Sun Chemical: Digital, Screen and Industrial Printing at FESPA 2013

Sun Chemical will present its wide portfolio for the screen and digital printing markets at FESPA 2013, 25 - 29 June at the ExCeL London exhibition centre

Sun Chemical offers ink and coating solutions for a wide variety of applications including, wide and superwide format inkjet printers, promotional and display printers, industrial printing, sign makers and digital commercial printers, highlighting Sun Chemical’s strong positioning in the digital, screen and industrial sectors.

Sun Chemical’s digital print offering delivers high quality reproduction for a variety of presses, which will be showcased on its stand at FESPA. Sun Chemical produces robust aftermarket products with physical and colour properties equivalent to the original products, which includes ranges in solvent, oil and water based products.

Sun Chemical’s commitment to the screen printing market will be displayed on the stand with new products for both graphic and display printing and industrial screen printing. Sun Chemical’s comprehensive range of inks and consumables have been designed to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the graphic display market as well as high performance industrial application such as hi-tech automotive, plastic card and glass decoration.

SunJet will be presenting its capability in the joint development of graphics and industrial inkjet ink solutions with OEM partners and in collaboration with all of the major print head manufacturers. There will be enhancements to SunJet’s wide range of conventional UV and UV LED curing ink platforms which are tailored to OEM needs in terms of print speed and press architecture. Visitors to Sun Chemical’s stand will see presentations of ink technology for glass substrates and for traffic signage with extended outdoor durability which are in accordance with EU wide standards and matched to specific traffic colour requirements and reflectance. 

Jonathan Sexton, Sales and Marketing Director, Screen and Narrow Web Europe, Sun Chemical, comments: “We’re excited to show our extensive offering and commitment to the screen and digital printing markets at FESPA 2013. Our impressive product portfolio shows our ability to offer our customers quality solutions across multiple sectors, showing that we’re more than just an ink supplier. We place a lot of emphasis and investment into our R+D to ensure the highest quality product.

“We work closely with our customers, listening to what they say in order to create a product fit for purpose before launching into the market. This underlines the confidence customers have in Sun Chemical as a global brand and in our products - demonstrating to them that we’re a partner that can help our customers to grow and develop their business.”

Sun Chemical at FESPA 2013, North Hall, Stand B20N. 

Sun Chemical's website: www.sunchemical.com

Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640 at Fespa 2013, London

Roland to exhibit its new flagship 64-inch SOLJET PRO4 XF-640 beast at FESPA 2013

Roland Soljet Pro4 XF-640

Roland DG will be showcasing its recently announced 64-inch SOLJET PRO4 XF-640 at this year’s FESPA exhibition in the ExCeL centre, London 25th- 29th June. The new XF-640 is the company’s fastest wide format printer to date and has been dubbed ‘the beast’. It incorporates next generation dual print heads, a redesigned take-up and pinch roller systems, plus a host of other advanced features for high quality imaging at a maximum print speed of 102m²/hr.

Designed for both durable and stunning outdoor and indoor applications, the XF-640 is the ideal production tool for signs, banners, vehicle wraps, window graphics, POP displays, exhibition show graphics, posters and more. Roland’s newest eco-solvent inks, Eco-Sol MAX 2, offer an expanded colour gamut as well as fast drying times to boost production and the dual mirrored CMYK ink configuration virtually eliminates banding for consistent colour imaging. Visitors to the show can battle with the XF-640 beast on the Roland stand (P30S) to win prizes.

The XF-640 will also be joined on the stand by Roland SOLJET PRO4 XR-640. The 64 inch printer/cutter has been a great commercial success since its launch late last year and visitors to the stand will be able to see both machines in action and speak with Roland’s experts to learn how the PRO4’s series high quality and versatility can boost their business and offer a great return on investment.

