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Amid market uncertainties, the 19th edition of Sign and Graphics Imaging Middle East Dubai reiterated why the expo maintains its position as the launching ground for new products for the signage and advertising industries in the Middle East and Africa

Market Research

The Future Of Digital Print For Packaging

Document Digitisation The Future Of Print

Worldwide Production Print Market Continues To Show

Year-Over-Year Growth

Trends

Road To drupa

The Wide-Format Appeal Continues To Grow

Wide-format print will find its stronger markets that generate great profitability for its users is

in applications away from the mainstream work

By Sophie Matthews-Paul

Expert Talk

SGI 2016

Business Transformation And Agility, The Need Of The Hour

SGI 2016 reiterated the importance of new business models and applications for printers and sign makers to

survive in a fast changing market

Infocus

SGI 2016

SGI 2016 Review And Impressions

By: Dr Nicholas Hellmuth, FLAAR Reports

Insight

UNECA gets 2015 Sonora Plate Green Leaf Award

The award recognizes printing companies committed to excellence in

environmental practices

Pen Printing Press upgrades to Ricoh 7100X

Giffin Graphics supplied the new machine to replace the Ricoh 751

MENA: Women in News Programme launches in the MENA region

The editorial leadership programme by WAN-IFRA offers career mentorship and

training in media management

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Anticipation building in UAE ahead of drupa 2016The PrintPromotion Print Media Management Conference in Dubai set the tone for drupa 2016, presenting a preview of new technologies and applications

Fespa Digital 2016 seminars to focus on all aspects of digital printingThe programme is designed to encourage printers to identify new opportunities

WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference to address print revenue growth challengesThe conference will feature the inaugural WAN-IFRA Middle East Digital Media Awards to be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City

85% space booked at Sign Istanbul 2016450 companies from 32 countries are expected to participate

Paperworld Middle East to highlight paper, office supplies, and stationery sectorThe show will be held in Dubai from 1–3 March 2016

Events

Heidelberg boosts automation levels in computer-to-plateNew auto pallet loader for the Suprasetter ensures non-stop operation in prepress

Mimaki to launch TS500P-3200 super-wide format inkjet printerThe 3.2m wide roll-to-roll sublimation printer is aimed at home furnishing textiles and indoor soft signage

A flat printer to decorate all surfaces up to 300mm The Practika Mig 64 has an inkjet system which has been designed for applying nanocolor inks

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Xerox to split into two public companies

The separation will create a $11 billion Document Technology company and

$7 billion Business Process Outsourcing company by the end of 2016

EFI launches online community to connect customers and print buyers

ImagingofThings.com helps EFI customers showcase their creativity

Epson to triple inkjet printhead production

A new factory will be set up in Japan to produce PrecisionCore printheads

DIC Group to build new blending facility for liquid inks in Indonesia

The new facility is scheduled to begin operating in May 2016

Ricoh to acquire AnaJetThe investment will help Ricoh

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UNECA gets 2015 Sonora Plate Green Leaf AwardThe award recognizes printing companies committed to excellence in environmental practices

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is the winner of the 2015 Sonora Plate Green Leaf Award in the Middle East and Africa region. The award, presented by Kodak, recognizes organizations that are leaders in their commitment to integrating green practices into their opera-tions to achieve reductions in their environmental impact. The UNECA, which was founded in 1958 as one of the UN's five regional commissions, has a mandate to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international coop-eration for Africa's development. The organization publishes and prints numerous reports, studies, and papers in support of this mis-sion while also providing printing services to other UN Agencies based in Ethiopia and the African Union Commission. The UNECA, which is ISO-14001: 2004 certified, is being recognized as a user of Kodak Sonora Process Free Plates and for its focus on minimizing and reducing con-

sumption of power, water, and other consumables. By transition-ing its pre-press operations from chemistry-based to process free computer-to-plate technology, the UNECA has eliminated all the processing steps associated with traditional plate making, reducing water and energy consumption, while minimizing waste and chemi-cal pollution.In addition to their use of Sonora Plates, the UNECA is using 100% recycled paper both for office use and conference documents and aims to incorporate ecologically sustainable building design across its operations. As part of its mission, the UNECA is a vocal advocate for sustainability. It publishes books that support environmental initia-tives including, the Special report on the ICGLR Regional Initiative against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR) and other Certification Mechanisms in the Great Lakes Region, The Renewable Energy Sector in North Africa and Achieving Sustainable Develop-ment in Africa through Inclusive Green Growth."As part of the UNECA's mandate to promote the economic and social development of Africa, the orga-nization advocates for the proper management of Africa's natural resources that play a large part in the continent's economic growth," said Rich Rindo, Kodak General Manager, WW Offset Print and Vice President Print Systems Division. By integrating green printing practices, the UNECA is leading by example and demonstrating to the

communities it serves that sustain-ability is good for business and the future of the continent." Charles Ndungu, Chief, Printing and Publishing unit of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) remarked on the UNECA's commitment to sustainable print-ing: "The UNECA is on a journey to become a more responsible printer. We started here in Africa by pub-lishing conference documents on recycled paper. Today, the UNECA publishes all of its Publications on chlorine-free paper. By moving our pre-press operations to process free platemaking, we continue our commitment to print responsibly, while reaping the benefits of increased productivity and the conservation of critical energy and water resources." The Sonora Plate Green Leaf Award is named after Kodak Sonora Pro-cess Free Plates which are designed for commercial, packaging and publishing printers, offering a com-mercially sound and environmen-tally improved solution for printing a wide range of applications.Launched in 2014, the Sonora Plate Green Leaf Award recognizes excel-lence among Kodak customers that are leaders in environmental initia-tives. Award entrants are judged on a range of criteria, including management practices to improve energy and water efficiency, participation in local community sustainability initiatives and the use of eco-conscious materials and supplies. All submissions are reviewed with scores determined by a panel of Kodak judges.

Warren Bell, Business Manager, Kodak, presenting the award

to Charles Ndungu, Chief, Printing and Publishing Unit of

the UNECA, along with Alfred Kandarah, MD, Typotech

Pen Printing Press upgrades to Ricoh 7100XGiffin Graphics supplied the new machine to replace the Ricoh 751

Pen Printing Press in Ajman has installed a Ricoh 7100X digital cut sheet printing machine for its high quality and speedy delivery. The new machine which replaces the Ricoh 751 at the press has been acquired from the same supplier Giffin Graphics.Sunny Thomas, general manager, Pen Printing Press, points out that digital technology is inevitable for speedy delivery of short run jobs.“In this market it is always highly advisable to prepare a dummy and get the approval from clients before the final print. Naturally this will lead to less rejection with regard to color matching. Digital is best option for proofing,” says Sunny. Pen Printing is seeking new business opportunities with the

Ricoh 7100X. Sunny indicates that although the present market con-ditions are highly unpredictable, he hopes to recover the investment within 24 months.“This investment will enable us to venture into new areas such as low quantity business folders, business cards, gift boxes, PVC stickers, PU form printing, and poster printing. An additional attraction is the flexibility of using paper from 80 to 350 gsm including special papers. We hope to attract many clients through quick delivery of business cards. Also we need to develop the market of small printed gift boxes with PU forms and Rexin,” says Sunny. Jaison P. Jose, Giffin Graphics manager – prepress division adds: “Pen Printing Press has reinforced

its partnership with Giffin Graphics by adopting the Ricoh 7100X to grow in a competitive industry. The investment opens up new revenue opportunities in light packaging, demo packaging, direct mail, books, brochures and business cards for Pen Printing.”

(from left to right) A.H. Ahmed Sait, general manager-marketing; Krishna, supervisor; and Sunny Thomas, general manager-operations

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MENA: Women in News Programme launches in the MENA regionThe editorial leadership programme by WAN-IFRA offers career mentorship and training in media management

The World Association of News-papers and News Publishers, WAN-IFRA, is launching the highly regarded and much sought after Women in News (WIN) programme in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine, starting March 2016.Applications are now open until 31 January for women who have editorial or senior journalist roles in newspapers or online news media organizations. Women from media companies in Jordan and Lebanon are particularly encouraged to apply.The editorial leadership progamme includes one-to-one career men-torship and intensive training in media management and leader-ship skills. “The launch of the programme in the region is an exciting and much needed development,” said Fatemah Farag, Publisher of Welad el Baled in Egypt and a Women in News Steering Committee member. “Audiences are demanding more from their news media and we need to ensure women have a voice by encouraging strong female leader-ship in newsrooms. WAN-IFRA’s Women in News programme is an essential first step for establishing women leaders in the news indus-

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Xerox to split into two public companiesThe separation will create a $11 billion Document Technology company and $7 billion Business Process Outsourcing company by the end of 2016

The Board of Xerox has announced the company will be separated into two independent publicly traded companies – a Document Technology company and a Busi-ness Process Outsourcing (BPO) Company – by the end of 2016. The Document Technology company will focus on document management and document outsourcing with approximately $11 billion in 2015 revenue. The Business Process Outsourcing company will help clients improve the flow of work by leveraging its expertise in managing transaction-intensive processes and applying innovations to automate and simplify business processes. With approximately $7 billion in 2015 revenue – more than 90% of which is annuity based – the company is focused on attractive growth markets including transportation, healthcare, commercial and gov-ernment services. The leadership and names of the two companies will be determined as the separa-tion process progresses.According to Xerox, the separation of the two businesses will enhance their competitive positions and cre-ate significant value creation op-portunities, including: (1) Enhanced

strategic and operational focus: each company will leverage its ar-eas of strength and differentiation to address distinct market trends and opportunities; (2) Simplifica-tion of organizational structure and resources: each company will be able to adapt faster to clients’ changing needs, address specific market dynamics, target innovation and investments in select growth areas and accelerate decision making processes; (3) Distinct and clear financial profiles: the separa-tion will enable each company to leverage its distinct growth profile and cash flow characteristics to optimize its capital structure and capital allocation strategy; and (4) Compelling equity investment cases: as standalone companies, both companies will offer distinct and compelling investment propo-sitions with differentiated financial profiles, growth drivers and busi-ness prospects.“Xerox is taking further affirmative steps to drive shareholder value by announcing it will separate into two strong, independent, pub-licly traded companies,” said Ursula Burns, chairman and chief execu-tive officer of Xerox. “These two companies will be well positioned

to lead in their respective rapidly evolving markets and capitalize on the opportunities that now exist to expand margins and increase market share.”“I am confident that the extensive structural review we conducted over the last few months has pro-duced the right path forward for our company. We will now position the companies for success and execute our plan to separate them in the shortest possible timeframe while continuing to focus on achieving our 2016 goals,” added Burns.

Strategic TransformationXerox also announced a three year strategic transformation program targeting a cumulative $2.4 billion savings across all segments. The program is inclusive of ongoing activities and $600 million of incre-mental transformation initiatives. The company expects $700 million in annualized savings in 2016.“A core tenet of the strategic trans-formation we are embarking on today is changing and improving the way we operationalize our busi-nesses. We have identified a plan to deliver cumulative reductions of $2.4 billion over the next three years as part of this process. I have instructed our teams to begin work immediately to deliver the efficien-cies needed to achieve our goal,” Burns added.Xerox will begin the process to sep-arate into the two companies while it finalizes the transaction structure. Xerox’s objective is to complete the separation by year-end, subject to customary conditions, receipt of regulatory approvals, tax consid-erations, securing any necessary financing and final approval of the Xerox Board.The transaction is intended to be tax-free to Xerox shareholders for federal income tax purposes.Until the separation is complete, Xerox will continue to operate as a single company and it will continue to be business as usual for our cus-tomers and employees.

