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Ultimate Printer From its humble beginnings, Ultimate Print has grown from strength to become one of Malyasia’s biggest commercial printers and is still counting for more.

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drupa 2016: From gigantic to nano

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o the common person who views the word ‘print’ as just transferring words on the computer screen to paper, the printing industry is something that I have very little awareness on previously. The existence of drupa was the thing that had made me rethink my views on printing.

The quadrennial event showcases the best of the best in the printing business, with competition budding horns (in a friendly manner, of course) to exhibit their new toys. Tech which are made available on this year’s tumultuous show include - but are not limited to; 3D printing, printed electronics, multi-channel applications, promotional and packaging printing, as well as nanotechnology.

May 31 to June 10, 2016 marks the days where drupa 2016 came into full-swing. For eleven days, the gigantic exhibition showed everything the industry has to offer worldwide in terms of technology, themes and innovations, all within the 19 halls of the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre.

The trade show of the global printing and media industry is staged in Düsseldorf every four years. Contrary to initial announcements, drupa will continue to be staged in the customary four-year rhythm. The next edition is scheduled to take place from June 23 to July 3, 2020.

According to the official figures, 1,837 exhibitors from 54 countries with around 260,000 visitors from 188 countries experience machines and technologies, ideas and best practice examples up close during this year’s drupa. The organisers put the decline in attendance compared to 2012 (when 314,248 attended the drupa) down to a “reflection of the worldwide industry consolidation”.

The overall conclusion is positive: “We were able to experience a highly innovative industry here, which has succeeded in escaping the valley of tears and is now getting a grip on the future,” stated Claus Bolza-Schünemann, Chairman of the drupa Committee.

Industry giants from Brother to Canon, Fuji, Heidelberg and hp, Konica, Ricoh, all the way to Roland contributed greatly towards the overall picture in the exhibition halls. Let’s not forget as well the big stands of numerous Chinese suppliers,who are making their way onto

the printing market substantially.

The big players showcasing their big printing giants are what makes drupa shiny, but a hand should be given to the many smaller specialists from all sections of the printing and media industry,who also co-shaped drupa.

The specialised supporting programmes present who were exhibiting the drupa cube, drupa innovation park, 3D fab + print, touchpoint packaging and Printed Electronics Products and Solutions proved very popular.

According to the organisers, every drupa visitor coming for the second time was interested in the different special shows and lecture stages.

Drupa had always been a place of grandeur, as bigger machines tends to take the spotlight most of the time. Yet the direction of technology we are riding on takes a turn for the smaller.Advancement of nanotechnology and 3d printing emphasises on small details with higher quality output, helping to shape the future of the printing industry on a global scale.

With the printing industry continues to spearhead its way into the future with latest advancement in technology, only time will tell what is in stores for us next. Let’s ride the print-train and see where it leads, together.

Norman Hussaini Senior Writer

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top marks 06-07

drupa 2016 is a resounding success: excellent business deals concluded in an outstanding investment climate

content investing to meet change 32-36

expanding with new technology 42-43

Ultimate is truely commited to adopt change to meet the market dynamics

Suria Time Enterprise caters to new age consumer with new age technology

Inkjet 3.0, packaging’s digital printing, B1 digital, special effects, and Industry 4.0 at drupa 2016 surprises InfoTrends team

the printing powerhouse 37 The Komori System 38D Web Offset Press is a force to be reckon with

game-changer in the making 44

AVS Solutions finds footing in the Malaysian marketplace

drupa 2016 technology review 10-12

new printing technology 38

New frontier awaits MaPMA 46

five theme shakers 08-09

Post-Drupa 14-31

launching of malaysia print awards 2017 40-41

Members seek name change to reflect its growing base at the 23th AGM

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drupa 2016 is a resounding success: excellent business deals concluded in an outstanding investment climate

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he atmosphere at drupa 2016, the world’s biggest and most important trade fair for print and crossmedia solutions, can hardly be topped: the investment climate is extremely good and has far exceeded all expectations.

As the 11-day trade fair draws to a close the 1,837 exhibitors from 54 countries unanimously reported excellent business deals, extremely promising contacts and a positive spirit for the global print industry.

The re-positioning of drupa and its focus on future themes with strong growth potential – such as 3D printing, functional printing or packaging printing – proves to be a real asset.

Be it publication, commercial, packaging or industrial printing – printing technology offers matching solutions for all of these applications while opening up new lines of business and business models at the same time.

“The print industry is constantly re-inventing itself and offers a wealth of high-potential facets. And this is precisely what drupa 2016 has very impressively proven.

We were able to experience a highly innovative industry here in the 19

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Cross examination saw the percentage of printing technology showcased during the trade show.

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America

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Chairman of the drupa Committee and Chairman of the Board at Koenig & Bauer AG.

Asia

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Africa

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Australia/ Oceania

exhibition halls, one that has succeeded in moving out of the “valley of tears” and grasping the future by the neck,” explains Claus Bolza-Schünemann,

drupa 2016: trade fair of decision makers and capital spenders

Some 260,000 visitors from 188 countries and some 1,900 journalists from 74 countries travelled to Düsseldorf to learn about technology innovations, further developments and new business

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Visitors’ decision-making competence is extremely high: approximately 75% of all visitors are executives and in a decisive and or co-decisive capacity when it comes to capital expenditure in their companies.

Various other indicators produced by the visitors’ survey also underscore very clearly that drupa is a flawless B2B trade fair and platform for business decisions:  54% of visitors came to drupa 2016 with concrete investment intentions  29% placed orders during drupa  30% are planning to place their orders after drupa  60% found new suppliers at drupa The development in visitor attendance (2012: 314,248) reflects the worldwide consolidation occurring in the industry.

drupa 2016: global No. 1 trade fair

Totalling 76%, the percentage of international visitors is up 16% from four years ago. This figure can be attributed to Asian visitors: 17% of international visitors came from this continent alone (2012: 13.6%).

And here India accounted for the largest share with 5%, followed by China with 3%. The leading European countries were Italy, France, the Netherlands and the UK. “This means that drupa has enhanced its global market significance and its international rating even further. It is the unrivalled global No. 1 trade fair for the print and media industries,” says Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH commenting on the results of drupa 2016. As announced at the midpoint of drupa, the event will will stick to its four-year cycle meaning the next drupa will be held from 23 June to 3 July 2020.

Exhibitors Testimonials: Canon, Jeppe Frandsen, Executive Vice President Canon Europe Canon came to drupa 2016 with the aim of demonstrating the range and depth of our capabilities in a way that reflected the real business of our customers. We set out to give visitors fresh ideas about how they could expand their capabilities and to inspire them to unleash print in their own individual ways. We’ve surpassed that objective on multiple levels. The response of visitors to what we’ve shown and discussed with them has been hugely positive.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Gerold Linzbach, CEO We are very satisfied with the outcome of the trade fair. Thanks to drupa Heidelberg starts into the new business with a positive outlook. Our motto Simply Smart was a success with visitors. We received a high demand for our industrial printing ranges and exceeded our own targets. The further automation of offset printing produced a high number of contracts signed especially for our high-performance presses. Together with our partner Fuji we have set new standards in industrial digital printing. The debut and market launch of our new digital printing machine Primefire 106 was extremely promising prompting worldwide sales for packaging applications. With drupa tailwinds we are on course for growth.

HP, Francois Martin, worldwide marketing director HP Graphics Solutions Business drupa 2016 has been a landmark show for HP. It is clear that digital has arrived as mainstream, with HP experiencing the best attendance at any drupa ever and with sales not only surpassing 2012 results by 20%, but exceeding our 2016 ambitious goals by 25% overall. drupa continues to be the most relevant industry event for innovation, and

HP is committed to keep reinventing to help our customers reinvent their own possibilities, ensuring that drupa 2020 is better than we could imagine.

Landa, Benny Landa, Chairman drupa 2016 will be remembered as the inflection point in the industry’s transition from mechanical printing to digital. In the past, digital printing vendors had to try to convince the market that digital is the way to go. Previously it was a ‘push’ selling motion. Now, for the first time, the situation has reversed. There is a very strong ‘pull’ from the market, driven by both customers and brandowners, who are now demanding digital printing. It seems that the market leaders – in packaging, commercial printing and in publishing – have come to the realization that they simply must go digital.

Ricoh, John Blyth, Market Development Manager & Production Printing Business Group For us drupa 2016 has been all about enabling Ricoh to open new worlds of opportunity to new and potential clients alike. We have been delighted by the strong and steady flow of visitors on to our stand. There is nowhere like drupa for bringing decision makers in our industry, from all corners of the globe, together.

Xeikon, Danny Mertens, Corporate Communications Manager drupa 2016 was a special edition for us, as it was our first major show since we were acquired by Flint Group. The booth, including a number of Xeikon technologies and Flint Group presence, made this collaboration visible for our visitors. With the theme “X marks the spot”, we wanted to mark our position in the market. We are pleased to say that once again, drupa 2016 has been a successful edition for us.

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Five theme shakers Inkjet 3.0, packaging’s digital printing, B1 digital, special effects, and Industry 4.0 at drupa 2016 surprises InfoTrends team

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fter digesting a week of meetings at drupa 2016 from May 31st to June 10th in Düsseldorf, Germany along with plenty of good German food and beer, the InfoTrends analyst team believes the show can be characterised by five major themes: 1. Inkjet 3.0 – After important advances in production inkjet printing at drupa 2008 and 2012, this drupa can be considered “inkjet drupa 3.0” because of new and improved print heads, higher quality levels,wide printhead arrays, improved performance on a range of substrates, and expansion across a range of document, packaging, and decorative applications.

These developments have brought digital printing into the mainstream.

All of the leading offset press manufacturers are now committed to a digital print strategy, and though for some there is an important component that is based on electrophotography, it is the high productivity levels of inkjet that have convinced them that there is a place for digital print in production environments.

2. Digital printing of packaging – Though digital printing of packaging

is certainly being influenced by inkjet, the major theme in this area is process automation. Digital printing, digital embellishment, and digital die-cutting were seen integrated across many production lines for labels, folding cartons, corrugated packaging, and even some direct-to-shape applications.

Despite its commercial print heritage, drupa is morphing into a show with a significant package printing component. Meeting the needs of different segments of the packaging market is a challenge that requires effective software, workflow, and finishing if the true advantages of digital print for the entire supply chain are to be gained.

It’s not clear today that digital printing system vendors have fully grasped the magnitude of this.

3. B1 digital – Many commercial printers have an almost emotional attachment to the B1-format press platform that has served them so well for offset printing.

The new generation of B1-format digital printing devices appeals to them because they can see how they would fit easily into their production lines with minimal disruption (despite the fact that smaller digital devices might

be just as efficient and/or cost-effective). drupa 2016 saw the arrival of larger format digital cut-sheet colour printing systems as well as off-line systems for special effects, such as spot gloss, dimensional effects, and metallic foils.

The progress in B1 sheet-fed design is facilitated by wider inkjet arrays that benefit from the latest advances in inkjet head technology. The challenge for any of these larger format digital printing devices is to meet the production requirements for quality, consistency, substrate support, and colour registration while performing at high speed.

Also important is integration of finishing technologies that leverage the benefits of digital print. Therefore, laser-cutting and creasing, particularly for folding carton applications, is also advancing, and for some of these devices the focus is on a B1 sheet size.

For the off-line digital devices used for special effects, the B1 sheet size opens up sizeable opportunities because these systems are capable of supporting conventional presses as well as digital printers.

