PRESSIdeas december 2014

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KODAK process-free SONORA.......................14 New dimension with Heidelberg.................18 Dominant position for the 1st mover........24 ToI opts for QIPC mRC-3D...............................31

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Contents

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com)

FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.................................................................... 6

Insight Print Communications highlights

drupa 2016 set for success:

Go Green at Print Miracle Expo........................................................30

The new drupa!........................................................................................ 8

Monotech Systems gets good response

2014 highlights : HP’s Graphics Solutions Biz.............................12

for Scodix and Konica Minolta..........................................................30

Parveen Aggarwal reappointed OPA President ........................12

Newspaper in Brazil gives Q.I. Press Controls its first order ...31

KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates.............................................14

Times of India opts for Q.I.Press Controls mRC-3D....................31

NPES-ICC Color Management Conference ..................................16

tph Orient Super to print Daily Pathdarshi .................................31

Vibgyor Imprints gets a new dimension with

From Magnets to full colour Brochures.........................................32

Heidelberg Solutions...........................................................................18

All About 30 Tons Of Technology!...................................................33

Direct-on-press Azura TE plate from Agfa ...................................20

Konica Minolta Bizhub PRESS 1052 and

tph to showcase Web Offset prowess............................................20

PRESS C1100 wins BLI’s 2015 PRO Awards...................................34

Line O Matic at PrintPack 2015.........................................................21

Konica Minolta partners with Kasturi Infomatic .......................34

Monotech Systems at PrintPack India 2015.................................21

TCPL banks on high-end ..... in packaging printing..................35

Welbound range of products to complete the

BOBST Conference and Open House.............................................36

post-press cycle ....................................................................................22

Record-breaking production with Rapida 106 ..........................39

Heidelberg acquires BluePrint .........................................................22

Kwality has dual advantage of Mark Andy and Rotoflex .......40

Ramprasad joins Fujifilm ...................................................................22

New Headquarters and Corporate Brand for MPS....................41

Insight Communication to present range of

Food Packaging Seminar Report ....................................................42

solutions at Print Pack India 2015...................................................23

A prizewinning product with a prizewinning label .................44

NPES and VDMA sign joint declaration in support of TTIP.....23

JAK Printers wons four awards at

Xerox: Dominant position for the first mover in

12th Asian Print Awards 2014...........................................................44

the digital print market.......................................................................24

Gallus is investing in the future and

Riso India launches four-colour Inkjet Digital Press..................26

strengthening its digital printing team ........................................45

Heidelberg focuses Kerala market with .... Workflow ..............27

Conference on business education in packaging ....................46

Capricot demonstrates HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press..............27

Rotoflex unveils latest Die Cutting Design...................................46

Kapoor Imaging.....................................................................................28

ETI Converting Equipment releases a new

Param ERP Solutions target ....... printers......................................28

Flexo Printing Station..........................................................................46

Autoprint has live demo of the

Autoprint sells creasing kit to Ernakulam printer......................47

newly launched Laminating Machine...........................................28

Flexo Image Graphics to represent ..... in India...........................47

Canon India showcases imagePRESS C700 and C800 to

DKSH starts strategic partnership with BASF in Asia................47

Kerala market..........................................................................................29

Creed Engineers signs strategic .. with DG press.......................48

Provin Technos got good enquiries for their

Munken appeals to all senses .........................................................48

Offset and Rotatek presses................................................................29

Four MPS agreements signed during

Welbound Worldwide..........................................................................29

trade mission in Japan and Korea...................................................49

Malhotra Graphics receives serious response for

Esko sign and display solutions at Media Expo, Mumbai.......50

Aqueous Coaters and Cutting machines......................................29

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

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

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Calicut based Vibgyor Imprints has recently boosted its capabilities with the installation of a brand new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP and a Speedmaster 4-colour press. Quality and timely delivery at competitive price is Vibgyor’s USP. Heidelberg solutions at Vibgyor have enabled it to be now capable of answering the recent increase in demand for four colour jobs and short delivery periods. The brand new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP, totally protected against production failures by IDS, offers superb quality with maximum production capability of up to 18 plates/ hour in a wide range of size from 370mmx323mm to 930mm to 1140mm. The cover story is on Vibgyor Imprints telling how it gets new dimension with Heidelberg Solutions.

Xerox has strengthened its Digital Printing leadership with the launch of Xerox C60/C70 at Print Miracle Expo 2014. It showcased the Xerox Versant 2100 for the first time in Kerala. Print Miracle Expo 2014 was held in Kochi from 12th to 14th December, 2014. The new Xerox Color C60/C70 Printer gives users a cost-effective option for a wide range of printing needs. Suitable in any print environment, including quick print shops, in-plant operations, agencies, small businesses and manufacturers, the device offers turn-key features and media-weight versatility. PRESSIdeas talked to Mr. Pankaj Kalra, V P Business Development & Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director of Xerox on the occasion. They talked in detail about Xerox’s strong position in the Digital Print market, the company’s strong service back up and uniqueness vis-a-vis other competitive players in the segment. Know more about the Digital giant with the largest market share in India, in terms of number of installations and print volume in the Event Review section. The section also contains show highlights by Riso, Heidelberg, Capricot, Autoprint, Kapoor Imaging, Param ERP Solutions, Canon, Provin Technos, Welbound, Malhotra Graphics, Insight Print Communications and Monotech Systems.

In another key story, TCPL Packaging, one of the biggest packaging printers in India, has ordered another high-end Rapida 106 in medium format from Koenig & Bauer (KBA). The new eight-colour press with coater will be equipped for printing board and film. TCPL today is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of folding carton with six production sites. A new sheetfed offset press from KBA goes into operation annually at the sheetfed offset plant in Silvassa: a Rapida 106 with six inking units and coater in 2013, a Rapida 106 with seven inking units and coater in 2014 and an eightcolour Rapida 106 with coater and delivery extension will go live in 2015. A Rapida 106 with six printing units, coater and delivery extension mainly for handling plastic film has also been in operation at the company’s plant in Haridwar for three years.

Delhi based Kwality Offset Printers continues to build on new technology with the installation of a Mark Andy Performance Series P5 and a Rotoflex VSI 330. The Mark Andy Performance has impressed Kwality with its expansive capabilities and waste savings; while Rotoflex VSI has been installed by the company for vertical inspection, slitting and rewinding to add to their competitive edge. The Performance Series P5 will be the third narrow web label press for the company.

These are the key highlights of the final edition of the year 2014 of PRESSIdeas which has a lot more for our readers. Just read on. We wish our readers A Very Happy New Year!

- Jasvinder Singh, Sub-editor

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Global Insights

drupa 2016 set for success: The new drupa!

Worldwide industry and its global players support this leading international trade fair to present their latest print and cross-media solutions

drupa 2016 is set for success – with many global players having booked larger exhibition space than for the previous show. 80 percent of the exhibition space is confirmed as booked. The show will cover the entire marketplace relating to print and crossmedia.

Key Notes : > Under the motto of “touch the future” drupa 2016 will focus more heavily on future-oriented technologies. > drupa is pulling out all the stops with its highlighted topic of multichannel printing. > The specialised programmes include drupa innovation park, drupa cube or “touch points” theme parks.

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drupa 2016, the leading international trade fair for print and crossmedia solutions, is already set for success: Worldwide industry and its global players are giving their clear support for the next drupa, and many have booked larger exhibition space than for the previous show. Even now – 17 months before the start of the show on 31st May 2016 – 80 percent of the exhibition space is confirmed as booked. If this trend continues, drupa 2016 will once again, as throughout its 60 year history, be sold out and will cover the entire marketplace relating to print and crossmedia. International global players and market leaders will be at drupa 2016 alongside upcoming and innovative companies from around the world.

Werner M. Dornscheidt, Chairman of the Board at Messe Düsseldorf gives his initial assessment, “In the light of the challenging environment, this is a more than outstanding result. No other industry event worldwide – neither the small, regional niche events nor national trade shows – can offer what we can. This result clearly confirms that our strategic realignment with its focus on future-oriented and highlight topics is correct. “

“touch the future”: Future technologies and markets in sight Under the motto of “touch the future” drupa 2016 will focus more heavily on future-oriented technologies such as printed electronics, 3D printing and inkjet printing with its industrial applications. These innovative technologies are driving the market forward and are opening up significant opportunities and growth potential worldwide, primarily in the field of packaging, functional and industrial printing.

According to Smithers Pira (UK), sales in the packaging print sector will rise annually by four percentage points to US$ 970 billion by 2018. There

are also indications of growth in the industrial and functional printing sector. Since 2008 this market, that includes printing processes for the production of decorative and laminated surfaces, ceramics, vehicle parts, promotional items or electronic products, has risen annually by 13.4 percent and in 2013 achieved a volume of US$ 43.7 billion. Experts from InfoTrends (USA/UK) currently value the market at US$ 100 billion. “We recognised the growth potential of these markets very early on and successfully set in motion the special “PEPSO” (Printed Electronics Products and Solutions) exhibition at drupa 2012, for example”, explains Werner M. Dornscheidt. “At drupa 2016 we will cover this topic with additional events in the specialised programme and in the form of special shows, known as “touch points”.”

The market for 3D printing is developing even more dynamically. The global market volume is currently estimated at around US$ 2.2 billion. The Association of German Machine and System Engineers (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau) that recently founded the company Additive Manufacturing, is anticipating an annual growth rates of 25 percent.

“We have therefore developed the “3D fab+print” brand specifically for this market segment,” says Werner M. Dornscheidt. “At drupa and other relevant Düsseldorf trade fairs, we are joining forces with other exhibitors in 3D printing technology and bringing greater focus to the entire topic of 3D”.

The response from the industry to this strategic realignment at drupa is clearly positive, as confirmed by the level of registrations. Claus BolzaSchünemann, Chairman of the drupa exhibitor advisory board and Executive President of Koenig & Bauer AG, welcomes the “new” drupa. “In the

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online age there has been much discussion in our sector about the usefulness of trade shows. However, the internet simply cannot replace direct contact with people and ideas in the global print and media marketplace, or indeed direct experience of the latest technologies and solutions for this enormously varied market. At drupa 2016 we are again expecting lively interaction for both tried & trusted and the very latest ideas in all areas of print and crossmedia. The slogan “touch the future” clearly highlights the focus on innovation and new concepts. New topics such as functional printing, printed electronics or 3D printing will be reflecting the capacity for change and the need for innovative printed matter in our industry far beyond the confines of the trade show halls.

KBA will certainly be there once again!”

The relevance of drupa for the entire sector is also underlined by Kodak: Chief Marketing Officer Steven Overman says, “Kodak looks forward to being at drupa 2016. drupa’s new focus on future technologies suits Kodak perfectly. It’s the ultimate venue to show our integrated print solutions to customers and partners – publishers, printers, advertisers, manufacturers, consumer electronics suppliers and other tech companies”. You’ll see Kodak’s process free plates that reduce environmental impact, systems that make smart packaging more eye-catching, the world’s fastest and highest quality inkjet presses, and micro 3D printing processes to mass produce touch sensors.”

The relevance of new markets and target groups was recognised early on by drupa 2016 exhibitor Mimaki and as a result the company is giving the show its full backing: “drupa 2016 will be the number one show to spot trends in print & crossmedia solutions, so that is where Mimaki will be”, emphasises Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing, Mimaki Europe. “Our expanded portfolio

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consists of a myriad of printing solutions for any print service provider. Be it large volumes, personalised printing on particular substrates or peculiar objects, Mimaki can deliver the right solution to get the job done. This diversity in our customer base challenges us to select the right show for the right audience. But drupa delivers a heterogeneous attendee crowd and offers exhibitors and visitors alike the chance to get inspired to touch and print the future - we have to be there.”

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is also giving its full backing to drupa. “drupa 2016 will be an interesting milestone for us to present our integrated offset and digital technologies with the corresponding services and consumables - in a new dimension. In line with present market requirements we will be demonstrating innovative solutions alongside our partners in Düsseldorf”, says Harald Weimer, Executive Board Member at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and member of the drupa committee.

Crossmedia and multichannel: Printing in the time of the internet, big data, web-to-print & variable data printing The internet and digital communication overall has changed print in a fundamental way. This is emphasized by the current “drupa Global Insights” report entitled, “The effects of the internet on printing – the digital flood”. Interaction is the name of the game. Big data, web-to-print, variable data printing and internet-supported tools such as augmented reality and QR codes characterise and impact the entire cosmos of printed products and the complete workflow.

Here drupa is pulling out all the stops with its highlighted topic of multichannel printing.

Hewlett-Packard, an active member of the drupa committee since 2013 and a top ten exhibitor at drupa, confirms the new

direction: “Communication between people is evolving just as quickly as technology,” reflects Francois Martin, Worldwide Marketing Director at HP Graphics Solutions Business.

“The new crossmedia strategy at drupa with the integration of digital and analogue printing as well as print and online will show that the printed product continues to play a key role in communications. Change in an industry requires courage and firm decisions.

The realignment does exactly that and I hope that everyone realises that a new journey is beginning. The new drupa stands for effective and sustainable communication in a social, mobile and cloud-based world.”

EFI, a company that has also very recently become an active member of the drupa committee and top ten exhibitor at drupa 2016, also believes that drupa is taking the right path: “In a world where the “future” quickly becomes “now,” drupa 2016’s realigned aim to “touch the future” perfectly describes what visitors would like to see,” says Guy Gecht, CEO EFI. “In a fast-changing world working in an often challenging industry, customers deserve to have the opportunity to explore and compare future investment options. No other event allows for that better than drupa. The show truly reflects the direction of our industry for the four years following each show. The best way for EFI to honor drupa’s 60+ year legacy is to make the 2016 event a worldclass showcase of future technology and innovation that allows printing companies to take the lead in an ever-evolving, opportunityfilled industry.”

