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Contents Regional

News Platform

Egypt: Uprising Adds to the Printers’ Woes

Private and public sector incur millions as loss due to the deteriorating

situation in the country

Egypt: First LFP from Heidelberg Installed in Mosbah Press

The press aims to double production with the new Speedmaster XL 162

Qatar: Ministry of Interior Inks Deal for Security Printing Press

The entire project cost is estimated to be 59 million Qatari Riyals

Dubai : PPG Elects New Committee Members

Thirteen members elected as commit-tee members

Jordan: Joint Meeting Between the Irbid Chamber of Industry and

Printing Community The meeting aims to discuss the

problems and challenges facing these sectors

Kuwait: Waves Printing Press Invests in a New CTP Machine From Presstek

The new Dimension 800Pro-AL was sold by Dubai based AGE Graphic

Equipments Company

KSA: The New Phase of ‘Dar Al Quran’ Project Kick Starts

The project aims to print about a quarter of a million copies for the

Muslims in Africa

Egypt: Ministry of Defense Installs Presstek 34DI-UV Digital Offset

New Presstek Distributor Adler Gruppe Signs First Agreement

Sharjah: Maisloon Takes Delivery of a Heidelberg Suprasetter

The machine is equipped with Prinect workflow software

Egypt: Head of Chamber of Printing Industry Is Under InvestigationMuhammad Ahdy Fadly has been

suspended from his job while investiga-tion continues

Dubai: Hybrid Technology is a Winner For Al Reyami

The Alamco Brochure printed on KBA Hybrid Rapida 105 Universal sheetfed press wins coveted Dubai Print Award

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Heidelberg and Ricoh Announce Global Strategic CooperationBased on the agreement Heidelberg will sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press

UP CLOSE AND EXCLUSIVEHeidelberg’s top man talksto ME Printer

REMAINS OF THE PAST VS CAPTURING THE FUTUREChief operating officer and president of Eastman Kodak Company, Philip Faraci, who for the first time visited Dubai, in an interview with ME Printer discusses about the company’s growth in digital business, financial status quo of the company and their future interest in the Middle East region.

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Eskandar JahanbaniEditor in Chief

Egypt: Uprising adds to the printers’ woesPrivate and public sector incur millions as loss due to the deteriorating situation in the country

Magdi El Badawy, Vice President of the General Union of Printing and Media in a recent statement said that printing presses in the region incurred a heavy loss that amounted to millions of Egyptian pounds. Talking to Youm7 newspaper he said that, the majority of printing

press workers in the private sector are working on temporary basis that affects their regular income. Government presses are also badly affected as newspapers are printed on a low-budget and the national newspapers going almost zero in advertising has led to a reduction in the number of pages and copies. Satellite channels also contribute to this loss with more and more people watching the television for direct coverage rather than waiting an-other day to read the news from the papers. He said that majority of the printing institutions and even the national institutions are deprived of any incentives due to this scenario.Recently the Egyptian Chamber of Printing Industries asked com-mercial agents and importers to maintain price stability and not exploit the circumstances in the country by hiking prices.

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt announced that the total losses reported in the sectors of manufacturing, construction and tourism account to more than 10 billion pounds, while Mamdouh Al-Wali commented in Al-Ahram newspaper that the losses are much higher than estimated and range between 55 and 100 billion pounds.Egypt has gone through a lot of economic setbacks in the pro-duction of goods and services. Disruption of internet and tele-communication services, suspen-sion of trading stock, paralyzed transport and tourism as well as open robbery took Egypt by storm after the outbreak of the revolution. A massive protest rally recently overthrew the President of Egypt, Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, while the army took the reins of the country.

Printing industry in the region is on fire. Everybody is gearing up for the Gulf Pack and Print 2011 show. In this issue, we bring to our readers the sec-ond part of our extensive pre show report, covering the technologies to be displayed by major players as well as by small companies during the GPP. Some very exciting equipments and solutions will also be on display in the show. However our major highlight in this issue is an exclusive interview with Bernhard Schreier, CEO and Chairman of Heidelberg. The exclusive interview was conducted during a recent visit to Heidelberg in Germany. This interview is followed by another interview with the Chief Operating Officer and president of Eastman Kodak Company, Philip Faraci, who visited Dubai for the first time. These two top executives and decision makers from the world of offset and digital offer some valuable insights about the future of graphic arts and the technologies that both companies offer to printers. Heidelberg’s recent announcement on their global strategic cooperation with Ricoh is a clear sign of where the printing industry is heading to. On the other hand the efforts that digital equipment manufacturers such as Kodak are making to find a strong foothold in the commercial printing sector also proves that both digital and offset sectors are desperately in need of each other. The offset vs. digital narrative has evolved into offset next to digital concept. In the future both technologies will be indispens-able for commercial printers. On the other hand full integration in print houses will be a necessity rather than be documented as a future project. Through theses interviews we try to get a better grasp of what the future has in store for printers. And it seems that in order to capture the future, printers have to come out of their comfort zone and embrace the digital technology.

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The Ministry of Interior plans to develop and establish modern buildings for its department to keep pace with the growth of the state. The current initiative is an extension of the adminis-trative decision of the Ministry of Interior to sign a construction contract for the security print-ing press building that will be

located on Salwa road near the current police press. The agreement was signed between Brigadier Engineer Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al Ansari, Director of Logistics depart-ment in the Ministry of Interior and Engineer Amr Mahmood of Nawras Engineering Company. The agreement was signed in the presence of Col. Saud Rashid Al Shafi, Head of procurement division at Logistics Department and Col. Hisham al-Qusaibi, Head of Engineering division at the department and Capt. Mohammad Al-Qahatani.

Al Sharq newspaper of Qatar re-ports that the project estimate amounts to 59 million riyals and will be completed in a time frame of 12 months starting from the date of signing the contract, while the whole process will be overseen by the Engineering division of the department.The security printing press building will have two floors that will include workshops for printing, manufacturing and production in addition to a number of administrative of-fices, auditorium, training hall and other facilities.

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Egypt: first heidelberg lfp installed in Mosbah The press aims to double production with the new Speedmaster XL 162

The first large-format press in the Middle East from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be installed at the Mosbah Packaging Press in Cairo that was established back in 1964 by its founder Abdel Moneim Mosbah. The five-colour press with coat-ing unit will be put in the new 6,000 m2 production building of the press. “We are impressed by the high quality and above all the outstanding productivity of this press,” said Khaled Mosbah, who is charge of the family busi-ness since 1998. The company produces high-quality folding cartons for Egypt’s food and con-fectionery industry. The press-room is also equipped with two

new Speedmaster CD 102 and a Speedmaster SM 74 and a GTO 52. Around 20,000 metric tons of cardboard are printed each year in a three-shift operation. “We are obtaining everything for the new press, installation, service and training from a single source,” continued Mosbah. Hei-delberg has been working closely with distributor Youssef Allam & Co. for years in the region. “In taking this new press into service, we are aiming for strong growth and looking to print up to 40,000 metric tons of cardboard each year,” says a confident Mosbah. Launched during Drupa 2008, the large format presses are a thing of interest to industrial-scale commercial and packaging print shops. Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162 presses are based on the tech-nological platform of the XL 105 and delivers impressive benefits

such as faster makeready times, less paper waste, consistent high print quality, good flexibility with a range of substrates and high avail-ability. The minimizing of make ready times unique to this class is achieved through simultaneous washing of the blanket and impres-sion cylinder and fully automated plate changes in just a few minutes. Adel Allam, CEO of Youssef Allam & Co. commented, “We’re very proud to have this machine for the first time in Egypt. We had a long history of mutual confidence with Mosbah Press, always helping them to strengthen their market-ing competitiveness, production, quality and efficiency.” Last but not the least, the Prinect print shop workflow enables this format class to be fully integrated in an end-to-end solution. Machines in this series are also available as perfect-ing presses.

From right to left:Eng. Adel Allam the CEO of Youssef Allam & Co. , the Heidelberg

agent in Egypt, Khaled Mosbah the CEO of

Mosbah Press, & Dr. Ali Makari the Area Sales

Manager of Heidelberg.

Qatar: Ministry of interior inks deal for security printing press The entire project cost is estimated to be 59 million Qatari Riyals

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dubai : ppG Elects new committee Members Thirteen members elected as committee members

Printing and Publishing Group recently held an election for the Printing and Publishing Business Group that was held on the 10th of February at the Dubai Chamber. Saeed Al Najar, Senior Executive of External Relations and Salah Al Amin, Legal Advisor of Dubai Chambers were present at the event. The election was open to all printers, publishers and suppli-ers based in Dubai, to nominate themselves so as to be elected as committee members. Attended by the who’s who of the printing industry, the event was preceded by the casting of votes and drawing the final list of com-mittee members. The Dubai Cham-ber later announced the 13 names, who were elected as committee members keeping in line the rules of incorporation as stated by the Printing and Publishing Group. The newly elected committee members then nominated Ahmad Al Shaikh of Modern Printing Press as Chairman, Mazen Haj of Printec as Vice Chairman and Sebastain Lonth of Reprotronics as General Secretary of the Printing and Pub-lishing Business Group. The newly

elected committee members are Eskandar Jahanbani of ME Printer, Anthony Murphy of Flint Group/Torda, Bilal Hamadeh of Xerox Emirates, Mazen El-Tibi of Heidel-berg Middle East, Naresh Mohnani of PrintWeek, P. I. Radhakrishnan of International Printing Press, Ramzi Razian of Spectrum, Dubai, Rany Joseph Sader of Sader Legal Publishing, Vijay Menon of Dubai Printing Press and Zahir Hassan of Power Print. The elected members were assigned to different task groups to implement activities and to serve as a channel of com-munication for the sector.

The list of members nominated to different task groups is as follows:-a. Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh - Modern Printing Press b. Sebastian V. Lonth - Reprotronicsc. Mazen Haj - Printec LLCd.Mazen Wafic El-Tibi - Heidel-berge. Grace Sarouphim - Invitee Heidelberg (Committee Invitee)f. Salma Hijjawi - Invitee Giffin Graphics (Committee Invitee)

Seminar Task Group Members:a. Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh - Modern Printing Pressb. Vijay Menon - Dubai Printing Pressc. Naresh Mohnani -PrintWeek Magazined. Abeer Safa - Invitee Xerox Emir-ates (Committee Invitee)

News letter and Elite Member-ship Task Group Members:a. Zahir Hassan - Power Printb. Alex Jahanbani - ME Printerc. Anthony Murphy - Flint Group/Torda

Digital Print Task Group Mem-bers:a. Ramzi Razian - Spectrum Digitalb. Rany Joseph Sader - Sader Legal Publishingc. Naser Darwazeh - Canon Emir-ates (Committee Invitee)

Suppliers Task Group Mem-bers: a. Mazen Haj - Printec b. Mazen Wafic El-Tibi - Heidelberg Publishing Task Group Mem-bers:a. Eskandar Jahanbani - ME Printerb. Naresh Mohnani - PrintWeekc. Radhakrishnan - International Printing Press

Elite membership Task Group members:a. Zahir Hassan - Power Printb. RadhaKrishnan - International Printing Pressc. Anthony Murphy - Flint Group/Torda

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News regional

Jordan: Joint Meeting Between the irbid chamber of industry and printing community The meeting aims to discuss the problems and challenges facing these sectorsIrbid Chamber of Industry orga-nized a meeting with printing and packaging professionals and representatives. They have been studying the problems and chal-lenges faced by the industry and the ways for solving them. According to Al Dostour newspa-per, the President of Irbid Cham-ber of Industry Raed Samara said that this is the first of a series of meetings that will be held on fre-quent basis from now on in Irbid. The aim of these meetings is to study and discuss the issues and problems that graphic arts indus-try is facing. Since printing is a major contributor to the national economy, The Chamber will focus all its efforts to help printing community face the existing and future challenges. For his part, the representative of the printing and packaging in the

Jordan Chamber of Industry, Ad-nan Abu Ragheb said the volume of exports for the sector of pack-aging, paper and board amounted to 405 million dinars in 2010. 726 companies and establishments with more than 12,000 employees are involved in this industry. The chamber with the contribution of the government plans to establish a packaging academy in order to promote education in packaging and printing sector. “Despite the hurdles the paper and packaging industry has grown by a whopping 14% and exportvolume reached to 405 million dinars,” commented Abu Ragheb. Unscrupulous printers are also add-ing to the industry’s woes. These licensed printers who lack proper infrastructure and equipment to print different jobs outsource the

orders they receive to evade taxes, while getting paid for the job with-out reflecting the revenues in their books. These so called printers do not compensate their employees and workers as well. Other issues include the shortage of skilled labour and lack of sufficient funding to develop the industry.

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Iran Print Industry Buyers’ Guide is the leading Iranian graphic arts directory. Now in its third editionit has grown to more than 1200 pages and 11000 entries.The book’s comprehensive list includes:

Agents . Mtanufacturers and Suppliers . Printers . Prepress and postpress centersPaper suppliers Packaging producers . Digital and large format printers

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Kuwait: waves printing press invests in a new ctp Machine from presstekThe new Dimension 800 Pro-AL was sold by Dubai based AGE Graphics EquipmentWaves Printing Press in Kuwait in a recent deal purchased a Presstek Dimension 800 Pro-AL CtP machine from AGE Graphic Equipments.This CtP machine with Auto load-ing is the first of its kind that will be installed in Kuwait. The ma-chine is sold and serviced by AGE Graphic Equipments, who are the distributor for Presstek in the Gulf region. Waves Printing Press went for the Presstek Dimension 800 Pro-AL to meet the workloads and printing needs within Kuwait. Presstek plates give fine details

and they not only address the current work load but they also have been able to increase their capacity due to the speed of the CtP. Jayakrisnan Valluru, Sales Man-ager of AGE, commented, “This installation is highly prestigious for us and we are delighted that Presstek’s solutions matched the specific requirements of the customer. The whole installation process was smooth and the CtP is delivering beyond customer expectations. The machine is a true testament to the quality

and performance of the Presstek systems.” Jack Dean, Presstek Area Sales Manager, added, “We owe this success to the hard work put by AGE in representing Presstek in the Gulf Region. The company has trained its sales and techni-cal staff and created a reputa-tion for its after sales service that is known throughout the region. We believe this is the first of the many installs that we will see in the Kuwait market as a result of our partnership with AGE.”

Ksa: the new phase of ‘dar al Quran’ project Kick starts The project aims to print a quarter of a million copies for the Muslims in Africa

The World Assembly of Muslim Youth recently signed the seventh phase of the project, ‘Dar Al-Quran’ in Khartoum which includes the printing of 275,000 copies of the Quran in different formats. The whole project involves the print-ing of 2 million copies of Quran.

The World Assembly of Muslim youths will distribute these printed versions of Quran to edu-cational institutions in Africa and to mosques and Islamic centers across the African continent.According to reports published in Al Riyadh newspaper, Dr. Hassan Mohammed Ali, Director of Dar Al-Quran Africa said, “The pilot proj-ect implemented by Dar Al Quran Africa with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth will underlie the importance of the pioneer role played by the Assembly of Muslim Youths in printing Quran.” He add-

ed that the previous experiences with the Assembly had been en-couraging enough and so far the Assembly has distributed the Holy Quran to many parts of the African continent. “Many institutions and Islamic organizations and bodies in Africa and the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has praised the project and commended the role of the World Assembly of Muslim Youths.” Talking on future plans, Dr. Has-san said that they intend to print Quran in different languages like English and French for the people of Africa.

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Egypt: Ministry of defense installs presstek 34di-Uv digital offsetNew Presstek Distributor Adler Gruppe Signs First Agreement Presstek Inc. in a recent deal delivered a Presstek 34DI-UV four colour digital offset press and a Presstek 9920 single colour offset press to the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. The presses would be installed in the new Cairo facility. Adler Gruppe, Presstek’s recently appointed Egypt based distribu-tor would see on to the service of the machines. Presstek 34DI-UV was selected by the Ministry to cater to its security printing needs within the Egyp-tian military. The machine delivers precise registration and has the ability to print fine details. Dura-bility and instant drying of UV inks are an added advantage for these mission-crucial applications. The machine has a maximum sheet size of 340mm X 460mm (13.39” x 17.72”) and supports 3001pi and FM screening. Presstek 9920 offset press was pur-chased for the production of gen-eral printing and for overprinting spot colours or mettalics required on work produced using the 34DI-UV. Impressed by the performance of the newly acquired presses, the Ministry of Defense has decided to create similar facilities in other locations this year.

Mohamed Shoukry, CEO of Adler Gruppe commented, “This is a highly prestigious installa-tion and we are delighted that Presstek’s solutions matched the specific requirements of the Ministry of Defense. The installa-tion was smooth and the presses are delivering beyond customer expectations. This is a testament to the quality and performance of Presstek systems.”Jack Dean, Presstek Area Sales Manager added, “This success is due to the hard work Adler Gruppe has put into represent-

ing Presstek in Egypt. The company has trained its sale and technical staff and created a showroom in Cairo to provide current and potential customers with an ideal location to fully test the potential of Presstek products including DI presses and the Presstek Dimension Pro 800 chemistry free platemaker that will be installed in the near future. We believe this is the first of many installations that we will see in the Egyptian market as a result of our partnership with Adler Gruppe.”

sharjah: Maisloon takes delivery of heidelberg suprasetter

Improving their work efficiency, Maisloon Printing Press in Sharjah acquired a Heidelberg Supraset-ter A75 CtP thermal with Glunz & Jensen Raptor 68 Offline plate

processor. The machine uses Prinect MetaDimension RIP and Prinect SignaStation Imposition Software. Maisloon currently hosts a range of Heidelberg machines

including a GTO 52-1, a GTO 52, a GTO 52-2, a PM 74-2, a SM 52-4, a GTOZ-52(2c) and a Platen in their press. The press also works on a Polar Mohr 115 and a MultiCut SPR 115H. The company is practically a Heidelberg house. One of the main features of the small- and medium-format Suprasetter is how compact it is. According to Heidelberg, whilst the basic manual feed CtP has a very small footprint, a Suprasetter A75 with auto plate loading system is by far the smallest platesetter in its class. The small footprint allows easy integration in most print shops.

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Members of the Board of the Printing Industries Chamber in Egypt agreed to suspend Dr. Mo-hammed Ahdy Fadly, Chairman of the Board, from his duties, while he is under investigation on corruption charges. Khaled Abdel Aziz Morsi, will temporally fill his position until officials re-lease the results of investigation. Fadly, who is in custody now has been charged with misuse of public funds. Ahmed Atef, a board member and ex chairman of the chamber in an exclusive interview told ME Printer that although members agreed to suspend Fadly; in case of acquittal he can be reinstated. However if he is convicted, the

chamber will consider legal action against him and a new chairman will be elected. Until then Khaled Abdel Aziz Morsi will fill Fadly’s duties as acting chairman. Atif also said that the chamber decided to postpone Techno-print show until November due to country’s unstable situation. The event, which is considered the most important graphic arts exhibition in Egypt cannot be held during unrest. The event aims at creating fresh opportuni-ties for international companies to invest in the Egyptian printing market and establish working relationships with printing com-panies of Egypt as well as provid-

ing a platform for suppliers and manufacturers to display their latest printing and packaging machinery.

dubai: hybrid technology is a winner for al reyami The Alamco Brochure printed on KBA Hybrid Rapida 105 Universal sheetfed press wins the coveted Dubai Print Award

Al Reyami Printing & Publishing is one of the first printers in the region that took delivery of a hybrid press from KBA and since 2007 they took advantage of hy-brid quality to print eye catching printed products. Recently a high quality brochure they produced for Alamco won gold prize in the brochure category at the Dubai International Print Awards. Sudheer PT, Divisional Manager of Al Reyami said, “Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent and concerted effort, this is the philosophy that our entire group shares.” The award winning brochure was printed on a five-colour plus coater 70 x 100 cm online UV KBA Hybrid Rapida 105 Universal sheetfed press. The press offers a range of coating and special effects with a single machine and it can print on a media up to 400gsm that is about 1.2mm in thickness. Al Reyami Printing Press, which

is part of the Al Reyami Group was established in the year 1995. The press is currently involved in pre-press, printing and post-press. Other machines that the press house includes are, a Heidelberg SM 4 color machine, Heidelberg PM 52- 4 Color machine, Heidel-berg GTO, 2 color Perfecta, GTO - 52, Wellbond perfect binding

6 Clamp, Horizon cross folding machine, Horizon Booklet maker, Presstek CTP, foil printing machine, Die cutting machine Cylinder and platen, Lamination thermal and cold. Their expansion plans for 2011 are to add more equipment such as offline UV machine, Folder gluer, chemical free platesetter, 115 cutting machine and more.

