ME Printer September 2019 Issue 173

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The Future of Offset Frank Romano discusses about offset being the standard for “graphic arts quality.” According to him, if you want brand colours beyond CMYK, offset is your process.

Flexible Packaging Market Expanding at 6.5% CAGR up to 2024

Europe Smart Clothing Market Size to Be Worth Over $1 Billion by 2024

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Contents News

Label Expo

Regional

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Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Launch Specialty Papers

Saudi Arabia Gifts Qur’an to Thousands at Global Book Fair

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Flint Group Explores Flexible Package Printing Solutions

Kuwait’s MoI Says Copying and Documentation Services Will Return to Normalcy

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Grafisk Maskinfabrik Shows Off Latest Advancements

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MENA Industrial Packaging Market to Grow at 5.2% CAGR

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KURZ Launches DM-JETLINER Digital Foil Unit

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BPIF Printing Outlook Finds That Printers Want Brexit Inked

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Nanovis Premieres Sustainable BELLA Cleaning Station

Flow Reaffirms Commitment to Sustainability

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Focus Demos Latest Servo and Digital Innovations

Egypt’s Newspapers Shifting From Print to Online

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Xeikon Shows Off Four Live Production Solutions

Google Resurrects Lion of Mosul Statue Through 3D Printing

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COLOP e-Mark Makes Labelexpo Europe Debut

Why Buy Original: The Millennial Lesson for Businesses

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Gallus Launches New Die-Cutting and Digital Embellishment Innovations

International Packaging Printer in Brazil Invests in a POLAR Die-Cutting LabelSystem DC-11

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Paper and Packaging Board Appoints New Board Members for 2020

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American Printing Company Invests in Complete Package from Heidelberg

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Evonik Leads Funding Round for Chinese 3D Printing Medical Startup

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PlasticFreeLand Debuts at Packaging Innovations London 2019

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Quad Sells Transpak to FCA Packaging

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Meech to Display its Newest Static Control and Web Cleaning Technology Products at K 2019

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DIC to Acquire BASF’s Global Pigments Business

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Arden Software to Showcase Latest Software Innovations at FachPack 2019

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Automated Label Production with Screen GP Europe and OneVision Software

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THREADX 2020 Keynote Presentations Put the Customer First Xplor International Announces 2020 Conference Dates and Location thINK Ahead 2019 Reaches Maximum Capacity for Fifth Annual Conference AATCC and SGIA Announce Agenda for the Digital Textile Printing Conference 4.0

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The Future of Offset Written by Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology

Products and Applications

ISSN 2304-117X The Comprehensive Monthly Magazine Dedicated To The Graphic Arts Industry Print Professionals In The Middle East

Roland DGA Introduces New VersaUV LEF2-300 UV Printer

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Memjet Announces DuraFlex

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Canon USA Announces the Launch of new imagePROGRAF TA Series

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Walki Upgrades Green Solutions for the Out-Of-Home (OOH) Advertising Sector

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Zünd Launches New PCT for Corrugated Cardboard

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Sakurai to Introduce the Screen Foil LQM 105 Hot Foil Stamper at Printing United

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ISRA's NarrowSTAR Offers Automated Quality Assurance in Label Printing

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Epson and Panduit to Partner in Portable Label Solutions

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Fujifilm’s Superwide Acuity Ultra UV Press Expands Opportunities for Canada-Based Impulse

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Specialist Contributing Editors USA - Frank Romano fxrppr@rit.edu

Sun Chemical Displays Complete Portfolio of Materials for In-Mold Electronics at IMLCON 2019

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THE FUTURE OF OFFSET FRANK ROMANO DISCUSSES ABOUT OFFSET BEING THE STANDARD FOR “GRAPHIC ARTS QUALITY.” ACCORDING TO HIM, IF YOU WANT BRAND COLOURS BEYOND CMYK, OFFSET IS YOUR PROCESS.

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MARKET EXPANDING AT 6.5% CAGR UP TO 2024

EUROPE SMART CLOTHING MARKET SIZE TO BE WORTH OVER $1 BILLION BY 2024

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QR Code Labels Market is Expected to Reach $2,105.85 Million by 2026 Says TMR

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3D Printing Metal Market Size to Accrue $3.06 Billion by 2026

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Fresh Food Packaging Market is Anticipated to Reach $106 Billion by 2026

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Technical Textiles Market Size Worth $14.93 Billion by 2026

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Bioplastic Packaging Market Size to Exceed $25,395.8 Million by 2025

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On-the-Go Food Packaging Market to Grow at a CAGR of 6.3% by 2026- Noted Fact.MR

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Offset presses started integrating automatic plate loading, on-press colorimetry, integrated coating, UV capability, larger sheet sizes, and increasing speed for sheet- and web-fed press versions. As sheet sizes and automation increased and so did productivity. Today, one new offset press can do the work of three older offset presses. By 1990, press manufacturers were doing very well. Read all about the future of offset, inside.

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Saudi Arabia Gifts Qur’an to Thousands at Global Book Fair

Thousands of copies of the Holy Qur’an have been gifted to visitors flocking to the Kingdom’s pavilion at the ongoing International Book Fair in Indonesia, the Saudi Press Agency reported. More than 10,000 copies of the Qur’an printed in Indonesian by the King Fahd

Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an were handed out.

The King Fahd Complex seeks to teach, print and distribute the Qur’an to Muslims in various cultural forums around the world.

A total of 319,477,346 books and other publications have been

distributed since the complex was established in 1984. The Kingdom’s outstanding achievements in serving pilgrims will be the topic of some other works to be put on display in the pavilion, in addition to other scientific publications in various Islamic sciences, aiming at acquainting visitors to the Kingdom’s noble mission in spreading the true message of Islam that calls for moderation, tolerance, and the rejection of extremism.

The participation of the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance in the book fair aims to share experiences with the various participating publishing houses and scientific centers, and to support everything that serves Islamic work in general and advocacy in particular.

The book fair in Indonesia kicked off on Sept. 4 and concluded on Sept. 8.

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Kuwait’s MoI Says Copying and Documentation Services Will Return to Normalcy

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After a break of more than six months, the Ministry of Interior intends to float a tender for printing services in its various departments to serve the visitors, reports Al-Rai daily. The tender which the ministry intends to float soon, will include printing services for application forms, photocopying and photographing, translation of documents and e-correspon-

dence, documentation, arranging, reviewing and completing the missing documents before submitting them to the concerned departments.

A security source explained these services were terminated following the expiry of the then contract has but to alleviate the suffering of the visitors, especially the elderly and women the Ministry of Interior

said it will float a tender through the Central Tenders Committee to restore these services to its previous level.

It is noteworthy to mention these services are currently available with mobile vehicles parked in front of the departments of the ministry, and is experiencing hardships. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electricity and Water will fully link its system with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) after installing the integrated system of computers and using special programs, reports Al-Rai daily quoting a reliable source.

The source pointed out that the ministry met representatives of the CSC recently, during which they reached an agreement to install certain programs to complete the linking procedures. The source affirmed that the integrated system will help the ministry specify and adopt upgrading degrees, and speed up the disbursement of excellent performance bonus.

MENA Industrial Packaging Market to Grow at 5.2% CAGR Future Market Insights (FMI) in its latest report revealed that the industrial packaging market in the MENA region stood at $3,372.5 million in 2016 and is estimated to reach a valuation of $5,053 million by the end of 2024. Revenue from the sale of industrial packaging products in the region is expected to increase at a CAGR of 5.2% during the forecast period (2016–2024).

According to the report, the demand for industrial packaging in the Middle East and Africa is likely to remain robust owing to the improving situation of international trade. In addition, the global trade of industrial products has grown three-fold over the past

decade. Bio-chemical products and food-grade ingredients are amongst a few of the most traded items around the world.

In the MENA region, the focus has recently shifted towards non-oil based industrial activities as the long-term dependency on crude oil business is gradually abating. Moreover, it is important to develop new business verticals in order to stay unaffected from the ongoing dwindles in the region’s oil and gas industry.

As compared to other regions, non-oil goods and services have a significantly low contribution to the economy of the MENA region.

Yet exports, especially non-oil exports are expected to be crucial

in the further development of the robust and all-inclusive growth model to secure the future of the region. End-use industry such as electronics, automotive, plastics & rubber, and agriculture in MENA are expected to witness healthy growth over the medium term.

This, in turn, is expected to support the growth of the industrial packaging market in the region.

The report further stated that plastic remains the top material for manufacturing industrial packaging products. “However, demand for paper & paperboardbased packaging material is expected to gain healthy traction over the forecast period,” the report added.

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News Regional

BPIF Printing Outlook Finds That Printers Want Brexit Inked

Brexit was a prime concern of respondents to the BPIF Printing Outlook Printing Industry Trends

Survey for quarter three 2019.

The British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) Printing Outlook Printing Industry Trends Survey for quarter three 2019 found that Brexit was the topic that concerned most of the printing industry, with 61% of respondents stating it is one of their top three business concerns.

The chief concern surrounding Brexit is its propensity to disrupt the supply chain of materials, particularly paper, that are sourced from outside of the UK. The BPIF Printing Outlook survey also found that economic confidence within the sector in the pre-Brexit period became more negative in July. In comparison to April, 15% of

respondants are now ‘somewhat confident,’ down from 16%; 22% are ‘neither confident nor unconfident,’ down from 29%; 38% are ‘somewhat unconfident,’ up from 31% in April and 24% are‘very unconfident,’ up from 23% in April.

Respondents voiced concerns about “the effects of Brexit and how the continuing pre-Brexit limbo is impacting their clients and general confidence. There are also concerns about currency weakness, administration burdens and stockpiling complications and costs related to building up stocks, running them down and then building them up again in advance or the next deadline.”

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Flow Reaffirms Commitment to Sustainability

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Flow, Dubai’s home-grown healthy eating and creative hub at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, is encouraging more sustainable practices among their customers by launching a range of reusable coffee cups and water bottles designed and

custom made by Emirati artist, Aysha Al Hemrani.

Customers who purchase a ceramic reusable coffee cup from Flow will receive an instant free coffee fill, plus discounts on future coffee fills.

Guests purchasing a stainless-steel

reusable water bottle will receive an instant water fill and future water refills at a discounted price.

To further encourage sustainable behaviour among its customers, Flow is also offering a discount on all coffee refills, providing the customer brings their own reusable cup. Flow is well-known for its efforts in encouraging home-grown talent and creativity, and the all-new reusable range has been custom-made by Al Hemrani, a young Emirati artist known for creating caricatures under the name ‘Mnawrah’.

Commissioned by Flow, Al Hemrani came on board as a resident artist for an entire month, during which she took inspiration from the brand’s ethos and captured caricatures of regular customers while also incorporating the day-to-day elements that bring to life the true spirit of Flow into her designs.

With Sarood Hospitality – operators of Flow – championing an industry-wide shift to eradicate the use of single use plastics, Flow has supported the cause by removing all plastic straws, cutlery, sandwich packets, smoothie cups and salad bowls from its operation.

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Egypt’s Newspapers Shifting From Print to Online

Egypt National Press Authority said that in a project carried out with the involvement of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology companies, it was finalizing the digitization of some

domestic press organizations.

Officials said they hoped the plan would help decrease economic losses for printed media.

The move is part of a new press and media law, which gives the government the right to oversee and manage work at press institutions, merge or end some press and publishing institutions or publications that the state deems no longer profitable, while retaining print editions of main publications.

A number of print newspaper and publication editors, including AlAhram, Al Akhbar, Al-Jumhuriyah, Rose al-Yusuf, and Dar Al-Maaref, were informed that print copies of their publications would be discontinued, but the publications would continue in an electronic form. They were told that the decision was final and not open to discussion, leading to complaints

from journalists and staff at the publications.

The move will result in high rates of unemployment in those papers’ editing, printing, layout, circulation, subscription and advertising departments, and that situation will be an additional burden on each institution’s budget as it will be compelled to employ people whose jobs have been suppressed.

Newspaper employees said they were afraid that the digitisation of publications might lead to early retirement layoffs.

The changes would reduce the number of employees to ease financial losses, officials in charge of restructuring national institutions admitted. A media source said the plan was first applied to weekly publications that reported heavy financial losses and were unable to cover operating expenses.

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Google Resurrects Lion of Mosul Statue Through 3D Printing

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Google has announced a new collaboration with the UK's Imperial War Museums (IWM) and Historic England, starting with the recreation of a historic statue lost to ISIS. The tech giant said that a 3D-printed replica of the Lion of Mosul marks the beginning of the partnership, in which IWM will have the statue on loan

for its "Culture Under Attack" and "What Remains" exhibition.

The original statue once stood at the entrance of the Temple of Ishtar in Nimrud, Iraq. Having survived since an estimated 860 BCE, the statue was, unfortunately, one of many historical victims to Daesh while it was on display at the Mosul Museum.

Despite the massive Assyrian guardian having been destroyed in 2015, 3D printing has been harnessed to resurrect the beast, made possible through crowdsourced photographs of the artifact.

Rekrei, an organization dedicated to preventing the loss of cultural heritage by preserving its memory through crowdsourced photographs of monuments, museums, and artifacts, was able to reconstruct the statue digitally, giving Google the blueprint required to print the lion. Visitors to the IWM will be able to see the 3D printed lion from July 5, 2019,

to 5 January 2020. The statue can also be explored on the Google Arts & Culture online platform.

"It's been heartbreaking to see the destruction of so many unique artifacts and archeological sites in recent years, however, Culture Under Attack and the What Remains exhibition highlight the potential of technology -- both in terms of digitally preserving culture and telling these amazing stories in engaging new ways," said Chance Coughenour, Preservation Lead at Google Arts & Culture.

The statue itself can never be truly brought back, but in recent years, the use of 3D printing has proven not only innovative in the world of technology but in everything from historical preservation to fashion. However, it is not only artifacts lost to the past which can be reimagined by 3D printing, as today's modern artists are also exploring the technology for their own creations.

Why Buy Original: The Millennial Lesson for Businesses Article by Ivana Laskodyova, Consumables Product Manager, OKI Europe Ltd. the same quality, durability or longevity as the genuine article, a third-party print consumable such as an ink or toner cartridge will not provide the same quality, performance of output as the genuine item that has been developed alongside the intended device and manufactured by the same supplier.

OKI’s Original Consumables are designed and crafted alongside OKI devices to deliver the best possible performance. The harmonious compatibility between OKI devices and consumables cannot be replicated by thirdparty consumables introduced to printing operations, no matter what promises are made by the third-party supplier.

This has been proven in tests by industryleading independent research analyst and

Original vs Third-Party Quality is the key driver for millennials preferring to buy products from renowned brands. The same ethos can be applied to print consumables. In the same way that a pair of counterfeit Levi’s jeans won’t provide

Into the Void

testing firm KeyPoint Intelligence Buyers Lab who compared the performance, image quality, reliability and yield of genuine OKI Original Consumables versus three thirdparty compatible cartridges. The testing concluded that devices using OKI Original toner cartridges performed flawlessly while devices using toner cartridges from a thirdparty supplier did not perform so well in comparison.

Clear Outcome During the testing, the device using thirdparty toner cartridges was susceptible to

It’s only natural that after investing in a new device, a business will want to protect its warranty. While the testing revealed that third party consumables are detrimental to the device’s functionality, this could potentially also void the OKI device’s warranty if the third-party consumable is found to be the cause of any damage. Businesses can ensure their warranty remains protected by purchasing the OKI Original consumables specially crafted for their devices.

What’s more, businesses are becoming conscious of their carbon footprints in reaction to the growing consumer demand – especially among millennial consumers – for more brands to operate more sustainably.

Third-party products are not guaranteed to be recyclable whereas OKI collects and recycles 98 percent of OKI Original Consumables.

Whether working to ensure print costs are kept within or budget or protecting their green credentials, businesses can achieve both simply by ensuring they are purchasing consumables designed and crafted by the manufacturer of their chosen devices.

To view the KeyPoint Intelligence Buyers Lab findings and to learn more about the benefits of Original Consumables visit www. okime.ae/consumables.

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The millennial generation is renowned to for its savviness when it comes to parting with its money. Businesses can learn a lot by following the millennial generation’s lead when it comes to getting the best return on investment, whether ordering essential office supplies or contemplating more significant purchases.

Millennials are known to be the most brandloyal generation, favouring trusted brands and willing to spend more on a product from a renowned brand that is known to deliver quality. According to statistics from Elite Daily and CrowdTwist, just over half (50.5 percent) saying they are extremely loyal or quite loyal to their favourite brands.

When it comes to choosing their favourite brands, 80 percent of millennials will keep coming to back to a brand or product that they like (Edelman research) and more than half (52 percent) will judge brands on quality over price (IRI research). Further research from JD Power concludes that millennials are most likely to make a purchase decision based on value for money across virtually every product category.

When it comes to purchasing essential supplies such as print consumables, businesses are faced with a variety of third party options. Often available for a lower price than the original item produced by the device’s manufacturer, businesses should adopt the attitude of the millennial consumer and ask themselves, are third party products really worth the risk?

various error messages which impacted the device’s performance, requiring the device to be frequently turned off and on again. In a real-world business scenario, this device downtime would be detrimental to workplace productivity, delaying the printing, copying or scanning of documentation while distracting the user from their duties.

Other issues experienced by technicians testing third-party consumables against OKI Originals included third-party cartridges found to be leaking and contaminating devices and the workspaces around them. In some cases, third-party consumables were also found to be ‘dead on arrival’, having been shipped with a defect and found to be unusable when unpacked.

In terms of print quality, the third-party consumables offered noticeably poor print quality with dull colouring, patchiness and dark blemishes evident on printed materials.

In comparison, OKI Originals Consumables were found to deliver better print yields, higher and more consistent print colour and quality with absolutely no spillage on delivery and no damage caused to devices.

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Packaging Printer in Brazil Invests in a POLAR Die-Cutting LabelSystem DC-11

Congraf, a company dedicated to industrial packaging printing, located in Sao Paolo in Brazil, purchased a POLAR die-cutting system DC-11 to increase productivity in the paper label section. This new POLAR system consists of a loading table, an AC 25 stack cutter, a die punching unit DC and a single-headed banding unit BD. The system works in connection with a POLAR 137 to

pre-cut the strips of labels.

Congraf is a packaging printer with 40-inch offset printing presses. The company is located in a 15.000 m2 industrial building in the south of Sao Paolo producing in three shifts six days a week.

Since the machine start-up, performance has increased in terms of speed, quantities, and cutting quality and precision.

The transition from manual diecutting processes to automation with DC-11 has allowed the productivity to improve by double digits, especially in the product segment of beer labels.

An essential component of the POLAR System DC-11 is the automatic cutting machine POLAR Autocut 25 (AC 25). A pusher device on the loading table feeds the automatic cutter with pre-cut label strips.

The AC 25 cuts them into label stacks. Subsequently, a swivel unit transfers the stacks to the feeder of the die punching unit DC. After die-cutting the label stacks, a pusher automatically transports the processed labels to the singleheaded banding unit BD. Because the single-headed bander uses ultrasonic technology, preheating is not necessary. The ultrasonic welding unit also prevents annoyance caused by a bad smell.

This workflow offers an excellent performance of up to 960 bundles per 60 minutes.

Paper and Packaging Board Appoints New Board Members for 2020 The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) announces the appointment by the USDA of two board members nominated and elected by companies supporting the Paper Checkoff The two elected 12

members, duly appointed by the Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, are Fred Towler (International Paper); and Jonathan Kraft (NewIndy Containerboard).

Both will take office on January 2020

for a three-year term. A 12-member board of directors oversees the paper and packaging sector’s national promotion program formed to increase the demand for paper and paper-based packaging products.

American Printing Company Invests in Complete Package from Heidelberg The printing company Adams Litho from Chattanooga, Tennessee, has experienced a surge in demand for packagings in the last ten years.

Expecting further increases in the coming years, the company has plans to grow in this segment.

To prepare for this, Adams Litho has invested in several machines from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). With a complete package consisting of a Speedmaster CD 102-6+L UV , an Easymatrix 106 CS die cutter , a Diana Easy 115 gluer , and a Versafire EP digital printing press , the printing company wants to offer its customers top-quality packaging solutions for any run length.

“Packagings continue to grow, and will always be needed,” confirms Wyatt Hogue, GEO of Adams Litho. “The most important thing in stores is which packaging stands out on the shelf. It is of vital

importance for our company to offer our customers a one-stop shop for unique and high-quality packagings.”

Adams Litho offers a comprehensive range of printing services for

companies of all sizes. Since its establishment in 1886, the company has sought out the most modern technology. Today, it offers a full service portfolio, from color digital printing to offset printing.

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Evonik Leads Funding Round for Chinese 3D Printing Medical Startup

German industrial chemical corporation Evonik has led a “high single-digit million-euro” round of funding for Meditool, a medical device start-up in Shanghai, the company’s first direct investment in China. Meditool manufacturers 3D printed neuro and spine surgery implants using Evonik’s polymer PEEK instead of metals. For patients, this technology enables faster recovery and fewer post-operation checks.

Meditool’s implants also reduce the surgical risk for doctors. “This is our first direct investment in China and our first direct investment after initiating our second venture capital fund this year,” said Bern-

hard Mohr, head of Evonik Venture Capital. Evonik’s investment aims to strengthen Evonik’s Smart Materials growth engine with innovative application for high-performance polymers. Co-investors in Meditool include ZN Ventures, Morningside Ventures and Puhua Capital.

3D printed medical implants and healthcare services are finding increasing use by healthcare professionals. Meditool’s in-house software can read and process images directly from commonly used MRI or CT scan devices, then generating a 3D model. Customization allowed by 3D printing can make plates fitting precisely to a patient’s skull.

This reduces the likelihood of further operations to adjust the size, shape or positioning of the implant. The conventional solution in the orthopaedics implant market is primarily metals. Previously, Renishaw, NexxtSpine and DePuy Synthes have respectively created 3D printed titanium spinal implants.

Meditool’s print material chosen was Evonik’s high-performance polymer Polyetheretherketone (PEEK).

Compared to metals, 3D printed PEEK implants are less thermally conductive, thus implants would not heat up or cool down excessively with the temperature the patient is exposed in. Furthermore, the material is biocompatible, making CT and MRI examinations possible after surgery.

Commenting on Evonik’s strategy of expanding high-tech applications of its additive manufacturing materials, Thomas Grosse-Puppendahl, head of Evonik’s innovation growth field Additive Manufacturing commented “Medical applications are of particular interest and our high-performance polymers have already been proven as a reliable implant material in other applications such as dental.”

PlasticFreeLand Debuts at Packaging Innovations London 2019 The packaging industry’s most contentious topic – sustainability – is set to be the focus of the new PlasticFreeLand at Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London 2019, when it returns to Olympia next week (11 & 12 September). The brand-new feature has been created by A Plastic Planet, which joined Packaging Innovations in 2018 to debut the first ever plastic-free aisle in the UK. This year, A Plastic Planet has gone even further by creating PlasticFreeLand, an entire area of the show dedicated to showcasing the latest developments in plastic free materials and packaging. Featuring eight exhibitors, the area has been curated to enable visitors to discover the possibilities of biomaterials and experience them first-hand.

The structure of the area, which will be built using Cygnus Ecoboard, will also be plastic free.

One of the exhibitors within a PlasticFreeLand will be TIPA, which will demonstrate the capabilities of its fully compostable flexible packaging. The bio-based concept offers similar mechanical and visual properties associated with conventional, flexible plastic options, including transparency, sealing strength, durability, barrier capabilities and shelf life, but is fully compostable within six months.

Reel Brands will showcase its range

of cardboard based solutions for traditionally non-recyclable goods, including the REELtray; a water and grease resistant pop-up cardboard box.

Committed to carbon neutral manufacturing, AB Packaging will display its range of paper bags for use in the retail and fashion, grocery, food-to-go, e-commerce and industrial sectors. The paper used is sourced from responsibly managed forests and its bags carry the Full Circle symbol, demonstrating they have the highest environmental credentials.

Offering adaptable solutions for a range of applications, Flexi-Hex will join the PlasticFreeLand to demonstrate its innovative cardboard designs for bottles, board sports and industrial uses. The innovation features a durable, honeycomb design which provides flexibility to allow the packaging to fit irregular shapes and sizes. The open-ended modular sleeves are easily cut to the required size or fixed at the join point to encompass oversized products.

Developer of natural plastics, Biome Bioplastics, will showcase its range of bio-resin based packaging including the HT range which can withstand temperatures up to 1300c. Control Union, the international certification body, will also be present as their partnership with A

Plastic Planet launches in September. CU will be collaborating on the further rollout of A Plastic Planet’s Plastic Free Trust Mark for packaging and materials.

Siân Sutherland, Co-Founder of A Plastic Planet, commented, “As the creators of the Plastic Free Aisle last year, we wanted to design an entire space that champions some of the pioneering materials manufacturers in the industry. Stepping into PlasticFreeLand will feel like the future – but a future that is actually possible today. All materials shown are viable and scalable. It is great to work with Easyfairs again to accelerate the essential pace of plastic free change’.

Paul MacDonald, Global Brand Director of Easyfairs’ Packaging Portfolio, comments: “Sustainability is the hottest topic in the packaging industry right now and there is no better place to discover the latest plastic alternatives than at Packaging Innovations London 2019. We are thrilled to be collaborating with A Plastic Planet again, this time to debut its PlasticFreeLand™ and take our plastic-free offering to the next level. We, as a show, aim to provide a truly impartial platform for packaging professionals to meet with current and new suppliers and, in turn, make an informed decision on the future packaging for their brand.”

Quad Sells Transpak to FCA Packaging tion of assets with a focus on longterm value-creation and strategic fit,” Joel Quadracci, Quad chairman, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. “As part of FCA, Transpak will be part of a leading and fast-growing manufacturer of custom industrial crates, skids and boxes, and benefit from FCA’s broader scale, expertise and talent." FCA is based in Moline, Illinois. Net proceeds of the transaction, approximately $10 million, will be used to reduce debt, Quadracci said in the statement.

"We are thrilled to acquire such a

high-quality business as Transpak, which has a very experienced and successful management team and employee base," David Wilsted, FCA Packaging chief executive officer, said in a statement. "With Transpak, we have greater geographic reach and an expanded set of services that will create additional value for our customers worldwide.” Quad, based in Sussex, acquired Transpak in December 2013 as part of its purchase of Proteus Packaging, a high-end paperboard packaging business that is also located in Franklin.

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Quad/Graphics Inc. said Wednesday that it has sold its heavy-duty industrial wood crating business Transpak to FCA Packaging.

FCA Packaging is a nationwide company that operates in the custom industrial packaging solutions space. Transpak operates a 300,000-square-foot facility in Franklin, where it designs, engineers and builds customized, reusable wood crating solutions for heavy-duty commercial and industrial shipments worldwide.

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Meech to Display its Newest Static Control and Web Cleaning Technology Products at K 2019 Meech International will be showcasing its recent technological developments at the K Trade Fair (Hall 11 - B60, Messe Düsseldorf, 16th - 23rd October 2019), including the new CyClean R web cleaner, Hyperion IonCharge50 (75W) and IonCharge30 (15W) static generators and the Hyperion 960IPS - Meech's newest static control bar. Meech will also be displaying its full, long-standing and well established static control and web cleaning product range at the largest exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry.

"K is a huge event in the calendar for Meech," explains Ralph Simon, Sales Director at Meech Elektrostatik SA. "With so many specialist companies in attendance, the platform the event provides for us is invaluable. We are delighted to be highlighting the role that Meech plays within the plastics and rubber manufacturing industries by presenting both our well established products and the newest additions to our web cleaning and static control ranges."

Ideal for wider webs where lower tensions are common, Meech's Cy-

Clean R is a single or double-sided non-contact web cleaner that uses positive and negative airflows to clean low-tension plastic webs.

"CyClean R possesses all the qualities found in our original CyClean," continues Simon. "It's compact, making it suitable for use in tight spaces, and is capable of handling high speed webs up to 800m/min.

What's more, it only requires a low level of air consumption to operate, meaning energy usage is kept to a minimum."

Meech's newest static generators - Hyperion IonCharge30 (15W) and IonCharge50 (75W) - are versatile, technologically advanced, compact and simple to install. They are suitable for use within a range of plastic-based applications that require temporary bonding of materials. IonCharge30 is compact and simple to install, while IonCharge50 is Meech's most powerful static generator. "They deliver excellent performance, reliable connectivity and ease of use," says Simon. "They are compatible with existing PLC networks and their touch screen interfaces allow for the monitoring and alteration of their performance."

Meech's new mid-range, Pulsed DC Ionising Bar, Hyperion 960IPS, is versatile and simple to install.

With adjustable voltage, frequency and balance, the bar possesses extremely powerful ionisation of up to 15kV and provides 50% greater maximum working distance than the popular 929IPS ionising bar, though it retains all the other key features of its predecessor. Meech's Ion Current Monitoring technology is incorporated, ensuring performance is maintained and that local and remote alerts signal when the bar needs to be cleaned.

"Our newest static control bar is joined by our long-standing Hyperion range, including the short-range 924IPS and long-range 971IPS. All of these bars, suitable for use in a variety of plastic applications that require static elimination, can be controlled via Meech's Industry 4.0 solution - Hyperion SmartControl - which gives operators access to static bar performance information on a fixed or remote device and enables them to adjust the operating settings to achieve maximum productivity and maximum quality of output."

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DIC to Acquire BASF’s Global Pigments Business

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BASF and the fine chemical company DIC have reached an agreement on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business. The purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis is €1.15 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020. The divestiture is subject to the approval of the relevant competition authorities.

