PRESSIdeas October 2015

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Autoprint Checkmate 50: It’s 100% defect-free cartons for Paramount clients.........................................................................................................8 List of machinery installed at Paramount Art Prints.......................................................................................................................................................... 10 NPES receives U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Award................................................................................ 12 Meccanotecnica book sewing machine at IGAS 2015...................................................................................................................................................... 12 3D fab+print touchpoint for drupa 2016............................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Komori optimum business models and solutions at IGAS 2015................................................................................................................................... 15 Jak Printers is the Star printer of 10th edition of NAEP with 22 awards..................................................................................................................... 15 Worldwide staff celebrations of the hubergroup’s 250-year jubilee .......................................................................................................................... 16 Felicitation of the newly elected Office Bearers of AIFMP............................................................................................................................................... 16 EFI reports record revenue of $229m, up 16%.................................................................................................................................................................... 17 DPA delegation meets Delhi CM............................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Minister assures DPA delegation a review on restoration of Printing Presses’ GREEN category....................................................................... 17 Malayala Manorama chooses Q.I. Press Controls for a fifth time.................................................................................................................................. 18 World Publishing Expo draws thousands of visitors from 79 countries .................................................................................................................... 19 Namaste Telangana invests in high-performance technology from Ferag............................................................................................................... 20 ppi: Between live demonstrations and closing contracts............................................................................................................................................... 21 Konica Minolta takes on the Print Industry with a series of Industry events............................................................................................................ 22 3rd Generation High-Chroma by Konica Minolta .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 New HP LaserJets with built-in self-healing security features with protection down to the BIOS................................................................... 24 Kodak Alaris clinches 2015 Frost & Sullivan Document Capture Solutions Award................................................................................................ 25 Konica Minolta at IIPV Trade Fair, Ahmedabad.................................................................................................................................................................... 26 iFLEX label press by OMET nominated at FlexoTech Awards 2015 for Innovation................................................................................................. 27 RAKO-GROUP places largest HP Indigo order for labels and packaging .................................................................................................................. 27 Flying start for Heidelberg and Masterwork........................................................................................................................................................................ 28 HP Indigo showcases Labels and Packaging Innovation at Labelexpo 2015........................................................................................................... 30 Line O Matic at PAPEREX 2015................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Global sales launch of the new label digital press from Heidelberg........................................................................................................................... 32 FINAT’s Kurt Walker receives lifetime recognition.............................................................................................................................................................. 33 Heidelberg presents marketplace of ideas for customized colour 4D printing...................................................................................................... 34 Printronics offers a wide range of printing and packaging solutions ........................................................................................................................ 35 Esko to showcase latest Kongsberg V cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo - 2015 ........................................................................................................ 36 Martina Nast appointed Key Account Manager Flint Group Flexographic Products ........................................................................................... 36 Esko partners with press manufacturer Comexi to boost colour and digital flexo expertise............................................................................ 37 Esko announces update of ArtiosCAD.................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Full expression of Omet’s label and packaging potential at Labelexpo..................................................................................................................... 39 Toyobo waterwashable Letterpress & Flexo plates............................................................................................................................................................ 39 It’s third MPS Press at GM Graphix and first in SA to use LED UV drying.................................................................................................................... 40 Label Industry Global Awards winners .................................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Labelexpo Europe 2015 celebrates record edition............................................................................................................................................................ 42 Mark Andy exhibits broadest range of presses at Labelexpo Europe......................................................................................................................... 42 Rotoflex bolsters industry presence at Labelexpo Europe.............................................................................................................................................. 43 Kodak showcases high-performance Offset Printing Plate at Labelexpo Europe 2015....................................................................................... 44 Labelexpo Asia registration opens for 2015......................................................................................................................................................................... 45 HP unveils fastest Large-format Colour and Monochrome Printing portfolio in the market............................................................................. 46 Trigon Digital installs India’s first Esko Kongsberg V24 .................................................................................................................................................... 48 Drupa venue announced for 2016 Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards............................................................................................................................ 49 OKI establishes new Wide-format Printer company.......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Arrow Digital and EFI join forces with impressive portfolio for the Wide Format, Labels and Textile industries ....................................... 50

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, It’s always ‘no compromise with quality’ for Paramount Art Prints. Their new fully automated Autoprint Checkmate 50 carton inspection machine ensures that the clients get 100% defect free products. Mr. Surendra is pretty enthusiastic about his new installation and declares it, “The perfect ‘Make in India” product!” The Autoprint Checkmate 50 at Paramount is second such installation in Western India. The machine will chiefly be catering to the high-quality accuracy needs of the pharma business, which constitutes about 80% of their total business. The Checkmate 50 is for offline use and that’s what Paramount is using it for. They use it for checking in their carton production business. The present turnover of Paramount Art Printers is Rs.21cr and they have set a Rs.25cr target for next year. To know more read our cover story regarding Autoprint Checkmate 50 running successfully at Bhiwandi based Paramount Art Prints.

Another key installation is at Malayala Manorama, which, going for the fifth time for Q.I. Press Controls, has chosen mRC-3D register system for its Manugraph Smartline press in Kollam. Also Trigon Digital has installed India’s first Esko Kongsberg V 24 - signage and display series. The end to end provider of brand management services with locations in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and the Middle East has installed the Kongsberg V 24 cutting table with a MultiCut head. The Kongsberg V is used in their packaging division but also mills various hard materials (ACP, MDF, acrylics) used in signage and display production. Esko has also partnered with press manufacturer Comexi to boost colour and digital flexo expertise.

Namaste Telangana has invested in two new Ferag production lines. The high-performance production lines will be connected to a new press, with production scheduled to start in early 2016. The largest order with HP has been placed for its Indigo for labels and packaging.

On the technology front, HP has unveiled fastest Large-format Colour and Monochrome Printing portfolio in the market with HP PageWide XL Printers and Blueprinters which redefine productivity, printing costs and quality. Just read the inside pages to know that these HP PageWide XL Printers can do the job of two printers in one single device.

Important events, besides Labelexpo has been workshops, raodshows and showcase of bizhub presses by Konica Minolta all across the country.

It’s flying start for Heidelberg and Masterwork and HP Indigo has showcased labels and packaging innovation at labelexpo. Heidelberg has also launched sales of new label digital press and don’t miss the latest 4D printing system by the company.

There’s more about the latest offerings by Omet, Mark Andy, Lombardi, Arrow Digital & EFI, Komori, QIPC, ppi Media, Kodak, Printronics, Esko and Toyobo besides our regular updates on the industry happenings.

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Autoprint Checkmate 50: It’s 100% defect-free cartons for Paramount clients It’s always ‘no compromise with quality’ for Paramount Art Prints. The new fully automated carton inspection machine ensures that the clients get 100% defect free products.

Pharma companies are paying heavy penalties in regulated market due to defects in packing material. Manual inspection does not provide 100% defect free cartons. Autoprint Checkmate 50 enables Paramount to supply 100% defect free cartons to its customers.

Key Notes : > Pharma companies paying heavy penalties due to defects in packing material. > Autoprint Checkmate 50 ensures defectfree cartons for the strict and regulated pharma market. > A compact, userfriendly and cost effective solution for faster checking and deliveries.

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Paramount Art Prints got established in Mumbai in 1987 as Paramount Associates. It came up with an entire new facility at Bhiwandi, Thane in the year 2007 and would cater to the printing demand for cartons, catch covers, labels & inserts. The total working area spanning two floors amounts to 24000 sq. fts. The unit is well equipped with complete in-house facility to provide cost effective solutions, meet high quality standards and maintain strict delivery schedules.

It’s a 2-shift working organisation manned by well qualified dedicated team with exclusive quality control department keeping a regular keen eye on each and every stage of production, thus ensuring minimum wastage. An In-house ink matching center from Siegwerk Inks ensures proper matching of Pantone shades and avoids production time loss.

Furthermore, the carton gluer is equipped with Pharmacode reader that eliminates colour missing and mix-ups – a major issue in carton production.

The Bobst Folder Gluer with Accu Braille and the Autoprint Checkmate 50 Fully Automated Carton Inspection machine are the latest additions in Paramount’s quality maintenance measures.

Autoprint Checkmate 50 – a perfect ‘make in India’ product Paramount Art Printers, based in Bhiwandi recently installed an Autoprint Checkmate 50.

Mr. Surendra is pretty enthusiastic about his new installation. “The Checkmate 50 is our perfect ‘Make in India” product.

We found it more trustworthy than similar available products especially the Chinese machines,” he says.

“The recent Autoprint Checkmate 50 Fully Automated Carton Inspection machine will ensure 100% defect free cartons, which will be a major requirement for the pharma industry in the days to come. We are the second in Western India to do so as on date.”

The total business share of the Pharma at Paramount Art Printers amounts to about 80%. The rest 20% goes to the FMCG sector. Paramount manufactures and supplies printed cartons to Pharma companies for their supplies to regulated market.

“The Checkmate 50 is going to complement our capabilities – with the help of Checkmate 50 will be able to supply 100% defect free cartons,” says Surendra.

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“Pharma companies are paying heavy penalties in regulated market due to defects in packing material. The defects are like broken text, colour spots, missing text, colour missing, Braille dot missing etc. With the installation of Autoprint Checkmate 50, we are able to supply 100% defect free cartons to our customers,” explains Surendra.

“Manual inspection does not provide 100% defect free cartons,” he adds.

What attracted Surendra the most about the Checkmate 50 was its compact size.

“Moreover, it is a user-friendly, easy-tooperate, cost-effective, offline capable and customized to meet our all requirements,” he adds. He is particularly appreciative of

List of machinery installed at Paramount Art Prints • • • • • •

6 Colour Heidelberg Speedmaster + Online coater 5 Colour Heidelberg Speedmaster Single Colour Komori Excel d) Off-line U.V. & Aqua Coating Machine.

Automatic Die Cutting 5 - Semiauto Die Cutters

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2 Carton Pasting & Locking Machine (1 from Bobst with Accu Braille ) Literature Folding Machine Lamination Machine - Normal & Window Lamination Carton Inspection Machine - Autoprint Checkmate 50

Autoprint’s reliable after sales service and support.

too benefit – they can rely on us for defect free cartons,” he emphasises.

Along with the Autoprint investment, Paramount has added an Expertfold Folder Gluer with online Accubraille from Bobst India.

The Checkmate 50 is for offline use and that’s what Paramount is using it for. They use it for checking in their carton production business. The present turnover of Paramount Art Printers is Rs.21cr and they have set a Rs.25cr target for next year.

It’s already 4 months since the Autoprint Checkmate 50 installation at Paramount.

Surendra doesn’t have any complaint and is quite happy. “Though it’s our first Autoprint installation, the experience has been very good in all respects. Deliveries are moving faster because checking has become faster. Manual dependencies have reduced drastically,” he says.

He considers his Checkmate 50 as an added quality service to his clients. “With this kind of service you always get an upper edge from other suppliers as you become most preferred vendor,” he contends.

“Once your client is happy, it means more business for you. Moreover, the customers

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Paramount facility has been approved by the Indian Pharma giants for their supplies to European and US markets as per the norms laid down by the MHRA and US FDA. Today, the company also exports cartons to Australian Pharma companies.

Surender doesn’t have any plan to invest in more equipment in next one year. However, he keeps his options open while keeping an eye on his client’s requirements. The investment could be another Autoprint since he had great experience working with Autoprint people especially, Mr.Suresh and Mr.Ashok. “It’s a great experience associating with them,” praises Surendra.

He has great expectations from his Checkmate 50 and sees the return on investment as ‘more business, increased turnover and increased profits’.

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NPES receives U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Award Three-year Award Supports Printing, Publishing, and Converting Industry Efforts to expand U.S. exports with Indonesia NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies has announced that the International Trade Administration’s (ITA) Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) awarded the Association a grant to open an international office in Indonesia to facilitate and significantly boost exports by the printing, publishing, and converting industry to Indonesia. Over the next three years, these funds are projected to generate an estimated $28 million in exports to Indonesia by NPES members across the United States. Indonesia, with the world’s fourth largest population and Southeast Asia’s largest economy, is a rapidly growing print market attributable to: an expanding, educated middle class; developing macroeconomic conditions; and, regulatory ease of trade for NPES members’ products.

U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan M. Selig stated, “With 96 percent of the world’s consumers living outside of our borders, exporting is a sure path to growth, prosperity and goodpaying jobs.” He added, “NPES recognizes the positive impact exporting can have on the bottom line for their member organizations.

MDCP awards to groups like NPES are part of President Obama’s government-wide strategy to strengthen America’s economy by increasing exports.”

Each MDCP award winner pledges an investment of at least two-thirds of the project costs and to sustain its project after the initial MDCP award period ends. The funded project will allow NPES to expand U.S. exports by: 1) opening an office in Jakarta; 2) developing programs to help U.S. firms participating in trade shows and trade missions abroad; and, 3) providing technical training and education for the print industry in Indonesia.

Each MDCP award includes financial and technical assistance from ITA to support well-defined business plans aimed at strengthening an industry by increasing exports. Additionally, MDCP partnerships

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between ITA and non-profit industry groups help to create U.S. jobs through exports.

NPES President Ralph Nappi said, “We are delighted to receive this MDCP award from the U.S. International Trade Administration.

It will support and expand NPES member companies’ international trade efforts in Indonesia, an emerging growth market for the graphic communications industry.” This is the fourth time NPES has received this competitive award. Earlier awards have been used to open successful offices in China and India, as well as a training center in China.

This year, of the 31 applications submitted, only five non-profit industry groups received MDCP awards. In total, these projects are expected to generate more than $653 million in U.S. exports over the next three years in return for the one-time $1.4 million Federal investment. Since the Market Development

Cooperator Program’s inception in 1993, ITA has issued 141 awards to 108 organizations in 32 states. The program has helped to generate more than $9 billion in exports. In an average year, MDCP projects generate $595 million in U.S. exports.

NPES is a U.S. trade association representing more than 600 companies nationwide that manufacture and distribute equipment, software and supplies used across the workflow of printing, publishing and the converting process. NPES is a partner in the Graphic Arts Show Company that sponsors the global PRINT exhibition and GRAPH EXPO. NPES offers members a wide range of services including: informational publications; statistical, market research and education programs; government affairs representation; safety and technical standards development coordination in the national and international arenas; and, international trade assistance.

Meccanotecnica book sewing machine at IGAS 2015 asterEVO, Meccanotecnica’s automatic book sewing machine was recently showcased by its Japanese representative SK Sales at IGAS – International Graphic Arts Show, which took place in Tokyo from the 11th to the 16th of September.

asterEVO is one of Aster best seller models, with performance up to 200 cycles/min. It is a best seller in Japan and was the only automatic book sewing machine at the fair.

The Tokyo exhibition has been a success with more than 50 thousand visitors which were mostly decision makers or professionals in the graphic arts industry.

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3D fab+print touchpoint for drupa 2016 3D printing up close: Innovation, vision & best practices

3D printing is the technology that everyone in the print community is talking about. Additive production processes are on the minds of users in the design and packaging industries, machine and plant construction, aerospace, automotive construction and dental and medical technology the world over. So futuristic 3D printing has an important role to play at drupa 2016. “drupa’s realignment is shifting the focus towards innovation in the sector and providing a special platform for pioneering interdisciplinary technologies like 3D printing,” says Sabine Gelder-mann, Director of drupa. Numerous “traditional” exhibitors like HP, Leapfrog, Mimaki, Roland, Ricoh, Xerox and TU Chemnitz are already looking into this technology and will be presenting exciting solutions. First movers like Stratasys and Massivit 3D Printing will also be attend-ing drupa 2016.

“It was important for us to pick up and focus on this topical issue. The potential of 3D printing in many vertical markets shouldn’t be underestimated. In particular, spare parts for mechanical engineering or pack-aging

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design offer huge opportunities for machine builders, users and also print providers,” continues Sabine Geldermann. The 3D fab+print touchpoint in Hall 7A reflects this diversity. This special show will pre-sent the very latest state-of-the-art technology as well as vision and exciting best-practice cases. Technology providers and customers, exhibitors and visitors, visionaries and real-life users can meet here and drive this exciting topic forward. KCI Publishing BV has been tasked with organising the 3D fab+print touchpoint.