Another company offering definite support for this strategic realignment is another top ten exhibitor at drupa 2016 – Konica Minolta. General Manager, Toshitaka Uemura, CP Business Division/Sales Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc explains: “With drupa’s strategic realignment and

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prepare our customers’ businesses for the new digital era.”

particular focus on print & crossmedia solutions, package printing and highlighting the industry’s innovative strength, Konica Minolta is the perfect match for drupa 2016: We are constantly delivering new business opportunities by virtue of our deep understanding of the production printing market and our customers’ needs combined with our high-end technology. It is the right time for innovative approaches and optimized workflows for a successful future for the commercial printing and graphic arts industry and we are well positioned to

Also giving their backing to the digitisation of the sector and the repositioning of drupa is Landa Nanographic Printing: “drupa plays an important role in the printing industry’s evolution into a 21st century communications medium. Our choice of drupa 2012 as the launch platform for Landa Nanographic Printing was the start of an incredible journey, both for us and for the industry. We expect that drupa 2016, at which we will almost double our stand space to some 2,600 square meters, will be another historic milestone on the road to the digitization of the printing industry”, states Ila Bialystok, VP of Marketing, Landa Digital Printing.

After analysing all the registrations, the 19 trade fair halls will be structured according to the individual industry areas and topics starting at the end of 2014. The specialised programme – such as the drupa innovation park, the drupa cube or the “touch points” theme parks – will be designed accordingly.

The exhibitor admission process will begin in September 2015. An initial exhibitor list will also published online in September 2015.

2014 highlights : HP’s Graphics Solutions Biz Throughout 2014, the HP Graphics Solutions Business saw significant growth, both in unit sales and technological innovations across the general commercial printing industry as well as emerging vertical markets such as packaging and decoration. Highlights from the 2014 calendar year include: •

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Technology innovation – HP introduced the HP Indigo 7800 and WS6800 Digital Presses, HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution, HP Scitex 15000 Corrugated Press, largeformat HP PageWide Technology and HP Latex 300 series printers.

Digital labels and packaging growth – HP saw double-digit page growth for HP Indigo in the labels & packaging segment in 2014 and made a significant push into corrugated packaging.

The HP Indigo 20000 and 30000 presses, HP High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution and HP Scitex 15000 are poised to further drive the market transformation in 2015

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and open new revenue sources for print providers, converters and brand owners.

Bringing PageWide to large-format – HP introduced the new HP Large-format PageWide Technology on June 10 with further product announcements and

Parveen Aggarwal reappointed OPA President During the General Body meeting of Offset Printers’ Association (OPA), Mr. Parveen Aggarwal was unanimously nominated as the President of OPA for yet another term of 2 years. Mr. Kamal Chopra was nominated as the General Secretary for another term. About 60 members were present.

The annual Calendar of OPA was also released on the occasion jointly by Shri S S Dhillon, Director MSME DI Ludhiana and Mr. Parveen Aggarwal, President of OPA. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Aggarwal said it is one of the prestigious projects of OPA and this year it is expected that we will generate a profit of about 2 lakh from this project alone. Copies of this calendar are sent all over India.

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Mr. Puneet Chadha, Director, Market Development, Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific and Japan, Hewlett-Packard (HP).

shipments planned in 2015. The new technology addresses a $1.3 billion market opportunity within enterprise businesses and reprographics houses currently dominated by LED technology.

Latex is here to stay – There are more than 21,500 HP Latex printers installed worldwide that have printed more than 3 billion square feet (280 million square meters) of output. This output includes more than 500,000 wallpaper rolls as sign shops and designers use HP Latex to expand into custom and on-demand wall coverings.

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KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates The benefits of process free plates and how they differ from chemistry free plates.

There may be some confusion in the print industry about the difference between “chemistry free” and “process free” plates. Both claim to reduce environmental impact and simplify plate making, and both are used widely in the industry. The new process free plate, KODAK SONORA Process Free Plate, is now available in India. Let’s see what benefits this plate offers to printers and how it differs from chemistry free plates.

“SONORA Plates are in a new class of plates, combining the benefits of process free with the productivity, print capabilities and excellent visibility of latent image making operators’ lives easy, just like mainstream plates.” - Abhiram Sathe, Kodak

Key Notes : > Thermal is the dominant technology with about 85% share in India. > SONORA Plates – completely process-free with no processing step, no chemistry and no processing equipment. > Eliminating the variability – eliminating poor quality, plate remakes, additional waste on press, and more.

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First, it is important to note that SONORA Plates are thermal plates. Traditionally, commercial and packaging printers have preferred thermal technology because of high levels of stability and accuracy in imaging, enabling high-resolution jobs, consistent color, and less waste on press. Newspaper printers have traditionally chosen violet plates because of their fast imaging, but the trend is changing as newspapers are realizing that variability can negate those benefits through remakes and poor quality.

Data show that thermal is the dominant technology worldwide, but it is especially true in India, where about 85% of plate sales across all segments (in square meters) are thermal (source: Vantage Strategic Marketing (VSM)).

A New Class of Plates SONORA Plates are completely process-free, meaning that there is no processing step, no chemistry and no processing equipment. The plates are simply imaged on the CTP device and then are “press ready” and can go straight to press. On the other hand, “chemistry free” plates require an additional clean out step between imaging and the press, therefore still requiring chemistry.

Abhiram Sathe, Senior Manager – Technical Support from Kodak explains what makes SONORA Plates different, “While there are other true process free plates, they have certain limitations, such as short run

length capabilities, slow imaging speeds and weak visibility of latent image after exposure. SONORA Plates are in a new class of plates, combining the benefits of process free with the productivity, print capabilities and excellent visibility of latent image making operators’ lives easy, just like mainstream plates.”

Environmental benefits The environmental benefits of removing the processing step are clear. Printers eliminate all processing chemistry and waste, they reduce water and electricity usage, they eliminate the package waste associated with processing chemistry, and there is no processing equipment to continually clean, maintain, and ultimately dispose of.

As a comparison, a printer using chemistry free plates must still use a clean out solution and processing equipment. Replacing conventional developer with a clean out solution is a step in the right direction for printers wanting to be green, but process free plates such as SONORA Plates let them go even further.

Economic benefits Savings with SONORA Plates include not just the tangible costs related to cutting out chemistry and using less water and energy, but also all the costs related to maintaining the processing equipment and disposing of chemistry. However, one of the biggest potential savings comes from eliminating the variability caused by processing, which can lead to poor quality, plate remakes, additional waste on press, and more. Vijayant Kumar Bindal from Crazy Offset, Kurukshetra, is a Sonora plate user who has seen these benefits first-hand. He says, “With Sonora, we were able to eliminate the need of a processor to move plate-making in-house. We can now address urgent customer needs and last-minute changes, along with a significant improvement in quality owing to internal quality controls. The performance of this processor-free technology and image quality delivered is a sure benefit that Sonora brings to us.”

SONORA eliminates need for additional work force to run and maintain the processor. Plate making can virtually be handled by only one person thus eliminating cost of additional man power. For newspaper printers, who need to make deadlines, cutting out the processing step lets them get to press

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fast, and excellent stability reduces the risk of delays on press.

Akruti Offset in Pune also adopted processorless technology and shifted a chunk of their pre-press operations to using Sonora plates.

Girish Rao, Director, Akruti quotes, “The quality of image reproduction that Sonora has delivered is fantastic. It is truly process free, making plate-making and pre-press operations an effortless task.”

The shift to process free Arnab Maiti, National Business Manager for Prepress Solutions and Unified Workflow Solutions at Kodak, has a lot of confidence in the ability of SONORA Plates to make a difference. He says, “With the ability to satisfy up to two-thirds of the world’s offset printing requirements, including the needs of sheetfed, heatset web, commercial coldset web, offset packaging, newspaper and short-run UV printers, the SONORA Plate is the first plate that has the potential to shift the industry to process free plate making.”

Making the shift to process free is easy.

SONORA Plates are qualified on all of Kodak’s thermal CTP devices and many other popular thermal platesetters. In most cases, a simple optimization of the platesetter for SONORA Plates is all that’s required to start using the plate.

Specifications Plate type: non-ablative, thermal, negativeworking (write-the-image) plate; process free Substrate: electrochemically grained and anodized aluminum Gauges: 0.15 mm, 0.20 mm, 0.30 mm, and 0.40 mm Spectral sensitivity: 800 – 850 nm Laser energy*: • 150 mJ/cm2 on KODAK Platesetters with KODAK SQUARESPOT Imaging Technology • 175 mJ/cm2 on KODAK ACHIEVE Platesetter Resolution*: • 1 to 99% @ 200 lpi (SONORA XP Plates)

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3 to 97% @ 150 lpi (SONORA NEWS Plates) FM capability*: 20-micron stochastic Run length*: SONORA XP Plates – • Up to 200,000 impressions with heatset/ commercial coldset web presses • Up to 100,000 impressions with sheetfed presses • Up to 50,000 impressions for offset packaging (non UV) • Up to 10,000 impressions for UV-ink applications SONORA NEWS Plates – • Up to 200,000 impressions with coldset web presses • Up to 75,000 impressions direct litho • Up to 25,000 impressions for UV-ink applications *dependent on variables such as imager type and capability, configuration, resolution, and print applications.

Note: It is studied in depth and analyzed that Sonora in no way contaminates fountain solution in tray or in tank.

NPES-ICC Color Management Conference Designers and printers seeking the latest solutions for producing consistent colour results across the print production process need look no further than the NPES-ICC Color Management Conference coming February 12, 2015 to the India Expo Center in New Delhi, India in conjunction with the PRINTPACK India 2015 show.

Produced by NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, USA, and cosponsored by International Color Consortium (ICC) and the Indian Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA), the event themed “Manufacturing Success with Color Management,” is expected to bring together 300 participants.

Principally designed for end users, the oneday conference will update participants on the effective use of colour management with the latest updates on ways to tackle colour inconsistency and colour communication problems. Together in direct peer exchange, designers and printers will share ideas on results-driven strategies and tactics, gain the latest best practices, plus learn ways to effectively respond to evolving market

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changes and the new growth opportunities they create.

From the beginner to the seasoned pro, the NPES-ICC Color Management Conference is a must-attend event for graphic designers, publishers, art directors, packaging buyers, prepress managers, press supervisors, production managers, quality control managers, digital photographers, as well as those from any company or industry where achieving accurate and consistent colour is critical. Among the renowned industryleading colour experts invited to share the latest trends of ICC colour management and applications are: William Li, ICC Co-Chair and Color Technology Manager, Kodak; Steve Smiley, President, Smiley Color & Associates Global Brand Solutions; Katsuji Kondo, Color Expert, Konica Minolta Inc; Bob Hallam, President, PIXELOLOGIE, Inc.; and, Max Derhak, ICC Vice-Chair and Senior Software Engineer, Onyx Graphics.

“With the printing market more competitive than ever, it is essential for print providers to understand how to best navigate the colour process and manage costs while delivering a consistent solution, regardless of the

materials or technology used. Additionally, teaming up with NPES is an ideal way to reach untapped markets with the necessary Color standards,” said ICC Co-chair, William Li, Color Technology Manager, Kodak.

“Konica Minolta is pleased to partner with NPES as a Platinum sponsor to support this year’s program, which offers our customers and industry stakeholders a platform to gain the very latest information on the trends and developments in colour management that will impact us all. Here we will introduce new technologies to support and grow with our customers,” said V. Balakrishnan, Executive GM (Marketing), Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

The conference is also supported by the All Indian Federation of Master Printers Association (AIFMP), the U.S. Commercial Service (USCS), the Colour Group (Great Britain), the All India Printing Ink Manufacturers’ Association (AIPIMA) and the Chemical and Allied Products Export Promotion Council of India (CAPEXIL). All of the major players in the Indian market are cooperating to ensure the value and success of the conference.

Vibgyor Imprints gets a new dimension with Heidelberg Solutions Calicut based Vibgyor Imprints has recently boosted its capabilities with the installation of a brand new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP and a Speedmaster 4-colour press.

Mr. Mahmood founded Atlas Packaging some 18 years ago. He currently heads Vibgyor Imprints which is an offshoot of Atlas Packaging. Calicut based Vibgyor Imprints is a relatively new establishment which started two years ago in 2012. Presently Mahmood is assisted by his wife who is also a partner in the firm which has been catering to diverse printing demands of the region.

Mr.Mahmood earlier worked in package printing presses and established his own unit after some time. Atlas specializes in Paper Carton Printing and till recently housed one Heidelberg twocolour press and one single-colour press. Lately, customers of Atlas Packaging would come to them with many commercial printing jobs, which they had to outsource to far off places like Kochi.

They established Vibgyor to specifically answer the increasing demand for quality commercial printing jobs. There are two presses in Vibgyor, a GTO and an SM 66 from Heidelberg; the Speedmaster SM 66, a four-colour press is a recent purchase from Heidelberg India.

With quality and timely delivery at competitive price as their USP – which is enabled by their highly capable Heidelberg solution – Vibgyor is now capable of answering the recent increase in demand for four colour jobs and short delivery periods.

The highly capable Suprasetter A 106 The recent addition to the infrastructure is the brand new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP. Equipped with extremely reliable technology, unique in its class, the Suprasetter A 106 offers superb quality with maximum production capability. With the unique thermal laser technology developed by Heidelberg, the plate-setter is totally protected against production failures by the Intelligent Diode System (IDS). Moreover, its extensive cooling system ensures that the plate-setting process is not influenced by ambient room temperature.

Output can be precisely adjusted to the print shop plate throughput, with full scalability to higher output levels at any time. The Suprasetter A106 can produce up to 18 plates/ hour in sizes ranging from 370x323mm to 930x1140mm.

Mr.Mahmood is an ardent fan of Heidelberg technology. He does not compromise on quality and timely delivery remains his top priority. “Heidelberg was the first and only choice, we did not consider any other CtP or Press while deciding on this, though we did make an evaluation of all options by visiting nearby presses and taking their opinion,” says Mr.

Key Notes : > Brand new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP offers superb quality with maximum production capability. > Totally protected against production failures by IDS. > Up to 18 plates/ hour in sizes ranging from 370x323mm to 930x1140mm.

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K.Latheef, GM, Vibgyor Imprints. There is an intense competition in the regions market. Price undercutting has reduced margins significantly. The presence of district wise association to address pricing and other issues has been to little avail.

Notwithstanding, Vibgyor has retained customers and has registered good growth with its strict focus on quality service and timely delivery.

Vibgyor is mainly into Commercial printing with products range spanning from corporate brochures to leaflets, visiting cards, posters, notices and invitations etc.

They have recently entered the book printing segment. A single-colour digital printer serves monocolour digital jobs and all four-

colour digital printing jobs are outsourced

by Vibgyor. The Press and Prepress are integrated with “Prinect S” software workflow which has various modules such as Prinect Signa station, Prepress Manager and Colour Proof Pro, which helps in seamless productivity.