“We have achieved our goal to find an owner who considers pigments a core strategic business,” says Dr. Markus Kamieth, member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, responsible for the Industrial Solutions segment. “DIC pursues ambitious growth plans and has announced to further develop the business in the coming years. We are convinced that the

pigments business will be able to unfold its full potential within DIC.” DIC is a Japanese company listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange with about 20,000 employees globally.

The company headquartered in Tokyo was founded in 1908, is active in more than 60 countries and generated sales of approximately 800 billion yen in 2018. This corresponds to about €6.8 billion. Under the slogan “Color & Comfort,” DIC is active in three segments: Packaging & Graphics, Functional Products and Color & Display. Color & Display includes a portfolio of pigments.

“We have outlined a clear growth path for DIC with the target to increase our sales to 1 trillion yen, i.e. approximately €8 billion, by 2025.

In this context, BASF’s pigments

portfolio is an important strategic addition in meeting our goals more expeditiously. It will allow us to expand our position as one of the leading pigment suppliers globally and offer our customers even more versatile solutions,” Kaoru Ino, President and Chief Executive Officer of DIC comments on the agreement reached.

For Dr. Alexander Haunschild, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at BASF’s pigment-focused subsidiary BASF Colors & Effects, the agreement is a chance to continue the growth path started in 2016: “We see DIC as an owner who is willing to invest, committed to innovations and interested in the longer term success of the business.”

Arden Software to Showcase Latest Software Innovations at FachPack 2019 Arden Software will be showcasing the latest innovations in its portfolio of packaging design software at German trade fair – FachPack 2019.

The leading European exhibition for the packaging sector takes place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 24 – 26 September. Visitors to the Arden Software stand can enjoy live product demonstrations of the latest release of Arden’s CAD software – Impact 2019 – as well as a preview of innovative project management software WEBcnx 2019.

Frank Haustein, Managing Director at Arden Software Germany, said: “Arden Software is proud to be returning to FachPack once again where we’ve got an exciting line-up planned, giving visitors a glimpse of the endless possibilities that can be achieved through our packaging software solutions.

“The highlight for Arden will be the unveiling of WEBcnx 2019, which for the first time has been optimised for mobile. WEBcnx acts as a virtual

project manager, enabling you to project manage your packaging production from wherever you are in the world. Whether it’s order entry, design, laboratory, graphics, stock management or quotations, WEBcnx links the different parts of a business together, streamlining workflow.

“We’ll be showcasing at FachPack our integration between WEBcnx and quote management software BOXSOFT from CSG, which has provided users with the ability to seamlessly link the quotation aspect of the WEBcnx chain with an external program, demonstrating the level of integration and automation available with a range of systems.”

The Arden Team will also be demonstrating the new and improved features of packaging design software Impact 2019, which include multipage/face PDF exports, improved product previews and searching capabilities, extended support for 3D file formats, all-round speed improvements and better memory

handling for intensive tasks.

Visitors can find out more about the all new plug-in for Adobe Illustrator, extending Impact’s graphic workflow capabilities, and Arden will be showcasing its collaboration with Hybrid Software to demonstrate the integration between Impact and Hybrid’s professional editing software – PACKZ. Visitors can even look forward to an advanced preview of Impact 2019 R2 coming later this year, which offers improved graphics and handling and support for a wider range of 3D exchange formats.

Frank Haustein added: “FachPack 2019 promises to be another really exciting event bringing together thousands of packaging and design specialists all under one roof, so we’d urge visitors to stop by at our stand and see how our innovative software solutions can help you and your business.” The Arden Software stand will be located at Hall 7A, Stand 721.

Automated Label Production with Screen GP Europe and OneVision Software workflow, the software can actuate SCREEN's Truepress Jet L350UV+, that delivers industry-leading speeds for a digital label system of up to 60 meters per minute and ensures both, outstanding quality and throughput with its prominent inkjet-head technology.

While the Label Automation Suite acts as middleware between the MIS and the RIP/DFE, covering the automated preparation of print files and the finishing process (e.g. automatic creation of varnish masks, cut line management, barcode generation) and production planning (collective printing of different jobs), Equios focuses on the ripping of PDF files, queue management, high-end screening and the adjustment of colors and spot colors. In day-to-day production, the Label Automation Suite automatically supplies Equios

with optimized and nested PDF files including all required register marks, correct bleed, and white and varnish masks.

As a result, label printers achieve faster production times, higher job throughput and maximum utilization of the Truepress Jet L350UV+ by automatically providing properly set-up print data.

Label printers benefit from a full end-to-end workflow with the direct interface from the Label Automation Suite to Cerm's MIS (Management Information System). The MIS structures the administrative workflows of label and commercial printers. The direct integration with the Label Automation Suite allows job data to be transferred directly from the MIS and job tickets to be created automatically that initiate and control automated further processing of the files.

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"Less waste, less material consumption and more economical working," This is the conclusion drawn by Dr. Benjamin Rüdt von Collenberg, COO of the German label printer “InForm Etiketten”, after having switched to an automated label production process by utilizing the Label Automation Suite.

At the industry event Labelexpo from 24 to 27 September in Brussels, high-speed printing machine manufacturer Screen and automation software expert OneVision are presenting a holistic production process from incoming orders over automated print file preparation in prepress and production planning to finishing preparation and machine actuation.

Seamless system integration for an end-to-end workflowBy directly integrating OneVision's Label Automation Suite into the Equios

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Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Launch Specialty Papers

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper has presented a wide range of coated specialty papers for the label and packaging market, and launched new innovations, at Labelexpo Europe 2019. As a paper product, the new jetscript METAL VPG 1018 (110 g) is purely fibre-based with a silver metallic glossy finish and a transparent,

microporous inkjet coating for high-quality printing performance.

The inkjet paper impresses with its high print density, fast drying, compatibility with latex inks and optimum performance in the selfadhesive production process.

This makes it particularly suitable for eye-catching and high-quality

labels in the beverage, cosmetics or food sector, as well as other applications such as wrapping paper, advertising panels and displays.

With the new barricote BAG WGOM (89g), Mitsubishi launches a particularly sustainable barrier paper for flexible food packaging, which impresses with a universal multibarrier. It protects food and consumers not only from water vapor, fat/oil and oxygen/aroma, but also from mineral oil migration (MOSH / MOAH), and thus offers particularly wide barrier protection.

In addition, BAG WGOM can be heatsealed very effectively and is approved for direct food contact. The virgin fibre paper product is 100% free of plastic films, aluminium and fluorocarbons, fully recyclable, and FSC or PEFC certified. Furthermore, Mitsubishi will be showcasing a comprehensive range of coated specialty papers for the label market: • Thermoscript thermal papers (for linerless applications, with extra high heat resistance or with back protection) • Jetscript inkjet papers (for light 70 g version, grades for ticket and tag applications or with an embossed surface) • Supercote cast-coated label papers (for for wet glue labels, composite cans and shoulder boxes).

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Flint Group Explores Flexible Package Printing Solutions

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Flint Group Narrow Web (stand 5C24) presented its new market opportunities for narrow web flexible package printing. On display were several examples of packaging constructions printed using a range of UV curable ink series compliant with latest CMR labeling requirements, and BPA free.

Flint also emphasised LED curing technologies that enable converters to reduce energy consumption by at least 50% compared to UV mercury curing technology. Their colour-matching service, Vivo Colour Solution, was also demonstrated, and further enhancements were launched at the show.

Grafisk Maskinfabrik Shows Off Latest Advancements Grafisk Maskinfabrik showcased their newest advancements in automated label finishing and high value label applications including multi-layer and hot foil / screen embellished labels at Labelexpo Europe 2019.

The 2019 models feature quicker setup time with plate loading for the die-cutting station, better ergonomic design for machine operation and online support.

Displayed models include: • DC350 – the new GM premium finishing line with a new series of Smart modules: Smart Turret (auto slit), Smart Loading of dies and new Smart Stripping module (contact stripping).

• 330FB – the new GM premium wine label line, Hot Foil / Embossing / Screen, with a new faster hot foil stamping unit supporting up to 40m/min.

• DC330MINI - all in one compact finishing. Visitors can see it in-line with inkjet press and offline.

• DC330MINIflex V4 – equipped with the GM Automatic Slitting Sta-

tion that sets the knives in seconds, and a new compact buffer unit for in-line operation with a digital press.

• SR350 - the new GM highspeed slitter-rewinder with inspection. It features the newest in servo motion technology and a unique option for auto-set knives.

The SR350 is equipped with the advanced Nikka M1 label inspection system option. The machine stops precisely within 10cm if any error is detected. Operation is up to 300m/min.

• DC330 Modular finishing line, which will be demonstrated in-line with a high speed inkjet label press.

• GM Online Production Dashboard – this provides online operator statistics and ultra-fast job recall for efficient label production. It comes with advanced IoT connectivity.

• ETV330 - Roll to sheet guillotine cutter suitable for cutting labels and heavy materials, available for in-line and off-line operation. It comes with built-in register control, and a touch screen that allows for easy handling operates the sheeter.

• PNT160 Semi-automatic core cutter, which provides high precision feeding and cutting of cardboard cores of optional length and sizes at high speeds.

KURZ Launches DM-JETLINER Digital Foil Unit LEONHARD KURZ has presented a new stamping foil series for rotary label printing at this year's Labelexpo Europe as well as demonstrated the effective combination of digital web-fed printing and integrated metallization. The KPW XU cold foil grade, a versatile go-to for narrowweb printing, will be presented for the first time at Labelexpo.

According to the manufacturer, this cold foil is exceptionally suited for overprinting and delivers optimal decoration results both for large-ar-

ea and fine designs. A further development is the availability of LUMAFIN, a semi-transparent stamping foil specifically for web-fed printing.

It allows under-printed designs to shine through, covers them with a shimmering gloss, and creates an extraordinary depth effect.

A variety of labels decorated with LUMAFIN and the combination of color printing and LUMAFIN decoration will be on display at Labelexpo. A focal point of the KURZ stand (3D40) will be digital finish-

ing using the DM-JETLINER. There will be a live demonstration of an HP Indigo 6900 digital printing machine with an integrated DMJETLINER finishing module, which will be used to metallize web-fed labels and overprint them in a single pass at full printing speeds.

Show visitors could also observe the seamless integration of the DMJETLINER into the printing process and the creation of metallic colors, decorative, personalized elements, and holographic effects.

Nanovis Premieres Sustainable BELLA Cleaning Station is reduced to a minimum.

This helps to keep operating costs low. With a large clean workplace, the BELLA is easy to use and supports the HP INDIGO operator with an efficient and sustainable solution for the cleaning of ink

tanks, application rollers (BIDS), and so on. Nanovis also offered live demonstrations of its solventfree HC-1000 and NC-1200 parts cleaning machines with integrated cleaning agent recycling on its stand C52, in hall 5.

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Nanovis has unveiled its sustainable cleaning station BELLA DC-1300 for HP INDIGO printing machines at Labelexpo Europe 2019. The Imaging-Oil used for cleaning is permanently recycled, meaning that the volume of hazardous waste

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Focus Demos Latest Servo and Digital Innovations

Focus Label Machinery has demonstrated its latest machinery with servo and digital solutions at the

forefront, for the short and medium print run business.This includes the launch of a new generation of

the popular Proflex compact flexo press with open architecture print head design. The Proflex SE is a fully servo driven, modular press available in print widths of 250mm and 330mm.

The new model benefits from touch screen HMI operator interface panels with fully programmable digital platforms. The new features have decreased set up time and material wastage, resulting in reduced downtime and higher productivity.

The operator can control all aspects of press operation, from any of the HMI panels, and can store job information for future retrieval on repeat orders.

Also on display was the d-Flex digital inkjet press, which incorporates the latest high-speed full-colour Konica Minolta inkjet technology into the existing REFLEX servo press. Visitors were able to see high quality variable images, overprinted in perfect register with UV flexo ink, then converted and rewound – in a single pass with speeds up to 50m/min.

Also showcased was the E-FLEX, a new flexo/digital combination press platform designed to meet the demands of medium and short run business. Focus also showcased a 6 colour, 330mm wide press, equipped with a full UV drying and chill roll system.

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Xeikon Shows Off Four Live Production Solutions

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Xeikon has demonstrated digital presses in three configurations on the Flint Group stand (5C28) and has also introduced the recently launched Transform advisory tool: The Label Discovery Package is an entry-level system consisting of a Xeikon 3030 digital press and Dcoat digital converting line with varnish, semi-rotary die-cutting, and rewind.

The Xeikon CX500 is aimed at high-end food and wine label printing. The company’s QB-toner has been designed specifically for food labels and takes upcoming regulations into account. Visitors could see the press in action at the

Flexible Packaging Arena.

The third press, the Xeikon PX3000, showcased Xeikon’s Panther UV inkjet technology, which is ideally suited for the health and beauty markets and high-performance durable printing. The newly launched Haptic printing module enables users to produce tactile print effects. Xeikon’s Panther DuraCure technology combines both LED and HG (mercury) curing in one pass, which creates an ink layer that is highly resistant to chemicals, temperature, sunlight, and mechanical abrasion. The Xeikon aXelerate was also demonstrated at the show.

COLOP e-Mark Makes Labelexpo Europe Debut COLOP has showcased a world first at Labelexpo Europe 2019: the e-mark, an electronic marking device. With the e-mark, COLOP has launched its first mobile (batteryoperated) electronic marking device based on inkjet technology that functions in combination with an app and with which it is possible to apply full colour imprints on a variety of materials with a simple sideways movement.

With an app developed by COLOP for smartphones or tablets (Android and iOS) as well as a software for PCs, individual imprints can be designed. Templates, texts, logos or photos can be stamped in full colour. Date, time or numbering functions are included, as well as a

barcode and QR code generator. Via WLAN, the data can be sent to the e-mark (or via USB cable from the PC). The imprints can be applied to

any ink-absorbent surfaces – from paper to wood. Therefore, the emark is ideally suited for the office as well as for private end users.

Gallus Launches New Die-Cutting and Digital Embellishment Innovations

cutting unit is optimized for thin liners and offers Gallus’ lowest ever deflection under load and biggest anvil diameter.

Also launching at the show is the new Digital Printbar, an inkjet printing unit designed specifically for digital insetting of highly opaque, digital white.

With a printing width of 430mm (17”), the new, shiftable Digital Printbar benefits from inkjet-based digital print technology and is designed specifically for opaque white.

Depending on the job requirements,

this new digital embellishing unit can be a highly cost-efficient alternative to conventional embellishing methods. The new Digital Printbar will be showcased on the Gallus Labelmaster but can easily be integrated into other systems such as the Gallus Labelfire or Gallus RCS 430. Exhibiting with Heidelberg on stands B28 and C31, visitors can also see the company's most popular narrow web presses including two Gallus Labelmaster, a Gallus Labelfire and a Gallus Smartfire.

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Gallus has launched two new products at Labelexpo Europe 2019 – a new rotary die-cutting unit and Digital Printbar. The new fully rotary front-loading Rotary Die-Cut Unit Quick was seen in action at the show, with live demonstrations of the Gallus Labelmaster Advanced equipped with the new unit.

The handling is very easy, with the operator using a trolley which is specially designed for a quick change of die-cutting formats.

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THREADX 2020 Keynote Presentations Put the Customer First

In this digital age, customer reviews and complaints — and how apparel decorating businesses react to them — can significantly impact a company’s reputation and bottom line. At the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA) THREADX 2020 conference (February 23 - 25; Scottsdale, Ariz.), keynoters Jay Baer and Scott Wozniak will discuss successful approaches for securing a raving customer fan base and how to address not-so-raving reviews.

Online registration is available at threadxconference.com.

Jay Baer, Convince & ConvertOpening the conference with “Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers,” Baer, Founder of Convince & Convert consulting firm, will share how to turn negative online reviews into opportunities. “Today, every online customer interaction is a spectator sport. It's not just about answering the one customer who left a review or provided feedback. Instead,

it's about the tens, hundreds or thousands of other potential customers that are watching the interaction,” he said. “This is why it's key to answer every piece of online customer commentary, positive or negative. And wherever possible, to do so fast. Brand-new research shows that faster service creates better reviews and happier customers.”

In addition to founding five multimillion-dollar companies, Baer is a six-time best-selling book author.

His consulting firm provides strategic counsel to high-profile brands and organizations including Caterpillar, Oracle, 3M, Adidas and the United Nations. A regular presenter on customer experience and service and host of the award-winning Social Pros Podcast, Baer was recently inducted into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame and the Word of Mouth Marketing Hall of Fame.

“Jay Baer has changed my whole outlook on customer service. His methods of turning negative feedback into a positive situation could help grow any business,” said Brett Bowden, Owner, Printed Threads, SGIA Apparel Decorators Committee Vice Chair and member of the SGIA Board of Directors. Scott Wozniak, Swoz LeadershipWozniak, CEO, Swoz Leadership, will close THREADX with his presentation, “Raving Fans.” Sharing real examples and practical tools, Wozniak will help attendees go beyond a base of merely satisfied customers motivated by price to a loyal and

enthusiastic following.

“In our global village connected with e-commerce, it’s easy to get lost in the crowd,” he said. “Some companies have managed to serve their customers in a way that creates raving fans, year after year. My talk at THREADX will show how they did it and how attendees can build their own ‘Raving Fans Engine.’ I know these methods work because not only have I spent 20-plus years studying the best companies in the world, I have had the chance to help build some of them.”

A three-time author, Wozniak spent eight years at Chick-fil-A's headquarters working with the founding family and executive team to create leadership development programs and company-wide initiatives, and to establish strategies. He still works closely with the company, in addition to sharing his strategies with other corporations’ leadership across six continents, including Silicon Valley startups, Ivy League universities and billiondollar global firms.

“I can’t say enough about how great Scott’s presentation on building a raving fans engine was,” said Justin Lawrence, Owner, Oklahoma Shirt Company, another Apparel Decorators Committee member.

“Super interesting content plus a unique presentation format plus an engaging speaker equals the trifecta for a fantastic seminar. Any business owner or customer-facing personnel will benefit from hearing Scott’s ideas.”

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Xplor International has announced the dates and location for their 2020 annual conference. XPLOR20 will take place April 14-16, 2020 at the TradeWinds Island Grand in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Known as The Customer Communications Conference, the two-and-a-half day event brings together end-users, analysts, consultants, industry experts and

vendors who will share the latest best practices and trends in the customer communications industry.

“We are going back to basics and back to the location that many revere as the ‘best years’ of the modern Xplor conferences,” says Skip Henk, President/CEO of Xplor International. “We are very excited to be back at the TradeWinds and

focusing on the intimate feeling of family and networking at our 2020 annual event.”

Xplor’s conference is known for its educational sessions and networking. The 2020 event will again continue that tradition. Participants can attend educational sessions during the day while networking at lunches and evening events.

thINK Ahead 2019 Reaches Maximum Capacity for Fifth Annual Conference thINK, an independent community of Canon Solutions America inkjet customers, announced that thINK Ahead 2019 is at maximum capacity and sponsorships are sold out. The annual inkjet user conference will take place in just 10 days in Boca Raton, Florida, September 16-18.

Over 600 attendees will learn inkjet industry trends and best practices from 75 presenters (50 inkjet press customers and 25 industry analysts and experts) with a choice of 5 tracks and over 30 educational sessions.

New this year, thINK attendees can participate in Ask the Expert sessions, led by thINK guest speakers, customers and industry leaders, to take a deeper dive into learning. As

an added benefit, Canon Solutions America will continue to offer tours and demos at the Canon Solutions America Customer Experience Center as they have done years prior. thINK Ahead attendees will also be able to view innovative inkjet best practices on display as part of the second annual Inkjet Innovation Awards, designed to recognize Canon Solutions America inkjet customers who are pushing the boundaries of this game-changing technology. "Whether attendees have been to a thINK conference before or are a first-timer, the thINK Board has worked hard to ensure that thINK Ahead 2019 will be fresh and exciting for everyone," said Bob Radzis, thINK President and

Chief Customer Officer at SG360°.

"The culmination of inspiring keynote speakers, robust educational sessions, customer experience center demos and numerous networking opportunities with peers and partners is sure to have attendees feeling inspired and motivated to take their inkjet business to new levels."

"Once again thINK sponsorships sold out quickly this year, and it is because of this type of partner interest and support that we are able to put together such a powerful conference for the inkjet community. We'd like to acknowledge and thank all of our partners for their continued support," said Todd Roth, thINK Ahead 2019 Conference Chair.

AATCC and SGIA Announce Agenda for the Digital Textile Printing Conference 4.0 King, Spoonflower Inc.; Ken Bach, Aberdeen Fabrics Inc. Michael Sanders, Top Value Fabrics; Katelyn Lee, Cotton Incorporated; David Clark, Huntsman Textile Effects; and Johnny Shell, SGIA. Topics at the event will include: • Digital Fabric Printing—The Innovation Continues!—Ron Gilboa, Keypoint Intelligence • Pre-Coating of Textiles for Digital Printing—Roland Zimmer, Zimmer Austria • End-to-End and In-between: A Multi-dimensional View of Building a Reliable Digital Printing Workflow, from Design to Manufacture—Mike Scrutton, Adobe; Dustin Bowersox, Datacolor; Tim Williams, Color Solutions International; and Clark Omholt, Spectraflow• "Pixel to Output"—Managing Data from the Source File to Printed Fabric—Mike Syverson, Durst • Color Lifecycle Management: A Holistic Approach to Color Management of Digitally Printed Textiles—Julian Mussi, DeSL • The Future of Textile Color Management—Tim Mitchell, HP • Applying Ink Technology to the

Development of Pigment Inks for Digital Textile • Printing—Eric Beyeler, DuPont • Software and Digital Workflow for High Speed Single-Pass Textile Production—Lou Prestia, EFI • Advantages of Laser Cutting Workflow for On-demand Digital Textile Printing and Finishing—Jim Manelski, Summa • Sustainability in Textile Printing—Michael Labella, Sensient • Brand Adoption of Digital Print Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities—Meagan Tyler, Colosseum

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AATCC and SGIA have partnered to offer the Digital Textile Printing Conference 4.0, a two-day event that will provide registrants with a wealth of understanding and inspiration. Explore the key trends and technological developments that are accelerating the digitally-printed textile market. The program will feature the industry’s best-known and most-respected experts presenting topics essential for those involved in digitallyprinted textiles.

Some of the biggest names in the industry are included in the programming, covering topics on the newest digital textile ink and printing technology developments, key market drivers, global market conditions, color management and workflow developments, design software, digital manufacturing and integration, and more!

Confirmed presentations and speakers include: • Digital & Donuts (designed for anyone who needs a primer on available digital printing technologies for textiles and their requirements)—Hitoshi Ujiie, Thomas Jefferson University; Kerry

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Expert Column

The Future of

Offset

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Written by Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Remember letterpress printing? It dominated the printing industry for a few hundred years from Gutenberg to the 1970s. Lithograph goes back

to 1799 and offset lithography began around 1900. But offset lithography took over 50 years to become viable, and letterpress remained in use longer than it should have. The advent of graphic arts photography and phototypesetting and later digital workflows made offset prepress very efficient and thus offset grew through the 1970s and 1990s.

We saw offset presses integrate automatic plate loading, on-press colorimetry, integrated coating, UV capability, larger sheet sizes, and increasing speed for sheet- and web-fed press versions. As sheet sizes and automation increased and so did productivity. Today, one new offset press can do the work of three older offset presses. By 1990, press manufacturers were doing very well. They supported many trade

offset viable for decades, but its volumes will continue to decline.

Why? Because digital presses are increasing sheet sizes and speeds . . . and quality.

No printing process ever dies.

Screen printing lost significant volume to wide format inkjet printing, but is still doing very well. Flexography is still going strong for flexible packaging. A new generation of letterpress hobbyists are buying up old presses and putting the art back into printing with metal.

Toner-based printers are still primarily sheet oriented and have never been able to handle larger signatures. They are ideal for very short runs of books, direct mail, and promotional material. But a new breed of inkjet (and nanographic) presses are now at B1 and B2 sheet sizes. Digital presses require almost no makeready and eliminate the need for consumable plates.

Large format roll-fed inkjet presses are changing the dynamics of commercial printing industry. Combined with new automated finishing systems they are reducing printing for inventory and supporting ondemand approaches. I think that the future will see a market that is half and half, offset and digital. And most printing companies will have to invest in both.

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publications and trade associations.

They were the largest exhibitors are trade shows. They made presses for print service providers from very small to gigantic.

It was not digital printing that challenged offset press volumes—it was the Internet. After 1995, print volumes in the U.S. started to decline as work went online rather than to print. Within a decade, half of all print volume was gone. Of the volume that was left, run lengths declined, some of which shifted to toner and inkjet digital printing. As fewer offset presses were sold, the press manufacturers merged or invested in other technologies.

We once calculated that there were six trillion PDF files on the Internet.

At one time, many of those pages would have been on paper. One of the technologies that could move offset back into the forefront would be that of on-press platemaking without a consumable image carrier. MAN-Roland tried it once with the DICOWeb and Presstek did it with a consumable plate. Offset is still best for long and “longer” short runs, but not for very short runs, as with digital printing.

Offset is the standard for “graphic arts quality.” If you want brand colors (beyond CMYK), offset is your process. And this is enough to keep

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Roland DGA Introduces New VersaUV LEF2-300 UV Printer

Roland DGA Corporation has announced the launch of its new 30inch VersaUV LEF2-300 benchtop flatbed printer. This next-generation LEF2 boasts all the advanced features of the 20-inch model released earlier this year, while also delivering 1.5 times the print area and printing speed. The LEF2-300 also incorporates new efficiency, convenience, and maintenance functionalities that raise overall performance to a higher level.

Like all Roland LEF series flatbed printers, the LEF2-300 can print directly on virtually any substrate or three-dimensional object up to 3.94 inches thick, making it

ideal for a wide range of product customization applications. The LEF2-300 uses Roland’s specially formulated ECO-UV inks in CMYK, as well as Gloss and White inks that allow users to incorporate specialty finishes, realistic textures, or 3D effects for a whole new dimension of customization.

Additionally, with its larger 30.3” (W) x 12.9” (D) x 3.9” (H) print area and higher-volume output, the LEF2-300 is an expansive solution that fits the productivity needs of growing businesses. The LEF2-300 employs UV-LED lamps to instantly cure ink on the surface of material with UV light, allowing photos,

graphics and fine text to printed onto PVC, plastics, canvas, wood, leather, fabric, and other materials with unsurpassed print quality.

Roland’s specially formulated ECOUV inks are designed for flexibility, enabling it to be used on curved and 3D objects, as well as a wide variety of materials, without cracking. The new LEF2-300 feature enhancements make customizing or personalizing everything from plaques and giftware to golf balls and smartphone covers quicker, easier and more cost-effective than ever. A Start Timer Function completes print head cleaning setup and White ink circulation automatically by your designated start time, while a positioning fixture makes it easy to align items on the print table.

For greater maintenance efficiency and convenience, the LEF2-300 adopts a new cleaning system that helps maximize printer reliability and reduce ink consumption during maintenance procedures. The LEF2-300 is also equipped with a safe, see-through cover that prevents dust from settling onto the surface of materials while printing.

Additional new LEF2-300 features include a Multiple Print Function that allows you print the same data again with the touch of a control panel button, and a Printer Status Monitor for checking the operating status of multiple printers in real-time.

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QuarkXPress 15.0.1 Release Now Available

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Quark Software has announced the availability of the 15.0.1 release of QuarkXPress. This is the first update to QuarkXPress 2019, which was released July 9, 2019. Included in this update for QuarkXPress 2019 users are improvements to many customer-requested items relating to the following: • Retina cursors on Mac: Cursors will no longer pixelate; they will be as sharp as they are on non-retina resolutions.

• Program language back on Windows: The option to allow users

to set their QuarkXPress program language differently than their system language will be restored.

• Notarization on Mac: This version of QuarkXPress has been notarized by Apple, which means all additional security checks required for notarization have been met.

Notarization is a minimum requirement for Catalina compatibility.

• Image export bug fixes: Drop shadow and composition zones will now be exported at the specified resolution. Users can expect additional improvements to this

feature included in the first quarterly release in October.

• Improved handling of font styles / faux styles: UI and stability improvements Large measurement palette settings will be saved across sessions: Users will no longer have to switch to “Large” size at each launch. This setting will now be stored in user preferences Download the 15.0.1 Update QuarkXPress 2019 customers can update their version through the auto-updater when they launch QuarkXPress.

Memjet Announces DuraFlex

Kim Beswick, general manager of Memjet’s benchtop and mini-press division. “DuraFlex delivers on this goal. With its compact, modular design, category-leading speed, 1600-dpi quality and economical cost, DuraFlex provides partners robust resources for creating benchtop and entry-level label and packaging presses as well as other light production and wide-format print and packaging applications.”

Beswick added, “DuraFlex complements other Memjet printing technologies, providing a resource that strategically fits between our VersaPass and DuraLink printing solutions. DuraFlex also adds a pigment ink solution to the compelling dye ink solutions provided by VersaPass technology. With the launch of DuraFlex, Memjet now has the technology to power any type of digital printer in the market.”

The flexibility and affordability of DuraFlex provides OEMs and their print customers with a low-risk way to make the move to inkjet or

expand their existing product lines by adding new solutions. Like other Memjet technologies, DuraFlex is based on a modular architecture that significantly reduces development costs and time and gets OEMs’ products to market faster.

The cost benefits of DuraFlex also extend to the end user. DuraFlexpowered printing solutions are less expensive to buy and operate.

DuraFlex’s new long-life, four-color printhead minimizes intervention rates, resulting in higher productivity and profitability for print providers.

With 1600 x 1600 dpi and built-in nozzle redundancy, DuraFlex produces market-leading print quality at print speeds up to 46 m/min.