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EFI launches online community to connect customers and print buyersImagingofThings.com helps EFI customers showcase their creativity

Epson to triple inkjet printhead productionA new factory will be set up in Japan to produce PrecisionCore printheads

Seiko Epson Corporation will invest approximately $168 million (20 billion yen) in a new factory at its Hirooka Office in Shiojiri, Japan. The new factory, which is part of the company's strategic plans for its printing solutions (inkjet printer) business, will produce state-of-the-art PrecisionCore printheads, the core devices in Epson's inkjet print-ers. Equipped with a research and development function, the factory will have 49,000 square meters of floor space. Construction is sched-uled to begin in the summer of 2016, and operations are expected to start in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year. Epson will conduct R&D and drive advances in production engineering and other areas at the facility, which, in the future, will roughly triple Epson's current printhead production capacity.As both an R&D center and produc-tion center for core devices used

in the printing solutions business, the Hirooka Office works closely with Epson's production sites worldwide. It shares the advanced production technology and expertise it gains through the development and production of core devices with Epson's overseas production sites to help maximize manufacturing capabilities across the Epson Group. The investment in the new factory is part of Epson's plans to further reinforce its R&D and production platform through the 2020 fiscal year.Epson's printing solutions business leverages original Micro Piezo ink-jet technology to provide products and services to customers in the consumer, office, commercial, and industrial markets. The new factory will handle the front-end manufac-turing process for PrecisionCore printheads, the core devices in Epson's business inkjet printers,

high-capacity ink tank printers, and commercial and industrial printers. Epson's high-speed business inkjet printers produce sharp text and images at a fraction of the cost per print and energy consumption of laser printers. These quality and cost advantages are behind the steady annual growth in demand from the office market. High-capacity ink tank printers meet the needs of emerging markets for low-cost prints with genuine Epson print quality. Epson is now rolling high-capacity ink tank print-ers out to advanced economies, including Europe, Japan and the United States. In the commercial and industrial sectors, an ac-celerating shift from traditional analog printing to digital printing solutions is expected to generate heavy demand for printers used for things such as signage, textiles and product labels.

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) announced the launch of the Imaging of Things exchange (www.ImagingofThings.com) – an online community for EFI customers look-ing to connect with and share ideas with other print professionals and print buyers looking for unique and innovative applications.The online community, which is

supported and promoted by EFI, is free for customers to join and use. They can post photos and videos of their most creative work produced on EFI industrial inkjet printers and/or EFI Fiery digital print technologies, showcasing their creativity and innovation in a forum that helps them generate new business leads.

“We are constantly inspired by inno-vative applications our customers create with EFI technology putting great images on almost any type of material,” said Guy Gecht, EFI’s CEO. “EFI created the Imaging of Things exchange to help our customers advertise these capabilities with a larger global community.”EFI customers, along with ad agencies, marketers, brand own-ers, designers and others in the creative community, can register to participate in the Imaging of Things exchange by visiting www.Imagin-gofThings.com. Once registered, they can begin discovering and sharing unique applications as well as follow other users. The site is de-signed to be an easy way for print-ers and print buyers to connect and gain inspiration from each other in a dynamic online community.

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News International

DIC Group to build new blending facility for liquid inks in IndonesiaThe new facility is scheduled to begin operating in May 2016

Ricoh to acquire AnaJetThe investment will help Ricoh strengthen its industrial inkjet business

Japanese chemical company DIC Corporation has announced that its Jakarta-based wholly owned sub-sidiary PT.DIC Graphics will build a new blending facility for liquid inks for food and beverage packaging in Surabaya, Indonesia, to which it will shift operations from its exist-ing plant, located on the outskirts of Surabaya, which has become too small as a consequence of increases in production volume. The new facility, investment in which is estimated at around JPY

600 million, is scheduled to begin operating in May 2016, will ap-proximately double the company’s production capacity.As a key production base for print-ing inks, PT. DIC Graphics has a main production facility in Jakarta, which manufactures inks from raw materials, and its blending facility in Surabaya, which transforms these inks into commercial products. Located in the southwestern end of Indonesia’s second-largest city, the new facility in Ngoro Industrial Park will have a floor space around three times that of the company’s existing Surabaya facility.In recent years, a rising standard of living and other factors have driven up demand for packaging materials in Indonesia. According to DIC esti-mates, demand for liquid inks for packaging, approximately 80,000

tons in 2015, is likely to surpass 120,000 tons in 2024. The new facility and its main facility will give PT. DIC Graphics a two-pronged production configuration that will position it to respond to the growth in demand and also ensure high levels of safety and productivity.Under its current medium-term management plan, DIC105, the DIC Group is working to reinforce the earnings foundation of its printing inks by shifting its focus from inks for publishing to those for packag-ing applications and by reinforcing its production configuration in Asia. The Group will continue promoting efforts to strengthen its capabilities in the area of printing inks for pack-aging with the aim of increasing its global market share to 30%, from 25% at present, by 2020.

Ricoh has reached an agreement to buy US-based direct to garment (DTG) printer manufacturer AnaJet and make it a wholly owned sub-sidiary of Ricoh Printing Systems America. This acquisition is the latest strategic investment by Ricoh to strengthen its industrial inkjet business while enabling its custom-ers to move forward new ideas and drive imaginative thinking.Founded in 2006, AnaJet was one of the first companies in the world to mass produce DTG printers. Today, the company is a global market leader in the DTG industry. The majority of AnaJet products available today leverage Ricoh's market-leading inkjet printheads.Ricoh's experience has focused on office and commercial print technologies. According to the company, the addition of the AnaJet portfolio will help Ricoh further its position in the indus-

trial inkjet market, a market where Ricoh maintains global leadership in inkjet printhead development. With AnaJet's solutions combined with the broad Ricoh portfolio, cus-tomers will now have the ability to more effectively deliver a broader solution set to their end users.“Ricoh has a long history of success-ful, strategic acquisitions that have helped our customers and partners around the world find new, effec-tive ways to better serve their end users,” said Junichi Matsuno, General Manager, Inkjet Business Division, Ricoh Company, Ltd. “With the addition of AnaJet, our collec-tive customers benefit from a larger support team, added innovation

and access to a services-led port-folio of solutions to ultimately help them grow their business. AnaJet already possesses a proven reputa-tion as a leader in DTG printing and as such, it is a great complement to Ricoh’s broad portfolio.”“At AnaJet, we have led the in-dustry in establishing the trend of direct to garment printing,” said Karl Tipre, CEO of AnaJet. “Today we are very pleased to announce that this acquisition will provide our expanding customer base with the services of yet another global leader in Ricoh. We are extremely excited for what lies ahead for the AnaJet brand and our customers.”AnaJet, headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, will continue to operate under its current name, management team and capabili-ties, which currently include more than 50 employees.

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Events

Fespa Digital 2016 seminars to focus on all aspects of digital printingThe programme is designed to encourage printers to identify new opportunities

WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference to address print revenue growth challengesThe conference will feature the inaugural WAN-IFRA Middle East Digital Media Awards to be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City

Fespa Digital 2016 will offer an educational programme designed to encourage printers to look at the wider opportunities for their busi-ness. The Digital Seminars content will provide printers with key insights into digital printing technology, and real life examples to inspire them whether they’re already established, or just starting out.Sessions in the Digital Seminars area will focus on all aspects of digital printing and digital textile printing, offering a variety of top-ics for printers to choose from, depending on their business focus. Each seminar’s subject has been chosen in-line with the main trends identified in the Fespa Print Census, a global research project under-taken by Fespa in partnership with Infotrends to understand develop-ments in the wide format, screen and digital print community.Digital wide format print seminars already confirmed include ses-

sions on industrial printing, colour management, label UV printing, customer demands, colour match-ing in retail applications, and textile printing. Other content at Fespa Digital 2016 for visitors to take advantage of include the Sign Seminar area, located in European Sign Expo, providing exclusive presentations on everything related to signage.Those interested in learning more about digital textile printing can

also attend Fespa’s one-day Digital Textile Conference, which will take place on Tuesday 8 March at the RAI.Printeriors will also host a dedi-cated one-day conference on how print can be used as a creative tool for interior decor, where designers and printers will present seminars looking at the latest trends and applications in this growing sector.Roz McGuinness, Divisional Direc-tor, Fespa, comments: "This year’s educational programme will pro-vide thought-provoking content from industry professionals to help visitors identify new opportunities to grow and expand their business, as well as providing general busi-ness and industry advice. Knowl-edge share and best practice are key values to Fespa, and through our content programme, we can provide the latest industry, technol-ogy and application information to help printers think about the pos-sibilities for diversification."

WAN-IFRA’s 11th Middle East Conference to be held on Febru-ary 24–25, 2016, in Dubai aims to provide publishing executives with opportunities to discover the lat-est regional and international top trends and best-practice ideas. At-tendees will get to hear about the Internet of things, virtual reality, ad blocking, wearables, 3D printing, and emerging business models for newspaper printing companies among other global media trends.The conference programme will include topics such as content creation and digital distribution for newspapers; leveraging social media and attracting millennials; virtual reality in storytelling; in-

novations in newspaper printing; inkjet printing for newspapers; outsourcing of print and value added printing; best digital media practices in the Middle East; smart advertising to increase revenue; brands and content marketing; transformation of the print revenue model; and diversifying revenue streams. In addition, case studies will be presented on successful media companies such as The New York Times Company, Expressen, Toronto Star, and Times of India. WAN-IFRA will also present the first Middle East Digital Media Awards to recognise publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total

product offering to meet the major changes in how people consume news and information today. The award categories include Best News Website; Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Website; Best use of on-line video; Best Data Visualisation Project; Best News Mobile Service; Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Mobile Service; Best in Tablet Pub-lishing; Best Reader Engagement; Best Digital Advertising Campaign; and Best New Product.The winners will be officially an-nounced at the WAN-IFRA Middle East conference 2016 in Dubai. Fur-thermore, the winners will be part of the World Digital Media Awards competition.