Egypt: head of chamber of printing industry is Under investigationMuhammad Ahdy Fadly has been suspended from his job, while investigation continues

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heidelberg and ricoh announce Global strategic cooperationBased on the agreement Heidelberg will sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press

Ricoh Company and Heidelberg announced a global strategic cooperation. Based on the agreement, as a first step, Heidelberg will sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press, the Ricoh ProTM C901 Graphic Arts

Edition - Ricoh`s high speed color digital press with Ricoh PxPTM Chemical toner, as well as appropriate future produc-tion printing offerings in Ricoh’s pipeline. The global strategic cooperation, which includes Ricoh services and support, will start in April 2011. The first markets will be UK and Germany with a phased rollout to follow in other geographies with the-completion targeted for Drupa 2012.The Ricoh and Heidelberg partnership will support them in growing their core offset business and enable them to offer more flexibility towards their clients using Ricoh’s latest digital print technology.

Shiro Kondo, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd. says, “In today’s climate it is important that commercial printers have the right tools to be versatile and meet both long and short run requests.”“With this new partnership we will also address customer demands in the broad spectrum of hybrid print applications, i.e. the combination of offset and digital printing within a single print product,” says Bernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberg.As a world premiere Heidelberg will display the new strategic partnership with Ricoh at the digi:media tradeshow from the 7th to 9th of April 2011 in Düs-seldorf, Germany.


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Up closE and ExclUsivEHeidelberg’s top man talksto me printerbernhard schreier Ceo and chairman of the world’s biggest press manufacturer says both digital and offset will be part of the game in the future

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You have paid off your govern-ment loan ahead of the initially anticipated 2012 deadline. Does this mean that you are back on track and the crisis is over for Heidelberg? It is true that we have paid off the loan from KfW (Reconstruction Loan Corporation) but we still have support from the State. In summer 2009 Heidelberg established a comprehensive financing pack-age to stabilize the company’s financing structure, addressing a convertible bond coming due as well as re-organizing bilateral facilities. Heidelberg concluded a financing package with strong sup-port received under the German economic stimulus package for the period up to the middle of 2012. The three facilities signed in 2009 for the amount of EUR 1.4 billion have in the meantime been sub-stantially reduced through the net proceeds from the capital increase of EUR 400 million as well as via voluntary prepayments due to a strong Free Cash Flow to approx. EUR 900 million in aggregate as at 31 December 2010. The KfW spe-

cial programme facility was fully repaid. This reduction in financial debt has substantially lowered the interest burden for us. Half of this remaining 900 million credit lines as of today are still guaranteed by the State, maturing by the mid of 2012. Moreover, the capital increase has given Heidelberg a stable capital structure. On the business side, Heidelberg’s goal is to break even operatively. That means EBIT (Earnings before Interest and Tax) should be at least zero by the end of this fiscal year. Our order intake is now up by 25 per cent and sales have gone up to around 18 per cent. All these signs show that the industry is picking up and we are set to reach our goal. Though, I have said so, it’s not a general condition everywhere else in the industry. North America is still falling back; there is not much interest in investing heavily in that re-gion, while in other regions especially China, Latin America and Brazil there are much activities for investments. Today, I have mixed feelings regard-ing the Middle East though, especially with regards to the current political situation.

You have an ongoing restruc-turing plan. Based on this new plan, Heidelberg has now only three divisions; Heidelberg Equipment, Heidelberg Ser-vices, and Heidelberg Financial Services. In which way has the restructuring process helped you to overcome the recession?The restructuring as such is fin-ished. As you are aware, we used to be a 3.8 billion Euro turnover company before the financial crisis

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started. The recession dropped us to almost 2.3 billion Euro turnover and a drop like this could hardly be compensated by internal restruc-turing alone. But we worked hard to reduce our breakeven point from over 3 billion to less than 2.5 billion, which means that we had to take out fixed costs of almost 600 million in total. Doing this, we unfortunately had to reduce our headcount as well and had to streamline our internal processes. With the new divisional structure we are able to serve our customers efficiently and have laid the path for future growth.Based on a study by Print Indus-tries Market Information and Research Organization (PRIMIR), by 2015 there will be a 0.3% drop in the page volume of analogue printing and a growth of digital printing by 15.9%. Meanwhile by 2015, Heidelberg is project-ing a growth of approximately 1% a year based on the lim-

ited decrease of sheetfed offset print revenues in 2009 and the positive print market outlook in developing countries. If these projections are correct then the growth of analogue printing is quite disappointing, what gives you incentive to still invest in conventional offset printing and bringing new presses to the market? It is difficult to describe the whole development in the graphic arts industry with just one single figure. Let’s open the scope a little bit wider: Yes - the printing industry in emerging countries is facing healthy growth rates, while the industry in industrialized countries is changing. At the same time the packaging print market is becoming more stable with higher growth rate projections compared to the commercial print market. However it’s a changing world and we have to adapt to the changes. This is why it is important for Hei-delberg to broaden our footprint in the packaging market as well as to offer the right solution for our clients from all over the world. Does this mean we should stop investing in offset technology? Not at all. Look for example at our latest Speedmaster machine that we introduced at IPEX: The CX 102. We designed this machine to combine the best of the XL and CD product range in order to meet the changed requirements in the industry. Meanwhile, almost one year after the introduction, it is proven that this was the right way to go: In emerging countries this machine is accepted as the perfect way for industrialized printers to set themselves apart from their competition. In the industrialized countries the CX is for example an ideal step for commercial printers entering the packaging market. Our claim is to offer versatile solu-tions to our customers and this is why we are doing the same things on the digital route as well, offer-ing solutions that are versatile, to meet the printers and print buyers’ needs.

During Ipex, you announced that by the end of 2010 Heidel-berg is planning to get back into the commercial digital printing market and that you will an-nounce your digital partner. Stephan Plenz has announced

that the company is preparing a solution consisting of a digital press, Anicolor sheetfed litho press and a software control-ler for parceling jobs between the two, why do you think this system will be your winning for-mula for capitalizing on digital printing market?For us going back into digital means to offer our clients important ad-ditional flexibility. Combining the Anicolor Technology with Digital Printing enables commercial print-ers always to choose the technol-ogy that fits best to the actual situation in reference to produc-tion cost, print quality and delivery time. Not having this flexibility, printers easily run into trouble to produce something on a printing device that is only a second choice. This is of course critical in today’s competitive business environment. This is why we strongly believe that our combined digital and offset solution will bring a real benefit to the market and why we have just recently announced a global stra-tegic cooperation with Ricoh. As a first step, both companies agreed to enter into a global distribution contract for Ricoh’s Production Printing Product portfolio. This agreement enables us to sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press, the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition - Ricoh`s high speed color digital press with Ricoh PxP Chemical toner, as well as appro-priate future production printing offerings in Ricoh’s pipeline. The global strategic cooperation, which includes Ricoh services and support, will start in April 2011. The first markets will be UK and Germany with a phased rollout to follow in other geographies with completion targeted for Drupa 2012. Our future plans are to include integration with Heidelberg’s industry standard workflow solution in the graphic arts industry, Prinect, as well as joint development activities for future printing applications.With Ricoh we have found an ideal strategic partner who shares our values of customer focus, environ-mental sustainability, innovation, quality, and customer service. By rounding off our offset portfolio in-cluding Anicolor technology with new digital printing equipment, we are providing our clients the combination of best-in-class offset

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and digital printing-technology. Utilizing both, our customers are able to offer variable data printing as well as shorter runs, next to their established cost-effective and high end quality offset printing. With this new partnership we will also address customer demands in the broad spectrum of hybrid print applications, i.e. the combination of offset and digital printing within a single print product.

Do you believe that with the new digital solution you are offering, you’ll be able to pose a serious competition to companies such as HP, Xerox and others or that’s not the intention?Before we re-entered the digital market and decided to partner with Ricoh, we carefully analysed the production spread of commer-cial printers. It is most important not to focus on single jobs but to offer the best equipment for the entire production spread of commercial printers. This is why we strongly believe that the com-bination of offset and digital that we will offer together with Ricoh is the way into the future – offering values and flexibility to printers and their clients as well.

Heidelberg has introduced many innovative and state-of-the-art technologies, since its inception until now; however for printers in the Middle East, GTO is still the soul of Heidelberg, an Icon. Some even wrote poems about it. For many printers here, it is more than a printing press; it is a living history of the printing industry. Many people wonder what will happen to this popular press. When will Heidelberg pull the plug on the production of this press? Not only in the Middle East but also in other regions like Asia or South America the GTO 52 is still a desired product with an excellent reputation as a reliable work horse and that has a good resale value. We therefore have no reason to pull the plug. We modified it and renewed certain elements of it and it is still a very good machine on a basic level of automation with manual settings that fits small printers especially in emerging countries perfectly. The GTO today is much more sophisticated and much more automated. I don’t

have a reason to pull the plug because it is still contributing positively to our business. It estab-lished and nourished generations of printers and all the spare parts are still available today and are requested frequently.

You recently acknowledged the need for consolidation of printing industry. Do you think there are too many press manufacturers around? Do you think Heidelberg eventually will merge with another press manufacturer? There is too much capacity today in the manufacturers’ world. You have to take out the excess capacity in order to add more value to the mar-ket. The question is can so many players put enough money into their research and development to compete against other on one hand and other media on the other hand. If everybody just invests small budgets to develop the same equipment in parallel there will be no big difference at all. This is my in-terpretation of consolidation; why not combine the individual efforts of the manufacturers to offer better technology and more productivity to the markets. Consolidating funds for certain tasks help to do more and add more value to the industry in the end.

What you think, Drupa 2012 holds for the onlookers? Drupa 2012 will show that there is an ongoing demand for com-mercial and packaging print and there are business opportunities in our industry to earn money. The combination of offset and digital printing for example leads to more flexibility for the printer as well as for the print buyer. We will also see further integration of printed and electronic media. It is important to understand that both media supplement each other and will pay into the marketing mix. The role of environmental responsibility will be crucial. This is where Heidelberg will continue to underline its role as a champion of environmental protection in the Printing Industry. People will get orientation at Drupa on what and how to invest as well as ideas for new business opportunities.Drupa 2012 will show many solu-tions, which will help printers to cope with future requirements. It

will be more on shorter runs, faster make ready times, environmental issues, how to reduce paper waste and how to get faster into produc-tion. These are the topics that will be covered because, due to market pressure printers want to produce quality printed products much cheaper than what is possible to-day. They need reliable machines to successfully meet those require-ments.

Do you think the center of grav-ity of printing is shifting from the Western world to Asia? Yes, there is a shift but it is not a drastic shift. There is more printing going on in Asia today. Over 30 per cent of our production is going to Asia. Only 15 per cent is going in to North America. Still the biggest power is Central Europe in the printing arena. Having said that I have to admit there will be more print in the Asian hemisphere in the future and we are by far the market leader there for high qual-ity products. All this means that printing com-panies in the Western part have to differentiate themselves. This de-velopment is already in progress and a lot of printers successfully set themselves apart from others by implementing lean productions processes for example.Based on this market development we have adapted our company structure and strategy by intro-ducing the Service division. Here we support our clients in exactly those regards.

Will Print China overtake Drupa?I don’t think so, because the major part of printing still happens in industrialized countries and also the biggest numbers of printers are also still in the industrialized countries. But Print China is an important event to support the future growth in this country. We will have a big presence there and will showcase the latest technology for our customers. As a highlight we will launch our Speedmaster CX 102 for the Chinese market.

Based on a new agreement, Hei-delberg USA will distribute EFI’s VUTEk GS series of equipment as well as inks, parts and con-sumables. Heidelberg will also provide customer and technical support for printers including

BERNHARD SCHREIER AT A GLANCEBernhard Schreier is a Heidel-berg man in all aspects. Born in the city of Heidelberg in Germany in the year 1954, he completed his mechanical en-gineering from the Mannheim Vocational Institute along with hands on training from the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG coupled with a degree of Berufsakademie. Schreier started his career as an Assistant to the Assembly Management at the Wiesloch factory of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Boarding the flight of suc-cess, he thenceforth had a very rewarding career journey. In the year 1990, he was appointed as the Head of production at Montataire, France. On Novem-ber 1996, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer handling Linotype-Hell AG. After the merger of Linotype-Hell AG into Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, he be-came a full time member at the management board of the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and Manager of the Prepress business unit. Having worked as the CEO of Heidelberg Digital, Rochester, USA he was then appointed as the Chairman of the Management Board in the year 1999, the position that he holds till date.

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installations and training. My question is will we see similar agreements in other parts of the world including Middle East? A rather odd alliance, does it mean that in future Heidelberg will transform to a company that offers a whole range of digital equipment based on OEM agreements? In order to deliver a value to our customers, the products that we distribute must always be comple-mentary to our own offering. The distribution of the large format printer in the US is a good example as well as our recent an-nouncement with Ricoh.Heidelberg deals in 170 countries and over 5000 people look after our sales and service activities. Whatever they can sell and whatever fits through the product portfolio is highly welcome. Our

back up instructors, our service instructors and above all, our in-frastructure can perfectly handle those projects. In fact we might even see more of this in the future.

As the CEO of the biggest press manufacturer in the world, definitely you had to take many tough decisions, decisions that without doubt had impact on the global graphic arts indus-try. How do you rate yourself? In your opinion, what was your biggest achievement? And if you could turn back time what would have you done differ-ently? Our aim was and is to strengthen our customers and our industry. Heidelberg was the manufacturer, who segmented the production process into “Prepress”, “Press” and “Postpress”. Consequently

we integrated these formerly isolated areas into one common workflow called Prinect. Being a solution provider, we integrated the equipment of the whole value chain into the printshop man-agement as well. Following this philosophy, Heidelberg was the first and still is the only supplier offering an integrated packaging workflow. If I could turn back time, my feel-ing is that we went into digital too early. But you make decisions based on the information you have at a certain point of time. . Afterwards, as the saying goes you grow wiser with the years passed. And as the years passed the printing world has changed and will continue to change. For the future we see the potential of the combination of digital and offset printing.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) with its sheetfed offset printing machines is one of the leading solution providers for the print media industry. The core business of this tech-nology group covers the whole value-added and process chain for the 35 x 50 cm (13.78 x 19.69 in) to 121 x 162 cm (47.64 x 63.78 in) format classes in the sheetfed offset sector. Heidelberg develops and produces precision printing presses, platesetters, postpress equip-ment, and software for integrating all the printshop processes. The Heidelberg portfolio also provides general and consulting services ranging from spare parts and consumables to the sale of remarketed equipment, and training

at the Print Media Academy. Based in Heidelberg, Germany, with develop-ment and production sites in seven countries and around 250 sales offices across the globe, the company supports around 200,000 custom-ers worldwide. All Heidelberg presses destined for the world market are manufactured at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site. Standardized presses in all standard format classes and folding ma-chines for the Chinese market are produced by Heidelberg in Qingpu near Shanghai. In financial year 2009/2010, Heidelberg recorded a sale of EUR 2.306 billion. As at March 31, 2010, the Heidelberg Group had a workforce of 16,496 worldwide, including 700 trainees.

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Kodak’s recently published an-nual report was disappointing in terms of figures, why is that so?The profits were quite good relative to this years plan but we couldn’t achieve the revenue figures that had been targeted. The company’s growth initiatives are actually do-ing well, though the scale of busi-ness was a little bit influenced by the economic dropout. In 2008 we had 6 quarters in a row and witnessed a very solid growth in digital business. The traditional business has been dropping at a 20 plus per cent for a while now and the digital side was offsetting it. Though the traditional decline will continue, Kodak has actually offset the decline. Even developed countries like the US and the West-ern Europe are not bouncing back into the industry after the great

recession but emerging markets in countries like the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America etc. grew 15 per cent last year.

What is the growth rate in the Middle East area? The growth rate in Middle East is in single digits. We don’t track it on a regular basis, but still can say that it has a reasonable growth rate.

Tell us about the major potential areas in Kodak and what are the future trends? The digital capturing business is quite tough. Consumer electronics especially the business of Digital Still Camera’s peaked about 2 years ago in revenue size though last year it shrank pretty significantly, which we didn’t expect. PVC (pocket video camera) market has also grown dramatically.

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Chief Operating Officer and President of Eastman Kodak Company, Philip Faraci, who for the first time visited Dubai, in an interview with ME Printer discusses about the company’s growth in digital business, financial status quo of the company and their future interest in the Middle East region.

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The pre press business didn’t per-form well as we expected. Though we were expecting an 8 per cent growth in the industry, it grew only 4 per cent last year. The results did not kick back into the 2008 levels in terms of size. The move-ment for new products was quite stagnant last year. We brought in a lot of new technology that of-fered significant productivity and other performance advantages thereby offsetting price pressure that you see while commoditizing traditional plates. Our new plates are significant in terms of the advancements they make; they require less energy, develop on press, eliminate processing and are ecologically friendly. Pre press business is quite solid though they don’t have a lot of growth. We have 4 growth initiatives, commercial inkjet printing, consumer inkjet printing, packaging and workflow and services. These segments are doing quite well and grew 20 per cent last year, while this year we expect the business to grow by 40 per cent. There is significant growth oppor-tunity this year with the commercial inkjet now available in the market. Our new Stream technology put into Prosper press is very well received and it is the only press in the market that offers offset class performance. We print on a web configuration that can print up to 1000 ft per minute and we print 650 ft per minute in a 4 colour press. The press offers magazine qual-ity output comparable with 175 line quality output in a digital press. We print on a broad range of media, from 30 pound to 200 pound stock and coated and uncoated media. Though the packaging segment is comparatively small the business has doubled this year. As more and more people demand gravure quality and flexible substrate, we are expecting a significant growth in the future. Kodak also introduced the wide version and the direct engraving flexible plates last year. We see a huge amount of growth in the packaging business and the services and solutions business was equal to 21 per cent growth in the second half of the year and we ex-pect it to be growing over the next few years. Overall, I can say that the growth initiatives are working really well. The pre press business is relatively stable, though the digital

capture business is tough; we are getting reasonable growth in the retail photo finishing market and a very good result in consumer inkjet.

Recently your CEO said that Kodak’s planning to shoulder the inkjet business with partners to develop the business, so that they can take the risk with you. It seems that developing inkjet so-lutions costing you lot of money. Is it worth it? On the commercial side, the Kodak has an integrated set of complete solutions and that means we can put together a press but we need to tie in all of the conversion and post processing equipment. So there is a lot of work to do. This is also the opportunity to move the technology into various press configurations. We work with most of the major press manufacturers and we provide a print head based solution that can actually melt on to existing presses, that’s an area where we have great opportunity.

Nexpress was a project started with Heidelberg, and then they plugged it off and gave it back to you. You always wanted to have a foothold in commercial printing, now how do you plan to penetrate the offset printing segment? We had an extensive relationship with Heidelberg; they had been our distributors in many locations. The

Nexpress project was apparently started with their support and we still have a good relationship with them. We have been in EP (electro-photographic) printing and printer development space for many years. We made our first production color press with Nexpress; it’s a great product that continues to evolve even today. It’s got high quality, high performance and has a lot of functions that you can only other-wise get in an offset press.

