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

FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra 2016 enters India ............................................................................................................8 KBA’s new website is more dynamic ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 ‘Recreating History of Printing’ by Kamal Chopra released............................................................................................................................................. 10 Spokesman-Review looks to the future with IDS-3D........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Indian Digital Media Awards 2016 now open...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Siegwerk approved as Komori’s supplier of K-Supply ink for its H-UV system......................................................................................................... 12 The early bird deadline for 8th PWI Awards is 1 July ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Hindi: The New Game Changer................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 QuadTech introduces MultiCam TRIM.................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Smart Print Shop for everyone.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 CMC ‘technovations’ at drupa.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 EAE to unveil new command centre for newspaper presses at drupa ...................................................................................................................... 15 Xeikon: Run against the Cheetah............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Tichawa presents first CIS offering adaptable resolution ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Muller Martini presents Touchless Workflow at drupa..................................................................................................................................................... 17 touchpoint 3D fab + print:.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 adphos introduces the new aLITE direct-to-shape-printing ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Xerox puts Inkjet within reach of more Print Providers.................................................................................................................................................... 19 Uflex to showcase latest Extrusion Lamination machine at drupa.............................................................................................................................. 20 drupa to stick to its four-year cycle ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Goss and DG Press bring web Offset expertise to packaging converters................................................................................................................. 24 Image Gravures at drupa............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 IIJ targeting 200 new OEM customers for Konica Minolta at drupa............................................................................................................................ 25 The imaging of things starts with EFI inkjet innovation.................................................................................................................................................. 25 Radixweb IT Strategy Consulting expertise at drupa........................................................................................................................................................ 26 KBA has strong drupa focus on packaging producers ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 Ink Meets Wood ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Live demo of EFI’s latest innovations...................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Flint Group Flexographic Products showcases at drupa ................................................................................................................................................. 28 Numbering and marking specialist LEIBINGER at drupa................................................................................................................................................. 28 Comprehensive finishing solution by KAMA at drupa..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Flint Group showcases new sheetfed products at drupa ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Konica Minolta showcases new solutions and products at drupa .............................................................................................................................. 30 LED colour matching for medium and large formats....................................................................................................................................................... 31 Kluge demonstrates advances in folding and gluing at drupa .................................................................................................................................... 32 Xerox Premier Partners gather at Global Forum in Düsseldorf..................................................................................................................................... 32 Mitsubishi HiTec Paper sets sight firmly on the future..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Xerox launches secure mobile & cloud enabled i-Series ................................................................................................................................................ 34 Xerox offers multi-vendor fleet management services ................................................................................................................................................... 35 It’s a splendid combo – the Anicolor & A75 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Integra expands presence in India with new COE in Chennai....................................................................................................................................... 37 LMAI, vibrant and astir!................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Konica Minolta installs 1st MGI JET Varnish 3DS in India at Dina Color Lab............................................................................................................. 39 KBA plans takeover of die-cutter manufacturer Iberica .................................................................................................................................................. 39 Winning the generation game.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Zircon Technologies grows with Esko’s solutions............................................................................................................................................................... 41 Yet another successful Technical Workshop by LMAI........................................................................................................................................................ 42 Pack Print International 2017..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 International Packaging Conclave focuses print optimisation & colour management for flexible packaging........................................... 44 ESKO and Technova partner for folding carton segment................................................................................................................................................ 45 HP adds Chromatic Red Ink to new DesignJet Z-series Printers.................................................................................................................................... 46

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, drupa 2016 has just opened its door to the global Graphic Arts, Printing and Packaging visitors that represent innumerable inherent markets, applications, products, solutions and services. The leading international trade fair for print and cross-media solutions kicks off with a new strategic focus and greater frequency running every three years. Under the motto “touch the future” drupa is providing a platform for future technologies with highlighted themes that include print, packaging production, multichannel, 3D printing, functional printing or green printing. 19 halls are showcasing the innovative power of over 1820 exhibitors from 54 countries. “Such a comprehensive 360° view of the entire industry is provided by nobody but drupa,” claimed an excited Werner M. Dornscheidt, President & CEO at Messe Düsseldorf.

The mega trend at drupa 2016 is Print 4.0 that enables individualisation and personalisation in digital printing – digital networking of machines and systems offers the solution and guarantee for efficiency and competitiveness. Accompanying technical events include the drupa innovation park, drupa cube, the brands PEPSO (Printed Electronics Products and Solutions), 3D fab + print and ‘touchpoint packaging’. ‘touchpoint packaging’ is a dedicated special show reflecting the relevance of this market and is divided up into four ‘future labs’ namely ‘food & beverage’, ‘non-food’, ‘pharma’ and ‘cosmetics’.

“The spare parts business in mechanical engineering or packaging design offer particularly great opportunities for machine producers, users but also print service providers,” says Sabine Geldermann, Director of drupa, regarding another drupa 2016 highlight – 3D printing. The touchpoint 3D fab+print reflects this spectrum. Also drupa visitors should not miss the functional printing future theme present and represented at several locations at the show.

At drupa innovation park (dip), young companies and start-ups as well as global players are presented with pioneering solutions. Visitors are exploring trend-setting innovations, solutions and business case studies on an easy-to-manage area. Presentations, lectures and interviews at the “dip energy lounge” round off the ranges displayed by approx. 130 exhibitors.

‘Entertaining, Educating, Engaging’ is the new approach of drupa cube which centres on the innovative power of printing and the multi-faceted possible applications of printed products across a multitude of industries and spheres of life. In addition to two keynotes, it features some 60 lectures by international experts.

Our previous issue was the drupa preview issue which had information on many key technologies by key technology providers in the industry.

This issue’s event preview also continues with more on ‘what’s on show’ at the eagerly awaited drupa 2016. We have preview on showcase by Heidelberg, Muller Martini, Tichawa, adphos, Xerox, Uflex, CMC, EAE, Goss & DG Press, EFI, IIJ or Konica Minolta, Radixweb, KBA, Siegwerk, EFI, Flint Group, Leibinger, Kama, Just Normlicht, Kluge and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper etc. In addition, we have the regulars in the news, installations, tieups & partnerships, product launches in the inside pages of this May issue of PRESSIdeas.

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Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra 2016 enters India The Yatra which kicked off in Colombo in February, entered Thiruvananthapuram and will traverse 13 cities across the country new range of upcoming products and solutions.

Additionally it will also serve as a platform to communicate to its partners about the high-margin post-sales services opportunities, which is fueling rapid growth.

Kodak Alaris kicked off the India leg of the Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra 2016’ in Thiruvananthapuram, with a view to grow and expand its reseller and distributor network in the country. The Yatra, which commenced in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 18, 2016, will now travel through multiple cities in India in the coming months. These are Thiruvananthapuram, New Delhi Bangalore, Patna, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. The meets will be attended by over 500 partners, and serve as a platform to engage and empower partners to grow their businesses collaboratively with Kodak Alaris.

Kodak Alaris’ partnership with Google has further eased the way users can connect with document scanning devices from any type of computing environment by taking advantage of Brillo and Weave, the key pillars of Google’s IoT platform.

Key Notes : > Yatra enters the country to grow and expand its reseller and distributor network. > To engage and empower partners to grow their businesses collaboratively with Kodak Alaris. > Kodak Alaris recently announced the i1190, i3300and the i5000 line of scanners.

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“Our channel partners have helped Kodak Alaris expand its footprint in India, and I would like to thank all of them for their continued support”, said Vivek Naidu, Vice President – Information Management at Kodak Alaris India. “Partners play a strong frontline role in our business and they are the pivots to our growth. Over the years, through fostering healthy working relationships, we have built a highly successful business model that is mutually beneficial.

The main objectives of the ‘Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra 2016’ is to cultivate a dedicated set of partners who can propagate and bring a spotlight to our products, business applications, and services. We’re also excited to introduce our brand new channel policy which will ease the way of doing business with Kodak Alaris, thereby making the business more profitable for us as well as our partners. The Yatra which will see members of our global leadership team participate actively, emphasizes our commitment to expand our India market with continued investment and vigour. To this effect, Kodak Alaris has been bringing document scanners to India since 1999, and are now looking at expanding our offerings to cover the entire gamut of Information Management technologies. Our portfolio now encompasses not only hardware products and services, but also software and solutions.”

The Yatra will also seek to enlighten partners, especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities with Kodak Alaris’

With a view to offering its customers best in class products and solutions, Kodak Alaris recently announced the i1190, i3300and the i5000 line of scanners which are state of the art and come embedded with the latest technologies. Kodak Alaris’ partnership with Google has further eased the way users can connect with document scanning devices from any type of computing environment by taking advantage of Brillo and Weave, the key pillars of Google’s IoT platform. Also earlier this year, Buyers Lab, LLC (BLI) recognized Kodak Alaris with the 2016 Scanner Line of the Year award for superior performance across its portfolio of document scanners. With multiple BLI Winter Pick Awards—one in each of three key scanner categories: networked, departmental and production, Kodak Alaris holds the most Pick awards out of any scanner manufacturer tested by BLI. In addition to the above, the Yatra will further serve to communicate and enlighten the product and strategy roadmap to all partners across India.

Kodak’s Information Management Division, Kodak Alaris helps organizations capture content from digital and paper sources, extract insights, and deliver the right information to the right place at the right time for better business outcomes. The portfolio includes award-winning document scanners, a global service and support team, and software and solutions that capture and intelligently manage information.

For small offices and large-scale organizations, it provides new ways to automate processes, improve customer interactions and make smarter business decisions.

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KBA’s new website is more dynamic The printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has completely redesigned its Internet website, in cooperation with the queo agency from Dresden, and has adapted it to the changes in user behaviour.

The new website is more clearly structured, has less text and is more dynamic, with automatic links to useful detailed background information. With its new Internet website, KBA has also responded to the rapid increase in the mobile use of the World Wide Web. The individual pages automatically adjust their representation and navigation to the output device being used, whether smartphone, tablet or desktop. The streamlined design without time-consuming frills as well as the editorial revision of the content are geared to a modern company and product presentation. With the objective of stronger bidirectional communication, the options for online contact have become more direct and more purposeful.

The clear structure of the pages and the

options. As in the past, the latest news about the company, its products and services as well as practical user information will still have high priority in the KBA website.

many functional improvements mean that the required content can be found more quickly. For example, the product pages have been supplemented by user reports and videos that can be clicked directly. What has remained is the glossary function, which explains the technical terms by mouseover, as well as an optimised platform for online applications and extensive download

The new Internet website at www.kba.com, in German and in English, covers not only the Koenig & Bauer AG holding company but also the subsidiaries KBA-Sheetfed Solutions, KBA-Digital & Web Solutions and KBA-Industrial Solutions in the major locations of Radebeul and Würzburg. Other manufacturing subsidiaries such as the Swiss KBA-NotaSys SA (www.kba-notasys. com), KBA MetalPrint GmbH (www.kbametalprint.com), KBA Metronic GmbH (www. kba-metronic.com) and KBA-Kammann GmbH (www.kba-kammann.com) are shown in brief presentations and are linked to their own websites, as well as the Internet websites of important marketing companies in Europe, the USA and China, in their own local languages.

‘Recreating History of Printing’ by Kamal Chopra released Prof. Luo Xueke, Vice Chancellor of the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (BIGC), China; Prof. B A Chopade, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (BAMU) and Ms. Zhang Sheru, Director of International Cooperation & Exchange Office, BIGC jointly released the book ‘Recreating History of Printing’ written by Prof. Kamal Chopra. The book was released in a ceremony in the presence of learned personalities from print industry and faculty of BAMU. Commenting on the book, the world print Guru, Prof. Frank Romano, RIT USA said,

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‘This chronology by Kamal Chopra highlights the important mileposts in the advancement of print. It is also testament to the resilience and perseverance of printers’. Mr. Kunio Ishibashi, GM Japan Federation of Printing Industries said, ‘Recreating History of Printing is very good guide to understand full depth of history and importance of Printing.’

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Chopade said, ‘it is an international event forward for the book written by an Indian is written by print gurus from USA and Japan and today it is being released by the Vice Chancellors of Indian and Beijing universities, it is the befitting tribute to the author Prof. Kamal

Chopra who is an renowned international personality in the Print World.’

Prof. Luo said it is my privilege to release the re-birth of famous 13 page calendar

by Kamal Chopra copies of which are preserved at the Printing History Museum, Beijing, being an important document. The book ‘Recreating History of Printing’ is the great effort and the students of print will be benefited with this endeavor of Prof. Chopra’.

The book with a cover price of INR 750/(US$ 50) is available with the publishers, Foil Printers, Ludhiana.

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Spokesman-Review looks to the future with IDS-3D The US newspaper Spokesman-Review is to invest in a further round of automation for its printing press. Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) is set to install the IDS-3D system on its TKS press with two towers in Spokane, Washington. QIPC, the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, will be installing 4 IDS-3D register control cameras at its plant in the United States.

Before closing the deal with QIPC, Spokesman-Review carried out a thorough investigation into the possibilities and alternatives. In fact, the first contacts between QIPC and Spokesman-Review took place about 3 years ago. “We talked to several suppliers,” says Steve Heidal, Pressroom Manager at Spokesman-Review, explaining how the business arrived at its decision. “We approached quite a few of the references our suppliers had given us and asked them about their experiences. Everyone, of course, seemed to be positive, but much more so about QIPC.” The performance of the systems supplied by the Dutch specialist came out better than the competition’s.

“QIPC is competitive priced and more reliable,” Steve Heidal concludes. “What’s

more, the camera is more compact. The socalled brains of the system are in the camera itself, which is what we like the most.” QIPC has also responded positively to the order from Spokesman-Review, which Print2Finish agent Juan Echavarria played an important role in. “It took some time to complete the deal, not least because of the lengthy investigations,” Ronald Reedijk, managing director of QIPC-EAE Americas confirms.

“They even looked into whether one of the options was to install a new printing press.

Ultimately, it was decided to keep the current press, which was in a perfect state of repair and as good as new, and - not without reason - the organisation came out in favour of QIPC because the client was convinced of our in-depth know-how.”

With the IDS-3D, Spokesman-Review is not only opting to use automatic register control, in the future it will also be possible to expand the system to include closed-loop colour control. “And that’s definitely part of our plans,” explains Steve Heidal. “This is a long-term investment. In the first instance we will have the register control installed, then the colour control, and the goal next year is to expand it to two other webs.” Thanks to

the IDS-3D, Spokesman-Review will be able to make significant savings in waste whilst at the same time improving the quality of the final product. Furthermore, the paper had a shortage of personnel on the production floor, so this round of automation will now meet these shortcomings. The IDS-3D cameras will be equipped with AIMS for the automatic cleaning of the lenses.

Indian Digital Media Awards 2016 now open The first edition of Indian Digital Media Awards (IDMA) 2016 is now open. Entries for the most prestigious digital competition in the news publishing industry can be submitted until June 24.

Jointly presented by WAN-IFRA and Google, Indian Digital Media Awards 2016 recognise publishers in South Asia who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies as part of

their total product offering to meet the major changes in how people consume news and information today.