DuraFlex modules and printheads will come in both A4 and A3 plus formats and can be stitched up to 1.2 meters wide. DuraFlex comes with a powerful, embedded RIP datapath and supports external RIP digital front ends for enhanced performance and datapath control.

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Memjet announced DuraFlex, a modular single-pass print solution that combines Memjet’s signature features of speed, simplicity and affordability with new attributes such as enhanced durability, A4 and A3 plus widths in a four-color printhead, a high-speed data path and modules that control all printhead functions.

Together, these features give OEMs the resources to create affordable benchtop, mini-press and entrylevel presses capable of quality and speed previously not available in these types of solutions. Memjet will showcase the capabilities of this new technology and provide updates from the company at Labelexpo, which will take place in Brussels, Belgium, September 25–27.

“Our goal with designing DuraFlex was to create a simple yet robust technology that could give OEM partners the resources to create affordable printing solutions that were powerful, yet affordable,” said

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Canon USA Announces the Launch of new imagePROGRAF TA Series

Developed to benefit entry-level print customers, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to announce the new imagePROGRAF large-format 5-Color 24-inch TA-20 and 36-inch TA-30 printers. The TA Series offers end users Canon’s high-quality software and overall brand value in a cost-efficient, easy-to-use

solution built to help stimulate workflow and productivity for small businesses and first-time large-format print users.

The multi-purpose imagePROGRAF TA Series is great for posters, technical documents, and designs. These new devices provide users the ability to print on water resistant media for outdoor signage by utilizing Canon’s high yield TD pigment ink.

Unlike printers that use dye ink, the TA Series uses pigment ink that can produce posters that can be used for up to 6 months outdoors — no lamination needed when using Canon’s water resistant media.

With the ability to print borderless on all paper sizes, these models help eliminate the need for manual cutting.

With wireless capabilities, users can print from anywhere in the office. The TA printers also include Canon’s free

poster creation software, PosterArtist Lite, allowing customers to easily design and print professional posters.

These devices also come standard with a layout software enabling users to easily nest images minimizing paper waste and can print directly from Microsoft Office with ease. As seen through its fast print speeds and precise ink placement, the TA Series incorporates features designed to stand out in the current market. With the ability to print a 24x36 inch document or poster in as fast as 27 seconds, on plain paper using Fast (Q5) mode, Canon’s technology gets the job done. The series’ air-feeding system offers end users high quality, consistent printing which is designed to help increase productivity by helping the paper to remain straight to reduce wrinkles and paper jams.

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Walki Upgrades Green Solutions for the Out-Of-Home (OOH) Advertising Sector

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Walki is introducing upgrades of its Walki Print Media XXL family of products for sustainable out of home advertising billboards. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has for many decades been the preferred material for Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising billboards and banners despite posing substantial environmental risks.

Its manufacturing process produces chlorine gas, while its disposal also releases dangerous toxins into the environment. The material is not biodegradable and hard to recycle

and hence the only disposal options are either incineration or dumping it in landfills. A new generation of consumers is driving the change towards more sustainable options.

Walki’s Walki Print Media XXL family of products provides sustainable printing and imaging solutions.

“Although the products have been available for quite a while, the antiPVC movement really started gaining momentum recently, partly prompted by environmentally conscious millennials,” explains Luk Meys, Walki’s

Global Category Manager, Imaging.

Walki will soon be rolling out further improvements to this family of products. In the near future, the Walki Print Media XXL range will be suitable for printing with environmentally sound, water-based latex inks next to the current printability with UV inks.

“The next generation of the product will also be certified flame retardant, making it suitable for indoor use in public places,” added Meys. Using ultra-light, tear resistant and recyclable raw materials, this sustainable print media combines specific base materials and functional polymers.

Apart from being PVC-free and pfthalate-free, Walki Print Media XXL is also 100 percent recyclable, halogen-free and REACH-compliant, which means that it complies with EU regulation regarding registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. It also weighs less than half as much as traditional PVC-based products, making transport, storage and handling far less cumbersome.

Team Concept Launches “LuxFX” Decorative Print Designs with JETvarnish 3D Special Effects For the last twenty-one years, Team Concept, based in Carol Stream, IL, has been an innovative leader of the Chicagoland printing industry. In 2018, as a growth strategy to establish a competitive advantage for their customers and partners, they invested in an MGI JETvarnish 3D digital print enrichment press from Konica Minolta.

Now, one year later, they have announced a new brand of decorative and dimensional print solutions called “LuxFX” to maximize the impact of brand messages by delivering sensory print communications on a national level.

In addition to offering a complete spectrum of direct commercial printing and finishing services, Team Concept has also specialized in serving and supporting their professional peers and colleagues in the business as a top trade printer able to provide outsourcing assistance on specialized applications, complex custom projects, long run offset production and short run digital work.

Their expertise and growth in developing JETvarnish 3D-based promotional marketing campaigns and packaging designs for clients led to the decision to

expand the business and launch the LuxFX brand. Tony Rouse, Team Concept President, stated, “Our LuxFX brand of specialty digital finishing services range from simple, flat 2D clear gloss highlighting to the most intricate and elegant of sculpted 3D dimensional textures. The embossed Variable Data Foil (VDF) options of the MGI JETvarnish system allow us to produce both alpha-numeric text and graphic images on a unique personalized or customized project basis with eye-catching optical reflections of light that capture people’s attention in a way that standard color printing cannot. We blend metallic colors and holographic films with the designs to create impressions that people remember. That’s what buyers, brands and agencies are looking for.”

To celebrate the new LuxFX initiative and demonstrate how their JETvarnish 3D-powered digital special effects provide optical and sensory advantages that add value to a vast spectrum of print applications, Team Concept joined with Konica Minolta and MGI to create a special series of four commemorative souvenir

boxes for attendees at the recent Project Peacock Print Fair held in Chicago. In honor of the occasion, each of the small folding cartons were produced with different peacock bird designs, 3D textures and a variety of 4 different embossed metallic colored foils from Crown Roll Leaf.

Deborah Corn of the Print Media Centr, created the Project Peacock program as an educational “Printspiration” platform of industry engagement to connect print buyers (brands, agencies, brokers & designers) with printers & vendors. The 2019 North American tour of print fairs has been a growing phenomenon of interest to all members of the printing marketplace ecosystem and supply chain with upcoming visits to Los Angeles (Sept. 12th) and Toronto (Nov. 7th) also scheduled.

Therefore, the Chicago Project Peacock Print Fair was a perfect opportunity for Team Concept to officially mark the debut of its LuxFX special effects portfolio by contributing some memorable examples of the accelerating market demand for dimensional design and sensory print production to participants.

Zünd Launches New PCT for Corrugated Cardboard it perform in this manner, the PCT is equipped with a convex glide shoe that compresses the material during the cutting process, which produces a pillowing effect along the cut lines.

The resulting edge quality equals that of conventional die-cutting. A stepless adjustment ring controls the processing depth of the glide shoe and the amount of compression. The tool is suitable for corrugated cardboard up to a max. thickness of 7mm without running the risk of tearing or puncturing the linerboard.

The PCT is also capable of flawlessly cutting very fine detail, including

radii as small as 3 mm, with the new Z104 drag knife recommended for this purpose. Applications include any corrugated cardboard product where flawless, pillowed edges are desirable, e.g. high-quality packaging for consumer goods and POP displays.

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Zünd has launched the new Press Cutting Tool – PCT, designed for processing corrugated cardboard, is taking cut quality and throughput to the next level. With the addition of the new Press Cutting Tool – PCT, Zünd is further expanding its already extensive palette of available tools for processing corrugated cardboard.

What sets this new cutting tool apart is both performance and cut quality. In contrast to the oscillating tool and the vertical forces exerted on the material, the PCT offers much greater stability. This enables both faster processing speeds and clean, precise cut edges. To make

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Lintec Shows Commitment to Sustainability with New Recycled Film

Lintec Of America is launching a wet apply film made of recycled components as part of its corporate mission to raise awareness of sustainable manufacturing practices within the graphic, print, and visual communication industries. Featuring high optical clarity as well as reliable, long term one-piece removability, ECO-2301 RC is ideal for use in UV Ink Jet presses.

Increased awareness of sustainable and environmentally-friendly production strategies has recently led companies to re-evaluate their

business practices and pursue the development of more eco- friendly products. This awareness also applies to the signage and wide format industries, where a growing number of customers are seeking substrates with green credentials.

ECO-2301 RC offers remarkable durability and good see-through vision for a product that is backed with a paper-based release liner.

With a high-quality promotional glass manifestation product that stands out and is also eco-friendly, this film's flexibility and efficiency provide end- users with the scope

they need to rebrand and refresh their campaigns as often and as quickly as required.

The facestock is manufactured with a minimum of 80% recycled PET material. This recycling method diminishes the consumption of petroleum resources, resulting in a 24% reduction in C02 and 40% less energy used during the film manufacturing process. For Lintec, this represents a small yet significant step forward towards the preservation of the environment.

Lintec is actively pursuing the development of innovative and environmentally friendly products and is confident that this new substrate will help open up a host of opportunities in the wide format and graphic arts market. It is products like these that are capable of creating profitable new revenue streams and building an exciting niche that we are sure will attract existing and prospective customers.

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Sakurai to Introduce the Screen Foil LQM 105 Hot Foil Stamper at Printing United

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Sakurai will introduce the LQM 105 in-line hot foil stamper to the North American market in Booth 1420 at Printing United ‘19 in Dallas. First launched at the Sakurai Factory Open House in Gifu, Japan, the LQM 105 was also featured in the Sakurai Graphic Systems Corporation exhibit at FESPA last Spring.

Screen print, dry, screen foil and stack in a single pass. At Printing United, Sakurai will conduct live demonstrations of a Maestro MS-102AX cylinder screen press equipped with a Natgraph UV dryer, stacker and new LQM 105 in-line hot foil stamper. The cost-effective, ScreenFoil LQM 105 brings a new level of flexibility, quality and performance when combined with any size or vintage Sakurai screen press. It is perfect for PSP, folders, leaflets, business cards, loyalty cards, magazines, book cov-

ers, packaging, promotional items, labels, roll-to-roll, greeting card, automotive, appliance and plastic card applications.

“Sakurai is over-the-top excited about the Printing United tradeshow and the opportunity to present the ScreenFoil hot foil stamper to the North American market”, said David Rose, Vice President, Sakurai USA, Inc. “The use of the screen printing press to deposit the image in registration allows the heated foil to be applied in any size or image configuration. No dies - just print the image you want foiled, UV cure, and then pass through the foil applicator. Fine line, 3D dimensional coverage foil is now controlled by the screen press”, Rose added. “If you are looking for greater use of your Sakurai or other existing screen press, add foil to your list of services to the

graphic arts industry.”

The featured Sakurai Maestro MS102AX is the screen press of choice for a myriad of specialty finishing applications such as specialty effects foil, glitter, soft touch, flood, soft spot coating ad more The 29 5/8” x 41 1/2” ultra-high precision MS-102AX operates at speeds up to 4,000 IPH and accepts stock from .003” to .032” thick. The Maestro is capable of printing on a wide range of substrates such as plastic film for electronic applications, membrane switches, and display panels, touch screens as well as paper, board and foil.

Sakurai experts from the USA and Japan will be on hand at Printing United to assist booth visitors with designing a fully automated screen printing, drying and curing system, including LED-UV and now ScreenFoil hot foil finishing for their specific requirements.

ISRA's NarrowSTAR Offers Automated Quality Assurance in Label Printing

Automated quality assurance via inspection systems presents an easy way to increase both quality and productivity of a printing line. Thanks to compact dimensions new inspection solutions now enable every print shop to efficiently detect defects even in label and narrow-web production. In addition, the system from ISRA VISION's Plug & Inspect product portfolio can be put into operation quickly. It can be operated via a touch-sensitive surface. This enables print shops to increase the volume of saleable production while minimizing waste.

ISRA's NarrowSTAR offers an ideal inspection solution that fits into any printing or converting ma-

chine for web widths of 330, 440 or 660 millimeters due to its compact dimensions. All components are integrated in one housing.

High-quality camera and lighting components are used. Thanks to high-quality camera technology, the new inline process control from ISRA VISION delivers perfect images and enables even better detection rates - the special camera was designed and built by ISRA. It is based on the company's experience in many industries with demanding inspection tasks.

NarrowSTAR combines the inspection components into an easy-to-use product from the Plug&Inspect family, which can be operated via conventional LAN or wireless. Pre-calibration

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and a touch-control user interface in the style of familiar operating systems such as the latest Windows technology mean that commissioning and operation do not require expert knowledge.

Inspection starts immediately after installation.

The processor used enables image acquisition and processing in real time. At the same time, the used algorithms allow a sustainable inspection performance by the reliable differentiation between relevant and irrelevant quality changes. As an additional module, the QuickProof ensures that the correct job is printed with the PDF approved by the customer. Pseudo defects resulting from process deviations such as changed web tension of the flexible substrate can be eliminated by automatic compensation of position changes.

All relevant errors from the printing of labels or flexible packaging such as splashes, veils, stripes or ink defects are reliably detected and documented. This allows the operator to intervene immediately, eliminate the cause of the error and avoid waste. ISRA VISION will be presenting its products for narrow web and label production at Labelexpo Europe in Brussels at stand 8B39 in Hall 8.

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LexJet Adds 3 New Fine Art Papers to Sunset Line LexJet has announced the launch of Sunset SUV Fine Art Paper 210g, a heavy-weight option for quality fine and photography reproduction that’s compatible with eco-solvent, solvent and UV ink technologies. This new-tothe-market SUV-compatible fine art paper is available in the U.S. and Canada.

Print houses that choose technology other than aqueous have had a difficult time finding a quality fine art paper that delivers exceptional results on their chosen printer technology. Our product development team at Sunset has delivered the answer with Sunset SUV Fine Art Paper 210g.

This new paper is an ideal option for large-volume fine art

décor printers looking for a costconscious option that also has on-point quality. Our team at the LexJet Experience Center ran the paper on the Epson SureColor S80600, and reported excellent color reproduction and overall results.

To help photographers and artists see their visions come to life, LexJet is introducing two new aqueous-compatible fine-art papers that deliver excellent results at competitive cost points. Sunset Cold Press Textured Bright White 300g adds richness to photography and art reproductions, with a wide color gamut that delivers delicate details and deep blacks.

Sunset Hot Press Smooth Bright

White 300g provides a silky smooth matte finish that’s ideal for portraits or finely detailed work. Both of these new papers are compatible with aqueous inks, and are acid-free for long print life. They’re ideal for photography, art reproductions, unframed cards or high-end, customized home décor.

“We’re addressing the high-demand for papers like these while also addressing the highest quality concerns at a very attractive price,” says LexJet VP of Sales, Justin Lehman. “These are the finest options for photographers or artists who are putting a lot of emotion into their work. These are for anyone who’s printing because it truly matters.”

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Epson and Panduit to Partner in Portable Label Solutions

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Seiko Epson Corporation and Panduit Corporation have entered into a partnership in portable label solutions. Panduit is an end-to-end electrical and network infrastructure provider of OEM, Industrial Construction and MRO, Enterprise, Data Center and Industrial Networking solutions.

These solutions include a wide variety of safety signage, labels, and identification products to support a wide variety of application needs.

These products are sold through a global network of distributors who provide local inventory, product

support and logistics services so their customers can expect to receive exactly what they need when they need it.

Epson is a global manufacturer of printers for the home and office as well as for the commercial and industrial sectors. Epson's LABELWORKS PX series of industrial labeling solutions are used in factories, network installations, and anywhere else wires and cables require identifying labels. Epson label printing solutions are easy to use and are packed with features that enable users to quickly and

easily print custom labels for their particular application.

The rugged build and dependability of the LABELWORKS PX series make them ideal for use in even harsh work environments. Under the terms of the partnership, Epson will develop and manufacture new label printers and supplies for Panduit apart from its own brand LABELWORKS PX series. In January 2020, Epson will release two products that will be sold through Panduit, the MP100 and MP300.

Epson will also commercialize label printer cartridges for Panduit's special industrial label media, and both companies will add them to their product line-ups. These projects will integrate the strengths of both companies–the strength of Epson's label printers and the strength of Panduit's special media lineup–to realize industrial solutions that meet the needs of customers across a broad spectrum of industries.

The companies will seek to provide these solutions to even more customers through their respective sales networks. In the Americas, Epson has been selling LABELWORKS PX series printing solutions through its U.S. subsidiary K-SUN Corporation.

Fujifilm’s Superwide Acuity Ultra UV Press Expands Opportunities for Canada-Based Impulse Impulse Graphic & Display Solutions Inc. has expanded its wide format portfolio with Fujifilm’s Acuity Ultra, a 5 meter (197”) superwide UV press featuring impressive cost-in-use for outputting high quality interior and exterior applications. “We push the limits,” says Alex Cachia, president, Impulse Graphic & Display Solutions Inc. “We are a unique print service provider, with clients in various industries, including automotive, food service and pharmaceuticals that have high expectations; the Acuity Ultra has absolutely helped us within the sales process to win new opportunities.”

Fujifilm’s Acuity Ultra offers increased size and quality to make the production of high-end interior graphics much more profitable. The newest superwide UV printers from Fujifilm, the Acuity Ultra Series are available in a 3.2 meter (126”) and 5 meter version.

Featuring impressive cost-in-use, Acuity Ultra gives print providers the power to profit from interior and exterior applications – where high-impact, near-photographic

quality is required.

With a 3.5 pl drop size ensuring the highest possible quality, the grand format Acuity Ultra is ideal for the high-end indoor display market, especially for luxury brands, with quality equal to or better than litho or other wide format printers. Impulse is outputting on a variety of substrates such as custom-made interior wallpaper, mesh, and fabric, with many jobs running three-up.

“Quality is number one for us,” adds Cachia. “We don’t sacrifice quality for anything. Previously we were limited to printing on mostly rigid substrates; and now with the Acuity Ultra, we are able to provide flexible grand format application options to our clients, and with regard to shipping and packing costs, we are able to offer them a significant savings with respect to lighter and more flexible substrates, which are also recyclable.”

With the 5 meter Acuity Ultra, Impulse has the capability to expand and broaden their client scope, and further add to their line-up of well-known brands,

as they don’t have to rely on outsourcing and are able to maintain printing in-house, while experiencing smaller set-up costs and decreased prep-time. “We are winning many new opportunities with the ‘robust’ Acuity Ultra, making Impulse a unique print service provider due to the massive format size, multi-roll options and impressive speed,” said Cachia. “The Acuity Ultra gives Impulse the ability to profitably create exhibition graphics, pointof-purchase displays, high-value graphic art, and indoor backlit displays. Without question, the print quality of the Acuity Ultra stands out from any potential competitor in this segment.”

Given their location in Mississauga, Canada, near Toronto, outdoor ice rinks are plentiful, and Impulse is prepared to offer their services accordingly. “We have developed a strong business base within the local ice rinks by printing onto flexible media that is installed directly into the ice, and the five meter output off the Acuity Ultra reduces installation time and costs,” adds Cachia.

Sun Chemical Displays Complete Portfolio of Materials for In-Mold Electronics at IMLCON 2019 Sun Chemical has showcased its complete portfolio of materials for in-mold electronics (IME) during IMLCON 2019. Sun Chemical’s products for IME enable the production of ergonomic, lightweight and durable parts through costeffective manufacturing processes, requiring less assembly and fewer moving parts.

With the newest generation of Sun Chemical’s IME electronic inks, touch switches and lighting can be integrated into in-mold decoration and film-insert molding applications, including appliances, automotive parts, industrial equipment, and medical devices. Dr. Erika Rebrosova,

Electronic Materials Technology Manager at Sun Chemical Advanced Materials, presented her paper on Advancements in Ink Technologies for In-mold Electronics on September 5th at 1:45-2:15 p.m.

Visitors of the show learned how Sun Chemical is the world’s only provider of both functional and graphic inks for in-mold electronics for multiple IME targeted markets.

Offering an “IME Full Stack” where both graphic inks and electronic inks can be sold together from a single source, Sun Chemical is uniquely positioned to provide decoration, form and function for the IME process.

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SMBs Prefer Cloud-First Print Management with Edge Computing

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Y Soft Corporation has released the findings of a global, independent survey that explored the cloud and cloud-based print management preferences of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). The report, Cloud Print Management, is based on a survey of technology decision makers regarding their use of cloud technology today, their concerns and preferences for using cloud technology in general, and specifically for print management services. Additionally, their knowledge, use and preference for edge computing was of interest.

As a leader in enterprise workflow solutions for print management and document capture, Y Soft wanted to study SMB’s preference and concern for adopting cloud and edge technology. Y Soft has been a provider of edge technology for use in large enterprises since 2008 and its use in SMB could be equally beneficial, Y Soft hypothesized. The survey results provided many interesting insights on SMB technology use and preferences.

Highlights include: • Public cloud application use

is ubiquitous – 93% of SMBs use public cloud applications, typically Microsoft Office 365 or similar • 50% of SMBs have a cloud-first preference and 10% will only use cloud applications • Security is a concern for SMBs across all applications; 52% cited security as a top concern whereas 61% cited it as a top concern for cloud-based print management However, mid-sized companies are the most bullish on cloudbased print management. Over all respondents, 29% are planning to purchase cloud-based print management services within the next 12 months. 35% of SMBs already use edge computing and 56% prefer cloud print management services used with an edge device in place.

The edge device as described in the survey would enable print jobs to be processed locally on the company’s network. Considering SMB’s concern for cloud-based print management security, (61%), this indicates that the additional security peace of mind that comes with edge computing and its other benefits are desired.

“As we speak to customers and partners and study market trends, SMB’s existing use and preference for edge computing as part of cloud-based print services, confirms our belief that edge devices have an extremely important role,” said Ond?ej Krají?ek, Y Soft Chief Technology Strategist. “Unlike their enterprise counterparts, SMB’s appetite for a cloud-first approach is much larger. We believe, however, that this will change, and organizations of all sizes will demand cloudfirst for all services, including print management,” he added.

Migration to cloud applications has been very successful, in fact, too successful. Due to latency, bandwidth and locations where Internet connection is slow or unreliable, processing data closer to where the data lives using edge computing is now a matter of need. In the case of print, by processing the job locally on the company’s network, the company has extra peace of mind for their security and privacy concerns.

The results of the survey indicate this need is well understood within SMB.

QR Code Labels Market is Expected to Reach $2,105.85 Million by 2026 Says TMR According to Stratistics MRC, the Global QR code labels market accounted for $907.83 million in 2017 and is expected to reach $2,105.85 million by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period.

Some of the key factors such as rising use of code labels in inventory management and personal use and usage of these codes in storing information such as webpages, URLs, text, and contact information are driving the market growth.

However, codes steadiness on a mobile device or smartphone act as the restraining factor for the QR code labels market growth. QR code labels are mostly used in security labels and presently they are mostly being utilized for various applications. The manufactures of these labels are currently manu-

facturing a variety of waterproof labels, especially for harsh environments. They are robust and highdensity and are capable of carrying abundant information as compared to conventional barcodes.

By Label Type, Pressure Sensitive Labels segment is likely to grow due to the growing transportation and logistics industries and the need for product authentication, tamper evidence and security features have stimulated the market for these labels. Furthermore the increased application across the sectors such as food & beverages, pharmaceuticals and automotive has fueled the market used in packaging.

By geography, North America is estimated to have a lucrative growth in the forecast period, mainly due

to the rising demand for these tags in this region owing to large manufacture and use of QR code labels. Furthermore, thriving food & beverages industry in countries such as the U.S. and Canada will inflate the scope of the market in the region.

3D Printing Metal Market Size to Accrue $3.06 Billion by 2026 industrial companies, specialized 3D printer vendors, 3D printing service bureaus, software vendors, professional service providers, and other marketplace providers.

Medical industry also contributes substantially to the growth of 3D printing metals market.

This is largely used in the production of hearing aids in the medical segment. As the global health industry focuses on improving quality, reducing costs, and becoming patient-centric, the technological advancements in the 3D printers play a significant role here. Aerospace & defense industry is at the forefront for driving the global 3DP metals market.

This technology results in lighter, faster, less wasteful, and high yields as compared to the traditional materials and technologies. Moreover, high value production is a typical scenario for different requirements of this industry, thud 3DP metals manufacturing is an articular appeal to small, medium-sized, and

big conglomerates alike.

The global 3D printing metals market comprises of large number companies and is a highly consolidated industry. Some of the key companies include 3D Systems Corporation, Arcam AB, Materialise NV, ExOne GmbH, Hoganas AB, Renishaw Plc, Equispheres, Carpenter Technology Corporation, and Sandvik AB.

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The Global 3D Printing Metals Market is anticipated to reach $3.06 billion by 2026. 3D printing (3DP) metals have witnessed significant market growth due to its large industrial applications. These metals are used in the additive manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing due to their superior characteristics such as lightweight and high strength, with few of them having very high resistivity to corrosion.

North America is the dominant and mature market for 3D printing metals market with United States as the major contributing nation.

Asia Pacific is expected to witness a substantial faster growth during the forecast period due to its expanding manufacturing industry, high R&D investments by large market players in China, South Korea, and Japan, and supportive government policies.

3D printing metals is a part of overall 3D printing industry, that is currently an attractive market due to increased focus by major

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Opinion and Insight

Fresh Food Packaging Market is Anticipated to Reach $106 Billion by 2026

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Global Fresh Food Packaging Market was valued $75 billion in 2017 and is anticipated to reach $106 billion by 2026 at a CAGR of about 4.4 % during a forecast. Fresh food packaging market is segmented by application, by material, by pack type, and by region. Based on the application fresh food packaging market is segmented into meat pack s, fruit, vegetables, seafood.

In terms of material used fresh food packaging market is divided into a metal, paper & paperboard, plastics, glass.

By pack type fresh food packaging market is divided into corrugated boxes, paperboard cartons, paper bags, and sacks. A growing need for extended shelf-life of a pack and need for convenience food pack s drives the market for the fresh food packaging market. Increased disposable income and growing awareness among buyers about packaged food is further augmenting the fresh food packaging market.

Quality, taste, and nutrition provided by fresh food packaging will gain popularity also the growth in the forecast period. Changing lifestyle and increasing trend of nuclear families will also boost the fresh food packaging market in the near future. Disposable management of the waste during the pack ion is restraining the growth of fresh food packaging market.

Water-soluble packaging, edible

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packaging, and smart packaging, self-cooling and self-heating packing offer opportunity to fresh food packaging market.

Plastic is dominating the fresh food packaging market. Plastic is highly demanded in the fresh food packaging market. Moisture resistant and prolong shelf life is the factor owing to which plastic is in high demand but government norms on plastic usage for packaging are restraining the market.

Paper packaging will gain market in future attributed to norms led by a government on plastic usage.

Paper packaging offers properties such as biocompatibility and biodegradability of these materials are set to drive the growth of fresh food packaging market.

Vegetables and fruits are the

dominant application segment of Global Fresh Food Packaging Market.

Environmentally friendly packaging along with high performance and lower cost as long as the pack travels for the longer distance it has to maintain the optimum level protection for more durability. Meat is the second largest segment of Global Fresh Food Packaging Market. Meat packaging prevents the impacts on quality including microbiological and physic-chemical alterations.

Packaging protects foodstuffs during processing, storage, and distribution.

By pack type, corrugated box packaging is leading one. Corrugated boards can be reused and recycled again and again as a source of pulp fibre. Pizza, home delivery food pack are packed in corrugated boxes. Sacks is the second largest segment in the fresh food packaging market. Sacks are generally used for vegetable packaging during transportation and distribution. Jute bags and leno bags are sub-segments of the fresh food packaging market.

Sacks are strong and durable and have ventilating and absorbent properties. Asia Pacific region to grow at high CAGR in Global Fresh Food Packaging Market. Europe is dominating the fresh food packaging market. Increase disposable income and changing lifestyle is boosting the demand for the fresh food packaging market. North America will exhibit moderate growth.

Technical Textiles Market Size Worth $14.93 Billion by 2026

A Market Study Report adds Global Technical Textiles market report that gives meticulous investigation of current scenario of the market size, share, demand, growth, trends, companies active in the industry and forecasts for the coming years.

The global technical textiles market is anticipated to reach $14.93 billion by 2026 according to a new study.

North America was the leading regional market in 2017.

Along with increasing penetration of these products, consumption of technical textiles is increasing, and several nations cater to their demand by mainly importing these smart textiles from the U.S. The primary export markets of the U.S. include India, Vietnam, Brazil and Taiwan. Taiwan and Korea have emerged as a potentially powerful competitor to the US. The Asia

Pacific market is projected to grow at a faster rate compared to other regions.

The technical textiles include around 51 potential products for high growth that accounted for over 25% of industry size in 2017.

A few of these include mulch mats, shade nets, anti-hail, crop covers, anti-bird nets, incontinence diaper, baby diapers, sanitary napkins, surgical disposables, artificial heart valves, bullet proof jackets, disposable bed sheets, nuclear protective clothing, chemical protective clothing, industrial clothing etc.

These products represent multidisciplinary segments with several application sectors. Advancements in functionality of technical fibers and yarns including low elongation at break high tenacity, low thermal shrinkage, high modulus, high

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resistance to corrosion, higher thermal stability etc. which were the outcome of significant investments in R&D by industry participants have been helpful in increasing its applications in numerous industries.

The primary driving factors for the global market includes the increasing consumer profiles along with income levels, rising end user sectors such as automobiles, sports, healthcare etc. The overall industrial and infrastructure development in the emerging and developed nations are yet other potential reasons for the market growth. Moreover, the initiatives from several governments and other regulatory bodies in attracting substantial investments in development of novel technical textile product are also anticipated to drive the industry growth.