Available in both seven and eight ink configurations and compatible with Roland’s latest Eco-Sol MAX 2 ink technology, the XR-640 comes with a choice of nine ink colours – CMYK, light magenta, light cyan, white, metallic silver and light black. Alongside the PRO4 XR-640, the VersaCAMM VS-640 printer/cutter will also be on stand, representing the best-selling VersaCAMM series.

Gillian Montanaro, Head of Marketing, Roland DG (UK) commented: “FESPA is a great opportunity for us to reach out to wide format print companies and with two outstanding new machines in the shape of our PRO4 series on the stand, it’s going to be a great show for us. In addition to exhibiting our new flagship models and some of our best-selling machines, we will also be highlighting the great after-sales support Roland offers through our RolandCare warranty service and training courses held at the Roland Academy.”

Roland DG UK website: www.rolanddg.co.uk

Canon & Océ wide format portfolio, Fespa 2013, London

Canon & Océ wide format portfolio at FESPA 2013 in London

At FESPA 2013 (25-29 June), Canon will showcase its entire wide format portfolio on one stand (H5S, Entrance S4) for the first time since the acquisition of Océ.

With Océ’s expertise and technology now part of its wide format portfolio, Canon is better positioned to help Print Service Providers (PSPs) to extend their service offering and expand their businesses, and the Canon stand will be designed to help visitors see the bigger picture and explore the wide format opportunities it presents.

Whatever a customer’s core business, said Canon, its stand will provide the insight, inspiration and innovation to help them identify areas in which to grow their business across the fast-growing wide format market. It will demonstrate to visitors how the combination of Canon’s imaging heritage with industry-leading Océ technology provides customers with the ultimate business partner, supported by real-life examples of its customers’ success stories.

Further inspiration will be provided by demonstrations of the vast range of applications possible in wide format.

These applications are made possible by Canon’s expanded portfolio of wide format technologies. This full portfolio of solutions being demonstrated will range from rollfed inkjet printers and UV flatbed devices through to solutions and digital cutting tables. These will include:

- The versatile UV flatbed printer Océ Arizona 480GT with its eight independent ink channels and capability to spot and flood varnish or white layer on a large variety of substrates, including glass, lenticular media and membrane switch overlays. It can create exciting and high value applications for Point-of-Sale (POS), signage and specialty applications

- Océ ColorWave 650 Poster Printer with its Océ CrystalPoint imaging technology for instantly dry poster prints for cost-effective, high-quality POS prints delivered on demand

- The high-speed eco-solvent wide format printer – the Océ CS9360 – ideal for advertising, including fleet graphics, banners, backlits and posters

- Océ ProCut digital flatbed cutter – an automated cutting system that can streamline wide format digital printer workflow from prepress to finishing, delivering exceptional cut quality, versatility and productivity for all display graphic applications

- Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6450 and the award-winning Spectrophotometer, which delivers great colour consistency across a fleet of wide format printers, all managed from one host device.

Jaap van ’t Ooster, Director of Technical Document Systems (TDS) and Display Graphic Systems (DGS), Canon Europe, comments:

“The fast-evolving wide format market offers many opportunities through a variety of exciting applications, and the expanded Canon portfolio has all the necessary qualities to meet the demands of this growing market. There is increasing customer demand for higher quality output, colour stability, serviceability and productivity and Canon delivers all of these. We are ideally positioned as an organisation to provide customers with the product design, vision and financial services to help them see the Bigger Picture and to help them be a success over the long term.”

DRUPA 2012: Heidelberg Portfolio overview

Printing Industry - “Discover HEI” : an overview of Heidelberg products and solutions portfolio at DRUPA, Printing industry trade show, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 3 - 6, 2012

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is showcasing an extended product and solution portfolio at drupa 2012. The company is exhibiting solutions that enable print shops and postpress businesses to meet the latest market requirements.