The Additive Manufacturing in the VDMA workgroup, a VDMA initiative, will also contribute to drupa 2016 with a series of presentations in the 3d fab+print touchpoint along with its own activities. “3D printing is very appealing and exciting for the consumer market. It allows for complete customisation and is the key to highly flexible production, making 3D printing very attractive for promotional items and personalised products. 3D printing is also ideal for producing small batches of tools, for finishing, for example,” explains Rainer Gebhardt, project manager of the Additive Manufacturing workgroup.

And last but not least, 3D printing is also featured in the drupa innovation park – in the

“Innovations in Printing Technologies” area.

KCI Publishing is one of the leading knowledge, communication and information companies based in the Netherlands connecting business-to-business professionals by building and sustaining global communities, solving their information needs and helping them to develop their professional lives and friendships.

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Komori optimum business models and solutions at IGAS 2015 IGAS 2015 was held for six days, from September 11 to September 16, 2015 at the Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Center with the theme of “Print + innovation: Further Challenge to the Print technology!” with 345 exhibitors in an area of 24,167 sqm.

Some 56,533 visitors came to the show.

Komori Corporation presented optimum business models and solutions with live demonstrations and seminars with the main theme of ‘Open New Pages’ and the subtheme of ‘Tsunagu: Connect.’

The exhibits by Komori included: • Impremia IS29 29” Sheetfed Inkjet Digital Printing System • Lithrone G40 H-UV-equipped sixcolour 40” Offset Printing Press with In-line Coater (GL-640+C) • Lithrone GX40RP H-UV-equipped eightcolour 40” Front/Reverse multi-colour Offset Printing Press (GLX-840RP) • Lithrone A37 four-colour 37” Sheetfed Offset Press (LA-437) • Impremia C100 full colour Digital Printing System • Apressia CT137 Programmable Hydraulic Clamp Cutter • Apressia DC105 Automatic Flatbed Die Cutting Machine • K-Station 4 Printing Task Control Software • KP-Connect Komori Solution Cloud The solutions business indicating new possibilities for printing that will be achieved through the combination of offset and digital were presented with demonstrations each day. The demonstrations of the Impremia IS29 won great visitor interest at the show.

The dCL (digital Creative Lounge) facilities were set up in the Komori booth, and a digital printing system, laminator, cutting plotter and the K-ColorSimulator 2 CMS software were exhibited. The company demonstrated business model ideas and colour matching with Offset printing.

At the exhibition site, case studies of users who have adopted K-Supply products (special consumables, materials and equipment) and the support system for these users were shown with video and panel displays. In addition, products that contribute

to energy saving on existing machines and in the plant, such as DC blowers and a realtime operations monitor (power consumption monitoring device), were also shown.

KOMORI Ecology Corner ‘Building a mild, bright future where the balance is protected through the coexistence of everything’ is the green concept that Komori promotes. It introduced the building of production environments that incorporate this green concept as well as the current state of product development.

The Komori booth at IGAS 2015 exhibited panels showing the latest technologies and printing samples from H-UV-equipped web offset presses. Panels showing the in-line presses for packaging manufactured by Komori-Chambon and printing samples from these machines were also introduced.

Komori currency/security presses are running in not only domestic but also overseas facilities. The Currency Press Corner had an explanation of anti-counterfeiting technologies with the title ‘Japanese banknotes are printed by KOMORI banknote printing presses.’ and exhibited a panel showing currency presses for export.

In the Seria Corner, screen-printed printing samples from the automotive, graphics and amusement markets were exhibited.

Business model ideas and samples of added value printing were displayed in the Print Gallery. Printing methods and key points were also introduced in this corner.

Komori seminars at the show were attended by a total of 220 visitors.

Jak Printers is the Star printer of 10th edition of NAEP with 22 awards Jak Printers won the title of The Best Printer Of The Year at the 10th NAEP (National Awards for Excellence in Printing. The company also won the Best Digital Printer Of The Year and Star Printer Of The Year. Jak won a total of 22 awards at the prestigious industry event that took place at Hotel Leela

Palace, Chennai on 25th September.

The NAEP was instituted by the All India Federation of Master Printers, New Delhi (AIFMP) in 1999. Dr Sivan, Director and Scientist, ISRO, Trivandrum, distributed the awards.

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Worldwide staff celebrations of the hubergroup’s 250-year jubilee

In all 40 international branches of the hubergroup, employees celebrated the 250-year anniversary of this global printing ink manufacturer on 29th September 2015.

This day is the officially registered formation date of the Munich-based company that still remains under the same family’s ownership.

Management staff members of the hubergroup thanked their colleagues during this celebration for their unfailing support and commitment. “Without you, the success of the last two and a half centuries simply would not have been possible,” was the message that the regional managers gave to their staff members on behalf of Ulla Borgmann, member of the hubergroup Management.

In her welcome speech, she recalled the company’s founding years, challenging periods, and the expansive development in the last few decades, entertaining everyone along the way with a few anecdotes.

The festivities for the approximately 3,500 employees varied in line with the respective local company size and regional traditions for celebrations. Some international offices incorporated Bavarian themes into their party decorations to reflect the traditions of the parent company. Large tents were erected in Munich and Celle where about 1,000 German employees came together for the remainder of the day to celebrate, having finished work

at 1pm. They enjoyed an international buffet accompanied by musical entertainment, and spent the afternoon socialising and having fun.

The hubergroup is one of the world’s leading specialists for printing inks, coatings and press room chemistry, currently comprising 40 companies and 130 sites. The successful family-run business has close to 250 years of experience in the ink sector and manufactures high-quality products for printing packaging and newspapers and job printing. In 2014, the group employed 3500 members of staff and recorded annual sales of around €835 million.

Felicitation of the newly elected Office Bearers of AIFMP On October 9, 2015, Greater Delhi Master Printers Association, New Delhi felicitated the newly elected team of AIFMP Office Bearers 2015-16: • Mr. Shyamal Chandra Basu – President • Mr. Kamal Chopra – Vice President (North) • Mr. Sunil Garg – Hony General Secretary • Mr. Prakash T Jagtap – Vice President (West) • Mr. C Prakash Babu – Hony Jt. Secretary • Mr. Dibyajyoti Kalita – Vice President (East) • Mr. Raveendra Joshi – Hony Treasurer • Mr. S Manickam – Vice President (South)

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Mr. Dev Nair – Immediate Past President

The Felicitation Ceremony was organised at the Grace Banquets, Naraina, New Delhi.

The discerning guests included hundreds of prominent Print Professionals and eminent personalities.

Mr. Govind Bhargava, IPAMA Team Mr CP Paul, Mr Manku, Mr Satish Bajwa and Senior Officials from the Ministry of MSME, Directorate of Printing, NCERT, Ministry of Urban Development and GC members of AIFMP from Amritsar, Kanpur, Lucknow, Noida, Delhi-NCR and others.

Chief Guest of event was Padmashree Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra, Past President, AIFMP & Chairman, Punjab Kesri Group, Jalandhar.

The Guests of Honour were Mr. Manoj B Mehta Past-President, AIFMP and Mr. Kapil Chopra, President & Chief Patron of Apex Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Also

“This newly elected team shall be committed towards providing better services to the members of the Federation and the printing fraternity at large,” says Mr. Sunil Garg, Hony Gen. Secretary. “The focus will be on collective effort, effective communication, and dissemination of latest industry

present were AIFMP Past Presidents Hon’ble Mr. Subhash Chandra, Mr. Satish Malhotra,

information to members.”

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EFI reports record revenue of $229m, up 16% Electronics For Imaging has announced its results for the third quarter of 2015. For the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the Company reported record revenue of $228.7 million, up 16% compared to third quarter 2014 revenue of $197.7 million. Non-GAAP net income was $24.1 million or $0.50 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $20.6 million or $0.43 per diluted share for the same period in 2014. GAAP net income was $10.3 million or $0.21 per diluted share, compared to $4.8 million or $0.10 per diluted share for the same period in 2014.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company reported revenue

of $626.0 million, up 8% year-over-year compared to $579.3 million for the same period in 2014. Non-GAAP net income was $68.5 million or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $61.9 million or $1.28 per diluted share for the same period in 2014. GAAP net income was $23.2 million or $0.48 per diluted share, compared to $21.8 million or $0.45 per diluted share for the same period in 2014.

“EFI delivered another solid quarter, overcoming the negative impact from various foreign currencies and weak emerging markets,” said Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI. “I’m proud of the way our teams planned and

are quickly executing on the integration of Reggiani and Matan. We are particularly excited about the progress and cross selling activities with our new Reggiani products reinforcing the tremendous opportunity for digital printing on textile.”

DPA delegation meets Delhi CM A delegation of Delhi Printers’ Association met the Chief Minister of Delhi Mr. Arvind Kejriwal at Le Meridian on September 15, 2015 to hand over a memorandum of various problems of its members on the occasion of a summit on “Ease of Doing Business – Unfinished Agenda”. The delegation comprised President Mr. O.P. Dewan, Hon. General Secretary Mr. Sunil Jain, Treasurer Mr. Rajiv Gupta, Joint Secretary Mr. Ashok Kumar Nandra, former Presidents Mr. Raj Kumar Arya and Mr. Deepak Arora.

Terming the summit as an effort to highlight various proactive measures and industry-

friendly initiatives introduced by Delhi government, Mr. Kejriwal said that the structured reforms would lead to Ease of Doing Business among business class of Delhi and adjoining areas. He stated that his government is fully committed to provide conducive business environment and also improve civic amenities, law & order, safety and security of women, transportation and power supply.

Despite the busy schedule of the Chief Minister the DPA delegation handed over its memorandum which pinpointed the different issues of the printers such as closure/

sealing notices, pollutions matter, roads and other infrastructural deficiencies, MSME registration as well as the age-old Press and Registration of Books Act-1867. The CM assured that he would look into the problems of printer and provide necessary redressal.

Minister assures DPA delegation a review on restoration of Printing Presses’ GREEN category A delegation of Delhi Printers’ Association met the Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Government of NCT of Delhi, Mohd.Aseem Ahmed Khan in the secretariat on 5th October, 2015 to seek his intervention for restoration of Printing Presses of Delhi in GREEN Category once again from Orange. He assured the delegation of reviewing the whole issue in the light of facts submitted by the association.

The delegation comprised Mr. O.P.Dewan (President), Mr. Sunil Jain (Hon.General Secretary), Mr. Kewal Kishan (Vice President) under the guidance of former Presidents Mr. Vijay Mohan, Mr. Mukesh Kaushik, Mr. Badri Kumar Singh and Mr. Deepak Arora.

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Malayala Manorama chooses Q.I. Press Controls for a fifth time The leading newspaper group chooses mRC-3D register system for its Manugraph Smartline press in Kollam.

Q.I. Press Controls has received yet another order from Malayala Manorama. The organisation, which has the most widely sold and circulating newspaper in India, has purchased the mRC-3D for its plant in Kollam, India. Q.I. Press Controls has been working with the newspaper for many years already. Results at its other sites have proved so good that Malayala Manorama had no hesitation in ordering Q.I. Press Controls’ register system for its Manugraph Smartline press in Kollam.

18 mRC-3D cameras are being installed for colour register and cut-off on a Manugraph Smartline double-width printing press with 4 towers and 1 folder.

Malayala Manorama owns around 25 leading daily and weekly newspapers in India, publishing in both English and Malayalam. The organisation operates from nineteen plants spread across India. Since 2011, Malayala Manorama Daily can count itself amongst the most widely circulating newspapers in the world. Menno Jansen, managing director of Q.I. Press Controls, is honoured that an organisation as successful as Malayala Manorama should be satisfied with automation solutions provided by Q.I. Press Controls and takes a great deal of pride in the new order. “Receiving the order for the mRC-3D cameras demonstrates that Q.I. Press Controls fit in with the leading players on the world stage, so we are justly proud,” explains Jansen.

Collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and Malayala Manorama started in 2011. Manugraph’s first Smartline double-width printing press in India was sold to Malayala Manorama, so the organisation

went in search of a supplier of automation solutions able to provide the best possible support in this area. References on the India market pointed to the reliability offered by Q.I. Press Controls, as a result of which Malayala Manorama opted for 48 of Q.I. Press Controls’ mRC+ cameras. In doing so, the Indian organisation affirmed its faith in Q.I. Press Controls’ assurance to enable top-quality printing with the lowest possible levels of waste.

The 2011 order and the subsequent upturn in returns led to a string of new orders for Q.I. Press Controls. The mRC+ is now being installed at four other sites. Malayala Manorama explains that the systems have proved their worth several times over. They say that Q.I. Press Controls’ automated solutions work effectively on the Malayala Manorama printing presses. Not only have they brought about less wastage, fewer operators are needed and it takes significantly less time to print an edition. Most importantly however, these systems enable them to print in high quality.

The new order for the plant in Kollam consists of the new mRC-3D, the successor to the mRC+. 18 mRC3D cameras are being installed for colour register and cut-off on a Manugraph Smartline double-width printing press with 4 towers and 1 folder. Malayala Manorama adds that, in the wake of results from previous orders, they have every confidence in installing the new system on its press in Kollam.

Key Notes : > Kollam plant of Malayala Manorama installs its fifth mRC3D. > The mRC+ is now being installed at four other sites. > Q.I. Press Controls’ automated solutions – less wastage, less number of operators and faster & high quality printing.

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Fltr. in bright shirts: Mr. Jisson Thomas (Plant Manager), Mr. Shibu George (General Manager), Mr. Harsha Mathew (Asst. Editor & Director), Mr. P.K.Phillip (Chief General Manager) and Mr. Rahul Patankar (Deputy Manager of Manugraph)

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

The history of collaboration with Malayala Manorama also demonstrates Q.I. Press Controls India’s ability to build up a good network of contacts. Vijay Pandya states:

“Our service engineers provide an excellent service and we are able to give Malayala Manorama the level of support they require.”

For Q.I. Press Controls, Malayala Manorama is the paradigm of a satisfied customer in India. Thanks to the collaboration between the two organisations, they can both look forward to feeding off each other’s strengths in the future.

Malayala Manorama is one of the top publishing houses in India. The daily newspaper has a readership of over 16

million readers, with a circulation of over 2.1 million copies. The Malayala Group has more than 40 publications all over India in five languages: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali. From print journalism it has diversified to television and cyberspace.

Q.I. Press Controls develops and delivers innovative, high quality optical measure and control systems. Globally active in the newspaper and magazine printing industry, its total solutions are supported by a worldwide service network.

World Publishing Expo draws thousands of visitors from 79 countries More than 7,000 visitors from 79 countries attended the World Publishing Expo in Hamburg, Germany, the largest global trade fair for the newspaper and news publishing industry, which closed on Wednesday following three days of conferences, workshops, presentations and networking among global industry leaders.

The 45th exhibition, organized annually by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), included more than 200 exhibitors from 22 countries, including printing press manufacturers, editorial and advertising system providers, new media providers and other suppliers to the industry.

The 2015 Expo attendance was slightly higher than last year’s event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

“I am delighted to have received numerous positive comments from participants and exhibitors who enjoyed the quality of the content and experiences shared during our conferences and open stage sessions. This adds value to the visitors’ experience and brings the Expo into a new dimension,” said Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA. “The World Publishing Expo is the place where exhibitors and publishers talk about the business impact of technologies, and how they can boost their revenue model,” he said. “Publishers move beyond their comfort zone and approach their investments with a strategic mindset rather than with a purely operational one.”

The World Publishing Expo brings together suppliers to the industry with its thought

leaders and decision makers.

In addition to the exhibition, which showcased the latest technologies, the event featured more than 120 speakers sharing their success stories, two Media Port stages focusing on print and digital publishing, and three premium conferences on newsroom issues, mobile publishing, and the future of printing news products.

