Issue: Graphic Repro On-line features 2012

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01 Downloads available

-	Printing Insight Report available to download A more proactive approach to improving quality control and consumable related downtime in print is required, says critical Report commissioned by Trelleborg Printing Solutions…

-	Goss Web Offset magazine #69 available as PDF Goss International's latest issue Web Offset magazine No 69 is now available to download here in PDF format…

-	New Kodak NexPress white paper from J Zarwan Partners New independent white paper PDF to download, concludes ‘Kodak NexPress press helps prevent digital colour press obsolescence’…

-	The PrintCity Alliance drupa Guide: to download The drupa 2012 ‘Print: Seen! Lean and Green’ guide from the Print City Alliance and its members is available to download here as a PDF…

-	WOCG releases best practice guides to download Downloadable best practice guides and posters from Web Offset Champion Group are now available free-of-charge…

-	PrintCity Webline Magazine celebrates 10 years The latest edition of PrintCity's Webline magazine, edition winter 2011 / spring 2012, is now available to order or to download here…

05 On-line features for May/Jun

-	Newsprinters Knowsley adds QuadTech to 25 Colorman XXL towers Newsprinters, UK printing arm of News International, pioneers new quality consistency standards with QuadTech’s AccuCam on its Manroland XXL presses…

-	One year on at FINAT President Kurt Walker reviews his first twelve months in office and sets out future expectations for FINAT…

-	Value Trend Radar: Analysis of the Print Service Market Innovation by modern technology is important. But: Success needs a new Eco System approach. By Andreas Weber

-	Diana folder gluers up and coming Folder gluers from Heidelberg successfully installed at international packaging printers provide greater flexibility, higher production speeds, simpler setup, shorter makeready times and the ability to offer more individually styled cartons and packaging products…

-	ICS enhances its sustainability credentials German print house becomes the first company to attain PSO certification with Sonora, the new Process Free Thermal Plate from Kodak…

-	Wemories offers unique photo experience using Indigo technology Wemories, SL, of Madrid, Spain, has launched a Web-to-print photo service offering memorable deliverables printed on HP Indigo presses…

-	Commercial and large-format services provided at one-stop-shop McGowans keeps ahead of the curve with HP digital printing technologies and the first Scodix S74 in Ireland…

-	The combination of printed and online media opens up new perspectives ‘There are many good arguments for the added value of print products in the entire media mix. I am convinced that print media has great development potential…’ says Muller Martini CEO Bruno Müller…

-	What kind of added value does technology innovation deliver? One of Germany's leading print analysts and business communications experts, Andreas Weber, makes some thought-provoking observations…

-	Kodak helps Verhagen increase productivity levels Focused automation through easy-to-use Prinergy Workflow system and Insite Prepress Portal enable faster production with fewer errors…

-	Buxton: Ongoing XMF investment signals faith in Fujifilm Largest XMF workflow installation in Europe helps specialist magazine printer streamline pre-press and production processes…

-	Epson celebrates its 70th Anniversary Epson began life in 1942 as a watch components manufacturer named Daiwa Kogyo in the Japanese city of Suwa…

-	Ultra Litho secures the future with Kodak Unified Workflow Integrated solutions improve efficiencies and productivity and increase prepress throughput by as much as 50 per cent…

08 On-line features for Nov/Dec

-	Interpress Printers installs second Varimatrix 105CS Interpress Printers in Malaysia becomes the first packaging printer in Asia to install a second Heidelberg Varimatrix 105CS…

-	Heidelberg XL 106 flagship press scores highly with customers Speedmaster XL 106 with a speed of 18,000 sheets per hour in perfecting mode successfully established on the market for one year with more than 35 presses sold…

-	Paarl Media Cape: Setting new standards in publication printing With its new Cerutti Aurora press, Paarl Media Cape is setting new standards in publication gravure printing in South Africa…

-	French printer targets short-run books with Kodak Prosper 1000 Imprimerie Nouvelle Laballery’s digital strategy boosted by Kodak Prosper 1000, combines print quality and production efficiency for short runs…

-	Value-driven Transformation of Needs Needs are the measure of all things: Why and how the communications market is infected by confusion. By Andreas Weber