These products represent mainly a next generation of smart textiles with potential use in various fashion products, technical textiles and furnishing applications. The basic notion of these smart textiles consists of the textile structures that senses and also reacts to various stimuli from the environment. The market expansion of these products is owing to the new textile fiber types and its structure, miniaturization of the electronics and also wireless & wearable technologies.

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Bioplastic Packaging Market Size to Exceed $25,395.8 Million by 2025

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According to Market Study Report, Bioplastic Packaging Market provides a comprehensive analysis of the Bioplastic Packaging market segments, including their dynamics, size, growth, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities of global industry. This report also provides market landscape and market share information in the Bioplastic Packaging market.

In terms of revenue, the global bioplastic packaging market is expected to grow to US$ 25,395.8 million by 2025 from US$ 4,399.7 million in 2017. Also, in terms of volume, the global bioplastic packaging market is estimated at 1,047.5k Tons in 2017, growing at a CAGR of 18.1% to account for 3,953.0k Tons in 2025. The demand for Bioplastic Packaging is largely influenced by a number of factors mainly due to the stringent government regulations for reuse and recycling of plastic waste, and raising awareness for sustainable packaging solutions among customers as well as manufacturers.

On the basis of type, starch blends accounted for largest share of the Bioplastic Packaging market in 2017 in terms of revenue. On the basis of application, food & beverages are the leading segments owing to an early adopter of the bioplastic packaging solutions. Several SMEs, as well as bigger F&B companies, are already using bioplastic for their packaging applications. In 2013, companies such as Coca-Cola, Heinz, P&G, and Unilever among others joined the World Wildlife

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Fund to introduce the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance.

Also, Nestle is making use of bioplastics such as bio-PE, bio-PET, and PLA for food packaging. In August 2018, Iceland Foods Ltd., a U.K. based supermarket chain announced its plans to eliminate the use of plastic packaging by 2023. This is expected to impact several F&B suppliers to move towards bioplastic packaging.

In February 2017, PepsiCo. Inc. partnered with Danimer Scientific to develop biodegradable film resins for PepsiCo's F&B business.

This agreement was a part of PepsiCo's 2025 sustainability agenda focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Bioplastic Packaging market is fragmented with the presence of several manufacturers and the competitive dynamics in the market is expected to change during the upcoming years.

Majority of the companies in the bioplastic packaging market are

located in the Asia-Pacific region as well as in Europe.

Currently, high demand for bioplastic packaging is noticed in developing as well as developed regions such as Asia and Africa owing to the significant need to control environmental pollution, increasing consumer awareness, and supporting government initiatives. The overall bioplastic packaging market size has been derived using both primary and secondary source. The research process begins with an exhaustive secondary research using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the bioplastic packaging market.

It also provides the overview and forecast for the global Bioplastic Packaging market based on all the segmentation provided with respect to five major reasons such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and South America. Also, the primary interview was conducted with industry participants and commentators in order to validate data and analysis.

The participants who typically take part in such a process include industry expert such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers and national sales managers, and external consultant such as valuation experts, research analysts and key opinion leaders specializing in the Bioplastic Packaging industry.

On-the-Go Food Packaging Market to Grow at a CAGR of 6.3% by 2026- Noted Fact.MR Proactive consumer lifestyles and increasing pace of food preparation methods has driven the demand for packaging on-the-go foods. As the demand for on-the-go foods continues to soar across multiple regions, consumers are demanding innovative packaging solutions.

Leading players in the global packaging landscape are actively partaking in the global on-the-go food packaging marketto reap high profit margins and brimming demand.

Fact.MR’s latest forecast study on the global on-the-go food packaging market estimates that the global demand for on-the-go food packaging will soar robustly during the assessment period, 2017-2026.

By the end of 2026, the global on-the-go food packaging market is expected to register a valuation over one billion dollars. The report further observes that during the forecast period, the global market for on-the-go food packaging will register a volume CAGR of 5.8%.

With respect to packaging materials, polyethylene terephthalate is expected to register highest consumption in the global onthe-go food packaging market. In 2017, more than 1,650 thousand

tons of on-the-go food packaging products made of polyethylene terephthalate were sold globally. High density polyethylene and aluminum are also observed as key packaging materials, and are expected to register high volume CAGRs over the forecast period.

In 2017, over 500 thousand tons of on-the-go food packaging trays were sold in the global market. The report estimates a robust demand

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for trays as the key type of on-thego food packaging. The report further reveals that rigid boxes will represent the leading packagingtype segment, and will register a volume CAGR of 6.3% over the forecast period.

By the end of forecast period, over 3,800 thousand tons of on-the-go food packaging products will be used for convenience food applications worldwide. In 2018 and beyond, majority of on-the-go food packaging products will be developed with thermoforming fabrication.

The report further reveals that the US and Canada are collectively the largest marketplace for on-the-go food packaging. High consumption of on-the-go foods in these countries will continue to drive the growth of North America in the global on-the-go food packaging market. By the end of 2026, North America’s on-the-go food packaging market is estimated to register sales of over 1,900 thousand tons.

The report also reveals that the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region will be the key region for manufacturing on-the-go food packaging products. Over the forecast period, the APEJ on-the-go food packaging market is estimated to register a volume CAGR of 6.1%.

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‫بلغ� � ��ت قيم� � ��ة الس� � ��وق العالمي� � ��ة لألغذية‬ ‫الطازجة ‪ 75‬مليار دوالر يف عام ‪ ،2017‬ومن‬ ‫المتوق� � ��ع أن تص� � ��ل إىل ‪ 106‬مليارات دوالر‬ ‫بحل� � ��ول عام ‪ 2026‬بمعدل س� � ��نوي مركب‬ ‫نس� � ��بته حوايل ‪ ٪ 4.4‬خ� �ل��ال التوقعات‪ .‬يتم‬ ‫تقس� � ��يم س� � ��وق تغلي� � ��ف الم� � ��واد الغذائية‬ ‫الطازجة حس� � ��ب التطبيق‪ ،‬حس� � ��ب المواد‪،‬‬ ‫حس� � ��ب نوع العب� � ��وة‪ ،‬والمنطق� � ��ة‪ .‬بناء على‬ ‫التطبيق يتم تقس� � ��يم سوق تغليف المواد‬ ‫الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة إىل عب� � ��وات اللح� � ��وم‬ ‫والفواكه والخضروات والمأكوالت البحرية‪.‬‬ ‫من حيث المواد المستخدمة ينقسم سوق‬ ‫تغليف المواد الغذائية الطازجة إىل معدن‪،‬‬ ‫ورق وورق مقوى‪ ،‬بالستيك‪ ،‬زجاج‪.‬‬ ‫حس� � ��ب نوع العبوة‪ ،‬ينقس� � ��م سوق تغليف‬ ‫الم� � ��واد الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة إىل صنادي� � ��ق‬ ‫مموجة وعلب كرتون مقوى وحقائب ورقية‬ ‫وأكياس‪ .‬إن الحاج� � ��ة المتزايدة لعمر ممتد‬ ‫للعبوة والحاج� � ��ة لمالءمة العبوة للمحتوى‬ ‫الغ� � ��ذايئ هي التي تحرك الس� � ��وق لس� � ��وق‬ ‫تغلي� � ��ف الم� � ��واد الغذائية الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬يؤدي‬ ‫زيادة الدخل وزيادة الوعي بين المش� � ��ترين‬ ‫حول األغذية المعبأة إىل زيادة تعزيز سوق‬ ‫تغليف األغذية الطازجة‪.‬‬ ‫الج� � ��ودة والطع� � ��م والتغذي� � ��ة المقدمة من‬ ‫عبوات األغذية الطازجة ستكتسب شعبية‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا يف فت� � ��رة االس� � ��تطالع‪ .‬إن تغيير نمط‬ ‫الحي� � ��اة وتزاي� � ��د اتج� � ��اه العائ� �ل��ات النووي� � ��ة‬ ‫سيعزز ً‬ ‫أيضا سوق تغليف المواد الغذائية‬ ‫الطازجة يف المستقبل القريب‪ .‬تؤدي إدارة‬ ‫التخلص م� � ��ن النفاي� � ��ات أثن� � ��اء عبواتها إىل‬ ‫تقييد نمو س� � ��وق تغليف األغذية الطازجة‪.‬‬ ‫توف� � ��ر العب� � ��وات القابل� � ��ة للذوب� � ��ان يف الماء‪،‬‬ ‫والتعبئة الصالح� � ��ة لألكل‪ ،‬والتعبئة الذكية‪،‬‬ ‫والتعبئ� � ��ة ذاتي� � ��ة التبريد والتدفئ� � ��ة الذاتية‬ ‫الفرصة لس� � ��وق تغلي� � ��ف الم� � ��واد الغذائية‬

‫الطازجة‪.‬‬ ‫يهيم� � ��ن البالس� � ��تيك عل� � ��ى س� � ��وق تغليف‬ ‫الم� � ��واد الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬البالس� � ��تيك‬ ‫مطلوب بش� � ��دة يف س� � ��وق تغلي� � ��ف المواد‬ ‫الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬يع� � ��د عام� � ��ل مقاومة‬ ‫الرطوبة وطول العمر االفتراضى هو العامل‬ ‫الرئيس� � ��ي الذي يرجع له الفضل ىف الطلب‬ ‫المتزايد على البالس� � ��تيك ولك� � ��ن المعايير‬ ‫الحكومية الخاصة باس� � ��تخدام البالس� � ��تيك‬ ‫للتغليف تقيد السوق‪.‬‬ ‫سوف تكتسب صناعة التغليف باستخدام‬ ‫ال� � ��ورق الس� � ��وق يف المس� � ��تقبل بس� � ��بب‬ ‫المعايي� � ��ر الت� � ��ي تقوده� � ��ا الحكومة بش� � ��أن‬ ‫اس� � ��تخدام البالس� � ��تيك‪ .‬توفر عبوات الورق‬ ‫خصائ� � ��ص مث� � ��ل التوافق الحي� � ��وي وقابلية‬ ‫التحل� � ��ل الحيوي لهذه الم� � ��واد والتى تعتبر‬ ‫المح� � ��رك الرئيس� � ��ي لنمو س� � ��وق التغليف‬ ‫الورىق للمواد الغذائية الطازجة‪.‬‬ ‫تعتبر الخض� � ��روات والفواكه قطاع التطبيق‬

‫المهيم� � ��ن يف الس� � ��وق العالمي� � ��ة لألغذي� � ��ة‬ ‫الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬عب� � ��وة صديق� � ��ة للبيئ� � ��ة باإلضافة‬ ‫إىل األداء الع� � ��ايل والتكلف� � ��ة األق� � ��ل طالم� � ��ا‬ ‫أن العبوة تس� � ��افر لمس� � ��افة أط� � ��ول يتعين‬ ‫عليه� � ��ا الحفاظ على المس� � ��توى األمثل من‬ ‫الحماي� � ��ة لمزيد من المتانة واالس� � ��تمرارية‪.‬‬ ‫تع� � ��د اللح� � ��وم ث� � ��اين أكب� � ��ر قطاع يف س� � ��وق‬ ‫التغليف العالمي لألطعمة الطازجة‪ .‬يمنع‬ ‫تغليف اللحوم ىف العبوات التى حدثت لها‬ ‫تأثيرات على الجودة بما يف ذلك التغيرات‬ ‫الميكروبيولوجي� � ��ة والفيزيائي� � ��ة الكيميائية‪.‬‬ ‫التغلي� � ��ف يحم� � ��ي الم� � ��واد الغذائي� � ��ة أثناء‬ ‫التصنيع والتخزين والتوزيع‪.‬‬ ‫حس� � ��ب ن� � ��وع العب� � ��وة‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن عب� � ��وة العلبة‬ ‫المموجة هي الرائدة‪ .‬يمكن إعادة استخدام‬ ‫األل� � ��واح المموج� � ��ة وإع� � ��ادة تدويره� � ��ا مرارا ً‬ ‫وتك� � ��رارا ً كمص� � ��در لأللي� � ��اف اللبي� � ��ة‪ .‬البيتزا‪،‬‬ ‫عبوات خدمة توصي� � ��ل الطعام إىل المنازل‬ ‫يف الصنادي� � ��ق المموج� � ��ة‪ .‬تعتب� � ��ر األكي� � ��اس‬ ‫ثاين أكبر ش� � ��ريحة يف س� � ��وق تغليف المواد‬ ‫الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬تس� � ��تخدم األكي� � ��اس‬ ‫بشكل عام لتغليف الخضروات أثناء النقل‬ ‫والتوزي� � ��ع‪ .‬أكي� � ��اس الج� � ��وت وأكي� � ��اس لينو‬ ‫هي قطاعات فرعية لس� � ��وق تغليف المواد‬ ‫الغذائية الطازجة‪.‬‬ ‫األكي� � ��اس قوي� � ��ة ومتين� � ��ة وله� � ��ا خصائ� � ��ص‬ ‫تهوية وماصة‪ .‬تنمو منطقة آس� � ��يا والمحيط‬ ‫اله� � ��ادئ بمعدل نمو س� � ��نوي مركب مرتفع‬ ‫يف السوق العالمية لتعبئة المواد الغذائية‬ ‫الطازجة‪ .‬تسيطر أوروبا على سوق تغليف‬ ‫الم� � ��واد الغذائي� � ��ة الطازج� � ��ة‪ .‬ي� � ��ؤدي زي� � ��ادة‬ ‫الدخل المتاح وتغيير نمط الحياة اىل تعزيز‬ ‫الطلب على س� � ��وق تغليف المواد الغذائية‬ ‫الطازجة‪ .‬ينمو سوف أمريكا الشمالية نموا‬ ‫معتدال‪.‬‬

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‫يضي� � ��ف تقرير دراس� � ��ة الس� � ��وق تقري� � ��را ً عن‬ ‫السوق العالمية للمنسوجات التقنية والذي‬ ‫يقدم دراسة دقيقة للسيناريو الحايل لحجم‬ ‫السوق والحصة والطلب والنمو واالتجاهات‬ ‫والش� � ��ركات النشطة يف الصناعة والتوقعات‬ ‫للس� � ��نوات القادم� � ��ة‪ .‬من المتوق� � ��ع أن يصل‬ ‫س� � ��وق المنس� � ��وجات التقني� � ��ة العالمية إىل‬ ‫‪ 14.93‬مليار دوالر بحل� � ��ول عام ‪ 2026‬وف ًقا‬ ‫لدراس� � ��ة جدي� � ��دة‪ .‬كان� � ��ت أمريكا الش� � ��مالية‬ ‫السوق اإلقليمية الرائدة يف عام ‪.2017‬‬ ‫إىل جان� � ��ب زي� � ��ادة تغلغل ه� � ��ذه المنتجات‪،‬‬ ‫يتزاي� � ��د اس� � ��تهالك المنس� � ��وجات التقني� � ��ة‪،‬‬ ‫وتلبي العدي� � ��د من الدول الطلب عليها من‬ ‫خالل اس� � ��تيراد ه� � ��ذه المنس� � ��وجات الذكية‬ ‫م� � ��ن الوالي� � ��ات المتحدة بش� � ��كل أساس� � ��ي‪،‬‬ ‫وتشمل أسواق التصدير الرئيسية للواليات‬ ‫المتحدة الهند وفيتن� � ��ام والبرازيل وتايوان‪.‬‬ ‫برزت تايوان وكوريا كمنافس قوي محتمل‬ ‫للوالي� � ��ات المتح� � ��دة‪ .‬من المتوق� � ��ع أن ينمو‬ ‫سوق آسيا والمحيط الهادئ بمعدل أسرع‬ ‫مقارنة بالمناطق األخرى‪.‬‬ ‫تش� � ��مل المنس� � ��وجات التقني� � ��ة ح� � ��وايل ‪51‬‬ ‫ج� � ��ا محتم� �ل �ا ً للنم� � ��و المرتف� � ��ع ال� � ��ذي‬ ‫منت ً‬ ‫يمث� � ��ل أكث� � ��ر م� � ��ن ‪ 25٪‬من حج� � ��م الصناعة‬ ‫يف ع� � ��ام ‪ .2017‬وم� � ��ن بين ه� � ��ذه المنتجات‬ ‫الحصير المهاد‪ ،‬وش� � ��بكات الظل‪ ،‬ومكافحة‬ ‫الب� � ��رد‪ ،‬وأغطي� � ��ة المحاصي� � ��ل‪ ،‬وش� � ��بكات‬ ‫مكافح� � ��ة الطي� � ��ور‪ ،‬وحفاض� � ��ات الب� � ��ول‪،‬‬ ‫وحفاض� � ��ات األطفال‪ ،‬والمنادي� � ��ل الصحية‪،‬‬ ‫والمس� � ��تهلكات الجراحي� � ��ة‪ ،‬وصمام� � ��ات‬ ‫القلب االصطناعية‪ ،‬والس� � ��ترات الواقية من‬ ‫الرص� � ��اص‪ ،‬ومالءات األس� � ��رة الت� � ��ي يمكن‬ ‫التخلص منها‪ ،‬والمالب� � ��س الواقية النووية‪،‬‬ ‫والمالب� � ��س الكيميائية الواقي� � ��ة‪ ،‬والمالبس‬

‫الصناعية‪ ،‬وما اىل ذلك‪.‬‬ ‫تمثل ه� � ��ذه المنتج� � ��ات قطاع� � ��ات متعددة‬ ‫التخصص� � ��ات م� � ��ع العدي� � ��د م� � ��ن قطاعات‬ ‫التطبي� � ��ق‪ .‬س� � ��اعد التق� � ��دم يف وظائ� � ��ف‬ ‫وخصائ� � ��ص األلي� � ��اف التقني� � ��ة والغزول يف‬ ‫زي� � ��ادة تطبيقاتها يف العدي� � ��د من الصناعات‬ ‫بم� � ��ا يف ذل� � ��ك االس� � ��تطالة المنخفض� � ��ة عند‬ ‫الكس� � ��ر العايل المتان� � ��ة‪ ،‬االنكماش الحراري‬ ‫المنخف� � ��ض‪ ،‬معام� � ��ل المتان� � ��ة الع� � ��ايل‪،‬‬ ‫المقاومة العالية للتآكل‪ ،‬االستقرار الحراري‬ ‫الع� � ��ايل وم� � ��ا إىل ذل� � ��ك والتي كان� � ��ت نتيجة‬ ‫الس� � ��تثمارات كبيرة يف البحث والتطوير من‬ ‫قبل المشاركين يف الصناعة‪.‬‬ ‫تشمل العوامل الرئيسية الدافعة للسوق‬ ‫العالمي� � ��ة زي� � ��ادة مع� � ��دالت المس� � ��تهلكين‬ ‫إىل جان� � ��ب مس� � ��تويات الدخ� � ��ل‪ ،‬وقطاعات‬ ‫المس� � ��تخدمين النهائيي� � ��ن المتزاي� � ��دة مثل‬ ‫الس� � ��يارات والرياضة والرعاية الصحية وما‬ ‫إىل ذلك‪ .‬التنمية الصناعية والبنية التحتية‬

‫الش� � ��املة يف الدول الناشئة والمتقدمة هي‬ ‫األس� � ��باب المحتملة األخرى لنمو الس� � ��وق‪.‬‬ ‫ع� �ل��او ًة على ذل� � ��ك‪ ،‬من المتوق� � ��ع أن تؤدي‬ ‫مبادرات العديد م� � ��ن الحكومات والهيئات‬ ‫التنظيمي� � ��ة األخ� � ��رى يف جذب اس� � ��تثمارات‬ ‫كبي� � ��رة يف تطوي� � ��ر منتج� � ��ات المنس� � ��وجات‬ ‫التقنية الجديدة إىل دفع نمو الصناعة‪.‬‬ ‫تمث� � ��ل ه� � ��ذه المنتجات بش� � ��كل أساس� � ��ي‬ ‫الجي� � ��ل التايل من المنس� � ��وجات الذكية مع‬ ‫إمكاني� � ��ة اس� � ��تخدامها يف مختلف منتجات‬ ‫األزي� � ��اء والمنس� � ��وجات التقني� � ��ة وتطبيقات‬ ‫األث� � ��اث‪ .‬تتك� � ��ون الفك� � ��رة األساس� � ��ية لهذه‬ ‫المنس� � ��وجات الذكي� � ��ة من هياكل النس� � ��يج‬ ‫التي تستش� � ��عر وتتفاعل ً‬ ‫أيضا مع مختلف‬ ‫المحفزات البيئية‪ .‬يرجع الفضل ىف توس� � ��ع‬ ‫الس� � ��وق يف هذه المنتجات إىل أنواع ألياف‬ ‫النس� � ��يج الجدي� � ��دة وهيكله� � ��ا‪ ،‬وتصغي� � ��ر‬ ‫اإللكتروني� � ��ات وكذلك التقنيات الالس� � ��لكية‬ ‫وتقنيات المنسوجات التي يمكن ارتداؤها‪.‬‬

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‫أصدرت ش� � ��ركة واى س� � ��وفت نتائج دراسة‬ ‫اس� � ��تقصائية عالمية مس� � ��تقلة استكشفت‬ ‫تفضي� �ل��ات إدارة الطباع� � ��ة الس� � ��حابية‬ ‫والقائمة على السحابة للشركات الصغيرة‬ ‫والمتوس� � ��طة الحجم ‪ .‬يستند التقرير‪ ،‬إدارة‬ ‫الطباعة الس� � ��حابية‪ ،‬إىل دراسة استقصائية‬ ‫لصناع الق� � ��رار يف مج� � ��ال التكنولوجيا فيما‬ ‫يتعلق باستخدامهم للتكنولوجيا السحابية‬ ‫اليوم‪ ،‬واهتماماتهم وتفضيالتهم الستخدام‬ ‫التكنولوجيا الس� � ��حابية بشكل عام‪ ،‬وخاصة‬ ‫لخدم� � ��ات إدارة الطباعة‪ .‬باإلضافة إىل ذلك‪،‬‬ ‫كانت معرفتهم واس� � ��تخدامهم وتفضيلهم‬ ‫للحوسبة المتميزة موضع اهتمام‪.‬‬ ‫كش� � ��ركة رائ� � ��دة يف حل� � ��ول س� � ��ير العم� � ��ل‬ ‫يف المؤسس� � ��ة إلدارة الطباع� � ��ة وجم� � ��ع‬ ‫المس� � ��تندات‪ ،‬أرادت ش� � ��ركة واى س� � ��وفت‬ ‫دراس� � ��ة تفضي� � ��ل الش� � ��ركات الصغي� � ��رة‬ ‫والمتوس� � ��طة الحجم واهتمامها باستخدام‬ ‫تقنية الس� � ��حابة والحوس� � ��بة المتطورة‪ .‬تعد‬ ‫ش� � ��ركة واى س� � ��وفت م� � ��زودًا للتكنولوجي� � ��ا‬ ‫المتطورة لالس� � ��تخدام يف الشركات الكبيرة‬ ‫منذ عام ‪ ،2008‬وقد يكون اس� � ��تخدامها يف‬ ‫الش� � ��ركات الصغي� � ��رة والمتوس� � ��طة الحجم‬ ‫مفي � � �دًا على حد س� � ��واء بنا ًء عل� � ��ى افتراض‬ ‫شركة واى س� � ��وفت‪ .‬قدمت نتائج المسح‬ ‫العدي� � ��د م� � ��ن األف� � ��كار المثي� � ��رة لالهتم� � ��ام‬ ‫حول اس� � ��تخدامات وتفضيالت الش� � ��ركات‬ ‫الصغيرة والمتوسطة الحجم للتكنولوجيا‪.‬‬ ‫تشمل النقاط البارزة ما يلي‪:‬‬ ‫ •استخدام التطبيقات السحابية العامة‬

‫موج� � ��ود يف كل مكان ‪ -‬يس� � ��تخدم ‪ 93٪‬من‬ ‫الش� � ��ركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة تطبيقات‬ ‫الس� � ��حاب العامة‪ ،‬وعادة ما يك� � ��ون برنامج‬ ‫ميكروسوفت أفيس ‪ 365‬أو ما شابه ذلك‬ ‫ • ‪ ٪ 50‬م� � ��ن الش� � ��ركات الصغي� � ��رة‬ ‫والمتوس� � ��طة لديها تفضيل أول س� � ��حابة و‬ ‫‪ ٪ 10‬س� � ��وف تس� � ��تخدم فق� � ��ط التطبيقات‬ ‫السحابية‬ ‫ • األم� � ��ن ه� � ��و مص� � ��در قل� � ��ق للش� � ��ركات‬ ‫الصغيرة والمتوسطة يف جميع التطبيقات‬ ‫؛ ‪ 52٪‬أشاروا إىل األمن باعتباره مصدر قلق‬ ‫رئيسي‪ ،‬بينما أشار ‪ 61٪‬إىل أنه مصدر قلق‬ ‫رئيسي إلدارة الطباعة السحابية‬ ‫ومع ذلك‪ ،‬فإن الش� � ��ركات متوسطة الحجم‬ ‫ه� � ��ي األكث� � ��ر تصاع � � �دًا يف إدارة الطباع� � ��ة‬ ‫الس� � ��حابية‪ .‬يخط� � ��ط ‪ 29٪‬م� � ��ن المجيبي� � ��ن‬ ‫لش� � ��راء خدم� � ��ات إدارة الطباعة الس� � ��حابية‬ ‫خ� �ل��ال األش� � ��هر ال � � �ـ ‪ 12‬المقبل� � ��ة‪ ٪ 35 .‬من‬ ‫الش� � ��ركات الصغيرة والمتوسطة تستخدم‬ ‫بالفعل أنظمة الحوس� � ��بة المتطورة و ‪٪ 56‬‬ ‫يفضلون خدمات إدارة الطباعة الس� � ��حابية‬ ‫المستخدمة مع جهاز متطور يف المكان‪.‬‬ ‫س� � ��يمكن الجه� � ��از المتطور كم� � ��ا هو موضح‬ ‫يف االس� � ��تبيان م� � ��ن معالجة مه� � ��ام الطباعة‬ ‫محل ًي� � ��ا عل� � ��ى ش� � ��بكة الش� � ��ركة‪ .‬بالنظر إىل‬ ‫اهتم� � ��ام الش� � ��ركات الصغيرة والمتوس� � ��طة‬ ‫الحج� � ��م بأم� � ��ان إدارة الطباعة الس� � ��حابية‪،‬‬ ‫(‪ ،)61٪‬يشير هذا إىل أن راحة البال األمنية‬ ‫اإلضافية التي تأيت مع الحوس� � ��بة المتطورة‬ ‫وفوائدها األخرى مطلوبة‪.‬‬

‫االس� � ��تراتيجيين‬ ‫رئي� � ��س‬ ‫وق� � ��ال‬ ‫التكنولوجيين بشركة واى سوفت "بينما‬ ‫نتحدث مع العمالء والش� � ��ركاء ودراس� � ��ة‬ ‫اتجاه� � ��ات الس� � ��وق‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن االس� � ��تخدام‬ ‫الح� � ��ايل وتفضي� � ��ل الش� � ��ركات الصغي� � ��رة‬ ‫والمتوس� � ��طة الحجم للحوسبة المتطورة‬ ‫كج� � ��زء من خدم� � ��ات الطباعة الس� � ��حابية‪،‬‬ ‫يؤكد على اعتقادنا بأن األجهزة المتطورة‬ ‫له� � ��ا دور مهم للغاي� � ��ة"‪ .‬واس� � ��تطرد قائال ً‬ ‫"وعلى عكس نظرائهم يف الشركات‪ ،‬فإن‬ ‫رغبة الش� � ��ركات الصغيرة والمتوس� � ��طة‬ ‫يف اتباع نهج الس� � ��حابة األوىل أكبر بكثير‪.‬‬ ‫وم� � ��ع ذلك‪ ،‬نعتقد أن هذا س� � ��يتغير‪ ،‬وأن‬ ‫المؤسسات من جميع األحجام ستطلب‬ ‫السحب أوال ً على جميع الخدمات‪ ،‬بما يف‬ ‫ذلك إدارة الطباعة "‪.‬‬ ‫كان� � ��ت عملي� � ��ة االنتق� � ��ال إىل التطبيق� � ��ات‬ ‫الس� � ��حابية ناجح� � ��ة ج � � �دًا‪ ،‬يف الواق� � ��ع‪ ،‬كانت‬ ‫ناجحة للغاية‪ .‬نظ ًرا للكمون وعرض النطاق‬ ‫الت� � ��رددي والمواقع التي يكون فيها اتصال‬ ‫اإلنترنت بطيئًا أو غي� � ��ر موثوق به‪ ،‬أصبحت‬ ‫معالج� � ��ة البيانات أق� � ��رب إىل المكان الذي‬ ‫تعيش فيه البيانات باس� � ��تخدام الحوس� � ��بة‬ ‫المتط� � ��ورة أم � � � ًرا ضروريً� � ��ا اآلن‪ .‬يف حال� � ��ة‬ ‫الطباعة‪ ،‬من خالل معالج� � ��ة المهمة محل ًيا‬ ‫على ش� � ��بكة الش� � ��ركة‪ ،‬لدى الش� � ��ركة راحة‬ ‫الب� � ��ال بش� � ��أن مخاوفهم المتعلق� � ��ة باألمان‬ ‫والخصوصية‪ .‬تشير نتائج االستطالع إىل أن‬ ‫هذه الحاجة مفهومة جيدًا داخل الشركات‬ ‫الصغيرة والمتوسطة الحجم ‪.‬‬