WAN-IFRA based in Paris, France, and Frankfurt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India and Latin America, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries.

Awards Categories include: • Best News Website • Best Lifestyle Website • Best Digital Advertising Campaign • Best Use of Online Video • Best Data Visualisation • Best News Mobile Service • Best Lifestyle Mobile Services • Best Tablet Publishing

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Best New Product Best Reader Engagement

The competition is open to all publishers in South Asia (who will participate in their regional contest) All entries must have been published between 25 May 2015 to 15 June 2016.

Registration and submission of entries is fully online.

The best of the best: Latin American, European and Asian winners face each other in a final competition.

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Siegwerk approved as Komori’s supplier of K-Supply ink for its H-UV system Komori Corporation has approved Siegwerk as a manufacturer of “K-Supply ink”. The companies have signed an agreement under which K-Supply ink is produced by Siegwerk for Komori’s H-UV system and Komori will officially supply for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Komori offers its customers under the brand name “K-Supply” a lineup of special consumables and materials that are officially approved for the Komori printing presses. All inks certified as “K-Supply ink” are defined by high-level hardness, print quality, versatility and economic performance. The high sensitive UV inks produced by Siegwerk will be sold under the brand name “K-Supply” by Komori and Siegwerk.

With its H-UV system, Komori offers customers an innovative UV curing system that uses one H-UV lamp and runs with highsensitivity H-UV inks from selected suppliers.

The amount of CO2 emissions from Komori’s

H-UV system can be up to one quarter when compared to conventional UV curing.

Komori’s instant drying system ensures low heat generations and offers superior print quality as well as economic and eco-friendly performance.

“The partnership with Siegwerk will play a key role in Komori’s endeavour to strengthen and to broaden its range of service offerings under the K-Supply brand,” says Kazunori Saitoh, Director and Executive Operating Officer at Komori Corporation. “This alliance built upon Komori’s H-UV technology with 700 installations worldwide and fusion between printing know-how obtained from such customer requests and Siegwerk’s profound technical know-how ensures the true benefits of H-UV technology is delivered

to H-UV customers, and opens up a new dimension in the development of H-UV technology.”

“We are delighted to be selected as the supplier of Komori’s K-Supply ink for the EMEA region. As one of the leading global ink manufacturers and a specialist for UV technology, we see this partnership as an opportunity to bring our experience and knowledge directly to Komori’s customers and support their efforts for excellent performance as well as efficient and reliable processes,” says Hugo Noordhoek Hegt, President Packaging EMEA at Siegwerk.

Both partners are exhibiting at drupa (Komori - hall 15 booth D04); Siegwerk - hall 3 booth A58).

The early bird deadline for 8th PWI Awards is 1 July The 8th PWI Awards officially commences its year with the opening of its entry system.

Entrants compete in 26 categories and the PWI Company of the Year. The judging period is in August 2016. After this, the organisers will release a shortlist. The winners will be announced in October. In 2015, over 300 entries from nearly 113 print firms were received. Winners received 31 Prisms as awards.

Suresh Ramakrishnan, publisher of Haymarket Media (India), said, “The entries

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sent for the Awards plus some of the best work off your shopfloor can be featured on the PrintWeek India Studio – a repertoire of all things print; posters, labels, packaging jobs, brochures, books, printed electronics and the other 20 categories. Top print works from across the country will find a place of honour, live and online.”

India. During this, you can discuss highend printing to tracking inventory levels and activity 24/7 from a central online interface to end-to-end offerings to a full suite of commercial printing services. Plus, Award attendees can enjoy a plant visit to four / two print firms in Mumbai / Navi Mumbai,” he added.

“This year, Award winners from outside Mumbai can take advantage of two things along with the Awards Night. The first, one to one with printers from other parts of

The early bird deadline for the 2016 PWI Awards is 1 July and the standard fee deadline is 20 July.

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Hindi: The New Game Changer dainikbhaskar.com is India’s 2nd largest news destination dainikbhaskar.com, the largest Hindi news website has now also become the No. 2 news website in the country surpassing all other key online players, as per the latest comScore report. dainikbhaskar.com has 24.3 million ‘unique visitors’ (people coming to site) and 378 million page views (the pages people read). It also continues its dominance as the No.1 Hindi news website by widening the gap by two and half times compared to its nearest peer, while, Divya Bhaskar, the leading Guajarati website of the group maintains its #1 spot with flying colours.

The ranking is per the latest data by comScore, the widely acclaimed international cross-platform measurement body that monitors and provides marketing data and analytics to the world’s largest enterprises, agencies, and publishers.

This achievement by the brand stands testimony to the power of Hindi language in redefining the dynamic and ever-evolving digital platform in our country. Hindi readership has seen unprecedented growth in the last couple of years. When internet

This is testimony to the growing popularity of Hindi content on digital media that has successfully challenged earlier presumption of low Hindi readership on the Web. With clear conviction, content innovation and great team work, today, we are making significant progress. Dainik Bhaskar’s ability to provide hyper local content within geographies where we have a strong print presence, extensive coverage of news, and content appealing to a large section of readers across age groups, has been at the core of this transformation of perception.”

is perceived to be an English dominated platform, Hindi language is a great enabler for brands to help make deep inroads to markets.

Commenting on this achievement, Gyan Gupta, CEO, DB Digital, said, “We are immensely thrilled to reach this milestone.

DB Corp is one of India’s largest print media companies. It publishes 7 newspapers with Dainik Bhaskar (41 editions), Divya Bhaskar (7 editions) and Divya Marathi (7 editions) with 206 sub-editions in 4 multiple languages across 14 states in India. Dainik Bhaskar was established in 1958. Divya Bhaskar and Saurashtra Samachar (in Gujarati) have a combined average daily readership of 19.8 million. The company’s other business interests also span the radio segment through the brand “My FM” Radio station with presence in 7 states and 17 cities, and a strong online presence in internet portals.

QuadTech introduces MultiCam TRIM QuadTech has announced a competitivelypriced register control option designed for single width, single folder newspaper press applications. The new Register Guidance with MultiCam TRIM was developed from the company’s proven MultiCam system with over 15,000 installations worldwide.

The LED-based MultiCam TRIM camera has the ability to read multiple mark patterns across the web, scanning diamond-shaped marks as small as 0,50 mm. The system can be configured to control up to eight towers and one folder from a single operator control station.

The new Register Guidance with MultiCam TRIM features a simplified user interface that requires very little operator training, enabling printers to realize the benefits of the system quickly after installation. On a touch screen display, press operators have immediate visibility to register problems on press, and

can switch quickly from tower to tower and unit to unit, making fast manual or automatic corrections during the press run.

Since no calibration is required, printers can look forward to saving on maintenance costs and reducing downtime, in addition to makeready waste savings achieved through quickly pulling the job into perfect register.

Printers also have the option of adding full web cutoff control.

Press manufacturer Manugraph India is a long-time partner of QuadTech. According to Pradeep Shah, Managing Director of Manugraph, “We look forward to utilizing the MultiCam TRIM technology to meet the needs of our local customers. Over the years, we have been very pleased with the products and services provided by QuadTech.”

Karl Fritchen, President of QuadTech, comments, “MultiCam TRIM delivers a highly economical register control alternative, significantly lower-priced than comparable options on the market. We listened to our customers, and are excited to add this option to our stable of performance-proven solutions, enabling printers to dramatically reduce waste while providing excellent print quality.”

Printers who require more functionality such as advanced job configuration and storage, fanout and plate cocking control, front-to-back register control, and control of additional webs, towers, and folders can opt for QuadTech’s proven and feature-rich Register Guidance with MultiCam. QuadTech and the new MultiCam TRIM can be seen at drupa 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany in Hall 15, stand D50.

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The Smart Print Shop for everyone New Prinect Production Manager helps print shops of all sizes to extensively automate their production processes

For several years, Heidelberg has enabled digital systems from third-party suppliers to be integrated into the Prinect workflow via the Prinect Digital Print Manager. From drupa 2016 onwards, this will also be possible for thirdparty printing presses and postpress systems.

Key Notes : > Monthly throughputbased usage fee instead of the purchase of a license. > Open Prinect interfaces to thirdparty suppliers drive the digitization of the industry forward. > Heidelberg makes the Smart Print Shop possible for everyone.

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Today, enormous potential with respect to the automation and efficiency of production processes is still waiting to be exploited in most print shops. For the upcoming drupa 2016, Heidelberg is therefore presenting a new usage concept for their Prinect print and media workflow with the brand new Prinect Production Manager. This enables print shops of all sizes to use every integration function of the Prinect production workflow precisely in line with their requirements, without having to make compromises in terms of the scope of performance. As with a modular system, users can select the functions of the Prinect production workflow that they need: from prepress, through digital and offset printing, to postpress, and including the new Prinect Portal as well as the new Prinect Web Shop. Software upgrades and the use of the Heidelberg Service Hotline are also part of the package. Customers do not have to purchase individual licenses. They pay a monthly usage fee depending on the company’s throughput but irrespective of the configuration of their chosen solution. Whereas the hardware required is installed at the customer’s premises, some of the selected Prinect components, such as the Prinect Web Shop, are cloud-based. This makes it possible to achieve automation for virtually every print shop in terms of technology and economic considerations, and it is easy to implement this in actual situations.

“Heidelberg makes the Smart Print Shop possible for everyone. With the new usage concept of the Prinect print and media workflow, we are paving the way for our customers and are facilitating the complete automation of their production processes,” explained Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for Heidelberg Equipment.

Open interfaces drive the digitization of the industry forward For several years, Heidelberg has enabled digital systems from third-party suppliers to

be integrated into the Prinect workflow via the Prinect Digital Print Manager. From drupa 2016 onwards, this will also be possible for third-party printing presses and postpress systems.

To illustrate this, Heidelberg and Müller Martini will be demonstrating bi-directional data exchange between Prinect and Connex, the data and process management system from Müller Martini, at the trade fair. The generic interface thus also facilitates the integration of saddle stitchers, adhesive binders and hardcover systems from Müller Martini. This will be of particular benefit to graphics businesses with printing presses which have postpress systems from Heidelberg (with Prinect) as well as from Müller Martini (with Connex).

“Open workflow systems are a fundamental requirement for the further digitization of all processes in our industry. As an active member of the CIP4 organization, Heidelberg has long been a pioneer in the integration of third-party systems into the in-house workflow. At drupa, we will demonstrate how the industrialization of our industry can be organized efficiently across various different companies,” explained Plenz.

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CMC ‘technovations’ at drupa CMC, the provider of industrial Paper Wrapping, Envelop Inserting, Film wrapping, Packaging and Parcel storing technologies, will present its latest technovations along with its Partner XPROMA. VINSAK drupa platform (hall 04, Stand A33) will show dazzling new award winning technology of CMC.

Highlights: Fully automatic CMC shipping and payment solution CartonWrap is capable of delivering a speed of up to 1,000 packages / hr. The solution provides shippers and fulfilment providers strategic and scalable handling and price advantage in e-commerce. The CMC CartonWrap 1000 is a box on demand solution which is capable to wrap orders of single and multiple products using corrugate fed from a fanfold stack. Orders are scanned to create the exact dimension box required, eliminating the void in the carton and the need to add additional filler materials. The order is automatically placed in the carton, the carton is sealed and the shipping label is automatically printed and applied to the parcel. See the absolute 3D experience on

this award winning technology.

The CMC 400 Evolution Envelope Inserting System Being a single system for all formats, the CMC 400 Evolution Envelope Inserting System features an optimized design which allows a maximum rate of up to 25,000 envelopes/hr. Quick changeover allows C5, C6 and C4 (flats) formats to be processed with filled envelope thickness to 12 mm.

At another stand (hall 12 stand B53), visitors can explore the CartonWrap technology for the fulfillment process of e-commerce industry, B2B & B2C providers. CMC and XPROMA have been invited by drupa for the first Future Compendium innovative packaging technologies. Packvertizing is

a completely new form of advertising that combines CartonWrap and digital printing to create opportunities and produce personalized and customized messages on parcels.

Packvertizing ideally suits personalized packaging and enables ecommerce merchants to increase the value of their shipping carton from being just a “box and a shipping label”. Innovative ideas include adding holiday and birthday themed greetings, using QR codes to direct recipient to additional or complimentary offers and providing branding opportunities etc.

When combined with the award winning CartonWrap technology the result is a parcel that is not only right-sized, environmentally friendly, but also can carry a full colour personalized message to the consumer from the minute it is received.

EAE to unveil new command centre for newspaper presses at drupa EAE Engineering Automation Electronics, the supplier of controls and automation solutions for the graphic industry, will show a pioneering concept for the central operating unit which controls a web press: the EAE Desk 7. The new press command centre unites a clear, light and dynamic design with great robustness. The software for the new control console runs on the Windows 10 operating system.

Simplified operation, optimal process visualization The EAE Desk 7, the 7th generation of control console technology made in Ahrensburg, represents a clear commitment to touch operation. Touch screens in portrait format are set into the workspaces on either side of the desk and inputs are now made using softkeys rather than membrane keys. The proven ink zone keyboard, which supports variable web widths and web sections, has been retained. The entire desk surface has

been given a tempered glass protector, which is significantly easier to clean due to the lotus effect.

The central, high res (4K) monitor in curved design above the proof copy area measures 1.4 m (55 inches) diagonally. User interface views such as a web press overview, inking and dampening settings, etc. can also be selected there. Double-spread newspaper content can be easily soft-proofed on the large monitor. A scrolling function enables quick moving between pages. There are now fewer monitors on the desk and the operator’s field of vision has been optimized. With fine ergonomic aspects, it has a desk with adjustable height which is done by motorized control and comes with an integrated

footrest. Trays above the touch screen can be used for storing order documents, etc.

The closed cabinet in the base frame which is familiar from previous console generations has plenty of space for the control console PC and other computer hardware.

“Our new control console helps control the web press more efficiently and gives printers a better picture of press settings and running processes,” says Werner Ringel, EAE’s Managing Director.

The EAE Desk 7 will be on show at drupa at the joint EAE and Q.I. Press Controls booth (hall 16, stand A16). Visitors will have a chance to experience the modern touch operation in realistic simulations upfront of the official EAE Desk 7 launch, which is scheduled for mid-2017.

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Variable products call for highly variable and modular Print Finishing Systems Variable Data Printing (VDP) today goes well beyond simply printing the name of the customer on the product or switching blocks of text. Businesses that have precise knowledge of their customers and their requirements can produce customized print products that are more closely targeted. With Finishing 4.0, Muller Martini will demonstrate the efficient finishing of variable print products live at drupa 2016 (booth A49 hall 2).

The “PDF in, book out” slogan now also applies to variable data at Muller Martini, which is leading the way in technology for automated production workflows. The SigmaLine, the world’s only complete digital book production solution for industrial use, also enables VDP production thanks to three new modules of the Connex data and process management system (VariableProduction, VariableImposition, and VariableBundle). Nowadays, variable printing is no longer limited to customized flyers, personally addressed direct marketing, personalized annual reports and sensitive transaction printing, where individual text blocks or visual elements are switched.

