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Tiruppur’s Spectrra Prints installs six colourSpeedmaster XL 75Bartaman orders a CROMOMAN 4-1 frommanroland web systemsAutoprint installs Checkmate Inspection Systemin MalaysiaFinnish firm Huhtamaki to acquire Ajanta Packag-ingCosmo Films Commissions a New CPP line and ametalizerShilp Gravure first in India to adopt KODAKFLEXCEL NX 5080 SystemUflex – First glitter printing gravure cylinders inIndiaLuster China Partners with Weldon for theirinspection productsKomori Corporation establishes a strong footholdin Indian market with Komori India Pvt. Ltd.

manroland and Goss web offset systems intend tocombineMuller Martini buys Kolbus perfect bookbindingbusinessKodak and Uteco Group launch Sapphire EVO hybridpress for Flexible PackagingMark Andy acquires PresstekOMET appoints Paolo Grasso as Head of Sales -Labels Business UnitAward for Claus Bolza-SchünemannNew air-cooled LED curing unit from ITLAnother ‘remarkably successful year’ for LangleyHoldingsJohn O’Grady is new President of Print SystemsDivision at KodakK&B appoints new sales and marketing directorKodak launches a new Thermal CTP for newspapers

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Paper manufacturers have raised their product prices by an average2.5 per cent across all segments for January, in order to pass on theincrease in raw materials such as pulp and paper chemicals. This is thesecond price increase in three months after paper producers had, inNovember, reversed a one per cent price cut they had implemented inSeptember. With the increase in dollar and fuel rates printers need to becautioned for further escalations in the near future.

Philanthropy continues to be prime in the minds of DPA members.Printers’ Day this year again was celebrated with the same spirit byoffering meals and distributing books to about 800 children at, AryaAnathalaya, an orphanage in Delhi. The very fact that ExecutiveMembers themselves serve meals to the children is of how philanthropyis more than writing a check and a reminder that anyone, not just thewealthy, can make significant contributions to their community.

It is also the time of the year when a new team takes over at thehelm of affairs of the Delhi Printers Association. Once again with aunanimous approval the new office bearers and the executivemembers were elected for the term of 2018-19.

Veerendra Malik

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Friends,Last month I got a chance to attend two events pertaining to our

industry. Calendar launch by Galgo Paper and an Informal get together byAvantika Printers (P) Ltd.

At the calendar launch of Galgo Papers, I met the printers from all overDelhi-NCR. The new samples printed on the specialty papers marketed byKRAFTILE INTERNATIONAL were on display. Subodh and Sunit both deserveapplause for taking specialty paper to new heights. Each one of thesamples displayed were a master piece in their own way but an A2 sizehard bound book for “TRUMP TOWERS” was the show stopper. This 274 pagebook was printed on 130gsm IRIS speciality paper. All the pages had adense black ground, aqueous coated and pasted back weighed around 10kgs. This book was printed and bound by LUSTRA PRESS, Bahadurgarh.LUSTRA team deserves an applause for the books.

At the informal gathering to celebrate 25 years of Avantika Printers (P)Ltd. I met printer friends from Okhla as well as entrepreneur from BNIfraternity. M. N. Pandey Ji has been a dear friend for the last two decadessince we bumped into each other getting our jobs printed at AJANTAOFFSET, Wazirpur. Avantika team had also displayed a wide range ofproducts printed and fabricated at their printing unit. The display showedthat it is not just the heavy investment in press machinery but also pre-pressand post-press with the combined skills and techniques of the family runshow that has managed to create a niche space of his own in terms ofquality and workmanship. His take on the price reduction war unleashed bythe Nehru Place, Gole Market, Naraina print shop’s is “SELL PRODUCT” andnot PRINT to sustain and grow.

I hope my experience shared would help you in your quest forexcellence.

Sunil Jain

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Friends,

The Indian economy has recovered from the disruptions caused bydemonetisation of high value currency notes in November 2016 andthe implementation of the unified Goods and Services Tax from July 1,2017. The benefits of the first are generally debated for its pros andcons with varied views, but the second was due for long and hasmedium and long-term advantages. As expected, the Indianeconomy attained a growth of 7.2% during the quarter ended 31stDecember 2017 from 6.2% in the preceding quarter.

In the context of the encouraging trends impacting growth of theprint business, we must take heart from the outcome of the recentlyconcluded New Delhi World Book Fair, as organised by National BookTrust at Pragati Maidan on 6th January 2018. This year’s annual Fair,with the topical theme ‘Environment and Climate Change’, not onlyattracted in the vast area of 30,000 sq. mts more than 800 publishersand 1500 stalls from 40 countries, but also a whopping footfall of 12lakh visitors during the nine-day event.

Inaugurating the Fair the Human Resource Development Minister Mr.Prakash Javadekar stated that “Books belong to a different worldthat enriches human life. Books are as important as we require foodto live and sleep to take rest. They help humans to develop andencompass all the knowledge.” The Chairman of NBT Mr. Baldeo BhaiSharma welcomed book lovers to the Maha Kumbh of books andannounced that the Trust has not only published books in Sanskrit butalso initiated a scheme called ‘Har Haath Ek Kitab.’ Dwelling on thetheme of the Fair, distinguished environmentalist Ms Sunita Narainexhorted the need to reinvent ways to curb pollution and ensureclean environment to future generations.

As the Indian book market promises a considerable growth potential,the Ambassador of the Delegation of European Union to India Mr.Tomasz Kozlowski stated that interest among European publishers inthe Indian market will continue to grow in the coming years. Thoughthe use of e-books might revolutionise the book markets both inEurope and India, yet the growing Indian market will bringcontemporary European literature even closer to Indian people.

If we take the huge success of the World Book Fair as an indication ofthe growing demand for printed books, the future of our print businessappears quite bright.

Rajiv Gupta

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Bartaman orders a CROMOMAN 4-1 from manroland web systemsmanroland has sold a three

tower CROMOMAN 4-1 pressto Bartaman, one of theleading Bengali languagenewspapers in Kolkata.

The press has been soldwith a long-term ServiceLevel Agreement and is thesecond CROMOMAN 4-1 tobe installed in eastern India.

Speaking on the success,Sudeep Bhattacharjee, MD,manroland India stated:“This deal is very importantfor manroland web systemsas it signals the entry of theAugsburg based behemothinto the flourishing Indianlanguage newspaper market.This helps assuage thefeeling that manroland websystems is an expensivepiece of machinery, notsuitable for the regional

newspaper market in India”.The CROMOMAN 4-1 has

especially been designed forthe requirements of theIndian market. It is areliable, high speed,modular double widthpress that can cater toaverage run length between250,000 – 400,000 copiesper night, power fluctuationstolerance, fit into existingbuildings, runs smoothly onIndian newsprint with noweb severance. Requires noair conditioning and offersweb width variability withease of use and operation.

The press is capable ofversatile printing possibili-ties such as 24-pages or 16-pages plus 8 pages. Thepress is also equipped withseveral automation systems.