4. Special effects – Offset print processes have typically excelled at special effects beyond process colour, such as spot gloss, flood coats, foils, and corporate colour matching.This kind of embellishment is now accelerating for digital print. Electrophotographic devices are using effects like printed metallic, dimensional, clear gloss, spot colours, fluorescent, security and other embellishments to differentiate the printed products and provide

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HP takes the floor

Largest exhibitor HP will occupy all of Hall 17 at drupa 2016

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ne good way of gauging a vendor’s marketing spend for a trade show is to see how much show floor space it has.

So here are the results for drupa 2016 (with history back to 2008):

For many years Heidelberg has been the largest exhibitor, but from 2008 until now their presence has shrunken from two halls to part of one (Hall 1, where they will share space with MasterWork, Polar-Mohr, Stora Enso, and Steinemann).

For drupa 2016, the largest exhibitor is HP, which will occupy all of Hall 17 (a total of 6,200 square metres). Canon and Landa are in a virtual tie at just around 3,000 sq m.

Landa’s space in Hall 9 is more than twice the size of the space it occupied at drupa 2012. Next is Kodak followed

by Konica Minolta, Xerox, KBA, Komori, and Bobst.

Three other companies just missed the top ten: Agfa, Muller Martini, and Ricoh. At number ten, Bobst makes a reappearance after dropping out of the top ten in 2012. Six companies made the top ten list for each year (2008, 2012, and 2016). These are HP, Heidelberg, Canon, Kodak, Xerox, and KBA.

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InfoTrends expects to see semi-autonomous print production and robotic automation culminate in what has been described as “Industry 4.0”. In other words the foundation of a fourth industrial revolution that is based upon automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, similar as what has happened in the car industry.

Other topics, such as 3D printing, will likely have a sizeable impact moving forward, but for drupa 2016 the five trends described above were central themes of the show.

In closing, the mid-week announcement that the next drupa would take place in 2020 instead of 2019 was a major relief. Few vendors were looking forward to making the marketing investments required for drupa on a three-year cycle.

Reverting to the four-year cycle is a wise decision that helps build strong momentum for the next drupa,which will take place in Düsseldorf as usual but somewhat later than the May/ June typical time. drupa 2020 will run from Tuesday June 23 to Friday July 3.

The report from the drupa organisers that final attendance reached 260,000 was relatively good news.

While this is significantly less than the 318,000 of drupa 2012, much of that drop can be attributed to the shortening of the show from 14 to 11 days.

Overall, the sales reports from exhibitors are very positive and this builds good momentum for the show as we head towards drupa 2020.

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added value.

Inkjet, particularly with ultraviolet (UV) curing inks, is extending this with some eye-popping results that leverage dimensional clear and metallic foil. The use of hybrid configurations, including those that leverage electrophotography and inkjet together, will have compelling applications in commercial and packaging markets.

Many of the off-line special effect solutions, as noted above, are able to support larger format conventional sheet sizes, which opens their market impact significantly.

5. Industry 4.0 – For many years, system providers have talked about how production data can be used to drive operational excellence and even facilitate predictive service calls. Cloud-enabled production data tracking is now making this type of data-driven production a reality, not only for commercial and packaging applications, but for decorative and industrial ones as well.

Today these tend to focus on a single vendor platform rather than a true heterogeneous ecosystem.

Despite these limitations there are still many benefits, such as performance benchmarking across peers with similar equipment. This also elevates the importance of automated workflows that make it easy for production managers to assess and react to their production site(s) based on real-time data.

Taking this even further,

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Drupa 2016 Technology Review With 1,800+ exhibitors from 54 countries, it’s impossible to present all of the product innovations that were on display during drupa 2016.

Here’s a sampling of just some of the new products that were featured.

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ith the dust now settled after a flurry of new digital press announcements at Drupa, it’s a good time to go though, compare and contrast and put them into some sort of context.

Here we’re only looking at presses intended for general commercial use: Drupa also saw a lot of announcements of big industrial presses, especially for corrugated work in both signage and cartons, plus more digital label presses.

We’ve left those out for space reasons but will doubtless return to them.

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Agfa Graphics introduced the 2.5m Anapurna H2500i LED wide-format printer, a hybrid solution for printing rigid and flexible media. Its white ink function includes pre-, post-, spot and even sandwich white. Productivity can be further increased with the optional automatic board feeder.

The Anapurna i-series inkjet systems are equipped with powerful, air-cooled UV LED lamps. Thanks to reduced heat emissions, the Anapurna H2500i LED can print on a wider media mix, including more heat-sensitive substrates such as thin-layer styrene.

Bobst

Bobst said it has developed a 200m/min roll-to-roll press for folding carton work.

This apparently uses similar technology to its sheetfed corrugated press, which uses Kodak Prosper heads. Two beta models are in test sites, but it wasn’t at Drupa.Final models are “12 to 18 months from fruition”.

Canon

Drupa saw the announcement of the imagePress C8000VP, an entry-level follow-up to the 100ppm C1000VP that has now seen more than 80 sales in Europe.

The C8000VP runs at 80ppm, which is much the same as last year’s C800. The difference is that the C8000VP is built for four times higher monthly volumes: up to 1.2 million A4 pages.

On the Océ inkjet web press side, the new 540mm ColorStream 6000 Chroma uses new Chromera inks for wider gamuts and greater colour densities.

Maximum speed is 127m/min in colour, or optionally 150m/min in black only.

Deliveries start in the autumn.

On the far end of the Canon stand was Voyager, a prototype new technology B2 sheetfed inkjet press that uses an offset transfer cylinder. Sounds similar to Landa (which uses an offset belt)? Yes, but Canon is very tight-lipped about exactly how it works.

There were print samples behind glass, and a looped video that said it’s a duplex machine capable of running seven colours at 3,000 duplex sph on sheets up to 788x580mm. It prints on standard offset papers without treatment. It’s intended for magazine, catalogue and other high-quality work, but there was no indication of when or if it will reach production.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm highlighted how the improved J Press 720S cut-sheet inkjet press can deliver competitive benefits in a production environment. The latest generation of SAMBA printheads form the heart of the single-pass inkjet printing system used for high-performance and stable jetting.

Wide-gamut VIVIDIA water-based pigment ink is applied with RAPIC anticoagulation technologies to achieve sharp printed results on a range of printing papers. Other features include extended FM screening optimized for inkjet and an automatic, on-the-fly image compensation function that controls ink deposition inconsistencies.

Fujifilm had a “technology announcement” of the new MJP20W 540mm wide, five-colour inkjet web press for flexible packaging.

B1-format Primefire 106 inkjet carton press

Heidelberg

Epson’s new SureColor P20000 wide-format printer.

The Océ VarioPrint i300 sheetfed inkjet press.

PrecisionCore MicroTFP printheads for 2,400×1,200 dpi output, even at the highest print speeds. Designed for photographic fine art and indoor display graphics printing, this press is a successor to one of Epson’s Stylus Pro 11880.

Epson

Epson debuted the 64˝ SureColor P20000 wide-format printer that employs

Heidelberg’s digital star turn was the big B1-format Primefire 106 inkjet carton press. Developed with Fujifilm, it uses a seven-colour print engine based on Fujifilm Samba heads on an adapted XL chassis. Speed depends on how you phrase the question,but for decent quality you’re looking at about 2,500sph at full 1,200dpi. High uptimes and no plate

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HP Indigo 12000

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Bigger, faster HP Indigos were among the huge variety of digital printers that filled the largest floor area at Drupa.The HP Indigo 12000 is an improved version of the 10000 B2 liquid toner press that has already hit well over 250 sales since its 2012 introduction.

HP said it received orders for 50 12000s at Drupa. A B1 prototype, the 50000, uses two 20000 engines (originally web-fed) inline to print portrait-format sheets. Beta sites will receive it next year. Two new SRA3 machines, the 7900 and 5900, will have most of the throughput improvements of the 12000.

On the PageWide wide side, there are three new models: the 1.06m wide fullcolour T490 HD, the mono T490 M HD, and 559mm-wide colour T240 HD.These use HP’s new twin-drop size greyscale high-resolution heads announced last year.

KBA Digital & Web

KBA teamed up with Xerox to announce an interesting offset-inkjet hybrid at Drupa, the sheetfed B1 ‘VariJet 106 powered by Xerox’, for carton work.

The Kodak NexPress “Max Platform”

Kodak

Kodak’s Prosper inkjet press operation is up for sale, which may have encouraged it to talk about new products.

Ultrastream is its next generation continuous flow inkjet head, which will be wider (203mm/8in),a factor in making it cheaper for OEMs and integrators. Configurations from 203mm to 2,464mm will be possible, Kodak says, with highaccuracy small drop placement allowing resolutions of 600x1,800dpi running at 150m per minute. It showed a 203mm narrow web demo unit at Drupa.

Once Prosper goes, Kodak’s main digital presses will be the toner based NexPress family.At Drupa it announced the ZX3300 and ZX3900 models with the ability to handle thicker paper up to 610 microns and with an opaque white ink option.

It was also talking about a next-gen NexPress codenamed Max Platform.

It showed some components but not a whole press. This will have a new 12-bit LED based print engine for smooth tones, new multi-screening

technology within a page and the ability to swap the colour station order – useful if there’s a white. Top speed will be 152ppm and the largest sheet size will be 1,219x353mm.

Impremia NS40

Komori

Komori is backing two horses: it will build the chassis for Landa’s Nanographic presses and also intends to built its own B1 Nanographic press, the 6,500sph Impremia NS40.

This has different controls to the Landa models. There was a perfecting prototype running at Drupa and the company signed up nine letters of intent,with initial shipping planned for spring 2018.

The other horse is a collaboration with Konica Minolta,which has already produced the Impremia IS29, Komori’s name for the KM-1 sheetfed B2 inkjet press, with UV inks. This is now shipping and selling well, the company says.

Accuriopro KM-1

Konica Minolta

As mentioned above, KM’s joint venture with Komori has so far given us the recently renamed AccurioJet KM-1 B2 sheetfed UV inkjet, which started shipping this year.

A prototype B1 carton press,AccurioJet KM-C,was previewed at Drupa,with regular running demos. This will take sheets up to 760x1,060mm, in thicknesses up to 1.2mm.

This year KM increased its stake in MGI, which has long used KM toner engines in its Meteor digital presses, from 10.5% to 40.5%. It is going to be more actively marketing the MGI Meteors and the JetVarnish ‘embellishment’ inkjets.

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It’s not finished yet so wasn’t shown, but it will be a modular system that can have a choice of offset, white undercoat and foiling units as ‘pre-treatment’, then the inkjet module, followed by a drying unit then a choice of more offset units, coaters, screen print units, more driers, and rotary diecutting.

Speed will be up to 4,500sph B1 at 1,440dpi. KBA did demonstrate its latest RotaJet L all-inkjet web press running at Drupa as a 4/0 configuration.

Developed from the 2012 prototype, it is intended for commercial and industrial colour work,with web widths up to 1,380mm and speeds up to 300m/min.

It’s a modular press and can have up to 42 different configurations from 1/0 to 4/4 and more. A larger model, RotaJet VL, will handle web widths up to 2.25m and is intended for industrial work such as decor.

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changes will attract buyers, Heidelberg reckons.

Although the Ricoh-based Versafire toner presses haven’t changed, Heidelberg notes that it’s shipped 1,000 of them, making it a major force in digital toner presses.

Heidelberg premiered an automated, eight-color Speedmaster XL 106 perfector designed for autonomous printing.

The press was controlled by new Prinect Press Center XL 2 control station; Intellistart 2 software, which has been integrated into the new Wallscreen XL; and “Hycolor Multidrive,” which controls the inking and dampening units independently to greatly reduce makeready times.

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Landa

Failing to deliver anything since his spectacular industry return at Drupa 2012 didn’t dent chairman Benny Landa’s confidence. His company has slimmed-down plans for its Nanographic presses so they all use the widest format engine.