Heidelberg is focusing its drupa 2012 trade show presence on its portfolio of technologies and services under the banner "Discover HEI" - Illustration: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

"The circumstances surrounding drupa 2012 are exceptional, since the industry is still changing. But as a reliable partner, we are ideally placed to offer valuable guidance and recommend appropriate solutions," says Bernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberg. "In the current market environment, trust and reliability are priorities for our customers. That is why we use our innovations to respond to customer queries that extend far beyond purely technical issues, for example - what business models are successful in the long run? What new ideas and strategies will truly pay off for print media service providers and in the print media industry in the future? During drupa, Heidelberg will be presenting the ideal solutions to questions such as these from the advertising and packaging printing sector."

DRUPA 2012 Floorplan - Heidelberg is presenting its solutions portfolio at drupa 2012 in Hall 1 in form of complete print shop workflows for commercial and packaging printing  (Illustration: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG)

What Heidelberg has to offer at drupa 2012
During the printing industry trade show in Düsseldorf, Heidelberg is presenting a portfolio want to span all key market developments in the sector today to enable customers to seize on the latest trends in the industry and build them into their operations. The trade show presentation will focus in particular on lean production, green printing, web-to-print, print-on-demand, differentiation through coatings and special effects, the future of packaging printing and gaining an edge through the latest know-how. To reflect the trade show banner "Discover HEI" and give visitors a clear point of reference, each of these seven market trends will be summed up with a "HEI" title.

Lean production
Efficiency, cost optimization, and speed are expected throughout the advertising sector. When it comes to print production, return on investment is what matters to the customer who is looking for the best product at the best price. The only way that can be achieved is by streamlining the entire production workflow using process optimization and the fastest possible production processes. According to Heidelberg, this is made possible by HEI Productivity solutions.

“HEI Productivity”. Advertising motif from the Heidelberg drupa campaign. Illustration: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Green Printing Green printing protects the environment and ensures media production can operate on a sustainable basis. Many companies that are major advertisers have environmental regulations that must be strictly observed by all print providers. Print shops around the world benefit from the high environmental standards of Heidelberg and use them to gain a competitive edge in a whole variety of ways. “HEI Eco” covers both the sustainable production equipment and processes that Heidelberg offers costumers.

© Gautier Willaume

Web-to-print Thanks to the Internet, web portals supported by digital processes and software architectures can be used to create printed matter, commission production, and make payments - all online. Web-to-print opens up a whole range of possibilities for print service providers and their customers, enabling them to optimize print production for corporate and end customers and automate manufacturing operations. Web-to-print portals are already proving popular with millions of end users (for photo books, postcards, etc.). However, there is still a huge amount of potential waiting to be tapped in the corporate segment, where the requirements of a wide range of customers can be met with broad-based or customized solutions. Heidelberg will present its web-to-print solutions under the banner of “HEI Integration”.

Print-on-demand, short-run and hybrid production The term "print-on-demand" covers a whole range of state-of-the-art job production techniques. The basic principle is to transform existing data into printed products immediately. This also needs to be done in short to very short runs with identical content or, increasingly, through printing with variable data. Mixed forms are also in demand, with hybrid production combining and integrating offset and digital printing in one application without detracting from the look of the printed image. Applications include the use of Quick Response (QR) codes, which can link printed matter with online media or online marketing campaigns. “HEI Flexibility” will show visitors to drupa how they can implement this trend in their own operations.

“HEI Flexibility”. Advertising motif from the Heidelberg drupa campaign. Illustration: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Differentiation through coatings and special effects
Every type of surface finishing technique such as coating, embossing, and cold foil applications is used to make a printed product stand out and to enhance its impact or durability. When it comes to coatings and special effects, print shops need to adapt to meet the needs of customers and print buyers for a process-optimized production workflow that keeps costs down, doesn't waste time, generates added value, and ensures the final product stands out. Coatings, special effects and the skilled combination of various surface finishing options represent a core competency that delivers maximum benefits and ensures an eye-catching result. Heidelberg is presenting these opportunities under “HEI Emotions”.