Do you see prospect in the Middle East for your high end inkjet solutions such as Stream technology? Yes we do. Our first high end inkjet press would be going in the Middle East probably by next year. It has an offset type speed in a digital print work flow. These are commonly used in areas where you have got transaction printing or areas where you need full digital print capabili-ties. It’s used in many areas as well, in books, even used in newspaper printing in some locations.

You have a lot of resellers in this arena, isn’t it pretty confusing?Normally we have distribution partners who cover the entire region or just the sub regions. They cover a specific set of seg-ments and sometimes we can’t get that and end up expanding that portfolio. In general we tie in a line with distribution partners who sell other products; they give us some

Eastman Kodak Company, a multinational US corporation is producers of imaging and photographic materials and equipment. Kodak is known for its wide range of photographic film products and they are now concentrating on digital photography and digital printing.George Eastman first invented the simple camera in the year 1888. In the year 1889, the Eastman Photographic Materials Company Limited was incorporated in London to handle distribution of products in countries outside the US. Since then, Kodak is not only known for photography but also for images used in a variety of leisure, commercial, en-tertainment and scientific applications. Today, Kodak has manufacturing opera-tions in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and Kodak products are available in every country across the globe.

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scale of advantage that is focused on our products. Basically we look for separate partners for packaging and commercial print. At the same time we prefer those who have a wider customer base.

With regard to your product portfolio, which do you think is most suited for the Middle East?Our traditional business here has been to deal with plates. That’s our most popular zone in this region. Digital and workflow solutions are gaining more interest in the area because most of the commercial printers have the pressure to be-come more relevant in a forward looking business environment that requires something digital and the need to move on to workflow solu-tions.

The Middle East market is a developing market however it is quite unpredictable; how much are you willing to invest in this region?I think we have lot of potential in this market. It’s a great trading area with a large untapped workforce. If there is more political stability in the region then it’s going to be a driver of growth. I have great hopes for Middle East, which will become an important place of business in the coming years. On the other side, Africa is also an untapped frontier for us with tremendous natural re-sources and a vast employee base.

Why you reacted so slow to the shift from analogue to digital?There were lot of reasons for the

gradual shift. Kodak is the most recognized brand in the world and we have been here for years ubiq-uitously associated with photogra-phy. The transition from traditional film based photography to digital photography occurred in a very significant manner. Though we were the first brand to invent the digital cameras back in 1975, Kodak never commercialized them in the initial periods. Kodak had invented digital imaging, digital technology and many other technologies that are widely used today. Kodak has never been a strong camera player but we are a strong film player that uses camera enabling technology. The move from film based imaging was a significant transition to the company but the brand is still very healthy and very well known.

Kodak has been licensing its intellectual property as a short term strategy, while trying to shift its focus. But even in the short term this strategy looks like a double edged sword? I won’t call it a double edged sword. If I could row back time 20 years back, I would constrain the number of peo-ple who went into the digital market. Once people are into that market for years, you can’t restrict them. One thing you can make sure is that you are being effectively compensated. So we actively decided to license our IP. As I said, we have invented many aspects associated with digital cameras and then we have found that the licensing program is actually investing into the business and areas that will give us a long time future.

Your product portfolio is very broad; will you divest your prod-uct portfolio?Yes, we have already divested. We have divested areas that are not linked with the commercial print space. We have actually aggregated in the consumer digital space. So consumer digital and commercial prints are two primary focus areas. And we are trying to maintain a focus on expansion, while making sure that we have solid businesses in those areas. Many of our competitors in consumer space like Sony, Sam-sung or HP etc have much broader portfolio than we do. And in the commercial print space we have the broadest portfolio that’s relevant to a commercial printer today.

When do you expect to be profit-able again?We were profitable last year, because we had a very significant IP licensing set of programs last year. This year we expect more of a normalized licensing program and will be slightly below profitability again. Next year, even without changing in terms of normalized licensing, we will be prof-itable because our core investments have been improving dramatically for the last 2 years and now our core investments are moving in from the heavy investment phase to the cash generation phase, where it has started to become more profitable for the company. Consumer inkjet moved into the profitable side for the company this year and will have a positive overall earning by next year. It will go into break even sometime in 2013 probably.

Within the next decade, how would Kodak look like?Kodak has been growing over the past 4 or 5 years. Our growth rates were 20 per cent last year; we expect a 40 per cent growth next year and a compounded growth rate of 30 per cent or 40 per cent over the next 4 or 5 years. I don’t think our growth areas are going to slow down over the next couple of years but I think it will only go up. Packaging is now a significant part of our commercial printing. Digital printing will be an important segment of printing presses, tradi-tional or offset printing. So you can see that our workflow and services to business will continue to grow and we will become a much more significant player in the industry.

Philip Faraci completed his education from the

University of California, San Diego and is a graduate of the University’s Executive

Program for Scientists and Engineers. For 22 years he

worked at Hewlett Packard as the Vice President

and General Manager of the Consumer Business

Organization and as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Inkjet Imaging Solutions

Group. Faraci then moved on to work as the Chief

Operating Officer at Phogenix Imaging and also

worked as the President and General Manager of

Gemplus Corporation’s Telecom Business unit. He joined Kodak as Director,

Inkjet Systems Program in December 2004. In June

2005 he was named as Director, Corporate Strategy

& Business Development. In September 2007, he was appointed as the President

and Chief Operating Officer of Eastman Kodak Compa-

ny. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of Kodak’s three major digital businesses, the Consumer

Digital Imaging Group (CDG), the Graphic Com-munication Group (GCG)

and the Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group

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Cutting the mustard in the Middle East, Gulf Print & Pack 2011 is a blast from the past for printers, convert-ers and packers in the region. Visitors can spot brand spanking new and exciting technologies in commercial and package printing at the bi-annual event. Printing and packaging is a com-plex sector that takes in use a wide range of equipments and materials like plastics, laminates, metallic foils, materials from paper to board etc. Printing process involves everything from flexo and offset to gravure or hot and cold foiling and also digital printing that demands quality, better performance and that meets environment standards. Technology is on a constant move now with style statements and brand images going under an im-age makeover, so package printers are always on the lookout for the latest in substrates, presses, inks, converting lines or even the latest legislation or testing requirements. Gulf Print & Pack is the best place to unearth the latest in the industry. Latest requirements needed in special finishing, coating, cutting, forming, erecting, filling and seal-ing operations to produce a pack-age can be found at the show. The Gulf Print & Pack organized by the Tarsus group will run from March 14th to March 17th this year at the Airport Expo in Dubai. Roger Pellow, Managing Director, Labels and Packaging Group said “This year, we have a lot of exhibitors

participating in the commercial print market and we are looking forward to the package printing sector, which we think is a major growth area. We expect around 300 exhibitors to the Gulf Print & Pack this year.” Middle East and the North African region are a very vital market when looked upon in the world printing and packaging map. Driven by this market, the Gulf Print & Pack has proven to be a constant hit that offers incredible opportu-nities and that addresses exciting developments in the region. Exhibitors to the show can intro-duce their latest technology trends, while building their relationship with existing and new clients. They also have the opportunity to in-crease the sale of their products by holding live demos in the stands. The event gives a platform to reach out to all top printers, contract packers, logistic companies and brand owners under one roof, the added advantage being that they could seek out target buyers through a vast network of media and associations.The 2011 edition of the Gulf Print & Pack will be hosting a unified brand and marketing campaign targeting separately the visitors in the printing and packaging sectors. There will also be a wide-ranging seminar programme held on the show floor that would cover practi-cal case studies as well as detailed reviews of trends and technologies. Digital printing will be the most

discussed topic this year at GPP, where eminent personalities will be discussing on these issues. At Gulf Print & Pack, visitors can see manufacturers or suppliers of; print origination equipments, plates and plate making equipments, printing machinery, sheet and web fed, printing materials like paper, board, foils, films etc, inks, coating and varnishes, on-press ancillary equip-ment and controls, print finishing/binding equipment, press room handling equipment, packaging printers and converters, form, fill and seal machines, packaging ma-terials/consumables, labelling and label application equipment, pack-aging machines, pack performance and quality testing equipment, packaging design and consultancy, logistics systems etc. The show will be attended by visitors from across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Jordan etc.

“this year, we have a lot of exhibitors participating in the commercial print market and we are looking forward to the package printing sector, which we think is a major growth area”Roger Pellow, Managing Director, Labels and Packaging Group

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Canon Middle East will have its big-gest ever presence at Gulf Print & Pack 2011. Joining hands with Océ for the first time ever, they will jointly showcase their complete range of products and solutions thereby exhibiting its portfolio of production and large format printing systems that are now available in the profes-sional print market. “The two years since the last Gulf Print & Pack has been a period of enormous change for Canon and our professional print customers”, com-mented Ayman Aly, Production Print Product Manager, Canon Middle East. “The last show in 2009 was the launch pad for Canon Production Print Solution in the Middle East and North African region, which

marked Canon’s real debut as a serious contender in the production print marketplace. Since then we’ve worked consistently to develop a world-class range of professional print technologies, solutions and business development tools, all designed to help professional printers evolve their businesses and achieve better margins by creating new value-added services,” added Ayman.The Canon Middle East stand at Gulf Print & Pack will be divided into dedicated zones and will show-case how products can efficiently perform different print jobs based on the printing application and vertical market requirements. The demonstrations will help to address, the production challenges that

Canon’s professional print customers face within the graphic arts and CRD sectors. Customers will also have the opportunity to learn more about added digital print and business building tools that will enable them to develop their business further and open up new revenue opportunities. Among the range of products, the highlight will include several im-agePRESS colour and monochrome presses, many of which will be run-ning live customer jobs managed by the Helix Production Workflow. The new imageRUNNER ADVANCE PRO series of light production engines will offer new-to-digital printers an affordable and scalable point of entry to the benefits of digital light production. Commercial printers and CRDs looking to harness the business potential of large format applications such as graphics and signage will see a selection of Canon imagePROGRAF printers, offering photo quality and optimal productivity.On the Océ front, products include Océ’s VarioPrint 6320 Ultra, Arizona 550XT with Onyx server, ColorWave 600 and a Pro Cut machine. “Through our collaboration with Océ, Canon is entering the signage and display market. It will also be showing a concept product for the outdoor graphics display market for the first time. Canon now offers a complete solution for wide format customers from indoor to outdoor printers,” added Ayman.

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Bobst Group will exhibit this year at the Gulf Print & Packaging under the theme “Towards zero fault packaging”. Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO of Bobst Group commented, “We continue to invest in research, development and innovation in order to preserve our technologi-cal leadership. This is why we are proud to present, under the theme

“Towards Zero Fault Packaging” innovative products and services, which will enable you to offer to your customers’ added value as well as real satisfaction.”Fitted with a ‘Start & Go’ system, the Masterflex- HD registers and runs in just 6 minutes instead of the normal 18, while also reducing waste. Bringing precise consistency

to the mid range, Expertcut 1.6 delivers unmatched print to cut register at a speed of 6,000 sheets per hour. The modular folder gluer, Expert-fold 300, which delivers fast make ready speeds for substrates from solid board to double-wall for high value-added products flexo printed onto microflute.

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Xerox is to focus on their theme, “We’re with you every step of the way”. With this theme they meant to convey to Customers that Xerox is a trusted partner on whom they can rely to provide not only industry leading tech-nology but also the pre press and post sale services, both business development and technical that is designed to make them more efficient and more productive. JP Teti, Manager, Production Technology, Xerox MEA said that, “ We are looking to demystify the opportunities available in the digital printing marketplace and show visitors to our stand that doing great and valuable work doesn’t have to be complicated. Our highlights will be to show the time benefits of automated digital print workflows, the value of customized communications, the power of the web as a tool to drive new application page volume and the new world of publishing and photo printing. Teti said that this GPP they would be launching the iGen4 EXP (Extra Large Page Size), the

only cut sheet color press that enables the printing of three A4 sized pages on one sheet. Visitors can also watch books printed and finished in lightning fast speed done by the Espresso Book Machine. Xerox will also be showing the Xerox 1000 Colour Press known for its versatility and unique inline clear dry ink

printing capabilities. Teti added that during GPP, Xerox will make announcements on their First Colour Press 1000 deals in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the opening of Xerox Emirates’ world class centre for innovation at their new headquarters at IMPZ in Dubai and on other major expan-sion activities in the region.

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GSS International LLC is equipped this Gulf Print & Pack with their Printing machines, GMP thermal lamination systems and are expecting quality and important customers and inquires during the show. Muneera Al-Khateeb, Sales Man-ager of GSS International said they had pretty good response after the Sign and Graphic Exhi-bition. They will exhibit this time, the Dilli Neon Titan UV flat bed printer model UVT-1606W(s), a Korean Machine that comes with 8 Konica heads, 512 nozzles and a speed of 17 square meters. It can print on all rigid surfaces like

Foam board, Acrylic, steel, glass, wood & ceramic tiles and has a

servo motor for both carriage and feed.

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With market requirements chang-ing rapidly, particularly when it comes to flexible packaging and labels, Muller Martini will demon-strate this Gulf Print & Pack on how printing houses can adopt to these developments with its VSOP (Vari-able Sleeve Offset Printing) press.

The VSOP uses sleeve technology, which means that print sizes can be changed quickly and easily without the need to change all of the print-ing inserts, two light cartridges (known as sleeves) are the only parts that need to be exchanged in order to change the print size. This

method is cost effective for print lengths that change frequently. VSOP printing press offers the same advantage as offset print-ing, such as low printing plate costs. By using standard offset printing plates considerable sav-ing can be made in comparison to other printing processes such as flexo and gravure printing. Other advantages of flexible order management include quick and easy printing plate manufacture and short machine setup times. A quick changeover system allows the machine to be prepared of-fline and when in operation. The machine settings can be stored in an integrated database so that jobs can be printed again at any time. Exhibiting at stand number E330 with Giffin Graphics, they will be showing the latest market developments and will be discuss-ing flexible production solutions for the pressroom.

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Kodak brings a bag full of printing options this Gulf Print & Pack. The Kodak Nexpress 2500 Digital Pro-duction Color Press has the option to select the desired paper capac-ity, it has increased processing capability and is designed to add a fifth imaging unit for delivery of spot colour, watermarking and

protective coating. The fifth unit enables high impact glossing in conjunction with the Kodak Nex-press Glossing unit. The Kodak Trendsetter NX Im-ager offers a wide tonal range for flexographic printing. They have good imaging technology, semi-automatic operation, process

stability and are easy to maintain. The Kodak Prinergy Powerpack workflow system automates steps, reduces errors and streamlines operations. It includes a job management feature that tracks jobs from receipt of files through to proofing, approval and plate making. The Prinergy Connect Workflow system delivers solutions for all sizes of commercial and publication printers and trade shops. They offer automated processing including pre-flight, colour management, trapping and imposition. The Kodak Insite Prepress Portal system streamlines job submission, job status tracking and remote con-tent proofing or approval. The Kodak Insite Storefront system allows online purchasing of non print products with inventory and fulfilment capabilities. The Kodak Trillian SP Thermal Plates help printers improve their press uptime.

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Xingraphics Co. Ltd from Chengdu, China is set to explore the latest in-novations from the Middle East and North Africa and to exhibit their product portfolio at the Gulf Print & Pack expo to be held from March 14 to 17 at the Airport Expo, Dubai. Xingraphics, with manufacturing facilities in Xindu Industrial Devel-opment Zone in Chengdu, China is involved in the manufacture, sales and services of thermal plate technology across the world. Heshi, Regional Sales Manager of MEA region, Xingraphics said, “Our main focus for this Gulf Print & Pack show is our Fit eCO Primo, the true processless thermal CtP plate. This technology is the world’s first true green thermal plate technology that focuses on the environment reduces costs and eliminates the troublesome procedure in pre-press without compromising on quality.”Visitors to the Gulf Print & Pack show can also get a look at their products that include, FIT Xtra Melior and Thermal CtP plate. FIT Xtra Melior is an upgraded version of the initial FIT technology. It can be used for commercial, newspa-per & packaging printing and also meets the needs of high speed commercial printings and high quality newspaper printing. The FIT

series are compatible with all the main thermal platesetter available in the market such as Kodak, Fuji and AGFA etc.Briefing on the company’s work plan, Heshi said, “Xingraphics keeps building up its sales channel in all the main thermal CtP market and supports its local dealers by providing services that suits the printers. Besides this, as a main supplier specialized in thermal plate technology, our R& D team are on constant work to develop better and advanced products.” Heshi talking on the recent trends in the print industry added, “The printing industry is taking a shift

towards environment friendly products. More and more custom-ers want to buy products that apply green technology. This is why our R& D department are now focus-ing and developing products that uses green technology. Besides, Xingraphics is focusing more on the processless thermal CtP plates as they will be the future trend of the print industry.”Xingraphics will have live demon-strations of FIT Xtra Melior and FIT eCO Primo at East hall; stand num-ber E232 at Dubai Airport Expo dur-ing the Gulf Print & Packs. They will also be offering an on-site trouble shooting guide for their customers.

Do you want to remain updated on the latest news from the Gulf Print & Pack event? Well you can catch them all at ME Printer stand at Gulf Print and Pack. Our magazine has been with the Gulf Print & Pack show over years. We give you news on the latest digital print machinery and materials, news

on live demos, the changes in the commercial, package and printing industry, on who sold what and all the side gossips, giving the readers a complete insight into the event. ME Printer, media partner for the Gulf Print & Pack, has already come up with a pre show report on the GPP in its February issue, for the

March issue we have prepared an extensive report on who are the exhibitors, their show plans and what to expect this GPP. So, don’t miss the action and catch all that’s new and exciting at the Gulf Print & Pack held in Dubai Airport Expo from the 14- 17 March at ME Printer.

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Gulf Print & Pack is a dedicated event for the printing and packag-ing industry in the Middle East and African region. The show has been attracting print professionals around the globe for over 10 years now. Dynagraph will be exhibiting in a show space of 120 sqm at stand no. E200. They will be introducing this GPP a range of dedicated software solutions Editorial, IPAD, Preflight checking, Packaging de-sign, Cost estimation & Production

planning.Dynagraph will be showing KnowledgeView’s, ‘Publish live Newsroom’ solutions that allows journalists and communication professionals to multi-publish, to print, SMS, mobile, blog, website, email, facebook, twitter, youtube etc. with a simple click. Knowl-edge View introduces ‘Syndigital’, revolutionary software for digital syndication that enables media owners and content providers

to easily manage market and sell content to a much wider audience. They will also exhibit the FFEI Real-Pro 3D-Packager, which is a versatile software tool for packaging profes-sionals involved in design, client communication and production. It also includes additional features like packaging weight calculator, 3D PDF format, high-resolution export capability and iPad/iPhone application. Visitors can also find Printivs, a comprehensive standard ERP/MIS solution for the printing industry, built on and certified for Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Microsoft Navision) as during every Gulf Print & Pack since 2005. Continuing the venture with HP, Dy-nagraph will equally demonstrate some of the finest and advance large format and flatbed technolo-gies available in the market. There will be the HP Flatbed FB500 printer that prints on virtually any rigid and flexible media with good ink adhe-sion and an image quality of up to 1200 x 600 optimized dpi. Also on display will be the HP Designjet L25500 that prints on a wide range of media for outdoor and indoor applications.

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Color Bit offers a complete line of offset printing ink series that are user friendly and economical and also guarantees high performance. Hamid Jaberzadeh, Managing Direc-tor of ColorBit said that, “This Gulf

Print & Pack we would be exhibiting at stand number E310 a range of ma-chines that include high tech digital to print and UV format systems, high speed and fully automatic thermal laminating systems, cutting systems

and handling equipments, packag-ing equipments, holograms and high speed industrial hot foil systems, pre-mium quality consumables and also will be providing used equipments and technical support.”