There will be the simplex B1 S10 for cartons, the newly announced S10P perfector, and the 1,040mm wide W10 web press. Landa now says the first S10 will be delivered next year.A demo press was run regularly during the show and samples were handed out. Landa announced significant pre-show orders and said it signed up more during the course of the show, to the value of £350m.

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The German press maker teamed up with Kodak to demonstrate a hybrid web offset and inkjet press. It integrated the Kodak Prosper 6000S inkjet web with a FoldLine inline finishing to produce a hybrid line.

This could imprint digital sections into retail flyers with full-page variable colour at full 600dpi while matching the speed of the offset line.

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MGI

The French digital press maker hadn’t said much about its Alphajet sheetfed UV inkjet since it appeared as a B2 prototype in 2012. In 2016 it was back as the core of a huge B1-plus industrial press with twin print engines for up to eight colours, and a versatile but massive wraparound ingenious sheet feed system that’s supposed to handle virtually anything.

Maximum sheet size is 750x1,200mm. Spot UV varnishing digital hot foiling and optional RFID electronics printing are also featured.

The Meteor DP 1000X toner press was announced, with the latest Konica Minolta toner engines for increased speeds up to 100 sheets per minute. It will feature MGI’s own modifications for longer sheets (up to 330x1,200mm), weights up to 450gsm and an offset

pile feeder. It will also run inline with MGI’s DF Pro, which offers 20 different functions.

Also new was Meteor Unlimited Colours, an inline and integrated digital hot foiling unit for Meteor 330mm wide toner presses .

Ricoh Pro VC60000

Ricoh

Ricoh demonstrated a fully configured Ricoh Pro VC60000 running a variety of media roll-to-roll and roll-to-sheet.

The press is able to handle multiple data streams at rated speeds with the TotalFlow Print Server R600A. In addition, drop-on-demand stainless steel printheads adjust ink drop size dynamically for every pixel, so ink is not wasted.

The Pro VC60000 has climate controls, allowing users to turn on the heat with an optional extended dryer. Ricoh also showed digital color cut-sheet presses, including the Ricoh Pro C9110 and the Ricoh Pro C7100x with its fifth toner station.

It also signed a deal with EFI to distribute some of the latter’s large-format UV printers.

RMGT DP7

RMGT

The merger of Ryobi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ press operations was demonstrating DP7, its B2 format liquid toner press. Based on a Ryobi 750 offset press chassis fitted with Miyakoshi 1,200dpi heads and high viscosity liquid toner, it offers 6,000sph, with up to 8,000sph in potential.

The Drupa configuration was four

units, but five or more will be possible, including a 4/4 perfector.

Xeikon

Four years after announcing its Trillium liquid toner technology as a way to break the speed barrier of dry toner, Xeikon showed its four-colour roll-fed Trillium One press at Drupa.

It’s still a work in progress: print quality is acceptable rather than brilliant, and the speed is 60m/min on web widths from 320 to 520mm.

The company reckons it will soon be able to double that and more, which is why it commissioned Miyakoshi to make a chassis that can cope. The duty cycle is quoted as 20m impressions per month. A beta press is operating on commercial jobs at Xeikon’s Lier factory.

The Xerox Brenva HD cut-sheet production inkjet press.

Xerox

Xerox is aiming to put “inkjet within reach of more print providers”,with the introduction of the sheetfed B3-plus Brenva HD and the continuous-feed Trivor 2400 presses. Its new High Fusion ink is said to allow inkjet printing onto standard offset papers without primers or the like.

The Brenva is basically an inkjet engine built onto an iGen chassis and paper handling system. It takes sheets up to 364x520mm and 220gsm and can print 197 A4 images per minute at full 600dpi, or 100 A3s.

It’s intended for a duty cycle of up to 6m sheets per month. The Trivor 2400 takes web widths up to 511mm and has a print width of 474mm. It runs duplex at up to 168m/min in colour, or 200m/ min in mono. With greyscale drops down to 3pl and up to 1,200x600dpi, image quality should be good. Target applications include catalogues, magazines and colour books.

A Xerox Impika engine is also used in the announced joint development with KBA of the VariJet 106, a B1 sheetfed inkjet on an offset press chassis. This is intended for folding carton work.

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Simply smart Heidelberg The Heidelberg Primefire 106 digital printing system is designed to make industrial printing even more flexible

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eidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has launched its growth course under the motto “Simply Smart” at the drupa 2016 trade show in Düsseldorf.

The company has urged on new products and concepts from the strategic areas of equipment, services, and consumables that are intended to significantly boost the future volume of business and unlock new market opportunities.

These new offerings from Heidelberg are aimed primarily at the growing market for high-end, intelligent packaging and highquality commercial printing.

The company’s entire digital printing family has made its world premiere in a single category – the “fire” product line. The Heidelberg Primefire 106 digital printing system developed in collaboration with Fujifilm is designed to open up new market segments by making industrial digital printing even more flexible.

The close cooperation between

the two technology leaders means that customers can benefit from industrial-scale digital printing for the first time. Seamless integration into the tried-and-tested production and management workflow of industrial print production plugs the gap between offset and digital printing.

The medium-term goal is for

digital business to account for over 10 percent of total sales at Heidelberg.

“At drupa 2016 we have showcased the new Heidelberg – customer-focused, innovative, and reliable,” says CEO of Heidelberg, Gerold Linzbach. “We’ve set the course for growth and sustainable profitability, and are expecting the trade show to take us further along this path. Serving the largest number of industrial print shops in the sector, our comprehensive digital and service concepts focus on customer benefits as we enter the digital age,” he adds.

Digitisation paves way for autonomous printing

Heidelberg is also harnessing the benefits of digitisation to further improve the future viability of its core business.The company’s new “push to stop” operating philosophy represents a paradigm shift in industrial print production with sheet fed offset presses.

Processes have so far been actively planned, started, and completed by operators, but the press itself will take over these tasks in future. The operator will only interrupt the autonomous process chain if necessary.

With its “push to stop” philosophy, Heidelberg is providing a glimpse of the future of industrial

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Heidelberg is continuously expanding its service portfolio – on the one hand, to ensure customers’ processes and production resources operate smoothly and, on the other, to offer new performance-oriented services through access to the industry’s largest knowledge database.

The company is looking to achieve further growth in this market segment. The backbone for this new service portfolio

CEO of Heidelberg, Gerold Linzbach.

“We’ve set the course for growth and sustainable profitability, and are expecting the trade show to take us further along this path. Serving the largest number of industrial print shops in the sector, our comprehensive digital and service concepts focus on customer benefits as we enter the digital age.”

– Gerold Linzbach

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New cloud-based service platform extends service portfolio

is the Heidelberg cloud, which records and analyses data from over 10,000 networked machines.

On this basis, Heidelberg offers its customers preventive service programmes to improve machine availability and boost the productivity of the entire pressroom.

The Heidelberg Assistant concept study provides an insight into the future cloud-based information and service portal for Heidelberg customers. The Heidelberg Assistant gives customers personal access to all information and services relating to their businesses. What’s more, it offers direct access to the new Heidelberg e-Shop, which also provides the basis for attractive e-commerce solutions.

Heidelberg has now rolled out its new online shop in 27 countries. Registered and new customers can order consumables around the clock and get their items delivered in superfast time. It will also be possible to order selected service parts in the future.

“We’re taking our customers into the digitised future with state-of-the-art service concepts and boosting their performance,” says member of the management board responsible for services, Harald Weimer. “Our focus is on the benefits to customers. Only if our customers are competitive can we ourselves also enjoy business success,” he emphasises.

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print production. Customers will be able to achieve a lasting rise in productivity and profitability by significantly improving their competitiveness. Autonomous printing will be demonstrated at the show with the new-generation Speedmaster XL 106, which takes industrial print production to a whole new level of performance.

“Heidelberg is an industry pioneer in process integration and automation,” says the member of the management board responsible for equipment, Stephan Plenz. “Autonomous printing is becoming a reality. We’re expecting this to boost productivity by a further 50 percent in the years ahead,while also freeing machine operators of a significant number of routine tasks,” he adds.

MARVEL PRINTING: Ecstatic visitors to Heidelberg booth at drupa 2016 had the chance to experience the technological development first-hand.

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Bringing the best

Fuji Xerox aims to address all the new major shifts via its unique offering of solutions

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eing an icon to the great graphic communications field since the 1950s’, “druck und papier” (Drupa) had become the most important trade fair for all print and cross media solutions.

In Dusseldorf, the global event has been most exciting than ever.

Armed with the latest technology with highly ethical standard and solution and solutions to cater for every single business needs, Fuji Xerox’s presence has ensured that all customers’ expectations would never be the same again.

Going all out, Fuji Xerox had come a long way in becoming the biggest and fastest major player in the industry as it highly concentrates in customer satisfactory

“Fuji Xerox’s wide range of products and solutions addresses all the printing needs to keep you ahead, and most importantly, all our products and solutions are customisable for your needs, with total absolute guarantee that there will always be the best from them.”

Partnering Premiums: Premier Partner Conference in Amsterdam with Fuji Xerox executive leaders.

and scientific thinking.

With all new tools and solutions that expanded their already wide range of portfolio that was made available during the event, they aim to address all the new major shifts in the graphic communications industry, both economic & technical through their unique offering of solutions, customised for different business needs.

Always staying ahead is the only way Fuji Xerox believes in, and they believe in employing the best people in the industry to build up team spirit, to study and innovate the best for the best – like you.

The Premier Partner

Commitment to your business is Fuji Xerox’s culture, and the only culture that they would ever adopt.

The Fuji Xerox premier partner is designed so that they would be committed into developing your business and bringing you to a greater depth by understanding your needs. Premier partner saves you the hassle by bringing in relevant industry expert right to your door step.

Functioning as a worldwide business platform, all their premier partners consist of members in more than 20 countries, from different cycles of business to share each and every experience

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Here for the Future: Fuji Xerox Premier Partners, customers and managements posing for picture at Drupa grounds.

At Fuji Xerox, their unique teams always listen to customers and spend their times through thick and thin, so that none of the challenges go missing and unsolved. Because in Fuji Xerox, they believe that without you, there won’t be any of them. They constantly monitor constant feedbacks from their customers like you that helps them to continuously improve, so that Fuji Xerox can bring the best for you, to help develop your future and your business.

Fuji Xerox insists in pressuring that it is their commitment to ensure that they in Fuji Xerox will be able to answer all your questions and solve your challenges, and to bring you more and to grow with you.

Staying Way Ahead and Away

Bringing you to the future is what Fuji Xerox always intended and dreamt of! Putting over 50 years

there will always be the best from them.

To know more about all the features & highlights of Drupa or what Fuji Xerox could do for you, speak with your local Fuji Xerox Representatives or visit their official website, www.fujixerox.com. my for more info.

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You, Your Future, Your Business

of experience for you, they search for every unique piece of puzzle to create a perfect business environment for you to add value and differentiate your business that ensures products offered by you is the first among the market with ensured profitability. Their innovative team constantly does research and develops products and solutions to stay ahead to beat the game.

Fuji Xerox’s wide range of products and solutions addresses all the printing needs to keep you ahead, and most importantly, all our products and solutions are customisable for your needs, with total absolute guarantee that

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from the various industries to help continuously improve the overall foundation of your business. They don’t just gather the best minds, instead they work with them.

Power & Play: Fuji Xerox president posting together with Premier Partners for networking dinner in Amsterdam.