Packaging printing
Packaging is printed communication and often offers much more than just words and images. It doesn't serve simply to protect products and aid their transport and storage either. Packaging makes a direct statement about the product inside. It communicates, transfers knowledge, and is often the decisive factor in a customer's decision to purchase at the point of sale. In other words, it is largely packaging that encourages us to buy a product. Coatings and special effects are often used to make products stand out at the point of sale and Heidelberg is exhibiting all the company’s options under “HEI End”.

Gaining an edge through the latest know-how In the age of the Internet, it has become even more important to understand the significance of print media and contemporary production techniques. Lifelong learning has also become a key requirement. It is no longer sufficient for economically advanced and ambitious growth regions to simply acquire a one-off basic foundation in print media production. Instead, individuals need to maintain, expand and carefully develop their expertise on a regular basis, particularly when the production equipment and processes they are using are becoming increasingly complex and demanding. HEI School has a range of offerings that keep print media personnel up to speed for discussions with customers and for their day-to-day work.

Innovations from Heidelberg Services Since the IPEX 2010 trade show, Heidelberg has been expanding the portfolio of services it offers customers. By purposefully integrating services, consumables, and consultancy offerings, the company has extended the range of components it offers for print shops. For example, Heidelberg Services will be presenting new service contracts during drupa. New and extended Prinect functions will also offer workflow solutions for the print media industry. Also coming to DRUPA 2012 is a series of new environmentally friendly consumables known as Heidelberg Saphira Eco.

Speedmaster XL 105 to be unveiled
As customers become more sensitive to prices, run sizes decrease, and job variation increases, print shops in industrialized nations are going to have to reorganize their production systems so that they are even more flexible and efficient. Throughput times in print production are becoming ever tighter and, in response, Heidelberg is unveiling a Speedmaster XL 105 with a production speed of 18,000 sheets per hour in perfecting mode at drupa 2012.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG website

Rollem PhotoSlit Photobook Finishing System

The lastest innovation from UK manufacturer Rollem is PhotoSlit, a photobook finishing system that want to combines high cut quality and productivity with minimum operator skills and maintenance along with the ability to change settings easily between jobs.

Initially, PhotoSlit is being aimed at fast turnaround printers, with digital web-to-print workflows for jobs up to SRA3. However, Rollem says it could manufacture PhotoSlit in other sizes if required, including up to B1.

 

Rollem's new PhotoSlit photobook system can handle 8,000 SRA3 sph with extremely high accuracy.

“Our comprehensive in-house design and engineering facilities allow us to create finishing equipment that meets a very specific need,” says managing director Stuart Murphy. “PhotoSlit is a good example of how we can respond quickly to create a bespoke finishing solution. Very often we design and build equipment in situations where other manufacturers will not even consider trying to find an answer. Such systems can give quite a competitive edge to a company in the marketplace and, unfortunately, this generally means we are not allowed to publicise the installation - a bit frustrating when you’ve just achieved a major breakthrough in post-press technology!”

The two-dimensional bleed cutting facility incorporated with PhotoSlit is said to provide the most accurate and narrow bleed cutting in the world. With a gutter size as small as 1.6 mm, PhotoSlit can significantly reduce waste and produce more pages per printed sheet than other photobook systems on the market. The long-life slitting blades should last between three and six months in a normal, busy production environment.

The two-dimensional bleed cutting facility provides accurate and narrow bleed cutting, enabling a gutter of only 1.6 mm

PhotoSlit can handle up to 8,000 SRA3 sheets an hour. The page size range is from A6 to A3 and Rollem says it could make a system capable of handling sheets down to 75 x 30 mm. Each printed sheet is carefully handled individually, with identical processing every time leading to extremely precise registration.

If there is a problem with print image shift within the job, Rollem’s AutoLay system enables the operator to compensate for this. Other features incorporated within the new Rollem equipment include batch counting and remote control. PhotoSlit is independently verified to comply with CE and the latest European machinery directives.