With around 39 employees Atlas and Vibgyor caters to customers across Calicut region and north Kerala. The SM 66 works in three shifts and the people connected with other processes work for one shift. “We have over 350 customers of which about 100 are direct customers and the rest are printers, designers and walk ins. Our main customers are from manufacturing sector & advertising agencies and hotels etc. In future we plan to

strengthen our post press department with UV, perfect binding and cutting machines etc. to cater to the needs of overseas customers,” reveals Mahmood.

After the installation of Suprasetter, platemaking process at Vibgyor has become hassle free. With quality and timely delivery at competitive price as their USP – which is enabled by their highly capable Heidelberg solution – they are now capable of answering the recent increase in demand for four colour jobs and short delivery periods.

“Heidelberg, with its excellent service support has helped us to meet our customer expectations and has given a new dimension to our business,” concludes Latheef.

Direct-on-press Azura TE plate from Agfa Agfa Graphics has announced the worldwide availability of its new chemistry-free directon-press Azura TE plate. With a direct-onpress workflow, time to press is considerably shorter and the waste is drastically reduced.

As the Azura TE plates are cleaned out onpress, the system requires no processor, no chemistry and no water. This entails lower energy consumption and less maintenance, thus resulting in environment-friendly operations as well as cost reductions.

behavior on press, supporting up to 240 lines per inch with Sublima screening.

They also stand out thanks to their printing stability resulting from the elimination of the many variables inherent to a conventionally processed plated.

Guy Desmet added: “A one year field test period all over the globe taught us that Azura TE is compatible with all Agfa and non-Agfa platesetters, a wide range of founts, inks and press architectures. Customers love the

Azura TE, however, does not sacrifice on image quality and pressroom working conditions. Mounted on the press, Azura TE behaves very similarly to a traditionally The Printers House (tph), India’s major TANDARD -16000 cph and manufacturer of single width, processed or chemistry-free plate, limiting exporter the variables in press room operations. The single circumference Web Offset Printing plates clean out rapidly and ink acceptance Presses be exhibiting at over The Orient Standard is a single width, single circumference press based on economicwill modular design that meets the 190 high m2 quality with a maximum output at in 16000 copies per hour, on excellent price performance ratio. isprinting immediate, both resulting sellable sheets stand. tph’s highlight at PrintPack will be after only a few copies.

ease of use of Azura TE, the gain in system productivity and the quality on press.”

Since its launch in 2004, Agfa Graphics’ ThermoFuse technology has proved itself as the leading technology in sustainable platemaking. Azura TE is based on the same ThermoFuse technology as its predecessors, working with a single-layer water-based coating, containing ink-accepting latex pearls, small enough to deliver razor-sharp highlight reproduction.

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Welbound range of products to complete the post-press cycle Welbound will be exhibiting at a 260 m2 stand at PrintPack India 2015. The range of products completing the entire post-press cycle from folding to trimming of books will be displayed by the company. Welbound cost effective solutions encompass the range of operations including paper folding, signature gathering, saddle (wire) stitching, perfect binding, hardcover binding, cutting, trimming and adhesive.

Welbound is synonymous with adhesive binding in India. Together with its partners the group delivers technology that converts the printed information into a well bound book. Welbound Worldwide was established

in 1989, by K C Sanjeev. P Sajith, joined the Group as Director in 1991. Welbound has developed more than 15 products and variants, with indigenous expertise. It has strategic tie with adhesive experts Henkel Adhesives. It also has tie up with a few European manufacturers for the production of their machines and accessories in India.

It has more than 2000 unique customers in India and neighbouring countries. In addition to this, Middle East Asia and Africa are the major export destinations. It regularly conducts seminars on bookbinding technology. The seminars are branded as Welbound Knowledge Yatra.

Heidelberg acquires BluePrint “With the acquisition of BluePrint, we are further expanding our portfolio in the growth area of consumables,” says Harald Weimer, member of the Management Board responsible for Sales and Heidelberg Services. By acquiring this Belgian supplier of printing chemicals, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is gaining vital know-how for developing and producing consumables in a key market segment.

BluePrint offers a comprehensive range of dampening and washup solutions for sheetfed offset presses and has a particularly innovative approach to environmentally friendly products.

“BluePrint and Heidelberg have already worked together closely in the past,” says Peter Tix, head of Consumables at Heidelberg. “Under the umbrella of the

Saphira portfolio, we’ll be continuing to develop the BluePrint range of consumables for print production while maintaining the highest standards in terms of the environment and reliability. The products will gradually be made available on the key markets for Heidelberg.” Sales of BluePrint products outside of Heidelberg’s customer base will be continued and are also to be expanded.

“Purchasing BluePrint is a further logical step in expanding the Heidelberg consumables portfolio following the acquisition of UK coating manufacturer Hi-Tech Coatings in 2008. Heidelberg intends to systematically increase sales of consumables in the future.

We’re looking to become the world’s leading supplier of consumables in our industry in the medium term,” says Weimer.

With BluePrint, Heidelberg can offer its customers the expertise of an established supplier of printing chemicals. This gives Heidelberg the means to tailor products to customer needs and develop them further in-house without the delays that result from consulting external suppliers.

BluePrint Products serves customers in 60 countries. The company, based in Sint-Niklaas near Antwerp, Belgium, has well-developed expertise in research and development, particularly with regard to environmental aspects. BluePrint will continue to operate on the market under its own name.

Ramprasad joins Fujifilm

Mr. S M Ramprasad has joined as AVP – Graphic Arts Division, Fujifilm India. He has moved to Fujifilm India after 10 years of rewarding career at Epson India.

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Insight Communication to present range of solutions at Print Pack India 2015 At Print Pack India 2015, Insight Communication will be exhibiting in a 190 m2 stand. Insight Communications is one of the largest dealers for Graphic Arts equipment sales. Insight was founded in 1991 in Mumbai for selling prepress equipment. Insight partnered with Scitex in 1995 and its association continued with

Scitex then CreoScited and finally Kodak.

Insight continues to be the biggest channel partner of HP Scitex in India. It services all HP- Scitex installations in India through its highly experienced workforce.

INSIGHT has recently tied up with Xerox to promote the digital presses from Xerox

for the Indian printing segment. It has also tied-up with Dainippon Screen for the continuous feed, very high speed digital presses – specifically targeted towards book publishing segments. It also represents Soma Engineering, Komori, Schneider, G&J and Onyx.

NPES and VDMA sign joint declaration in support of TTIP Declaration seeks elimination of tariffs, harmonized regulations, and mutual recognition of standards and certifications.

NPES, the association for suppliers of printing, publishing and converting technologies and VDMA Printing and Paper Technology, part of the German Engineering Federation, the largest association representing the capital goods industry in Europe, have signed a joint declaration endorsing the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Cosigned by NPES President Ralph J. Nappi and Dr. Markus Heering, Managing Director of VDMA Printing and Paper Technology, the declaration was delivered on December 17, 2014, to EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman through their respective representatives.

NPES and VDMA representatives met with key U.S. government and private sector leaders in Washington, DC to underscore the value of TTIP to their respective national industries and urge its ratification by the U.S. Congress. They also met with the President of the National Association of Manufacturers, the largest U.S. private sector association of manufacturing companies and trade associations.

The two associations that, in sum, represent 730 small, medium and large-sized businesses and a total revenue reaching tens of billions, agreed in talks over recent months to produce the joint declaration that calls for the elimination of trade barriers to boost the exchange of goods. The document specifically calls for: the complete stated Ralph J. Nappi, president of NPES. “The printing equipment industries on both sides of the Atlantic are leading the way to position TTIP as a top priority for 2015 in both Washington, D.C. and Brussels.”

elimination of tariffs; business-friendly rules of origin; encouragement of cooperation and transparency in standards development; mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures; accreditation according to internationally recognized rules; and, transparency and harmonization of intellectual property rights.

“The passage of TTIP has been stalled by broader trade issues outside the machinery sector but NPES believes it is important to focus on the many areas of agreement,”

According to NPES Government Affairs Director Mark Nuzzaco who was also present, “the transatlantic effort by NPES and VDMA was very well received as a concrete example of how trade deals like TTIP can bring national industry sectors together even before the agreements are completed, and an excellent model for other industries to emulate in building momentum for the successful completion and ratification of TTIP.” NPES is a co-sponsor of the global PRINT exhibition, and GRAPH EXPO-the largest and most comprehensive exhibition in the Americas of inkjet, digital, offset, flexo, gravure and hybrid technologies, products, and services for the commercial, transactional, converting and package printing, publishing, mailing, in-plant, photo imaging, marketing and industrial printing industries.

VDMA represents over 3,000 member companies in the engineering industry, making it one of the largest and most important industrial associations in Europe.

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Xerox: Dominant position for the first mover in the digital print market Xerox strengthens Digital Printing leadership with the launch of Xerox C60/C70 at Print Miracle Expo 2014. It also showcased the Xerox Versant 2100 for the first time in Kerala.

Xerox service is backed by unique systems like Eureka Knowledge Base as well as LogMeIn. Eureka uses expertise of over 1,74,000 engineers worldwide whereas with LogMeIn, service problem which is even beyond Eureka solution, can be solved by logging in the service engineer.

Key Notes : > Turn-key features and media-weight versatility with Xerox Color C60/C70. > Top player in the Kerala market with the highest number of installations. > Largest market share in India, in terms of number of installations and print volume.

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At the recent Print Miracle Expo 2014 held in Kochi from 12th to 14th December, 2014, Xerox India launched Xerox Color C60/C70. Xerox also showcased its newly launched Xerox Versant 2100 at the event. This was the first time that these digital production presses were displayed at a public expo in Kerala. Both received a very good response from the printers’ fraternity and everyone present at the event.

automation features to create colourful personalized communications, collateral, brochures, photo publishing and specialty print products.

The new Xerox Color C60/C70 Printer gives users a cost-effective option for a wide range of printing needs. Suitable in any print environment, including quick print shops, in-plant operations, agencies, small businesses and manufacturers, the device offers turn-key features and media-weight versatility.

Users can easily enhance and expand their application offerings to include rugged polyester labels, menus, signs and vinyl window clings.

Commenting at the event, Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan said, “We are excited to showcase these new digital equipments’ at the Print Miracle Expo 2014. The Versant 2100 and C60/C70 are key to us and we have already seen good response from the market for Versant 2100 with number of installations already made across the country. We are sure that C60/ C70 will receive similar response. With these new launches made, we are sure to further consolidate our market share in the digital printing market.”

The new Xerox Versant 2100 Press is targeted at the production printing industry. The 100 page-per-minute device – versatile for any production environment – combines speed, Ultra HD resolution and

Good response from market for Versant 2100 and Xerox Color C60/C70 PRESSIdeas talked to Mr. Pankaj Kalra, V P Business Development & Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director of Xerox at Print Miracle.

Talking about the Expo, Mr. Pankaj Kalra said, “It was a great privilege to showcase the Versant 2100 and launch the Xerox Color C60/C70 at the Print Miracle

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Expo 2014. We are always glad to come back to this part of the country. We have seen great adoption of technology especially in the southern market and the region continues to be a key focus area for us. Print Miracle Expo is a great platform for us to showcase devices and also network with likeminded professionals, discuss market trends, future of digital technology and how Xerox can play a key role in propelling the growth of this industry.”

Print Miracle Expo 2014 is an exhibition on pre-press, printing, print finishing, packaging and converting, organised by Kerala Master Printers’ Association (KMPA) and coorganised by Showcase. This time around, the significance of the Expo was immense as it was scheduled in Kerala after a long gap of 20 years.

Dominant digital position with products in all segments “Xerox, being the first mover in the digital print market, has held a dominant position in this segment, especially in Kerala. We are still the leaders in the digital print market,” comments Pankaj.

“Today, within the production press space, Xerox is the only organization which is having products in all the segments and practically adding new products every year from the lower entry production machines to the high

end inkjet presses,” says Balaji. “If you look at the competition, they don’t have the wide range of products we have. They play in different segments – in one of the low, mid or high segments – but not like us i.e., in all the segments,” he adds.

Balaji says that Xerox, with the highest number of installations, is the top player in the Kerala market. Xerox installed an iGen 150 just five months ago at a customer in Trivandrum. Another iGen 150 is under installation in Gujarat. “One of our customers in Kochi has more than 3000 machines and another one has more than 2000 machines.

No other player in the competition has this large number of installations in Kerala,” he claims.

Kerala market is a unique market as it has all classes of customers. Xerox as the leading player in this market, is not only looking at this market from a positioning perspective but also with an objective of making many people successful entrepreneurs with the kind of products it has. It has been enabling customers to grow the business and keep the value chain for their mutual grow.

Both Pankaj and Balaji recognise the increasing competition in the digital printing market along with Xerox’s dominant position in its segment. “The market is growing and expanding. There is space for many in this expanding market and in different niches of the market. The print volume is growing

at 30 to 40% year on year. But, we are the number one player in the digital print market, be it Kerala, South India or the entire country.

Considering the print volume being done across the country, the volume done on the Xerox engine is the largest, as compared to the competition. Xerox, in terms of number of installations and the print volume, has the largest market share in the country,” explains Pankaj.

He doesn’t feel any notable threat from completion right now. He says that competition is just thriving on the market already created by Xerox. “Many times we see competition employing price cutting tactics to cut into our customer base. This is not the case with Xerox. We not only create new markets and new customers we also enhance the portfolios of our existing customers, thereby making them grow and be more successful,” explains Pankaj.

Though price i.e. click charges offered by a few other digital press providers are less, Xerox clearly wins on other aspects. Balaji says that about 64% of Xerox’s current business comes from existing repeat customers. In terms of installations as well, Xerox has more installations than any other competitor. Within a month of the recent Versant 2100 Press launch, Xerox has accomplished its 10 installations. “It is an attractive investment for its price and return on investment,” emphasises Pankaj. “Why have these customers installed a Xerox replacing an existing competitive machine,” he asks. “The reason is that these customers see value in investing in a Xerox and they know Xerox believes in giving total value.

We give more value for money through our versatile solutions. We have many examples of customers who went on to invest in competitive products and then returned to us only because of this value,” he adds.

The Eureka of Xerox Service!

