IPEX 2010 Preview
Advanced newspaper technologies
to converge at IPEX 2010
State-of-the-art developed options within newspaper production segment apart from other print technologies and solutions shall be demonstrated for eight great days at IPEX 2010 (May 18-25) in the city of Birmingham in UK; where almost forty percent of floor space will be dedicated to pre-press and digital solutions suppliers, whilst press manufacturers and post-press companies will occupy around 34 percent and 26 percent of the exhibition, respectively. Over 550 stand holders are signed up, representing over 1,000 companies across more than 60,000 square metres of floor space; and more than half (55 percent) of the companies coming from overseas (over forty countries), notably from Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, France, India, USA and China. While the show will witness almost all major players from newspapers industry including Baldwin, Ferag, Glunz & Jensen, Goss International, KBA, KK Printing Machines (India), Kodak, manroland, Mitsubishi, Muller Martini, NBG, to name just a few (whole list availing at: www.ipex.org), here is a brief about the exhibits from some exhibitors to be showcased at this global platform.
Baldwin to demonstrate global leadership
in press controls and accessories
Stand 07-D455
Baldwin Technology Company will be presenting an extensive product portfolio at Ipex 2010, along with its ‘Just Ask Baldwin’ concept, providing solutions to what printers could do to improve the productivity and process costs of their printing presses.
Combining Baldwin’s core products, and products from its alliance partners enables the company to provide global support, plus proven solutions to improve print quality, productivity and process costs while lowering waste and pressroom VOCs. Baldwin offers wide selection of press cleaning systems in the world, with products for printers, whether they are in the small offset, newspaper or the flexo corrugated market. Their automatic blanket cleaning products are based on more than 35 years of experience of designing, building and installing systems. These are supported by a variety of industry leading consumables.
Even within one specific technology, such as automatic blanket cleaning, Baldwin offers several options to the end user including: ImpactFusion, utilising dry or pre-impregnated cloth;
ProTech, using groundbreaking brush cleaning technology; TowerClean, an inexpensive automatic blanket cleaning system offering a very fast return on investment; and Jetstream, another popular web cleaning product that removes dust from the paper web before it enters the first printing unit; etc.
Besides, Baldwin’s LithoSpray Maxima is a multi-faceted spray dampening system that was developed for high performance applications in the newspaper, semi-commercial and now also for commercial web presses and this is fitted with Baldwin’s patented Constant C technology, eliminating blocking of spray nozzles.
In the area of web protection, Baldwin offers reliable web separation and clamping devices under the product name ProTect and these include the new WebCatcher S14 and the WebCatcher S18 for use in the commercial web, newspaper and semi commercial area. The new WebCatcher S14 will prevent press damage from a web break at speeds of up to 14 m/s and the WebCatcher S18 for web speeds of up to 18 m/s. Customer options for the WebCatcher series include the stripe wrap-up recognition system DSWP and the automatically adjustable Airknife A³ and a webstabilizer. Baldwin also provides energy efficient dryers for newspaper presses. Perhaps these products shall be of great interest to newspaper producers from India.
Ferag to present simple, low-cost solutions
for economical postpress processing
Stand 18-C860
In association with WRH Marketing, Ferag AG will be presenting simple solutions for economical postpress processing in the middle to lower market segments, where the emphasis is on production diversity, stability and quality, along with an attractive price-performance ratio. The components allow flexible assembly into inline processing systems and are suitable for newspaper, semi-commercial and commercial production.
The broad range of applications of this modular installation will be showcased on an EasySert line. Smaller printing houses, too, now have access to proven Ferag technology. This processing line is used in commercial operations for the gathering and merging of advertising inserts, and with newspaper printers in the lower circulation segment. At IPEX 2010, EasySert will be producing with one infeed for the main jacket and two infeeds for supplements. The line can be expanded to incorporate up to forty hopper stations, making EasySert interesting to the direct-mail market as well.
A second production line will show the StreamFold quarterfold system operating with JobFolio components, with the newly developed JobTrim three-side trimmer celebrating its global launch. The robust, CE-compliant JobFolio products are offered at a guaranteed set price.