The shingling conveyor has the ability to create defined gaps, which allows easy batching of output

“The standard SRA3 PhotoSlit product costs £55,000 and this includes all that is needed for most photobook pages in an in-line environment,” says Stuart Murphy. “In addition to near-line and in-line PhotoSlit systems, we are able to produce off-line versions, which can be used with our deep pile feeder or shallow pile TurboFeeder, both reliable and robust systems. As with so much of what we create at our Sheffield factory, the end product is generally a solution to a customer’s particular post press need.”

Rollem Ltd web site: www.rollem.com

KBA модифицирует сбыт в России

Теперь и малоформатные машины на KBA RUS In English

KBA RUS начинает сбыт малоформатных и полуформатных листовых офсетных печатных машин KBA-Grafitec из Dobruska. Теперь дочерняя фирма Koenig und Bauer AG осуществляет в России сбыт всего спектра печатных машин KBA для различных областей, начиная с листовой, акцидентной и заканчивая газетной печатью. Из этого извлекут пользу, прежде всего, производители печатной индустрии, которые теперь имеют возможность получать все продукты и услуги KBA из одних рук и могут доверять прямому сотрудничеству с заводами KBA в Германии и Чешской Республике. Сотрудничество с фирмой IPRIS в Санкт- Петербурге, прежним партнером по продаже моделей Performa, по обоюдному согласию было прекращено.

ООО «KBA RUS» уже продавало в Российской Федерации с большой активностью серию полуформатных машин Rapida 74. С созданной на ее базе машиной Rapida 75 (формат листа 53 x 75 см или 60,5 x 75 см) предприятие хочет присоединиться к этим успехам. Малоформатная Performa 66 (формат 48,5 x 66 см) будет также продаваться в будущем через KBA RUS. Таким образом, дочерняя фирма KBA может предложить полный спектр листовых печатных машин малого, среднего, крупного форматов и до супер-гигантских машин серии Rapida 205 для акцидентной печати и упаковки, а также для других разнообразных применений.

Уже в начале 2009 первая Rapida 75 будет установлена в Государственном Московском университете печати. При этом 4-цветная машина будет находиться в распоряжении не только для обучения и исследований, но и для печатных демонстраций для заинтересованных лиц из республик СНГ.

Foto: (c) KBA - В будущем KBA RUS наряду с машинами Rapida из Радебойля реализует также и малоформатные листовые офсетные печатные машины Rapida 75 и Performa 66 производства чешского завода KBA-Grafitec s.r.o.

KBA reorganises Russian sales actvities

Small-format presses now available from KBA RUS

Since 1 January 2009, Russian sales of all the small-format and half-size presses built by KBA’s Czech subsidiary KBA-Grafitec in Dobruska is handled by KBA RUS, which is thus be responsible for KBA’s entire range of sheetfed and web presses. Customers in Russia are benefit from having a single contact for all KBA products and services, and from KBA RUS’s direct collaboration with KBA’s German and Czech production plants. The contract with St Petersburg-based Ipris, the current dealer for Performa presses, has been terminated by mutual agreement.

KBA RUS has already sold a string of Rapida 74 B2 (29in) presses in the Russian Federation. Now it is aiming to match this with the slightly larger Rapida 75 for a sheet size of 530 or 605 x 750mm (20.86 or 23.8 x 29.53in). The addition of the Performa 66, an SRA (26in) press, expands its range to include small-, medium-, large- and superlarge-format sheetfed commercial and packaging presses.

Early next year a four-colour Rapida 75 will be installed at the Moscow State University for Printing Technology. It will be used not only for training and research purposes but also for print demonstrations for prospects from throughout the CIS.