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Emirates Trans Graphics will be intro-ducing the C7000 Bizhub at the ETG stand in the Gulf Print & Pack expo. The C7000 Bizhub is a faster, more affordable digital colour printing machine. It can print corporate news-

letters, full colour saddle stitched catalogues, perfect bond magazines or direct mail flyers with variable data. It guarantees maximum output no matter what the output is.Emirates Trans Graphics deals in all

kinds of graphic arts machinery in addition to materials, consumables and spare parts. They have a market for commercial printing, pre-press, packaging, publishers, print shops and media technologies.

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Q.I. Press Control, suppliers of in-novative and high-tech closed loop control equipment for all web offset printing presses will be having a live demonstration of their closed loop colour system. Exhibiting at stand E330 they offer a total solution for fully automated press control. IDS (In-telligent Density System), their colour control system is used on newspaper presses around the world, nearly two hundred-fold each day, also on hybrid presses. The IDS used in the system is capable to work completely as a “hands-off” system. Accurate colour image data is given as a reference from CIELab*-data to IDS. From that moment, IDS compares actual colour data from a chosen pressline. Within

nano-seconds the IDS controller analyses the real colour value with a target value and decides, which adjustments have to be made. IDS can

inform pressroom management with regards to the quality- and efficiency levels of different jobs, print-runs, different shifts etc.

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Ali Alhashemi Trading Est. is to focus on digital application, print & finish-on-demand & some packaging applications mainly at this Gulf Print & Pack edition. G. Jayaprakash, General Manager, Sales & Marketing of the company said that they are more on to print-on-demand & short runs as they find that these areas are getting more and more popular. Jayaprakash said that, “We believe exhibitions are a vital mode of exposure, it not only gives us op-portunity to explore the untapped market segment but also gives cus-tomers a platform to experience new technologies and launches. We have been participating since 2005 and always have benefited in terms of business and contracts. Being one of the major players in the graphic arts industry, we believe that participation keeps up the positive vibe among our customers and also contributes to bring the market back to normalcy after the recession. This year we expect more customers from Saudi Arabia & Qatar.Ali Alhashemi would be launching MGI and Plockmatic machines during the Gulf Print & Pack

exhibition. They would also hold live demonstrations of a window patching machine from Kohmann, Germany and also the JETvarnish, the world’s first digital spot UV coater. Other than these the other machines that they would put on show will be the digital press, digital finishing solutions, mailing systems, digital spot UV coating machines, finishing machines, dig-ital laminators, collators, booklet makers, digital sample maker for making die-cut, creased samples

for packaging etc. During a recent sale, Ali Alhash-emi Trading sold MGI’s latest generation multi-substrate Digi-tal Press Meteor DP 60 Pro to Re-protronics, Dubai. The machine comes along with full finishing line for the Plastic Card Manu-facturing Line. The MGI Meteor DP 60 Pro prints on paper and plastic substrate from 70 gsm to 350 gsm paper and 100 µ up to 400 µ (plastic). The machine is ideal for short runs.

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Techkon GmbH for the past 25 years is into manufacturing measuring devices for the graphic industry. With a company base in Germany they bring this Gulf Print & Pack a new spectrophotometer on wheels called the ‘SpectroJet’, which au-tomatically measures the densities and colour values of process and spot colours. SpectroJet can scan at a speed of 200 mm per second. The device is guided by hand along the colour test patches, while the

tracking wheels on the bottom ensures a straight run. Accurate spectral measured data are sent to the PC software ExPresso that will display all relevant information for controlling the printing press. Ink Zone specific density information and recommendation enable to set the printing press in colour very quickly, save paper waste and ensures high print quality. The sys-tem is flexible to be used with any press type and format. SpectroJet

meets all standardized conditions necessary for ISO 12647 and Gracol G7. The measurement data can be exported into other software ap-plications to enable a ‘closed loop’ solution for printing presses.Other products on display by Techkon at the show include SpectroPlate that enables fast and accurate measurements in one second on any kind of plates and screening technologies. They have a high resolution video sensor; can be used as a ‘Digital Microscope.’ Then they have the SpectroDens, which are two devices put into one. The machine combines a Densitometer and a Spectrophotometer for den-sity and colorimetric readings. At a push of a button they provide all information for quality control within a second and supplies recommended adjustment of the ink at the press. Techkon will also display SpectroDrive, a completely automated measurement system. Techkon can be found at stand no. E503 during the Gulf Print & Pack at the Airport Expo from March 14 to March 17, 2011.

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Introducing Flexocure FORCE, a new development in UV Flexo technology at the Gulf Print & Pack 2011, Flint group is looking in to develop its business in the region. The new Flexocure provides easy handling due to lower viscosity and no foaming, greater adhesion to a wider range of substrates and improved performance on many variable printing techniques. Anthony Murphy, Commercial Director & General Manager, Flint Group Middle East said, “Our main focus for the Gulf region is Packag-ing and Narrow Web Inks. Flint group recently acquired Torda (a leading manufacturer of printing inks for the packaging markets in

Northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East with a substantial presence in Eastern Europe) and now we have a new platform to work in the region. As regards to solvent based inks for Gravure & Flexo, we recently launched Pluriprint RF, an excellent ink for lamination, surface and reverse printing for both flexo & gravure applications.“ He added that, “ The Narrow web market continues to grow especially in shrink sleeve and IML ( In Mould Labels). The packaging industry is looking at “ User friendly Greener Inks“ and replacing solvent based inks with water based ink systems. Special-ized in such products, Flint group

can assist and advise converters in this matter.Flint Group’s Product Manager for UV inks, Par Olsson, explains: “As an integral part of developing new products, we have a clear customer focus and always involve leading quality minded converters in the development process. They are asked to explain and exemplify prior to the project what properties and parameters are missing in the market and after we have listed all parameters our researchers start to build the technology that can provide solutions for them.”

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Featuring afternoon seminar sessions focussing on practical case studies and reviews. Learn about global printing trends and technologies and secure new business to increase your profits.With live demonstrations of the latest machinery and materials, can you afford to miss the printing event of the year?

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Strap yourself in and embark on the Gulf Print & Pack ride from 14 - 17 March at Airport Expo, Dubai. Explore the latest innovations from around the world and see the bright lights of cutting-edge working machinery, substrates and other solutions that will allow your business to reach for the stars.

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A relatively new entrant to the Gulf Print, Kapco Systems will be displaying sample reels from their production along with flyers and some background images. Talking to ME Printer, Walid Awad, Commercial Manager, Kapco said

that though they don’t intend to display any machines this year, they would be looking forward to build their relationships through Gulf print & packs. Walid said that, Kapco is in its initial stages of development and they have just

started production with establish-ing a new production line. With a new CAST PP from W&H Machinery with production capacity over 450 ton monthly in their production line, they also have plans for a new matelliser.

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HIFLEX, a well known term in the printing arena is into commercial printing, brochures, magazines as well as books, labels and packag-ing. At Gulf Print &Pack this year, HIFLEX MIS & Web2Print bring solutions to improve and automate business processes. They are sold in more than 35 countries also in UAE and Saudi Arabia and are available in 28 languages. HIFLEX is JDF-certified and a partner member

of the CIP4 Organization that won seventeen of the CIP4 Innovation (CIPPI) Awards and is the PIA/GATF 2008 +2010 InterTech Technology Award recipient.HIFLEX MIS and its complete JDF/JMF workflow will be dem-onstrated at their stand every hour. It includes the automated estimate engine “AutoPilot” and the powerful imposition engine. The HIFLEX imposition layout is fed

into connected prepress workflow systems through JDF. Following the electronic job scheduling pre-setting data is forwarded to Press and Post press. HIFLEX Webshop will be demon-strated during every half-hour. HI-FLEX Webshop is known for its user friendliness, business automation and process control. HIFLEX can be found at booth no. C635 at the Gulf Print & Pack show.

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Epson in a Middle East launch offered two large format printers that is an combines accurate colour reproduction and high productiv-ity. 24-inch Epson Stylus Pro 7890 and 44-inch Epson Stylus Pro 9890 are designed to help professional photographers and the fine art market to create true-to-life prints at high speed. Visitors to the Gulf Print & Pack can grab a view of these machines, that will be displayed at Epson’s stand.

Khalil El Dalu, General Manager, Ep-son Middle East said, “The Stylus Pro 7890 and Stylus Pro 9890 offer first class colour reproduction and also represent a big boost in productiv-ity. They have a high production speed aided by Epson’s Automatic Droplet Detection System to fix blocked nozzles without interven-tion. Both devices carry photo and matte black inks simultaneously and the built-in rotary knife means prints are cut quickly and cleanly, while the improved supply handling means paper rolls are changed effortlessly in seconds. These features offer significant benefits in terms of saved cost and time to our customers here in the Middle East.”Both printers use Epson’s 8-colour UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Ma-genta inkset in combination with the TFP print head for enhanced dot quality and crisp, clear images. Epson claims these printers achieve

one of the highest colour gamuts on the market with consistently smooth gradations and also a superior range of natural looking grey tones. Three densities of black, comprising a standard photo or matte black (selected automati-cally depending on the media) plus a light black create a striking black and white output with a high contrast ratio, perfect tonal range, improved grey balance and no colour casting.This combination of black inks also means that prints are free from bronzing with a uniform surface ap-pearance without discernible differ-ence between light and dark areas. The optional inline SpectroProofer ensures consistent, repeatable colour accuracy when using different me-dia, rapidly measuring control strips and colour charts when creating ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles and print verification results.

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UPEX will give opportunity to visi-tors to see used machinery special-ists from around the world at the Gulf Print & Pack exhibition. There will be dealers for a wide range of equipment from pre-press through sheet and web presses to bindery and finishing kit. The exhibitors who are with UPEX, this time at the Gulf Print & Pack are the Scottish based Bindery Machinery Ser-vices that will be exhibiting a Presto saddle stitcher on their stand U133. Managing Director of the company, Jim Brown said, “The Gulf region is a very important market for us and

we’re confident that this machine will be sold and installed locally.” UK based Exel Group has an-nounced that they would venture with Exel Middle East in the Middle East region as they see an increase in demand for their services by Middle East and North African clients. This new venture is backed by full technical and sales support of Exel’s main office thereby offer-ing a one stop shop for their Middle East clients to purchase equipment without having to travel to Europe.Global Graphic Equipment will be using the show to promote their

expansion within the envelope machine market. They are an es-tablished company dealing in used laminating and coating machines, die cutters, carton gluers and hot foil machines.Other international UPEX ex-hibitors include: from the UK, Care Graphic Machinery, Grafitec, Nyl-and Graphics, West Park Graphic Equipment and White Horse Ma-chinery, from the Netherlands KGT Kool Graphic Trade, Prestotype and PGM; from Germany Klaus Paradowski and from the USA PanPac LLC.

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Printech a complete solution provider for the Printing and Pack-aging Industry in the MENA region and India provides consulting and technical solutions in equipment, components and consumables to enhance throughput. Coming this year at the Gulf Print & Pack with a series of print rolls, they would be exhibiting the Apex Europe BV, which includes Unicorr, Unifli and Uniflex metering rolls. The new metering roll UniCorrL of

the Apex Group of Companies can be used like a regular anilox roll. Its surface material and surface area structure are completely different from any current anilox technology. One UniCorr L will cover the print options of a number of different traditional anilox screen specifica-tions. UniFli is ideal for the label indus-try and are light weight and its specially developed anodized layer Apex ensures that it will be

resistant against aggressive inks and common cleaning liquids. They provide to their customers quality service, components and consumables that will increase the output, reduce wastage and enhance profitability of Flexible Packaging, Label Printing, Corru-gated Carton and Offset Printing companies and for all companies that requires Industrial Packaging Solutions in the Middle East region and the Indian Sub-continent.

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For the first time Heidelberg Germany invited a Group of Jour-nalists from Middle East to take part in a Middle East press tour to Heidelberg facilities in Germany including the Print Media Academy located in the city of Heidelberg as well as to the Wiesloch- Walldorf

production site. The tour that took place from the 7th to 11th of February also included a visit to two print houses that are loyal customers of Heidelberg as well as the Polar Mohr factory and the R&D center in Hofheim. Though the whole program was quite

intensive, it was well organized and planned. Volker Trapmann, Heidelberg’s marketing manager, responsible for distributor net-work and Dr. Ali Makari, Area Sales Manager hosted the journalists from day one until the final stage of the trip.

The tour started with a visit to the Print Media Academy (PMA). The three legged horse figure outside the PMA glass building, which was opened in the year 2000 prior to Drupa, has been subject to many speculations. Do three legs repre-sent three stages of printing, i.e., preprees, press, postpress? Or is it just an artistic expression from which a viewer can draw his own conclusion? It seems that nobody really knew much about it. The fact is that it does have a certain industrial look, which you can associate with printing. So we left

it there in its three legs for further speculation and continued our tour.Inside PMA, a group of top Heidel-berg executives including Markus Kohler, Area Sales Manager, Hilde Weisser responsible for Media Relations, Wolfgang Roth, Heidel-berg’s Director for Middle East and North Africa, Dirk Henrich, Head of Trade Press and Dr. Joachim Englisch, Senior Vice President for Remarketed Equipment and Dr. Ali Makari welcomed the delegation. After a short tour of the Academy and a group picture everybody headed to Heidelberg headquar-ters to visit Heidelberg’s Print Me-dia Center, where Markus Kohler briefed the delegation about the whole range of Heidelberg’s prod-ucts in the center.The whole range of Heidelberg equipments are installed and inte-grated in the presentation center.

All the presses are equipped with extra features to impress the cus-tomers. The machines available in the demo center included a 5 co-lour XL 75 with coater and 5 color Speedmaster 74 plus coater. These machines are part of Heidelberg’s offering in the medium format. XL 75 is also manufactured in custom-ized configuration with perfecting capability and coating or double coating units plus Star Foil for cold foiling applications. On the other hand Speedmaster 74 is targeted at commercial printers, who want to move to a bigger format than GTO.Speedmaster is still a very impor-tant machine for Heidelberg. It is available in a range of 2 to 8 colour and also in perfecting configura-tions. Heidelberg’s quality control systems such as Image control that can add small colour bar or Mini Spot to have a close circuit

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On day 2 we started our program by visiting the Wiesloch Walldorf manufacturing site near Heidel-berg. Once again Markus Kohler and Dr. Ali Makari guided our tour, they explained how different parts

of the production line, from manu-facturing of parts such as gripper bars and cylinders to the final as-sembly, works. There are 1400 blue collar and 150 white collar employ-ees working in the manufacturing site, of which 80% of them are skilled workers and 20% have been trained by Heidelberg. The size of the manufacturing hall is 620 x120 meters that equals to roughly 11 football fields. Normally it takes 4 to 5 months for an order to be delivered. Every machine is built on order so there is no inventory of finished presses. Since every

machine comes with different options, it is considered a unique and customized press. The space available makes it possible to print test 85 machines at the same time. That is why some call the site the biggest print shop in the world. It takes 10 days to test print a 4 color machine and to do the final adjustments. To conduct a full test, 1000 parameters must be checked by the test printer. No wonder printing press is such an expensive kit! While we were visiting the site, a Speedmaster CD 102 was being assembled for a customer in Saudi

quality control system between printing and prepress was also on display. Heidelberg claims no-body in the industry has the Mini Spot workflow. For the big format, Heidelberg has three machines on display, a 10 color XL 105 perfector, which is considered Heidelberg’s top range machine, 8 colour Speedmaster 102 long perfector, which according to Heidelberg is very popular in the Middle East and the latest member of 70x100 format family, CX 102. The machine that was unveiled at Ipex 2010 is a mix of CD 102 and XL 105. Kohler believes CX is a budget friendly solution for printers in the Middle East, who are keen to have the best features of both machines. What Heidelberg’s Print Media Center demonstrates to visitors is that printing is not about press anymore. It’s more about acces-sories, quality control, peripherals and most importantly, workflow. Followed by the demo center visit, Volker Trapmann kick started the first day presentations by offering an insight into the segmentation of printing volume and Heidel-berg‘s positioning within the world of graphic arts. According to Trapmann, Heidelberg is now fo-cusing more and more on service. That is why last year the company separated the service organization from manufacturing and also from other business units of Heidelberg. Heidelberg has more than 200,000 customers in 170 countries and offers service, which has now become the main priority of the company. Trapmann also offered some interesting global figures on graphic arts. The value of print volume worldwide is now about €380 billion Euro, which is equal to

1% of global GDP. With €29 billion sales generated, German printing industry amounts to roughly ten percent when compared with Ger-many’s key automotive industry. The key message of Trapmann’s presentation was that print is still a very important element of our daily lives and it will remain so in the foreseeable future and Heidel-berg will continue to be a global player. The next presentation by Wolf-gang Roth focused entirely on the Middle East and Heidelberg’s involvement in the region. Roth put forward some interesting fig-ures about the company’s market share in the region. With 36%, Turkey by far is the best market for Heidelberg followed by KSA, UAE and Iran. Heidelberg has been present in the MENA region since 1920. Heidelberg’s agencies and subsidiaries in MENA region employ 400 specialists includ-ing 215 technical staff for after sales service. First shipments of letter presses machine to Middle East took place during 1925 and since then more than 8600 letter presses have been sold to the re-gion. On the other hand more than 12,000 new offset printing units, nearly 7000 new offset printing machines, 2500 new Stahl folding machines and more than 300 CtPs have been installed throughout in the MENA region. The last presentation on the first day of our tour was focused on Prinect, Heidelberg’s flagship workflow. According to Axel Zoller from Heidelberg, more than 220 complete Prinect work-flow systems have been installed throughout the world including Middle East. Zoller maintains that

many big printers using web to print solutions are printing and delivering thousands of small jobs every day. These printers are taking away jobs that tradition-ally belonged to small printers. In such a back drop, integration has become vital even for small and medium printers. Heidelberg claims, with Prinect that consists of several modules printers can easily access consistent and real time available data throughout the production. Job specifica-tions and master data have only to be entered once. Setup data for machines connected online and for data terminals are available in real time. Furthermore, process data captured during processing are all delivered to one place that guarantees real time as well as consistent job tracking and job reporting throughout the system. Other benefits include one unified user interface that can control the entire production and scheduling and re scheduling can be performed real time on live data.

