Vianord Engineering.

way of makeready sheets, plates and printed inventories.

At the upcoming Labelexpo India, Insight will showcase solutions for Labels & Flexo industry from Dainippon Screen – Digital inkjet UV Label Press, Vianord Engineering – Flexo Plate processing equipment, DMA Laser Engraver for Rotogravure Cylinders, Sandon Anilox rollers & Sleeves, Ligum Rotogravure pressure Sleeves as well as OXXO Flexo Plate Mounting Sleeves. In addition, there will be video demonstrations of the Screen Digital Label Press & Vianord Engineering Plate Processing equipment along with display of samples & brochures.

Insight will present Ligum sleeves to the visitors. Ligum, which is part of German west land group, is highly popular with printers in India. It is a popular supplier for gravure presser sleeve, laminations sleeve, Flexo plate mounting sleeve and direct laser engraved elastomer sleeve.

The new launch at the show by Insight will be Screen Truepress Jet L350 UV – Digital Inkjet UV Label Press, one of the fastest digital label printing system with speeds of 50 meters per minute, CMYK + White and excellent Pantone match. It is capable of printing full colour variable data and has a wide label substrate range. Supporting a 350mm web, it delivers photo-realistic quality, fast job turnaround and stable output.

The digital press adds genuine volume production capacity to a printer’s digital capabilities. Apart from proofing, sampling and printing, the press features competitive ink price, ease of printing, reduced waste by

Vianord Engineering, specialist in the field of Flexo plate making process & equipment, will have its focus on technological innovation within the flexographic Prepress industry at the show. Its solutions enable high performance, complete process automation of the whole plate processing cycle and safer working environment and high Flexo printing Quality.

Sandon Global solutions to be presented at Labelexpo include solutions for flexible packaging, narrow & wide-web, as well as post, pre-print, envelope and carton segments. The company also produces special coating applicator rolls for flexo / gravure, as well as supply high quality products for the metal decorating and coating rolls required by the Offset print market segment.

The presented SOMA range will include machines for flexible packaging production include flexographic printing presses, slitter re-winders, laminators, coaters, plate mounters, sheeters and die cutters.

Insight will highlight DMA gravure engraving machine – DMA R10 Series. Featuring full digital controlling technology, closed-loop control theory and the modern manufacturing technology, it is equipped with state-of-theart fine text engraving and more ink volume technologies.

Insight Communication, with INR 300 crore turnover has a huge base of over 1000 customers across all product verticals.

Label Printing & complete automated plate making are the key growth areas today.

Our interactions with brand managers & label manufacturers reveal that needs & expectations of label converters have dramatically changed with ever changing market challenges and consumer tastes.

Traditional branding has become impractical, ineffective & obsolete. Traditional long run jobs results in wasted materials, wasted efforts & investments. By using short runs they are able to take advantage of test branding, regional branding, seasonal branding and different flavour versions of the same product. Digital allows them to printing exactly what is required, when it is required.

Quick turnaround, high quality, substrate versatility, personalisation are encouraging label manufacturers to add digital printing capability to complement their conventional flexo presses.”

He also points towards the changing trend towards complete process automation of the whole plate processing cycle with the growing Flexo printing Quality & Safer working environment.

Insight Communication will be showcasing at Booth No M-15, Hall No – 5 at Labelexpo India 2016.

“Digital Label Printing Press is a great compliment to the analog flexo Presses for the Label Manufacturer. Insight is a leading name in printing industry & we wish to engage & establish with the same commitment for the Flexo & Label industry,” says Ajay Aggarwal.

“Label Expo India is a great platform where the entire Label industry, converters, manufacturers, technology vendors, material suppliers, brand managers, and users come together under one roof to network and connect. It is the ideal platform for anyone associated with the Label industry in India,” he concludes.

Commenting on the latest changes and growth areas, Sunil Thakeria of Insight Communications says, “Inkjet UV Digital

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Provin Technos to present new developments in Narrow Web Inline Finishing “Inline finishing and the Combination Presses are the growth areas for Label and Packaging Industry. We will see lot of investment in the Finishing area in coming year. Labelexpo 2016 is a key event and it will further fuel the growth of Label Market in India,” believes Vinay Kaushal of Provin Technos.

Provin Technos, with years of experience in Printing and Engineering Industry and established in 2012 is a Pan India distributor for:• Ryobi MHI Sheet-fed Offset presses.

• Rotatek range of Narrow Web Flexo and Offset Presses.

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Diversified Graphic Machinery USA for Inline cold foil & Cast & Cure system.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Japan range of Heat-set Web Presses.

Paper Guillotine Knives.

Though there will be no live demos of products by Provin, will be presenting the new developments in the Narrow Web Inline Finishing operations. “Inline finishing process developed will be the focus area for Provin at this LabelExpo India,” adds Vinay.

The company is going to showcase its range of solutions at the upcoming Labelexpo India at Stall No. K4, Hall 5.

Provin will highlight customized solutions by Rotatek suiting special applications of the customers.

“We represent Rotatek in India and will be presenting the Rotatek range of Narrow Web solutions in Flexo, Offset, Combination Presses,” informs Vinay.

With about 70 machine installations in India, the company is looking forward to a good LabelExpo India and boost new installations post show.

“Rotatek is strengthening the operations in India and we had 3 recent installations of high configurations. We are committed to offer the customised innovative solutions for the industry for enhancing the capabilities of our customers,” concludes Vinay.

OMET surprise with iFLEX at Labelexpo India “Tomorrow’s packaging technology revealed”. Labelexpo India’s slogan looks like an invitation: when the future calls, OMET is there to reply. OMET will be starring with iFlex. Launched in May 2015, it will be at its first official appearance in India. This ergonomic flexo press has been explicitly designed for label printers looking for ease of use and superior print quality.

More than 200 exhibitors are expected at the India Expo Center & Mart in Greater Noida during Labelexpo India. The number of OMET presses installations has been constantly growing and the recent opening of OMET India Office in New Delhi contributes

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to strengthen its presence and expand the service on the territory.

Omet has decided to give iFlex a leading role in this exposition, because it is suited to specific needs of the dynamic Asian market.

The precise press iFlex, featuring innovative technologies and smart devices, is one of the highest performing products in terms of printing quality, ergonomics and flexibility, suiting the needs of all label printers. iFlex features iLight pre-registration system, the first laser application on a printing press, iVision, a clever system for register adjustment and control through smart cameras and iDrive the first single-gear direct driven transmission. These exclusive innovations allow for the highest printing quality and the maximum productivity in few simple steps, considerably

reducing set-up time and waste at each job changeover. The converting section of this press is an extraordinary example of technology and simplicity: “Converting Express” includes in very little space the ECDC Easy Change Die-Cutting station, optional slitting unit, Rock’n’Roll matrix stripping section and rewinder.

Omet iFlex demonstrations will take place at stand C24, hall C of LabelExpo India, from 17 to 20 November 2016.

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Focus Proflex at Labelexpo India from Monotech Systems Printing and Packaging solutions provider Monotech Systems brings to display Focus Proflex at Labelexpo India. The company has recently finished the first installation in India at Glamod Techno Labels, Mumbai.

Proflex Se flexo press is the latest offering from Focus Label Machinery and was recently launched in Labelexpo Europe 2015.

The new ‘Se’ open architecture print platform allows faster change over and set up of jobs with easy access for the operator to monitor all key elements like ink levels, impression pressures, register and drying systems. The

shaft less servo systems covers key areas of press control and pre-register opportunities are very useful in “standardized” working environments, when consistent repeatability is needed from day to day, week to week.

Set-up can be stored, retrieved and analyzed for future reference or in real time through the intuitive touch screen interface. Open architecture servo technology has the ability to provide with creative solutions for today and future. Combination drying systems for labels, tickets & board, with IR, UV, led UV including chill rolls for unsupported films make the Proflex range the right choice for narrow web printing at a sensible investment level.

The machine on display would be a 6 colour all UV Servo model Proflex Se with full UV and hot air/IR drying, cold foil and turn bar on rail, die cutting and easy loading features among other. The company will also display the samples of various packaging labels printed on Labelmen Intermittent Offset Press. There was a recent association of Monotech Systems with Labelmen International to represent the intermittent offset and letterpress label presses in India.