Balaji believes Xerox service is the best available anywhere. He explains, “Our service is based on Internet based knowledge

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Mr.Pankaj Kalra (L) VP Business Development along with Mr.Balaji Exucutive Director, Xerox.

Mr.Balaji with the all new Xerox Versant 2100.

solution called “Eureka” which uses the expertise of over 1,74,000 engineers worldwide. Every engineer across the globe has the backing of this Eureka solution. No other player in the digital print industry has this type of service support. To elaborate on the Eureka Knowledge Base, not every service problem has a bookish solution. Every service problem has to be solved considering various parameters like environment, power, media etc. Each of these problems and solutions are certified and documented at different levels and fed into our data bank. All our engineers across the globe can use this data at a future date to solve similar problems. This Eureka Knowledge Base has been developed over 23 long years of service experience and is updated on a continuous basis.”

every engineer is a leader and he handles a specific list of customers with whom he develops a unique relationship. Our objective is to give our customers peace of mind as far as our equipments are concerned so that they can concentrate on developing their business,” he continues.

Another knowledge based solution Xerox offers is “LogMeIn”. Using this solution any service problem, which is even beyond Eureka solution, can be solved by logging in the service engineer. The toll free service number is serving customers across the country. Customers get their service calls answered within 15 minutes by the concerned service engineers. “Our service infrastructure and number of warehouses for spare-parts are matchless in the country,” informs Balaji.

Riso India launches four-colour Inkjet Digital Press

“We have so many other such unique service solutions to offer our customers, which no one else in the industry has. We have developed a culture under which any analogue engineer can serve as a digital engineer with IT space and use the best of both worlds to solve the problem. In Xerox

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These are some important aspects of Xerox service across the globe: Xerox constantly interacts with their customers and understands what the market demands.

“All Xerox products are developed to meet these market requirements. That’s why we have offered the widest range of products across all segments, so that our customers can chose right product for their application and requirements. Discerning customers see value in investing in a Xerox equipment,”

For Mr. P.Senpathy, Sales Manager, Riso India, participating in the Print Miracle Expo, the show was excellent. “We are getting lots of good leads. This show has been a good platform for promoting our range of products,” he comments.

Secunderabad based Riso demonstrated the entry level four colour Inkjet Digital Press, which they launched recently. “This is mainly for duplicator segment and addresses the commercial printing and office requirement applications,” informs Senpathy.

Riso has installed many of their solutions in Kerala. In the four colour Inkjet segment, it is

says Pankaj. Apart from the Versant 2100 and Xerox Color C60/C70, Xerox also displayed the entry level Xerox 7800 and the 7830 which is a Work Centre. Versant 2100 has a 2400 x 2400 dpi print resolution, inline registration and colour management system and many other unique features. With its matt like high quality output and all the advantages of digital technology, it can even easily address the short run offset market. It will address the commercial printing market and can also be effectively used in the photo segment as well. It can also add to customers’ portfolio to build print volumes.

Pankaj says that the last three months have been very positive for Xerox. “We are very optimistic of the next year, under the leadership of Mr.Balaji,” he concludes.

their first launch. “With the introduction of this four colour press, we expect a substantial increase in our business in Kerala. The visitor response in this show indicates that,” says Senpathy.

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Heidelberg focuses Kerala market with Prinect Workflow Heidelberg India taking part at the recent Prit Miracle Expo, focused on exploring the regional market for Prinect Workflow. “We are targeting the in and around the peripheral market of Kerala for our Prinect Workflow.

We are focusing on personally explaining to every visitor of Print Miracle show the benefits of Prinect Workflow, its integration, benefits and ways to enhance their productivity for growing their print business,” explains Mr. G.Venkatraman, Assistant General Manager, Heidelberg India.

Heidelberg has installed quite a few Prinect Workflow in Kerala. Most of these installations supplied along with Heidelberg presses are with pre-press interface, CtP etc. “As there are many Heidelberg Presses installed in the region, the customers are looking at improving productivity, reducing wastage and more user friendliness in machine operation,” says Mr. Ashokan, Heidelberg India while commenting on their focus on Prinect in the region. “Prinect is an ideal next step for these customers who are also benefitted by having

a customized solution from under the same roof,” he adds.

“We have a predominant market share in Kerala for our presses and the market here is fully aware of the benefits of investing in Heidelberg presses. The current customer need is to enhance their productivity and reduce wastage. We are addressing this need here with our Prinect Workflow,” summarizes Venkatraman.

Heidelberg also conducted an Onsite demonstration of Heidelberg Press, Prepress and Prinect Workflow for interested customers at one of their installations.

Though Heidelberg has the best compatibility with Heidelberg Presses, compatibility with other presses is also possible with an addition of a Data Terminal to gain access to such other presses. “The Prinect Workflow is fully upgradeable whenever the customer acquires other higher equipment. This way his investment in the Prinect Workflow serves him throughout,” concludes Venkatraman.

Capricot demonstrates HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press Mr. Vishwanath P C, Business Development Manager, Capricot Technologies, Bangalore, representing HP in the southern region termed Print Miracle Expo good for them.

“The show has been good, except for day one. We had some quality visitors, more so because Kerala is a high growth market for digital printing,” he says.

Capricot demonstrated the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press at Print Miracle Expo. “With its special effects capabilities, the 7800 is a very suitable press for the Kerala market,” says Vishwanath. He says their performance vis-a-vis HP Presses has been ver good and he is optimistic of the future. “Kerala is a big market for premium, high quality wedding

albums and HP digital presses suits this segment best,” he says.

“HP focuses on value added, high quality printing and hence we target those printers who are prepared to pay a price for such high end HP equipments,” adds Vishwanath.

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Kapoor Imaging The first day was dull for Kapoor Imaging but the next two days have been termed good by the company’s CEO, Mr. Giridharan.S. The Chennai based company found the Print Miracle participation as opportunity to consolidate their relationship with their customers. “Kerala market is growing. Of all the southern states we feel Kerala is the most growing market for printing. We are basically consumable sellers. We are here to meet our existing customers in Kerala and consolidate our relationship with them,” comments Giridharan. Kapoor Imaging has now tied up with Ricoh for marketing their wide format printers. “We expect to get some good leads from this fast growing Kerala market for digital printers, in this show,” says Giridharan.

“We are focusing on our chemicals, DtCP and the Ricoh digital press,” he adds.

Giridharan is very optimistic with the change in government. “The “Make in India” focus will help us since we plan to manufacture some chemicals here in Chennai,” he says.

Autoprint has live demo of the newly launched Laminating Machine Autoprint’s key focus at the recent Print Miracle Expo was their newly launched Laminating Machine which was on live demo there. “It is a low cost high performance equipment,” says Mr. Vijayakumar, Dy. Manager, Sales, Autoprint. “Kerala being a

good growing market for photo segment, the response for this Laminating Machine is very good. Autoprint’s performance has been good and we by end of this fiscal we will be on good growth,” he adds.

Param ERP Solutions target digital and packaging printers Calling their Print Miracle Expo experience as excellent, Mr. Vinod Nawab, Director, Param ERP Solutions, comments on the show: “First time a major print show has been held here and we are happy to be a part of it. Kerala is an emerging market and many Offset and Digital presses are being installed here. That makes it a good market for us.”

Param ERP Solutions has one installation in Trivandrum. The Indore based company received many good leads in this show.

“Though Kerala is a good market for digital print, there are many packaging printers also.

They find our ERP solutions very suitable for their business,” says Vinod.

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financial year ends. “We are talking to over 75 printers and we are concluding business with most of them before the end of the year,”

informs Vinod. They are also planning to increase man power to cater to this increased demand for their solutions.

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Canon India showcases imagePRESS C700 and C800 to Kerala market The recent Print Miracle Expo remained very good for Canon India. The company had good visitor response at their stall.

Canon launched imagePRESS C700 and C800 around three months ago. This show was a good opportunity for them to show these equipments to their prospective customers in Kerala. The machines are entry level and mid segment production machines.

Kerala is a good digital print market. In Kerala digital printers are very crazy about colours and Canon has many solutions to offer in this space.

Angamally in Kerala and the response to this is very encouraging. Canon is exploring the possibilities of C700 and C800 also for the photo segment.

Kerala is a good market for wedding albums. For the photo segment, they have installed the first Dream Lobo digital press in

With a good last performance, Canon India expects next year to be pretty good as well particularly because they have good expectations from the new C700 and C800 launch for the entry and mid production segments.

Provin Technos got good enquiries for their Offset and Rotatek presses “It has been a very good show for us. We are participating for the first time in a show in Kerala, though we have done some of our own programs earlier,” says an excited Mr. Abhijeet Kolhatkar, Sales Manager, Provin Technos. He was speaking to PRESSIdeas at their Print Miracle Expo stall.

“We have got good enquiries for our Offset presses as well as for Rotatek range of narrow web presses. We find that many new entrepreneurs are coming into this industry and that’s a good sign for the industry in general. Investments into this industry are coming from middle east countries

Welbound Worldwide Print Miracle Expo has been good for Welbound Worldwide. “Since the venue of the show is quite far from Kochi city, only serious visitors from the printing industry are coming here. That’s good for us,” comments the Regional Manager (South), Welbound. “We are focusing on all our post press equipments like PUR based binding machines, folding machines, three sided trimming machine, Saddle stitcher etc.”

This show is the first major show held by Kerala Master Printers Association after 20 years. Welbound got good response in the show.

Bangalore. “With the problem of exchange rate getting over we are confident of making a few more Mitsubishi press installations this fiscal,” states Abhijeet. With Ryobi and Mitsubishi coming together, he expects good opportunities in Kerala especially for the 920 and 680 size presses for the publication and commercial segments.

and even smaller towns of Kerala,” he continues. Around eight Mitsubishi presses are installed in Kerala which is serviced by Provin. Their first installation is underway in

“Since the merger of Ryobi and Mitsubishi, our business has been good. We installed nine presses. In January next month we will be installing the first LED UV press in the country. Next year will be even better,” he concludes.

Malhotra Graphics receives serious response for Aqueous Coaters and Cutting machines Commenting on Malhotra Graphics’ participation at Print Miracle Expo, company’s VP Sales – Digital Printing & Graphic Systems, Navdeep Singh, says: “The show has been good. It is the first major show happening in Kerala after a very long time. The foot fall has been good and we had some serious customers and we hope to convert them into business. This show has given us a good platform to interact with these customers on a one to one basis.”

Chinese cutting machines are a concern area for them.

Last four months have been very good for Malhotra Graphics. They sold eighteen CtPs and two Xeicon Thermoflex presses for flexo printing. “With the new government in the centre the industry is very positive and we are also very optimistic for the next year,” says Navdeep.

“We have serious enquiries for UV and Aqueous Coaters and also for our Cutting machines,” adds Navdeep. He believes that Kerala market is looking up and is very good especially for digital printing. For another two three years there will be very good growth in the market. Though he finds lower priced

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Insight Print Communications highlights Go Green at Print Miracle Expo It was first major participation in Kerala for Insight Print Communications. The show was good for the company which got some good leads.

Mr. George K Mathew, Director, Insight Print Communications is pretty pleased with the outcome of the show. He however feels the show can be better. He suggests shows of such scale should have facilities like WiFi. “The whole venue,” he says, “should be WiFi enabled.” He is also of the view that the seminars should not be held on the same day of the show. “Since the visitors spend their time at the seminars and not the expo, the show becomes diluted. The seminar can be held for a few hours instead of the whole day and that way the visitors can attend the seminars as well the show,” he adds.

is again environment friendly. The HP wide format presses that we promote use the latex ink technology. The back drop of our stall is not printed on solvent based flex. Instead it is printed on cloth. The Soma packaging machines that we sell are flexo machines which are the best packaging technology for food packaging. Kerala being focused on health and environment, we wanted to show to our visitors here how we care for these aspects. This way our stall has been designed in green to show our commitment to environment protection,” explains George.

Insight started operations in Kerala with Kodak products around seven years back.

In Kodak thermal CtPs they enjoy over 80% market share and in plates they have around 60% market share in Kerala. They started

selling Komori presses a year back and have installed the first machine in Ernakulam. Four more installations will follow before March next year. “We are only into the industrial segment for HP machines and we have a couple of installations here. We are expecting some business in the packaging segment for Komori products, very shortly,” informs George.

He says that their all India performance was very good and they doubled their revenues.

They had good business for Komori and plan to focus more on the packaging segment.

George expects the next year to be good.

Apart from the packaging segment, he sees growth opportunities in the publishing segment using the inkjet, role to role machines. Insight represents Dainippon Screen for these machines.

Insight stall was designed to highlight the “Go Green” concept. The machines that they displayed and promoted at the show were environmental friendly and help their users to go green. “The CtP that we are selling does not need any chemicals. It has a process less plate technology. When you take these plates to the press for printing, you don’t need to use alcohol. For high-end UV printing our machines adopt the HUV concept, which

Monotech Systems gets good response for Scodix and Konica Minolta Monotech Systems has installed the first Scodix machine in Kerala at Photo Park recently. Commenting on the installation, Mr. Amritpal Singh Bawa, Deputy GM, Monotech Systems says, “This is a trend breaking installation for them. They were expecting to print around 20 sheets per week, initially.

But they are printing around 100 sheets per day. This is the best ever performance on a Scodix press anywhere in the twelve installations we have in India.”

Photo Park is into the photographic segment, however they are getting very good enquiries from the commercial print segment also.

“We will be installing another three Scodix machines before end of January and double it by the end of this financial year,” informs Amritpal. It is a good performance figure for scodix, which entered the Indian market just about 18 months ago.

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Miracle Expo exceeding their expectations.

“We have serious leads not only from the photo segment customers but also from the commercial and packaging segment customers. Nearly 80% of the visitors to the show spent quality time at our stall and finalized orders,” he says.

Monotech has launched the higher version of the Scodix machine – Scodix Ultra. We also came to know about their finalising first order for the new machine in India soon.

The response for other range of products offered at Print Miracle by Monotech was also very good, especially for the Konica Minolta range of digital printers. “We introduced a new range of printer from Korea and the response for it has been fantastic. Customers are very open to accept new technologies now for entering into new applications and segments,” says Amritpal.

Newspaper in Brazil gives Q.I. Press Controls its first order Jornal do Povo in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil has given Q.I. Press Controls its first order for a Goss Community press in Latin America. This regional newspaper has an average circulation of 8,000 copies with a readership of 50,000 people in the region.