Instead, books and examination papers can be tailored to the individual student at universities, and travel agencies can have customized brochures featuring the preferred destinations of their customers printed and finished in runs of one copy.

The printing of customized mass products is only half the challenge. The other half consists of the correct compilation of all signatures together with the relevant cover and print finishing using a hardcover bookline, perfect binder or saddle stitcher.

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flexible adaptation of books and magazines (right down to a lot size of one) under the conditions of highly automated lot production in line with Industry 4.0. As a result, all new booklines, perfect binders and saddle stitchers have functions enabling print products with widely ranging content, thicknesses and sizes to be produced highly efficiently, with minimal interventions by the machine operators.

The various Connex modules of the SigmaLine enable the seamless production of book blocks with different sizes and folding schemes. The correct cover is then identified accurately at the downstream print finishing machine using a barcode matching system. VDP is also possible at the Presto II Digital saddle stitcher, which enables combined stitching of digital and offset printed signatures on the basis of pure barcode control. Faulty products are automatically ejected to guarantee with 100% accuracy that all magazines conveyed to the three-knife trimmer are complete and have

the right sequence of signatures.

The Presto II Digital, incidentally, is a prime example of how variability is not limited to the printing process, since print finishing systems are also designed with variability in mind. The saddle stitcher, which will be presented at the Muller Martini booth, comes with innovative new features that significantly increase the variability of the Presto II Digital by means of automatic adjustments from product to product. The same is true of the new threeknife trimmer solution that will be premiered

by Muller Martini at the show.

“Customized and personalized products are gaining ground in the field of brochures and magazines too,” says Volker Leonhardt, Director of Sales and Marketing at Muller Martini Print Finishing Systems. “That’s why, with Finishing 4.0, we’ll give impressive live demonstrations at drupa of the high variability and modularity of our innovative systems for saddle stitching, hardcover and softcover production.”

Xeikon: Run against the Cheetah Xeikon has announced live demo of its Cheetah Technology at drupa 2016. The Xeikon CX3, based on Xeikon’s Cheetah Technology is claimed to be the most productive five colour digital press by the company in its class.

The Xeikon digital presses for self-adhesive labels excel in productivity and high quality printing. With a top speed of 30m/ min or 98 ft/min, the Xeikon CX3 allows the use of substrate widths up to 330 mm or 13 inches. The Xeikon CX3 offers all the other benefits of Xeikon label presses.

These benefits include full rotary printing, a print resolution of true 1200 x 3600 dpi, toners that meet FDA regulations for food contact,

and one pass opaque white toner. With the Xeikon CX3, the quality benchmark has just become significantly faster.

Xeikon is represented in India by Flexo Image Graphics (FIG). The technology will be demonstrated live at drupa (hall 8a B20).

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Tichawa presents first CIS offering adaptable resolution For the first time, Tichawa Vision is going to exhibit at drupa. Specialized in the field of high-precision CIS Contact Image Sensors for industrial product control, Tichawa Vision is going to present its new VARICIS designed for demanding inspection tasks in the fields of digital, inkjet and security printing booth (F30, hall 3). The multicolour industrial scanner is the first CIS offering adaptable resolution. What makes VARICIS a unique camera system for quality control is its compactness and scanning speed.

VARICIS sensor has been specially designed for the requirements of the printing industry.

It is the first CIS with adaptable resolution (1200, 600 and 300 dpi). Due to its slim design and very compact construction, it is possible to integrate the VARICIS sensor into printing machines without installation effort. Another advantage of the VARICIS is the constant view during the entire scanning width via its 1:1 optic. Due to its small distance of approximately 10 mm to the printing object in inspection, the VARICIS sensor generates a distortion-free and

significantly sharper picture in comparison with conventional line scan cameras.

Prior to each printing job the CIS system checks if the nozzles are in the right position and if they are operative using a calibration process. If nozzles are missing or adjusted incorrectly, the user will be informed immediately and will be able to correct the mistake. The multicolour VARICIS guarantees for colour stability throughout the whole printing process via its integrated liquid cooling, thereby eliminating colour deviation.

Due to the extraordinary line rate of up to 250 kHz and a scanning speed of up to 20 m/s the VARICIS is optimally suited for very fast running printing processes. The sensor is available for scanning widths from 260 to 2080 millimeters.

“At the drupa we’ll meet decision makers from all over the world who are focussed on automated systems for quality control in printing processes“, explains Dr. Nikolaus Tichawa, managing director of Tichawa Vision. “We hope for a successful premiere on the drupa, including various talks and discussions which will give an important impulse to our work.”

Tichawa Vision develops and manufactures Contact Image Sensors (CIS) for inspection of flat materials as an alternative to conventional line cameras. The CIS includes in one housing a reading guide line, an optical system, and a light source for highprecision applications, e.g. the printing business. Tichawa has developed a wide range of cameras that offer high reliability in design as concerns power consumption, functionality and size.

Muller Martini presents Touchless Workflow at drupa Touchless workflow functions enable uninterrupted print finishing without manual intervention. With Finishing 4.0, Muller Martini will demonstrate the touchless manufacture of print products in a single pass live at drupa 2016 (hall 2 booth A49).

Muller Martini machines’ high degree of automation features seamless connectivity and numerous functions that reduce the need for manual interventions. They can deliver uninterrupted production of digitally printed products – such as using the Vareo perfect binder or SigmaLine book production system. Product parameters can be modified during a job without operator

intervention. Job changes can also be done without manual intervention or through Connex LineControl. The functions are either controlled as part of the machine control system using barcodes on product or through integration with the Connex data and process management system.

Barcode: VDP at the Saddle Stitcher The VDP capable Presto II Digital saddle stitcher can produce fully variable products, such as customized and personalized magazines. All the parameters needed for production are controlled touchlessly via a barcode which ensures that every product is complete and correctly compiled. The sequence of the individual products is also controlled which forms individual bundles that are optimized by mailing route. The barcode triggers the selective feeding of signatures and covers via the feeders and checks that they match the digital content.

The fully variable stitching machine and three-knife trimmer enable varying thickness for individual product. In addition, the

whole production run can be recorded in a reporting log file to enable full production control.

Connex: SigmaLine with on-thefly format changes Muller Martini has developed an innovative function by which format changes can be performed at the SigmaLine in a seamless, touchless workflow, without stopping the printing press or needing operator intervention. Once job A is completed, the Connex data and process management system triggers the digital printing press, which briefly suspends printing at full speed.

Connex LineControl meanwhile takes care of all changeovers fully automatically (the cycle speed of the cross cutter, perforation, cross/length folding, web division, funnel positioning, reference positions of the camera) and of size settings in the SigmaCollator. Job B is then produced seamlessly. The machine therefore ensures the fully automated changeover of the entire in-line system in perfect interaction with Connex.

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touchpoint 3D fab + print: Visionary ideas, best cases and hands-on state of the art The touchpoint 3D fab + print will be a meeting point for all drupa visitors wanting to learn in detail about 3D printing. This special show (hall 7a stand C41) will be all about 3D technologies for a wide range of application industries and their market potential. “The purpose of the touch-point 3D fab + print is to drive technical integration and to pave the way for new cooperative ventures in matters of branding and production,” says Sabine Geldermann, Director of drupa. “The touchpoint will bring together the traditional printing industry and visionaries in 3D printing, offering opportunities to explore the industrial potential of 3D printing and of additive manufacturing techniques.” Planning and on-site implementation will be handled

by KCI Publishing (Netherlands).

Another important element at the touchpoint will be a programme of around 70 presentations. Insights into production processes and the application spectrum of 3D technologies will be offered by 3D pioneers AMR (Netherlands), Aviv3D (Israel) and Massivit (Israel). The market potential of 3D printing will be looked at by international market research institutes such as Gartner (US) and Smithers Pira (UK). A further

thematic focus at the touchpoint will be the legal aspects of 3D scanning and printing.

These will be highlighted by DWF (UK) and Cohausz & Florack (Düsseldorf). The programme will also include presentations

by Arjo Wiggins, Blueprinter, Caldera, Canon and the IPP Printer Working Group. Each half-hour presentation will consist of brief talk (10-15 minutes), followed by a Q&A session.

Participation is free for drupa visitors, and no registration is required. The detailed programme will be running on each day of the trade fair, except on 31 May and 10 June, and can be viewed via the following link: http://www.drupa.de/touchpoint_3D_fab_ print.

KCI’s touchpoint ‘3D fab + print’ new to drupa 2016 Open daily during drupa’s business hours, KCI’s 3D fab + print touchpoint will form a meeting ground where thought leaders, industry professionals, exhibitors, and visitors working in both the 2D printing/ packaging production, and 3D printing industries can come together to discuss thoughtprovoking ideas and share technologies and knowledge. The objective of the touchpoint is to encourage new technological integrations, even leading to new brand and production collaborations and partnerships between these three important industries. The 2D

printing and packaging production industries will be able to come along and examine not only their present potential for 3D printing, which may not as yet have been fully realized, but will also be able to look at what 3D printing has to offer their businesses both now and for the future.

“Just come along to one of our networking events and have some fun! Have a drink with us and make some new friends and business partners. You might also just be the lucky person who wins one of the Cubicon Style 3D printers that will be given away, or gets a free, scaled bust of yourself, printed by one of our partners,” says Leslie Wood Account Manager 3D fab+print.

The touchpoint will encompass a daily schedule of interactive presentation sessions.

Each presentation will consist of a short lecture of 10-15 minutes and will be followed by a lively question and answer session with the audience.

adphos introduces the new aLITE direct-to-shape-printing adphos launches aLITE-Technology, advanced Light Initiated Thermal Emission at drupa 2016. aLITE is based on an areafocussed, high intensity energy source, to allow instantaneous thermal processing.

Thus water based or solvent based coatings can be instantly dried or even cured, which is a mandatory requirement to overcome the present application barriers to coating applications in “direct to shape printing”.

Today these applications are typically performed by integration of label-printed solutions into the industrial production process. aLITE also allows the performing of inline drying and sintering of functional coatings

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applied by inkjet or Aerosol , as necessary, for cost competitive 3D-production of 3-D components. Typically these are only processed today in hot air ovens, mostly offline in standalone production units, requiring much space and much time.

For 3-D additive manufacturing processes, higher speed, more focussed local melting of plastic and even metal powers can be achieved with aLITE offering significant advantage if applied to laser or infrared based 3-D processing. aLITE can be easily integrated/adapted into existing handling and automation units or robots, since only the small focusing

processing head has to be adapted there.

The LITE-source and power control unit are separated from this, and the continuous energy transfer is achieved through a wavelength dependent flexible light tube.

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Xerox puts Inkjet within reach of more Print Providers At drupa, new platforms, products and inks frame Inkjet’s future.

Despite the promise of inkjet technology, many print providers struggle with embracing it because of cost and other challenges. At drupa, Xerox plans to change all of that.

“Xerox is disrupting inkjet. Come see what it looks like today and what it will do for our customers in the future,” said Robert Stabler, senior vice president and general manager, Global Graphic Communications Business Group, Xerox. “We have two new platforms and a wide range of products designed to make inkjet more accessible and affordable for print providers.”

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Powerful new Inkjet Presses The cut-sheet Xerox Brenva HD Production Inkjet Press and the continuous feed Xerox Trivor 2400 Inkjet Press are both on display at the Xerox stand at drupa. According to InfoTrends, global production colour inkjet print volume is expected to grow 23 percent through 2019.The presses give print shops options and opportunities to break into the lucrative inkjet market.

The Brenva HD opens up new possibilities for inkjet entry into the transactional, light direct mail and book markets by combining the cost effectiveness of inkjet with the flexibilities of a cut-sheet platform. With the Trivor 2400, print shops can move to broader application areas such as catalogues, magazines and colour books. The press features high productivity in a small footprint.

Technology demonstrations of new Inks and Packaging solutions Xerox is demonstrating new ink and packaging capabilities including: • Xerox High Fusion Ink – new ink that

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enables inkjet printing on traditional offset coated stocks eliminating the need for pre or post paper treatment A clear toner for the fifth station of the Xerox iGen 5 Press Xerox Direct to Object Inkjet Printer – inkjet printing on 3D objects as small as bottle caps and as large as football helmets and shoes, eliminating the need for labels in many retail and manufacturing applications A Laser-Diode Coding and Marking Solution – working with partners Macsa I.D., S.A. and DataLase, Macsa ID DIGILase Powered by Xerox, is a new laser-based thermochromic solution that prints detailed graphic content on packages at high speed

new business opportunities for industrial production printers.

Simplifying the path to personalized catalogues Xerox, XMPie, A Xerox Company, Solimar and Muller Martini demonstrate a new endto-end workflow solution for personalized catalogue production on the Trivor 2400. The Xerox Personalized Catalog solution uses Xerox FreeFlow Core to automate the entire workflow process, XMPiePersonalEffect to create customized content to meet tailored requests from customers, and Muller Martini’s Presto II Digital Saddle Stitcher to bind and finish the product.

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A new partnership: powering folding carton package printing At drupa, executives from both Xerox and KBA Sheetfed Solutions, a business unit of the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA), are sharing more details on their partnership to develop a first-of-its-kind 40-inch, B1 digital sheetfed press for the folding carton market.

The KBA VariJET 106 Powered by Xerox brings the benefits of digital printing such as running multiple versions of the same carton as well as customized cartons, opening up

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Workflow and personalization solutions – Cloud-based offerings, digital publishing solutions and variable data publishing applications The Xerox iGen 5 Press – the iGen 5’s fifth station achieved FDA compliance for its blue, green and orange expanded gamut colours The Xerox Impika Evolution and Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press – both presses recently received Fogra certification for quality and performance processes Daily music and happy hour – performances from The Ministry of Sound’s DJ Lovra takes place daily at the stand. Xerox also holds happy hour weekdays.

Xerox stand (Hall 8B A62) with a theme “Let the Work Flow,” is divided into six application zones including direct mail, books, catalogs, transactional, photos and packaging.

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Uflex to showcase latest Extrusion Lamination machine at drupa The Engineering Division of Uflex has announced another step in technological advancement with the launch of Extrusion Lamination machine. The solution not delivers on the market’s demand for better shelf life of products but also economy in production.

The main features of the lamination machine include: • Unique design of drying hood to achieve optimum temperature • Separate drive for impression roller • Motorised three axis movement of carriage for air gap setting • Chamber type doctor blade for anchor coating • T Die with internal duckling & lip opening up to 1 mm • Unique design of lamination drum to maintain even temperature across the width • Sleeve type coating nip as an option • Facility of Coating on very thin Poly film MRG-Grafomac of Casale Monferrato has been merged with Uflex Group of Companies. MRG-Grafomac brings with them an expertise in rotogravure printing, lamination and other converting machines of more than three decades.

The latest in the offering is the development in the field of Electronic Line Shaft (ELS)based rotogravure printing machines. The advantages compared to conventional mechanical transmissions include: better operator access around the press, reduction in noise level, less mechanical parts to be serviced and faster print register response.

The Press is built with Electronic Line Shaft

technology. By perfectly integrating new generation of electronics and ergonomically designed mechanical components, the press is made to deliver optimum performance and productivity and speed of 350-400 MPM. All the printing units, unwinder, rewinder, infeed and out-feed units are individually driven by individual motors / drives and controlled and supervised by the high performance PLC and have own intelligent software.

