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NEW TEAM AT HELM 06

NEW TEAM 07

SHIFTING FOCUS 08

NEW LEVELS IN QUALITY 09

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY 14-21

PROMOTING PRINT 22

ENTER THE METALLIC GOLD AND SILVER TONERS 24-25

THREE CHEER FOR MALAYSIAN PRINTER 40-41

CLICKING FOR BEST RESULTS 42-43

NEW LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY 45-47

SAVE THE PLANET, PRINT MORE! 48

SFTCPPA COMMITTEE VISITS ILPAP 49

EMERGING POWERHOUSE 26-27

IGNITING PASSION FOR PRINTING 28-29

HIGH-END PARTNERSHIP 30

TWO ‘WORLDS’, ONE COMMON GOAL 32-33

NEW APPROACH 34

PLAYING HOST 36-37

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HAVING largely completed its strategic reorienta-tion, Heidelberg believes

it can generate growth in services and digital sectors.

The company has realigned its portfolio toward profitable areas of business and growth sectors, changing its corporate structures along the way. Gerold Linzbach, chief executive officer at Heidelberg, says, “We’ve made Heidelberg fit for the future. The reorientation will enable Heidel-berg to enjoy sustained profitable growth in the future.”

Heidelberg strengthened its services portfolio through acqui-sitions of BluePrint Products, Printing Systems Group, Fujifilm Sverige, which could generate sales of over €100m ($160.7m0 from the current financial year onward. The company grew its digital segment with the takeover of Neo7even and the Gallus Group and the launch of a digital label printing machine.

The company says it has undergone a reorientation of its unprofitable activities such as those in post press, which it expects will improve its result by about €30m. It has also adapted its structures for offset printing, enabling it to respond more flex-ibly to market fluctuations and achieve cost savings in the low double-digit million euro range.

Linzbach says, “From the cur-rent financial year onward, we expect to consistently achieve clearly positive net results.”

Heidelberg reports sales for the financial year of €2.33bn, down on last year (€2.43bn) but in line with expectations as adjusted at the half-year point. It believes the decline of around four percent came from portfolio optimisation;

Gerold Linzbach, CEO of Heidelberg

Heidelberg focuses growth on service and digitalShifting focus

the associated sales of parts of the company; and the effects of the general slowdown in growth in China.

Despite the lower volume of sales, Heidelberg reached its target of achieving higher oper-ating profitability than in the previous year. The operating margin was slightly up on the pre-vious year on a comparable basis due to cost savings. Net special effects of around €50m, largely from reorganising the company pension scheme in Germany, led to an improvement in EBITDA excluding special items to

€188m in the year under review. At €119m, EBIT excluding special items came in above the figure for the previous year of €72m.

Dirk Kaliebe, chief financial officer at Heidelberg, says, “Hei-delberg has a stable financial footing. With three pillars, the financing structure is now well balanced and basic funding is assured until 2022. This long-term financing framework provides a solid foundation for a further strategic realignment of the company.”

For the current financial year and in the medium term, Heidel-berg will strive for annual sales growth of two to four percent. It expects the share of sales to be higher in the second half of the financial year.

Heidelberg’s global workforce has shrunk to 11,951 plus 427 trainees from last year’s 12,539 plus 502 trainees).

“From the currentfinancial year onward, we expect to consistently achieve clearly positive net results.” – Linzbach

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MIMAKI has announced the July 2015 availability of the TS300P-1800 dedicated trans-

fer paper inkjet printer, a 1.8m wide roll-to-roll sublimation inkjet printer offering new levels of quality and pro-ductivity in digital textile printing.

This comes as the company reports receiving great interest in fashion and home textile solutions at this year’s Fespa exhibition. Mike Horsten, gen-eral manager for marketing at Mimaki Europe, says, “We enjoyed unprec-edented interest on our booth, with visitors keen to see our mannequins adorned with eye-catching applica-tions and samples, demonstrating we print what we preach. We are pleased to report no less than 20 per cent sales lead increase and we even had sales straight off the booth thanks to the FESPA inno-vation infusion.”

The company had several reasons to celebrate at the show. It gained Green

Guard Gold accreditation for the use of its inks in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities. It welcomed Adrian Wolf as its young star award winner. He receives E500 a six-week internship at Mimaki. The company also received an EDP award for the its Mimaki CJV150/CJV300 series as the market’s best print and cut solution.

Horstern adds, “The continuous and incessant popularity of Fespa lies in the show’s ongoing commitment to improvement. The organisation and the expert team keep their finger on the pulse of what is currently shaping the market, enabling them to continu-ously identify future growth areas and opportunities, similar as to how Mimaki is exploring all options. This allows the show to attract new audiences, enabling us to have far broader conversations on how Mimaki is expanding its product portfolio to accommodate both existing and emerging possibilities.”

AGFA Graphics has announced that it plans to close down its offset printing plate factory in Banwol, South Korea, affecting 36 employees at the plant.

The plant produces mainly analogue offset plates for the local market. The company says that, for several years now, these product lines have faced a structural decline in demand.

S t e fa a n Va n h o o re n , President of Agfa Graphics, says, “This decision is part of our strategy to improve the operational efficiency of our global factory network, our profit margins and our position in the highly com-petitive prepress market.” After having considered all options, Agfa Graphics says it has now informed the Banwol employees as well as the trade unions that it intends to close down the factory. The c ompany adds that it will develop a redundancy plan for the employees who currently work in Banwol.

New textile printer on the way from Mimaki

New levels in quality

Demand decline leads to plant closure

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IN 2014, the Bosch division’s sales revenue enjoyed a nomi-nal growth rate of 6.3 percent,

above the industry average of four per-cent, according to Germany’s VDMA industry association. The division’s order intake reached a record level of €1.23bn, around 11 percent higher than in 2013. At the end of 2014, Bosch Pack-aging Technology employed a total of 6,100 associates at more than 30 loca-tions around the world, a year-on-year increase of around 7.7 percent.

Friedbert Klefenz, president of Bosch Packaging Technology, expects to see further substantial growth in sales revenue in 2015. He says, “The results achieved in the first four months of the current fiscal year give us every reason to be optimistic. Our proximity to customers and markets has enabled us to obtain a higher volume of orders compared with the previous year. This serves as the basis to reach our defined sales targets.”

In 2014, the company had unex-pectedly weak progress in Asia Pacific region. It has a positive outlook for 2015 because the company has devel-oped high-quality products to suit local needs. It sees these machines as competitive in terms of both costs and functionality. As a result, the volume of new orders in China has picked up in the first quarter of 2015, despite the slower economy.

Bosch recently strengthened the presence of its Packaging Technol-ogy division in India by acquiring a 49-percent equity share in the Indian company Klenzaids. Klefenz says, “This investment represents an important step forward in our efforts to gain a stronger foothold in this region. Klen-zaids is best known as a manufacturer of cleanroom equipment for the phar-maceutical industry.”

The World Packaging Organisation has opened entries for the Worldstar Packaging Awards.

Thomas Schneider, president of WPO, says, “We encourage every WPO member across the Globe to help us promote the largest and most important global packaging award. In its 47th year, Worldstar is

Bosch eyes Asia for packaging growth solutions supplierNew results

The Bosch division intends to increase market share and expand the number of business areas. Although the growth regions of Asia did not develop as well as expected in 2014, Bosch Packaging Technology still aims to generate one third of its sales in this region by the year 2020. At present, Asia accounts for 23 percent of total sales.

Klefenz says, “In 2014, the two busi-ness units Pharma and Food generated roughly equal sales levels. We intend to keep things this way, with sales equally divided between the two units. They both offer great potential for growth. Within the food sector, our primary objective is to significantly increase sales of process and packaging tech-nology for liquid food between now and 2020.”

It sees consumables as another area with considerable potential is the market for so-called consumables. For example, in the field of food packag-ing, the use of aroma protection valves

to preserve the full flavour of coffee. These valves allow gases to escape from the packaging without letting any oxygen in. In the field of packaging for pharmaceuticals, the application of single-use systems in filling machines for highly potent medicines enhances customer benefit, because they prevent the loss of active ingredients, reduce costs, and shorten processing times.

Bosch says that, by interconnecting different stages of the manufacturing process on a broad scale, it becomes possible to optimise the integration of all links in the value chain and to assure and enhance the operating effi-ciency of the machines and the quality of the products. This gives rise to the associated benefit of greater produc-tion flexibility by enabling a wider range of products to be manufactured on a single production line. Klefenz adds, “Across all business units, con-nected industry and line competence are our two major growth drivers.”

Worldstar packaging entries open

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THE company says that plant bottle packaging forms part of its plan to develop a more

responsible plant-based alternative to packaging traditionally made from fossil fuels and other non-renewable materials. Plant bottle packaging uses patented technology that converts

natural sugars found in plants into the ingredients for making PET plastic bottles. The packaging looks, functions, and recycles like traditional PET but, according to Coca-Cola, it has a lighter footprint.

Nancy Quan, global research and development officer at Coca-Cola, says,

Plant bottle lightens Coke footprintCoca-Cola has unveiled the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials

Coca-Cola says the packaging looks, functions, and recycles like traditional PET

the development marks a milestone within the company’s packaging portfolio. She says, “Our vision was to maximise technology, using responsi-bly sourced plant-based materials, to create the world’s first fully recyclable PET plastic bottle made entirely from renewable materials.”

The company says applications include a variety of packaging sizes across water, sparkling, juice and tea beverage brands. Currently, it uses sugar cane and waste from the sugar cane manufacturing process to create the packaging. These materials meet Coca-Cola’s sustainability criteria, which includes demonstrating improved environmental and social performance, and avoiding negative impacts on food security.

Since the 2009 launch, Coca-Cola has distributed more than 35 billion bottles in nearly 40 countries using its cur-rent version of plant bottle packaging, made from up to 30 per cent plant-based materials. Coca-Cola claims that the use of the packaging has helped save the equivalent annual emissions of more than 315,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

one of the major events of WPO and last year attracted 248 entries from 37 coun-tries around the world. As always our aim for our next competition is to increase the number of entries and countries participating”,

To gain entry into the competition packages must have already received a national award recognised by WPO. Entries close September 18, except for national competitions not complete by that date; their close off date is October 30.

Competition judges will begin looking at entries in October and will announce the results on December 1. Winners will receive their awards at a presenta-tion and dinner in May, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary.

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Celebrating Creativity

BY AZLYRA KARMELIA

UiTM’s Print Technology Programme growing strong after 23 years

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Celebrating Creativity

BY AZLYRA KARMELIA

UiTM’s Print Technology Programme growing strong after 23 years

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IT all began on Sep-tember 1992, when the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia informed that the government had approved of the

Diploma in Printing Technology in UiTM Shah Alam. With the help of involved parties, history was made in June 1993 when 25 students were accepted as the first batch for the printing course.