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Booming higher market Fuji Xerox starts the event with a high note: introduces its first cut-sheet inkjet press and new continuous feed inkjet platform for the market

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ccording to InfoTrends, production of color inkjet print will account for 57 percent of the total production for digital color page volume by 2019. To help print providers capitalize on inkjet’s growing momentum, Fuji Xerox today announced it will launch two new inkjet presses, the Fuji Xerox Brenva™ HD Production Inkjet Press and the Fuji Xerox Trivor™ 2400 Inkjet Press at drupa 2016.

Video replay of the news conference unveiling the technology is available through the local website.

The presses are the first in an innovative new series of inkjet offerings to come from Fuji Xerox; Brenva HD to the cut-sheet inkjet market and Trivor 2400 with the Fuji Xerox IJ Print Server powered

by Fiery® to the continuous feed inkjet market. Each will enable print providers to accelerate growth and drive the production of more high-value applications such as direct mail, transactional, books and catalogs.

“We are focused on expanding our inkjet portfolio with more choices and greater capabilities

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for print providers to grow their businesses,” said Robert Stabler, senior vice president and general manager of Global Graphic Communications Business Group, Fuji Xerox. “With the addition of Brenva HD and Trivor 2400, we’re making inkjet more accessible and affordable to a larger number of print providers.”

Carving out a new space in the cutsheet inkjet market

Fuji Xerox is targeting the space – dubbed by InfoTrends as the Zone of Disruption – that sits below the gap between high-end toner and low-end inkjet presses with Brenva HD. The new press combines the cost effectiveness of inkjet with the flexibilities of cut-sheet to address the needs of print providers in the light direct mail, transactional and book markets.

Incorporating many of the reliable paper-path components of the award-winning Fuji Xerox iGen®, Brenva HD offers best-inclass automation and reliability features to maximize press productivity including:  An inline spectrophotometer to assist with calibration and profiling  Object-oriented color management to distinguish text, graphics and images and optimizes the image quality of each accordingly  K-only mode so it will run as a cost effective monochrome press

Flexible for today, scalable for tomorrow

The Fuji Xerox Trivor 2400 Inkjet

Press provides printers with a platform built to grow as business demands increase with the same machine scaling up for more speed, volume and solutions. The Trivor 2400 press combines high performance and increased speed (551 feet/168 meters per minute in color; 656 feet/200 meters per minute in monochrome) in a small footprint. The press will allow print shops to move into catalogs, magazines and color books, giving customers more flexibility. Engineered-in automation ensures superb, reliable image quality including inline density optimization, clear pixel technology, and missing jet detection and correction.

A new print server developed in partnership with EFI®, the Fuji Xerox IJ Print Server powered by Fiery, will handle multiple data streams for various application types. The IJ Print Server will simplify integration, provide comprehensive color management and integrate seamlessly with customers’ workflows.

Availability

Availability and list price for the Fuji Xerox Trivor 2400 Inkjet Press with the Fuji Xerox IJ Print Server powered by Fiery have been revealed at drupa.

The Fuji Xerox Brenva HD Production Inkjet Press is available in Europe as of May 2016 and in North America in September 2016.

Shipments began in June 2016.

Brenva HD and Trivor 2400 with the IJ Print Server powered

by Fiery had been on display at drupa 2016, Hall 8B A62, Messe Düsseldorf. With a theme “Let the Work Flow,” the Fuji Xerox stand at drupa showcased how providers can work better by becoming more automated, integrated and productive in their operations.

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expected to be added over time

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

At drupa, Trillium One’s production flexibility will be showcased five times daily using a range of applications during 30-minute demonstrations.

“Trillium One takes us to a new technological level in terms of speed and cost for variable digital print,” states Maes. “It is a huge milestone in the Xeikon history.

Trillium One is the culmination of our three pillars of operation. In imaging, we are continuously improving speed combined with print quality.

Together, these comprise a high quality, robust solution that will help our customers acquire new business and cement existing customer relationships solution.”

THE PERFECT TONNIK

It incorporates Xeikon’s owndeveloped Tonnik, a liquid toner combining all the advantages of dry toner in a liquid format including: environmentally friendly as being deinkable and economical.

Trillium’s outstanding level of quality is due to the high resolution made possible by the imaging heads (1200 dpi) and the small toner particle size of less than 2 microns used in the Xeikon-crafted high viscosity liquid toner. The toner contains

PRECISION AND SPEED COMBINED

An additional benefit is Trillium’s Microgapping process; the initial 5 micron development gap means that toner particles easily transfer from one roller to the other with extreme precision and at a very high speed as the substrate progresses through the imaging process.

This improves register and image quality and creates increased density stability. “So, we’re not only printing at 1200 dpi but we can also guarantee a very accurate dot development.

Trillium is, just like offset, a full contact printing process.”

Maes concludes, “Trillium One combines the strengths of offset litho in delivering high print quality, inkdensities, and image coverage on different substrates, with the strengths of digital printing which enables variable data printing at higher volumes with lower costs and easy operation, thus creating a powerful production solution.

It will allow operations to transform their print quality and at the same time open up new markets. We are excited to be presenting this revolutionary press to visitors at drupa 2016.”

First machines will ship as from Q2 2017.

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eikon, an innovator in digital colour printing technology, is set to take digital print production to a new level of quality and productivity with the launch of Trillium One at drupa 2016.

Trillium One harnesses Trillium, Xeikon’s breakthrough liquid toner printing process, which was first presented at drupa 2012, and is expected to revolutionise digital print, enabling Xeikon customers to Write History, Print the Future.

A joint development project between Xeikon and Miyakoshi, Trillium One combines the expertise of two leading players in their fields: Miyakoshi’s strengths in the mechanics of a printing press and Xeikon’s pioneering approach to digital imaging, high speed electronics, high resolution LED technology, workflow, and toner technology.

Wim Maes, president of Xeikon, the digital printing solutions division of Flint Group comments: “We’re proud to have collaborated with an experienced partner like Miyakoshi. This has allowed both parties to focus on their respective strengths.”

Over the past four years, Xeikon has also worked closely with hand-picked customers to complete the development of the four-colour Trillium One press.

Capable of running at 60 meters (200 feet) per minute at 1200 dpi, with a print width of 500 mm (19.7 inches), it combines costeffectiveness, high quality and speed in a unique printing press poised to change the digital printing landscape.

Direct marketing materials, and catalogues have been identified as high quality markets for Trillium One, with more target markets and applications

no evaporating carriers for a more environmentally conscious print production process that also mechanically recycles the majority of the carrier liquid.

Biomaterial derived carrier liquids have been identified further increasing the sustainability of this new technology.

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Xeikon’s Trillium One grand debut

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The trendsetters Superior Press sets the course for quality printing with Kodak Trendsetter

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mong the fierce competitors in the printing industry in Malaysia, Superior Press have been one of the more outstanding player. They have been delivering superior products to their clients.Their existence in the field for about 40 years have come to a tremendous growth.

Keeping up their standard in quality and satisfying their clients is their target, and it is in no doubt that Superior Press’ clients are always looking forward on what’s going to be the next best thing. Executive directors of Superior Press Peter Chan and Vincent Kee spoke about the history of the company and how they have grown.

Superior Press first opened in 1976, starting off as a stationary store. As the demand from clients starts to grow, more and

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“As Malaysia, is moving towards a develop nation, any manufacturing companies in Malaysia mainly industrial 4.0 would want to reduce human intervention and increase more automation.”

- Peter Chan

(From left) Vincent Kee, executive director of Accel Graphic System, Peter Chan, executive director of Superior Press and Datuk Chan, founder and CEO of Superior Press

more starting to come in with advertisements and promotional materials to be printed. After fruitful businesses in printing promotional materials, Superior Press had found their calling and are now attached to several advertising agencies for their superior printing.

The quality of printed materials for promotional purposes grew, and the demand for better quality prints grew along with it.

Superior Press started to invest in printing machines that can provide two to four colours printing to satisfy their customer’s needs.

In the late 1990’s, the term ‘going green’ had garnered a lot of interest among the public in the country. Printing companies were left estranged because of the increased awareness for the environment.

Those who couldn’t keep up to the latest technology and system for a more environmental-friendly printing was literally left behind in the field.

With the experience over the years operating their business,

Superior Press understands the culture of the printing business, and have particular interest in a more sustainable and eco-friendly strategies.

In 1996, the computer-to-plate (CTP) technology was introduced in drupa. Superior Press decided to invest into CTP during the next one in the year 2000, costing them about one million ringgit. The investment proved to be profitable, as CTP helped them to save colour and film separation costs.

Superior Press however, could not expect direct return because they couldn’t charge the clients more than they have before. Despite that, they have managed to gain more market shares and earn direct revenues.

According to Chan, they have invested on eight colour printing machines later on in 2003. “During the introduction of inkjets at year 2008, we realised that this is going to be another game changer in the printing industry,” he expresses.

Superior Press currently has four and eight colour printing machines at their disposal. “Back then the benefit of inkjets was yet to be seen or visible, but during drupa 2016, technology of inkjet has grown tremendously,” he then adds.

In 2005, Superior Press acquired bigger working environment to operate their machines and

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option with accurate three-point registration, helping to avoid expensive mistakes done by automating the punch process.

The punch system option allows for up to 10 customized punch heads once the system is added.

It is reliable because there will be no chance of producing spoiled plates, being more focused and no blind spots on the plates.”

He continues, “An upside to the latest investment is that it is a high-speed machine producing 33 to 34 plates an hour. It requires less human intervention and saves a lot of time.”

Currently, Superior Press has two CTP machines as the trend for quicker work run continues to grow. “As Malaysia, is moving towards a develop nation, any manufacturing companies in Executive director of Accel graphic sytem, Vincent Kee with SONORA PLATE ‘green leaf award’.

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Malaysia mainly industrial 4.0 would want to reduce human intervention and increase more automation,” says Peter. Logically this will allow companies to safe operational cost and concentrate on output quality.

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equipment. That was when they moved to Sungai Buloh with a suprasetter printing machine.

Suprasetter is a much faster CTP which delivers double the speed of topsetter. “Most of our job requires long run, and suprasetter is the machine which can cope with it,” says Chan.

Superior Press’ latest investment on a CTP machine comes in the form of a Kodak Trendsetter. The reason behind investing on the latest printer is because it claims to be reliable and stable with faster work delivery. “In terms of maintenance cost and quality work, Kodak is among the best,” he states.

Vincent Kee, on the technical side of things, explains; “The Trendsetter feature a fully integrated, in-line punch system

(From left) John O’Grady, David Paterson, Dr Helena Eian, Peter Chan, Vincent Kee, Komal Sharma, Then Tze Keen

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Canon unleashes i300 New affordable printer designed to sit between toner based systems and roll fed inkjet

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apanese imaging giant Canon has motored into the cut sheet inkjet market with the launch of its i300 A3 printer.

It uses Kyocera heads, with imaging taken from the ColorStream, while the paper path comes from Océ in Venlo. Tim Saleeba, general manager for production print at Canon Australia says, “The new Canon i300 will be available in Australia in about 12 months, and is designed to sit between toner based systems and roll fed inkjet. The quality

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Océ VarioPrint i300

matches toner and the productivity is high. It will be positioned as an affordable inkjet printer”.

Canon has also shown a B2 sheetfed inkjet press, which it intends to have available the year after next. The new Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma also launched at drupa, featuring a new ink flow to prevent nozzles from blocking when not in use.

Also new, the latest version of its Arizona flatbed UV printer, the 2200 Series, and its new cut sheet toner printer the imagePress 10000VP.

The company has placed examples from its entire portfolio of production print solutions on the stand, integrated within more than 25 different live production workflows, many involving variable data processing and finishing. Canon says visitors can see more than 300 individual print applications.