Uflex will be exhibiting the Rotogravure ELS – Printing technology, solventless lamination and high speed slitting machine with live running during the drupa show. Visiting customers may find the answer to their diverse converting needs under one roof.

ELS models are equipped with flying splice turret unwind, rewind, sleeve type impression

High speed drying, curing and thermal processing by adphosNIR at drupa At drupa 2016, adphos Group will highlight applications of high speed drying, curing and thermal processing enabled by its adphosNIR technology.

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Unwind web tension control is done by using latest generation AC asynchronous motor and AC drive. The system maintains set tension between in-feed and first printing unit precisely and isolates the printing unit from tension disturbance of the unwinding zone.

Applications include: • Drying of inkjet inks for direct mail at 914 m/min (3,000 fpm) • Sintering of conductive inks for printed electronics at 152 m/min (500 fpm) • Drying of water based adhesives for packaging at 305 m/min (1,000 fpm)

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of months to a variety of applications at the adphos stand (hall 06 / C03), drupa attendees can see adphos technology in action at multiple stands.

drupa to stick to its four-year cycle drupa 2016 is a resounding success; India has the largest number of visitors from Asia.

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

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

The re-positioning of drupa and its focus on future themes with strong growth potential – such as 3D printing, functional printing or packaging printing – proves to be a real asset. Be it publication, commercial, packaging or industrial printing – printing technology offers matching solutions for all of these applications while opening up new lines of business and business models at the same time. “The print industry is constantly re-inventing itself and offers a wealth of high-potential facets. And this is precisely what drupa 2016 has very impressively proven. We were able to experience a highly innovative industry here in the 19 exhibition halls, one that has succeeded in moving out of the “valley of tears” and grasping the future by the neck,” explains Claus Bolza-Schünemann, Chairman of the drupa Committee and Chairman of the Board at Koenig & Bauer AG. Some 260,000 visitors from 188 countries and some 1,900 journalists from 74 countries

travelled to Düsseldorf to learn about technology innovations, further developments and new business lines. The development in visitor attendance (2012: 314,248) reflects the worldwide consolidation occurring in the industry. This is why visitors’ high decisionmaking competence produced a particularly positive effect. Totalling 76%, the percentage of international visitors is up 16% from four years ago. 17% of international visitors came from Asia alone (2012: 13.6%). And here India accounted for the largest share with 5%, followed by China with 3%.

Positive verdict for technical side events Meeting with high demand was the programme of accompanying expert events with its three pillars drupa cube, drupa innovation park, 3D fab + print, touchpoint packaging as well as Printed Electronics and Solutions. One in two drupa visitors were interested in the various special shows and lecture theatres. drupa cube, the event and congress location, was received particularly enthusiastically. Almost 3,500 drupa visitors flooded into the cube over the eleven trade fair days in order to find out about a plethora of topics. In particular high demand were the keynotes by Frans Johansson (founder and CEO of The Medici Group), Silas Amos ‎(founder of Silas Amos Ltd. Design Thought) and Shane Wall (Chief Technology Officer HP And Global Head of HP Labs). The

Creative Day organised by Messe Düsseldorf in cooperation with W&V which addresses marketers and creative workers in particular, was even sold out. And the C-Level Sessions specifically targeting executives were also fully booked.

Meeting with a very positive response was the drupa innovation park that focused on innovative business models in addition to technology innovations from renowned exhibitors. On display were ready-to-market applications for Augmented Reality in field service and in advertising but also successful examples for multi-channel campaigns. The crucial insights from the content-driven dip 2016: print creates content and added value!

drupacity: an experience for all And drupa does not stop at the gates of the exhibition centre. Instead, Düsseldorf presented itself with a versatile programme as an attractive trade fair destination for all things drupa: be it an exhibition or 3D event, discussion forums or a “rolling lab”: drupacity allowed thousands of interested visitors to experience the trade fair themes – live and hands-on right in the city centre – providing both drupa visitors and exhibitors with tangible added value and a concept that is truly “one of a kind” worldwide. “Our concept of bringing the drupa themes to the city thereby making it possible for people to understand and experience technology has paid off 100%. Thanks to numerous city-centre activities Düsseldorf citizens and visitors were able relate to the trade fair themes. drupacity proved an experience for all,” reworked Boris Neisser, General Manager at the trade association Destination Düsseldorf, which organised the drupacity programme, who went on to say: “The many multipliers from all over the world felt welcome in Düsseldorf and will return to their home countries with these positive impressions. This is “city marketing live” representing a locational advantage not to be underestimated for our city.”

As announced at the midpoint of drupa, the event will stick to its four-year cycle meaning the next drupa will be held from 23 June to 3 July 2020.

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Goss and DG Press bring web Offset expertise to packaging converters Goss International has announced a new strategic partnership with web offset and service specialists DG press Services. As part of this agreement, Goss has acquired DG press’ Thallo product line, expanding the Goss web offset packaging portfolio.

In the new partnership, DG press will continue to manufacture the Thallo press platform and service/sell the system in Europe, whilst Goss will utilize its global sales, service and distribution network to target customers in North and South America, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Launched in June 2015 and making its drupa debut in 2016, the Thallo is a hybrid web

offset printing system specifically designed for the efficient production of high-quality, flexible packaging.

“The Thallo is an innovative, cost effective solution for flexible packaging production,” explained Bert Schoonderbeek, Managing Director, Goss Europe. “As such, this product fits perfectly within the Goss packaging portfolio and expands Goss’s overall packaging offering which includes the VPak line of press systems. In addition, DG press’ extensive technical and market knowledge makes them the ideal partner to continue to drive the adoption of web offset technology in the packaging sector. Both companies will work together on joint development activities

which will benefit both the Thallo and Vpak models.”

Both Goss and DG press agree that web offset has many advantages over flexo and rotogravure, such as lower cost plates, no solvents, high-quality printing on a diverse range of substrates and fast make-readies.

The Thallo offers all of these advantages plus the latest motion controls, easy-to-use operator interfaces and a simple, costeffective sleeve system.

“With brands requiring shorter runs and justin-time delivery, the Thallo is the clear choice for converters looking for an efficient, reliable solution,” commented Remko Koolbergen, Co-Owner and Director, DG press. “Add to that Goss’ and DG press’ combined expertise, engineering and R&D capabilities and we are confident that this partnership will bring many additional benefits to new and existing customers around the world.”

Peter Kloppers, Co-Owner and Director, DG press added, “The aim of this cooperation is that our core objective of providing excellent service to our existing customers and partners will continue. In addition, the partnership strongly improves our international exposure and gives Goss and DG press a strengthened market position, taking us to the next stage of commercialization of the Thallo worldwide.”

Image Gravures at drupa Image Gravures is one of the foremost manufacturers and suppliers of high quality rotogravure cylinders in the gravure industry.

Through innovation and quality products it has been meeting the diverse customer needs from flexible packaging printing units to decorative sheet printing units. Image Gravures has been established with the latest machines and equipments from Europe and UK and provides world class rotogravure cylinders of highest quality. The engraved cylinders by Image Gravures not only maximise print impressions but also reduce ink consumption.

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With the increase in gravure use in flexible packaging customers are benefiting from the larger colour gamut offered by gravure printing.

The range of cylinders offered by Image Gravures include, besides Gravure Cylinders, Anilox Cylinders as well as Embossing Cylinders. It will be showcasing its range of solutions at drupa (hall 13 / G43).

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IIJ targeting 200 new OEM customers for Konica Minolta at drupa Industrial Inkjet (IIJ), the provider of industrial inkjet bespoke systems, will be on a customer-finding mission for itself and Konica Minolta at drupa 2016.

IIJ’s specialist staff will be offering in depth technical advice and guidance on the use of inkjet printing to drupa visitors. Over the 10 days of the show, a five-strong team from IIJ will be based on Konica Minolta’s booth (stand A65 hall 8B) handling enquiries about the use of Konica Minolta inkjet technology.

Current market segments in which IIJ is helping customers include direct-to-product printing, packaging, security printing and high-speed commercial printing, including labels. However, John Corrall, Managing Director of IIJ, said: “Inkjet is expanding

rapidly into new markets and applications, and each of these brings their own new requirements. What Konica Minolta and IIJ offer is an open-minded attitude to new projects, and a willingness to give straight technical advice – without sales pressure. We have a reputation for straight-talking and will explain what the problems will be – not just the benefits.”

Mr Corrall added: “We invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in producing print samples for our potential customers each year and we have just completed the 1st phase of a new £2million training centre near our UK headquarters.”

“Any potential OEM component business in the West will be handled by us at drupa.

From experience, we are likely to find at least 200 new OEM customers for Konica Minolta at the show. We are sure that these customers will represent new market opportunities that in 5 or 10 years will have become mainstream.”

Working across numerous sectors, typical IIJ customers range from forward-thinking niche integrators, manufacturers, printers, packaging companies and blue-chip global brands, as well as ink suppliers.

IIJ’s global expertise covers the design, implementation, production and servicing of production inkjet systems. IIJ is the official sales and technical support centre for Konica Minolta industrial inkjet outside of Asia, providing advice on all inkjet technology in industrial applications. IIJ exclusively uses Konica Minolta inkjet print head technologies.

The imaging of things starts with EFI inkjet innovation Visitors will see the latest innovations in EFI inkjet imaging technology and ink and coating development at EFI’s drupa booth (hall 9, A40). EFI will enable customers deliver greater product customization, value and appeal in their prints – from indoor and outdoor signage, POP displays and fabric soft signs to thermoformed signs and packaging – faster, more efficiently, at a lower cost and more profitably than ever before.

The highlights include: • true production-level throughput and expanded capacity of the EFI VUTEk HS125 Pro super high-speed UV hybrid press • the 3.2-meter EFI VUTEk LX3 Pro, a production-class, hybrid roll/flatbed LED

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inkjet printer for perfect POP production the EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340, a 3.4-meter dispersed dye-sublimation ink printer developed by EFI Reggiani targeting the soft signage world the 5-meter EFI Quantum LXr 5 LED roll-to-roll printing, offering the best in print quality, versatility, and total cost of ownership in its class the EFI H1625-SD 65-inch UV hybrid production printer and award-winning EFI SuperDraw UV Inks for easy direct to thermo-formable substrate printing the EFI Armor line of UV and waterbased coatings for protection of print and colour.

Visitors will also see the new Fiery proServer 6.3 line-up available for the latest EFI Inkjet printers. In addition, there will be integrated print solutions in action for personalized printing, and visitors will be producing their own customized beer label and collecting free EFI beer!

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Radixweb IT Strategy Consulting expertise at drupa Radixweb will exhibit its robust IT Strategy Consulting expertise along with innovative technology portfolio for print businesses at drupa (hall 08b/D11). Companies team with years of IT industry experience in helping printing organizations worldwide to define the right technology and formulate business strategies will be on hand to meet with show attendees.

“Innovation breeds business and technology lead the way for it. In this digital age, business needs technology to be sustained.

The way to embrace innovation in business is to do something smarter and different leveraging advanced technology like mobility, cloud computing and IoT. To quickly use these technology advancements to outperform the competition, one need right IT consulting partner. We are bringing our 16+ years of IT experience to the drupa 2016 exhibit floor where we will help print service providers to define right strategy and make better IT investments which help to seize

technology into competitive advantage.

Featuring breakthrough innovations, well-defined strategies and extensive print industry experience at our booth,” commented Dharmesh Acharya, COO, Radixweb.

Radixweb drupa highlights: • Web Application Development • Bespoke Software Development Services • Application Modernization • Application Integration Services • Web Designing & Development Services • Software Maintenance Services • CRM / MIS Integration & Customization Radixweb’s team will have a one-one consultation with drupa attendees and discuss the importance of automating print business process using advanced technologies to create sustainable change and assist booth visitors in defining strategies

to make better IT investments.

Established in 2000, Radixweb is a software product development and IT Outsourcing services provider that delivers a complete range of IT services and enterprise-class solutions to clients from SMEs to fortune 500 companies across the globe.

KBA has strong drupa focus on packaging producers Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) generates some 70% of its revenue of over €1bn in the packaging market. The press manufacturer is also a market leader in several packaging segments: in folding carton printing with medium and large-format sheetfed presses from KBA-Sheetfed in Radebeul, in metal decorating with the printing, coating and drying systems from KBA-MetalPrint in Stuttgart, and in hollow glass container printing with the digital and screen printing presses from KBA-Kammann in Bad Oeynhausen.

The printing press group also entered the huge flexible packaging market with the acquisition of KBA-Flexotecnica in Italy at the end of 2013 with growing success. The

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close alliance with HP for the development and production of the world’s largest digital press, the HP T1100S PageWide Web Press, for the corrugated market is also indirectly attributable to the growing packaging market, although in this case KBA is only the contractor and HP markets the press itself.

Coding technology with potential from KBA-Metronic A further key and expanding user field which is often overlooked in the media is analogue (thermal transfer, hot stamping) and digital marking and coding solutions (continuous inkjet, laser) from KBA-Metronic in Veitshöchheim. These systems are mainly integrated into packaging and other production lines, but also unlock potential for printing and packaging plants. KBA-Metronic will demonstrate this on the KBA stand at this year’s drupa. With the combination of the udaFORMAXX separating system and a CO² laser from the laserSYSTEM K series, the KBA subsidiary will present a solution for individually applying addresses to print products and the just-in-time marking of pack-aging.

During printing a laser-sensitive pigment layer can be applied to cardboard, paper, film etc.

The laser beam then creates a high-contrast marking. The individual marking of the packaging with a laser can be done at any point in the production chain. Laser marking is reliable, fast, freely programmable and works without any consumables.

Given the variety of print solutions on offer, packaging producers will be a core target group for KBA in terms of the exhibits on show at this year’s drupa as well as the raft of upcoming analogue and digital innovations.

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Ink Meets Wood Siegwerk presents new range of sustainable inks Siegwerk, provider of printing inks for packaging applications, labels, and catalogues, is now offering its second generation of sustainable water-based inks for paper and board applications – UniXYL. The new product range is partially based on natural resins and provides an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional inks.

Water-based inks have grown in popularity and demand. They are characterized by low VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions and lack of flammability, making it easier to comply with relevant regulations. Siegwerk combines this technology with a basis of renewable components. The result is the UniXYL series – sustainable inks offering an environmental benefit. The bio-based resin contained in UniXYL inks is obtained from lignocellulosic bio-mass, which is available in particular in feedstocks from forestry.

“As one of the leading ink manufacturers, we want to set a good example and champion the development of eco-friendly inks. At the same time we have tried to reduce the bio-mass obtained from food or feed plants, which we have now achieved with UniXYL”, explains Pierre-Antoine Noirot, Vice President of the Global Innovation Network at Siegwerk.

The fact that the bio-mass used in UniXYL is composed of forestry or agricultural waste products is reflected in the product name: XYL hinting at the Greek word “xylon”, which translated means “wood”.