The Focus Proflex will perform live on booth# A5 in Hall#

Monotech Systems to display made in India VDP and Security Solutions After showing their Digital Inkjet Monochrome and Security Solutions capabilities in Labelexpo India and Labelexpo Europe, Monotech Systems is going to woo Labelexpo India 2016 visitors with fully loaded solutions under its JETSCI brand for variable data and security printing.

The company is coming up in a big way with brand new complete and prototype solutions for label printing industry with made in India full colour printing solution, track and trace, ultra-high speed and high resolution variable

data printing, high security applications, plastic cards personalization solutions and many others are under development alongside like digital foil, MICR, digital inkjet web press. The solutions are designed according to the requirements of domestic and international markets to fit in individual budget, quality and operational expectations.

The new solutions are further customized to offer more business opportunity and revenue generation to the end user.

“We shall have a very prominent presence at LabelExpo India 2016 and shall unveil a number of new and exciting products.

Customers can look forward to many new and innovative ‘Made in India’ Industrial Inkjet products and solutions in narrow and wide format from Monotech in days ahead.

We are proud to be part of the team and the launch of the first colour inkjet label press by an Indian company. We are also very glad to contribute to Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Make in India.”

Mr. T P Jain, Monotech Systems comments, Monotech Systems specializes in providing end to end solutions to customers through own manufactured and integrated systems under brand name JETSCI. With 70+ successful installations across the globe, JETSCI solutions cater to wide range of applications like - business forms, scratch cards, holograms, security printing, packaging, pharma labels and many more.

JETSCI has completed several turnkey projects and executed bespoke solutions to labels, packaging, security and several other printing jobs ranging from printing variable data to complete workflow solution.

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BOBST to present comprehensive label solutions range BOBST (stall F6) will be showcasing its latest range of technologies to produce technically demanding, defect free output for label industry applications at Labelexpo India.

BOBST will present its comprehensive solutions for the different segments of the label industry. The solutions will range from narrow- to very-wide web and offer a host of printing and converting options. Visitors to BOBST’s exhibition stall will find information on the latest technology innovations and dedicated solutions appropriate to them.

of solutions for labels deliver profitable production and superior quality across a wide spectrum of applications, including linerless labels, PS labels, wet-glue labels, inmold labels, wrap-around labels, sleeves and coupons. The M4 line is a very efficient press for printing a variety of applications. The press delivers new standards of precision in servo control, providing stability and perfect register quality and consistency at all speeds.

The advantages of the BOBST Digital Flexo process will be explained by the BOBST specialists on the stand. When fitted on

BOBST presses in the narrow- and midweb flexo and multi-process inline range

BOBST narrow- and mid-web inline flexo presses, the system enables users to digitize all their press operations, delivering on the one hand the assurance of packaging colour consistency through the use of the REVO extended colour gamut, and on the other a highly efficient, hence profitable, production flow with automatic job changeovers and up to 95% press run time.

Other BOBST solutions that Labelexpo India visitors will be able to discuss with BOBST experts include the brand new MW CI flexo and the CL 750 - SL 750 compact laminating solutions, which are especially effective for mid- to wide web short run production, as well as the range of wide web gravure printing presses, coating lines and vacuum metallizers suitable for a great variety of applications in the label manufacturing industry.

GEW to present fully air-cooled LA1 UV LED curing lamphead GEW will present fully air-cooled LA1 UV LED curing lamphead at Labelexpo India 2016. LA1 is built around the same proven cassette-based design as the E2C and LW1 lampheads, and is fully compatible with existing ArcLED systems without the need for external chillers, pipes or coolant, or indeed any other modification.

Within an ArcLED system, printers are able to operate full hybrid UV curing, working with both mercury arc and LED lamp technology on the same press. Mercury arc cassettes and LED cassettes both use the same lamphead casing, the same power supply and air cooling ducts. The operator simply swaps the required cassette and the

Rhino ArcLED power supply automatically recognizes which type of cassette is installed in the machine, switches from low voltage DC power for the LEDs to high voltage AC for the arc lamps and changes the display on the Rhino touchscreen control accordingly.

Printing presses that operate with ArcLED technology can be upgraded from arc lamps to LED to benefit from both technologies with the same power supply, controls and cooling system.

GEW’s new multi-point in-line UV monitor consists of calibrated sensors positioned along the length of the UV lamp to measure the UV intensity in the curing system. It continuously reads and records the actual intensity across the full width of the lamp and calculates the UV energy dose on the substrate with precision. A dose monitor is set to alert the operator before the wrong dose could have an impact on production.

Other systems on display will include range of UV curing systems comprising mercury arc systems, LED systems and hybrid units alongside the fully hybrid Rhino ArcLED electronic power supply.

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H.B. Fuller extends adhesive portfolio in India Three-dimensional logos. Washable labels.

High performance tack. Are your labels up to the game? Join H.B. Fuller’s team of experts in tapes and labels at Labelexpo India 2016 to unveil adhesive innovation and excellence in the world of pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs).

H.B. Fuller’s (Booth F25, Hall 3) latest

investment in adhesive manufacturing in India demonstrates its commitment to bringing global adhesive innovation within reach of local converters in the tape, label and graphics market.

Its extensive pressure sensitive adhesive line-up contains hot melt, solvent-based and water-based formulations. Its capabilities include the creation of unique compounded adhesives using in-house polymerisation that deliver enhanced performance for specific applications.

For example, Swift melt 1911 and Luna melt HL 2838 products are successfully delivering the required strong bond to ensure packages remain secure during shipment. Plus, its range of Swift col solvent-based acrylic and synthetic or natural rubber adhesives are renowned for their strong performance

Tresu to showcase controlling and automating equipment at LabelExpo India At Labelexpo India 2016, Tresu Group (stall H1) will showcase ancillary equipment, including supply systems and chamber doctor blades for controlling and automating ink coating supply in narrow and mid web flexo printing presses.

Exhibited chambered doctor blade systems include the FlexiPrint IMW E-Line for widths up to 1800mm (70.8in) and speeds up to 500m/min (1640ft/ min); and the closed-cassette FlexiPrint Reservoir, which needs no pump and operates at press speeds of up to 300m/min (984ft/min).

Tresu’s chamber doctor blades features the company’s patented seal system. They prevent leakage and air contamination.

When doctor blades need replacing, Tresu’s patented clamping systems enable quick changeovers.

Tresu’s lightweight carbon fibre chamber doctor blades up to 6000mm (236in) width feature a top-coated ink-repellent surface,

across a variety of applications, such as protective films and high performance double-sided tapes.

The global adhesives provider has set up dedicated production facilities and R&D teams in the country, along with knowledgeable technical and sales advisers, to ensure that local customers can imagine, create and design solutions that touch people’s lives in simple yet profound ways.

‘Connecting what matters’ is inherent in what the company does for customers every single day.

Visitors to Labelexpo India can learn more about H.B. Fuller’s latest adhesive technologies, and how it applies them optimally to each application, including adhesives for book binding and graphic arts.

Arconvert to present Seven Wonders collection

At Labelexpo India 2016, Arconvert (stall A9) will present its Art of Luxury Labelling catalogue. The catalogue will bring together more than 190 designs of high quality materials. offering protection against detergents and adhesives with pH values of 9.0 and above, and easy cleaning. Curved inner surfaces maximize volume and facilitate controlled discharge.

Tresu’s flexo ancillary equipment provides enclosed, automatically controlled ink circulation. The F10 iCon ink supply system regulates ink flow, pressure and viscosity, ensuring accurate ink density on the printed substrate, without air contamination. This system also provides thorough automatic cleaning, achieving a complete ink change cycle in five to ten minutes.

Also available on its exhibition stall will be the Seven Wonders collection of self-adhesive papers. This ambitious project involved some of the most prestigious design studios in Europe, which contributed creative ideas on how these papers can make use of the latest combination printing and decorating technologies.

Arconvert will also be shortly stocking a few SKUs with Srinivas papers for Indian customers.

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manroland India highlights XLP 504 industrial printer Novexx Solutions, part of Possehl Group and merged with manroland in India (stall D28), will showcase the XLP 504 industrial printer at Labelexpo India 2016. Launched in September 2016, XLP 504 can print on a large selection of label materials including paper, polyster labels and tags.