-	Kodak Prosper Inkjet variable data expands Poligrafici services Kodak Prosper S30 Imprinting Systems help Poligrafici Printing, Italy to add hybrid capabilities into printed newspapers on KBA Commander…

-	Dridé in Neuilly-sur-Marne completes successful restructuring Heidelberg Business Consulting and three Speedmaster XL 105 presses secure a highly productive portfolio for French commercial print shop…

-	Hammer Poznan lauds dual-coater large-format Speedmaster First Heidelberg large-format Speedmaster XL 145 press with dual coating in Poland goes to packaging specialists…

-	Mailfactory adds four Kodak Prosper S5 Imprinting Systems Kodak helps Mailfactory in Madrid, Spain to deliver variable-colour images and plot growth with Prosper S5 Imprinting Systems…

-	Fujifilm scores a hit supporting Superior Creative with Inca Onset S40 The Wiltshire based company has successfully replaced an Inca Spyder V with an advanced Inca Onset S40 from Fujifilm, raising the bar of its wide-format offerings…

-	Oulu: air guitars and jumps in the air Finnish publisher Kaleva Oy in Oulu, Finland inaugurates its new printing centre and a Colorman Autoprint…

-	Speedmaster SX series: A resounding success since drupa Heidelberg has successfully launched new Speedmaster SX series of sheetfed presses with over 1000 printing units already sold…

-	Stratus: First in France with Digital Flexo Suite Leading French label converter Stratus Packaging enlarges competitive edge by investing in Esko's digital flexo solutions and Kongsberg XN…

-	SG360 uses Goss web press to give direct mail wider appeal A lot of printers produce direct mail products, but there may not be anyone doing it quite like SG360 with its Goss Sunday 4000 web press…

-	KBA Rapida 106 boosts capacity at DCT in Coburg Stepping up speed and quality for online print business with an eight-colour Rapida 106 4-over-4 perfector…

02 Technology-related articles (more below)

-	‘Operate anywhere!’ at World Publishing Expo 2012 Manroland Web Systems to focus on One Touch operating concept for webfed presses at WAN-Ifra World Publishing Expo in Frankfurt this week…

-	Digital newspaper production complements offset printing Manroland Web Systems and Océ: provide united expertise for convincing solutions for industrial newspaper production…

-	Heidelberg opens its new Commercial Print Media Centre Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG opens its new Print Media Centre for Commercial Printing at its site in Heidelberg…

-	Axel Springer pioneers hybrid with Kodak Prosper inkjet Hybrid printing with the Kodak Prosper S30 Imprinting System on Manroland Colorman presses injects new dynamics into printed newspapers at Hamburg-Ahrensburg plant…

-	Winning with Kodak Prosper S30 inkjet at Bild Hamburg-Ahrensburg offset printing company, a member of Axel Springer AG, presents the Manroland Web Systems Colorman with Kodak Prosper S30 Stream inkjet printing…

-	Esko's New major release of ArtiosCAD 12 Esko brings a new dimension to structural packaging design with a paradigm shift from 2D to 3D throughout all stages…

-	Brisk global demand for new KBA Rapida 145 By the end of the year more than 30 new-generation Rapida 145 presses with over 200 printing and coating units will be delivered to some 15 countries...

-	Leading-edge Cluster partners to continue joint work Joint research project of BASF, Heidelberg and TU Darmstadt for Printed Electronics enters the next phase…

-	Reducing energy input on high-output presses Cutting-edge KBA Rapida technology makes it possible…

-	Reshaping the Debate Reinvigorating the debate about printing processes for packaging, Goss believes that changing requirements are creating the right conditions for a wider adoption of web offset for folding carton, flexible packaging and label applications…

The next-generation Goss M-600 Press: Proven and Progressive
The latest-generation M-600 web press, introduces new improvements to the impeccable legacy of this 16-page model. Advances in automation, operability and integration are delivering industry leading short-run efficiencies that are in step with modern market requirements.

