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Vol 17 No 5 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER, 2012 REPORT rni 64417/96 Govt appointed panel reports ‘print industry is not facing any immediate threat’...... 8 Editorial & Publishers Office: 406, Sant Nagar, East of Kailash SECURITY New Delhi-110065, INDIA Kumbhat Holographics: catering niche market of high security holograms...... 10 Ph: (91) 011-26232482, 26232684 E-mail: [email protected] interview www.print-publishing.com Printpack India 2013: actualising of the best ever...... 12
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Report Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Govt appointed panel reports ‘print industry is not facing any immediate threat’ -the question arises as to how the industry’s momentum could be accelerated for achieving higher growth. -suggested to enhance the FDI limit for the newspapers from the existing 26 percent to 49 percent.
n the context of promoting innovation in print media, the panel appointed Ilast year by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India has suggested to enhance the FDI limit for the newspapers from the existing 26 percent to 49 percent. The panel recommendation is based on the analysis of immersing media like several foreign TV channels beaming news and expert comments and similarly in a converged world, internet carries news updates from hour to hour having wider impact on the consumers. The panel from Sectorial Innovation Council (SIC) – headed by Asha Swarup, the former secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India is of the opinion that there are some irritants and constraints to growth which need to be eliminated. They would urged that, on priority, the functions of DAVP, RNI, CBFC and licensing activities of the government, be diverted to electronic mode to avoid human bias and prejudice. Such a system will greatly promote transparency in governance, which is a key to innovation strategy and management. According to the report, the print media The report further says, as per the across the globe especially among Indian in India has more than 78,000 newspapers estimates of some of the leading editors of diaspora to access the e-newspaper freely registered with Registrar of Newspapers. India, new media, as of now, is not a threat; and read it. It is one of the most diversified industries, rather it is an opportunity for the print media The report suggested, once a dedicated spread out in several languages across Indian to increase its readership base and, therefore, readership builds up, the possibility of states. The size of the industry, which was Rs most of the leading newspapers have gone income from e-newspaper cannot be ruled 108 billion in 2005, has been growing at 10 for e-newspapers to expand their readership out. It is also felt that e-newspapers, at percent on an average per year and is likely to base. Apart from e-newspapers, internet is times create an additional demand for reach Rs. 310 billion in 2015 (FICCI-KPMG being used for reporting. The internet editions printed newspapers. The e-newspaper 2012). The growth of print media in India of some newspapers are more updated then creates news flashes and news updates, shows that the new media, which came after the printed newspapers, as these capture the which are generally free and these create emergence of information technology, does news even after the paper goes for printing. an appetite for being informed about not pose an immediate threat to the print Currently, there is hardly any subscription for news content through feature stories, data media in India. e-newspapers. This has enabled the readers examination and assessment, informed comments and expert analysis and opinion which are generally available in a HIGHLIGHTS newspaper. l Enhance the FDI limit for the newspapers from the existing 26 percent to The report further said that, it is a fact that except in USA and UK, where the 49 percent. social media has outpaced the growth of l On priority, the functions of DAVP, RNI, CBFC and licensing activities of the newspaper and has impacted newspaper government, be diverted to electronic mode to avoid human bias and prejudice. industry in reducing the circulation, rest of the world has experienced sustained growth l The size of the industry, which was Rs 108 billion in 2005, has been growing at 10 of newspaper only because the consumers percent on an average per year and is likely to reach Rs 310 billion in 2015. are still interested for feature story telling and expert comment, rather than being l New and innovative business models are being adopted in print media. updated on newsflash. l The regional newspaper space is likely to grow further. Going by this logic, the council does not foresee any immediate threat to newspaper l Some of the newspapers have gone for private treaties with mid-sized companies industry in India in the near future. The which are cash starved, and develop the brand of the companies through media industry is likely to grow at 10 percent, companies in return for equity. as predicted by the industry associations. While the print industry is not getting any l Certain degree of consolidation within print media spectrum is required, which immediate threat, the question arises as could provide much viability in operation, and, in the process, could spur innovation to how the industry’s momentum could be in this sector. Report
accelerated for achieving higher growth. The Council finds that new and innovative business models are being adopted in print media. The regional newspapers have become the centers of innovation which attract new readers to them. Because of this, some of the big newspapers have started acquiring small newspapers in vernacular languages. In this process, the regional newspapers get technical assistance from the big newspapers and are able to improve the quality of their presentations and content. The regional newspaper space is likely to grow further. There is however, a disturbing trend recently seen in the newspaper industry, where new methods of garnering revenue have been adopted by some media houses. Some of the newspapers have gone for private treaties with mid-sized companies, which are cash starved. The newspaper develops the brand of the company through media campaigns in return for equity. Apart from it, some newspapers are allowing paid supplements/advertorials. Such practice can be considered ethical only if there is an appropriate disclosure. The council has focused its attention of the issue of ‘cross media ownership’ and absorbed that there are several arguments against cross media ownership and the most prominent one is that unregulated cross
Except in USA and UK, where the social media has outpaced the growth of newspaper and has impacted newspaper industry in reducing the circulation, rest of the world has experienced sustained growth of newspaper only because the consumers are still interested for feature story telling and expert comment, rather than being updated on newsflash. media ownership will affect plurality of views that are essential for democracy. Some others argue that the guidelines/regulations are a farce as companies find ingenious ways of circumventing the provisions. The council also finds that currently there is no news agency in India, which can be said to have a global presence. PTI was set up under section 25 of the Companies Act 1956 on no profit no loss basis. Hence, the possibility of its global presence is limited. The other argument, that is made, is that size does matter for optimal operation and for becoming and effective competitor at the global level. Therefore, the council recommends that certain degree of consolidation within print media spectrum is required, which could provide much viability in operation, and, in the process, could spur innovation in this sector. It could perhaps also lead to the development of a home grown news agency with a global presence, which is critically absent in Indian context. Security Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Hologram manufacturing Kumbhat Holographics: catering niche A virtual 3D image is produced by an interference market of high security holograms pattern of laser beams that are directed through an array of high Holograms, ask for Kumbhat. It is now an established fact that precision optical instruments ‘hologram’ is synonymous with Kumbhat. Once you travel by trains, onto the subject. The direct and reflected light is recorded on to a you cannot miss the Kumbhat Holograms message staring at you. glass photo resist hologram plate. Shanti Kumbhat, president, Kumbhat Holographics, explained all about The highly skilled laboratory process, a vital part of origination, holograms to D Ramalingam of P&P. Excerpts. created the “Master” holographic ocated in Rattan Bazar, old image with the desired security town flower trading area of features, specific and confidential LChennai, Kumbhat Complex, information, micro lettering, colour, a standing majestic cannot depth, hidden image, ultra violet be missed, holding Kumbhat words or symbols that can only Group of Companies specialised be seen with a special light. The in electronics and electrical Masters are the key for every job. products. Kumbhat Electrical Kumbhat Holographics preserve Pvt Ltd was established by Masters of their customers Shanti Kumbhat in 1947 and a ensuring total security. few years later they took up the holograms manufacturing, after studying the nitty-gritty of this technology. With their constant endeavours to stride ahead, Kumbhat Holograms has made rapid strides in last thirteen Shanti Kumbhat years. In an engaging briefing, Shanti Kumbhat told all about real because of vibrant colours, digital printing do not work on holograms one can ask for, what, motion and image at different holograms. The equipment and why and where? depths. skill necessary for origination and What is hologram? There are innumerable types mass production of hologram is In nutshell, hologram is a high of holograms, including: 2D, a fairly difficult and challenging security seal, featuring a high 3D, dot matrix, beam, micro affair. Pressure sensitive self tech optical lens recording 3D text, nano text, flip-flop, grading adhesive hologram labels are easy image. It bears multiple layers effects, switching effects, code to use. Being tamper-evident, any of impressions of the customised convert, laser readable, high attempt to tamper a hologram artwork. Along with high resolution lines with Kinetic can easily be recognised. security features, it demonstrates effects, sequential ink jet, laser A hologram stands as a multiple images reconstructed numbering, etc. signature value which is worthy in one image. Holograms have Why holograms? only when protected, that is the complete parallax and depth of Holograms are the best brand value. Customers perceive field due to huge refraction of for product security and the mark of the hologram as light. The image seems to float authentication seal available, a guarantee of quality and in space behind/in front of the which is virtually impossible to genuineness. 2D recording image. Different be copied by any known printing Nearer to our trade, a unique cross sections of the image can technique. Traditional tools product of text book guide be seen along different directions that counterfeiters use such patented by a publisher was when viewed at the correct angle as cameras, scanners, colour duplicated. The hologram on their Holograms and RFIDs have of light. Its dramatic effects look photocopiers, analogue and product saved him. A hologram become part and parcel of any cannot be replicated was proved. genuine product we buy today living The text books carry holograms in a world of attempted duplication since the publishers take pains for any thing. The brief about to identify proper authors for holograms by Shanti Kumbhat content and it is usual to ask help to know their intricacies, for a text book by publisher’s importance, usage, etc. In India, and author’s name. Hologram Kumbhat has mastered this art, bearing product is accepted as an offering diverse quality maintaining authenticated one. integrity as well. There are around Where holograms? ten big manufactures of holograms, Today, one can see hologram whereas the number will go on almost all products, especially between100-150, comprising mid in pharmaceuticals, electrical level manufacturers. There also peripheral, perfumes bottles, exists an association of hologram books, certificates, passports, manufacturers in India, which is confidential documents, Currency affiliated to international body, notes, traveler cheques, consumer enabling one checking the designs goods, etc. or brand ownerships.
Interview Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Printpack India 2013: actualising of the best ever To be organised by the Indian Printing, Packaging and Machinery Manufactures’ Association (IPAMA) during February 23-28 at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Printpack India 2013 will be actualising of the best ever exhibition concepts in the country. Updating about the latest developments towards setting the stage of the show, CP Paul, general secretary, IPAMA, in conversation with SK Khurana, editor, Print & Publishing, enumerated the features, facilities and other initiatives that certainly will make this six-day event India’s top of the line show.
y only presenting technologies on showcase does necessarily not fulfill Bthe expectations of exhibitors and visitors, resulting optimum outputs for the money and time spent on, rather it needs much more. Printpack India 2013 is going to be a show offering all that which makes them ‘feel good’ entirely. It is generally observed in most of the Indian trade shows organizers wish to cover gross area up to maximum ratio. “But that is not going to happen in case of Printpack India 2013, which shall be complying with international standard in this regard, it means covered area (net area) shall be to the tune of 52 percent of the gross area, allowing four metre wide passages all over,” CP Paul mentioned proudly. “The appropriate layout of the show ensures smooth navigation for the visitors. Keeping it in mind, we have derived a well planned layout, giving visitors comfort to CP Paul proudly displaying the layout plans of Printpack India 2013. visit the show without possibility of missing any exhibitor’s stand.” for 2,000 pages and 24/7 online chatting “There are lot of advantages of the new “Our efforts shall be to live up to all facility. Actively established for pre-business venue which is all clean and air conditioned, expectations of exhibitors and visitors as from activities, this portal makes it easier for visitors and also hygienically excellent. Additional an international standard exhibition, including as well as exhibitors to get to know everything display area under two hangers is being the catering services. On this line, there would about the products to be displayed at the set up for web press manufacturers. For be well managed catering arrangements, show. Companies can also book their stalls ensuring security, there is an efficient control offering economic pricing of just Rs 60 to online and get more publicity by showcasing room, having whole area covered under executive Rs 500 per meal with eight types of their products on the Printpack India website. CCTV surveillance, being offered by India options to choose from. For media, VIPs and And, a toll free telephone number (1800-11- Exposition Mart Ltd (IEML). Touch screen administration personnel, there would be a 3555) is available for all to answer any type kiosks would be stet-up and all area shall be special interest pavilion,” he said. of queries,” conveyed Paul. covered by WiFi.” “Investing significant amount, we have “For the first time ever, entry to Printpack “In the previous 2011 edition of the show created a dedicated portal for Printpack India India shall be by entry tickets, which has 396 exhibitors participated, but this time 2013 (printpackindia2013.com), having space been conceived to attract genuine and serious we expect greater number with exhibiting visitors for the overall benefits of exhibitors. area going beyond 15,000 sq m area. Visitors will be able to book entry tickets Though, initially we had planned 12,000 online easily, availing lots of benefits. While sq m area, of which around 80 percent has entry for online registered visitors shall be free, already been booked. In order to promote but those who get registered on the spot will the show, our officials are visiting all major have to purchase an entry ticket for Rs 300/- international and regional print exhibitions, for one day, Rs 500/- for three days, and Rs apart from promotion through mass mailings. 1,000 for all six days. For visitors registered A presentation on Printpack India 2013 online in advance as well as exhibitors, several was made in drupa 2012 during India Day. other facilities shall be available, including Printing Associations in China, Italy, South free Metro Card, free Volvo bus service from Korea have been authorized to book stalls for Noida City Centre Metro station to the venue Printpack India under the sales promotion on every five minutes service, Business Visitors activities. Collective participation by China Guide (BVG), drinking water bottle, visitor is already confirmed. We are also promoting flyer with floor layout, and shopping discounts the show through popular social media in neighboring malls. We are also talking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, to 20 nearby hotels/ restaurants to manage Youtube, etc,” updated Paul. a collective dining area on payment basis, While concluding, Paul did not forget to along with arrangement of entertainment,” mention that the members of IPAMA shall be Paul informed further. benefitted largely by availing special discount Speaking about advantages of shifting packages in participation fee which ranges CP Paul standing alongside a promotional poster of the venue of the exhibition, Paul mentioned, between 05 - 15 percent. PPI’13 at his office in Faridabad.