It was initiated by the Dean of Kajian Seni Lukis & Seni Reka (KSSR) Institut Teknologi MARA, Prof. Madya D’Zul Haimi B. Mohd Zain. Assoc Prof. Madya Hamidin B. Abdullah was the first Head of Program at that time. An initial discussion among the printing associations such as Malaysian Printing Association, Bumiputera Printing Association and Selangor and FT Chinese Printing Presses’ Association in order to produce

and shape graduates who are highly skilled from the executive to the managerial levels to run the print companies and plants in Malaysia.

Nowadays, the industry needs such graduates which is why rather than sending them to London to further their studies in the area, such as what News Straits Times had done back then, the students would be send to UiTM Shah Alam instead.

The programme started off as a Diploma in Printing Tech-nology which is equivalent to general degree. After an approval by the ministry, it is upgraded to Bachelor of (Hons) in Printing Technology. Currently, the depart-ment offer Diploma and Degree in Printing Technology. The machines and equipment needed for this course are extremely costly, however, because of the high demand of knowledgeable print workers, UiTM is able to manage and cater to the market needs.

Ultimately, the aims of the program is to impart knowledge through practically oriented training that enables the gradu-ate to manage a company in the communications industry. The courses is designed fundamen-tally encompass a wide range of diverse company structures, pro-duction techniques, and product and market variety. This means identifying particular areas, opportunities, and limitations of available technologies, and being able empirically to assess them and the technological and economic implications for the company in light of defined business objectives. Correspond-ingly, areas of study are largely process-oriented.

The lecturers and tutors were the subject matter experts graduated locally and interna-tionally. They teaches various courses specifically in processes,

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management, trends and quality control particularly in printing industry. In addition to this, the lecturers are an active Observer Member of ISO/TC130. Furthermore, lecturers actively involved in research and development.

As of 2015, there have been five thousand graduates who some worked in the printing industry while others became print-technopreneurs.

In order to stay relevant to the needs, Department of Printing Technology conduct a market survey and perform technology analysis. This is continuous process is done every 6 month. Department also have strong linkages with local printing industry such as Ultimate Print, Percetakan Nasi-onal Malaysia Berhad and Utusan Malaysia just to name a few. MOU with Gramedia Indonesia and Chulalongkorn Uni-versity Thailand will soon to be realised.

Entrepreneurship is an important aspect in the program. Many efforts have been taken to ensure the stu-dent exposed to the industry. A lab equipped with Printelli Estimator software to facilitate the learning of print

“The integration of digital & analogue printing as well as print and online proved that the printed products continues to play a key role in communications.”

– Mohd Yusuf (Program Coordinator Printing Technology) “No matter

how far technology takes us, printing will always be part of the process always stay grounded.”

– Mastura Omar (Senior Lecturer)

“The more we seek knowledge, the less we know similarly in the printing industry today.”

– Nafisah Ismail (Lecturer)

management and estimating. “This is very important which is why we set the students

with good entrepreneurship communication subjects and to self-motivate them to survive and finish the course,” added Associate Professor Hamidin Abdullah, deputy Dean of Stu-dent Affairs.

The newly built campus for Department of Printing Tech-nology located at Complex Seni Reka in Puncak Alam. The one stop center will cater both Diploma and Degree program equipped with latest print machinery. Their new current motto is “Celebrating creativity towards tomorrow.”

When asked about DRUPA 2016, Associate Professor Hami-din encouraged the lecturers to go and have a visit as the print technology is always ever changing and upgrading and therefore, the lecturers’ knowledge of such matter should keep up with the trend.

Being the only university that provides such course defi-nitely applies some pressure for the lecturers and students to prove themselves to be at the top of their league, which is why the programme’s curriculum is being revised every five years in order to catch up with the market’s technology changes and trends. This is always a good news because as the industry grows, the opportunities for the students grow as well. The printing department is always collaborating with the industry’s experts to constantly being able to upgrade the syllabus as the technology upgrades. They would invite some of the top printing companies owners and managers to have visits and give advices.

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“The printing press is the greatest innovation for the world and it will stay forever.”

– Jumaddi Shafia (Lecturer)

“Offset printing will never end.”– Ridzuan Ahmad (Lecturer)

“The printing industry is going through dramatic changes at the moment. Digital printing technologies are being evolved rapidly. The consumers are always demanding on shorter and faster runs also the ability to customize and personalize.”

– Intan Natasha Abdul Azim (Lecturer)

lunchbox shaped like a sandwich. She added with a tinge of humour that she loves food which is why she dedicated her final year project for this brand.

Nur Hanis Burhan chose a category far different from others which is the Hobby category highlighting on the art of gardening. From the brand company, New Trio Product, she crafted a box filled with gardening necessities such as seeds, soil and others. Her products were kept nicely and in shape inside of a small box that made it easy to be carried everywhere and anywhere.

Batik Merbok company has never made a package for their batik prod-ucts which is why Muhammad Badrul Amirul Abd. Aziz chose the Clothing Fashion category and this company. He designed a box along with a unique informative promotional flier that

is able to fit the batik nicely and give customers a good read regarding their products.

Last but not least, another addition to the Food and Beverages category is by Nur Shafiqah Mohd Sharif, a coffee lover who chose Chaiwalla & Co as her client. The company peaked her interest because it’s the first ever container café in Malaysia. She created and designed the packaging and booklet.

All of their products weremade, Theprinted productwas managed by the studentsand printed at the printingtechnology labhere at UiTM.

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THE “FINAL YEAR DEGREE Show” for the 29th genera-tion is the final coursework for students under PMA620 and PDT650. The project

involves 52 students from the Depart-ment of Printing Technology, Faculty of Arts & Design, UITM Shah Alam from March to July Session 2015.

The objective of this project is to ensure that the students utilize and practice the knowledge which have been gained through their learning period. Students need to engage in communication with the clients as preparatory steps before entering the working environment. Based on the concept of “Real Life Product”, students

“Book lives longer than author himself and printing will never die.”– Irwan Zakaria (Lecturer)

“We print as what you perceive.”

- Ab. Razak Shamsuddin (Senior Lecturer)

“Shaping human hearts and mind to power global communication and information.”

– Associate Professor Hj. Hamidin Hj.Abdullah (Deputy Dean

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PRISMA – showcasing the best products

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will undergo real printing processes to create products for the company that they have selected. Selection of products are such as services, food, bev-erages, accessories, hobbies and many more. Therefore, the printing process is divided into three stages which are pre-press, press, and post-press.

The project supervisor, Mastura Omar, requires the students to produce a product by choosing a company or a brand name and producing end prod-ucts based on the company. Research must be done by the students to assist them for working with the product. After doing the research, presenta-tions will be conducted in order to seek approval from the lecturers and clients

Mastura Omar(project supervisor)

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“Printing is the powerful tool of all arts and technology.”

–Mahadzir Mohamad (Senior Lecturer)

“Printing world is changing rapidly in demand, technology and management, preparing students for success in a carrier path is our responsibility...Printing knowledge with creative and innovative ideas is a step towards excellent future…Together we achieve it…”

– Noor Azly Mohammed Ali (Senior Lecturer)

for further printing process. The ele-ments of creativity and innovation are applied to the students in the work of printing in order to market the prod-ucts towards consumers with the cooperation from the company selected by them.

The showcase for this time came with the theme “PRISMA” which brings the definition of a geometry that can be used to separate light into spectrum of rainbow colours.

The colour purple is chosen for the logo to bring the meaning of newly

are exposed to a broader perspective of it. Throughout the project, it involves a progression of work. The first process involves meeting clients and discussing the product specifications that will be produced. Pre-press is the term used in the printing and publishing industry for the stage of designing and draw-ing layouts. Students are required to design the product according to the specifications given by their lecturers and clients until it meets the standard.

Software such as Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe

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dynamic, creative energy and imagi-nation that inspire students to succeed in their final project. Inadvertently, the chosen theme for the showcase con-struct a concept of new, creative and innovative packaging designs. PRISMA is the fraction of creative and innova-tive ideas to a variety of produced products. The event will showcases 52 ideas from the students involved.

Packaging design will represent a brand and also acts as a medium that can be used as an incentive for upcom-ing marketing purposes which students

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InDesign CS5 are the tools used to create the product designs according to the specifications desired. File formats PDF, TIFF, PNG and JPEG are used to store the files and can be sent through email for the printing process as well as a reference or guide for both sides. Press is the second process which is the printing stage. During this stage, prod-ucts will be printed using the offset machine. Post-press is the final work-ing stage where the product undergo a finishing process such as the lami-nation of UV, matte, glossy and others

depending on the created products.This exhibition stands as one of the

best platforms in showcasing a syner-gic relationship between the academia and the industry. This gap-bridging effort is certainly aligned with the university’s mission in grooming the FSSR into an effective creative media hub enhanced by entrepreneurial quality. With this exhibition, it is hoped that more ideas and knowledge will be generated from different views in facing the challenges of this global-ized world.

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PRINT is facing overca-pacity but will eventually right-size itself with the help of new technology.

Printing companies are becoming more and more commu-nications companies, with revenues growing in new services beyond print. But, marketing is multi-media. Print is now a part of promotion programs that include social media, websites, and email blasts. Printing firms handle elec-tronic media well, but electronic media firms do not handle print well. Print services are best equipped to provide complete multi-media communication services. Print volume may be down but it is still an important part of marketing programmes. Promotional brochures, direct mail, and other materials will still be a part of many marketing programmes.

Today the overall volume of print has almost halved compared to a decade ago. Much of the volume handled by small printers has shifted to large online web-to-print services that can gang up multiple business card, invita-tions, and other print products. Small shops still exist for those who cannot wait one day or have more complex jobs. Small shops serve very local markets.

BY FRANK ROMANO

will we remember the important things without the use of paper. We are trans-ferring our memories from our brains to our machines. Everywhere I travel I see people holding their mobile devices up to show the pictures that are stored on them. But only printouts of those photos will allow those photos to be seen in the future. Photo books are still a growth market.

Is production overcapacity affecting the value of the print? Every industry suffers from overcapacity. Railroads and steam ships saw boom and bust but then their industries found their optimum level and prospered - until air travel disrupted their business. The printing industry is in the process of right-sizing - it is finding its optimum level. And we have already had the dis-ruption. Within the next year or so, we will reach the number of printers and print volumes that will sustain the print industry to the end of this century. In 1915, one of the major con-cerns of printers around the world were competitors who did not know how to price printing. Many books were writ-ten about it. This situation still exists.