The PECOM-X control systemoffers the best possibletechnology for easy opera-tion and short make-readyand changeover times.

manroland web systems,

At the contract signing (from left - Abhijeet Bhattacharjee, MDBartaman, Amal Roy, Sr.Mgr Maintenance, Amit Roy, FinanceDirector, Subhojit Kr. Datta, AGM &CS, Subir Paul, GM Sales,manroland India, Sudeep Bhattacharjee, MD, manroland India.

with offices in Delhi,Chennai and Bengaluru, hasan installed base in Indiaincluding 27 high speednewspaper presses and onecommercial press.

Spectrra Prints based inTiruppur, Tamil Nadu,installed a brand new, fully-loaded, futuristic HeidelbergSpeedmaster XL 75, withPrinect press centre,Intellistart and wall screenoption.

“The investment in XL-75strengthens our commit-ment to serve a diverse

client base across variousverticals, as we explore aforay into overseas markets.We continue to rely onHeidelberg for qualityprinting equipment,”Heidelberg will be ourbeacon, as we makeprogress in our chosen pathand priorities,” statesSenthil Kumar, Managing

Partner - Spectrra Prints.The XL-75’s make-ready

can be as less as 2 minutes,with fully-automatic platechanges and the Intellistart2

The fully-automatedSpeedmaster XL 75 mini-mizes operational footstepsand cuts make-ready &setup times drastically. Withproduction speeds of15,000 sheets per hour, theSpeedmaster XL 75 canhandle tags, labels andcartons, and any substratefrom lightweight paper toboard, ranging from 0.0012- 0.031 inches.

Saseendran Baskaran (GM- Press solutions) HeidelbergIndia, states, “The innovativeRoller Check Assistant of theXL 75 reduces reviews andadjustment of rollers by 30%

vs. manual adjustment. Thewash-up devices for blanketand impression cylindersreduce the consumption ofwashing fluid and wash-upcloth. The blanket and theimpression cylinder arewashed simultaneously in allunits, thereby reducing wash-up times, as well. The wash-up device of the inking unitalso works with reducedamount of water and washingfluid.”

An offshoot of five-year oldJGA Offset printing, Spectrraspecializes in carton printingand packaging. Spectrra’sparent firm JGA OffsetPrinting owns a HeidelbergSM 52 five-colour and aHeidelberg two-color pressto cater to the many garmentfirms in and around Tirupur.

Tiruppur’s Spectrra Prints installs six colour Speedmaster XL 75


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Autoprint has suppliedCheckmate 50 InspectionSystem to Suria Press (M)Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia a paperbased packaging printingcompany.

Suria Press’ top manage-ment visited Autoprint inIndia in November 2017 andwere very impressed withAutoprint’s Checkmate 50Inspection machine andfound it much superior interms of quality checkingand speed. The machine hasa rigid body, with user-friendly and customizedsoftware. In addition, uponvisiting Autoprint, SuriaPress’ team found a verysupporting and knowledge-able sales and service staff.

The company started theirprinting business in 1979focusing in commercialprinting and slowly tappedinto the packaging industryin mid 90’s. The factoryhouses several state-of-the-art offset printing machines,die-cut machines, gluingmachines, and various

Autoprint installs CheckmateInspection System in Malaysia

coating machines to caterthe needs of customers.

Committed to provide thebest quality products andservices to customers, whichare chiefly in the pharma-ceuticals & FMCG industries,the company has productquality and on-time deliveryas their key focus. They hadbeen looking for a machinethat could help to find thedefects and expedite theirmanual quality checkingprocess since manualinspection could not provide100% defect free cartons.

Autoprint Checkmate 50provides defect free printproducts to the end cus-tomer with 100% accuracy. Itcan inspect print defectsand foil errors. The machinesegregates the good anddefective sheets neatly intodifferent stacks which canbe further analysed tocorrect the previous process.It not only eliminatesexpensive manual labour butalso enhances the checkingspeed and process.

Finnish firm Huhtamaki toacquire Ajanta Packaging

The Indian unit of Finnish packaging company Huhtamakiwill acquire Ajanta Packaging (India) for Rs 100.3 crore($15.5 million) in an all-cash deal.

The entire business of Ajanta Packaging is acquired as agoing concern on a slump sale basis, Huhtamaki PPL Ltd,the local division of the Finnish firm, said in a stock-ex-change disclosure.

The acquisition will help Huhtamaki in consolidating itsposition in pressure sensitive label business, it said.

Ajanta Packaging, promoted by Sudhir and ChandanKhanna, manufactures pressure sensitive labels, baggagetags and security labels. It has manufacturing facilities atDaman and Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, according to itswebsite. Its revenues stood at Rs 81.1 crore in the yearthrough 31 March 2017.

Huhtamaki PPL, formerly known as The Paper ProductsLtd, provides packaging solutions for labels, tube laminatewebs, thermoformable laminates and promotional materials.

Chandan Khanna says, “this move will make the labelmarket in India to grow in a healthy way. The expandedmarket reach and size of HPPL will help them serve thecustomers better with further enhancement on servicequality. Moreover the enhanced capabilities will help themoffer superior and innovative products.”

The company has 15 manufacturing facilities in thecountry. Its clients include Britannia, Coca Cola, Ferrero,Glaxo Smithkline, Marico, Mondelez, Nestle, Pepsico, Procter& Gamble and Unilever.

Huhtamaki’s income stood at Rs 564.94 crore and netprofit was Rs 20.94 crore in the October-December quarter.


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Cosmo Films Commissions a New CPP line and a metalizerCosmo Films, a global

leader in films for packaging,lamination and labelingapplications has announcedcommissioning of its secondCast Polypropylene (CPP)Line and fourth metalizer,both having annual capacityof 7500 MT. With installa-tion of these new lines, thecompany’s annual CPP filmscapacity will go from 1800MT to 9300 MT and themetalized films will increasefrom 15000 MT to 22,500MT.

These new lines havebeen commissioned atcompany’s existing facility atKarjan, near Vadodara, Indiawhich already houses BOPPlines, extrusion coating &

chemical coating lines and ametalizer. The 2.85 meterCPP line is five-layered andis designed to producespeciality films (especiallybarrier films) for variouspackaging applications. Theline has the possibility to

have multilayer combina-tions. The new 2.85 metermetalizer is equipped withadvanced control monitoringsystem and closed loop autodeposition control system.The facility at Karjan hasbeen developed keeping

future expansions in mind.Speaking on the develop-

ment, Mr. Pankaj Poddar,CEO, Cosmo Films Ltd said,“Apart from being afocussed BOPP player overthe years, we have madesignificant efforts in recenttimes to become a completefilm solution provider withmore and more films to offeralong with various valueadded services. Moreoverthere has been a dearth oforganised CPP players in themarket and with the expan-sion of our capacity; we shallbe better suited to serve ourcustomers. The new lines arealso expected to help increasethe overall margins andvolumes to some extent.”