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Arabia. At the moment, the fac-tory’s output is 18 printing units a day. The maximum capacity of the site is about 25 units a day. Based on the configuration of machines being assembled, you could clearly realize that now-a-days long perfectors are becoming quite popular among printers. After our morning tour we met Stephan Plenz , member of the management board , who is re-sponsible for Heidelberg’s equip-ment division. In his presentation Plenz gave a rather clear picture of Heidelberg’s extensive portfolio including Hardware, Software and Brainware for Commercial and Packaging Print. He also announced that the company is preparing a solution consisting not just of a digital press but team-ing that device with an Anicolor sheetfed litho press and a soft-ware controller for parceling jobs between the two. Heidelberg does not believe in offset versus digital strategy. Instead Plenz maintains that customers need an efficient solution for short run printing. Heidelberg is targeting value and performance segments within digital printing arena where the runs are between 60 to 120 pages per minute and machines cost be-tween 100,000 to 50,00,000 Euros. Plenz claims Heidelberg’s solution

offers customers the same quality and functionality that they expect from a digital device. Plenz also maintained that the runs above 200 copies can go straight to Speedmaster 52 Anicolor and for quantities less than 200 cop-ies; we have to check on what percentage is variable data. Based on Heidelberg’s research the volume of variable data printing is anywhere between 5 to 7%. So the big idea of variable data as the biggest advantage of digital print-ing never really took off. Instead it went straight to Internet. And any amount of printing jobs below 200 that needs offset quality still can be printed with Anicolor and the rest can be sent to digital device. The idea at least seems good on paper but we have to wait and see if the system can really deliver in a real commercial printing environ-ment.Followed by the presentation of Plenz, there was another product demonstration scheduled. This time the focus was on post-press, packaging printing and peripherals such as Cut Star and perfect binding solutions such as Eurobind. Kohler explained the advantages of some of the features used in Heidelberg’s presses such as single suction tape used in feeder that prevents the misalignment of the sheet in the infeed. After the second product demonstration, Marcel Kiessling, Member of the Executive Board, who is responsible for Heidelberg Service, offered a presentation on the background and the objectives of Heidelberg’s service division. Kiessling listed the challenges that printers are facing today including eroding prices, increasing costs for labour and raw materials and environmental concerns.Kiessling also said that web to print has become an important player for some printers, helping them to increase their revenue and differentiates themselves from

the rest. Many small and medium printers now want to know more about this new trend. The role of print in media mix is changing as well. Printers who want to be a communication provider for their customers have to be aware of what kind of electronic media is available so they can become me-dia neutral communication sup-plier instead of an offset printer. That means they can deliver the content that has been printed through several other channels as well. Runs are becoming smaller so there is no doubt that digital printing is a necessity. So any printing company today needs some kind of a printing capabil-ity. And that is why Heidelberg is re-entering the digital market. It is no secret that printers in indus-trialized countries are struggling to make a profit. In Germany, for example the gap between the ‘rich and the poor’ is increasing. During 2004-2008, even before the recession kicked in, 30% of the German printing companies achieved an average profit mar-gin of more than 5%. Meanwhile 50% generated no continuous profit margin and 20% gener-ated losses that became credit defaults. In order for printers to be successful in such a tough environment, first they have to opt for the right technology and second they must have access to efficient service from their supplier. That is why service has become a crucial part of Heidel-berg’s offering to its customers. Heidelberg service division with 4000 expert’s worldwide, offer business development, training, process optimization, productiv-ity optimization and last but not the least technical services, which include remote diagnosis as well. Followed by Kiessling’s presenta-tion and another round of prod-uct demonstration we headed back to our hotel to look ahead for another busy day tomorrow.

On the third day of our tour de force, we visited two Heidelberg customers who have won CIPPI award. What both printers had in common was that both were tak-ing advantage of the Prinect con-nectivity capabilities to achieve full integration within their print houses. The first print house we visited was Druckerei Bauer. The

company is a successful package printer with a wide range of Heidelberg equipment including XL 105-6+L, CD 102-5+L, Dymatrix 105 CS, Diana Pro and more. The company produces more than 250 million folding boxes per year for pharmaceutical industry, health care, and chemical industry and also for the food industry. Despite

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On the last day of our trip we visited Polar factory and its R&D center in Hofheim. Michael Neugart, Polar’s managing direc-tor welcomed the delegation and gave a general overview of the company. Polar, first known as Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik was established in 1906 as a fur-niture manufacturer. Now it sells its entire product range under the POLAR brand name. As an independent family firm, POLAR has developed into a major manu-facturer for high-speed cutters as well as for matching peripherals in the graphical industry. Helped by a close partnership with sales part-ners, POLAR began positioning itself as a global sales and service organization back in 1949. Today, POLAR maintains close contact with its customers via a network of 200 agencies and branches in 170 countries. Since 1949 Polar has exclusive global distribution agreement with Heidelberg. During his presentation, Neugart claimed that 60% of the Middle East and African market for high speed cutters belong to Polar. On the other hand 6% of Polar’s total production in 2008 went to Middle East and Africa. Though Middle East is a growing market for Polar,

it is unpredictable with a fluctuat-ing market. The number of Polar equipment sold to Middle East varies drastically from year to year; it can be as low as 18 or as high as 150 units. Polar believes that today accessories and peripherals such as automatic loading, jog-ging, buffering, unloading are as necessary as the cutting machine itself because they save time and money, while streamlining the whole print production process. Many printers frequently use the cutting machine as a table for jog-ging papers, while the machine sits idle. This downtime is very costly for printers because instead of cut-ting, the expensive machine is used as a table. That is why peripherals are more and more important. During our visit to the factory and R&D center we could experience how automation in postpress can contribute to improvement in print production and quality. Polar also is very much involved in label industry. The company’s offering for label industry includes Single-Head Bander BS-23 for automatic banding of square-cut packs, Label System SC(20,21 and 25) for high automatic in-line production of square-cut labels with integrated banding, Stand-Alone Die Cutter DC-M for die-cutting packs with manual loading, Label System DC-11 for die-cutting of compressible materials with counter pressure system and manual loading and Label System DCC-11 for a highly automated in-line production pro-cess of banded die-cut labels with counter pressure. Our tour guide

for Polar factory was Peter Rejmers, who is responsible for product de-velopment. His explanation about the details was interesting as well as intimidating. When you think about all the effort that goes to manufacture high quality piece of kit you feel that there are so many things that as a journalist you have to learn to understand the indus-try as a whole. There were lots of interesting details to learn in from the Polar manufacturing site and its R& D center. For example the way, air knife works in order to cut the plastics efficiently or the pulse generator used in the cutting machine. Every time the spindle makes one revolution the pulse generator generates 8000 clicks. This level of accuracy makes Polar equipment expensive and at the same time reliable. However many printers are going through tough times, so it is a big dilemma for them to decide in terms of quality vs price.

My four day trip to Germany was informative and mind opening. We always talk about the inva-sion of Chinese manufactures and how they are capturing market share within the graphic arts industry but quality is not something that you can achieve overnight. It is the result of

many years of experience, of hard work and legacy. Heidel-berg and Polar are not the only manufacturers that are offering high quality products. There are of course others including Chinese manufacturers. But all of them have to go through the similar path.

the recession, Matthias Bauer the company’s project manager says that they were able to maintain their growth and even thrive. According to Bauer, the secret is their full integration and efficient use of workflow that includes MIS Prinance and professional ERP for

warehouse management. The next print house that we visited, Metzg-erdruck also had the similar argu-ment. Metzger is fully integrated to postpress system using Polar’s 137 XT Autotrim cutting solution. Metzgerdruck is the first com-pany that successfully integrated

postpress stage to the whole print production workflow. Using new Polar system the company saved on one operator. So instead of two, the whole system is managed by one person only. Since labour is expensive in Germany, the savings are significant.

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أهم األسباب لهذه المشكلة:

مشكلة وحل

يت��م طباع��ة معظ��م المطبوع��ات عل��ي هيئ��ة نقاط شبكية، حيث تستخدم كل أنظمة اإلخراج الطباعي تقنيات ش��بكات الهافتون في إنتاج األنواع المختلفة

من الصور والرسوم والمنتجات الطباعية.الهافت��ون )أي الص��ورة الش��بكية الت��ي تحتوي علي النقاط الش��بكية(، هي إعادة إنت��اج ومحاكاة الدرجات الظلي��ة المختلف��ة الموجودة في الص��ور الفوتوغرافية مس��تمرة الدرجات، عن طريق مجموع��ة من النقاط

الشبكية. ويتم طباعة المئات من الدرجات الظلية علي المكنات الطباعي��ة باس��تخدام ل��ون واحد فقط )كم��ا في حالة الحب��ر األس��ود في حالة الص��ور أحادية الل��ون( ، ألن المكن��ات الطباعية تعتبر من األنظم��ة الثنائية، فهي تق��وم بتنفيذ إحتمالي��ن فقط ال ثالث لهم��ا، إما وضع الحب��ر )ف��ي المناط��ق الطباعية(أو ع��دم وضعه )في

المناطق غير الطباعية(.الش��خص العادي ال يري هذه النقاط كنقاط مستقلة منفصلة، ألنها تك��ون ذات أحجام ميكرونية أقل من قدرة العين البش��رية علي تمييزها، وبالتالي فهو يري كل مجموعة منها كوحدة واحدة تعبر عن درجة معينة

من الدرجات الظلية.وم��ن أج��ل إنت��اج ه��ذه النق��اط بالمس��توي العال��ي المطل��وب، البد من الحفاظ عل��ي أحجامها، حيث أن أي تغير في أحجامها ومس��احاتها س��يؤثر سلبيًا علي الدرج��ات الظلية التي س��تنتجها وتؤثر بها في النهاية

علي عين المتلقي.ومش��كلة النمو النقطي هي تلك المشكلة التي تؤدي ال��ى زيادة ف��ي المس��احات واألحجام الكلي��ة للنقاط الش��بكية عن أحجامها الموجودة علي الفيلم أو اللوح الطباع��ي مفصول األل��وان، أو داخل المل��ف الرقمي الخ��اص بالعملي��ة الطباعي��ة، ويعب��ر عنه��ا بالنس��بة

المئوية.

-1 ضبط اإلنضغاط بين إسطوانتي السطح الطباعي .)Blanket( والوسيط المطاطي )Plate(

-2 ضب��ط اإلنضغ��اط بي��ن إس��طوانتي الضغ��ط .)Blanket( والوسيط المطاطي )Impression(

-3 ضب��ط اإلنضغ��اط بي��ن إس��طوانات التحبي��ر الطباع��ي والس��طح )Inking form rollers(

.)Plate(

-4 ضبط كميات إمداد الحبر حسب الحاجة فقط.

-5 اس��تخدام األحب��ار ذات اللزوج��ات الصحيحة والمناسبة.

-6اس��تخدام الوس��ائط المطاطي��ة ذات المرون��ة حس��ب وذل��ك لإلنضغ��اط، والقابل��ة المناس��بة،

متطلبات الخامة الطباعية.

-7 استخدام أنواع الورق ذات التشرب المناسب.

-8 ضب��ط أزمنة التعريض علي األل��واح الطباعية م��ن خ��ال األف��ام باس��تخدام أش��رطة التدريج الرم��ادي Grey Scale أو الخط��وط الميكروني��ة

.MicroLines

وهذه المش��كلة ال يمكن تفاديها ألس��باب كثيرة م��ن أهمها مرونة الوس��ائط المطاطية، وهي تعتبر طبيعية وم��ن الخصائص الرئيس��ية لطباعة الليثو أوفس��ت، ولكن يجب السيطرة عليها داخل حدود معين��ة أقرتها المنظم��ة الدولية للتوحيد القياس��ي والمواصف��ات العالمي��ة ISO، داخ��ل مواصفاته��ا الخاصة بصناع��ات الطباعة، مثل الجزء الثاني من المواصف��ة رق��م 12647 الخاص��ة بطباع��ة الليثو

أوفست.

-1 زي��ادة اإلنضغ��اط )الكبس��ة( بين إس��طوانتي الس��طح الطباع��ي )Plate( والوس��يط المطاطي

.)Blanket(

-2 زي��ادة اإلنضغ��اط الطباع��ي بي��ن إس��طوانتي المطاط��ي والوس��يط )Impression( الضغ��ط

.)Blanket(

-3 زي��ادة اإلنضغ��اط بي��ن إس��طوانات التحبي��ر الطباع��ي والس��طح )Inking form rollers(

.)Plate(

-4 زي��ادة إم��داد الحبر م��ن مس��تودع الحبر الي السطح الطباعي.

-5 اللزوجة المنخفضة لألحبار.

-6 درجة مرونة الوسيط المطاطي .

-7 اس��تخدام الوس��ائط المطاطي��ة غي��ر القابل��ة حس��ب Non Compreesible لإلنضغ��اط

متطلبات الخامة الطباعية.

-8 زيادة نسبة تشرب الورق أو الخامة الطباعية.

-9 زي��ادة أزمنة التعريض عل��ي األلواح الطباعية من خال األفام السلبية.

-10 انخف��اض أزمن��ة التعري��ض عل��ي األل��واح الطباعية من خال األفام الموجبة.

وال ش��ك أن معرفة أس��باب أية مش��كلة تعتبر نصف الطريق إلى حلها، حيث يتبقي تنفيذ عكس األسباب

وتافيها.

أهم طرق العالج:

مشكلة النمو النقطي في طباعة الليثو أوفست

د. جورج نوبار سيمونيان

ال شك أن طباعة الليثو أوفست تعتبر من أكثر الطرق الطباعية التي تحتوي علي متغيرات، ال سيما مع وجود محاليل الترطيب جنبًا إلى جنب مع األحبار الطباعية. وبالتالي فهي لها نصيب األسد من المشاكل الطباعية، وفي سلسلة من المقاالت المتتالية بدأنا تناول مجموعة من أهم

هذه المشاكل الطباعية، مع توضيح أهم أسبابها وطرق عاجها.وفي هذا العدد رأينا أن نتعرض باختصار وبناء على رغبة العديد من السادة القراء لمشكلة النمو النقطي Dot Gain، والتي كنا قد تناولناها منذ أكثر من أربعة سنوات، وهي من المشاكل التي تؤرق معظم المطابع وتتسبب في إنتاج المطبوعات بكثافات لونية وطباعية أعلى من المطلوب،

والتي تؤثر بدورها سلبيًا على ألوان ومظهر المنتجات الطباعية النهائية.

تعريف المشكلة:

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تقنيات حديثة

تقنية التونر الشفاف للورنشةعلى ماكينات الطباعة الرقميةد. جورج نوبار سيمونيان

ظهرت مؤخرًا تقنيات وإمكانات الورنشة والتغطية داخ��ل ماكينات الطباعة الرقمية نفس��ها في خط إنتاجي واحد ومشترك، وذلك باستخدام مسحوق

تونر جاف شفاف.ل��دى هذه التقني��ات العديد من الممي��زات، نذكر

منها : - الس��رعة اإلنتاجية لعمليات التغطية والورنشة والت��ي تت��م بنف��س الس��رعة اإلنتاجي��ة الخاصة

بالماكينات. - إمكانات الورنش��ة والتغطي��ة داخل الماكينات الطباعي��ة نفس��ها ف��ي خ��ط إنتاجي واح��د معها، دون اللج��وء ال��ى أنظمة منفصلة مس��تقلة خارج الماكين��ات، وم��ا يتطلب ذلك م��ن وقت ومجهود

وتكلفة للنقل والتشغيل. - إمكانات الورنش��ة بتأثي��رات المعة أو مطفية،

كل على حدة أو معًا على نفس الفرخ. - إمكان��ات الورنش��ة الكامل��ة لألف��رخ بكام��ل مساحاتها، أو ورنشة مناطق موضعية Spot فقط

وذلك إلبراز جزء وتسليط الضوء عليه. - إمكانات إضافة تأثيرات وملمس معين للصور

والرسوم والمساحات.إضاف��ة إمكان��ات الماكين��ات بع��ض ل��دى - التأثي��رات البارزة النافرة بتش��كيات وتصميمات

متنوعة.والصدفي��ة المعدني��ة التأثي��رات إضاف��ة -

للمطبوعات. - تأمين المطبوعات بكل هذه التأثيرات السابقة والت��ي يمك��ن أن تتغي��ر م��ن طبع��ة ال��ى أخرى وتكون مش��خصة ل��كل متلقي عل��ى حدة، حيث يمكن إس��تخدام إس��م الش��خص أو لوجو شركة

كخلفية متكررة شفافة. - إمكاني��ة إس��تخدام الورنيش والتونر الش��فاف

كعامات مائية مطبوعة .

- تك��ون طبق��ة الورني��ش بمثاب��ة طبق��ة واقية وحامية للمطبوعات أثناء التداول واإلستخدام.

- ال ش��ك أن كل ما س��بق يس��اعد على جذب وش��د إنتباه المس��تهلك أو المتلق��ي أو القارىء أو

المستخدم. - إضف��اء إحس��اس ونعوم��ة الطبع��ات الخاصة

بطباعة الليثو أوفست للمطبوعات الرقمية. - إضافة القيمة للمطبوعات المتنوعة.

- زيادة ج��ودة المطبوعات المنفذة على خامات ذات ملمس وتأثيرات نافرة وبارزة.

وتنفذ ه��ذه التقنية داخل الماكين��ات داخل وحدة خامس��ة بع��د األربع��ة وح��دات الطباعية الس��يان

والماچنتا واألصفر واألسود.

يلع��ب الورق دورًا هامًا في نجاح عملية الورنش��ة والتغطي��ة من عدمها، فمثًا للحصول على أعلى درجات اللمعان في أماكن طباعة الورنيش يفضل

إستخدام الورق المطفي.

وحسب ش��ركة زيروكس، يمكن تجهيز الملفات الرقمية الخاصة بالتصميم كالتالي:

- إختيار طبقة جديدة للتصميم وتسميته ورنيش مثًا

- إختي��ار ل��ون جديد وتس��ميته حبر ج��اف مثًا وتحديده كلون إضافي

- ضبط الل��ون الجديد كل��ون CMYK مصمت 100٪ في أي من األلوان األساسية

- رسم المناطق والمس��احات المطلوب تغطيتها بالورني��ش داخ��ل الطبقة الجدي��دة وملئها باللون

الجديدOverprint fill and/ يج��ب إختي��ار إمكاني��ة -

or stroke- بع��د إضاف��ة كل العناص��ر المطلوب��ة يتم وضع

الصورة النهائية على طبقة أسفل طبقة الورنيش- يتم نسخ الصورة ولصقها على طبقة الورنيش

- إختي��ار effects ث��م multiply وذل��ك لمن��ع ال�� م��ن الورني��ش أس��فل الموج��ودة الص��ورة

knicking out- وفي النهاية يتم حفظ نس��خة ملف پي دي إف

Press Quality عالي الجودة باستخدام

يمك��ن اس��تخدام ه��ذه التقنيات ف��ي العديد من التطبيقات والمطبوعات، نذكر منها:

- ألبوم الصور- العبوات الدوائية

- العلب الخاصة بالتعبئة والتغليف- بطاقات التعبئة والتغليف

- العلب الخاصة بمستحضرات التجميل- الملصقات اإلعانية المختلفة

- األغلفة المتنوعة للمجات والكتب- النتائج ومطبوعات الدعاية واإلعان

- التذاكر والدعاوي المختلفةإل��ى جان��ب العديد م��ن المطبوع��ات والمنتجات

الطباعية األخرى

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من الشـــركات المصنعة لمعدات الطباعة، وهل تعتقد أن هيدلبرج ســـوف تندمج مع

شركة أخرى مصنعة لمعدات الطباعة؟هناك الكثير من الق��درات اليوم في عالم الصناعة، عليك أن تستخلص الطاقة الفائضة لتحقيق المزيد من القيمة للسوق، الس��ؤال الذي يطرح نفسه، هل بإم��كان العبي الصناع��ة وضع الم��ال الكافي في مجال األبحاث والتطوير لمنافس��ة شركات وسائل اإلع��ام األخ��رى؟ وإذا كان الجمي��ع يض��ع قطعة صغيرة فقط من أجل تطوي��ر المعدات بالتوازي مع اآللة نفس��ها، إذن أين هو اإلختاف في ذلك، ومن هنا يأتي تفس��يري لإلندم��اج، وهو لم��اذا النجمع جهود الشركات الفردية المصنعة لتقديم تقنية أفضل وإنتاجي��ة أعلى لألس��واق، وتوحي��د رؤوس األموال لتنفيذ مهام معينة تساعد في بذل المزيد من الجهد

وإعطاء صبغة أفضل للصناعة في نهاية المطاف. برأيك، مـــاذا يحمل معرض دروبا 2012

في جعبته لمتابعيه؟معرض دروبا س��يظهر أن هناك طلبا مستمرا على الطباعة التجاري��ة وطباعة التغلي��ف، وهناك فرص عمل في صناعتنا لجني المال، كما سيؤدي الجمع بين الطباعة باألوفست والطباعة الرقمية على سبيل المثال إلى المزيد من المرونة للمطابع وكذلك الحال بالنسبة لمشتري معدات الطباعة، أيضا سنرى زيادة ف��ي عملية التكامل بين وس��ائل اإلعام المطبوعة واإللكترونية، ومن المهم أن نفهم أن وسائل اإلعام يكمل كل منهما اآلخر وستدفع نحو تسويق مختلط، كما سيكون دور المسؤولية البيئية حاسما، وهذا هو المكان الذي س��تواصل فيه هيدلبرج دورها الريادي في حماية البيئة ضمن صناعة الطباعة، وسيحصل الناس على التوجيه ف��ي دروبا على ماهية ما يودون اس��تثماره وكيفيته، وكذل��ك أفكار ف��رص األعمال

التجارية الجديدة. معرض دروبا 2012 سيظهر أيضا العديد من الحلول التي ستساعد المطابع في مواكبة متطلبات المستقبل، وستكون ذات مدى تشغيلي أقصر، وأسرع في وقت االستعداد، باإلضافة إلى القضايا البيئية، وكيفية تقليل النفايات الورقية وكيفية البدء سريعا في عملية اإلنتاج، هذه هي المواضيع التي سيتم تغطيتها نتيجة الضغط م��ن قبل س��وق المطابع الت��ي تريد إنت��اج منتجات طباعية نوعية وبأس��عار معقول��ة وأرخص بكثير من المتاح حالي��ا، هم بحاجة إلى مع��دات طباعة جديرة

بالثقة وتلبي متطلباتهم بنجاح.باعتقادك هل يمكـــن لمركز ثقل الطباعة

أن ينتقل من العالم الغربي نحو آسيا؟أج��ل، هناك تحول لكنه لي��س بالتحول الجذري، هناك الكثير من عمليات الطباعة التي تجري في آسيا اليوم، 30 ٪ من إنتاجنا يتجه نحو آسيا، وفقط 15 ٪ يتجه نحو أمريكا الش��مالية، واليزال التأثير األكبر في وس��ط أوروبا في ميدان الطباعة، أما وقد قلت ذل��ك فإنه البد ل��ي باإلعتراف بأنه س��يكون هناك المزيد من عمليات الطباعة في نصف الكرة اآلس��يوي في المستقبل، وحتى اآلن نحن نتزعم

السوق هناك في المنتجات عالية الجودة. وه��ذا يعني أن على ش��ركات الطباعة في المنطقة الغربي��ة أن تتمي��ز فيما بينها، وه��ذا التطور هو قيد التقدم بالفعل، والعديد من المطابع استطاعت تحقيق ذلك من خال تنفيذ عمليات اإلنتاج قليل التكلفة والفعال��ة كمثال لذل��ك، وبناء على ه��ذا التطور في السوق قمنا بتكييف هيكل شركتنا واستراتيجيتها من خال تقديم قسم الخدمة الذي يدعم عمائنا

من خال وضعهم في عين اإلعتبار.هل ســـيتخطى معرض الصيـــن للطباعة

معرض دروبا؟ال أعتق��د ذل��ك، ألن ج��زءا كبي��را م��ن عملي��ات الطباع��ة ال تزال قائما في البلدان الصناعية وأيضا

ال يزال أكبر عدد من المطابع هناك.بي��د أن مع��رض الصي��ن للطباعة هو ح��دث هام لدعم النمو في هذا البلد مستقبا، وسيكون لدينا حضور كبي��ر هناك مع عرض ألح��دث التقنيات لعمائن��ا، وسنس��لط الض��وء عل��ى اط��اق آل��ة Speedmaster CX 102 في السوق الصيني.