Frank Romano is professor emeritus at the Rochester Institute of Technology

Digital printing at every level has changed the printing industry, from small printers to wide format inikjet. It allows printing to be installed every-where. Thus almost every home and every business have a digital printing machine. But for bigger, more complex jobs, users will seek out professional services. These services will apply dry toner, thermal, solvent, and UV inkjet. This year we will see the first users of Landa nanographic printing which uses less ink and plain (untreated) paper to achieve high quality. It is a variant of liquid toner, which other suppliers are applying (Xeikon, Canon-Océ, and even HP Latex).

There is great activity in ink tech-nologies and formulations. Landa Nanoinks, HP Latex, Kodak Stream, Memjet dye inks, Epson Thin, Micro Piezo and UltraChrome GS2 and so on, are all together changing the printing industry. Inkjet will dominate over time. Offset lithography and toner will still have good markets but inkjet has many advantages. Landa nanographic printing is actually liquid toner deliv-ered by inkjet nozzles. We will see many new hybrid approaches to placing a sub-stance on a substrate using nozzles that jet new kinds of inks. Printing firms will have many alternatives - perhaps more alternatives than they can deal with.

Then there is the change that new mobile technologies are triggering. How

Promoting print

“Today the overall volume of print has almost halved compared to a decade ago. Much of the volume handledby small printers has

shifted to large online web-toprint services that can gang up multiple business card, invitations, and other print products...”

Revenues growing in new services beyond print

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BY AZLYRA KARMELIA

FUJI Xerox Co. Ltd. has devel-oped and recently launched the first ever Gold and Silver Toners for use by the com-pany’s new production

colour printer, the Colour 1000i Press

Enter the metallic gold and silver toners

in Malaysia. It is targeting the high-end professional printing market. The Colour 1000i Press is the industry’s first xerographic production press that offers both metallic gold and silver toners.

Gift box for the guests

during the first launching of

Fuji Xerox Color 1000i Press

The Colour 1000i Press is digitally mastered for fine-tuned image quality. The new Gold and Silver Toners are developed by applying the company’sEmulsion Aggregation (EA) technology.

These are ellipsoid-shaped inks with the flat reflective pigments com-pletely covered by toner particles. Orienting onto the reflective pigment particles in parallel to the print media allows the reflective pigments to reflect light after the image is fused onto the media; thereby achieving a metallic appearance.

Moreover, the reflective pigments don’t allow light to access through, therefore enabling metallic printing on various media. What has been con-ventionally made using offset printing

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flyers, postcards and business cards are usually created in digital printing using only cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) colours. Now, however, the Colour 1000i Press and its special inks can add marketing effects and improve the value added to each print, such as giving out a classy look and seasonal feel.

The new Colour 10009 Press inherits the professional functions of the Colour 1000 Press, offering print productivity of 100 prints-per-minute for media as thick as 350g/m2. It also has a new fea-ture which enables printing on dark coloured media. Not only that, but this new press has a much wider offering of specialty dry inks with the introduction of the newly developed Gold and Silver Toners - in addition to the market lead-ing Clear Dry Ink which was introduced on its predecessor, Fuji Xerox’s flagship Colour 1000 Press.

Coming equipped with full width array which automates printing adjust-ments such as colour calibration and front-back alignment, Fuji Xerox tech-nology enhances the productivity for print professionals. This reduces the operators’ workload and improves effi-ciency in making printing adjustments.

Delivering outstanding mid-tones, crisp text, pure neutrals, detailed shadows, bright highlights and excel-lent photo rendering across a range of media, the Colour 1000i Press is per-fect for today’s hot specialty and photo applications.

can now be delivered through a single production press, which improves the workflow for printing companies and at the same time, contributing to their business expansion by enabling a wider range of print applications with the new gold and silver toners.

This brings a wide colour gamut that is able to produce vibrant images with smooth sweeps that commands and hold attention.

The new Colour 10009 Press expands the creative printing potential. Appli-cations such as catalogues, direct mail,

The Fuji Xerox Color 1000i Press

Demonstration on how the handling of the Color 1000i Press

Printed products shown on display during the launching event

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flyers, postcards and business cards are usually created in digital printing using only cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) colours. Now, however, the Colour 1000i Press and its special inks can add marketing effects and improve the value added to each print, such as giving out a classy look and seasonal feel.

The new Colour 10009 Press inherits the professional functions of the Colour 1000 Press, offering print productivity of 100 prints-per-minute for media as thick as 350g/m2. It also has a new fea-ture which enables printing on dark coloured media. Not only that, but this new press has a much wider offering of specialty dry inks with the introduction of the newly developed Gold and Silver Toners - in addition to the market lead-ing Clear Dry Ink which was introduced on its predecessor, Fuji Xerox’s flagship Colour 1000 Press.

Coming equipped with full width array which automates printing adjust-ments such as colour calibration and front-back alignment, Fuji Xerox tech-nology enhances the productivity for print professionals. This reduces the operators’ workload and improves effi-ciency in making printing adjustments.

Delivering outstanding mid-tones, crisp text, pure neutrals, detailed shadows, bright highlights and excel-lent photo rendering across a range of media, the Colour 1000i Press is per-fect for today’s hot specialty and photo applications.

can now be delivered through a single production press, which improves the workflow for printing companies and at the same time, contributing to their business expansion by enabling a wider range of print applications with the new gold and silver toners.

This brings a wide colour gamut that is able to produce vibrant images with smooth sweeps that commands and hold attention.

The new Colour 10009 Press expands the creative printing potential. Appli-cations such as catalogues, direct mail,

The Fuji Xerox Color 1000i Press

Demonstration on how the handling of the Color 1000i Press

Printed products shown on display during the launching event

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HOUSE of Print (HOP) (M) Sdn Bhd started back in 2007 as a com-puter-to-plate (CTP) printing company in

Serdang. It is an imaging technology used in modern printing processes. From there one, HOP slowly expanded to the offset prints and for them, it is also necessary to have a faster printing process which require less volume.

Keh Kah Haow, the director of the company, comes from Muar, Johor. From there, he was already involved in the printing industry at a young age because his relatives were working in the said industry even though he was more into the marketing area. He used to play around with the machine and

Emerging powerhouseHouse of Printing - home is where the heart is

always thought the printing machines were always so advanced and huge. His wife, Iris Tan, who also works in the company had been involved in the printing industry at a young age and

before the two met.After finishing Form 5 in high school,

Keh came to Kuala Lumpur and studied accountancy in KDU College and at the early age of 22 years old he was already involved in marketing and accountancy businesses. He had worked for plenty of companies and people and from there, he learned that in all of industries, printing was a necessity for all custom-ers. In HOP, he is the one who manages the marketing side of the company.

The company’s first machine ever was from Fuji Xerox. The decision to buy a machine from this company was done after doing much comparison and for them, in the sense of quality, imaging, the output and own satisfaction, Fuji Xerox was the one that fits them all. All sorts of product were used to be printed out by the machine such as packaging, boxes, leaflets, name cards, and even certificates. Those are very high demand and high quality products that clients requested, therefore, they had to use this machine.

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Mohd, came to know each other in the industry and both of them have a good working relation and by working together, plenty of opportunities too. Which is why they’ve decided to work together and start on the CTP and digi-tal printing. Azri majored in graphics study but switched to the CTP industry for more than half a decade. Before he

out full force to constantly getting new customers, their style and preference is to always have regular and repeated customers who are constantly satisfied with their work. The reason for HOP to go online is to cater to their custom-ers’ needs easily and conveniently. The process online is much faster and easier, the products can be ordered and then readied the next day itself. Society nowadays uses their phones constantly and phones, technology and internet can do wonders and therefore, HOP utilises it. HOP has customers from all around Malaysia, even Sabah, Sarawak but mainly, the customers are from the Klang Valley.

The company differentiate their online business from others as their customers because their customers are always coming back repetitively. “It is a compliment to ourselves here,” said Keh.

The company will be adding in a few more machines as investments.

“I have to say more about this digi-tal printing. I’d say that, the trends and even the technology change so slowly. Maybe they’re offset, so definitely the digital print will come in. I think the digital offset will be growing,” said Keh.

started working at HOP, he worked at print production house before which handled fast digital machine. He used his knowledge and skills of digital print-ing he had learned with HOP knowing that opportunity was good

HOP has their own online portal and the online business is still very new. While they are not really going

“I have to say more about this digital printing. I’d say that, the trends and even the technology change so slowly. Maybe they’re offset, so definitely the digital print will come in. I think the digital offset will be growing.”– Keh

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ANG Kien Peng, the man-aging director of Ignition Graphic Production Sdn Bhd, started off as a freelance worker in the

graphics world 20 years ago before setting up his own company doing out-sourced businesses.

His forte is specialized in the colour set – colour management process. Ang reckons that even though not many companies in the industry are not focusing on colour separation, it will become “explosive” again. He prefers to call it a cycle whereby in the 80s, colour separation was the bomb while it is not so currently. However, Ang strongly believes that it will become popular and in demand soon in the near future.

Ignition Graphic Production Sdn Bhd has few of the biggest clients who are working with many agencies that enable them to work with Petronas, Mid Valley, Alliance Bank, Sime Darby, to name a few, which are big brand names in Malaysia.

To cater to these big names, he would need the best of the best machines for high-end quality products. For more than two years, Ang and his company have been using Ricoh’s machine. From the very first unit, they thought that the machine was very reliable and even the

service support was good.“They (Ricoh machines) don’t give

any problem and has less downtime. The service workers only come to the office once a month or so only for servic-ing, not for repairs. The less downtime, the better it is for us,” Ang said.

There was once the company had to do a drastic job of printing 400,000 A3 sized products and they managed to do it in a week without problems with the machine running 10 hours continuously.

Ricoh’s digital innovation has redrawn relationships between print-ers and their clients, meaning efficiency and agility now sit at the heart of every commercial decision.

The new Ricoh Pro C7100X series, its latest production cut-sheet device

family provides a fifth colour station. With the added station available for either white or clear ink, Ricoh says these high-speed, production colour printers and MFPs enable commercial printers to expand their application portfolio. The Pro C7100X, which is rated at up to 80 pages per minute, has high productivity for its class.

The Pro C7100X series also features an AC-transfer system and elastic fus-ing-belt technology to enhance output on a variety of heavily textured media such as vellum and linen. It also uses Ricoh’s new vacuum-feed LCT with an option to enable over-size printing up to 27.5” in length. This machine is able to achieve tight sheet-to-sheet registra-tion through a mechanical registration system that squares the sheet prior to imaging, and can be adjusted from the user interface. By incorporating a fusing-belt smoothing roller, it helps in addressing fuser burn on the fusing belt. Another highlight is that it pro-vides a media library that allows users to adjust and associate different param-eters per substrate to help ensure good image quality and reliability.