While the new ink range is water-based and also contains bio-mass components, customers benefit from the same level of performance compared to conventional water-based inks. “UniXYL is characterized by our typically high standard of Siegwerk quality. It provides excellent printing results with outstanding color strength, great print quality and good rub resistance at stable viscosity,” says Pierre-Antoine Noirot. This printing ink range is suitable for paper and board applications, including those intended for food packaging. It complies with current product safety regulations, such as the Swiss Ordinance. UniXYL has successfully completed several beta trials under industrial

conditions at some customers’ printing facilities. “We are now delighted to be able to offer this environmentally friendly ink to all our customers,” adds Mr. Noirot.

Christiansen Print Garanciéres, formerly France Flexo, a preprint specialist for corrugated board applications, was one of the companies that tested Siegwerk’s new water-based ink series. “Operating at the highest standards also means testing new printing solutions that meet future expectations and in particular address customers’ desire for fully renewable packaging. Sustainable processes and eco-friendly materials play an important role in this regard,” Nadine Rodrigues, General Manager at Christiansen Print Garanciéres,

explains. The company has been successfully using UniRICS, Siegwerk’s first sustainable, partially plant-based ink range containing a bio-acrylic binder, and already has won several awards, for example, at the “Concours FlexoStar 2015”, an annual competition organized by the Association Technique Française de Flexographie (ATF).

“We’ve tested UniXYL recently, and the inks provided excellent print quality, good color flow, fantastic color strength, as well as efficient machinability,” describes Mrs. Rodrigues the test results.

With the motto “We color the future”, Siegwerk will exhibit at this year’s drupa (booth A58 hall 3).

Live demo of EFI’s latest innovations On display at drupa, EFI Inkjet printers, Productivity Software Suites, and Fiery Digital Front Ends all connect for a total ecosystem

designed to make businesses more efficient and profitable. Visitors will see live demonstrations of the latest EFI innovations, and gather valuable information to help make their growth, cost savings and profitmaking decisions easier. They will be able to successfully and efficiently expand their digital production offerings into new markets with EFI’s portfolio.

EFI will be present at Hall 9 - A40.

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Flint Group Flexographic Products showcases at drupa Under the slogan “One Team. One Vision.

One Flint Group”, Flint Group demonstrates its vast range of products and services at drupa 2016 (hall 08b stand D/12).

The product offering ranges from inks, coatings, pressroom chemicals, printing blankets, flexographic and letterpress plates, equipment and solvents, sleeves, up to digital printing solutions. In total, the company has booths in three halls, whereby Flint Group Flexographic Products presents its portfolio.

With the FlexoExpert, Flint Group Flexographic Products offers a new certification programme to provide plate makers with much more support for their daily business. With this programme, the platemaking processes as well as the functionality of the processing equipment will be evaluated. A status report is provided, which includes strengths and divergences as well as recommendations for improvement.

With the assistance of a Flint Group expert, this action plan is implemented within a defined period of time. Then, after six months, the Flint Group specialist performs

a final audit. By passing this audit, the customer is certified as a FlexoExpert for two years, and his customers can rely on consistently high quality printing plates.

The presentation focuses on the nyloflex FTF Digital plate. The plate with integrated flat top dots reduces complexity significantly and enhances efficiency for the reproduction of flat top dots, as it can be processed like any standard digital plate – no changes, additional equipment, processes or consumables are needed. Furthermore, the special texture eliminates the need for time consuming surface screening. Additionally, the plate offers reliable high quality and consistency.

Designed for absorbent substrates and water based inks, the new printing plate provides to customers in preprint, beverage cartons or flexible paper packaging the benefits of Flat Top Dots in a simple way. It allows to easily achieve enhanced ink laydown and improved solid ink density on fiber substrates. The new printing plate will be commercially available in the last quarter of 2016.

Another exhibition highlight is the new rotec Lightweight Sleeve, a hard-coated sleeve for conventional plate mounting with adhesive tapes, which offers weight savings up to 40% compared to standard sleeves. With this sleeve, maximum weight limits in the pressroom, shorter and easier press setups, or missing adapter configurations can easily be managed. An aluminum plate seals the entire edge of the rotec Lightweight sleeve.

This protects the sleeve from exposure to cleaning liquids, inks or solvents and prevents unnatural diameter growth of the sleeve. The new sleeves are available in rotec Omega Surface Technology for use of solvent based inks as well as with other well-known features like the rotec Stainless Steel Register Ring.

The new rotec Eco Bridge with breathable metal ring creates an air pillow to virtually eliminate all tight-fit and sleeve-mounting problems. This bridge reduces up to 90% air volume requirement, up to 30% reduction in noise and significantly improves ease and speed of mounting all sleeves.

Numbering and marking specialist LEIBINGER at drupa

The numbering machine and marking specialist Paul LEIBINGER is presenting its LENservo electronically controlled random numbering system, which features a new double monitoring function as well as variants for passport printing, at drupa.

Furthermore, the camera and marking systems from LEIBINGER round off the drupa trade show portfolio.

The LENservo electronically controlled,

servomotor-driven numbering machine is ideal for banknote and security printing.

LENservo combines the attributes of mechanical LEIBINGER numbering machines such as sturdiness with maximum flexibility.

While mechanical numbering machines offer only two options – counting forwards or backwards – the LENservo gives customers complete flexibility when programming the numbering sequences. The position of the number wheels is monitored via the servo motors. LEIBINGER is also presenting a truly one-of-a-kind, additional monitoring system at drupa. Paul LEIBINGER will also show the LENservoP variant for numbering passport documents and single banknotes to the public for the first time at drupa.

The individual parts in the LENservoP are designed to comply with specific requirements for passport printing and hotfoil applications, for example.

In the verification area, LEIBINGER will be presenting its LKS 5 camera system at drupa. This verification system is a reliable

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solution for printing control and monitoring fixed data as well as variable data such as digits, letters, barcodes, 2D codes as well as for presence and logo control. The LKS 5 camera system can be used as a standalone solution or in conjunction with a LEIBINGER continuous inkjet printer, which will also be presented at drupa. The LEIBINGER JET3up and JET2neo inkjet printers mark all possible products and materials such as cardboard and paper – without ever making contact – imprinting fixed and variable data such as expiration dates, LOT/batch numbers or codes.

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Comprehensive finishing solution by KAMA at drupa The German-based KAMA, specialist for finishing equipment, will be demonstrating its first innovative and complete solution for Short-run production of folding cartons at drupa 2016 – including embellishing, cutting, creasing, blank separation, folding and gluing for finest boxes, personalised print products and higher speed-to market for customers.

VINSAK represents KAMA in India. There will be the world premiere at the 200-squaremeter KAMA booth (hall 02 stand A15).

Visitors will make the most of the mega trends for short runs of folding boxes and digital printing and experience the innovative solution.

The solution includes the DC 76 ASB automatic die-cutter with the newest in servo technology, and the newly developed KAMA FF 52i, which is the world’s first folder-gluer dedicated to short runs.

The combined solution has been optimised for very fast job and format changes and

electronic job tickets, and it perfectly fits into the digital workflow carrying out all the applications from the printed sheet to the ready-to-deliver folding box. With extremely short set-up times, faster finishing, inline stripping without tools and automated set-up, the solution paves the way for making shortrun converting of folding boxes both efficient and profitable.

A highlight for commercial market is the “Generation S” of the versatile ProCut line of the automatic die-cutters, with servo technology and an asynchronous main drive that delivers more power and flexibility for the professional finisher.

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At drupa 2016, the Sheetfed business segment of Flint Group has launched more than 10 new products to meet the diverse needs of the sheetfed printer –

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K+E Novavit F1000 WIN BIO – new fast bio series for maximum flexibility on a variety of substrates and optimally suited for straight-line printing on multicolour printing presses.

K+E Novaboard C1090 RACE BIO – a fast drying, high rub resistant, bio process series with extreme rub resistance, exceptional print sharpness, very high gloss and colour strength.

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inks and coatings. These inks have excellent press stability on a wide range of substrates, making it ideal for commercial and non-food packaging applications.

XCURA King – also for use with low energy and LED lamps, these inks deliver the best ink water balance an optimum transfer.

XCURA Sens – ideal for printers using LED and low energy systems who require inks that are food packaging compliant.

XCURA Plas – excellent curing, adhesion, and scratch resistance on a wide variety of materials such as polyethylene, poly propylene, polyester and PVC. These inks are also cured with LED or low energy lamp systems.

Conventional UV Curing - introducing the UltraCURA family of products: • UltraCURA Sens – these inks have been independently certified and suitable for primary food packaging on coated and uncoated paper and carton board materials.

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odour, low migration inks specially formulated for sensitive non-absorbent materials and are suitable for primary food packaging on carton board.

In addition, it also introduced several new speciality water based coatings. Flint Group enjoys the unique position of manufacturing a vast array of Sheetfed pressroom consumables too; from fount solutions, cleaners and washes to printing and coating blankets. Under the family name of ProTek, the 2300 Fount and 2300 Blanket are both designed to support packaging printers to reach higher levels of productivity and reduce cost of print.

Last but not least on the list of products being launched at drupa 2016, are IPA free fount Varn AF 4000 and a new generation EPDM face rubber compound blanket dayGraphica 4200 UV blanket.

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Konica Minolta showcases new solutions and products at drupa Strengthens product lineup in commercial and industrial printing sector Konica Minolta showcase at drupa 2016 can be experienced at its booth A65, Hall 8B which is its largest ever exhibition space with an area of 2,400 m2.

Konica Minolta is showcasing its latest products and solutions that bring innovations to printing tasks and help printing companies and visitors to know how exactly its products can work in an actual business environment and help them expand their operations.

Launch of AccurioJet KM-1 B2 digital inkjet press The AccurioJet KM-1, available in the market in June 2016, can produce high-quality images comparable to those of conventional sheet-fed offset printing. Furthermore, it can directly print on a wide variety of paper media, ranging from art paper, coated paper and wood-free paper to embossed paper and packaging paper. The versatile AccurioJet KM-1 is capable of serving general commercial printing to smallsize packaging markets. At drupa 2016, demonstrations show how this product can produce high value-added printed materials when used with MGI’s JET varnish.

Label and packaging printing zone Companies seeking ways to improve their marketing operations will find ideal solutions in the label and packaging printing zone in Konica Minolta’s booth. Konica Minolta

showcases how a combination of its bizhub PRESS C71cf, the digital label press capable of printing full-colour labels at a high speed and JETvarnish, an MGI product, can reduce label print run lengths and production time and enable high-quality production of high value-added labels.

As a new application of the digital inkjet printing technology established in the development of the AccurioJet KM-1, Konica Minolta is also staging a technical showcase of the KM-C, B1 digital inkjet press for paper packages. This product can print on sheets up to 760 mm x 1,060 mm in size, with thicknesses ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.2 mm, and thus is capable of high-quality printing on various types of presentation boxes and thin corrugated boards.

AccurioPro series of digital printing solutions and services AccurioPro is the brand name of a series of digital printing solutions and services offered

by Konica Minolta to promote automation of printing tasks with a view to improve work efficiency, reducing production time and ensuring effective quality control. At drupa 2016, Konica Minolta is showcasing two collaborative software products, AccurioPro Cloud Eye, which enables cloud-based central management of printing tasks at multiple locations, and AccurioPro Conductor, which enables operation of multiple presses at a higher efficiency.

MGI JETVarnish Konica Minolta is also showcasing its flagship product from MGI JETvarnish series at drupa. The JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil is a unique technology that takes Print to the next level by adding more value to printed documents. The solution features new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities. The MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil can convert regular printed output into high-margin spot UV printed sheets, or even higher margin 3D embossed jobs with up to 100 microns of varnish.

MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil inkjet spot UV coater offers users the flexibility for two powerful and highly sought after digital finishing capabilities: traditional flat spot UV coating and new 3D digital effects. The new machine is specially designed to take inputs from the digital machines and offset as well.

The machine has capabilities to digitally foil and emboss.

In addition, the JETvarnish 3DS can accommodate sheets from 8x11.8-inch up to 14.33x40-inch and substrate thicknesses from 135 to 450gsm. It’s 100 percent digital and uses no plates or screens. It has virtually no make-ready, is ideally suited for runs ranging from one to thousands and has full variable data capabilities. The environment friendly solution also features solvent-free coatings and a closed-circuit system that eliminates waste.

Konica Minolta also demonstrates new products for various segments upto B1 size of paper and also the Roll to Roll version for Spot UV and Digital Spot Foil for label segment.

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LED colour matching for medium and large formats JUST Normlicht has introduced the first D50 colour assessment system for the printing industry based on LED. Something that was previously considered to be impossible in the graphic arts industry, will now be demonstrated for the first time at drupa 2016(hall 9 booth 9E56).

JUST Normlicht will be presenting the first colour assessment systems for the printing industry based on the latest LED technology to meet ISO 3664:2009. Building on its long-standing experience with LED applications, JUST Normlicht has succeeded in developing an LED colour proof light that is capable of simulating the spectral energy distribution of D50 (CIE) so well, and of meeting the requirements concerning the metamerism index and the colour rendering index, that colour matching to ISO 3664:2009 is possible. The LED systems are likewise equipped for soft proof applications. The dimmable LED light can be exactly adjusted to the monitor brightness.

In contrast to fluorescent lamps, where mercury is indispensable, the LED light needs no mercury at all, making it more ecologically compatible than conventional fluorescent lamps. Another decisive advantage is its energy efficiency, which is also accompanied by a substantially longer service life in comparison with fluorescent lamps. LED colour proofing systems from JUST Normlicht are no more expensive to buy than comparable systems based on fluorescent lamps. So, switching to an LED solution pays off from the very first day.

“The Missing Link” – Print.

Measure. See. For 40 years, JUST Normlicht has been developing products and solutions to create standardized lighting conditions in accordance with international standards. On drupa 2016, JUST Normlicht will introduce solutions for the implementation of the new ISO-standard.

Following adoption of the new standard ISO 12647-2:2013 for a standardized offset printing process, the prerequisites for its practical implementation have now been fulfilled. In the form of Fogra51 for coated papers with moderate fluorescence, and Fogra52 for uncoated papers with high fluorescence, characterization data for offset

printing are now available with corresponding ICC and Device-Link profiles. The definition of measuring condition M1 in ISO 13655:2009, the standard for spectral measurement and colorimetrical computations, created a further important prerequisite. With illuminant D50, measuring condition M1 is based on a higher UV component, this being necessary for measuring papers containing optical brighteners.

The updated ISO 3664:2009 is an important standard in connection with the practical implementation of ISO 12647-2:2013 for standardized printing with papers containing brighteners. The standard for visual colour matching is of essential importance in this context. The requirements of ISO 3664:2009 regarding a limited metamerism index in the UV range, and the closer adaptation of the UV component in the spectrum to daylight, have already been met by the JUST daylight 5000 proGraphic fluorescent lamps from JUST Normlicht since 2010. As a result, all JUST Normlicht devices comply with ISO 3664:2009, meaning that, in combination with an M1-compatible hand-held measuring instrument, what you now see really is what was actually measured beforehand.

Consequently, there is no longer anything to stand in the way of standard-compliant colour matching in accordance with the new process standard.