-	Colorman e:line: Harmony of form and function The revolutionary industrial design of the Colorman e:line…

-	X-800 VariLane maximises label productivity and substrate use Xeikon’s X-800 is the gateway to communicate with a press with unlimited capabilities and seamlessly integrating with existing workflows and business processes…

-	Goss 'Mission Zero' initiative emphasised at drupa Goss International used drupa to reaffirm its quest to eliminate waste with 'Mission Zero' initiative and to accelerate customer interest…

-	Optimising and automating print production systems Connex from Muller Martini is the leading data and process management system for finishing printed materials…

-	Innovative finishing creates new opportunities for printed products At drupa 2012, Muller Martini showed how Graphic Design businesses and advertising customers can benefit from new business models…

-	Excellent networking with Printnetwork from Manroland New operating concept from Manroland Web Systems optimises the entire production process, including digital print…

-	Xeikon shortcut to develop new liquid toner: Report High Viscosity liquid Toner technology promises significant productivity gains and opens new markets for Xeikon…

07 On-line features for Sep/Oct

-	Fit for the future with KBA technology in Bavaria KBA Commander CT fired up at Mayer & Söhne in Aichach, Germany in time to celebrate the company’s 150th jubilee in mid-October…

-	St. Galler Tagblatt: A decade of Thermal CTP with Kodak St. Galler Tagblatt relies on new Kodak Thermalnews PT digital plate to print newspapers and large customer print runs…

-	New Commander CT at Badische Neueste Nachrichten Traditional and modern no contradiction in Karlsruhe, as the publishing house gives the impression of being a rock in turbulent waters…

-	Poligrafici Il Borgo: end-to-end investment in Kodak prepress Poligrafici Il Borgo optimises production and increases revenue with Kodak prepress workflow, XLF CTP, thermal plates and a host of automation solutions…

-	Innovation festival at ‘agensketterl’ in Austria The printing house in Mauerbach near Vienna, celebrates its cutting-edge KBA Rapida sheetfed offset technology investments in stunning style…

-	PCP waves the Fujifilm flag PCP, based in Telford, Shropshire in the UK forms part of the Claverley Group and was established as a pre-print provider for a range of newspapers in 1963…

-	Leën kits up for growth ‘KBA technology was the perfect solution’ says technical director Jeroen Leën at the Hasselt-based company in Belgium…

-	Fabrègue Imprimeur upgrades press fleet to KBA Rapidas Three highly automated Rapida 106s have replaced four non-KBA machines in Limousin, leading to a productivity boost of more than 30 per cent…

-	Imprint chooses Fujifilm for long-term partnership With simplicity, flexibility and pragmatism, mixed in with fun and creativity, as Imprint Group's ethos, it is easy to recognise that you're dealing with a dynamic company…

-	Chronografisk in Denmark expands CTP to Process Free Leading Nordic print organisation maximises plate production and raises environmental standards with latest Kodak's CTP and Sonora XP Process Free Plates…

-	Printing in the Champions League in Italy KBA Rapida 106 at Agema Corporation in Milan…

06 On-line features for July/August

-	Heidelberg’s new Sustainability Report for 2011/12 Heidelberg publishes Sustainability Report for 2011/12 Financial Year: Leadership role in industry once again underscored…

-	Labels: Adding value to packaging The evolution of supply and demand for self-adhesive labels is not just a matter of collecting and interpreting industry statistics and quantitative indicators. By Jules Lejeune, managing director FINAT

-	KBA Rapida 106 with an unusual configuration Model Obaly in Opava in the Czech Republic: A frontrunner in high-quality packaging printing…

-	KBA Cortina prints Dubai’s Gulf News in Berliner format Waterless newspaper and commercial production in the desert on a multi-unit KBA Cortina with both coldset and heatset capabilities…

-	German print house complements offset with Kodak NexPress Cologne-based Häuser KG and DruckDiscount24.de broadens portfolio and adds value with the Kodak NexPress SX3300 digital production colour press…

-	The inkjet Challenge With high-speed inkjet sure to be a hot print topic at this drupa, Goss’ Web Offset magazine decided to ask leading industry consultant Andy Tribute just how much attention should web offset printers be paying inkjet?

