PPRESSIdeas August 2015

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Monotech brings SHINOHARA.....................18 Kaliswari blazes a trail.......................................19 Polar at Anupam Art Printers ........................21 KODAK Stream Inkjet technology...............27

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 A&A Labels plans it big with Lombardi Synchroline ..........................................................................................................................................................8 Quad/Graphics reports second quarter results.................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Pavilions, new features and featured spaces at GRAPH EXPO 2015........................................................................................................................... 13 Flying start for Heidelberg and Masterwork....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Heidelberg makes a successful start to financial year 2015/2016 .............................................................................................................................. 16 ACIMGA reshapes its association structure and proposes its “networking strategy” version 2.0.................................................................... 17 Monotech Systems brings SHINOHARA Sheetfed Offset Presses to India............................................................................................................... 18 Sivakasi’s Kaliswari blazes a trail ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Common Facility Centre, Harohalli......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS winners announced .................................................................................................................................................... 20 The 2015 Gold Ink Winners announced................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Delhi’s Anupam Art Printers invests in 2 Polar 115 PF cutters...................................................................................................................................... 21 GRAPH EXPO 2015........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Largest ever order for Q.I. Press Controls.............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Times of India wins seven awards at Dainik Bhaskar INK Awards 2015..................................................................................................................... 22 Goss to showcase product and customer innovation at GRAPH EXPO 2015.......................................................................................................... 23 KBA-Digital & Web at the World Publishing Expo 2015 in Hamburg.......................................................................................................................... 25 Goss reveals top results from new technology at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette............................................................................................................. 26 KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology creates a more flexible business model for the newspaper industry..................................................... 27 Canon: Promoting entrepreneurship..................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Kodak innovation win two 2015 InterTech Technology Awards.................................................................................................................................. 30 New Xerox Digital Presses win 2015 “MUST SEE ‘EMS AWARDS................................................................................................................................... 31 Konica Minolta participates in “HID Roadshow” in Gujarat............................................................................................................................................ 31 CGS Case Study: PICA Digital Pte Ltd..................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 3M announces new Design Center......................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Goss reveals new packaging capabilities with partner technology at Labelexpo 2015..................................................................................... 37 Label Kingdom installs Esko’s packaging software and Kongsberg V20 at Chennai facility.............................................................................. 39 WACKER presents new high-performance release agents for PSA labels................................................................................................................. 40 Highlights of the 10th European Bioplastics Conference 2015.................................................................................................................................... 41 Xeikon expands presence in Asia Pacific ............................................................................................................................................................................. 42 MGI increases power of Meteor Press Line with premiere of new iFOIL T ............................................................................................................... 42 FDA opens possibilities of personalized drugs................................................................................................................................................................... 44 OMET at Labelexpo Europe 2015 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Tridev Labels invests in Mark Andy 2200 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Fully automatic label production by ALS Engineering.................................................................................................................................................... 46 IIJ using Labelexpo to launch new 600dpi high speed mono range......................................................................................................................... 47 Precise Graphic changes to PGI Technologies.................................................................................................................................................................... 47 All Packaging Company expands growth with KBA Rapida 105 ................................................................................................................................. 48 GlobalChannelPartners Summit 2015 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 BST eltromat presents innovations at LABELEXPO........................................................................................................................................................... 49 Pack Print International 2015 opens on 26 August 2015................................................................................................................................................ 50 Michael Ring becomes VP Worldwide Sales & Marketing Digital Solutions at Gallus.......................................................................................... 50 GMG shows colour critical proofing at Labelexpo 2015................................................................................................................................................. 51 Singapore’s central bank apologizes for misspelt first president’s name................................................................................................................. 51 FESPA Eurasia 2015 visitor registration open...................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Onyx Graphics Announces Release of ONYX 12 Software............................................................................................................................................. 53 Royal Academy and YR STORE collaboration produces one-off designs using Epson technology................................................................. 54

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, The Gurgaon based label manufacturer - A&A Labels – has added India’s first Lombardi Synchroline to its Flexo printing capability. They are one of India’s most prominent manufacturers and exporters of industrial labels and stickers & other packaging and promotional material. Saurabh Jain finds the value proposition of his recently acquired Lombardi Synchroline 430 as matchless. The machine has been provided by VINSAK, Indian representatives of Lombardi solutions. To mark the occasion, an Open House was organized at A&A Labels highlighting Lombardi Synchroline 430 Flexo Press’ advanced features that include: Hi-DynamiX, Hi-InX and Hi-FiT systems for best ink distribution, easy cleaning and easy fitting of cylinders of different diameter respectively. The Lombardi Flexoline and Synchroline machines are known for their low wastage, quick changeover between jobs and high degree of automation. Our cover story is based on our exclusive talk with Mr. Massimo Lombardi, owner Lombardi Converting Machinery S.r.l., Mr. Saurabh Jain and Mr. Anubhav Jain of A&A Labels and Mr. Ranesh Bajaj of VINSAK. With the first installations in Europe, the partnership between Heidelberg and Masterwork has got off to a successful start. Heidelberg has also made a successful start to financial year 2015/2016. For the German sheet-fed giant, strategic reorientation is taking effect – improved order situation and exchange rate movements have influenced sales and incoming orders in first quarter. Another major development in the sheet-fed arena is arrival of SHINOHARA sheet-fed Offset presses in India. Monotech Systems has brought the SHINOHARA range of multicolour sheet-fed Offset presses from Japan for the Indian market. In another first, Sivakasi’s Kaliswari blazes a trail with the installation of country’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster CS 92. The renowned fireworks manufacturer that manufactures under popular ‘Cock’ brand installs the machine to meet its in-house printing needs for fireworks as well as other businesses. Other key installations include: Delhi-based Anupam Art Printers installing two high-speed Polar 115 PF Cutting machines; the largest ever order in Q.I. Press Controls’ history from Newsprinters UK for its printing sites in Broxbourne and Eurocentral; The Oklahoman installing Content-X, an advanced editorial system jointly provided by ppi Media and Digital Collections; PICA Digital Pte marking CGS ORIS Proofing solution’s 200th installation consisting of the ORIS Flex Pack // Web and Roland VersaCAMM VS-300i printer; Label Kingdom installing Esko’s packaging software and Kongsberg V20 at their Chennai facility; and Chennai based label printer, Tridev Labels (TLMC) investing in Mark Andy 2200 machine for the production of self-adhesive labels.

The article “Canon: Promoting entrepreneurship” tells how Canon India is generating new opportunities for young entrepreneurs to enter into colour printing domain. To foster the colour printing market in India, Canon India has announced the launch of new range of A3 and A4 colour Multi- function devices (MFDs) and much more. Also read about KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology creating a more flexible business model for the newspaper industry. Find all this along with a lot more about the diverse printing, packaging and allied industries.

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A&A Labels plans it big with Lombardi Synchroline The Gurgaon based label manufacturer adds India’s first Lombardi Synchroline to its Flexo printing capability.

Gurgaon based A&A Labels is one of India’s most prominent manufacturers and exporters of industrial labels and stickers & other packaging and promotional material. In addition, it also offers a comprehensive range of printing services which include products like airlines boarding cards, brochures, catalogues, books, magazines, calendars and paper carry bags etc.

“I don’t find any other machine available in the market coming near Lombardi Synchroline 430. The value proposition of Lombardi is just matchless. The quality can be compared to any.” Saurabh Jain

Key Notes : > A&A Labels – Gurgaon gets country’s first Lombardi Synchroline. > Open house highlights advanced features of Lombardi Synchroline 430 Flexo Press. > The Hi-DynamiX,HiInX system and Hi-FiT system for best ink distribution, easy cleaning and easy fitting of cylinders of different diameter respectively.

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Recently, Lombardi, along with its Indian representative, Vinsak organised an Open House highlighting the country’s first Lombardi Synchroline 430 Flexo Press installed at A & A Labels.

Lombardi is a global brand. The brand is successful in different parts of the world and the company is expanding its ever expanding network. Speaking

to PRESSIdeas on the occasion, Mr. Massimo Lombardi, owner Lombardi Converting Machinery S.r.l. commented: “Lombardi is replicating its worldwide success in new expanding markets. We have successfully marked our presence in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa with installations in countries across all continents – in Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Algeria as well as Europe.

With 135 installations, the Lombardi Flexoline and Synchroline machines are known for their low wastage, quick changeover between jobs and high degree of automation. Synchroline is an upgrade of much popular Flexoline launched in 2007. It answers the need of printers to print on extensible materials meant for packaging industry. The key advantage Synchroline technology provides printers is that it provides a perfect answer to the issues related to registration. The machine is equipped with printing groups governed singularly by brushless motors and the setting and maintenance of the printing register of the whole press is governed by the electric board with a system of register control. This enables real time correction of any deviation from register due to extension of material. Furthermore, Electronic tension control ensures perfect tensioning of different substrates. “For printers, it translates to maximum

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Available options of Lombardi Synchroline Flexo Press with specifications Technical Data

SYNCHROLINE 330

SYNCHROLINE 430

SYNCHROLINE 530

paper width [mm]

350

450

550

print width [mm]

330

430

530

no. print. units[n]

2-10

2-10

2-10

unwinding diameter [mm]

1000

1000

1000

max speed [m/min]

220

220

220

min print lenght [inches]

8

8

8

max print lenght [inches]

24

24

24

min lenght rotary die [inches]

8

8

8

max lenght rotary die [inches]

24

24

24

no. rotary dies [n]

2-5

2-5

2-5

printable materials

paper, adhesive paper, extensible film

paper, adhesive paper, extensible film

paper, adhesive paper, extensible film

versatility and the possibility of working on a wide gamma of materials,” says Massimo.

The Hi-DynamiX system of the machine enables that the blade is pressured against the anilox roller with pneumatic system, determining an auto-adaptive pressure dynamic, resulting in the best ink distribution.

Hi-InX system ensures easy cleaning – when the machine stops, the ink roller (anilox) is first removed, followed by the print cylinder. It comes in handy when excess ink is cleaned especially when non-UV inks are being used. Then there is Hi-FiT system which is an innovative system to allow easy fitting of cylinders of different diameter without any adapter.

A&A Labels started with a Mark Andy which was bought at drupa 1994. That machine was the second machine in whole of Asia and was airlifted by Saurabh Jain’s father, Mr. Vinay Jain. Saurabh Jain joined the company in 2004 after doing his MBA. His cousin Anubhav Jain joined after three years in 2007. Anubhav looks after all the marketing for A&A Labels while Saurabhtakes care of production, purchase and labour departments. He says that he is enjoying working in the industry. “When I joined, our turnover was around Rs.50 lakhs. I don’t keep very high targets but expect to touch the Rs.100 crores mark in next five years,” he says.

This he plans to achieve through capacity expansion over the next couple of years.

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“When I joined, we operated from single room. Now the huge premises which was added later is jammed packed with all types of machines and equipment. We would be adding more capacity in a year or two,” reveals Saurabh.

The ISO 9001:2008 organisation,A&A Labels,has a modern set-up with a huge lineup of machines led by seven flexo machines.

“All machines I have, I prefer to have them in pairs. This way I may be adding another Lombardi soon,” says Saurabh.

Post moving to the Gurgaon facility, Saurabh made it a point to work directly for customers rather than traders. His state-of-the-art end-

to-end set-up has enabled him grow with his customers. He has been very choosey about his equipment. “I don’t find any other machine available in the market coming near Lombardi. The value proposition of Lombardi is just matchless. The quality can be compared to any,” he asserts.

Saurabh was keen on acquiring a servo flexo machine. “The Lombardi Synchroline is a fully automated 8-colour servo line which can be operated by a single operator,” he says.

“The machine can print from 12 micron film to 400 gsm board. It features a Corona Treatment Unit, patented Air Blade System (ABS) and has been equipped with a Diecutting Unit, an overhead adjustable Relamdelam and Cold-foiling attachments,” adds Anubhav.

When he met the Lombardi people, he came to know about the machine’s capability to print mono cartons. He was told that the machine can be equipped to print mono cartons. Neither was the existing machine printing mono cartons nor Saurabh had any near plan to print mono cartons. “However, I asked them to equip my machine with the capability to print mono cartons. This way I have acquired a machine which is not only future ready in the label printing field but may even get converted to a carton printing machine with necessary finishing attachments,” he claims.

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Mark Andy or have installed one. Today also, it looks the same. Though, industry people are not much informed about Lombardi, I am sure it will be well appreciated by the fraternity soon,” believes Saurabh.

He strongly vouches for sound technical knowledge for everybody who is in the Flexo printing business. “Without thorough knowledge about the subject, you can’t make it big in any field. And as far as Flexo Printing is concerned, it is a highly technical field. Since, we had it in our blood, we didn’t face any major technical issue. But for new entrants in the field, sound technical background is a must to start with. Only this way can one make sure one’s investment is safe,” he explains. He also doesn’t believe in working for a single industry. We see this in his catering to diverse customers in different industries. Presently A&A Labels caters to a range of industries which include: FMCG, pharmaceutical, wine & spirits, cosmetics, packaging, home appliances, electronics, airlines, automobiles and many more.

Both Saurabh and Anubhav consider quality as their topmost priority. With a separate quality control department to monitor the quality of products and services, A&A Labels is committed towards highest international quality standards starting from raw material right through designing, printing, colour

reproduction, finishing and service. A couple of Vinsak LSR Slitter rewinders were added to ensure good quality finishing of the labels.

The quality control systems including 100% defect detection system from BST Sayona are the few steps in this direction.

Massimo Lombardi along with his Indian partner Ranesh Bajaj of Vinsak is quite optimistic of picking up pace post this latest installation at A&A labels. Massimo sees the Indian market as having tremendous growth potential. “Indian market is very adaptive

to technology. We strive to bring the most modern technology to our Indian customer.

Together we make a perfect team,” declares Massimo.

“It’s an affordable machine, a versatile machine that can enable a label manufacturer to not only print on films but mono cartons. It gives the flexibility to bounce between films and labels with finishing options,” concludes RaneshBajaj.

Quad/Graphics reports second quarter results billion, representing a 1.8% decrease from second quarter of 2014. Second quarter Adjusted EBITDA was $90 million compared to $102 million for the same period in 2014, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 8.4% compared to 9.3% in 2014.

Quad/Graphics has reported results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2015.

The reported results include Brown Printing Company (“Brown Printing”) from the day of acquisition on May 30, 2014. Net sales for the second quarter 2015 were $1.1

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For the first six months of 2015, net sales were $2.2 billion, representing a 0.7% decrease from the first six months of 2014.

Year-to-date Adjusted EBITDA was $191 million as compared to $209 million for the same period in 2014, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 8.8% as compared to 9.5% in 2014. Free Cash Flow was $40 million for the first six months of 2015, an increase of $45 million over the prior year.

“Based on our results thus far and expectations for the remainder of 2015, we are narrowing guidance for net sales and Adjusted EBITDA,” said Dave Honan, Quad/

Graphics Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “We expect full-year 2015 net sales to be in the range of $4.8 billion to $4.9 billion, narrowed from our prior guidance range of $4.8 billion to $5.0 billion, and full-year 2015 Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $500 million to $520 million, narrowed from our prior guidance range of $500 million to $540 million. We continue to believe Quad/Graphics will be a significant Free Cash Flow generator and, because of the sustainable improvements impacting working capital, we remain confident in fullyear 2015 Free Cash Flow guidance of $180 million to $200 million. Going forward, we will continue to maintain a strong balance sheet, which enables us to pursue compelling investment opportunities, deleverage the balance sheet through debt and pension liability reductions, and return cash to our shareholders.”

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Pavilions, new features and featured spaces at GRAPH EXPO 2015 PROCESS EXPO, International Dairy Show and InterBev Process Shows – running Sept. 15-18 in the North and East Halls of McCormick Place – will be featuring trending industry issues and innovations related to food packaging, beverage processing and packing. During the two-day overlap, GRAPH EXPO attendees and attendees at either event will have all-access admission to the exhibit halls for all events. These concurrent shows will offer a first-of-its-kind opportunity for printers, packagers, processors, and converters to intermingle and explore the global scope of the graphic communications and packaging/processing industries.

The Industrial Printing Pavilion at GRAPH EXPO 2015 is a pavilion where Print and Plastic Applications Unite—featuring 3D printing—and the exciting new worlds of Package Printing, Commercial Printing and Industrial Manufacturing converge. See live demonstrations of 3D printing options and the profit-building applications they create to sell NOW! The sponsors of the pavilion are: The Society for the Plastics Industry (SPI),

Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC), CPP EXPO and FlexTech Alliance. It will feature Future Print where attendees will discover the hottest new and emerging print technologies, including RFID, Printed Electronics, and 3D printing.

The Inkjet Candy Store, sponsored by the International Sign Association (ISA) will showcase the newest Wide Format Inkjet Printers from the hottest manufacturers – all together in one featured space. Display & Sign Shops, Commercial Printers, In-Plants, Quick Printers, Newspaper Production Pros, Fulfillment Pros, and more will all feel like “kids in a candy store” as they experience the very latest technology at this innovative and easy-to-compare show feature.

There are other sections where visitors can see the hottest software including workflow and design/ prepress equipment. The Press/ Finishing section, the “cornerstone” of the show, will feature cutting-edge innovations in inkjet, digital, offset, hybrid, flexo and gravure print technologies, as well as the complete

array of binding and finishing equipment and supplies.

The Applications Island is an exciting show floor oasis of hot, unique new print applications. The newest GRAPH EXPO show floor hub is the introduction of Materials Matter. Inside this new 1,200 sq. ft. specialty showcase, multiple substrate manufacturers will demonstrate the powerful role that their paper and non-paper substrates play in every print job.

The Marketing Pavilion features all the latest marketing and graphic communication tools and technologies. News Print—The Newspaper Pavilion is a dual marketplace and networking hub for Newspaper Production Pros and increasingly Commercial Printers, featuring unique new applications and workflow solutions designed to help attendees cut costs, boost profits, make informed buying decisions. The Pavilion sponsor is News & Tech.

First public showcase of TECHKON SpectroJet LED at Labelexpo TECHKON, manufacturer of colour measuring instruments for the printing industry, has unveiled the new SpectroJet with latest LED technology, the first scanspectrophotometer on the market able to scan up to a length of 2 meters with a speed of up to 40 cm/second applying the new measuring conditions M0 to M3 according to ISO 13655.

two minutes. Customized print control strips as often used in Flexo printing can be analyzed quickly.

Different software modules like print curve, colorimetric quality control, proof check and test chart

the density. All measured data are stored and documented, a quality certificate can be printed out. The flexibility and efficiency of the system will convince any user and the return of investment can be achieved within one year.