Customers can choose between models with 203, 300 or 600 dpi print resolution. The XLP 504, which comes with a two-year warranty, has an internal ethernet as a standard feature and a user friendly display. The 600 dpi resolution printer enables printing of tiny

fonts, barcodes and symbols. The company claims the XLP 504 can print 1000 labels in eight minutes.

which the L. Possehl & Co Group of companies acquired in June 2015.

Other products presented by Novexx Solutions will see a live demonstrations of a Print & Apply head and a labeling machine.

Apart from this, the company will also display ribbons, blank and product labels used on the XLP 504, Print & Apply machines and labeling machines.

Novexx Solution is the former Industrial Print & Apply (IPA) business of Avery Dennison,

SMI to introduce Product Selector App SMI Coated Products, pressure-sensitive substrate specialist, will introduce its new Product Selector App and a sample set for filmic labelstock products at Labelexpo India 2016 (stall B19).

These products are aimed at enhancing the user experience, and add to SMI’s existing specification sheets, sample sets and brochures. The Product Selector app has seven application-based questions that will let the user know the products that SMI has to offer according to the requirement.

Customers can also ask for samples and specification sheets, and place an order through the App. SMI has also included an industry related calculator for its customers.

This App is available in the Apple App Store and via Google Play.

SMI Coated Products will also introduce a filmic sample set at the show floor, which features a range of filmic materials being used in the industry that SMI can offer.

Avery Dennison to launch four new products Avery Dennison (stall F8) will launch four new products at Labelexpo India 2016. TT Sensor Plus, a smart label that records time and temperature, allows producers and purchasers of temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals and food to ensure the quality of their products, as well as to identify supply chain issues that may lead to compromised products.

Another new launch will be a case tamperevident label that changes color upon contact with clear adhesive tape, alerting package handlers and recipients to instances of tampering and unlawful opening of cartons during transportation, thus safeguarding goods through the supply chain.

Bio-based PE film is part of Avery Dennison’s extensive range of sustainably sourced materials that help brand owners seeking

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sustainable alternatives. The film facestock is made primarily from sugarcane ethanol. This plant-based PE film can be recycled in the same way as standard PE. The Select Solutions Mix & Match service leverages Avery Dennison’s expertise in helping customers find the right labeling solutions for their specific applications needs, including specialty and challenging label constructions. Mix & Match allows label converters to request a precise combination of adhesive, face material and release liner.

The LMAI Avery Dennison Gala Awards Dinner will take place during Labelexpo India on the evening of Friday 18 November, with Gold Sponsor Avery Dennison.

This year the awards is taking place at the super deluxe Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort in Greater Noida. The prestigious awards will reflect the changes made by the World Label Awards. There is a total of 22 categories which will be presented at the gala dinner ceremony.

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K N Shanth Kumar is the new chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee K N Shanth Kumar, Editor of Prajavani and Director of The Printers Mysore, Bangalore was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of WAN-IFRA South Asia Committee at the meeting held on 20 September, on the sidelines of WAN-IFRA India 2016, Kolkata. He takes over from K Balaji, Director of Kasturi & Sons who stepped down from the position.

The South Asia Committee was formed in September 2004 to help and guide WANIFRA to shape its activities to serve the industry better. K Balaji is the first Chairman

of the Committee. The Committee has done several industry leading projects including the setting up the Research and Material Testing Centre in Chennai, to offer testing of paper and ink, and also simulated press training.

The Committee also was instrumental in WAN-IFRA setting up the World Printers Forum as the central point of the international news media print community, and to promote the power of print and the sustainability of print production.

Orient X-Cel drives growth for tph with many orders tph has a good year so far with strong orders procured during the first half of the year. The growth has chiefly been triggered by the growth in the demand of regional newspapers in tier II and III cities. Other factors being demand for colour pages in newspapers and growth in text book printing segment.

Key orders procured by tph during recent times include those from Daily Ajit, Sanmarg, Madhyamam, Navbharat and Lokmat.

Lokmat ordered six towers of Orient X-Cel with Auto Reel Changer while Navbharat got five Hi Tower press.

tph also received addon orders from existing customers including Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala, Lokmat & Hindustan Times. Overseas orders include Orient X-Cel tower for Kantipur Daily of Nepal.

Several book publishers also ordered Orient presses.

The orders include those from MBD Books, Mahendra Publications, Jyoti Book Depot, Box Corrugator, Triyuga Press (Nepal) and also a book printer in West Africa.

Mr. L.K Sharma has been appointed as the

new CEO of The Printers House (tph). He brings with him a rich industry experience spanning three decades with over fifteen years in the printing field.

World Publishing Expo and new Digital Content Expo coming to Berlin Under the motto “Make Publishing Successful”, the IFRA World Publishing Expo and the new parallel DCX Digital Content Expo will both highlight the numerous opportunities opening up to the industry.

WAN-IFRA has announced that next year’s revamped event will be returning to Berlin.

WAN-IFRA announced that the association has entered into a joint venture with børding Holding GmbH (børding messe) to coorganise IFRA World Publishing Expo and the DCX Digital Content Expo, starting next year.

The two shows are scheduled to take place

from 9 to 11 October 2017 under one roof at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre. Visitors will have access to both Expos with a single entry ticket.

The common theme of both exhibitions describes a core issue confronting many publishing managers, as Alexander R. Petsch, Managing Director of the Publishing Exhibition, explains: “The burning issue of securing sustainable business models is chief among publishers and journalists. With the two exhibitions, we aim to help master the irreversible changes that digitisation has

brought about.”

Manfred Werfel, Deputy CEO of WAN-IFRA, adds: “The Expo is the annual industry gathering for international news media experts and providers to not only discuss and investigate the latest technology solutions and services, but also to network and benchmark their strategic imperatives.

The concept of two parallel exhibitions, each with a different focus, will indeed expand the range of topics covered.”

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Heidelberg extends range for digital, colour, and personalized printing The Heidelberg booth at InPrint 2016 in Milan will be showcasing the many possibilities of 4D technology using examples from the worlds of sport, aviation, and travel.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be presenting an extended range for 4D printing at InPrint 2016, taking place from 15 to 17 November in Milan. 4D printing is the term Heidelberg uses to describe the digital, flexible, color, and personalized printing of objects. The company will be debuting the Heidelberg Omnifire 1000, and in so doing significantly increasing the spectrum of printable objects and surfaces. Manufacturers and retailers of consumer goods as well as industrial users will be able to print objects of almost any shape in color using the new system. The new development complements the Omnifire 250 range already established on the market.

Trade fair presence focused on applications from the worlds of sport, aviation, and travel

Heidelberg will also use the example of ice hockey to show how end-to-end personalization concepts can be realized from head (helmet) to toe (skates) on a full set of sports gear.

Key Notes : > New 4D printing system Omnifire 1000 for direct printing of objects of different sizes, shapes, and substrates > Trade fair presence focused on applications from the worlds of sport, aviation, and travel > Exclusive applications in partnership with a suitcase manufacturer

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Heidelberg will be presenting application examples from the worlds of sport, aviation, and travel at its 60m2 space. Live demos will show visitors how suitcases from an international brand can be turned into personalized one-off pieces. Mix-ups at baggage conveyors in airports will then be a thing of the past.

Heidelberg will also use the example of ice hockey to show how end-to-end personalization concepts can be realized from head (helmet) to toe (skates) on a full set of sports gear, and will present new design possibilities in interior furnishings using different design elements from an aircraft cabin.

“Following the huge success last year, we will once again be using InPrint as a marketplace for ideas for showing manufacturers of consumer goods and industrial users the design options and benefits provided by our 4D technology.

There are many different ways of cost-effectively personalizing mass-produced items or increasing the automation and flexibility of production lines in industrial environments such as the automotive, furniture, or design industry,� says Jason Oliver, Head of Digital at Heidelberg.

As well as enjoying live demonstrations, visitors to InPrint will be able to talk to experts from Heidelberg and find out exactly how they can integrate 4D technology into their business model. As part of the accompanying conference program, Frank Janssen, General Manager Digital 4D Printing at Heidelberg, will also be explaining the 4D technology together with an Omnifire 250 user, which allows customers to individualize packagings according to their wishes in a shop setting.