Next year’s World Publishing Expo will be held in Vienna, Austria, from 10 to 12 October 2016, at the Messe Wien.

“Overall we had a very good flow of visitors and contacts, and I think it was a good platform to meet our customers for discussions. The World Publishing Expo is the platform for the newspaper industry in Europe,” comments Richard Elmer, Director of Communications, Ferag.

“I think we are seeing a general trend in the market of less investment, consolidation, less printing, in terms of attendance at the event.

Our visits were good with our clients, the quality good. One positive development that we are hearing, particularly out of the U.K. and even in the USA, is that circulation and sales seems to be levelling out on print and, more importantly, publishers are starting to realise that print advertising can indeed be effective so they are considering balancing

print and digital a bit more, as opposed to purely focussing so much energy on digital,” says Klaus Schmidt, Director of Marketing, KBA. “It’s a valuable event for our customers for sure. The guys that come are rather positive and have new prospects for business. There is a lot of interest from the direct distribution model,” says Georg Riva, Marketing Manager, Müller Martini.

Norbert Ohl, CEO, ppi Media comments, “It has been a really good show, as our stand has been really full with meetings and presentations. There is a real interest in publishers for a true media-neutral publishing solution and workflow. Even some of our most conservative customers are now thinking this way and working in that direction. On the sales and advertising side, publishers are increasingly looking for ways to ‘mobilise’ their sales staffs out in the field, to equip them with the right tools to best sell their inventory.”

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New-ProImages reaches 100% market share in Thailand with Thairath Daily installation New-ProImage Asia has installed its NewsWay Production Workflow at the largest newspaper in Thailand, Thairath Daily in Bangkok.

The newspaper replaced its previous system with New-ProImage NewsWay to standardize and streamline their production workflow. Their request for a powerful, simple to operate, affordable system with low maintenance could be met by NewProImage. Major decision factors for Thairath were that NewsWay allowed them to remain their structure, hardware and software as well as required only minimal changes to their whole production system setup.

New-ProImage NewsWay controls and manages production workflow from a variety of front-end systems through to output. It provides automation and control for the entire production of magazines, commercial jobs and of course newspapers. The system at Thairath extends the solution from colour management control, workflow solutions, drivers of CtP and through to complete press and plate management.

One of Thairath’s main objectives was to

eliminate manual operations of pairing page elements and ensure complete tracking and position of all pages in production. In addition, reduction in time from editorial to press ready plates and integration of current RIP and CtP systems into the production were also a large requirement all of which NewsWay is now providing to Thairath.

Thairath’s Pre-Press Manager Khun Thanin Teranasarn is pleased with the “very short and efficient” installation and the flexibility of the New-ProImage workflow system. He also praises the efficiency and user friendliness of the system. Another big aspect is the fact that New-ProImage offers excellent aftersales support and the maintenance of the system is much less time consuming than the previous system.

With this installation, New-ProImage is closing 100% market share for production workflow in Thailand.

New-ProImage is a developer of browserbased Workflow Management, Ink Optimization, Press Registration Solution, Tablet and Mobile solutions, Colour Image Processing and Production Tracking solutions for the commercial and newspaper printing and publishing industries. New-ProImage solutions enable publishers, which have been dramatically affected by the rapid growth of digital publishing to remain competitive in today’s economic climate.

Namaste Telangana invests in high-performance technology from Ferag Namasthe Telangana has ordered two new Ferag production lines, each comprising an HPC High Performance Conveyor and two HPS High Performance Stackers. The two production lines will be con-nected to a new press, with production scheduled to start in early 2016. The HPS High Performance Stackers allow programmed bun-dle production. Standard bundles and odd counts can be produced on the compensating stacker, once an Excel list has been entered into the control using a USB stick.

Namasthe Telangana today reaches an overall circulation of 380,000 copies, of

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which 150,000 copies are produced in Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana.

The newspaper appears in the local Telugu language, as spoken by more than 76 percent of the 35 million plus inhabitants of Telangana. Namasthe Telangana serves all the ten districts of the state on seven days each week.

Ferag AG, with its headquarters in Hinwil in Switzerland’s Zürcher Oberland, is a specialist in innovative conveyor and processing technology. Together with its associate companies WRH Marketing AG and Denipro AG, Ferag AG is part of the Walter Reist Holding AG Group, which employs a staff of 1,000 worldwide.

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ppi: Between live demonstrations and closing contracts There was a lot to do for ppi Media at the World Publishing Expo 2015 in Hamburg Bucking the trend: Despite a lower number of visitors and fewer walk-ins, the World Publishing Expo 2015 will go down as a resounding success for ppi Media: “Our booth was full from start to finish.

In those three days, we held roughly 120 conversations with current and potential future customers, conducted demonstrations and answered questions in lively discussions.

There was no time to catch our breath.

Nonetheless, we did notice that the hall in general was not quite as full as it had been in previous years. For us, however, the World Publishing Expo remains the most important and profitable event of the year just after ppi’s Open Days,” says Norbert Ohl, Managing Director at ppi Media, putting it all in a nutshell.

New customers and projects ppi Media announced that it had signed a total of three contracts during the World Publishing Expo: RP Online decided in favor of AdX Digital, the Toronto Star signed on as a new customer for ppi Media’s classic PlanPag and AdPag solutions and the donedeal with Madsack’s Managing Director, Christoph Rüth. He selected ppi Media’s AdX Print with Gutenberg Rechenzentrum’s deeply integrated ad system VI&VA. “Beyond that, we are also very excited that the Reiff Verlag in Offenburg decided in favor of our

InkReduction solution to optimize their ink usage,” reveals Norbert Ohl.

Paying a visit to impulse’s editorial offices In addition to the new customer projects, ppi Media’s Managing Director illustrates another highlight from the Expo: The tour of impulse, the magazine for entrepreneurs. Roughly 20 participants made their way to impulse Medien’s editorial offices on the third day of the event. Publishing Director Ole Jendis and Managing Director Eva Weikert opened their doors and provided exclusive insight into the magazine’s philosophy, strategy and

its plans for the future. In addition to that, the visitors experienced Content-X live. impulse has been using this editorial solution since 2013. At that time, Impulse Medien GmbH separated from its parent company, Gruner + Jahr, and since then impulse has been using ppi Media and Digital Collections’ Content-X to produce its monthly publication as well as its special editions and inserts.

Focusing on the Scandinavian Market Joakim Hvistendahl was present at ppi Media’s booth for the first time.

The Norwegian is a ppi Media sales representative, key account manager and responsible for sales in Scandinavia. Joakim Hvistendahl is an independent consultant from JHV Media Consult who is quite familiar with the Scandinavian media sector. For eleven years he worked at a regional daily newspaper in Norway where he worked his way up to management. Later he switched to a Danish software supplier where he worked for another 14 years. His 25 years of experience in Scandinavian media make him a very valuable partner for ppi Media.

Upon conclusion of this year’s exhilarating expo in Hamburg, ppi Media is looking forward to the next one, which will be held in Austria. The software expert will again participate in the World Publishing Expo next year when it convenes in Vienna from October 10 to 12, 2016.

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Konica Minolta takes on the Print Industry with a series of Industry events Konica Minolta has recently conducted or represented showcases, roadshows, workshops and launches across the country.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India recently organised one day Colour Management Workshops at its Ahmadabad office (on 15th September) and at Digital Imaging Square, Konica Minolta, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon office (on 18th September). The workshops were organised by a group of professional from Konica Minolta and Colour Mechanics (colour management consultant).

The Colour Management Workshops were a combination of Theory & Practical. The customers that included Graphic Arts industry, commercial and photo lab printers were encouraged to bring their files and simulated the environment to check for the challenges and how to overcome the same and how to achieve right colour from the Konica Minolta Printers.

Key Notes : > Organised Colour Management Workshops covering aspects like designing, pre-press, printing and post printing. > Multi-city roadshows highlighted Konica Minolta’s Production Printers, bizhub Press C1060, C1100 and C1052. > Showcases bizbub PRESS C1085, C70HC and C1100 at Punjab Photo Fair.

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The workshops were conducted to enhance the knowledge on the Colour Management on the Digital Devices. The program covered all the aspects from the designing, pre-press, printing and post printing process in terms of Colour Management. The aim of the program is to share how the customers can achieve the effective standardised colours on the Digital Printing Device and how they can achieve the consistency in their device etc.

The program was a combination of Theory & Practical, the customers were encouraged to bring their files and simulated the environment to check for the challenges and how to overcome the same and how to achieve right colour from the Konica Minolta Printers. The customers who attended the Workshop were customers of Graphic Art, Commercial & Photo Lab Printers have very much appreciated the initiative.

The workshop was conducted by certified persons in Colour Management.

Multi-city roadshows demonstrate Konica Minolta PP products Konica Minolta recently organised PP roadshows in different cities, i.e. Mumbai, Siliguri, Thanjavur, Durgapur and Nagpur to demonstrate their PP (Production Printers) products. The highlight of the

event was Konica Minoltas’ Production Printers, bizhub Press C1060, C1100 and C1052.

The roadshows were focussed towards Konica Minolta’s Production Printers and generating leads.

The event was attended by customers such as Digital printing press owners, Lab owners etc.

BizhubPRESS C1060 can print on wide variety of media and also provides the flexibility to print on media up to 13x47” for book covers; etc. Besides this, a full page in the album like a traditional RGB album can also be prepared on customers’ demand.

BizhubPress 1052 is available in black & white with some of the advanced features in monochrome printing like suction feeding similar to offset for reliable paper handling, support for 40 to 350 gsm media, support for coated/uncoated media, high duty cycle up to 2 million in a month.

BizhubPRESS C1100 prints on wide variety of Media with consistent productivity at all GSM have and also does auto duplex for media up to 350 GSM. Bizhub PRESS C70HC is a very unique product with a unique Toner Technology. The device is capable to reproduce the colours very close the RGB colour gamut which makes it very near to traditional photo lab quality.

Konica Minolta has installed more than 400 of C70Hc in the country.

The PP roadshow in Durgapur on 10th October, 2015 had its main highlight as the presence of Mr. Yuji Nakata, MD of Konica Minolta. The visitors were very happy after attending the event and also showed great interest in the machines.

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At Punjab Photo Fair Konica Minolta recently participated in a two days event Punjab Photo Fair, which was held at Kingsville Resort, Ludhiana from 11th - 12th Sept 2015. It was organised by a group of professional from the photo industry in Punjab. Konica Minolta had the highest density of photo customers with their solutions in the Punjab territory. The main motto of the event was to make the photographers and the labs to understand the latest trends of the industry. It also

to print on various kinds of substrates on both the sides of the media also enhances the looks which gives the album light weight look. The customers also have the flexibility to print the traditional 12x36 album on bizhub PRESS c70HC.

provided a platform for discussions between Photo labs & Photographers and also helped the OEM manufacturers and suppliersto interact.

Konica Minolta displayed their state of the art production printers bizhub Press C1085 & bizhub PRESS C70HC along with Print Xpress to complete the customer workflow.

The combination of the hardware and software complete the requirements from the photo customers to cater to various needs from a Photo Album to small passport or post card photographs. Bizhub Press C1085 & c70HC are essential products to meet the customer expectations from the photo industry. Bizhub Press C1085 & c70HC also helps in providing the productivity & flexibility

Bizhub PRESS C1100 is a workhorse and can print on wide variety of Media with consistent productivity at all GSM’s and does auto duplex for media up to 350GSM. Bizhub PRESS C70HC is a unique product with a unique Toner Technology. The device is capable of reproducing the colours very close to the RGB colour gamut which makes it very near to traditional photo lab quality.

Konica Minolta has installed more than 400 of C70Hc in the country.

Konica Minolta’s spokesperson said, “We are pleased to participate in such events and showcase our products & solutions. These types of events help us understand the ever changing requirements of the customers which further help in developing new solutions for the industry.”

3rd Generation High-Chroma by Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions India has introduced at Rajasthan Photo Fair 2015 the bizhub PRESS C71hc. The machine provides enhanced printing services based on the advanced colour reproduction capabilities of proprietary high-chroma toner. Truly amazing quality results can be achieved for photo books and photo merchandise, promotional materials, and other sophisticated print products.

“The colour production printing market is steadily growing and there can be no doubt that RGB data and the high-chroma technology will continue to increase in importance in the future. In this context, Konica Minolta is proud to introduce the 3rd generation of high-chroma products with the new bizhub PRESS C71hc,” – explains Mr Yuji Nakata, Managing Director Konica Minolta India.

With the growing need to print product images or photo albums from digital cameras, but also with the demand to combining online with printed communication, the requirement for the accurate reproduction of RGB workflows is

rapidly increasing. But due to the narrower colour range of a conventional CMYK printer, some of the colours seen in real life or on a monitor may change in print or appear less vivid. Konica Minolta now presents the professional solution with the bizhub PRESS C71hc. The high-chroma toner of these colour production systems has an extended colour range that is much closer to sRGB than that of conventional CMYK toners.

Colours can be printed virtually as they are displayed for example on a calibrated monitor.

The machine is more reliable in colour reproduction with advance technologies, better colour management and has a higher productivity than its predecessor. The new machine has a higher life of its consumable parts and can now handle heavier media.

“Today’s communication channels cover print, online and mobile communication, so that professionals are changing their colour management from traditional CMYK to sRGB. With our new generation of Konica Minolta’s production printing systems, we enable colour users to get the best out of

photos and print them in a fantastic quality.

The bizhub PRESSC71hc will easily print colours that until now have proven difficult to reproduce, such as vivid pinks and purples, and different shades of green and the RGB photographs,” says Mr. Yuji Nakata.

Another asset of the bizhub PRESS C71hc is their wide range of finishing capabilities and its combination with a workflow software Print Xpress. Features like booklet production, perfect binding, and auto ring binding and of course the extensive stacking capacity of up to 10,000 sheets allows one-step printing and finishing without manual intervention.

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New HP LaserJets with built-in self-healing security features with protection down to the BIOS HP has announced three new enterprise class LaserJet printers that deliver increased protection against malicious attacks.

“Protecting against security breaches is one of the biggest challenges our customers face,” said Tuan Tran, vice president and general manager, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions business, HP. “HP is helping customers secure their devices, documents and data by defending our enterprise printers with the strongest protection in the industry.”

Deepest protection in the industry Printer security is a topic of growing importance. According to the Ponemon Institute, 64 percent of IT managers believe their printers are likely infected with malware.

At the same time, 56 percent of enterprise companies ignore printers in their endpoint security strategy. To help address this gap, HP is delivering its new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) with industry-leading security features built in, including: • HP Sure Start enables detection of and self-healing recovery from malicious BIOS attacks, extending the same BIOS security protecting HP’s Elite line of PCs since 2013 to the new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers.

• Whitelisting ensures only known, good firmware can be loaded and executed on a printer.

• Run-time Intrusion Detection is a new feature providing in-device memory monitoring for malicious attacks. It was developed in partnership with Red Balloon Security, an embedded device security company started by researchers from Columbia University.

The company has done extensive research for several government

agencies, as well as private sector companies in industries such as telecommunications and controller systems.

These new features will be standard on new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers and OfficeJet Enterprise X printers with HP PageWide Technology going forward, although a firmware update may be required on units to activate the features. With a firmware update, these three features can also be enabled on several HP LaserJet Enterprise printers available since April. In addition, Whitelisting and Run-time Intrusion Detection can be added to many existing HP LaserJet Enterprise printers and OfficeJet Enterprise X printers launched since 2011 through an HP FutureSmart service pack update. FutureSmart is HP firmware that helps protect customers’ investments in HP Enterprise printers by enabling delivery of new capabilities via updates.

Beyond the printer itself, HP also helps customers protect their print environment with solutions to manage security. HP JetAdvantage Security Manager, the industry’s only policy-based printer security compliance solution, lets IT establish and maintain security settings such as closing ports, disabling access protocols, auto-erasing files and more. When a reboot occurs, the HP Instant-On Security feature checks and resets any impacted settings automatically to bring devices into compliance with the organization’s policy. Earlier this fall, HP JetAdvantage Security Manager was updated for greater automation, including auto-discovery of devices to make it easier to find and add printers to manage.