Shilp Gravure has becomethe first shop in India toadopt the KODAK FLEXCELNX Wide 50x80 System. Theinvestment in Kodak’sFLEXCEL NX technologyunderpins Shilp Gravure’sstrategy and confidence inthe system to help grow itsflexography business.

Gajanan Bhavsar, Market-ing Director at ShilpGravures, explains how thecompany chose to invest intheir new flexo plate-makingsetup; “The market and ourcustomers demand higherlevels of productivity andimproved output. There is arealization that flexo qualitytoday rivals gravure, whilealso reducing the number ofcolors on press. With theFlexcel NX System andplates, Kodak has bettertechnology on offer and also

the capability of imaging a50x80 flexo plate – a firstfor India, that enables us toefficiently make large-formatplates. With this, we canalso cater to the demands ofcorrugation industry. Wehave observed smoothervignettes and better solid inkdensity with Kodak’s NXdigital flexo plates, meaningwe can use higher screens

and really bump up quality.Add to this enhanced inktransfer capacity and higherresolution with flat top dots,and we get a quality platethat allows for fine imagereproduction that deliverssuperior output with today’snew, high-tech CI and labelpresses.”

“In the flexible convertingspace, the West of India has

Shilp Gravure first in India to adopt KODAK FLEXCEL NX 5080 Systembeen a sort of ‘Silicon Valley’as more and more wide-webCI Flexo presses are in-stalled. Hence, Shilp Gra-vure’s choice of installing in aWide 50x80 flexoplatemaking system is apt tocater to the demand on thesepresses” says AbrahamPrabhakar, Vice President forFlexographic PackagingDivision, Kodak India.


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Uflex claims for itself, to bethe first Indian company tomanufacture glitter printinggravure cylinders on its directlaser engraving line.

Pigments of glitter inks aresubstantially bigger in sizeas compared to conventionalgravure inks thereforerotogravure printing onsubstrates using glitter inkshas always been a challengefor converters.

Talking about the newlydeveloped g cylinder PKAgarwal, joint presidentcylinders business at UflexLimited said: “Thecustomisation of cellgeometry of the rotogravurecylinder on our direct laserengraving line is the realinnovation here. Pigments ofthe glitter ink have atendency to get stuck insidethe pits/ cells of the cylinder(cell filling). When theprinting surface is sand-

wiched between the impres-sion roller and the gravurecylinder, the high solidcontents of the glitter ink gettransferred from recessedcells to the substrate withthe help of capillary actionand the tangential force ofthe roller.”

Explaining further aboutthe process PK Agarwal said:“Glitter inks unlike otherconventional gravure inks donot possess self-curingproperties. Therefore toenable quick and effectivecuring of the glitter ink wedeveloped a light emittingdiode (LED) curing system.The high solid content of theglitter ink on the substrateimparts superior tactileeffect along with theshimmer enhancing theshelf impact of the pack.”The specialty glitter ink hasbeen manufactured forflexible substrates such as

paper and heat sensitivefilms and can be cured usingLED lamps applied in-linewith gravure printing processusing solvent or water-basedink system.

Expressing delight overthe innovative glitter printingsolution, Mr. AshokChaturvedi, Chairman &Managing Director, UflexLimited said, “Addressing aneed-gap congruently is the

Uflex – First glitter printing gravure cylinders in India real contribution that themanufacturing industry canever deliver. I am happy tostate that living up to theethos of being one stopsolution for meeting allflexible packaging require-ments, our Cylinders andChemicals Businessesdemonstrated perfectsynergy and engineered themost contemporary andinnovative glitter printingsolution in record timedelighting our clients.”

Luster LightTech GroupChina founded in June 1996developer and innovator ofindependent technology forquality inspection via visionimaging, has partnered withWeldon Celloplast LimitedNew Delhi to promote sales oftheir products in India. Lustrehas been devoting them-selves to three industrieswhich are printing (label,flexible package, tobaccopackage, banknote printing),PCB and LCD industry. Lusterprovides flexible solutions foronline and offline inspectionand world class visioninspection products forpackaging market such asflexible packaging, folding

Luster China Partners with Weldon for their inspection productscartons, tobacco industry andtipping paper. From printing,stamping, slitting to rewinding,it can be applied on the wholeworkflow to control qualityduring and after production.With real 100% printingdefects inspection and qualitymanagement, their solutions

has proven to be effective inreducing labour cost and printwaste, increasing productivityand efficiency.

New Delhi based WeldonCelloplast Ltd. is a totalsolutions provider to thelabel industry offeringmaterials, tooling, dies, and

label printing, convertingand finishing equipment.They represent leadinginternational companies tobring value to their custom-ers. Weldon’s ManagingDirector Pawandeep Sahnisays, “In these days ofconsumerism there is apressing need for supplyinglabels and packing that areprinted to perfection, thus itis a necessity for all leadingprinters to have inline oroffline inspection capabili-ties’ He further adds, “Lusteris dedicated company,delivering the right productto help printers deliver thedesired results with perfec-tion”.

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Komori Corporation Ltd.announced the establish-ment of its India subsidiary,Komori India Pvt. Ltd. Earlier,the company was operatingin India through its soledistributor Insight Group.

Komori will be operatingout of Insight’s newpremises in Delhi/NCR andthe two companies willcontinue to work closely onsales and servicing. HirofumiHoshino will be taking overas the managing director ofthe new venture andSangam Khanna will headthe sales and marketingfunction.

Komori Corp is presentlyin its 95th year (founded inOctober 1923). Komori isthe second largest manufac-turer of printing presses inthe world and amongst thetop 2 companies worldwide,who is involved with currencyprinting for many countries

including Indian Rupee andis undisputedly amongst theworld’s largest companiesmanufacturing offsetpresses for various applica-tions of commercial printinglike brochures, calendars,books, high-quality magazinepublications and packagingprinting like cosmetic boxes,liquor boxes, pharma boxesetc.

Hirofumi Hoshino, Manag-ing Director, Komori IndiaPvt. Ltd. said “With thelaunch of India office,Komori aims to strengthenand enhance Komori’spresence in India andnearby countries. We arevery excited to start ourIndia operations. With theIndia footprint, we’ll be ableto provide the world-classquality and strong support toaid the Indian market. Wewill use the best of globaland local processes to

provide the highest value toour customers and maximizethe customers benefit”,

In a bid to have a strategichold in the Indian market,the company will be intro-ducing customized printingpresses suitable for Indianmarket.

Komori’s relationship withthe Indian market beganquite a while ago. The firstKomori press for the Indianmarket was delivered in1954. The machine ex-ported was a full-size (37inch/640 mm) single-colorpress equipped with astream feeder.

With the acquisition ofInsight’s Komori division,Komori India will continue toretain all the employees ofInsight in its new team andthis will help in ensuringabsolute continuity with theexisting sales and serviceactivities.

Komori Corporation establishes a strong footholdin Indian market with Komori India Pvt. Ltd.