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IDC MarketScape names Ricoh a leader in worldwide high-speed inkjet press market Ricoh’s robust set of services for the production inkjet market has seen the company named a leader by the IDC MarketScape.

provider of market intelligence credits Ricoh’s leadership position to its commitment to innovation, which is exemplified by its 200 worldwide inkjet patents

In the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide HighSpeed Inkjet Press 2016 Vendor Assessment, September 2016, highlighted Ricoh’s strengths for success in the web press market. Pinpointed was its broad product portfolio and support for a wide range of solutions and applications.

“We are focused on guiding our clients through the transformation their businesses require,” says Benoit Chatelard, Vice President, Production Printing, Ricoh Europe.

“Our success is based on understanding their needs and delivering the products and support required. We know that success in the future can be achieved only by having the best people, processes and technologies in place. The IDC MarketScape recognition is

Ricoh’s service-led approach levers its expertise, experience and training. The global

validation that we are on the right path.”

Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions.

Worth & Higgins Impremia IS29 open house & Associates customers who had already had jobs printed on the ImpremiaIS29, rave about the results. It validates our product development process.”

On September 16, Komori America Corporation announced that Worth Higgins & Associates, Virginia’s largest commercial sheetfed printer, hosted an event to launch the Komori Impremia IS29, sheetfed UV inkjet digital printing system. With over 300 guests in attendance, visitors were treated to an evening of food, music and fun in addition to seeing the ImpremiaIS29 print live jobs. “We are very appreciative that our partner Worth Higgins & Associates hosted this event to show the capabilities of the ImpremiaIS29,” said Koshi Miyao, President and COO of Komori America Corporation.

Worth Higgins marks the first time that the Impremia IS29 has been demonstrated in a live production environment in North America. “It was extremely gratifying to see the enthusiasm for the high quality print the ImpremiaIS29 delivered,” said Jacki Hudmon, Sr. Vice-President of New Business Development at Komori America. “Even more exciting was hearing from Worth Higgins

Worth Higgins & Associates chose to be the early adopter for the ImpremiaIS29 to expand its ability to economically produce the variable short-run high quality colour printing not feasible on a traditional press.

The company serves a diverse customer base that ranges from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. The Impremia IS29 allows Worth Higgins to meet the varying demands of these customers with its ability to accommodate short run applications where size is a factor, like customized posters, variable data book printing and pocket folders on heavy stock. Additionally, as an advanced digital printing system, it successfully handles other complex variable print requirements while making it possible to get to market fast with reduced set-up costs and colour output that rivals offset.

“One of our favorite expressions at Worth Higgins is that we are not only good at what we do, we also celebrate others who are good at what they do. Komori is a company that continues to demonstrate this excellence to us, and we jumped at the chance to be the beta site for this exciting product,” said Rick LaReau, CEO for Worth Higgins. “We see the Impremia IS29 as the future of technology.

While you are limited on size with traditional

digital, you aren’t with the Impremia IS29.

And there are so many other competitive advantages beyond the 29-inch sheet size.

You don’t need special paper, so we can use any paper on our shelves. From a standpoint of economy, we can be more competitive in the digital market. Fewer sheets needed yields more cost-effective products that we can produce and pass this savings on to our customers.”

The Komori Impremia IS29 runs a 23x29 inch sheet, ideal for six-up print production with full variable print applications that can come right off the machine to finishing and out the door quickly. The ImpremiaIS29 operates in perfecting or straight mode, it does not require pre-coated paper and runs at speeds of 3,000 sheets per hour in straight mode.

“Our open house was a great event and allowed us to show our customers our new print capabilities and showcase our partnership with Komori. We are looking forward to where this technology can take our business,” said La Reau.

Worth Higgins & Associates is Virginia’s largest sheet-fed commercial printer. It offers conventional, digital, wide-format, letterpress and promotional printing. The Company’s multi-channel solutions offer on-demand, web-to-print systems, custom finishing, fulfillment, warehousing, and mailing options.

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Xerox Color 1000i Press celebrates Indian success

Launched at the seventh edition of PrintExpo in Chennai last year, Xerox Color 1000i Press has witnessed a huge success in India, it being the first in the industry to offer true Pantone metallic gold or silver specialty dry inks at rated speed.

Packed with impeccable features such as Full width automation, HyperRIP from Fiery, Auto sheet clearing, Xerox Color 1000i Press is providing print companies and shops with a creative and competitive advantage in the market. It is helping users in expanding their digital businesses by producing fullcolour, personalized applications with vivid images on a wide range of paper stocks, thereby, increasing workflow efficiency and productivity.

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New Specialty Metallic Gold and Silver Dry Ink family with Ink Estimation tool Digitally Mastered for Fine-Tuned Image Quality Utilizing Xerox low melt, Emulsion Aggregation (EA) Dry Ink and new fusing technology, Xerox Color 1000i Press brings a wide colour gamut that can produce vibrant images with

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smooth sweeps that command—and hold—attention.

Running all weights at rated speeds of 100 ppm, Xerox Color 1000i Press delivers one of the widest ranges of media handling, from a lightweight 55 gsm to a hefty 350 gsm.

Xerox Color 1000i Press prints at 2400 x 2400 dpi for excellent sharpness and uniformity. It delivers outstanding midtones, crisp text, pure neutrals, detailed shadows, bright highlights and excellent photo rendering, perfect for today’s hot specialty photo applications.

Tight front-to-back registration within +/- 0.5 mm with electronic controls and sensors that automatically adjust to sheet conditions.

Boost productivity and achieve accurate, consistent colour—fast The Xerox Color 1000i Press’s Full Width Array inline sensor provides key functions that automate otherwise time-consuming setup tasks. These automated adjustments are easy, integrated and fast and they help operators ensure the system is ready for optimal performance before jobs start running, minimizing costly interruptions and maximizing performance.

Be more creative with a choice of Specialty Dry Inks With Clear Dry Ink, you can highlight images for visual variety, making them pop off the page; draw attention to headlines and variable text; highlight photos, logos or variable images; create artistic effects; and add watermarks and visual value to your output.

Like Clear Dry Ink, the Metallic Silver and Gold options can add a brilliant dimension to your digital print business.

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inks that let you migrate more jobs to digital—jobs that previously ran offset with offline foil stamping such as invitations, certificates, business cards and more.’

Fiery HyperRIP technology enhances processing speed and offers up to 55% more horsepower over previous versions Our single-pass decurler integrates both belt and roll technologies for optimal sheet flatness, while the advanced inline cooling module ensures outstanding stack quality.

Self-cleaning technology optimizes press availability while maintaining high print quality standards.

Certified by IDEAlliance, Fogra, PANTONE Matching System, PANTONE GOE and PANTONE Plus

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Named Best cut sheet color A3+ printer 100.000 - 400.000 A4/month.

EDP honors the best developments in print production tools, software developments, substrates, inks, materials and finishing systems.

Metallic Gold and Silver Specialty Dry Ink has won the distinguished 2015 Quick Printing Top Product Award for Ink & Toner. The winners were elected by print service providers worldwide based on what they consider to be the most significant products introduced to the commercial printing industry over the last 15 months.

Recognized by the Printing Industries of America (PIA) with a 2016 InterTech Technology Award. The winning technologies were selected by judges

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as being truly innovative and expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry.

ColorPress 1000i is key growth driver for Bharat Photostat “Xerox ColorPress 1000i is one of our key growth drivers. This is the only press offering gold and silver colour printing today and that makes us standout in the market for our customers. We have done some great

tag and label printing on ColorPress 1000i and are superbly happy with the results.

We have made use of 1000i for all jobs as it can convert lucrative foil stamping applications, such as invitations, certificates and business cards to short-run, high-value digital production,” comments Abhishek Nangia, Bharat Photostat, a successful Xerox ColorPress 1000i user.

machines’ performance till date on both, quality as well as quantity. The ColorPress 1000i has helped us in achieving massive productivity and generated savings of up to 40% in runs. We have carried out 3 lakh prints on it since February this year. Equipped with the unique, stand out features along with flexibility in printing on multiple mediums, we now look forward to capturing a larger share of the market,” he concludes.