-	Exquisite packaging print at Trondhjems Eskefabrikk KBA Rapida 106 double coater at Trondhjems Eskefabrikk…

-	Domenico De Lucia boosts quality with Kodak Flexcel NX Kodak's flexo technology helps agri-food industry specialist to significantly increase its packaging printing business…

-	Rapida 162a twin pack at LIC Packaging in Verolanuova LIC celebrates its 60th jubilee with the addition of two new KBA Rapida 162a large-format presses to enhance production…

04 On-line features for Mar/Apr

-	High-output KBA trio for medium and large-format New KBA Rapida 145 debuts at packaging printer A De Robertis & Figli in Putignano near the southern port of Bari in Italy…

-	Adding fresh shine to a partnership STIGE invests in its first KBA Rapida 162 with inline coater, the seventh KBA Rapida to join its impressive fleet…

-	Chesapeake adopts Speedmaster XL 105-4-P+L with Cutstar Belgian pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging expert profits from short makereadies and speed of new Speedmaster XL 105-4-P+L…

-	Printmaster GTO 52 celebrates its 40th Anniversary The Printmaster GTO 52 from Heidelberg turns 40 this year. The GTO - which stands for Grosser Tiegel Offset was first unveiled at drupa 1972…

-	New era in sheetfed offset packaging worldwide Amcor Tobacco Packaging in Rickenbach, Switzerland, orders a unique world-first 19-unit KBA Rapida 106 with inline finishing…

-	Elanders’ new market approach ‘Our new approach: Targeted global print services and Web-to-business solutions’, says president and CEO Magnus Nilsson. Value Interview: by Andreas Weber

-	Sagim boosts book orders with the Kodak Prosper 1000 One year after installation, the French print house is reporting a 20 per cent increase in book orders with greater margins on short-run work…

-	Cartor in France: Unique production with eight-unit XL 75 French stamp printer Cartor boosts productivity by 20 per cent with a uniquely configured Speedmaster XL 75 from Heidelberg…

-	The Commander CT at Der Neue Tag Print Centre in Weiden First triple-width KBA Commander CT in Europe now provides high-tech newspaper production in Weiden, Bavaria…

-	GDZ AG: The transition from web to sheets Experience with the KBA Rapida 106 long perfector sheetfed press in the Swiss financial centre of Zurich, which has replaced a 16pp web press…

-	Publiman installs first Uvistar printer in France French scrolling banner specialist opts for 3.5m Uvistar superwide-format roll-to-roll UV device from Fujifilm…

03 On-line features for Jan/Feb

-	QuadTech image-based AccuCam on 52 web towers The Chicago Tribune and QuadTech embark on the largest newspaper installation of colour control technology in the world…

-	KBA Rapida 205 at Litorama prints Earth Platinum Millennium House publishes biggest world atlas of all time…

-	Proteus returns to Heidelberg for flagship XL 105 press Proteus Packaging boosts speed, quality, and flexibility with 7-colour Speedmaster XL 105 to complement its 6-colour Speedmaster 145 XL VLF press and post-press lineup…

-	Platinum reaps Fujifilm benefits across the board More automation and a greener practice with help from Fujifilm, plus a saving of 2000 litres of chemistry a year with processless plates…

-	Albe De Coker in Antwerp, Belgium opts for KBA Three KBA Rapida 106 presses have replaced an entire half-format fleet in six-million-euro investment package…

-	Fujifilm meets Witherbys' quality and environmental standards Witherbys Lithoflow in North London, established in 1740, utilises Fujifilm's 'lo-chem' technology to set a precedent in green print…

-	Technology-based Communications Services are Global Growth Drivers Face to face with Ursula Burns, chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation. Andreas Weber has been an analyst of the CEO's management and strategy for years. Here is his report on growth markets for Xerox…

-	Mart.Spruijt Grafinoord in Amsterdam, The Netherlands adds Rapida Second Rapida 106 coater press for quality print provider in an extremely tough print environment…

-	Severnprint leads with Fujifilm processless plates Fujifilm's Brillia HD PRO-T3 plate reduces water usage by 70% without chemistry, at Severnprint in Gloucester, UK…

-	El Corte Inglés improves with Enfocus Switch 10 Advanced workflow automation solution designed for use in more complex graphic production environments…