Events

One of the greatest inventions made in the history ofmankind is known as Printing which spreads written knowl-edge and is used as the main tool for imparting education toone and all. To preserve the memory of Johannes Gutenberg,who invented the art of printing over six centuries ago andwho is regarded as the Father of the Art of Printing, DelhiPrinters’ Association has been celebrating Printers’ Dayevery year since 2004 by organising different types ofphilanthropic events for the under-privileged class of thesociety.

This year’s Printers’ Day was celebrated by DPA at thecentrally located orphanage Arya Anathalaya by servingmeals to nearly 800 inmate students. To mark the day,members of the executive body of DPA had assembled therefor a brief function. The special guest of the occasion was

Printers’ DayCelebrated by DPA- Philanthropy at an Orphanage

the politically and socially reputed celebrity Gauri ShankerMoondhra. He is not only a well known philanthropist andeducationist but also holds the exalted position of GeneralSecretary of the Ramjas Foundation which runs 16 schoolsand the famous Ramjas College in Delhi.

At close of school the students of Arya Anathalaya wereserved their mid-day meal by the chief guest along with thePresident of DPA Rajiv Gupta, his son Nikhil Gupta, PastPresidents, other office bearers and members of theAssociation.

As in previous years Atul Goel of Kaveri Printers andTreasurer DPA donated school textbooks which weredistributed among needy students. DPA Executive MemberMeghraj Bhatt of Choudhary Offset Process also donatedbooks for distribution.


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The Annual GeneralMeeting of Delhi Printers’Association was organised atMalaviya Smriti Bhawan onApril 28, 2018. Rajiv Gupta,President, welcomed themembers to the AGM andthanked them for the honourgiven and the confidencereposed in him and hiscolleagues in the executivebody by unanimously electingthem for the 2017-2018 term.He also thanked the membersfor extending their valuablecooperation which encour-aged him and his team toachieve their targets.

Giving brief highlights of themain events organized by DPAduring his tenure, Rajiv Guptatold that a Free GeneralHealth and Eye Check-upCamp was held on May 27,2017, a Seminar on GST wasconducted at Hindi Bhawanon July 6, 2017 and theannual Printers’ Day was onceagain celebrated at AryaAnathalaya in Daryaganj onFebruary 24, 2018. Heexpressed his gratitude notonly to his colleague Office

Bearers, EC members andstaff, but also to formerPresidents for all theirsupport, blessings andvaluable guidance from timeto time.

Presenting his annualreport of the activities of theassociation during the year,the Hon. General SecretaryRajesh Sardana congratulatedthe President, Hon. GeneralSecretary and the entire ECbody for achieving theobjectives of the associationduring their tenure andapplauded in appreciation.

The Treasurer MahinderBudhiraja presented theaudited statement of ac-counts for the year 2016-2017 which were adoptedunanimously.

Proposed revision of AnnualMembership Subscription feeof DPA for all categories ofmembers was discussed. Inview of all-round inflationsince 2011, when thesubscription rates were lastrevised, the proposed revisedrates had already beenapproved at the Executive

Committee Meeting held on21.3.2018. The membersfound the new rates reason-able and acceptable and wereapproved unanimously.

Senior former PresidentVijay Mohan lauded theworking of the outgoingexecutive committee underthe dynamic leadership ofRajiv Gupta who ensured thatthe various events and thegeneral day-to-day activities ofthe association were con-ducted highly smoothly andpeacefully. Congratulating thenewly-elected team under thestewardship of RajeshSardana he hoped that it willwork with new zeal and vigourand will raise the benchmarkachieved by his predecessors.

Giving a brief history of thesix-year old court case, whichDalip Tuli had filed againstDPA in 2012, former Presi-dent Badri Kumar Singhstated that though the writtenfinal order was still awaited,the court has dismissed thecase in favour of DPA. He saidthat the court stressed on itswise view that “Every member

of an association should befully loyal to it.”

Raj Kumar Arya, ReturningOfficer for the Elections ofDPA announced the resultsof the unanimous decisionfor the 2018-2019 term.Reading out the names ofthe newly elected membersArya congratulated them.The new team was thenwelcomed with garlands. Inrecognition of the outgoingPresident Rajiv Gupta’soutstanding services to theprinting fraternity, the newly-elected President RajeshSardana and senior formerPresidents honoured himwith a shawl and a me-mento.

The AGM was followed by apresentation made by a teamof experts from StandardChartered Bank, the mainsponsor, who explained theirschemes to the members forgetting financial support forpurchase of printing and alliedmachinery in order toupgrade their units. The othersponsor of the AGM wasAakarsh Industries.

DPA elects new teamof Office Bearers


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Rajesh Sardana, a graduate from DelhiUniversity joined The Cambridge Press atthe age of 18 years. His printing press isone of the oldest printing presses of Indiawith its inception in the year 1925-1926.

Sardana is a philanthropic person wholends his money, his time and his energy to the not-so-fortunate kids of Jagriti the Banyan Tree School where thesekids are taught the three basic R’s of education - wRiting,Reading and aRithmatic along with internal and externalhygiene! He has travelled around the world and is an avidvintage car collector and a rare bird photographer. He is alsoa Rotarian.

He is labelled as a trouble shooter as he finds a solutionto any problem that crops up. This year DPA has donned himwith the top position of President of their association. Hehas been the Vice-President (2016-2017), Hon. GeneralSecretary (2017-2018) and has remained in the executivecommittee of the DPA since 2005-2006. He was also theTreasurer of the All India Federation of Master Printers in theyear 2013-2014.

Any responsibility bestowed upon him is duly acceptedwith pride and all duties are performed by him with care anddiligence.

Rajesh Sardana,President

With many feathers in his cap, thenewly-elected Hon. General Secretary ofDelhi Printers’ Association for the year2018-2019 Mahinder Budhiraja was bornat Bathinda (Punjab) on 16.11.1955. Hetook his education in Delhi and enteredthe printing business by the name of Emkay Printers in 1975and is being assisted by his son Anuj.

Ever since Budhiraja joined DPA he has been taking energeticparticipation in its activities by serving not only as Joint-Secretary, Vice-President and Treasurer, but also as Convenerof association’s annual Printers’ Day as well as Free GeneralHealth and Eye Check-up camps from time to time.

With a bent of mind for social service Budhiraja has beenserving the society by being on top posts of a number of suchinstitutions. Serving at senior posts of Lion’s Club International,he is presently the President of Lions Club Delhi West, Distt321A3, District Governor of Alliance Clubs International and aPRO of North Multiple. He is Chief Patron of Kirti NagarResidents Welfare Association (Regd.).

Budhiraja is also a Guinness World Record-holder magician.He is the General Secretary of The Indian Brotherhood ofMagicians (Regd.) which he also helped win the Guinness WorldRecord.