بناء على اإلتفاق الجديد، هيدلبرج أمريكا EFI’s ســـتقوم بتوزيع سلســـلة معداتVUTEk GS فضال عـــن األحبار والقطع والمواد اإلستهالكية، كما ستوفر هيدلبرج أيضا خدمة العمالء والدعم التقني للمطابع بما في ذلك التركيب والتدريب، سؤالي هو: هل سنرى اتفاقات مماثلة في أجزاء أخرى من العالم بما في ذلك الشـــرق األوسط؟ باألحرى هو تحالف غريب بعض الشيء، هل يعني ذلك أن هيدلبرج في المستقبل ستتحول إلى شركة تقدم مجموعة كاملة من المعدات الرقمية على أساس اتفاقات

مع مصنعي المعدات األصليين؟يج��ب أن تكون المنتجات الت��ي نوزعها متكاملة دائما مع ما نعرضه للبيع من أجل تقديم منتجات له��ا قيمتها ل��دى عمائنا، مثل توزي��ع الطابعات كبيرة الحجم ف��ي الواليات المتح��دة األمريكية والتي تعتبر مثاال جيدا لذلك، فضا عن ش��راكتنا

مع ريكو مؤخرا.هيدلب��رج تتعامل مع 170 دول��ة وأكثر من 5000 ش��خص يهتمون بالمبيعات وأنش��طة الخدمات، وكل ما يمكن بيعه وكل ما يائم حزمة منتجاتنا فهو موضع ترحيب كبير، المرشدين اإلحتياطيين لدينا، ومرش��دي الخدمات وقبل كل ش��يء لدينا المرش��دين األساس��يين الذين بإمكانهم التعامل عل��ى نح��و كام��ل م��ع مش��اريع اإلتفاقي��ات مع مصنع��ي المع��دات األصلي��ة، في الواق��ع قد نرى

نحن أكثر من ذلك في المستقبل.تنفيـــذي ألكبر شـــركة مصنعة كرئيس لمعدات الطباعة في العالم، بالتأكيد قمت باتخاذ العديد من القرارات الصعبة والتي بال أدنى شك كان لها تأثيرها على صناعة الفنون التصويرية، ماهو تقييمك لنفسك؟ وبرأيك ما هو اإلنجـــاز األكبر لديك؟ ولو

كان لديـــك الفرصة للعـــودة بالزمن إلى الـــوراء، مـــا الـــذي يمكنك فعله بشـــكل

مختلف؟عمائن��ا م��ن التعزي��ز وس��يظل كان هدفن��ا وصناعتن��ا، هيدلب��رج كانت الش��ركة المصنعة الت��ي ج��زأت عملية اإلنت��اج إل��ى عمليات “ما قب��ل الطباعة” و “طباعة” و “مابع��د الطباعة”، وبن��اء على ذل��ك نح��ن دمجنا ه��ذه العمليات يدع��ى انس��يابي نظ��ام عم��ل ف��ي المعزول��ة قمن��ا للحل��ول م��زودة وكش��ركة ،Prinectسلس��لة ضم��ن المع��دات وتكام��ل بتوحي��د ه��ذه وباتب��اع المطبع��ة، إدارة ف��ي العم��ل الم��ورد ت��زال وال هيدلب��رج كان��ت الفلس��فة أنظم��ة عم��ل يع��رض حزم��ة ال��ذي الوحي��د

إنس��يابية متكامل��ة.ل��و قدر لي الع��ودة بالزمن إلى الوراء فإن ش��عوري حينها ه��و أننا اتجهنا صوب المج��ال الرقمي في وقت مبكر جدا، ولكنك تقوم باتخاذ القرار بناء على المعلومات التي لدي��ك في هذه النقطة من الزمن، وبعدئذ وكما يقول المثل تصبح أكثر حكمة بمرور

السنين.الطباعة تتغير بمرور الزمن، وستس��تمر في التغير، ونح��ن ن��رى في المس��تقبل إمكاني��ة الجمع بين تقني��ة الطباعة الرقمية واألوفس��ت، وها نحن هنا م��رة أخرى في العام 2011 نتعاون بين ش��ريك في المجال الرقمي والذي من شأنه أن يساعد عمائنا في توفير المرونة وجني المال في مجال الطباعة.

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وتنظيم عملياتنا الداخلية، ومع الهيكل التقسيمي الجديد فإننا س��نكون قادرين على خدمة عمائنا

بكفاءة ووضع مسار للنمو في المستقبل.استنادا إلى دراســـة من قبل منظمة سوق والبحوث للمعلومـــات الطباعـــة صناعات “بريميـــر”، بحلول العام 2015 ســـيكون هنـــاك نحـــو انخفاض بنســـبة 0.3 % في الطباعة التقليدية ونمو في الطباعة الرقمية بنســـبة 15.9 %، وفي غضون ذلك بحلول 2015، هيدلبـــرج تتوقع نمو قدره 1 % في الســـنة، بناء على االنخفاض المحدود من عائدات طباعة األوفســـت في العام 2009 والنظرة اإليجابية لسوق الطباعة في البلدان النامية، إذا كانت هـــذه التوقعات صحيحة فإن النمو في الطباعة التقليدية أمر مخيب لآلمال، مالذي يعطيكم الحافز لالســـتثمار في طباعة األوفست التقليدية وجلب مطابع

جديدة إلى األسواق؟م��ن الصع��ب وص��ف التق��دم ف��ي صناع��ة الفنون التصويري��ة برمته من خال رقم واح��د فقط، دعنا نوسع المجال قليا، أجل صناعة الطباعة في البلدان النامية تواجه معدالت نمو جيدة في حين أن الصناعة في البلدان الصناعية آخذه بالتغير، وفي الوقت نفسه ينمو سوق طباعة التغليف بشكل أكثر مستقر، ومع توقعات بارتفاع معدل النمو مقارنة مع سوق الطباعة التجاري��ة، بيد أنه عالم متغي��ر وعلينا أن نتكيف مع التغي��رات، ولهذا فإنه من المهم بالنس��بة لهيدلبرج أن توس��ع تواجدها في سوق التغليف وكذلك تقديم الحلول المناس��بة لعمائنا من جمي��ع أنحاء العالم، هل يعني ذلك أن نتوقف عن االس��تثمار في تقنية األوفس��ت؟ كا على اإلطاق، على س��بيل المثال آل��ة Speedmaster الت��ي قدمناه��ا في معرض آيبك��س، اآلل��ة CX 102 والت��ي قمنا بتصميمها لجمي��ع المنتجات مختلفة األحجام من أجل تلبية

االحتياجات المتغيرة في الصناعة.ف��ي غضون ذلك ومنذ س��نة واحدة م��ن بعد تقديم ه��ذه اآللة ، ثبت لدين��ا أن هذا هو الطريق الصحيح للتوج��ه نح��وه، وقد قوبلت ه��ذه اآللة ف��ي البلدان النامية بش��كل مثالي لدى المطابع الصناعية والتي أعطتها الفرصة للمنافس��ة، أما في البلدان الصناعية وعلى س��بيل المث��ال آلة CX كان��ت خطوة مثالية للمطابع التجارية القتحام س��وق التعبئة والتغليف، إن مطلبنا هو توفير الحلول المتنوعة لعمائنا وهذا هو الس��بب الذي يدعونا أيضا لفع��ل ذات األمر في االتجاه الرقمي مثل تقديم الحلول متعددة الجوانب لتلبية احتياجات المطابع ومشتري معدات الطباعة.

خـــالل أيبكس، أعلنتم أنـــه بحلول نهاية العام 2010، فإن هيدلبرج تخطط للعودة إلى سوق الطباعة الرقمية التجارية وأنكم ستعلنون شريكم الرقمي، وأعلن ستيفان بلينز أن الشركة تســـتعد لحل يتألف من الطباعة الرقمية وطباعة األوفست وبرنامج تحكم إلرســـال المهـــام الطباعية بين كال اإلتجاهين، لمـــاذا تعتقد أن هـــذا النظام سيكون صيغة الربح الخاصة بكم لالستفادة

من سوق الطباعة الرقمية؟بالع��ودة إلى المجال الرقمي فإن ذلك يعني أن نقدم لعمائن��ا المزيد من المرون��ة المهمة، والجمع بين تقنية Anicolor وقابلية الطباعة الرقمية التي تمكن المطابع التجارية من اختيار التقنية المائمة ليناسب الحال��ة الفعلية اس��تنادا إل��ى تكلفة اإلنت��اج، وجودة الطباعة ووقت التس��ليم، كما أن عدم وجود مشكلة إلنتاج معدات طباعة مرنة سهلة التشغيل لديها أداة لخيار آخر فقط، سيعد بالطبع حاسما اليوم في بيئة األعمال التجارية المنافسة، ولهذا السبب نحن لدينا اعتقادنا الراسخ بأن جهودنا لدمج الحلول الرقمية مع األوفست ستجلب منافع حقيقية للسوق وهو األمر الذي دعانا لإلعان مؤخرا عن تعاوننا اإلستراتيجي

الدولي مع ريكو. وكخطوة أولى، وافقت كا الشركتين على الدخول في عق��د توزيع دولي إلنتاج حزم��ة منتجات ريكو الطباعي��ة، وهذا اإلتفاق يتيح لنا بيع أحدث طابعات ريك��و الرقمية مثل آل��ة برو ريك��و C901 للفنون التصويري��ة، طابعة ريكو الرقمية عالية الس��رعة مع أحب��ار ريكو الكيميائية PxP ، فضا عن بيع آالت الطباع��ة المس��تقبلية المناس��بة المعروضة ضمن خطوط إنتاج ريكو، وس��يبدأ التعاون اإلس��تراتيجي الدولي وال��ذي يتضمن ريكو للخدمات والدعم في إبريل 2011، س��تكون الس��وق األولية في المملكة المتحدة وألمانيا مع المراحل التمهيدية التي ستتبع مناطق جغرافية مع اس��تهداف كامل لمعرض دروبا 2012، وتشمل خططنا المستقبلية التكامل مع نظام هيدلب��رج الصناعي لحلول نظام العمل اإلنس��يابي القياس��ي Prinect ف��ي مج��ال صناع��ة الفن��ون التصويرية، عاوة على اإلنضمام إلى أنشطة التطوير

المشتركة لتطبيقات الطباعة المستقبلية. لقد وجدنا الش��ريك االستراتيجي المثالي مع ريكو

والذي يش��اركنا األهمية في التركي��ز على العماء واالس��تدامة البيئية، والجودة وخدم��ة العماء، ومع Anicolor إضافة حزمة منتجاتنا التي تضمن تقنيةمع أحدث معدات الطباعة الرقمية، فإننا نقدم لعمائنا الم��زج بين ماهو األفضل في فئة تقنية األوفس��ت وتقنية الطباعة الرقمية، وباالستفادة منهما، سيكون بمقدور عمائنا طباعة البيانات المختلفة باإلضافة إلى الطباعة قصيرة المدى بجانب فعاليتها من حيث التكلف��ة والجودة العالية في طباعة األوفس��ت، ومع هذه الش��راكة الجديدة س��وق نتطرق إلى متطلبات العم��اء ضم��ن مجموع��ة واس��عة م��ن تطبيقات الطباعة المختلطة أي المزج بين طباعة األوفس��ت

والطباعة الرقمية ضمن منتج طباعي واحد.باعتقادكم مع الحلول الرقمية التي تقدمونها، هل ستكونوا قادرين على تشكيل منافسة جادة مع شركات مثل إتش بي وزيروكس

وغيرها، أم أنه ال توجد نية لذلك؟قبل دخولنا السوق الرقمي واختيار شراكتنا مع ريكو، قمن��ا بتحليل دقيق النتش��ار اإلنتاج م��ن الطباعة التجارية، ومن المهم للغاية عدم التركيز على مهام واحدة، ولكن تقديم أفضل المعدات الازمة النتشار كامل اإلنتاج من الطباعة التجارية، وهذا هو السبب في اعتقادنا الشديد بأن الجمع بين مجال األوفست والمج��ال الرقمي والكيفية التي س��نقدمها معا مع ريك��و هو الطريق نحو المس��تقبل لتقديم األهمية

والمرونة للمطابع وكذلك لعمائهم. قدمت هيدلبرج منذ تأسيسها وحتى اآلن العديد مـــن المبتكرات والتقنيـــات الفنية الحديثة، ومع ذلـــك التزال آلة GTO هي روح هيدلبـــرج ورمزهـــا، حتـــى أن هناك البعض ممـــن قاموا بتدوين بعض القصائد عنها، العديد مـــن المطابع يعتبرونها أكثر من مجرد مطبعة، هي التاريخ الحي بالنسبة لتاريـــخ الصناعة، البعض يتســـاءل مالذي سيحدث بالنسبة لهذه اآللة الشهيرة، في حال قامت هيدلبرج بإيقاف إنتاج هذه اآللة؟ليس في الشرق األوسط فحسب، إنما في مناطق أخرى مثل آس��يا وأمريكا الجنوبية والتي ال تزال آل��ة GTO 52 آل��ة الطباعة المطلوبة مع س��معة ممت��ازة وأداة عمل موثوقة وقيمة جيدة في عملية إع��ادة البيع، اليوجد لدينا س��بب إليق��اف إنتاجها، وق��د قمنا بتعديل وتجديد بع��ض العناصر المعينة له��ا وهي ال تزال آل��ة جيدة جدا على المس��توى األساسي من التشغيل اآللي مع اإلعدادات اليدوية الت��ي تائم المطاب��ع الصغي��رة وبخاص��ة البلدان النائية، آلة GTO اليوم هي أكثر تطورا وأكثر آلية ف��ي العمل، وليس لدي الس��بب لس��حب إنتاجها ألنها ال تزال تس��اهم بش��كل إيجابي في أعمالنا، وقد أنش��أت وعض��دت الكثير من أجي��ال المطابع حول العالم، كما أن جميع قطع الغيار متوفرة اليوم

ومطلوبة في كثير من األحيان.أقـــررت مؤخرا بضـــرورة توحيـــد صناعة الطباعة، باعتقادك هل هناك بالجوار العديد

لدينا اعتقادنا الراسخ بأن الجمع بين مجال األوفست والمجال الرقمي والكيفية التي سنقدمها معا مع ريكو هو الطريق نحو المستقبل

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قمتم بسداد القرض الحكومي الخاص بكم قبيل الموعد النهائي والذي كان متوقعا في بداية العـــام 2012، هل هـــذا يعني أنكم عدتم إلى المســـار الصحيـــح وأن األزمة

بالنسبة لهيدلبرج قد انتهت ؟صحي��ح، قمنا بس��داد ق��رض بن��ك KFW، ولكن الي��زال لدينا الدعم من قب��ل الحكومة، في صيف 2009 أسست هيدلبرج حزمة تمويل شاملة لتحقيق االس��تقرار في هيكل الش��ركة التمويلي، ومعالجة السندات المالية القابلة للتحويل نتيجة إعادة تنظيم المرافق الثنائي��ة، وأتمت هيدلب��رج حزمة التمويل بدع��م قوي تلقته ضمن إط��ار الحوافز االقتصادية

األلمانية الممتددة حتى منتصف العام 2012. المنش��آت الثاثة وقعت في العام 2009 بمبلغ 1.4 ملي��ار ي��ورو والتي في غضون ذل��ك انخفضت إلى ح��د كبير من خ��ال العائ��دات الصافية م��ن زيادة رأس الم��ال قدره��ا 400 ملي��ون ي��ورو فضا عن المصاري��ف التطوعي��ة نتيج��ة التدف��ق القوي في الس��يولة المالية بنحو 900 مليون يورو مجملة كما هي في 31 ديس��مبر 2010، وقد تم السداد بالكامل لبرنامج KFW الخاص، هذا اإلنخفاض في الديون المالية خفف بقدر كبير من عبئ الفائدة بالنسبة لنا، النص��ف المتبقي من حدود اإلئتمان المقدرة ب� 900 ملي��ون اعتبارا من اليوم هي بضمان من الحكومة،

التعافـــي إثـــر هبـــوط كبير، رئيـــس شـــراير بيرنهـــارد هيدلبرج فـــي مقابلة حصرية مـــع Me Printer جرت في الرئيسي بمدينة الشركة مقر هيدلبرج، يفاتحنا عن مســـار اإلنتعاش، وســـداد القروض، ســـوق إلى الشـــركة وعودة الطباعة الرقمية التجارية، وأهم

التوجهات في الصناعة.