The instrument is equipped with a high resolution spectral sensor and an automatic switchable polarization filter. SpectroJet is a universal tool for automatic measurements and allows shorter pre-setting time of the printing press, less paper waste and higher print quality.

It can be used on large format printing as well as for test-chart evaluation. The evaluation of an ECI 2002 test chart is done within

analysis are included.

For use at the offset press the Windows software ExPresso gives an evaluation according to the ink zones of the machine and allows a quick adjustment of

The new SpectroJet will be showcased first time to public during Label Expo show in Brussels from Sep. 27th – Oct. 2nd, 2015 at the TECHKON stand 9A31.

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Flying start for Heidelberg and Masterwork With first installations in Europe, the partnership between Heidelberg and Masterwork gets off to successful start.

The strategic partnership between Heidelberg and Chinese manufacturer Masterwork Machinery (MK) in the postpress sector for packaging printing has had a successful start. Heidelberg is using its global sales network to sell die cutters and folder gluers produced by Masterwork and additional machines for packaging production. It is also providing service support.

In just six months, over ten machines have been shipped to customers, primarily in Europe, reflecting the partnership’s success. The aim is to continuously increase the volume of business by progressively expanding the product portfolio.

“We’re delighted to be working with Heidelberg and, in so doing, gaining access to markets throughout the world, which we couldn’t have achieved by ourselves,” says Wells Fu, international sales manager at MK.

“By using MK products, we can meet the specific demands of our customers on the packaging market.

They need the best machines for their individual requirements so as to ensure efficient and costeffective folding carton production,” explains Harald Weimer, member of the Heidelberg Management Board responsible for global sales. “We offer customers what they need, whether from Heidelberg or a partner. In MK, we’ve found a partner that has impressed us with the quality of its production and innovative research and development. It is a partnership that more than meets our high

expectations.”

Customers look for cost-effective and efficient production More than ten Promatrix 106 CS and Easymatrix 106 CS die cutters have already been sold. Both die cutters offer an excellent price-performance ratio and are aimed at customers with small and medium production volumes. These machines are also highly attractive to customers in the commercial sector.

The Promatrix 106 CS has a speed of 8,000 sheets per hour, while the Easymatrix 106 CS runs at 7,700 sheets per hour.

The first purchaser of the Promatrix 106 CS was Polish print shop Arka-Druk (link to press release dated April 16, 2015). It has a workforce of 80 employees, who supply customers throughout the country with commercial jobs but also increasingly offer them packaging for foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals. “The Promatrix has proven its worth in our production operations. We’re so satisfied, we purchased a MK 1060 ST hotfoiling machine which has just been installed by a team from MK and Heidelberg. As a result, we can now offer high-finish packaging,” explains owner Artur Bach.

Key Notes : > Heidelberg offers packaging printers expanded portfolio of die cutters and folding carton gluing machines. > Customers benefit from high-quality machines with attractive priceperformance ratio. > Customers have same contacts as before, as Heidelberg provides sales and service.

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: The MK Promatrix 106 CS was the focal point of the last Packaging Days event at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site in the spring of this year. The die cutter is aimed at packaging printers in emerging economies and industrialized markets.

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: The Easymatrix 106 CS die cutter is an entry-level machine for packaging and commercial printers looking to keep the entire value-added chain in-house.

In the UK, the first Promatrix 106 CS was shipped at the end of July to Zenith Print & Packaging, a print shop in Treforest, north of Cardiff, where it will replace two older die cutters. “We expect the new die cutter to deliver much shorter makeready times and greater productivity,” explains Managing Director Ken Bell. The company is also looking to harness the enhanced quality to increase its competitiveness. Zenith is renowned for high-quality packaging for coin collectors and packaging for the gift, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries. Its 63 employees have already received countless awards, including one for exports, and its products are sold on five continents and in over 60 countries.

Heidelberg Poland has sold not just one but two Easymatrix 106 CS die cutters that will be installed shortly. Piotr Krzych, president of Szczecin-based print shop COMgraph expects top quality and durability from the new die cutter. Half of production by the just under 100 employees is for commercial jobs for the domestic market, while the other half is made up of packaging for export.

Economic aspects were the main factor in the investment decision by Drukarnia WL Leszek Wojtczuk. “This is our second die cutter from an Asian manufacturer. We’ve been using the first one for nine years and hope the Easymatrix will be even better,” says owner Leszek Wojtczuk. His company’s

workforce of more than 65 employees mainly produce cosmetic and food packaging,with 85 percent going to customers in Poland and the remainder being exported.

Continuous portfolio expansion The partnership between MK and Heidelberg aims to satisfy the growing demand for innovative machines for postpress in the packaging sector. The right products and technologies, comprehensive service, and a rapid supply of spare parts are key. As well as the Promatrix and Easymatrix, the future will also see MK machines that feature special modules such as offline inspection, hot foil embossing, and blanking. Some of these new machines will be introduced to a wider audience at the upcoming Packaging Days at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site in November. The MK Diana X, MK Diana Smart 55, and MK Diana Smart 80 foldergluers will also be on show.

MK has a workforce of over 800 employees in Tianjin (China), including XY employees in research and development, and is the leading die cutter manufacturer in Asia. The global Heidelberg sales team works closely with product management at Masterwork to develop products geared to the varying requirements of industrialized countries and emerging markets. Customers benefit from an extended portfolio and rapid service.

The new MK Diana Smart folding carton gluing machine was also unveiled at the Packaging Days. It is ideal for short to medium runs.

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Heidelberg makes a successful start to financial year 2015/2016 For Heidelberg strategic reorientation is taking effect – improved order situation and exchange rate movements have influenced sales and incoming orders in first quarter.

The acquisition of the European Printing Systems Group (PSG), a successful trade show in China, and positive exchange rate movements have positive effect.

Key Notes : > EBITDA increases to euro 46 million, including nonrecurring effect from PSG takeover. > Equity ratio climbs to around 15 percent. > Outlook: Well on way to achieving targets for year.

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Heidelberg has made a successful start to the new financial year 2015/2016. The figures for the first quarter (April 1 to June 30, 2015) show that the company’s strategic reorientation is having an impact, with improvements in both sales and the result. The acquisition of the European Printing Systems Group (PSG), a successful trade show in China, and positive exchange rate movements have had a particularly positive effect. As a result, Heidelberg saw a further increase in its order backlog at the end of the first quarter.

million following euro -34 million in the same quarter of the previous year) were almost at break-even.

“As it starts the new financial year, Heidelberg is well on the way to achieving its targets for the year,” said CFO and Deputy CEO Dirk Kaliebe. “The restructuring period is over and in the future we’ll be re-focusing our attention on managing our growth,” he added.

The free cash flow after the first quarter of financial year 2015/2016 was euro -35 million (same quarter of previous year: euro -66 million). This was essentially the result of net payments of some euro 8 million to acquire PSG and payments associated with portfolio optimization measures totaling around euro9 million.

The net financial debt increased slightly in the quarter under review, to euro 277 million (March 31, 2015: euro 256 million), and thus remains at a low level.

This enabled the leverage (net financial debt divided

by EBITDA excluding special items for the last four quarters), including payment of the purchase price for PSG, to be kept below the target value of 2.

Thanks to a healthy order backlog, higher servicerelated sales, and exchange rate effects (around euro 40 million), sales in the quarter under review increased to euro 563 million (previous year: euro 435 million). All regions achieved higher sales. As a result of the successful trade show in China, additional service-related business due to the PSG takeover, and exchange rate effects (roughly euro 55 million), incoming orders climbed to euro 703 million (previous year: euro 588 million).

The operating result was far better than in the previous year, with EBITDA of euro 46 million (previous year: euro 6 million) and EBIT of euro 28 million (previous year: euro -11 million). Income from the takeover of PSG totaling about euro 19 million had a positive impact on both these figures.

Excluding this income and adjusted for sales-related exchange rate effects, the EBITDA margin was around 5 percent. The PSG income compensated for negative special items from subsequent expenditure amounting to some euro 15 million for partial retirement agreements concluded in the previous year. EBIT including special items thus increased significantly, from euro -11 million to euro 13 million.

At euro -14 million, the financial result was better than in the same quarter of the previous year (euro -17 million). The net result before taxes (euro -1 million following euro -28 million in the same quarter of the previous year) and the net result after taxes (euro -4

Equity at the end of the quarter, on June 30, increased to euro 337 million (March 31, 2015: euro 183 million). This corresponds to an equity ratio of around 15 percent (March 31, 2015: 8 percent). The main reason for this improvement was the significant increase in the discount rate for pensions in Germany – from 1.7 percent in the previous year to 2.7 percent on the balance sheet date.

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corporate bond, a further step to ensure long-term financing of the corporate strategy was completed in July 2015 when the early extension of the revolving credit facility with a future volume of euro 250 million to the end of June 2019 was agreed with a consortium of banks and formed the third mainstay of the financing framework.

“Our optimized financing framework provides a solid foundation for further strategic reorientation and the planned growth of the company,” said Kaliebe.

As at June 30, 2015, the Heidelberg Group had a global workforce of 11,865, including the 384 new PSG staff, plus 426 trainees (previous year: 12,454 plus 493 trainees).

Outlook: Well on way to achieving targets for year Boosted by healthy order books, Heidelberg is aiming for sales growth of 2 to 4 percent after adjustment for exchange rate effects in the current financial year 2015/2016.

As in the previous year, the company is assuming that sales will be higher in the second half of the financial year than in the first.

Provided the initiatives to improve the margin and optimize the portfolio have the planned impact in the current financial year, the company expects to be able to achieve an operating margin based on EBITDA of

at least 8 percent of sales – now adjusted for exchange rate movements – in financial year 2015/2016. The Heidelberg Equipment segment should help achieve this with a margin of between 4 and 6 percent and the Heidelberg Services segment with a margin of between 9 and 11 percent.

In the Heidelberg Financial Services segment, customer financing is still primarily outsourced. This segment should make a positive contribution to EBITDA in the future, too.

The figures for the second quarter of financial year 2015/2016 are due to be published on November 13, 2015.

ACIMGA reshapes its association structure and proposes its “networking strategy” version 2.0 From the development of its own exhibitions – Converflex and Grafitalia – to the leadership of the Business Community of the sector.

The second phase is under way: an open approach, internationalisation, social networks and supply chain events to share the know-how.

A new launch and a further growth of the sector’s trade shows, a promotional strategy common to the entire business community, supply chain marketing, and a 360-degree communication programme with an organised presence on the major social networks. ACIMGA plays its aces and starts phase 2 of its reorganisation plan. Marco Calcagni is now entering his second year as the President of the Italian Manufacturers Association of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting and Paper Industry, member of Confindustria, and is accelerating this transformation process. A new, future-looking way of managing an association, with the new challenges in mind. An open approach, internationalisation, awareness that growth can take place and be fostered only if the boundaries of individualism are crossed and solutions and know-how are shared.

These considerations highlight the importance of the recent transfer of IpackIma to Fiera Milano: a highly strategic choice, which provides new resources and energies that will give a further boost to first-rate trade shows such as Converflex, Grafitalia and

UPAK Italia, currently under the management of ACIMGA’s operations company, Centrexpo Spa. The diversification strategy adopted by ACIMGA in the past 15 years through IpackIma was of the utmost importance. Thanks to it, the association had access to the vast and global perspectives of package printing and gained a closer synergy with the packaging sector. All this took place in a crucial moment for the traditional printing sectors, weakened by the overwhelming introduction of digital technologies, then struck by the very quick evolution of paper-free communication technologies. ACIMGA, with its trade shows and its steadily developing network of international and communication relations, can now help with greater efficacy its member companies make their way into world markets.

“The challenge we are facing is of great consequence – says Andrea Briganti, General Manager of ACIMGA -. Our Association is changing from the representation office of an industrial sector into the Business Community of the Package Printing and Converting world. We have been able to increase the number of member companies by 40% in the space of a year; now we have introduced the role of the partner, that can be played by all companies that can provide our members with services aimed at business management”. The idea of the creation of a supply network is thus taking shape, strengthening the central

role of the business community, thanks to a further evolution: from the organisation of promotional events according to traditional standards to the new “content transfer event” format, where skills and products are shared among all actors of the Package Printing and Converting Business Community, with their various roles and responsibilities.

These efforts are sustained by an intense communication activity, ranging from the traditional channels to the new social networks, in synergy with and in support of the information and know-how sharing strategy started at organisational level.

“The reorganisation process of our association is now in its second phase, which consists in a series of coordinated and synergistic actions that represent an important stage in ACIMGA’s growth – underlines its President, Marco Calcagni -. To concentrate on our key exhibitions, Converflex and Grafitalia, is the basic condition to guarantee far-reaching results, strategic alliances and new international prospects in order to promote the activities we are directly involved in”.

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Monotech Systems brings SHINOHARA Sheetfed Offset Presses to India Monotech Systems, manufacturer and supplier of products and solution for printing and packaging industry, has brought SHINOHARA range of multicolour Sheet-fed Offset Presses from Japan for Indian market.

T. P. Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems says, “We are excited to add Shinohara Offset Presses in our product portfolio. The Sheet-fed Offset market has shown strong rebound in recent past and the preference is for new machines. Shinohara offers a lot of value added features which will help us to position this product well in the market” The product line include SHINOHARA 52/66/75/79/92 High Pile Series of presses that has been designed ground up aimed to give printers unprecedented levels of productivity, efficiency, operation and quality.

Its high quality, high specification printing solutions will meet medium to large sized printing market need. These presses are equipped with SPC (Shinohara plate changer, advance technology feeder head, 7 o’clock cylinder alignment, plate cocking system, next generation type operation console, automatic wash up systems, precise delivery control, ink temperature control, registration system for high speeds, pre-set feeder and delivery option, in-line coating unit, drying systems, cold UV curing system, interdeck UV curing unit, tell edge guide system for optimum tension control, master and subgripper system for excellent registration etc.

Shinohara’s leading edge technology is the Shinohara Perfecting System, which has been developed and refined since it was first introduced in 1979. It incorporates many

patented advances made by Shinohara and offers exceptional register accuracy.

Changeover from straight printing to perfecting is quick and easy.

most cost effective machine of its type on the market. Packed with all the right features to make a difference, the Shinohara 75 makes sense for today’s B2 printer.

The Shinohara 52 series brings a high level of quality and sophistication to the B3 (52cm) format. This series has all the features required for success in this sector, where short runs are common and quick job turnarounds are a must. Shinohara 52 machines include all the latest technology for automated make-readies, productivity and quality.

The Shinohara 79 series is a latest advanced press for printers in high-quality large format printing. It suits to the work profile of B2 Format.

The Shinohara 66 series brings the ultimate in press technology for printers with a work profile suiting the SRA2 format, and ensures savings in comparison to the more common B2 format. The Shinohara 66 series has all the modern features you need to compete in the modern print marketplace including CIP integration, preset inking and much more.

B2 is one of the most popular press formats in the world. For achieving ultimate in quality with an innovative edge, the Shinohara 75 series is not just the right choice, it’s now the

Shinohara’s 92cm (SRA1) machine is a great choice for serious commercial printers who seek the ultimate in quality but wish to maximize profits by improving efficiency and reducing waste. It offers full range of quality and productivity features, the 92cm format means 8 x A4 sheets can be produced more economically than on a B1 press.

Liu Xuezhi, Managing Director, Shinohara says, “We met Monotech in Print China 2015 and our cooperation started from there.

India is a huge and competitive market. For large-scale equipment manufacturer, after sales service is the most important factor to get good sales performance. Monotech with its famed team of professionals will provide service for our products to the Indian customers.”

Founded in 1919, Shinohara has been at the forefront of press design since its first printing machine was introduced in 1948.

The company developed an unrivalled reputation for quality and innovation in Offset press design and manufacture. Its patented perfecting system, which first emerged in 1979, is still regarded as a benchmark within the industry. In 2011 Shinohara was acquired

by Hans Gronhi. Having revolutionized the B3 market with its own machine, Hans Gronhi is now able to make a similar impact on the larger formats by making state-of-the-art machines affordable, from B3 to SRA1.

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Sivakasi’s Kaliswari blazes a trail Installs India’s first-ever Heidelberg Speedmaster CS 92 In a trend-setting move, Sivakasi-based Kaliswari Group added the Heidelberg Speedmaster CS 92 four-colour press to its in-house printing division. With this installation, the global Fireworks exporter earns the accolade of buying the first-ever Heidelberg Speedmaster CS 92 in the country.

The Kaliswari group manufactures and sells fireworks under the well-established and reputed “Cock” brand. Pyrotechnics is the key business, but the 92-year old Kaliswari group also operates in other diverse verticals, such as educational institutions, transportation and hotels. An in-house printing division caters to the commercial and packaging needs of the Group’s own Fireworks and other businesses.

A.P. Selvarajan, the Director of Kaliswari Group is clearly excited about his latest investment. “We are more than happy to invest in the first Speedmaster CS 92 press in India. The format and production speeds of the CS92 score an A+, but the wow factor is the assured savings in plate and paper costs.”

Launched in the ‘Print China’ exhibition in April 2015, the Speedmaster CS 92 was specially targeted at the Asian printing

fraternity. A.P. Selvarajan impressed by the technical advantages that the Speedmaster CS92 had to offer, after watching a demo at ‘Print China’. He signed up for the press in the very next month. The installation is currently in the works and the press is expected to be operational by this month-end.

The Speedmaster CS 92, a size 37- format press, has a production speed of 15,000 sheets per hour. It can handle substrates with thickness ranging from 0.03 mm – 0.6 mm (0.0012 in – 0.024 in). Printing plate costs are almost 20% lower with the CS92, a key competitive advantage in a fiercely contested market. The unique format class caters to about 90% of commercial print products.

Alongside the classic 16-page A4 format, the Speedmaster CS 92 also promotes the use of additional imposition layouts – Nine A4 repeats or 6-page products in three rows of repeats.

Ganesh Kumar, Senior Sales Manager, Heidelberg India for Sivakasi region states, “The Speedmaster CS 92 is based on the extremely successful press format –

Common Facility Centre, Harohalli Printech Park Cluster have entered into MOU on dated 5th August 2015 with M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Science as Knowledge Partner for establishment of Common Facility Centre at Harohalli. The address of the Common Facility Centre is: Plot No. A-1, 1st Phase, KIADB Industrial Area, Harohalli.

the Speedmaster CD 102. This ensures stable print quality throughout the entire run, exceptionally easy operation, and outstanding productivity. Developed

by Heidelberg engineers in Germany and equipped with high-performance components such as the fully automated Preset Plus Feeder and Preset Plus delivery with pile heights of 1.3 meters (51.18 in), contact-free AirTransfer System, stable inking and Alcolor dampening with vario system, intellistart for easy make-ready, the Speedmaster CS 92 is a reliable and secure investment. In addition, the press can be converted for UV operation as well.”