Anticipation building in UAE ahead of drupa 2016The PrintPromotion Print Media Management Conference in Dubai set the tone for drupa 2016, presenting a preview of new technologies and applications

As anticipation builds up and preparations underway for the biggest trade fair for the printing and media industry worldwide, IFP Emirates, representatives of Messe Düsseldorf, laid the groundwork for visitors from the UAE when it co-organized the PrintPromotion Print Media Management Conference in Dubai, titled ‘High-tech for the printing industry – getting ready for drupa’. Over 100 representa-tives from leading manufacturers, distributors, and service providers in the UAE printing industry, such as Heidelberg, Giffin Graphics, Printech, Ali AlHashemi Trading, Masar Printing and Publishing, Modern Printing Press, and Emir-ates Modern House for Printing and Publishing, attended the event held in December 2015. PrintPromotion is a non-profit organization that promotes the printing and paper converting industry by establishing a net-work, exchanging experience and spreading know-how. The organi-zation which is closely connected with drupa and supports Messe Düsseldorf in public relations work for the event organizes Print Media Management Conferences around the globe.Topics explored by leading German manufacturers in the conference included Efficient strapping solu-tions for newspapers and graphics industry by Mosca; The Future in Print: UV-Production conventional,

HR and LED by Koenig & Bauer; Improving quality and productiv-ity by using Color Control and inspection-systems by Heidelberg; drupa 2016 preview by Kolbus; Workflow Solution for Short Run Packaging and Commercial Market by Kama; Highest Flexibility in Web Carton Converting by Heidelberg; UV Rocks! by IST Metz; and Cutting now and in the future by Polar Mohr. The conferences serve as a platform for German manufacturers to pres-ent innovations, technologies and trends in the printing and paper industry and therefore offer profes-sionals from the local printing and packaging industry the opportu-nity to get first-hand information about innovative printing and paper technology. Target groups include investment decision mak-ers, entrepreneurs, managers, print specialists and consultants.“Considering the challenges faced by the printing industry worldwide, it is crucial to engage all stake-holders in the industry and bring them to a common platform to address concerns, learn from each other, and be inspired to evolve and diversity their businesses in the right direction,” says Bassel Amaneddine, general manager, IFP Emirates.“The response from the printing industry in the UAE exceeded our expectations, which is a clear indicator that the industry is ready to adapt to change, which makes drupa not only a must-attend event

but also the most relevant global platform to learn, network, and grow,” adds Bassel. The drupa 2016 organizers have an-nounced an innovative conference programme for this year. Visitors will experience a new approach to innovation in print when they stop by the drupa cube. This special con-ference and event programme will feature a wide range of applications for printed products in numerous industries and areas of life, i.e., the potential of new technologies like printed electronics and 3D print-ing, creative multichannel applica-tions and the use of digital printing techniques in packaging and other sectors.Through an interdisciplinary approach, it is also designed to bridge the knowledge gap about the relevancy and functionality of print that often exists between printing professionals and their creative agency, marketing, and brand owner clients across a variety of vertical markets. The 11-day pro-gramme is based on six key drupa 2016 themes: Multichannel; Print; Functional Printing; 3D Printing; Package Production; and Green Printing.Through its range of themes and its interdisciplinary concept, drupa cube is, for the first time, also ad-dressing selected vertical markets including the food, consumer goods, interior design, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries; and the financial and public sectors.

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85% space booked at Sign Istanbul 2016450 companies from 32 countries are expected to participate

Paperworld Middle East to highlight paper, office supplies, and stationery sectorThe show will be held in Dubai from 1–3 March 2016

The 18th edition of Sign Istanbul International Advertising Industry and Digital Printing Technolo-gies Trade Fair will be held from September 29 to 2 October 2016. The show attracts suppliers and service providers of digital print-ing technologies, textile printing,

advertising application equipment, small-size printing and documenta-tion technologies, transfer materi-als, printing dyes, LED and LED displays, product exhibition stands, screen printing and promotion materials.Zekeriya Aytemur, managing direc-tor of IFO Fuarcılık, organizers of the expo, has reported that exhibitors have already booked 85% of the available space and with 8 months still to go, the fair is attracting intense interest. “Our domestic and international exhibitors including many global brands already started booking their stands for the next edition during the previous fair. SIGN Istan-bul 2016 will occupy some 30,000 sqm of the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center and we are confident that the show will surpass the visitor and exhibitor records achieved last year,” says Zekeriya.

According to Zekeriya, SIGN Istanbul 2016 is attracting intense interest from suppliers due to the positive effect of the fair being held in the September-October period, the most productive period for the sector in terms of establishing business connections. The fair which also includes the special sections 3D Printshow Istanbul and Industrial Print Summit, is widely recognized as the most important event in the year for professionals in these sectors of digital printing, textile printing and sign making.“The latest and most innovative products, technologies, materials and applications will be on display for thousands of visitors from dif-ferent parts of Eurasia under the main themes of Digital Printing, Textile Printing, Sign Technology, Visual Communication, Led & Led Display, Industrial Printing and 3D Printing,” says Zekeriya.

Over 250 exhibitors will showcase products and discuss new trends and technological developments at Paperworld Middle East to be held from 1–3 March 2016. Product groups exhibited at the show in-clude office supplies, office paper,

school articles, gift articles and wrapping, and party and festive articles. This year’s show will feature the fol-lowing programmes: (1) Wrap Star competition: see retail, department and luxury stores go head-to-head

to win the title of Wrap Star, while they demonstrate their skills and creativity in gift wrapping; (2) Green Office area: make informed buying decisions for paper and stationery products that are sustainably produced, recyclable and environment-friendly; (3) Remanexpo Middle East: discover cost-effective and sustainable products such as remanufactured ink and toner cartridges; (4) Office automation: find office automation including binders, paper shredders, laminators and more; (5) Paper Recycling competition: witness creative artefacts created by school students using sustainable statio-nery materials; and (6) Business Matchmaking program: profile exhibitors based on your areas of interest, review and set meetings with them at the show in advance.


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Product Guide

Heidelberg boosts automation levels in computer-to-plateNew auto pallet loader for the Suprasetter ensures non-stop operation in prepress

Heidelberger is increasing automa-tion in prepress and providing solutions to keep work moving in computer-to-plate by introducing two new optional auto pallet loader (APL) systems for the Suprasetter 106 and 145/162/190CtP plateset-ters, enabling uninterrupted load-ing of up to 1,200 printing plates in 106 format, or 600 in large format. That makes the systems a flexible and high-performance automation solution for computer-to-plate op-erations. The solution is particularly relevant for industrial-scale media service providers that are pursuing end-to-end automation in their printing process. “Our customers demand maximum quality in ever tighter timeframes and at good prices,” says Ferdinand Berger jun., senior manager at Druckerei Berger in Horn, Austria, neatly summing up a key customer requirement. “We can only achieve that by implementing large-scale automation in our value added chain. Perfect printing starts with a perfect prepress stage. By investing in an auto pallet loader for our Su-prasetter 106, we have been able to make availability in prepress even better and ramp up the productiv-ity of the process as a whole, while also reducing production costs,” continues Berger.To achieve flexibility in changing up to three plate formats, print shops can run the 106-format Suprasetter in combination with the Auto/Dual Cassette Loader (ACL/DCL). When

using the APL, personnel no longer have to insert the printing plates by hand. Instead, the plates stay on the Euro-pallet on which they are delivered. Using a hand pallet truck, personnel can quickly and easily move the plates up to the APL – from either side. The APL for the Supraset-ter 106, A106, and 106 UV models can be loaded with up to 1,200 printing plates in this way. When using the APL for the Suprasetter 145, 162, and 190 formats, the total number of plates is up to 600, depending on their thickness. The APL also reduces errors and unnecessary interrup-tions, as manual loading often results in repeated unintended production stops due to scratched plates. The APLs are also integrated into the Remote Service portfolio that Heidelberg offers, which ensures rapid data analysis and error correc-tion through Heidelberg Service.“The auto pallet loader represents another step in the automation of industrial print production. Our

customers can thus boost flex-ibility and production reliability in prepress,” says Harald Weimer, member of the Management Board and responsible for sales and head of Heidelberg Services at Heidel-berger Druckmaschinen AG. “The production process in prepress runs on an almost non-stop basis, with no need for manual interven-tion. That is another milestone on the way to achieving a smart print production,” says Weimer.The auto pallet loader can be ret-rofitted to all the aforementioned Suprasetter models manufactured during or after 2013, supports the maximum working speed of the relevant Suprasetter, and runs on a non-stop basis once loaded. When running, the APL 106 removes the slip sheets from the plates without leaving any marks and separates the individual plates using a sucker and blast air. On the APL for large formats, the printing plates are transported to the platesetter via a transfer table. As the coated sides of the plates in the large format are face-up, the auto pallet loader for the large format is fully encapsu-lated to stop daylight affecting the plates.Depending on requirements, the 106-format Suprasetter can be extended on a modular basis with the Auto/Dual Cassette Loader or auto pallet loader with additional automation components. Another option is automatic plate edging with the plates then being sorted or stored in a magazine system until they are needed in the pressroom.

Mimaki to launch TS500P-3200 super-wide format inkjet printerThe 3.2m wide roll-to-roll sublimation printer is aimed at home furnishing textiles and indoor soft signage

A flat printer to decorate all surfaces up to 300mm The Practika Mig 64 has an inkjet system which has been designed for applying nanocolor inks

Mimaki is to launch the super-wide format TS500P-3200 inkjet printer come February 2016. This 3.2-m wide roll-to-roll sublimation inkjet printer is a dedicated transfer paper printer for the textile industry and is aimed at a broad range of appli-cations including home furnishing textiles and indoor soft signage.The super-wide format TS500P-3200 inkjet printer features a new type of printhead to deliver high-speed printing at 180 m2/h. There are 12 printheads arrayed in three staggered lines that eject ink droplets at high speed to maintain the appropriate ink droplet angle and ensure accurate drop place-ment with a high head gap. This en-sures high-quality printing results on low-cost thin transfer papers.

In addition, the environmentally friendly output does not emit vola-tile organic compounds after print-ing and helps reduce CO2 emissions during transportation because it is lightweight and foldable.“On-demand inkjet printing sys-tems are increasingly being used for clothing production instead of conventional analogue systems because of their ability to quickly provide high-mix, low-volume printing,” says Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe. “It started with the fashion industry putting the benefits of on demand digital printing to good use for tailored and variable print quantities. We see the trend expanding now to interior decoration and home styl-

ing. Moreover, the change is not limited to the production method, but also to production location. Production sites get shifted from low-cost remote locations to urban areas closer to consumers. We believe this trend will extend to the production of extra-wide textiles for home furnishings from curtains to upholstery and bed linens.”

The Practika Mig 64 from MuchCo-lours is a flat printer for digital prints able to decorate all surfaces up to a maximum thickness of 300 mm. The bed dimension is 1600 x 3000 mm. The Practika Mig 64 is targeted at digital printing for glass, aluminium, stainless steel, thermoforming plastics, leather, wood, and MDF coated wood. The machine has an inkjet system which has been designed for apply-ing nanocolor inks. The microscopic molecules of the nanocolor inks are able to pen-etrate more easily difficult materials as glass, ceramics, wood, leather or metal and therefore achieve an impressing adhesion and printing quality. The grip on most materials is assured by the fact that nano-components of the colour fluid can penetrate and crosslink all the ma-terials because of the components’

very small sizes. Moreover it is also possible to use pigmented or sub-limation inks. The flatbed unit can be optionally equipped with a roll printing system in order to enlarge the application possibilities.In addition to the CMYK standard inks there are special colours avail-able. The Practika can be adapted to many individual printing and material requirements by installing different additional equipment and a special drying device, mounted directly on the print head.Practika is the only digital printer in the world able to reproduce Fluores-cent Red and Yellow colours on any type of support. Global brands such as Adidas, Timberland, Fendi, and Dolce and Gabbana use the Practika Mig 64 to print on leather goods such as shoes, bags, and belts. The Practika Mig 64 can be used directly in any manufacturing facility for

glass, wood, leather, and other materials. It presents a new oppor-tunity for sign makers involved in or seeking opportunities to provide services to such industries through value addition for home and office decoration,” says Dario Rampinelli, sales manager, MuchColours.


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The latest exclusive market research from Smithers Pira has identified a series of major changes set to transform the use of digital printing across the packaging and labelling industry.