‫ُتظهر شركة لينتيك ‪ Lintec‬االلتزام باالستدامة من خالل صناعة‬ ‫فيلم جديد معاد تدويره‬ ‫تطلق ش� � ��ركة لينتي� � ��ك األمريكي� � ��ة ‪Lintec‬‬ ‫مصنوعا من‬ ‫فيلم� � ��ا مطب ًق� � ��ا‬ ‫‪Of America‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مكون� � ��ات مع� � ��اد تدويرها كجزء م� � ��ن مهمة‬ ‫الشركة لزيادة الوعي بممارسات التصنيع‬ ‫المس� � ��تدامة يف صناع� � ��ات االتص� � ��االت‬ ‫الرس� � ��ومية والمطبوع� � ��ة والمرئي� � ��ة‪ .‬تتمي� � ��ز‬ ‫بدرج� � ��ة وض� � ��وح بصري� � ��ة عالي� � ��ة وإمكاني� � ��ة‬ ‫موثوق� � ��ة طويل� � ��ة المدى من قطع� � ��ة واحدة‬ ‫‪،‬تعتبر‪ ECO-2301 RC‬مثالية لالستخدام‬ ‫يف مطابع ‪UV Ink Jet‬‬ ‫دفع الوعي المتزايد باستراتيجيات اإلنتاج‬ ‫المس� � ��تدامة والصديقة للبيئة الشركات يف‬ ‫اآلون� � ��ة األخيرة إىل إعادة تقييم ممارس� � ��اتها‬ ‫التجاري� � ��ة ومتابع� � ��ة تطوي� � ��ر المزي� � ��د م� � ��ن‬ ‫المنتج� � ��ات الصديق� � ��ة للبيئ� � ��ة‪ .‬ينطبق هذا‬ ‫الوعي ً‬ ‫أيضا على صناعات الالفتات‪ ،‬حيث‬ ‫يبحث ع� � ��دد متزايد من العم� �ل��اء عن ركائز‬ ‫ذات أوراق اعتماد خضراء‪.‬‬

‫يوفر ‪ ECO-2301 RC‬متانة ملحوظة ورؤية‬ ‫توضيحية جيدة لمنت� � ��ج مدعوم ببطانة من‬ ‫الورق‪ .‬تق� � ��وم الطبقة الزجاجي� � ��ة الترويجية‬ ‫عالي� � ��ة الجودة باب� � ��رازه وهو صدي� � ��ق للبيئة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا‪ ،‬توف� � ��ر مرونة ه� � ��ذا الفيل� � ��م وفعاليته‬

‫للمس� � ��تخدمين النهائيي� � ��ن النط� � ��اق ال� � ��ذي‬ ‫يحتاج� � ��ون إلي� � ��ه إلع� � ��ادة تس� � ��مية وتحديث‬ ‫حمالته� � ��م يف كثي� � ��ر من األحيان وبالس� � ��رعة‬ ‫المطلوبة‪.‬‬ ‫يت� � ��م تصنيع� � ��ه مع ما ال يقل ع� � ��ن ‪ ٪ 80‬من‬ ‫المواد ‪ PET‬المع� � ��اد تدويرها‪ .‬طريقة إعادة‬ ‫التدوي� � ��ر ه� � ��ذه تقلل من اس� � ��تهالك الموارد‬ ‫البترولي� � ��ة‪ ،‬مما يؤدي إىل انخفاض بنس� � ��بة‬ ‫‪ ٪ 24‬يف انبعاثات ثاين أكسيد الكربون و ‪40‬‬ ‫‪ ٪‬أقل من الطاقة المستخدمة خالل عملية‬ ‫تصنيع الفيلم‪ .‬بالنس� � ��بة إىل شركة لينتيك‬ ‫‪ ،Lintec‬يمث� � ��ل هذا خط� � ��وة صغيرة ولكنها‬ ‫مهمة لألمام نحو الحفاظ على البيئة‪.‬‬

‫تسعى ش� � ��ركة لينتيك ‪ Lintec‬بنشاط إىل‬ ‫تطوي� � ��ر منتج� � ��ات مبتكرة وصديق� � ��ة للبيئة‪،‬‬ ‫وهي على ثقة من أن هذه الركيزة الجديدة‬ ‫ستس� � ��اعد على فتح مجموعة من الفرص‬ ‫يف س� � ��وق الفن� � ��ون الرس� � ��ومية الواس� � ��عة‪.‬‬ ‫إن منتج� � ��ات مث� � ��ل ه� � ��ذه ق� � ��ادرة على خلق‬ ‫تدفقات إيرادات جديدة مربحة وبناء مكان‬ ‫مثير يمكننا التأكد من أنه سيجذب العمالء‬ ‫الحاليين والمحتملين‪.‬‬

‫الطابعة الفائقة لألشعة فوق البنفسجية من فوجي فيلم توسع‬ ‫فرص التأثير الكندي‬

‫‪ME‌Printer September 2019‬‬

‫قام� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة & ‪Impulse Graphic‬‬ ‫‪ .Display Solutions Inc‬بتوس� � ��يع‬ ‫مجموعة منتجاتها ذات التنس� � ��يق الواسع‬ ‫م� � ��ن خ� �ل��ال جه� � ��از ‪ Acuity Ultra‬م� � ��ن‬ ‫‪ ،Fujifilm‬جهاز األش� � ��عة فوق البنفس� � ��جية‬ ‫الفائ� � ��ق الط� � ��ول ‪ 5‬أمت� � ��ار (‪ 197‬بوص� � ��ة)‬ ‫والذي يتميز بتكلفة مذهلة يف االس� � ��تخدام‬ ‫إلنت� � ��اج تطبيق� � ��ات داخلية وخارجي� � ��ة عالية‬ ‫الج� � ��ودة‪ .‬يق� � ��ول اليك� � ��س كاش� � ��يا‪ ،‬رئي� � ��س‬ ‫ش� � ��ركة ‪Impulse Graphic & Display‬‬ ‫‪" :.Solutions Inc‬نح� � ��ن ندف� � ��ع الح� � ��دود‪.‬‬ ‫نح� � ��ن مزود خدم� � ��ة طباعة فريد م� � ��ن نوعه‪،‬‬ ‫م� � ��ع عم� �ل��اء يف العديد م� � ��ن الصناعات‪ ،‬بما‬ ‫يف ذل� � ��ك خدم� � ��ات الس� � ��يارات والخدم� � ��ات‬ ‫الغذائية والمس� � ��تحضرات الصيدالنية التي‬ ‫لديها توقعات كبيرة ؛ لقد س� � ��اعدنا ‪Acuity‬‬ ‫تمام� � ��ا يف عملية البيع على كس� � ��ب‬ ‫‪Ultra‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫فرص جديدة "‪.‬‬ ‫حجما‬ ‫تق� � ��دم ‪ Acuity Ultra‬م� � ��ن ‪Fujifilm‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وج� � ��ودة أكب� � ��ر لزي� � ��ادة إنت� � ��اج الرس� � ��ومات‬ ‫الداخلي� � ��ة المتميزة‪ .‬تتوف� � ��ر أحدث طابعات‬ ‫األشعة فوق البنفسجية على نطاق واسع‬ ‫م� � ��ن ‪ ،Fujifilm‬سلس� � ��لة ‪Acuity Ultra‬‬ ‫متوف� � ��رة يف إص� � ��دار ‪ 3.2‬مت� � ��ر (‪ 126‬بوصة)‬ ‫وكذل� � ��ك ‪ 5‬أمت� � ��ار‪ .‬يتمي� � ��ز ‪Acuity Ultra‬‬ ‫بتكلف� � ��ة مذهل� � ��ة يف االس� � ��تخدام‪ ،‬مما يمنح‬

‫م� � ��زودي الطباعة الق� � ��درة على االس� � ��تفادة‬ ‫من التطبيقات الداخلية والخارجية ‪ -‬حيث‬ ‫تكون ج� � ��ودة التصوي� � ��ر الفوتوغ� � ��رايف عالية‬ ‫التأثير مطلوبة‪.‬‬ ‫يضمن ‪ Acuity Ultra‬أعلى جودة ممكنة‬ ‫بفض� � ��ل دقته الذي تص� � ��ل اىل ‪ ،pl 3.5‬يعد‬ ‫التنس� � ��يق الكبي� � ��ر ل ‪ Acuity Ultra‬مثال ًيا‬ ‫لس� � ��وق الع� � ��رض الداخلي ال� � ��رايق‪ ،‬خاصة‬ ‫بالنس� � ��بة للعالم� � ��ات التجاري� � ��ة الفاخ� � ��رة‪،‬‬ ‫بج� � ��ودة مس� � ��اوية أو أفضل م� � ��ن طابعات‬ ‫ليث� � ��و أو غيرها م� � ��ن طابعات التنس� � ��يقات‬ ‫العريض� � ��ة‪ .‬تعم� � ��ل ش� � ��ركة ‪Impulse‬‬ ‫‪ Graphic & Display‬على إنتاج مجموعة‬ ‫متنوع� � ��ة من الركائ� � ��ز مث� � ��ل ورق الجدران‬ ‫الداخلي� � ��ة المصن� � ��وع حس� � ��ب الطل� � ��ب‬ ‫والشبكات والنس� � ��يج‪ ،‬مع تشغيل العديد‬ ‫من الوظائف ثالث مرات‪.‬‬ ‫"الج� � ��ودة ه� � ��ي رق� � ��م واح� � ��د بالنس� � ��بة لنا"‪،‬‬ ‫يضي� � ��ف كاش� � ��يا "ال نضح� � ��ي بالج� � ��ودة من‬ ‫أجل أي ش� � ��يء‪ .‬يف الس� � ��ابق كنا مقتصرين‬ ‫عل� � ��ى الطباعة على ركائز صلبة يف الغالب ؛‬ ‫واآلن مع ‪ ،Acuity Ultra‬نحن قادرون على‬ ‫توفير خيارات مرنة للتطبيق بتنس� � ��يق كبير‬ ‫لعمالئن� � ��ا‪ ،‬وفيما يتعلق بتكاليف الش� � ��حن‬ ‫والتعبئة‪ ،‬نحن قادرون على توفير وفورات‬ ‫كبي� � ��رة فيم� � ��ا يتعل� � ��ق بالركائز األخ� � ��ف وزنا‬

‫واألكثر مرون� � ��ة‪ ،‬والتي تعتب� � ��ر قابلة إلعادة‬ ‫التدوير ً‬ ‫أيضا‪" .‬‬ ‫بفض� � ��ل نظ� � ��ام ‪ Acuity Ultra‬ال� � ��ذي يبلغ‬ ‫طول� � ��ه ‪ 5‬أمت� � ��ار‪ ،‬تتمت� � ��ع ش� � ��ركة ‪Impulse‬‬ ‫‪ Graphic & Display‬بالق� � ��درة عل� � ��ى‬ ‫توس� � ��يع نطاق عمالئها‪ ،‬وإضافة المزيد إىل‬ ‫مجموعة العالم� � ��ات التجارية المش� � ��هورة‪،‬‬ ‫حي� � ��ث ال يتعي� � ��ن عليه� � ��م االعتم� � ��اد عل� � ��ى‬ ‫االس� � ��تعانة بمصادر خارجي� � ��ة‪ ،‬كما يمكنهم‬ ‫اتم� � ��ام عملي� � ��ات الطباعة داخل ًي� � ��ا ‪ .‬يف حين‬ ‫تتميز بتكالي� � ��ف اإلعداد األق� � ��ل وانخفاض‬ ‫وقت التجهي� � ��ز‪ .‬وقال كاش� � ��يه‪" :‬نحن نربح‬ ‫العدي� � ��د من الف� � ��رص الجديدة م� � ��ع طابعة‬ ‫‪ "Acuity Ultra‬القوي� � ��ة "‪ ،‬مم� � ��ا يجع� � ��ل‬ ‫ش� � ��ركة ‪Impulse Graphic & Display‬‬ ‫م� � ��زودًا فري � � �دًا لخدم� � ��ة الطباع� � ��ة بس� � ��بب‬ ‫حجم التنس� � ��يق الهائل وخي� � ��ارات القوائم‬ ‫المتع� � ��ددة والس� � ��رعة المثي� � ��رة لإلعجاب"‪.‬‬ ‫"تمن� � ��ح طابع� � ��ات ‪ Acuity Ultra‬ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫‪ Impulse Graphic & Display‬الق� � ��درة‪،‬‬ ‫م� � ��ع تحقيق أرباح‪ ،‬على إنش� � ��اء رس� � ��ومات‬ ‫للمع� � ��ارض وع� � ��روض نق� � ��اط الش� � ��راء وفن‬ ‫رس� � ��ومات عايل القيمة وشاش� � ��ات بإضاءة‬ ‫خلفي� � ��ة داخلي� � ��ة‪ .‬بدون ش� � ��ك‪ ،‬تب� � ��رز جودة‬ ‫الطباعة يف ‪ Acuity Ultra‬عن أي منافس‬ ‫محتمل يف هذا القطاع‪" .‬‬

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‫تعلن شركة كانون بالواليات المتحدة األمريكية عن إطالق‬ ‫سلسلة ‪ imagePROGRAF TA‬الجديدة‬

‫يس� � ��ر ش� � ��ركة كان� � ��ون بالوالي� � ��ات المتح� � ��دة‬ ‫األمريكية‪ ،‬الش� � ��ركة الرائدة يف مجال حلول‬ ‫التصوي� � ��ر الرقم� � ��ي‪ ،‬والت� � ��ي ت� � ��م تطويره� � ��ا‬ ‫لالستفادة من عمالء الطباعة على مستوى‬ ‫المبتدئين‪ ،‬أن تعل� � ��ن عن طابعات ‪TA-20‬‬ ‫ذات األل� � ��وان الكبي� � ��رة مق� � ��اس ‪ 24‬بوص� � ��ة‬ ‫ذات األل� � ��وان الكبي� � ��رة مق� � ��اس ‪ 24‬بوصة و‬ ‫‪ TA-30‬مق� � ��اس ‪ 36‬بوصة‪ .‬توفر سلس� � ��لة‬ ‫‪ TA‬للمس� � ��تخدمين النهائيين لبرام شركة‬ ‫كانون ج� � ��ودة عالية وقيمة العالمة التجارية‬

‫اإلجمالية يف حل س� � ��هل االستخدام وفعال‬ ‫م� � ��ن حيث التكلف� � ��ة مصمم للمس� � ��اعدة يف‬ ‫تحفي� � ��ز تدفق العمل واإلنتاجية للش� � ��ركات‬ ‫الصغي� � ��رة ومس� � ��تخدمي الطباع� � ��ة كبي� � ��رة‬ ‫الحجم ألول مرة‪.‬‬ ‫تع� � ��د سلس� � ��لة ‪imagePROGRAF TA‬‬ ‫متع� � ��ددة األغ� � ��راض مثالي� � ��ة للملصق� � ��ات‬ ‫والمس� � ��تندات الفنية والتصميم� � ��ات‪ .‬توفر‬ ‫ه� � ��ذه األجه� � ��زة الجدي� � ��دة للمس� � ��تخدمين‬ ‫القدرة على الطباعة على وس� � ��ائط مقاومة‬ ‫للماء مث� � ��ل الالفتات يف اله� � ��واء الطلق من‬ ‫خالل اس� � ��تخدام الحب� � ��ر الصب� � ��اغ ‪ TD‬عايل‬ ‫الجودة من كانون‪ .‬بخ� �ل��اف الطابعات التي‬ ‫تس� � ��تخدم حبر الصبغة‪ ،‬تس� � ��تخدم سلسلة‬ ‫‪ TA‬حبر صبغ يمكنه إنتاج ملصقات يمكن‬ ‫اس� � ��تخدامها لم� � ��دة تص� � ��ل إىل ‪ 6‬أش� � ��هر يف‬ ‫الخارج ‪ -‬ال يلزم أي تصفيح عند اس� � ��تخدام‬ ‫وسائط كانون المقاومة للماء‪.‬‬ ‫مع الق� � ��درة عل� � ��ى الطباعة بال ح� � ��دود على‬ ‫جمي� � ��ع أحجام الورق‪ ،‬يس� � ��اعد هذا الطرز يف‬ ‫تقلي� � ��ل الحاجة إىل القطع الي� � ��دوي‪ .‬بفضل‬ ‫القدرات الالس� � ��لكية‪ ،‬يمكن للمستخدمين‬

‫الطباعة من أي مكان يف المكتب‪ .‬تش� � ��مل‬ ‫طابعات ‪ً TA‬‬ ‫أيضا برنامج إنشاء الملصقات‬ ‫المج� � ��اين م� � ��ن كان� � ��ون‪PosterArtist ،‬‬ ‫‪ ،Lite‬مم� � ��ا يتيح للعم� �ل��اء تصميم وطباعة‬ ‫الملصقات االحترافية بسهولة‪.‬‬ ‫تأيت هذه األجهزة ً‬ ‫أيضا قياس� � ��ية مع برنامج‬ ‫تخطي� � ��ط يمكّن المس� � ��تخدمين من تداخل‬ ‫الصور بس� � ��هولة مما يقلل م� � ��ن هدر الورق‬ ‫ويمكن� � ��ه الطباع� � ��ة مباش� � ��رة م� � ��ن برام� � ��ج‬ ‫ميركروسوفت أوفيس بسهولة‪ .‬كما يتضح‬ ‫من خالل س� � ��رعات الطباعة العالية والحبر‬ ‫الدقيق‪ ،‬تش� � ��تمل سلسلة ‪ TA‬على ميزات‬ ‫مصمم� � ��ة لتب� � ��رز يف الس� � ��وق الحالي� � ��ة‪ .‬م� � ��ع‬ ‫إمكاني� � ��ة طباع� � ��ة مس� � ��تند أو ملصق بحجم‬ ‫‪ 36 × 24‬بوص� � ��ة يف أس� � ��رع م� � ��ن ‪ 27‬ثانية‪،‬‬ ‫على ورق عادي باستخدام الوضع السريع‬ ‫(‪ ،)Q5‬تنجز تقنية كانون المهمة‪ .‬يوفر نظام‬ ‫التغذية بالهواء يف السلسلة للمستخدمين‬ ‫طباع� � ��ة عالية الج� � ��ودة ومتس� � ��قة مصممة‬ ‫للمس� � ��اعدة يف زي� � ��ادة اإلنتاجي� � ��ة من خالل‬ ‫مس� � ��اعدة ال� � ��ورق عل� � ��ى البقاء مس� � ��تقيما ً‬ ‫لتقليل التجاعيد وانحشار الورق‪.‬‬

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‫تق� � ��دم ش� � ��ركة والك� � ��ي ‪ Walki‬تحس� � ��ينات‬ ‫لمجموع� � ��ة منتج� � ��ات ‪Walki Print Media‬‬ ‫‪ XXL‬من أج� � ��ل لوحات اإلعالن� � ��ات الخارجية‬ ‫بش� � ��كل مس� � ��تدام‪ .‬تعتبر مادة البويل فينيل‬ ‫كلوري� � ��د (‪ )PVC‬لع� � ��دة عق� � ��ود م� � ��ن الم� � ��واد‬ ‫المفضل� � ��ة لإلعالن� � ��ات والالفت� � ��ات اإلعالني� � ��ة‬ ‫خارج المنزل (‪ )OOH‬على الرغم من وجود‬ ‫مخاطر بيئية كبيرة‪.‬‬ ‫تق� � ��وم عملية التصنيع الخاصة بها بإنتاج غاز‬

‫الكل� � ��ور‪ ،‬بينما يؤدي التخلص من� � ��ه ً‬ ‫أيضا إىل‬ ‫إطالق الس� � ��موم الخط� � ��رة يف البيئ� � ��ة‪ .‬المواد‬ ‫ليست قابلة للتحلل الحيوي ويصعب إعادة‬ ‫تدويره� � ��ا‪ ،‬وبالت� � ��ايل ف� � ��إن خي� � ��ارات التخلص‬ ‫الوحي� � ��دة هي إما حرقها أو إلقاؤها يف مقالب‬ ‫القمامة‪ .‬يقود جيل جديد من المس� � ��تهلكين‬ ‫عملي� � ��ة التغيير نحو خيارات أكثر اس� � ��تدامة‪.‬‬ ‫توف� � ��ر مجموع� � ��ة منتج� � ��ات ‪Walki Print‬‬ ‫‪ Media XXL‬م� � ��ن ش� � ��ركة والك� � ��ي حل � � �ولاً‬ ‫مستدامة للطباعة والتصوير‪.‬‬ ‫"على الرغم م� � ��ن أن المنتجات كانت متاحة‬ ‫لفت� � ��رة طويلة‪ ،‬إال أن الحرك� � ��ة المضادة لمادة‬ ‫الب� � ��ويل فينيل كلوري� � ��د (‪ )PVC‬بدأت بالفعل‬ ‫تكتس� � ��ب زخم � � �ا ً يف اآلونة األخي� � ��رة‪ ،‬مدفوعة‬ ‫جزئيا ً من جيل األلفية الواعية للبيئة"‪ ،‬يوضح‬ ‫ل� � ��وك مييس‪ ،‬مدي� � ��ر التصني� � ��ف العالمي يف‬ ‫شركة والكي ‪، Walki‬التصوير‪ .‬ستقوم شركة‬ ‫والك� � ��ي قري ًب� � ��ا بطرح مزيد من التحس� � ��ينات‬ ‫عل� � ��ى ه� � ��ذه المجموعة م� � ��ن المنتج� � ��ات‪ .‬يف‬ ‫المس� � ��تقبل القري� � ��ب‪ ،‬س� � ��تكون مجموع� � ��ة‬ ‫‪ Walki Print Media XXL‬مناسبة للطباعة‬ ‫باس� � ��تخدام أحبار التكس سليمة بيئيا ً يعتمد‬

‫قوامها عل� � ��ى الماء بجان� � ��ب امكانية الطباعة‬ ‫الحالية باستخدام أحبار‪UV .‬‬ ‫"س� � ��يكون الجيل الق� � ��ادم من المنت� � ��ج ً‬ ‫أيضا‬ ‫معتم � � �دًا لمثبطات االش� � ��تعال‪ ،‬مم� � ��ا يجعله‬ ‫مناس � � � ًبا لالس� � ��تخدام الداخل� � ��ي يف األماك� � ��ن‬ ‫العامة"‪ ،‬أضاف مييس‪ .‬باستخدام مواد خام‬ ‫خفيفة للغاية ومقاومة للقطع وقابلة إلعادة‬ ‫التدوير‪ ،‬تجمع وس� � ��ائل الطباعة المستدامة‬ ‫ه� � ��ذه بي� � ��ن الم� � ��واد األساس� � ��ية والبوليمرات‬ ‫الوظيفية المحددة‪.‬‬ ‫بص� � ��رف النظر ع� � ��ن كونه� � ��ا خالية م� � ��ن مادة‬ ‫الب� � ��ويل فيني� � ��ل كلوري� � ��د (‪)PVC‬وخالي� � ��ة من‬ ‫الففتاالت‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن ‪Walki Print Media XXL‬‬ ‫هي ً‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا قابلة إلعادة التدوير بنس� � ��بة ‪100‬‬ ‫بالمائ� � ��ة وخالي� � ��ة م� � ��ن الهالوجي� � ��ن ومتوافقة‬ ‫مع ‪ ،REACH‬مما يعن� � ��ي أنها تمتثل للوائح‬ ‫االتحاد األورويب فيما يتعلق بتسجيل المواد‬ ‫الكيميائي� � ��ة وتقييمها وترخيصه� � ��ا وتقييدها‪.‬‬ ‫ويزن ً‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا أقل من نص� � ��ف وزن المنتجات‬ ‫التقليدي� � ��ة القائم� � ��ة عل� � ��ى الب� � ��ويل فيني� � ��ل‬ ‫كلوريد (‪ ،)PVC‬مم� � ��ا يجعل النقل والتخزين‬ ‫والمناولة أقل تعقيدًا‪.‬‬

‫شركة ‪ Roland DGA‬تقدم طابعة جديدة من طراز‬ ‫‪VersaUV LEF2-300 UV‬‬ ‫أعلنت ش� � ��ركة رونالد دي جي ايه ‪Roland‬‬ ‫‪ DGA Corporation‬ع� � ��ن إطالقها للطابعة‬ ‫المس� � ��طحة الجدي� � ��دة ط� � ��راز ‪VersaUV‬‬ ‫‪ LEF2- 300‬مق� � ��اس ‪ 30‬بوصة‪ .‬يتميز هذا‬ ‫الجيل الت� � ��ايل من ‪ LEF2‬بجمي� � ��ع الميزات‬ ‫المتقدمة للطراز ‪ 20‬بوصة الذي تم إصداره‬ ‫يف وقت سابق من هذا العام‪ ،‬مع توفير ‪1.5‬‬ ‫ضعف مس� � ��احة الطباعة وس� � ��رعة الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫يش� � ��تمل ‪ً LEF2-300‬‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا عل� � ��ى وظائف‬ ‫جديدة من حيث الكفاءة والراحة والصيانة‬ ‫ترف� � ��ع مس� � ��توى األداء الكلي إىل مس� � ��توى‬ ‫أعلى‪.‬‬ ‫مثل كل الطابعات المس� � ��طحة من سلسلة‬ ‫‪ ،Roland LEF‬يمك� � ��ن للطابعة ‪LEF2-300‬‬ ‫الطباعة مباش� � ��رة على أي عنصر أساس� � ��ي‬ ‫أو كائ� � ��ن ث� �ل��ايث األبع� � ��اد يص� � ��ل س� � ��مكه إىل‬ ‫‪ 3.94‬بوص� � ��ة‪ ،‬مما يجعل� � ��ه مثال ًيا لمجموعة‬ ‫واس� � ��عة من تطبيقات تخصي� � ��ص المنتج‪.‬‬ ‫يس� � ��تخدم ‪ LEF2-300‬أحب� � ��ار ‪ECO-UV‬‬ ‫خصيص� � ��ا م� � ��ن ش� � ��ركة رونال� � ��د‬ ‫المصمم� � ��ة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫يف ‪ ،CMYK‬باإلضاف� � ��ة إىل أحب� � ��ار ‪ Gloss‬و‬ ‫‪ White‬الت� � ��ي تتي� � ��ح للمس� � ��تخدمين دمج‬ ‫التش� � ��طيبات الخاصة‪ ،‬والقوام الواقعية‪ ،‬أو‬ ‫تماما‬ ‫التأثي� � ��رات ثالثية األبعاد لبع� � ��د جديد‬ ‫ً‬ ‫من التخصيص‪.‬‬ ‫باإلضافة إىل ذلك‪ ،‬بفضل مس� � ��احة الطباعة‬ ‫الكبيرة (‪ 30.3‬بوص� � ��ة عرضا ً * ‪ 12.9‬بوصة‬ ‫عمق � � �ا ً * ‪ 3.9‬بوص� � ��ة ارتفاع � � �ا ً ) واإلخ� � ��راج‬ ‫ذي الحج� � ��م الكبي� � ��ر‪ ،‬يع� � ��د ‪ LEF2-300‬حال ً‬ ‫واس� � � ً�عا يلبي احتياجات إنتاجية الشركات‬ ‫المتنامية‪ .‬يس� � ��تخدم ‪ LEF2-300‬مصابيح‬ ‫‪ UV-LED‬لمعالج� � ��ة الحب� � ��ر عل� � ��ى س� � ��طح‬

‫المواد على الفور باس� � ��تخدام ضوء األشعة‬ ‫فوق البنفسجية‪ ،‬مما يسمح بطباعة الصور‬ ‫والرس� � ��ومات والن� � ��ص الدقي� � ��ق بطباعته� � ��ا‬ ‫على بوليمرات يب يف س� � ��ي‪ ،‬والبالس� � ��تيك‪،‬‬ ‫والقم� � ��اش‪ ،‬والخش� � ��ب‪ ،‬والجلد‪ ،‬والنس� � ��يج‪،‬‬ ‫وغيرها من المواد مع طباعة غير مسبوقة‬ ‫جودة‪.‬‬ ‫ت� � ��م تصمي� � ��م أحب� � ��ار ‪ ECO-UV‬المصمم� � ��ة‬ ‫خصيصا من شركة رونالد من أجل المرونة‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مم� � ��ا يتي� � ��ح اس� � ��تخدامها عل� � ��ى الكائن� � ��ات‬ ‫المنحنية واألجسام ثالثية األبعاد‪ ،‬فضال ً عن‬ ‫مجموعة واس� � ��عة من المواد‪ ،‬دون تكسير‪.‬‬ ‫تتي� � ��ح تحس� � ��ينات الس� � ��مات الجدي� � ��دة يف‬ ‫‪ LEF2-300‬من تخصيص كل ش� � ��يء بد ًءا‬ ‫من اللوحات والهدايا وحتى كرات الجولف‬ ‫والهوات� � ��ف الذكي� � ��ة الت� � ��ي تغط� � ��ي أس� � ��رع‬ ‫وأسهل وأكثر فعالية من حيث التكلفة من‬ ‫أي وقت مضى‪ .‬تكمل وظيفة بدء المؤقت‬

‫عملية إعداد تنظيف رأس الطباعة وتداول‬ ‫الحبر األبيض تلقائ ًيا يف وقت البدء المحدد‪،‬‬ ‫وبفض� � ��ل أداة تحدي� � ��د المواض� � ��ع يكون من‬ ‫الس� � ��هل مح� � ��اذاة العناص� � ��ر عل� � ��ى ج� � ��دول‬ ‫الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫لتحقي� � ��ق مزي� � ��د م� � ��ن الكف� � ��اءة والراح� � ��ة يف‬ ‫الصيان� � ��ة‪ ،‬يعتم� � ��د ‪ LEF2-300‬عل� � ��ى نظام‬ ‫تنظيف جديد يس� � ��اعد على زيادة موثوقية‬ ‫الطابع� � ��ة وتقلي� � ��ل اس� � ��تهالك الحب� � ��ر أثن� � ��اء‬ ‫إج� � ��راءات الصيانة‪ .‬تم تجهي� � ��ز ‪LEF2-300‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أيضا بغطاء آمن ش� � ��فاف يمن� � ��ع الغبار من‬