Although the in-house printing unit was founded as an offshoot of the Fireworks division, it is well endowed with state-of-theart pre-press facilities such as multicolour offset presses and flexo printing presses, while the Postpress portfolio features Polar cutters, die-cutters and folder gluers.

Indeed, the journey has been eventful and sizzling for the Kaliswari Group that was established in 1923 as a Match factory.

The company exploded into prominence and growth, after expanding into Fireworks.

Today, the company controls over 30 factories and has an employee count exceeding 9,000.

On a concluding note, A.P. Selvarajan states, “The Speedmaster CS92 will be a value and proud addition in our 9 decade journey.

We hope to accomplish a lot with this latest wonder from Heidelberg.”

In picture: Prof S.R. Shankapal - Vice Chancellor, Sri N.C. Shekar - Registrar & CFO, signing on behalf of M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Science, Sri C. R. Janardhana - Chairman of Printech Park Cluster and Sri Ashok Kumar - President of Karnataka State Printers Association.

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GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS winners announced The 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS winners have been selected and will be on exhibit at GRAPH EXPO 15 and the co-located CPP EXPO show, coming September 13 - 16, 2015 to Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning the entire graphic communications industry.

Below listed in alphabetical order are the 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS award winners in each of the 11 categories:

“Every year, the MUST SEE ‘EMS competition is one of the highlights of the GRAPH EXPO and PRINT shows,” says Ralph Nappi, President of the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC).

Prepress and Premedia

The “Best of Category” winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during the pre-show EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK conference, which takes place on September 13, 2015.

Also to be announced at EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK will be the Legacy Award, which is given to a previous MUST SEE ‘EMS winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.

Color Management and Quality Control

Highcon Systems Ltd. - Highcon Euclid II+ MGI Inc. - iFOIL T Scodix - Scodix FOIL VITS International - VITS Sprint

EFI - EFI Fiery CMYK+ Lake Image Systems, Inc. - Discovery MaxScan

Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment

GRAPH EXPO 15 also will offer a special MUST SEE ‘EMS pre-show webinar, “New Technologies from the GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS,” presented by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) via www. myprintresource.com and featuring host Hal Hinderliter, coordinator for the MUST SEE ‘EMS program. The free live webinar that will be aired on August 25, 2015 will highlight the MUST SEE ‘EMS winners and their new innovations which could impact business and possibly revolutionize market segments.

Sales and Order Entry AccuZIP, Inc.- AccuZIP Direct Mail Configurator EFI - EFI Fiery Smart Estimator for Specialty Toners Opensoft - DaVinci

CGS Publishing Technologies International Creative Edge IC3D Suite, Version 3 EFI - EFI Fiery Job Parallel HyperRIP EFI - EFI Metrix Layout Engine for EFI Pace

Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel AccuZIP, Inc. - AccuZIP Maps and AccuZIP Geo-Information Services EFI - EFI DirectSmile Cross Media version 7 HP - HP SmartStream Mosaic

Pressroom: Analog Presses Air Motion Systems | AMS UV - LED UV | XP9 High Energy Curing for Sheetfed Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology Ltd. - Ryobi MHI 925 LED UV with Smart Insta.Color and RPC

Pressroom: Digital Presses MGI Inc. - MGI Meteor DP1000 & DF Pro

The 2015 Gold Ink Winners announced Printing Impressions has announced the winners of the Annual Gold Ink Awards.

The complete list is available at the Gold Ink website.

Winning pieces surpassed their competitors based on print quality, technical difficulty and overall visual effect.

This year’s Gold Ink Award winners were chosen from over 1000 entries submitted within 50 categories including: Books, Magazines, Commercial Printing, Packaging, Direct Mail, Catalogs, Calendars, Posters, Programs, Scientific & Technical Journals and many more.

The Gold Ink Gala will take place on September 13, 2015 at GRAPH EXPO 15. This year’s event will be fastpaced, high-energy cocktail reception with a full bar, specialty drinks, hors d’oeuvres, carving stations, live music, and plenty of networking with colleagues, peers.

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Integrated Inline Product Suite Xeikon - Xeikon 9800 Digital Color Press Xerox Corporation - Xerox iGen 5 Press Xerox Corporation - Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press

Pressroom: Wide-Format EFI - EFI SuperDraw Ink EFI - EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro Clear Epson America, Inc. - Epson SureColor F9200 HP - HP T1100 Simplex Color InkJet Web Press

Postpress and In-line Finishing

AccuZIP Inc. - AccuZIP 7 Pitney Bowes - Productivity Tool Suite: Workcell Productivity Interface & Inserter Production Dashboard

Management Systems Avanti - Avanti Slingshot Automated Press Sheet Optimizer Avanti - Avanti Slingshot Grand Format Estimating Module EFI - EFI PrintFlow for Packaging Opensoft - Scissorhands

The Future of Print Documobi Ltd - DocumobiFuse EFI- EFI Fiery Final Fix HP- HP High Definition Nozzle Architecture technology

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Delhi’s Anupam Art Printers invests in 2 Polar 115 PF cutters In a latest move, Delhi-Based Anupam Art Printers installed two high-speed Polar 115 PF cutting machines, embellishing its current state-of-the-art infrastructure. Incorporated in 1992, under the skilled leadership of Mr. Vijayendra Jain, Anupam Art Printers specializes in commercial printing and offers a wide spectrum of printing services, from brochure designing, to printing on carry bags. Print products include Brochures, Catalogues, Leaflets, Calendars, Books, Annual reports, Magazines, Pamphlets, Posters, and Diaries, to name a few.

The recent acquisition of the Polar 115 PF cutting machines is part of the company’s broader strategy to upgrade its facility at regular intervals to accommodate the latest and best-in-class technologies.

“The present investment in the Polar 115 PF cutting machines reinforces our commitment to excellence in quality and service,” states Mr. Vijayendra Jain, who is a stickler for quality and on-time delivery, the reason that launched his humble printing firm on an accelerating growth trajectory. Today, Anupam Art Printers grosses an annual turnover exceeding 10 Crores, with an employee count of more than 100.

The two-decade old print firm houses a complete array of prepress, press and Postpress equipments, including five-color and monochrome offset presses, CtP

Vaibhav Jain, of Anupam Art Printers with the recently installed brand new Polar 115 PF cutter.

equipment and a stunning range of cutters, binding equipment and folders. The Polar 115 PF cutting machine is a perfect fit into Anupam’s full-fledged print framework, built around innovation, and futuristic technology.

“Excellence is a perfect blend of outstanding quality, sophisticated technology and ongoing innovation. So, Heidelberg is our natural choice for scaling the heights of perfection. The Polar 115 PF is the right choice for our portfolio,” smiles Vaibhav Jain, the current generation entrepreneur at Anupam.

the world, the Polar 115 PF is designed for all standard cutting jobs, but best suited for offset formats of 70 × 100 cm. With a cutting width of up to 115 cm, the Polar 115 PF can be tuned to high productivity with an array of programmable functions. Intuitive cutting programs promote faster knife changes and shortest make-ready times, and the Polar positioning-system DPS with a mechanical positioning accuracy of 1/1000 mm renders the greatest cutting accuracy to the Polar 115 PF. The stability of the single-piece machine frame lengthens lifespan and makes the Polar 115 PF highly reliable for everyday use.

One of the top-selling, high-speed cutters in

GRAPH EXPO 2015 GRAPH EXPO 2015 will take place from September 13 to September 16 at McCormick Place, Chicago, USA.About Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). The show produced by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) – owned by Epicomm, NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies (NPES), and the Printing Industries of America – is recognized as the most innovative and comprehensive exhibition in the Americas of inkjet, digital, offset, flexo, gravure and hybrid technologies, products, and services for the commercial, transactional, converting and package printing, publishing, mailing, in-plant, photo imaging, marketing, and industrial printing industries, this year’s

“Transform” themed GRAPH EXPO 15 offers an exciting show-going experience for a diverse spectrum of attendees.

The industry event presents the latest graphic communications technologies in live equipment demonstrations across the exhibition floor, plus education on the most in-demand products and newest profitmaking opportunities. GRAPH EXPO 15 offers more than 70 interactive learning sessions and 50+ co-located events for attendees across 12 key market segments.

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Largest ever order for Q.I. Press Controls Q.I. Press Controls has received the largest ever order in its history from Newsprinters UK for its printing sites in Broxbourne and Eurocentral.

Newsprinters comprises three divisions: Broxbourne, Knowsley and Eurocentral.

Of these, Broxbourne is the largest and is responsible for printing some of the UK’s major national dailies, such as The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Broxbourne’s plant consists of 60 towers and Eurocentral’s 12.

Newsprinters recently announced all these towers are equipped with Q.I. Press Controls’ IDS-3D The collaboration with Newsprinters dates back to 2010, when a test system was installed on 5 towers at Broxbourne. Trials continued at the Eurocentral site near Glasgow, which enabled Newsprinters to prove the benefits of the system.

In October 2014, Newsprinters has given Q.I. Press Controls the go-ahead to fit Broxbourne and Eurocentral with the system.

Management is satisfied with the partnership with Q.I. Press Controls and believes that use of the innovative IDS-3D, in combination with fountain-water control and Automatic Ink Mist Shields (AIMS), provides optimum repeatable quality and labour savings, resulting in much more efficient presses. Steve Whitehead, managing director of Newsprinters UK, has faith in the system of Q.I. Press Controls: “Following a detailed evaluation over a period of three years we have determined that the system of Q.I. Press Controls is able to reliably fulfil our criteria for an automatic density control system. That is accurate colour control, automatically optimising dampening control, printing fault detection with a management information system to record quality. These systems provide a significant condition monitoring capability at a capital and operating cost that can provide a reasonable return on investment.”

The total surface area of the plant is 16 hectares (40 acres) which equates to around 23 Wembley football pitches. The workfloor in the Broxbourne printing plant occupies around 87,000 square metres. This accommodates 12 triple-wide manroland Colorman XXL press lines with 60 full-colour towers. The printing presses have the capacity to produce one million 120-page issues of a newspaper per hour.

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Not only will acquisition of the IDS-3D result in a reduction in production and maintenance costs, but also mark the continuation of a stable working relationship between Q.I. Press Controls and Newsprinters, which has the ambition to become the best newspaper printing plant in the world. Steve Whitehead: “Q.I. Press Controls have remained a responsive and diligent partner throughout the long evaluation process.”

Newsprinters is investing in its future by buying in the best quality. By teaming up with Q.I. Press Controls, Newsprinters is putting itself in a position to deliver the best possible service by supplying top quality products to its clients well into the future.

Menno Jansen, managing director of Q.I. Press Controls is enthusiastic about this new milestone: “We’re extremely happy to have received this prestigious order for the installation of 134 IDS-3D cameras for Newprinters in its plants at Eurocentral and Broxbourne. After the successful installation at News Ltd. in Brisbane and Sydney in Australia, this order represents another important landmark in the history of Q.I. Press Controls. The innovative strength of our organisation has brought about two new solutions, such as AIMS, which is installed in front of the camera so that there is no longer any need for lens cleaning. We will continue to harness this innovative strength in our collaboration with Newsprinters in order to develop new ideas which will help bring about further automation and improvement of the printing process.”

Newsprinters will continue its partnership with Q.I. Press Controls in the future and wonders about the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE. Newsprinters technical director, Mark Ellington said: “We will continue our partnership with QI in the future to improve the IDS-3D system, in particular, to develop the management information system into a valuable condition monitoring tool. We will also be watching with interest how Q.I. Press Controls and EAE collaborate to develop their press control systems.”

Menno Jansen (Director Q.I. Press Controls) & Steve Whitehead (Managing Director Newsprinters UK)

Newsprinters – producing 1.5 trillion copies annually Newsprinters is News UK’s printing division and comprises three sites which are amongst the largest and most modern in the world. These plants produce 1.5 trillion copies annually, including the national dailies The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times and a number of independent publications and regional newspapers.

Times of India wins seven INK Awards 2015 The Times of India bagged seven awards and Mumbai Mirror bagged one for their print advertising campaigns – both local and national – at the Dainik Bhaskar INK Awards 2015, held in Mumbai.

The awards, won by the media group were in the Creative Awards category. The paper’s national campaign, Rise Up, won a bronze award in the Campaign of the Year (National) category. ‘Let Delhi Breathe’ won a bronze in the Campaign of the Year (Local) subcategory and a silver for its art direction as well. ‘Namma Chennai Chance-ey-illa’ won a silver award in the Campaign of the Year (Local) sub-category. Mumbai Mirror’s ‘Hated

By Some’ won a silver in this sub-category.

TOI’s The Great Indian campaign won a

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Goss to showcase product and customer innovation at GRAPH EXPO 2015 Partnership between WAN-IFRA, Local Media Association and DDM delivers world class training.

Goss International will highlight the unique advantages of its web offset technology for commercial, newspaper and packaging applications at GRAPH EXPO 2015 in Chicago from September 13 – 16.

The company will focus on its groundbreaking product portfolio for the commercial, newspaper and packaging markets, highlighting the Goss Sunday Vpak press for high-quality, short-run packaging applications, and the Magnum Compact press for short- to medium-run book, newspaper and semi-commercial

awards at Dainik Bhaskar bronze in this sub-category.

India Salutes won a bronze award in the Best Copywriting Campaign subcategory, while Rise Up - Step Out and Vote won a bronze award in the Best Copywriting (Single Ad) sub-category.

BJP MP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who was part of his party’s campaigns in the national elections in 2004, 2009 and 2014, was the chief guest at the INK awards. He rued the overuse of “breaking news” and “mirch masala” in the media.

applications, and its wide range of Sunday commercial web presses.

Goss will also provide further information about its latest partner solutions, such as Alwan’s Color Expertise Technology. Now commercially available across the full Goss product range, this software suite includes extended colour gamut, enabling customers to add two or three inks to conventional process inks for exact brand colour reproduction without the need for spot inks. Facilitating a substantial reduction in the costs usually associated with ink changeovers, the update is expected to bring customers a 30 to 50 percent cost reduction compared to the use of spot inks through a combination of eliminating ink changeovers and reduced ink inventories.

Alwan’s Color Expertise Technology also features G7® certified colour management and quality control software which helps to increase print quality and consistency; reduce cost and ultimately maximize productivity across the production cycle.

“GRAPH EXPO is the ideal platform for Goss to engage with customers and prospects about our latest product developments and partner innovations across market sectors,” says Mike D’Angelo, Goss managing director for the Americas. “We always welcome the chance to communicate directly with printing companies of all sizes, and provide details of how Goss technologies can potentially re-expand margins, revitalize production capabilities and create flexible run-length opportunities.”

TheGoss Lifetime Support team will also present parts, service and enhancement programs, designed to extend the competitive lifespan of both press and finishing systems. Visitors who stop by the Goss booth will also find out what special parts promotions are being offered at the show.

Recent Goss customer projects in the USA will also be a key feature at GRAPH EXPO. “Our customers continue to push the boundaries in the markets they serve and we have been privileged enough to be involved in some significant American customer projects and new press installations,” continues D’Angelo. “Since GRAPH EXPO 2014, the first Magnum Compact press system in the US has been installed at Advance Publishing in Staten Island - the press towers clearing the overhead by no more than an inch! Installation of the first triple-wide Goss Uniliner press was also completed at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“These US firsts and the new Goss presses successfully installed at other North and South American customers, such as Colonial Press International, Creel Printing, Grupo El Comercio and Infagon Web S.A., further demonstrate Goss’ commitment to delivering market-leading offset solutions, tailored to our individual customers’ needs.”

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Go-live in record time: Content-X catches on in Oklahoma The Oklahoman uses the editorial system Content-X, a solution jointly developed by ppi Media and Digital Collections The Oklahoman, a daily newspaper published by the Oklahoman Media Company, has implemented a new editorial system: it has decided to replace its present editorial system with Content-X, a joint solution from ppi Media and Digital Collections. The daily newspaper has been produced with Content-X since June.

With a circulation of 146,000 copies a day, The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Oklahoma. From now on, it will be produced with Content-X. The Oklahoman Media Company decided to switch to the editorial solution developed by ppi Media and Digital Collections. Just a few days after the contract was signed, Content-X experts from both ppi Media and Digital collections met to draw up the necessary system specifications with the project managers and users at The Oklahoman. To the delight of everyone involved, the spec was completed and the editorial system was installed and configured in record time. “In that first week we identified and blueprinted workflows and went on to configure a large part of the CMS. We had AP wire and photos flowing in and could produce stories and design whole pages … which we imaged all the way to plate.” said Jay Spear, Director of Emerging Technology at The Oklahoman Media Company.

Designing a layout in a flash Content-X stands out not only as a comparatively low-cost editorial solution, but is also particularly user-friendly and multifunctional. Content-X combines the functions from the Digital Asset Management system DC-X which the editors at The Oklahoman enter texts and photos into with the layout functions from Adobe’s InDesign and the InDesign Server. InDesign is used to design the graphic layout of the daily

newspaper. It is highly integrated, allowing layout editors to track the progress of their editorial work in real time. So, Content-X lets editors and layout artists work on the article simultaneously. This has been made possible using plugins developed by ppi Media.

“Content-X enables us to work efficiently.

Because it is linked to InDesign, we can work with layout templates, and powerful automation through InDesign saving time and costs,” says Jay Spear, explaining the benefits of Content-X. After installing the remaining modules, templates and systems and following successful trainer and admin training, the daily newspaper went live with Content-X in June 2015. The Oklahoman has been a customer of ppi’s since 2005 and uses the software solutions PlanPag, AdPag, ProPag, AdMan and the output management system OM.

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KBA-Digital & Web at the World Publishing Expo 2015 in Hamburg Future-oriented solutions for printed newspapers Innovative solutions to facilitate the cost-effective production of high-quality newspapers, magazines and supplements, future-oriented business models built around digital newspaper printing, press upgrades to enable sales-boosting finishing options and new advertising formats for the printed newspaper, and service offers geared to maintaining the value of older press installations are the central topics addressed

by KBA-Digital & Web Solutions AG & Co. KG at this year’s World Publishing Expo in Hamburg (Hall 4, Stand 330). The recently formed business unit KBA-Digital & Web Solutions is the product house responsible for webfed digital and offset print – and thus also for the newspaper market – within the Koenig & Bauer group (KBA).

Despite the fact that a number of newspaper publishers have invested in inkjet systems over the past months, the offset process continues to dominate new investment activity in this segment of the market. With Aschendorff in Münster and Oppermann in Rodenberg, for example, two more German media companies have opted for the extremely flexible configuration and automation options of the KBA Commander CL in 2015. As an alternative to analogue offset printing, the KBA portfolio has already included the RotaJET family of high-volume

With its robust design, superior web handling and automation, the KBA RotaJET L inkjet press (here for a web width of 130 cm) is predestined for digital newspaper printing

digital web presses for a number of years.