Landmark Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Historic installation of Oce Arizona at SV Color Graphics, Bengaluru Growth in the signage market of India is not just a verbal talk! Bengaluru-based SV Color Graphics has walked the talk by marking a landmark adoption of an Oce Arizona 360 GT UV flatbed, first ever printer-of- its-kind in the country. Official inauguration of the Oce printer by Dr Alok Bharadwaj, senior vice president, Canon India was swarmed with eminent guests comprising industry leaders, well wishers, prospective clients and lots more among others. Dropping in at the grand opening of the new printer at the state-of-the-art production division of SV Color Graphics included Print & Publishing editor, SK Khurana who discovers the company’s fresh synergies through the new Oce Arizona 360 GT UV Flatbed printer.
objects or non-square media, heavy substrates like glass and uneven surfaces. Fresh headways A bunch of prospective customers like GAAP Communication Pvt Ltd were among the guests who were impressed with the competence of Oce Arizona 360 GT UV printer. Everyone at the inaugural session of the Oce printer dropped their jaws in surprise to see the spectrum of stunning jobs printed on the UV flatbed machine. “Oce Arizona printers can deliver near photographic image quality,” said Dr Alok Bharadwaj adding that the roll media option of the printer is for printing onto flexible materials. Dr Alok Bharadwaj unveiling the new Oce Arizona 360 GT UV flatbed printer. Oce Arizona series caters unparalleled oubtless to declare SV Color Graphics Performance appraisals versatilities in printing for those who would as one of the most acclaimed one- So far so good, a team led by like to play with the most innovative jobs and Dstop complete printing solution P Sudarshan Kumar along with his two higher margin printing applications. In his providers in Bengaluru. Having had a sons, Tilak Raj and Gyan Raj M is the vigour words of appreciation to SV Color Graphics’ background in cable manufacturing business, behind the success of SV Color Graphics. efficiency in professionalism and progress, the company’s activities in digital printing, Tilak who is an MBA in marketing would Dr Alok Bharadwaj congratulated the print-on-demand, variable data, lamination, handle this new production division for company for being a forerunner in graphic designing and other pre and post- Oce Arizona 360 GT UV flatbed printer. infrastructure update and quality outputs. He press jobs have been a hierarchical path “We have full confident of robust ROI with further provoked SV Color Graphics to give paved by a team of joint family members our new Oce printer,” he said signifying the profound focus on marketing to aggressively since 14 years. And now their overall printer’s versatility in printing on any given grab unexplored clusters with the help of the tasks of large-format/signage prints have substrates or rigid materials. He further Oce Arizona 360 GT flatbed printer. taken a big turn following the adoption of the added that the Oce Arizona series can do Oce Arizona 360 GT UV flatbed printer magic in anything on all range of indoor and from Canon India. “We have invested around outdoor applications. Rs 3 crore in the new production setup where Oce Arizona 360 GT is equipped with installed the Oce printer,” said Tilak Raj of a standard sized table, designed for mid- SV Color Graphics. volume productions. It is capable to handle SV Color Graphics’ main production rigid media size of 1.25x2.50 m with 48 mm facility located at MG Road is equipped thickness. Also, the printer is supported by with a complete portfolio of machineries and Oce VariaDot printing technology with two activities which include B/W and colour Xerox printheads/colour, single row design, 6-42 presses, variable data printing, negative and picolitre droplets, 318 nozzles and roll media transparency scanning, flex printing and sun and white ink options. “Oce Arizona 360 GT board mounting, etc. The facility also caters all can run at the speed of 377 sq ft/hr in express kinds of binding, different types of laminations mode and 71 sq ft/hr in high definition and others like polymer, pre-inked, self inking mode,” remarked Tilak. He further added that Irregular shaped objects get printed on seals and company common seal. the printer can print on irregularly-shaped Oce Arizona 360 GT
Dr Alok Bharadwaj and Sambit Misra, marketing head-Large format printing division, Canon India (3rd and 4th from left) posing with new Oce Arizona 360 GT SV Color Graphics family
Focus Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Seventy five minutes with Balachandra at Rajhans Enterprises Winners execute all tasks differently as happens in case of Rajhans Enterprises who are currently printing over fifty prominent magazines and around seven newspapers apart from doing commercial aswell packaging jobs. After spending a few minutes over a cup of coffee with A Balachandra at their well equipped facility in Bengaluru, perhaps counted among the top ten preferred entrepreneurial locations in the country, SK Khurana, editor - Print & Publishing briefs where one of India’s leading printers stands today.
aving printing as their natural instinct, two Hbrothers - Ravindranath and A Balachandra started a printing press of their own in the year 1983, which is presently an ISO 9001 certified company under the name and style of ‘Rajhans Enterprises’. With approach to become total printing solutions for their valued clients, the founders continued focusing steadily and channelising all their will towards nurturing the company and delivering the best to the clients which has made one of the largest and best printing firms in the South India. A Balachandra “Having no manager, no of taking Rajhans Enterprises supervisor and no foreman towards higher horizons. on our shop floor, we have The perfect harvest designated each of our staff to reaping with state-of-the- be self responsible with greater art infrastructure and its co- extent which enable us to offer ordination with the manpower at the best price, quality and each stage of production is vital service,” conveys Balachandra in bringing to life the vision of who leads the marketing, the founders. Rajhans Enterprises production and innovation is fully equipped to cater to segments for the company, both the high quality needs of putting in his 12-13 hours commercial printing and the high every day, while his brother speed with bulk orders of the Ravindranath spearheads the publication industry. Planning projects, administration and right in pre-press, the first step finance departments. The new towards reaping plentiful harvest heirs Ashwath and Akash have is sowing the right seeds. Rajhans also joined them, infusing much Enterprises makes use of globally energy and bold conviction preferred MACs PCs along making them a dedicated with the latest software like foursome with a singular vision Indesign, Quark Express, Creo- Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Focus
preps, PageNation, etc alongwith apart from printing newspapers Kodak brand), while we use inks an array of sheetfed offset like The Times of India, Eenadu- manufactured by Huber/Micro machines (presently 12 machines Telugu Daily, Rajasthan Patrika- Inks. Another major secret behind with 46 printing units) from Hindi Daily, Malayala Manorama, our success is to follow strict leading brands like Heidelberg, Deccan Herald, Dinakaran - Tamil financial discipline. We Mitsubishi, Roland and Komori; Daily, Udayavani- Kannada Daily, prefer to receive and pay seven commercial/heatset web we are contract printers for as our dues in stipulated presses of brands like Komori, much as 55 magazines, including: well defined time- Solna, Mitsubishi, etc; and seven Femina English & Hindi, Hello, frames which make coldset web presses (range 508, Grazia, BBC-Topgear, BBC-Good our considerable 546, 560 cutoff) Super Orient, Homes, Femina Srilanka, Femina time more productive FAST and Newsline and pre-press Girl, What to Wear, Sudha, rather going waste units equipped with three CtPs, CineBlitz, CineBlitz-Inflight, otherwise,” conveyed three imagesetters; and a host Hi Living-National, Hi Living- B a l a c h a n d r a of post press equipments which Inflight, Priyanka, Mayura, popularly known include folding, perfect binding, Chitra, Elle, Elle Décor, Brides as Bali. saddle stitchers, die cutting, hot- Now, Beautiful People, My World, While most of the foiling, section sewing, index Outlook, Update, Business World, printers run after getting jobs cutting, etc are taking care that Open, Yuva, Confetti, Sunday from multinational companies, the final presentation of the Indian (Southern Languages), Rajhans prefer to work for product remains top-class. etc,” mentioned Balachandra. domestic clients in a great The company has the “And we do print and publish our number. “There is cut throat distinction of being the preferred own three magazines which are in competition in dealing with shall remain the printing house for many esteemed local language and not competing multinational companies, key technology where long run newspapers and magazines in the with any of the magazines being creating pressure to compromise jobs shall always remain in country. Whether it is a colorful printed by us.” on prices beyond a limit,” argued demand. These long run jobs only magazine, a daily newspaper, “Undertaking such a volume Balachandra. Talking about the can get us the revenues at the a glossy Sunday supplement, of jobs, we consume around 70 possibility of Rajhans going desired level. We did acquire one textbooks, coffee table books ton papers per day and plate digital way, Balachandra instant digital press two years ago, but or comic books they print them consumption goes around 1,100 reaction was, “We in India are that has not fitted into our work- all sophisticatedly. “Presently, plates a day (TechNova and pretty sure that offset process culture so far. Productivity Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Reducing costs and driving profitability -with Heidelberg Prinect press reporting solutions
In today’s competitive print environment, knowing what your costs are and how to optimize the use of your equipment has become essential in establishing sustainable business practices and ensuring the long term success of the company. With Heidelberg’s press reporting technology, print managers can now decipher exactly what each print job costs to produce, in materials and in time. Being able to access this kind of detailed information enables companies to streamline productivity, maximize profits, reduce waste and deliver an enhanced service to customers.
nder their Prinect brand, Heidelberg as perfector presses, to determine if this has developed a range of reporting technology is more productive than what they Uoptions that utilizes existing are currently using.” operational data to deliver a complete picture “This is international benchmarking and on productivity and performance of existing I believe it is a fantastic service that we equipment. There are three primary reporting can offer, in part, free to our customers. All options available to customers who operate you need is an internet connection and you Heidelberg Prinect-enabled press models: can access information that could make a Prinect Performance Benchmarking (mid- significant difference to our operation and 2010 onwards), Prinect Press Reporting productivity levels,” Bender continues. (2007 onwards), and Prinect Analyze Point Prinect Press Reporting (2007 onwards). This second reporting function forms part Prinect Performance of the Heidelberg press option, Prinect Instant Benchmarking Gate, and enables production managers to Heidelberg’s Prinect Performance generate a monthly report on each press that Benchmarking has been awarded the details the productivity and quality of up to 100 individual jobs. “In competitive mature prestigious 2012 InterTech Technology his shop was. Before he had done any Award presented by Printing Industries of print markets like Australia around 95 percent of our customers are using Prinect analysis he believed they were producing at America. This global benchmarking service a rate that turned out to be five times faster is complimentary (Prinect Performance Press Reporting which is seen as an essential part of doing business,” says Bender, adding, than what they were actually achieving. This Benchmarking – access to the full range of is where anecdotal evidence can be very functions is available free for the first year – “These reports allow management to look at each press and determine how productive dangerous and why knowledge is power.” thereafter reports are limited to your presses) “Smart operators understand the value of and enables customers to compare their each operator is, what the quality control is data analysis. In today’s marketplace where Speedmaster presses online against other like and where improvements can be made.” runs are getting shorter, costs are increasing companies who are using the same or similar Prinect Analyze Point and competing media continues to drive down presses. Access is via a VPN (using a certified An option of the Prinect Pressroom the price of print, it is even more essential banking-level security protocol) to the Prinect Manager software package, Prinect Analyze to know exactly what your operational costs Online Portal where all customer data remain Point enables the print company manager are. And with the smart technology behind anonymous, the only identification being the to conduct deep analysis of the entire print our equipment the data is offered ready to country in which the press is operating. workflow including historical comparisons Prinect Performance Benchmarking and job-by-job analysis. Prinect Analyze collect and analyze literally at the touch of a enables customers to assess their press Point evaluates all machine messages and button.” While many companies employ video against others to ascertain whether their manual shop floor data (including postpress surveillance to monitor productivity, Bender presses are optimally utilized by using equipment) and presents them in easy-to- says that this is only a part measure. “This the worldwide manufacturing standard read diagrams. “With Prinect Analyze Point kind of observational management will tell key performance indicator OEE (Overall you can access a wide range of data and you if an operator looks busy, but it won’t Equipment Effectiveness). All reports offer conduct more detailed comparisons on each give you any detail on how productive the the monthly average data for the press as well of the presses and postpress devices to see operator has been or how efficiently the press as benchmarking with the best in class and where the gaps are and determine a course of is running,” he adds further. the peer-group average. “Through Prinect action,” conveys Bender. In conclusion, Bender conveys, “The Performance Benchmarking customers can “The technology that drives our Prinect reporting solutions provide gain a global view and compare how their equipment enables operators to gain a very independent and unbiased reports and are press is performing against their peers,” says clear picture on how productive and how easily accessible – all you need is a computer Jochen Bender (Prinect process consultant). profitable each job can be. These Prinect and an internet connection. And because “With this online service customers can reporting tools draw on existing production they incorporate a high level of graphics look at comparative presses to gauge their data that has already been entered as part they are very easy to read. Heidelberg is performance in a commercial context. of the production workflow, making analysis happy to help our customers interpret their These are real figures from operating print accurate and easy and removing the need for reports and make recommendations, but our companies. Being able to access this kind anyone to spend time re-entering information experience shows the reports are easy to use of information is invaluable particularly – it’s already there,” he continues, adding and make life easier, not more complicated. in today’s highly competitive trading that with today’s tight margins there is no Once customers realize the value of these environment. With this service customers room for guesswork. “I recently heard a reports, they do wonder as why they didn’t can also look at other types of presses, such printer telling a story about how productive make the decision earlier.”
Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Print@Digital
kinds of binding to publishers. “We do a lot of perfect binding and hard-case binding,” told Sunil. Aarvee Printers is presently using 60-65 percent capacity utilisation for the Canon ImagePRESS. “We are in the midst of developing it further and soon we would be able to utilise it to its full capacity,” said Sunil. It is interesting to note that almost 90 percent of the digitally printed books at Thomson Press are hardbound. “We get more work for specialised printing because that has been our forte for so many years,” added Ashish. The deciding factor… “Well, we compared all the competitive digital presses in this segment and we were
Imagepress helps two of Delhi’s printers to catch up with the need for 'Books on Demand'
anon imagePRESS 1135 is the next actively involved with the publishers and delighted to see that Canon imagePRESS generation Digital Mono Press, fusing have seen the print runs shrinking. They can run on 55 GSM paper and the halftones Cthe efficiency and versatility of digital wish to reorder than to have a larger print are reproduced equal to the offset printing, technology with amazing image quality that run and then stock for a long time. Infact, infact better than offset printing. Besides, the looks and feels like offset production. Little our publishers have been asking for a digital consistency density is absolutely superfine,” wonder then that this digital press has been printing option.” Interestingly, Thomson Press says Sunil Verma. installed at two of the leading printers in already had a colour digital printing set-up While for Ashish, the quality and print Delhi – Thomson Press and Aarvee Printers for the last 6 years. “We thought of installing area of the machine were the key factors for in May 2012 to produce books dedicatedly. a cut-sheet black-and-white machine to cater this installation. “Most of the machines in this It is not that these installations are to the publishing segment and opted for a category can handle a paper size of 12” while happening for the first time in Delhi; there Canon imagePRESS,” he added. imagePRESS can handle a size of 12.72” have been few such presses running efficiently The digitally-printed which gives us more flexibility in terms of the and presses installed at Avantika Printers book sizes. Besides, the quality of the print is are already playing a key role in similar books statistics… fabulous and the economical pricing of the applications. “Normally, the print runs for these machine is an added advantage,” he shared. Publishers go digital… digitally printed books is 200-250 copies but it varies, it can be anything - as low as 10 as The customers… “The digital book publishing segment has Aarvee Printers’ list of clients for digital a big potential. Book publishers these days well,” told Sunil. While, Ashish told that it can be typically printing consists of major publishers like Elf are very keen on digital printing because Publishing, Westland and Penguin for fiction, it gives them an option on saving – they anywhere between five copies to 100-150 copies. The installed capacity of the machine non-fiction and education books. can save on huge inventory as with digital, While, Thomson Press too is catering to books are available to them in flat 2-3 days. is 30 lakh A4 images per month and Thomson Press is utilising about 75 percent of this all the major publishers in India for trade It makes the payment cycle more efficient. books, academic books and general books. Besides, publishers can bring life to their capacity. “We normally use 70-80 GSM white dead backlist as well,” told Sunil Verma of maplitho paper while we do use 53 GSM bulk The challenges… Aarvee Printers. sometimes,” he told. Yes, the book publishing industry poses While Ashish Daftari, head – digital Both Aarvee Printers and Thomson Press challenges of its own. “There has to be a printing, Thomson Press, shared, “We are have in-house binding facilities, and offer all mental shift for the publishers. We are trying to create awareness among them to go for an initial offset print run of 1000+ copies and then refill it with POD as and when the demand comes. This would save their inventory costs and give them more liquidity. But, this shift may take some more time,” told Ashish. The beginning has been made… Both Sunil and Ashish are expecting this book publishing business to grow in the coming times as is evident by number of the new titles being released on everyday basis in many cities in India. “We are very clear in our approach – this would be a stepping stone for us and we hope that in a couple of months, we would upscale this book printing business via digital path,”
1135 at Aarvee Printers press Canon image concluded Ashish. New Product/Installation Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Maximizing production and efficiency Switzerland-based Buchbinderei Scherrer invests in Muller Martini’s Alegro perfect binder and FrankDruck installs the first Tempo E220 in Germany his summer, Switzerland-based Buchbinderei Scherrer puts into Toperation the new Alegro perfect binder, first unveiled at the drupa in May, alongside a newly developed Solit three-knife trimmer. The successful Zurich family business already installed a Bolero machine from Muller Martini two years ago. Together with The new Tempo E220 high-performance line to the new Alegro machine, whose trademark replace two older saddle stitchers at Frank Druck. is the innovative Motion Control technology featuring a separate drive for every station, the two make a strong perfect binding duo. “With two lines, not only do we have a From left: Volker Leonhardt (managing director of backup but also a high level of flexibility, Muller Martini Germany), Richard Netzel (managing director of Frank Druck), Bernd Überrick (head of production control at Frank Druck), Henner Dose (project manager at Frank Druck) and Matthias Kandt (sales representative at Muller Martini Germany) at Muller Martini’s booth at drupa. Alegro perfect binder. enabling us to provide our customers with faster delivery times,” says Peter Scherrer. Meanwhile, Frank Druck in the town of On top of this, the managing director points Preetz is the first graphic arts business in out some of the striking technical advantages Germany to invest in a Tempo E220 from of the new Alegro: “Due to Motion Control, Muller Martini. By replacing two Prima we now have shorter setup times and lower S machines, the new high-performance maintenance costs. In addition, we are also saddle stitcher with a cover feeder, four flat able to bind even thinner (down to 1 mm) pile feeders and a card gluer, ensures high and smaller sizes (down to 70 x 82 mm).” productivity, lower unit costs and improved In addition to thinner and smaller products, energy efficiency. Since the 1960s, Frank the Buchbinderei Scherrer will also use its Druck has relied on saddle stitching systems new Alegro to bind digitally printed books, from Muller Martini. It currently has a Tempo A crane lifts the new Alegro perfect binder onto the brochures and magazines with small print 22 in addition to two PrimaPlus and three third floor of Buchbinderei Scherrer’s plant. runs starting from ten copies. Prima S machines in operation.
Update on platesetters and processors from VINSAK hen film has dried up, and outsourcing is becoming that compliments the expensive and unreliable, it is key to re-invent your business platesetter’s overall Wand its profitability. It is also challenging to look for throughput. opportunities that are dramatically different from what you are used Built keeping the printer’s every day production needs in mind, to. New ways to operate your business successfully are essential. For Vinsak TPP 1300 thermal plate processor is an intelligent and the purpose, Creed Engineers now offers VINSAK TPS1160 thermal robust solution, ensuring high throughput of plate delivering to platesetter, a technologically sophisticated solution that helps reliably. Developed to process plates of varying thickness, this printers make a quantum leap in a comfortable manner. processor is very flexible to accommodate varying processing VINSAK TPS1160 is direct-to-plate and easy to operate and conditions to suit the needs of the innumerable plates in the market. highly productive thermal platesetter, providing a blazing speed of With a wide latitude on developing temperature, time, brush speed 24 plates per hour. This platesetter can image 8-up plate at 300 lpi, and dry time, any processing need of a plate can be accomplished, giving printers an extremely smooth tonal gradation. Advanced optic providing speed in a manner that presses need not to wait long for technology, enables fine registration of colour over colour when the plates. printed. Similarly, when the throughput in a processor is not up to the mark, it can be a limiting factor to the overall productivity of printers–even if one has a highly efficient platesetter. Key to be being highly productive is to ensure that the overall efficiency across the value chain in plate making is maintained. And, a robust and versatile plate processor, therefore, becomes key in this value chain. Observing that Creed Engineers also offers Vinsak TPP 1300 thermal plate processor
New Product/Installation Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
VINSAK offers Monotech offers JETSCI-K series extensive range of for inkjet printing pressroom chemicals xpanding the range of products, Monotech Inkjet Systems introduced new product series ‘JETSCI-K’ of high speed xpanding their product portfolio Einkjet printing systems under their own brand ‘JETSCI’ futher, VINSAK has launched for printing variable data in full colour and monochrome using world’s leading inkjet printhead Eextensive range of pressroom technology ensuring high quality, flexibility, productivity and profitability. chemicals that offer alcohol free printing, Enabling to print on most of the substrates like paper, plastic cards, labels, PET, blister nil effervescing and total calcium control. (aluminum foils), synthetic foils, polyester, tyvek, etc, these systems provide wide choice of inks The range includes fountain solutions, press UV, water based, invisible, clear varnish, white inks for food packaging and many more, which washes, plate cleaners, developer, developer gives the systems great flexibility and wide range of applications. powder, gum and remover. These pressroom For more details, contact: [email protected] chemicals are helpful to enhance production efficiencies, reduce material costs and consumption, minimize ecological impact Jayant Printery marks a fourfold and runs on a variety of plates including CtP versions. increase in productivity with Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 -accomplishes seven million impressions in just over a month of installation and runs seventeen sets of four-colour jobs in a single day shift tarted in 1968 with a treadle press, in an area of S220 sq ft, Mumbai-based Jayant Printery has come a long way in four decades and is now operating in a 45,000 sq ft plant with 360 degree print solutions, from pre-press to post-press. The company recently expanded its CtP plates are much more chemically production facility with a brand new sensitive than conventional plates. Thus, the Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 incompatible chemicals can reduce the life four-colour offset press, enabling to of the plates. Also, there is a higher demand print 15,000 sheets per hour and for inks and fountain solutions to work handle a variety of printing stocks together. VINSAK pressroom chemicals – from light-weight paper (0.03 are effective in controlling the dot gain and mm) to thick card-board (1.00 Shashank Shah and Chhotubhai Shah with the brand new Heidelberg ensures a good release from the plate to the mm). In the 70 x 100 cm format, Speedmaster CD 102 four-colour press. blanket to the paper. the Speedmaster CD 102 straight printing press as well. Today, Jayant Printery is a house “The positive popularity of energy- press is compact for industrial printing, of Heidelberg presses, which accommodates curable UV or hybrid printing inks and packaging and commercial printing. It is also three four-colour, two five-colour, one two- coatings is influencing the emphasis on equipped with ‘Prinect press center’ and has colour and a single-colour presses. “Quality pressroom chemical formulations. Our added features like preset-plus feeder, preset and on-time delivery is the mantra behind our pressroom chemicals are designed to clean delivery, program-controlled inking unit wash- success. That is why all our customers keep inks very efficiently without affecting up device. coming back to us. We constantly upgrade to plate coating while maintaining the total At Jayant Printery, normally in an the latest technology like that of Heidelberg, compatibility with the plates,” conveyed eight hour shift, four jobs are expected resulting in optimum production and high Vivek Bhardwaj, general manager – to be produced. Now with the Heidelberg returns,” stated Chhotubhai Shah, managing consumable sales. Speedmaster CD 102, they are able to run director of Jayant Printery, commenting Innovative and business oriented seventeen sets of four-colour jobs in a single on their successful forty three years in the solutions of VINSAK are offered by day shift. What’s more, with thorough training print industry. Creed Engineers. And in the past two from Heidelberg service team, the operators “We have been using Heidelberg presses decades, Creed Engineers has enabled run the press at a full speed of 15,000 sheets for a long time and we are 100 percent many businesses succeed financially by per hour every day. The print-shop handles an satisfied with Heidelberg’s performance providing them customized solutions array of commercial jobs, books, magazines, and quality. If I have to rate the machine’s that were well integrated and supported. diaries, journals, as well as packaging jobs. production ability, I will give seven stars to These include manufacturers of print that Jayant Printery has two production units: Heidelberg,” conveyed Chhotubhai. “When extend from large and well-established one in Thakurdwar in Mumbai and the other we thought of purchasing a new press for brands to entities that are in their nascent one in Palghar near Mumbai. Both units Palghar plant, we were clear that it should stage of growth. The vision of Creed has have prepress, press and postpress divisions be a Heidelberg. The Speedmaster CD 102 brought solutions that were innovative, in-house and the Speedmaster CD 102 is fulfills our requirement perfectly; make- high quality, more critically and an installed in their Palghar plant. ready times are shorter and job changeover ideal fit for businesses to succeed in In 1989, Jayant Printery installed its is so simple with this machine. Within today’s competitive environment. These first Heidelberg SORM press, followed one and half months of its installation, commitments to serve the customer’s by a Heidelberg SM 72–M press. Having the CD 102 has crossed seven million business interests have enabled Creed experienced Heidelberg technology, they impressions already,” added Shashank, son Engineers’ growth that now spans installed a Speedmaster SM 102 four-colour of Chhotubhai, who takes care of marketing extensively across the nation. press and Heidelberg Printmaster PM 74 and business development.
Packaging/Finishing Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
visit HBD Packaging: moving fast forward -poised to take a quantum leap A respectable, dependable and strictly adhering to quality in carton packaging, the name one can not miss out, comes of Greater Noida-based HBD Packaging Pvt Ltd. Spread over an area of approx 8,000 sq m, this family run packaging unit is all set to grow to next level very soon. A recent visit to their plant and brief interaction with duo brothers Rajiv and Neeraj Bhargava reveal little more about them.
uality in package printing is the backbone of the product actually being Qpacked into any carton. The factors behind ‘quality’ include reproducing the right shades of colours and scuff free every time, and above all offering value-addition like UV coating, embossing, etc. As of now HBD Packaging is fully equipped and houses a fleet of equipments comprising Mitsubishi six- colour press with inline coating capability, Roland 707 seven colour full UV press with inline coating, Planeta Super Varient four colour machine apart from offline UV and aqueous coatings. Fully automatic die cutters from Bobst, Automatic foil stamping from Yoco; folder gluers from Bobst and ExpertFold with complex design handling facility. Pre-press is fully equipped with Esko Packaging software and Kongsberg sample maker.