The Ricoh Pro C7100x comes backed by Ricoh’s TCRU programme (Trained Customer Replaceable Units) that enables customers to replace more than a dozen parts for increased uptime. Included in it is also a self-contained liquid-cooling system that keeps the developer at a constant temperature and minimizes disruptions in extended production-printing runs. Last but never the least, the machine offers a

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ANG Kien Peng, the man-aging director of Ignition Graphic Production Sdn Bhd, started off as a freelance worker in the

graphics world 20 years ago before setting up his own company doing out-sourced businesses.

His forte is specialized in the colour set – colour management process. Ang reckons that even though not many companies in the industry are not focusing on colour separation, it will become “explosive” again. He prefers to call it a cycle whereby in the 80s, colour separation was the bomb while it is not so currently. However, Ang strongly believes that it will become popular and in demand soon in the near future.

Ignition Graphic Production Sdn Bhd has few of the biggest clients who are working with many agencies that enable them to work with Petronas, Mid Valley, Alliance Bank, Sime Darby, to name a few, which are big brand names in Malaysia.

To cater to these big names, he would need the best of the best machines for high-end quality products. For more than two years, Ang and his company have been using Ricoh’s machine. From the very first unit, they thought that the machine was very reliable and even the

service support was good.“They (Ricoh machines) don’t give

any problem and has less downtime. The service workers only come to the office once a month or so only for servic-ing, not for repairs. The less downtime, the better it is for us,” Ang said.

There was once the company had to do a drastic job of printing 400,000 A3 sized products and they managed to do it in a week without problems with the machine running 10 hours continuously.

Ricoh’s digital innovation has redrawn relationships between print-ers and their clients, meaning efficiency and agility now sit at the heart of every commercial decision.

The new Ricoh Pro C7100X series, its latest production cut-sheet device

family provides a fifth colour station. With the added station available for either white or clear ink, Ricoh says these high-speed, production colour printers and MFPs enable commercial printers to expand their application portfolio. The Pro C7100X, which is rated at up to 80 pages per minute, has high productivity for its class.

The Pro C7100X series also features an AC-transfer system and elastic fus-ing-belt technology to enhance output on a variety of heavily textured media such as vellum and linen. It also uses Ricoh’s new vacuum-feed LCT with an option to enable over-size printing up to 27.5” in length. This machine is able to achieve tight sheet-to-sheet registra-tion through a mechanical registration system that squares the sheet prior to imaging, and can be adjusted from the user interface. By incorporating a fusing-belt smoothing roller, it helps in addressing fuser burn on the fusing belt. Another highlight is that it pro-vides a media library that allows users to adjust and associate different param-eters per substrate to help ensure good image quality and reliability.

The Ricoh Pro C7100x comes backed by Ricoh’s TCRU programme (Trained Customer Replaceable Units) that enables customers to replace more than a dozen parts for increased uptime. Included in it is also a self-contained liquid-cooling system that keeps the developer at a constant temperature and minimizes disruptions in extended production-printing runs. Last but never the least, the machine offers a

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complete suite of optional document-finishing solutions that result in collated, finished documents ready for distribution with no manual interven-tion. These options include in-ring bind, perfect bind, as well as new Plockmatic Bookletmakers and GBC Streampunch Ultra.

Speaking with Loh Kean Leong, the head of production printing business group for Ricoh Malaysia, Ang said that the launch of Pro C7100X was “very exciting because this is the first time we have had a device with this capabil-ity in Malaysia”.

He further continued saying, “It is part of our strategy to grow the produc-tion print business and the new model coming out will really give us an inroad into that production market.

“The main difference with this device is now we have white and clear toner so the brand new innovation in the market will allow printers to do things that they have not been able to do before, for instance print on black with digital print.

“This means they can produce differ-ent sorts of outputs for their customers, with high quality of course, and I think we are really getting into the part where we are directly competing with offset capability.”

Loh mentioned that based on global reaction, the company expects many of the machines to be sold within the country. “We are hoping to sell a few hundreds.”

“They (Ricoh machines) don’t give any problem and has less downtime. The service workers only come to the office once a month or so only for servicing, not for repairs. The less downtime, the better it is for us.” – Ang

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PIXIO WAS ESTABLISHED in 2008, it is currently the leading large format printer based in Malaysia. Pixio creates an astonish-

ing indoor and outdoor graphics with their range of printing and finishing capcities. By 2013, Pixio became a fully owned company of MDR Ltd which is a public listed company in Singapore. In the business of creating visual impact by offering an extensive line of services, from pre-production to production to post-printing, Pixio manage to handle and deliver their products on time in a hassle-free environment.

Before the addition of the FujiFilm Inca Onset Q40i, Pixio is equipped with high performance equipment such as Durst industrial wide-format printers from Germany. Year-to-Year, Pixio con-tinues to invest in the latest technology available today to provide the highest quality printing and finishing. Pixio delivers high performance standards to complete the finishing touches for their client’s visuals, even if it means scaling a 200 metres tall skyscraper on a gondola lift to complete a wall scape.

This can be seen on the Tropicana City Mall and the Amcorp Mall.

Pixio also offers a turnkey solution for all vehicle wrapping needs. Majority Malaysia are covered with the vehicle stickers which were printed by Pixio. One of the biggest customer of Pixio in the retail department is the McDonalds franchise.

The company now uses the Fujifilm Inca Onset Q40i to print their products. The Inca Onset Q40i has been devel-oped to address the growing market for an ultra-high-quality flatbed device capable of delivering high production speeds.

The Onset Q40i flatbed UV printer sets the bar for offset-quality

Pixio’s partnership with FujiFilm promises a leading future

High-end partnership

resolution by producing crisp images, fine lines, sharp text and smooth tonal gradations and this is being done all at production speeds of more than 62 full (5.02m2) bed sheet up to 310m2/hour equal to 5m2 per minute. The fine detail produced by the machine is possible because of the FUJIFILM Dimatix Spec-tra QS10 print heads which jet droplets 300% smaller for unprecedented qual-ity. Offering many of the features found throughout the Onset range, the Q40i delivers a wide color gamut, variable finish for customizable matte, satin to gloss prints, advanced job management

and ability to turn jobs around quicker thus excellent for short run print jobs.

The system that was made for this machine is using

modular scaleable architec-tural for future expansion

which can be upgraded and modi-fied depending on the customers’ business models, options of auto-mation also available. “Best price, performance and return on invest-ment (ROI) is what we try to provide to our customers,” said Jeremy Brown came to visit the Pixio company in Malaysia.

Pixio is the 1st installation of Inca Onset Q40i in Malaysia, making them to be different and giving them a upper hand compared to their competitors. – By Azlyra Karmelia

From left to right: Paul Leong, Senior Sales Manager of FujiFilm, Jeremy Brown, Commercial manager – Asia, Fujifilm Sericol Ink Systems, Jonas Frisk, the Senior Manager of Pixio Sdn Bhd and Alex Lim, the Managing Director of Pixio Sdn Bhd in front of the Fujifilm Inca Onset Q40i machine

Jeremy Brown, Commercial manager – Asia, Fujifilm Sericol Ink Systems, with Alex Lim, the managing director of Pixio Sdn Bhd

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AS a result of its strategic partnership agreement with Chinese manu-facturer Masterwork Machinery Co Ltd (MK),

Heidelberg has ambitious plans to extend its range of post press equip-ment for the folding carton market. NICK COOMBES visited the company at its German headquarters to look behind the scenes and find out how the com-pany assesses the market for packaging post press.

“Partnerships are the key” accord-ing to Management Board Member, Harald Weimer, referring to how even a manufacturer the size of Heidelberg needs to form strategic alliances with specialist manufacturers to ensure suc-cess. From the supply side, he believes that no one company can have the expertise to meet all the expectations of a global market in which customers look increasingly for a single-source provider. Responding to comments that Heidelberg might be diluting its brand image and reputation by allying with an Asian manufacturer he stated robustly: “Anyone who has visited the MK plant cannot fail to be impressed by the quality of its research, design and manufacturing facilities. We set a high benchmark for quality here at Heidelberg, but we had no qualms about working with MK, because we detected a similar working philosophy.”

The need for such an alliance was justified by Kilian Renschler, Head of Global Account Management at Hei-delberg, who gave an overview of the global packaging market to an audience of invited converters at Heidelberg’s Print Media Centre Packaging in Wies-loch-Walldorf. Separating the emerging from the developed packaging markets, he commented that while population drives the former, it is differentiation that is responsible for growth in the developed world.

He told the audience: “In a global packaging market valued at €619 billion

in 2013, almost one third is paper based products such as labels, folding cartons and corrugated. The prediction is that by 2018 the total market will have grown to €757 billion, but with major changes in regional consumption. Where cur-rently Asia Pacific consumes 35% of the total, Europe 31% and North America 22%, the estimates for 2018 show Asia Pacific well ahead of both Europe and North America, with the biggest coun-try rises coming from India, China, and Indonesia.” To respond to these changes and support the global packag-ing industry will require a high degree of cooperation amongst technology suppliers, and Heidelberg intends to be at the forefront of this process.

As the emerging markets become more industrialised, so the need for reli-able business partners increases. “MK is the largest manufacturer of die cut-ters in China with a 90% share in the tobacco market, and 50% of the overall Chinese packaging market. But, it has only a limited export business because it lacks a network of sales, service and parts support – and this is where Heidelberg can step in and bring its expertise and the professionalism that customers demand from a sup-plier these days,” commented Weimer. Another attraction of working with MK is its commitment to R&D that has created a wide range of carton finishing equipment. He said that while for many years the post press department had been a production bottleneck through lack of investment, converters are now seeing the benefit of matching state of the art finishing to all that has gone before. “Post press is when the sheet is at its most expensive – spoiling it at this stage is very expensive,” he added.

Dr Frank Schaum, Head of Post Press at Heidelberg took up this point. “Because the finished product is key, the whole process is vital and in post press this involves a greater involvement of labour than elsewhere in production. With run lengths shortening worldwide

there is a real need not only to strip out cost, as wages are rising everywhere, but crucially to simplify and shorten make-ready – and increased automation offers the solution as well as providing better quality control. Time to market is the driver, but we are also seeing health and safety issues relating to operatives applying pressure even in the emerg-ing areas.” Finishing, it would seem, has finally come of age, if only because of the intense price pressure that today’s converters are under.