Use of LED lamps in general lighting in the graphic arts industry The general lighting situation in production shops and pressrooms has a considerable influence on the colour matching of print products. Shielding against extraneous light and avoiding mixed light at the colour proofing station are essential prerequisites for ISO standard-compliant colour matching.

For the first time, Just Normlicht has developed and is demonstrating and LED

lamp designed to replace general fluorescent lighting in production environments. This makes it possible to create standard-light conditions throughout the production area that approximate conditions at the proofing station. LED retrofit lamps already available on the market offer only inadequate colour rendering, and the individual lamps vary greatly in terms of their spectral properties.

Another disadvantage of retrofit systems results from their use with imperfectly matched LED drivers, since retrofit lamps are operated on the existing ballast of the fluorescent lamps. This demonstrably has a significant impact on service life. In contrast, the new LED lamps from JUST are operated on optimally matched LED drivers.

This entails slight extra expenditure when converting the lighting installation, but it is more than compensated for by a service life of roughly 55,000 operation hours. The new JUST LED lamps rely on the time-proven combination of glass and light, since glass is optically pure and not subject to aging.

JUST LED lamps can optimally adapt to different lighting situations and offer highquality lighting conditions at any installation height. The spectral properties of the D50 LED lamps are almost as good as required

by ISO 3664:2009 and therefore perfectly suited to use in printing rooms and any graphic arts environments. The influence of extraneous light at the press control station is minimized in this way. Moreover, the energy efficiency – which is generally the argument in favour of switching to LED technology – is substantially better than that of existing lighting installations based on fluorescent lamps. The payback time is comparatively short, especially when fitting out entire production locations with LED lighting installations from JUST Normlicht. JUST Normlicht is presenting its range of solutions at drupa (hall 9 booth 9E56).

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Kluge demonstrates advances in folding and gluing at drupa shapes, foil saving controls and quickchange die systems are on exhibit.

Kluge, the provider of short to medium run print finishing and converting solutions, demonstrates advancements in folding and gluing, laser cutting, foil stamping and UV coating at drupa 2016 (hall 11, exhibit D22).

The Kluge has launched its newest generation folding and gluing system the OmniFold 3000. The new OmniFold 3000 is a completely modular system and the only folder gluer in its class with these unique features: synchronized touch-screen controls, interchangeable feeding units, modular alignment system, modular prebreak device, interchangeable bearing bed transports and interchangeable vacuum transports. The OmniFold system will be converting various folding cartons.

Kluge and strategic partner LasX are showcasing innovative laser converting technology with the world premiere of CartonsInMinutes the on demand laser

processing and converting solution for folding cartons and various other products.

Multiple folding carton designs will be laser cut, scored, blanked and converted using the CartonsInMinutes proprietary system controls and robotics that allow for instant order change and on the fly processing of live orders.

Kluge has also launch the new patent pending TRU-DWELL adjustable dwell system along with several new features that eliminate traditional make-ready and changeover requirements. Demonstrations including dual-stream feeding of die-cut

The new line of OmniCoat UV roller coaters for production digital and wide format roller coating will be in operation. drupa 2016 also serves as Kluge’s launch for the new LED UV curing system for production digital coating systems.

Kluge CEO Michael Aumann commented: “Kluge has a rich history of innovation and technical leadership in the print and print finishing markets. We are very excited about the world premiere of multiple new products and features at drupa. We believe our customers will find great benefits in our newest innovations and designs. The newest Kluge products represent powerful solutions that can address challenges that printers and converters face each day due to the impact of digital technology in our industry.”

Xerox Premier Partners gather at Global Forum in Düsseldorf More than 500 members of Xerox’s Premier Partner Global Network and Graphic Communications Resellers from around the world gathered before drupa on May 30-31 in Düsseldorf, Germany for the 2016 Xerox Global Forum to discuss top trends and opportunities within the graphic communications industry.

The forum opens with remarks from Andrew Copley, president, Global Graphic Communications Operations, Xerox and Hiroshi Kurihara, president, Fuji Xerox.

During the forum, Premier Partners heard insights from industry leaders on key market opportunities and the latest innovations from Xerox.

“Our Premier Partners have been demonstrating leadership in the graphic communications market for years,” said Robert Stabler, senior vice president and general manager, Global Graphic Communications Business Group, Xerox.

“We’re looking forward to customers from around the world coming together to share ideas, collaborate on business opportunities and discuss the next wave of innovative technology, workflow and digital solutions.”

Additional presentations included: • “Global Trends & Insights” – Marco Boer, vice president, IT Strategies, Inc. • “Business Transformation” – Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffe, professor of strategy, Bocconi University School of Management • “Best of the Best Awards” – Susan Weiss, manager, Global Premier Partners and Customer Business Development Programs, Xerox, will

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announce the 2016 winners of the global print applications contest “drupa Preview” – John Ahlman, vice president, Global Experiential Marketing, Xerox; Robert Stabler; and Steve Hoover, CEO, PARC, a Xerox company

On May 31, Xerox customers kicked off the first day of drupa with presentations from Andrew Copley, Robert Stabler and Paul Morgavi on Xerox’s presence at drupa and the company’s inkjet strategy. Customers also received early access to the Xerox stand and an exclusive demo of the Xerox Brenva HD Production Inkjet and Trivor 2400 Inkjet Presses.

This forum provides Xerox customers with the unique opportunity to interact with industry innovators and like-minded strategists to share ideas about the latest trends and growth opportunities within the graphic communications industry.

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Cosmo Films is HP Indigo Pack Ready film supplier Cosmo Films, manufacturer of speciality BOPP films, has been approved as an HP IndigoPack Ready film supplier for the HP Indigo Pack Ready ecosystem. HP Indigo Pack Ready is a set of post print converting solutions developed, patented and qualified

by HP. It is designed to maximize the value of Indigo digital print for labels and packaging.

The first solution, Pack Ready Lamination, provides “zero cure time” lamination while instantly creating a strong bond between HP Indigo digitally printed substrate and Pack Ready laminate film, enabling digital converters to print, laminate and pack on demand for immediate time to market. The Pack Ready films from Cosmo ensure a high lamination bond strength and helps to maximise the environmental score card of digital printing, since the lamination process does not involve any solvents.

landmark innovation.”

The HP Indigo Pack Ready ecosystem will be on display at drupa (hall 17/ stall 03/A31).

Speaking on the development, Mr Sandeep Dutta, President of Cosmo US operations, said, “Our association with HP goes back a long way when we developed the HP Indigo HPI DP label film, suitable for digitally printed labels. Our strength as the global leader in thermal lamination films, our global distribution reach and our focus on customised innovation helped us to be brought on board as a supplier for this

Cosmo Films is one of the global manufacturers of Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films used for packaging, labels and lamination applications. The company one of the largest exporters of BOPP films from India.

It is among the top producers of thermal lamination films globally with plant cum distribution centres in India, Japan, Korea & the U.S along with global channel partners in more than fifty countries.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper sets sight firmly on the future Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, manufacturer of high quality coated speciality papers, moving further in its innovation and investment plans, has increased activities in research and development; implemented new working methods and production processes; and concentrated on new products. The Bielefeldbased company has its sight firmly set on the future.

In 2014 and 2015 the technical production

facilities and the energy processes at both mills of Mitsubishi HiTec Paper were optimized (Coating machine 3 Bielefeld: new roller dampening unit, Coating machine 21 Bielefeld: new process control system and cooling water system and optimization of the monitoring systems, Paper machine 1 Flensburg: new process control system). This investment has led to significantly increased productivity, production flexibility and efficiency across both sites.

“In addition to this, we have carried out intensive best practice analyses, implemented new working methods and adjusted the organizational structure,” said CEO Gerhard Schoon. “Detailed market studies and an intensification of R&D were the basis for product diversification and the definition of new product areas”.

As a direct consequence of this consistent corporate focus, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is moving into a new business area offering BARRICOTE: innovative and environmentally friendly barrier papers for food packaging.

The totally paper-based products combine sustainability with effective barrier protection against water, grease and mineral oil migration. Field tests on BARRICOTE are currently being carried out with selected strategic partners.

Visitors can obtain samples and more information from Mitsubishi HiTec Paper at drupa 2016 (hall 8B stand D24).

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Xerox launches secure mobile & cloud enabled i-Series Xerox ConnectKey technology boosts office productivity with innovative Apps and expanded capabilities for MFPs. Xerox has announced advancements to its ConnectKey technology for multifunction printers (MFPs). The 14 Xerox ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs are equipped with ready-to-use apps to speed up paper-dependent business processes and make it easier for users to collaborate and work more effectively.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Business, Xerox India said, “ConnectKey is a powerful platform - a combination of technology and software, embedded in the new i-Series MFPs that help enable true scenarios of cloud, mobility and security. The MFPs built on this platform will provide a critical advantage to enterprises as well as small and medium-sized businesses. It allows businesses to go beyond printing, scanning, faxing and copying, and gives channel partners the tools they need to capture new recurring revenue streams.”

The Mobile Link App lets users create one-touch, automated workflows on their mobile devices to remotely control a Xerox MFP and transmit documents to fax, email and cloud hosted services like Box, Dropbox and Google Drive.

Key Notes : > MFPs powered by ConnectKey. > Imagine an MFP that can translate a document into more than 35 languages. > New i-Series MFPs enable true scenarios of cloud, mobility and security.

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“Imagine an MFP that can translate a document into more than 35 languages, or be customized and built to meet customers’ particular business needs.

ConnectKey® comes packed with pre-loaded applications which will definitely increase productivity for customers and make workflows simpler and easy to use,” added Balaji.

The devices launched include both Colour as well as Monochrome Multifunction Devices.

Colour Portfolio: Xerox WorkCentre 7970i Color Multifunction Printer, WorkCentre 7830i/7835i/7845i/7855i Color Multifunction Printer, WorkCentre 7220i/7225i Color Multifunction Printer, WorkCentre 6655i Color Multifunction Printer.

Monochrome Portfolio: WorkCentre 5865i/5875i/5890i Multifunction Printer WorkCentre 5945i/5955i Multifunction Printer, WorkCentre Multifunction Printer 3655i.

Advantages to partner & customer business Expanded MFP capabilities ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs adapt to the way businesses work – on-the-go, virtually and through the cloud – allowing companies to meet today’s business trends, challenges and opportunities: •

The new Xerox Easy Translation Service app helps partners and companies capitalize on the $38 billion market for language services and technology. The first-of-its-kind solution lets users scan a document through their MFP, snap

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a photo from their phone or upload it to a web portal. The service can then securely and quickly translate businesscritical information to more than 35 languages, ultimately giving businesses a competitive edge and partners the opportunity to capture new revenue streams.

Xerox App Studio 3.0 allows channel partners to build and tailor MFPs using simple templates that modify and customize the user interface to synchronize to their business processes. For more sophisticated customization, the Personalized Application Builder(PAB) program lets users connect with partners to build complex apps to meet their unique workflow requirements.

Making mobile workers more productive

dramatically over the next two years due to the increase in access to digital content for personal and business use. To give employees the tools they need to print from mobile devices, the ConnectKey -enabled i-Series MFPs are designed with ready-to-use MFP apps right on the user interface.

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According to IDC, 40 percent of smartphone users and 35 percent of tablet users do not know how to print from their devices.

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With the @PrintByXerox App, a free mobile cloud printing solution, employees and visitors can securely print from any mobile or network connected device to an MFP by way of a single email address without IT support.

The QR Code App lets users connect and pair to a ConnectKey-enabled MFP with a simple scan of a QR code from their phone or tablet to effortlessly print and scan documents.

Easier access to cloud services through Apps

on the user interface to give users easy access to a variety of apps from Xerox and partners.

Now available on iOS and Android, the Mobile Link App lets users create one-touch, automated workflows on their mobile devices to remotely control a Xerox MFP and transmit documents to fax, email and cloud hosted services like Box, Dropbox and Google Drive.

A new camera capture feature squares and straightens photos of documents taken with a mobile device, and workers can route them directly to relevant departments.

Improved Security Xerox ConnectKey technology continues to offer real-time protection from internal and external threats. Now with secure print and scan encryption, and print job deletion at power up, companies can ensure documents remain confidential, protecting themselves from data breaches.

The Xerox App Gallery is pre-loaded directly

Xerox offers multi-vendor fleet management services Paving the way for growth; Xerox India expanded its document management services portfolio and announced multivendor fleet management services – a ‘first of its kind’ service in the industry.

Under this service, Xerox India now has the capability and capacity to offer Document Management Services and Managed Print Services across multi-brand printing devices at customer locations spread across India.

Multivendor fleet services from Xerox India will provide organizations with an option of getting most out of their existing assets while moving ahead on their MPS journey.

“Xerox has always been the first movers

in the document management industry to innovate and introduce new services. This new capability gives us the opportunity to reach out to a larger base of enterprise and SME’s across the country who are currently on non-Xerox equipment and devices.

Furthermore this service will be a boon for CIO’s and IT Managers as they do not need to worry on replacing their existing assets and IT infrastructure for deployment of MPS,” said Mr. Sushant Dwivedy, Director - Global Document Outsourcing at Xerox India.

have deployed MPS over a fleet of multibranded printing devices and equipment.

With this offering, we see great opportunity in sectors like banking, telecom, manufacturing, consulting and retail.’’

On January 29, 2016, Xerox announced that it plans to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies: a business process outsourcing company and a document technology company. Xerox expects to complete the separation by yearend 2016.

He also added, “We have recently found success with a leading multinational telecommunications corporation and we

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It’s a splendid combo – the Anicolor & A75 Rajam Digital embarks on innovative journey by installing TN’s first Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor Press in combination with a Heidelberg Suprasetter A75 CTP. Chennai’s Rajam Digital, the Print shop which was established in 2008 as a digital print shop specializing in photo albums, later expanded its footprint into commercial printing in 2011. The firm continues to retain a market-dominant position in the digital photo album space in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu.

The print shop also caters to overseas customers.

The latest addition is a Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor press, which is also the first in Tamil Nadu.

“On average, we run about 25 to 30 jobs in a 10-hour shift. That’s a pretty good number. The Anicolor lowers costs for short-runs, and generates premium quality output at digital speeds. Our Suprasetter CtP further supports the performance of Anicolor with the seamless plate output.” Viswakumar

The Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor addition at Rajam complements an existing suite of digital and offset presses and finishing equipment, making it a unique, one-stop solution in Chennai to cater to diverse printing needs. “Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor is certainly an impressive addition to our portfolio. We see a shift in business from digital printing to Anicolor printing. Many of our customers prefer the Anicolor, because of swift delivery, premium quality and flexible pricing,” beams Viswakumar, a self-taught entrepreneur and passionate printer.

The Speedmaster SX 52 is a hybrid press, combining the cutting-edge performance innovation of the XL class with the tried-and-tested Speedmaster SM 52 platform. It is adept at handling short-run print jobs, starting from as low as 100 sheets onwards; this

is possible, because the short, zone less Anicolor inking unit consists of fewer rollers with a dampening system that facilitates quick and even inking. In addition, no tedious inking adjustments are required with the Anicolor, as it is extremely easy to operate.