Rajiv Bhargava and his brother Neeraj Bhargava at HBD Packaging facility
through Spectrophotometer, Bar Code experienced artists used to come and create verification software for quality assurance, artwork from Kolkata (Then Calcutta). Viscosity, Plate quality checking by X-rite IC Few persons would also remember that this Plate II XT in addition to complete in-house printing and packaging company earlier was ink matching facility with ink formulation known as Konark Printing and Packaging in software (X-rite) in technical collaboration Okhla Industrial Area in the year 1980. But with Siegwerk India. later it was altogether established with the Narrating a bit of history behind HBD new name ‘HBD Packaging’. Established in Packaging, an ISO 9001:2008 certified the year 1985 in Okhla (New Delhi), HBD is company, Rajiv informed that the name HBD now housed in a most modern industrial area has been adopted from their parent company of Greater Noida in North India. With a very strong QC department they ‘Hindustani Book Depot’ which had been a With an impressive turnover figure of possess all necessary infrastructure of known name in book publishing field based Rs 40 crore, HBD is moving forward to measuring instruments for testings like GSM, out of Lucknow established in late 1930’s. install host of new equipments so as to Caliper, Cobb, Gloss, Scuff, Bursting Strength, Their popular publications included Bal achieve a target of Rs 100 crore sooner than pH, Humidity, L,a,b & L,c,h colour readings Mahabharata and Bal Ramayana for which later, thermal CtP, and window patcher/liner
Being dedicated to ‘quality’, Seema Bhargava herself visits the manufacturing facility of Pratham Technologies in Pune. Understanding the folding technologies along with others. Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Packaging/Finishing
Milestone Bosch’s new manufacturing facility inaugurated in Goa • To make world class German technology affordable and easily available to the Indian market while increasing localization of new packaging machine production • To doubling the production capacity in next three years from the capacity of 200 machines per year Ritu Bhargava uilt on 33,000 square meters land at as well. Brand new screen printing machine Verna in Goa, the new manufacturing of 22”x32” size has already been procured Bfacility of Bosch Packaging Technology and will also be installed simultaneously. India was recently inaugurated. With an Having a list of prestigious clients in their investment of Rs 34 crore (about 5 million portfolio, HBD has been running their existing euro), the new plant will fulfill capacity and food applications as well as filling and facility by utilising its capacity to the tune expansion and meet the increasing demand closing machines for liquid pharmaceuticals. of more than 100 percent sometime. “With of India’s fast growing packaging market as Till date, Bosch Packaging Technology India the proposed expansion in the pipeline, we well as international markets. With the state- has sold over 1,200 packaging machines will be able to add some more names into of-the-art technology, the new plant will aim to leading names in the food, confectionery our clientele and also serve our existing and pharmaceutical industries in India and customers more efficiently with shorter international markets. The current production delivery timings,” conveyed Rajiv. “Bosch sees India, Middle capacity of the plant is 200 machines per year Rajiv, with an Engineering degree in which is expected to double in three years. Mechanical stream from Roorkee University East and Africa as a high “We will strive to fulfill growing market (1979 batch), believes in short and potential market for needs with the best-in-the-industry solutions steady progress, but always keep updated strengthen our existing leadership position,” technologically. A regular visitor to all major packaging technology said Ashok Gourish, general manager, Bosch expos internationally, Rajiv is supported particularly in the Packaging Technology, India. by his family team comprising Neeraj, his pharmaceuticals and foods The Bosch Group is a leading global younger brother taking care of all raw supplier of technology and services. Based in material purchases, cousin Sanjay who segments. This state-of-the- Germany, the Bosch Packaging Technology focuses on marketing initiatives, and his wife art manufacturing facility in division is one of the leading suppliers of process and packaging technology. About Seema, who is dedicated to keep checking Goa will meet the growing the ‘quality’ of all jobs produced by them 4,700 associates at over 40 locations in over regularly, and then last but not the least Ritu, needs of the region through 15 countries worldwide develop and produce wife of Neeraj, who is altogether involved appropriate products complete solutions for the pharmaceuticals, into their ‘cash rich’ activities, nothing to do foods, and confectionery industries. with packaging directly. This is their copier and packaging solutions. paper production activity covering the area of The new facility will also sheeting, counting, and packing into A-4 size generate good growth and “This new facility will bring ready to use products. “As a service providers to several paper mills finishing houses, we employment opportunities our new global offerings have come a long way from handling 2,200 for the people of Goa,” to India. It will also tonnes from the year 1997-98 to over contribute greatly in 1,80,000 tonnes of paper currently, and conveyed V K Viswanathan, striving to move forward, we are all poised managing director of pursuing our future plans and to take a quantum leap,” informed Ritu, with Bosch Ltd and president, consolidating our leadership great hopes for continuing business expansion at HBD. Bosch Group in India. position in the Indian and international markets. Hence, this is not just a at increased localization of new packaging machine production and make world class milestone for the Packaging German technology affordable and available Technology division of Bosch to the Indian market. in India, but a global one, Forceful growth plans… Setting up of the plant is a significant too,” said Friedbert Klefenz, milestone for Bosch Packaging Technology president, Bosch Packaging India that commenced its operations in Technology, Germany, 2007. The subsidiary in India brings the global expertise to the Indian market. commenting Today, the company designs, develops, on the development at the manufactures and markets form, fill and seal machines for flexible bag packaging, inaugurating ceremony. flow wrapping machines for confectionery Packaging/Finishing Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Bhargava Rotopack: featuring self capabilities to maximise profitability In entrepreneurship, every one seeks to minimize cost for maximizing profitability. But it needs extraordinary skills and strategies for realization of the concept into actual business. Under the guidance of ‘real genius’ Vijay Shankar Bhargava, jt managing director of Bengaluru-based printing company Bhargava Rotopack Pvt Ltd has aptly been managing to do so, while operating only with self-developed customised and efficient machines as well as using inks made in-house on every day basis.
ne can trace the origin of Bhargava Rotopack from Chandausi, a city in OSambhal district, Uttar Pradesh, where Vijay Shankar Bhargava, a qualified print technologist started the business as paper converters under the name and style of ‘Bhargava Packaging Pvt Ltd’ in the year 1967 before establishing a newer setup to Bengaluru in 1988. Today, Bhargava Rotopack has established itself as one of the most dependable gravure printers leveraging its ‘unique strengths’ to reach at the level of rupees ten crore company. Presently, the printers mostly depend on how well they are equipped with sate-of- the-art branded machinery. But this is not a reality with Bhargava Rotopack who solely relies on their self-developed machines as well as inks to execute any type of jobs. Known for his exceptional intellectual ability and originality, Vijay is capable to develop efficient machines as per the job Vijay Shankar Bhargava (sitting) with Ashish and Mukul (right). requirements. “We made first single colour gravure three hours, to fulfill our consumption of printing machine (width 30’’) in the year 200 kg each day.” 1987, which is still working effectively, They are well equipped with necessary providing speed around 100 mpm. Seeing infrastructure to catering their valued the increasing needs, we developed a six- customers from various segments. One of colour machine (width 30”), equipped with their most favourable jobs includes copier print defect detection/web inspection system paper wrappers for Tamil Nadu Papers Ltd, with a speed of 75 meters per minute. A which is delivered in rolls for auto packing at four-colour gravure machine (width 26”) mill’s facility. Printing is done on ten micron was made for paper (25-100 gsm) printing, BOPP and laminated with 80-100 gsm white incorporating Dynaspede tension control on cream wove paper. Slitting is also facilitated feeding and rewinding system,” conveyed online while the printing machine is running Vijay proudly, in a conversation with upto 100 mpm speeds. For Karnataka Soap, SK Khurana, editor, Print & Publishing who Extra large size cutting die on the cylinder machine they are producing 5-6 crore soap wrappers meant for corrugated cartons recently visited their facility in Bengaluru. with hot melt coating per year, and of course “Having two agitators, we have capacity to using their self-developed system. done off line. Extra ‘large size boxes’ is their produce 50 kg inks in just Among other interesting yet another USP. On an average, various products for which the categories of substrates consumed each company has proved its month by them include: kraft paper – 30 expertise using again self- tones; white paper – 40 tonnes for conversion made machines are tube activities. Whereas for lamination process light sleeves and chef caps. over 10 tonnes of film and 50 tonnes of paper They have been producing are additional consumption every month. up to two lakh such sleeves The organisation structure at Bhargava per day for Wipro; however Rotopack comprises a close knit three- with the increasing trend member family team which include Vijay of using CFL lamps, himself, his young and energetic son Ashish the demand has come down having joined in the year 2003 looking after drastically. However, Bhargava sales and brother Mukul Bhargava, who holds Rotopack is producing chef MSc in Chemistry and MBA, overseeing as caps regularly which are used in managing director. As per Vijay, he enjoys prominent hotels or restaurants. his most of the time in the well equipped tool The company also has a facility room, brain storming for the newer ideas The first ever printing machine at Bhargava Rotopack running of corrugation cartons, etc to come up with further efficient solutions. efficiently even today. with most of the operations Kudos to Vijay! Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Packaging/Finishing
Silver Prints invests in manroland Greater versatility for packaging venture in packaging print -to offer superior quality products ith focus on unlimited format variety and packaging types at yderabad-based WFachPack in Nuremberg (Germany) Silver Prints has during September 25-27, Atlantic Zeiser Hinstalled a five- will demonstrate how virtually any type colour ROLAND 700 of packaging can be printed with greater offset press for their efficiency, security and versatility using new packaging venture. sector-specific coding and individualisation The press is fully solutions, while equipped to cater to the guaranteeing users company’s products for a maximum degree the growing packaging of flexibility in sector in Andhra implementing different print jobs. As well as Pradesh. the added value that packaging solutions can To furnish the provide when coding variable formats on a growing demand for production line, it will showcase new software metallized folded solutions for product tracking and protection cartons in Hyderabad against forgery (PMP track & trace). Silver Prints decided to RV Rama Raju and PS Manikanta Varma of Silver Prints with Anil Bhatia, managing director, manroland India. invest in a five colour UV press with inter-deck and end of press UV The company now plans to target major lamps, the ROLAND 700 is equipped with FMCG companies such as ITC, Britannia in multiple time-saving features such as auto the Southern states. roller wash, auto blanket wash, quick change With over thirty years of experience in the surface, universal substrate thickness range print industry, Silver Prints caters to both capable of printing on all substrates between commercial and packaging segments. The 0.04mm to 1mm. The machine has been company produces folded cartons for food procured from Spain and was manufactured and pharma sector offering conventional and ATZ serialization packages bookletlabels. in 1997. As per RV Rama Raju, owner, Silver metallized board monocartons, laminated Prints, “We decided to invest in a manroland cartons, cigarette cartons and fluted cartons. press for our packaging plant since it is a In their commercial printing plant, they proven technology in the packaging segment. produce a complete array of promotional We had a wonderful experience with the material such as brochures, leaflets, calendars manroland team during the installation and etc. “We are keen to expand in the packaging the company offered complete support for sector as there is a healthy demand from the after sales service, spares and maintenance of consumer goods and pharmaceutical sector in the press.” Hyderabad. We plan to continuously invest in Silver Prints clients include big publishing our packaging plant to upgrade thetechnology houses, major players in the food sector and to offer superior quality products to our pharmaceutical industry in Andhra Pradesh. clients,” added Raju. ATZ OMEGA pharma package. With the modular design DIGILINE Call for traffic light labelling system VERSA, first exhibited at FachPack, Atlantic on food packaging Zeiser will present the orld Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) manufacturers additional business has called for a new standardised - rather than opportunities that W‘traffic light’ labelling system on the the different can be achieved due front of food and drink packaging to address voluntary systems to the inexhaustible the issues of high levels of salt, fat and sugar currently in place - would help consumers variety in efficient consumption and to reduce the number of make better informed and healthy choices.” printing, coding stomach cancer cases, arising due to high The traffic light labelling system consists of and individualising salt content in processed food. As per WCRF the three colours red, amber and green, which even for small batch ATZ pharma package. health information head Kate Mendoza, indicate the high, medium and low levels of sizes or 3D packaging. The modification “Standardised labelling among retailers and nutrients respectively. to individual customer requirements in coding, packaging in different formats with variable data is carried out via the modular Flint Group to showcase innovation integration of machine components such howcasing a full range of products resulting in extremely high print quality as the feeder and waste gate on a newly for label printers, Flint Group will with excellent ink lay-down; new nyloflex developed transport unit. This new transport Sbe offering insight and solutions for ACE printing plates, a high durometer unit features even quieter running and in narrow web printing at Labelexpo Americas, flexographic plate offering premium print combination with DoD inkjet technology from during September 11-13, 2012. The novel quality for label printing; and rotec Label Atlantic Zeiser, ensures unrivalled quality of technologies to be presented by Flint Group Sleeve, developed specifically for narrow printed image in the coding marketplace. Flexographic Products, include: nyloflex and mid web printing with increased The visual appearance is a critical factor for NExT exposure technology to produce dimensional stability and excellent edge cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies, precisely defined surfaces on Flat Top Dots, stability. especially in terms of protecting brand value.
Awards Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
A dozen innovative technologies from twelve industry majors earn 2012 InterTech Awards The world’s largest graphic arts trade association, Printing Industries of America announced twelve technologies selected to receive 2012 InterTech Technology Awards. These winning technologies include: Kodak NexPress Red Fluorescing Solution, Enterworks Enable, i-cut Suite, Fujifilm J Press 720, Prinect Performance Benchmarking, Keen MIS and Web-to-Print, Color Control and Web Inspection System with AccuCam, SunPak LMQ, iTechnique, Avatrex Transportable Imaging, Xeikon X-800 VariLane, and i1Pro 2, which come from Eastman Kodak Company, Enterworks, Esko, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Heidelberg USA, Keen Systems, QuadTech, Sun Chemical, Technique Business Systems Ltd, Utopia Digital Technologies, Xeikon, and X-Rite Incorporated, respectively. The independent panel of judges deliberated over many technology nominations ranging from digital presses and related enhancements to a variety of mobile and web-based software. Great strides in technology were demonstrated in colour measurement and control, layout and finishing, security and low migration inks, inkjet and label presses, printable coatings, pressroom analytics, management information systems, and product content management and publishing. Technologies were selected from those nominated for a variety of reasons, but the judges felt they all met the award criteria of being truly innovative and expected them to have a major impact on the graphic communications industry. What follows is a description of the technology and its significance to the field. The InterTech star, a symbol of technological innovation and excellence, will be presented before an audience of industry leaders during the 2012 Premier Print Awards Gala featuring the InterTech Technology Awards and web2awards, on October 7, in Chicago, Illinois.