New printers feature fast, efficient printing The new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers and MFPs deliver the fastest real world print performance in their class with the fastest first page out and dual-sided print speeds as well as the lowest total energy consumption per page. These printers were built for ease of use and include support for printing from mobile devices. Designed for workgroups of 5-15 users printing up to 7,500 pages

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per month, the printers benefit from the increased performance, protection and print capacity of new HP Original Toner cartridges with JetIntelligence. The new models include: • The HP LaserJet Enterprise M506 series for monochrome printing with a 25 percent smaller footprint and dual-sided print speeds up to 71 percent faster than its predecessor.

• The HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M527 series, which offers monochrome printing in an MFP that includes single pass, two-sided scanning, an eightinch color touchscreen control panel to support advanced workflow, and first page out speeds up to 33 percent faster than its predecessor.

• The HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M577 series, delivers outstanding colour printing in an MFP that includes single pass, two-sided scanning, an eight-inch colour touchscreen control panel and optional keyboard to support advanced workflow, as well as dualsided print speeds up to 43 percent faster than its predecessor.

The HP LaserJet Enterprise M506 series is generally available on October 1 and the HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP M527 and HP Color LaserJet Enterprise MFP M577 series printers will be generally available on November 2.

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Kodak Alaris clinches 2015 Frost & Sullivan Document Capture Solutions Award Kodak Alaris was presented with the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Document Capture Solutions Product Line Strategy Award at this year’s Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards Program dinner. Now in its eight consecutive year, the annual event held in Singapore commends companies across various industries for their diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies crucial to succeed in today’s competitive global marketplace.

The award further cements Kodak Alaris’ position as a leading player in the Information Management and Document Capture solutions space. As part of Frost & Sullivan’s APAC research program, market players were evaluated based on the following criteria: • The features and benefits of the company’s products • Strength of its competitive advantages • Company’s Go-To-Market Strategy • Company’s clientele who endorse the products • Innovation quotient of company’s products • Versatility and range of applications of company’s product line “Kodak Alaris is one of the leaders in the Information Management industry and one of the most important players in the Capture space,” said Arvind Arun, Industry Analyst, Asia Pacific ICT Research, Frost & Sullivan.

“From innovative document scanners and multipurpose network scanners to integrated imaging technologies, they have a broad portfolio of products to address virtually every need of an enterprise aspiring to go digital.

They also back their products with excellent customer service and after sales support that results in high customer loyalty and excellent retention rates. In an increasingly competitive market, Kodak Alaris has carved out a place for itself and will be a force to be reckoned within the years ahead.”

“As more and more enterprises embark on the digital transformation journey, Capture technology is seeing renewed interest among both SMEs (small-and-medium sized enterprises) and large corporate houses.

Once considered a “nice to have”, the technology is fast becoming indispensable

due to its ability to significantly reduce cost and improve operational efficiency.”

Apart from the main category of Information Communication Technology, prestigious awards were also presented to key players classified under Environment, Energy and Power, Industrial, Chemical, Logistics, and Healthcare.

“Kodak Alaris is honoured to receive the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Document Capture Solutions Product Line Strategy Award from one of the world’s most reputable research firms. Clinching the award serves as a testament to our unique ability to enable customers in Asia to easily extract and retrieve information, as well as glean insights from disparate digital and paper sources. It is also reflective of our growth in the region, not just in terms of

providing quality offerings to an expanding base of customers, but also in relation to the increasing amount of endorsements we hear from them,” said Cássio Vaquero, Regional Director, Information Management division, for Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America.

Kodak Alaris Information Management division 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 outcomes. The portfolio includes 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.

Landa appoints Yishai Amir as CEO The Landa Group has announced the appointment of Yishai Amir as CEO of Landa Corporation and a member of its Board of Directors. He has also been named Group Vice Chairman. Benny Landa, founder of

the Landa Group, continues as its active Chairman.

Amir has more than 20 years’ experience in the print industry and most recently served as Vice President and General Manager, Graphics Solutions Business at HewlettPackard Americas. Previously he served as HP Vice President and General Manager, Indigo & Inkjet Solutions Business Americas, and Director, Strategic Marketing, Indigo.

Yishai Amir began his career in the print industry at Indigo, where he served in various positions including VP, Photo Business and Director, Product Marketing.

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Konica Minolta at IIPV Trade Fair, Ahmedabad Konica Minolta Business Solutions India participated in a two days exhibition India International Photo Video Trade Fair in Ahmedabad, Gujarat at University Exhibition Centre from 2nd - 4th Oct 2015.

Konica Minolta displayed bizhub Press C1085 and bizhub Press C70HC with print Xpress. It also showcased the applications on the digital UV and the world’s first Digital Foil system. Both Bizhub are essential products to meet the customer expectations

from the photo industry. They also provide the flexibility to print on both sides of various substrates which enhances looks and also helps make light weight album. The customers also have the flexibility to print the traditional 12x36 album on bizhub PRESS C70HC. Over 850 visitors visited Konica Minolta’s stall. Mr Yuji Nakata, MD, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India was also present in the exhibition.

Feature-packed compact multi-functional A3 colour printer bizhub C221 Konica Minolta has been able to set a distinctive position in the MFP market. Konica Minolta’s bizhub C221 is one such product which is developed to handle a wide range of jobs for the new Entry Colour Market.

They are equipped with Konica Minolta’s renowned Emperon Controller and an array of printing functions that enhances affinity with higher-end MFPs, as well as smart mechanisms that reduce noise, weight and size. In addition, it is compatible for access to mobile devices and cloud services. The model provides added benefits through simple and user-friendly scanning functions for a variety of usage environments. Direct printing from and scanning to USB improves

efficiency as it eliminates the need for a PC to use the device.

Bizhub C221 delivers outputs of 22 pages per minutes in colour (A4). Two paper cassettes and a manual bypass feeder are standard equipped for a maximum paper feeding, capacity of 1,150 sheets. The upper cassette holds A4 size paper and the lower cassette holds A3 size paper.

In bizhub C221 scanned data can be saved in various file formats according to requirement including PDF, JPEG and XPS. In addition to this various PDLs (Page Description Language) – including PCL for general business applications such as Microsoft office, PostScript used for graphic design and DTP, and XPS which supports Windows Vista or later office systems – are supported for smooth print outs. Mac OS is also supported by the commonly used PostScript PDL.

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Incredibly compact A3 colour multifunctionals Emperon controller for advanced printing performance Scanning functions for a variety of uses Advanced network support Convenient functions that are easy to use Outstanding environmental performance

The implementation of Simitri toner reduces environmental impact during its production and consumes less power during use, thanks to low-temperature fusing. A vivid colour and

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monochrome outputs, a two-colour mode is also available for black + red outputs.

It can be selected and used to match the document or purpose.

An independent button for the frequently used ID (card) copy function is included on the control panel for easy one-touch operation. Various cloud services can also be accessed from iPhones/ iPads and Android mobile devices installed with PageScope Mobile. Cloud services widely used in various business situations can be accessed to and from the bizhub via mobile devices.

“N-in-one printing/copying function” aggregates multiple pages onto one sheet to save paper. “Watermark security function” adds text on the entire page of copies to prevent unauthorised duplications, when using PCL driver only. “Cover mode” allows different types of paper than the body pages to be fed for the cover. “Blank Page Removal function” skips blank pages contained in the original when scanning.

Power button for easy energy saving is another remarkable feature. The bizhub C221 can easily be switched to sleep mode by pushing the Power button. In addition, “ErP Auto Power Off” mode, which supports the ErP Directive, easily saves power when the bizhub is not in use. ErP Directive, also known as Eco-design Directive, is the EU Framework Directive which defines the environmentally conscious design requirements for energy-related products.

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iFLEX label press by OMET nominated at FlexoTech Awards 2015 for Innovation iFlex label press by OMET has been nominated for the Innovation Award at the FlexoTech Awards 2015. The Award Ceremony will take place on October 22nd, at the Hilton London Metropole, UK. The iFlex, officially launched last May at OMET’s headquarters, is a 370mm-wide ‘entry-level’ PS label press full of handy, yet effective innovations helping the printer reaching the best result within the shortest time and with the least amount of waste.

To this end, the press introduces, for the first time in flexo, the laser-assisted plate cylinder adjustment iLight and iVision register control. iLight is an uncommon pre-register system characterized by the presence of one laser pointer per print unit. The laser pointers guide the operator to the quick manual alignment of all plates, thus speeding up the job changeovers and reducing waste. Dual laser pointers are positioned on the die station - one perpendicular to the die for accurate longitudinal register, and one aligned on the web for cut-to-print accuracy.

iVision is a camera-assisted register system (one camera per print unit). The scanned images reach the iVision display and the register is quickly manually set before the printed job reaches the end of the line.

and improve print stability. Last but not least, iFlex has a fully re-designed converting section introducing QCDC (Quick Change Die-Cutting) and Rock’n’Roll matrix rewinder unit.

iFlex is equipped with Direct Drive technology which means one gear on the plate cylinder per print unit! This solution is meant to eliminate gear backlash, reduce maintenance

iFlex is the press that especially suits varied needs of label converters to produce all types of PS labels with low waste and great efficiency.

RAKO-GROUP places largest HP Indigo order for labels and packaging RAKO GROUP has purchased two HP Indigo 20000 Digital Presses and nine HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Presses, making it the largest labels and packaging deal in HP Indigo history. The purchase builds on RAKO’s existing fleet of HP Indigo Digital Presses and expands its multi-press, multi-site labels and packaging digital offerings while providing increased capacity to help meet customer demands.

“For more than a decade we have used HP Indigo digital printing technology to bring value to our customers, that include many of the world’s leading brands,” said Adrian

Tippenhauer, managing director of RAKO. “HP Indigo remains at the core of our digital strategy, and we trust that these digital press additions will help us continue innovating and growing together in the future.”

“RAKO is one of the largest HP Indigo users in labels and packaging and we have worked closely together to help accelerate and expand its digital printing business,” said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, HP Indigo. “Today’s announcement marks a monumental investment that further positions RAKO for growth and demonstrates the limitless possibilities with HP Indigo digital printing technology.”

The HP Indigo WS6800 is the flagship model of the best-selling HP Indigo WS6000 series and features the new Color Automation Package, an advanced color matching solution leveraging an inline spectrophotometer to quickly and easily match brand spot colors. Other recently unveiled HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press features include a Fade Resistant ink set, the Michelman DP680 Primer for enhanced media versatility and lower cost of operation as well as new workflow and finishing integrations.

The HP Indigo 20000 won the 2014 InterTech Technology Award for Innovation and produces labels and flexible packaging for leading brands. HP recently announced a new upgrade package for the HP Indigo 20000 that includes a new slitter, reinsertion capabilities and HP Indigo ElectroInk White formulated specifically for shrink sleeves.

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

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

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

is a partnership that more than meets our high expectations.”

Customers look for cost-effective and efficient production

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The MK Promatrix 106 CS was the focal point of the last Packaging Days event at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site in the spring of this year.

The die cutter is aimed at packaging printers in emerging economies and industrialized markets.

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

packaging,” explains owner Artur Bach.

is made up of packaging for export.

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

Economic aspects were the main factor in the investment decision by Drukarnia WL Leszek Wojtczuk. “This is our second die cutter from an Asian manufacturer. We’ve been using the first one for nine years and hope the Easymatrix will be even better,” says owner Leszek Wojtczuk. His company’s workforce of more than 65 employees mainly produce cosmetic and food packaging,with 85 percent going to customers in Poland and the remainder being exported.

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

Continuous portfolio expansion The partnership between MK and Heidelberg aims to satisfy the growing demand for innovative machines for postpress in the packaging sector. The right products and technologies, comprehensive service, and a rapid supply of spare parts are key. As well as the Promatrix and Easymatrix, the future will also see MK machines that feature special modules such as offline inspection, hot foil embossing, and blanking.

Some of these new machines will

be introduced to a wider audience at the upcoming Packaging Days at the WieslochWalldorf site in November. The MK Diana X, MK Diana Smart 55, and MK Diana Smart 80 foldergluers will also be on show.

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

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HP Indigo showcases Labels and Packaging Innovation at Labelexpo 2015 Portfolio advancements and continued customer adoption demonstrate growing digital market opportunity At Labelexpo 2015, HP Indigo showcased labels and packaging portfolio innovation, including new product features and upgrade packages, software enhancements for mass customization as well as new financing options. These new innovations allow more customers to capitalize on the growing digital opportunity in a market where they are already achieving 30 percent page growth year over year.

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Color Automation Package digital colour matching solution offered converters a quick and easy process to match brand spot colours from the first label to the last.

Labelexpo attendees had the opportunity to test this new color solution as part of a “colour challenge” held in HP’s booth.

Key Notes : > Demonstrated new HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press innovations, boosting colour capabilities and productivity. > The HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press series now boasts installations in more than 60 countries with an installed base nearly doubling over the past two years. > New upgrade packages for the HP Indigo 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses extend the presses’ media gamut.

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“With mounting pressure from brands to deliver differentiated, high-quality labels and packaging at faster and faster turnaround times, converters and PSPs are constantly looking for new avenues for growth and expansion,” said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo Division, HP. “New HP Indigo cross-portfolio innovations, including breakthrough colour management and higher productivity and versatility, allow our customers to remain a step ahead of the market, time and time again. ” Expanded narrow-web capabilities and worldwide customer installations • HP demonstrated new HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press innovations, boosting colour capabilities and productivity. New features include: • Color Automation Package, a new, best-inclass digital colour matching solution that

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uses the press’ inline spectrophotometer and new HP Indigo Labels & Packaging Print Server capabilities powered by Esko, offering converters a quick and easy process to match brand spot colours from the first label to the last.

Labelexpo attendees will have the opportunity to test this new color solution as part of a “colour challenge” held in HP’s booth.

A new HP ElectroInk Fade Resistant Ink set, enabling high-value applications with high lightfastness for use outdoors.

Enhanced media versatility, ease of use, and lower cost of operation with the new Michelman DP680 Primer.

Integration with industry-leading digital workflow solutions, including web-to-print solutions designed for labels and packaging product ordering, as well as new proofing, pre-press and automation tools.

HP SmartStream Designer integration with security solutions to create microtext variable data printing (VDP), anti-counterfeit QR codes, dynamic guilloche, and end-to-end track and trace solutions.

The industry’s best-selling narrow-web press series, the HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press series now boasts installations in more than 60 countries with an

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installed base nearly doubling over the past two years. Marking the 1,000th HP Indigo WS6000 series press purchase worldwide, Italian worldwide group EUROSTAMPA is adding a fifth press to their HP Indigo narrowweb portfolio with an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press, to produce custom labels for wine and liquor brands. Other recent HP Indigo WS6800 purchases include: • Kroschske Signs International in Germany, one of the largest signs and outdoor label manufacturers in Europe.

• Graficas Varias in Spain, who specializes in label production for wineries and champagne brands.

• U.S.-based Labels Specialties, a privately-held wholesale custom label manufacturer, adding digital printing capabilities for the first time to increase production flexibility and deliver faster turnaround times.

• U.S.-based Dion Labels, a legacy label printer using two new HP Indigo WS6800s to expand into shrink sleeves, cost-effectively produce long- and short-runs, as well as achieve highquality, consistent colour results.

“The HP Indigo WS6800 is a terrific advancement, with features that deliver what we wanted to achieve most from digital printing,” said John Dion, President, Dion Labels. “Advanced colour capabilities, including colour consistency using the inline spectrophotometer, allow us to save time and reach optimum colour much faster.”

HP Indigo 20000 and 30000 upgrade packages and customer adoption New upgrade packages for the HP Indigo 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses extend the presses’ media gamut and deliver improved quality, efficiency and productivity: • The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press upgrade package includes a new slitter, reinsertion capabilities and HP ElectroInk White for shrink sleeves.