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Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1085 streamlines operations at HS Laxmi Backed by local service support and state-of-the-art printing technology, Konica Minolta emerges as the most preferred printing vendor for the company With demands for high volume as well as diverse printing requirements at an all time high, printing businesses are eagerly hunting for new digital printing solutions to sustain themselves in this highly competitive segment.

Mr Barun Maiti, a native of Midnapore in West Bengal and owner of Kolkata based printing firm ‘HS Laxmi Graphic Innovation’, was enchanted with the process of printing since his childhood and joined a printing firm in Gujarat to pursue his interest in the field. He then thought of setting up his own printing firm in Kolkata, owing to numerous renowned sari and hosiery brands in the city which was outsourced to few printers in Gujarat.

Managing the activities and logistics from Gujarat was challenging, and this compelled him to be on a round the clock lookout for a suitable end to end printing solution which could not only ease his company’s burden of outsourcing printing tasks, but also reduce the mounting operating expenditures.

network which convinced him to pick the company’s solution after evaluating a host of offerings from other vendors to cater to his company’s end to end printing requirements.

“Konica Minolta was the number one brand in our list with its dedicated team in the east and good print quality of KM engine Bizhub 1085 press. It was also easier to trust a brand where communication levels were open and supportive,’’ added Mr. Maiti.

Bizhub PRESS C1085 also boasts of ‘Exact Colour,’ a high precision colour management software and 3D collaboration to ensure minimal colour differences in environments where colour fluctuations are very easy to manage.

A satisfied customer, Mr Maiti further adds that the printing industry is witnessing

rapid changes with a tactical shift in the requirements of clients. ‘’Digitally printed sheet are growing and will continue to grow and no one can stop that.

Most of the jobs these days are shifting from long runs to short runs with customer opting for variable data printing. However the need has also risen for large size digital presses going forward,’’ concludes Mr. Maiti.

Mr Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions said “Enabling business expansion to our esteemed customers is our utmost priority. We are extremely happy over the deployment of our industry leading bizhub PRESS C1085, which enables high volume and varied printing outputs by HS Laxmi Graphic Innovation. Our highly skilled workforce will continue to strengthen the company’s product portfolio in the digital domain in years to come.’’

‘’I felt that shorter run jobs and variable jobs was increasing day by day and with cut throat competition and fixed deadlines, digital was the best way to move forward and set up base in this domain. Following which I deployed Konica Minolta’s engine Bizhub 1085, owing to its unprecedented printing quality, high productivity and ability to perform high volume printing operations of diverse formats,’’ says Mr Maiti.

Today his firm is witnessing a rapid growth in the space of digital printing, owing to reduced dependency on outsourcing operations. He is also highly impressed with Konica Minolta’s strong local service support

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HP exhorts brand owners to explore possibilities with digital printing Platform encourages sharing industry best practices for brands to connect with customers effectively HP India showcased the various possibilities with digital printing at an event that took place in Delhi on October 24. The company showcased its vast portfolio of leading digital printing innovations and highlighted the potential for brand owners and marketers across verticals including FMCG, pharma, retail, food and beverage, health and beauty.

The event witnessed participation from over 100 brand professionals who experienced solutions from segments such as general commercial printing, design, signages and displays, labels & packaging, publishing amongst others.

“India is a high growth and promising economy and we are witnessing that the future of commercial printing is driven by digital printing. Digital printing has evolved by leaps and bounds in India and one keytrend driving this shift has been the evolution of HP’s graphics solutions offerings from devices to effective marketing solutions for brand owners. We are thrilled to see increased traction with Indian brands from various verticals, as they embrace the power of digital printing to reach their end customers innovatively. HP is committed to keep reinventing technology to help our customers and partners thrive.” said François Martin, Global Marketing Director, Graphic Solution Business, HP.

HP also showcased various applications including labels and packaging, general commercial printing, backlist, textile prints, point of purchase, corrugated prints, signages etc.

“As brands today talk about engaging, immersive and delightful customer experience, HP is uniquely positioned to fulfil this need with our rich digital printing portfolio. We believe in limitless possibilities with digital printing and are happy to notice some of the very interesting projects and implementations by our Indian customers.

We also reiterate our commitment towards the partner community, who are at the core of our go to market strategy. All our innovations and partner initiatives are designed towards helping them remain profitable and explore fresh revenue streams.” said Nancy Janes, Worldwide Business Development Manager, Graphics Solution Business, HP. Puneet Chadha, Director, Market Development, Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific and Japan, HP shared insights on the importance of innovation in reaching out to the customers today and how advanced and differentiated printing applications can help brands develop a stronger brand recall with end customers and establish a competitive edge in the market.

Discussions on the successful real life digital printing campaigns and implementations by some of the leading brands helped the present audience build awareness and perspective around the path breaking possibilities with digital printing.

“With brand managers trying to break the clutter for increased mindshare for their brands, the market place is getting increasing competitive. Digital printing can open entirely new and unexplored opportunities for brands with respect to customer outreach, contributing significantly to the brand recall,” said Puneet.

He spoke about Dscoop, a community of HP’s print service providers helping them take part in education, networking and revenue growth opportunities. Highlighting HP’s commitment towards its print service providers’ community he said, “We will continue to enable our print service providers with newer innovations in digital printing technology and more meaningful conversations with brands at such forums, hence helping them explore newer markets and generate fresh revenue streams.”

The presentations were followed by guided tours to application areas showcased by partnering print service providers. The brand managers engaged in rich and meaningful conversations with some of HP’s leading print service providers to explore digital printing avenues for their brands.

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New BOBST K5 Expert unveiled at Manchester Open House Over 80 visitors from around the world attended this year’s Bobst Manchester Open House held at its Competence Centre on 18th October 2016. The event saw the world premiere of the NEW BOBST K5 Expert, the highest productivity metallizer in the world.

The BOBST K5 Expert, the next generation of the successful K5000 metallizer, can run at speeds up to 1200m/min, is available in widths from 2450mm to 3650mm and can house increased roll diameters of up to 1270mm to meet new industry trends for improved productivity.

Once again BOBST is setting new standards in vacuum metallization for the packaging industry; the K5 EXPERT houses the largest coating drum in the industry at 700mm which improves collection efficiency by 16%; this means less aluminium consumption and increased boat life resulting in maximum productivity.

The K5 EXPERT features design innovations throughout the machine including a totally redesigned evaporation source providing the widest coating window in the market, up to 50% wider than some competitor machines which translates in better coating uniformity and collection efficiency, minimising aluminium wire waste.

A more intuitive HMI screen and software interface make the machine easy to operate.

The new design of the machine allows the operator to operate everything from the front of the machine and to be positioned much closer to view the evaporation source and metallization process through the strobe window; the new boat power controls are extremely easy to operate and are located in front of each boat, Another brand new feature, unique in the industry is the Automatic Sequential Control (ASC) system which speeds up start-up of the machine with minimum operator involvement required, making the K5 EXPERT easy to operate.

In addition to the well-known BOBST Winding Mechanism based on “true tension� control, the new model incorporates low friction Ferrofluidic seals for an even better tension control on the rewind; all-in-all producing a virtually wrinkle-free roll-to-roll vacuum metallization process.

The K5 EXPERT has been designed with reliability, serviceability and robustness in mind and as such has a host of new features to give our customers total peace of mind, maximum machine uptime and product quality consistency.

It also has a variety of energy saving and waste reduction features including ECO mode which reduces energy consumption by up to 50% during stand-by and Film Save mode which has a synchronised faster shutter action (opening in just 5 seconds) and aluminium wire ramp up to minimise the amount of un-metallized film (waste) to less than 400m per roll.

As an option, the High Deposition (HD) source has an improved design for higher speed of operation for those metallization jobs that require a high deposition rate of up to 4.0 OD. The new machine provides significant cost saving innovations to reduce energy consumption, consumables usage and film waste which results in the lowest production costs available in the market. In addition, faster venting and pump down times results in a reduced production cycle which increases the number of batches/rolls per day.

The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the K5 Expert is reduced by up to 25% compared to other metallizers.

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Esko and Corbus to optimize Packaging Management Solutions deployment Esko and Corbus LLC have signed a teaming agreement to combine their products and service expertise to better support their clients.