ومستحقة بحلول منتصف عام 2012، وعاوة على ذل��ك فقد أعطت زي��ادة رأس المال ل��دى هيدلبرج

هيكل رأس مال مستقر.في جان��ب األعمال، هيدلب��رج هدفها تخطي هذه المرحلة، ذلك يعني أن احتساب األرباح قبل الفوائد والضرائب ينبغي أن يكون على األقل صفرا بحلول هذه السنة المالية، الطلبيات لدينا ارتفعت نحو ٪25، والمبيع��ات ارتفعت كذل��ك نح��و 18 ٪، وكل هذه المؤش��رات تدل عل��ى أن الصناعة تس��ترد عافيتها ونح��ن نتأه��ب لاقتراب م��ن هدفنا، ورغ��م ذلك، عليا القول أنها ليست حالة عامة في أي مكان آخر في هذه الصناعة، أمريكا الش��مالية الزالت تتراجع، اليوج��د هناك الكثير من االهتمام في االس��تثمار بكثافة في تلك المنطقة، بينما في المناطق األخرى وخاصة الصين وأمريكا الجنوبي��ة والبرازيل، هناك الكثير من النش��اط والحاجة إلى االس��تثمار، ولدي مشاعر مختلطة حيال منطقة الشرق األوسط نتيجة

الوضع السياسي الراهن هناك.لديكم خطـــة جارية إلعـــادة الهيكلة، بناء على هذه الخطـــة الجديدة، هيدلبرج اآلن لديها ثالثة أقسام فقط، هيدلبرج للمعدات وهيدلبرج للخدمـــات وهيدلبرج للخدمات المالية، بأي طريقة ســـاهمت عملية إعادة

الهيكلة في تغلبكم على الركود؟

بع��د االنتهاء م��ن عملية إع��ادة الهيكلة على هذا النح��و، فإن��ه كما تعل��م على األرجح، كنا ش��ركة 3.8 ملي��ار وانخفضت لتصب��ح 2.3 مليار نتيجة الرك��ود، ومثل هذا االنخف��اض فإنه بالكاد يمكن تعويض��ه م��ن خال إع��ادة الهيكل��ة داخليا فقط، ولهذا الس��بب نحن نعمل جاهدين للحد من ذلك وهو مايعني الحاجة إلى استخراج التكاليف الثابتة م��ن نحو 600 مليون في اإلجم��ال، ولتنفيذ ذلك علينا لألس��ف تخفيض عدد العمال��ة لدينا كذلك

لدي مشاعر مختلطة حيال منطقة الشرق

األوسط نتيجة الوضع السياسي

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الحقوا بركب التطور المنتشر في كل مكان مع معرض الخليج للطباعة والتغليف 2011

تعرفوا على أحدث تقنيات ومتطلبات صناعة الطباعة والتعبئة والتغليف ضمن فعاليات المعرض

يعد مع��رض الخليج للطباعة والتغلي��ف أرضا خصبة لل��زوار من مختلف أنحاء المنطق��ة لاطاع للتعرف على أحدث ما توصلت إليه كبرى الش��ركات العالمية في مجالي الطباعة والتعبئ��ة والتغليف، باإلضافة إلى الندوات والحلقات الدراس��ية التي سيتضمنها الحدث والتي س��تناقش العديد من المواضيع الهامة المتصلة بقطاعي الطباعة والتعبئة والتغليف بمشاركة نخبة من

كبار الخبراء في المجال.يع��د قط��اع التعبئ��ة والتغلي��ف معق��دا بعض الش��يء الس��تخدامه مجموعة واس��عة من المع��دات والمواد مثل الباستيك والصفائح الخشبية والرقائق المعدنية والمواد الورقية..إلخ، أما في جانب الطباعة فهي تشمل كل ما هو متصل باألوفست والحفر الغائر الضوئي وما إلى ذلك إضافة إلى تقنية الطباعة الرقمية التي تتطلب جودة أعل��ى وأداء أفضل باإلضافة إل��ى تلبية المعايير البيئية، وتعتبر التكنولوجيا في تغير مستمر من ناحية أس��لوب عرضها، كما أن ص��ور العامات التجارية في اتج��اه نحو أش��كال متغيرة، ل��ذا فإن غالبي��ة المطابع تبحث دائما على أحدث خامات وأحبار الطباعة وحتى أحدث معدات الطباعة القانوني��ة ومتطلبات االختبار، ويعد معرض الخليج للطباعة والتغليف المكان األمثل الستكش��اف كل م��ا ه��و حديث ف��ي ه��ذا المجال، باإلضاف��ة إلى أحدث المتطلب��ات الازمة في معدات التش��طيب والتقطي��ع والتش��كيل وعملي��ات التعبئة

لتقديم منتج يمكن مشاهدته في المعرض.

الحدث من تنظيم مجموعة طرطوس، وس��يعقد في الفت��رة م��ن 14 وحت��ى 17 م��ارس المقبل م��ن العام الحال��ي في مركز مع��ارض مطار دب��ي، وتعد منطقة الش��رق األوس��ط ومنطقة ش��مال افريقيا سوقا حيويا عند النظر إليها من خريطة العالم في الطباعة والتعبئة والتغليف، وبدعم من هذه األس��واق استطاع المعرض أن يثب��ت موقع��ه كح��دث ض��ارب يع��رض الفرص

المذهلة، ويتناول التطورات الهامة في المنطقة.وس��تتمكن الش��ركات العارض��ة م��ن ع��رض أحدث االتجاه��ات التقني��ة، وتوثي��ق عاقتها م��ع عمائها الحاليي��ن وكذل��ك الجدد، باإلضافة إل��ى فرصتها في زي��ادة مبيعات منتجاته��ا من خال الع��روض الحية والترويجية في أجنحتهم، وس��يعطي الحدث الفرصة المواتية للوصول إلى ش��ركات الطباعة وعقود التعبئة وش��ركات الدع��م اللوجس��تي وأصح��اب العام��ات التجاري��ة كل تحت س��قف واحد، كم��ا تتواجد هناك مي��زة إضاف��ة وهي اس��تهداف المش��ترين من خال

شركة واسعة من وسائل اإلعام والشركات.وع��اوة على اس��تضافة المعرض في دورت��ه الحالية شريحة واسعة من كبرى الشركات العاملة في قطاعي الطباع��ة والتغلي��ف، س��يتضمن الحدث عق��د ندوات وحلقات دراس��ية من شأنها دراس��ة بعض التطبيقات العملي��ة، باإلضاف��ة إلى اس��تعراض مفص��ل ألحدث االتجاهات التقنية، كما س��تتركز المناقشات هذا العام ح��ول الطباعة الرقمية والتي س��تطرحها ش��خصيات

بارزة في هذا المجال.وبإم��كان ال��زوار رؤي��ة مصنع��ي وم��وردي معدات وأل��واح الطباعة، والخامات الطباعية بش��تى أنواعها، باإلضافة إلى معدات التش��طيب والطي عاوة على مجموع��ة واس��عة م��ن مع��دات وخام��ات الطباع��ة بشتنى أنواعها واس��تخداماتها، وسيحضر المعرض ه��ذا الع��ام العدي��د من ال��زوار م��ن مختل��ف أنحاء المنطق��ة م��ن اإلمارات والس��عودية وإي��ران والهند ومص��ر والبحري��ن والكوي��ت وباكس��تان وعم��ان

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األخبـــار

أك��د المش��اركون ف��ي المؤتم��ر الس��نوي لنقاب��ة عم��ال الطباعة والثقافة واإلعام بدمش��ق أهمية تش��جيع المبادرات وإطاقها وتفعيلها وتحس��ين األداء وزي��ادة اإلنتاجي��ة وتعزي��ز مفه��وم التكافل المطال��ب ومتابع��ة اإلنج��از وثقاف��ة االنتاج��ي العمالية ومعالجتها، ودعا المش��اركون إلى تثبيت العم��ال المتعاقدين والمؤقتي��ن الذين مضى على اس��تخدامهم س��نة أو أكث��ر ف��ي كاف��ة قطاع��ات الطباع��ة والثقافة واالعام باعتبارهم مرش��حين حس��ب القواني��ن واألنظم��ة عن طري��ق مكاتب

التشغيل في وزارة الشؤون االجتماعية والعمل.

ووفق��ا للوكال��ة العربي��ة الس��ورية لألنب��اء، دع��ا األعض��اء إل��ى تحوي��ل مطبع��ة جامعة دمش��ق من مؤسس��ة خدمي��ة إلى مؤسس��ة إنتاجية ذات طابع اقتص��ادي واإلهتمام بالتأهي��ل والتدريب للعم��ال المخصص��ة المس��اكن ع��دد وزي��ادة وتعديل قانون العمل رقم /91/ لعام 1959 بما يضم��ن حقوق العمال، وأوضح الدكتور محس��ن ب��ال وزي��ر اإلعام أهمي��ة الدور ال��ذي يؤديه العمال ف��ي مجال البن��اء والتنمي��ة االجتماعية واالقتصادي��ة ودعم مس��يرة االقتص��اد، وبدوره تحدث رئي��س االتحاد المهني لعم��ال الطباعة

والثقاف��ة واإلعام باس��م الرفاع��ي فأجاب على ع��دة تس��اؤالت منها م��ا يتعلق بتثبي��ت العمال المؤقتي��ن مبين��ًا أن اإلدارات ه��ي المعنية بهذا الش��أن وعل��ى حس��ب توف��ر الش��اغر واالعتماد وق��د تم تش��كيل لجنة من أجل تش��ميل عمال وفئات جدي��دة باختصاص طبيع��ة العمل وفيها ممثل لاتحاد كما أنه يتم العمل اآلن لتش��ميل فئات جديدة في مشروع الضمان الصحي الذي يغطي حتى اآلن 750 ألف عامل، يذكر أن عدد المنتس��بين للنقاب��ة قد بلغ نهاي��ة العام الماضي

18550 عام��ًا وعامل��ة.

سوريا: المؤتمر السنوي لنقابة عمال الطباعة والثقافة واإلعالم يدعو إلى تحويل مطبعة جامعة دمشق من مؤسسة خدمية إلى مؤسسة إنتاجية

المشاركون في المؤتمر يطالبون بتثبيت عمال المطابع المتعاقدين والمؤقتين

تعاق��دت مطبع��ة ويف��ز ف��ي الكويت على ش��راء Presstek Dimension م��ن ن��وع CTP آلة800Pro-AL من شركة إيج لمعدات الجرافيك.اآلل��ة الجديدة وم��ع أداة تحميل آلي تعد أول آلة من فئتها س��يتم تثبيتها في الكوي��ت، وقد بيعت اآللة بواس��طة شركة إيج لمعدات الجرافيك والتي تتول��ى عملي��ة توزيع منتجات ش��ركة بريس��تك ف��ي منطق��ة الخليج، وق��د اتجهت مطبع��ة ويفز لاس��تثمار في اآللة الجدي��دة لقدرتها على تلبية احتياج��ات المطبع��ة ومتطلباته��ا ف��ي الكوي��ت،

ولدى ألواح بريس��تك الطباعية القدرة على إظهار التفاصي��ل الدقيق��ة، باإلضاف��ة إل��ى قدرتها على الجم��ع مابين تحمل أعباء العم��ل وزيادة قدرتها

نظرا لسرعة إنتاج ألواح الطباعة.وعلق جاياكرييش��نان فالورو مدي��ر المبيعات من إيج بقوله أن هذا التعاقد يعد ذو أهمية كبيرة للغاية بالنس��بة للش��ركة، وأعرب ع��ن س��عادته لتطابق احتياج��ات العم��اء مع حلول ش��ركة بريس��تك، وأوضح أن عملية تركيب اآللة كانت سلسلة، وقد ف��اق أدائها توقعات العماء، وهي ش��هادة حقيقية

لجودة أداء أنظمة بريستك.من جهته قال ج��اك دين مدير المببيعات بالمنطقة أنه يدين بالفضل لهذا النجاح إلى العمل الدؤوب الذي تبذله شركة إيج في تمثيل شركة بريستك في منطقة الخليج، والتي دربت طاقم الموظفين لدى المبيعات والدعم التقني وأنشئت سمعة طيبة في خدمة ما بعد البيع وهو األمر المعروف عنها في شتى أنحاء المنطقة، كما أع��رب عن ثقته بأن هذا التعاقد األول س��يكون ضمن المزيد من التعاقدات التي ستش��هدها السوق

الكويتية كنتيجة للشراكة بين بريستك وإيج.

الكويت: مطبعة ويفز تستثمر في آلة سي تي بي جديدة من بريستكاآللة الجديدة تعاقد عليها من قبل شركة إيج لمعدات الجرافيك بمقرها في دبي

نظم��ت غرف��ة صناع��ة إرب��د ثان��ي أكب��ر المدن األردنية، لقاء مع أصحاب صناعة التعبئة والطباعة والتغلي��ف العاملة ف��ي إربد بحض��ور ممثلي هذه القطاع��ات في غرفة صناع��ة االردن وتم تدارس المش��اكل والتحديات الت��ي تواجه هذه القطاعات

وطرق حلها.ووفقا لصحيفة الدستور األردنية، قال رئيس غرفة صناع��ة إربد رائد س��مارة أن هذه اللق��اءات تعتبر األول��ى ف��ي محافظة إربد وتأتي من أجل دراس��ة الهم��وم والمش��اكل الت��ي تواجه ه��ذه القطاعات وتطويره��ا به��ا واالرتق��اء للنه��وض الحيوي��ة باعتباره��ا جزءا أساس��يا م��ن االقتص��اد الوطني، مش��يرا إلى أن الغرفة س��تعمل عل��ى تذليل كافة الصعوبات التي تواجه أصحاب هذه الصناعات بما

يساعد على دفعها لامام.من جهته أش��ار مندوب قط��اع الطباعة والتغليف

في غرفة صناعة األردن عدنان أبو الراغب إلى أن حج��م الصادرات لقطاع التعبئ��ة والتغليف والورق والكرت��ون بلغت 405 مايين دين��ار خال العام 2010 حي��ث يوجد 726 منش��أة تش��غل نحو 12 أل��ف عاما الفت��ا إلى وجود نية إلنش��اء أكاديمية مهني��ة للتعبئة والتغليف بالتنس��يق مع الحكومة بما يساهم في تخريج كفاءات تخدم هذا القطاع.وأض��اف أبو الراغ��ب أنه بالرغم م��ن وجود بعض المعوق��ات، إال أن قط��اع صناعة ال��ورق والتغليف والتعبئ��ة ش��هد نموا الفت��ا خال الع��ام الماضي، وسجل نموا بنسبة 14 ٪ وبحجم صادرات وصل

إلى405 مليون دينار.وكان أصحاب هذه القطاعات استعرضوا المشاكل الت��ي تواجهه��م والمتمثلة بوج��ود مطابع حاصلة عل��ى تراخي��ص وال تمتل��ك آالت طابع��ة وتقوم بالعمل بالتنسيق مع مطابع أخرى بهدف التهرب

الضريبي وهو األمر الذي يضر بالمنافس��ة العادلة ووج��ود نقص في العمالة الماه��رة والدعم المالي

والتمويلي الازم لتطوير هذا القطاع.

عدنان أبو الراغبرائد سمارة

األردن: لقاء مشترك بين غرفة صناعة إربد وأصحاب صناعة التعبئة والطباعة والتغليف العاملين بها

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اإلس��امي للش��باب العالمي��ة الن��دوة وقع��ت الدفع��ة الس��ابعة من مش��روع مصح��ف إفريقيا م��ع “دار مصح��ف إفريقيا” بالخرطوم، وتش��مل الدفع��ة الجديدة طباعة )275.000( نس��خة من المصحف تتضمن طباعة المصحف المتوس��ط، ومصح��ف الجيب، ورب��ع يس، والعش��ر األخير، لتدخل الن��دوة بذلك في طباع��ة المليون الثاني لصالح المس��لمين في إفريقيا وغيرها، وس��تقوم الندوة العالمية للش��باب اإلس��امي بتوزيع هذه المؤسس��ات عل��ى المصاح��ف م��ن الكمي��ات التعليمي��ة ف��ي إفريقيا وعلى المس��اجد والمراكز اإلسامية كما سيس��تفيد منها طاب العلم في المدارس القرآنية المنتشرة في القارة اإلفريقية. وق��د أف��اد الدكتور حس��ن محمد عل��ي مدير دار مصحف إفريقيا حسبما جاء في صحيفة الرياض الس��عودية، أن المش��روع الرائ��د ال��ذي تنفذه دار

غرف��ة صناع��ات إدارة أعض��اء مجل��س اتف��ق الطباع��ة عل��ى تعلي��ق مه��ام د.محم��د عهدي فضل��ي رئي��س مجلس اإلدارة كرئي��س للغرفة، وتكلي��ف نائب��ه خالد عب��د العزيز مرس��ي بتولي

مه��ام الرئي��س لحي��ن الب��ت ف��ي التحقيق��ات الجاري��ة م��ع فضل��ي م��ن قب��ل نياب��ة األموال العام��ة والت��ي أمرت بحبس��ه 15 يوما على ذمة

التحقيق فى قضايا فس��اد.وأوض��ح أحم��د عاط��ف رئي��س الغرفة الس��ابق أن Me Printer ل�� إدارته��ا وعض��و مجل��س فضل��ي مه��ام تعلي��ق عل��ى اتفق��وا األعض��اء كرئي��س للغرفة لحين االنتهاء م��ن التحقيقات الت��ي تقوم به��ا نيابة األم��وال العام��ة معه، كما اتف��ق األعضاء على تكليف نائ��ب الرئيس خالد عب��د العزيز مرس��ي بتول��ي مهام فضل��ي لحين الب��ت ف��ي التحقي��ق، وأضاف عاطف أن��ه إذا لم تثب��ت التهم المنس��وبة إلى فضلي فإنه س��يعود م��رة أخ��رى لممارس��ة مهام��ه بالغرف��ة، أما في حال ثبوت التهم الموجة إليه فإن الغرفة س��تقوم باتخاذ اإلجراءات القانونية حيال هذا الصدد بما

ف��ي ذلك تنحي��ة فضلي ع��ن منصب��ه واجتماع أعض��اء الغرف��ة الختي��ار رئي��س جدي��د له��ا.

مع��رض أن ق��ال عاط��ف آخ��ر، عل��ى صعي��د تكنو برنت قد اتخذ قرار بتأجيله من ش��هر إبريل المقبل إلى ش��هر نوفمبر القادم من العام الحالي، نتيجة حالة عدم االس��تقرار التي تشهدها الباد والظ��روف الغير مواتية إلقام��ة مثل هذا الحدث الكبير وال��ذي يعتبر ضمن أهم معارض الطباعة ف��ي المنطق��ة وال��ذي يه��دف إلى تعزي��ز فرصة الش��ركات الطباعة العالمية لاس��تثمار في سوق الطباع��ة المصري��ة وإرس��اء عاق��ات عم��ل مع ش��ركات الطباعة المصري��ة، باإلضافة إلى تقديم أح��دث المنتجات م��ن آالت وتقني��ات الطباعة والتغلي��ف للمطابع والمصان��ع المصرية والتعرف

عل��ى عماء جدد في مصر وبقية أنح��اء العال��م.

مصر: تولي خالد عبد العزيز مهام رئيس غرفة صناعات الطباعة مؤقتاتعليق مهام رئيس الغرفة د. محمد عهدي فضلي لحين االنتهاء من التحقيق معه

قبل نيابة األموال العامة

خالد عبد العزيز مرسي

السعودية: بدء تنفيذ المرحلة السابعة من طباعة مصحف إفريقياالمرحلة الحالية تهدف إلى طباعة حوالي ربع مليون نسخة لصالح المسلمين في إفريقيا

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مصح��ف إفريقي��ا بالش��راكة م��ع الن��دوة العالمية للش��باب اإلس��امي، ليؤك��د أهمية ال��دور الرائد ال��ذي تقوم به الندوة في نش��ر كت��اب اهلل تعالى، مبينًا أنهم من خال تجربتهم السابقة مع الندوة ق��د تمكن��وا بفضل اهلل تعالى م��ن إيصال القرآن الكري��م إل��ى أصقاع كثي��رة من الق��ارة اإلفريقية، الفت��ًا النظ��ر إل��ى أن ع��ددًا كبي��رًا م��ن الجهات والمؤسس��ات والهيئ��ات والمنظمات اإلس��امية ف��ي إفريقي��ا ووزارات الش��ؤون اإلس��امية ق��د ثمنت هذا المش��روع ونوهت بدور الندوة العالمية للش��باب اإلسامي في تبنيه ودخولها في شراكة م��ع دار مصح��ف إفريقيا لنش��ر كت��اب اهلل، مبينًا أنه��م يتجهون بالش��راكة مع الندوة الس��تكمال طباعة المصحف بالروايات والقراءات المش��هورة

ف��ي افريقي��ا.