• The HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press upgrade package features new options for metalized substrates as well as reinsertion capabilities.

Additionally, the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press is compatible with conventional finishing solutions, including the ABG Digicon 3000 that can be connected inline with the HP Indigo 20000, as well as the recently

announced Comexi Nexus L20000 laminator.

Designed for use with the HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press, the Comexi Nexus L20000 laminator is launching at Labelexpo and is demonstrated in HP’s booth.

200,000 unique, limited-edition beer cans from just 31 original designs, making Bud Light the first U.S. brand to deploy HP’s mass customization technology.

HP Indigo Financing The first dedicated digital presses designed for packaging converters, HP Indigo 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses have reached 70 units sold worldwide since 2014 commercial availability, with six customers installing multiple presses. Recent HP Indigo 20000 purchases include: • Camargo Cia, de Embalagens, who purchased Brazil’s first HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press.

• CPM International, one of southern Europe’s leading labels and flexible packaging printers and converters.

“A leading print provider for major food brands, our company was facing challenges to cost-effectively meet customer demands for high-value, VDP products at varying run-lengths,” said Javier Marina, Sales Director, CPM International. “The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press has allowed us to introduce new offerings to our customers, now with the ability to quickly develop and deliver new designs, and complete product personalization.”

Powering mass customization for brands Showcased in HP’s booth at Labelexpo, the new HP SmartStream Designer for Adobe Illustrator CC2015 includes access to HP SmartStream Mosaic and offers an easy-touse, feature-rich VDP plug-in solution.

The only software of its kind, awardwinning HP SmartStream Mosaic delivers highly customized campaigns where every copy is different, helping HP customers deliver unique solutions to leading brands worldwide. Most recently, Bud Light used an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press and the HP SmartStream Mosaic software to create

HP Indigo Financing, a new offering from HP Financial Services, gives customers the freedom to choose how and when they pay for any HP Indigo product, with the flexibility to customize their monthly payment cycle with a multi-step structure.

“As a company with a 25-year history and deep local roots, we have seen more change within the past two years than in the past two decades, with customer demand for unprecedented levels of customization,” said Scott Harris, vice president, Holly Tag & Label. “HP Financial Services helped us rethink our investment approach, enabling us to achieve financial flexibility and invest in the right solution, positioning our company to meet and now exceed evolving customer needs with industry-leading HP Indigo technology.”

Line O Matic at PAPEREX 2015 Line O Matic Graphic Industries, manufacturer of high performance Exercise Book Making Machinery & Paper Converting Machinery for the past many decades is participating in upcoming PAPEREX 2015 exhibition in Delhi. At stall No 55 in Hall No 12A at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi the company will present its latest range of exercise notebook machinery & paper converting machinery from 1st November to 4th November 2015.

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Global sales launch of the new label digital press from Heidelberg Digital strategy at Heidelberg bears fruit and provides customers with a gateway to new business models with Gallus DCS 340 With the official sales launch of the new Gallus DCS 340 digital press for the growth market of label printing, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is opening up new business models and applications in printing for its customers. The sales channel for the new system is the Heidelberg subsidiary Gallus. The press is supplied with the Prinect Digital Frontend developed by Heidelberg, which the company is already using with great success in its digital presses for commercial printing.

Users can therefore integrate the systems into their existing workflow environment. The comprehensive software expertise offers Heidelberg easier access to new and attractive market sectors such as digital label printing.

The new label press system is based on Fujifilm’s state-of-theart inkjet technology and is the result of a joint development between Heidelberg, the Heidelberg subsidiary Gallus.

Key Notes : > Heidelberg subsidiary Gallus is sales channel for Gallus DCS 340. > Prinect Digital Frontend ensures integration into existing workflow environment. > Heidelberg and Gallus increase market coverage and efficiency in sales and service.

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The new label press system is based on Fujifilm’s state-of-the-art inkjet technology and is the result of a joint development between Heidelberg, the Heidelberg subsidiary Gallus, and Fujifilm. It is already setting a new benchmark in the industrial label printing market in terms of combining print quality, flexibility, and productivity.

Gallus and Heidelberg unveiled the press to the public around a year ago and are now launching it on the market following successful field trials.

“Since our announcement in 2013 on rapidly expanding digital business in collaboration with successful partners and offering new business models and applications to users in the packaging and commercial printing sectors, we’ve come along in leaps and bounds and introduced the first products. The interest and positive response from our customers show we’re on the right track,” says Jason Oliver, head of Digital at Heidelberg.

“In launching a digital web press, we have reached a key milestone. At next year’s drupa we’ll also be showcasing digital print

innovations for sheetfed printing and thus rapidly expanding our digital portfolio.”

Better market coverage and greater efficiency in sales and service Heidelberg acquired the Gallus Group, the Swiss manufacturer of web presses for the label and folding carton market, around a year ago. As part of the takeover and collaboration between the two companies in developing new products, Heidelberg and Gallus are now also increasing market coverage and efficiency in sales and service, with Heidelberg gradually integrating the Gallus sales and service organizations into its existing sales network. Asia and Australia are kicking off the process, followed by selected countries in Europe. Gallus customers will then also have access to the entire service and product portfolios of both companies from a single source. Gallus customers will retain their existing contacts and will continue to benefit from the specialist industry expertise they have come to expect and the comprehensive know-how of Heidelberg and the largest service network in the print media industry.

“The growing digitization in the print media industry is increasing customer requirements for efficiency in all manufacturer and supplier sectors. The integration of the Gallus sales and service functions, with their focus on the label market, into the Heidelberg network is thus a powerful response to the changes in our industry and a key signal of a partnership with our customers,” says Stephan Plenz, member of the Heidelberg Management Board responsible for Heidelberg Equipment.

Global sales launch of the Gallus DCS 340 digital label press, developed jointly by Heidelberg, Gallus, and Fujifilm, at Labelexpo 2015 Europe in Brussels.

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FINAT’s Kurt Walker receives lifetime recognition FINAT, trade association for the self-adhesive labelling and adjacent narrow web converting industry, has announced that Past President Kurt Walker has been recognised with the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award at 2015 Label Industry Global Awards.

Sponsored by Avery Dennison, the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, is presented to those that have made a substantial and key contribution to the label industry over a minimum of 25 years.

“Kurt Walker was the unanimous choice of the judging panel. His impressive long-term industry pedigree as CEO of tesaBandfix, as well as terms as Treasurer, Vice-President and President of FINAT, made him the stand-out choice for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award,” commented chair of the judges, Mike Fairley. Known for being innovative and forward thinking, Walker has been influential in unifying the wider global label industry. A significant supporter of the L7 – now L9 – Walker has also been instrumental in helping grow the alliance’s profile and importance.

“Kurt has played an important role at FINAT, and has been a driving force in engaging the label community worldwide and connecting people. He laid the foundations for the association’s repositioning as the leading network and resource for business leaders in the European label community. He also was a strong advocate of FINAT’s role in

When asked about what have been his most rewarding achievements with FINAT, Walker says: “Linking the international label industry and defining the new position of FINAT in Europe were for me the biggest challenges. The transformation of the annual FINAT congress from a social business event to ‘The European Label Forum’ (ELF) will certainly help to strengthen FINAT’s position as the umbrella organisation for the European Label industry. I’m enchanted to have been involved in that process.”

Leading FINAT in the age of transformation

stimulating environmentally sustainable practice in the label industry, especially where it concerns the adoption of recycling solutions,” adds Jules Lejeune, Managing Director of FINAT. “We are delighted his efforts, knowledge and experience in the label industry have been recognized and awarded. It is truly well deserved!”

Prominent role in unifying the label industry After achieving a university degree in chemistry and business administration, Walker entered the printing industry where he has held various positions in sales and marketing. In 1988 he joined the label industry and acted until his retirement in 2012 as CEO of tesaBandfix AG, the Switzerlandbased business which manufactures self-adhesive decorative and design labels.

Under Kurt’s successful management, tesaBandfix (later Bandfix) became one of the most prominent and innovative label companies in Europe.

Kurt’s FINAT ‘career’ dates back to 1989, when he attended his first FINAT meeting. In 2007, he joined the FINAT Board, and a year later became the association’s Treasurer.

In 2009 he was elected Vice- President, before being appointed President in 2011.

“I was always interested in what happens outside my own business world, so being part of an association seemed a natural and easy way for me to make contacts with my industry peers and to access relevant market information,” comments Walker.

Kurt stepped down from his Presidency of FINAT at this year’s ELF after leading the association for four years, making him one of the longest serving of all FINAT Presidents. Taking over the Presidency is Thomas Hagmaier. Thomas is the second generation in charge of the almost 70-year old family company HagmaierEtiketten.

Having successfully led the company for years with his brother Werner, Thomas became the sole owner in 2012. Thomas joined the FINAT Board in 2006, after having been a member of the Marketing Committee since 2004. In 2009, he joined the FINAT Membership Committee before being elected the association’s Vice-President in 2011.

“For the optimal ‘out of the box’ view of the label business, I soon found that FINAT was the right route to take, and I subsequently decided that active work in the committees would be the best way to gain a deeper knowledge of the industry and expand connections in many sectors,” comments Hagmaier.

Leading FINAT over the next years, Hagmaier has set clear goals for his Presidency in order to help the label community answer current and future industry challenges: “Label, packaging and product decoration are our love. FINAT must remain the European platform to support this vibrant product base with a platform of meetings, education, trend watching and statistics.My vision is to wake up and motivate a lot more converters to join our forum, so that many more companies volunteer for the FINAT committees, explore with others the future of our products and help to shape our industry.”

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Heidelberg presents marketplace of ideas for customized colour 4D printing At InPrint in Munich, Heidelberg will be unveiling the new Jetmaster Dimension 250 4D printing system.

A marketplace of ideas at the stand of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will offer visitors to InPrint 2015, which is taking place in Munich from November 10-12, the chance to find out about the diverse possibilities of colour 4D printing. This is the name given by Heidelberg to customized, flexible digital printing of three-dimensional items such as soccer/golf balls, drinking bottles, and other curved surfaces. Depending on the application, companies such as manufacturers of branded and consumer goods can print customized images and texts on these items for all kinds of target groups.

For this purpose, Heidelberg will be unveiling the new Jetmaster Dimension 250 – a four-color press that can print items with a diameter of up to 250 millimeters based on cutting-edge inkjet technology.

In dialog with experts from Heidelberg and with the help of numerous practical examples, potential customers will discover how they can use 4D printing to expand their business model and unlock new market segments.

The flexibility of this technology helps ensure cost-efficient production of small batches and customized end products. It is based on a combination of advanced inkjet technology and high-precision robotics.

Key Notes : > Premiere of Jetmaster Dimension 250 for colour 4D printing. > Customers obtained from various sectors. > Customized, flexible digital printing of three-dimensional items.

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“Heidelberg supports creative players both within and outside the print media industry with technologies that go beyond conventional printing. 4D printing based on inkjet technology paves the way for high-quality, cost-efficient customized surface finishing of massproduced consumer goods, even in small quantities.

Heidelberg is also planning a solution in time for the upcoming drupa that opens up new opportunities for industrial users in particular such as those in the automotive industry,” says Jason Oliver, Head of Digital at Heidelberg.

The InPrint exhibition will be accompanied by a conference program giving academics and practitioners alike the chance to find out about future developments, trends, and opportunities in industrial printing. On November 12, Oliver will be giving a talk about practical trends and the possibilities being opened up by 4D printing.

Heidelberg establishes 4D printing method – customers obtained from various sectors Heidelberg first unveiled 4D printing around a year ago, initially in a version for black-and-white printing. The flexibility of this technology helps ensure cost-efficient production of small batches and customized end products. It is based on a combination of advanced inkjet technology and high-precision robotics. The modular Jetmaster Dimension range makes it possible to print all kinds of items, surfaces, and applications. Easy implementation of personalization concepts adds further value. Heidelberg offers the press with the 4D

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service agreement on a click-charge basis that covers ink consumption, maintenance, and consumables and is geared to the user’s actual requirements.

will do so in store and in colour for each individual. Customers will be able to watch the process and take the packaging and contents with them immediately.

A variety of companies, traditional and Internet print shops, and manufacturers of consumer goods have already embraced 4D printing. For example, Heidelberg has succeeded in convincing a German start-up company from the food retail sector of the benefits of a Jetmaster Dimension 250. Just in time for the start of the Christmas period, this company will be using a Jetmaster Dimension to personalize packaging and

A buyer has also been found for the Jetmaster Dimension 250 that will be on display at InPrint in Munich. After the event, it will be heading to BVD Druck und Verlag in Liechtenstein, which offers a variety of balls with different print designs on its dedicated platform www.balleristo.com. Customers can configure their preferred model online and have it sent directly to their home. The new four-color press will complement the black-

and-white machine that has been installed at the company since the end of 2014. BVD will then also be able to print customized color images and texts on the various ball models for sports such as soccer, handball, volleyball, and golf.

“All kinds of customers are using 4D printing from Heidelberg. This shows we are on the right track to open up new market segments ourselves by also getting companies outside the industry interested in printing,” says Oliver.

Printronics offers a wide range of printing and packaging solutions Printronics a Chennai based company is representing in India the following internationally reputed brands which offer solutions to Label, Packaging, Signage / Photography and Offset segment.

Durst Phototechnik, Italy Durst Phototechnik is the world renowned UV inkjet solution provider for Labels and other various applications. Durst’s Tau 330 & 200 narrow web UV inkjet press is well accepted by international Label convertors due to its reliable quality, efficient productivity and for its wide acceptance of substrate such as coated/ uncoated Paper, white or transparent film, PP, PE, PVC, POPP, PET & Aluminium foil. Durst’s proprietary single pass UV inkjet technology offers a whole new range of colour configurations to cover the majority of requested label printing applications.

The standard CMYK can be completed with optional White, Orange & Violet colors thus offering up to 90% coverage of the Pantone colour gamut. The High definition print mode in Durst generates pin sharp text, finest details of graphical elements as well as clear gradients of soft skin tone. With single pass, perfect opaque “white color” can be

produced much superior to conventional flexography.

Colex, USA Cutting table manufacturer Colex, USA, specialises in cutting equipment for Graphics, Sign, Display, POP and Packaging.

Colex Sharp Cut flatbed cutter can cut up to 5’ X 10’ featuring triple interchangeable tool head including the fixed knife, oscillating Knife, router and optional creasing wheel, kiss cutting knife and V- cut knife. Colex cutting tables are integrated with vision registration system & camera. Colex cutting table with conveyor can be used for a variety of applications such as automatic removal of finished jobs and board cutting pallet to pallet.

ST Converting, ITALY ST Converting is an innovative and efficient Flexo plate mounting devise manufacturer for Narrow Web, Mid Web, Wide Web and Corrugated Flexo presses. The core of ST converting plate mounter is based on patented Virtual image system. The Virtual image allows for obtaining an easy, fast and reliable Virtual proof on video, overlaying the virtual image of the reference plate with the real image of the plate during mounting.

Therefore, with Virtual image it is possible to mount plates without marking crosses or other reference points because any part of the plate can be reference. It is possible to save the jobs with a self-learning system & the software guides the operators in the automatic mounting of a plate sequence.

3D Digital spot UV coater Printronics has also tied up international

manufacturer to offer solution such as 3D Digital UV coater for precision embossing for Photography and packaging segment.

In addition to above Printronics is also selling and supporting varied allied equipment’s such as Heavy duty Hydraulic paper cutter, Programmable paper cutter, Auto Creaser, Multi texture UV embossing machine, UV drying system, Auto/ Manual feed gluing machine, Automatic Rigid Box making machine to Printing and packaging segment.