mongst the winners of the 2012 InterTech Technology AAwards, Kodak NexPress Red Fluorescing Solution from Eastman Kodak Company lets printers easily add security to printed documents, direct mail, and packaging. The virtually invisible dry ink fluoresces red when illuminated with ultraviolet light. The judges singled out the technology for its simple and low-cost approach to adding counterfeit FUJIFILM’s J Press 720. protection. This year’s InterTech Technology Award marks the 2009, for its addition of the new then automates the delivery i-cut Suite from Esko is a third time Kodak has received Dimensional Printing Solution. of this selling content through collection of workflow software Printing Industries of America Enterworks Enable from print and e-commerce channels. for users of large-format digital recognition for its Fifth Enterworks Inc allows a “This is robust enterprise-level printers. It gives companies Imaging Unit Solutions. In company to manage complex product information management the essential tools to maintain 2005, Kodak was recognized for product information, associated software that is extremely efficiency and productivity. “This the initial launch of the Fifth images, and other marketing configurable,” commented one of is complete workflow designed Imaging Unit Solutions, and in assets. The web-based software the judges. specifically for large format at Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Awards
a reasonable price,” noted a sensor to examine the entire protect companies worldwide.” Xeikon’s VariLane technology judge. It is the sixth InterTech printed image, without the need iTechnique from Technique is a software add-on to its X-800 award Esko has received in the for control bars. It monitors Business Systems Ltd is a Digital Front End. It allows past ten years. Other recipients colour and adjusts inking while management information system printers to combine labels of include Esko FastVariants (2003), detecting a variety of print issues, running on iPhone and iPad as a different SKUs and sizes on Esko WebCenter (2006), Esko including switched plates. The native App, allowing users access to the same digital print run. The DeskPack 3-dX (2007), Esko Neo judges hailed its unique ability to sales and production data wherever judges recognized the advantages (2008), and Esko Studio Toolkit spot scumming and automatically they are. “Being able to provide for printers when they can for Shrink Sleeves (2011). adjust water. a complete MIS application via dynamically impose labels in the The J Press 720 from SunPak LMQ (Low Migration mobile delivery is a significant digital front end. FUJIFILM North America Quality) technology from Sun innovation, the synchronization to The i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer Corporation is the world’s first Chemical minimizes the risk use it off-line being a key feature,” from X-Rite Incorporated half-size sheetfed inkjet press. It of contamination to food and stated a judge. introduces a new level of colour produces accurate and consistent other products from chemical Avatrex Transportable Imaging accuracy, an expanded set of colour work with virtually no migration. “Inks, coatings, and from Utopia Digital Technologies features, and supports the latest makeready waste. The judges fountain solution leeching into is a thin multi-layer coating on measurement standards. When singled out the J Press for products can be disastrous for a removable carrier that can be using this instrument, the ability its pioneering role in what is packaging converters and brand digitally printed and transferred to measure and then manage expected to be a major pressroom owners,” commented one of the to practically any surface. The optically brightened papers shift to inkjet. It is an honor for judges, “Sun’s innovative LMQ material has built in adhesive and was particularly impressive Fujifilm to be recognized for its system and products will help image protection properties. to the judges. innovative technology by Printing Industries of America for the fifth time. Prinect Performance Bench- marking from Heidelberg USA is a subscription-based application that lets companies compare the performance of their Speedmaster presses and operators with other printers. As per one InterTech judge, “No one else offers this…it is worth its weight in gold for the printer that takes true advantage of benchmarking.” Since 1978, the year InterTech Technology Awards was introduced, Heidelberg has garnered no fewer than 31 InterTech Technology awards - a record of innovation unrivaled across the print media landscape. Over the past six years alone, Heidelberg has earned the coveted this award for seven innovative, game-changing technologies. Heidelberg previously was recognized for groundbreaking technologies including Prinect Inspection Control (2010), Prinect Press Center with Wallscreen and Intellistart (2009), POLAR P.A.C.E. system and Prinect Inpress Control (2008), and Anicolor technology and the Speedmaster XL 105 (2007). All are technologies that have proven their staying power in the marketplace. Keen MIS and Web-to-Print software from Keen Systems Inc is a cloud-based platform that allows companies to pick a subscription plan and begin creating storefronts in minutes. The judges praised the cloud-based and SaaS approach, the additional functionality from plug-ins, and the easy-to-use interface. QuadTech’s Color Control and Web Inspection System with AccuCam uses a spectral
Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Variable Data & Digital Printing
Insight Print Communications becomes Xerox channel partner in India -sets major goals shifting focus from product centric to customer centric approach
ne of the market leaders in selling graphic arts Oequipments in India, Insight Print Communications has recently become all India graphic arts channel partner for Xerox. With this tie-up, Insight has set a goal to become a dominant player in the digital print segment in the dynamically changing scenario of the Indian printing industry, selling Xerox’s latest graphic arts series of colour digital presses and monochrome production printing product portfolio. India’s printing industry is forecasted to show strong economic growth going forward. To be part of this growth of the Indian digital printing industry, Insight and Xerox will work together to help traditional offset printers’ transition to digital. Digital printing is the next step, and something that will complement offset printing rather than replace. A combination of offset and digital printing will be the norms moving forward. falling in place at this point of Business, Xerox India, adding, “To Observing the transformation time. Xerox is the leader in the keep pace with these emerging period in printing industry, digital printing solutions and has technologies, the printing Ajay Aggarwal, CEO, Insight, the maximum range of products industry has now concentrated said “This drupa was a ‘digital to choose from. The commercial on digital printing having a solid drupa’ and the emphasis on printing companies can start record of reliable growth, even nations and then come to India. digital was perhaps fifty percent. with a low end Xerox machine through the recession. From In the next 5 years, we are going We feel that by next drupa, the and keep upgrading to higher 6.1 billion colour digital pages to see tremendous changes in the emphasis will shift to around end models as they get deeper printed in 2003 to 47.1 billion book publishing segment in India. 70 percent towards digital. As and deeper into digital printing pages printed in 2011, digital Publishers will prefer printing we all know that printing is business.” printing has experienced eight ‘books on demand’ on digital going through a transformation “India’s digital printing consecutive years of growth and platform rather than printing phase and we are also industry is growing at a rate of the big drivers of growth for at them in bulk.” transforming and shifting our 25.8 percent for last three years least the next decade will be Having offices spread all focus from product centric to - expected to grow from US$504 ‘print on demand’ books, direct over India with strong service customer centric approach.” million in 2006 to as much mail, transpromo and marketing and support network ensuring As per Sangam Khanna, as US $2.5 billion by 2012. collateral.” high uptime for all the machines director, Insight, “The digital These numbers clearly illustrate According to Angelo they deal in, the twenty years presses – that were visible in how huge the digital printing Fernandez, director, Insight, old company Insight has already drupa 2012 were out of reach opportunity is and the type of “With the advent of iPads in become one of the market leaders for most of Indian printers and market we operate in is growing April 2010, e-books are becoming in CtP sales with Kodak, super also the technology needs to by the day. Xerox’s projections more and more a medium of wide format – digital presses mature. But by 2016, we expect of digital printing growth are in reading books. Last year, it was from HP and offset presses that both these factors to fall in line with the worldwide trends. recorded that US sold more from Komori. The company has place. Insight – has been waiting And our customers in India number of e-books then physical recently also tied-up with Soma for the right opportunity, right are actually growing at a pace books and this year UK’s e-book engineering to promote CI Flexo time and the right partner to get almost double to the worldwide sales figures crossed its physical presses in India. into the digital print business and trends,” conveyed Pankaj Kalra, book sales. And this trend is first For more details, contact : we feel all the three things are head, Graphic Communications going to cover the developed [email protected] Variable Data & Digital Printing Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Canon India scores 100 in imagePRESS C7010VP installations Recent installation of their imagePRESS C7010VP at Dharam Reprographics in New Delhi has marked Canon India’s 100th delivery of the widely accepted press in the country. The historic inauguration of the machine was unveiled by Dr Alok Bharadwaj, senior vice president, Canon India Pvt Ltd in presence of a flock of eminent guests. Print & Publishing editor, SK Khurana writes about the momentous occasion of Canon India which makes Dharam Reprographics a prestigious customer of imagePRESS C7010VP.
verjoyed with the the challenging production in the 100th installation of contemporary printing market. OimagePRESS C7010VP, “We have installed 100 Dr Alok Bharadwaj expressed imagePRESS C7010VP his immense pride of the machines in 56 months. But achievement accomplished in our next target is to double the a span of fifty six months. He current installation rate as we mentioned that the company’s are planning to deliver another venture into this new domain of 100 machines in the coming 25 imagePRESS platform has been months,” said Dr Alok adding a continued focus and customers’ that Canon India finds north delight. “Acceptance level of India surging ahead of other imagePRESS C7010VP among regions as of now. He instanced our customers is emphatically the ever growing printing hub immense as they are well-versed like Nehru Place in New Delhi in deriving out of the machine,” as a big allurement which pulls admitted Dr Alok. huge number of customers across the capital city and cross border destinations like UP, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, etc. Peerless productions Canon India’s 100th imagePRESS C7010VP at Dharam Reprographics is the latter’s 5th such machines installed at their separate production units. “We never expected imagePRESS C7010VP would help us boost our production volume in an unbelievable aspect,” Largest facility said Virendra Kasana of Dharam “Dharam Reprographics, Reprographics. He added that the newly adopted imagePRESS along with its sister C7010VP has delivered 2.3 lakh companies, becomes the prints since its installation in largest facility producing July 2012. On their other four such presses they have taken maximum number of out over 60 lakh prints. Canon prints in India using imagePRESS C7010VP handles Canon digital presses.” a variety of media weights and types upto 13x19.2 inch in — D r A l o k B h a r a d w a j size and 60 gsm to 325 gsm in weight. Inaugural event in progress at Dharam Reprographics, New Delhi. India-centric Puneet Datta, assistant Roads ahead our customers who show immense Dr Alok remarked the director- Production Printing Milestone achievement of trust and faith in Canon products applications of imagePRESS Division, Canon India said, Canon India’s 100 imagePRESS and service,” said Dr Alok. C7010VP being quite favourable “Apart from being a milestone C7010 VP deliveries is a continuing While talking about new big to Indian customers. Amazingly, installation, our delivery of the triumph to redefine performance things which Canon India has India has the highest installations 100th imagePRESS C7010VP and expectations of its customers in pipeline, Dr Alok mentioned of imagePRESS C7010VP in to Dharam Reprographics’ including print professionals of about mono-production press to Asia, beating the continent’s two Okhla unit was filled with full commercial printers, print-on- be introduced for book printing big markets of Japan and China. of challenges. The company’s demand print shops, etc. “Even segment, which he bracketed as Introduced in the year 2007, production unit is set at a height though the market is prevailing a promisingly growing segment imagePRESS C7010VP, Canon of over 26 feet in the second under tough economic situation of in a big way. In India, demand has leveraged its foundations in floor of the building. This is a rupee depreciation against dollar for digital print landscape is now imaging excellence to build this record installation of the 800 value, we have been adjusting growing at 25 percent CAGR, high-end machine, which has kg imagePRESS C7010VP ever the circumstance with gradual witnessing 30 percent growth in made a financial commitment to done to such height in India.” growth and mutual relations to the first half of 2012.
Variable Data & Digital Printing Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
C751EX, Ricoh Pro 1107EX, Ricoh India marks and Ricoh Aficio MP W2401, in the presence of a good number first installation in eastern India of invitees, including well known industry personalities, printing • Inaugurates Ricoh Pro C751EX colour digital production printer press owners from Kolkata and at Spectrum Artcomm Pvt Ltd in Kolkata eastern India. On the occasion, Tetsuya • Presents live demos of Ricoh Pro C751EX, Ricoh Pro 1107EX, and Ricoh Takano also gave brief of Aficio MP W2401 in an open house event at a hotel in Kolkata Ricoh’s operations in India and • Receives another order for Ricoh Pro C751EX from Innovations, Kohima (Nagaland) worldwide. Founded in the year 1936 with headquarter in Tokyo • Expects ten installations of colour digital printers in eastern India by end of this financial year (Japan), Ricoh today is featured ontinuing expanding their officer and Anjana Saha, among the prestigious Fortune customer base across marketing manager, production Global 500 corporations. Its Cthe country, Ricoh India printing business group, Ricoh business spans 150 countries with Limited recently marked their India. Established in the year of 1,08,500 employees including effective presence in eastern 1997, Spectrum has now emerged 18,000 highly qualified service India, with inauguration of as a full fledged designing and engineers worldwide. With Ricoh Ricoh Pro C751EX colour print provider agency, serving (73.6 percent) and public (24.4 digital printer at Spectrum around 50-60 clients, including percent) partnership, Ricoh India Artcomm Pvt Ltd in Kolkata; educational institutes, real estate Limited was founded in the year live demonstration of Ricoh Pro developers, etc. “We never lost 1993, while Ricoh production C751EX, Ricoh Pro 1107EX, a single client during the last printing in India started in Sep and Ricoh Aficio MP W2401 in fifteen years of our operation 2010. With its national head an open house event at a hotel providing efficient services to all office in New Delhi, Ricoh in the city; and receiving another our customers,” claims Mridul India continue spreading their order for Ricoh Pro C751EX Kotriwal, managing director of operations in the country, having from Innovations, Kohima Spectrum, who was engaged in 21 offices across the nation, (Nagaland). Ricoh Pro C751EX Tetsuya Takano addressing the exports business prior to printing and a staff of 800 individuals. provides print speed of 75ppm, attendees. business. National logistic centers with with resolutions up to 1,200 x Pro C751EX printer, which was Meanwhile, Ricoh India also a full fledged back up support 4,800 dpi. inaugurated by Tetsuya Takano, organized an open house at a – after sales services to their Spectrum Artcomm Pvt managing director & CEO, Ricoh hotel in Kolkata for presenting clients – service engineers, Ltd is the first company from India Limited, accompanied by live demonstrations of their three smooth supply of spare parts and this region, who installed Ricoh Avijit Mukherjee, chief operating printing machines - Ricoh Pro peripherals, always enable them to perform better. As per Avijit Mukherjee and Anjana Saha, “We are expecting to have ten installations of colour digital printers in eastern India by end of this financial year, reaching close to fifty installations across India within a year.” During this event, Jonathan Anjana Saha and Manoj Kumar (chief financial officer) of Doulo of Innovations, Kohima Anjana Saha, Avijit Mukherjee, and Tetsuya Takano from Ricoh India; S Tamuly, Prism Techno Systems (distributors for (Nagaland) also confirmed the Ricoh India with Mridul Kotriwal of Spectrum Artcomm Ricoh at Kohima, Nagaland); Jonathan Doulo of Innovations; booking of Ricoh Pro C751EX Pvt Ltd. Tetsuya Takano, managing director & CEO, Ricoh India. colour digital printer. Kapil Sibal dedicates Automated Mail Processing Centre, Delhi to the nation • OCR system recognizes the pincode and address for taking sorting decisions • AMPC capable of sorting Kapil Sibal and Ms Manjula Prasher - the secretary (Posts) and chairman, PS Board, with officials 10 lakh mails per day releasing the Special Cover on AMPC Delhi at the inauguration of the centre Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 Variable Data & Digital Printing