Other launches include the new ColorGrip option and new inks for the Océ VarioPrint i300 cutsheet inkjet press, enabling high quality colour reproduction on standard offset coated media; the first showing at a public exhibition of the Océ ImageStream 2400 continuous feed inkjet press.

In 3D print offering, Canon has several systems working with the Materialise Magics workflow software following Canon’s recently announced partnership with Materialise.

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system, optimised for standard rigid media sizes  Pneumatic media registration pins for easy and precise rigid media loading  Works with the Océ ProCut workflow to create a seamless end-to-end process for printing and finishing.

imagePRESS C10000VP Digital Color Press

“The new Canon i300 will be available in Australia in about 12 months, and is designed to sit between toner based systems and roll fed inkjet. The quality matches toner and the productivity is high. It will be positioned as an affordable inkjet printer.”

- Tim Saleeba

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white ink and varnish.

Key Arizona 2200 specifications from Océ include:  Océ VariaDot grayscale print quality, with optional support for six and eight colour printing using CMYK, light cyan, light magenta, white and varnish  True flatbed architecture for the best possible printing results on rigid media and objects  Roll Media Option for unattended overnight printing on almost any flexible media up to 2.2 metres wide  Delivers printed graphics and objects at print speeds up to 63.4 m2/hr  High definition mode printing for industrial applications requiring dot positioning  Suits rigid media and objects up to 50.8 mm thick and as large as 250 x 308 cm, printing at four, six or eight colour channels  Standard automated maintenance system features hands-free printhead maintenance, restoring nozzle function in mere seconds  A six/seven zone vacuum

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Canon has divided its stand into seven zones: commercial print; business communications, including transactional and direct mail; publishing, including books, magazines and newspapers; advertising and creative; functional/industrial, including 3D printing; packaging; and photographic products. Each zone features a series of live workflows.

Canon has also announced new partnerships with Plockmatic and BDT, alongside solutions from both companies demonstrated in conjunction with Canon imagePress colour production presses.

The Océ Arizona 2200 Series of UV flatbed printers reach speeds of 63.4 sqm hr. They feature six colour Océ VariaDot grayscale printing technology; pneumatic registration pins, an automated printhead maintenance system for hands-free printhead cleaning in less than 25 seconds per colour; a new Onyx Thrive workflow solution coupled with the Océ ProCut digital cutting system; and the addition of light cyan and light magenta.

Canon says a new UV curing system with improved efficiency and heat output reduced by 15 per cent. This allows a wider range of heat-sensitive flexible media, including thin film and self-adhesive PVCs. It supports scalability as users can add additional ink channels at any time to further improve print quality and extend the application versatility by adding

Océ Arizona 2200 Series of UV flatbed printer

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drupa buzzing with 4.0 Demo products at the booth creating boost for Müller Martini

By Prasad Chandra Segaran

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üller Martini has set priorities towards giving importance to connectivity of processes and digital workflow.

It has “themed” finishing 4.0 that explains the buzzword and major 4.0 trend at drupa.

Müller Martini says the understanding of 4.0 means that digitalisation and connectivity of processes and systems along the complete value-added chain throughout the life cycle. As a

“As about industry 4.0, finishing 4.0 is about producing customised and variable print products cost effectively and efficiently using means of mass production.”

– Gary Lee

convenience producer to the print finishing system, it can be transparent for them to have that finishing 4.0 as the key for drupa topic subject.

Basically, finishing 4.0 stands for numerous innovative, intelligently combined solutions for both digital offset printing. “As about industry 4.0, finishing 4.0 is about producing customised and variable print products cost effectively and efficiently using means of mass production,” says general manager of Müller Martini Malaysia Gary Lee . “Smart connectivity of our system enables maximum automation, variability, product

sizes and content,” he adds.

The demo products at the drupa booth have created a boost for Müller Martini and without a doubt, the clients will be satisfied with their needs.Their hybrid digital ready system allows finishing of both offset and digital printed products.

Müller Martini’s ‘touchless’ workflow is a combination of connectivity and automation. As they result in the system that can handle production changes without the intervention of the operator (touchless).

Those features are supplemented by popular wizard system and simple diagnostic tools,which likewise also facilitates day-to-day work. “That’s the right answer to the structural change in graphic arts industry,which is progressing much faster than any of us have expected,” says Gary Lee. In the industry of printing, obviously printer, printing plants, newspaper producers, and bookbinders will remain in the industry with low costs, despite products increasingly being customised. “We enable our customers to customise the content of print products, while maintaining seamless tracking and quality checks on products,” he says.

The smart coordination of all processes and system enables making customised products to be produced efficiently using

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So how the users are benefiting from this? “Extensive data analysis managing the operational data, adding production data, logging, machine log analysis and product tracking during the critical time produce the right decision quickly”.

Müller Martini also serves the users with endless benefits as there is also smart connectivity that enables completely new business models, such as web2print.

However, this new business model able their customers use conveniently without a robust data and process management system.

Müller Martini has been setting milestones in automation for many years. Thanks to the state-of-the-art drive technology, machines can be adjusted to endproduct requirement in an even more targeted way. Smart, user focused wizard system provides the operator with optimal support. That enhances the quality of the end-product and reduces set-up times and operating errors.

High variability provides the possibility of making physical changes, especially the size and thickness. That’s particularly important because Müller Martini is convinced that customised and personalised products will gain ground in the field of brochures and magazines too. That also means a significant increase in value added.

In terms of variability, the stability is in:

 The thickness variability of the Presto II digital saddle stitcher  The book thickness correction of the new Alegro Digital perfect binder  The size variability of the new vareo perfect binder  The processing of variable data printing (VDP) at the presto II Digital, the new Ventura MC Digital thread sewing machine and the SigmaLine.

Müller Martini premiered what can be described today as an Industry 4.0 system. “As you can see, Müller Martini, a founding member of today’s CIP4 consortium in 1995, has placed huge importance on the connectivity of processes and digital work flow for more than two decades,” says Gary Lee. “They think and live finishing 4.0 that is in the past, present and future.That’s why Müller Martini is synonymous with finishing 4.0,” he adds.

MORE MULLER: sunny phang enjoying his time with Gary Lee at the booth.

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industrial means of mass communication. The printing industry today requires work and projects to be done in shorter time period and customised products can proceed to industry 4.0 solution.

As the graphic arts industry today offers enormous potential because the pressure is high, and many existing elements merely need to be smartly combined and integrated with one another. The fact is we need to accept that it is far much easier to place information on a print product, like using a barcode or 2D code on many other products.

According to Gary Lee, the Connex data and process management system has been continuously improved by Müller Martini for over 10 years. This actually gives them sound basis for efficient production and smart after-sales service.

“As the backbone of conventional and digital print production, it uses standard like JDF/JMF, IFRA track or PDF/VT and can be connected to all major management information system (MIS),” he adds.

Müller Martini is also collaborating within the CIP4 organisation. Adding its benefit to better and smoother workflow solution, Connex also enables job data distribution via line control, mobile apps for operational data like smartphone or tablet, pre-production job checks and meaningful analysis.

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TECH INSIDES: visitors are able to know insider’s knowledge into Müller Martini’s newswet tech during drupa.

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Ricoh showcased its award winning presses at drupa 2016

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t has become common practice in Drupa to show off new technologies and product ideas as opposed to real products that customers can purchase.The urge to tell customers about a great new product is too hard to pass up, even if the product won’t be ready for years to come.

This however, wasn’t the case for Ricoh at drupa 2016.They have

brought their two award winning cutsheet toner presses – the Ricoh Pro C7110X Series and the Ricoh Pro C9110 series along with their new continuous feed inkjet press – the VC60000. These presses have been in the market for about a year and have garnered rave reviews from customers.

Named Buyers Laboratory’s Outstanding Light to Mid-Volume

Color Production Device (Ricoh Pro C7110X Series )and BLI’s Outstanding Mid to High-Volume Color Production Device (Ricoh Pro C9110 Series) these two models offer color consistency, ability to run heavy media—up to 350 gsm for the Pro C7110X Series and 400 gsm for the Pro C9110 series, a long sheet option, and guaranteed uptime.

In addition, the Pro C7110X comes with a fifth toner unit that can be used for white or clear printing, opening up a whole new range of high value, high margin applications such as 6 panel brochures,window clings, color stock, and short run folding cartons that are not possible to produce on standard 4-color, 13”x19” presses.

Ricoh realized that by just making these features available wasn’t sufficient. They needed to go beyond providing the technology to help customers maximize their investment.To that end, the marketing department created a 5thColor Kit, which is a toolkit that gives their customers critical information to help them grow their business.

Ricoh’s booth in drupa had also showcased their new top of the line cutsheet press – the Pro™ C9100/9110. This press is Ricoh’s entry into the heavy production segment. With speeds of 130 ppm (Pro C9110) and 110 ppm (Pro C9100), with a high duty print volume of 1 million pages per month, and the ability to run stocks up to 400 gsm at rated speed, this press is engineered for high volume shops.

The press uses VCSEL

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new continuous feed inkjet press – the VC60000

“By harnessing the power of digital print and data, and by creating innovative new technologies for multi channel production and communications environments, Ricoh is providing new ways for any print service provider to transform, optimise and grow their business.”

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Benoit Chatelard, Vice President, Production Printing, Ricoh Europe, explains, “By harnessing the power of digital print and data, and by creating innovative new technologies for multi channel production and communications environments, Ricoh is providing new ways for any print service provider to transform, optimise and grow their business.”

Feedback from the market indicates the image quality from this press is among the best on the market, which will enable it to be used for high quality direct mail, catalogs, and magazines. So while it’s always fun to see the new technologies at drupa, it’s also nice to be able to purchase them right away for your business.

Chatelard concludes, “Ricoh has demonstrated new ways to Open New Worlds with a focus on business transformation.

We have showcased gamechanging solutions in hardware, software and services for the graphic arts industry as well as corporate print rooms, publishers and marketing agencies. Ricoh’s commitment to innovation will be unmistakable throughout the stand.

Highlighted will be our bestin-class sheet fed and continuous feed line of digital presses powered by Ricoh-centred workflows.

But in addition, we found that visitors were intrigued by the entire suite of new technology on show, from industrial inkjet to Additive Manufacturing and robotics.”

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technology to produce 1200×4800 dpi output and an automatic image feedback system provides color density correction back to the print engine. Ricoh has engineered front to back registration at +/- 0.5 mm.

The 4 color press has a sheet size of 13”x19”, but also can duplex banner sheets at 13”x27.5”.The press can handle a wide range of media including textured stocks, specialty media such as super-gloss, magnet, metallic, transparent or synthetic.

This allows a wide variety of applications including direct mail, books, promotional materials, brochures, business cards and light packaging. Stock can range from 52 to 400 gsm and speed is maintained for all weights.

The VC6000, also among the latest tech to attend, is a new continuous feed press and is designed for the graphic arts market. It is complementary to the InfoPrint 5000 (which is Ricoh’s color inkjet web press for the transactional, book, and direct mail markets.)

Being able to run standard offset papers is a key to this market and the VC60000 is engineered to run both uncoated and glossy, standard offset papers. It has a priming unit that pretreats the paper prior to the ink being jetted, which enables the printing on coated offset stocks. An optional inline protector coating unit provides scratch and scuff resistance to protect critical documents.

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AccurioJet KM-1 arrives Company achieves extremely healthy pipeline of new orders at drupa 2016

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bout 260,000 thronged the world’s largest and most important trade fair for print and crossmedia solutions in Langenhagen, Germany, on June 16 this year.

Even though this was fewer than drupa 2012, Konica Minolta saw a rise of about 25% more visitors at its stand.