Printronics is a partnership company with P.S. Ravishankar as its Managing partner, with collective 50+ years of experience & expertize in Prepress, Offset, Labels, Signage & Digital , Printronics is fully geared up to offer the complete professional solutions to Indian Printing & packaging industries. Its support team consists of experienced factory trained engineers for installation and after sales support for the entire product sold through them in India and Srilanka. At the recent Labelexpo in Brussels, the range of solutions represented

by Printronics was presented at booths of Durst Phototechnik AG as well as SYS TEC Converting.

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Esko to showcase latest Kongsberg V cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo - 2015 Esko will be showcasing its latest Kongsberg V20 cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo 2015 show in India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi.

Design files from ArtiosCAD are seamlessly integrated with Kongsberg cutting & creasing tables for highly efficient, productive, standardised, consistent & error-free samplemaking and short-run production of packaging and displays Kongsberg V cutting tables deliver reliability, precision and ease of use for companies in carton and corrugation that produce samples, packaging, displays and mockups and other packaging specific markets looking to complement their offerings with productive digital finishing.

Esko Kongsberg celebrates 50 years of innovation Esko has also announced the 50th anniversary of Esko Kongsberg which has to date many thousands of installations around the globe.

The Kongsberg V series features the rocksolid Kongsberg tabletop construction.

Kongsberg V cutters offer a broad selection of tools, providing quality results on a wide range of cutting, creasing, and plotting activities. It has many of the features that have made Kongsberg tables popular, such as the camera system, which ensures printto-cut registration, even with print-distorted materials.

Exchanging different tools is quick and error-free because every insert is identified by a unique bar code. Insert knife tools are available for cutting a wide range of materials, from thin paper to synthetic sheets through heavy-duty packaging and display material. The tooling selection also includes creasing, and drilling tools.

At IndiaCorr Expo , Esko will demonstrate the Kongsberg V20 for Carton & Corrugation sample making, short run production of mock-ups and other packaging applications.

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folding carton and corrugated board. The FlexiHead is attached to a very precise servo axis controlling the tool depth when cutting, creasing and routing. Three configurable tool stations accommodate a full range of standard tool inserts.

The Kongsberg V series features the same rock-solid construction found in all Kongsberg tables, which makes them last for many production years. Kongsberg V is available in two sizes; V24 and V20, and is able to work on material with size1700x1300 mm / 66”x 51” (V24) and 1700x3200 / 66x126” (V20).

i-cut Suite: Software to power the design to print to cut workflow i-cut Suite is software that lets sign & display companies streamline their workflows. It preflights and edits incoming PDF files,

ensuring that jobs will RIP and print correctly.

It also helps build and edit sheet layouts, ensuring that jobs make the optimum use of substrates through intelligent true shape nesting and tiling. Kongsberg table technology ensures that die-less cutting contours match printed images perfectly, registering the actual dimensions and positioning cuts on the printed result. With Automation Engine, all of these functions are automated in a single workflow, with less operator intervention.

In a more commoditized market, sign & display shops are also realizing that unique 3D display projects offer higher margins.

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

Martina Nast appointed Key Account Manager Flint Group Flexographic Products Flint Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Martina Nast as Key Account Manager Flexographic Products.

In her new role Martina is responsible for supporting major customers worldwide.

Martina Nast has been serving Flint Group and its predecessor companies for more than twenty years. She has held several positions, both commercially and technically, thus having a wealth of experience in the printing plate area. Most recently, Martina was heading the Technical Service and Equipment Team in Stuttgart. With her longstanding experience and excellent expertise, she will offer market-oriented support to her counterparts. She will be based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Esko partners with press manufacturer Comexi to boost colour and digital flexo expertise Esko successfully extended its partnership with Comexi, a company specializing in machinery solutions for the flexible packaging converting industry. Under the partnership, Esko is collaborating with Comexi’s ManelXifra Boada Technological Centre to train and certify Comexi staff to help them transition from a press sale to a solutions sale that provides customers with a broader set of products, services, knowledge, training and support by sharing unique Esko expertise in colour, plate making, workflow and more. This will lead to higher customer satisfaction, successful installations and fast production start-up as request by converters.

“We are pleased to be consulting and guiding Comexi in this effort,” says Francoise Coudert, Solutions Architect at Esko. “We have already certified two key Comexi team members in FlexProof/E and Color Engine, and they have also received full training in all Equinox modules. This gives them the in-depth knowledge required to advice and support customer implementations and to establish and help customers achieve benchmarks. We are proud to have Comexi as press manufacturer partner qualified to help customers achieve the benefits of the digital printing process as it relates to conventional flexo presses. This

includes delivery of high quality multicolor and Extended Gamut (fixed color palette) printing, reduced press downtime, cost of inks and increased efficiency using Comexi flexographic presses.”

Comexi, large experience in prepress consultancy For some years, the ManelXifra Boada Technological Center advises technically converters worldwide on flexographic printing and prepress, thereby developing a work methodology aimed at converters in order to optimize print quality and color adjustment efficiently during job changeovers. The certification program on Esko FlexProof Proofing solution and Esko Equinox Extended Gamut Printing solution reinforces the knowledge of technicians and validates them as consultants in the use of both software during the machine’s characterization process.

All you ever wanted to know about codes and coding technology Codes and Coding Technology is the New book by Michael Fairley. The new barcoding book is intended to provide an updated guide to understanding current barcode symbology, types of codes, scanning and verification equipment, printing technology, and industry standards. It also provides a useful glossary of barcoding terminology.

Readers can learn about: • Format and structure of a barcode • Types used on labels and packaging • Barcode selection • Reading, scanning and data processing • Barcode verification • Printing requirements and technology • Industry standards

“This partnership with Esko and the resulting ColorFlex bundle is a critical element of our growth strategy and helps us to accompany customers since the beginning of the process,” comments David Centelles, Corporate Marketing and Technological Center Director at Comexi.

In this regard, the consultancy of the ManelXifra Boada Technological Centre in the field of prepress is reflected by the launch of the CingularMatch I. Also known as ColorFlex, this optional product developed

by Comexi is offered to converters in order to achieve stabilization of color parameters from the very beginning of the process. This service is available with the purchase of a flexographic machine or in already installed equipment.

Flexo colour solutions As a result of the partnership and accompanying training and certification process, the CingularMatch I includes: • Technical colour seminar • Training and guidance program for flexo and colour standardization • A Color Excellence bundle that will be delivered with each Comexi press and training.

The advantages the CingularMatch I system offers to converters are: greater reliability during colour testing, efficiency of the four-colour adjustment, guarantee of the repeatability of jobs, colour settling times minimization during job changeover and process standardization.

In addition, Comexi is also trained in Esko Equinox and PressSync, ensuring the company has all knowledge to support joint customers in optimizing the digital process for conventional presses, offset and flexo, from Comexi.

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Esko announces update of ArtiosCAD ArtiosCAD helps designers create and produce multi-part displays or packages faster by eliminating wasteful steps

Esko has announced that it is rolling out its newest release of ArtiosCAD, an important release of one of its leading structural design editors for packaging and displays.

The updated version showcases Canvas Design which, thanks to a series of new features, significantly improves the workflow for anyone designing and producing multicomponent displays and packaging.The enhancements are the result of substantial customer input, eliminate the pain points customers were facing related to designing and producing multipart designs.

“Displays are becoming ever more complex, with more and more pieces and parts.

Designers like to create all parts on a single ‘document’ so they can see how each piece will interact and fit with each other.

Imagine if you have a fifty-piece display built with severaldifferent substrates or materials. Designing them individually presents a true challenge trying to keep track of all the pieces,”explains Richard Deroo, Esko Product Manager, Structural Design.”These enhancements make multipart designingeasier than ever before.”

Master Design template The new Canvas File in ArtiosCAD is a master design template. A designer can create all the pieces on a single canvas and see how they interact. From that one canvas, they can now redirect those components that need graphics, separate the components based upon how they are manufactured and identify each part for reports, database searching or forintegrating with a business system.ArtiosCAD maintains a unique board assignment for each part. Parts

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made on mixed substrates can be designed and viewed together. Unique database information is stored for each part, making themeasy to identify. When parts are output, they can be done so, separately. Moreover, if a separate part file is edited, ArtiosCAD notes the change and allows it to be updated on the master Canvas File.

Significant improvement for POP, display and multi-part package design There are many areas where ArtiosCAD streamlines a workflow. For example, it makes it easy to tie into an MIS, allowing the business system to create unique parts for inventory and costing; or helping to run a bill

of materials. If a display is created, only those parts that require artwork can be sent to the graphic design department – not the entire display, eliminating any possible confusion.

For manufacturing, companies are now able to separate the canvas into different parts and deliveronly those pieces that require a specific manufacturing technique – for example, to a die maker or to a Kongsberg table.It’s even possible to add non-design elements such as a pallet for transport or assembly hardware to the workflow, which are then referred to as non-production parts.

“With this latest upgrade to ArtiosCAD, Esko has introduced significant improvements for designers of POP and displays, and multipart packaging – improving the workflow and allowing them to work more efficiently.

This release allows them to work the way they want to work on a single design canvas, while identifying separate parts,” concludes Deroo.

All these new enhancements are available in ArtiosCAD 14.1.1. From October 15, the upgrade will be free of charge for ArtiosCAD customers worldwide with maintenance contracts.

Lombardi displays latest technology at Labelexpo, books seven orders Lombardi Converting Machinery at Labelexpo Europe 2015 showcased its high level technology with two different applications for the narrow web flexographic printing press Synchroline.

It displayed Syncroline with the A.B.S. system (pneumatic blade for a perfect distribution of the ink). One of the displayed machines printed labels on adhesive paper, die cutting, and rewinding waste with a very new system, the Easy Waste System, which guarantees a perfect tension even when labels have irregular shapes and which allows higher speed in production. The machine featured the new Grafikontrol one hundred percent quality inspection in line and a longitudinal and cross register.

Synchroline is capable of printing from 12 micron plastic to paper, to board.

During Labelexpo Europe 2015, Lombardi Converting Machinery of Italy, represented in India by Vinsak, grabbed orders for supply of seven presses. The ordered presses will be installed in India and the EMEA region.

The global installation base of Lombardi machines is around 135 presses.

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Full expression of Omet’s label and packaging potential at Labelexpo Nine demos a day stirred up OMET’s stand and gathered crowds of visitors to watch live 3 presses tailored to the needs of today’s label converters and fully covering the requests of a variegated and dynamic market such as the one of labels and packaging printing.

The big news was, of course, the first ever show demos on iFlex 370mm (14’’) label press. everyone appreciated the simplicity of operation and the high quality results obtained with no effort at all and with just one gear per flexo unit at iFlex. Pre-register, register, job change were performed with the greatest attention to the reduction of wastage of material and time. Novelties like iLight, laser-assisted pre-register system, QCDC, Quick Change Die cutting by means of a trolley for the slide in/out of the heavy diecutting cylinders, iVision, camera-assisted system for the immediate set-up of the perfect register showed how simplicity can be the key to success.

Next to iFlex, the XFlex X6 Offset, flexo + offset with sleeves hybrid press captured the attention of the audience. The XFlex X6 Offset is the most complete and only press mixing flexo and rotary offset in 530mm (21’’) width whose multi-technology and multiapplication approach can handle medium to large volumes of filmic labels, shrink sleeves, IML labels, flexible packaging and carton boxes with the certainty of the least quantity of waste and the highest quality output in one, single passage.

To complete such a valuable picture, OMET presented the XFlex X6 Digital with flexo + digital JetPlus combination to satisfy needs of short runs printing and heavy job rotation, and delivering the most elevated quality and highest productivity. The XFlex X6 Digital, firstly presented in Drupa 2012, is a fully operational machine already installed in the market with great satisfaction of the printers.

Thanks to the perfect integration of the flexo and digital workflows, and adding in line further finishing and converting technologies, like screen printing, UV lamination or cold foil, the converters that choose to rely on XFlex X6 Digital can profit, as necessary, of a flexo press, of a hybrid flexo + digital combination machine, when the need is to print sampling or variable data with short delivery times,

or of the digital 4-colour unit JetPlus (expandable) to print 100 percent digital.

Many orders were signed during the Show and more orders are expected by Omet to come in the next few weeks.

Marco Calcagni, sales and marketing director of OMET, comments: “The visitors to our stand, all of the highest level and well informed on the technology available on the

market, showed a real interest in our offer of presses and appreciated its completeness and our innovation-oriented approach. In every edition of Labelexpo, we have brought new solutions that immediately turned out positive for the market. This year it was the turn of iFlex, by far the most attractive flexoprinting machine in Brussels: the ideal press for modern label converters looking for operational simplicity, costs reduction and high quality results.”

Toyobo waterwashable Letterpress & Flexo plates Toyobo Cosmolight Digital Water Flexo Plate has the unique inbuilt “Flat Top Dots Property”. This plate is water washable and can produce 200 LPI with 1% Dots, and excellent sharp printing with higher resolutions and ink transfer. No extra equipment is required to generate or create the Flat Top Dots. The plate making time to prepare the set plates is less than one hour which makes the down time less for printer and thus adds to their profits.

Toyobo Letterpress Digital water washable plates also have Flat Top Dots technology which enables quality production and is an enhancement to the Letterpress printing technology. This technology enables better ink transfer with smooth vignette to produce high quality Letterpress printing jobs.

Toyobo Products are being handled by Mr. Rohit Sachdev (President) M/S Lucky Graphics, Mumbai.

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It’s third MPS Press at GM Graphix and first in SA to use LED UV drying MPS has announced that the South African flexographic printing company GM Graphix has purchased its third MPS press. The company has ordered a six colour EF 340 multi-substrate flexo press featuring Phoseon LED UV drying, marking the first press in South Africa to use this type of curing.

Rotocon is local representative for the MPS extensive range of flexo and offset printing presses in South Africa.

GM Graphix is a loyal MPS customer and was the proud owner of the first MPS press sold in South Africa. The company specializes in fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical applications, and produces various printing products such as self-adhesive labels, sachets, shrink sleeves and wrap-around labels. Their new six colour EF 340 MPS press, equipped with full automation (APC Advanced) will be used to expand their printing capacity, especially in shorter print runs.

Phoseon LED curing technology enables GM Graphix to accommodate the growing demand in South Africa for lower cost and security of energy supply. The choice for LED technology from Phoseon was made because of the significant energy savings at +50% and instant on/off capability to deal with power outages and fluctuations.

Phoseon LED UV curing built in the new EF 340 from GM Graphix

Paragon Inks collaborated with Phoseon for the development of UV LED ink. Amanda Jones, Business Development & Marketing Director of Paragon Inks comments: “An important consideration for this project was to ensure that GM Graphix’s optimisation and minimisation systems within their facility were able to continue. This was achieved by ensuring the colour pallets and over ink performance equalled that of their current MPM (Medium Pressure Mercury – red) curing systems.”

Owner of GM Graphix, Pieter Massyn, is pleased with the cooperation between MPS, Phoseon and Paragon Inks: “I am grateful that these three companies and their innovative technology provided an effective solution for the energy supply challenges we are facing in South Africa. With this leading LED curing solution in our new MPS press, we will increase our productivity while saving a considerable amount of cost and energy.”

Kunshan Fuhua to meet ambitious objectives with Flint nyloflex NExT Kunshan Fuhua is a leading Chinese flexo trade shop with a comprehensive offering for packaging printers. With an aim to be among the top flexo plate making companies in Asia, they chose to step and grow into the thin plate area besides the segment of thick plates. After a successful series of tests, they decided in April 2015, to install a nyloflex NExT Exposure FV unit from Flint Group. The nyloflex NExT exposure technology utilises a high intensity UV-A LED light source to conduct rapid crosslinking of the photopolymer surface. The high UV-A output results in a virtual 1:1 image reproduction from the digital file to the finished plate. In flexible packaging, printing plates exposed with this technology allow excellent ink transfer, particularly in solids due

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to the option to precisely reproduce surface screening structures. And in corrugated printing, fluting will considerably be reduced.