Responding to the demands of “lean manufacturing” is uppermost in the minds of most suppliers, and Heidel-berg is no exception. “It is important to attack it from the right direction,” explained Weimer. “It’s all about understanding production and the importance of accurate data – you need the knowledge before you invest, other-wise you risk wasting money.” Having the right technology and responding to changing market conditions are criti-cal, but they need to be supported by a service organisation that can cope with 24/7 production. What begins with professional consultancy by the sales team, relies on the performance of the after sales team to maximise output from the customer’s technology. In many cases, significant improvements in productivity can be achieved with contract servicing and improved parts support. This is especially the case in post press where the main variable cost is labour. As run lengths shorten and expectations grow higher, the pressure for more automation is at its highest because margins are so tight.

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AS a result of its strategic partnership agreement with Chinese manu-facturer Masterwork Machinery Co Ltd (MK),

Heidelberg has ambitious plans to extend its range of post press equip-ment for the folding carton market. NICK COOMBES visited the company at its German headquarters to look behind the scenes and find out how the com-pany assesses the market for packaging post press.

“Partnerships are the key” accord-ing to Management Board Member, Harald Weimer, referring to how even a manufacturer the size of Heidelberg needs to form strategic alliances with specialist manufacturers to ensure suc-cess. From the supply side, he believes that no one company can have the expertise to meet all the expectations of a global market in which customers look increasingly for a single-source provider. Responding to comments that Heidelberg might be diluting its brand image and reputation by allying with an Asian manufacturer he stated robustly: “Anyone who has visited the MK plant cannot fail to be impressed by the quality of its research, design and manufacturing facilities. We set a high benchmark for quality here at Heidelberg, but we had no qualms about working with MK, because we detected a similar working philosophy.”

The need for such an alliance was justified by Kilian Renschler, Head of Global Account Management at Hei-delberg, who gave an overview of the global packaging market to an audience of invited converters at Heidelberg’s Print Media Centre Packaging in Wies-loch-Walldorf. Separating the emerging from the developed packaging markets, he commented that while population drives the former, it is differentiation that is responsible for growth in the developed world.

He told the audience: “In a global packaging market valued at €619 billion

in 2013, almost one third is paper based products such as labels, folding cartons and corrugated. The prediction is that by 2018 the total market will have grown to €757 billion, but with major changes in regional consumption. Where cur-rently Asia Pacific consumes 35% of the total, Europe 31% and North America 22%, the estimates for 2018 show Asia Pacific well ahead of both Europe and North America, with the biggest coun-try rises coming from India, China, and Indonesia.” To respond to these changes and support the global packag-ing industry will require a high degree of cooperation amongst technology suppliers, and Heidelberg intends to be at the forefront of this process.

As the emerging markets become more industrialised, so the need for reli-able business partners increases. “MK is the largest manufacturer of die cut-ters in China with a 90% share in the tobacco market, and 50% of the overall Chinese packaging market. But, it has only a limited export business because it lacks a network of sales, service and parts support – and this is where Heidelberg can step in and bring its expertise and the professionalism that customers demand from a sup-plier these days,” commented Weimer. Another attraction of working with MK is its commitment to R&D that has created a wide range of carton finishing equipment. He said that while for many years the post press department had been a production bottleneck through lack of investment, converters are now seeing the benefit of matching state of the art finishing to all that has gone before. “Post press is when the sheet is at its most expensive – spoiling it at this stage is very expensive,” he added.

Dr Frank Schaum, Head of Post Press at Heidelberg took up this point. “Because the finished product is key, the whole process is vital and in post press this involves a greater involvement of labour than elsewhere in production. With run lengths shortening worldwide

there is a real need not only to strip out cost, as wages are rising everywhere, but crucially to simplify and shorten make-ready – and increased automation offers the solution as well as providing better quality control. Time to market is the driver, but we are also seeing health and safety issues relating to operatives applying pressure even in the emerg-ing areas.” Finishing, it would seem, has finally come of age, if only because of the intense price pressure that today’s converters are under.

Responding to the demands of “lean manufacturing” is uppermost in the minds of most suppliers, and Heidel-berg is no exception. “It is important to attack it from the right direction,” explained Weimer. “It’s all about understanding production and the importance of accurate data – you need the knowledge before you invest, other-wise you risk wasting money.” Having the right technology and responding to changing market conditions are criti-cal, but they need to be supported by a service organisation that can cope with 24/7 production. What begins with professional consultancy by the sales team, relies on the performance of the after sales team to maximise output from the customer’s technology. In many cases, significant improvements in productivity can be achieved with contract servicing and improved parts support. This is especially the case in post press where the main variable cost is labour. As run lengths shorten and expectations grow higher, the pressure for more automation is at its highest because margins are so tight.

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packaging post press sector. The part-nership with MK forms the platform on which it can build its business globally, but it is keen to point out that while its new MK Promatrix and MK Easymatrix die cutters will become its volume sell-ers in the carton market, the existing 100 or so users of the Dymatrix and Varimatrix ranges will continue to receive full support. “What the new MK die cutters will do is allow us to tap into the volume market as well, where high levels of sophistication and per-formance are not as important as reliable day-to-day production at a price level that more can afford,” explained Weimer.

If Heidelberg believes partnerships are more important than ever, what was it about MK that was impressive? Dr Schaum, who has an engineering back-ground explained:

“We visited several Asian manufac-turers but were in no doubt that MK was the stand-out company. They have more than 80 technicians working in R&D alone. To be as successful as MK is in the Chinese tobacco industry, which has some of the highest added value print in the world, speaks volumes for its quality.”

It is the sales and after sales sup-port that Heidelberg’s global network can bring to these products that clearly excites both parties, as Wells Fu, Inter-national Trade Department manager for MK, and Heidelberg’s liaison man with the Chinese factory explained: “We are delighted to be working with the market leader. Heidelberg offers MK the opportunity to grow our business in the global market in a way that we could never have achieved alone. We are looking forward to supplying many new customers with our innovative

technology backed up with Heidelberg’s support.”

Despite most of the MK machines being CE compliant, Heidelberg is run-ning its own thorough checks on the design and build quality of each range to ensure customers that reliability will be up to the customary standard before they are distributed. Field trials are complete on the MK Promatrix line, and the MK Easymatrix is anticipated to hit the market later in 2015. Both will be offered initially in B1 sheet format, and a MK Promatrix 106 CS was being demonstrated to converters during my visit to Wiesloch-Walldorf. Although coy about naming names, Heidelberg did confirm that the first UK customer has been secured, with delivery sched-uled for this summer, and that one MK Promatrix 106 CS is already operational in Poland.

“The two machine ranges are pitched at the volume sector of the market and are definitely priced to sell,” said Weimer. “All of our people who have vis-ited the Chinese factory have returned with high expectations for the MK equipment that we can offer because of the build quality and that all important balance of price and performance.” The MK Easymatrix will appeal to the devel-oping markets, and be an entry-level machine for carton converters, as well as a crossover option for commercial printers in the established regions. The MK Promatrix, which has a top speed of 8000 sheets/hour, is predicted to sell well in the developed and industrialised countries.

For the technical, the MK Promatrix 106 CS on working demonstration offers fast make ready on carton board from 90 – 2000gsm, and corrugated up to 4mm thick. Features on the 760 x 1060mm

die cutter include a non-stop feeder, belt table with suction belts and cen-tral roller and brush adjustment, a register system up to the stripping sta-tion, quick lock chase and cutting plate, fine adjustment in the cutting station as well as quick lock frames with fine adjustment in the stripping station. Motorised cutting pressure adjust-ment and non-stop delivery with rolling carpet make operation comfortable, and allow the machine minder addi-tional time for production monitoring and quality control.

On the folder gluer side, Heidelberg has taken the decision to rebrand all models as MK Diana. All are manu-factured at Nové Mesto in Slovakia, including two new models, the MK Diana Smart 55 and MK Diana Smart 80. Both feature a compact design that gives a space saving footprint and have a maximum running speed of 450 m/min. Capable of handling cartons up to 600mm in length on 200 - 600 gsm solid board (or E-flute corrugated), the new machines produce straightline, crashlock, double wall, multi compart-ment, miniature cartons and mailing sleeves. Both can be fitted with inspec-tion control, a Braille module, a stack turner, feeder, and semi or fully auto-matic packers.

Asked if Heidelberg has plans to extend its product portfolio in post press, Dr Schaum explained that the intention is to focus on the extensive MK range already available. “Within that portfolio, we will look at offline inspection, hot foil stamping, and blanking, but for now we will focus on the introduction of the MK Easyma-trix and MK Promatrix technology to the wider market, which will in itself extend the Heidelberg offering.”

According to Harald Weimer: “We see this partnership with MK as an entirely positive move for Heidelberg as a manufacturing supplier and for the global carton converting market. Their technology is first class, and our sales and support network is second to none. I see it as a ‘win-win-win’ situa-tion – Heidelberg benefits from having new technology to sell, MK benefits from having foreign markets to develop, and the converters benefit by having an exciting range of competitive machines to improve their businesses.”

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THE successful develop-ment of the print industry nowadays brings many production print owners to evaluate on how they

can enable their businesses to meet the need of their customers. Konica Minolta wants to be a hero to help facilitate the print owners by running a series of Pro-duction Printing (PP) Roadshows with the theme - Transformation Ahead. End-less Possibilities, Flexible Quantities throughout Malaysia. Digital print is always an option to complement offset print for job which technologies open up endless interesting new business opportunities and accommodate flex-ible quantities job with no minimum printing quality required, right through to large print volumes.

These roadshows event is one of many programmes that Konica Minolta does to showcase and share their revo-lution of digital printing technology and innovative printing solutions to boost production flexibility for on-demand printing and to abbreviate the improvement time for short run-printing. Konica Minolta, as a service provider for the production printing industry offers their customer prod-ucts range from cohesive workflows and applications as well as professional and sophisticated hardware products to enable their business quickness and growth. Konica Minolta also deliv-ers support and business tools to help customers discover new markets by converging on print and web technolo-gies that will empower their business today.

Konica Minolta had just finished three roadshows in Johor Bahru, Penang and Klang Valley from May to July 2015. The events will take place throughout September in East Malay-sia. The roadshow events will also be an opportunity for Konica Minolta to showpiece the current bizhub PRESS C1100, bizhub PRESS 1250 and solu-tions, which can help support business

to create new sources of revenue for business owners and exploit uptime and print orders. Aside from this, Konica Minolta also in collaboration with our partner to showcase the other products or services such as the latest digital die cut system, SummaCut-R D60.