Engineered to satisfy specific needs of the publishing industry, the new RotaJET L for web widths from 89 to 130 cm now further expands the existing capabilities. KBA has supplied impressive proof of the suitability of digital inkjet printing for hyperlocal and narrowly targeted short runs, personalised inserts and special event- and readeroriented marketing products in cooperation with newspaper publishing partners.

The branch is gradually recognising the publishing potential of digital print, but is still hesitant to invest in print due to the economically still unconvincing focus on online channels.

Given the general reluctance to commit to new investments, retrofits and upgrades for existing presses have gained enormously in

importance. Representatives of the KBA web service department and PrintHouseService GmbH (PHS) will be in Hamburg to present examples of their increasingly soughtafter services, ranging from preventive maintenance, via complete press overhauls and relocations, to the retrofitting of product finishing modules to both KBA and thirdparty presses. A number of innovations, such as service data glasses or the software tool “Process Analyzer” will be presented at the Media Port “Newspaper” on 6th October.

KBA will be providing further information at the WPE press conference to be held in the “Prag” conference room on the second floor of the Hamburg Exhibition Centre at 2 p.m. on 5th October.

The KBA Commander CL, with its flexible options for the retrofitting of further automation modules, accounts for the most new press installations in Europe

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Goss reveals top results from new technology at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Since completion last year of the installation of the first triple-wide Goss Uniliner press in the USA, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (“PG”) is on its way to achieving key business and performance criteria stated at project outset. Increased advertiser activity as well as readers’ response indicate the success of investment in new production capabilities and wide-scale redesign.

According to Lisa Hurm, director of operations with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it has been hard not to be thrilled: “The printed edition looks fabulous, with brilliant colour on every page; every nuance of the artwork is brought out. We’ve had really great customer feedback in this respect and our advertisers have been more than happy with the opportunities now available to them.”

The technical competencies of the fourtower press have seen a new lease of life for classified sections, obituaries and comics, says Hurm, while there are encouraging signs in other areas too: “We used to outsource our TV guides, as well as sections, wraps and jackets, but these have all come in-house now. Once we felt fully confident of this quality of work, we started doing some commercial work for outside parties. These were mostly brochures on thicker, bright white paper for some local conventions as well as for a number car dealers among others. They have been received very well.”

Alongside development of its electronic publication and other digital functionality of the PG brand, the decision in 2013 to invest in a new print production facility reflected

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the company’s commitment to the printed word. It required an investment in technology that could deliver the very latest capabilities for value-added print featuring a high level of automation, high-speed and productivity, as well as flexibility for as-yet unknown demands. The lengthy consultation period that followed involved all the key equipment and systems suppliers to the newspaper industry.

“Goss had a very good understanding of what we needed and, in true partnership, responded well to our requirements,” explains Hurm. “The speed of the press and its quality of design were crucial.”

The press line comprises four four-high printing towers with a 21-inch (533 mm) cut-off, four reelstands and a double-couple J2:5:5 jaw folder. Reelstands are positioned in the ‘T90’ configuration, that is, at right angles to the press line, providing easy access for press crew.

For maximum productivity the printing units are capable of up to 80,000 full-color copies per hour in straight production (48 broadsheet pages) or 40,000 copies per hour for collect production (96 pages of full color).

These output speeds are enhanced by makeready advantages including motorized pre-set ink keys, spray bar dampening, register system, automated folder settings and shaftless press drives.

For flexibility, a wide range of equipment specifications increase the production options. PG specified a maximum web width

of 66 inches (1680 mm), equivalent to six pages across of 11 inches per page. Added to this, the company chose to include a secondary web width of 30 inches (762 mm) for running 15-inch tabloids. This format runs to the lower former assembly of the jaw folder, which is equipped for up to four webs or 12 ribbons. In addition, the jaw folder includes a balloon former assembly, also equipped for up to 12 ribbons and with a center former capable of running both 11-inch and 15-inch pages. For ultimate versatility in operation, the folder features a single push-button fold changeover for switching between straight and collect production.

Mike D’Angelo, managing director of Goss Americas, believes the state-of-the-art installation is ideal for the Pittsburgh PostGazette in terms of both current production requirements and long-term aspirations.

“PG epitomizes a 21st century newspaper at the top of its game, encompassing both modern news journalism and traditional interests and preferences. It addresses the new world of digital and mobile connectivity while maintaining a thriving community of readers and contributors - with print very much at the heart of things. The flexibility of this Uniliner configuration means that PG can continue to innovate and adapt according to advertiser demand, while its proven print quality and productivity will ensure ongoing high standards that will maintain the printed edition at the pinnacle of the PG brand offering.”

With a history dating back to 1786 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, under a range of titles and ownership, has been reflecting and leading thought in Pennsylvania for well over 200 years. Through some of the most significant developments, since first publishing the Constitution of the United States in 1787, the paper has provided daily updates on local, national and world events. Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is Western Pennsylvania’s largest newspaper with a daily printed circulation of around 140,000 rising to more than 270,000 copies on Sunday. As the region’s most visited news website, post-gazette.com complements the printed edition, together reaching nearly one million people each week.

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KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology creates a more flexible business model for the newspaper industry Kodak and Guiton Group have announced the birth of KP Services (Jersey), a collaboration between Kodak and Guiton Group, which also owns the Jersey Evening Post.

KP Services (Jersey) will print the Jersey Evening Post as well as the majority of U.K. national newspapers (11 titles in total) for distribution in Jersey and Guernsey. It is estimated that KP Services (Jersey) will print approximately 35,000 newspapers in total each day(made up of the combined circulations required for each separate publication).

The new service will bring a number of benefits to Guernsey and Jersey and, in particular, will overcome the challenges of reliable delivery by avoiding the frequent weather delays associated with flying newspapers into islands on the day of publication. KP Services (Jersey) will open for business in 2016.

Kodak will install two KODAK PROSPER 6000P Presses and four of the newlylaunched Hunkeler Combi-Solution Newspaper finishing lines. The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses are powered by an advanced Intelligent Print System (IPS) that continuously monitors, evaluates and adjusts operations to ensure exceptional quality output. With the improved IPS, the KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses can monitor and instantly correct colour registration, delivering enhanced registration performance.

The KODAK PROSPER 6000P Press was designed specifically for publishing applications such as newspapers and books.

The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses print

at speeds of up to 1,000 feet (or 300 meters) per minute on standard newsprint paper delivering close to 3,000 newspapers every hour*. They are ideally suited for print sites that have to print a large number of lowvolume titles.

The innovative concept underlying Hunkeler‘s latest newspaper finishing line allows for fully-automated changeover between Tabloid and Broadsheet formats as well as the automated collation of multiple sections.

Every newpsaper going through the folding and collating sub-system can have a different number of pages with a maximum page count of 140 Tabloid pages per newspaper.

“In today’s printing environment, businesses need to invest in technologies that complement long-established production methods, yet also enable them to drive newspaper printing into the future,” said Jack Knadjian, Managing Director, KP Services (Jersey). “Kodak has pioneered inkjet printing for newspapers and is ready to show the world the next generation of inkjet presses with the speed and quality provided by KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology. It would not have been possible to print so many titles with such a diversity of print runs (less than 300 to more than 15,000) and some with very high page counts using offset technology.

Through KP Services (Jersey) Limited, we will now be able to demonstrate the value of KODAK PROSPER6000 Presses to our customers around the world.”

“This is a welcome investment into the Jersey economy by such a prestigious global company. The partnership between Kodak UK and the Guiton Group will see the very

latest digital printing technology coming to the island, new jobs created and new skills being learned,” said Senator Lyndon Farnham, Jersey’s Minister for Economic Development. “The Jersey operation will be a worldwide showcase for the digital printing of newspapers and we are delighted to see such innovation and investment brought to the island.”

“After 125 years of consistently printing our own titles, it is fair to say that any thirdparty solution needed to be technologically superior for us to consider moving from self-sufficiency to this type of partnership,“ said Paul Carter, Managing Director, Guiton Publishing and the Jersey Evening Post.

“We’ve been watching digital development for over a decade and always held back due to the speed and reliability issues that this technology struggled with previously. We are confident that adding the KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses, combined with the Hunkeler finishing equipment and our own expertise in publishing and distribution, makes this the right time to move forward. In the year when we celebrate our 125th anniversary, it is satisfying to invest in future-proofing our business in this way.”

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Canon: Promoting entrepreneurship Canon India generating new opportunities for young entrepreneurs to enter into colour printing domain.

To foster the colour printing market in India, Canon India has announced the launch of new range of A3 and A4 colour Multi- function devices (MFDs).

The products launched in the A3 segment are ImageRUNNER ADVANCE (iR-ADV) C3300 series comprising of iR-ADV C3320/C3325/C3330 and ImageRUNNER ADVANCE C350i in A4 segment, deliver high quality output, low maintenance cost and enhanced media handling up to 300gsm paper with A3 plus paper size. With this launch Canon is poised to expand horizons into commercial sector (particularly copy shops). Also these machines are designed to meet the expectations of the SME’s, corporate and government sector with the inbuilt security facilities.

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and newer territory of work.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. K. Bhaskhar, VP - Business Imaging Solutions Division, Canon India said, “In India, we currently have a market share of 26.8% in A3 colour segment and with the latest addition to the colour MFD series, we are expecting to gain an additional market share of 3% in this category. This new range of colour MFD’s are well equipped to meet the expectations of the ever evolving SME sector. We are also envisaging this colour series to play a key role in meeting the demands of the short run colour prints requirement in the commercial segment.”

Canon is making printing easy and accessible. With the introduction of this new printer range, printing

Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon PERFORMANCE India, said, “Innovation has color force always beenand a driving • Print up to 30 ppm in black-and-white at Canon and our new series • Scan up to 55 ipm (300 dpi) (BW/color, simplex) of colour MFDs reflect our to 12” x 18” • Print commitment towards offering Canon Indiauptargets world-class to capture the SMEs, 2,300-sheet maximum paper capacitytechnology, ease of • use and high quality to meet the Government and customer expectations. India is Corporate sectors and FEATURES a land of rising entrepreneurs also aims to gain an multifunction device • Compact, and we would like to play an additional market share active roletouch-screen in increasing the of 3% in colour MFDs usability and intuitive • Outstanding opportunities for them in the segment.

• Reliable and cost-efficient colour printing domain. Our output • V 2 Color for vivid, high-quality newly launched products shall add value to SME’s and • Flexible finishing options in a small footprint government sector’s demand Key Notes : • Low energy consumption for cost efficient, secure & high > Launches quality printing solutions.” imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3300 Canon has always been colour A3 series committed to introduce and imageRUNNER innovative and cutting edge ADVANCE C350i technology to its consumers. colour A4 machine.

The company is looking at > Come with enhanced media handling in terms of paper thickness and size. > Capable to deliver wide spectrum of vivid and vibrant colours.

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widening their market share by reaching out to the tier 2 and 3 cities where such printing solutions are witnessing growing demand. Exposure to such equipment will help businesses to explore wider

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jobs can also be executed on the go. Mobile printing is available on these newly launched MFD series. With several firsts to its credit, the products are also synchronised with an onscreen Walkthrough Video, providing stepby-step instructions to guide users through consumables replacement.

Eager to build a satisfied and successful customer base in its expedition, Canon India is ensuring wider reach of the new MFD’s through its channel partners.

ImageRUNNER ADVANCE (iRADV) C3300 series – convenient and user-friendly features for improved workplace productivity With the new iR-ADV C3300 series, enterprises can derive greater employee productivity and improve user workflow through functions such as Universal Send.

The series also comes with ‘Mailbox Simple’, allowing document storage on the device.

The iR-ADV C3300 series offers an onscreen Walkthrough Video, a first in the industry, providing step-by-step instructions to guide users through consumables replacement.

With this new feature, employees need not spend additional time and effort, allowing them to focus on more important tasks instead. It also comes standard with the remote operation kit, which allows IT administrative staff to resolve users’ issues in a timely, accurate and effective manner.

Added security features for complete protection Security is an integral part of the iR-ADV C3300 series. A first in the industry, this series is equipped with a Reminder LED light on the automatic document feeder that flashes upon scan and copy jobs completion.

This reduces instances when employees leave confidential documents behind and prevent information leaks.

Value-added finishing for enhanced user experience First in the industry, the iR-ADV C3300 series has an optional 3-in 1 Inner Finisher. On top of the normal stapling finish, users can leverage the Staple-on-Demand feature to staple their original documents together after scanning or printing, without needing to walk back to their desks. The environmentalfriendly ECO-Staple option enables users to bind a maximum of five sheets of paper together staples-free. Employees can then easily shred documents without having to remove any staples, improving workflow efficiency.

Mobile printing for the increasingly mobile workforce User can print on-the-go, whether it is from the desk, on the Smartphone or even tablet with the Canon Mobile Printing available on Android mobile devices.

ImageRUNNER ADVANCE C350i series is a compact A4 colour multifunctional device, designed to integrate seamlessly within existing print fleet for optimal operational performance. Packed with many businessessential features from quick speeds and exceptional print quality to smart output management and collaboration, it is the ideal

print solution for the output needs of busy workgroups.

Canon India has achieved revenue of Rs. 2026 crore in 2014 which is a 6% growth over the previous year. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, SME, B2B, Government & Commercial. Canon’s product portfolio extends over a vast variety such as copier MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, DSLR, Cinematic imaging products, camcorders, cable ID printers and card printers.

Canon India is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore. Set up in 1997, Canon markets over 200 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging products. The company today has offices in 14 cities, warehouses in 14 cities across India and employs over 1000 people.

Canon has 550 primary channel partners, 14 National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail points. Canon has over 157 own retail stores called the Canon Image Square across 74 cities in the country.

Canon’s service reach extends to over 5500 towns with 19 Canon camera service centers and 41 printer Canon Care Centers. Canon India also has 146 authorized service centers for printers and 180 camera collection points.

Canon to unveil a number of new products and solutions at GRAPH EXPO 2015 Canon will unveil a number of new products and solutions for the printing industry at the upcoming GRAPH EXPO 2015. The Canon booth at Graph Expo 2015 delivers a comprehensive look at their diverse portfolio of wide format and production printing products and solutions. It will offer a

never before diverse range of products and solutions to help customers achieve their business goals. Canon will be showcasing at its booth # 1213 and has invited registration for one of its “See Impossible” VIP tours.

The new series also provide added security features such as User Authentication to assist enterprises in managing user access or restricting certain functions to specific users. The iR-ADV C3300 series also ensures ultimate document security with the standard Hard Disk Data Erase feature, which automatically overwrites and erases data as soon as the job is complete, thus reducing the risk of compromising sensitive information.

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Kodak innovation win two 2015 InterTech Technology Awards Printing Industries of America recognizes KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses and the NX advantage for the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System for innovation Kodak has received two of the 10 overall 2015 InterTech Technology Awards for its KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses and newlylaunched NX advantage for the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System.

The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses and NX advantage for the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System were selected by an independent panel of judges based on their innovation and likelihood of advancing the performance of the graphic communications industry.

Kodak far exceeded the printing industry’s expectations, emerging from this year’s competition as the only company to take home more than one award – a true testament to the priority Kodak’s R&D teams place on developing the industry’s most innovative and sustainable printing technologies.

These two 2015 InterTech Technology Awards mark Kodak’s 39th and 40th overall InterTech Technology Awards to date, including the third overall for the FLEXCEL NX System in seven years – representing a remarkable achievement that emphasizes Kodak’s longstanding legacy of delivering breakthrough, game-changing printing technologies. Kodak had previously received InterTech accolades for technologies such as NEXPRESS Red Fluorescing Dry Inks, PROSPER S10 Imprinting System and DIGICAP NX Screening. Kodak’s focus on innovation and commitment to delivering world-class, sustainable printing technologies to its customers has enabled Kodak to continue to outperform and outpace the competition, further solidifying its position in commercial and packaging printing.

Kodak will be presented with its two InterTech Stars before an audience of industry leaders

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achievable with a reduced volume of ink.

With the NX advantage, print buyers and print service providers can enjoy flexo print quality that truly rivals roto-gravure printing while driving the production efficiencies that allow them to stay competitive to today’s challenging market. during the 2015 Printing Industries of America Premier Print Awards Gala on September 13, 2015 in Chicago. The Gala will be held as part of GRAPH EXPO 15, where Kodak will be demonstrating its innovative and sustainable technologies throughout the multi-day event at booth #823.

The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses leverage an innovative feature set and capabilities that are unlike any other press on the market. Advances in transport, drying and writing systems, as well as the Kodak Print Manager 700 DFE/Controller, combine to deliver the highest levels of reliability, speed, application flexibility, substrate range, ease of use and cost-effectiveness. The KODAK PROSPER 6000 Presses enable print service to realize value from a wide variety of different efficiencies. The speed and flexibility offer on-demand printing, faster turnaround times, and reduced lost profits while the personalization enhancement and quality of the printed materials offer a competitive differentiator.

The NX advantage The KODAK FLEXCEL NX System is a full-integrated solution for the imaging of digital photopolymer flexographic plates that utilizes unique KODAK SQUAREspot Imaging Technology and high resolution materials to elevate the quality, consistency and cost-effectiveness of flexo printing.

With the latest NX advantage, users can take these capabilities to the next level with advanced solutions for ink transfer and small dot reproduction that give the final package even greater visual impact while reducing costs in production. The printing of white ink, a particular challenge for flexo-printed flexible packaging, is dramatically improved with smoother ink coverage and higher opacities

“The InterTech Technology Awards are not only the print industry’s most prestigious honours, they set the bar for printing technology excellence and innovation,” said Terry Taber, CTO, Kodak. “Throughout the history of InterTech, Kodak has strived to deliver the most ground-breaking, ecofriendly printing technologies. Receiving our 39th and 40th InterTech Technology Awards is an affirmation of the mission we embarked upon almost 40 years ago.”

“The quality, speed and agility at which both the PROSPER 6000 Presses and FLEXCEL NX System produced prints really captured the judges attention,” said Dr. Mark Bohan, Printing Industries of America. “Their ability to make real-time adjustments, adapt to changing substrates or eliminate the need for double hits of white and another colours are truly impressive.”

“Weighing competitive presses against each other takes careful consideration of a number of different factors,” said Darrin Wilen, President, Wilen Direct, a KODAK PROSPER 6000C customer. “Our decision to purchase the KODAK PROSPER 6000C became much less difficult to make, however, when we were able to see how it marries speed with the quality of the heavy ink coverage required for high-end direct mail.”