The newspaper aims to contribute to the development of the communities in which it operates. A key priority is the satisfaction of both its workforce and its shareholders.

As part of its efforts to improve the quality of Jornal de Povo and to achieve economies, the organisation has opted to buy the mRC3D colour register system from Q.I. Press Controls.

The order involves four mRC-3D cameras for a Goss Community printing press with two full-colour towers. It would seem that the fact-finding tour of the plant at A Cidade in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo had a major bearing on the decision to buy. Júlio Coutinho, managing director of Q.I. Press Controls in Brazil, had this to say about the visit: “The order was placed not long after the fact-finding mission to A Cidade. This visit proved a success, not least because we have a very satisfied customer there!”

Coutinhno hopes that Jornal do Povo’s purchase will provide more satisfied customers to serve as an example for the

rest of the Brazilian market. Menno Jansen, managing director of Q.I. Press Controls, is also enthusiastic: “The Jornal do Povo order shows that our fully automatic solutions are suitable for organisations and printing presses of all shapes and sizes.”

Jornal do Povo is the prime means of communication in the Cachoeira do Sul region of Brazil. With an average circulation of 8,000 copies, the newspaper has a total readership of about 50,000. Jornal do Povo also prints dozens of other smaller newspapers in the state of Rio Grande.

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

With its flagship Bennet, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) and its subsidiaries, the Times of India is present in every existing media platform – newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, internet, music, movies and more. It’s the largest publishing company with regard to newspaper circulation in India: 13 newspapers, 18

magazines, 11 publishing centres, 26 printing centres.

The investment is for their manroland GEOMAN double width newspaper press at its Ghaziabad location– 6 tower and 1 folder (twin). The order consists of 12 motorised mRC-3D cameras for register control and 12 motorised mRC-3D cameras for cutoff control. Additionally each folder will be equipped with waste gate control. With these features The Times of India will ensure the continuation of monitoring and tracking for good and consistent print quality delivered to his end user.

of Q.I. Press Controls’ basic module of IQM (Intelligent Quality Management) system and the waste gate control option is a logical.

The supplies ensure a top position in quality printing in the Indian market. The print quality is excellent and consistent so it matches the ambitions of The Times of India Group.

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

As Times of India is known in India for its good print quality, the order for the supply

tph Orient Super to print Daily Pathdarshi Marathi language daily newspaper, Daily Pathdarshi has decided to speed up its delivery schedules with the installation of tph (The Printers House) Orient Super WebOffset press. The Dhule based regional daily used to outsource printing and was facing difficulties in reaching adjoining districts where it enjoys significant presence.

The installation of Orient provides Daily Pathdarshi an edge over other regional players. It has not only improved on delivery schedules but also boosted the quality with the new installation. In addition to own newspaper printing, the daily will be catering to print jobs from the region.

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All About 30 Tons Of Technology!

Benny Landa, Chairman & CEO of Landa has explained the delays in his promised Nanographic Printing press release in his blog. Here are the excerpts from the blog dated December 09, 2014: Well, it’s December again. Hard to believe that another year has passed. So, here we are, 30 months after we promised that our Nanographic Printing® presses would perform to perfection, but the first one has yet to be delivered to a customer. Yes, we did warn that “perfection takes time”, but it is taking more time than we had predicted. The reasons? Well, there are two.

The first is that as exciting as the Drupa 2012 models were, they were not exactly what the customers wanted. Folding carton converters wanted inline coating. The big touchscreen user interface – although universally loved – needed to be at the delivery station. And operators needed more convenient access to the machine’s inner workings. In short, we learned that the product needed to be completely re-engineered. And just over a year ago, we took the difficult decision to do just that – to re-engineer the product from head to toe.

The second reason is that we had to improve print quality. Although most customers at Drupa were able to appreciate the fundamentals of Nanography™ – the sharp dots, the ability to print-on-any-paper,

etc. – print quality defects masked many of Nanography’s remarkable attributes.

Eliminating these defects too turned out to be a time-consuming challenge, especially as this work had to be done in parallel to the massive machine architectural changes.

Consequently, it all took a lot more time – and money – than we had expected. Naturally, during these past many months, our focus has been internal – doing, not showing.

Now, on the eve of 2015, that is all about to change. Today we have machines that are very different from what we showed at Drupa. If our top-of-the-line Landa S10 press then weighed 10 tons, our fully-loaded Landa S10 Nanographic Printing® Press with inline coating now weighs over 30 tons!

That’s not just 30 tons of iron, that’s 30 tons of technology. It is a masterful piece of engineering that integrates Landa’s Nanographic Printing® engine with a paper handling platform from Komori; an image inspection system with image processing

from AVT; and the industry’s most powerful digital front end incorporating EFI Fiery® technology.

As for print quality, our Landa NanoInk® colorants are now visibly delivering on their promise: brilliant, deep pure colours, razorsharp text and edges, nano-thin images that replicate the gloss of any off-the-shelf paper and more.

Though not yet perfect, we are getting close, very close. Close enough, in fact, to start showing full-size B1 (41 in.) print samples to our Landa S10 customers. Close enough to start building a world class sales and service operation, starting with top-tier executive Marc Schillemans to head EMEA sales.

Close enough to double our Drupa 2016 floor space. And close enough to host our beta candidates at our facilities in Israel in March.

That isn’t to say that we are home free. 2015 will be challenging. There is still so much to do. We plan to be in full beta in the second half of the year. We are blessed with the most amazing team of talented, dedicated people committed to making it happen… so it will happen.

Apart from over 1,000 man-years of blood, sweat and tears invested by our people, by Drupa 2016 we and our ALTANA partners will have spent over a quarter of a billion dollars bringing Nanography™ to market.

And for what? For making digital printing mainstream. That’s what it’s all about.

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Konica Minolta Bizhub PRESS 1052 and PRESS C1100 wins BLI’s 2015 PRO Awards Konica Minolta won two Buyers Lab (BLI) 2015 PRO Awards for its bizhub PRESS 1052 and PRESS C1100. Specifically, the bizhub PRESS 1052 secured the award for Outstanding Monochrome Light-to MidVolume Production Device, while the bizhub PRESS C1100 proved a sturdy competitor in its category and was awarded Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Production Device.

The BLI PRO awards go to the best performers in BLI’s production field testing, which assesses a wide range of the most important features and performance factors for buyers, including productivity, image quality, media handling, ease of use and job management.

Based on BLI’s reports, both bizhub models performed exceptionally well over the course of testing, with the bizhub 1052 outperforming its competitors in nearly all 20 speed tests, and the bizhub C1100 scoring at least four and a half stars in all of the tested categories. In addition, while the bizhub PRESS 1052 earned BLI’s highest five star rating for productivity, the bizhub PRESS C1100 also performed flawlessly in several

areas, earning five star ratings for colour consistency, text and fine lines.

“The award reaffirms our devoted endeavour to innovate and create quality products for our customers and it offers us an impetus to continue the good work and further enhance our services both in terms of reach as well as offerings,” said V.Balakrishnan EGM, Konica Minolta Business solutions.

Both models were further commended by BLI for their exceptional media handling capabilities, withstanding a media weight support of up to 350 gsm, which is higher than that of most rivals. Additionally, both bizhub models were easy to use. Featuring a well-designed control panel, user-friendly media catalogue programming and dragand-drop hot folder functionality, the bizhub PRESS 1052 gives users the ability to preview jobs and easily edit job tickets from the device touchscreen, should settings need to be changed.

On the other hand, contributing to ease of use for bizhub PRESS C1100 is the controller, which offers user-friendly job ticketing and

extensive colour management, and enables operators to reorder and add or delete pages without needing to reRIP files before printing.

For 50 years, Buyers Lab (BLI) has been the independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, the company has been a source of competitive intelligence for industry professionals on copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, duplicators, wideformat devices and multifunctional products.

Konica Minolta partners with Kasturi Infomatic Konica Minolta business solutions India has announced its association with Kasturi Infomatic in Nashik. The aggressive expansion plans, according to Konica, envisage its principle of providing innovative and comprehensible products to meet emerging customer needs.

Announcing their partnership with Konica Minolta Mr. Mahesh Tambat of Kasturi Infomatic says, “It was only fitting to be associated with Konica Minolta as both of us work with the same objective to deliver

superior quality products. We are assured about Konica Minolta as a brand and its products and look forward to building our business based on the reputation and the technological proficiency that comes with it.”

Mr.Balakrishnan General Manager Konica Minolta India expressed his views on association and said, “We wanted to form alliance with people who can generate fresh opportunities for the mutual growth. It is imperative that we align with the right set of partners who can work towards the common goal. We cherish our partners and look forward to a long association with Kasturi Infomatic. The technology along with the support services that we offer in conjunction with our partners will help us to gain the market share.”

Mr. Sanjeev Bajaj General Manager Konica Minolta India commented, “We are dedicated to deliver the best in the business and our A4

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printers are impeccable amalgamation of low cost running product with high productivity.”

The expansion plan goes in line with Konica Minolta’s latest strategy of strengthening its business service infrastructure and providing businesses across the country – multiplying customer base, delivering products and provide value added services.

TCPL banks on high-end technology in packaging printing Third Rapida 106 in three years for one of India’s largest packaging printers.

Saket Kanoria, CEO of TCPL, KBA sales director Dietmar Heyduck and KBA sales engineer Bhupinder Sethi (r-l) after signing the contract for an eight-colour Rapida 106

TCPL Packaging, one of the biggest packaging printers in India, has ordered another high-end Rapida 106 in medium format from Koenig & Bauer (KBA). The new eight-colour press with coater will be equipped for printing board and film.

TCPL was founded in 1990 by the Kanoria family and today it is one of the country’s largest manufacturers of folding carton with six production sites. The company prints and finishes 3,600 tonnes of carton every month or 43,360 tonnes per year. Its sales have

risen from $1.31m in 1990/91 to $69m today.

TCPL’s products regularly receive national and international awards.

certified. Each of the plants in Silvassa is specialised in gravure, sheetfed offset and the production of E- and F-flute.

Three of the firm’s plants are located in Silvassa about 180km (112 miles) from Mumbai, two others in Haridwar, near the city of Delhi, and one in Guwahti. Every plant is ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 22000 (food safety) accredited, and follows strict standards set for vendors of food packaging (BRC/IOP). Additionally, the plants in Silvassa and Haridwar are FSC

A new sheetfed offset press from KBA goes into operation annually at the sheetfed offset plant in Silvassa: a Rapida 106 with six inking units and coater in 2013, a Rapida 106 with seven inking units and coater in 2014 and an eight-colour Rapida 106 with coater and delivery extension will go live in 2015. It will be set up for UV mixed operation allowing the firm to offer maximum flexibility in terms of inline finishing. The press which will be raised by 450mm (17.7in) is equipped with features typical for packaging printing, such as nonstop automatic facilities at the feeder and delivery, a coating supply and cleaning system, IR/TA/UV drying systems in the delivery extension as well as four VariDry UV interdeck dryers. Automatic plate changers, impression cylinder, blanket and roller washing units for conventional and UV printing and EES exhaust-air cleaning system round off the press’ kit boosting productivity.

A Rapida 106 with six printing units, coater and double delivery extension has been in operation at TCPL Packaging in Haridwar, India, for three years. The firm’s press operators are pictured here together with the commissioning team from IPM and KBA following the press inauguration

A Rapida 106 with six printing units, coater and delivery extension mainly for handling plastic film has also been in operation at the company’s plant in Haridwar for three years.

Products combining the sheetfed offset and sheetfed gravure printing processes are also produced there.

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BOBST Conference and Open House Latest developments in high barrier films and short run gravure printing stir participants’ interest at BOBST event.

150 guests attended the conference and open house

by BOBST held on 28 and 29 October 2014 in S. Giorgio Monferrato, Italy. The event was held in the historic Castello di Uviglie in the Monferrato hills. The attendees heard about the latest developments from a line-up of speakers including BOBST experts and representatives of leading international companies from throughout the flexible packaging value chain.

The speakers addressed the challenges and opportunities that the latest materials, systems and production tools represent to the growth strategies of printing and converting companies.

True to its reputation as an innovator focused on creating value to satisfy the different requirements of converters in a constantly evolving industry, BOBST addressed the latest trends in new barrier technologies and short run gravure printing.

New barrier technologies are developing at a very fast pace and a new generation of clear films and coatings are challenging more traditional barrier packaging structures. As regards the technicalities of manufacturing and the physical properties of these new materials, the presentations from Bobst Manchester and Reifenhäuser were particularly insightful.

Dr Carolin Struller from Bobst Manchester, illustrated the company’s in-depth research on AlOx clear coating, from the way it is produced and its performance on various filmic substrates, through to its barrier retention with subsequent processes of

printing and converting. Bobst Manchester has, and continues to, carry out extensive trials on the process and is researching ways that in the future could enhance their printability and prevent barrier loss during converting.

Kurt Freye and Daniele Cerizzi from Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion and Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating presented the latest developments in blown film and cast extrusion for high barrier applications which reflect the trend for lower pack weights yet with increasing pack performance. This makes 9 to 11 layer films an important trend which has generated several ongoing projects for machines which can produce increasingly sophisticated multi-layer structures using less material.

Paolo Serafin, for Taghleef Industries, presented their EXTENDO film applications, offering solutions for better recycling. He also advocated that the day should to be a forum for discussion and cooperation within an industry aiming to find solutions for reducing the environmental impact of packaging.

As regards short run gravure printing, Stuart Jones of Janoschka spoke about the innovations the company has been working on in rotogravure sleeve systems,

Key Notes : > 150 guests heard about the latest developments from experts from throughout the flexible packaging value chain. > Insightful presentations on technicalities of manufacturing and physical properties of new materials. > Lower pack weights with increasing pack performance with latest developments in blown film and cast extrusion.

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Demonstration on the Rotomec MW 80 gravure printing press for very short runs in Bobst Italia’s Technology Center.

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After an automatic splice, carried out on the rewinder at maximum speed, a print sample master was collected before changing the color on one print unit from light peach to very dark brown and resuming printing at full production speed. The speed of changeover being very critical in terms of profitability when printing very short runs, an operator demonstrated how fast and easy it was on a print unit which was in stand-by during printing. After a few minutes of printing, the machine was stopped and the washing sequence of the cylinder and ink pan started on a selected print unit, prior to the ink being changed back from dark brown to the original light peach color.