The Swiss exhibitors will also be providing information about their ValuePlus brand and associated range of services. The emphasis here is on global 24/7 support, as well as personnel training in the Userpark training centre at PMC Print Media Corporation, located close to Ferag’s headquarters in Switzerland.
Glunz & Jensen to promote prepress solutions
Stand 09-D320
Glunz & Jensen develops, manufactures and markets integrated and innovative solutions for the prepress industry. Their products and solutions cover almost all equipment used in the prepress process in modern printing houses.
The largest product area is CtP plate processors, but Glunz & Jensen also focuses on other product areas, including iCtP plate setters, plateline equipment, punch & bend equipment, stackers and software for monitoring and managing the complete prepress processes.
Goss International to champion a competitive advantage for offset
Stand 07-C456
Continuing the theme ‘New Ways for Print’ at IPEX 2010, reflecting their focus on innovations that help customers optimize existing operations or break away from traditional production constraints, Goss International is poised to champion a competitive advantage for offset. The theme - as exemplified by key technologies such as the Sunday 5000 press, Ecochill drying, Triliner enhancement and Goss Folia production capabilities - will be represented and demonstrated throughout the Goss International exhibit in Hall 7.
“‘New Ways for Print’ underlines our ability to deliver initiatives that help printers upgrade their capabilities or differentiate themselves by pursuing new opportunities and business models,” commented Jacques Navarre, senior vice president of sales, marketing and product management for Goss International, explaining, “This ethos is hard-wired throughout the Goss International infrastructure and typifies our approach to customers and to product development. We are not distracted by the perceived boundaries between processes, but have focused on the dynamics that shape the demand for print and keep our customers competitive.”
“IPEX 2010 provides the perfect opportunity to present our strengthened structure and a wider product portfolio. It is also a glimpse of the future as we target broader sectors with our new partners. All the pieces of the puzzle are not in place yet but we will work more closely with the SEC (Shanghai Electric Corporation) companies as the relationship matures. From a purely Goss International perspective, we are showing the latest updates on key technology developments first presented at Drupa 2008. They are now successfully installed and fulfilling expectations. Our other focus is, of course, our existing customer base where new initiatives continue to help drive efficiencies and enable printers to expand beyond the confines of their traditional production and markets,” added Navarre.
At the event, Goss International - incorporating products of the Shanghai Electric Printing & Packaging Machinery group, that is: YAWA, AKIYAMA, FEIDA, PURLUX - will extend this principle to a broader audience, including packaging and sheetfed printers. The company also anticipates an interchange of technologies and market knowledge enabling more customers to benefit from innovation, value, choice and responsiveness. IPEX 2010 will be the first presentation of Goss products and SEC products together in Europe.
Key products highlighted on the stand will be: Goss Sunday 5000 press, Goss Folia press, leading-edge automation including the latest Ecochill drying technology, Goss packaging solutions, Akiyama MEGA Jprint perfecting, YAWA die-cutting and foiling, Goss Purlux 1200 saddlestitching, and Feida automated guillotine systems.
“The Sunday 5000 press is not only a technological triumph in its own right,” said Jacques Navarre, “The fact that we are able to take visions developed with our customers and complete the research and development, engineering, build and installation within a two-year period bears testament to the agile business we are creating for the future. Agility is one of the foundations of our business going forward, as we integrate the expertise and activities of SEC into our worldwide network.”
KK Printing Machines to promote the latest ACE model
Stand 07- C465
KK Printing Machines Mfg Co Pvt Ltd will be promoting their latest ‘ACE’ model at the show. “As the global economy has started recovering faster, the IPEX exhibition has become more relevant in this year and we are expecting more and more serious visitors to visit this event,” conveyed Sanjay Gupta, managing director, KK Printing Machines Mfg Co Pvt Ltd, adding, “Now a days to make offset printing more economical, machine manufacturers are trying to introduce seemless integration between offset machine and CtP. With the introduction of this innovative technology, it has become possible to save printed wastage to a great extent and consequently, achieve overall economy in printing. We also offer such innovative latest technology to help our customers in exercising economy.”