THE FUTURE oF DIGITAL PRINT FoR PACkAGING

In its latest market report – The Future of Digital Print for Pack-aging to 2020 – Smithers Pira confirms growth will continue in this segment for both toner and, especially, inkjet systems. Com-petitive digital equipment print will continue to expand across several lucrative pack format seg-ments, offering many advantages to converters, packaging buyers, and retailers eager to satisfy consumer demand.Smithers Pira’s exclusive data shows a total world market val-ued at $10.5 billion (€9.3 billion) in 2015, with the equivalent of 107 billion A4 prints produced on digital presses. Over the next five years the volume of packaging printed on digital equipment will more than double, generating a market forecast to be worth $19.8 billion in 2020.This highlights the fact that digital print for packaging is one of the most rapidly growing arenas of print. As this expansion happens, a number of key trends will be realised creating a landscape in 2020 that is significantly different to that in 2015. The analysis in The Future of Digital Print for Packag-ing to 2020 identifies these as:

INKJET WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGYToday the majority of the market is accounted for by electropho-tography presses printing with

liquid or powder toner. Toner printing can be very high qual-ity and is widely used in label production in cut-sheet, but prin-cipally narrow web formats.The alternative process is inkjet. It is non-contact, using liquid inks ejected from precision heads onto the substrate that then dries using one of several mechanisms. It also offers several advantages for print service providers and converters in the packaging, which will help it displace elec-trophotography equipment.

First non-impact inkjet pro-cesses are more suited to print-ing larger formats on a wide range of substrates making it more suited to packaging, and it can be integrated into existing conversion lines more easily than toner systems.In terms of volume of packaging substrates printed, electropho-tography is still ahead today, but the rapid increase in inkjet means that by 2018 it will account for the majority of digital’s use in packaging.

Inkjet volumes will overtake toner print in 2018 – Source: Smithers Pira

DIGITAL’S USE WITH OTHER PACKAGING FORMATS WILL ERODE THE DOMINANCE OF LABEL PRESSESSmithers assesses the relative market growth across six packag-ing formats – labels, corrugated, folding cartons, flexibles, rigid plastic and metal.Labels was the first sector to use digital printing. This is because most self-adhesive labels are printed in narrow web on light-weight substrates well suited to the process. Equipment suppliers, notably HP Indigo and Xeikon, recognised the opportunity early, and introduced technology dedi-cated to label production.In 2015, labels account for 80.5% of total global market value and 93.5% of the printed volume. Across the study period labels are forecast to remain the majority of the sector, but all other segments are growing more rapidly – with corrugated, cartons, and flexibles becoming significant markets before 2020.Equipment suppliers are develop-ing new presses as they strive to establish an early footprint in these less developed segments. Several high-profile examples are set for their first installations in 2016, and other systems will debut at drupa 2016.In the former category it was announced in December that DS Smith will take delivery of the first PageWide Web Press T1100S made by HP in spring 2016. Spe-cifically designed for high-volume corrugated print, this 2.8m-wide inkjet press is built in cooperation with KBA. It will offer a top speed of 183m per minute, equivalent to 30,600m2per minute.In the folding carton segment, Landa is planning to have its first Nanography presses in operation in 2016. These will look to increase the run length across which a digital press can compete cost effectively with existing analogue units.

As part of its comprehensive ap-proach to this key future market, Smithers surveyed delegates to its Digital Print for Packaging 2015 [http://www.printfutures.com/europe/] conference in Berlin on 8-9 December. In all 33% of respondents identified flexible packaging as the substrate for which there is the greatest op-portunity for digital print. This was followed by corrugated and folding cartons on 27% each; only 13% of respondents voted for the current market leader – labels.

SHORTENING RUN LENGTHS WILL AID THE SWITCH TO DIGITALDigital print is typically more expensive than proven analogue platforms. This increased cost needs to be set against a benefit; like improved consumer engage-ment as witnessed in Coca Cola’s trail-blazing “Share a Coke” cam-paigns.Significantly the economics and productivity of digital technol-ogy is continuing to improve, making it increasingly price-competitive against analogue printing processes for more than just short runs. Eliminating plates, many prepress processes, and simplifying press make-ready times means digital methods are much lower cost to set up than analogue alternatives. While the unit cost of print is then higher, overall digital jobs are lower cost for short runs.While dedicated high-volume digital systems will increase the run lengths at which digital can match analogue, changes in de-mand from print buyers towards shorter runs will also benefit adoption of the new generation of inkjet and toner machines.In 2015, average run lengths are falling, as brands introduce more varieties and pack sizes to in-crease market appeal. This trend will continue through the five-year Smithers study period, and accelerate as variations in more languages, colours, flavours, fat/sugar/salt/gluten/allergen-free varieties are commissioned by brands.

This will receive a further boost from new legal requirements for printed viable data track-and-trace marks on individual packs for high value goods, like pharmaceuticals. In future it will be possible to enhance these with varnishes laid down to give innovative tactile and haptic finishes.

DIGITAL PRINT’S SUPPLY CHAIN WILL START TO DIVERGE FROM A TRADITIONAL MODELAdoption of digital print will also have a direct effect on the busi-ness market in which print service providers operate.In future greater flexibility and more simple supply chains will mean packaging can be printed on digital machines more quickly. This will be aided by the increas-ing availability of web-to-pack portals that will reduce the ad-ministration and prepress costs of producing press-ready artwork – shaving the cost of digital labels and packaging. By 2020, this type of online ordering may become the preferred method, even for medium length runs.Online ordering and the declin-ing cost of digital presses means a threat will develop for print service providers. It will become increasingly possible to fit and remotely control printers at the manufacturer’s own facilities, regional distribution centres, or even retail outlets – providing a more responsive business model, producing bespoke pack-aging for promotional purposes on site.


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One of the key benefits of business process automation is in provid-ing the ability to archive documents in one place.

DOcument DigitisatiOn the future Of print

WOrlDWiDe prODuctiOn print market cOntinues tO shOW year-Over-year grOWth

Just one third of European com-panies are planning for a digital world with smart MFPs playing a key role in moving away from paper-based processes, a new IDC whitepaper commissioned by OKI Europe Ltd has found. At present, most European companies are using a combination of paper-based and digital documents in their day-to-day operations. However, a third of businesses are now planning for a future digital world. In its latest white paper: ‘Are your business processes stifling your market opportunity? Cost-efficient print and document management through smart

MFPs’, IDC points to the fact that many companies would like to digitise documents to reduce physical storage in premium of-fice or offsite spaces. According to Tetsuya Kuri, Vice President Marketing, OKI Europe Ltd, today, most businesses continue to use a combination of paper-based and digital documents in their day-to-day operations. However, research by IDC shows that, despite the fact more and more businesses hav-ing increasingly data intensive processes, only a third of Euro-pean companies are planning for a digital world. This leaves the remaining two thirds at risk of

falling behind the competition and missing out on the potential to make important time and productivity savings as well as leaving them open to ever grow-ing security concerns. In facilitating the transition away from paper-based processes, smart multifunction printers (MFPs) will have an important role in helping firms towards collab-orative, digitised processes that are key to more efficient working practice. Here, one of the key benefits of business process automation is in providing the ability to archive documents in one place. By providing access to scanning

functionality, users can digitise information for searchable ac-cess and scan direct to a specific destination, eliminating the need for a paper trail. Key features that a smart MFP brings to firms that are actively looking to increase document digitisation include the ability to scan direct to email, to a specified folder that may be on a network or cloud-based for further utilisa-tion or archival. This makes the devices well-suited to the 66% of European companies which iden-tify the ability to have archived documents in a single location as a key benefit of automating busi-ness processes. Various document formats can also be scanned for output in PDF or PDF/A format. In this re-gard, smart MFPs also help meet longer-term, searchable digital archiving requirements.

SUPPORTING THE INCREASINGLY MOBILE WORKFORCE WITH ‘ANYTIME, ANYWHERE’ SOLUTIONS Another key factor driving for-

ward the digitisation agenda is the continued rise in workplace mobility, which was identified as an important trend in the IDC research. By 2018, the analyst firm has predicted that 75% of the Western European workforce will be mobile and require access to accurate information in order to maintain and increase the productivity. This follows an earlier 2014 study released by Atomik Research on behalf of OKI Europe, which pointed to an increase in the use of smart devices and flexible working among European SMBs. Here, the research showed that, as reliance on digital technology grows, the demand for printed documents is evolving, with near-ly half of the businesses surveyed (45%) highlighting that they have staff with a requirement to print from a mobile device. In direct response to market demand for digitisation, the rise in employee mobility and the desire for streamlined document workflows, smart MFPs are rising up the agenda and increasingly

being viewed as an important workplace technology. Acting as ‘on ramps and off ramps to the cloud’, IDC makes the case that they are much more powerful and capable than the printing devices of the past. This extends the role of the smart MFP from printing and copying (or ‘dumb device’) to a customis-able digital transformation tool, paving the way for offices that are less cluttered with filing cabinets and making organisa-tions much better equipped to move towards more productive workflows and increased docu-ment digitisation.“As a workplace technology, smart MFPs have come a long way in a very short space of time,” Terry Kawashima, manag-ing director, OKI Europe Ltd. “This is in direct response to market demand for digitisation and streamlined document workflow set out in this latest IDC whitepaper, paving the way for a future of fewer filing cabi-nets and increased document digitisation.”

The worldwide production print market continues to show year-over-year growth in unit ship-ments, gaining 9.9% in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). According to the International Data Corpo-ration (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker, unit shipments increased to ap-proximately 10,500 units (printers and MFPs) and shipment value increased 5.9% to more than $1.2 billion in the same time period.All four of IDC's largest re-gional markets saw positive year-over-year unit growth in the production print space in 3Q15. Key contributors to the worldwide increase were Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) with 15.7% year-over-year growth, the U.S with 15.3%, Western Europe

with 12.1%, and Japan with 1.0%.All categories in the production print market recorded year-over-year gains. Label & packaging was up 15.0%, production grew 12.7%, and mid-production increased 9.1%. High-speed inkjet shipments grew 8.8% year over year. Canon, Ricoh and HP are the top 3 vendors in this space. Their combined market share accounts for more than half of the global high speed inkjet segment."All production-class technolo-gies saw annual gains in the third quarter, showing the health of the worldwide digital production in-dustry. As expected, after slipping in the second quarter, high-speed inkjet experienced a tremendous rebound in the third quarter, with system shipments growing 110%

from the previous quarter and 9% annually. Hardware vendors are innovating — from monochrome laser to sheetfed inkjet — to cre-ate new applications for their cus-tomers, which is driving demand for new technology investments," said Amy Machado, Research Manager, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions.

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Smart MFPs can automate diverse processes to deliver productivity gains quickly for the business.

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Wide-format print will find its stronger markets that generate great profitability for its users is in applications away from the mainstream work

By Sophie Matthews-Paul

supply chain that is established in this market segment but, often, at ever tighter margins. Growth areas, such as printed interior décor, are now generating a new interest in the capabilities of digi-tal print with profitability often being driven by overall project management and creativity — areas where print becomes part of the modus operandi and not an isolated operation.Compared with events that cater only for specific areas of the print industry, drupa 2016 extends its reach into all segments so that all areas of the graphic arts and beyond are presented with a strong snap-shot of opportuni-ties and the realisation of trends.

Connectivity between latter day cloud-based technologies, digital out of home (DOOH) functional applications and traditional pro-duction segments will show wide-format technologies play-ing a cogent role in parallel as a complementary counterpart to alternative processes as well as playing its part in a stand-alone environment.The increase in demand for customisation and version-ing, plus better quality, faster throughput, less down-time and easier accountability has now given a solid ground for wide-format digital print in many print environments, including those that are predominantly analogue. The future won’t see an end to traditional processes but it will herald greater diversification across areas where digital print can play a strong practical and economic role across the variable business models that apply to today’s industry players.