‫االستقرار على سطح المواد أثناء الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫تش� � ��مل مي� � ��زات ‪ LEF2-300‬الجدي� � ��دة‬ ‫اإلضافية "وظيفة طباعة متعددة" تتيح لك‬ ‫طباعة البيانات نفسها مرة أخرى بلمسة زر‬ ‫ىف لوح� � ��ة التحك� � ��م‪ ،‬ومراقبة حال� � ��ة الطابعة‬ ‫للتحق� � ��ق م� � ��ن حال� � ��ة تش� � ��غيل الطابع� � ��ات‬ ‫المتعددة يف الوقت الفعلي‪.‬‬

‫إصدار ‪ QuarkXPress 15.0.1‬متاح اآلن‬

‫‪ME‌Printer September 2019‬‬

‫أعلنت ش� � ��ركت كوارك للبرمجيات ‪Quark‬‬ ‫‪ Software‬ع� � ��ن توف� � ��ر إص� � ��دار ‪ 15.0.1‬من‬ ‫ك� � ��وارك بري� � ��س ‪ QuarkXPress‬وال� � ��ذي‬ ‫يعتب� � ��ر التحدي� � ��ث األول لك� � ��ورارك بري� � ��س‬ ‫‪ ،QuarkXPress 2019 2019‬ال� � ��ذي ت� � ��م‬ ‫إص� � ��داره يف ‪ 9‬يولي� � ��و ‪ .2019‬ت� � ��م تضمين� � ��ه‬ ‫يف ه� � ��ذا التحدي� � ��ث لمس� � ��تخدمي ك� � ��ورارك‬ ‫بري� � ��س ‪ QuarkXPress 2019 2019‬وهي‬ ‫تحسينات للعديد من العناصر التي يطلبها‬ ‫العمالء فيما يتعلق بما يلي‪:‬‬ ‫مؤشرات ش� � ��بكية العين على نظام ‪:Mac‬‬ ‫لن تعد المؤشرات بكسالت ؛ ستكون حادة‬ ‫كما هي يف التحليالت غير الشبكية‪.‬‬ ‫إعادة تش� � ��غيل لغ� � ��ة البرنام� � ��ج على نظام‬

‫‪ :Windows‬س� � ��يتم استعادة خيار السماح‬ ‫للمس� � ��تخدمين بتعيين لغة برنامج كوارك‬ ‫بري� � ��س ‪ QuarkXPress‬الخاص� � ��ة به� � ��م‬ ‫بطريقة مختلفة عن لغة نظامهم‪.‬‬ ‫التوثي� � ��ق عل� � ��ى نظام ‪ :Mac‬ت� � ��م توثيق هذا‬ ‫اإلصدار م� � ��ن كوارك بريس ‪QuarkXPress‬‬ ‫م� � ��ن قِبل ش� � ��ركة ابل‪ ،‬مما يعن� � ��ي أنه تمت‬ ‫تلبي� � ��ة جمي� � ��ع عملي� � ��ات الفح� � ��ص األمن� � ��ي‬ ‫اإلضافي� � ��ة المطلوبة للتوثي� � ��ق‪ .‬التوثيق هو‬ ‫الحد األدىن لمتطلبات التوافق مع كاتالينا‪.‬‬ ‫إصالحات أخطاء تصدير الصور‪ :‬سيتم اآلن‬ ‫تصدي� � ��ر مناط� � ��ق إس� � ��قاط الظ� � ��ل والتكوين‬ ‫بالدقة المحددة‪ .‬يمكن للمستخدمين توقع‬ ‫تحسينات إضافية لهذه الميزة المضمنة يف‬

‫اإلصدار األول الربع سنوي يف أكتوبر‪.‬‬ ‫تحس� � ��ين التعامل مع أنماط الخط ‪ /‬أنماط‬ ‫الخط� � ��أ‪ :‬تحس� � ��ينات يف واجهة المس� � ��تخدم‬ ‫االستقرار‬ ‫سيتم حفظ إعدادات لوحة القياس الكبيرة‬ ‫عبر الجلسات‪ :‬لن يكون على المستخدمين‬ ‫التبديل إىل الحج� � ��م "الكبير" يف كل عملية‬ ‫إطالق‪ .‬س� � ��يتم اآلن تخزين ه� � ��ذا اإلعداد يف‬ ‫تفضيالت المستخدم‬ ‫ق� � ��م بتنزيل اإلص� � ��دار ‪ 15.0.1‬م� � ��ن تحديث‬ ‫ك� � ��وارك بري� � ��س ‪،QuarkXPress 2019‬‬ ‫ويمكن للعم� �ل��اء تحديث اإلص� � ��دار الخاص‬ ‫بهم من خالل التحديث التلقايئ عند قيامهم‬ ‫بتشغيل كوارك بريس ‪.QuarkXPress‬‬

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‫شركت ‪ Zünd‬تطلق أداة القطع الجديدة المخصصة للكرتون‬ ‫المموج يف ماكينات الطباعة ‪PCT‬‬

‫أطلقت شركت زوند ‪ Zünd‬أداة جديدة للقطع‬ ‫يف ماكينات الطباعة ‪ ،PCT‬المصممة لمعالجة‬ ‫الورق المق� � ��وى المموج‪ ،‬وه� � ��ي تنقل الجودة‬ ‫واإلنتاجية إىل المستوى التايل‪ .‬مع إضافة أداة‬ ‫القط� � ��ع الجدي� � ��دة يف ماكين� � ��ات الطباعة ‪،PCT‬‬ ‫تعمل ش� � ��ركت زوند ‪ Zünd‬على توسيع لوحة‬

‫ألوانها الواس� � ��عة بالفعل من األدوات المتاحة‬ ‫لمعالجة الورق المقوى المموج‪.‬‬ ‫ما يمي� � ��ز أداة القطع الجديدة هذه هو األداء‬ ‫وج� � ��ودة القطع‪ .‬على عك� � ��س أداة التذبذب‬ ‫والق� � ��وى الرأس� � ��ية التي تس� � ��تخدم مع هذه‬ ‫المواد‪ ،‬فإن أداة القطع الجديدة المخصصة‬ ‫للكرت� � ��ون المم� � ��وج يف ماكين� � ��ات الطباع� � ��ة‬ ‫‪ PCT‬توفر اس� � ��تقرا ًرا أكبر بكثير‪ .‬يتيح ذلك‬ ‫سرعات معالجة أسرع وحواف قطع نظيفة‬ ‫ودقيق� � ��ة‪ .‬لجعلها تعمل به� � ��ذه الطريقة‪ ،‬تم‬ ‫تجهي� � ��ز أداة القط� � ��ع الجدي� � ��دة المخصص� � ��ة‬ ‫للكرتون المموج يف ماكينات الطباعة ‪PCT‬‬ ‫بح� � ��ذاء مائل مح� � ��دب يضغط الم� � ��واد أثناء‬ ‫عملي� � ��ة القطع‪ ،‬مما ينتج عن� � ��ه تأثير تبطين‬ ‫على طول الخطوط المقطوعة‪.‬‬ ‫ج� � ��ودة الحافة الناتجة تع� � ��ادل جودة القطع‬

‫التقليدي� � ��ة‪ .‬تتحك� � ��م حلق� � ��ة الضب� � ��ط ب� � ��دون‬ ‫خط� � ��وات يف عم� � ��ق معالجة ح� � ��ذاء االنزالق‬ ‫ومق� � ��دار الضغ� � ��ط‪ .‬األداة مناس� � ��بة للكرتون‬ ‫المم� � ��وج بحد أقص� � ��ى س� � ��مك ‪ 7‬ملم دون‬ ‫التعرض لخطر تمزيق أو ثقب اللوحة‪.‬‬ ‫إن أداة القطع الجديدة المخصصة للكرتون‬ ‫المم� � ��وج يف ماكينات الطباع� � ��ة ‪ PCT‬قادرة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أيضا على قط� � ��ع التفاصيل الدقيقة للغاية‪،‬‬

‫بم� � ��ا يف ذل� � ��ك نص� � ��ف قط� � ��ر صغي� � ��ر يصل‬ ‫إىل ‪ 3‬م� � ��م‪ ،‬م� � ��ع س� � ��كين الس� � ��حب ‪Z104‬‬ ‫الجدي� � ��د الموصى به لهذا الغرض‪ .‬تش� � ��مل‬ ‫التطبيق� � ��ات أي منت� � ��ج من ال� � ��ورق المقوى‬ ‫المم� � ��وج حينم� � ��ا تك� � ��ون الح� � ��واف الخالي� � ��ة‬ ‫من العي� � ��وب مرغوبة‪ ،‬على س� � ��بيل المثال‬ ‫تغليف عايل الجودة للس� � ��لع االس� � ��تهالكية‬ ‫وعرض النوافذ الالفتات‪.‬‬

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‫شركة ‪ Memjet‬تعلن عن طابعة ‪DuraFlex‬‬

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‫أعلن� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة ميمجي� � ��ت ع� � ��ن طابع� � ��ة‬ ‫دورافلك� � ��س ‪ ،DuraFlex‬وه� � ��و حل مطبعي‬ ‫أح� � ��ادي المس� � ��ار‪ ،‬يجمع بين مي� � ��زات بصمة‬ ‫شركة ميمجيت ‪ Memjet‬من حيث السرعة‬ ‫والبس� � ��اطة والق� � ��درة على تحم� � ��ل التكاليف‬ ‫المحس� � ��نة‪،‬‬ ‫مع س� � ��مات جديدة مثل المتانة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫وع� � ��رض ‪ A4‬و ‪ A3‬زائد يف رأس الطباعة ذي‬ ‫األلوان األربعة‪ ،‬ومسار البيانات عايل السرعة‬ ‫والوح� � ��دات النمطية الت� � ��ي تتحكم يف جميع‬ ‫وظائف رأس الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫معا لمصنعي المعدات‬ ‫تتيح هذه الميزات ً‬ ‫األصلي� � ��ة توفير الموارد الالزمة إلنش� � ��اء االت‬ ‫طباع� � ��ة يمك� � ��ن تحم� � ��ل نفاقاته� � ��ا‪ ،‬وصغي� � ��رة‬ ‫الحج� � ��م‪ ،‬ومس� � ��توى أوىل م� � ��ن االت الطباعة‬ ‫القادر على الجودة والس� � ��رعة والذي لم يكن‬ ‫ح� � ��ا من قبل يف هذه األن� � ��واع من الحلول‪.‬‬ ‫متا ً‬ ‫س� � ��تعرض ش� � ��ركة ميمجيت إمكان� � ��ات هذه‬ ‫التكنولوجي� � ��ا الجدي� � ��دة وتوف� � ��ر تحديثات من‬

‫الشركة يف معرض الملصقات ‪،Labelexpo‬‬ ‫والتي س� � ��تتم يف بروكس� � ��ل‪ ،‬بلجيكا‪25-27 ،‬‬ ‫سبتمبر‪.‬‬ ‫وق� � ��ال كي� � ��م بيس� � ��ويك‪ ،‬المدير العام لقس� � ��م‬ ‫االت الطباعة الصغيرة يف ش� � ��ركة ميمجيت‪:‬‬ ‫"كان هدفن� � ��ا يف تصميم طابع� � ��ة دورافلكس‬ ‫‪ DuraFlex‬هو إنش� � ��اء تقنية بس� � ��يطة ولكنها‬ ‫قوية يمكن أن تمنح شركاء تصنيع المعدات‬ ‫األصلية الموارد الالزمة إلنش� � ��اء حلول طباعة‬ ‫قوية وبأس� � ��عار "‪" .‬تق� � ��دم طابعة دورافلكس‬ ‫‪ DuraFlex‬ه� � ��ذا اله� � ��دف‪ .‬بفض� � ��ل تصميمها‬ ‫الصغير المعياري والس� � ��رعة الرائدة يف الفئة‬ ‫والجودة التي تبل� � ��غ ‪ 1600‬نقطة يف البوصة‬ ‫والتكلفة االقتصادية‪ ،‬توفر طابعة دورافلكس‬ ‫‪ DuraFlex‬للشركاء موارد قوية إلنشاء االت‬ ‫الطباع� � ��ة الخاص� � ��ة بالملصق� � ��ات والتغلي� � ��ف‬ ‫والتعبئة ذات المس� � ��توى األوىل باإلضافة إىل‬ ‫تطبيقات الطباعة والتعبئة األخرى العريضة‬ ‫والخفيفة "‪.‬‬ ‫أضاف كيم بيس� � ��ويك قائ� �ل��ا‪ "​​،‬تكمل طابعة‬ ‫دورافلك� � ��س ‪DuraFlex‬تقني� � ��ات الطباع� � ��ة‬ ‫األخرىىف ش� � ��ركة ميمجيت‪ ،‬مما يوفر موردا ً‬ ‫يتناس� � ��ب اس� � ��تراتيجيا ً بين حل� � ��ول الطباعة‬ ‫‪ VersaPass‬و‪ DuraLink .‬تضي� � ��ف طابع� � ��ة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫‪DuraFlex‬أيض� � ��ا ح� � ��ل الحب� � ��ر‬ ‫دورافلك� � ��س‬ ‫الصبغ� � ��ى إىل حل� � ��ول حب� � ��ر الصبغ� � ��ة الرائعة‬ ‫التي توفرها تقني� � ��ة‪ VersaPass .‬مع إطالق‬ ‫‪ ،DuraFlex‬أصبح� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة ميمجيت اآلن‬ ‫لديها التكنولوجيا لتشغيل أي نوع من أنواع‬ ‫الطابعات الرقمية يف السوق‪" .‬‬ ‫توف� � ��ر طابعة دورافلكس ‪ DuraFlex‬المرونة‬

‫والق� � ��درة عل� � ��ى تحم� � ��ل تكلف� � ��ة لمصنع� � ��ي‬ ‫المع� � ��دات األصلي� � ��ة وعمالئه� � ��م يف مج� � ��ال‬ ‫الطباع� � ��ة مما يقلل من مخاط� � ��ر االنتقال إىل‬ ‫تقني� � ��ة نفث الحبر أو توس� � ��يع خطوط اإلنتاج‬ ‫الحالي� � ��ة ع� � ��ن طري� � ��ق إضافة حل� � ��ول جديدة‪.‬‬ ‫مث� � ��ل تقني� � ��ات ش� � ��ركة ميمجي� � ��ت األخ� � ��رى‪،‬‬ ‫تعتم� � ��د طابعة دورافلك� � ��س ‪DuraFlex‬على‬ ‫بنية معيارية تقلل بش� � ��كل كبير من تكاليف‬ ‫التطوي� � ��ر والوق� � ��ت وتحص� � ��ل عل� � ��ى منتجات‬ ‫مصنع� � ��ي المع� � ��دات األصلي� � ��ة يف الس� � ��وق‬ ‫بشكل أسرع‪.‬‬ ‫تمت� � ��د فوائ� � ��د تكلف� � ��ة طابع� � ��ة دورافلك� � ��س‬ ‫ً‬ ‫‪DuraFlex‬أيضا إىل المس� � ��تخدم النهايئ‪ .‬تعد‬

‫حلول الطباعة التي تعمل بنظام ‪DuraFlex‬‬ ‫أقل تكلفة للش� � ��راء والتش� � ��غيل‪ .‬يعمل رأس‬ ‫الطباع� � ��ة الجدي� � ��د ذو األل� � ��وان األربع� � ��ة م� � ��ن‬ ‫دورافلكس ‪ DuraFlex‬على تقليل معدالت‬ ‫التدخ� � ��ل‪ ،‬مم� � ��ا ي� � ��ؤدي إىل زي� � ��ادة اإلنتاجي� � ��ة‬ ‫والربحية لموفري الطباعة‪.‬‬ ‫بفض� � ��ل ‪ 1600 × 1600‬نقط� � ��ة يف البوص� � ��ة‬ ‫والتكرار المدمج يف الفوهة‪ ،‬تنتج دورافلكس‬ ‫‪ DuraFlex‬ج� � ��ودة طباع� � ��ة رائدة يف الس� � ��وق‬ ‫بس� � ��رعات طباع� � ��ة تص� � ��ل إىل ‪ 46‬م ‪ /‬دقيقة‪.‬‬ ‫سيتم توفير وحدات دورافلكس ‪DuraFlex‬‬ ‫ورؤوس الطباع� � ��ة بتنس� � ��يقات ‪ A4‬و ‪A3‬‬ ‫باإلضاف� � ��ة إىل إمكاني� � ��ة عرضها عل� � ��ى ارتفاع‬ ‫يص� � ��ل إىل ‪ 1.2‬متر‪ .‬تأيت طابع� � ��ة دورافلكس‬ ‫‪ DuraFlex‬مزودة بمخطط بيانات ‪ RIP‬قوي‬ ‫ومضمن ويدع� � ��م النهايات الخارجية الرقمية‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫‪ RIP‬لتحس� � ��ين األداء والتحك� � ��م يف مس� � ��ار‬ ‫البيانات‪.‬‬

‫اللوح� � ��ى والش� � ��ريطي‪ .‬كم� � ��ا زادت أحج� � ��ام الورق‬ ‫واألتمت� � ��ة وبالتايل زادت االنتاجي� � ��ة‪ .‬اليوم ‪ ،‬يمكن‬ ‫لمطبعة األوفست الجديدة أن تقوم باتمام العمل‬ ‫الذي تقوم به ثالث مطابع أوفست قديمة‪ .‬بحلول‬ ‫عام ‪ ، 1990‬كانت الش� � ��ركات المصنعة لمكابس‬ ‫الطباعة ىف أفضل حاالتها‪ .‬لقد دعموا العديد من‬ ‫المنشورات التجارية والجمعيات التجارية‪ .‬كانوا‬ ‫أكبر العارضين للمع� � ��ارض التجارية‪ .‬لقد صنعوا‬ ‫ماكين� � ��ات الطباع� � ��ة لمقدم� � ��ي خدم� � ��ات الطباعة‬ ‫والتى تتراوح أحجامها من الصغيرة إىل الضخمة‪.‬‬

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‫لم تكن الطباعة الرقمية هي التي وقفت يف تحدي‬ ‫مدهش أمام أحجام مطابع األوفس� � ��ت — بل كان‬ ‫اإلنترن� � ��ت‪ .‬بعد عام ‪ ، 1995‬ب� � ��دأت أحجام الطباعة‬ ‫يف الوالي� � ��ات المتحدة يف االنخفاض مع بدء العمل‬ ‫عبر اإلنترنت بدال ً من الطباعة‪ .‬يف غضون عقد من‬ ‫الزمن ‪ ،‬ذهب نصف حجم الطباعة‪ .‬بس� � ��بب حجم‬ ‫الطباع� � ��ة المتبق� � ��ي ‪ ،‬تقلصت أوقات التش� � ��غيل ‪،‬‬ ‫حيث تح� � ��ول بعضها إىل الطباع� � ��ة الرقمية بالحبر‪.‬‬ ‫كم� � ��ا تم بيع ع� � ��دد أقل م� � ��ن مكابس األوفس� � ��ت ‪،‬‬ ‫اندمجت الشركات المصنعة لمكابس الطباعة أو‬ ‫تم استثمارها يف تقنيات أخرى‪.‬‬ ‫ذات مرة قمنا بحس� � ��اب أن هناك ستة تريليونات‬ ‫ملفات بصيغة ‪ PDF‬عل� � ��ى اإلنترنت‪ .‬يف وقت من‬ ‫االوق� � ��ات ‪ ،‬كان الكثير من تلك الصفحات مطبوعة‬ ‫على ال� � ��ورق‪ .‬واحدة من التقني� � ��ات التي يمكن أن‬ ‫تض� � ��ع طباعة األوفس� � ��ت م� � ��رة أخ� � ��رى ىف الصدارة‬ ‫ه� � ��ى صناعة األلواح عند الطباعة بدون اس� � ��تخدام‬ ‫حامل� � ��ة الص� � ��ور المس� � ��تهلكة‪ .‬قامت ش� � ��ركة مان‬ ‫رونالن� � ��د بتجربة ذل� � ��ك مرة واح� � ��دة ىف حين قامت‬ ‫شركة ديكوويب وبريستيك باستخدام لوح قابلة‬ ‫لالس� � ��تهالك‪ .‬ال تزال طباعة األفس� � ��ت هى األفضل‬ ‫على الم� � ��دى الطويل و "األطول" ‪ ،‬ولكن ليس� � ��ت‬ ‫األفض� � ��ل على المدى القصي� � ��ر ‪ ،‬كما هو الحال مع‬ ‫الطباعة الرقمية‪.‬‬

‫طباع� � ��ة األوفس� � ��ت ه� � ��ي المعي� � ��ار "لج� � ��ودة فنون‬ ‫الجرافيك"‪ .‬إذا كنت تريد ألوان ذات عالمة تجارية‬ ‫(والت� � ��ى تف� � ��وق ‪ )CMYK‬ف� � ��إن طباعة األوفس� � ��ت‬ ‫هي العملية التى س� � ��تحقق أهدافك‪ .‬وهذا يكفي‬ ‫للحفاظ عل� � ��ى طباعة األوفس� � ��ت قابل� � ��ة للتطبيق‬ ‫لع� � ��دة عق� � ��ود ‪ ،‬ولكن أحجامها س� � ��وف تس� � ��تمر يف‬ ‫االنخف� � ��اض‪ .‬لماذا ا؟ ألن المطابع الرقمية تزيد من‬ ‫أحجام األوراق وسرعاتها‪ . . .‬جودتها‪.‬‬ ‫ال توج� � ��د أي عملي� � ��ة من عملي� � ��ات الطباعة تموت‬ ‫لألبد‪ .‬فقدت طباعة الشاش� � ��ة حجما ً كبيرا ً بس� � ��بب‬ ‫اتس� � ��اع الطباعة باس� � ��تخدام الحبر‪ ،‬لكنه� � ��ا ال تزال‬ ‫تعمل بش� � ��كل جي� � ��د ج� � ��داً‪ .‬ال تزال فلكس� � ��وغرافيا‬ ‫قوي� � ��ة يف مجال التغليف الم� � ��رن‪ .‬يقوم جيل جديد‬ ‫من ه� � ��واة الطباع� � ��ة باس� � ��تخدام الح� � ��روف البارزة‬ ‫بش� � ��راء المطابع القديمة وإعادة الفن إىل الطباعة‬ ‫باستخدام المعدن‪.‬‬ ‫ال تزال الطابعات التى تس� � ��تخدم الحبر موجهة‬ ‫بش� � ��كل أساس� � ��ي للورق ول� � ��م تتمك� � ��ن مطلقا ً‬ ‫من التعامل مع التواقي� � ��ع الكبيرة‪ .‬إنها مثالية‬ ‫لفت� � ��رات قصي� � ��رة ج� � ��دا ً م� � ��ن الكت� � ��ب والبري� � ��د‬ ‫المباش� � ��ر والمواد الترويجي� � ��ة‪ .‬ولكن هناك اآلن‬ ‫مجموع� � ��ة جديدة م� � ��ن المطاب� � ��ع النافثة للحبر‬ ‫(ونوانوجرافي� � ��ك) تق� � ��وم بطباع� � ��ة األوراق يف‬ ‫حج� � ��م‪ B1‬و ‪ .B2‬ال تتطل� � ��ب المطاب� � ��ع الرقمية‬ ‫أي مصم� � ��م تقري ًبا وتزي� � ��ل الحاجة إىل اللوحات‬ ‫القابلة لالستهالك‪.‬‬ ‫تعمل المطاب� � ��ع النافثة للحب� � ��ر ( اإلنكجيت) ذات‬ ‫الش� � ��كل الكبير على تغيير آليات صناعة الطباعة‬ ‫التجاري� � ��ة‪ .‬باالقت� � ��ران م� � ��ع أنظمة التش� � ��طيب اآليل‬ ‫الجدي� � ��دة ‪ ،‬تعم� � ��ل على تقلي� � ��ل الطباعة للمخزون‬ ‫ودعم األساليب عند الطلب‪ .‬أعتقد أن المستقبل‬ ‫سيشهد سوقا ً نصفه رقمى ونصفه االخر أوفست‪.‬‬ ‫وستضطر معظم ش� � ��ركات الطباعة إىل االستثمار‬ ‫يف كليهما‪.‬‬

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‫ه� � ��ل تتذكر الطباعة باس� � ��تخدام الح� � ��روف البارزة؟‬ ‫لقد س� � ��يطرت على صناعة الطباع� � ��ة لبضع مئات‬ ‫من الس� � ��نين من جوتنبرج إىل السبعينيات‪ .‬يعود‬ ‫تاري� � ��خ الطباع� � ��ة الحجري� � ��ة إىل ع� � ��ام ‪ 1799‬وبدأت‬ ‫طباعة األوفست يف حوايل عام ‪ .1900‬لكن طباعة‬ ‫عاما لتصبح‬ ‫األوفس� � ��ت اس� � ��تغرقت أكثر م� � ��ن ‪ً 50‬‬ ‫قابلة للتطبيق‪ ،‬وظل اس� � ��تخدام الح� � ��روف البارزة‬ ‫ىف المطبوع� � ��ة أطول مما ينبغي‪ .‬يرجع الفضل اىل‬ ‫ظهور فن التصوي� � ��ر الفوتوغرايف والتصوير الضويئ‬ ‫وس� � ��ير العمل الرقمي يف وق� � ��ت الحق الذي جعل‬ ‫طباعة األفست فعالة للغاية‪ ،‬وبالتايل نمت طباعة‬ ‫األفست خالل السبعينيات والتسعينيات‪.‬‬ ‫لق� � ��د رأين� � ��ا أن مطاب� � ��ع األوفس� � ��ت تدم� � ��ج عملية‬ ‫التحميل التلقايئ للوحة ‪ ،‬والقياس اللوين ‪ ،‬والطالء‬ ‫المتكامل ‪ ،‬وإمكانية األش� � ��عة فوق البنفس� � ��جية ‪،‬‬ ‫وأوراق ذات حجم أكبر ‪ ،‬وزيادة السرعة إلصدارات‬ ‫الصحاف� � ��ة الورقية التى تس� � ��تخدم ماكينة الطبع‬

‫شركة جرافسك ماسكينفابريك ‪Grafisk Maskinfabrik‬‬ ‫تعرض آخر التطورات‬ ‫عرضت ش� � ��ركة جرافسك ماس� � ��كينفابريك‬ ‫‪ Grafisk Maskinfabrik‬أح� � ��دث تطوراتها‬ ‫يف التش� � ��طيب اآليل للملصقات وتطبيقات‬ ‫الملصق� � ��ات ذات القيم� � ��ة العالي� � ��ة بم� � ��ا يف‬ ‫ذلك الملصقات متعددة الطبقات واأللواح‬ ‫الس� � ��اخنة ‪ /‬المزخرف� � ��ة عل� � ��ى الشاش� � ��ة يف‬ ‫معرض الملصقات يف أوروبا يف عام ‪2019‬‬ ‫تتميز ط� � ��رازات ‪ 2019‬بوقت إعداد أس� � ��رع‬ ‫م� � ��ع تحميل األلواح لمحط� � ��ة قطع القوالب‬ ‫وتصميم مريح لتش� � ��غيل الماكينة والدعم‬ ‫عبر اإلنترنت‪ .‬النماذج المعروضة تشمل‪:‬‬ ‫ •‪ - DC350‬خ� � ��ط التش� � ��طيب المتمي� � ��ز‬ ‫الجديد من جرافس� � ��ك ماسكينفابريك ‪GM‬‬ ‫مع سلس� � ��لة جديدة من الوح� � ��دات الذكية‪:‬‬ ‫برج دوار ذكي (الش� � ��ق التلقايئ)‪ ،‬التحميل‬ ‫الذك� � ��ي للقوالب ووحدة تجريد ذكية جديدة‬ ‫(تجريد االتصال)‪.‬‬ ‫ •‪ - 330FB‬خط ملصقات الخمر الجديد‬ ‫المتميز من جرافسك ماسكينفابريك ‪،GM‬‬ ‫الرقائ� � ��ق الس� � ��اخنة ‪ /‬النق� � ��ش ‪ /‬الشاش� � ��ة‪،‬‬ ‫م� � ��ع وحدة ختم الرقائق الس� � ��اخنة الجديدة‬ ‫األس� � ��رع التي تدع� � ��م ما يص� � ��ل إىل ‪ 40‬م ‪/‬‬ ‫دقيقة‬ ‫ • ‪ - DC330MINI‬كل شيء يف تشطيب‬ ‫مدم� � ��ج واحد‪ .‬يمكن للزوار رؤيته مركب مع‬ ‫نافثة للحبر وغير متصل‪.‬‬ ‫ •‪ - DC330MINIflex V4‬مجه� � ��ز‬