KBA ranks seventh among USA’s 50 most innovative plant manufacturers

According to The Patent Board’s latest Patent Scorecard for the heavy industrial equipment industry, which was published on 21 January in the Wall Street Journal’s Market Data Centre, press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer ranks seventh among the top 50 and has thus moved up a place since the last Scorecard was issued in May 2008. While the table is headed by leading global players such as Caterpillar (no. 1) and Deers & Co (no. 2) from the USA and Komatsu from Japan (no. 4), KBA ranks well ahead of other German press manufacturers and is the highest placed European operation behind Swiss lift manufacturer Schindler (no. 5), which however is very much bigger.

Founded in 1968 as a patent analytics and research institution, US patent consultancy The Patent Board regularly tracks seventeen industries on a global basis according to the number of patents awarded in the USA, the application of scientific knowledge, the speed at which patents are transformed into new products and the business value of patent assets. The individual companies are also assessed according to their technological strength and the intensity of their research activities.

Oce Digital Document Management Technology and Services

Oce N.V. is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services

The company’s solutions are based on Oce’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world.

Supporting the workflow solutions are Oce digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Oce also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.

Oce employs around 24,000 people, with 2007 revenues of approximately $4.6 billion, operates in more than 90 countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore.

Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represented approximately half of Oce’s worldwide business in 2007, and employment is currently 11,000.

For more information about Oce, visit http://www.oceusa.com/

For United Kingdom: Océ (UK) Ltd - 16th Floor - One Angel Court London - EC2R 7HJ

Visit Corporate Website: www.oce.com/uk/

Outside the U.S. and UK, consult : http://www.oce.com/

JETVision for InfoPrint Continuous Printers

The JETVision Automated Print Inspection System integrated into the InfoPrint Continuous Form Printers

InfoPrint Solutions recently announced a definitive agreement with BÖWE BELL + HOWELL to support the integration of the powerful JETVision Automated Print Inspection system into the full line of InfoPrint digital continuous form printing systems. The JETVision system can be ordered with new InfoPrint 4100 and InfoPrint 5000 printers or InfoPrint service personnel can quickly install and set up the system in printers at customer sites.

“We are pleased to bring together our high performance digital printing systems with this extremely powerful automated inspection solution to provide the market with the consistently highest quality production output available,” said Rodney Sherwood, Finishing Technology Offerings Manager, InfoPrint Solutions.

JETVision, which will be available beginning January 2009, can be installed either onboard the print engine or as a stand-alone downstream web module. The system provides high quality inspection in grayscale or color at full production speeds. JETVision has been tested and qualified by InfoPrint Solutions to simplify integration and optimize output quality and control.

:Anapurna XLS at Graph Expo 2008

The Agfa Graphics :Anapurna XLS is making its North America debut at Graph Expo 2008, which runs October 26th through October 29th at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Agfa's :Anapurna XLS is a wide format, industrial inkjet printer for indoor and outdoor signs and displays, specially designed to handle heavy workloads. It uses UV inks that produce highly saturated colors that can withstand image longevity under severe outdoor conditions. It can print on a wide variety of roll or rigid media at a top speed of 473 square feet per hour. Capable of printing point-of-purchase displays, posters, banners, automobile fleet displays, exhibition panels, stage graphics and construction signs and panels, the :Anapurna XLS also has several features that many printers of indoor and outdoor signs and displays often require for effective advertising, promotion and efficient workflow, such as borderless printing, dual board printing, automatic maintenance and automatic ink refill. The XLS features a Walking Floor. Materials are mounted to the Walking Floor's vacuums and unique stamper-feet hold the materials in place while the print shuttle moves across the surface. The Walking Floor also allows for a lower waste factor making more of the substrate usable for printing. Agfa's stamper-feet design makes switching from roll-to-roll to rigid very easy and beneficial for increased productivity. The Media Scan function automatically recognizes media size, thickness and position on the printing table. All defined parameters are displayed in a graphical user interface and they can be overruled by the engine operator.