‘Kodak NexPress press helps prevent Magazine digital colour press obsolescence’ title added odak’s strategy with the included in the White Paper are on Espresso NexPress platform is to endorsements from NexPress Keliminate obsolescence press customers. “The NexPress risk. As a result, its systems are digital press we have today is the book both scalable and upgradeable, same one we started with five conveyed J Zarwan Partners- years ago,” said Theo Pettaras, machines founder John Zarwan in a new founder of Digitalpress. “We White Paper commissioned by have the ability to have the technology changes rapidly, network Kodak. “The idea is a simple one. machine upgraded in the field, new features and functions are ell-known literary Buy only what you need or can allowing us to have new inks constantly being introduced, magazine, ‘n+1’ has afford today and add additional and faster speeds. It also has the and the danger of being behind joined On Demand features and capabilities later, intelligent calibration system.” the curve soon after making W Books’ growing Espresso Book without having to install a Updating existing systems, rather a major purchase can put Machine (EBM) network, new machine,” he explained than buying new ones, is a benefit a printer at a competitive expanding what bookstores further. J Zarwan Partners is for many customers. “With disadvantage. In today’s and libraries can offer through an independent consultancy Kodak you do not need to buy new environment, it is particularly EBM’s ‘digital-to-print at retail’ that specializes in business equipment every couple of years. important to choose a press sales channel. development, market strategy, and You can just add new technology that can not only grow with product planning and positioning. to existing equipment, which is your business but accommodate The White Paper explores very cost effective for a small new features, functions, the clear benefits of digital company like ours,” said Wayne, and capabilities as they are press upgradability and includes owner/partner, Indie Printing. introduced. Most suppliers research conducted by Zarwan In closing, Zarwan observed, will provide attractive trade-in about the NexPress digital “Not all businesses are alike, allowances to businesses that press platform and competitive and many factors enter into the purchase new equipment. It is digital presses. Zarwan found decision to acquire any capital clearly preferable to be able to that Kodak’s upgradability equipment. The selection of upgrade your existing equipment strategy was compelling when an appropriate digital press to bring it completely up to compared to competitors. Also is particularly challenging, as date.” The EBM is the only digital- to-print at-retail solution on the market today. With the push of 3S Graphic Solutions to offer Scodix a button, a title can be printed with a full-colour cover, bound, UV digital enhancement machine and trimmed to any standard -becomes channel partner of Monotech Systems for Delhi & NCR region size. In a matter of minutes, it emerges from the EBM as a ne of the leading prepress selective varnish, subsrates weight bookstore-quality paperback solution providers and 135-675 gsm and thickness up book, which the customer can Oauthorized exclusive to 0.7mm, highest gloss 99GU pay for and walk out the store partner of Israel-based company avaible for printed material, with right there and then. ‘Scodix’, Monotech Systems / S54 B3+ (14x20inch) /S74 pro variable patterns and densities Content from publishers is fed Limited recently appointed 3S B2+(20x29 inch). These models capabilities ranging from one to the EBM via EspressNet, On Graphics Solutions as channel feature online rainbow (glittering) percent to hundred percent in Demand Books’ growing digital partner for Scodix products in / braille / barcode options having single pass. network of titles (currently Delhi & NCR region. a resolution up to 2540x 360dpi, Being a clean, green process, numbering over seven million). Scodix has introduced a image to image registration this solution contains no polluting Much like an iTunes for books, complete digital UV enhancement camera based OPA, eco-friendly additives, eliminating plate molds, EspressNet retrieves, encrypts, Scodix S series models in drupa, polymer with thickness up to 250 chemical and solvents, while transmits, and catalogues books including S74 B2+(20x29 inch) microns-100 times higher than reducing energy consumption. from a multitude of English Print service providers and and foreign language content their customers enjoy the providers, including public freedom of doing UV to print domain, in-copyright, and self- runs of any size on demand. It published titles. is a completely digital solution Notably, in September 2010, supporting PDF or optimized On Demand Books and Xerox PDF with no need for additional announced a partnership whereby complex UV set up and you can Xerox will market, sell or lease do UV on preprinted material and service the Espresso Book like paper, digtial, PVC, cards, Machine worldwide. Espresso as conveyed by Amritpal Singh Book Machines have been Bawa, national head, digital placed in bookstores, libraries, enhencement and software, universities, and other locations Monotech. in the USA, Canada, the UK, the For more details, contact, SS Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Saini at: [email protected] the Caribbean. A view of the recently installed Scodix machine in Chennai. Variable Data & Digital Printing Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
HP Indigo 5500 installed at Indot Color World in Kerala iming to meet customers’ HP ElectroInk liquid ink customers during Indian wedding produce high quality photobooks. high-end photographic technology combined with a wide season, HP has consistently made We are excited to have joined Aprinting needs, Indot Color colour gamut up to 7-colour available newer technologies hands with Indot Color World World recently inaugurated HP printing, special and spot colour and applications just on time. who now have the facility to Indigo 5500 digital press at their capabilities, including photo Considering the emotive aspect provide high quality reproduction faculty in Palakkad (Kerala). inks—light cyan and light involved – making your special of photographic images and Established in 2003, the magenta has been certified as moment an unforgettable other content on a wide range company has carved a niche for best photo quality, better than celebration by capturing the of coated and uncoated media,” itself as one of the digital image the other tested digital solutions beauty of each moment and conveyed A Appadurai – country processing leader in Southern and even conventional film by preserving it for being able to manager – Indigo & Inkjet Press India. Making one’s special Spencer labs. “We are excited share with others, HP’s focus has Solutions, HP - PPS India, moment turn into unforgettable about the new HP Indigo digital been on getting across the best to adding, “One of the leading celebrations – they offer offset press technology as it its customers. independent research labs for innovative and stylish wedding helps give us an edge over the “HP has turned out to be print permanence has proved that photo albums which live for over competition in the photo-printing the leading provider of photo Indigo printed photobook could 200 years. business,” commented Sushil printing solutions to the photo last greater than 200 years and The HP Indigo press 5500 Kumar CP, managing partner, labs in the country. HP Indigo permanence of Indigo printed combines the look and feel of Indot Color World. digital offset press 5500 employs photo sheets is better than its traditional offset with genuine Keeping in mind the a unique liquid pigment ink competing technologies today.” photo quality. With superior requirements and demands of the electrophotographic process to
Building customer and partner relationships Kodak organises Unified Workflow Solutions Conference in Mumbai
s in other parts of the world, customers in the AAsia Pacific region have been witnessing major changes in print technology and in the industry as a whole. Being the best partner to increase automation and efficiency, especially in commercial and packaging print, Kodak understands that opportunity comes with this change. On this line, representatives from Kodak’s worldwide Unified workflow solutions group have completed a successful conference in Mumbai. Aimed at providing attendees with an insight on the latest as requirements and gathering The event and workflow 6, Kodak Preps Imposition trends and the solutions that can feedback. There is simply no content drew significant interest Software 7 and Kodak help improve their processes, the better way to help ensure that we from the media, and the session ColorFlow Color Management conference was part of a series in produce and deliver customized was well attended. The Kodak Software 2. the Asia Pacific region. solutions that add the most value representatives spoke on a In his presentation on “One of the best things to their business,” conveyed number of topics. Speaking on advanced job collaboration about having a worldwide role Arjen Van Der Meulen, worldwide the future of workflow, Arjen with Kodak InSite Software is meeting with our customers director of product management Van Der Meulen provided 6.5, Michael Bialko, worldwide and colleagues in every country, for Kodak Unified workflow previews of game-changing product and support specialist, discussing their needs as well solutions. Kodak Prinergy Workflow demonstrated the new version along with the iPad App, which allows users to work on jobs while on the road or at home with true 24/7 access. While talking about Kodak’s complete packaging workflow, Michael Tedesco, worldwide product manager for packaging workflow, showed how Kodak’s complete line of packaging software covers everything from file creation to final output.
Paper Bind marks thirteenth Headway Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 installations of PUR System 444 Mimaki broadening series Innovative design and use horizon in India of polyurethane drive wide Getting on to the surging potential of the digital large-format acceptance amongst customers market in India, Mimaki has set its wings to fully spread across the aper Bind’s range of PUR (Polyurethane Reactive) semi and country with new product launches and magnification of distribution Pfully automatic binders –the PB PUR network. Hirofumi Kitaguchi, general manager - marketing & sales, System 444 series – has seen great success Mimaki in interaction with Print & Publishing editor, SK Khurana since its launch at IPEX South Asia in September 2011, with thirteen installations of reveals the company’s continuing marketing strategies to engulf the the machine. Providing a unique solution for Indian subcontinent. all on-demand short-to-medium-run binding for digital and offset printed book blocks, imaki’s recent launch the machine represents previously unheard of of SWJ-320 S2/S4 levels of productivity and sophistication in the inkjet printers in India super-compact perfect binder category. M gave many in the country’s Speaking on the occasion of the thirteenth digital large-format market a installation of the machine, Anuj A Mehta, surprise about the distinguished CEO of Paper Bind said, “The PB PUR characteristics of the machines. System 444Series was designed keeping in Of course, every Mimaki mind the requirements of photo books or product always comes out as albums, medium to large digital printers unique arrival in the market, and offset printers. This range of machines so are newly introduced SWJ- use PUR, which is the strongest and most 320 S2/S4 printers. Defined to flexible binding adhesive currently known be the best partners to win in a in the marketplace. With inks, coatings and digital print toners present in the spines of competitive market, Hirofumi books, there always exists the possibility of Kitaguchi admitted that the compromising the strength of typical hot melt Rs 20-22 lakh grand-format (EVA) binding. PUR, on the other hand, is Mimaki SWJ-320 S2/S4 inkjet resistant to this and will form a super-strong printers are designed for both bond with all weights and finishes of paper indoor and outdoor applications. stocks. Combined with other advantages like Market competence compatibility with recycled stock, non-toxic “SWJ-320 S2 (standard system of operation and our exclusive three model) and SWJ-320 S4 year Smile Pack optional warranty, the PUR (high-speed model) are featured as variable media because resin contains in the ink 444 series has enjoyed wide acceptance across dot print with minimum dot size of 7 pico dissolves with the heater, forming membrane all our customers.” litre and can produce maximum resolution which thus output exceptionally on PVC of 1,080 x 1,200 dpi, ensuring vivid prints films, backlit bluebacked materials, etc. without any grainy appearance,” explained Broader network Hirofumi adding that their target is to deliver Hirofumi revealed that Mimaki in India 10 printers every month, for which they is now progressing towards new verticals would maintain two months inventory of 20- as the company has planned to expand its 25 printers in their stock. These new Mimaki distribution channels across the country. inkjet printers use eco-solvent inks available “We are planning to introduce our new setup in two-litre bottles, which are not only of dealers across the country by year-end affordable than the conventional in cartridges with the scaling up of our staffs as well,” but also have exceptional stability and low he mentioned. Further, he disclosed that propensity to clog nozzles. The CS100 inks Mimaki demo centers will be opened in two also bring the same high Mimaki standards new cities, Mumbai and Chennai, in addition for colour accuracy. to the company’s existing center in Gurgaon. Mimaki latex He also mentioned that Mimaki will give Mimaki spectacularly introduced its six- the new-format dealers all sort of supports, including technical, commercial and whatever According to KolorKode, a Bengaluru-based colour latex printer at drupa 2012 Dusseldorf. But available now in the Indian market is they require to upgrade themselves to new customer, “We installed the PB PUR System standards. 444 eight months ago and as a result, our four-colour latex printer, which according to business has experienced a number of benefits. Hirofumi will be followed by the six-colour Independent entity Most significant is the quality of binding which machines soon. Printable on non-coated Undergoing a robust expansion we can now offer customers who come in with medias such as paper and textile, four- progression in all aspects, Mimaki is looking thick books and manuals for print finishing.” colour Mimaki JV 400 available currently, forward to its stability in the Indian market Glo Digital Press, Coimbatore who installed also offers the world’s first ‘white’ latex first and planning to spread its wings to cover the PB PUR 444 approximately three months ink added to four colours (CMYK) printer, the subcontinent in a wholesome manner. ago, has also made a significant difference which meets multi-use applications with “We would cover the countries like Nepal, to their business. “Most importantly it has endless versatility. “Our water-based LX Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,” asserted enabled us to take up jobs, which we earlier 100 inks have very little VOCs (volatile Hirofumi. One big thing about Mimaki in couldn’t because our previous equipment organic compounds),” informed Hirofumi. India would be the company’s plan to stand didn’t offer the required capabilities,” said He added that latex inks fix pigments to out as an independent entity soon. Ramanan, managing director, Glo Digital.
Exhibition Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Final countdown begins for ISD 2012 All new experiences guaranteed
The moment you read this article, countdown to India Sign + Digital (ISD) 2012 would come closer than you think. The second edition of the expo is staging from October 29-31, 2012 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi by unfolding a fresh array of exhibits and new ‘live’ activities in its popular LiveExperience Zones. Stay informed about the expo in advance to make comfortable exploration of the exhibition floor in a favourable manner.
What to exhibit? and Events&Show Zone. Newly launched Versatile and focused participants who ScreenExpression Zone would be a zone are carrying out resourceful exhibits in the Quick facts about ISD 2012 where expanding possibilities of screen printing can be caught and CeramicPrint second edition of India Sign + Digital would include all key industry players engaging in Organisers: SS Events Zone will be a preferred spot to witness manufacturing and distributions of digital customised bath, kitchen and other large-format printers, CNC routers, plotters/ Venue: Hall No 12A, Pragati applications. And NarrowFormat Zone will cutters, substrates, vinyl, print finishing doubtlessly be a groundbreaking new zone equipments, glow signs, A-boards/pavement Maidan, New Delhi underlining attractive range of print-on- displays, anti-graffiti/bacterial signage, demand digital printing viz. photo books, cut/moulded/built-up letters, finished sign Preferred Local transport: event collaterals, etc. systems, floor-graphics, heat transfer, Delhi Metro What’s bigger opportunity? dye-sublimation, labels/decals, POS/ India being a market of more than displays, software and lots more. ISD 12,500 sign makers with a turnover of Rs guarantees the exhibits being a reflection west India (13%), central India (11%), east 5,700 crore and more than Rs 3,750 crore of what is trending in the current signage India (9%), and overseas (4%). It has been capital investment and around 3,95,000 market of India. expected a bigger crowd this year and almost employed manpower directly/indirectly, the Who will visit? 90 percent of them would turn out to be large-format printing domain alone stands Crowd of visitors at ISD 2012 would decision makers. at around 995 million euro and OOH be from 23 key market segments, which What’s new in ‘live’ zones? segment (ad spending) is estimated to attain include PSPs, ad agencies, architects, fleet The popular LiveExperience Zones 400 million euro. ISD is indeed at threshold service providers, outdoor media, commercial of ISD will have fresh fervours with the to navigate into the unexplored domains of printers, copy shops/repro houses, corporate/ addition of three more new zones, viz. the emerging Indian market. business signage, print users, etc. Region-wise ScreenExpression Zone, CeramicPrint For further details on participation segregation of the crowd who thronged the Zone and NarrowFormat Zone, adding as exhibitor or to be a sponsor to select debut edition of the expo last year consisted fresh thrills to the existing WallArt Zone, opportunity, please contact: VN Kutty at: of north India (48%), south India (15%), WrapperZone, TextileTemptation Zone [email protected] (www.isdexpo.com)
Exhibitions Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
China Print 2013 forecasts bigger prospects Bringing the exhibition floors to a fresh panorama of the world’s latest printing technologies and products, the 8th edition of Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition (China Print) will be staged from May 14-18, 2013 at New China International Exhibition Centre, Beijing. The printing exhibition will be a great communication platform where exhibitors and visitors are privileged with new opportunities to enhance new business in China’s growing printing market.