‫بمحط� � ��ة الح ّز األوتوماتيكية من جرافس� � ��ك‬ ‫ماسكينفابريك ‪ GM‬التي تضبط السكاكين‬ ‫�وان‪ ،‬ووح� � ��دة عازل� � ��ة مدمج� � ��ة جديدة‬ ‫يف ث� � � ٍ‬ ‫للتشغيل المباشر مع مكبس رقمي‪.‬‬ ‫ •‪ - SR350‬آل� � ��ة الل� � ��ف ذات الس� � ��رعة‬ ‫العالي� � ��ة م� � ��ن جرافس� � ��ك ماس� � ��كينفابريك‬ ‫‪ GM‬الجدي� � ��دة مع الفح� � ��ص‪ .‬تتميز بأحدث‬ ‫تكنولوجي� � ��ا الحرك� � ��ة الم� � ��ؤازرة وخي� � ��ار فريد‬ ‫لس� � ��كاكين الضب� � ��ط التلق� � ��ايئ‪ .‬ت� � ��م تجهي� � ��ز‬ ‫‪ SR350‬بخاصية نظ� � ��ام فحص الملصقات‬ ‫المتقدم ‪ .Nikka M1‬تتوقف الماكينة بدقة‬ ‫يف حدود ‪ 10‬سم يف حالة اكتشاف أي خطأ‪.‬‬ ‫ق� � ��د تصل س� � ��رعة العملي� � ��ة إىل ‪ 300‬متر ‪/‬‬ ‫دقيقة‪.‬‬ ‫ •خ� � ��ط التش� � ��طيب المعي� � ��اري ‪،DC330‬‬ ‫والذي س� � ��يتم إظهاره يف خط مع آلة طباعة‬ ‫نفث الحبر عالية السرعة‪.‬‬

‫ •لوح� � ��ة معلومات اإلنت� � ��اج عبر اإلنترنت‬ ‫م� � ��ن جرافس� � ��ك ماس� � ��كينفابريك ‪- GM‬‬ ‫توف� � ��ر إحصائيات المش� � ��غل عب� � ��ر اإلنترنت‬ ‫واس� � ��ترجاع الوظائف بس� � ��رعة فائقة إلنتاج‬ ‫عالمات تتسم بالكفاءة‪ .‬ألنه يأيت مع اتصال‬ ‫إنترنت األشياء المتقدمة‪.‬‬ ‫ •‪ - ETV330‬قاطع� � ��ة مقصل� � ��ة اللفاف� � ��ة‬ ‫إىل ورقة مناسبة لقطع الملصقات والمواد‬ ‫الثقيلة‪ ،‬وهي متوفرة للتش� � ��غيل المباش� � ��ر‬ ‫وغير المباش� � ��ر‪ .‬يأيت مزودًا بخاصية التحكم‬ ‫يف الس� � ��جل‪ ،‬وشاش� � ��ة تعم� � ��ل باللم� � ��س‬ ‫والثى تسمح باس� � ��تخدام سلس من خالل‬ ‫الشاشة‪.‬‬ ‫ •‪ - PNT160‬قاط� � ��ع مرك� � ��زي نص� � ��ف‬ ‫أوتوماتيك� � ��ي‪ ،‬وال� � ��ذي يوف� � ��ر تغذي� � ��ة عالية‬ ‫الدقة وقطاعات من الورق المقوى بأطوال‬ ‫وأحجام اختيارية بسرعات عالية‪.‬‬

‫شركة جالوس تطلق ابتكارات جديدة يف قطع القوالب‬ ‫والتجديد الرقمي‬ ‫أطلق� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة جال� � ��وس ‪ Gallus‬منتجين‬ ‫جديدي� � ��ن يف معرض الملصق� � ��ات يف أوروبا‬ ‫لع� � ��ام ‪ 2019‬وحدة جديدة لتقطيع القوالب‬ ‫الدوارة وشريط الطباعة الرقمي‪ .‬شوهدت‬ ‫وح� � ��دة تقطيع القوال� � ��ب الدوارة الس� � ��ريعة‬ ‫الجدي� � ��دة ذات التحميل األمام� � ��ي بالكامل‬ ‫أثن� � ��اء الع� � ��رض‪ ،‬مع ع� � ��روض حية لش� � ��ركة‬ ‫جالوس ليبول ماس� � ��تر أدفانسيد المجهزة‬ ‫بالوحدة جديدة‪.‬‬ ‫التعام� � ��ل س� � ��هل للغاي� � ��ة‪ ،‬حيث يس� � ��تخدم‬ ‫المش� � ��غل عربة تم تصميمه� � ��ا خصيصا ً من‬ ‫أجل التغيير الس� � ��ريع يف تنسيقات القطع‪.‬‬ ‫ت� � ��م تصميم وحدة قط� � ��ع القوالب الدورانية‬ ‫الجديدة بش� � ��كل مثايل للبطان� � ��ات الرفيعة‪،‬‬ ‫كم� � ��ا أنها توف� � ��ر أقل انحراف تح� � ��ت الحمل‬ ‫وأكبر قطر سندان لشركة جالوس‪.‬‬ ‫كم� � ��ا تم إط� �ل��اق ش� � ��ريط الطباع� � ��ة الرقمي‬ ‫الجدي� � ��د يف المع� � ��رض‪ ،‬وهو وح� � ��دة طباعة‬

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‫لإلدخ� � ��ال الرقمي للبياض الرقمي ش� � ��ديد‬ ‫التعتيم‪ .‬بفضل ع� � ��رض الطباعة الذي يبلغ‬ ‫‪ 430‬مل� � ��م (‪ 17‬بوص� � ��ة)‪ ،‬يس� � ��تفيد ش� � ��ريط‬ ‫الطباعة الرقمي الجديد والقابل للنقل من‬ ‫تقنية الطباعة الرقمية المس� � ��تندة إىل نفث‬ ‫خصيصا لألبيض المعتدل‪.‬‬ ‫الحبر ومصمم‬ ‫ً‬ ‫اعتمادا ً عل� � ��ى متطلبات الوظيفة‪ ،‬يمكن أن‬ ‫تكون وحدة التزيي� � ��ن الرقمية الجديدة هذه‬ ‫بدي� �ل �ا ً عايل الكفاءة من حيث التكلفة لطرق‬ ‫التزيي� � ��ن التقليدية‪ .‬س� � ��يتم عرض ش� � ��ريط‬ ‫الطباعة الرقمي الجديد يف ماكينة جالوس‬ ‫ليبول ماستر ‪ GallusLabelmaster‬ولكن‬ ‫يمكن دمجه بس� � ��هولة يف أنظمة أخرى مثل‬ ‫جالوس ليبول فاي� � ��ر ‪ GallusLabelfire‬أو‬ ‫‪ .GallusRCS430‬سيتم العرض مع شركة‬ ‫هايدلبي� � ��رج‪ Heidelberg‬عل� � ��ى المدرجين‬ ‫‪ B28‬و ‪ ،C31‬يمك� � ��ن للزوار أيضا ً مش� � ��اهدة‬

‫مطاب� � ��ع الوي� � ��ب الضيق� � ��ة األكث� � ��ر ش� � ��عبية‬ ‫للش� � ��ركة بم� � ��ا يف ذل� � ��ك ماكينتي� � ��ن من نوع‬ ‫جال� � ��وس ليب� � ��ول ماس� � ��تر ‪،Labelmaster‬‬ ‫ومن ن� � ��وع جالوس ليبول فاي� � ��ر ‪Labelfire‬‬ ‫و كذل� � ��ك م� � ��ن نوع جال� � ��وس س� � ��مارت فاير‬ ‫‪.Gallus Smartfire‬‬ ‫‪52‬‬

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‫قدم� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة ميتسوبيش� � ��ي ه� � ��اي ت� � ��ك‬ ‫ل� �ل��أوراق مجموع� � ��ة واس� � ��عة م� � ��ن األوراق‬ ‫المتخصص� � ��ة المطلية لس� � ��وق الملصقات‬

‫والتعبئ� � ��ة‪ ،‬وأطلق� � ��ت ابت� � ��كارات جدي� � ��دة يف‬ ‫معرض الملصق� � ��ات يف أوروبا لعام ‪.2019‬‬ ‫كمنت� � ��ج وريق‪ ،‬تتك� � ��ون األوراق الجديدة من‬ ‫ن� � ��وع ‪jetscript METAL VPG 1018‬‬ ‫‪ (110‬ج� � ��م) من األلياف كم� � ��ا أنها مصقولة‬ ‫م� � ��ن المع فض� � ��ي مع� � ��دين ومطلي� � ��ة بطالء‬ ‫ش� � ��فاف وصغير الحجم من الحبر من أجل‬ ‫ضم� � ��ان أداء ع� � ��ايل الجودة للطباع� � ��ة‪ .‬تتميز‬ ‫ورق نف� � ��ث الحبر بفض� � ��ل كثافته� � ��ا العالية‬ ‫للطباعة والتجفيف الس� � ��ريع والتوافق مع‬ ‫أحب� � ��ار الالتك� � ��س واألداء األمث� � ��ل يف عملية‬ ‫اإلنتاج ذاتية اللصق‪.‬‬ ‫وه� � ��ذا يجعله� � ��ا مناس� � ��بة بش� � ��كل خ� � ��اص‬ ‫للملصق� � ��ات الجذاب� � ��ة والعالي� � ��ة الج� � ��ودة‬ ‫يف قط� � ��اع المش� � ��روبات أو مس� � ��تحضرات‬ ‫التجمي� � ��ل أو الم� � ��واد الغذائي� � ��ة‪ ،‬فض� �ل �ا ً عن‬ ‫التطبيق� � ��ات األخ� � ��رى مث� � ��ل ورق التغليف‬ ‫ولوح� � ��ات اإلعالن� � ��ات وشاش� � ��ات الع� � ��رض‪.‬‬ ‫من خ� �ل��ال الباريج الجدي� � ��د ‪BAG WGOM‬‬ ‫‪ ،)(89g‬أطلقت ش� � ��ركة ميتسوبيشي ورقة‬ ‫حاج� � ��ز مس� � ��تدامة بش� � ��كل خ� � ��اص للتعبئة‬ ‫المرنة للمواد الغذائية‪ ،‬والتي تثير اإلعجاب‬ ‫بفضل الحاجز الشامل المتعدد‪ .‬إنه يحمي‬ ‫األغذي� � ��ة والمس� � ��تهلكين لي� � ��س فق� � ��ط من‬ ‫بخار الم� � ��اء‪ ،‬الدهون ‪ /‬الزيت واألكس� � ��جين‬

‫‪ /‬الرائح� � ��ة‪ ،‬ولك� � ��ن أيضا ً من هج� � ��رة الزيوت‬ ‫المعدني� � ��ة (‪ ،)MOSH / MOAH‬وبالت� � ��ايل‬ ‫فهو يوفر حماية واسعة للغاية‪.‬‬ ‫باإلضاف� � ��ة إىل ذلك‪ ،‬يمك� � ��ن أن تكون ‪BAG‬‬ ‫‪ WGOM‬مانعة للحرارة بشكل فعال للغاية‬ ‫وتم� � ��ت الموافقة عليها للتالمس المباش� � ��ر‬ ‫مع الطع� � ��ام‪ .‬يعتبر منتج ال� � ��ورق المصنوع‬ ‫من األلياف البك� � ��ر خايل ‪ ٪ 100‬من األلياف‬ ‫البالستيكية واأللومنيوم والفلوروكربونات‪،‬‬ ‫القابل� � ��ة إلع� � ��ادة التدوير بالكام� � ��ل‪ ،‬ومعتمد‬ ‫بش� � ��هادة ‪ FSC‬أو ‪. PEFC‬عالوة على ذلك‪،‬‬ ‫ستعرض ش� � ��ركة ميتسوبيش� � ��ي مجموعة‬ ‫ش� � ��املة من األوراق المتخصص� � ��ة المطلية‬ ‫لسوق الملصقات‪:‬‬ ‫ثرموس� � ��كريبت‬ ‫حراري� � ��ة‬ ‫ •أوراق‬ ‫(للتطبيق� � ��ات ب� � ��دون بطان� � ��ة‪ ،‬م� � ��ع مقاومة‬ ‫حرارية عالية إضافية أو مع حماية خلفية)‬ ‫ •أوراق نف� � ��ث الحب� � ��ر ( اإلنكجي� � ��ت) من‬ ‫ن� � ��وع ‪( Jetscript‬اإلصدار الخفيف وزن ‪70‬‬ ‫جرام‪ ،‬درج� � ��ات متنوعة لتطبيق� � ��ات التذاكر‬ ‫والعالمات أو بسطح مزخرف)‬ ‫ •أوراق ملصق� � ��ات من نوع ‪Supercote‬‬ ‫مغلف� � ��ة بالزنك (لملصقات الغ� � ��راء الرطبة‪،‬‬ ‫والعلب المركبة وصناديق الكتف)‪.‬‬

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‫شركة فوكوس تقوم بتجربة أحدث االبتكارات التازرية والرقمية‬

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‫قامت ش� � ��ركة فوكوس لمعدات إنتاج‬ ‫الملصق� � ��ات بعرض أح� � ��دث اآلالت مع‬ ‫حل� � ��ول م� � ��ؤازرة ورقمي� � ��ة يف المقدم� � ��ة‪،‬‬ ‫ألعمال الطباعة القصيرة والمتوسطة‪.‬‬ ‫ويش� � ��مل ه� � ��ذا إط� �ل��اق الجي� � ��ل الجديد‬ ‫م� � ��ن مطبع� � ��ة ‪ Proflex‬المدمجة ذات‬ ‫الضغ� � ��ط الم� � ��رن م� � ��ع تصمي� � ��م رأس‬ ‫طباعة مفتوح للهندسة المعمارية‪ .‬إن‬ ‫‪ Proflex SE‬عبارة عن مكبس معياري‬ ‫مجهز بالكامل مؤازر ومتوفر يف عرضي‬ ‫طباعة بحجم ‪ 250‬مم و ‪ 330‬مم‪.‬‬ ‫يس� � ��تفيد الط� � ��راز الجديد م� � ��ن لوحات‬ ‫واجه� � ��ة المش� � ��غل ‪ HMI‬الت� � ��ي تعمل‬ ‫باللم� � ��س م� � ��ع منص� � ��ات رقمي� � ��ة قابلة‬ ‫للبرمج� � ��ة بالكامل‪ .‬المي� � ��زات الجديدة‬ ‫قلل� � ��ت من وقت اإلع� � ��داد وهدر المواد‪،‬‬ ‫مم� � ��ا أدى إىل تقلي� � ��ل وق� � ��ت التوق� � ��ف‬ ‫ع� � ��ن العمل وزي� � ��ادة اإلنتاجي� � ��ة‪ .‬يمكن‬ ‫للمش� � ��غل التحك� � ��م يف جمي� � ��ع جوانب‬ ‫عملي� � ��ة الطباع� � ��ة‪ ،‬من أي م� � ��ن لوحات‬ ‫‪ ،HMI‬ويمك� � ��ن تخزي� � ��ن معلوم� � ��ات‬ ‫المهمة السترجاعها يف المستقبل على‬

‫أوامر التكرار‪.‬‬ ‫كم� � ��ا ت� � ��م ع� � ��رض مطبع� � ��ة ‪d-Flex‬‬ ‫الرقمي� � ��ة النافث� � ��ة للحب� � ��ر‪ ،‬والتي تدمج‬ ‫أحدث تقنيات الحب� � ��ر النفاث ‪Konica‬‬ ‫‪ Minolta‬عالي� � ��ة الس� � ��رعة باألل� � ��وان‬ ‫الكامل� � ��ة يف مطبع� � ��ة ‪ REFLEX‬ذات‬ ‫الطاق� � ��ة المضاعف� � ��ة الحالي� � ��ة‪ .‬تمك� � ��ن‬ ‫الزائ� � ��رون من رؤية ص� � ��ور عالية الجودة‬ ‫متغيرة‪ ،‬مطبوع عليها يف س� � ��جل مثايل‬ ‫باس� � ��تخدام حب� � ��ر ‪ UV‬فليك� � ��س‪ ،‬ثم تم‬ ‫تحويله� � ��ا وإعادة لفها ‪ -‬يف مس� � ��ار واحد‬ ‫بسرعات تصل إىل ‪ 50‬متر ‪ /‬دقيقة‪.‬‬ ‫كما تم ع� � ��رض ‪ ،E-FLEX‬وه� � ��ي عبارة‬ ‫ع� � ��ن منص� � ��ة مطبع� � ��ة جدي� � ��دة تركيبة‬ ‫فليك� � ��س ‪ /‬رقمي� � ��ة مصمم� � ��ة لتلبي� � ��ة‬ ‫متطلب� � ��ات الش� � ��ركات عل� � ��ى الم� � ��دى‬ ‫المتوس� � ��ط ​​والقصي� � ��ر‪ .‬قام� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫فوك� � ��س ً‬ ‫أيضا بع� � ��رض ماكين� � ��ة طباعة‬ ‫مكون� � ��ة من ‪ 6‬ألوان‪ ،‬وبعرض ‪ 330‬مم‪،‬‬ ‫مجهزة بنظام تجفيف كامل باألش� � ��عة‬ ‫ف� � ��وق البنفس� � ��جية ونظام لل� � ��ف الورق‬ ‫على البارد‪.‬‬

‫تقود إيفونيك جولة التمويل من أجل شركة صينية ناشئة يف‬ ‫مجال الطباعة الطبية ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫قادت شركة الصناعات الكيماوية األلمانية‬ ‫إيفونيك جول� � ��ة تمويل عالية من رقم واحد‬ ‫بقيمة مليون يورو لش� � ��ركة ميديتول‪ ،‬وهي‬ ‫شركة ناش� � ��ئة لألجهزة الطبية يف شنغهاي‪،‬‬ ‫والذي يعتبر أول اس� � ��تثمار مباشر للشركة‬ ‫يف الصي� � ��ن‪ .‬قام مصنع� � ��و ميديتول بطباعة‬ ‫غرس� � ��ات جراحي� � ��ة لألعص� � ��اب والعم� � ��ود‬ ‫الفق� � ��ري باس� � ��تخدام بوليم� � ��ر ب� � ��ك‪PEEK‬‬ ‫الخاص بش� � ��ركة إيفونيك بدال ً من المعادن‪.‬‬ ‫بالنسبة للمرضى‪ ،‬تتيح هذه التقنية الشفاء‬ ‫بشكل أسرع وتقليل عمليات الفحص بعد‬ ‫العملية‪.‬‬ ‫تعمل عملي� � ��ات الزراعة الطبية يف ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫ميديت� � ��ول ً‬ ‫أيض� � ��ا عل� � ��ى تقلي� � ��ل المخاط� � ��ر‬ ‫الجراحي� � ��ة لألطب� � ��اء‪ .‬وقال بيرنه� � ��ارد موهر‪،‬‬ ‫رئيس شركة إيفونيك فينشر كابيتال‪" :‬هذا‬ ‫هو أول استثمار مباشر لنا يف الصين وأول‬ ‫اس� � ��تثمار مباش� � ��ر لنا بعد إط� �ل��اق صندوق‬ ‫رأس المال االس� � ��تثماري الثاين هذا العام"‪.‬‬ ‫يهدف اس� � ��تثمار إيفونيك إىل تعزيز محرك‬ ‫نمو الخ� � ��اص بالم� � ��واد الذكي� � ��ة ىف إيفونيك‬ ‫من خالل تطبيق مبتك� � ��ر للبوليمرات عالية‬ ‫األداء‪ .‬من بين المس� � ��تثمرين المش� � ��اركين‬ ‫يف ميديت� � ��ول مش� � ��اريع زد ان و مش� � ��اريع‬ ‫مورنينجسايد و بوهوا كابيتال‪.‬‬ ‫تتمتع عملي� � ��ات الزراعة الطبي� � ��ة وخدمات‬ ‫الرعاي� � ��ة الصحية ثالثية األبعاد باس� � ��تخدام‬

‫متزاي� � ��د م� � ��ن ِقب� � ��ل متخصص� � ��ي الرعاي� � ��ة‬ ‫الصحي� � ��ة‪ .‬يمكن لبرنامج ميديتول الداخلي‬ ‫قراءة الصور ومعالجتها مباشر ًة من أجهزة‬ ‫التصوير بالرنين المغناطيس� � ��ي أو األشعة‬ ‫المقطعية الش� � ��ائعة االس� � ��تخدام‪ ،‬ثم إنشاء‬ ‫نموذج ثاليث األبعاد‪ .‬التخصيص المسموح‬ ‫به بواسطة الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد يمكن أن‬ ‫يجع� � ��ل اللوحات مناس� � ��بة تمام � � �ا ً لجمجمة‬ ‫المريض‪.‬‬ ‫ه� � ��ذا يقلل م� � ��ن احتم� � ��ال إج� � ��راء مزيد من‬ ‫العملي� � ��ات لضبط حجم أو ش� � ��كل أو وضع‬ ‫األس� � ��نان المزروع� � ��ة‪ .‬الح� � ��ل التقلي� � ��دي يف‬ ‫س� � ��وق زراع� � ��ة العظ� � ��ام ه� � ��و المع� � ��ادن يف‬ ‫المقام األول‪ .‬يف الس� � ��ابق‪ ،‬أنش� � ��أت ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫رينيش� � ��او ‪ Renishaw‬وشركة نكست سبن‬ ‫‪ NexxtSpine‬وش� � ��ركة ديبوى س� � ��ينثيس‬ ‫‪ DePuy Synthes‬عل� � ��ى التوايل غرس� � ��ات‬ ‫ثالثية األبعاد مطبوعة من التيتانيوم‪ .‬كانت‬ ‫مادة الطباعة الت� � ��ي اختارتها ميديتول هي‬ ‫بوليمر ‪)Polyetheretherketone (PEEK‬‬ ‫عايل األداء من إيفونيك‪.‬‬ ‫مقارن� � ��ة بالمع� � ��ادن‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن غرس� � ��ات ‪PEEK‬‬ ‫المطبوع� � ��ة ثالثي� � ��ة األبع� � ��اد أق� � ��ل توصي� �ل �ا ً‬ ‫للحرارة‪ ،‬وبالتايل لن تس� � ��خن أو تبرد بشكل‬ ‫مفرط مع درجة الح� � ��رارة التي يتعرض لها‬ ‫المري� � ��ض‪ .‬وع� �ل��او ًة على ذلك‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن المادة‬ ‫متوافقة حيوياً‪ ،‬مم� � ��ا يجعل فحوصات ‪CT‬‬

‫و ‪ MRI‬ممكنة بعد الجراحة‪.‬‬ ‫يف ثنايا تعليقه على اس� � ��تراتيجية إيفونيك‬ ‫لتوس� � ��يع تطبيق� � ��ات التكنولوجي� � ��ا الفائق� � ��ة‬ ‫للم� � ��واد المضافة يف التصنيع‪ ،‬علق توماس‬ ‫جروس بوبيندال‪ ،‬رئيس مجال نمو االبتكار‬ ‫يف إيفونيك ‪،‬قسم صناعة المواد المضافة‪،‬‬ ‫قائ� �ل �ا ً‪" :‬التطبيقات الطبية لها أهمية خاصة‬ ‫وقد أثبتت البوليمرات عالية األداء الخاصة‬ ‫بنا بأنها بالفعل موثوقة كمادة اس� � ��تزراع يف‬ ‫تطبيقات أخرى مثل األسنان‪" .‬‬

‫الشركة الكيميائية الدقيقة ‪ DIC‬تستحوذ على أعمال األصباغ‬ ‫العالمية لشركة باسف‪BASF‬‬

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‫توصل� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة باس� � ��ف ‪ BASF‬والش� � ��ركة‬ ‫الكيميائي� � ��ة الدقيق� � ��ة ‪ DIC‬إىل اتف� � ��اق بش� � ��أن‬ ‫االس� � ��تحواذ على أعمال أصباغ ش� � ��ركة باسف‬ ‫‪ BASF‬العالمية‪ .‬س� � ��عر الش� � ��راء على أساس‬ ‫نقدي وخ� � ��ايل من الديون هو ‪ 1.15‬مليار يورو‪.‬‬ ‫م� � ��ن المتوقع أن يتم إغ� �ل��اق الصفقة يف الربع‬ ‫األخير من عام ‪ .2020‬وتخضع عملية السحب‬ ‫إىل موافقة سلطات المنافسة ذات الصلة‪.‬‬ ‫يق� � ��ول الدكت� � ��ور مارك� � ��وس كامي� � ��ث‪ ،‬عضو‬ ‫مجل� � ��س المديري� � ��ن التنفيذيين يف ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫باس� � ��ف‪ ،BASF SE‬المس� � ��ؤول ع� � ��ن قطاع‬ ‫الحل� � ��ول الصناعي� � ��ة‪" :‬لقد حققن� � ��ا هدفنا يف‬ ‫العث� � ��ور عل� � ��ى مال� � ��ك يعتبر األصب� � ��اغ عمال ً‬ ‫اس� � ��تراتيجيا ً أساس� � ��ياً"‪" .‬تتب� � ��ع الش� � ��ركة‬ ‫الكيميائية الدقيقة ‪ DIC‬خطط نمو طموحة‬ ‫كما أنها أعلنت عن مواصلة تطوير األعمال‬ ‫يف الس� � ��نوات المقبل� � ��ة‪ .‬نح� � ��ن مقتنع� � ��ون‬ ‫ب� � ��أن أعمال األصباغ س� � ��تكون ق� � ��ادرة على‬

‫كش� � ��ف إمكاناتها الكاملة من خالل الشركة‬ ‫الكيميائية الدقيقة ‪." DIC‬‬ ‫ش� � ��ركة ‪ DIC‬ه� � ��ي ش� � ��ركة ياباني� � ��ة مدرجة يف‬ ‫بورصة طوكيو ولديها حوايل ‪ 20000‬موظف‬ ‫على مستوى العالم‪ .‬تأسست الشركة التي‬ ‫يقع مقرها الرئيسي يف طوكيو يف عام ‪،1908‬‬ ‫وتم� � ��ارس نش� � ��اطها يف أكث� � ��ر م� � ��ن ‪ 60‬دولة‪،‬‬ ‫وحققت مبيعات بلغت حوايل ‪ 800‬مليار ين‬ ‫يف ع� � ��ام ‪ .2018‬وهذا يعادل حوايل ‪ 6.8‬مليار‬ ‫يورو‪ .‬تحت ش� � ��عار "اللون والراحة"‪ ،‬تنش� � ��ط‬ ‫الش� � ��ركة الكيميائي� � ��ة الدقيق� � ��ة ‪ DIC‬يف ثالثة‬ ‫قطاعات‪ :‬التغليف والرس� � ��ومات والمنتجات‬ ‫الوظيفي� � ��ة واللون والع� � ��رض‪ .‬يتضمن اللون‬ ‫والعرض مجموعة من األصباغ‪.‬‬ ‫و يعل� � ��ق كاورو إين� � ��و‪ ،‬الرئي� � ��س والمدي� � ��ر‬ ‫التنفي� � ��ذي للش� � ��ركة الكيميائي� � ��ة الدقيق� � ��ة‬ ‫‪ DIC‬على االتفاقية الت� � ��ي تم التوصل إليها‬ ‫"لق� � ��د حددنا طريق � � �ا ً واضحا ً لنمو الش� � ��ركة‬

‫الكيميائي� � ��ة الدقيق� � ��ة ‪ DIC‬به� � ��دف زي� � ��ادة‬ ‫مبيعاتن� � ��ا إىل تريلي� � ��ون ي� � ��ن‪ ،‬أي ح� � ��وايل ‪8‬‬ ‫مليارات يورو‪ ،‬بحل� � ��ول عام ‪ .2025‬ويف هذا‬ ‫الس� � ��ياق‪ ،‬تعد محفظة أصباغ شركة باسف‬ ‫‪ BASF‬إضافة استراتيجية مهمة يف تحقيق‬ ‫أهدافنا بش� � ��كل أس� � ��رع‪ .‬سيس� � ��مح لنا هذا‬ ‫بتوس� � ��يع مركزنا كواحدة م� � ��ن كبار موردي‬ ‫األصباغ على مستوى العالم وتقديم حلول‬ ‫تنوعا لعمالئنا"‪.‬‬ ‫أكثر‬ ‫ً‬ ‫بالنس� � ��بة للدكتور ألكساندر هانشيلد‪ ،‬نائب‬ ‫الرئي� � ��س األول والمدي� � ��ر الع� � ��ام يف ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫باس� � ��ف األلوان والتأثيرات التابعة لش� � ��ركة‬ ‫باس� � ��ف ‪ ،BASF‬فإن االتفاقي� � ��ة هي فرصة‬ ‫لمواصل� � ��ة مس� � ��ار النم� � ��و الذي ب� � ��دأ يف عام‬ ‫‪" :2016‬نح� � ��ن نرى أن الش� � ��ركة الكيميائية‬ ‫الدقيق� � ��ة ‪ DIC‬هي المالك ال� � ��ذي يرغب يف‬ ‫االس� � ��تثمار‪ ،‬ملتزمون باالبتكارات ومهتمين‬ ‫بالنجاح طويل األجل للشركة‪" .‬‬

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‫قام� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة كونج� � ��راف‪ ،‬وه� � ��ي ش� � ��ركة‬ ‫متخصص� � ��ة يف طباعة التغلي� � ��ف الصناعي‪،‬‬ ‫ومقرها يف ساو باولو بالبرازيل ‪،‬بشراء نظام‬ ‫قط� � ��ع القوالب م� � ��ن النوع ب� � ��والر (القطبي)‬ ‫‪POLAR die-cutting system DC-11‬‬ ‫لزي� � ��ادة اإلنتاجي� � ��ة يف قس� � ��م الملصق� � ��ات‬ ‫الورقي� � ��ة‪ .‬يتك� � ��ون نظ� � ��ام ب� � ��والر الجديد من‬ ‫طاول� � ��ة تحمي� � ��ل وقاط� � ��ع من ن� � ��وع ‪AC 25‬‬ ‫ووحدة تثقيب القوالب من نوع ‪ DC‬ووحدة‬ ‫نطاقات أحادية الرأس من النوع ‪ BD‬يعمل‬