Mahinder Budhiraja,Hon. General Secretary

Kewal Krishan Singhal,Treasurer

Very few people have the knack forindulging in business as well as politics.The newly elected Treasurer Kewal KrishanSinghal is one such entrepreneur. He wasborn at Gwalior, MP on April 3, 1965 andgraduated in Commerce from DelhiUniversity. Though his father was abusinessman of paints, Singhal displayed his aptitude forprinting line and set up a company in the name of SantoshOffset in 1986. His press specializes in printing of quality monoand corrugated cartons. In order to expand his printing unitSinghal ventured into import and trading of printing and bindingmachinery under the name of Santosh Overseas. He is a manof drive and initiative and has been travelling abroad widely.

Being an enterprising member of Delhi Printers’ Associationfor some years Kewal Krishan Singhal was inducted in itsexecutive committee in the year 2000. Having served theassociation as Joint Secretary for two terms, Vice-President forthree terms and Treasurer for 2016-2017 term, he was onceagain unanimously elected as Treasurer for the 2018-2019.

A social activist by nature Singhal dabbles in politics also. Hisdedication and futuristic vision in politics has got him dueopportunities to serve on highly responsible posts in politicalorganizations.

The Team for 2018-19

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Ajay SharmaMegraj BhatiPrakash Dass

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Ashok AggarwalAshok Kumar NandraD.K. VohraDeepak BhatiaM.N. PandeyMohd. MustaqeemP.K. ChauhanP.N. KapurPrabir MukherjeePrashant Aggarwal

Raghu Nandan SharmaSandeep AggarwalSanjay SharmaShiv MittalSimranjot Singh BhatiaSunil JainVijay GoelVijay JainVikas GaurVivek Jain


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Imagine buying a brand-new car and never taking thetime to get its oil changed,ultimately leading to theentire engine shutting downand having to be replaced.Something as simple andeasy as getting a carinspected by a mechanic

PreventiveMaintenance:The Secret Ingredient for Success

every few months keeps itrunning for hundreds ofthousands of miles.

The same concept appliesto pressroom equipment.Investing in high qualitymachinery is essential to acompany’s success, butmany business owners or

production managers fail toplace the same levelimportance on maintainingtheir machinery. Don’t fallvictim.

By making preventivemaintenance a priority forpressroom equipment, youwin big. Following are four

About the Author:Missy Null is a MarketingSpecialist at Mark Andy’s globalheadquarters in Saint Louis,MO.


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reasons how your printingoperation can save time andmoney with reduced down-time and improved customerloyalty.

Extend the Life of YourEquipment

Preventive maintenance(PM) programs are designedto preserve and restoreequipment reliability beforethe unit has the opportunityto fail. Not only doespreventive maintenanceextend the life of your asset,it enables higher degree ofperformance and premiumquality output. Printingcompanies that take thetime to maintain theirequipment regularly ensurethat they are getting the bestperformance possible out oftheir machines for as long aspossible.

Reduce DowntimeEquipment performance

goes hand-in-hand withprofitability. If printingpresses go down, so doincoming dollars that impactyour bottom-line. The maingoal of preventive mainte-nance is to avoid or mitigatethe consequences ofequipment failure. Incorpo-rating PM activities into yourworkflow reduces thelikelihood of extendeddowntime, meaning morerolls of finished product outthe door. When presses arerunning efficiently andeffectively, the more profit acompany can make.

Enhance CustomerService and Reputation

PM initiatives supportevery converter’s mission toprovide customers withsuperior service. Many

customers are just asinterested in the reliability ofservices as the quality of theproduct they are receiving.Regularly scheduled upkeepenhances equipmentfunctionality and companiesthat practice it can offer theircustomers more reliableservice. Consumers seek outand stay loyal to companiesthat can provide them withquality products and reliableservice. Businesses whorealize this are the well-positioned for growth.

Plan for Future PartReplacements

When companies plan forequipment to be serviced atspecified periods of time,employees can recordequipment deterioration. Ifthere are issues, the parts ofthe press in question can thenbe replaced before they causea system failure. Understand-ing when a part needs to bereplaced enables betterforecasting expenses andminimizes the risk of surpriseexpenses in the future.When

it is time to replace a part,replacing with an OEMpart will guarantee the bestperformance out of yourmachine. This saves acompany a great deal ofmoney and hassle.

Final ThoughtsInvesting a small amount

of money and time intoregularly scheduled preven-tive maintenance onequipment now, can savethe company from massiveamounts of time and moneylost in the future.


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In the process of manufac-turing the self-Adhesivelabels, two kinds of wastematerial get generated. Setup waste & Waste Matrixduring the inspection of therejected labels. The self-Adhesive label stockconsists of 3 layers: FaceStock, Adhesive & Releaseliner of the face stock. Theadhesive are of differenttypes or grades like Rubberbased acrylic, silicon etc.The Release liner of FaceStock may also be either ofpaper or films –PP, PE, PETvinyl etc. They are mainlysilicon coated paper or films.

The pain area for labelmanufacturers is the

disposal of the wastematerial as these are non-Biodegradable. As the focusis more inclined on thewaste disposal by ourcustomers & their third partyaudits, we have to followcertain guidelines for wastedisposals. To extend oursupport to Mother Earth wedo not send the wastematerial to land fill sites andpay approximately Rs.16/-per kg. for incineration,approved by pollution controlBoard. As this practice isfairly new we don’t get theprice increase for the labelsdespite of paying extra forthe waste disposal on thebehalf of customer and for

Label Waste:The Pain Area forLabel Manufacturers

customer retention we haveto bear the cost. Thisreduces profit margins andindustry suffers.

Association of LabelPrinters and Suppliers,‘ALPS’, New Delhi, on theoccasion of Earth Day andon 48th Anniversary of EarthMonth has announced aprogramme “Waste towealth”.

ALPS President, Mr.Gururaj Ballarwad said, wehave studied how to managethe waste and earn from it.We have consulted our labelstock suppliers in India aswell as many associationsactively working in Europe.We have decided to startcommon facility centers tomanage waste initially inDelhi, Mumbai, Bangalore &Chennai. Further we willtake it forward to other citieswhere more than 20members exist. The partici-pating members withallotted stock quantity willsend it either at cost or F.C.The association will chargefor the electricity, manpowerand for the place which willeither be constructed or onthe rent from the members.

The waste will be shred-Courtesy: Association of LabelPrinters and Suppliers

ded, grinded followed bypressing & bailing. Once theprocess is over it will be sentout to the power plants,cement industry or anywherewhere the heat requirementis more the 1100 Degreecentigrade. We can sell thisat price ‘X’ plus the transpor-tation.

Mr. Ballarward also said,the desired help is soughtfrom the Government for thebuilding & for the machinery.The desired approval by thePCBS power ministry &Industry Ministry is alsoneeded.


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To control color, you needto be able to compare verysmall differences, determinetheir impact, and under-stand how to address thatimpact. But words alonecan’t give us enoughinformation to preciselydescribe colors, or thedifference between them. Inthis three-part series we willlook at the color sciencebehind tolerancing – thecolor analysis that paved theway, the role of light, and thedifference between a colorspace and a color model – so you can make the besttolerancing decisions foryour business.