This latest partnership is one in a series Esko has engaged in to build a growing network of knowledgeable system integrators that have a strong presence in the brand owner community. This strategy complements Esko’s delivery of software and services into the brand owner community for packaging management and brand management projects, including solutions like Esko’sWebCenter and MediaBeacon. The Corbus partnership is set to deliver smooth implementations and support when there is a requirement to integrate Esko solutions with ERP and other back-end systems within brand owner organizations which will help reduce time to market.

The Esko WebCenter packaging management combined with MediaBeacon solutions streamline activities from

specification and design through production and asset sharing across all digital channels.

Users share files with all stakeholders for review, approval, collaboration and digital publishing. In the latest version, they are able to view 3D designs using a standard web browser on a desktop computer or mobile device, including accurately viewing transparencies and print finishing effect.

In addition to its partnerships within the supplier community, Esko over the years has developed deep relationships with a series of Fortune 500 brand owners in FMCG, Pharma and Health and Beauty. These well-known brands rely on partners such as Esko and Corbus to help them manage their packaging and digital publishing projects with the objective to maintain brand integrity while keeping costs and cycle times in line.

Philippe Adam, Esko’s Vice President Marketing, says, “We work closely with our Brand Owner customers to help them exceed their business objectives. Partnering with companies like Corbus that also have strong brand owner relationships are a force multiplier that benefits the entire ecosystem.”

“I am very excited about the new partnership with Esko,” adds Apurva Khanna, Corbus Vice President, Sales & Marketing. “I am confident that the synergies between the two companies will allow us both the opportunity to increase the value that we bring to our clients.”

Pantec GS Systems & VINSAK to jointly serve the Indian market VINSAK has joined hands with Pantec GS Systems a subsidiary of Pantec, Kradolf, Switzerland. The collaboration will bring value added label solutions to the Indian & Middle Eastern markets. VINSAK already enjoys a strong presence in these markets. The latest partnership will expand the company’s range of solutions and bring more value for its customers. Distribution of Pantec machines will help VINSAK increase its customer base and provide high quality refining products for the printing industry; in-line systems for Hot Foil Stamping and Embossing, Foil Saving, Hologram Application and Security Perforation. Key products of Pantec include: • RHINO: Virtuosity of flat embossing directly in the line • SWIFT: Foil saving, hologram insetting

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Label Expo India 2016 VINSAK (booth K5 & K8) and Pantec (booth H37), participating in Label Expo India 2016 are showcasing their best of the label printing solutions. VINSAK will be demonstrating Lombardi Synchroline 430 UV Flexo Press, ABG Vectra ECTR 430, VINSAK USAR and Iwasaki TR2 330 Intermittent Offset-Flexo Press in addition to security inks from Petrel and Punching & Cutting Equipment’s from Schober. Buyers, Printers, converters, manufacturers can visit K5 and K8 stand for live demonstration of Lombardi Synchroline, ABG Vectra and VINSAK USAR. PANTEC will showcase the in-line performance of RHINO II with a live production of a luxury spirit label combining patch registration and multiple colour foil application. RHINO 410 is known for its efficient foil embossing in-line for 430

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mm web. The system provides registered holographic patches and multi-stepping application of different foils. Its record high stroke frequency of 25000 strokes per hour allows manufacturing of highly decorated premium labels and luxury packaging in single pass in-line at speeds that open new markets for such labels and new fancy design opportunities for brand owners through, for example, registered patches.

With RHINO 510, Pantec enables foil embossing and hologram registration for carton packaging on 530 mm web.

Pantec will present to visitors of the show, the latest features of its rotary wide web system CHEETAH which applies holograms for security and design aspects at high speed and accuracy.

Manufacturers of wine, tequila and whiskey labels, luxury cosmetics & body care labels, security labels and luxury packaging producers can schedule a visit to Pantec GS Systems booth where the flatbed foilembossing system RHINO II is demonstrated live.

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Flint at SuperCorr Expo Flint Group exhibits at TAPPI’s corrugated conference, SuperCorr Expo 2016, October 17-20, 2016. The conference will have over 3,000 attendees with a sold out exhibit floor.

Flint Group’s Flexographic Products and Paper & Board ink experts will discuss new products during exhibition hours. Additionally, AIC (American Inks and Coatings), recently acquired by Flint Group, will discuss all things corrugated.

Flint Group Flexographic Products will exhibit its extensive portfolio of printing consumables, including nyloflex photopolymer printing plates and processing equipment and dayCorr die-cutting blankets and anvil covers. The latest design of the dayCorr die-cutting blankets, which incorporates a composite core backing made with Flint Group’s proprietary in-house technology, will be on display. The new composite imparts a tougher and more durable nature to the blanket, thus extending the overall life. Additionally, the new product is up to 15% lighter in weight than the traditional steel backings, thus offering a

more user-friendly and safer product for operators to handle. Field tests have shown excellent results, producing an impressive increase in life on rotational machinery.

Flint Group Flexographic Products will also highlight the nyloflex FRC printing plate, which exhibits superior resistance to chipping during plate washout – a common issue among many corrugated plates, especially thick plates with deep relief requirements.

The new plate is based on an optimised formulation for faster exposure and processing times to improve productivity as compared with many traditional printing plates. The unique composition of the plate results in increased durability during processing, making it less likely to chip and offers superior print quality on all types of corrugated boards. Providing excellent ink transfer and outstanding solid area coverage with minimal dot gain, the nyloflex FRC plate is ideal for all corrugated print applications ranging from challenging graphics and multicolour designs to simple line work.

Flint Group Paper & Board Division experts are eager to discuss its series of inks with attendees, including PremoNova PremoCorr and PremoCorr ET. Flint Group is also very excited to have our AIC team on site at SuperCorr 2016 at its stand. Combining Flint Group and AIC has expanded the entire product portfolio, strengthening support to packaging printers in North America, and the team is looking forward to sharing that extended support with attendees.

Michael Mosley, Vice President & General Manager Paper & Board, North America says, “Over the past months, American Inks and Coatings and Flint Group have been working together, side by side, fine tuning our synergies to present the very best innovations and service platforms as a combined operation in the corrugated sector. The solutions and infrastructure that we can deliver through our partnership will certainly be unmatched and our customers will undoubtedly benefit.”

Cosmo Films offers intense black with Black Velvet Cosmo Films, manufacturer of speciality BOPP films, has announced the launch of BOPP based Black Velvet lamination films.

The newly launched films offer an intense black colour along with a velvet touch to the laminated paper/paperboard or package, thereby enhancing its aesthetics. It is also perfect for post lamination processes like spot UV, foil stamping, printing etc.

Solid colours like blue, red and black are tricky to handle, especially when used in the background for Offset printing. These background colours also take longer to dry, leading to increased lead time for print delivery. Therefore, Offset printers usually avoid using these as background colours.

However, graphic art designers prefer using black background because of the impact it generates with foiling and other post lamination operations and more so in case of luxury packaging.

Understanding this need gap, Cosmo Films has come up with black velvet lamination films which could compensate for the black

printing on paper for background. These black coloured BOPP based velvet touch lamination films need to be laminated to the unprinted paper before going for printing or post lamination embellishments.

replicated in other colours as well. The films have been commercialized and the response so far has been extremely encouraging”.

The films are available for both thermal and wet lamination in 32 and 21 microns respectively and are glueable, stampable and printable in nature. Apart from giving a superior velvet matte finish to the laminated surface, the films also offer excellent scuff resistance. Besides luxury packaging applications, black velvet films are also suitable for high end promotional material and stationery such as coffee table books, magazines, brochures, manuals, posters, shopping bags, wedding cards, gift boxes, calendars, diaries etc.

Commenting on the development, Mr. S. Satish, Global Head- Sales & Marketing said, “The launch of black velvet lamination films has added a new dimension to our range of premium lamination films and the exciting fact is that this development can be

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EkoCure ANCORA UV LED by Flint Introduces low migration ink for food compliant labels and packaging.

Flint Group has announced the global launch of EkoCure ANCORA, premier UV LED curable low migration ink series suitable for food compliant labels and packaging applications.

EkoCure ANCORA is the newest innovation combining revolutionary technology of UV LED curing along with low migration food compliant chemistries. Together, the technologies enable food safe printing with the highest reliability and productivity due to stable curing at high press speeds and optimised UV LED ink chemistry.