A prominent showpiece at Konica Minolta’s 2,400 sq m booth was the AccurioJet KM-1, making its debut as a commercially available product. Throughout drupa, AccurioJet KM-1 drew admiring crowds of visitors all keen to see how this breakthrough technology can help them diversify into new markets, such as books and packaging, or serve their existing markets better.

The first two orders from a list of prospects for the AccurioJet KM-1 were confirmed during the show – from United States-based companies PostcardMania and Cohber Press.

These contracts, together with several orders for the bizhub

C71cf label printer that were also placed at drupa, represent Konica Minolta’s first successes in the industrial printing segment.

Besides, Konica Minolta’s leading position in the mid-production colour printing sector was strengthened as global customers chose to invest in Konica Minolta printing systems and software.

A healthy pipeline of future orders was secured, underpinning the company’s impression of an extremely positive mood and investment climate during the show.

Konica Minolta’s partnership with MGI Digital Technology was another highlight with the French company’s JETvarnish technology being shown working in conjunction with several Konica Minolta systems, like the AccurioJet KM-1, as well as the bizhub PRESS C71cf label printer.

Olaf Lorenz, general manager, international marketing division at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, comments, “We naturally set our expectations extremely high for drupa.

The exhibition has truly elevated Konica Minolta from being a leading player in mid-production printing to now being recognised as one of a few select companies operating right at the forefront in the exciting world of industrial printing and pushing on towards new horizons. We also achieved an extremely healthy pipeline of new orders.

“Most importantly, drupa 2016 enabled us to discuss at length and in detail the exacting needs of our customers as they look to the future. We were delighted with their reaction to the huge advances that we have made and which will continue at a fast pace moving forward”.

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MGI Makes History

world’s first digital spot UV coating solution in 2008, the original JETvarnish, MGI expanded its award-winning product family with a number of new features that drew record crowds to the booth and caused a sensation on the show floor:  Authentication Hologram Digital Printing© (AHDP) System: The world’s first Variable Data Hologram (VDH) program is available on the Meteor Unlimited Colors Press Series and offers customized security authentication options at a fraction of traditional costs.  OptiFoil System: This software application manages and optimizes foil usage and cost-savings while reducing expenses and waste, something never possible before with traditional methods of hot foil stamping.  Self-Cleaning Inkjet System: The automatic inkjet head SelfCleaning System results in no cleaning processes being required between jobs or at the end of a work shift. It dramatically reduces operational time and waste.

International Award-Winning Technology

The “Digital Package Decoration Process” invented by MGI and utilized by the JETvarnish 3D and Meteor Unlimited Colors product families was recently honored by the International DuPont Packaging Awards program with the first “Leadership in Innovation Award” ever bestowed in the 28 years of the globally prestigious program.

The European Digital Press

Association (EDP) presented MGI with a special “Best Label Finishing Solution Award” for the JETvarnish 3DW at a drupa ceremony. Editors from 20 different European print industry magazines voted to honor the product as the premier digital label enhancement solution in the marketplace.

The JETvarnish 3D/iFOIL integrated print enhancement technology is also the first inline finishing solution to ever win 2 Printing Industries of America (PIA) InterTech Technology Awards (JETvarnish 2013 & iFOIL 2015). At drupa 2016, MGI also provided a technology preview of the ALPHAJET, the first inkjet press capable of applying 2D/3D UV decorative embellishments, security inks and printing chip-less RFID antennas.

Expansion of Global Konica Minolta Alliance

Drupa 2016 also witnessed the impressive growth the international partnership between MGI and Konica Minolta, with strong sales numbers recorded for the JETvarnish 3D Evolution, the JETvarnish 3DW and Meteor Unlimited Colors Presses (all of which were also being demonstrated in the Konica Minolta booth). The workflows surrounding the combination of the Konica Minolta Accurio KM-1 & C71cf presses with the JETvarnish 3D Evolution and W post press systems created a wave of attendee interest that generated many new orders.

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GI Digital Technology announced a record-breaking sales achievement of signing over a hundred equipment orders at drupa 2016, while also earning a place in print industry history with numerous important digital technology advancements and accomplishments.

At the largest print trade show on Earth, MGI demonstrated new landmark product innovations such as:  The world’s first B1+ Digital Enhancement Press, the JETvarnish 3D Evolution  The world’s first web-fed Label Digital Enhancement Press, the JETvarnish 3DW  The world’s first fully digital inline printing and foiling press, the Meteor Unlimited Colors Series  The world’s first use of Artificial Intelligence for print registration technology, the AIS SmartScanner MGI CEO Edmond Abergel summarized the event as the most successful single event in the firm’s history and stated, “In addition to the record-breaking number of equipment orders that were signed on the show floor, our staff, dealers and distribution networks have been inspired by the overwhelming industry response to our latest technology breakthroughs. We look forward to working with all our new customers around the world to implement the most advanced digital print technology solutions available in the marketplace.”

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Embracing the latest The Selangor & Federal Territory Chinese Printing Presses Association conducts a post-drupa overview during the 69th general meeting

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he world’s biggest trade fair for print and cross-media solutions ended on a high note this year. It has been reported as the 11-day trade fair draws to a close, the 1,837 exhibitors from 54 countries unanimously reported excellent business deals, extremely promising contacts and a positive spirit for the global print industry.

This year’s re-positioning of focus for future prospects onto 3D printing, functional printing and

IN LINE: The line of speakers getting ready for the forum.

packaging printing had proved to be a real asset.

The printing experts representing Malaysia had found beneficial updates and development of the printing industry during their time there. Their experience attending drupa had the Selangor & Federal Territory Chinese Printing Presses Association (SFTCPPA) conducting a post-drupa overview seminar

during their 69th general meeting on July 20.

Breaking the ice and starting off the day’s event was the association’s president Cheong Kok Wai. “This year’s drupa had seen a few changes for the better. Drupa 2016 ended on June 11 with the announcement that the trade fair will be held on a four-year interval rather than the three-year cycle before. The decision was reached by the organiser on concern that the previous interval between fairs was too short of a time for leading industry players to come up with new and commercially viable technologies. The decision was unanimously agreed upon without a hitch.”

Cheong continued with the updates presented during the phenomenal trade fair. “The development of software coupled with

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taiwan expert: Cheong (left) handing Chen a token of appreciation for his attendance to the event.

“As printers, we are not only facing challenges of process efficiency. We are now facing the challenge to innovate and provide complete solutions to our clients which include communication needs and inventory management. These can be achieved through the continuous development of software.”

– Cheong Kok Wai

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New technology emerges every day, and the association urged its members to embrace them as a way to survive and continue to grow as a total solution provider.

Cheong said such embracement of new technology will provide new revenue channels and ensure growth and success.

The general meeting was conducted with a few agendas to be discussed. Pressing matters that were needed to be conveyed include the adoption of the committee’s report, adoption of the 2015 financial report, and a few amendments to the rules and constitution of the association.

The session started with last year’s committee report revision.

Then a brief financial report was conducted to inform the attending members of their business state for 2015. The highlight of the session was when a few of the rules and constitutions were revised to make it easier for the members’ inclusion into the association.

After the yearly roundup, members of the association were treated with an insightful look into the new technologies presented during drupa by Taiwan’s Chen Cheng Hsiung, the esteemed veteran in the printing world.

Representing the Taiwan Printing Technology Research Institute, Chen showed the highlights of drupa by going through leading industry players’ latest

technologies that were shown during the big event.

This was followed by another big player of the printing industry in Malaysia, Loh Kean Leong of Ricoh (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. His brief presentation talked about the way forward for Ricoh as newer and faster solutions are now made possible through R&D. Closing the morning session of the general meeting, another interesting presentation was done

by Ng Eng Hwai of Adigiprint Sdn Bhd. He put forth the importance and impact digital printing can have for promotional campaigns.

The event then entered into recess as the attendees were treated to an excellent lunch buffet.

After the nourishment, the post-drupa discussion commenced in a seminar hosted by five speakers, including SFTCPPA’s president Cheong Kok Wai, Taiwan Printing Technology Research Institute’s Chen Cheng Hsiung,Adigiprint’s Ng Eng Hwai, Ricoh’s Loh Kean Leong, and Protect Print’s Sunny Phang.

The discussion focused on the possibility of the technologies presented during drupa to be used in Malaysia as a way to further develop the industry and tap into unchartered markets.The attending members left with more than enough information and insights into the current development as well as the future prospects for the printing industry in the country.

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hardware, such as the enhancement of cloud computing, inkjet, and digital finishing, has enabled leading industry players to bring forth game-changing technologies into the printing world.

“As printers, we are not only facing challenges of process efficiency. We are now facing the challenge to innovate and provide complete solutions to our clients which include communication needs and inventory management. These can be achieved through the continuous development of software.”

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Investing u to meet change

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Ultimate is truely commited to adopt change to meet the market dynamics.

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ltimate Print Sdn Bhd, one of the biggest commercial printers in Malaysia, is a one-stop printing solution provider that boasts the state-of-the-art printing technology and expertise that caters to local and multinational companies with premium quality products.

General manager of sales Lai Mee Lin, who joined the company in 1994, is still going strong with Ultimate Print till today.

“We started a new sales team that did commercial and corporate and we managed to secure a few big clients.

That’s how we started. When I joined, our machine was small.Today, in terms of machinery, we rank number one in the market.And in revenue, we are also one of the biggest,” says Lai. It goes to show that success can originate from humble beginnings.

“When it comes to Ultimate Print, we are the one-stop solution. We have digital, offset and wet.And we also have newspaper printing.Why I say one-stop solution is because besides printing, we also offer our services, like designing and bulk mailing services,” adds Lai. Throughout the years, things have changed including the economy and market conditions.

To last 20 years and counting is a major achievement. Azizi Fickry, the general manager of Ultimate Print Sdn Bhd, is truly committed in ensuring the company’s success.

“During the past few years, we noticed that the market dynamics were changing. Before we used to set a minimum order of 3,000 units. But, we realised there is a demand for a small number of volume, such as 300 or 500 copies. We noticed this was an emerging market.

Therefore, during the last two years we invested about RM50 million to set up a complete digital solution.

“We started to offer a print on demand (POD). We’re the only printing house that can offer POD with very affordable price. As a comparison, we had about 10 jobs in a month with a volume of 10,000 units. Now we have

about 100 jobs with 100 units per job.We also realised that market for children’s book hard cover was growing. There’s a premium market for hard cover. We invested for the hard cover and installed early this year,” says Azizi.

“We want to cater for Al-Quran and children’s books. In Malaysia and in the South East Asia, we have the fastest hard cover machine. In an hour we can produce about 3,000 books.As soon as we got the machine ready, our target was to be the biggest printer in South East Asia and even the world. That was our aim.”

Azizi says for the digital, the bottleneck was at the finishing.The speed for the digital presses is both okay.

“The bottleneck is at the Hunkeler and we plan to add an additional unit.

The speed for the press is about 200 meter per minute, but the Hunkeler at most is about 120 meter per minute. In our factory, there’s a big area for digital. We foresee the future of print is

What we decided is to reinvest.

It’s about time for us to go for efficiency, higher productivity, and cost savings. It’s always good to actually maintain the machine, but when the maintenance costs outweighs the capabilities of a brand new machine, we decided to go for a new one.”

– Syamil Fahim in digital. That’s why we spent a lot of space for that additional unit or presses.

Our next finishing is in the line of Hunkeler.”

Cost-cutting

In an effort to cut cost digital printing is one of it, according to Christine Heng, Ultimate Print Sdn Bhd chief operating officer for operations management.