وق��ال إن هن��اك خط��ة ت��م وضعه��ا تتضم��ن طباع��ة معاني القرآن الكريم باللغات اإلفريقية والهوس��اوية الس��واحلية مث��ل المش��هورة وغيرهم��ا م��ن اللغ��ات اإلفريقي��ة فض��ًا ع��ن التوج��ه لطباعة ترجم��ة معاني الق��رآن الكريم اإلنجليزي��ة مث��ل الحي��ة العالمي��ة باللغ��ات

والفرنس��ية وغيرها.

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انتخب مؤخ��را أعضاء اللجنة التنفيذية لمجموعة عم��ل الطباعة والنش��ر في االجتم��اع الذي عقد في الش��هر الماض��ي بمقر غرفة صناع��ة وتجارة دبي والت��ي تعمل تحت مظلتها، بحضور كل من سعيد النجار المدير التنفيذي للعاقات الخارجية، وص��اح األمين المستش��ار القانون��ي لغرفة دبي وأعضاء المجموع��ة والعاملين في مجال الطباعة والنش��ر، وق��د أس��فرت االنتخاب��ات ع��ن إع��ادة انتخاب أحمد الش��يخ رئيس��ا لمجموع��ة الطباعة

والنش��ر، ومازن الحاج نائبا للرئيس، وسباس��تيان لونث أمينا عاما للمجموعة.

اس��تهل االجتم��اع بكلم��ة لرئي��س المجموع��ة أحمد الش��يخ رحب فيها بالحضور، ووجه ش��كره ألعض��اء اللجنة الحالية عل��ى الثقة التي منحوها للمجموع��ة، ومثمن��ا الجهود المخلص��ة والعطاء المتواص��ل م��ن األعض��اء عل��ى حد س��واء والتي كان له��ا األث��ر الفعال في االرتقاء بمس��يرة عمل المجموع��ة في األع��وام الماضية وم��ا تاها من إنجازات ساهمت في تطوير ونمو صناعة الطباعة معتب��را أن اإلنجاز األب��رز للمجموعة يتمثل في جائ��زة دبي للطباع��ة التي نقلت صناع��ة الطباعة والنش��ر إلى العالمية من خ��ال تطبيقها للمعايير المعتم��دة، كم��ا اس��تعرض الش��يخ م��ع األعضاء خط��ط وبرامج مجموع��ة عمل الطباعة والنش��ر المس��تقبلية المطروح��ة قي��د الدراس��ة والتي من ش��أنها تطوي��ر أداء قط��اع الطباعة منوه��ا بالدور الكبير الذي يلعبه هذا القطاع الحيوي في مسيرة

التنمية اإلقتصادية بالدولة.تل��ى ذلك كلم��ة تعريفية للمرش��حين ثمنوا فيها اإلنج��ازات الت��ي تحققت على ي��د أعضاء اللجنة

ف��ي األع��وام الماضي��ة، وأب��دو فيها اس��تعدادهم لتحمل عبئ المس��ؤولية وحرصهم على مواصلة دع��م مهام وخطط اللجنة المس��تقبلية بما لديهم من إمكانيات وخبرات في مجال الطباعة والنشر، وبعد إعان نتائج االنتخابات احتفظ أحمد الشيخ المدي��ر الع��ام لمطبع��ة م��ودرن بمهام��ه كرئيس لمجموعة الطباعة والنش��ر، كم��ا انتخب كل من م��ازن الح��اج المدي��ر العام لش��ركة برينت��ك نائبا للرئيس، وسباس��تيان لونث المدير العام لبروش��ن أمينا عام��ا للمجموعة، إضافة إل��ى أعضاء اللجنة المنتخبي��ن وهم إس��كندر جهانباني مدير تحرير مجل��ة Me Printer، مازن توفي��ق الطيبي مدير التس��ويق والمبيعات بهيدلبرج الش��رق األوس��ط، أنتون��ي مورف��ي المدير الع��ام والتج��اري لفلينت ج��روب، ب��ال حم��ادة المدي��ر الع��ام لزيروكس اإلمارات، رمزي رازيان مالك سبريكتم اإلمارات، فيج��ي مين��ون المدير الع��ام لمطبعة دب��ي، راني الحقوقي��ة المنش��ورات مال��ك الص��در جوزي��ف صادر، بي أي راداكريش��نان المدير العام للمطبعة العالمية، تي زاهر حس��ن م��ن باوربوينت، ناريش

موهاني المدير التنفيذي لمجلة برينت ويك.

اإلمارات: انتخاب أعضاء اللجنة التنفيذية لمجموعة عمل الطباعة والنشرإعادة انتخاب أحمد الشيخ رئيسا للمجموعة

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قام��ت هيدلب��رج بتس��ليم أول آلة طباع��ة كبيرة الحجم في منطقة الش��رق األوس��ط لدى مطبعة مصب��اح ف��ي العاصم��ة المصري��ة القاه��رة والتي أسس��ها عب��د المنع��م مصباح ف��ي الع��ام 1946، خال��د مصباح المس��ؤول ع��ن أعم��ال العائلة منذ الع��ام 1998 أعرب ع��ن إعجابه بالج��ودة العالية واإلنتاجي��ة الرائع��ة التي تتميز بيها اآللة، مش��يرا إل��ى أن مطبعة مصب��اح تنتج الكرت��ون المطوي لش��ركات الصناعات الغذائية وصناع��ة الحلويات في مص��ر، وأوضح أن المطبعة م��زودة أيضا بكل م��ن آل��ة Speedmaster CD 102 الجدي��دة GTO وآل��ة Speedmaster SM 74 وآل��ة 52، وتطبع حوالي 20 ألف طن متري سنوي من

الورق المقوى في السنة على ثاثة مراحل. مصب��اح أض��اف أن المطبعة حصل��ت على كل ما ترب��وا إليه م��ن اآللة الجديدة م��ن تركيب وخدمة وتدريب، مثمنا دور هيدلبرج التي تعمل عن كثب مع الموزع يوس��ف عام وش��ركاه لسنوات عديدة ف��ي المنطقة، وأوضح أن دخول اآللة الجديدة إلى الخدمة من ش��أنه تحقيق نمو ب��ارز في األعمال،

وطباعة نحو 40 ألف طن متري س��نويا من الورق المقوى.

وتعد آلة الطباعة هذه كبيرة الحجم والتي أطلقت ضمن فعاليات مع��رض دروبا 2008 مصدر فائدة ل��دى قطاعي الطباعة التجاري��ة وطباعة التغليف، Speedmaster XL الجدي��دة اآلل��ة وتس��تند 145 و XL 162 إل��ى التقني��ة الموجودة في آلة XL 105 والت��ي وف��رت مزايا رائعة مثل س��رعة اإلع��داد و قل��ة كمية النفاي��ات الورقي��ة، والجودة العالية المتسقة، والمرونة الجيدة ضمن مجموعة عالية من خامات الطباعة المتوفرة بش��كل واسع، كم��ا أن التقلي��ل من الوق��ت المس��تغرق لجعلها جاه��زة للعمل، جعلها فريدة م��ن نوعها في الفئة الت��ي تنتم��ي إليها من خال تنظيف إس��طوانات الطباعة وتغيير أسطح الطباعة آليا في وقت واحد وخال بضع دقائق فقط، وهي تعمل بنظام عمل Prinect اإلنس��يابي والتي توفر إمكانية تنس��يق متكامل، كما أن اآللة هي متاحة أيضا ضمن هذه

الفئة كآلة طباعة على الوجهين.عادل عام المدير التنفيذي لشركة يوسف عام

وش��ركاه أعرب ع��ن فخره الش��ديد بوج��ود هذه اآلل��ة ألول م��رة في مص��ر، وأضاف أن الش��ركة لديه��ا تاريخه��ا الطويل من الثق��ة المتبادلة بينها وبين مطبعة مصباح، من خال توفير المس��اعدة الدؤوب��ة والت��ي تع��زز م��ن ق��درة المطبع��ة على

المنافسة والتسويق والكفاءة وجودة اإلنتاج.

مصر: أول طابعة كبيرة الحجم من هيدلبرج تتسلمها مطبعة مصباحالمطبعة تتطلع إلى مضاعفة اإلنتاج من خال آلة الطباعة الجديدة

من اليمين إلى اليسار:المهندس عادل عالم المدير التنفيذي

لشركة يوسف عالم وشركاه وكيل هيدلبرج في مصر

خالد مصباح المدير التنفيذي لمطبعة مصباح

د. علي مكاري مدير المبيعات المنطقة في هيدلبرج

ف��ي إط��ار خط��ة وزارة الداخلي��ة لتطوير وإنش��اء مب��ان حديث��ة إلدارات ال��وزارة لتواك��ب التط��ور المس��تمر الذي تش��هده قط��ر، ج��رى بالملحق اإلداري ل��وزارة الداخلي��ة بالدفن��ة التوقي��ع على عقد إنش��اء مبن��ى المطبعة األمنية الذي س��يقام عل��ى طريق س��لوى بالقرب م��ن الموقع الحالي

لمطابع الش��رطة.ووق��ع عن ال��وزارة العمي��د مهندس عب��د العزيز عبد اهلل األنص��اري مدير إدارة اإلمداد والتجهيز ب��وزارة الداخلية، وعن الش��ركة المنفذة “النورس الهندس��ية” المهن��دس عم��رو محم��ود، وحضر التوقي��ع كل من العقيد س��عود راش��د آل ش��افي

رئيس قس��م المشتريات بإدارة اإلمداد والتجهيز والعقيد هش��ام القصيبى رئيس قس��م الهندس��ة محم��د والنقي��ب والتجهي��ز اإلم��داد ب��إدارة

القحطان��ي.وذك��رت صحيف��ة الش��رق القطري��ة أن الفت��رة الزمني��ة التي يس��تغرقها االنتهاء من المش��روع هي 12 ش��هرا بدءا م��ن تاريخ توقي��ع العقد، في حي��ن تبل��غ تكلف��ة المش��روع 59 ملي��ون ريال قطري ويش��رف على المش��روع قس��م الهندسة

ب��إدارة اإلم��داد والتجهي��ز.ويتك��ون مبن��ى المطبع��ة األمني��ة م��ن طابقين

واإلنت��اج، والتصني��ع للطباع��ة ورش��ا ويش��مل باإلضاف��ة إلى مجموع��ة من المكات��ب اإلدارية م��ن وغيره��ا والتدري��ب لاجتماع��ات وقاع��ة

المراف��ق األخ��رى.

قطر: وزارة الداخلية توقع عقد إنشاء مبنى المطبعة األمنيةتبلغ تكلفة المشروع نحو 60 مليون ريال قطري

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بدقة حتى اآلن بسبب ثورة 25 يناير.وأض��اف ف��ى تصريح��ات لصحيفة اليوم الس��ابع

المصري��ة، أن غالبية العاملين ف��ى مطابع القطاع الخ��اص يعملون بالقطعة أو بالكمي��ة، وهو ما أثر عل��ى رواتبهم، كذلك ف��إن المطابع الحكومية قد تأث��رت، حيث قل مع��دل طبع الصح��ف الخاصة ذات الميزاني��ات المنخفض��ة، كم��ا أن الصح��ف القومية انعدمت عل��ى صفحاتها اإلعانات، وهو م��ا أدى إلى خفض عدد الصفحات والنس��خ، كما لعب��ت القن��وات الفضائية عامًا كبيرًا ف��ى التأثير على طباعة الصحف، حيث كان يتابعها المايين من المواطنين والذين لم يحتاجوا فى اليوم الثانى لش��راء الصح��ف، وأوضح، أن غالبية المؤسس��ات الطباعي��ة ل��ن تصرف حاف��ز اإلنتاج ف��ى المطابع الخاص��ة على وجه التحديد، بينما لم يتضح حتى

اآلن موقف المؤسسات القومية.وعل��ى صعي��د متص��ل ناش��دت غرف��ة صناعات الطباع��ة باتح��اد الصناع��ات المصري��ة ال��وكاء التجاريي��ن ومس��توردي وتج��ار خام��ات الطباعة تثبيت األس��عار، وطالبت بااللتزام بأس��عار ما قبل ان��دالع ث��ورة 25 يناير، وعدم اس��تغال الظروف الت��ى تمر به��ا الباد، حت��ى ال تتع��رض المطابع

لخسائر غير محسوبة في أعمالها.

للتعبئ��ة المرك��زي الجه��از أعل��ن جهت��ه م��ن واإلحص��اء بمص��ر أن إجمالي الخس��ائر المحققة ف��ي قطاع��ات الصناع��ات التحويلي��ة والتش��ييد والبن��اء والس��ياحة ج��راء األحداث األخي��رة بلغت أكثر من 10 مليارات جنيه تقريبا، في حين شكك الخبي��ر االقتص��ادي بصحيفة األه��رام المصرية مم��دوح الولي في حجم الخس��ائر الت��ي رصدها الجهاز المرك��زي للتعبئة العامة واإلحصاء، مؤكدا أنه��ا أضعاف هذا الرقم بكثي��ر، والتي وفقا لتقارير الخب��راء اإلقتصاديين ق��درت فيها الخس��ائر بما

يتراوح مابين 55 و100 مليار جنيه مصري. خس��ائر تكب��دت مص��ر أن بالذك��ر جدي��ر اقتصادي��ة فادح��ة إلى جانب ش��لل ف��ي عملية إنت��اج الس��لع والخدم��ات ع��اوة عل��ى توق��ف وتعلي��ق واالتص��االت اإلنترن��ت خدم��ات تداوالت البورصة وش��ل حركة النقل والسياحة إل��ى جان��ب أعمال الس��لب والنهب ف��ي معظم أنح��اء مصر ج��راء اندالع ث��ورة ش��عبية عارمة مؤخ��را ض��د النظ��ام المص��ري انته��ت بإطاحة الرئي��س محم��د حس��ني مب��ارك ع��ن الحكم

وتول��ي الجي��ش مقالي��د الب��اد.

مصر: قطاع الطباعة يتكبد خسائر مليونية بعد ثورة الغضبالمطابع الخاصة والعامة تتكبد خسائر تجاوزت مايين الجنيهات نتيجة تدهور الوضع في الباد

صناع��ة الطباعة في المنطقة على صفيح س��اخن، والجميع يتأه��ب لمعرض الخليج للطباعة والتغليف 2011، ف��ي ه��ذا العدد جلبنا إل��ى قرائنا األعزاء تتمة التقرير الش��امل لفعاليات مع��رض الخليج الطباعة والتغليف المقبل والذي يغطي فيه أحدث التقنيات التي ستعرض خال فعاليات المعرض من قبل كبار العبي الصناعة والشركات الصغيرة، باإلضافة إلى بعض المعدات والحلول التي ستعرض ضمن الحدث، وم��ع كل ذل��ك إال أن الموضوع األبرز في هذا العدد هو المقابلة الصحفية الحصرية مع بيرنهارد ش��راير

الرئيس التنفيذي لهيدلبرج والتي أجريت ضمن زيارة جرت مؤخرا إلى هيدلبرج في ألمانيا.يلي ذلك مقابلة صحفية أخرى مع رئيس ش��ركة كوداك فيليب فاراس��ي والذي زار دبي للمرة األولى، وق��د عرض��ت هذه المقابات الحصرية مع كب��ار المدراء التنفيذين وصناع الق��رار لدى قطاعي الطباعة الرقمية واألوفست بعض األفكار القيمة حول مستقبل كل من التقنيات والفنون التصويرية التي تقدمها

كا الشركتين للمطابع.على صعيد متصل أعلنت هيدلبرج عن تعاونها االس��تراتيجي الدولي مع ش��ركة ريكو، األمر الذي يعد عام��ة واضح��ة حول اتج��اه الصناعة، وفي الجانب اآلخ��ر تعد الجهود التي تبذلها الش��ركات المصنعة لمعدات الطباعة الرقمية مثل كوداك إليجاد موطئ قدم قوي لها في قطاع الطباعة التجارية، دليا أيضا

على أن كا القطاعين الرقمي واألوفست هما في حاجة ماسة لبعضهما البعض. كما تطورت المقولة الس��ائدة حول طباعة األوفست مقابل الطباعة الرقمية إلى مفهوم الطباعة بواسطة األوفس��ت والمج��ال الرقم��ي جنبا إلى جنب، وس��تكون كا التقنيتي��ن في المس��تقبل ال غنى عنهما للمطابع التجارية، وفي الجهة األخرى سيكون من الضرورة أن تجهز المطابع بشكل متكامل بدال من أن يكون هذا المش��روع مجرد وثيقة للمس��تقبل، ومن خال هذه المقابات الصحفية حاولنا الحصول على مفهوم أفضل حول ما يحويه المستقبل في جعبته للمطابع، ويبدو أنه من أجل اللحاق بالمستقبل،

فإن المطابع عليها التخلي عن المنطق التقليدي في العمل وتبني التقنية الرقمية.

“التعاون االستراتيجي الدولي بين كل من

هيدلبرج وريكو يعد عالمة واضحة

حول اتجاه الصناعة”

صصصصص

حصريا وبانفراد تام

الرجل األول في هيدلبرج يتحدث إلى مي برينتر

تقنية التونر الشفاف للورنشةعلى ماكينات الطباعة الرقمية

مشكلة النمو النقطي في طباعة الليثو أوفست

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مصر: قطاع الطباعة يتكبد خسائر مليونية بعد ثورة الغضب

المطابع الخاصة والعامة تتكبد خسائر تجاوزت مايين الجنيهات نتيجة تدهور الوضع في الباد

مصر: أول طابعة كبيرة الحجم من هيدلبرج تتسلمها مطبعة مصباح

المطبعة تتطلع إلى مضاعفة اإلنتاج من خال آلة الطباعة الجديدة

قطر: وزارة الداخلية توقع عقد إنشاء مبنى المطبعة األمنية

تبلغ تكلفة المشروع نحو 60 مليون ريال قطري

اإلمارات: انتخاب أعضاء اللجنة التنفيذية لمجموعة عمل الطباعة والنشرإعادة انتخاب أحمد الشيخ رئيسا للمجموعة

مصر: تولي خالد عبد العزيز مهام رئيس غرفة صناعات الطباعة مؤقتا

تعليق مهام رئيس الغرفة د. محمد عهدي فضلي لحين االنتهاء من التحقيق معه قبل نيابة األموال العامة

السعودية: بدء تنفيذ المرحلة السابعة من طباعة مصحف إفريقيا

المرحلة الحالية تهدف إلى طباعة حوالي ربع مليون نسخة لصالح المسلمين في إفريقيا

الكويت: مطبعة ويفز تستثمر في آلة سي تي بي جديدة من بريستك

اآللة الجديدة تعاقد عليها من قبل شركة إيج لمعدات الجرافيك بمقرها في دبي

األردن: لقاء مشترك بين غرفة صناعة إربد وأصحاب صناعة التعبئة والطباعة والتغليف العاملين بها

يهدف اللقاء إلى تدارس المشاكل والتحديات التي تواجه هذه القطاعات وطرق حلها

سوريا: المؤتمر السنوي لنقابة عمال الطباعة والثقافة واإلعالم يدعو إلى تحويل مطبعة جامعة دمشق من مؤسسة خدمية إلى مؤسسة إنتاجية

المشاركون في المؤتمر يطالبون بتثبيت عمال المطابع المتعاقدين والمؤقتين


مجلة شهرية شاملة مختصة في عالم الطباعة في الشرق األوسط

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