Bizhub PRESS C1100bizhub PRESS C1100 offers every-thing required to satisfy the growing demands of customers like in-house print rooms and graphic communi-cation providers because high image quality and solidity are both important for printing industry.

The bizhub PRESS C1100/C1085 con-veys enhanced basic performance with the most essential element for digital production printers, combining “the highest productivity” and “consis-tently stabilized high printing quality”. Besides, the bizhub PRESS C1100 also features enhanced Simitri® HDE toner, S.E.A.D. IV screen processing to con-tinuously maintain image stability over long press runs, air suction (vacuum) paper feeding for spot-on registration and reliable paper handling and hybrid decurling (zig zag plus moisture) for consistently flat output.

bizhub PRESS 1250The bizhub PRESS 1250 monochrome production printing system opens up new opportunities to expand and grow business, satisfying today’s exceeding demands. Speed, efficiency, flexibility, productivity, reliability and of course quality are factors that production print providers rightfully expect in order to diversify their services, ensure top

performance and get an edge over their competitors.

The bizhub PRESS 1250 delivers fast and smooth printing jobs, ensur-ing top performance and getting edge over the competitors with its 125 ppm in A4 horizontal printing speed, greater thin and thick paper support, different finishing options together with 14,000 sheets maximum paper capacity. Also, it combines 1,200dpi high-resolution image quality and maximum flexibility with the versatile paper handling and finishing capabilities.

The bizhub PRESS 1250 can be inte-grated with workflow solutions for effective job management to meet high-volume black and white output demands. This digital press keeps energy consumption and costs low while output and quality remain high.

The Simitri HD polymerized toner of the bizhub PRESS 1250 are using smaller and more consistently shaped particles to replicate fine details with greater precision. With the combina-tion of enhanced print head technology and advanced real time density sensor, the bizhub PRESS 1250 able to deliver consistent image and smooth half-tone print quality even over long press runs. The Simitri® HD polymerized toner of the bizhub PRESS 1250/1052 are using smaller and more consis-tently shaped particles to reproduce fine detail with greater precision. With the combination of enhanced print head technology and advanced real time image density sensor, the bizhub PRESS 1250/1052 able to deliver consis-tent image and smooth halftone print quality even over long press runs. It

Roadshows to evaluate on how to enable businesses to meet the need of customers

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is these great features that work with you and for you to deliver the best print output results and form the basis for long-term customer satisfaction.

BLI (BUYERS LAB) PRO AWARDS WINNERSKonica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1100 proved itself a strong competitor and has been awarded a 2015 BLI PRO award as Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Pro-duction Device. Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1100 proved itself a strong com-petitor and has been awarded a 2015 BLI PRO award as Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Production Device.

Clearly one of the best production devices in this class BLI has evaluated to date, the bizhub PRESS C1100 did not score below a four and a half stars in any of the tested categories. “Usually we see models that excel in one or two areas, but fall short in others,” said David Sweetnam, head of BLI’s European Research and Lab Services. “The bizhub PRESS C1100’s colour consistency is among the best BLI has seen being one of just a few production units to earn BLI’s highest 5-star rating for colour consistency.”Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1100 proved itself a strong com-petitor and has been awarded a 2015 BLI PRO award as Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Production Device.

Clearly one of the best production devices in this class BLI has evaluated to date, the bizhub PRESS C1100 did not score below a four and a half stars in any of the tested categories. “Usually we see

models that excel in one or two areas, but fall short in others,” said David Sweetnam, head of BLI’s European Research and Lab Services. “The bizhub PRESS C1100’s colour consistency is among the best BLI has seen being one of just a few production units to earn BLI’s highest 5-star rating for colour consistency.”Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C1100 proved itself a strong com-petitor and has been awarded a 2015 BLI PRO award as Outstanding Colour Mid-Volume Production Device.

Clearly one of the best production devices in this class BLI has evaluated to date, the bizhub PRESS C1100 did not score below a four and a half stars in any of the tested categories. “Usually we see models that excel in one or two areas, but fall short in others,” said David Sweetnam, head of BLI’s European Research and Lab Services. “The bizhub PRESS C1100’s colour consistency is among the best BLI has seen being one of just a few production units to earn BLI’s highest 5-star rating for colour consistency.”With an impressive all-round performance, the bizhub PRESS C1100 will be a good fit in mid-volume production environment regardless of whether productivity, image quality, media handling or ease of use is the main concern. And the bizhub PRESS C1100’s colour reliability and excellent media-handling capabilities are par-ticularly remarkable.

On the other hand, the bizhub PRESS 1250 has won 2014 BLI PRO awards as

Outstanding Monochrome Light- to Mid-Volume Production Device. Accord-ing to BLI, the bizhub PRESS 1250 is a true production workhorse and its throughput speeds were among the fastest tested to date on heavy-grade stocks and better than those of com-petitors on A3 and SRA3 media. It also handled mixed-media workflows well and experienced virtually no drop-off in rated speed when running sub-set stapling and perfect bindery jobs. The bizhub PRESS 1250’s outstanding pro-ductivity and media handling, along with the wealth of feedback it pro-vides, ensure that jobs will not only get done quickly, but with minimal interruptions.

ABOUT BUYERS LABORATORY LLCBuyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) is the world’s leading independent provider of analytical information and services to the digital imaging and document management industry. For more than 50 years, buyers have relied on BLI to help them differentiate products’ strengths and weaknesses and make the best purchasing decisions, while industry sales, marketing and prod-uct professionals have turned to BLI for insightful competitive intelligence and valued guidance on product devel-opment, competitive positioning and sales channel and marketing sup-port. Using BLI’s web-based bliQ and Solutions Centre services, 40,000 pro-fessionals worldwide create extensive side-by-side comparisons of hard-ware and software solutions for over 15,000 products globally, including comprehensive specifications and the performance results and ratings from BLI’s unparalleled Lab, Solutions and Environmental Test Reports, the result of months of hands-on evaluation in its US and UK labs. The services, also available via mobile devices, include a comprehensive library of BLI’s test reports, an image gallery, hard to find manufacturers’ literature and valuable tools for configuring products and cal-culating total cost of ownership (TCO) and annual power usage. BLI also offers consulting and private, for-hire test-ing services that help manufacturers develop and market better products and consumables. www.buyerslab.com

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Playing hostFAPGA forum to touch on their objectives such as to seek and form an economic community

BY AZLYRA KARMELIA

THE Malaysia Print-ers Association will be hosting the 15th Forum of Asia Pacific Graphic Arts (FAPGA) right in the heart of Malaysia,

Kuala Lumpur and the island state of Penang from Aug 7-9.

FAPGA looks forward to a strong establishment in the Asia Pacific region as it has 10 countries participating and another 18 more which will join very soon. The theme for this year will be “Print Ecology”. With Print+ Malaysia being the forum’s official magazine, the eventful media launch will be officiated by deputy minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Lee Chee Leong,

Wanting to always be ahead of others, the Forum of Asia Pacific Graphic Arts seeks to touch on their objectives such as to seek and form an economic community that is supported by a foundation of interacting organi-zations and individuals of the business industry as well as making FAPGA’s

Print Ecology the key to industrial sus-tainability and enable business leaders to meet and network with members of the industry in the Asia Pacific region in hopes that new ties are fostered. FAPGA will enable its participants to move towards a shared vision in order to align investments and to find mutu-ally supportive roles in print ecology.

PRINT ECOLOGY is a management imperative to make print businesses more responsive, effective, sustainable and secure in a complex, networked ecosystem. Organizations, that are operate graphic arts communication and print production, in which all aspects of management, operations and process interact and interrelate, and which operate within a dynamic business environment, will be part of the ecosystem making contribution.

Lee, had stated that this was done to support the transformation of digital world and to bring them to a greater height. One of the clusters under the printing media, the creative multime-dia industry is establishing its mark as one of the most sought-after industries

The sponsors of FAPGA 2015

Asian Printing Equipment Centre Pte Ltd

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in the world, with prospects ranging from graphic arts, advertising, anima-tion to computer games, publishing and also interactive media.

Organizing chairman, Liew Chee Khong, at the FAPGA media launch said that the forum would allow them to identify the many stakeholders for example such as graphic artists, pho-tographers, advertisers, paper suppliers, equipment suppliers, newspaper prints, offset printers, packaging prints, print brokers and many others as part of the PRINT ecosystem.

When touched upon the progress of Malaysia in the graphic art line, Lee said that, MSC Malaysia had also set up Malaysia Animation and Creative Content Centre which aims to provide technology and resources, develop talent and offer funding opportunities and to launch Malaysia as leading pro-vider of creative digital content.

FAPGA is an international event that aims to promote print business and strengthen the business connectivity between many Asia Pacific countries. The organizing committee has designed

the 3-day event. The event is designed to pack full of high enthusiasm in learning, meeting friends, seeking business opportunity, exchange information and technologies, real-izing business cooperation and promote greater cooperation among all participants towards globaliza-tion. Along the travelling journey, we are also promoting Malaysia tourism.

GoldTech Access Sdn Bhd ES Event Management Sdn Bhd Sanxin Prima (M) Sdn Bhd

Kaizer Exhibitions & Conferences Sdn Bhd

Deputy Minister of Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Dato Lee Chee Leong

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HAILING from Segamat Johor, Jay Kok developed an interest in graphic designing. Thus after com-

pleting high school studies, he entered Saito College in Petaling Jaya, to pursue a course in Graphic Design.

After graduating, Jay Kok travelled across the Johor Straits to southern neighbours Singapore to take up a job as graphic designer. He worked there for 10 years and his interest developed in a passion. Having accumulated intense knowledge and experience Jay Kok was adequately prepared to go on his own and try luck in the print industry. This prompted him to start Print & Go Fast Print in 2004 at Wisma Central, Jalan Ampang.

Print & Go Fast Print was set up mainly targeting the “Instant Print and Print on Demand Services”. The company also provides general office statio-nery printing such as name cards, letterheads, envelopes, company profile, brochures, leaflets and more along with a wide range of copy and print services, be it colour or black & white; offset printing of business cards and brochures; binding, laminating and other finishing services.

Print & Go Fast Print uses the latest digital printing equipment to ensure all printed materials are of good quality and accurate.

The company also provides various types of printing services such as offset

Designed to succeedFounder takes Print & Go great heights

printing, digital printing, and inkjet printing at reasonable rates to ensure customers’ satisfaction and meet their clients’ requirements.

However, they’re more focused on digital printing because this process has a quicker turnaround time, hence the name Print & Go. This is what differ-entiates them from other competitors around. The demands for quick deliv-ery at lower cost are increasing in the print industry, therefore it is imperative to have a tactical business strategy in order to be able to take full advantage of the market trend. This is why, Print & Go uses only the latest digital printing equipment to ensure the printed mate-rial is of good quality that matches with the current system.