“Kodak’s advanced new screening patterns are completely changing the way our customers look at flexo, and we are proud to be producing what we believe is the most advanced plate quality in the market,” said Tristan Zafra, President and CEO, Trisoft Graphics, a KODAK FLEXCEL NX customer. “Some of the most common problems and challenges we previously faced with flexo printing, such as pin-holing, insufficient opacity and trail edge voids, have been virtually eliminated by the latest NX advantage for the FLEXCEL NX System.”

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New Xerox Digital Presses win 2015 “MUST SEE ‘EMS AWARDS Two new Xerox digital presses have won 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS awards as products that visitors to Graph Expo 2015, North America’s largest graphic arts tradeshow, should not miss. The two products – the Xerox iGen 5 Press and Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press – will have their North American debuts at Graph Expo, which takes place next month in Chicago.

Both of Xerox’s winning presses address the digital production colour market, which is projected to grow from nearly 460 billion pages today to 725 billion pages globally by 20181. The Rialto 900 addresses the fastest growing segment of that market, as U.S. production colour inkjet page volume will exceed that of digital colour toner by 2017.

increase its capability to match spot colours.

The press is being recognized for its wider gamut, flexible configurability that includes three speed options, and its industry-leading automation and press availability - delivering up to 40 percent more production time than competitive presses.

The Rialto 900 is the world’s first fully integrated, narrow web inkjet press, with a compact, all-in-one design that simplifies operations and permits it to fit easily into any size production facility. It is being recognized for its innovative design and for breaking down the common cost and complexity barriers to inkjet adoption. The

Rialto 900 addresses an unserved segment of the market that sits between high-volume cut-sheet presses and low-volume inkjet and makes the high-growth world of inkjet printing more accessible to more print shops than ever before.

The two Xerox presses won their awards in the Pressroom: Digital Presses category.

Both presses will be showcased in Xerox booth #613 at Graph Expo 2015, which takes place Sept. 13-16 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

The annual MUST SEE ‘EMS competition recognizes the most compelling new products being introduced at Graph Expo and is presented by the show’s producer, the Graphic Arts Show Company.

The Xerox iGen 5 Press is the next-generation platform of Xerox’s flagship, cut-sheet, xerographic digital presses, and features the family’s first optional fifth toner station to extend the press’s colour gamut and

Konica Minolta participates in “HID Roadshow” in Gujarat Showcases the bizhub PRESS C1060 digital colour press Konica Minolta Business Solutions participated in the HID Roadshow which was held at the Judges Bungalow Road, Ahmedabad. The purpose of participating was to showcase Konica Minoltas’ bizhub PRESS C1060 digital colour press.

The aim behind the event was to demonstrate Konica Minolta’s products and generating leads. The Process cum Product Development Centre (PPDC) Sales & Service team was the main force driving the event. Customers such as Digital printing press owners, Lab owners also participated in the event. Konica Minolta highlighted its capabilities as the top provider for secure document solutions and paper security solutions. It increased awareness of Security System Integrators focussed on premise

security solutions or logical access control limited to PC/Network.

The event also showcased a Security Whitepaper as well as Security Brochure to highlight the security features in Konica Minolta MFPs. This was well received by the participants and the HID team.

The bizhub PRESS C1060 digital colour press delivers fast print/copy output of up to 60 ppm, with superior colour image quality, purpose-built reliability and simple touchscreen control.

Key Features: • 60 ppm output in colour or B&W • 300,000 page monthly volume • Image Density & Colour Density control • 7,500-sheet maximum paper capacity

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1200 x 1200 DPI resolution with 8-bit processing for smoother, more realistic images SEAD IV Screen-Enhancing Active Digital Processing System continuously maintains image stability Large 15” color touch-screen display with familiar PC-like operation Simitri® HD toner with biomass to reduce environmental impact 7,500-sheet maximum paper capacity for long press runs without interruption Accepts paper sizes up to 13” x 19.2” and weighs up to 300 gm Versatile inline finishing options to suit any production need

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Today an ELF – Tomorrow a Label Industry Giant New FINAT European Label Forum reflects the growing role of labels

Replacing the long-established annual FINAT congress and held in Amsterdam from 11-13 June, the FINAT European Label Forum represented all stages of the complex label value chain and placed a strong emphasis on business concerns – particularly running a profitable business in today’s economic environment. It covered a variety of disciplines, from branding and marketing to innovation, technology, manufacturing, and corporate affairs.

Fast-paced change in the label production market prompted the creation of the new FINAT European Label Forum, which attracted more than 300 participants from Europe and beyond.

“The definition and role of labels has changed dramatically in recent years with the advent of new product decoration technologies, from sleeves and in-mould labels to printed electronics,” explains Jules Lejeune, Managing Director of FINAT. “With a customer base of brand owners and retailers that is increasingly international, and a world of consumers who are social and online media experts, this is indeed a challenging scenario for label converters.

And with the task of achieving change firmly placed on label converters, Europe’s industry association, FINAT, has both the desire and the duty to create a new informational and educational platform for its members.”

Lejeune reported that labelstock consumption in 2014 was up 5.7% year-on-year and the industry saw ‘steady and strong recovery’ since 2012 and the

Key Notes : > Covered a variety of disciplines – branding, marketing, innovation, technology, manufacturing and corporate affairs. > The definition and role of labels changing from sleeves and in-mould labels to printed electronics. > Delegates participated in hands-on lean manufacturing workshop, supplier tabletop exhibition & the 2015 FINAT Label Competition and Recycling Awards.

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global economic crisis. Growth continued at 8.8% for paper labels and 7.7% for film stocks in Q1 2015 as compared to Q1 2014. He also introduced the members-only FINAT RADAR that tracks European converter, brand owner and material supplier trends; developments in conventional vs. digital press purchases; and provides a regular half-yearly benchmarking report on these topics. The most recent FINAT RADAR converter survey found that 40% of Europe’s self-adhesive label converters are already active in printing sleeve labels, with at least 20% embracing sleeves, flexible packaging, and/or in-mould labelling.

President emeritus of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, presented on the future of business in a complex European landscape. He stated, “Interdependence is the key to a successful European Union, and to addressing many of the opportunities and challenges that face Europe as a whole, the euro itself, and the current economic situation within the Eurozone.”

Staying hungry in paradise Retiring FINAT President Kurt Walker opened the plenary sessions. Keynote speakers included Rasmus Ankersen, bestselling author of ‘The Gold Mine Effect and ‘Hunger in Paradise’ and an international

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France. He said the previous concern for buyers was price, but now it is growth. To be successful with their clients, suppliers need to focus on taking out cost, driving innovation, and improving speed to market.

They should also get closer to a strategic customer’s business, identifying and working with their key partners.

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entrepreneur and speaker on performance development. He encouraged delegates to ‘think outside in’ because ‘success is not a straight line,’ and highlighted business case studies that illustrated both winners and losers, emphasising that ‘good results always come from good decisions,’ ‘performance equals potential minus interference,’ and ‘what you see is not necessarily what you get.’

Heineken senior packaging and identity design manager Ramses Dingenouts showed how a family business founded in 1860 has innovated to achieve continued success. The company invented the first green beer bottle – now available in 93 countries around the world – and still embraces new and developing technologies to promote the Heineken brand. He stated, “Pressure-sensitive labels make packaging multi-versioning possible, and that is now a core company strategy.”

The relationship between suppliers and their strategic customers was addressed

by Gordon Crichton, director of the Institut du Management de l’Achat International in

The forum featured three in-depth parallel tracks on different business topics – sales, marketing and PR; technology and manufacturing; and management and corporate. Cindy Van Cauter, owner of the Netherlands-based shopper and trend research company Quotus Research, took the delegates on a shopping trip around the future, evaluating the new reality for labels in the new reality of retailing. As the focus of the consumer moves away from the supermarket aisles into the world of e-tailing, the role of labels is changing, she explained. QR codes and other scannable features are part of daily life; and for young people, there is a ‘blurring of offline and online.’

Lars Wallentin, a well-known veteran in brand packaging and the creator of the Packaging Sense platform discussed raising awareness of the importance of packaging – and the label – as a communications medium. He pointed out that ‘packaging is advertising – it’s talking to people!’

More label technology choices today FINAT’s New Converting Technology Taskforce fielded two speakers on technology and manufacturing. Constantia Flexibles’ VP, marketing, and current chair of TLMI, Dan Muenzer, detailed developments in product decoration technologies that compete with mainstream self-adhesive labelling, including linerless labels, flexible packaging, refillable pouches, sleeving of all kinds, direct print, pre-glued wraps, cans, in-mould labels, personalisation, NFC, and printed electronics, as well as container developments such as paper bottles, and the many different recycling options available today.

Onno Ponfoort of global management and business consultants Berenschot spoke about the impact of 3D printing, or additive manufacturing. “Personalisation, small runs and on demand production are important

features of 3D printing’s value proposition, but as I understand it, these are also unique selling points for self-adhesive label solutions,” he observed. “For this reason, the business models of the 3D printing ecosystem could also offer your industry some interesting perspectives.”

Succession planning in family businesses Management and corporate topics were selected by FINAT’s very active Young Managers Club –Jozef Lievens, a partner in Belgian corporate law firm Eubelius, addressed five essential questions about family business succession, while Nick Mockett, a partner in corporate finance and M&A consultancy Moorgate Capital, spoke about selling the business if succession is not possible or desirable.

Delegates also participated in a handson lean manufacturing workshop led by Jan Mekers, owner of lean and change management consultants Richter IMA, and the event also included a supplier tabletop exhibition as well as the 2015 FINAT Label Competition and Recycling Awards.

The voice of the customer The event received plaudits from attendees including Chris Ellison of OPM (Labels & Packaging) Group Ltd, who described it as “a must-attend event for entrepreneurs in the narrow-web industry”. Gavin Rittmeyer, Martin Automatic Inc, commented, ”a stellar line-up of speakers and networking opportunities”. And Filip Weymans of Xeikon described it as “a great milestone in the year”. Klaus Damberg of Synthogra, added, “The entire programme was very relevant for all converters,” and Ramon Lee, Brotech Graphics Co, Ltd said: “I got a lot of new information…most importantly, on developments – on the marketing side and the technology side, and on management skills.”

Lejeune concludes, “This event delivered on its promise to provide an expert and wide-ranging business briefing targeted at profitability and business growth. A changing end-use market profile, evolutions in print technology and access to a number of new product decoration techniques can, and will, co-exist with self-adhesive labelstocks in the label converter’s printroom.”

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CGS Case Study: PICA Digital Pte Ltd CGS Celebrates 200th Installation Milestone with PICA

In early 2015, PICA Digital Pte Ltd installed the CGS ORIS Proofing solution consisting of the ORIS Flex Pack // Web and Roland VersaCAMM VS-300i printer.

This successful implementation in Singapore is cause for celebration for CGS, as it marks the 200th installation of ORIS solutions worldwide.

“We have come a long way in the short time that we have. Installing the 200th CGS ORIS solutions system is testament to the global recognition we have achieved among the industry,” said Christoph Thommessen, sales director for Asia Pacific, CGS Publishing Technologies International.

“In the short amount of time since we’ve installed the ORIS solution, our customers have been very receptive to it.

We’ve experienced better all-round lead times and customer satisfaction.”

- Thomas Ling, MD, PICA Digital

Key Notes : > Meet international colour proofing standards in packaging mock-ups and maintain colour consistency. > Successfully delivering consistent and accurate colour proofs precise to customers’ requirements. > For PICA, the installation has reaped benefits that were almost instantaneous.

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“We’re proud and excited to have PICA reach this milestone with us. We look forward to this growing partnership as we continue to be there for PICA in their journey from offset to digital,” added Thommessen.

For PICA, the installation has reaped benefits that were almost instantaneous: “In the short amount of time since we’ve installed the ORIS solution, our customers have been very receptive to it, according to our sales figures. We’ve experienced better all-

round lead times and customer satisfaction,” said Thomas Ling, managing director, PICA Digital Pte Ltd.

Staying ahead with CGS ORIS solutions Established since 1977, PICA has its beginnings as a traditional colour separation outfit, exporting many of its work to Europe, Australia and the US. Today, the Singapore-based company found its niche in producing packaging mockups for branding agencies.

“These companies need visual representation after their redesign and see how the product is like before they go to actual production. We use traditional wet proofing to do the mockup, but we find it increasingly difficult to maintain standards and consistency,” said Ling.

Singapore holds one of the highest concentrations of branding agencies in Southeast Asia, many of which manages the branding and re-branding of consumable goods used all over the world. As the industry shifts from analog to digital, PICA has had to evolve along with it.

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“After installing the ORIS solution, we don’t have that issue anymore, as every reproduction is true to file and consistent. By going digital, we’re now able to follow Fogra and ISO standards, which we previously could not achieve with our conventional machines. Adhering to the international standards has made our operations significantly easier, and we found this with the ORIS solution,” Ling continued.

“The speed and accuracy of the proofs set ORIS apart from other options we looked at,” continued Ling, on his decision process. “Our customer’s demands are very precise, so we have to find specific solutions for them; it’s not a one-size-fits-all sort of industry. We looked into digital initially because we have to adapt very quickly in order to remain competitive.”

The ORIS Flex Pack // Web software provides uniquely web-based hard copy and soft proofing in one package. The software is powered by CGS’ patented four-dimensional iterative color management software. When combined with a specially designed custom interface for Roland VersaCAMM VS series printers, the system is able to give users the flexibility for halftone and continuous tone proofing for packaging and mock-up reproduction.

The ORIS solution utilises CGS’ proprietary specialty XG inks, which have been

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Meet international colour proofing standards in packaging mock-ups and maintain colour consistency.

Improve colour management and client expectation management processes to retain and grow key accounts and keep processes aligned with best practice standards.

Since installing the ORIS system, PICA has even managed to generate new accounts: “A Japanese company approached us to do a packaging proof upon hearing we have the ORIS solution installed. I think that itself speaks volumes of the capabilities of the system. “

Being Fogra – and ISO-certified, the ORIS system is able to recognise PICA’s requirements for competitive differentiation in the world of colour management. At the moment, PICA’s current workload stands at 80% offset and 20% digital. PICA is expecting an increased shift of its accounts to the new digital solution, thanks to the strong colour proposition that the Fogra and ISO certification provided.

Overcoming the consistency challenge

Saving time and money with reliable colour management

“Printing is no longer like the old days! We can no longer rely on the ‘good of the eye’ craftsmanship. These days there’s a science to it and everything needs to be measurable,” quipped Ling.

A winning feature of the ORIS Flex Pack // Web system is in the handling of customers’ spot and Pantone colours that are centrally kept in a colour management library. This feature has allowed PICA to save time, and ultimately money.

Before installing the ORIS solutions, consistency was a major issue for PICA. It became even more challenging when it came down proof revisions. “Sometimes a customer requires very minor revision from the first proof, perhaps just a 3% tweaking of the file. When you print it just slightly darker from the first proof, the 3% will get completely wiped out,” explained Ling.

“In fact, we’ve ever spent two days, just mixing inks alone trying to proof it to standard. We ended up having to send it off that way and we lose money eventually too.

We schedule the job for six hours, and end up having two persons, on two machines, clocking 12 hours total. With digital, there is none of such problems,” said Ling.

“With our offset machines, we require at least a day or two to produce the mockups.

If we’re printing on material that is not paper, offset inks need even longer drying times. If we’re using six colours, we’re talking about 1.5 days in terms of operator shifts,” said Ling.

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Increase customer satisfaction and approval speeds to positively affect turnaround and cashflow.

Generate new business due to the strong colour proposition that Fogra and ISO certification provided.

formulated for proofing applications. Light inks have been replaced with orange and green, to completely redefine the CMYK set. As a result, the printable colour space is significantly larger and achievable colour gamut expanded, making spot colour accuracy easy.

“The typical ink set is not enough to cover most of the spot colours in the packaging world. The ink set will cover 90% of the PANTONE library, but in packaging, you need that last 10%. The Roland machine with the ORIS solution runs with orange and green inks, instead of light magenta and light cyan.

This effectively expands the colour gamut,” said Ling.

“That is what the CGS ORIS solution is all about; we’re not just software development.

We cover the whole spectrum for our customers, from the machine, the ink, to the consumables, in order to streamline digital processes for our customers,” Thommessen concluded.

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3M announces new Design Center Creative epicenter cultivates new models of working and inspires collaborative design.

“Design Thinking is about unlocking future value in partnership with research & development and marketing. Our collective goal will be to deliver transformative value for 3M, its partners and customers.”

Key Notes : > An incubator for progressive ideation and the creative heartbeat at 3M. > Will elevate design and enhance branding solutions, product innovation, sustainability and social impact. > Applies integrated, creative thinking to identify future customer needs that innovate industries.

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3M has announced the development of the 3M Design Center, an incubator for progressive ideation and the creative heartbeat at 3M. Underscoring the 3M Design mission that revolves around collaborative creativity, the new facility will be the central hub for design professionals with multi-disciplinary expertise, driving competitive advantage, customer experience and positive global impact.

“This important initiative will elevate design and propel dynamic opportunity to enhance everything from branding solutions to product innovation to sustainability and social impact,” says Eric Quint, Chief Design Officer at 3M, who is at the helm of this design transformation. “Design Thinking is about unlocking future value in partnership with research &

development and marketing. Our collective goal will be to deliver transformative value for 3M, its partners and customers.”

Located at 3M headquarters in St. Paul, MN, the 3M Design Center will stimulate creativity as an open, multi-level studio environment, four times the size of the current design space. The interior architecture will incorporate use of 3M solutions and technologies throughout, as well as energy efficient systems and recycled materials demonstrating that sustainable, smart design supports a better future. Flexible spaces – including a fast prototyping lab, materials library, brand labs and an interactive area known as the “Design Hive” – will foster spontaneous connections and ignite cross-functional collaboration among

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partners, thought leaders, customers and colleagues at 3M headquarters, connected to 3M Design studios around the globe.

As 3M continues to apply science in imaginative ways around the world, design helps translate insights into useful solutions, bringing meaningful experiences to life every day. Quint adds, “With our diverse product portfolio, Design represents a critical and strategic platform to define and differentiate 3M, bridging our strong legacy of innovation with creativity toward the future, uniting purpose with partnership.”

3M Design applies integrated, creative thinking to identify future customer needs that innovate industries. Ranging from

digital applications in the dental business to the migration of safety materials and technologies into the fashion world, 3M products cast a global footprint with design as a catalyst for change. The new Design Center will provide a timely complement to such initiatives, enriching innovation and enhancing new business opportunity.