t has been announced that China Print association of the world’s leading tradeshow 2013 will occupy a total exhibition area organisers. In the meantime, Global Print Iof 1,20,000 sq m to accommodate 1,200 established in Dusseldorf in 2008 is an exhibitors attracting more than 1,60,000 alliance initiated by ten countries, namely, visitors from all over the world. Being a most China, India, Germany, USA, UK, Japan, Italy, professional and influential printing expo in France, Spain and Sweden. And Asia Print is China, this trade exhibition will provide the a Korean printing alliance formed by members best services to exhibitors and visitors who including Korea, China, India, Indonesia, would be rushing from Southeast Asia, South Philippines, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with an Asia, West Asia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, aim to promote Asian printing industry. East Europe and Russia. Inspiring factors Stronger trends China Print would cast a phenomenal Considered to be China’s earliest and shadow of new business opportunities largest printing trade fair till date, China Print popping up in China’s printing industry. In the is a quadrennial event established in 1984 promotion plan of cultural activities issued by and became the first Chinese establishment the State Council of China, printing sector has being enrolled as UFI member. In its attempt been included as one of the nine key industries to meet the demands surging in the country’s which play strategic roles in the country’s rapidly expanding printing market, the social and economic developments. Prosperity expo branched out its sister concern Print in domestic cultural market, expansion of China 2007 debuted in Dongguan City. Then creative industry and sustainable growth of the second edition of Print China in 2011 related industries provide a larger market pitched into a bigger aspect as the expo was space in the country’s printing industry. organised in an exhibition floor of 1,20,000 China’s 12th Five Years Plan (2011- sq m. Such continuing developments in China 15) for the printing industry estimates that Print and Print China over the last 30 years outputs in the sector will exceed RMB 1,000 have gained worldwide recognitions of the million by the end of the plan. It means that two unbeaten printing trade exhibitions. the country’s printing industry estimated to Backstage players become the second largest in the world. And A joint venture between Printing it is believed that China will witness several Equipment Industries Association of China printing companies with revenues above RMB (PEIAC) and CIEC, China Print Show five billion and more than 100 companies Company (CPSC) is the main organiser of with revenues of over RMB one million. China China Print. Based on China Print and Print Print 2013 will be such a platform reflecting North, CPSC aims to deliver top quality all such prospects tending in the country’s exhibition and conference services to China’s printing industry. printing and other related industries. The company keeps improving its services so that they could provide better supports to the development of the country’s printing industry. PEIAC is the largest printing association in China which has an extensive membership of all printing barons of the country. Three international printing alliances viz. UFI, Global Print and Asia Print strongly support China Print. UFI is a Milan-based
Exhibitions Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Ipex enters Brazil Labelexpo India to TS, part of the showcase more live globally renowned Bevent organiser demos and working and publisher, Informa Exhibitions, recently announced the official machneries launch of Ipex Digital ith more products, more Latin America, to be launches and more live held at Transamerica Expo content programme with Wdemonstrations than any other Center, São Paulo, Brazil during conferences and other learning industry events in the region of South October 2-5, 2013. Ipex Digital opportunities on subjects such Asia, Labelexpo India 2012 is sheduled Latin America follows on the as transpromo, variable data, to be held during Oct 29 - Nov 01, 2012 success of its well established applications, direct mail, cross in New Delhi. The event is to draw the sister event Ipex, the world’s media applications as well as label industry together for four days with largest English speaking colour management and web to 200 exhibitors facilitating unlimited opportunity of marketplace event for all aspects of the print technologies. interaction, education and networking for the printers/converters of print, publishing and media As per Trevor Crawford, label, flexible packaging, folding carton, packaging, label designers, industries, which takes place in director, Print Group, “We etc to source new technology and ideas prevaling in the industry. the UK every four years. Ipex are thrilled that we now have The facts revealing the strengths from the last edition of the recently announced the exciting a dedicated Digital version of show are confidence building projections to the industry. The last relocation to London’s ExCeL our successful event right here edition of the show held in the year 2010 was a great success, in Centre in 2014, which is set to in the heart of São Paulo. Our which 93 percent of visitors were at manager level and above, and continue attracting an overall team has been researching this 94 percent of visitors were purchasing decision makers. A total audience of 1,00,000 global attractive and growing market of 6,055 visitors attended the show from 61 countries including industry professionals, with for some time, consulting with India, Germany, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, etc. over 1,000 exhibitors coming manufacturers, suppliers, The visitors to the show will have a great opportunity to together in 1,00,000 sq m of printers, associations and discover the world’s leading major suppliers all in one space to floor space. customers. From this, it has explore the latest working machinery and materials, and can built Catering for the Americas’ emerged that there is a clear new relationships to put themselves ahead of their competitors growing commercial digital gap in the market and need and see live demonstrations of the latest working machines. The print market, the inaugural Ipex for a dedicated event that exhibitors’ profile to the show this year included: label and narrow Digital Latin America event focuses on the opportunities web printing machinery manufacturers, industry service suppliers, will focus on the advantages for commercial printers within label application, overprinting and inspection equipment suppliers, of digital technology in digital technology, and the pre-press and production technology suppliers, radio frequency commercial printing. It will whole print production workflow identification suppliers, security solution suppliers, substrate and be complimented by a strong that supports it.” adhesive suppliers, etc. Hunkeler Innovation Days 2013 New reflections of a dynamic development to be presented in Lucerne iuring February 11-15, 2013, the Hunkeler Innovation Days trends, make the latest developments understandable and show how will be held for the 10th time at the Messe Lucerne exhibition they all interplay in actual use. Dfacility (Switzerland). The growing internationalization and For thousands of experts and decision-makers from around enormous interest on the part of the supplier sector and visitors alike the world (more than 5000 in 2011), the event has become an has prompted Hunkeler to extend this industry event from its previous indispensable platform for gathering information. Visitors value the four days to five days. Approximately 80 exhibitors will present their unique opportunity to meet in person with staff members from leading latest products in Hall 2 with its 7000 sq m of floor space. And once manufacturers of digital printing systems, with those developing again, a few of them will use the exclusive showcase of the Hunkeler software solutions as well as vendors of consumables and finishing Innovation Days for world premiers. materials. They are also able to make direct comparisons of a wide The printing sector is range of practical solution scenarios for transaction/transpromotion changing at a rapid pace, printing, print-on-demand (books and newspapers) and direct mail and there’s no event that production. reflects this dynamic Integrated total solutions that address every aspect of the activity better than the workflow and for every industry segment will be shown at the Hunkeler Hunkeler Innovation Days. 2013 Innovation Days. Technical advances provide access to the With the background economies and advantages of digital printing and finishing processes of the fast-paced in an increasing number of segments and applications, including the development of digital printing of packaging. The first approaches to solving these problems printing and finishing, started to appear at drupa 2012 in Düsseldorf, and specific solutions this industry gathering – will be available for viewing at the Hunkeler Innovation Days 2013 in which is conducted every Lucerne. two years – is taking on In nutshell, Hunkeler innovationdays 2013 is not-to-be missed and international importance. appropriate event for all those who have interest in digital printing In a compact fashion, the and finishing technologies. Hunkeler Innovation Days For more info, contact, Capital Graphic Supplies/A S Print Aids Pvt bring clarity to current Ltd at: 011 25703490-91, 25708807-08 or [email protected]
News & Activities Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
Change to create new impetus at Heidelberg HNL broadenS Dr Gerold Linzbach to take place of horizons to writing Bernhard Schreier as new CEO at the company and print paper ernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberg business will be leaving the company at the end of 2012. He is handing over the ased at Vellor in Koyattom, Hindustan B Newsprint Ltd (HNL), one of the company's chairmanship after almost 13 years. Over recent months, key steps have been Bsubsidiaries of Hindustan Paper taken to set the company's new strategic course Carporation (HPC), has recently launched and a start has been made on putting their Expansion-cum-Diversification Project this into practice to return Heidelberg to (EDP) and diversified their operation from sustained profitable growth. What's more, the single product portfolio of newsprint the industry trade show drupa has led to the production to writing and printing paper highest quarterly incoming orders in four (WPP) of production by creating a swing- years for the first quarter of financial year facility with the exhisting facility of 2012/2013. The Supervisory Board and newspaper production. Schreier himself feel now is the right time to make the change in order to create new impetus at the very top of the company. The Dr Gerold Linzbach Supervisory Board unanimously appointed Dr Gerold Linzbach (56) as Heidelberg CEO guiding it through two major global economic with effect from September 1, 2012. Schreier crises and structural upheaval in the printing will ensure the industry. Particularly in very difficult recent transition goes times, he has helped transform Heidelberg smoothly and will from a traditional press manufacturer into a accompany the solution and service provider in the print media handover process industry," said Robert J Koehler, chairman of till the end of the the Supervisory Board of Heidelberg. The launch of the project is the part of their year. "Heidelberg is a global market leader striving plan to be one of dominant players in the "I would like and is renowned worldwide for its cutting- Indian pulp & paper industry with a wide range to thank Bernhard edge technology and customer proximity. of product grades from newsprint to premium Schreier for his In Dr Gerold Linzbach, we are delighted to film coated varieties of 50-100 gsm for writing achievements as have found a successor with international & printing grades. There is a total production Heidelberg CEO. In experience to press ahead with the company's capacity of 280,000 MT per annum – scales a career spanning strategic reorientation and ensure its return under the plan which is comparable with the a total of 37 years, to profitability. Dr Linzbach has many years best players in the industry. The company has 13 of them as CEO, of management and capital market expertise, presently an installed capacity of 1,00,000 MT he has truly made which will help pave the way for a successful per annum for producing 49 - 45 gsm newsprint. his mark on the company and has succeeded in future at Heidelberg," he added. Under the Expansion-cum-Diversification project they are requiring paper machine for the product grades including cream wove Mondi’s ColorLok campaign NSS/maplitho/copier/film coated with swing facility to produce newsprint also. Also succeeds in Europe there are plans to build a de-inking plant n a successful promotional campaign, with two million ream having capacity of average daily production stickers and half a million scratch-and-win lottery tickets, of additional 300 MT of pulp, from the raw Mondi drew customer attention to the benefits of Mondi material procured mainly from international I sources. All the new facilities for the project office papers with ColorLok Technology. The campaign came to a close with prizes distributed throughout Europe, including trips shall be installed at the existing site by to Barcelona, Morocco, and Norway. Notably, after expanding its optimally utilizing the available space. range of ColorLok papers, global paper and packaging producer Proposed technologies for the project Mondi launched a campaign in January 2012 to bring the benefits of ColorLok Technology ensure environment friendly processes which to life. ColorLok Technology is based on a class of paper additives that visibly enhance the comply with all the existing and forthcoming print quality of inkjet documents. A specific chemical interaction between additives and the environmental regulations/guidelines. pigment holds the pigment on the paper surface while the rest of the ink penetrates deep Under the increased economic activity into the paper, resulting in the crisp, vivid print quality. and post-commissioning operation of the proposed project they will provide impulse to further economic activities in Kottayam and neighbouring districts. Development EFI Connect 2013 to sizzle in Las Vegas of industries/establishments will promote ne of the world leaders in customer-focused sourcing of basic inputs and give fillip to digital printing innovation, EFI recently the prospects of connected industries in the Oannounced that the 14th annual Connect region – TCC, KRL, HOCL etc. Currently users’ conference, EFI Connect 2013, will take finer varieties of paper grades are sourced place early next year during January 15-18 at the from other states – the project will provide Wynn Las Vegas. The conference offers business self sufficiency for the state in this regard leaders extensive educational sessions and opportunities to form long-term relationships with including generating considerable employment industry peers, discuss issues that matter and share business, process and revenue ideas. and entrepreneurial opportunities. Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 News & Activities
Beirut to host the Autoprint envisages efficiency enhancement first SND programme for printers An Nahar News Design conference and workshop in Middle East aking another initiative to help print n a time of great change in the region, industry, Coimbatore-based Autoprint the media industry is also transforming; TMachinery Manufacturers Pvt Ltd, Ithe challenge is now to adapt to and along with Manugraph and TechNova (as absorb these new trends. Given this scenario, training partners), has envisaged an efficiency An-Nahar and Society for News Design enhancement programme for printers. Under (SND) have joined hands to organize the this unique training programme proposed first News Design Conference in the Middle to be implemented through various printers’ East, which will be held in Beirut from associations across the country, the company November 8-9, this year. The visual aspect of would make an arrangement to train publications matters across platforms. In a operators at the concerned printer’s own world where the visual element has become facility. In order to make the programme a very important, design must evolve with the great success and obtain industry view points, times. Thus the conference will have focus Autoprint recently organised a get together sessions on newspaper design and redesign, with executive committee members of Delhi Established in 1992, Autoprint is one of information graphics and platforms such as Printers’ Association (DPA). the leading printing and allied machinery web and tablet. On the occasion, giving overview of the manufacturers in India, offering a wide range proposed programme, CN Ashok, managing of products including: Autoprint 1510 Colt director and CEO, Autoprint, informed, “With (single colour), 1520 Colt (single colour), collective initiative by at least ten printers, Knight (single colour), Dion 250 (two colour) JK Paper ties up with we will appoint a well qualified trainer to run and Dion 450 (four colour) sheet-fed offset HP for ColorLok efficiency enhancement programme, who will machines (commercial printing); Pack to one by one go to each printer’s site for twice Pack 7000s (single colour) and Pack to technology half-day training in a week. He will not only train Pack 10000i (two colour) for continuous the staff to increase their efficiency, but also look stationery printing (computer support); K Paper, India’s one of the leading and after the betterment in pressroom chemistry, Repetto 65 (die punch & creasing), Fine Coat established paper manufacturers, has maintenance, costing, and waste management, 80 and 65 - an offline flexo coating machine Jbecome the first Indian company to which ultimately increase the productivity and for UV and aqueous coatings; and Autoprint produce and market ColorLok copier paper profitability of the printers. For this training Reckoner VDP 50 and VDP 65; etc. As per in India. Tying-up exclusively with HP for programme, every printer will have to contribute Ashok, “Presently, we have 12 products in our ColorLok Technology will help JK Paper only Rs 10,000 per month paying advance for portfolio, and launch at least a new product bringing in world class printing paper for the one year. With willingness to cooperate and every year. Having manufacturing facilities increasingly demanding of India customers. implement trainer’s recommendations, printers in Coimbatore and Himachal Pradesh, we ColorLock Technology involves surface would significantly witness improvement in produce 2.6 machines per day. With reach in treatment of paper which improves quality their entire operation.” the markets of 50 countries, we have so far of print and compaitability of printers, installed around 8,700 photocopiers and other DTP applications. It machines.” is based on a class of paper additives that Welcoming the visibly enhace the print quality. A specific initiative by Auotoprint, chemical interaction between additives and Arun Berry, president the pigment holds the pigment on the paper of DPA appreciated surface while the rest of the ink penetrates the quality of their deep into the paper, resulting in the crisp, machines, mentioning vivid print quality. their first set of machines installed in New Delhi since 2000 and are working very MassCoMedia efficiently even today. on the growth ourtesy new technology, speed and Dates of Print Efficiently 2012 delivery of communication - both in set for October Cprint and electronic media - is the backbone of New Delhi based MassCoMedia, econd edition of Print Efficiently has The partners talking part in Print the institution totally dedicated to electronic, been set to organise in October at IFS Efficiency will have specific printing film and print media. More recently, SShowrooms in Perivale, Middlesex. activities, such as Roland DG for wide- MassCoMedia students have completed Key event partners, Kodak, IFS/Horizon and format print solutions, KAS Paper Systems 300 odd films on various subjects since Apex Digital Graphics/Ryobi, have announced Ltd for mailroom inserting and wrapping its inception. These films have surprisingly that visitors will machines, PDC (Perfect Document started getting recognition and awards, at be able to see live Creation) showing coil binding solutions, various levels, the best being the Dada Phalke demonstrations of and Lake Image Systems with camera award. their latest printing verification systems. Shuttleworth Business The institute is now set to offer a film technologies and Systems will demonstrate its MIS solutions making course in September 2012 with automated finishing and provide the JDF workflow and the one of the leading directors of Bollywood systems over the paper and substrates partner is Antalis endorsing it. two-week event beginning October 08, 2012. McNaughton.
Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 News & Activities
Print will be an evolving mix of Ten Indian printers opt multiple scenarios: PrintCity collective stand in the n the future, print will be an evolving mix of multiple scenarios for different market segments, economies and cultures. However, Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 all of them will have a common need for a two-part strategy to I n the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 to be held during October optimise their success. Firstly, print must be seen, it needs to stand 10-14, ten Indian book printers shall be particpating with Icollective stand (Hall: 8.0, Stand S 989) for the first time. These printers include: Gopsons Papers Ltd, Noida; International Print-o-Pac Limited, Noida; Jayant Printery, Mumbai; Manipal Technologies Ltd, Manipal; Multivista Global Ltd, Chennai; Nutech Print Services, New Delhi; Parksons Graphics, Mumbai; Replika Press (Pvt) Ltd, Kundli (Haryana); Repro India Limited, Mumbai; and Thomson Press (India) Ltd, Faridabad.
Goss International sees things differently at Graph Expo 2012 i g h l i g h t i n g their innovative Happroach for commercial, newspaper in its own right and be valued as a functional media. This needs to and packaging printing, be underpinned with a combined lean & green manufacturing strategy Goss International will recharge its drupa theme at Graph Expo 2012 to ensure its profitability and sustainability. This is PrintCity’s view (booth #845), to be held in Chicago during October 7-10. Reiterating presented under the headline SEEN! LEAN & GREEN. an invitation to ‘See Things Differently’, the company will emphasize To reflect this dual strategy, PrintCity has chosen an innovative how this corporate philosophy provides new solutions for greater 2-in-1 format that combines two related books into a single revolving productivity and opportunity across all three print sectors. back-to-back printed book. Print retains many unique communication Endorsing the company’s technology and support resources, North attributes that assure its future will be seen, valued and used within American printers have given Goss International a 100-percent market the media mix. It is not so much a choice between e-media or print, position for new commercial web presses in the region over the two but rather what is their best combination? Print that is seen attracts years since Graph Expo 2010. Recent Goss commercial web success in more sales attention to the product and more value to the printer, the Americas has included installations of gapless technology Sunday publisher and packager. Value Added Printing and Packaging is the presses as well as Goss M-600 and M-500 presses, all incorporating only medium that offers an endless combination of colours, surface latest features aimed at facilitating short runs and low waste. Among treatments, shapes, substrates and smells that stimulate our senses to these, are the first Sunday presses with DigiRail digital inking as well create emotional value and response. Smart printing technologies are as the wider Sunday 3000 press (up to 75 inches). further increasing this value proposition. Reflecting the wide portfolio of web offset systems and With such views, the PrintCity Alliance has made its new PRINT: complementary technologies, the Goss booth at Graph Expo will also SEEN! LEAN & GREEN industry reference book available to order present unique options for newspaper and packaging printing, print in printed form. finishing and aftermarket support. In addition, the exhibit will reflect the expanded range of Ferag, Akiyama, Purlux, Yawa products and 321st truck carrying relief various converting equipment from Shanghai Electric companies. Since a world-first technology reveal, with live cylinder change material goes to village demonstrations at drupa 2012 in May, Goss Sunday Vpak presses have increased the focus on web offset as an attractive alternative to flexo, Dhariti (Katra) gravure and sheetfed offset for many packaging applications. Based on he 321st truck carrying relief material donated by Shyam the groundbreaking Sunday gapless press concept, Goss Sunday Vpak Sewa Ashram, Samana for the migrants staying in terrorism presses feature quick-change blankets and printing cylinder sleeves Taffected village of Dhariti (Katra) in distt Raisi in J&K was that make ‘infinitely’ variable repeat lengths easy and affordable. The flagged off by Vijay Kumar Chopra, CMD and chief editor, Punjab first Vpak 500 press system will be installed in the United States later Kesari Group. The eminent persons who were present at the this year. occassion included: Madan Lal Pardesi, Sita Ram, Vishal Gupta, Recent North American orders for Goss finishing systems, Kuldip Bhullar, Harjinder Pal and Lion JB Singh Chaudhary. including Magnapak and Pacesetter lines, underline that big leaps in productivity and efficiency are possible with new technology. Equipped for address-specific selective inserting and inkjet personalization, the latest installations have been driven by business opportunities available through improving net productivity, efficiency and targeting of copies. At the show, Goss Lifetime Support team will also present parts, service and enhancement programmes designed to extend the competitive lifespan of press and finishing systems. Projects such as a unique newspaper press reconfiguration at Newsday in New York, a major multi-press controls upgrade at Star Malaysia and creative commercial web enhancements across the Americas, will be highlighted to illustrate fast-ROI opportunities available and the advantages of choosing a supplier with substantial resources, expertise and project management capabilities. News & Activities Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
delighted to partner with manroland for Manroland appoints Nikhila Graphics as printcom consumables in the Andhra Pradesh Market. We look forward to offer to our printcom Channel Partner for Hyderabad customers printcom’s range of high quality print consumables and will soon expand our operations to Vijaywada and Vizag in the coming months,” commented K Ashok Reddy, partner, Nikhila Graphics. printcom brand stands for print competence and serves as a seal of quality for the manroland range of process-compliant system components. All printcom products are tested and certified for highest quality standards by the manroland Research and Development department for their use on all offset printing presses and superior printing results are guaranteed by the intensive trials conducted in various projects and installations Manroland India appoints Nikhila Graphics as Printcom Channel Partner in Hyderabad. all across the globe. In India, manroland has launched its n order to promote their printcom brand one of the most respected technocrat in the printcom range of fountain solutions, printing of consumables in the country, Manroland Indian printing industry. The inauguration washes, presscare and platecare products, IIndia has appointed Hyderabad based was attended by leading commercial and blankets, printing rollers, UV lamps etc. The Nikhila Graphics as an authorized Channel packaging printers from Hyderabad. company is on an aggressive expansion drive Partner for printcom consumables range from Established in 2009, Nikhila Graphics has and is establishing a nationwide distribution manroland for the state of Andhra Pradesh. rapidly established itself as a trusted supplier and after sales support network to service The partnership offers printcom’s certified for several leading printers in the twin the leading printers in the Indian market. range of printing consumables including cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The With a strong team of trained printers and pressroom chemicals, blankets, rollers etc. The company led by two partners K Ashok Reddy chemistry experts pan India, printcom brand new partnership and premises were recently and Ch. Brahma Reddy has earned a good is fully equipped to support customers with inaugurated by Anil Bhatia, managing reputation for timely delivery and prompt its certified consumables and offer value director, Manroland India and Raghav Raju, service to its loyal customer base. “We are added services. Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012 News & Activities
th memory of OP Ghai, the founding chairman schollership. The selected candidate will be IBP to organise 25 of the institute. Tha candidates wish to given 50 percent concession on tuition fee. compete should submit a two-page write For details contact: Course Director, Institute condensed course up on the topic ‘How Digital Publishing can of Book Publishing, A-59, Okhla Industrial for publishing Improve Educational Resources?’ A panel Area, Phase-II, New Delhi-110020. of judges will evaluate the submission and Ph: 011 2638-5677/6165/6209 or e-mail at: professionals the highest scorer will be awarded with the [email protected]. or the publishing professionals who wish to update their knowledge in the SPMCIL bags performance Ffield of publishing, Institute of Book Publishing (IBP) is organising 25th (Silver excellence award Jubilee) condensed course on publishing, a ten-day lecture and workshop programme n a recently concluded 16th CEOs during Nobember 19-28, 2012. Persons Conference on the theme “India enrolled for the course will be taught by I2025: Industrial Perspective” India’s top luminaries in the publishing organised at Udaipur by Indian industry. The course has been designed to Institution of Industrial Engineering, update knowledge regarding different aspects Navi Mumbai conferred the of publishing. Comprehensively the course will prestigious Performance Excellence facilitate to understand new technological Award 2011 to Security Printing developments and nitty-gritty of publishing and Minting Corporation of India ready to meet the challenges lying ahead. Limited (SPMCIL) – a Public Sector During the period of study, the professionals Enterprise. The award was received will have chance to go for field visits to by Dr Manoranjan Dash, director (HR) of the company. Dr Dash publishing, processing, printing and binding made a presentation during the conference highlighting the success house aprat from the opportunity to interact story of SPMCIL as a public enterprise after the decision was with the faculty, course directors and the taken by the Govt. to corporatise the mints, presses and paper mill speakers. At the weekend there will also be a in the year 2006 which were Govt. departments under the control sight-seeing trip to Agra or Jaipur. of C&C division of Department of Economic Affairs. The focus in OP Ghai Scholarship: since 1995, the his presentation was that the objective of corporatisation has since institute has been facilitaing scholership in been achieved to many extents by SPMCIL within a short span of time.
Book Production Print & Publishing Aug-Sep 2012
ith several new PRIMA installations at leading book printers all over W India, Pressline's presence in the publishing industry for printing books and magazines has occupied a large ground. To better serve their valued customers, Pressline recently introduced upgraded version of DRS/ SAS which now will be available as DRS/AS, an ideal and most economic substitute for the high-end and expensive auto splicers to further cut down the efforts of the operator making the splicing and pasting automatic. These splicers will be a great attraction for Asian and other developing countries where printers can't afford costly versions of splicers to save the cost of precious paper by saving on wastage. The story of the book printing PRIMA PRIMA-36 4HI tower at Lakshmi Offset, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. started with first installation at IPP where Pressline had lot of teething problems to achieve consistent registration without Remarkable year of Pressline variation and ghost images. Lot of R & D had to be done by senior engineers. First time the PRIMA Bookline ‘V’ series infeed and outfeed device was developed for PRIMA which helped to get rid with all such The latest in the row after several installations of PRIMA problems. Several further improvements were Bookline V series is Reliable Art Printery, Ahmedabad carried out to get best quality for books. The installation at SDR Printers, Chennai; and Shivkrupa Offset Printers, loaded new PRIMA machines to S Dinesh & Ghaziabad, UP, started the trend with the Ahmedabad. The latest and most prestigious Co, Jalandhar; Reliable Printers, Ahmedabad. launching pad of the latest innovations of installation of PRIMA 30 equipped with Vrajmohan, managing director of Reliable, Pressline i.e. the Double roll stand with semi infeed - outfeed drive has been at Chirag Ahmedabad is extremely happy to have his automatic pasting and splicing (DRS / SAS). Offset Pvt Ltd (Yuvraj Printers), Ahmedabad. new installation of PRIMA which has got Bhagat Printers, Chennai, being impressed The success of Pressline in the newspaper all features to produce A4 and 2up A5 size by the low wastage and time saving opted for sector continues with their latest supply books with consistently registered high the configuration i.e. 4HI tower with Quarter to the Norwegian Church Aid, South quality books. Reliable is a known printing Page and DRS / SAS and the installation Sudan of their model PRIMA consisting of house and till date they had full expertise certificate issued by them to Pressline speaks 1 x 4HI tower with 2 Mono Unit and in sheetfed offset machines. In view of the volumes of the happiness. Apart from the Quarter Page Folder for newspaper and changing market trend, where the publisher above, Pressline also supplied its new PRIMA book printing. always insists for fast deliveries, web offset 36 - 4 HI tower for book printing to Lakshmi New version of PRIMA for printing is becoming the essential ingredient of Offset, Shivakasi; Meenakshi Offset Printers, books and magazines has started gaining most of the printing houses who claim to be momentum with some new installations perfectionists. Reliable Printers ventured into including S Dinesh & Co, Jalandhar. "Some web offset arena choosing PRIMA for their reputed publishers like Orient, Blackswan, larger requirements. Educational boards and Navneet Publishers, Oxford University Press, big publishers can no more be dependent on Laxmi Publications, Ratna Sagar, Sultan sheetfed offset machines which otherwise Chand & Sons, Universities Press, Arihant need lot of time due to limitations like slow Publishers, Nageen Prakashan, Pitambra speed, one side printing at a time, folding Publication are already getting their books process etc which also involves wastage printed on our web presses," says Pressline's of signatures during internal logistics. The spokesperson. seasoned printers have now understood and Pressline has also supplied machine to accepted the necessity of prevalent practices South Central Railway, Hyderabad recently of web usages in view to the fact that some and this machine is equipped with three Roll machines manufactured in India can deliver SP Jain of S Dinesh & Company, Jalandhar, with his Stands, 4/4 HI tower complete with online the desirable quality as per the publishers’ PRIMA 4HI web offset machine folding. Another recent supplies include: fully needs.
PRIMA-30 4HI tower with Double Roll Stand with Semi-Automatic Splicer (DRS/SAS) Pressline’s PRIMA for four colour book production at at Yuvraj Printers Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad. Bhagat Printers, Chennai