This is where the company’s rela-tionship with Canon began when they’ve started to buy many machines from them a year ago. The highlight of all the machines is the Canon image-PRESS C700.

This machine delivers advanced levels of print qual-ity, efficiency and versatility in both commercial and in-house

print environment. In a small but scalable footprint, these devices can print a wide range of media materials including heavyweight, coated stocks and envelopes, at a high-level of consis-tent quality and productivity up to 70 impressions per minute for the image-PRESS C700.

These colour digital presses can

flexibly handle the most diverse print applications from short runs to com-plex variable data printing, transaction printing and automated, “hands-off” print production.

Besides the imagePRESS C700 machine, Print & Go also do have the Oce VarioPrint 2110, Oce VarioPrint 2065, Oce PlotWave 360, and Canon image-PROGRAF 750.

The Oce VarioPrint 2110 Titanium gives the power to bring a commercial or corporate printroom to the highest level of productivity as the system com-bines reliability, high quality, easy usage and unparalleled throughput in a smart and efficient way. One can experience the new way of printing with the Oce PlotWave 360 printing system. It is ideal for CAD printing environments that require both productivity and ease of use. Walk-up users will appreciate the ability to access technical document files from their cloud of choice, preview files on the colour screen and print all from the printer’s touchscreen. Last but not least, one could easily produce posters and signage easily with the imagePROGRAF 750.

“Saving your time is our concern,” said Jay Kok, noting that was the com-pany’s slogan. – BY AZLYRA KARMELIA

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achieve?” This enables them to pro-vide industry specific knowledge and guidance on the range of options avail-able to ensure the customers get the right solution. Label manufacturing is made up of three essential elements - art design, material choice and print process. This may seem like a simple combination. However bad choices or limitations in capabilities result in outcomes that leave customers con-fused and unsure. The experience and manufacturing capabilities at Pyramid Labels ensure the right combinations of these elements are considered and quality products are produced.

Peter Woods (general manager) and Joel Woodman (production manager) of the QLM Label Makers Group when asked about what makes their products truly stand out from the competition, responded with “From our customers’ point of view, they are looking for a print solution that meets their needs. While print processes may be complex and diverse, they really just want clarity, to know that we will choose the right platform that meets their needs. They are the experts in their field and expect us to be the same in ours.”

Wood’s background in printing for the Wine Industry in Australia has seen the company utilise and conquer the challenging print requirements across a range of materials that were tradi-tionally used solely for wine. As other market segments have looked to diver-sify and create a point of difference the use of textured and coloured substrates has become a unique way to make prod-ucts stand out and gain market share. A great example of this is the award win-ning Food Labels printed by Pyramid Labels on a textured Ivory Wine Paper

to create a premium finish. The success of printing on such a

wide range of materials can be attrib-uted to their close partnerships with HP Indigo and regional channel partners AdigiPrint Sdn Bhd and Michelman Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd. “Working closely with them on testing and compliance has allowed us to coat a wide variety of materials”, says Woods.

The choice of materials can be very important in order to produce the best print quality. It also requires printers to choose the optimal printing press to give customers the best result. “We look at the end use of the product, the choice of material and the print options available for manufacturing. We are lucky to have a diverse print platform from which to choose and we align our requirements with the available machinery,” said Woods. “For versatility and consistently great quality in short runs the HP Indigo platform is often the perfect fit,” he added.

This is the second year Pyramid Labels Industries Sdn. Bhd has received awards from HP. “We were fortunate to represent Malaysia last year and picked up two awards includ-ing Winner: Food Labels. We have won that award again this year and picked up two additional awards in diverse catego-ries,” says Woods.

Competing with and winning awards against major print companies from powerhouse countries such as India, China and Japan is an exhilarat-ing feeling for the Malaysian company. “Nothing beats the feeling of competing

w i t h t h e other print-ers and to be at the top,” exclaimed Woods. “With everything that we print we are striving for the best. Our company wants to be recognised not just for the awards but also the work we do every day for all customers, that feel good,” Woodman added.

What’s next for Pyramid Labels Industries Sdn. Bhd? “We are about to be re-branded as QLM Label Makers Malaysia. We have been a part of the QLM group for a long time and this will allow us to be known officially as part of this great company. We will con-tinue to collaborate with our partners like HP Indigo, but most importantly we will support our Malaysian custom-ers, as they have supported us. Because without them, none of this would be achievable,” says Peter.

Well, they’ve won Malaysian Print Awards, Asian Print Awards and now HP Asia Pacific Awards, so where to from here? Woods said “I think it’s time for Malaysia to compete at the World Label Awards and win. We have the talent and great customers. I think it’s time to go there.” Malaysia on the world stage – we wish them well.”Labels – Food• Winner-PyramidLabelsIndustries

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consists of my shoots. They just have to go through all the pictures which are much convenient for them. They can also feel the print.”

Amri had many exhibitions that showcased his artworks outside Malay-sia. Surely to hold an exhibition with tons of beautiful pictures, it has to be printed pleasantly. But to Amri, this is what he got to say about his printed artworks: “Usually whenever I had any exhibition few years ago, I’d never print my photography in whatever form except Inject type print because of the quality of the pictures. But earlier this year, I had an exhibition in London, I printed it on HP Indigo. I’d say that it is as good as the Inject print that I’ve done before. It’s amazing because most of my works are black and white and the tone is very fantastic.”

To provide the best to his customers is definitely not an easy thing to achieve but Amri strived for it. Quality and dura-bility are not the only things that Amri is looking for. “As a commercial photog-rapher, if something that the customer wants to buy, it has to be quality ones and long lasting. Other than the qual-ity and the durability, it depends also on the materials that we print. We have to make sure that we choose and use the right paper because I believe that some papers last longer than some others. That’s why nowadays, they have papers that are acid-free, not so much chemical and last longer. We prioritize the papers but most importantly, the look has to be brilliant and I believe that Indigo is doing the job very well.”

Meanwhile, according to Kay, the ways she does her works are different. She has to make sure that what she printed are the same as what she shoots. “After my shooting, I will transfer all the pictures to my laptop and will straight away be reviewed by the parents. So in order to produce photography album, the pictures have to be the same as what I’ve showed the parents,” she said.

“In Malaysia, it’s kind of hard to pro-duce exactly or at least 99 percent same colour as what you viewed on your laptop. I’ve been trying to search for so many printers and suppliers that can satisfy my needs of wanting perfect pic-tures of the babies and finally I end up with HP indigo and that’s the best that I’ve got. It’s 99 percent the same colour

Gido van Praag, Vice President, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Asia Pacific and Japan

Art gallery at HP Centre of Excellence

Indigo ink volume production by mounting local capabilities from the current ink series to the fast growing new generation of inks for the HP Indigo 10000, 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses.

“Brand owners are facing increased competition as consumer choice and expectations have exploded. As a result, they’ve moved into the digital world to connect more powerfully with their cus-tomers. The new HP Centre of Excellence aims to give them the tools to compete, helping brands identify new ways to combine their unique skills with the industry’s broadest portfolio of innova-tive digital printing solutions, and its unparalleled application capabilities,” said Gido van Praag, vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Asia Pacific and Japan.

Not to be missed, the new facility will

from the shoots itself and I’m very happy with the outcome,” she added.

Photographers always look for the best to produce the best for their cli-ents. It is undeniable that the customers have to pay more but the satisfaction that they will get is beyond words. “To get a quality product, they have to pay more. Yes, Indigo is expensive but they produce the best quality of prints,” Amri said.

Congratulations to these two amaz-ing photographers on capturing the best memorable moments in someone’s life. It’s definitely an honorable thing to do and people would appreciate these kind of photographers who just want to deliver the best to their clients.

HP OPENS GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCEIt was opened on September last year in Singapore, HP proudly presents a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) and also the enlargement of HP Indigo ink manu-facturing flair. HP aims to educate and inspire printing companies and their customers including brands, agencies and print buyers in Asia Pacific and Japan about new prospects made pos-sible by HP digital printing solutions.

The 21,000 square meter facility acts as a space for the customers to connect with experts and share creative and technical best practices and will provide customers with one-stop access to HP’s broad digital printing portfolio and solu-tions as well.

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create employment chances in Singa-pore with more than 100 employees expected to be added to the facility in the next five years, most of which will include technical professionals and training personnel.

HP Graphics Solutions Centre of Excellence unlocks the full power of digital printing since the complete graphics portfolio and partner solu-tions along with an extensive gallery of applications, from stamps to building wraps are all lodged in this new facility to make it easier for customers.

That’s not all! Brands and agencies will be able to see poignant ideas and work on pilot projects in a real-world production atmosphere while printing companies will be able to target and con-duct end-to-end application testing of their HP digital printing equipment.

Additionally, a training centre will help upsurge operator aptitude and accelerate return on investment of HP Indigo Digital Presses, HP Scitex Indus-trial Presses, HP Latex and HP Designjet Printers. The centre, manned by 11 train-ing and ramp-up maven, will provide hands-on learning and train more than 350 operators, engineers and production managers each year.

The fast growth of New Generation HP Indigo Digital Presses is overwhelm-ing. That’s the reason of the HP Ink Manufacturing Facility was built. The

increase in ink manufacturing compe-tences supports the growing ultimatum of Indigo next-generation presses, which are reaching 150 installations worldwide. These installations are in addition to more than 6,000 HP Indigo Presses now in 120 countries.

It will support global production of specialized HP Indigo Electroinks for the new generation of HP Indigo 10000, 20000, and 30000 Digital Presses with the 10,000 square metre expansion to the ink manufacturing plant. The Indigo 10000, the first B2- format digital press with offset quality, enables print ser-vice providers, photo specialty shops and book printers to provide high value and high productivity applications. The Indigo 20000 and the Indigo 30000 Digital Presses, out in the market earlier

this year, are the first digital presses designed to encounter the needs of label and flexible packaging and fold-ing carton converters.

To permit HP Indigo customers in the region to order and receive more than 3,000 specially mixed ink colors within short lead times, the plant will also creates licensed spot color ink, Pantone.

To enable substrate manufacturers, suppliers and HP Indigo press owners from Asia Pacific and Japan, Europe the Middle East and Africa to evaluate substrate compatibility with HP Indigo Digital Presses, substrate testing and certification capabilities will be built into the plant.

This new ink manufacturing facility is already open this year!

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create employment chances in Singa-pore with more than 100 employees expected to be added to the facility in the next five years, most of which will include technical professionals and training personnel.