“Digital printing is one of the reasons to bring down the cost. If you look at offset, the printing cost is more

because it has a lot of process. This is another way of saving costs. For offset traditional printing, definitely one has to come up with additional cost. But for digital print, there’s no plate involved.

So, the process is faster and there’s a reduction in cost. For investment in automated printing machinery, definitely one has to bring down a number of workers. So this is also part of the cost reduction.

“Every printing process involves a lot of race stage. Investment in the latest

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TRI-FORCE: Lai Mee Lin (left), Syamil Fahim B Mohamed Fahim, and Christine Heng pioneers Ultimate Print, taking it to greater heights since its humble beginnings.

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IN THE TALKS: Ultimate Print looks to upgrade their services through a partnership with Komori, projected to be early next year.

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technology can bring down all these costs. Reduction in material and wastage is how we bring down the cost. We even study on how to bring down electricity cost, and change workers’ shift.

All these is to raise the efficiency of the machinery and bring down the cost,” Christine adds.

“Government stopped the intake of foreign workers. I believe almost all industries are facing the same problem.

For us, that’s a reason to bring down the cost and we have to invest in automated machine. Even for some of the machine, consumption of power is lower for a newer machine.

“We are considering a lot of things.

One of the machine needs eight operators to operate. So, we will consider if those machine can use three worker.We are all working to be efficient to bring down the cost,” says Christine.

“Currently, the printing industry’s pricing is really competitive as the cake becomes smaller. The printers are still there fighting for jobs. So for us to remain competitive, we really have to bring down the costs.”

“Efficiency in terms of buying paper, if I can reduce the size of paper, I am working towards that too. By buying the exact size will cut the wastage. In printing, we have to study most areas

We want to cater for Al-Quran and children’s books. In Malaysia and in the South East Asia, we have the fastest hard cover machine. In an hour we can produce about 3,000 books. As soon as we got the machine ready, our target was to be the biggest printer in South East Asia and even the world. That was our aim.”

– Azizi Fickry to bring down the costs.”

Going green

“In an effort to go more green, anything that comes out from our digital department, we are allowed to use an eco-friendly book. There’s no chemicals involved. If they insist us to comply with the green guidelines, anything that comes out from the digital department, we are allowed to use that. That is our first step towards going green.

For us to be international, this is one of the compulsory criteria that we have to follow,” says Azizi.

What is new

Syamil Fahim B Mohamed Fahim, D. Group CEO, Kumpulan Media Karangkraf, says: “For our latest investment,

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other segments of our operations and processes to improve.”

The new machines that Ultimate Print Sdn Bhd are acquiring are from Komori.

“There’s always this decision whether you want to buy one thing or the other. But at the end of the day, for you to go to point A to point B, whether you want to go in style or go in a cost effective way. We’ve chosen Komori because of the pricing.And also because of the support that they have,” says Syamil.

“We have no problems with all other manufacturers. When it comes to Komori they have more local personnel compared with the rest. We’ve finalised the configuration of the layout and have projected that early next year the machine will be installed,” he concludes.

Quran project

Ultimate Print also has a Quran-based project. In an effort to strengthen the faith of Muslims towards the religion, Ultimate Print decided to invest on producing a more attractive design on the Quran.

“This is from our books division. One of the things that we have realised is that in this hard times, people look for spiritual enlightenment. So it’s timely for us to really go in the Quran business.

And actually, the Islamic realisation as being the way of life is quite apparent to the Malays especially.We have seen that Quran is another good business venture that we want to go into.

“One of things that we have realised is that we have taken our Quran lightly.

In a way that it’s just a form of reading Quran which can be presented in a nicer and beautiful way. So, the thing that we have done with our Quran is that it is being printed, bound, designed, and presented in a much more beautiful way than we can get in the local market on a standard basis,” adds Syamil.

“Sometimes they printed the Quran on a very cheap paper, sometimes their designs are quite plain. Our Syamil talking to supervisor Baharudin mazlan regarding paper quality for the machines.

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of a brand new machine, we decided to go for a new one,” adds Syamil.

“We made a decision to go into a faster and higher throughput machine.

Our current machine can only move at a speed of 40,000 impressions per hour. Along the years it had dropped to 10 percent of that. So we are running at about 35,000. This brand new machine can run 50,000 impressions per hour.”

“I’m guessing that it would not stop here because it has been almost 10 years that we have not done technology update. So we are looking into

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I think it’s quite natural. After a while, machine gets older. We always try to maintain the machine at its optimum level. So over the years, we spent a lot of money on maintenance. Some machine or technology will reach certain limitations. For example, the material wear and tear.

“What we decided is to reinvest. It’s about time for us to go for efficiency, higher productivity, and cost savings.

It’s always good to actually maintain the machine, but when the maintenance costs outweighs the capabilities

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The printed Quran are handled manually by technician Muhammad Ridzuan.

sister company, Group Buku, actually designed a very beautiful Quran. For Ultimate Print, we have invested two lines; one is the hard cover line and also on the Komori upgrade which is meant for some Quran printing. As far as the group is concerned, we are also gearing ourselves to be one of the biggest Quran publisher and printers in South East Asia, if not the world,” says Syamil.

“This is part of our founder’s initiative in giving back to the society. One of the things that we wanted to drive is the awareness of being the right Muslim. Some people read Quran but never understand them.We started this initiative to make people realise that Quran is part of life and Quran need not to be read without understanding.

It needs to be understood as well.”

Syamil says: “We created a drive with a hashtag of #MalaysiaNgaji. We got quite a good success from last year.

This year it has grown beyond KL and beyond Malaysia. We got postings from almost all over the world, such as Australia, Mecca, and Indonesia. We’ve got quite a good response. We are trying to promote Quran Hour which is a world initiative. We’ve moved beyond Malaysia. We wanted to infuse the minds of Muslims just like how they talk about Earth Hour, and they need to talk about Quran Hour.”

We created a drive with a hashtag of #MalaysiaNgaji.

We got quite a good success from last year. This year it has grown beyond KL and beyond Malaysia. We got postings from almost all over the world, such as Australia, Mecca, and Indonesia. We’ve got quite a good response. ” – Syamil Fahim

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QUALITY CHECKED: The ladies of Ultimate Print inspecting the Quran for quality and accuracy.

The Komori System 38D Web Offset Press is a force to be reckon with.

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roductivity is key when one is to talk about running a printing business.The ability to produce an immensely large amount of high quality printed copies in a short time period is a target many wants to achieve, especially among big printers.

As one of the oldest producers of printers hailing from Japan, Komori has been seen as among the pioneers in the printing industry.The main focus of Komori has always been about providing excellent quality printing while maximising productivity and minimising costs.

Among the machines that truly set Komori apart is the System 38D 32-page Web Offset Press. The state-of-the-art printer enables high total efficiency offset press – offering flexibility that ensures high print quality, short makeready, and excellent short-run DEAL IS ON: Ultimate Print looks to upgrade their services through a partnership with Komori and had met up with president of Komori Japan.

capability.

Equipped with Komori’s own advanced interface KHS-AI, the press effectively achieves shortened makeready time and a reduction in waste paper. The machine is a 155 feet long behemoth that is two-stories high, weighs 227 tons and runs at 47km/h.

Web offset presses require improved short-run performance to succeed in today’s transforming economic climate and diversifying market needs.

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The printing powerhouse

The machine must satisfy numerous requisites comprehensively. Consistent, predictable print quality at maximum print speeds, high productivity, superior cost performance and environmental response are essential.

These facts drive the development of the System Series web presses.

With their unprecedented concentration of Komori’s latest technologies, high print quality and unparalleled makeready performance will ensure high profitability.

The might of Komori’s engineering has been recognised in Malaysia recently, when Ultimate Print Sdn Bhd put into motion to bring the System 38D into their production line.

The deal have been forged in ink during drupa 2016 when Ultimate Print had met with Komori.

Their partnership brings forth new capabilities for the company, as it will increase production power to another level.

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New Printing Technology UiTM Puncak Alam students of Printing Technology, Faculty of Art Design showcased their final year project printing design.

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he final semester students majoring in Printing Technology at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Puncak Alam have exhibited their final year project on July 15th this year.

This project involved 31 final year students, and the chosen theme was IMPRESSION based on a concept of Real Life Product.

According to the students, the purpose of this project is to build a platform for them to showcase their credibility in making printing products, whether it be offset or digital.They have implied the techniques, printing processes, and design to be implied on their projects through the knowledge they have gained throughout their studies. Apart from that, their projects also opens up job opportunities for them to start their career in the printing industry.

Students are judged and rated mainly by their lecturers, but special attendance by an external examiner S Adi Susanto of University of Stikubank Semarang, Indonesia comes as a delight for them.

Mastura Omar, supervisor of the project stated that the students should

instil creativity and initiative in producing a product in order for them to succeed. Research and studies should be made in advance of the chosen company.This is to make it easier to produce the chosen product or brand.

The presentation was conducted with numerous brands and companies chosen by the students themselves.

Innovation and creativity was shown by the students, allowing them to produce quality printing work. Mastura commented that some were good enough for the companies to actually market it viably.

The execution of this project involves stages of work process. The main process is to meet and discuss with each of their clients or chosen companies regarding the specification of the product to print. The students will then shape and create the product packaging following the specification that is requested by the lecturer and the clients, until it fulfils the desired design.

After that, the printing process commences, where the product package is printed using an offset printing machine. The final stage is to beautify

the printed packages by using various coating such as matte lamination, UV, and glossy and more.

The annual project continues to attract industry players. As Mastura comments, “The students have always been producing excellent products for the projects, and it shows sometimes through the appreciation from the clients. Some have helped them by paying them back the costs they have incurred during production. It shows that the products were highly regarded by industry players.”

According to Mastura, the budget for each student for the annual project is roughly about RM1500.They have to buy the papers, inks, plate, travel expenses, as well as other costs. UiTM provides minimal assistance as a way to educate the students to effectively manage costs and solve problems innovatively.

“The project promotes entrepreneurship more than anything. It helps them to grow as a person who knows how to deal with clients, how to properly manage costs and how to estimate and plan for products. It makes for a braver person,” she ends.

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t was an auspicious day for The Selangor & Federal Territory Chinese Printing Presses’ Association (SFTCPPA) as they have launched the Malaysia Print Awards 2017.The launch and celebration took place at Gardens Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

The heads behind this awards are Cheong Kok Wai, President of SFTCPPA; Peter Chan, the organizing chairman; Anna Lim, adviser of SFTCPPA; and

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“the ultimate aim of it is to ensure a sustainable competitive advantage and, allow us to remain globally competitive. With this in mind, we have chosen the theme “Print Revolution” for the fourth edition of the Malaysia Print Awards. The theme reflects the need to take our print industry to the next level of print innovation and technology embracement.”

- Peter Chan

(From left) Koay, Tan Sri Soong, Peter and Cheong officiating the event.

Sunny Phang, honorary adviser of Malaysia Print Awards 2017.

Peter announced himself and greeted the distinguished guests, mainly Mr Koay Hean Beow, President of the Malaysia Printers Association (MPA), and Tan Sri Soong Siew Hoong.

Peter then followed up with a speech.

“First and foremost, on the behalf of SFTCPPA, I would like to thank each and every one of you, for attending the launch of the fourth edition of Malaysia Print Awards this evening. The Malaysia Print Awards is the most prestigious event in the print industry, “The world’s biggest trade show, drupa, says that printers must come face to face with the industry’s future.

According to Claus Bolza-Schunemann, chairman of the drupa committee, the mega trend at drupa 2016 will be Print 4.0,” Peter adds.

Drupa acknowledges that Print 4.0 as

a complete digitalization and connectivity of the print production process.A full digital workflow,whether involving a digital press, an offset press, or a flexo press, is essential to stay profitable in the business.