LARGE FORMATNot so many years ago the wide-format printing market was still in an experimental stage and couldn’t be considered a serious contender for production in commercial environments. Since those early days the advances in technology have been rapid, now reaching the point where digital has become the preferred format for many display applications. Reliability in machine build has accompanied the continuing evolution of print-heads and inks, resulting in platforms that produce consistent results that are fit-for-purpose; nowadays, it is rare to find a print business involved in large format jobs that doesn’t have an ink-jet capability as part of its plant list of equip-ment.Although there has been signifi-cant expansion of digital printing systems among display produc-ers, screen-printing companies, sign-makers and, increasingly, the offset litho sector, this hasn’t

seen the total demise of analogue production methodologies. Where wide-format has scored, complemented by advances made in associative software and the materials available, is by bringing versatility and flexibility to all industry segments where the digital revolution has opened doors to low volumes, one-offs, versioning and variable data. To these criteria can be added environmental benefits through a process that uses no traditional chemistry, plus a reduction in waste and the advantages of just-in-time and on-demand ordering by brands and end customers.

PRACTICAL BENEFITS FROM DIGITAL PRODUCTIONFrom a practical perspective, wide-format ink-jet produc-tion carries the advantage of faster turnaround times, better operating environments, easier logistics, and more efficient end-to-end workflows. Additionally, economic and stock reduction considerations have been fac-tored into this mix and these have helped to bring ink-jet processes to the fore. During the past two decades, therefore, there has been a significant change into the way that applications coming under the remit of large or wide-format are produced. This took digital print engines, typically ranging in size from 1.0m to 5m, from being speciality machines into the mainstream market. In that period of time, manufacturers have witnessed a metamorphosis in customer requirements, with today’s considerations in a print device becoming more diverse and eclectic in many environ-ments.

NICHE AND SPECIALITY MARKETSWhile the growth in wide-format print continues, it is noticeable

THE WIDE-FoRMAT APPEAL CoNTINUES To GRoW

Challenges presented by opposing and parallel technologies won’t affect the wide-format segment for the foreseeable future. Indeed, increasingly it continues to grow in appeal as it crosses all budgets, speed necessities, the handling of different widths and the introduction of automation. Additional benefits, including greater environmental aware-ness and greener practices through lower energy consumption, also play a part in shaping the future

of ink-jet, as does the increase in workflow and complementary software integration for a true end-to-end environment.Where wide-format print will find its stronger mar-kets that generate great profitability for its users is in applications away from the main-stream work. Indoor and outdoor displays, banners, point-of-purchase, retail advertising, vehicle graphics and scaffold wraps continue to bring revenues to the

Sophie Matthews-PaulA former photographer, Sophie Matthews-Paul started writing about the printing industry in the late 1970s, with emphasis on the screen process segment and, as computerised techniques be-gan to manifest themselves, she became more involved with data handling and file creation across many pre-press areas. Today she works primarily as an interna-tional independent consultant, having been involved at the start of wide-format develop-ments and by following through their evolution into the devices they are today. She specialises in the use of digital print in the graphics, display, sign-making, packaging and labelling sectors, and is now also concentrating on the industrial, functional and textile arenas worldwide.

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that users of machines are not only servicing the more conven-tional market requirements but are also moving to new niche and speciality areas where digital technology can realise jobs that, formerly, were not feasible. The ability to experiment with ink-jet and different materials is simpli-fied because of fast-set-up and changeover, the ease of the pre-press process and the viability of producing one-offs or very low volumes. Additionally, print service pro-viders face challenges not only from competition generated by their counterparts trading in the same market sector but also by new investors in digital technol-ogy. Those recent entrants that have opted to take on a niche or specialist segment, rather than merely become a ‘me too’ opera-tion, avoid the inevitable race to win orders in an arena where rivalry can too often be based on price.Nonetheless, the growth in de-mand for wide-format ink-jet pro-duction devices continues across the entire digital spectrum with reasons driven by the desire for higher quality, faster throughput and the need for reliability.

SPEED VERSUS VERSATILITYIs speed of the essence through-out today’s wide-format printer users? The answer to this million dollar question differs depending on business model and type of demand. Versatility is still key to the throughput benefits of ink-jet and diversification can often prove to be the key factor that drives better margins and greater profitability. Ergo, effective workflow is as important as the throughput rates of a particular print device, and investment must be quantified against ex-pected daily volumes, diversity and variability of work.“We know many of our customers are using our printers to produce a wide variety of products on a range of substrates to meet the needs of their customers and to maximise ROI. So one printer can be used to produce everything from retail POS graphics, pop up banners and self-adhesive decals and labels to wall coverings, external displays and vehicle wraps,” Richard Barrow, Senior Product Manager, LFP signage, Epson Europe. Mike Horsten, General Manager

Marketing EMEA at Mimaki, con-curs: “I believe that diversity in the offering is the key to success. For the most part, a single production type of print company no longer exists. Offering a diverse series of printing products is making the one-stop-shop a reality.”Flexibility is not only governed by the creativity of the display producer or the sign shop. It is encouraged by technologies that have been developed to minimise down-time during job change-over and the ability to produce applications that are right first time. Every minute wasted when a machine sits idle eats into a company’s overall profitability, and present day device improve-ments certainly acknowledge these principles when it comes to functionality and performance.

END-TO-END WORKFLOW ADVANTAGESAdvances don’t lie only in the print engine’s design and construction; of increasing importance is the benefit of an efficient end-to-end workflow plus integration with onward services that aid account-ability, such as streamlined finish-ing in print-to-cut environments,

MIS/ERP and JDF compliance. EFI’s VP Inkjet Solutions at EFI, Ken Hanulec, confirms: “It is fairly obvious to calculate how a com-pany can increase its throughput and its profits by printing more work on a wider, faster printer. But it is too easy for companies to overlook the ways they can also get better results with a better workflow. So it is definitely a way to gain a competitive edge that needs to be recognised.”“If you are a large print house with multiple printers the workflow is crucial to survival. Without a good MIS system or an automated workflow the amount of work would kill any company in the long run. On the other hand, the demands for perfect work-flow are not so important if you are a small company and you know your entire customer base,” Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA, Mimaki.With wide-format print devices across all levels providing key output for an ever growing range of end applications, ef-ficiency continues to increase in relevance. “Our support of work-flow is the driving force behind efficiency of our printers,” insists Barrow. “We work closely with our software partners to ensure that the workflow to printer interface is very efficient.”

GETTING IT RIGHT FIRST TIMEAgfa’s Paul Adriaensen endorses the relevance of good workflow in today’s print operations: “Good throughput means that the ma-chine outputs correctly the first

time and every time, job after job. Workflow automates input file and data processing, colour man-agement, printer and finishing settings in order to avoid delays during the entire production process.”Today’s users of wide-format printers can come from any background, whether they happen to be designers, former specialists in typesetting or repro, sign-makers, screen-printers or the sign-making sectors of the industry. The common feature among all is that every order should meet the quality of output required, produced to an acceptable price, on time. But every print service provider should look at the bot-tom line and not just production costs. Horsten emphasises: “There are still companies that don’t calculate the entire work-flow cost before adding margin. If they can look at the whole cost structure of their business they

would know the profitability for the work carried out.”Growth in the wide-format seg-ment is down to many criteria, based on machine technologies and reliability, running costs, diversification in application type and balancing volume against the versatility of low numbers and one-offs. But device flex-ibility is proving to be a key factor in future investment where fewer print engines can generate the right volumes across a broad range of materials and applica-tions types.“Diversity is one of the reasons customers like using our hybrid roll/flatbed printers. Many of our customers need to be able to print as many different types of jobs as possible, from corrugated displays printed to traditional banners to everything in-between,” Ken Hanulec, Vice President Inkjet Solutions, EFI.Since drupa 2012, ink-jet develop-ments have continued apace, with the announcement of new inks and faster machines that include automation for material handling, streamline print-to-cut options and the advancement of LED curing. New chemistries include water-based UV-curable formulations, the challenge presented by latex chemistries and the ever present capabilities of aqueous-based, solvent-based and UV-curable options that continue to be used in everyday environments.

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Amid market uncertainties, the 19th edition of Sign and Graphics Imaging Middle East Dubai reiterated why the expo maintains its position as the launch-ing ground for new products for the signage and advertising industries in the Middle East and Africa. With over 400 exhibitors this year, and 43 new ones, the show attracted over 13000 trade visitors.Demonstrations of the ever increasing applications of wide format printing were among the biggest highlights of SGI 2016, which also presented the latest developments in digital signage, outdoor media, screen and digital printing industries. As traditional sign making technologies are declining, digital technologies are taking over and offer a multitude of applications that enable print shop owners to increase their business and engage in new applications.One of the wide format printing application high-lights of SGI Dubai 2016 was creative car wraps, popular in the US and European markets, is fast catching up in the UAE and other GCC countries. Wrap advertising acts as a mobile billboard, mak-ing it easier to target a wider proximity of a brand’s target market. Brand owners are increasingly view-ing this application as an impressive addition to their brands’ integrated marketing strategies.The digital signage component of SGI grows with every new edition. As the retail, hospitality, and healthcare industries in the Middle East region recognize the advantages of digital signage, ex-hibitors are promoting them as more strategically beneficial as compared to static signage because of the flexibility of updating content. In addition, digital signage can be integrated with image cap-ture, touch screen, and motion detection devices. The application of digital signage for interactive advertising and the reducing costs of installation, maintenance, and purchase indicate the exponen-tial growth potential of the digital signage market in this region.Another hot topic was digital textile printing that not only caters to soft signage but now also puts its mark on interior design - be it personalised and individualised solutions or short run. At SGI Dubai 2016 it was evident that print service providers care a lot about the environment. Latex, Solvent-UV, aqueous and UV-LED printers and recyclable, environmentally friendly consumables that were presented at the show received much attention due to their lower impact on the environ-ment.“There has been a sense of revival in the region in a big way post Dubai’s Expo 2020 win. Due to several upcoming projects in UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia the demand within the industry has grown expo-nentially and that has also had a positive impact on the show. This edition’s growth is a good indicator that the industry is growing at a consistent pace,”

observes Sharif Rahman, CEO, International Expo Consults (IEC), organizers of SGI Dubai.ME Printer summarises the market sentiments echoed by prominent exhibitors at SGI 2016.

RIDE ON THE GROWTH WAVE LEADING UP TO EXPO 2020A positive indicator for the UAE market in the begin-ning of 2016 is that it is another step closer to 2020, which according to Mani Nabavi, business develop-ment manager at Nabavi Group, offers new busi-ness opportunities brought by the several projects underway or planned for the mega event. “We expect to see an increasing demand for signage driven by the marketing activities in the run up to Expo 2020 in Dubai. This will also create new printing and signage benchmarks, which in turn will drive demand across the Middle East as printers will aim to catch up to the higher printing and customer service standards,” says Mani. Nabavi Group, through its trading arm Al Shabak Gen-eral Trading, showcased its expanded range of vinyls used for different applications in signage and graphics since it launched the Multi-fix range of products in 2015. Multi-fix is a subsidiary of Mactac, which is spe-cialized in manufacturing self-adhesive products. “Multi-fix widens our market segment with an ex-panded product range and a larger customer base at different price points. Mactac and Multi-fix are positioned differently and targeted at the high-end and mid segments of the market, respectively. A large number of our customers have adopted both brands for different applications. We project huge demand for both the brands, as indicated by the buying behaviour of visitors at SGI 2016. The show received a larger number of visitors, particularly from Iran, which is expected to see an economic boom and present huge growth opportu-nities for the Middle East signage industry after the lifting of international sanctions,” says Mani.