HP Graphics Solutions Centre of Excellence unlocks the full power of digital printing since the complete graphics portfolio and partner solu-tions along with an extensive gallery of applications, from stamps to building wraps are all lodged in this new facility to make it easier for customers.

That’s not all! Brands and agencies will be able to see poignant ideas and work on pilot projects in a real-world production atmosphere while printing companies will be able to target and con-duct end-to-end application testing of their HP digital printing equipment.

Additionally, a training centre will help upsurge operator aptitude and accelerate return on investment of HP Indigo Digital Presses, HP Scitex Indus-trial Presses, HP Latex and HP Designjet Printers. The centre, manned by 11 train-ing and ramp-up maven, will provide hands-on learning and train more than 350 operators, engineers and production managers each year.

The fast growth of New Generation HP Indigo Digital Presses is overwhelm-ing. That’s the reason of the HP Ink Manufacturing Facility was built. The

increase in ink manufacturing compe-tences supports the growing ultimatum of Indigo next-generation presses, which are reaching 150 installations worldwide. These installations are in addition to more than 6,000 HP Indigo Presses now in 120 countries.

It will support global production of specialized HP Indigo Electroinks for the new generation of HP Indigo 10000, 20000, and 30000 Digital Presses with the 10,000 square metre expansion to the ink manufacturing plant. The Indigo 10000, the first B2- format digital press with offset quality, enables print ser-vice providers, photo specialty shops and book printers to provide high value and high productivity applications. The Indigo 20000 and the Indigo 30000 Digital Presses, out in the market earlier

this year, are the first digital presses designed to encounter the needs of label and flexible packaging and fold-ing carton converters.

To permit HP Indigo customers in the region to order and receive more than 3,000 specially mixed ink colors within short lead times, the plant will also creates licensed spot color ink, Pantone.

To enable substrate manufacturers, suppliers and HP Indigo press owners from Asia Pacific and Japan, Europe the Middle East and Africa to evaluate substrate compatibility with HP Indigo Digital Presses, substrate testing and certification capabilities will be built into the plant.

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HP Latex 3500 and 3100 Printers, HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press increase productivity and efficiency

HP has launched new wide format machines - the 3.2m (126-inch) HP Latex 3500 and 3100 Printers;

and the Scitex 17000 corrugated press. The new machines will come on line in September.

Gido van Praag, vice president & general manager, Graphics Solutions Business, Printing and Personal Systems Group Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan, says, “The new HP Latex printers further establish HP’s industrial Latex portfolio, delivering a new level of pro-ductivity and operational efficiency to help our customers fulfil even the most demanding high-volume sign and dis-play print jobs.”

Jeff de Kleijn, director and general manager, Graphics Solutions Business- Sign & Display, HP Asia Pacific and Japan, says its HP Latex 3500 printer handles high-volume, dedicated application production, boosting productivity and helping to reduce production costs. Its heavy-duty roll handles up to 300kg and it offers 10-litre ink supplies aimed at unattended operation such as over-night printing. HP adds that the printer’s dual-roll split spindles assist handling of

New level productivity

increase lucrativeness through auto-mation, HP Latex 3000 Printer series is also JDF-enabled, a standard language that allows data to pass between differ-ent systems to simplify data exchange and collection.

“Economy is slowing down but I’m sure we can pull it through. I have been in this industry for five years. This industry has a massive development. I’m very excited to see what the future would have for us. We have many other technologies that we want to produce in the future but I cannot talk about it yet. One thing for sure is that, our future will hold a better entity for all of us. I think it’s remarkable of what we have today and I hope it gets better,” said Roy Eitan, director and general manager, GSB-HP Indigo and Inkjet Digital Press Solutions, HP Asia Pacific and Japan.

The 3MTM MCSTM Warranty dura-tion is expanding for HP Latex inks and now offering a six-year warranty for film lamination. 3MTM is also intro-ducing a new UV clear coat for third generation HP Latex inks that features a five-year of warranty when used with 3MTM premium solutions. The 3MTM UV Clear Coat is expected to be available beginning September 2015. This is why it is well known as the industry’s most comprehensive finished graphics war-ranty machine.

The HP Latex 3100 and 3500 Printers and complementary HP Latex mobile app are expected to be available world-wide starting Aug 3, 2015. Not only that, a new bright white, FSC certified HP Pre-mium Poster Paper for use with HP Latex

HP Latex 3500 Printer

oversized rolls; its in-line slitters reduce bottlenecks in finishing; and its built-in LED lights support on-the-fly proofing.

HP Latex 3100 Printer is ideal for large sign and display PSPs with a diverse service offering high image quality for variability of indoor and outdoor appli-cations. The printer can handle peaks in production and deliver on short turn-around times without forfeiting printing indoor quality at speeds up to 77m/hr (830ft/hr).

“PSPs are gradually faced with complex jobs and shorter lead times, stretching existing equipment to meet client demand. We have to produce the best, excellent product. The new HP Latex printers further establish HP’s Industrial Latex portfolio, supplying a new level of productivity and opera-tional efficiency to help our customers accomplish even the most demanding high volume sign and display print jobs. It could be a remarkable experience and definitely a huge opportunity to grab,” said de Kleijn.

These new HP Latex printers are both compatible with the HP Latex Mobile application which would definitely help the customers to increase unattended operation with remote monitoring and print status alerts, with its expanded functionality including extended lan-guage support and metrics reporting. It also helps the operators to stay up-to-date on the job status and unpredicted downtime from anywhere on the pro-duction floor with the new Printer Status Beacon.

To help PSPs lessen labor costs and

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printers will also be available worldwide through licensing partner Brand Man-agement Group (BMG).

HP Scitex expands its digital cor-rugated printing portfolio when the new HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press powered by HP Scitex HDR Printing Technology was publicized where it can increase digital print productivity for cost-effective corrugated packag-ing printing. This can help converters address market demand for shorter runs and faster turnaround times.

It features the recently introduced HP Scitex Corrugated Grip and HP HDR230 Scitex Inks and prints at speeds of up to 1000m2/hr (10,764 ft2/hr) for economical, high volume production of industrial-grade corrugated boards. Prints made with the HP HDR230 Scitex Inks on a representative coated media have been independently certified as having Good Deinkability.

HP is also introducing the HP Smart Uptime Kit for HP Scitex Presses that is a cloud-based inventory manage-ment system enabling customers to log parts, track usage and extract reports for increased production uptime and productivity.

HP Scitex 17000 Corrugated Press is expected to be available worldwide start-ing Aug 1, 2015.

The first Indigo press designed espe-cially for folding cartons, the HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press was engineered to power packaging converters to prof-itability. The 75 cm (29-inch) format provides breakthrough productivity, fits seamlessly into existing workflows, and the inline priming unit supports

off-the-shelf paperboard. It has the abil-ity to print on any paperboard (coated, uncoated, metallized) or synthetic boards up to 29 inches by 21 inches in size and 24 points (600 microns) in thickness.

“Economy is slowing down but I’m sure we can pull it through. This indus-try has a massive development. I’m very excited to see what the future would have for us. We have many other tech-nologies that we want to produce in the future but I cannot talk about it yet. One thing for sure is that, our future will hold a better entity for all of us. I think it’s remarkable of what we have today and I hope it gets better,” said Roy Eitan, director and general manager, GSB-HP Indigo and Inkjet Digital Press Solutions, HP Asia Pacific and Japan.

NEW HP PAGEWIDE XL PRINTERS REDEFINE PRODUCTIVITY, PRINTING COSTS AND QUALITYHP introduced a new portfolio of HP PageWide XL Printers, offering the fastest large-format production printing avail-able in colour and black-and-white. HP PageWide XL Printers do the job of two printers in one single device, providing

monochrome and colour prints at break-through speeds up to 60 percent faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer.

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

“Our large-format printing custom-ers are continually exploring ways to improve productivity, streamline work-flow and reduce costs,” said Javier Larraz, director and general manager,

Graphics Solutions Business - Large Format Printing Design Printing and Personal Systems Group

Asia Pacific and Japan. “The HP Page-Wide XL Printers announced to deliver what our customers have been seek-ing for years and will revolutionize the production printing market, offering affordable, high-quality black-and-white and colour output in a single device at the fastest speeds available.”

HP PageWide XL Printers are the first products introduced under the new HP PageWide sub-brand. Based on proven HP PageWide Technology, which cur-rently powers HP Inkjet Web Presses, HP business printers.

“Each one of us are looking for some-thing extraordinary. HP decided to make an innovating marketing mood which each and every device have special and unique design and its own task. It’s amazing how these machines will work,” said Javier Larraz

It provides low operation costs driven by life-long print heads, high ink effi-ciency and cloud-based support. The HP PageWide XL Printers portfolio includes HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer, HP

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spent preparing and processing jobs by 50 percent. It also reduces reprints with native PDF management powered by Adobe® PDF Print Engine 3 and offers a true colour print preview with interac-tive HP Crystal Preview technology to turn operator efficiency into operating profit.

The new large-format printers sup-plies HP PageWide XL Pigment Inks which upsurge print quality with brittle lines, fine detail and smooth grayscales that are superior to LED prints. HP Page-Wide XL Pigment Inks also run dark blacks, vivid colours, and moisture and

Gido van Praag, the Vice President & General Manager , Graphics Solutions Business- Printing and Personal Systems Group, Hewlett –Packard Asia Pacific and Japan

Jeff de Klejin, Director and General Manager, Graphics Solution Business- Sign & Display, HP Asia Pacific and Japan

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PageWide XL 5000 Printer, HP PageWide XL 4500 Printer and HP PageWide XL 4000 Printer. Each and every machines stated have their own specialties.

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

This new machine will restructure large-format printing workflow and rises productivity. Production printing market has traditionally require custom-ers to operate large-format inkjet colour printers to address colour jobs because it’s been led by monochrome-only LED printers.

HP PageWide XL Printers will help to merge the workflow to deliver mixed black-and-white and colour prints in half the time it would take to manually gather documents produced on multi-ple printers. In addition, a full portfolio of scanning and finishing solutions, including the HP Design Jet HD and SD Pro Scanners and new HP PageWide XL Printer accessories, such as the HP Page-Wide XL online folder, top stacker and high-capacity stacker, allow customers to build proficient end-to end workflows around HP PageWide XL Printers and free up the operator.

HP SmartStream software for HP PageWide XL Printers diminishes time

fade resistance even on uncoated bond paper at high speeds.

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

HP PageWide XL 8000 series Printers will be available in the market begin-ning in September 2015. Other series in the HP PageWide XL portfolio will be made incrementally available between November 2015 and January 2016.

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