It not only enables a reduction in startup waste to just less than five sheets, but also shortens makeready times to less than six minutes per job. Anicolor offers users the flexibility to deliver first-rate quality at significantly lower costs per sheet for higher runs, which makes the technology competitive vs. digital print products.

Ganesh Kumar, Senior Sales Manager, Heidelberg, further extols the merits, “The Anicolor inking unit produces ghost-free printing, by ensuring consistent quality through the entire production run. In combination with Heidelberg’s Prinect color management, Anicolor delivers outstanding results.”

Alongside the Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor, the print firm has also invested in a Heidelberg Suprasetter A7 5CTP. “On average, we run about 25 to 30 jobs in a 10-hour shift. That’s a pretty good number. The Anicolor lowers costs for short-runs, and generates premium quality output at digital speeds. Our Suprasetter CtP

Key Notes : > Customers prefer Anicolor because of swift delivery, premium quality and flexible pricing. > Adept at handling short-run print jobs, starting from as low as 100 sheets. > Suprasetter CtP supports the performance of Anicolor with seamless plate output pushed up productivity.

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further supports the performance of Anicolor with the seamless plate output. Gradually, we pushed up productivity. Now, we utilize the SX- 52 to its maximum capability,” states Viswakumar, who is also the Vice President of the MPLA or the Madras Printers’ & Lithographers’ Association.

Ganesh Kumar adds, “The definite advantage over conventional offset printing can be fully realized while using a Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor for four-colour, standard commercial jobs in runs ranging from 100 to 500 sheets.”

Viswakumar comments on his other

acquisition, “Our Suprasetter CtP A75 reinforces the performance of Anicolor with seamless plate output. The A75 is equipped with highly accurate internal punching systems to provide maximum register accuracy, in turn reducing press make-ready times.” The versatile A75 handle conventional, process less and chemical-free thermal plates, with a productivity of 17 to 22 plates per hour. Production reliability is ensured through the Intelligent Diode System (IDS), which ensures that operation can continue, even if a diode fails.

An autodidact printer, Viswakumar also identified a new revenue stream to profit

from Anicolor‘s ability to print on even 4’’ X 6” paper bits. When paper is cut for printing jobs, printers are usually left with 4’’ X 20’’ cutting bits that can be used only for recycling. “But, Anicolor has changed the equation. We use these paper bits to print visiting cards or wedding cards,” says an excited Viswakumar, who calls the strategy “From Cutting bits to commercial prints.” The Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor can print on any paper with thickness ranging from 0.03 mm to 0.40 mm. It can handle sheet sizes varying between a minimum of 105 mm x 145 mm and a maximum of 370 mm x 520 mm.

“It’s a splendid combo – the Anicolor & A75,” concludes Viswa Kumar on a happy note.

Integra expands presence in India with new COE in Chennai Integra Software Services (Integra), an end-to-end digital content solutions provider, has recently opened its Centre of Excellence (COE) for its Digital Solutions Delivery in Chennai. The facility, located in Thoraipakkam, will allow Integra to expand its Digital Content Solution offerings to support its global customer base.

The Centre of Excellence was formally inaugurated by Craig Alexander, SVP of Production & Digital Studio for Global Product and Michael Esposito, VP - Content Sourcing & Vendor Management both from Pearson Education, in the presence of Mr. Sriram Subramanya, Founder, Managing Director & CEO, and Mrs. Anuradha Sriram, Co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Integra.

Subramanya, Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Integra Software Services said, “2015-16 has so far been a fantastic year, and one in which we have made enormous progress on our critical goal of transforming our organization to provide next-generation, digital first solutions at scale. The inauguration of this new Specialised Digital Delivery Centre is in line with this endeavour.

We intend to become the dependable and strategic vendor partner for our customers, delivering significant value across a spectrum of digital content, products and solutions.”

With an employee strength of over 1100, and global clientele including publishers and

corporate entities, Integra provides digital content solutions backed by its experience of over 20 years in the industry. It also delivers highly customized eLearning solutions through effective instructional design and rich animations for personalized learning experience and engagement to students in the academic segment and also to meet the performance and training objectives of large and emerging organizations.

Integra has invested more than $ 2 M in products & platform development in the last 2 years and invested close to $ 1 M on the Chennai facility.

Integra has seen steady growth in the US, Europe and UK markets. It now looks to focus more on the digital publishing and eLearning needs of the Education and Corporate (Learning & Development) markets.

The new COE facility provides the flexibility of scale to meet the increasing digital solutions demand of its global customers. It has a current capacity of 200 seats, which can be scaled up to 3000 seats and more. This facility will also include Integra’s Content Innovation Lab (ICIL) which is being built with a strong focus on research, design & innovation in content creation, delivery and analytics.

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LMAI, vibrant and astir!

LMAI members gather to understand the nuances of flexographic printing at Bangalore event.

The young Sandeep Zaveri took over the reins of the Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI) in 2015 as its President.

On the sidelines of Pamex that year, LMAI organized a networking event at Hotel Courtyard by Marriot, Mumbai where they announced their decision to launch their magazine “Label Legacy”. The event was attended by leading printers and suppliers. In January 2016, LMAI organized a successful and well attended Technical workshop and networking event at New Delhi’s prestigious Chelmsford Club. At the show, which was a full house and highly appreciated by the attendees, Sandeep Zaveri announced similar Technical Workshops at Bangalore and Ahmedabad.

technical, Flint Group India, enlightened the delegates on the quality aspects of inks as well of the role of UV light in curing. He also mentioned that the present UV curing scenario was undergoing transformation leading to the implementation of LED UV technology as a more stable and futuristic one. Other presentations were made by Arun HS of Esko Graphics and Vikas Sharma of Yes Bank.

The Bangalore event on 15th of April 2016 was a busy full day program. At the Avery Dennison Knowledge Centre, 45 LMAI members gathered to understand the nuances of flexographic printing.

Sanjeev Atre of PGI technologies Aurangabad nostalgically narrated the path traversed in the last 14 years from being a narrow web label printers to becoming the only internationally recognized tooling manufacturer from India. He spoke about the usage and requirements of good toolings in label conversion and the pitfalls if care is not taken in selecting the toolings like magnetic cylinders and print cylinders. Laxminarayanan of Rotometrics spoke on the Precision in Rotary Die cutting Clearance. He explained in depth the importance of the clearance which is the difference between the height of the blade and the height of the bearers and its importance in controlling the depth of the cut.

To determine the proper clearance the exact thickness or caliper of the liner is required.

He also explained how die cutting takes place dwelling on blade height, blade angle and the impact of liner thickness on a perfect die-cut or a through cut.

A wide variety of labels were displayed with information on the user segment they were intended for and knowledge to select appropriate substrates. There were also demonstrations on the art of using graphic software to highlight, sharpen, soften or alter images before proceeding to plate making.

Information was also imparted on the plate making process and the impact of plate thickness on printing. The full pre-press procedure upto plate making was explained.

In addition, the process of checking the plates and correctly mounting them on the press along with actual printing, foiling laminating, die-cutting on a running press at high speed, controlling wastages etc. were also demonstrated.

The guests then visited VeePee Graphics, a premiere pre-press service provider. Jai Prakash Peethambaram, partner VeePee, his wife and daughter took them around the facility to showcase their capabilities in prepress.

The Technical workshop at The Paul, Bangalore was attended by 125 delegates.

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BST explained the importance of 100% defect detection in label printing and how it improves customer confidence in label suppliers. He explained in detail the defect detection process, its technology and dwelled on the choices available.

The event was also graced by the presence

of Labelexpo Managing Director Lisa Milburn and show director Jade Grace.

LMAI facilitates Anil Sharma On 23rd of April LMAI organized yet another event, this time to felicitate Anil Sharma, Managing Director, South Asia & Sub Saharan Africa, Avery Dennison Materials Group who is shifting to Avery, Singapore from New Delhi to handle bigger responsibilities, at Hotel Courtyard Marriot, Mumbai. The event was attended by leading printers from across the country. Speaking at the event, Sandeep Zaveri reminisced about the support that Anil Sharma had extended to LMAI during his six year tenure in India. He remarked about the LMAI-Avery partnership for various events for the benefit of the Indian label industry and thanked him for his endeavours in growth of labels in the country.

Pankaj Bhardwaj, director for South Asia, labels & packaging materials at Avery who will be taking Sharma’s place at Avery’s India operation assured LMAI, continued support.

LMAI used the occasion to launch the maiden issue of their magazine ‘Label Legacy’ that has been compiled by joint efforts of many members and the editorial board. The quality of the magazine and its content were appreciated by all. The magazine’s design and printing has been carried out at Anygraphics.

The latest Technical Workshop LMAI took place on the 14th of May 2016 at Hotel Novotel, Ahmedabad.

(The article is written by Mr.Harveer Singh Sahni, Managing Director, Weldon Celloplast Limited)

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Konica Minolta installs 1st MGI JET Varnish 3DS in India at Dina Color Lab Konica Minolta has announced its 1st ever installation of MGI Jet varnish 3D with iFoil machine at Dina Color Lab, Vepery, Chennai.

The JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil is a unique technology that takes Print to the next level by adding more value to printed documents.

It is designed and manufactured by MGI with Konica Minolta to help printers expand their services. This includes new amazing spot UV and 3D tactile varnishing capabilities. The MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil can convert regular printed output into high-margin spot UV printed sheets, or even higher margin 3D embossed jobs with up to 100 microns of varnish.

MGI’s JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil inkjet spot UV coater offers users the flexibility for two powerful and highly sought after digital finishing capabilities: traditional flat spot UV coating and new 3D digital effects. The new machine is specially designed to take inputs from the digital machines and offset as well.

The machine has capabilities to digitally foil and emboss.

Utilizing MGI’s patented inkjet engine technology, the JETvarnish 3DS can accommodate sheets from 8x11.8-inch up to 14.33x40-inch and substrate thicknesses from 135 to 450gsm. The 100 percent digital

JETvarnish 3DS uses no plates or screens and has virtually no make-ready, ideally suited runs from one to thousands, with full variable data capabilities. JETvarnish 3DS is an environment friendly solution that also features solvent-free coatings and a closedcircuit system that eliminates waste.

With speeds of up to 2300 A3 sheets per hour for flat spot UV coating, the JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil is fast machine complementing both offset and digital presses and allowing commercial printers to increase their productivity while boosting their margins and differentiating themselves from their peers.

In 3D mode, the JETvarnish 3DS can apply digital effects up to 100 microns in thickness,

producing visually stunning, tactile effects.

Coat directly onto digital prints (dry or liquid toner) with no lamination required and the ARC camera system ensures precise registration to printed sheets. The JETvarnish 3DS’s variable data feature allows for full personalization capabilities resulting in maximum marketing impact.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions Pvt Ltd said, “We are extremely proud to install our first ever JETvarnish 3DS with iFoil at Dina Color Lab. With our cutting edge technology of MGI JET Varnish 3DS, we are sure that our solutions will help our esteemed customers grow their business manifold.”

KBA plans takeover of die-cutter manufacturer Iberica Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has finalised a Letter of Intent with Officine Meccaniche G. Cerutti S.p.A. (OMGC) in Casale Monferrato, Italy for the 100 per cent takeover of its Spanish subsidiary Iberica AG S.A. in Barcelona.

Iberica with some 60 staff produces medium and large-format flatbed die-cutters for board and corrugated packaging without own manufacturing facilities and until now has mainly been active in Europe and in some overseas markets. The integration into the global KBA sales and service network would greatly improve Iberica’s growth prospects.

The planned takeover underscores the press manufacturer’s announced focus on the growing packaging market.

Dr. Giancarlo Cerutti, Chairman and CEO of OMGC commented: “In accordance with the programs of our Group we have decided to accept the proposal of KBA for the purchasing of 100% Iberica AG .S.A and consequently we have signed a letter of intent. Iberica, which is operating in the “sheetfed” packaging world, is no longer strategic for the current product portfolio of Cerutti Group that is more and more focused on “web” packaging equipment.

We enjoy with KBA old and consolidated relationship that are based on mutual esteem and cooperation. I’m sure that Iberica will benefit of further possibilities of growth and development in KBA.”

outstanding position worldwide for folding carton printers. With this in mind, adding flatbed die-cutters to our portfolio for the same customer group makes perfect sense.

The takeover and further development of Iberica through KBA corresponds to the strategic interests of both companies and we are confident that we will soon come to an agreement with the Cerutti Group given our longstanding solid company relationship.”

Claus Bolza-Schünemann, president and CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG: “Sheetfed offset presses from KBA-Sheetfed have an

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Winning the generation game 3rd FINAT YMC Summit highlights leadership and innovation At the end of April, next-generation leaders of label companies spent three days of learning and networking at FINAT’s annual Young Managers Club Global Summit in Budapest. The YMC was founded by FINAT, the European label association, to support the successors to Europe’s self-adhesive label print industry founders, owners and managers; to create a networking platform for the new generation of leaders; and to grow management expertise at all levels of the value chain. This year’s event addressed two specific challenges: winning the generation game and innovation.

The Summit began with a full-day workshop entitled Getting Promoted and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Leadership, led by Elaine Eades and Fiona McNamara, experts in management, careers, and interpersonal skills, who are from Liverpool, UK. The workshop delivered real insights into the way in which the core structure of a company – its people base – can be successfully and properly managed.

YMC members assessed their current life status, and then discuss the pain points they are experiencing as successors in their companies. Topics such as the work/life ratio (the family = the business), managing expectations and priorities; and assuming a managerial role were raised,

Success strategies and knowing yourself The workshop went on to examine ways in which appropriate strategies and tactics

for dealing with leadership and change in their companies. It begins with knowing yourself. Being aware of one’s personal ‘make-up’ is, said workshop leaders Eades and McNamara, of real assistance in life – in work situations, with family, and in managing oneself.

Label Academy The opening session on the second day was dedicated to an update on a major initiative in the world of self-adhesive labelling – the Label Academy. Mike Fairley, label industry guru and a prime mover in creating this new opportunity to take part in ‘an organised education and training process’ for label printing, showed delegates how the platform is continuing to grow, with a number of specialist study modules now available.

Students can work through these modules individually and take online examinations in their chosen subject, to gain formal certification. The Label Academy has been formally endorsed by FINAT, TLMI in the US, and LMAI in India, and there have been more than 2,000 registrations for the training modules.

Brainstorming on innovation As the label industry at large is challenged to deliver innovation in today’s fast-paced market, the final session was devoted to interactive brainstorming on this subject with practitioner and inventor Johannes Höfler.

With his Patent and Founder Company, established in 2014, he and his team focus on out-of-the-box thinking within a disciplined format that can turn innovative concepts

into successful business. In an established industry such as labels, there are more opportunities for ‘intrapreneurs’ to innovate and refresh the organisational structure of a business than there are in new products.

Mr Höfler emphasised that innovation is a process that continues from idea through implementation; and it actively involves the whole company hierarchy, from management on down. Lively discussions were held on all elements of innovation, from design to marketing, and creating/enhancing a company’s unique added-value offer.