Kodak to present Versamark VL
printing systems for remote newspaper
Stand 09-E320
While aiming to deliver innovation across its integrated portfolio at IPEX, Kodak will be presenting Versamark VL printing systems used for remote newspaper, apart from transactional and security applications.
Designed to drive greater efficiency, productivity and revenue, Kodak’s comprehensive, integrated portfolio of solutions helps to grow and thrive in a competitive market. “For our customers, building a successful business today requires that they identify new service opportunities and offer unique products and services to their clients,” said Chris Payne, director and vice president, business to business marketing, Kodak, “To better understand how we can help customers succeed, we maintain an ongoing dialogue with them, learning more about their businesses and developing solutions that open doors to enhanced revenue streams. Our stand at IPEX is designed to facilitate that important dialogue and inspire them with newer ideas.”
manroland to come up with a
groundbreaking presentation in Birmingham
Stand 17-F921
At IPEX, manroland is to showcase its entire process know-how as a pressbuilder, linked with data and materials logistics in a thrilling and ultra-modern presentation. This will focus on a customer’s business model and products. Everything on the manroland stand will revolve around the needs of the printing industry: production flexibility, differentiation possibilities, reduced investment and operating costs, plus sustainable production.
Announcing the new and groundbreaking manroland concept for the upcoming IPEX trade show, Gerd Finkbeiner stated, “In line with our successful drupa 2008 presentation, we are moving away from the traditional trade show concept. With state-of-the-art and creative presentation forms, we offer an overall view of a customer’s business taking the complete machine life cycle into account.”
Here the solutions offered surround the Value Added Printing (VAP) concept and the autoprint models with a high level of automation. On its stand, manroland is to show real-life examples for publications, commercial and packaging printing.
In the Web Solutions Center, the webfed sector will be showing solutions focused on autoprint and production flexibility. Using media forms, print examples and references, experts are to explain how these solutions can be implemented and the technology involved. Besides that, customers will be given a comprehensive overview of manroland’s portfolio of newspaper and commercial printing systems. As per Peter Kuisle, executive vice president for webfed printing system sales, “For the first time at a trade show, we will demonstrate how we have applied the autoprint philosophy already established for newspaper presses to commercial web presses as well.”
Similar to last drupa, the sheetfed sector is to showcase application examples in the VAP Tunnel where customers will be informed in detail how innovative solutions can increase the quality and efficiency of printing. This will be illustrated with the aid of technical exhibits, print samples and practical examples. Furthermore, manroland will demonstrate with the ecometer how sustainable printing works, and present its wide variety of services in the Printvalue competence center.
However, manroland does not only think unconventionally in the development of customised applications: the industry trailblazer wants to make the changes and innovative powers in the printing industry comprehensible with a positive and affirmative presentation in order to be able to discuss extremely customer-oriented solutions. To this end, the show planners have created lots of space for communication, consultancy and exchange of views in a creative and modern manner with new presentation forms. Marketing vice president Thomas Hauser explained, “On the manroland stand customers will be invited into an impressive virtual world where they can experience inspirational and groundbreaking multimedia presentations and clearly identify trends. The visitors are bound to be very impressed, and we expect that the quality of customer discussions will be of an extremely high level.”
IPEX visitors will also have the opportunity to visit first-class manroland reference customers in and around Birmingham. There will also be a series of events in the Offenbach Print Technology Center dealing with special topics and customers can attend these combined.
Muller Martini set to amaze with a whole range of innovations
Stand 19-C750
High levels of productivity, flexibility and innovation are crucial when it comes to gaining a competitive edge in the market. At Ipex 2010, Muller Martini will be exhibiting innovative and highly automated solutions that enable efficient production and can be expanded easily.
NBG to promote NewsSprint web offset press
Stand 06-E519
NBG Printographic Machinery Co Pvt Ltd will be present at the show with detailed information about their complete range of web offset printing machines, especially the latest ‘NewsSprint’ (36000 cph) web offset press. Since NBG represents Solna Offset AB, Swden in Indian territory for their complete range of web offset presses including heatset machines, they would also entertain clients for Solna presses as well.