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COLOUR PLAYS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN VISUAL COMMUNICATIONDigital printing is a fast-growing market in the Mid-dle East, and printers can focus on delivering high quality images consistently as a point of difference. Stefan Braun, area sales manager-EMEA, Barbieri points out that this is possible only with intelligent and accurate colour measuring technology that can help print professionals deliver the highest levels of image quality. Barbieri is a manufacturer and supplier of intelligent colour measurement systems for large format, flat-bed, and industrial printing. In 2015, the company partnered with Giffin Graphics to enter the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. Barbieri’s product highlight at SGI was the portable SpectroPad colour measuring and process control device. The wireless spectrophotometer measures a wide variety of different reflective media used in professional digital printing, including large and wide format. Measurements can be taken indepen-dently without the need of a computer and directly on the printer. Its integrated touch display enables interaction with the device and provides instant measurement results.“Barbieri is a global specialist in measuring colour, and we develop devices to help print professionals to deliver the highest level of image quality. Our core competence lies in our understanding of colour and its role in visual communication. Together with Giffin Graphics, we aim to educate printers in the Middle East about this competence and how they can achieve accurate results on a wide variety of media,” says Stefan.

INTERIOR DECORATION IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION FOR SIGNAGE PRINTERSThe industry is in the early stages of merging sig-nage, fashion, and interior decoration. The future of wide format printing will be a combination of promotional and functional printing. Wide format printers who’ve previously focused only on signage applications are now looking at interior decora-tion seriously as a natural progression for business growth, according to Pavan Gupta, director, Colorjet. The Indian manufacturer of wide format digital printers is investing in technology that combines promotional and functional printing in a single machine. At SGI, ColorJet launched the Fabjet-Duo, which is equipped with a dual ink supply system that gives the freedom to choose between any two of three inks in one machine by just a flick of a switch. The Fabjet-Duo has been developed for a target audi-ence in the soft signage segment, particularly for producers of soft signage like flags, banners, hoard-

ings, demo tents, vibrant backlits, etc.“Our new machines are targeted specifically at a niche industry of first time users, particularly entrepreneurs venturing into wide format printing for various applications. The target customer also in-cludes traditional outdoor signage printers who are moving into textile printing. For example, a printer may want to print flags and banners for signage and bed sheets for home use. Such entrepreneurs may not have the volumes to justify investment in machines for each application. However, they could achieve the best of both worlds by starting with the versatile Fabjet-Duo printer and decide later to in-stall dedicated printers for each application as they expand their businesses,” says Pavan.

ADOPTING A HYBRID PRINTING MODEL IS THE SMART WAY FORWARDOffset printing alone cannot sustain the industry’s long-term suvival. Therefore, the survival strategy for offset printers should be to adopt a hybrid mod-el. Nayyar Ansari, business development manager, production printing, sales, and marketing division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East, in-dicates that as more consumers expect on-demand printing and faster turnaround with the highest quality and the best price, offset printers need to be equipped well to provide the best combination of speed, flexibility, and quality. At SGI, Konica Minolta, along with its UAE partner Juma Al Majid Group, presented the bizhub Press C1100 series production machine with on-demand printing capabilities targeted at printers that want to keep up with high volume of orders and demand for quality. “Currently, only a small fraction of conventional offset printers have invested in digital printing. Konica Mi-nolta enjoys market leaderhip in entry-level solutions for offset printers, which makes it attractive for them to incorporate digital printing within their existing business. Our expertise in the entry-level segment gave us the confidence to move into the mid-to-high volume production market,” says Nayyar.

THE MARKET IS READY TO LOOK BEYOND PRICE ALONEBuying cheap is not always cheap. The cost per square meter on low-end machines can be very expensive. The GCC market is now evolving from price alone to functionality and features, according to Mark Sherman, area director, Screen Europe.At SGI, Screen introduced the Screen Truepress Jet W3200 HS, a wide format UV inkjet printing system targeted at companies that are well established in UV printing, for indoor or outdoor applications. “Such printers are looking to take their businesses to the next level, and they are likely to trade in their existing machines for one that offers much more

features, better quality, higher speed, and special applications. We believe the GCC market is ready for this machine. Its high speed and quality will rede-fine instore promotions. The Screen Truepress Jet W3200 HS is different from all our other products in the market. It’s the ideal production tool for a wide range of applications. The machine prints full com-mercial quality fast and at a low cost, which allows a fast return on investment,” says Mark.The Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS delivers a speed of 150 square meters per hour at true com-mercial quality and184 square meters per hour at saleable quality. The standard model, the Screen Truepress Jet W3200, offers a top speed of 85 square meters per hour. If job volumes increase, this system can be upgraded on site to the Truepress Jet W3200 HS specifications; the upgrade allows growth into highspeed, high-volume production.Screen has partnered with Jacky’s Business Solutions to introduce the Screen Truepress Jet W3200 HS (High Speed) in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. “Jacky’s are experts in these markets. That’s why we felt this product needed their expertise, and we’ve been huge-ly impressed with their professionalism. The addition of Screen in the Jacky’s portfolio helps them compete in the high-end segment of the market. It’s a win-win partnership for both the companies,” says Mark.

IT’S EASY FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO START A SUBLIMATION PRINTING BUSINESSA large number of small businesses in the Middle East are looking for creative ways to make money. Sublimation printing is a fairly simple and profitable business and a great diversification opportunity for any entrepreneur, according to Darcy Mauro, presi-dent, Sawgrass.“Sublimation printing has applications in per-sonalized gifts, furnishing and décor, garment decoration, promotional products, interior signage, photography and fine art. We provide integrated solutions comprising printers, inks, software, and transfer media, making it easy for entrepreneurs to start a sublimation business, either at home or in a small shop,” says Darcy.Sawgrass exhibited its full portfolio of sublimation solutions at SGI, including the new Sawgrass VJ 628 8-color System and SubliJet-HD inks. The Sawgrass VJ 628 features a Mutoh print engine with i2 print technology that eliminates banding. It is capable of printing a full bleed on 24” (610 mm) products and is equipped with industrial printheads capable of printing up to 1440 x 1440 dpi. Designed specifically for larger format and high volume sublimation production, this system is targeted at applications such as interior signage, fine art and photographic reproduction or high volume produc-tion of personalized gifts and promotional products.

SubliJet-HD Sublimation Inks for the Sawgrass VJ 628 System enables for rich blacks, neutral grays and photoquality reproduction.Sawgrass also displayed the newly launched Virtuoso HD Garment Decorating System, a fully integrated system designed specifically for cotton transfer printing. Featuring ChromaBlast-HD textile inks, ChromaBlast transfer media, and both SG400 and SG800 printers, the system is aimed at decorat-ing white and light coloured cotton fabrics with vibrant, durable images that are soft to the hand. “In direct response to dealer and end-user requests for an alternative to the current 24” in aftermarket solutions, we worked with Mutoh to develop the VJ 628 System, which offers a wider print area and brings the power of our desktop Virtuoso HD Product Decorating Systems to its next evolution. We also offer free cloud-based design software, CreativeStudio, to make it easy to produce great designs from any computer or tablet,” says Darcy.

SPEED, THE ANSWER TO BOOSTING DIGITAL PRODUCTIVITYHendrik Verbrugghe, marketing director, Canon Middle East, points out that the sign and graphic imaging industry is faced with the challenge of commoditization, with consumers expecting organ-isations to provide them with faster print runs and personalised prints. An expanded range of printing substrates is a growing need, and advanced graphi-cal capabilities in imaging and display technologies are demanding printing to be done with very high quality. Responding to these trends, Canon showcased one of the fastest wide format colour printers in the market, the Océ ColorWave 910 printing system. Producing prints at raw speeds of over 1,000 square meters per hour, Océ ColorWave 910 is aimed at printers looking to boost their digital productivity for a wide variety of applications, in-cluding point-of-sale and event posters, maps and technical documents. “The Océ ColorWave 910an attractive proposition for wide format print service providers looking to increase print production capacity and for commer-cial printers looking for a powerful – yet economi-cal – way to explore new revenue channels. Unlike traditional large format inkjet systems, the Océ ColorWave 910 can maintain maximum productivity regardless of image content, ink coverage or media type,” says Hendrik.Canon also demonstrate its highly comprehensive range of Wide Format Printers which includes the Arizona 460GT UV-Flatbed that produces near-photographic image quality for printing on rigid or flexible media, Océ ColorWave 700 and the power-ful imagePROGRAF range that includes iPF6400s, iPF6450, iPF8400, iPF8400SE and iPF9400s.

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Nayyar AnsariBusiness development manager,

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Mark ShermanArea Director, Screen Europe

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FAST GROWING WIDE FORMAT APPLICATIONS DEMAND VERSATILE PRINTERSChina, Taiwan, Russia, Korea, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa are experiencing a surge in wide format ap-plication jobs, and the need to produce short run jobs on a wide variety of media has created room in these markets for a wide format printer that could master miscellaneous jobs at a high pace at excep-tional quality, according to Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe. Mimaki launched the LED-UV curing inkjet printer SIJ-320UV, a 3.2m wide format printer developed specifically to support the needs of wide format print service providers in the abovementioned regions. This dedicated roll-to-roll printer has been developed for various signage media, including PVC and other banner materials. Alongside the printer, Mimaki introduced the versatile LUS-120 UV ink, which and delivers durable printing results at all times, even on soft media such as (non-laminated) banner materials.Moreover, in order to make the printer’s job load even more practical, it allows for simultaneous printing on two rolls, up to a maximum mountable media width of 1,524mm for each roll. That way, printers can simultaneously handle two different jobs on one machine. The patented dithering Mi-maki Fine Diffusion 1 technology (MFD1) processes image data while safeguarding the original image quality. The technology is included in the Raster-link 6 RIP software and reduces noise.“The SIJ-320UV is as versatile and flexible as the printers it is designed for in these regions. State-of-the-art Mimaki technology combined with durable and outstanding ink colour reproduction will make sure they can timely tailor each print job to the needs and quality standards of their customers,” says Mike.Mimaki also launched the UJF-7151 plus industrial small format UV Inkjet flatbed printer, which has a maximum printable size of 710 x 510 mm (28 x 20in). “Recently, there has been growing demand for digital, on-demand, and plateless inkjet printing because of its ability to quickly provide high-mix and low-volume printing. The high performance UV inkjet printer UJF-7151 plus enables high-precision ink dot placement and beautiful printing through Mimaki’s proprietary technology and at top-level productivity. The printer improves accuracy, consistency and reli-ability by modifying the mechanical structure of the print table. Fine lines, edges, and small texts are displayed crystal clear. The solution also en-ables double-layer printing and colour printing on a white base layer,” says Mike.