Development of the new 3M Design Center builds upon recent momentum that is driving design forward at 3M, evident in the elevation of design leadership and governance, which yields business value and impact on a global scale. The award-winning design team continues to receive international recognition for design excellence. In 2014, 3M Design received more than 25 awards across

multiple creative disciplines, and recently, two 3M products received Red Dot “Best of The Best” design awards for product design among nearly 5,000 entries. The ceremony took place at a gala event attended by international media, design experts and manufacturers in Essen, Germany. Later this week, 3M Design will be presented with a Top Winner International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) by the Industrial Designers Society of America.

3M Design is the creative engine driving design for brand and innovation at 3M. 3M is a global innovation company with $32 billion in sales, employing 90,000 people worldwide with operations in more than 70 countries.

Goss reveals new packaging capabilities with partner technology at Labelexpo 2015 Goss International will exhibit at Labelexpo Europe from September 29 - October 2, presenting its latest offset technology developments and opportunities for converters on booth #7D18 at Brussels Expo, Place de Belgique. First-hand information about Alwan’s Color Expertise Technology, a recent addition to the Goss Sunday Vpak press series, will be a highlight for visitors to the Goss stand. This latest suite of software is now commercially available following months of rigorous testing at Goss’s Packaging Technology Centre, Durham, New Hampshire (USA).

Alwan’s technology suite features an extended colour gamut, which adds two or three inks to conventional process inks, enabling exact brand colour reproduction without the need for spot inks. Facilitating a substantial reduction in the costs usually associated with ink changeovers, the update is expected to bring customers a 30 to 50 percent cost reduction compared to the use of spot inks through a combination of eliminating ink changeovers and reduced ink inventories.

“We are extremely committed to pushing the boundaries in printing and packaging, and consistently delivering best-in-class products,” said David Muncaster, director of EMEA business development for packaging at Goss International. “We are delighted to have partnered with Alwan, who share our

passion for innovative print solutions. Our Vpak range already combines cost-effective hybrid solutions with superior print quality and the addition of Alwan’s extended colour gamut further strengthens our offering in the labels and packaging market. We are confident that our combined expertise will enable not only reduced time and material waste but will also allow us to continue delivering market-leading quality, flexibility and control.”

The extended colour gamut is just one feature on the four-part technology suite from Alwan which is now available on the full Goss product range. The suite also includes colour management and quality control software which helps to increase print quality and consistency; reduce cost and ultimately maximize productivity across the production cycle. Goss have also made a number of highly anticipated changes to its Vpak presses in order to further reduce waste and optimize the printing process for flexible packaging customers in particular.

portfolio, and follow a number of recent ‘kaizen’ events held specifically to improve equipment design and streamline processes.

“With the growing trend towards shorter run lengths, printers and converters are increasingly having to find solutions to balance customer expectations and profitability,” continues Muncaster. “Our most recent ‘kaizen’ event focused on job changeover process which is now increasingly critical in order to make customers’ working lives easier and more profitable. We are extremely excited to share our latest developments at Labelexpo this year, and demonstrate how our people, products and partners are together delivering the flexibility, high quality and cost effectiveness that is so essential in today’s packaging market.”

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Lifestyle muesli on the breakfast table with 3D printing Label manufacturing industry’s largest 3-day extravaganza has a successful show in Pink City.

First presented at the Packaging Inspiration Forum in Hamburg, the existing samples have now been expanded to include a tray produced by 3D printing.

The latest PrintCity Alliance project illustrates every aspect of a food packaging on the basis of an intelligent system solution for cereals: food safety and protective mechanisms, handling, branding, finishing and production.

As a result, all the participants in the value chain are equally addressed: brandowners, agencies and designers, printers and converters.

Visualisation and rapid prototyping 3D printing is ideally suited not only to visualising complete concepts in their entirety on a monitor, but also to turning them into “hands-on” reality.

“We’ve only just begun to sound out the possibilities this technology offers in packaging development,” says Alexander Dort, Head Designer of the PrintCity Alliance.

“But even this first example demonstrates the enormous potential. The folding cartons only develop their full impact in conjunction with the tray, and the interplay of packaging and tray can already be optimised during the design phase and fine-tuned for subsequent industrial production.”

Multisensory approach and packaging concept Different kinds of finishing were skilfully combined in production. This deliberately high degree of finishing shows how the intrinsic value of a product presentation can be enhanced by upgrading the product packaging, thus making it possible to attract greater attention at the POS. Cost-efficient production ensures suitability for the mass market and increases profitability.

Lifestyle product The simplicity of everyday handling and the multisensory approach, i.e. the addressing of several senses, increase the value of the product in the consumer’s eyes: • No inner bag; glued-in paper strips as

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trickle prevention Simple opening mechanism Re-sealing with a pleasant “click” Powerful visual and haptic effects

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The first five folding cartons – of different size, content and design – were produced on an offset press at the AR Packaging Group. As with all Alliance projects, all the production parameters and the experience gained are summarised in a Tutorial.

The Airbox from the AR Packaging Group The Airbox is a primary packaging solution for fine and pulverised products. The critical areas at the top and bottom of the folding carton are sealed on the inside by means of accurately positioned paper strips. This makes the carton trickle-proof without an additional inner bag – and thus ideal for loose products, such as sugar, muesli, cereals and flakes. In combination with various barrier coatings on the carton and the paper strips, the result is very high tightness values and good product safety. Only lowmigration inks and coatings are used that comply with the latest European and Swiss laws and targets relating to food safety.

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Direct filling as an alternative to bag-inbox applications Pre-glued paper strips permit safe filling on vertical end-load cartoners

Only minor modifications required for use on most vertical filling lines Dust- and trickle-proof primary packaging Reliable product protection for very small particles (> 120 µm)

This solution is already being used for sugar and cocoa products.

Project participants: AR Packaging Group (packaging production, 3D design), Gallus (inline printing and finishing systems), LEONHARD KURZ (hot and cold foil stamping applications, holograms), Metsä Board (foldingcarton board), Merck (effect pigments), SAUERESSIG (flexo plates, gravure cylinders), WEILBURGER Graphics (finishing coatings and water-based flexo inks), Hinderer + Mühlich (embossing dies), Marbach (cutting dies)

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Label Kingdom installs Esko’s packaging software and Kongsberg V20 at Chennai facility Esko solutions to improve efficiency by avoiding errors by identifying them at an early stage and also to reduce wastage through efficient sample making.

Label Kingdom clearly considers Esko as the leading design and prepress solution provider for packaging printing and production. This is why they chose Esko’s software and also purchased the Esko Kongsberg V20 sample making table for cutting and creasing packaging prototypes.

Mr. KV Prasad CEO of Label Kingdom says, “We strongly believe that Esko’s solutions will help us produce high quality jobs and also improve our efficiency by identifying errors at a very early stage and avoid them as we design the packaging. This is because the tools which are part of the Esko solution follow standards prescribed by international bodies like ECMA. Also the tools help to complete the design activity at a faster rate than the usually used tools such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw.”

“Another area where Esko Solutions helps us is in sample making. We usually receive files from customers for packaging printing. When we handle such jobs we encounter problems both in the design and at the finishing stage. This is a big headache that we face since it leads to lots of wastage in terms of material and press time in the printing stage. Sometimes it even leads to rejection of completed jobs from the customer. So it is always wise to make a complete sample of the customer file before we take it to final production. Once we have the sample made from the actual board that we need to print, then we can understand all the problem areas of the design and correct these before we can take the job for production. This process helps us to avoid errors thereby helping to reduce wastages. As a result our production efficiency also increases,” Prasad says.

Label Kingdom in Chennai started off with screen printing and then migrated to offset printing for both commercial and packaging work. The company now focuses on packaging – folding cartons, rigid boxes and corrugated shipping cartons. Label Kingdom is a specialist in the garment segment and supplies packaging materials to most of the global brands in the garment and leather

( L to R )Mr. Srihari Rao, Sales Director, Esko Graphics India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. K.V. Prasad, Managing Director, Label Kingdom Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Ujwaldeep Rao, Operations Manager, Label Kingdom Pvt. Ltd., Fredrick John, Sales Account Manager, Esko Graphics India Pvt. Ltd.

products industry in South India.

Today Label Kingdom’s customers are well aware of the Esko solutions. Making samples before a carton is printed is critical. Also, when customers come for new customized designs, Label Kingdom can suggest innovative solutions using the Esko software tools and sample making machine. KV Prasad says, “Esko’s solutions are helping us to make designs that are efficiently producible in large quantities. With this solution we can also make different designs and give the customer options for them to choose from. This helps us to increase customer satisfaction and also retain them in these competitive times.”

“Our belief is that packaging in India is on a

growth path. We look forward to experience the benefits of growth through the adoption of modern technologies and solutions such as the ones we use from Esko,” Prasad concludes.

Srihari Rao Director Sales for Esko India says, “Converters today know the advantages of using Esko’s efficient software tools for prepress and the Esko Kongsberg sample making table. They are using them for building quality and bringing about efficiency into their processes from the very first day and avoiding errors in the entire production flow. As the industry matures, Esko is well positioned with software, hardware, services and know how to support the demand for tools that can offer cuttingedge creativity and innovation.”

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WACKER presents new high-performance release agents for PSA labels “Let’s make the perfect combination” is the motto under which the Munich-based chemical company WACKER is showcasing highly efficient coating compounds for the paper and film coating industry at Labelexpo Europe 2015. The focus is on four new silicone polymers for industrial label applications. They are solvent-free and cure extremely quickly, which is why they are ideal for cost-effective release coatings. The products belong to the new DEHESIVE® SFX product family, which will be presented to a wide professional audience for the first time at the Labelexpo. The tradeshow takes place in Brussels, Belgium, from September 29 to October 2.

The new products are solvent-free and cure by a platinum-catalyzed addition reaction.

Due to their high reactivity, the silicone polymers require very little catalyst to cure fully. Compared to conventional coating systems, platinum savings of up to 60 percent are possible with the DEHESIVE® SFX system. This makes production considerably more cost-effective for releasepaper and label manufacturers. In addition, the properties of the new silicone polymers can be optimized specifically for fast labeling processes.

The polymers’ high reactivity stems from their molecules’ star-like branched structure, in which every silicone chain branches even further. At the end of every branch, there is a vinyl group, which makes addition curing possible. Due to this three-dimensional molecular architecture, DEHESIVE® SFX polymers are able to crosslink significantly better than conventional linear silicone polymers.

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systems based on DEHESIVE® SFX are ideal for use in high-speed coating equipment. Even at low catalyst dosage, they yield a fully cured silicone layer. The resulting release properties are ideal for machine delamination at high throughputs. Due to the flat release force profile, very little force is required for delamination even when labels are removed very quickly – such as during mass production of consumer goods. The release properties do not change, even after protracted storage of the laminate.

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• The new star polymers are tailored to high-speed applications and differ in the number of branches, vinyl content and viscosity. The curing rate, release force profile and coverage of the substrate surface can be specifically adjusted to customers’ requirements.

• Of the new silicone polymers, DEHESIVE® SFX 195 has the lowest viscosity. This product is ideal for coating smooth and dense release papers. The substrates are covered so well that low coating weights are possible. With DEHESIVE® SFX 195, low release forces are possible at high peel rates.

• Within the new product family, DEHESIVE® SFX 250 achieves the highest curing rate and makes the biggest platinum savings possible. A release layer based on this polymer

is characterized by an extremely flat release force profile. This is an advantage when particularly high peel rates are the target.

DEHESIVE® SFX 280 features an extremely balanced range of properties.

The polymer cures rapidly and is suitable for the efficient coating of dense surfaces as well as porous ones.

It has a flat release force profile and is thus the allrounder among the new, highly branched polymers.

With its comparatively high viscosity, DEHESIVE® SFX 380 is the specialist for use on porous papers. The polymer is able to cover absorbent substrates excellently. Release forces remain low even at high peel rates.

DEHESIVE® SFX with AMA® Anti-Misting Additive During the coating of release papers, misting may occur, especially at high coating speeds. This is undesirable. On the one hand, because equipment can become dirty as a result; on the other, because the quality of the silicone release layer decreases when mist deposits on the freshly coated release liner.

That’s why WACKER also offers its new DEHESIVE® SFX polymers with integrated anti-misting additive AMA®. At high coating speeds, AMA® prevents misting and thus significantly improves the coating result.

WACKER will be present at Labelexpo Europe, Booth 7A27.

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Highlights of the 10th European Bioplastics Conference 2015 The European Bioplastics Conference will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and has put forward an exciting two-day agenda to celebrate the achievements of Europe’s bioplastics industry over the past decade.

The European Bioplastics Conference has been witness to and a driving force behind the outstanding developments in one of the most innovative and exciting sectors of the European bioeconomy over the past decade. Today it is the leading business and networking event for the bioplastics industry in Europe. The 10th edition of the conference will take place on 5/6 November 2015 in Berlin with more than 350 delegates, speakers, and exhibitors expected to attend.

“The agenda of the 10th edition of our conference is starting to take shape, and we are excited to present you with a programme that will live up to the industry’s expectations to celebrate this exciting milestone,” says Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director of European Bioplastics. The agenda will cover a wide range of areas including the current EU policy landscape, the latest technological innovations in materials and conversion of bioplastics, advances in standardisation and labelling, biobased feedstock, end-of-life solutions, as well as the end-user and brand perspective.

Some of the highlights this year include: Kevin Vyse, Primary Foods Packaging Technologist and Innovation Lead at Marks & Spencer will outline a self-imposed sustainability programme consisting of 100 commitments to reducing the social and environmental footprint of M&S and becoming the world’s most sustainable retailer, and the role of bioplastics in achieving this ambitious goal.

The morning session of the first day is dedicated to the European policy

landscape and in particular the revised Circular Economy Package (CEP) and its ramifications for the bioplastics industry. After first-hand insights from senior representatives of the European institutions, Joachim Quoden, Managing Director of the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA), will dissect the CEP with regards to producer responsibility when it comes to product design and waste management for (bio) plastic packaging.

The Open-Bio project investigates how markets can be opened for biobased products through standardisation, labelling, and procurement. Antonis Mistriotis, Senior Researcher at the Dept. of Natural Resources at Agricultural University of Athens and Lara Dammer, Dissemination Officer and Work Package Lead on labelling at Open-Bio will present their results on labelling opportunities for bioplastics, especially with regards to extending the EU Ecolabel to biobased categories. We will also hear the latest updates on the progress of the project’s research into marine biodegradability, which no doubt will be of huge interest.

Floreon, presenting their latest advances in their fields. And in keeping with a wellreceived tradition, the Bioplastics Magazine will announce the winner of the 10th Annual Global Bioplastics Award.

The programme of the 10th European Bioplastics Conference will be complemented by a number of networking opportunities and festive fringe events, such as the Conference Anniversary Lottery, friendly sponsored by Braskem, as well as a Gala Dinner on 5th November.

The conference is supported by these partners or sponsors - Vinaotte, Perstorp, BASF, Braskem, EREMA, and BioAmber.

Another highlight will be the presentation of the 2015 bioplastics market data update, conducted by nova-Institute and IfBB on behalf of European Bioplastics. Followed by an extensive session on the “Latest Advances in Materials, Products, and Processes” featuring a host of frontline R&D and marketization players, including the likes of BASF SE, Perstorp, Corbion, BioAmber, Innovia Films, Cargill, NatureWorks, and

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Xeikon expands presence in Asia Pacific

Xeikon, an innovator in digital colour printing technology has recently opened its second Technology Center in the Asia Pacific region.

The new Center is located in Tokyo and signifies continued growth and expansion for Xeikon in the region. The grand opening included a Xeikon Café featuring a number of educational partner presentations. More than 50 invited guests joined Xeikon for this exciting event.

“We are seeing continued and unprecedented growth in the Asia Pacific region,” WimMaes, Xeikon’s CEO, says, “and we are especially pleased to be able to open this important Technology Center in Japan. This state-of-the-art facility will play an important role in spurring growth for Xeikon in Japan, and in helping our Japanese customers make the most of their investments in Xeikon. The Center will focus on testing, benchmarking and product demonstrations that the Japanese printing and packaging community has been requesting and will be an important venue for face-to-face meetings, which are so important in Japanese culture. We are very proud of our Japanese team, who conducted such a successful grand opening event.”

The new Technology Center features Xeikon technology for the production of labels and packaging applications as well as for document and commercial printing applications, including the 3500 digital press, designed for folding carton printing. Visitors will also be able to learn about the brandnew Xeikon CX3 (which will be launched at Labelexpo Europe) with Cheetah technology for high quality label printing; and the Xeikon 9800 for document printing solutions.

During the grand opening event, visitors were welcomed by WimMaes and Atsushi Yamabe, Xeikon’sManaging Director for Japan. Mr. Yamabe also conducted a

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demonstration of the Xeikon 3500 label and packaging solution in the showroom, while Bent Serritslev, Managing Director Xeikon Asia Pacific (ASPAC), shared information about the Xeikon portfolio.

“Xeikon continues its expansion in this important region,” Serritslev concludes.

“We are already seeing the benefits of the Tokyo Center with a very positive response from visitors, and we expect to see good coverage in the Japanese trade press as a result of the terrific journalist turn out. This Center is an important demonstration of Xeikon’s dedication to helping its customers stay ahead of developing trends with a

broad portfolio of products and services in document and commercial printing as well as labels and packaging. The Tokyo Technology Center will allow us to further improve our service to new and existing customers in Japan.”

Future visitors and customers will also have the chance to have hands-on interaction with Xeikon’s solution suites developed in collaboration with its global network of Aura partners, and the ability to test their own applications. Xeikon suites are designed to address the needs of some of the fastest growing digital printing niches.

MGI increases power of Meteor Press Line with premiere of new iFOIL T The new MGI iFOIL T (Toner) – which will be demonstrated live (Booth # 3013) in production mode with the MGI Meteor DP8700 S+ – is a dramatic innovation in print finishing. The product is a 100% Digital Inline Hot Foiling solution that seamlessly

integrates with the MGI Meteor DP series of production digital presses. For the first time, printers now have an integrated inline digital solution to create elegant, eye-catching foiled effects directly on uncoated paper using toner at high production speeds.

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Digital and Conventional Printing classes coming to Labelexpo Europe 2015 Two Label Academy master classes offer visitors to Labelexpo Europe 2015 the opportunity to gain the printing knowledge of renowned industry experts. The master classes – Digital Label and Package Printing and Conventional Label Printing Processes – will take place concurrently on 2 October, the show’s final day. Delegates can register for both on the show’s website now. Labelexpo Europe 2015 to be held at Brussels Expo in Belgium runs from 29 September to 2 October.

The Label Academy is the global training and certification program for the label and package printing industry. These master classes support its training modules in digital and conventional printing.

Digital Label and Package Printing – is led by industry expert, Mike Fairley, director, strategic development, Labelexpo Global Series, with other digital printing specialists from HP Indigo, Xeikon, Domino, Esko, Avery

Dennison and A B Graphic International.