As highlighted by Guillaume Clement, Global Vice President for Flint Group Narrow Web, “Fitting with our commitment to support food compliant labels and packaging, it is with great excitement that we commercialise this new product line. EkoCure ANCORA expands our ANCORA low migration portfolio and enables converters to grow their business with short run flexible food packaging.”

Kelly Kolliopoulos, Global Marketing Director for Flint Group Narrow Web states, “The innovative journey in developing UV LED curing products that was started four years ago by Flint Group, is culminating in a milestone development – low migration UV LED curable inks.”

“We believe strongly in low migration UV LED technology. The combination offers all the economic benefits of UV LED curing, including better press uptime and productivity and reduced energy consumption; along with the peace of mind converters are seeking for food compliant packaging due to the assuredness of cure.”

Mrs. Kolliopoulos further comments, “We have finalised investments in our GMP production capabilities in Sweden and the US, and are now globally commercialising the industry’s first ever low migration UV LED flexo inks. We also recently completed an intense period of beta tests with selected converters, lamp, and press partners who collaborated with us on this ground breaking development.”

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Tom Hammer, North American Product Line Director Flint Group Narrow Web explains, “We at Flint Group were very pleased to partner with two press suppliers at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago as both Bobst and Mark Andy were running EkoCure ANCORA live at the show. Bobst was showcasing the REVO process utilising 7-colour process with EkoCure ANCORA. Mark Andy was demonstrating up to 1000 feet per min on their LED flexible packaging press also showcasing extended colour gamut printing with EkoCure ANCORA.” Greg Palm, Executive Vice President, Business Development at Mark Andy comments, “LED printing will greatly change our industry forever; it is a paradigm shift.

With LED curing converters no longer have to accept the unnecessary downtime associated with mercury lamp failures, inefficiencies, and hazards. We ran a narrow web flexible packaging job at 1000 fpm with excellent cure performance using EkoCure ANCORA low migration LED inks and Mark Andy ProLED at 20 W /cm2. The combination of LED low migration inks and highly efficient printing presses will become an unbeatable combination to address the increasing demand for shorter and shorter run lengths in the flexible packaging market.”

EkoCure ANCORA delivers: • Documented low migration properties achieved at very high print speeds (excess of 150 m/min or 500 fpm).

• Suitable for the most stringent food label and packaging applications • Meeting specific migration levels below 10 ppb, 50 ppb or SML. • Compliant to Nestle Guidance Note, Swiss Ordinance and FDA regulations.

• Tested using the food simulants of 95% Ethanol, Tenax, and Acetic Acid at 40 degrees C for 10 days.

• Very good colour strength and adhesion to a wide range of synthetic substrates.

EkoCure ANCORA is available in the full range of Pantone basic colours, 4-colour process set plus orange, green and violet for expanded gamut printing, opaque white as well as a range of coatings, adhesives, and metallics.

EkoCure ANCORA is part of the UV LED curable inks family, branded EkoCure.

EkoCure UV LED curing inks include flexographic inks, screen inks, and a wide range of metallics, coatings and adhesives.

Flint Group is committed to innovation that brings improved performance and overall offers added value to converters globally.

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Top label producer places big order for Xeikon CX3 presses Six Xeikon CX3 high-speed production presses to grace production at Telrol’s Digital Centre of Excellence in Almere.

Xeikon has signed one of its biggest deals to install six Xeikon CX3 high-speed production presses at Telrol’s Digital Centre of Excellence in Almere. The operation chose the Xeikon CX3 based on its ability to produce high quality print with standard conventional substrates. The investment will increase Telrol’s capacity to serve the European market.

Telrol’s first digital press investment was a Xeikon 3300 in 2009, bought shortly after visiting Labelexpo Brussels. Over time it gradually grew to five digital presses. In 2015, together with Xeikon, Telrol started a successful pilot project with a Xeikon CX3.

Today the Almere center boasts the biggest digital capacity in the Benelux and Europe, as it has nine Xeikon systems. All presses are running application specific toner systems: ICE for the 3300 presses and QA-CH toners for the CX3 presses. The mutually beneficial relationship between Xeikon and Telrol enables Telrol to continually grow its visionary digital strategy.

Hoessein Hadaoui, CEO of Telrol explains that investing in the Xeikon CX3 was the next logical step, citing its quality and productivity.

Also important was the specifically-designed Cheetah toner, developed for high speeds and based on the tried-and-tested ICE toner, which has performed well for Telrol with its other Xeikon presses. The reduced operational cost, together with the benefits of dry toner such as meeting FDA regulations for food contact and offering the ability to print opaque white toner in one pass, were a winning combination. This is ideal for the product mix Telrol delivers.

The Xeikon CX3 is a five colour 1200dpi high-speed production press with a top speed of 30 m/min (98 ft/min) and excellent uptime. In addition to the standard CMYK +

White, the fifth station can be used to print gamut extension colours or security colours without reducing productivity. The 1200 x 3600 dpi digital press is dedicated solely to the production of self-adhesive/pressure sensitive labels.

The decision to invest in Xeikon’s CX3 came after a thorough analysis of Telrol’s business and developments in its market. It led to the conclusion that there is a strong need to grow and extend the digital capabilities.

Wim Maes, President Digital Printing Solutions Division of Flint Group: “This huge investment in Xeikon technology is a great endorsement for the print production quality possible. Working with such a well-respected group is also fantastic recognition of our market ready systems. Telrol offers a broad range of labelling solutions, covered by various printing technologies going from flexo to digital. The further expansion in digital fits with the general trends in the market of increasing diversification. This in turn drives the need for more flexible production processes in digital printing.”

start in the industry thanks to the ability of the Xeikon CX3 to provide the highest productivity in the market of high quality label printing. Being a critical business partner, Xeikon involves us in the development of their technology. Its high quality standards, excellent track record on production capabilities and food safety makes it the perfect partner for our business.”

Telrol, headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands – and comprising of Peha Labels, BioLabel, HACCP Label, LMG Ribbons, Kolibri Labels, Q-Tronics, and Sentega Labels – is Europe´s largest producer of self-adhesive labels and paperrolls. It services the markets for food, retail, cosmetics, pharma, home and personal care, logistics and the chemical industry.

With a turnover over of € 200 Million, it converts more than 1.4 billion square meters of self- adhesive labels and paper rolls and employs over 500 people.

Xeikon will be present at Hall 03, Booth G15 at the upcoming LabelExpo India 2016.

Hadaoui says: “Once again, the investment in new Xeikon technology, gives us a head

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Essel Group standardizes prepress workflow globally with Esko technology Modernizes and integrates workflow, prepress and quality practices in all 14 global locations.

Essel Propack has a 35% global share in the laminated tube market. Several years ago, the company adopted Esko’s prepress and workflow solutions across its plants in India. The goal was to manage consistency in brand colours for their multinational clients. Recently, the company signed a new agreement with Esko reflecting its intention to modernize and integrate its workflow, prepress and quality practices in all their major plants located in 14 locations globally.

M Ram Ramasamy, Chief Operating Officer of Essel Propack, says, “The Essel Group is a frontrunner when it comes to standardizing colour for global brands. With Esko’s solution, we can achieve uniform print quality across various printing processes such as offset, digital, flexo and letterpress. Before our recent contract signing at drupa 2016,

our earlier agreement with Esko helped us to standardize the prepress workflow across all the plants in India (Vasind, Wada, Nalagarh and Goa) and in Poland, Germany and China—seven plants so far.”

The signing of a comprehensive global agreement between the two companies at drupa 2016 is considered a significant step for Essel Propack. One of the biggest hardware, software and service agreements concluded at the show, Essel will equip all of its their major plants located in 14 locations globally with Esko’s prepress, design and packaging management solutions. Moreover, Full HD Flexo digital imagers and solutions will be set up within 18 months across all the plants. The company is taking every possible step to detect and fix errors at the initial stages of the workflow and to automate

it processes in order to enhance quality, productivity, security and time to market for its brand owner customers.

Speaking about the benefits of standardization, Ramasamy says, “The relationship of Esko and Essel Propack started 15 years ago. Since then, Esko’s solutions have helped us in maintaining quality and efficiency in reproducing brand colours to meet the local and internal customers demand.