Guests followed the on-board washing sequence from animations displayed on a Dr Carolin Struller, KTP Research Associate, Bobst Manchester, speaking about AlOx coated transparent barrier films and their conversion for packaging applications, at the Castello di Uviglie.

as well as on the retail trends for mass customization.

Professor Armin Weichmann, from Stuttgart Media University, illustrated the studies that the institute is carrying out on conductive layers, cylinder stability and the feasibility of nickel to replace copper and chromium in engraved cylinders. The professor also spoke about how the Rotomec MW 60 gravure press installed in the university press room is a key part of all its projects because it nears productions conditions - something which is essential for the validity of the trials carried out on the behalf of converters.

The gravure technology update was rounded up by Giovanni Caprioglio from Bobst Italia, who illustrated the comprehensive range of BOBST gravure presses for flexible materials, focusing on the Minimized Waste concept of the Rotomec MW 60 Ι 80 press. Dedicated to very short run printing, the Rotomec MW 80 brings together all the essential requisites for profitable operation, namely minimized waste of material, minimized energy consumption and minimized space requirement.

Of great interest to all participants was the insightful presentation of Philippe Roulet from Nestlé, who illustrated all the factors that determine the way packaging needs to evolve in order to better respond to the new and diverse requirements of the consumer.

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Breaking the rules, generating value for the consumer, streamlining and standardizing the structures of materials wherever possible, and implementing new technologies into processes were just a few of the key issues presented.

At the BOBST Italia production plant After lunch at the castle, the action moved to the nearby Bobst Italia production plant.

A press completely operated from floor level, the 850 mm web-width Rotomec MW 80 awaited the open house guests in Bobst Italia’s Technology Center and was ready to start printing a demo job on a 12 micron PET substrate coated with AlOx. One highlight of the gravure demonstration was the capability of BOBST technology to handle AlOx coated substrates which, in differing from conventional films, present challenges to printing and converting equipment. A further highlight was the effectiveness of the MW 80 on-board washing system. The print run also showed the validity of the BOBST MW Minimized Waste concept, starting with the TAPS function to set the machine in register. At the completion of the TAPS sequence, which lasted a few minutes, the screen on the machine registered incomparably low substrate waste.

screen, whilst also being able to check on a separate screen the register accuracy and stability, most particularly during acceleration and deceleration. After another automatic splice at maximum production speed, the machine was stopped and a second sample taken in order to measure the color difference with the print sample master. The Delta E value between the two compared samples was very low, clearly showing the efficiency of the BOBST internal washing system in avoiding contamination from one color to the other, especially considering the great difference of shades in reverting back from a very dark brown intermediate color. Once the demonstration was over, guests were able to get close to the machine to visually see the results of the washing sequences from the ink pan and cylinders which were taken out of the MW 80 press for checking.

A demonstration on the BOBST CL 850D, confirmed the laminator’s quality, efficiency and flexibility. The machine, featuring the renowned BOBST flexo coating system, laminated a 7.0 micron aluminium substrate onto a 12 micron PET film. The Rotomec system enables a lower coating weight of solvent-based adhesive to be applied directly to the aluminium foil, creating excellent bond strength. The machine produced a flawless, high quality, duplex laminated structure at a speed of 430 m/min.

The event ended back at the historical Castello di Uviglie with cocktails and dinner.

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Record-breaking production with Rapida 106 18,964sph net equals 127,625 sheets in less than 7 hours.

KBA North America congratulated Winston Packaging, a fourth-generation family-owned printed paperboard packaging company located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for its record-setting performance. This world record breaking attempt took place on 11 August on the company’s six-color Rapida 106. The press ran 127,625 sheets of 74 x 106cm (29.5 x 41.5in) paperboard in less than seven hours with an average speed of 18,964sph.

The average output of the Rapida 106 which can run at speeds of up to 20,000sph was thus higher than the maximum output of any other press in this format class. James Gordon, president and CEO of Winston Packaging: “We are proud to be operating this high-performance Rapida press at our facility. This amazing record reinforces our purchase decision to go with a KBA and clearly shows that we have the most productive medium-format press on the global market.”

Several factors helped to determine the final result of this new world job production record at Winston Packaging starting with a truckload of paperboard that ran well on the press and the firm’s best press crew working that day. James Gordon: “We’ve run this same product many times previously but never achieved much higher than 17,500sph average run speed for an entire eight to ten-hour shift. Our talented press operators made it happen using all of the tools available to them on the press.”

press, our press operators have been able to use the high level of automation that they didn’t have before. Our customers are quite impressed with the Rapida as well.” Gordon and his entire family of employees at Winston Packaging could not be more proud of their world record. “Being a third-generation owner of a 103-year-old family business, I can say with confidence that this is the first world record we have ever achieved, at least during my 36 years of service,” says Gordon.

Winston Packaging was founded in 1911 in downtown Winston-Salem as a commercial printing shop by Alexander G. Gordon. He was a journeyman bookbinder and entrepreneur who promoted the use of color in the printing industry. R.J.

Reynolds Tobacco Co. became one of the company’s largest customers after its inception and remained so for 82 years.

John R. Gordon succeeded his father as company president in 1953. His experience as an industrial engineer helped bring new technologies to the company. He added offset printing presses and improved the workflow processes and management techniques. Over the years, Winston Printing shifted its operation from commercial printing to printed-paperboard packaging, and, since 1999, has done business as Winston Packaging. The company has 46 regular employees and designs and makes paperboard packages for consumer products for a wide range of industries in the USA and Canada.

Not only did Winston produce its recordbreaking world job production record on its Rapida 106 in August 2014, but the company was also recognized by the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) for achieving a major milestone for safety as it reached 500,000 hours without an incident (lost time accident).

The record-breaking Rapida came online in January 2013 and was Winston Packaging’s first KBA press. Gordon: “This press combines the best of both worlds: very fast set-ups and best-in-class run speeds.

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Kwality has dual advantage of Mark Andy and Rotoflex Kwality Offset Printers continues to build on new technology with the installation of a Mark Andy Performance Series P5 and a Rotoflex VSI 330.

After having seen the new features on their last press, a Mark Andy XP5000, they have decide to take another step forward and install the state-of-theart press within Flexo, the Mark Andy Performance Series.

When it comes to quality labels outsourcing, there are few converters who are an obvious choice. And Kwality Offset Printers, headquartered in Naraina Industrial Estate, New Delhi, stands tall as one of the high-end label converters in India as they are an automatic choice for both Indian and Foreign FMCG companies as well as for the liquor industry for their requirement of high quality labels.

Mark Andy Performance – intended to primarily support pressuresensitive label production – impressed Kwality with its expansive capabilities and waste savings; Rotoflex VSI got installed for vertical inspection, slitting and rewinding to add to their competitive edge.

The Performance Series P5 will be the third narrow web label press for the company, which began its flexo operations with their Mark Andy 2200 flexo machine for manufacturing self-adhesive labels.

Creating a record of sorts, Kwality Offset Printer’s Mark Andy 2200 as well as XP5000 were the first ever of its configuration and model to be installed in India.

Having tasted success with the Mark Andy XP5000 press that has augmented their capacity substantially, Kwality Offset Printers continues to build on its flexo bandwagon. This time they have decided to take another step forward and installed a full automated Mark Andy Performance Series P5 Press with Auto-

register, Re-register, and UV System. They have also installed a Rotoflex VSI 330 Slitter Inspection Rewind with E-GEN3 controller system to boost capacity and improve efficiencies for its in-house print shop.

A unique combination of innovation and technology, the Performance Series P5 enables quality conscious converters to produce the absolute highest quality work while maximizing their productivity far beyond today’s standards. Capable of high quality combination printing effects such as cold foil, rotary screen, chilled UV curing, as well as converting options, the Performance Series P5 is the highend, efficient solution for the most complex print applications.

Incorporating the uniquely engineered print-head design meets the critical needs of today’s converters; the Performance Series product line provides fast changeovers, simple operation and superior print quality. These very characteristics have quickly elevated the Performance Series to a leading position in the Indian flexo press market and are the highest selling technologically advanced offering in the line of Mark Andy presses.

“We primarily purchased Mark Andy XP5000 to provide high end quality labels and packaging to the FMCG, beverage, liquor and wine industries.

Key Notes : > The Performance Series P5 will be the third narrow web label press for the company. > A full automated Mark Andy Performance Series P5 Press with Auto-register, Re-register, and UV System. > Rotoflex VSI 330 Slitter Inspection Rewind with E-GEN3 controller system to boost capacity and improve efficiencies.

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Mr. Rajiv Chhatwal, Managing Director, Kwality Offset Printers & Mr. Shahid Khan, Senior Service Engineer, Flexo Image Graphics with Performance Series P5 press

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For us at Kwality Offset Printers, that was definitely the right press at the right time.

And with our ever increasing portfolio, we were more than sure that it had to be a P5 press this time,” said Mr. Rajeev Chhatwal.

“Intended to primarily support pressuresensitive label production, the Mark Andy Performance Series impressed us with its expansive capabilities and waste savings.

Building on the unique print station design common to all Performance Series presses, the Performance Series P5 is adept for the everyday converter looking to achieve servodriven productivity and high quality levels, at a good value. Eliminating several operator steps, drastically streamlining productivity and ensuring consistently high print quality and with the fastest make-ready times in the industry, makes the Performance Series P5 one of the most operator-friendly presses on the market.”

Employing the latest and finest printing technology, Kwality Offset Printers strives to meet or even exceed international quality standards. Kwality Offset Printers has

also purchased a Rotoflex VSI for vertical inspection, slitting and rewinding to add to their competitive edge. “We are always exploring ways to improve our productivity while at the same time reducing our waste.

We are sure this investment will not only enable us to continue working on achieving those standards but also help us meet the quick turnaround requirements of our customers, while also allowing us additional capacity to further expand our business,” added Mr. Chhatwal.

extremely proud to support them in all of their endeavors.”

Mr. Gourav Roy, Managing Director, Flexo Image Graphics, comments: “The Indian label industry continues to be a strong and emerging market for Performance Series presses in the Asia Pacific region. The success we have seen since the introduction of the Performance Series has been astounding. The Performance Series P5 sold to Kwality Offset Printers is a high-efficiency & fully automated press. This press will help Kwality Offset Printers to meet the label demands for its customers. Kwality Offset Printers is a valued customer and FIG is

Servicing varied industries including Food & Beverage, Liquor, Wine, Pharma and Automobile as well as Retail Chains, Kwality offset Printers is a technical pioneer and an innovative company with several Awards to its credit. Kwality Offset Printers has time and again proved its mettle as a high quality printer by winning the National Excellence Awards in labels category for last several years regularly. “This shows the strength of our team and consistent quality standards of our products being manufactured,” signed off Mr. Chhatwal.

New Headquarters and Corporate Brand for MPS MPS has recently announced the launch of a new corporate brand strategy which will be rolled out in stages leading up towards a company move to new headquarters in March next year. The relocation to modern facilities in Arnhem, the Netherlands and comprehensive rebranding campaign solidifies MPS’s strategic international growth plan.

New Headquarters with lean manufacturing located near MPS’s current headquarters in Didam, the building in Arnhem with modern facilities will centralize MPS manufacturing and operations, and offers a spacious demonstration, test and customer experience center to run ongoing demos of MPS press solutions. The assembly of the production hall will incorporate lean manufacturing principles of eliminating waste, focus on

empowering workers, minimize inventory, and increased productivity, to meet customer expectations and requirements. The efficiencies of the lean production process and resulting lead time reduction will make it possible to build an increased number of presses simultaneously in multiple assembly lines. Environment-friendly and energy saving measures such as LED lightning and heatrecovery are also incorporated in the new space design. For example, hot air produced from the cooling installations will be re-used as heating, and the exhaust will be frequency controlled to prevent unnecessary exhaust ventilation.

New Corporate Brand The underlying philosophy of the rebranding strategy is MPS’s commitment to help customers excel by providing extensive knowledge, world-class service and product innovation to enhance the printing process.

The MPS corporate rebranding strategy, which will unfold in the coming months, communicates a clear and uniform message of what MPS has evolved to be and its commitment to the future, with the integration of the following key elements:

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Printing Productivity: Customers will achieve productivity in the printing process and in the final printed product when using MPS flexo and offset press solutions. Productivity is the ultimate result of the MPS operator-friendly press technology and service.

Core values: Solution-oriented, courage, high-quality, passion, and attentiveness are core values of MPS. Operator focused, results driven: MPS designs presses to enhance the talents of operators and enable them to maximize their efficiencies and print jobs that not only meet, but surpass, the performance expected in today’s label and flexible packaging market.

“The next few months will be an exciting milestone in the history of MPS,” comments Wim van de Bosch, CEO of MPS. “With years of proven success, the combination of new headquarters and corporate identity communicates MPS’s commitment to our customers, the narrow web print industry, and future growth goals, at an international level.”

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Food Packaging Seminar Report UV and EB are established core curing technologies – but are they completely safe for use on food packaging print?

The perfect recipe for radiation curing for food packaging has not yet been proposed or defined by the EU legislators. All that exists today are the GMP and Framework Regulation, as well as Swiss Ordinance, respected and now widely adopted across the food packaging supply chain, but still something less than the definitive answer.

This situation was the driving force behind the Food Packaging Seminar held in Stuttgart in September by RadTech Europe, the regional association promoting the radiation curing technologies across all markets. The event drew together around 90 participants – all experienced specialists from the various disciplines related to the food packaging value chain (raw materials, printing inks, equipment, materials, and brand owners) – to discuss and debate the proper use of radiation curing in food-safe printing, with the aim of enabling this technology – which delivers a broad platform of benefits – to achieve its well-deserved maximum potential.

Market overview Stephen Harrod, author of many specialist market reports for Smithers Pira on aspects of packaging and print, set the scene with an overview of the global packaging market and its current ‘megatrends’. He forecast 2014 growth in the revived global economy at ±3.5%, and annual global growth to 2018 at 4%. Food packaging – a €55 billion market in 2013 – will, he said, show 2.1% real annual growth to 2018, led by the meat, fish and poultry; chilled foods (including ready meals); and fresh food and vegetable sectors.