THE TREND IS SHIFTING TOWARDS SOFT SIGNAGE AND ECO-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONSPhilippe Husni, general manager, Heliozid Océ Middle East, observes: “The wide format signage industry trend is shifting toward textile printers and environmentally friendly media. To accelerate this industry-wide adoption, we offer a complete solu-tion comprising eco-friendly printers, water-based inks, and recyclable media. The Granada printers print mostly on Polyester, which is lightweight, durable, and recyclable.”Heliozid Océ exhibited its Granada brand of textile printers at SGI. The Granada 3200 uses an Epson DX5 print head with an output resolution of up to 1440dpi and printing speed of up to 55 sqm/h, supporting variable sized droplet technology. It features a post-printing online drying system: the fabric enters into the drying process immediately after printing procedure to avoid the sticky dirt generated on the fabric when entering into a twitch roller. The exces-sive ink droplets passing through the fabric upon printing are collected by the waste ink tank, and it is only required to clean the waste ink tank regularly to avoid drainage of waste water.“The Granada 3200 embodies the characteristics of high efficiency, low energy consumption and mod-est prices of digital printing, which presents high investment value for customers engaged in fabric printing, exhibition, home decoration and advertis-ing banners etc. The system can easily handle ultra-thin fabrics,” says Philippe. INNOVATION WITH LATEX TECHNOLOGYHP showcased sign and display PSPs how they can innovate and open new business opportunities through HP’s latest technology introductions. HP presented some of its newest solutions for the first time in the Middle East, namely, the recently launched Latex 3100, 370 and HP PageWide XL Print-er portfolio, which have been designed to increase productivity and workflow efficiency. Features of the HP booth included an extensive print applica-tion area illustrating more than 30 different printed applications across very diverse materials.“HP’s broad portfolio of large-format solutions dem-onstrates the cost benefits available to print service providers (PSPs), says Ernest Azzam, Large Format Design regional business manager.Delivering high image quality for a variety of indoor and outdoor applications, the HP Latex 3100 printer is aimed at large sign and display PSPs with a diverse service offering. Printing indoor quality at speeds up to 77 sqm/hr (830 sqft/hr), the Latex 3100 can handle peaks in production and deliver on short

turnaround times without sacrificing quality.The 64-inch HP Latex 370 Printer with the new 3-liter cartridges prints from traditional signage substrates like vinyl and banners to temporary textiles, canvas and wallpapers, increasing margins and productiv-ity via the ability to change cartridges while printing and maintaining the high quality at high speed, instant dry and scratch resistance benefits of the 3rd generation of latex inks.HP announced the public release of its new HP Latex software developers kit (SDK), which allows third-party workflow and MIS developers to integrate their tools with HP Latex 370 printers for seamless workflow integration. The HP Latex Mobile App enables users to increase unattended printing by remotely tracking jobs and receiving alerts on the status of the printer on their Smartphone screen.The new HP PageWide XL Printer portfolio offers large-format printing in color and black-and-white with speeds up to 30 D/A1-size prints per minute, as well as two 775 milliliter ink cartridges per color. HP PageWide Technology consists of more than 200,000 nozzles on a stationary print bar and spans the width of the page, enabling breakthrough printing speeds. Extended time between service station cycles also enables outstanding sustained productivity capacity. HP PageWide XL Printers do the job of two printers in one single device, provid-ing monochrome and color prints at breakthrough speeds up to 60 percent faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer.

‘PRINT & PREPARE’ TO REDUCE DOWNTIMEAgfa Graphics showcased its Jeti Mira UV-inkjet wide-format printer for the Middle Eastern and African markets. The Jeti Mira is a six-color and white UV inkjet printer aimed at applications ranging from posters, signage, exhibit graphics and POP displays to niche applications such as DVDs, wood, art reproduc-tions, and personalized objects. Its dockable roll-to-roll option enables printing on a wide variety of flexible media. The Jeti Mira features ‘Print & Prepare’ technology that allows loading of new media whilethe printer is still working. The printer features six different vacuum zones - three zones along the width of the flatbed table, at the front and at the back - to ensure the media does not budge as the gantry whisks its way along the x- and y-axes.Agfa also demonstrated the Anapurna M3200i, a high-speed 3.2 meter-wide roll-to-roll UV-inkjet printer, which prints indoor and outdoor banners and billboards in a six, a four, or a four color plus white configuration. In addition, the company presented its eco-solvent inks for industrial and wide-format inkjet printing applications.Walter Nackaerts, managing director-direct export, Agfa Graphics says: “The Jeti Mira provides outstand-ing quality in six colours and its ‘Print & Prepare’ tech-

nology reduces downtime and increased productivity. We also demonstrated how the Asanti workflow for wide format printers is driving both the 3.2 meter-wide roll-to-roll Anapurna M3200i and the Jeti Mira. It un-derlines our focus on a matched component approach joining software, equipment and inks.”

WIDE FORMAT PRINTERS CAN EXPAND INTO SHORT FORMAT DIGITAL PRESSESThe biggest market for Xerox lies in the shift from offset to digital printing. Pankaj Kalra, marketing manager, Xerox Emirates, points out that signage and wide format printers, too, can take advantage of innovative offerings to expand into short format digital presses.“With the increasing demand for printing in the MENA region, Xerox is focused on providing value add services and solutions to its current and potential customers. We expect to achieve double digit growth in the MENA region in 2016. Printers that’ve embraced short runs and digital printing have exhibited growth despite recessionary trends in the market, and that’s a positive indicator for us,” says Pankaj.Xerox exhibited its large format and short format digital presses such as the Xerox Color 1000i Press with gold and silver inks printing capability, Xerox Wide Format IJP 2000, Xerox Versant 80 press; complemented by XMPIE solutions and business development services.The Xerox Versant 80 provides production press capabilities with offset-quality performance and au-tomated features for optimizing image quality, color and registration. Printing at 80 pages-per-minute (ppm), the device delivers ultra HD, 10-bit image quality at 2400 x 2400 dpi and can handle a variety of media types with a compact Belt Fuser system and Xerox’s EA Low Melt Dry Ink. The Xerox Color 1000i Press includes an optional Specialty Dry Ink Station that enhances documents with metallic gold or silver dry inks or applies spot or flood creative effects with clear dry ink. Printers can migrate to lucrative foil stamping applications such as invita-tions, certificates and business cards, to short-run, high-value digital production. Multi-pass printing with clear ink adds an extra textural/dimensional feel and the “pop” of the silver and gold inks.“In order to meet market demands, evolving printing requirements, and competitiveness of the industry players, Xerox is highly committed to innovation and industry leadership. Quality printing equip-ment will only add value to the business and overall performance when supplemented by meaningful service support. We offer a complete 360 degree approach when it comes to hardware, as we believe workflow solutions, analyst services and customer support with business development services are equally important for our clients, so they can focus more on their core business,” says Pankaj.

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Ernest AzzamLarge Format Design Regional Business Manager, HP

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GROWING APPLICATON OF DYE SUBLIMATION PRINTING FOR FASHION AND SPORTS APPARELYosuke Yagi, assistant manager, sales development, Roland DG, points out that the ever-growing popu-larity of sports and fashion apparel opens up new sublimation opportunities everyday, and everything from t-shirts and cycling jerseys to handbags and baseball caps is a possibility.Roland exhibited the 64-inch Texart XT-640, a high-volume dye-sublimation printer designed for the textile printing industry. Built specifically for dye-sublimation – a printing method that transfers graphics inversely printed on transfer paper with sublimation ink to polyester textiles or polymer-coated rigid substrates using heat – the XT-640 is targeted at creating fashion and sports apparel. With its state-of-the-art print head technology, reinforced rail and frame structure, and precise ink drop placement, the XT-640 delivers vibrant, color-ful sublimated prints at speeds of up to 1,098 square feet per hour (41m2/h). A new feed adjuster at the front of the printer enhances printing accuracy which ensures even tensioning and prevents skew-ing of the media.“The XT-640 is also equipped to take full advantage of Roland Texart inks, which are specially formulated to produce the bold, vivid colors and deep, rich blacks needed forsublimation applications. The addition of orange and violet inks increases the color gamut for excep-tional reds and oranges, deep blues and rich purples, while light cyan and light magenta provide subtle gradations, beautiful skin tones and a remarkably fine level of detail,” says Yosuke.The XT-640’s features that optimize production and convenience include the Roland Ink System, which uses one-liter ink pouches to facilitate uninterrupted long-run printing. In four-color mode, the system provides two liters per color. The proprietary Roland Ink Switching System automatically switches to the backup ink pouch when the primary pouch runs out. The XT-640 also comes with the Roland Printer Assist iPad app, which further enables unattended printing by allowing users to check printing status from anywhere in the building. THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP IS OFTEN OVERLOOKEDPrint service providers now have a wide choice of presses available in the market to buy at various prices. However, they tend to focus only on the intial cost of the machine and overlook the runnning costs. That’s why its important to educate and en-courage them to lower their overall cost of owner-ship by helping them reduce their consumption of

ink as well as its price, according to Shihab Ahmed Zubair, business development manager, profes-sional graphics, Epson.Epson launched a new series of printers – the SC-S series for signage and SC-F series for dye sublima-tion. The company also announced a two-year standard warranty for its S-series of printers and up to 25 percent discount on its ink prices.The SC-S series (SC S40610, SC S60610 and SC S80610), which features the latest generation Epson PrecisionCore TFP printhead, is targeted at signage, high-end displays and décor.Applications include exhibition displays, posters and backlit panels, to POS materials,vehicle wraps and wallpaper. Working in tandem with a new formulation Epson UltraChrome GS3 or GS3 with Red inks, users can produce a wide colour gamut for highly accurate colour reproduction. The SC-S80610 benefits from the addition of both red and orange ink to expand the colour gamut. A ‘Precision Dot’ high-quality mode makes it easy to improve the overall print quality on a variety of media, which includes clear film, vinyl, canvas and photographic paper.The SC-F series (SC-F7200 and SCF6200) is aimed at the cost-effective production of superior-quality textiles and promotional goods. The SC-F6200 also offers the flexibility needed to sublimate onto a range of hard substrates. Targeted at companies producing promotional goods, the printer can be used to sublimate onto tailored goods, including mugs and phone and tablet covers. The SCF7200 has been exclusively created and developed for the roll-to-roll textile market.“The SC-F series enhance Epson’s dye-sublimation line-up by offering customers the chance to expand their production capabilities. All the new models include a number of ways to help customers keep their costs low. High-capacity ink systems mean a low printing cost per square metre, while the use of Epson’s genuine inks ensures less cleaning and fewer printhead replacements are needed to help reduce possible downtime. Disposing of waste ink is now easier and more cost-effective as both printers now include a two-litre bottle to collect wastage. The products are also available with Epson’s man-aged print service programme, which allows tighter budget control and helps reduce overstocking,” says Shihab.

DIGITAL CUTTING BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY AND LOWERS LABOUR COSTSColour Byte, the regional distributor of Zund, showcased the G3 digital cutter with modular tool and material-handling systems for specific cutting needs. G3 cutters are available with a beam height of 30, 60 or 120 mm (approx. 1, 2 or 4 in). Depending on the configuration, up to 110 mm / 4.3 in thick

materials may be processed.The cutter has a feature called ‘tandem material loading’ or ‘pendulum’ production in which, load-ing/unloading occurs on one side, while cutting continues without interruption on the other. This setup increases workflow efficiency, keeps idle time to a minimum and maximizes throughput. With a tandem setup, the cutting surface is divided into two independently controllable vacuum areas, front and back. Each side is equipped with controls for turning the vacuum on/off and resuming production. Once material is placed in the working area, push the button to re-activate the vacuum and processing continues. The machines’ Board Handling System allows high-volume, non-stop production.“Zund G3 eliminates the bottlenecks in your finish-ing department by automating all cutting/trimming functions. Manual cutting, with all inherent costs, potential for mistakes, and lack of efficiency, is reduced to an absolute minimum. With optimized workflow, G3 further boosts productivity,” says Ralph Busselot, managing director, Colour Byte.