Munsell Color SystemAlbert Munsell was the

first to establish an objectivemodel of color communica-tion. In fact, his empiricalanalysis of color organiza-tion from the late 1800s isthe foundation of all moderncolor coordinate systems.

Munsell was a professorand an artist who noticedthe colors he painted undersunlight didn’t match thecolors he painted in the

TolerancingPart 1: The History of Color Analysis

evening under lamplight. Tohelp explain this phenom-enon, he worked out a three-dimensional numericalsystem. The Munsell ColorSystem, which we still usetoday, describes color usinghue, value, and chroma.

Hue determines the colorfamily. Munsell started withthe main hues – red, blue,and yellow – then mixedthem in various amounts toaccount for the subtle huedifferences as each colorblends together. He thenassigned numbers to eachone.

Munsell hand paintedchips and arranged them tocreate a 3D model of color.The hues are located aroundthe central axis. Valuemoves from light to darkdown the axis, while chromaincreases as it moves awayfrom the axis.

Munsell Notation H V / CHe also bound them in the

Munsell Book of Color as astructured, organized set ofcolors that (theoretically)contains all color possibili-

remains central to all colorcoordinate methods – lightblues and dark blues, lightgreens and dark greens, etc.To indicate the darkness orlightness of a color, Munsellassigned numbers rangingfrom 0-10 (10 is white and 0is black).

Chroma describes thestrength or saturation of acolor. A color with highchroma will appear pure andstrong. A color with lowchroma will be muddy andgray.

Value describes thecolor’s darkness or light-ness. While this terminologyis rarely used today, theconcept of lightness as aseparate attribute of color


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ties. This page shows thedifferent values and chromaof the 10P Purple BlueFamily. The shades areclearly grouped by theirmajor hue. As the colorchanges in lightness (value)and color strength (chroma)from lower left to upperright, the family (purple-blue)remains constant.

something at the store, onlyto return home and realize itdoesn’t match anything inyour house? It’s not thecolor that changed. It’s theway you perceived it.

To control color, you need tobe able to compare very smalldifferences, determine theirimpact and understand how toaddress that impact. In thisthree-part series, we’re lookingat the key components oftolerancing. If you missed partone, The History of ColorAnalysis, check it out now.Today’s topic explains how lightaffects the color we see and theimportance of controlled lightingfor a successful tolerancingprogram.

Color is light and light isenergy

There are many differenttypes of light, and eachdistributes energy in adifferent fashion. Ourperception of color isstrongly affected by the typeof light that falls upon anobject. But it’s actually muchmore complex than that. Notall light is the same. Day-light, moonlight, fluorescent,flashlight – they all illumi-nate objects differently.

To establish a goodtolerancing program, youneed to understand the roleof light in color.

Here is 10YR Yellow RedFamily. When you comparethese two families, you cansee the purple family is“fatter” near the middle ofthe value scale. While this ispartially due to our ability tosee color, it is more isrelated to the availability ofreal, physical colorants.

12) has the followingattributes: Hue (H): 5R Value(V): 4 Chroma (C): 12.

Munsell’s color systemhas been widely acceptedand utilized. In fact, today’scolor measurement softwareand instrumentation usehue, value, and lightness tocalculate and compare the

With Munsell’s Notation HV / C ordering system, youcan clearly identify andcommunicate colors. Forexample, this swatch (5R 4/

spectral values of color. Hewas ahead of his time andmade a lasting contributionto the field of color analysis.

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In 1670, Sir Isaac Newtonperformed an experimentthat put the phenomenon ofcolor into words. He hung aprism in a dark room thenintroduced sunlight througha small slit. As the lightpassed through the triangu-lar piece of glass, heobserved that it refractedinto a series of colors uponthe wall: a rainbow. Theprism bent the individualcomponents of white light sothey could each becomevisible.

From this experiment,Newton theorized that whitelight is actually made up ofmany different types of light:red, orange, yellow, green,blue, indigo, violet. He wasright.

Light produces electro-magnetic energy with manydifferent wavelengths. At theshort end – 400 nanometers– light is violet. As thewavelength becomes longer,up toward 700 nanometers,the light passes from toblue, to green… yellow toorange and red. Newtonproved that white light isn’twhite at all. It’s actuallycomprised of all the differenttypes of light… Electromag-netic energy in intervalsbetween 400 and 700nanometers.


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Light SourcesIn Newton’s day, the only

light sources were natural…sunlight, moonlight, star-light, or candlelight. Todaywe have a lot more choices.Incandescent, Fluorescent,LED… each generatesenergy at different placeswithin the visible spectrum,producing different colors oflight. The relative amount ofenergy at each wavelengthdiffers with each lightsource.

Illuminant D65 (Daylight)

tion. D75 is a little bluer inshade, and horizon is thereddest of all.

Illuminant A(Incandescent) 2856 K

Cool white fluorescent fallsbetween blue daylight andred incandescent withpredominance in greenishyellow and weakness inviolet, blue, and red. Thespikes are mercury vaporemissions, part of the bulb’sdesign. These spikes causehavoc when judging colorunder a fluorescent lightsource.

Common Light SourcesHere’s a visualization of

just how much the tempera-ture of light affects what wesee. This viewing booth isilluminating the same scenewith different light sources.

In the first image, incan-

This is the electromag-netic energy of IlluminantD65… also known asdaylight. On the Kelvin scale,its temperature is 6500. Asyou can see, there’s verylittle violet energy on the leftside of the spectrum.Daylight peaks in the blueportion, then continues todecline down to 700nanometers, where there’svery little red energy. Butdaylight changes. D65describes noon daylight,where the sun is hidingbehind a building, andeverything appears bluerbecause the blue canopy ofthe sky is providing illumina-

This is illuminant A, whichwe know as incandescent. Atungsten lamp burns atabout 2800 Kelvin. It hasvery little energy in the violetor blue wavelengths, but theenergy continues to increaseat almost a constant slopeto 700 nanometers, which isan abundance of red. Whileobjects that are illuminatedby daylight appear bluish,they’ll shift toward red underincandescent lighting.

Illuminant F2 (CoolWhite Fluorescent)4100K

A fluorescent bulb,Illuminant F2, has a colortemperature of 4100 Kelvin.

descent light ramps up thered. The middle image istaken under fluorescentlighting, weak in blue ANDred with a predominance ingreen. The daylight in thelast image produces blueenergy, which causes theobjects to take on a bluishshade.

As an object interacts withlight, it can only reflect thelight that exists. Objectsdon’t create light; they

reflect the light that comesfrom the source. So as thesource changes, so does thereflection (and color) we seefrom the object.

Critical Takeaways forTolerancing· When comparing colors,

you must be aware of(and in control of) yourlight source.

· Typically, most industriesspecify the standard lightunder which materialsshould be viewed. Besure you ask which lightsource to use, or use thestandard lighting for yourindustry if you’re notsure.