The master class covers the full gamut of digital printing. Over four hours it will identify the opportunities, present the different technologies from presses, materials and finishing solutions and cover the key processes. An optional live demonstration of digital printing will be held on the show floor.

Conventional Label Printing Processes will be led by John Morton of 4impression and also feature Hans Poortinga of MPS Systems.

It will provide an overview of letterpress, lithography, flexography, screen, gravure and combination printing. It covers these printing process’s unique characteristics, their most relevant applications and how they are changing. The master class includes live demonstrations of working machinery.

Attendees to both masterclasses can take the related Label Academy exam (worth euro 200) online at a time of their choosing

to earn an industry recognized qualification – when they pass – and receive a copy of the supporting text book (euro 75 if bought separately). Costs of the exam and book are covered by the cost of attendance which is euro 530 per master class and are free of any additional charge.

Partner Event by Univacco Technology High visibility enhancement foil solutions at Avery Dennison Knowledge Centre, Bangalore Univacco and Dhana Impex organised “High Visibility enhancement foil solutions”. The event was held at Vivanta Taj, Yeshwantpur at Bangalore on 21st August 2015.

The event focused on increasing the value addition in labels using foil application techniques. It highlighted new varieties of foils by Univacco team from Taiwan. There were also demonstrations at Avery Dennison Knowledge Centre.

The Open House event was organised by Univacco and was followed by live demo.

During the event there was demonstration of ‘high visibility enhancing foiling solutions’ from Univacco by Cold Foiling process on the new generation machine, The Gallus ECS 340 – the “game changer” in flexo technology.

Univacco also displayed speciality foiling on special substrates like Shrink Sleeve and In-mould Labels.

The Gallus ECS 340 heralds a new era of extremely cost-efficient label production.

True to the motto “Success and Security to the Label Printer,” this inline printing machine truly liberates professional label printers. The key features include: • Extremely short web path of just 1.1 m between 2 print units.

• Long service life and high precision of the press due to technical granite core.

• Self-explanatory and movable Human Machine Interface, HMI touchscreen for use friendly operation • Job data recall and sleeve technology

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for faster change over with minimum set up waste.

Dynamic pressure setting for consistent ink density.

Print Process flexibility

Above features ensure extremely costefficient, high-quality label production due to Minimal waste and setup times.

At the ADKC, Bangalore, visitors experienced a classic label production workflow along with latest technologies from various partners like Gallus, Avery Dennison, Flint, Esko, DuPont, Rotometrics, Prati, Zecher, Swedev, Xrite, Alpha Sonics, Univacco, Tarng Yun and Royal Coat.

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FDA opens possibilities of personalized drugs distant possibility today, may not be denied with the maturing and general acceptance of the technology.

Just imagine the doctor prescribing the process of manufacturing medicine to patients rather than certain number of pills certain number of times. It can be an amazing world.

Created by Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, the drug – called Spritam – is a dissolvable tablet used to treat certain types of seizures in adults and children with epilepsy. If we look at these Spritam tablets, they would appear like any other tablets but they are altogether different – they are manufactured through 3D printing technology.

The drug used far and wide by millions suffering from epilepsy has just been approved for consumer use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is the first 3D printed drug approved by FDA in the history of medicine. This landmark event can change the course of how drugs are manufactured and have greater influence on the pharmaceutical industry world over.

“By combining 3D printing technology with a highly-prescribed epilepsy treatment, Spritam is designed to fill a need for patients who struggle with their current medication experience,” according to Don Wetherhold, CEO of Aprecia.

As a result of Aprecia’s proprietary 3D printing process known as the ZipDose Technology platform, the physical composition of the Spritam pill can be made more porous than typical pills, meaning that it dissolves almost instantaneously when added to a liquid. It literally melts in your mouth with just a sip of water or other liquid, making it easier to swallow. Aprecia refers to these new 3D-printed pills as “fast-melt,” to differentiate them from tablets and capsules.

Furthermore, the new manufacturing technology opens new customization options for individual patient need and specific dosage. In other words, with 3D printing, each dosage can be individually measured and then printed.

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Earlier FDA approved the first 3D printed prosthetic. Last year, the agency held a workshop on 3D printing for medical device makers, which shows the modern perspective of authorities on manufacture and consumption of drugs.

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, the company that pioneered the concept of the 3D-printed pill, has already received more than 50 patents related to pharmaceutical applications for 3D printing.

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals makes the oral medication through a three-dimensional printing process, which builds the pill by spreading layers of the drug on top of one

another until the right dosage is reached.

This technique allows the pill to deliver a higher dosage of medicine – up to 1,000 milligrams – while being porous enough to dissolve quickly. These attributes can be particularly beneficial for patients who have a hard time swallowing their medication, and miss doses of treatment, the company says. In addition, with Spritam there is no measuring required as each dose is individually packaged, making it easy to carry this treatment on the go.

Aprecia says it expects the drug to be available early next year for adults and children.

Everything from toys to spare mechanical parts, and food and fashion have been made using a 3D printing process. It’s the first time that medicine for direct human consumption has been approved by FDA.

Dressed to Impress Bottle In conjunction with sauce manufacturer Zum Dorfkrug, RPC Promens Consumer Kutenholz has developed a classic 1000ml round bottle for Sylter Salatfrische, Germany’s most popular salad dressing. As well as this classic, the new bottles will also be used for Honey & Mustard, Yogurt, French Dressing, Vinaigrette and American Salad Dressing variants.

The stylish bottle, blow moulded in polypropylene, echoes the look of the typical milk-bottle style pack currently available in 250 and 500ml sizes. Despite its larger size, the user-friendly bottle is easy to handle, and is squeezable for accurate control and dispense of the dressings.

The new bottle also meets the safety requirements of the foodservice sector, enabling it to be used in canteens and restaurants as well as in the home. Thanks to their light weight, high strength and resistance to breakage, plastics containers are the ideal choice for salad counters and the catering trade.

The bottle was launched in May and is available on the salad bars in around 150 Edeka supermarkets.

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OMET at Labelexpo Europe 2015 At the upcoming Labelexpo Europe 2015 OMET plans to showcase New iFlex with laser pre-register, XFlex X6 with Flexo+Offset combination, JetPlus digital inkjet printing and UV LEDFlexo curing.

Queen of the Show will be the new iFlex 370mm (14’’) label press whose simple operation and great ergonomics of use have arisen great interest among converters all over the world since its debut last May. With iFlex,label printing has changed forever as it is by far the ‘best in class’ among entry-level presses. iFlex is supported by tools designed to reach the best performance in terms of quality, rapidity of changeover, waste savings and manoeuvrability by the operator.

The machine features innovative preregister and register devices that contribute to speed up the machine set-ups and job changeovers. Among these, iLight, laserbased system supporting the printer to reach the best register in the shortest time and iVision, control system using video-cameras placed on each print unit for immediate register correction before the job reaches the end of the line. The iFlexconverting section is a work of art as far as technology and simplicity in use are concerned: the Quick Change Die Cutting (QCDC) is a trolley with two separate parking spots that simplify the replacement of the die cylinder, while Rock’n’Roll is by far the most performing

matrix waste rewinding system on the market.

XFlex X6 Offset, introduced 2 years ago in Brussels, has been very successful in the segment of Flexo+Offset label and packaging combination printing. The XFlex X6 Flexo+Offset press represents the ideal bridge between label printing and packaging printing as it mixes the highest Offset quality, researched by brand owners worldwide, with Flexo flexibility and completeness.

This press is a great solution for converters handling runs of flexible packaging, shrink sleeves, IML labels and special tailor-made applications. The XFlex X6 Offset 430mm (17’’) on show at Labelexpo will introduce, too, the Quick Change Die Cutting converting station as a booster of changeover speed and time saver.

4-colour digital inkjet unit JetPlus is the perfect choice when variable data, short runs or sampling are involved. Through XFlex X6 Digital you can print any digital file with no need of pre-press and with the guarantee of high quality results. The combination with Flexo and a full array of in-line finishing and converting options widens the printing possibilities to levels never seen before.

Another news awaits customers visiting OMET stand. Flexo printing on XFlex X6 Digital will introduce a great innovation: UV LED curing, which will bring enormous advantages in terms of energy consumption and overall performance.

The third printing machine on show will be XFlex X6 Digital, which is a future ready press. XFlex X6 Digital 430mm (17’’) with

OMET’s full range of solutions for label and packaging printing will be presented to the show visitors.

Multi-Color acquires Super Label Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) has acquired a 90% controlling interest in Super Enterprise Holdings Berhad (Super Label).

MCC will acquire the minority interest and subsequently delist Super Label.

Super Label has operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and China.

Revenues were approximately USD 36 million for the year ended March 2015. MCC plans to continue to focus on Super Label’s core markets of Home & Personal Care, Food & Beverage and Specialty consumer products.

These core markets, Super Label’s print technologies and supply chain are common with MCC. Super Label was established in 1973. “This acquisition gives MCC an established footprint in key Southeastern Asian markets with strong organic growth potential with regional and global brand owners,” said Nigel Vinecombe, President and CEO. USA based MCC is a global label solutions provider supporting a number of the world’s

most prominent brands including producers of home and personal care, wine and spirit, food and beverage and specialty consumer products. MCC serves international brand owners in North, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and China with a comprehensive range of the latest label technologies in Pressure Sensitive, Cut and Stack, In-Mold, Shrink Sleeve and Heat Transfer. MCC employs over 4,400 associates across 43 operations globally.

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Tridev Labels invests in Mark Andy 2200 Chennai based label printer, Tridev Labels (TLMC), has invested in Mark Andy 2200 machine for the production of self-adhesive labels. Tridev Labels is one of the leading manufacturers of labels and bar code stickers.

Founded in 2008, TLMC is a full service labeling company with a focus on creating innovative labels and has the capabilities to create all types of labels in a variety of printing options including Digital, Flexographic and Wide-format. This machine has been added to help with the increasing demand for self -adhesive label work. TLMC chiefly caters to health care, barcode labels, automotive labels, food & beverage labels, personal care labels and quality control & calibration labels etc.

According to Mr. Kirubakaran R.V, “Emerging as the single source for quality label requirements, from paper to film, hot foil stamped labels, tamper evident, temperature sensitive and laminated labels, the need to meet the needs of our customers has always kept us on our toes. And with the growth of business, the need for new equipment made us to look for options. Finally we zeroed in on Mark Andy 2200 for its vast capabilities.”

With advanced web tension management, self-aligning cassettes and superior drying and curing systems, the Mark Andy 2200

From left to right: : Mr.B.Sankar, CEO - Tridev labels; Mr. A. Kathiresan, Application Engineer - FIG; Mr. M. Suresh, Service Manager - FIG and Mr R .V .Kirubakaran, CEO, Tridev Labels

is one of the most flexible and productive presses on the market today. Providing maximum versatility and flexibility to support any expanding business, the versatility of the 2200 allows it to be used for a wide variety of converting applications employing pressure sensitive stock, paper, foil, gummed stock, heat seal material, light weight tag and data processing stock, plus print both sides of the Web in a single pass.

Mr. Gourav Roy, Managing Director for Flexo Image Graphics comments: “Due to the increasing demand for high-end labels for the pharmaceutical industry and food

& beverage labels, TLMC saw a need to expand the company’s production capacity.

As a result, the company will now be able to widen its existing supply of labels thanks to the high running speeds and fast changeovers, while offering top quality printing to their customers.”

“Today the company has a good clientele base in various industries and we feel quite proud that we have managed to grow even in a highly competitive market. I have no doubt that the key to our success has been quality labels, short delivery times and consistency,” summed up Mr. Kirubakaran R.V.

Fully automatic label production by ALS Engineering ALS Engineering GmbH has just delivered a label production system that continuously manufactures adhesive labels without any machine stop at job changes. Up to 80 different varieties of adhesive and pressuresensitive labels, completely different in format, colour and motive are produced within each hour. The user produces those inline in high quality - from raw material up to the assembled and ready to be shipped label web – without any manual intervention.

The overall system includes a powerful inkjet printing system with high resolution dynamic print heads guaranteeing excellent print quality. The inks used enable printing on many substrates without any additional pretreatment. They are scratch-resistant and display high light-fastness. In addition to the

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four process colours (CMYK), white and spot colours can be supplied and implemented.

Directly after print the web passes an integrated laser cutting unit thus ensuring precise registration that accurately processes even the most delicate shapes.

ALS-Engineering GmbH will be showcasing this fully automatic web production system for adhesive, pressure-sensitive labels at Labelexpo in Brussels. The whole system employs digital technology thus no plates or punching tools are required. In addition, job changes during operation are carried out without any manual intervention.

As within all kinds of print, the label manufacturing industry faces shorter print runs while diversity of labels increases.

The ALS label production system offers an efficient and economical alternative to existing production methods via flexographic and letter presses. Since it is a fully automated inline system, the additional process step of finishing is eliminated thus enabling production of ready for use webs.

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IIJ using Labelexpo to launch new 600dpi high speed mono range Industrial Inkjet Ltd (IIJ) will be launching a new 600dpi high speed mono range on its Stand C70, Hall 9, at Labelexpo 2015 in Brussels from 29 September to 2 October.

With print widths up to 520mm, the industrial inkjet pioneer says these new models are ideally suited to printing of variable text down to 2 point fonts at over 50 metres per minute.

IIJ provides a wide range of inkjet modules ready for installation onto customers’ existing flexo label presses, for example Nilpeter, Mark Andy and Gallus. Combining inkjet as a module onto a flexo press provides a flexible, reliable and economic alternative to standalone inkjet label presses.

Powered by Konica Minolta inkjet technology, the company says the modules offer remarkably high uptime and the longest printhead life in the industry. Following the successful launch of its “iS” range of high quality colour inkjet modules in 2014, IIJ has been busy working on its monochrome range. These units print full variable images in black, white, varnish or spot colours, as well as security inks such as IR black or UV-fluorescent. In early 2015 IIJ launched its new “HS” or high-speed models that print high resolution continuously variable text images and barcodes at a sustained speed in excess of 160metres/minute. Now IIJ is

extending its mono offering to include 600dpi native resolution.

IIJ tests and approves inks from a wide range of ink suppliers, both UV and waterbased, which ensures that the optimum ink is available for every customer’s specific application. John Corrall, Managing Director and Founder of IIJ, said: “Compared to stand-alone units, our modules provide the lowest cost of ownership, estimated at between 30 and 60% lower than competitors.

Combined with a wide choice of inks, from process colour to special effect and invisible security inks, they offer the best break-even point when compared with the cost of flexo print.”

He added: “With over 150 production lines running across the world, IIJ’s range of ColourPrint and MonoPrint inkjet modules are a proven cost-effective solution, as our customers testify.” IIJ is an industrial inkjet specialist and the official sales and technical support centre for Konica Minolta products outside of Asia. It offers advice on any aspect of the use of inkjet technology in industrial applications. IIJ provides complete solutions for the successful design and implementation of Konica Minolta’s industrial printheads which are renowned for high print quality and reliability.

Precise Graphic changes to PGI Technologies

Precise Graphic has changed its name to PGI Technologies. The change, says Sanjeev Atre, MD, PGI Technologies, “is to give new dimension to our identity and having accepted a challenge to deliver affordable yet world class label finishing machines. Our company name has been changed from PRECISE GRAPHIC India Pvt. Ltd., to PGI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Our product offerings, our reputation for the precision & product quality, and customer service will continue to be the same and we strive to excel further in all these areas.”

The company’s new website is: http://www. pgitech.in. PGI Technologies’ range products include, Magnetic Cylinders, Print Cylinders, Semi Rotary – Die Cutting Machine ID 330, Rotary Die Cutting Machine Precicut-330, Video Plate Mounter, High Speed Slitter Rewinder - SR 330, Rotary Hot foil Stamping System, Hot Foil Stamping Cylinder and other customized Solutions. There are also a few products and solutions, which are in development stage and include high-speed Blank label die-cutting machine with Turret rewinder and 100% Vision Inspection system on servo slitting and rewinding machine.

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CPP EXPO With increasing profit opportunities in today’s marketplace, GRAPH EXPO 2015 attendees will gain unprecedented access to the ‘world of package printing and converting’ with the co-location of CPP – the innovative converting and package printing tradeshow.

CPP EXPO is produced and managed by

H.A. Bruno, LLC. H.A. Bruno, with its U.S. headquarters in Paramus, N.J., has extensive experience in producing and managing trade shows and conferences that create resultsoriented markets for buyers and sellers in the following industries: converting and packaging materials, information technology, and franchise business. For decades, the

company has provided its clients with a most professional, customer focused staff that is highly regarded in the trade show business for its industry knowledge, its record of client service, and its responsive management team that has produced world-class events.

All Packaging Company expands growth with KBA Rapida 105 All Packaging Company, folding carton manufacturer headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, is eagerly awaiting the delivery of its new KBA Rapida 105 41-inch six-colour press with coater at its new facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company has set up a countdown timer on its homepage displaying the time left to the arrival of the new sheetfed offset press.

Last year, All Packaging Company purchased the operating equipment and facility lease in Salt Lake City from Belter Cutting Technology, enabling it to provide faster service to its clients located west of the Rocky Mountains and generate greater efficiencies and cost savings. The purchase is also providing former Belter customers with continuity in service and more cost-effective capabilities, manufacturing capacity, and product quality.

“All Packaging Company is pleased to be adding this latest press from KBA at our new Salt Lake City facility,” says Kenneth Pepper, president of All Packaging Company.

“In 2013, we installed a new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch seven-colour press with coater and triple extended delivery at our Aurora, Colorado facility. At the time of its installation,

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it was the fastest sheetfed offset press in the U.S. with speeds of up to 20,000sph. A video of the press can be seen on our company’s website. Since its installation it’s posted millions of impressions. Currently we are supplying packages to the medical device and pharmaceutical, health and beauty, food and beverage, technology and business, pet supplies, and entertainment and recreation markets and shipping to both eastern and western Canada, Mexico, and throughout the U.S. And by investing in the latest equipment technologies, such as our KBA Rapida 106 press, we’ve been experiencing significant growth. We feel that this new KBA Rapida 105 will contribute positively to our bottom line as well.”

“KBA has invested continuously in the improvement of printing press performance, creating the capability of higher running speeds, faster make-readies, and lower

scrap rates,” says Pepper.

For more than 70 years, All Packaging Company’s mission is to focus on quality manufacturing using innovative design and emerging technologies that provide cost effective products and services to consistently exceed customer expectations.

All Packaging Company serves the needs of more than 200 customers across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The firm is committed to producing packaging that is appealing to the consumer and friendly to the environment.

Unique to the firm is its vendor managed inventory system (VMI) to help its customers manage re-order timing, quantities, and finished goods inventory levels. This system utilizes customers’ forecast demand data and current inventory data to generate a plan for All Packaging Company’s carton production.