UV curing, in this dynamic environment, has much to offer: good environmental credentials (no VOCs or solvents); fast turnaround; and high performance. Barriers to its use are currently cost – in terms of inks, varnishes, and energy usage; perceived lack of ease of use; heat from standard UV lamps; healthcare ‘scares’ involving migration of print through the packaging substrate; and recycling challenges.

Summarising, Mr Harrod drew attention to the strong growth in inkjet print. UV inkjet is already enjoying a CAGR of 14.8%, and there are considerable and continuing refinements in the technology base – printheads, inks,

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curing systems, android integrations, and presses. ‘Packaging is a great opportunity’, said Mr Harrod, for this versatile print technology.

The applied chemistries Francis Bergiers, technical service and development specialist at Allnex, then provided a comprehensive overview of the applied chemistries involved in printing and packaging. The partner UV and EB curing inks must deliver viscosity, pigment wetting, cure speed, adhesion, flexibility, scratch resistance; and resistance to chemicals such as solvents. For food packaging print, additional requirements are low odour, no taste transfer, and low migration. All this must come, he underlined, at an acceptable price.

Mr Bergiers highlighted recent innovations with particular relevance for food packaging, such as self-curing acrylates; acrylates that deliver higher purity; acrylates with an improved compromise between high molecular weight and viscosity; and the ability to achieve higher acrylate functionality whilst using lower viscosity systems.

and hoses are among the risks involved in food processing; and packaging materials – paper, board, plastic, metal, glass, coatings, inks, and adhesives – are risks to finished or semi-finished products, as are a host of auxiliary items, such as straws, ice cream sticks, drinks dispensers.

Dr Klump said that ‘consumers are very aware that there are problems out there with their food’ – highlighting the recent horsemeat scandal, and reminding participants that governmental, NGO, and media coverage means that the consumer focus ‘goes viral’. In such a complex supply chain, involving many specialist suppliers of chemicals and raw materials as well as converters, packers, brand owners, and retailers, a publicly- identified safety problem can have serious consequences for a brand. Nestlé’s outstanding and continuing commitment to mitigating such brand risk through its packaging safety and compliance programme is long-established and proven, and Dr Klump adjured the assembled seminar participants to join him and ‘think like a food company’.

‘Think like a food company!’

With the technology base clearly explained, it was time to hear from the customer: Dr Stephen Klump, Global Head of Packaging Quality and Safety, for Nestlé. His subject was ‘Managing Risk’. He outlined the many risks associated with the many different materials which come into contact with food items. Conveyor belts, plastic moulds, pipes

The Nestlé CoC Suppliers across the value chain do not always deliver what they promise. If there is a problem, he said, it is the supplier’s responsibility to ‘find out before someone else finds out for you’. He listed the problems his company has experienced in the packaging arena since 1991 – a list

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which, of course, includes mineral oils, BPA and ITX, and odour issues. He detailed an agenda through which suppliers can ensure that they perform to the standards of the Nestlé certificate of compliance, in parallel with EU and FDA regulations and directives.

All the CoC’s requirements are clearly and transparently communicated to the supplier base, and all are regularly updated.

Testing and legislation The next seminar session focussed on the current status of legislation and testing, and the opportunities and threats they represent. Dr Andreas Grabitz, technical and legal expert at Eurofins Consumer Product Testing, presented two scholarly and instructive papers: the first on the principles and specialities of analytical testing of UV inks and coatings in a variety of situations; and the second on the extant diverse legal requirements relating to food packaging from a safety viewpoint, including detail on the Swiss and upcoming German Ordinances.

European Printing Inks Association’s viewpoint Putting the science into action was the topic addressed, appropriately, by the Chairman of the European Printing Inks Association’s Energy Curing Work Group, Nick Ivory, who is also Technical Director of Sun Chemical.

EuPIA is actively supporting the ongoing use of energy curing products in food packaging print. In this regard, he welcomed the work being done by various acrylate and photoinitiator suppliers on Dossiers for submission under the Swiss and German Ordinances, a move that will help establish more lenient migration limits for common photoinitiators and acrylates. This initiative is

supported by EuPIA by supplying migration data. After detailing all the practical concerns and issues, he expressed the difficulties the industry has in pinpointing the correct way forward in the imprecise legal framework. ‘In the absence of recognised EU legislation’, he remarked, ‘it’s a bit like global warming!’

He concluded, however, that energycuring products CAN safely be used in food packaging scenarios as long as their suitability is fully assessed.

Low-migration inkjet inks Dr Marc Graindourze of Agfa Graphics focussed on low-migration inkjet ink technology for printing food packaging which, he said, is offering a whole new raft of possibilities for today’s brand owners, and is also environmentally friendly. Opportunities include mass customisation, just-in-time printing, promotions, and variable data printing – all using a print technology that is versatile, fast, reliable, and whose setup can be customised for specific applications.

Agfa Graphics’ low-migration ink technology is delivering a printed result that is ‘testing positive’ for eliminating migration and set-off in a variety of food and pharmaceutical packaging applications and is a solution for direct print on to a packaging substrate – a coming solution, he said, because adding a label to packaging involves three steps, whereas direct print takes just one. The new Agfa Graphics inks will, Dr Graindourze concluded, constitute an element in an integrated system involving partnership along the supply chain.

The carton industry speaks BPIF Cartons’ Technical Director, John Wilson, who is also Product and Applications

Manager at Sun Chemical, completed the formal programme with a view from the mainstream packaging industry on the safe use of radiation curing. Printers in the food packaging arena choosing to take the radiation-cured low-migration inks route are facing a number of new challenges – and many questions for which they need answers both from their brand owner/ retailer and their own suppliers. The BPIF are actively supporting their members with the creation of a low migration questionnaire which they can use with their suppliers as a discussion document, creating a technical focus at meetings, and exploring the new ‘barrier boards’ that the board mills are now introducing to the market. Mr Wilson admitted that BPIF Cartons are also closely following the Nestlé and EuPIA guidelines – proof that, in an industry sector where there is still no legislative clarity, the supply chain is taking the initiative and creating its own consensus.

Summing up General Secretary Mark Macaré concluded that the RadTech Europe seminar ‘brought the industry closer to achieving full clearance for UV/EB curing in the food packaging segment.’

RadTech Europe (RTE), founded in 1988 in Switzerland and headquartered in The Hague (The Netherlands), is the European industry association that promotes the development, use and benefits of UV/EB curing technology for the markets of Graphic arts, Adhesives, Electronics, Industrial Coatings, Automotive, Medical, Dental, Cosmetics and an array of new emerging applications.

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A prizewinning product with a prizewinning label Rhyton Cretan Thyme Honey is a winner on two different fronts: as a first-quality speciality gastronomic product, and as an outstanding example of how to label and pack such a product. Brought to market by Rhyton – a Greek co-operative supporting gastronomic products from a network of local producers – the honey is a perfect marriage of flavour and good looks.

Awarded a Golden Star in the Great Taste Awards for 2014 – for the second year running – Rhyton Cretan Thyme Honey joins an exclusive club, because the UK Guild of Fine Food’s annual international taste index of speciality foods and beverages is widely recognised as the ‘foodie Oscars’. But that is not all. In the annual international FINAT Label Competition, promoted by Europe’s label industry association, Rhyton Cretan Thyme Honey’s self-adhesive label, printed by the Greek self-adhesive label specialists N. Cabas S.A., took first prize in the food products category.

Sometimes less is more This particular award was indeed proof that sometimes less is more, because the label employed just two colours on a silver substrate to deliver the premium, luxury result.

Tony White, chairman of the judging panel for the FINAT Label Competition, explains the jury’s thinking: ‘This is a really nicely printed label. The chosen typeface and the two Pantone® ink colours really complement the design without subsuming it, and the choice of a PP film substrate is a practical choice for moisture-resistance and wipe-ability. In recent years we have seen a lot of Cabas’ work in the Label Competition – winning many category and group awards – so their success in this year’s prizewinners’ lineup is no surprise.’

Printed by rotary letterpress on UPM Raflatac’s PP Silver Gloss TC50 self-adhesive labelstock, and protected by a matt UV varnish, the label also contributes a valuable security feature: a tamper-evident seal over the jar lid. Comments Panos Cabas, General Manager of Athens-based Cabas S.A.: ‘Rhyton Cretan Thyme Honey’s label design represents the collection of pollen and nectar from the flower by a bee. The

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visualization of this process becomes the identity of this exquisite honey, and accompanies it to every destination.

‘Our challenge was to help the product stand out with a label that would enable the illustration to be the protagonist. So we printed on a gloss polypropylene labelstock that provided a neutral, pearly (yet sophisticated) background, and used just two colours – one simulating the color of honey for the small, yet significant, details, and the other black, for the rest of the “story” – in order to achieve the desired final outcome. The label was then finished with a matt varnish to ensure an equable visual outcome from every angle.’

Shared standards of excellence Rhyton’s representatives, Michalis Arkopoulos and Nikos Mexis add: ‘We share the same standards and passion for excellence and quality with our co-operators Cabas, and we are proud to see our common values awarded.’

Tony White concludes: ‘It is always a pleasure to see the functional qualities of a self-adhesive label – high-quality print, clean, accurate diecutting, and perfect on-pack positioning and application – partnered by first-class, thoughtful decorative qualities.’

Rhyton Cretan Thyme Honey is available in specialty food shops across Europe. For full details of the 2014 winners’ lineup in the FINAT Label Competition visit www.finat.com.

FINAT, founded in Paris in 1958 with headquarters in The Hague (The Netherlands), is the world-wide association for manufacturers of self-adhesive labels, related products and services and adjacent narrow-web product decoration and identification. With 600 members in over 50 countries around the world, FINAT has much to offer to label converters and all suppliers to the labeling industry in terms of information exchange and the opportunity to network internationally.

JAK Printers wons four awards at 12th Asian Print Awards 2014 With title sponsor PPi and Messe Dusseldorf, the Asian Print Awards recognise the best in print quality Asia has to offer. The 12th edition of the awards were held on 21st November 2014 at Bangkok, Thailand. India’s JAK Printers won 4 awards at the event. JAK won

1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze at the 12th Asian Print Awards 2014. It had won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at the previous edition of the Asian Print Awards held in Malaysia.

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Gallus is investing in the future and strengthening its digital printing team

The stage is already set for a successful market launch of the new digital converting system Gallus DCS 340 at Labelexpo 2015.

Gallus has a positive view of the future.

The Gallus DCS 340 digital label printing machine introduced recently at the Gallus Innovation Days is set to become a sales hit. The stage is already set for a successful market launch at Labelexpo 2015. The company management has decided to comprehensively reinforce the team responsible for this digital converting system.

Gallus is therefore recruiting more specialist and management staff with expertise in digital printing.

The management team at Gallus is aware that there is much more to market success than an outstanding printing press system.

The Swiss company is showing how seriously it is taking its entry into the digital printing technology segment by looking to recruit new marketing, sales and service staff. What started with a truly amazing achievement in the Gallus and Heidelberg development departments – namely developing a fully functional digital printing machine system in this joint project in the space of just twelve months – is now to be continued with the same intensity. “The digital world moves much faster than the conventional one. To ensure that we live up to our goal of ‘success and security for the labelprinter’ in digital

label printing, too, we are going to boost both our staff and our expertise in this area,” explains Stefan Heiniger, COO of the Labels division at Gallus.

Additional staff is being sought for building up sales and service for the digital label printing machine in particular. The company is looking to build up a pool of experts with wide-ranging prepress know-how in systems and application support, for example. This underlines the special position that digital printing enjoys in the Gallus product portfolio as a whole.

“Besides needing a first-class product, the success of a mechanical engineering company greatly depends on the competence shown in sales and service when dealing with customers,” says Stefan Heiniger. “Outstanding customer service is incredibly important – particularly for a technology that changes as rapidly as high resolution inkjet printing. We will ensure that our customers can operate the Gallus DCS 340 really profitably and can open up new business potential using this digital printing press system.” Gallus already maintains a virtually global service network for conventional label printing. A joint service

network for digital printing is also being built up with Heidelberger Druckmachinen AG. “Thanks to our outstanding link-up with Heidelberg, the comprehensive, highperformance service our customers expect from us will already be in place in time for the market launch in September 2015,” says Christof Naier, Head of Sales and Marketing at Gallus.

The Gallus Group is a global market player developing, producing and selling narrowweb, reel-fed presses designed for label manufacturers. Its folding carton business offers a range of wide-web, reel-fed presses and die-cutters for the cost-effective in-line production of folding cartons and cardboard products. The machine portfolio is augmented by a broad range of screen printing plates (Gallus Screeny), globally decentralised service operations, and a broad offering of printing accessories and replacement parts. The comprehensive portfolio also includes consulting services provided by label experts in all relevant printing and process engineering tasks. The Gallus Group is a member of the Heidelberg Group and employs around 560 people, of whom 260 are based in Switzerland. The group headquarters is in St. Gallen.

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Conference on business education in packaging The 1st European Conference on the Future of Business Education in Packaging will take place on Thursday April 23rd, 2015. Every second, 100,000 products are packaged and distributed globally by industry and retail – and unpacked by the end-user. For Europe, the estimate is 25,000 products each second. This makes packaging one of the most intensely discussed and complex activities of our times, with tens of thousands of professionals daily involved. How does the European industry nurture the talents within the organisation and how do we implement the life-long education and training of the

ageing knowledge workers in packaging?

This one-day conference tries to find answers, connects industry with education and training institutes and provides a concise view on how to maintain an agile workforce in the field of packaging to the benefit of industry, education institutes and society as a whole. The conference will take place at The Gallery in Enschede, The Netherlands.

The conference addresses the needs of managers in HRM and in other functions responsible for or involved in the development of skills, know-how and

knowledge of the workforce in the field of packaging within their company. Students at higher education institutes in Europe and NVC Packaging Professionals have free access to the conference. The conference is a unique and attractive platform for organisations offering business education and training in packaging.

A research study is being performed, examining the needs of business for attracting, maintain and nurturing talent in packaging. The results will be presented at the conference.

Rotoflex unveils latest Die Cutting Design Rotoflex has redesigned its well-known DSI die cutting platform which will answer the demand of converters to have more streamlined finishing workflows and increased productivity. The new DSI die cutting platform is a smaller footprint machine which is faster and more responsive to today’s changing production requirements.