Encouraged by the positive experiences with the new exposure unit, Kunshan Fuhua bought a nyloflex Digital Washer FV, which went into operation early this summer. This

premium quality equipment is ideally suited for processing digital and conventional photopolymer printing plates. The digital layer separation and a faster washout speed, due to additional brushes, shorten the processing time significantly, thus improving productivity. Two solvent cycles reduce the contamination of the washer and enable clean processing of the printing plates. The viscosity and temperature control device ensure consistent processing conditions and optimised solvent consumption.

“We are extremely satisfied with Flint Group’s product offering and system solutions,” says Ms. Fu Wenzhen, Managing Director Kunshan Fuhua. “The investment in this new equipment will help us to meet our ambitious objectives.”

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Label Industry Global Awards winners Over 500 guests gathered at the prestigious Label Industry Global Awards ceremony in Brussels to find out which of the 17 finalist companies would be walking away with a much coveted industry gong. The 12th annual awards event was held at Brussels Expo as part of Labelexpo Europe 2015.

Kurt Walker, FINAT’s former president was presented with the much esteemed R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sponsored by Avery Dennison, the award is given to an individual who has made a substantial and key contribution to the label industry over a minimum of 25 years. Kurt received the award in recognition of his work with FINAT and in driving innovation and best practice throughout the international label community. Kurt joins the industry’s echelons with previous winners including Suzanne Zaccone of GSI Technologies, Tomas Rink of Ritrama, RotoMetrics’ Steve Lee, Helmut Schreiner, Nilpeter’s Lars Eriksen and FLEXcon’s Neil McDonough.

HP Indigo was revealed as the winner of the Award for Innovation (for companies with more than 300 employees), sponsored by Flint Group Narrow Web. HP Indigo won the gong for its work in developing its HP SmartStream Mosaic software. Started by a request from Coca-Cola Israel to create a unique variable product with shelf appeal following the success of the Share a Coke customized name campaign on Coke bottles, HP Indigo has delivered the ability to create millions of unique images and designs on labels and packaging from seed patterns using an innovative graphics algorithm.

The Award for Innovation (for companies with up to 300 employees), sponsored

by Flint Group Narrow Web went to joint recipients GEW and Lake Image Systems.

GEW impressed the judges with its RHINO electronic power supply which has been developed to enable the lowest possible operating cost for a UV-curing system, operating at 95% energy efficiency to provide an extremely low energy consumption and environmental footprint the lowest carbon footprint and the lowest utility bill.

Lake Image Systems was honoured for developing MaxScan, its latest addition to the Discovery MultiScan family. Based on

contact scanning technology its MaxScan provides key benefits over traditional line scan camera technology, such as uniform 600dpi inspection resolution and virtually no angular variation, to provide label converters with tools to accurately detect print defects without the need for expensive additional rollers, re-designed web paths or complex optical assemblies.

Lintec was announced as the winner of the Award for Sustainability, sponsored by Xeikon. Lintec has developed a new label facestock, KP5000, which uses the world’s highest percentage (80%) of recycled PET pellets. The new face material, which has physical features equivalent to virgin PET films and has a lower production cost than other recycled materials, is produced from mechanically recycled PET bottles as the raw material.

Mike Fairley, chair of the judges commented: “Choosing winners from such an impressive list of companies was always going to be difficult and all of our winners and finalists truly deserve our utmost admiration and congratulations. The awards are designed to showcase the depth and best of talent and achievement across the global label industry and all of this year’s entrants demonstrated enormous innovation, best practice and inspiring work. The awards go some way towards shining a light on the significant

dedication, commitment and excellence going on each and every day in this exciting and dynamic sector.”

Judges for this year’s awards, under the chairmanship of Mike Fairley were: Thomas Hagmaier, president of FINAT, Andy Thomas, group managing editor of Labels & Labeling, Armin Karl Geiger, editor of NarrowWebTech, Steve Katz, editor of Label & Narrow Web and Anthony White, label industry consultant.

LMAI announces new president

Sandeep Zaveri, Director, Total Print Solutions, Mumbai has been announced as the new president of the Label Manufacturers’ Association of India (LMAI).

LMAI is a central body incorporated to promote the Label manufacturers and their suppliers across India.

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Labelexpo Europe 2015 celebrates record edition Labelexpo Europe reported record breaking results as it posted new visitor, exhibitor and exhibition space figures for its 2015 edition.

Held at Brussels Expo from 29 September to 2 October, the show enjoyed its largest edition as it marked its 35th anniversary.

Attracting 35,739 visitors, attendance figures were up 12.4% on 2013’s total of 31,795.

Visitors came from 146 countries, with most attending from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the UK. The show also posted an increase in visitors from outside Europe with 19.6% of the total visitors traveling from elsewhere including Asia, North and South America and Africa. Covering 34,566 sqm, the show’s foot print also increased by 11.65% on 2013, while exhibitor numbers rose from 600 to just over 650.

Held every two years, Labelexpo Europe is the world’s largest event for the label and package printing industry. Dominated by new product launches, the show again saw many major new developments being unveiled including Soma Engineering’s Optima 820 press for labels and packaging and the Gallus DCS 340 which is Gallus’ first ever modular digital converting system: an inkjet printing module integrated into a Gallus machine platform combines the latest digital printing technology with the benefits of conventional printing and further processing technology. Other highlights included new digital presses from leading manufacturers such as EFI, Epson and Screen. HP Indigo also showcased its HP Indigo 20000 and WS6800 digital presses, while Mark Andy showed its both its Digital Series and Performance Series P4 and MPS and Nilpeter debuted their hybrid conventional and digital presses.

As well as hosting the 12th annual Label Industry Global Awards which saw industry gongs go to Kurt Walker - FINAT’s former president, GEW, HP Indigo, Lake Image Systems and Lintec, Labelexpo Europe 2015 also included several new feature areas.

The Packprint Workshop was well attended with live press demonstrations given by Xeikon using its 3500 for digital folding cartons and Nilpeter showing its FA* flexo press for flexible packaging capabilities. The Smart Packaging Lab covered some current developments in active and intelligent with

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contributions from Avery Dennison, Blippar, EyeSee and Seido Systems. The show also hosted the inaugural Linerless Trail which promoted the benefits of linerless labels with industry partners working together including Maan Engineering, Appvion, Henkel, MPS, Ravenwood Packaging, Sato and Bostik.

Lisa Milburn, managing director of the Labelexpo Global Series commented: “We would like to thank everyone who took part in this year’s show. The feedback has been genuinely phenomenal and our exhibitors

have been extremely pleased with many of the press manufacturers experiencing record sales and lead generation. The main trends coming out of this year’s show are the continued move to package printing as we see more manufacturers bringing short run production printing presses, which backs up our strategy going forward, and the ongoing dominance of digital as more and more hybrid digital printing presses flood into the marketplace. We’ve had an amazing show with fantastic testimonials and it certainly is a fitting way to celebrate our 35th anniversary.”

Mark Andy exhibits broadest range of presses at When Labelexpo Europe closed in Brussels, the leading global narrow web machine manufacturer, Mark Andy, pronounced it ‘a resounding success’! The company claims interest and orders from many new customers and opportunities for the two new machines on European debut.

The new Digital Series was demonstrated to packed crowds during five live demonstrations each day. It is the first ever truly hybrid system, and displayed the most robust integration of flexo and digital printing, foil stamping and converting with multiple die changes of any digital technology at the show. The Digital Series ran at 74m/min (225 ft/min), which was one of the fastest inkjet performers at the show, and visitors were

able to watch live demos of three complete job changes in only 10 minutes, including a substrate change! The company believes the Mark Andy Digital Series design and

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Rotoflex bolsters industry presence at Labelexpo Europe Rotoflex celebrates success as a result of the Labelexpo Europe event held in Brussels, Belgium. A VLI slitter rewinder anchored the stand entrance, delighting attendees by running unsupported film at groundbreaking speeds up to 610 m/min while delivering consistent, high quality rolls. The extremely versatile VLI can be configured with an inspection system to support a full range of applications and substrates including pressure sensitive labels and tensionsensitive materials.

Adjacent to the VLI was the Rotoflex flagship VSI small footprint slitter rewinder, finishing printed labels with an in-line Nikka Research inspection system. Equipped on both the VSI and VLI machines was the Rotoflex URC 2.0 proprietary control system. Designed for the operator with simple menus, automatic set-up and an intuitive interface, all functions can be monitored from a single screen. Job set-up is quick and with the robust job save/ load capability, job-related details are stored and easily recalled for repeat runs.

Also featured on stand was a dedicated terminal showcasing the revolutionary Report Management System (RMS), a new option available with the URC 2.0 control system. Designed by Rotoflex engineers, RMS collects real time production details

from multiple finishing machines to a single interface which can be accessed remotely via computer or handheld device. RMS generates a variety of detailed reports on performance variables such as run time, defects, and scrap generation over time, as well as compares outputs of multiple machines. With the simple implementation of a secure wireless router, this information can be delivered and shared in real time, allowing production managers and supervisors

Labelexpo Europe technology is truly groundbreaking and ready for commercial use, with Beta sites already selected, and machines being installed in the US – it has its sights set on Europe for early 2016.

The new Performance Series P4 made its global debut in Brussels and was the most comprehensive new flexo platform shown at Labelexpo. Visitors were able to see first-hand how the award-winning Performance Series platform can adapt to the varied tooling available in the industry, and advance converters’ productivity with full servo technology. Five machines had been sold prior to the show, and Mark Andy is predicting sales activity will continue to be strong in the months to come.

Commenting on the event, CEO Kevin Wilken said: “This year’s Labelexpo was tremendous for Mark Andy. Our Digital Series was an impressive front-runner to the many digital options shown at the exhibition, and so many customers gave us positive feedback about its speed, quality and versatility. This just reaffirms that our platform and technology are on target, and reaching our goal of driving productivity and profitability for the converter. I’m very proud of the dedicated team that has envisioned the right digital solution for the future.”

access to production data and machine performance information at the touch of a button.

Both VSI and VLI machines on stand were also equipped with biometric (fingerprint) authentication for operator access. This new innovation, also developed by Rotoflex engineering, provides optimal security and identification and is an optional feature on all new Rotoflex offline finishing machines.

The future of Rotoflex was addressed during the well-attended Mark Andy press conference, where new product developments including a modular security inspection machine, horizontal rewinder, and offline digital finishing were announced. Also discussed was the availability of OE quality Rotoflex parts via the recently launched online parts store.

Kevin Gourlay, vice-president of Rotoflex comments: “Labelexpo Europe was a pivotal event for Rotoflex. Both machines on stand were sold during the show, with more orders and quotation requests received on site.

Existing customers and new prospects alike showed a high level of interest in the Business Responsive Technologies Rotoflex offers and we are committed to further developing these innovations to support our global customers moving forward.”

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Kodak showcases high-performance Offset Printing Plate at Labelexpo Europe 2015

Kodak is maximizing plate performance and improving the sustainability of its customers’ operations with the announcement of the KODAK ELECTRA MAX Thermal Plate. The new offset printing plate is being showcased at Labelexpo Europe 2015 at the Kodak booth.

Kodak’s new ELECTRA MAX Plate offers maximum capabilities and stability for printers, such as long unbaked run lengths, strong chemical resistance, and 10-micron FM and 450 lpi (180 lines/cm) AM resolution capabilities. The versatile thermal plate is suitable for use in a diverse range of printing environments. It is ideal for printers using UV curable inks and particularly well suited for offset packaging printing as well as web publication and commercial sheetfed printing. Preliminary tests have confirmed that the new plate achieves an unbaked run length of 500,000 impressions in web offset applications, 350,000 in sheetfed applications, and 150,000 in UV applications (these specifications are subject to change).

Dubbed the “No Compromise” plate, the ELECTRA MAX Plate delivers low developer consumption and long run lengths with no preheat requirements, making it ideal for offset printers looking to boost performance in platemaking and on press while increasing their sustainability.

“Printers in virtually any segment of the offset market can now benefit from a versatile plate – the new ELECTRA MAX – that fulfills the highest possible performance and quality requirements and lessens their environmental impact during the platemaking process,” said Brad W. Kruchten, President, Print Systems Division and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company.

High-quality labels with a strong feel The PrintCity Alliance is presenting labels with strong haptic and visual effects, almost identical to those of the associated folding carton previously produced. Self-adhesive paper labels for the green El Drago outer packaging for luxury drinks were produced in a first step. They complement the Real Life Samples project and are being shown for the first time at FachPack and LabelExpo.

Cost-efficient production on a Gallus ECS 340

Consistent look and feel for labels and folding carton

This permits very cost-efficient production without additional investments. The slightly higher costs for finishing pay off for the customer through higher sales and increased customer loyalty.

Although the substrates and the production units are so different, the visual and haptic effects of the folding carton are imitated almost identically on the labels.

“For us, it’s particularly important to show that effects of this kind are possible using a standard machine configuration,” says Matthias Marx, Manager Corporate Communications at Gallus. “The key to doing so is to ideally combine the finishings with coatings, pigments and cold foil.”

Strong haptic and visual effects This consistent look and feel, with the high degree of finishing and strong haptic effects, increases the value of the products. This enables brand owners to achieve higher profit margins, makes for a strong product presence in the customer’s mind and increases the incentive to buy a second time.

The effects on the two-colour label were created by the interplay of three coatings, cold film and an effect pigment. For example, the leather-like structure of the folding carton was achieved through a skilful combination of printed image, a soft matt coating with haptic effect applied over the full surface, and a relief lacquer applied to a partial area by screen printing. The optical depth of this structure effect was further intensified by partial application of a colour-change effect pigment under the matt coating.

As with all PrintCity Alliance projects, the experience gained and the special features of this production project are summarised in a detailed Tutorial.

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Samples can be ordered through info@ printcity.de or directly at the forthcoming FachPack (Nuremberg) and LabelExpo exhibitions.

The companies involved in label production were: Gallus (inline printing and finishing systems), LEONHARD KURZ (hot and cold foil stamping applications, holograms), Merck (effect pigments), WEILBURGER Graphics (finishing coatings and waterbased flexo inks), Flexo-Service Cl. Jaehde (data preparation, flexo plates), Praxair (anilox rollers), Rotometrics (rotary dies), SAUERESSIG (flexo plates, gravure cylinders), Siegwerk (UV inks), UPM Raflatac (substrates).

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NVC international working group drives university research in Web Retail Packaging The blistering speed at which developments in packaging for e-commerce and home delivery occur may result in an underdeveloped fundamental knowledge on the matter itself, thus potentially negatively influencing the sustained growth of this sector. To combat this potential threat, universities must be invigorated, on a global scale, to research the matter of Web Retail Packaging (WRP); including new materials, packaging techniques and the end-use of packaging by consumers. This is the conclusion of the NVC’s annual international working group meeting, that took place in Rotterdam on the 25th of September, 2015.

The working group also supported the development of a course for business professionals. This NVC E-Course Packaging for E-commerce with four online sessions gives an excellent insight into the importance of packaging for successful e-commerce business. The next group starts on November 9th, 2015.

The working group is part of the NVC’s innovation project Web Retail Packaging.

The NVC Working Group Web Retail Packaging consists of major international e-tailers, manufacturers and packaging (services) suppliers. Supported by the NVC

association office in Gouda, the Netherlands, this international group provides guidance and intelligence to the global e-commerce community.

Since its creation in 2013, the NVC’s innovation project has focussed on raising awareness on the topic of Web Retail Packaging and diffusing information and knowledge on a global scale. This was done through the NVC’s participation in global conferences as well as publishing an NVC Position Paper: ‘Packaging as driver for the

sustained future of e-commerce’. It is this sustained future for which research must be intensified.

NVC (founded in 1953) is the association of companies addressing the activity of packaging throughout the supply chain of packaged products. The NVC membership, projects, information services and education programme stimulate the continuous improvement of packaging.

Labelexpo Asia registration opens for 2015 The registration process for Labelexpo Asia 2015 has now officially opened. Marking its 7th edition, the show will be held between 1 – 4 December at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC).

Held biennially since 2003, Labelexpo Asia is the region’s largest trade show for the label and packaging printing industry.