‫النظ� � ��ام يف اتص� � ��ال م� � ��ع نظ� � ��ام ب� � ��والر ‪137‬‬ ‫‪ POLAR 137‬لقط� � ��ع ش� � ��رائح الملصقات‬ ‫مسبقاً‪.‬‬ ‫كونجراف هي ش� � ��ركة طباع� � ��ة التغليف مع‬ ‫مكاب� � ��س طباعة أوفس� � ��ت ‪ 40‬بوص� � ��ة‪ .‬تقع‬ ‫الش� � ��ركة يف مبن� � ��ى صناعي تبلغ مس� � ��احته‬ ‫‪ 15.000‬مت� � ��ر مرب� � ��ع يف جنوب س� � ��او باولو‪،‬‬ ‫ويت� � ��م اإلنت� � ��اج فيها عل� � ��ى ث� �ل��اث ورادى ‪/‬‬ ‫نوبات على مدار س� � ��تة أيام يف األسبوع‪.‬منذ‬ ‫بدء تش� � ��غيل الماكين� � ��ة‪ ،‬زاد األداء من حيث‬

‫السرعة والكميات وجودة القطع والدقة‪.‬‬ ‫أتاح االنتقال من عملي� � ��ات القطع اليدوي‬ ‫للقوال� � ��ب إىل األتمت� � ��ة باس� � ��تخدام ‪DC-11‬‬ ‫لتحسين اإلنتاجية بأرقام مضاعفة‪ ،‬ال سيما‬ ‫يف قط� � ��اع المنتج� � ��ات الخاص� � ��ة بملصقات‬ ‫البيرة‪.‬‬ ‫م� � ��ن المكونات األساس� � ��ية لنظام ‪POLAR‬‬ ‫‪ DC-11‬آلة القط� � ��ع األوتوماتيكية ‪POLAR‬‬ ‫‪ .)Autocut 25 (AC 25‬يق� � ��وم جه� � ��از دافع‬ ‫مثبت على طاولة التحميل بتغذية القاطع‬ ‫التلقايئ بشرائط الملصقات المعدة مسب ًقا‪.‬‬ ‫تعم� � ��ل آلة القط� � ��ع األوتوماتيكية (‪)AC 25‬‬ ‫على تقطيعه� � ��ا إىل مجموعات الملصقات‪.‬‬ ‫بع� � ��د ذل� � ��ك‪ ،‬تق� � ��وم وح� � ��دة ال� � ��دوران بنق� � ��ل‬ ‫الش� � ��رائح إىل وحدة تغذي� � ��ة الخاصة بوحدة‬ ‫تخري� � ��م القال� � ��ب ‪ DC‬بع� � ��د قط� � ��ع ش� � ��رائح‬ ‫الملصق� � ��ات‪ ،‬يق� � ��وم الداف� � ��ع تلقائ ًي� � ��ا بنقل‬ ‫الملصق� � ��ات المعالج� � ��ة إىل وحدة النطاقات‬ ‫أحادي� � ��ة الرأس ‪ BD‬نظ� � ��را ً ألن البندر أحادي‬ ‫ال� � ��رأس يس� � ��تخدم تقني� � ��ة الموج� � ��ات فوق‬ ‫الصوتي� � ��ة‪ ،‬فإن التس� � ��خين المس� � ��بق ليس‬ ‫ضروري � � �اً‪ .‬وح� � ��دة اللح� � ��ام بالموج� � ��ات فوق‬ ‫الصوتية تمنع االنزع� � ��اج الناتج عن الرائحة‬ ‫الكريهة‪ .‬يوفر س� � ��ير العمل هذا أدا ًء ممتازا ً‬ ‫يصل إىل ‪ 960‬حزمة لكل ‪ 60‬دقيقة‪.‬‬

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‫ش� � ��هدت ش� � ��ركة الطباع� � ��ة آدم� � ��ز ليث� � ��و من‬ ‫تش� � ��اتانوغا بوالية تينيسي زيادة يف الطلب‬ ‫على العبوات يف الس� � ��نوات العشر األخيرة‪.‬‬ ‫كم� � ��ا أنه� � ��ا تتوقع المزي� � ��د من الزي� � ��ادات يف‬ ‫السنوات المقبلة‪ ،‬فإن الشركة لديها خطط‬ ‫للنمو يف هذا القطاع‪.‬‬ ‫للتحضي� � ��ر واإلع� � ��داد من أج� � ��ل تحقيق ذلك‪،‬‬ ‫قام� � ��ت ش� � ��ركة آدم� � ��ز ليث� � ��و باالس� � ��تثمار يف‬ ‫العديد م� � ��ن الماكينات من ش� � ��ركة هايدلبرغ‬ ‫دروكماش� � ��ينن) اي� � ��ه ج� � ��ي) مع حزم� � ��ة كاملة‬ ‫تتأل� � ��ف ماكين� � ��ة سبيدماس� � ��تر م� � ��ن ن� � ��وع‬ ‫‪ ،Speedmaster CD 102-6 + L UV‬ماكينة‬ ‫قط� � ��ع القوالب من ن� � ��وع ‪Easymatrix 106‬‬ ‫‪ ،CS‬ومصم� � ��غ م� � ��ن ن� � ��وع ‪،Diana Easy 115‬‬ ‫وطباعة رقمية من نوع ‪ ،Versafire EP‬ترغب‬ ‫شركة الطباعة يف تقديم حلول تغليف عالية‬ ‫الجودة لعمالئها لمختلف فترات التشغيل‪.‬‬ ‫"تس� � ��تمر عملي� � ��ات التعبئ� � ��ة يف النم� � ��و‪،‬‬ ‫دائم� � ��ا"‪ ،‬يؤكد‬ ‫وس� � ��تكون هن� � ��اك حاجة له� � ��ا‬ ‫ً‬ ‫واي� � ��ت هوج‪ ،‬المدير التنفيذي لش� � ��ركة آدمز‬ ‫ليثو "الش� � ��يء األكثر أهمي� � ��ة يف المتاجر هو‬ ‫التعبئة والتغليف التي تبرز على الرف‪ .‬من‬

‫األهمية بمكان بالنس� � ��بة لش� � ��ركتنا أن تقدم‬ ‫لعمالئن� � ��ا متج ًرا واح � � �دًا للعب� � ��وات الفريدة‬ ‫والعالية الجودة‪" .‬‬ ‫تقدم ش� � ��ركة آدم� � ��ز ليثو مجموعة ش� � ��املة‬ ‫من خدمات الطباعة للش� � ��ركات من جميع‬

‫األحج� � ��ام‪ .‬من� � ��ذ تأسيس� � ��ها يف ع� � ��ام ‪،1886‬‬ ‫س� � ��عت الش� � ��ركة إىل أحدث التقني� � ��ات‪ .‬يف‬ ‫يومن� � ��ا الحاض� � ��ر‪ ،‬تق� � ��دم الش� � ��ركة مجموعة‬ ‫خدمات كاملة‪ ،‬من الطباعة الرقمية الملونة‬ ‫إىل طباعة األوفست‪.‬‬

‫جوجل تحيي تمثال أسد الموصل من خالل الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬ ‫أعلنت جوجل عن تعاون جديد مع متاحف‬ ‫الح� � ��رب اإلمبراطوري� � ��ة يف المملكة المتحدة‬ ‫(‪ )IWM‬وإنجلت� � ��را التاريخية‪ ،‬بد ًءا من إعادة‬ ‫إنشاء التمثال التاريخي الذي قامت داعش‬ ‫(الدول� � ��ة االس� �ل��امية يف الع� � ��راق وس� � ��وربا)‬ ‫‪ ISIS‬بتدمي� � ��ره‪ .‬قال العم� �ل��اق التكنولوجي‬ ‫إن النس� � ��خة المطابقة ثالثية األبعاد ألس� � ��د‬ ‫الموص� � ��ل تمث� � ��ل بداي� � ��ة الش� � ��راكة‪ ،‬حي� � ��ث‬ ‫س� � ��تحصل متاح� � ��ف الح� � ��رب اإلمبراطورية‬ ‫‪ IWM‬على التمثال على س� � ��بيل اإلعارة ىف‬ ‫معرضها ("الثقافة تحت الهجوم" ‪Culture‬‬ ‫‪ )"Under Attack‬ومعرض ( "ماذا تبقى"‬ ‫"‪)"What Remains‬‬ ‫ىف وق� � ��ت مضى كان التمثال األصلي واق ًفا‬ ‫عند مدخل معبد عشتار يف نمرود‪ ،‬العراق‪.‬‬ ‫وبع� � ��د أن نجح التمث� � ��ال يف النجاة منذ عام‬ ‫‪ 860‬قب� � ��ل المي� �ل��اد‪ ،‬اال أن� � ��ه‪ ،‬لس� � ��وء الحظ‪،‬‬ ‫كان أحد الضحاي� � ��ا التاريخيين لداعش أثناء‬ ‫عرض� � ��ه يف متح� � ��ف الموصل‪ .‬عل� � ��ى الرغم‬ ‫من تدمير األسد اآلش� � ��وري الضخم يف عام‬ ‫‪ ،2015‬فق� � ��د ت� � ��م تس� � ��خير الطباع� � ��ة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد إلحي� � ��اء الوحش‪ ،‬األم� � ��ر الذي أصبح‬ ‫ممك ًن� � ��ا من خ� �ل��ال الصور الغزي� � ��رة متعددة‬ ‫المصادر التي تم جمعها للقطعة األثرية‪.‬‬ ‫تمكن� � ��ت ريك� � ��رى ‪ ،Rekrei‬وه� � ��ي منظم� � ��ة‬ ‫مكرس� � ��ة لمنع فق� � ��دان الت� � ��راث الثقايف عن‬ ‫طري� � ��ق الحف� � ��اظ عل� � ��ى ذاكرتها م� � ��ن خالل‬ ‫الص� � ��ور الغزي� � ��رة متع� � ��ددة المص� � ��ادر لآلثار‬ ‫والمتاحف والمصنوعات اليدوية‪ ،‬من إعادة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫مانحة جوجل المخطط‬ ‫بناء التمثال رقمياً‪،‬‬

‫األويل المطلوب لطباعة األس� � ��د‪ .‬س� � ��يتمكن‬ ‫زوار متاح� � ��ف الح� � ��رب اإلمبراطوري� � ��ة ‪IWM‬‬ ‫من مشاهدة األس� � ��د المطبوع ثاليث األبعاد‬ ‫اعتبا ًرا م� � ��ن ‪ 5‬يوليو ‪ 2019‬وحت� � ��ى ‪ 5‬يناير‬ ‫‪ .2020‬كما يمكن استكش� � ��اف التمثال عبر‬ ‫اإلنترنت من خالل منصة جوجل االلكترونية‬ ‫للفنون والثقافة‪.‬‬ ‫وصرح� � ��ت تش� � ��انس كفين� � ��ور‪ ،‬رائ� � ��دة يف‬ ‫الحفاظ على التراث يف منصة جوجل للفن‬ ‫والثقاف� � ��ة "لق� � ��د كان من المح� � ��زن أن نرى‬ ‫تدمير العديد من القط� � ��ع األثرية والمواقع‬ ‫التاريخية الفريدة يف السنوات األخيرة‪ ،‬ومع‬ ‫ذلك‪ ،‬فإن معرض ("الثقافة تحت الهجوم"‬ ‫‪ )"Culture Under Attack‬ومع� � ��رض (‬ ‫"ماذا تبقى" "‪ )"What Remains‬يسلطان‬

‫الض� � ��وء على إمكانات التكنولوجيا ‪ -‬س� � ��واء‬ ‫من حيث الحفاظ على الثقافة رقميا ورواية‬ ‫هذه القصص المذهلة من خالل استخدام‬ ‫طرق جديدة"‪.‬‬ ‫ال يمكن أب � � �دًا إعادة عرض التمثال نفس� � ��ه‪،‬‬ ‫ولكن يف الس� � ��نوات األخيرة‪ ،‬أثبت استخدام‬ ‫الطباع� � ��ة ثالثي� � ��ة األبع� � ��اد أن� � ��ه لي� � ��س فقط‬ ‫مبتك � � � ًرا يف عال� � ��م التكنولوجي� � ��ا‪ ،‬ب� � ��ل يف كل‬ ‫ش� � ��يء بد ًءا م� � ��ن الحف� � ��اظ التاريخ� � ��ي على‬ ‫الموض� � ��ة‪ .‬وم� � ��ع ذلك‪ ،‬ال يقتص� � ��ر األمر على‬ ‫إع� � ��ادة احياء التح� � ��ف الفني� � ��ة التى ضاعت‬ ‫يف طيات التاريخ م� � ��ن خالل الطباعة ثالثية‬ ‫األبعاد فحسب‪ ،‬ولكن يستكشف الفنانون‬ ‫المعاصرون الي� � ��وم التكنولوجيا إلبداعاتهم‬ ‫الخاصة‪.‬‬

‫نمو سوق التغليف الصناعي يف منطقة الشرق األوسط وشمال‬ ‫إفريقيا ‪ MENA‬بمعدل نمو سنوي مركب بلغت نسبته ‪5.2٪‬‬

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‫كش� � ��فت مؤسس� � ��ة فيوتش� � ��ر مارك� � ��ت‬ ‫انسايتس (رؤى سوق المستقبل) (‪)FMI‬‬ ‫يف تقريره� � ��ا األخي� � ��ر أن س� � ��وق التغلي� � ��ف‬ ‫الصناع� � ��ي يف منطق� � ��ة الش� � ��رق األوس� � ��ط‬ ‫وشمال إفريقيا ‪ MENA‬قد بلغ ‪3،372.5‬‬ ‫مليون دوالر يف عام ‪ 2016‬ويقدر أن يصل‬ ‫إىل تقييم بل� � ��غ ‪ 5،053‬مليون دوالر بنهاية‬ ‫عام ‪ .2024‬من المتوقع أن تزداد إيرادات‬ ‫بي� � ��ع منتج� � ��ات التغلي� � ��ف الصناعي� � ��ة يف‬ ‫المنطقة بمعدل نمو س� � ��نوي مركب يبلغ‬ ‫‪ ٪ 5.2‬خالل فترة التنبؤ )‪.(2016-2024‬‬ ‫وف ًقا للتقرير‪ ،‬من المرجح أن يظل الطلب‬ ‫على العبوات الصناعية يف منطقة الشرق‬ ‫األوسط وإفريقيا قويا ً بسبب تحسن وضع‬ ‫التجارة الدولي� � ��ة‪ .‬باإلضافة إىل ذلك‪ ،‬نمت‬ ‫التج� � ��ارة العالمي� � ��ة للمنتج� � ��ات الصناعية‬ ‫ثالثة أضعاف خالل العقد الماضي‪ .‬تعتبر‬

‫المنتجات الكيميائية الحيوية والمكونات‬ ‫الغذائي� � ��ة من بين أكث� � ��ر العناصر تداولاً يف‬ ‫جميع أنحاء العالم‪.‬‬ ‫يف منطق� � ��ة الش� � ��رق األوس� � ��ط وش� � ��مال‬ ‫إفريقيا‪ ،‬تحول التركيز مؤخ ًرا نحو األنشطة‬ ‫الصناعية غير القائمة على النفط حيث أن‬ ‫االعتم� � ��اد طويل األجل عل� � ��ى تجارة النفط‬ ‫الخ� � ��ام آخ� � ��ذ يف التراج� � ��ع تدريجي � � �اً‪ .‬عالوة‬ ‫عل� � ��ى ذل� � ��ك‪ ،‬من المه� � ��م تطوي� � ��ر قطاعات‬ ‫أعمال جديدة من أجل البقاء غير متأثرين‬ ‫بالضع� � ��ف المس� � ��تمر يف صناع� � ��ة النف� � ��ط‬ ‫والغاز يف المنطقة‪.‬‬ ‫بالمقارن� � ��ة م� � ��ع المناط� � ��ق األخ� � ��رى‪ ،‬ف� � ��إن‬ ‫الس� � ��لع والخدم� � ��ات غي� � ��ر النفطي� � ��ة له� � ��ا‬ ‫مس� � ��اهمة منخفض� � ��ة بش� � ��كل ملحوظ يف‬ ‫اقتصاد منطقة الش� � ��رق األوسط وشمال‬ ‫إفريقي� � ��ا‪ .‬وم� � ��ع ذل� � ��ك‪ ،‬م� � ��ن المتوق� � ��ع أن‬

‫تك� � ��ون الص� � ��ادرات‪ ،‬وخاص� � ��ة الص� � ��ادرات‬ ‫غي� � ��ر النفطي� � ��ة‪ ،‬حاس� � ��مة يف زي� � ��ادة تطوير‬ ‫نم� � ��وذج النمو الق� � ��وي والش� � ��امل لضمان‬ ‫مستقبل المنطقة‪ .‬من المتوقع أن تشهد‬ ‫الصناعة الخاصة باالستخدام النهايئ مثل‬ ‫اإللكتروني� � ��ات والس� � ��يارات والبالس� � ��تيك‬ ‫والمط� � ��اط والزراع� � ��ة يف منطق� � ��ة الش� � ��رق‬ ‫األوسط وش� � ��مال إفريقيا نموا ً صحيا ً على‬ ‫الم� � ��دى المتوس� � ��ط‪ .‬وال� � ��ذي‪ ،‬ب� � ��دوره‪ ،‬من‬ ‫المتوق� � ��ع أن يدع� � ��م نمو س� � ��وق التغليف‬ ‫الصناعي يف المنطقة‪.‬‬ ‫وذكر التقرير كذلك أن البالس� � ��تيك ال يزال‬ ‫المادة العلي� � ��ا لتصنيع منتج� � ��ات التعبئة‬ ‫والتغلي� � ��ف الصناعي� � ��ة‪ .‬وأض� � ��اف التقري� � ��ر‬ ‫"وم� � ��ع ذل� � ��ك‪ ،‬م� � ��ن المتوقع أن يكتس� � ��ب‬ ‫الطلب على مواد التغليف الورقية والورق‬ ‫زخما قويا ً خالل فترة التنبؤ"‪.‬‬ ‫المقوى‬ ‫ً‬

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‫المملكة العربية السعودية تقدم هدايا القرآن الكريم آلالف‬ ‫المشاركين يف معرض الكتاب العالمي‬

‫أف� � ��ادت وكال� � ��ة األنب� � ��اء الس� � ��عودية أن آالف‬ ‫النس� � ��خ م� � ��ن الق� � ��رآن الكريم قد ت� � ��م منحها‬ ‫للزوار الذين يتواف� � ��دون على جناح المملكة‬ ‫يف المع� � ��رض ال� � ��دويل للكت� � ��اب الج� � ��اري يف‬

‫إندونيسيا‪ .‬تم توزيع أكثر من ‪ 10000‬نسخة‬ ‫م� � ��ن الق� � ��رآن باللغ� � ��ة اإلندونيس� � ��ية من قبل‬ ‫مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة القرآن الكريم‪.‬‬ ‫يس� � ��عى مجم� � ��ع المل� � ��ك فه� � ��د اىل تعلي� � ��م‬

‫القرآن وطباعته وتوزيعه على المس� � ��لمين‬ ‫يف مختل� � ��ف المنتدي� � ��ات الثقافية يف جميع‬ ‫أنح� � ��اء العال� � ��م‪ .‬وبل� � ��غ م� � ��ا ت� � ��م توزيعه من‬ ‫الكتب والمنش� � ��ورات األخ� � ��رى ما مجموعه‬ ‫‪ 319،477،346‬منذ إنش� � ��اء المجمع يف عام‬ ‫‪ .1984‬وستكون اإلنجازات البارزة للمملكة‬ ‫يف خدمة الحجاج موض� � ��وع بعض األعمال‬ ‫األخ� � ��رى الت� � ��ي س� � ��يتم عرضه� � ��ا يف الجناح‪،‬‬ ‫باإلضافة إىل المنش� � ��ورات العلمية األخرى‬ ‫يف مختل� � ��ف العل� � ��وم اإلس� �ل��امية‪ ،‬والت� � ��ى‬ ‫ته� � ��دف إىل تعري� � ��ف زوار بالمهم� � ��ة النبيل� � ��ة‬ ‫للمملكة العربية الس� � ��عودية يف نشر رسالة‬ ‫اإلس� �ل��ام الحقيقية الت� � ��ي تدعو إىل االعتدال‬ ‫والتسامح ورفض التطرف‪.‬‬ ‫تهدف مش� � ��اركة وزارة الش� � ��ؤون اإلسالمية‬ ‫والدعوة واإلرش� � ��اد يف مع� � ��رض الكتاب إىل‬ ‫تب� � ��ادل الخب� � ��رات م� � ��ع مختلف دور النش� � ��ر‬ ‫والمراك� � ��ز العلمي� � ��ة المش� � ��اركة‪ ،‬ودع� � ��م كل‬ ‫م� � ��ا يخ� � ��دم العمل اإلس� �ل��امي بش� � ��كل عام‬ ‫والدعوة بشكل خاص‪ .‬بدأ معرض الكتاب‬ ‫يف إندونيسيا يف يوم ‪ 4‬سبتمبر وتم اختتام‬ ‫فاعلياته يف ‪ 8‬سبتمبر‪.‬‬

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‫قالت الهيئ� � ��ة القومية للصحاف� � ��ة المصرية‬ ‫أنه يف المش� � ��روع الذي تم تنفيذه بمشاركة‬ ‫الش� � ��ركات التابع� � ��ة ل� � ��وزارة االتص� � ��االت‬ ‫وتكنولوجيا المعلومات‪ ،‬كان بصدد االنتهاء‬ ‫م� � ��ن رقمن� � ��ة بع� � ��ض الهيئ� � ��ات الصحفي� � ��ة‬ ‫المحلي� � ��ة‪ .‬وقال المس� � ��ؤولون إنه� � ��م يأملون‬ ‫يف أن تس� � ��اعد الخط� � ��ة يف تقلي� � ��ل الخس� � ��ائر‬ ‫االقتصادية لوسائل اإلعالم المطبوعة‪.‬‬ ‫ُتعتب� � ��ر ه� � ��ذه الخط� � ��وة ج� � ��ز ًءا م� � ��ن قان� � ��ون‬

‫الصحاف� � ��ة واإلع� �ل��ام الجديد‪ ،‬وال� � ��ذي يمنح‬ ‫الحكوم� � ��ة الحق يف اإلش� � ��راف عل� � ��ى العمل‬ ‫يف المؤسس� � ��ات الصحفية وإدارته‪ ،‬أو دمج‬ ‫أو إنهاء بعض المؤسس� � ��ات أو المنشورات‬ ‫الصحفية الت� � ��ي تعتبرها الدول� � ��ة غير مد ّرة‬ ‫للربح‪ ،‬م� � ��ع االحتفاظ باإلصدارات المطبوعة‬ ‫من المنشورات الرئيسية‪.‬‬ ‫ت� � ��م اب� �ل��اغ ع� � ��دد م� � ��ن مح� � ��رري الصح� � ��ف‬ ‫والمنش� � ��ورات المطبوع� � ��ة‪ ،‬بم� � ��ا يف ذل� � ��ك‬

‫األه� � ��رام واألخبار والجمورية وروز اليوس� � ��ف‬ ‫ودار المع� � ��ارف‪ ،‬بأن النس� � ��خ المطبوعة من‬ ‫منش� � ��وراتهم ستتوقف‪ ،‬وس� � ��يتم استئناف‬ ‫عملي� � ��ة النش� � ��ر إلكترون ًي� � ��ا‪ .‬ت� � ��م ابالغهم أن‬ ‫حا للمناقش� � ��ة‪ ،‬مما‬ ‫القرار نهايئ وليس مفتو ً‬ ‫أدى إىل ش� � ��كاوى الصحفيي� � ��ن والموظفين‬ ‫القائمين على عملية النشر‪.‬‬ ‫س� � ��تؤدي هذه الخط� � ��وة إىل ارتفاع معدالت‬ ‫البطال� � ��ة يف مختل� � ��ف اإلدارات ىف تل� � ��ك‬ ‫الصح� � ��ف مث� � ��ل ادارة التحري� � ��ر والطباع� � ��ة‬ ‫والتخطي� � ��ط والتداول واالش� � ��تراك واإلعالن‪،‬‬ ‫وس� � ��يكون هذا الموقف عب ًئ� � ��ا إضاف ًيا على‬ ‫ميزانية كل مؤسس� � ��ة حيث س� � ��يتم إجبارها‬ ‫على توظيف أش� � ��خاص لم تع� � ��د لهم أدوار‬ ‫فعلية‪ .‬قال موظفو الصحف إنهم يخش� � ��ون‬ ‫أن ت� � ��ؤدي رقمن� � ��ة المطبوعات إىل تس� � ��ريح‬ ‫العمال للتقاعد المبكر‪.‬‬ ‫وصرح المس� � ��ؤولون القائم� � ��ون على إعادة‬ ‫هيكل� � ��ة المؤسس� � ��ات الوطني� � ��ة ب� � ��أن ه� � ��ذه‬ ‫التغيي� � ��رات م� � ��ن ش� � ��أنها أن تقل� � ��ل من عدد‬ ‫الموظفين لتخفيف الخس� � ��ائر المالية‪ .‬وقال‬ ‫مصدر إعالمي إن الخط� � ��ة ُطبقت ألول مرة‬ ‫على المنشورات األس� � ��بوعية التي سجلت‬ ‫خسائر مالية فادحة ولم تتمكن من تغطية‬ ‫نفقات التشغيل‪.‬‬

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‫منتجات وبرامج‬

‫مجلة شهرية شاملة مختصة يف عالم‬ ‫الطباعة يف الشرق األوسط‬ ‫السنــة السادسة عشرة ‪ /‬العدد ‪ / 173‬سبتمبر ‪2019‬‬

‫المملكة العربية السعودية تقدم هدايا‬ ‫القرآن الكريم آلالف المشاركين يف‬ ‫معرض الكتاب العالمي‬

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‫شركت ‪ Zünd‬تطلق أداة القطع‬ ‫الجديدة المخصصة للكرتون‬ ‫المموج يف ماكينات الطباعة ‪PCT‬‬

‫الصحف المصرية تتحول من الطباعة‬ ‫إىل اإلنترنت‬

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‫شركة ‪ Memjet‬تعلن عن طابعة‬ ‫‪DuraFlex‬‬

‫جوجل تحيي تمثال أسد الموصل من‬ ‫خالل الطباعة ثالثية األبعاد‬

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‫نمو سوق التغليف الصناعي يف منطقة‬ ‫الشرق األوسط وشمال إفريقيا ‪MENA‬‬ ‫بمعدل نمو سنوي مركب بلغت نسبته‬ ‫‪5.2٪‬‬

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‫شركة ‪ Roland DGA‬تقدم طابعة‬ ‫جديدة من طراز‬ ‫‪VersaUV LEF2-300 UV‬‬

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‫إصدار ‪QuarkXPress 15.0.1‬‬ ‫متاح اآلن‬

‫شركة الطباعة والتغليف يف البرازيل‬ ‫تستثمر يف نظام قطع القوالب القطبي‬ ‫النتاج الملصقات ‪POLAR Die-‬‬ ‫‪Cutting LabelSystem DC-11‬‬

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‫تعلن شركة كانون بالواليات‬ ‫المتحدة األمريكية عن إطالق‬ ‫سلسلة ‪imagePROGRAF TA‬‬ ‫الجديدة‬

‫شركة الطباعة األمريكية تستثمر يف‬ ‫حزمة كاملة من هايدلبرغ‬

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‫تقوم شركة والكي ‪ Walki‬بتحسين‬ ‫الحلول الخضراء لقطاع اإلعالن‬ ‫خارج المنزل (‪)OOH‬‬

‫تقود إيفونيك جولة التمويل من أجل‬ ‫شركة صينية ناشئة يف مجال الطباعة‬ ‫الطبية ثالثية األبعاد‬

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‫ُتظهر شركة لينتيك ‪ Lintec‬االلتزام‬ ‫باالستدامة من خالل صناعة فيلم‬ ‫جديد معاد تدويره‬

‫الشركة الكيميائية الدقيقة ‪DIC‬‬ ‫تستحوذ على أعمال األصباغ العالمية‬ ‫لشركة باسف‪BASF‬‬

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‫الطابعة الفائقة لألشعة فوق‬ ‫البنفسجية من فوجي فيلم توسع‬ ‫فرص التأثير الكندي‬

‫ليبيل اكسبو‬ ‫شركة ميتسوبيشي هاي تك لألوراق‬ ‫تطلق مجموعة من األوراق المتخصصة‬

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‫شركة فوكوس تقوم بتجربة أحدث‬ ‫االبتكارات التازرية والرقمية‬

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‫شركة جرافسك ماسكينفابريك‬ ‫‪ Grafisk Maskinfabrik‬تعرض آخر‬ ‫التطورات‬

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‫شركة جالوس تطلق ابتكارات جديدة‬ ‫يف قطع القوالب والتجديد الرقمي‬

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‫تفضل الشركات الصغيرة‬ ‫والمتوسطة إدارة الطباعة السحابية‬ ‫األوىل باستخدام أنظمة حوسبة‬ ‫متطورة‬

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‫حجم سوق المنسوجات التقنية‬ ‫بقيمة ‪ 14.93‬مليار دوالر بحلول‬ ‫عام ‪2026‬‬

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‫من المتوقع أن يصل سوق تغليف‬ ‫المواد الغذائية الطازجة إىل ‪106‬‬ ‫مليارات دوالر بحلول عام ‪2026‬‬

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‫من المتوقع أن يصل سوق إنتاج‬ ‫ملصقات رموز االستجابة السريعة‬ ‫‪ QR Code Labels‬إىل ‪2،105.85‬‬ ‫مليون دوالر بحلول عام ‪2026‬‬

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