GlobalChannelPartners Summit 2015 The GlobalChannelPartners Summit 2015 in Manchester on December 3, 2015 has been created for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, printers, packagers, associations, consultants, events, exhibitions, the print & packaging media, plus education & research institutions, to meet network and share ideas and business opportunities.

This will be a unique networking opportunity for Global players in the printing and packaging industries.

Attractions include – Showcase Area, Networking Lounge, Main Sessions, Optional Break-out Sessions.

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BST eltromat presents innovations at LABELEXPO To focus on the areas of 100% inspection, workflow, web monitoring and colour measurement and web guide regulation.

At the end of September the world’s largest specialist event for the labelling and packaging industry will start with the LABELEXPO EUROPE in Brussels, Belgium.

BST eltromat International will present its latest solutions at Halle 6, Stand 6C46 of the show. With the focus on the areas of 100% inspection, workflow, web monitoring and colour measurement and web guide regulation, BST eltromat will present innovative solutions, which contribute to improvements in production efficiency.

Apart from the established product portfolio, the trade fair visitors can get to know further developed solutions for web guiding live. Ingo Ellerbrock, Product Manager comments: “The trend in label printing is increasingly going in the direction of standardized, extendable compact solutions.

At LABELEXPO we present our cost saving entry level solution for web guiding with EcoGuide amongst others. Furthermore, we are combining a Wide Array Sensor from our subsidiary AccuWeb Inc. USA with our tried and tested controller ekr 500 digital for the first time. These Wide Array Sensors have large measurement areas to electronically compensate for changes in the web width, and therefore make mechanical adjustments and/or manual alignments of the sensors superfluous.” Apart from the further developments in web guiding, BST CompactGuide and SmartGuide, the digital sensor CLS Pro 600 and the current ekr controller generation will also be presented.

The trade fair visitors can also look forward to BST eltromat showing its innovative solution for the measurement of absolute colour values with the iPQ-Spectral. In addition, a further process sequence will also be introduced, which was developed in cooperation with coe, a renowned company in the pre-print stage. “What is brand new is that we have transferred the fitting of the colour measurement system from the machine into the pre-print stage,” reveals Dr. Christopher Kauczor, Product Manager.

“Therefore, data and colour values could be determined even in the pre-print stage, which is significantly more economic. This leads to an optimization of processes which pays off.” The development partner coe will

also present the joint solution at its trade fair booth at LABELEXPO.

Innovative 100% print inspection due to high performance LED lighting Dirk Volkening, Product Manager, about a new feature of the iPQ-Center: “iPQCheck, the module of the iPQ-Center for the 100% print inspection, now has new, selfdeveloped high performance LED lighting.

This means that the module is excellently suited for printing flexible packaging, for all opaque (lightproof) and reflective materials, but of course also for normal paper. We are pleased to be able to introduce these further developments to a larger audience at LABELEXPO, and look forward to the reaction.”

Optimum workflow for maximum production speed “We are not short on innovations,” Volkening assures us. This also includes the Shark 4000 Lex. The flexible, adjustable 100% inspection system for use on rewinders and narrow web printing machines will support the iPQ-Workflow from now on. “Of course, all data will still be recorded e.g. on the

customer server and can be viewed on any PC,” says Volkening. “But due to the fact that the focus is on the important data when evaluating the minutes, the rewinder only stops at the process relevant points.

In this way, the production can be run at maximum speed.” This means a significant process improvement says Volkening on the innovations for the Shark 4000 Lex.

Video web monitoring with extended operating concept A further trade fair focus of BST eltromat is the most economic model for video web monitoring, the PowerScope 4000. The operation of the system primarily conceived for label printing and other narrow web applications, is now even more user friendly.

“We have taken on an established operating element from our “large” solutions, and added a joystick to the PowerScope 4000.

This makes the operating concept of the rotatable and removable keyboard and touch screen even more flexible, and the handling even more intuitive,” reports Dr. Christopher Kauczor and adds: “But that is not all. Not by a long shot. In future, the PowerScope 4000 will have the optional possibility of recording a freely configurable order history.”

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Pack Print International 2015 opens on 26 August 2015 The biennial Pack Print International 2015 will open its doors to welcome industry players serving the entire value chain of the packaging and printing industries. Being an established trade fair for 7 years, Pack Print International 2015 – modelled after leading global trade fairs in the packaging and printing sectors – drupa and interpack in Düsseldorf – will combine a full 4-day programme displaying the latest industrydefining machines, products and services, as well as conferences and seminars aligned to the trends of the market.

Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to try out and experience cutting-edge

products and solutions put up by 300 internationally prominent exhibitors from over 20 countries, including Hewlett-Packard, Heidelberg Graphics, Bobst Group, Kohoku Seiko, Fuji Xerox, Cyber SM, Chan Wanich Security Printing, Creation Machinery, Riso, Ricoh, AN Corporation, Fujifilm, Konica Minolta, Docusys, S.K.P Interpack, Jiangsu Fangbang Machinery, K.W.S Supply, Bandpack Precision, and many more.

Conferences, seminars and technical presentations will be conducted in English & Thai across the exhibition dates on topical subjects by renowned speakers from The Thai Packaging Association, The Thai

Printing Association, Design and Engineering Consulting Center, Food Focus Thailand, Office of Industrial Economics, Department of Packaging & Materials Technology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University and leading exhibitors. ADMISSION IS FREE, unless stated otherwise.

One-stop consultancy clinics by The Thai Printing Association and The Thai Packaging Association will provide free consultation by industry experts to all your burning queries on matters related to printing and packaging.

Latest ideas and products by packaging manufacturers will be in display, and it will be a platform to meet printers from the upstream to downstream printing process.

Look forward to networking with trade visitors from the region – made easier with the Business Matching Service, a great platform to network and look for potential customers, distributors or business partners from targeted segments and companies prior to and during your visit to the trade fair.

Michael Ring becomes VP Worldwide Sales & Marketing Digital Solutions at Gallus As of the 17th of August 2015, Michael V. Ring has joined the Gallus Group as Vice

President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing Digital Solutions. Michael has 27 years of experience in digital printing and will be responsible for Worldwide Sales and Marketing activities for the new DCS 340 digital label converting line.

From 2007 to 2014, Ring worked at Xeikon America, first as Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President of Sales North America and then as President North America, in addition to Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Xeikon NV. Prior to Xeikon, he has held several key positions with various companies such as Kodak and Xerox.

According to Klaus Bachstein, CEO of Gallus, “The combination of Michael’s extensive knowledge in digital printing and his proven track record of successfully

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developing and positioning digital printing technology will bring a lot of benefits into our organization and will make Gallus’s solution offering to our customers clearly better. The buildup of our digital expert team is on track and we are thereby continuously expanding our competence in digital converting.”

“Gallus is known for its leadership in the label and packaging markets. Being part of a team that will bring the next generation of digital technology and redefine the benchmark for digital in this space is incredibly exciting,” said Ring.

The Gallus Group is a member of the Heidelberg Group and employs around 410 people, of whom 250 are based in Switzerland.

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GMG shows colour critical proofing at Labelexpo 2015 GMG partners with Epson to show how its colour management solutions deliver accurate colour proofs for labels and packaging at Labelexpo Europe (29th September to 2nd October 2015 on the Epson booth 9A50).

GMG has developed its software to meet the complex needs of the packaging industry – shorter product cycles, increasingly complex colour and substrate combinations and cost pressures.

At the show GMG will produce high colour quality packaging proofs on a wide range of materials, including transparent film, using the Epson Stylus Pro 4900 and Stylus Pro WT7900 proofing printers, and a new proofing printer to be unveiled at the show.

The range of GMG software solutions that deliver high-end proofing capability, dramatic time savings, flexibility and cost savings to the packaging industry include: • GMG ColorProof combined with GMG OpenColor ensures complete press simulation to produce accurate inline proof verifications, including overprinting effects of spot colours,

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using high-end multi-colour profiles.

GMG FlexoProof is a colour proofing and calibration application designed for the specific requirements of the packaging and label printing industry.

Featuring halftone digital proofing it ensures accurate and consistent proofing output regardless of print device, colour space or substrate.

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GMG DotProof creates colour-accurate halftone proofs to contract proof quality by predicting exactly what will happen during plate exposure and what will happen on the offset printing press.

Screen angles, screen ruling and dot shape are fully preserved.

Singapore’s central bank apologizes for misspelt first president’s name Singapore’s central bank has apologized for misspelling the name of the first president on the packaging of a special currency issue. The special currency issue marks the country’s 50th year of independence.

The name of the late president Yusof Ishak, misspelt as “Yusok Ishak” on the cover folder containing the Sg$50 and Sg$10 commemorative notes came in as a major disappointment for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

“This should never have happened, is not acceptable, and I take full responsibility,” MAS managing director Ravi Menon said in a statement.

“I apologize on behalf of my colleagues who worked hard to prepare the notes and folders, but are deeply disappointed that we

made this most unfortunate mistake. We will put this right.”

The error has also appeared in the enclosed booklet. The bills, however, are free of the mistake. In a balancing move, the MAS has printed corrective sticker to be sent to people

who have bought the packages with the error.

MAS will also reprint new folders for the SG50 commemorative notes set to correct the typo which misspelt the name of president Yusof Ishak.

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FESPA Eurasia 2015 visitor registration open Online visitor registration is now available for the leading wide format print event, FESPA Eurasia 2015.

Free registration has begun for FESPA Eurasia 2015 taking place 10-13 December, at CNR Expo in Istanbul. Registered visitors will gain easy and quick access to the exhibition, as well as be kept up-to-date with event news to help plan their visit and make the best use of their valuable time while they attend the show.

FESPA Eurasia provides print and signage professionals the opportunity to see the latest equipment and developments for wide format printing, screen printing, commercial print, signage, textile printing and garment decoration.

The website www.fespaeurasia.com is the essential portal for show information including exhibitor information, educational content programmes, and travel and accommodation details, which is continually updated in the lead-up to the exhibition so potential visitors can stay informed, as well as register for their free pass and avoid queues at the exhibition.

FESPA Marketing Manager, Lorraine Harrow comments: “Visitors who register online in advance of the show gain increased benefits: receiving tailored event news directly to their inbox, as well as tips and information on getting around the show, who they can see and added value content for their business.”

“Organising a visit to FESPA Eurasia 2015, enhanced by pre-registration, is valuable for visitors to make effective use of their time out of the office, which is essential in today’s time-pressured environment.”

FESPA Eurasia is experiencing year-on-year growth, and will showcase 150 local and international brands. Industry professionals can register online now at the official website.

Exhibitors double space for FESPA Eurasia 2015 Following the success of FESPA Eurasia 2014, 52% of exhibitors at FESPA Eurasia 2015 have increased their stand size. The December edition will provide visitors with the latest technology and product innovations from international and local manufacturers, many of whom have increased their space to

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show even more solutions.

83% of floor space has already been allocated with, four months still to go, 19% ahead of 2014, at the same time out from the show.

52% of this year’s exhibitors have increased, some doubling, their stand space.

Companies who have doubled the size of their stand compared to 2014 include: Dost Teknik, İnka Teknik, İstanbul Reklam, Pass Reklam, Uras Tekstil and Yontime.

There is also larger participation from: Canapa, Canon Eurasia, Deniz Reklam, Eray Reklam, Folpa, Karya Tekstil, Novarota, Optimum Digital Planet, Roland DG, Sayar Matbaa and Tecpro Bilgi Teknolojileri, compared to their stand sizes at FESPA Eurasia 2014.

27% of confirmed exhibitors are first

time participators at the event, with some taking more than 50 sqm of space, including: Devpa, Mimaki Europe, Remifol Folyo, Smart Teknik, Vardimli and Lotus.

These larger stand sizes and increased engagement from new exhibitors means that this year’s event offers more than ever for visitors across wide format screen and digital print, as well as solutions for textile, commercial, industrial and 3D printing.

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Onyx Graphics Announces Release of ONYX 12 Software Latest version offers speed plus performance, a simplified interface and advanced application tools to do more in less time Onyx Graphics, Inc. has announced ONYX 12 software, the next generation of the company’s wide format workflow and RIP products. Built on the platform of ONYX 11 RIP software and ONYX Thrive workflow software, ONYX 12 software delivers faster RIP performance, a simplified user interface and advanced finishing tools to do more in less time.

Specifically developed to make printing more predictable, ONYX 12 software enables print operators to print jobs right the first time.

ONYX 12 software will be available for the full ONYX software product line including ONYX Thrive workflow software, and ONYX ProductionHouse, ONYX PosterShop and ONYX RIPCenter RIP software.

“With ONYX 12 software, the increase in RIP speed is incredible! We went from a file taking almost a minute to RIP to now only taking nine to 15 seconds,” said Corey Nicolaisen, Print Technology Support Specialist for West Canadian Digital Imaging Inc. (Calgary, AB). “In addition the more graphical interface has Onyx Graphics’ meeting the expectations that users have of their software platforms in today’s market.”

Speed plus performance: 64-bit platform ONYX 12 software delivers better utilization of memory and hardware when running the latest Windows OS to maximize the system investment with a modern, proven platform.

It utilizes the complete 64-bit platform throughout – in the RIP as well as modules – to harness full processing capabilities, delivering not just faster speeds but greater responsiveness as well. ONYX 12 software delivers RIP speeds twice as fast as ONYX 11 software and a more responsive user interface.

interactive job list enabling operators to easily find jobs, view printer information, and quickly make edits. Complete job information – including thumbnails – is displayed and can be customized to suit each operation’s needs.

pop-up stands without the need to redesign the original artwork. Users can combine the Bleed function with Automatic Cut Path Generation to eliminate white space in printand-cut jobs for perfectly finished pieces without artwork adjustments.

Live, colour-managed previews display job edits as they happen: users can see exactly where grommets, marks, tiling, crops, cut paths, spot colours and mirroring are placed before processing. This intuitive feature saves time and reduces waste by eliminating guesswork and proof reprints.

New finishing tools enable automatic grommet and mark placement for creating prints that are ready for finishing. Grommet marks are accurately placed without manual measurement. Grommet mark size, style and spacing can also be customized.

Quick Sets – production templates that streamline routine tasks – have been redesigned so they’re easier to build, navigate and save. Users can ensure consistency throughout the production floor by sharing Quick Sets between printers, and easily change Quick Sets for an existing job without the need to re-open it.

Advanced Application Tools: Do More Faster Print service providers can easily produce a variety of new applications, and improve the workflow for existing applications, with the new Bleed function. For example within ONYX 12, users can add borders for wrapped canvas prints, pole pocket trim for banners or top/bottom extensions for

New page and offset controls assist with placement of images for a variety of roll-toroll and flatbed applications. The new offset functions enable full-roll finishing when using roll cutters such as those from Fotoba and Zünd, and provide added control in rigid flatbed applications. These features eliminate manual positioning calculation, speed throughput and reduce waste.

ONYX 12 software will be available for order beginning August 31, 2015. The ONYX Advantage program provides product upgrades, new printer drivers, and access to on-demand training and support videos.

Updated RIP engines, including the latest Adobe PDF Print Engine 3.6 in ONYX Thrive software, boosts performance and delivers optimized end-to-end PDF workflows.

Simplified Production: Easy to Use A redesigned user interface displays a visual,

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Royal Academy and YR STORE collaboration produces one-off designs using Epson technology Visitors to the Royal Academy of Arts Burlington Gardens Festival were offered the opportunity to create and print their own special customised t-shirts. The live interactive t-shirt printing pop-up, run by print specialists YR STORE, used the latest Epson direct-to-garment desktop printer and featured artwork and images by Royal Academy Schools’ students, tutors and associated artists.

YR STORE’s unique interactive printed garment concept lets customers create personalised clothing on easy-to-use touchscreen terminals, then send the finished design for printing on Epson SureColor printers – while they wait. With permanent retail set-ups in Topshop Oxford Street store, YR STORE also specialises in experiential and corporate events, working for a number of leading brands such as Nike and Google.

YR STORE founder Tim Williams says: “Designing and creating your own t-shirt is such a fun and engaging experience. We were very excited when the Royal Academy approached us with a view to collaborating for this event, we couldn’t wait to make it happen.”

The Royal Academy Schools is situated in the heart of the Royal Academy and is the only free three-year postgraduate art course in the UK. It receives no government

funding so relies on the generous support of it patrons and sponsors, such as Epson, and its own fund-raising activities. Mark Hampson, Head of Materials Processes, RA Schools, said: “The Royal Academy Schools has had a long and fruitful collaborative relationship with Epson. This includes the unique luxury of its own purpose-built Epson Digital Media Suite, which all the students have access to. The idea of designing and printing our own t-shirts as part of the one day fund-raising event was very exciting and we were delighted to be working with Epson and YR STORE on the project.”

Given a prime spot in the Burlington Gardens Gallery foyer, the YR STORE set-up and print booth was managed by YR STORE Production Manager Dan Hughes and included three touch-screen terminals, a heat press and an Epson SureColor SC-F2000 direct-to-garment printer. Dan says: “The SureColor SC-F2000 is the perfect option for live event printing. It is portable, easy to set-up and use and is extremely reliable.

It provides superb output quality in superfast time – printing a t-shirt in 27 seconds!

Everyone’s amazed when they first see it in action and feel the print quality. Expectations are more than matched. It is the perfect companion to our interactive design process and, combined with RA artwork, the results on the day were fantastic.”

Using the touch-screens, customers were able to select one of the many images supplied by RA Schools’ students, tutors and artists, which they could customise and personalise to produce their own unique design. The t-shirt was then printed and heat pressed and ready-to-wear within minutes.

Over the course of the day around 150 t-shirts were printed – all individual works of art.

Mark says: “It was a hugely successful and well-received festival and the t-shirt printing was a real hit. It was great to work with Epson and YR STORE on this project and Dan was fantastic to work with – creative, knowledgeable, attentive to detail and good fun too! I look forward to working together again in the future, as the Epson/YR STORE/ RA collaboration was a very natural, creative fit.”w

Events Calendar WAN-IFRA India 2015 Conference & Expo Date: 02 SEP-15 to 04 SEP-15 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai

Labelexpo Europe 2015 Date: 29 SEP-15 to 02 OCT-15 Venue: Brussels Expo Belgium

FachPack 2015 Date: 29 SEP-15 to 01 OCT-15 Venue: Exhibition Centre Nuremberg Germany

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World Publishing Expo 2015

drupa 2016

Date: 05 OCT-15 to 07 OCT-15 Venue: Hamburg, Germany

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

Paperex 2015

Labelexpo India 2016

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

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

Pamex 2015 Date: 09 DEC-15 to 12 DEC-15 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai

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

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