Attracting 21,416 visitors from 87 different countries back in 2013, innovation, brand new technologies and the latest trends will again be central to the Labelexpo Asia 2015 experience.

Set to be the largest in the show’s history, it will cover 9,000 sqm net of floor space.

Widely acknowledged for its mix of Chinese and international exhibitors, Labelexpo

Asia 2015 will feature around 70 first time exhibitors and just under 300 exhibitors in total including Avery Dennison, Brotech, Epson, Guangdong Guanhao, Label Source, Labelmen, Lintec, Nuova Gidue, Omet, Screen, UPM Raflatac, UPM-Kymmene, Xeikon, Yupo Corporation, Zhe Jiang Wei Gang Machinery, Zhejiang Zhongte Machinery Technology Co and Zhongshan King Label Adhesive Products.

label and package printing community and its large scale and dedicated industry focus underlines it true value to businesses in the region and highlights its appeal with worldwide suppliers and buyers alike.”

Visitors can beat the queues and pre-register for free online at http://www.labelexpo-asia. com/.

James Samuel, events portfolio director at Labelexpo said: “With around 50 working presses being shown and more than 30 new product launches in the pipeline, 2015’s show is again set to deliver the most comprehensive and relevant experience for visitors and exhibitors alike. Labelexpo Asia is the most integral show for the Chinese

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HP unveils fastest Large-format Colour and Monochrome Printing portfolio in the market New HP PageWide XL Printers and Blueprinters redefine productivity, printing costs and quality

HP has introduced a new portfolio of HP PageWide XL Printers with the launch of HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer in India, offering the fastest large-format production printing available in colour and black-andwhite.

HP PageWide XL Printers do the job of two printers in one single device, providing monochrome and colour prints at breakthrough speeds up to 60 percent faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer. Included as part of the new portfolio, the HP PageWide XL Blueprinters are also designed to deliver more pages of translucent prints, blackand-white whiteprints and digital blueprints with superior quality.

“The HP PageWide XL Printers will revolutionize the production printing market, offering affordable, high-quality black-and-white and colour output in a single device at the fastest speeds available.” Devang Karia, HP India

Key Notes : > HP launches HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer in India. > Capable of doing job of two printers – up to 60% faster than the fastest monochrome LED printer. > Will open new business opportunities with geographic information system (GIS) maps, point-ofsale applications and posters.

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The new printers will enable reprographic houses, print service providers (PSPs), enterprise central reprographic departments (CRDs) and print corners to produce computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and will open new business opportunities with geographic information system (GIS) maps, point-ofsale applications and posters.

“Our large-format printing customers are continually exploring ways to improve productivity, streamline workflow and reduce costs,” said Devang Karia,

Country Manager, Large Format Design,PPS, HP India.“The HP PageWide XL Printers announced today deliver what our customers have been seeking for years and will revolutionize the production printing market, offering affordable, high-quality black-andwhite and color output in a single device at the fastest speeds available.”

HP PageWide XL Printers are the first products introduced under the new HP PageWide sub-brand.

Based on proven HP PageWide Technology, which currently powers HP Inkjet Web Presses, HP business printers and will be scaled for upcoming HP 3D Multi Jet FusionTM printers, the new portfolio delivers on the announcement made last year, providing low operation costs driven by life-long printheads, high ink efficiency and cloud-based support. The HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio includes: •

The HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer offering highend production printing at revolutionary speeds up to 30 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 775 milliliter ink cartridges per colour with automatic switching and up to six rolls – more than 3,900 feet (1,200 meters) – of media for sustained productivity.

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The HP PageWide XL 8000 and 5000 Blueprinters delivering medium-to-large reprographic houses and enterprise CRDs robust mid-to high-volume production of technical documents, including translucent prints, black-andwhite whiteprints and digital blueprints, at up to 800 and 320 A0 pages per hour respectively.

The HP PageWide XL 5000 Printer and Multi-function Printer (MFP) providing small- to medium-sized reprographic houses and enterprise CRDs mid-volume technical document production at up to 14 D/A1-size prints per minute as well as two 400 milliliter ink cartridges per color with automatic switching and up to four rolls of media to streamline work.

The HP PageWide XL 4000 Printer and MFP allowing technical work teams and copy shops to produce 8 D/A1size prints per minute, helping teams increase on-the-job productivity. A speed upgrade option is also available which can produce up to 12D/A1-size prints per minute.

“Changing customer demands have caused us to look for opportunities to address the print needs of new markets, including advertising and communication, in addition to servicing our core customer base of architecture, engineering and construction firms,” said Chuck Wingard, president and owner, Tree Towns Imaging & Color Graphics.

“The HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer will

enable us to streamline our workflow with one printer for a variety of high-quality black-andwhite and color jobs at high speeds and will fill the gap between our existing technology to better service our diverse customer base.”

Streamlining large-format printing workflow increases productivity

The production printing market has traditionally been led by monochrome-only LED printers, requiring customers to also operate large-format inkjet colour printers to address colour jobs. The new printers consolidate workflow to deliver mixed blackand-white and colour prints in half the time it would take to manually collate documents produced on multiple printers. In addition, a full portfolio of scanning and finishing solutions, including the HP Designjet HD and SD Pro Scanners and new HP PageWide XL Printer accessories, such as the HP PageWide XL online folder, top stacker and high-capacity stacker, enable customers to build efficient end-to end workflows around HP PageWide XL Printers and free up the operator.

New large-format supplies HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks increase print quality with crisp lines, fine detail and smooth grayscales that are superior to LED prints.

HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks also provide dark blacks, vivid colours, and moisture and fade resistance even on uncoated bond paper at high speeds.

New HP large-format printing materials up to 40 inches (1 meter) meet ISO/U.S. technical and offset standard page sizes and provide quick-dry, smear resistant prints. New media to accompany the HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio includes HP Universal Bond Paper for technical applications, HP Production Matte Polypropylene to produce roll-up banners, and HP Production Matte, Gloss, and Satin Poster Papers for point-of-sale applications and poster production.

Availability The HP PageWide XL 8000 series printers are available in India. Other devices in the HP PageWide XL portfolio will be made incrementally available between November 2015 and February 2016.

HP SmartStream software for HP PageWide XL Printers reduces time spent preparing and processing jobs by 50 percent. It also reduces reprints with native PDF management powered by Adobe PDF Print Engine 3 and offers a true colour print preview with interactive HP Crystal Preview technology to turn operator efficiency into operating profit.

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Trigon Digital installs India’s first Esko Kongsberg V24 Esko Kongsberg V 24 Signage and Display series – cutting and creasing table with milling head enables an attractive POP for ‘good packages’ on retail store shelves.

Headquartered in Mumbai, Trigon Digital is an end to end provider of brand management services with locations in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and the Middle East. Trigon’s speciality packaging business vertical focuses on offering structural design capability using a combination of software and hardware – Esko’s ArtiosCAD, DeskPack ,Studio which includes 3D Visualizer software and the recently installed Kongsberg V24 cutting table.

Trigon helps brand owners conceptualize, visualize and create a final packaging design, ready for print production. The company has been using Esko software for this purpose for several years along with the Kongsberg XL 20 sample making table. Brand owners also rely on Trigon for their signage and POP displays.

“Today more and more of our packaging customers want to grab a part of the lucrative Sign & Display industry. Because Esko’s tools remain the same for both segments, they can optimize their investments by offering multiple services to brand owners with the same set of tools, human resources and domain knowledge.”

– Srihari Rao, Esko India

Key Notes : > India’s first Esko cutting and creasing table with milling head installed at Trigon. > To cater to packaging, signage and display production needs at Trigon. > Now can also do finishing on hard materials like MDF and acrylics.

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Expansion in signage and display Trigon recently installed the Kongsberg V 24 cutting table with a MultiCut head. The Kongsberg V is used in their packaging division but also mills various hard materials (ACP, MDF, acrylics) used in signage and display production. This is the first Kongsberg V series cutting and creasing table with milling head to be sold in India.

Mr. Vineeth Viswanathan, Business Head AsiaPacific and Europe of Trigon Digital Solutions, says, “Diversification is extremely important for us as it is for any business, for our brand owner customers just having a good package is not enough for it to sell in today’s world. The package also needs to be displayed on an attractive POP in the retail store to catch the attention of the buyer. We spotted this need of our brand owner customers and proposed that Trigon can help them in this area.”

Now Trigon can produce both packaging samples as well as POP display in the required numbers. Having a Kongsberg V 24 gives it the confidence to churn out 100 to 200 POP’s consistently day in and day out with the highest quality and accuracy that a brand owner can demand.

Mr. Anil Namugade Director of Trigon Digital explains why he went for the Kongsberg again, “Investing in a bigger and more powerful Kongsberg for our Sign & Display requirements was a natural choice due to Esko’s excellent after sales support and product reliability. Also we can now calculate the time and material savings we are achieving due to the seamless integration between Esko’s software and the Kongsberg table, which significantly reduces the total cost of ownership. However, adding a second bigger machine was a challenge due to space constraints, Esko solved the problem by taking back our old XL-20 machine and keeping its promise of helping their customers grow. So we can say investing in Kongsberg always pays and does not stop you from thinking about upgrading when needed.”

Mr. Shrihari Rao, Esko’s Sales Director for India says, “Today more and more of our packaging customers want to grab a part of the lucrative Sign & Display industry. Because Esko’s tools remain the same for both segments, they can optimize their investments by offering multiple services to brand owners with the same set of tools, human resources and domain knowledge. Trigon is successfully doing just this and this is their 3rd investment in our Kongsberg table in less than 5 years.”

Mr. Viswanathan explains that the process of creating a POP is similar to that of creating a new package.

Both require structural design, material knowledge and artwork with professional graphics and most importantly the skills to handle brand logos and colours. “We already had these capabilities with Esko’s ArtiosCAD and our earlier Kongsberg XL-20 Flexihead sample maker. The constraint was when it came to finishing hard materials like MDF and acrylics, the newly launched Kongsberg V24 with milling head was the solution.”

Satish Nalawade - Production Head and Samir Ahuja – Software Sales Manager BO Esko

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Drupa venue announced for 2016 Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards managing director of DPLenticular, which distributes the industry-leading Pacur Lenstar lenticular plastic lens material throughout Europe.

Entries are open for the third Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards, which will culminate with an exhibition of the world’s best lenticular printing at the world’s largest print fair. Awards organisers DPLenticular and Pacur have teamed up with Messe Düsseldorf, organiser of drupa, to host the awards in the drupa innovation park (dip!).

The nominated lenticular work will be shown in a special wall gallery in the dip! in Hall 7 of drupa, from 31 May to 10 June 2016.

Lenticular printing is a technique that gives eye-catching animations or 3D effects by putting printed images behind ridged parallel clear lenses. It has been growing in popularity in the past decade as the effects have become more accessible, thanks to digital cameras and easier design and production programs.

“This award is an incredible opportunity for the graphic arts community to recognize the growing importance of lenticular imaging as a product differentiator and a mechanism for ensuring that promotional efforts stand out from the crowd,” says Daniel Pierret,

This will be a return visit to drupa for the Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards – it was also the venue for the second Awards in 2012.

“We are anticipating at least 150 entries from about 40 countries,” says Daniel Pierret.

“In 2012 the LLPA gallery saw some 10,000 visitors and we are confident that even more will visit in 2016.”

“We are very pleased once again to be partners for the Lenstar Lenticular Print Awards,” says Sabine Geldermann, Director drupa. “The drupa innovation park 2016 will be a global platform for innovation, presenting technology and business solutions for the future. It is the ideal location to demonstrate the creative impact and technical sophistication of the world’s best lenticular print.”

Entries are invited for six categories, with one award will be made for each. Each winner will receive a Lenstar Lenticular Print Award trophy created by Dublin Crystal, plus a certificate and a digital LLPA logo to go on websites and stationery.

Judging will take place ahead of drupa, by a panel made up of recognized professionals

involved in the creation, production, and promotion of printing. Visitors to drupa will have the opportunity to vote for a special LLPA Supreme Public Preference Award, which will be announced after the show finishes.

The categories are: • Sales material – merchandising products such as postcards, posters, etc.

• Premium promotional material – objects, magnets, gadgets, accessories, gimmicks, etc.

• Packaging material – book or magazine covers, CD, DVD, in-pack content, partial or full on-pack content, other packaging, etc.

• Promotional material – point of Sales or point of purchase such as poster, shelf tag, wobbler, display, aisle decoration, face frames, etc.

• Large Format – any format between 711 x 1016mm (28 x 40 inches) and 1219 x 1828mm (48 x 72 inches), produced in offset or digital.

• Artistic works – photography or digitally prepared images, created and intended to be a work of art, printed direct to the backside of the lens or laminated • LLPA Supreme Public Preference voted for by visitors to the LLPA gallery at the drupa dip!

OKI establishes new Wide-format Printer company OKI Data Corporation, an OKI Group company specializing in the printer business, has recently announced that the company has completed the acquisition of the globallydeployed wide format printer business of Seiko I Infotech Inc. (SIIT), a subsidiary of Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII).

OKI Data Corporation established OKI Data Infotech Corporation by acquiring all SIIT shares held by SII. The new company began operating as a member of the OKI Group on October 1, 2015. On the same day, OKI Data Corporation’s overseas subsidiaries in Europe and the US completed the acquisition of the wide format printer business and assets from SII’s European and US group companies. OKI Data Infotech will assume

responsibility for all services and products in the wide format printer business currently provided by SII’s European and US group companies.

resources, and sales channels. By offering one-stop printing solutions targeting the printing, distribution, and retail industry sectors, we will strengthen our printer business in the professional printer market.”

OKI Data Corporation positions the highvalue-added printer business as its major growth area with the professional printer market being an important sector.

“We are pleased to have completed the acquisition of the wide format printer business from SII,” said Takao Hiramoto, President of OKI Data Corporation. “Through this acquisition, we have not only acquired a portfolio of wide format inkjet printers for signs and LED graphic plotters, but also the corresponding technologies, development

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Arrow Digital and EFI join forces with impressive portfolio for the Wide Format, Labels and Textile industries Arrow Digital distributes a range of digital printing/cutting materials and equipment for various industries. Arrow has pioneered many ground breaking technologies and has experience of decades in the digital field providing digital printing solutions to various markets like packaging, wide format, ceramics, glass, textiles etc.

Arrow Digital, since its inception has sold and supported the Vutek range of printers in the region, installing close to 150 printers

in India alone. Arrow and EFI, once again, with renewed energy and wider portfolio/ capabilities will bring to brand managers and print shops, the latest technologies available worldwide. Arrow Digital, with its service/support structure and unique R&D/

demo & applications centre in India, brings to the market the most revolutionary printers in various segments. Arrow Digital will be distributing EFI’s range of printers, which cover segments like Wide/Super Wide Format Graphics, Packaging/Labels, and Textiles.

In the wide format segment, there are EFI VUTEk GS 3250LX UV LED series and the Barak Roll-to-roll printers. For the Packaging/ Labels market, the offerings include EFI Jetrion Digital Label Press series, in the Textile segment, the EFI Reggiani range.

EFI and Arrow are geared up to provide the Digital Printing Industry with their impressive portfolio of printers, covering all the key segments.

Events Calendar Paperex 2015

Labelexpo Asia

Labelexpo India 2016

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

Date: 01-DEC’15 to 04-DEC ‘15 Venue: SNIEC Shanghai, China

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

InPrint 2015

Pamex 2015

Date: 10 Nov-15 to 12 Nov-15 Venue: Munich Trade Fair Centre Germany

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

Kerala Printex 2015

Fespa Digital 2016

Date: 13 Nov 2015 to 15 Nov 2015 Venue: Adlux International Convention & Exhibition Centre Karukutty, Kochi, Kerala

Date: 08-Mar’16 to 11-Mar’16 Venue: Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam Netherlands

drupa 2016 INMA South Asia News Media Conference Date: 18-Nov ’15 to 19-Nov ‘15 Venue: Holiday Inn New Delhi

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

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