We want to achieve the highest quality and efficiency by using more or less the same software tools and equipment across all plants. That’s how standardization comes into the picture.”

With Esko’s design, prepress and workflow software and its prototyping and collaborative online tools, Essel Propack can link its existing prepress units to various manufacturing units. As part of the agreement, there will be standard tools across the globe. Ramasamy adds, “In the last few years, with the increase in consumption of tubes, Essel Group has expanded its footprint every year. Hence, automation becomes a necessity to be able to produce more files while reducing the time in supply chain management.

“Clients are involved from the development stage in visualizing the final output. This way consumer product in new and innovative laminated tubes can reach the market as quickly as possible. ’What’s more, the Essel Group’s research and development team continue to secure patents in laminated tube design and production.”

John Winderam, General Manager of Esko says: “Esko is very pleased to have strengthened our relationship with Essel Propack. When two leading industry players choose to work together at this level then you can expect great results. We expect our partnership to set a new standard in the design and production of the next generation of laminated tubes.”

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Konica Minolta enters Label Printing market with bizhub PRESS C71cf Optimum solution for a smooth transition from analog to digital printing.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India leverages its world-class printing technology by introducing a new digital solution for the label and packaging industry.

The bizhub PRESS C71cf will help businesses transition from conventional printing to digital technology.

Building on its reliable drytoner technology platform, Konica Minolta has been providing ways to make digital ever better for packaging and label printers to enable them answer ever expanding market demands. Konica Minolta is positioning the C71cf as a mid-range option that fills the gap between entry-level and high-end systems. “bizhub PRESS C71cf stands apart with its surprising ease of use, coming as a perfect printing machine for the short run requirements of labels to complement their offset process. We are excited to introduce new, economical and productive Digital Press for the Label Industry. With its flexibility and efficiency, bizhub PRESS c71cf delivers

for medium sized printing businesses with diverse client requirements. It uses lowtemperature fusing technology and Simitri HDE toner, and can print on a wide range of materials including polypropylene and synthetic paper. bizhub PRESS C71cf is compatible with multiple file formats including PDF, PS (APPE compatible) and 8bitTIFF and can seamlessly perform printing operations at speeds of up to 18.9 meter per minute, depending on the paper type. a new level of value to the industry” adds Yoshinori Koide, EGM – PP & IP Marketing, Konica Minolta India.

Bizhub PRESS C71CF incorporates the pioneering Dry-toner electro photography printing mechanism, offering full colour (CMYK) support. The machine also offers an impressive printing resolution of 1200 dpi, equivalent to 3600 dpi *1200dpi/8bit and can print images with a maximum size of 1195*320 mm.

The digital printing solution also supports a paper width of 330 mm and prints a maximum image width of 320 mm, ideal

Coming with an unwinder and rewinder diameter of 500 millimetre, the end to end digital printing solution is capable of Variabledata printing (VDP) with support for formats including PPML and PDF-VT. bizhub PRESS C71cf’s print substrates comprise of pressure-sensitive paper in gloss, white BOPP, PET, polypropylene, semi-gloss and wine stocks. The printer’s cutting edge digital technology offers easy prototyping, customisation as well as the convenience of personalised text and graphics on labels.

Cosmo Films Q2FY17 PAT up by 12% Cosmo Films, global player in speciality BOPP films, declared its financial results for the second quarter ended Sep 30, 2016. During the quarter, gross margins have declined by 250 basis points due to subdued demand in overseas markets and commissioning of new capacities. Despite the decline in margins, both EBITDA and EPS have grown vs. previous quarter on the back of growth in sale of speciality films and improved operational efficiencies.

not there in corresponding period of last year.

On YOY basis, revenue has dropped due to falls in raw material prices which were passed on to the customers. EBIDTA gap is due to non-operative and non-repetitive items of Rs. 3.5 crores (mainly foreign currency fluctuations in subsidiaries). PAT was however, positively impacted due to lower tax in India from SEZ tax exemption which was

The company has entered into a definitive MOU for purchase of adjoining industrial land at Waluj (Aurangabad, Maharashtra) for upcoming expansions. Mr. Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films says, “We continue to grow our specialty film business and therefore, minimizing the cyclical impacts of demand supply mismatches. The efforts

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made towards growth of specialty films will reap rich benefits to the company in the near term. I believe that margins have almost bottomed out and can only improve from here. Our new capacity expansion in India is also progressing as per schedule and commercial production is expected to commence in Q4, FY17.”

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UPM Raflatac boosts brand performance at Labelexpo India Under the theme ‘Boost Your Brand Performance’, UPM Raflatac will be highlighting world-class quality, performance and sustainability - backed by strong customer service at the upcoming Labelexpo India (stand C12, Hall 1).

Product focuses for UPM Raflatac at Labelexpo India include the ultra-thin and clear VANISH film, which enables intricate food and beverage label designs while providing an excellent view of the product.

VANISH also uses less raw material than other clear-film solutions, making it a more sustainable choice. A new white label film, PP White FTC 60, supports quality print results with resistance to water, oil and chemicals;

this multipurpose film also features a foodsafe topcoat.

The sustainably sourced Raflacoat Fit PEFC face paper has a new topcoat. The topcoat is also less absorbent than its predecessor, so label converters are likely to see less ink consumption with UV-flexo while achieving more vivid colours. Raflacoat Fit PEFC provides a solid foundation for creating the complex designs required by today’s endusers and brand owners.

At Labelexpo, visitors to the UPM Raflatac stand will see how the Label Life tool can help them make more sustainable choices.

Label Life provides an easy to use, tailored service which informs label converters and brand owners about the lifecycle impacts of different label stock products. Also on show will be the Pro Label Studio tool for designers, which renders textured previews of label materials with graphic designs on various container types.

For the first time at Labelexpo India, UPM Raflatac is hosting a fashion show (19 November) where models are walking on the catwalk wearing fashion pieces constructed out of UPM Raflatac label materials.

“UPM Raflatac India is also celebrating 10 years of success in India with a new sales office in Mumbai. Backed up by global network and resources, our locally based distribution operations and sales offer first-class technical expertise and services,” says Praveen Gupta, UPM Raflatac Country Manager for South Asia. “We look forward to sharing our latest developments in enduses from pharmaceuticals to personal care labelling, and extending our renowned customer service to visitors at Labelexpo India.”

Events Calendar Labelexpo India 2016

Foodtek 2017

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

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

PrintPack India 2017

Pharmapack 2017

Date: 04 FEB -17 to 08 FEB-17 Venue: India Expo Centre & Mart Greater Noida

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

Print Miracle Expo 2017

IPEX 2017

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

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

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

PAMEX 2017 Date: 18 DEC-17 to 21 DEC-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon Mumbai, Maharashtra

Readers are required to confirm the dates of the exhibition from the organizers. This is a reader service provided by PRESSIdeas and the company cannot be held responsible for any error or omission.

If your event is not listed in the above list, kindly write to us at info@pressideas.com with subject as event and we shall gladly be including the same as above.

TOMORROW’S PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY REVEALED There are many stages in creating the perfect packaging: the design; the substrate; the inks; the press; the curing process; and the finishing.

Major advances and developments in labels and package printing are enabling improved production quality, flexibility and capacity.

FIND YOUR SUCCESS INSIDE As the largest label and package printing event in South Asia, Labelexpo India 2016 brings together the latest and most innovative printing and finishing technologies from hundreds of leading manufacturers under one roof.

Come and discover tomorrow's technology today at:

Labelexpo India 2016 17 - 20 November INDIA EXPO CENTRE, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR

LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS | LEADING SUPPLIERS | NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Register for free today at: www.labelexpo-india.com

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For product and pricing details, contact: Mr. Pravin Mahajan, Asst. General Manager, Equipment Sales – Gallus Mobile +91 99679 69699 E-mail: pravin.mahajan@heidelberg.com Mr. Selvaraj Venkatesh, Regional Sales Manager, Equipment Sales – Gallus Mobile: +91 98409 44469 E-mail: venkatesh.selvaraj@heidelberg.com Heidelberg India Pvt. Ltd., 333, GST Road, Chrompet, Chennai – 600 044. India www.heidelberg.com/in Tel: +91 44 4347 2000

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