Peter says that, “the ultimate aim of it is to ensure a sustainable competitive advantage and, allow us to remain globally competitive.With this in mind, we have chosen the theme “Print Revolution” for the fourth edition of the Malaysia Print Awards. The theme reflects the need to take our print industry to the next level of print innovation and technology embracement.”

It’s not just in the aspect of 2D, but interactive to another dimension and adaptation of digital technology that is able to attract the Gen Y into the print industry.

The organizing committee of Malaysia Print Awards 2017 was pleased to

3D PRINTED: As a symbol of the way forward, the token of appreciation was 3D printed by the MakerBot Replicator courtesy of Ricoh.

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into the collaboration and support from the Malaysia Printers Association.

Awareness is being made and with hope that Malaysia Printers Association can assist to attract their members to join in and send in more entries to participate.

Finally, Peter states that, “we strongly believe that the Malaysia Print Awards will be instrumental in lifting the print industry to the next level of print innovation and technology embracement in Malaysia.

We also hope to be recognized worldwide and be the catalyst for the prosperity of the print, packaging and graphic communication industry in Malaysia.”

And speaking of the launch itself, it was truly a joyous event where some of the important faces of the print industry came and gave support to

SFTCPPA on organizing the Malaysia Print Awards.

Cheong Kok Wai, the president of SFTCPPA said, “We’re making print exciting again with the involvement of the new generation, “The gala dinner will be announced by the organizing committee and I hope all of you here will be able to attend and reserve a date next year July to attend our fourth edition Malaysia Print Awards and also the gala dinner in celebration of SFTCPPA 17th anniversary,” he added.

Finally, Cheong closed his statement, saying, “The up and coming drupa fair, will be a fair ground where many of the sponsors here will be showcased their technology for all of us here to explore and adopt and embrace the changes that is long overdue in the printing industry.”

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UNITED : Big industry players came together for the auspicious celebration.

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announce the two new Special Awards will be added in the fourth edition, apart from the 5 major categories.

The two new Special Awards are Print Revolution Award; for innovative entries that have embraced new, or unique use of technology or an innovative mix of existing technologies. And the second award is Eco Green Award; for printed products that are environmentally friendly.

“The overwhelming response from the Student Design Awards which made its debut during the Third Edition of Malaysia Print Awards will be enhanced further to attract even more participants from the design schools and colleges nationwide,” says Peter.

“We are confident that this will be a platform for students to link up with printers so that they will have a better understanding of the printing processes and the printing industry,” Peter adds.

The winners of the awards will be announced during the SFTCPPA’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Dinner in the month of June next year. SFTCPPA strongly believes in nurturing the next generation of printers and to attract them to the print industry.

The association initiated the Gen Y programme during the third edition of Malaysia Print Awards and we are very proud that the majority of the current organizing team consist of Gen Y. This year, SFTCPPA are looking more

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Expanding with new technology

Suria Time Enterprise caters to new age consumer with new age technology

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or a company to thrive in a highly competitive industry, it is important for them to be among the best.

Which in the printing business, means implementing new technology.

A fine example can be seen from Suria Time Enterprise.

John Shin, the marketing Manager of Suria Time Enterprise tells Print+ about his endeavours of procuring the Ricoh Pro C7100X printer as well as the official launch of his printing shop, Suria Time Enterprise.

John starts, “When we were designers in a designer company, there was no printing machine. We had to do to the printing elsewhere. That’s when we decided later on to get seriously involved in the printing industry and began investing in digital printing to fulfil our customer’s needs. Our customers are our priority.

With digital printing, we provide our customers quality print materials.

We print books, brochures, newsletters,

“The uniqueness of this product is seen through its ability to print additional colours which is white and clear.

This actually gives additional value to a conventional digital product. It can also print on various surfaces besides paper.

That makes a huge difference.”

– KL Loh

souvenir programme books, journals, abstract books, certificates, name tags, business cards, pamphlets, invitation cards, posters, stickers, fliers, flight tickets, buntings, and magazines, By using Ricoh’s digital printer, less manpower is needed compared to the traditional printing machine because the staffs can multi-task when using the digital printer.

Productivity had also become of ease with the Ricoh Pro C7100X, giving the printing shop opportunities left and right. “Suria Time Enterprise’s customers stands at many, which includes the Academy Medicine of Malaysia (AMM), Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Society for Anti-Aging, Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine Malaysia, Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology, and many more,” he says.

When it comes to choosing the most suitable, John says that the company chose Ricoh brand because of its advance and high technology, reliability, and efficiency, which had provided us with high quality results in our production services.

“The Ricoh digital printer produces desired excellent results in our company’s line of production materials and it also offers stability in the company’s operations. What are printed here through the Ricoh digital printer has generated vibrant end result and it also gives us high-quality document output with the easy day-to-day operations,” he continues.

John was being quite specific with choosing Ricoh Pro C7100X. He explained that Ricoh Pro C7100X can do everything that a digital printer is required to do. The machine’s technology is very advance and it is designed for arts specialists and print rooms.

“The most important benefit of this printer is its efficiency. It also required less manpower to handle it compared to traditional printing machine that uses a lot of manpower. Besides that, it produces superb quality results and provide us with clear gloss and white toner which in turn gives us an excellent premium finish,” he explains.

KL Loh, general manager for SAY CHEESE: Loh (left) awarding John as a succesful client.

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“Technology is forever changing and evolving.

However, Suria Time Enterprise will maintain the trust that we have in Ricoh’s digital printer because of its efficiency, reliability, and stability.

We will still choose Ricoh digital printer in the future.”

– John Shin

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Production Printer Business Group (PPBG), Business Solutions Group of Ricoh (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd chimes in; “The uniqueness of this product is seen through its ability to print additional colours which is white and clear. This actually gives additional value to a conventional digital product. It can also print on various surfaces besides paper.That makes a huge difference. Suria Time Enterprise focuses more on quality, as they are not a printing company that prints in volume. That’s the value behind the whole proposition.”

When asked where does he see the company in the next 5 years, John answers, “I see it expanding its digital printing business operations and production. Our future plan is to diversify and also venture into other related businesses as well.

“Technology is forever changing and evolving. However, Suria Time Enterprise will maintain the trust that we have in Ricoh’s digital printer because of its efficiency, reliability, and stability.

We will still choose Ricoh digital printer in the future,” he ends.

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The Pro C7100X brings prosperity to Suria Time Enterprise.

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Kelvin Mun, the general manager of AVS Technologies Pte Ltd based in Singapore.

Game-changer in the making AVS Solutions finds footing in the Malaysian marketplace

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he printing industry in Malaysia has become an important aspect economically over the years. The advancement of the technology in printing is what makes the industry as big as it is now. Therefore, finding the right channel to get the latest, more advanced machines into the country is also important.

Enter AVS Solutions Sdn Bhd, the printing solution experts with origins in Singapore. Since 1983,AVS Technologies Pte Ltd has been a distributor of digital printing equipment, inks and media in Singapore. The company expanded into Malaysia in 2005, bringing with them unique and advanced printing equipment into the local market.

They are the official distributor of Roland, EFI, Kornit Digital, Anajet and Adelco brands. AVS as a whole offers end to end digital solutions through a comprehensive range of inkjet printers, UV printers, Direct to Garment (DTG) printers, dye sublimation printers, 3D, engraving, milling and impact machines.

As a fairly new player to enter the local market, AVS brings promising prospects onto the table. The Roland wide format printer series puts the bar prominently high. One of the latest

machine to be brought into Malaysia

by AVS is the Roland TrueVIS VG Series

printer and cutters.

The TrueVIS VG Series promotes fast, quality and efficiency with its versatility. The vibrant colours of the 4-colour, 7-colour, or 7-colour plus white ensures vibrant images and brilliant results.The new cutting technology improves accuracy and is less time consuming. The completely new FlexFire print heads and TrueVIS ink combined ensures quality at minimal cost.

Another prominent brand that may set AVS at the top in the industry is the Kornit Digital textile printing technology. Founded in 2003, Kornit Digital is the only company so far to design and build Direct To Garment (DTG) printers, and may prove to be a game-changer for Malaysian printers.

The equipment and technology brought by AVS may prove to be the stepping stone for them to acquire higher status among our local printers in the coming years.

The Roland TrueVIS VG-640

A new start Soon Sze Keong, a long time marketing manager for Canon Marketing Malaysia, Professional Printing Products Division had recently migrated to AVS Solutions Sdn Bhd, acting as sales manager for the company.

The unique technology provided

by AVS into the Malaysian market had piqued an interest for Soon, as he given his time to talk to Print+. His move was made official in June of this year. Many happy wishes as he continues to be a part of the strong and prominent industry in the country.

Soon Sze Keong, sales manager of AVS Solutions Sdn Bhd

Muller Martini Is Finishing 4.0 Presto II Digital Saddle Stitcher

Short runs of digitally printed products are also seeing a strong rise in saddle stitching. Muller Martini’s innovative response is the Presto II Digital. Thanks to its optimal flexibility, allowing it to be used for either sheetfed or web printing, the digital saddle stitcher is the perfect solution for digital printing plants.

What’s more, the Presto II Digital also offers high investment protection for conventional offset printing plants that may enter the digital printing segment in the future.

Innovative solutions for digital and offset printing of short and long runs are in demand in print finishing.

Muller Martini’s Finishing 4.0 underlines the major significance of digital connectivity and a seamless touchless workflow, from printing to distribution. Muller Martini is the leader in finishing solutions involving smart automation.

Muller Martini - your strong partner.

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New frontier awaits MaPMA

July-August | 2016

Members seek name change to reflect its growing base at the 23th AGM

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he Malaysian Paper Merchants Association (MaPMA) was set up to represent the interest of its members engaged in the paper merchandising business.It seeks to promote, regulate and encourage a more organised operations.

Their annual general meeting was held on June 11 this year at Empire Hotel Subang Jaya and was well represented by its members with honorary secretary Manmohan Singh Kwatra chairing the day’s proceedings. President Terence Low broke the ice when he was invited to deliver his opening address.

Following the opening speech, Manmohan presented his annual report and was followed by the annual financial AIR OF CHANGE: The MaPMA grows along with the times. Rajesh (left), Terence, Sherina Soh, and Manmohan strives for the better.

report by the honorary treasurer Rajesh Dhawan, which was unanimously adopted.

The event proceeded with the election of two new internal auditors for the year 2016/2017. Danny Han of Hanap Sdn Bhd and Andrew of Double A Sdn Bhd were appointed, while McMillan Woods Global Limited was reappointed as external auditor for the same term.

The hot topic that was actively discussed was the proposal to change the name Malaysian Paper Merchants Association (MaPMA) to Malaysian Paper Industry Association (MaPIA).

The change aims to create a broader platform to allow all trading entities, be it big or small, to be able to enroll so as to broaden its membership base.

Entities dealing with all kinds of paper

and paper-based products, such as merchandising, importing and exporting, representatives of paper mills and manufacturers have been urged to be a part of the association.

After much deliberation and contemplation, it was unanimously agreed by attendees to proceed with the change and to seek the Registrar of Societies’s (ROS) approval.

Members of the executive committee were set up to decide the application process for the change which includes suitable wordings and terminology.

A resolution and decision from the meeting called for a stronger bond among association members. A new frontier awaits the MaPMA in the near future as they expand their presence in the printing.

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DRUPA 2016

July-August | 2016

The quadrennial trade show in DĂźsseldorf brings 4.0, 3D printing and nanotechnology to the forefront of the printing industry.

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Launch of MPA 2017

July-August | 2016

The SFTCPPA launches Malaysian Print Awards 2017 with grandeur.

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