· To measure and evaluatecolor under the sameilluminant, you mustselect the same illumi-nant in your spectropho-tometer, tolerancingsoftware, and light boothfor consistency.

· Communicate with yoursuppliers and customersto ensure they arefollowing the samelighting procedures.

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tion dues for the year 2017-18 are requested to do sourgently. Members who’s dues are pending for the year2016-17 are reminded that non-payment of dues for twoconsecutive years will result in termination of membershipof the Association.

In case members want to avail of Life Membership theycan do so by a one time payment of an amount of ten yearssubscription and avoid any increase in subscription at alater date.


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Muller Martini hasannounced that it has takenover the perfect binding andbookline business fromKolbus. This includes theservice and spare partsbusiness for all of Kolbus'bookbinding systemsinstalled worldwide. Kolbuswill set its focus on thepackaging and casemakingbusiness, parts manufactur-ing and the foundry busi-ness.

“Structural change haschanged the graphic artsindustry in recent years andour market has becomemuch smaller and versatileat once,” says Bruno Müller,CEO of Muller Martini.“Customers need innova-tions on a regular basis,which have to be financedwith lower sales quantities.Above all, our customersbenefit from the efficiencygains bringing together thebookbinding activities.”

The changes in the market

are directly affecting MullerMartini's customers, whichare faced with new businessmodels like digitization. Bycombining the potentials forsuccess like personnel,know-how, technology andinfrastructure of the twocompanies, Muller Martinican provide the market withinnovative solutions in thelong term.

“This secures the future ofthe softcover and hardcoverbusiness of both thecustomers and the twomachine manufacturers -and thus also jobs in thegraphic arts industry," BrunoMüller explains.

The Kolbus perfectbinding and book linebusiness, based at Rahdenin Germany, and intellectualproperty will be transferredto Muller Martini Buchbinde-Systeme, a new businessunit formed at the site thatwill be integrated into theMuller Martini group.

Muller Martini buys Kolbusperfect bookbinding business

Goss International’sprinting press business andmanroland web systems,both manufacturers andservice providers of weboffset printing systems fornewspapers, commercialproducts and packaging, areplanning to combine their complementary businesses.

The combined company will benefit from the companies’complementary geographic footprints, create extensivesynergies, ensure long-term viability, and provide value-oriented solutions, especially in the area of aftermarketservices. In the future, the new entity will be a strongbusiness partner to all international web printers. Subject toregulatory approval, the merger is expected to be completedby the middle of 2018. The Contiweb business of GossInternational is not included in this transaction (see belowfor additional details on Contiweb) .

Alexander Wasserman, CEO of manroland says,“manroland is on the path for continued success. We wantto continue to develop this path by creating synergies,fostering the further development of our R&D activities andstrengthening our innovation focus. Our customers will beable to choose from a wider portfolio of products andservices.”

Mohit Uberoi, CEO of Goss says, “This combination willenable us to achieve extensive synergies that will help usoptimally serve our customers into the future. The combina-tion will strive to provide a best-in-class product offering andcustomer service.”

Bert Schoonderbeek, managing director at Contiweb says,“We will continue to build upon our successful relationshipwith both Goss and manroland and are looking forward tocontinuing the cooperation as a strong partner of thecombined company as we pursue other diversificationopportunities. Contiweb’s separation marks a new era forfurther growth of the company.”

Goss and manroland say the combination would notimpact any current business of both companies.

manroland and Goss web offsetsystems intend to combine


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Uteco Group, in partner-ship with Kodak, announcedthe commercial availabilityof the Sapphire EVO digitalpress. Allowing packagingservice providers andconverters a digital offeringwithout compromising onproductivity or economics,the press addresses a fullrange of low and high-volume applications thatproduce up to 20 millionsquare meters per year.

Aldo Peretti, CEO of theUteco Group, comments:“Our customers have beenasking for a digital produc-tion solution that meets theircustomer demand for moreversions, which is drivingshorter run lengths, as wellas an economic long-rundigital solution. Uteco’s richexperience in flexo andgravure printing, filmhandling, coating and drying,coupled with Kodak’s inkjetexpertise, now allows us todeliver a device that com-bines the capabilities offlexo with digital.”

Stefano Russo, COO of theUteco Group, adds: “As thedemand for mass versioningand customization ofpackaging grows globally,hybrid flexo, gravure and

Kodak and Uteco Group launch Sapphire EVOhybrid press for Flexible Packaging

digital printing is becoming avery important part ofpackaging providers’offerings. The combinationof Uteco and Kodak’stechnologies not onlydelivers a competitive optionfor digital short-run printing,but also competes inmedium-long print runs. Thismakes the Sapphire EVO anideal investment for bothlabel and packaging printservice providers.”

The Sapphire EVO bringsdigital printing to theproduction floor withcapabilities of printing over9,000 linear meters perhour, with compellingeconomics. Utilising KODAKStream Inkjet Technology, itdelivers excellent printquality on a variety ofpackaging films and papers.The Sapphire EVO usesmedia up to 650 mm inwidth and prints at up to622mm and offers CMYKprinting as well as optionsfor in-line priming andvarnishing.

Using environmentallyfriendly water-based inks toprint on a variety of flexiblesubstrates,including BOPP,PET and paper,

Kodak’s inks and pre-coating fluids used with theSapphire EVO complies withregulatory requirements forindirect food contact in theEU and the US, as well asbrand specific requirementsand the EuPIA exclusion list.

Randy Vandagriff, Presi-dent and Corporate VicePresident, Enterprise InkjetSystems Division, Kodak,adds: “Kodak’s 50-yearheritage has delivered thequality, capabilities and costeffectiveness that thecommercial print andpublishing industry haveenjoyed with our PROSPERPress systems. We areexcited to take it further witheconomical water basedinks on flexible films atproduction speeds. It isgreat to be working with apartner like Uteco tocombine their exceptionalexpertise with ours to delivera high-end digital productiondevice that offers newopportunities for the flexiblepackaging industry”.

Sold worldwide, the UtecoGroup will begin installationof the first unit in June 2018

at an Italian flexiblepackaging producerfor the industrialand fashionindustries.

Mark Andy, the TotalSolutions Partner to thelabel and packagingindustry, today announcedits acquisition of Presstek,a well-known globalsupplier of DI® (directimaging) offset plates andpresses, CTP solutionsand world-class service forcommercial and in-plantcustomers.

With the Presstekacquisition, Mark Andynow serves as one of theonly full-complementsolutions providers to theglobal graphic arts andprint industry.

Kevin Wilken, CEO, MarkAndy, commented,“Presstek has been a forcein the small and mediumformat offset segment formany years. Presstek’sDI® plates and equipmentand CTP solutions are well-respected throughout theindustry, and I am happyto welcome the Presstekemployees and productsinto the Mark Andy family.We expect Presstek’scustomers to benefit fromMark Andy’s stableleadership, tremendouscustomer service andunmatched productofferings, including MAPPoffset print supplies andconsumables and MarkAndy digital print equip-ment.”