Rotoflex URC 2.0 control system, ensuring precise tension control and enhanced accuracy in die cutting and slitting. In addition to higher quality output, speeds are dramatically increased as well. The updated platform can now perform accurate slitting and die cutting at speeds up to 1000 fpm (305 m/min), a 30% increase over production speeds of legacy DSI models.

A powerful contributor to this redesign is the incorporation of servo drives into the platform. Smaller than the legacy AC vector motors, this reengineering has decreased the size of the power cabinet significantly, thereby reducing the footprint, a real benefit in facilities where floor space is at a premium.

The independently driven servo drives manage the unwind, die cut, matrix and rewinds, and are controlled by the proprietary

Production managers will appreciate the versatility of this new Rotoflex DSI as well. Idle equipment does not contribute to productivity, and if a job only requires inspection and rewinding, die cutting equipment may sit idle during that job run.

The updated design of the Rotoflex DSI accommodates a variety of inspection systems and the die cutting unit can be disengaged for specific jobs, meaning it may

be run as a slitter/rewinder or as a die cutter, accommodating more applications and job types. This allows production managers to better manage job mix and optimize workflows.

ETI Converting Equipment releases a new Flexo Printing Station ETI Converting Equipment, manufacturer of in-line printing and coating equipment, has developed a fully servo-driven gearless flexo printing station using a sleeve system.

ETI features servo-drives on each print head providing automatic register control.

The anilox roll, the sleeve cylinder and the impression cylinder are independently servodriven to obtain automatic registration without changing the web tension. This module has been designed for very precise registration, even on thin film. The press, equipped with this station, can run at a speed of up to 750 ft/min. (220 m/min.). Moreover, with its

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ergonomic shape, this unit allows for quick changeover and is easy to use by the operator. The new flexo sleeve is available in 20” (520 mm), 22” (570 mm) and 26” (670 mm).

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Autoprint sells creasing kit to Ernakulam printer At the recent three-day expo Print Miracle which was organised from 12-14 December in Kochi, Kerala Autoprint participated and showcased its solutions. It has sold a creasing kit to a printer based in Ernakulam.

Taking part at Ludhiana Expo in October, Autoprint sold five creasers. The company entered into an agreement with Coimbatore based World Print Engineers for marketing its auto-creasing machine Max Auto-Creaser.

Autoprint is now the sole marketing agent of Max Auto-Creaser for the 24 x 24 inches, 27

x 27 inches and 30 x 30 inches variant sizes globally.

With Max Auto-Creaser it is possible to produce quality creasing, micro-perforating and cutting at up to 15,000 sheets an hour.

Not only does the Auto Creaser eliminate digital cracking at press speeds, it also comes equipped with a unique microperforating tool which applies fine and flat quality results, so that sheets can run through laser copiers and printers, trouble free.

The Auto Crease can apply simultaneous creasing and micro-perforating with the bonus of trimming the sheets as well. The cutting tool produces long lasting guillotine quality trimming so that users can produce 2 up or even 3 up copies (cutting tool is optional). All multiple applications can be added, without affecting speed of output.

The modular design allows for extra finishing applications to be added.

Flexo Image Graphics to represent Troika Systems in India In a new development, Flexo Image Graphics has announced that it will be representing Troika Systems Ld. in India and the subcontinent. Speaking on this new association, Jon Jordan (Sales Director) Troika Systems says, “India is a growing market and we are very happy with this partnership with Flexo Image Graphics as it comes at the right time. We are looking forward to working with our new partner and to introduce our products and solutions to the fast growing label industry in India and especially to FIG’s existing and new customers. We will endeavour to contribute to the growth of the label and packaging industry in India by offering technically advanced equipment and excellent local support through FIG.” A UK based company, Troika Systems is clearly identified with Quality Management through its Quality Control tools for the security, flexible packaging, label and corrugated market s. Troika Systems has developed and manufactured several

innovative products in its 18 years of existence.

With the AniCam 3D Scanning Microscope and its associated QC applications, Troika Systems has set new standards in measuring anilos rolls, gravure cylinders and flexo plates. While the AniCam Anilox QC allows to take single or multiple readings across a roll, the AniCam Gravure QC allows to take single or multiple readings across a cylinder.

“The technical excellence and engineering capabilities of Troika products are well recognized world over and also by printers in India. A leading brand associated with Quality Control programs that allow users to make considerable cost and time saving

when checking and managing their Flexo printing plates, their anilox inventories or gravure cylinders, we are happy to now provide the Indian labels, flexible packaging, and corrugated markets with Troika measuring equipments AniCAM and Plate-II-Print. This association will enable us in adding value to the list of our off erings for the label printers,” says Gourav Roy of Flexo Image Graphics.

Troika has sold almost 600 units of AniCAM 3D Scanning Microscope globally. The solution has been sold to label, wide web, corrugated and security printers and to over 75% of all known anilox manufacturers worldwide.

DKSH starts strategic partnership with BASF in Asia DKSH, a Market Expansion Services provider and BTC Chemical Distribution, a subsidiary of BASF, will start a strategic collaboration for colorants in the personal care and household industries in 14 Asian countries. DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials has been appointed to provide Market Expansion Services for BASF’s product range of home and personal care colorants in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.

BASF offers one of the most comprehensive line of colorants for the home and personal care industry. The cooperation includes the product lines Puricolor and Iragon. DKSH has been chosen as the exclusive Market

Expansion Services partner due to its comprehensive Pan-Asian coverage, through specialized teams in each countries and its broad range of services including eight innovation centers and six regulatory affairs centers.

“We are delighted that BASF has chosen DKSH as their Market Expansion Services partner across Asia. We have a strong customer base that has been established over almost 150 years of doing business in Asia. We are convinced that our local business partners will be excited about the opportunity to have access to BASF products,” commented Cesar Saez, Vice President, Business Line Personal Care Industry, DKSH Performance Materials.

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Creed Engineers signs strategic association with DG press Creed Engineers has signed a strategic association with DG press, The Netherlands for offering Web Offset presses for the Middle East, Africa & the Asian markets. “This is great time to have started our collaboration with DG press services. With their advanced technology in the Shaftless presses for security printing and Sleeve presses for flexible packaging, we hope to leverage their technology to bring world class solutions to the markets we operate in,” says Mr. Ranesh Bajaj, Director – VINSAK. DG press, a well-known name in Offset Printing, is featuring to bring the performance of existing and future Thallo, VSOP®, Vision, and Gazelle rotary web offset presses to a higher level in terms of output and faster

return on investments. “We are excited to announce this cooperation with a strong and reliable partner as Creed Engineers as it opens up many opportunities in emerging markets and strengthens our global presence,” according to Peter Kloppers, Director – DG press.

“The result is the Vision, a press that offers today’s printers’ competitive advantages in productivity, versatility and order turnaround time,” says Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Executive Director- VINSAK. DG press specializes in engineering, manufacturing, refurbishing, installation, servicing, and maintaining printing presses.

The company offers offset presses for

package printing; presses for commercial printing, direct mail (wrap around), labels, security printing, pharmaceutical inserts, business forms, lottery tickets, etc.; and Web offset presses for the production of small, medium, and large production runs.

Munken appeals to all senses Paper is for real. Paper is a physical product and has the power to trigger all your senses.

This is why SONA – Signature Papers in association with its principal Arctic Paper SA, Sweden, has introduced a series of books on this topic printed on Munken Design Range of papers.

wide acceptance of Quote Uncoate swatchbook, ‘Paper is for real’ is going to redefine the way we look at uncoated paper. Through this sample booklet, we are seeking to show how paper can enhance a message in so many ways, and by doing so truly affect the reader.”

The Munken Design Range of papers is an ideal choice for companies wishing to convey a genuine and natural expression.

Raju Suneja, Managing Director, SONA – Signature Papers says, “After success and

In our ever more digitalized world, the interest for the authentic, real, handmade and genuine is rapidly growing. The trends coexist and we see the ‘back to basics’ development appear in many areas – in old

fashioned stone-oven bakeries, in locally produced meat and vegetables, and in microbreweries where beer is produced on a small scale, with love and attention to detail. In this context, Munken fine papers will continue to play a strong part to make a powerful expression. Today, it is easier than ever before to make an environmentally smart paper choice and create environmentally labeled printed matter.

Arctic Paper Munkedals has recently certified its entire product range in accordance with EU Ecolabel, the official environmental label for the European Union. In addition, all of the design and book grades in the Munken range are produced using environmentally labeled raw materials from forests certified according to the international standards FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).

SONA – Signature Papers, India’s leading paper merchant penetrated uncoated paper market by adding Munken Design Range in its product basket two years ago. Munken is rooted in Munkedal, a village in the western part of Sweden. The first sheet of paper left the mill over a hundred years ago and the mill has ever enjoyed a close relationship with nature. When it comes to design, Munken has led the way in uncoated paper for many years, bringing about innovation that makes it perfect carriers of great creative artwork.

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Four MPS agreements signed during trade mission in Japan and Korea MPS accompanied the Dutch Royal House and Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs in a recent trade mission to Japan and South Korea.

MPS announced its participation in a recent trade mission to Japan and South Korea, accompanying the Dutch Royal House King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, and Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp. During the trade mission MPS confirmed agreements for four flexo presses (two in Japan and two in South Korea), with official signing ceremonies. In Japan orders were confirmed by Toray Industries Inc., and T&K Toka.

package for their factory in Okazaki-shi, Aichi Prefecture. Their first MPS press will be used for the development of photopolymer plates.

Toray purchased the MPS press based the highly advanced Print Pressure control in combination with the stable web tension in the EF Flexo Flagship. MPS Japanese partner T&K Toka will install their new MPS press in the demo center of their factory in Saitama Prefecture.

Erik Blomjous, MPS Regional Director for Asia Pacific, participated in the official

Ordered by Toray Industries Inc. was an EF multi-substrate flexo press with the Automated Print Control (APC) advanced

Business Delegation at signing ceremony in Japan with companies Toray, T&K Toka and MPS, including Dutch Minister Henk Kamp

employs over 650 employees, and is part of the T&K Toka group with offices in Korea, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Japan.

MPS is a worldwide, well-known and highquality brand of UV flexo and offset press solutions for label and packaging printers.

In 1999 MPS introduced the first fully rotary servo-driven press in the label industry. Since then MPS has installed over 400 fully servodriven presses, printing self-adhesive labels and flexible packaging, around the world.

Signing ceremony in Japan with companies Toray, MPS, including Dutch Minister Henk Kamp

The trade mission took place from 27-31 October in Japan and from 2-4 November in South Korea in parallel with an official state visit by Their Majesties King WillemAlexander and Queen Máxima, to reinforce the already strong bilateral relations between Japan/South Korea and The Netherlands. A signing ceremony was held during the trade mission in Japan, led by Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp, for two MPS press orders placed by Toray Industries Inc. and T&K Toka. The orders were signed with pens in the official Dutch flag colours of red, white and blue, accompanied by a pen in the Dutch royal colour of orange to recognize a “certificate of cooperation” between the three companies.

Economic Mission to Korea, MPS accompanied by the Dutch Royal House King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, and Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp

Signing ceremony in Japan with company Toray, including Dutch Minister Henk Kamp

delegation of the trade mission. “It was truly a privilege and memorable experience to take part in such a prestigious trade mission, alongside the Dutch Royal House and Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs,” commented Erik Blomjous. “MPS is honoured to receive orders from four very reputable companies in Japan and South Korea, including Toray Industries Inc., a leading name in the Japanese industry. This successful trade mission has further strengthened our presence in the Asian market.”

Agreement MPS, signed with pens in official Dutch flag colours red, white and blue, accompanied by one in Dutch royal colour orange

Toray Industries Inc is based in Urayasu, Chiba in Japan and employs 45.000 people.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, T&K Toka has specialized in ink production for more than 60 years. T&K Toka also offers various printing and synthetic resins for printing, painting and adhesives in addition to printing materials and machinery. The company

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Esko sign and display solutions at Media Expo, Mumbai At Media Expo, Mumbai 2015, Esko and global5 will showcase i-cut Suite and ArtiosCAD software; and a Kongsberg digital cutting table. The entire workflow – from design to prepress to versatile finishing – can be witnessed live at Esko’s partner booth#C61 & B-44– Global 5 Technologies.

Esko will present its range of Kongsberg tables for cutting and creasing and shortrun converting for the packaging, label, sign and display industries. The Kongsberg XN is the versatile and upgradeable digital finishing table to be configured for various applications. The Kongsberg XP is a fast digital finishing table, designed to handle continuous, high-speed production on the most demanding materials. Esko has more than 60 installations of Kongsberg tables all over South Asia.

Esko will highlight its i-cut Suite – software that lets signs and display companies streamline their workflows. It preflights and edits incoming PDF files, ensuring that jobs will RIP and print correctly. It also helps build and edit sheet layouts, ensuring that jobs

make the optimum use of substrates through intelligent true shape nesting and tiling.

More and more companies are investing in ArtiosCAD for structural design. ArtiosCAD has an extensive library of resizable display designs to help designers so they do not have to start from scratch designing new displays.

Esko has invested in the digital finishing excellence centre with equipment and trained staff and has nearly 60 installations in South Asia addressing various applications.

Mr. Shrihari Rao, Sales Director of Esko South Asia states, “The signs and display markets are growing very fast in India.

The versatility that Esko’s digital finishing solution offers with i-cut Suite and ArtiosCAD software alongside the Kongsberg XN series is exactly what the growing Retail and Signage market in India needs.”

Events Calendar Print Summit 2015

Print China 2015

Pamex 2015

Date: 16 JAN-2015 Venue: Tata Theatre, NCPA Mumbai

Date: 07 APR-15 to 12 APR-15 Venue: Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center Guangdong, China

Date: 09 DEC-15 to 12 DEC-15 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai

Digital Media India 2015 Date: 10 FEB-15 to 11 FEB-15 Venue: New Delhi

PrintExpo 2015 Date: 12 JUNE-15 to 14 JUN-15 Venue: Chennai Trade Centre Chennai

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

PackPlus 2015 Date: 30 JUL-15 to 02 AUG-15 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi

ASIA COAT + INKS SHOW 2015 Date: 02 MAR-15 to 04 MAR-15 Venue: Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

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Paperex 2015 Date: 01 NOV-15 to 04 NOV-15 Venue: Pragati Maidan New Delhi

drupa 2016 Date: 31 MAY-16 to 10 JUN-16 Venue: Dusseldorf, Germany

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