Lejeune concludes: “One or two generations ago, our industry embraced an innovative technology and turned it into a highlysuccessful arena for small, entrepreneurial companies and corporate suppliers. Today, thanks to its capacity to renew and innovate, it continues to grow at above GDP rates.

For this growth to successfully continue developing, energised business leadership is essential, and this summit provided some of the industry’s leading talent with insight, knowledge and practical advice that they can immediately put into everyday use.”

FINAT YMC President Dana Kilarksa – MD of Slovakian label printers Purgina – added: “We are all the leaders of tomorrow – and our task is to be better than yesterday.”

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Zircon Technologies grows with Esko’s solutions Dehradun-based Zircon Technologies, a well-established label packaging printer and converter, has two plants in Dehradun with a combined area of 60,000 square feet with another new plant coming up on an adjacent plot of land. In Chennai, the company is moving to a new 15,000 square foot location.

Over the last five years, Zircon has had a yearly average growth of 35% -40%.

Its label printing and converting plants in Dehradun and Chennai are part of its extensive pan-India plans that include carton printing and converting. Scalability is one of the company’s strengths.

Considerable investments from prepress to post press operations include Esko prepress and flexo plate making workflow and an Esko CDI flexo plate imager with inline UV. Its rapid adoption of Esko’s HD Flexo screening technology set the company apart from many of the leading label printers in the country.

For Zircon, HD Flexo screening is essential in its focus on high quality and unique security

label production and it was one of the earliest companies to achieve HD Flexo certification at its Dehradun plant.

Zircon’s Director of Operations Sanjeev Sondhi says, “We have used Esko’s solutions for several years now and have greatly benefited from it. I can say that Esko has helped us to grow. We are using Esko’s automation systems, its entire prepress system, its CDI Spark 4835 and Esko’s WebCenter. The technical support that we receive is great and we feel that Esko is a part of us. Zircon Technologies would not exist today without active support from Esko.”

There is an inherent advantage in having flexo prepress and plate making in-house,

feels Sondhi. “We are always striving to do the very best for our customers and it is the expertise of having quality in-house prepress and plate making setup which helps us excel.

That’s how we meet the specifications laid down by our customers. We do not have to rely on external vendors; it is a big relief in terms of time and energy spent. We look forward to growing along with Esko in the longterm.”

TRESU and Apex announce joint global research and training programme

TRESU DigitalSolutions, provider of flexo coating systems for digital printing lines, and Apex International, manufacturer of precision anilox coating and ink technology for packaging and label converting, have formed a global research, development and training partnership. Sharing expertise and facilities, the two companies aim to improve the performance of coating technology for sheet-fed digital printing applications, and to enhance customer service for users of TRESU’s iCoat Single and Twin sheet-fed coaters.

TRESU’s iCoat coating systems integrate with sheet-fed digital folding carton and commercial printing presses. They are used to apply full, spot or line varnish coatings that provide added protection or aesthetic qualities to the underlying graphics. As a result they provide an important link in a seamless, high-speed single-pass printing and converting line for these applications.

Apex International, headquartered in Hapert, The Netherlands, global manufacturer of precision coating- and ink-transfer technology products, supplies anilox and metering rolls and sleeves for label, flexible packaging, corrugated, offset and industrial coating applications. Its patented GTT (open slalom engraving) anilox technology offers optimised ink transfer consistency for high-definition flexo and fixed palette printing situations. Its smooth, consistent coating transfer solution has proven to be popular in the coating industry due to its ability to eliminate micro-foaming.

The two companies will share TRESU Group’s iCoat digital coating test facilities

at Kolding (Denmark) headquarters, and Apex International’s seminar and training centre at Hapert. Furthermore, TRESU will take responsibility for the sale of Apex International consumable products to its coating customers.

Kim Krintel, vice-president, TRESU DigitalSolutions, comments: “Apex International’s wealth of expertise in waterbased and UV-curable coating transfer technology perfectly complements the digital folding carton workflow. By combining resources, competences and knowledge, we are well-placed to drive further process optimisation, and enable TRESU iCoat users to enjoy improvements in efficiency, quality and support.”

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Yet another successful Technical Workshop by LMAI Technical discussions, networking and expert presentations mark the successful event at Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad hosted the fourth edition of the series of Technical Workshops organised

by Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI) under the leadership of the young LMAI president Sandeep Zaveri. It was held at Hotel Novotel Ahmedabad on the 14th of May 2016. The LMAI leadership team had ensured that the Ahmedabad printer members have a perfect workshop and networking opportunity.

Neeraj Jagga from Xeikon, briefly dwelled on the reasons why label printers have stayed away from digital printing. He explained why powder toner technology was better than liquid ink digital printing technology. He told that unlike liquid ink that interferes with the chemistry of the paper by penetrating, dry powder of toner sits on top of the paper.

Moreover, it is approved by FDA and doesn’t penetrate the paper, especially packaging.

in Labelstocks. He discussed different facestocks, adhesives and release liners and also what effect storage and application temperature has on the final label.

The host for the evening was Jigesh Dani from Maharshi Labels, one of the leading label printing companies in Ahmedabad.

He had been instrumental in the successful organisation of the event which was attended by about 90 delegates. The printers and suppliers networked and exchanged views on the current issues of the industry.

LMAI awards distribution function is a standard side event for Labelexpo India held every alternate year. As an incentive to encourage wider participation, the first entry from each member would be free. Fees will be charged for subsequent entries. To offer a level playing field, LMAI has distributed a standard kit in which label entries can be made. Premier Marketing coordinates the collection, compilation and conducting of the label competition. The LMAI honorary Secretary Rajesh Nema and the President Sandeep Zaveri appealed to all converter members to send entries for LMAI awards in greater numbers.

Chirag Gokani of Wealthwiz gave an informative presentation on wealth and estate management. He also discussed the process of creation of will, setting up of various trusts, their management and how to store the documents so that they are traceable and manageable by the inheritors.

Neeraj Muni from Electro Optics, in his presentation, talked about the difference in blade angle for films and paper. He explained that unlike paper stock, where the angle is broader, films have to be cut with a sharper angle to die-cut it effectively. He also discussed common problems in punching, cutting and die etc. He gave useful tips on cleaning and storing the dies for their better life.

Ajay Mehta, of SMI Coated papers, manufacturer of self adhesive labelstocks, spoke on the various types of components

Amit Ahuja of Multitec spoke on nuances of label printing and converting on flexo rotary presses. He also informed about further developments being made in label presses that are made in India.

Harveer Sahni of Weldon Celloplast conducted an interactive question and answer session. Key topics discussed included, blade height for different types of adhesives; reduction of waste in label production; impact on price of labelstock by supplying EXACT width not matching the deckle width; impact of different climatic zones in the country on performance of pressure sensitive adhesives; and avoiding wastages on a label press.

Leading Printers who attended the program included delegates from Astron Packaging, Maharshi Labels, Letra Graphics, Pinmark, Art O Print, Unick Fix-a-Form, Nitai Labels and Ankit Graphics besides others.

LMAI is organizing the next technical workshop at Kolkata on 15th July 2016. It plans yet another series that will commence from Mumbai.

- Contributed by Harveer Singh Sahni, Managing Director, Weldon Celloplast

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Pack Print International 2017

As Thailand’s leading packaging and printing trade fair Pack Print International returns for its 6th instalment with a renewed focus on the packaging sector. The exhibition will present the entire value chain reflecting key global trends in the market which sees the increasing synergy between packaging and printing. The 4-day exhibition will zoom into areas such as corrugated printing and packaging, labelling, digital printing, electronic printing, and flexible packaging.

The exhibition will also extend its reach to industries including automotive, electronics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, drinks, and other fast moving consumer goods.

Pack Print International collaborates with Messe Düsseldorf Asia, The Thai Packaging Association and The Thai Printing Association. It will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 20 – 23 September 2017.

Thailand’s packaging industry is expected to grow at a CAGR 6.41% to reach a value of US$11.1 billion at the end of 2016 – held by growing food exports and the entry of major industry competitors into its domestic market.

Overall printing industry will grow in line with national economic growth, estimated at between 3.5% - 4.5%. Thailand is a largest printing hub in Southeast Asia.

Concurrent event co-locating with Pack Print International 2017 is T-PLAS 2017 – the International Trade Fair for the Plastics and Rubber Industries.

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International Packaging Conclave focuses print optimisation & colour management for flexible packaging International Packaging Conclave, to be held on 29 July, 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi together with PackPlus, has been put together by hands-on professionals representing leading companies in the field. The objective of the conclave is to explore how the finally converted package in every instance should be able to preserve brand equity and deliver a consistent brand experience across printing processes, substrates, inks, colour rotation and myriad other outputs.

“FMCG products, brands, SKUs and pack formats are proliferating in a turbulent marketplace. In an environment where competition is intensifying, duplicates are becoming a menace and consumers are becoming cautious and choosy. In such an environment, colour management and packaging design becomes crucial for brand managers to maintain integrity across a brand family,” says Debabrata Deb of Future Formats, a packaging consultancy firm that has been involved in putting together the conclave.

The conclave combines networking and knowledge sharing in an informal ambience.

Interspersed between a keynote address from a thought leader and a roundup and summarizing of the take-aways from another

key industry person will be three interactive sessions. The first session will help in understanding the role of prepress, its place in the workflow and how a sound prepress output leads to not only to excellence in print. The second session will dwell upon the actual printing process, the ink kitchen, colour measurement, coding and usage of machine returned inks, colour match at minimum ink GSM, colour stability at maximum speed, reduction of set up time and control on wastage and repeatability of colour over multiple print runs. The last session will show how colour science and workflow discipline unlock the door to the wonder of colours driving that exciting first moment of truth for the awestruck consumer.

The panelists will enlighten the audience on actual implementation of colour management through their vast experience and case studies. Know how will be discussed along with know why.

The conclave will be attended by brand owners, package converters, packaging technologists, procurement professionals, pre-press and & pre media professionals, designers, material & equipment suppliers and consultants. The event is supported by Windmöller & Hölscher, E I DuPont India, Seigwerk India, Esko-Graphics India, Future Formats & PackPlus 2016.

First Thallo sold under new Goss and DG press partnership Following the recent announcement of their strategic partnership, Goss International and DG press ServiceS B.V. have announced the first sale of a Goss Thallo system.

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converter in Russia, the Thallo 850 system will be configured for flexible packaging applications, combining web offset printing units with in-line flexo and coating units, allowing the customer to print using a combination of offset and flexo. The system will also be equipped for UV and EB curing and will be in operation at the customer site in Moscow, Russia, in the first quarter of 2017. “This order is testament to the productivity and quality advantages the Thallo offers,” comments Bert Schoonderbeek, Managing Director, Goss Europe. “These systems address demands for shorter runs and faster turnarounds while presenting the packaging and converting market with a more productive and costeffective alternative for many applications.

There is still a lot of untapped potential in the web offset market for packaging and working with DG press gives us the opportunity to explore this potential further and bring new benefits to our customers.”

The Thallo will produce high-quality flexible packaging, including seed packets. Peter Kloppers, Co-Owner and Director, DG press comments, “We are delighted this customer has chosen the Thallo. Its capabilities suit their requirements perfectly and we’re confident that once installed, they will see the many benefits of this system, such as the ability to produce cost-effective short runs, first hand.” Goss and DG Press are exhibiting at drupa (Goss, hall 15 D51 & DG Press, hall 10 D02).

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ESKO and Technova partner for folding carton segment Esko has announced TechNova as its new reseller in India. TechNova provides a comprehensive range of offset and digital printing solutions and is a well-known name in the Indian Graphic Arts industry. It has its presence in diverse print segments with sales offices in major cities with a wide distribution network in the country.

TechNova, headquartered in Taloja, Maharashtra, will be promoting the Esko’s software and hardware solution into the offset folding carton segments. Esko’s product portfolio supports and manages the packaging and print processes at brand owners, retailers, designers, packaging manufacturers and print service providers.

TechNova, has an extremely strong presence in packaging manufacturers, with their complete range of digital plate products, CtP solutions, and green consumables.

Mr.Pranav Parikh, Chairman & Managing Director, of Technova says, “It comes as a natural synergy between our two organizations, with Esko’s leadership position in packaging pre-press integrated

with TechNova’s wide range of CtP solutions, plates, chemicals and digital printing solutions, it will complete the entire prepress workflow. There is a huge pressure from Brand owners on packaging converters to eliminate errors, produce right colours, and reduce cost while demanding shorter time to market. We believe that with Esko’s addition to TechNova’s portfolio we can address all of

these concerns and be the preferred choice of any packaging converter for their prepress requirements.” Mr. John Winderam, General Manager of Esko says, “Esko values our new partnership with TechNova highly and we’re very excited to see the tremendous growth potential in this offset folding carton segment.

TechNova can always count on us at Esko as their most trusted partner.”

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HP adds Chromatic Red Ink to new DesignJet Z-series Printers HP has expanded its HP DesignJet Z-series portfolio of high-impact graphics printers with a 44-inch multi-roll printer and its most affordable 24-inch high-impact graphics printer.

The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers come with a six-ink printing system, which helps users cut costs by reducing ink consumption up to 20 percent, while still ensuring crisp colours.

These devices, designed for copy shops, retailers and corporations, specifically GIS departments, newly offer HP chromatic red ink which enhances the colour gamut, ideal

for high-impact point of purchase (POP) signs and posters.

“Our customers want colours that are vibrant, not muted; however they also need solutions that increase the colour gamut without excess inks,” said Xavier Garcia, general manager, Large-Format Sign and Display Division, HP. “With today’s new printers, the HP DesignJet portfolio covers all graphic needs, from high-impact graphics to photo quality applications, enabling users to differentiate from the competition.”

The HP DesignJet Z5600 and Z2600 PostScript Printers produce diverse applications efficiently and with the highest quality standards, from eye-catching signs and posters to durable maps and technical

drawings. For greater line accuracy and colour reliability, HP Professional PANTONE colour emulation is included with Adobe PostScript/PDF, HP-GL/2. And smooth colour tones are achieved thanks to HP Multi-Dimensional Smart Drop Placement Technology, which provides increased levels of colour accuracy and reliable operation of the printer.

“The HP DesignJet Z5600 opens exciting possibilities for our clients with the vibrant red that differentiates our graphics and technical drawings from competitors,” said Wilson Rodriquez, Speedi Pack. “In addition, with its impressive, straightforward operation and dual-roll, we spend more time serving customers than operating the printer.”

Events Calendar drupa 2016

Labelexpo India 2016

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

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

Screen Print India 2016

13th Printpack India

Date: 06 MAY-16 to 08 MAY-16 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre Mumbai

Date: 04 FEB -17 to 08 FEB-17 Venue: India Expo Centre, Greater Noida Delhi NCR

Eastern Print Pack 2016 Date: 01 SEP-16 to 04 SEP-16 Venue: Milan Mela Ground Kolkata

All In Print China 2016 Date: 18 OCT-16 to 22 OCT-16 Venue: SNIEC, Shanghai Shanghai, China

IPEX 2017 Date: 31 OCT 17 to 3 NOV 17 Venue: NEC, Birmingham UK

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

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

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

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