Mark AndyacquiresPresstek


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The Friedrich-Koenigmedal was awarded to ClausBolza-Schünemann, CEO ofprinting equipment manufac-turer Koenig & Bauer, onApril 19, 2018. He waspresented with the awardduring the general assemblyof the German Association ofPrinting and Paper Technol-ogy within the GermanMechanical EngineeringAssociation (VDMA) held in Fürth.

Inaugurated in 1953 in memory of the inventor of theprinting press Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833), the Friedrich-Koenig medal is awarded for outstanding services to thepress manufacturing industry. The Friedrich-Koenig medalhonours leading figures in the printing industry for theirservices to research and education in the press manufac-turing industry. It is awarded in recognition of services inthe technical development of printing press constructionand rationalisation in German printing press manufacture.

The committee selecting the recipient of the Friedrich-Koenig medal incudes, amongst others, the GeneralManager of FGD - the Research Association PrintingMachines.

Award for Claus Bolza-Schünemann

OMET Group hasappointed Paolo Grassoas Head of Sales - OMETLabels Business Unit. Inhis new role he will leadthe global sales team,agents and distributornetwork of the LabelBusiness Unit, support-ing them closely tofurther enhance thesales and market response.

On accepting his new role, Grasso mentioned, “I’m proudof the trust OMET management has bestowed on me and willcontinue to work towards the company’s uninterruptedgrowth and success. It’s my great honour, as I feel the labelindustry deserves greater attention, seen the continuoustrend of changes and innovations it is going through”.

In his 14 years of cooperation with OMET Italy as areasales manager (Asia and ME), Grasso has been instrumentalin establishing a strong base of clients and installations inone of the toughest but yet growing regions of the world.Seeing his ability to lead OMET to new and challengingterritories OMET top management has appointed him thenew role.

OMET appoints Paolo Grasso asHead of Sales - Labels Business Unit

New air-cooled LED curing unit from ITLIntegration Technology,

also known as iTL, hasannounced a new air-cooledLED unit, VZX, whichproduces 22W/cm² doseof UV output and promisesthe sort of performancenormally only possible withwater-cooled systems.

The VZX unit is a variant ofthe existing VZ series ofcompact high output UVlamps for the inkjet market. Itis designed for use with highspeed single pass applica-tions in inkjet, flexo and webprinting. It uses ITL’s XT8module, a hybrid semiconduc-tor technology that promiseshigh-performing thermalproperties and increases UVoutput by 30 percent more

than traditional LED options,and without needing addi-tional driver current. It shouldbe good for a very longservice life of over 50,000hours and comes with a fiveyear warranty.

It works with iTL’s VARIcoolair cooling system that can

handle working environ-ments up to 45°C. It’s aclosed loop electronicsystem that automaticallyadjusts the cooling toindividual segments withinthe total length of the LEDarray depending upon boththe ambient temperatureand working duty cycle. Thisavoids start up spikes andprovides more consistentoutput. It’s also said to bemuch quieter than compet-ing products.

Integration Technology isitself a subsidiary of theGerman IST Metz Group,which produces variouscuring solutions, with iTLconcentrating mainly on LEDcuring for digital printing.

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In the recently published Annual Report & Accounts for theyear ended 31 December, 2017, the group’s chairman, TonyLangley, said in his review of the business that 2017 hadbeen “...another remarkably successful year” with underlyingprofits before tax up by 7% on the previous year, making2017 another record year for the group.

The reported profit before tax for 2017 was €111.8 millionversus €122.7 million in 2016. However, adjusting for

currency effects when translating thegroup’s cash to euro values at theyear ends, 2016 was €113.1 millionversus €120.8 million for 2017.Revenues were almost flat at €903.5million (2016: €900.9 million) Thegroup’s Piller and ARO divisions bothrecorded record revenue and profityears, but Claudius Peters missed its

target and Manroland, although profitable and havingreturned the group’s investment in the printing machinebuilder, was “below par’ with its contribution.

Other Businesses performed profitably, in line withexpectations and Langley announced that the group ispartnering Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR challenge forthe 36th Americas Cup.

The group made one small acquisition during the period andActive Power, acquired in November 2016, made a profit for thefirst time since the former NASDAQ businesses’ IPO in 2001.

In his concluding remarks, Langley says that the group iscontinuing to seek out further acquisition opportunities todevelop the group further for the long term.

Another ‘remarkably successfulyear’ for Langley Holdings

Eastman Kodak Companyannounced John O’Grady,current President of theConsumer and Film Divisionand former General Managerof World Wide Sales for PrintSystems Division, will becomePresident of the Print SystemsDivision effective April 24,2018.

O’Grady will replace BradKruchten who is retiring after36 years with Kodak. “Bradhas been an important part ofour company for many years, and I thank him for his tremen-dous commitment to Kodak and outstanding accomplish-ments,” said Jeff Clarke, CEO Kodak. “John O’Grady is verywell positioned to lead the Print Systems Division. Hisindustry experience is unparalleled.”

Commenting on his new role O’Grady said, “It’s difficult tofollow a leader like Brad Kruchten, but he’s built an all-starteam and I look forward to working with them as we continueto deliver world-class commercial printing solutions. Withnew products in our portfolio like our SONORA X plates andthe NEXFINITY electrophotographic press, we are poised tothrive globally.”

Kruchten added “Throughout my career at Kodak, I’ve hadthe pleasure of working with scores of fantastic, talentedpeople. We’ve accomplished so much together, and I wishmy Kodak family the very best moving forward.”

John O’Grady is new President ofPrint Systems Division at Kodak

Stefano Squarcina, hasbeen appointed sales andmarketing director at KBA-Flexotecnica. With the latestexpansion of its salescapacities, the Koenig &Bauer Group has addedmomentum to its course ofsustainable growth in themarket for flexible packaging.“KBA-Flexotecnica holdsenormous potential. We haveseen a very successful start to2018 and have already soldsignificantly more CI flexopresses than in the sameperiod last year. We are able

to offer customers a modernand comprehensive productportfolio,” says StefanoSquarcina.

The cooperation betweenthe group business unitsFlexotecnica and Digital &Web Solutions was intensifiedfurther last year. Koenig &Bauer executive boardmember Christoph Müllersaid, “We have integrated oursales channels whereverpossible and can now reapthe benefits. At the sametime, our service teams areworking together ever more

closely to offer our customersthe best possible perform-ance and results.”

Many services which arealready being successfullyrealized on the web offsetmarket can also be offered byKBA-Flexotecnica in future.The use of augmented reality,enables faults to be identifiedand rectified faster. With theAR-DataGlass, Koenig &Bauer specialists are able tosee and follow the actions ofthe technicians on site in realtime while they work on thepress and can thus offer

targeted support. The realand virtual worlds blend intoone, and intervention timesare reduced significantly.“Flexotecnica is also introduc-ing the concept of modularservice contracts to enablecustomers to tailor servicesas per their individual needs,”says Christoph Müller.

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