CREATE ON-DEMAND REVENUE STREAMS WITH A3+ GRAPHIC ARTS PRINTERSJohn Ross, General Manager of OKI Middle East, In-

dia & Africa, indicates that professional printers with in-built digital graphic arts technology can open up new opportunities and on-demand revenue streams for creative businesses and print houses.OKI launched its new Pro Series range of graphic arts printers, the Pro9541 and the Pro9542, which pro-vide the option to print in CMYK plus an additional spot color of white or clear gloss on transparent and darker media. The Pro Series printers are primarily targeted at sectors producing creative designs as well as those with a volume print requirement, in-cluding print houses, advertising, design and other creative agencies. The company also exhibited the C920WT white toner printer, which enables print-ing in-house using white toner alongside high-definition color.“Unrivalled media flexibility and stunning high definition colors make the Pro Series a cost-effective option for creative businesses looking to offer more to their customers or unlock a lucrative new revenue stream. The Pro Series delivers on-demand graphic arts printing and light production, with fast turnaround and outstanding results. We are so confident about the reliability of our above printers that we are offer-ing a 3 years extended warranty upon registration within 30 days of purchase,” says John.

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Ralph BusselotManaging Director, Colour Byte

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International Expo Consults (IEC)

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IEC is an internationally well-organized professionally headed trade show Management Company with an impressive track record over two decades and a part of Dubai based Falak holdings.IEC is renowned at creating genuinely high profile, high focused business exhibitions, which serves as an

interface and creates opportunity for buyers and suppliers globally.IEC’s expertise team and specialist in industries of signage and graphic Imaging & Amusement and Leisure Industry has transformed many of the trade shows into powerful brands that consistently attracts the biggest and the best names in their respective

industry. Sign and Graphic Imaging, Deal middle east are few names in repertoire of highly successful International trade shows. With an impressive annual track record of growth 15-20% in SGI and 18-22% in Deal M E., IEC is one of the regional and International trade show organizers and growing globally in rapid pace.

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Wide format print signage, digital signage, outdoor media, screen and digital printing industries are the highlights of 19th edition of the Sign and Graphics Imaging Middle East exhibition, SGI 2016 Dubai, which has maintained its position as the launching ground for new products for the signage and advertising industries in the Middle East and Africa.The show was officially inaugurated today by Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Director General of Dubai Government Media Office.Over the next three days, over 400 global and regional exhibitors will unveil equipment worth AED220 million, attracting trade visitors from over 80 countries, including sign makers, printer manufacturers and distributors, print service providers, architects, real estate developers, media agencies, brand and image consultants among others.

Demonstrations of the ever-increasing applications of wide format printing will be among the biggest highlights of SGI 2016. As traditional sign making technologies are declining, digital technologies are taking over and offer a multitude of applications that enable print shop owners to increase their business and engage in new applications. This year’s show has been divided into pavilions: print, fabricating and finishing, textile, screen, digital and retail. There has been a sense of revival in the region in a big way post Dubai’s Expo 2020 win. SGI Dubai is aptly positioned to cater to the demands of the industry and is in sync with the exponential growth that the region is witnessing,” says Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, Chairman of International Expo Consults (IEC), organizers of SGI Dubai.

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“We Are Committed To Innovation And Industry Leadership”: Xerox EmiratesXerox Emirates is offering signage and wide format printers opportunities to expand into short format digital presses with innovative offerings and solutions. Xerox is exhibiting its large format and short format digital presses along with tools and solutions that enable higher digital ROI. The company stand has live demonstrations of its Xerox Color 1000i Press with gold and silver inks printing capability, Xerox Wide Format IJP 2000, Xerox Versant 80 press; complemented by XMPIE solutions and business development services. “Industry events such as SGI are among the most anticipated and important events in our business year. Such an event presents a great opportunity for us to engage with our current and potential customers as well as reiterate our leadership positioning in the market. We intend to make a clear statement to the market about where we think this industry is headed and why partnering with Xerox Emirates is the best way to capitalize in this changing competitive dynamic,” says Andrew Horne, General Manager at Xerox Emirates. Andrew indicates that with the increasing demand for printing in the MENA region, Xerox Emirates is determined to providing highly efficient and value add services and solutions to its current and potential

customers.“In order to meet market demands, evolving printing requirements, and competitiveness of the industry players, Xerox is highly committed to innovation and industry leadership. Quality printing equipment will only add value to the business and overall performance when supplemented by meaningful service support. At Xerox Emirates we offer a complete 360 degree approach when it comes to hardware, as we believe workflow solutions, analyst services and customer support with business development services are equally important for our clients, so they can focus more on their core business,” adds Andrew.

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OKI has launched its new Pro Series range of graphic arts printers, the Pro9541 and the Pro9542, which provide the option to print in CMYK plus an additional spot color of white or clear gloss on transparent and darker media. The Pro Series printers are primarily targeted at sectors producing creative designs as well as those with

a volume print requirement, including print houses, advertising, design and other creative agencies. The company is also exhibiting the C920WT white toner printer, which enables printing in-house using white toner alongside high-definition color. John Ross, General Manager of OKI Middle East, India & Africa, says:

“Unrivalled media flexibility and stunning high definition colors make the Pro Series a cost-effective option for creative businesses looking to unlock a lucrative new revenue stream. We are so confident about the reliability of our above printers that we are offering a 3 years extended warranty upon registration within 30 days of purchase.”

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The signage and graphic industry’s top innovations were unveiled yesterday at SGI Dubai 2016, which is spread across a larger floor space and is much bigger than its previous editions. The show continues to serve as a meeting point for print and production manufacturers, sign makers, media and marketing agencies, developers, architects, and brand and image consultants, among others. One of the wide format printing application highlights of SGI Dubai 2016 is its dedicated area for car wrapping. The trend of creative car wraps, popular in the US and European markets, is fast catching up in the UAE and other GCC countries. Wrap advertising acts as a mobile billboard, making it easier to target a wider proximity of a brand’s target market. Brand owners are increasingly viewing this application as an impressive addition to their brands’ integrated

marketing strategies. According to International Expo Consults (IEC), organizers of SGI Dubai, several small and large businesses will continue to turn to car wraps as one of the best, most cost-efficient forms of branding and advertising. Furthermore, the application of car wrapping has extended from advertising to making style statement by differentiating one vehicle from another. “Car enthusiasts are seeking to customize their personal vehicles with full vehicle wraps. Typically, people turn to car wraps to make their cars stand out from the crowd with unique colors and finishes, as car manufacturers today only offer a limited selection of colors. With more awareness about the versatility and convenience of car wraps, more consumers will undoubtedly turn to this method of personalizing one’s vehicle,” observes Sharif Rahman, CEO, IEC.

Live Demos Of Innovative Machines And Applications Enliven SGI 2016

“We’ve Seen Tremendous Growth In The MEA Region Since Last Year”: ColorJetIndian manufacturer of wide format digital printers ColorJet is demonstrating the Fabjet-Duo and the Polo Turbo. The Fabjet-Duo is equipped with a dual ink supply system which gives the freedom to choose between any two of the three inks–Reactive, Disperse and Pigment, and by the flick of a switch, the printer becomes a reactive or pigment or disperse ink printer. The Polo Turbo is a high-speed industrial grade solvent printer, built on a heavy duty structure. Its independent drive technology drives each nozzle independently to achieve high speed production speeds of up to 1,600 sqft per hour. The Fabjet-Duo offers print service providers the option to use just one machine for printing with two of the three inks rather than investing in two machines. The machine is targeted at producers of soft signage like flags, banners, hoardings, demo tents, and vibrant backlits.Additionally, the Fabjet-Duo offers access to printing cotton and polyester fabrics on the same machine and also makes for a solution for sampling as well as mass production along with printing of home textiles.Features include inflatable rods for uninterrupted media loading, variable drop technology for sharper images, and automatic wiping system for consistent head performance.

The Polo Turbo is a 4-color printer with printing resolution of 1,440 dpi and can print on media’s of width up to 3,300 mm, with a maximum thickness of 3.00 mm and can print on SAV, PVC banner, backlit film, window film and solvent-based fabrics. Pavan Gupta, Director, Colorjet, says, “We have seen tremendous growth in the MEA region since last year after starting distribution of ColorJet solutions in Kenya, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and many other countries. We believe in bringing stable and efficient technology to our users with low cost of ownership and thus help them to boost their profitability. This event is an important platform for ColorJet to introduce new technology advancements and solutions in the Middle East region.”

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Magic Trading Presents The Stahl Heat Press

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Magic Trading Company is exhibiting a range of products including the Stahls’ Heat Press and heat transfer materials, along with fiber laser marking machines for engraving on small items, 3D crystal laser engraving machine, sublimation printers, and promotional gift items.“We are launching a high-quality and affordable 3D crystal laser engraving

machine at the show. Another highlight will be the low-cost business starter kits to print on dark color t-shirts. Although we hope to get some new clients with our participation at SGI, we also think it’s equally also important to keep our existing clients up to date with our latest offerings,” says Sina Haghi, general manager, Magic Trading.

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SGI Dubai 2016 is showcasing some of the world’s best innovations in the digital signage industry. As the retail, hospitality, and healthcare industries in the Middle East region recognize the advantages of digital signage, exhibitors are promoting them as more strategically beneficial as compared to static signage because of the flexibility of updating content. In addition, digital signage can be integrated with image capture, touch screen, and motion detection devices. The global digital signage market is expected to touch US$20.03 billion by 2020; according to a report by Grand View Research Inc. The extensive utilisation of digital signage in the GCC region as an efficient platform for interactive advertising and the reducing costs of installation, maintenance, and purchase indicate the exponential growth potential of the digital signage market in this region.

“SGI Dubai infuses fresh ideas as it is an ideal platform which features some of the state-of-the-art innovative technologies in digital signage and the printing industry. These technologies are bound to make an impact on the visitors that have come to the show from across the world,” says Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, Chairman of IEC.“Our exhibitors this year have vouched to be part of next year’s show which will be a much larger event than this year. This indicates that there is a huge demand within the Middle East and African markets as the exhibitors have immensely benefited from this year’s show. We are proud to say that we are the largest show in this category across the Middle East and Africa region. We value our exhibitors response to this year’s show and feedback from them have boosted our confidence to create another yet another successful show for them in 2017 at an even larger scale,” adds Falaknaz.

Fast Growing Wide Format Applications Demand VersatilityAccording to Mimaki, China, Taiwan, Russia, Korea, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa are experiencing a surge in wide format application jobs, and the need to produce short run jobs on a wide variety of media has created room in these markets for a wide format printer that could master miscellaneous jobs at a high pace at exceptional quality.Mimaki has therefore launched the LED-UV curing inkjet printer SIJ-320UV, a 3.2m wide format printer developed specifically to support the needs of wide format print service providers in the abovementioned regions. This dedicated roll-to-roll printer has been devleped for various signage media, including PVC and other banner materials. Mimaki also introduces the versatile LUS-120 UV ink, offering printers the flexibility and durability required for signage jobs. The ink delivers durable printing results at all times, even on soft media such as (non-laminated) banner materials. Moreover, in order to make the printer’s job load even more practical, it allows for simultaneous printing on two rolls, up to a maximum mountable media width of 1,524mm for each roll. That way, printers can simultaneously handle two different jobs on one machine. The patented dithering Mimaki Fine Diffusion 1 technology (MFD1) processes image

data while safeguarding the original image quality. The technology is included in the Rasterlink 6 RIP software and reduces noise.Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe, comments on the new launch: “This machine is as versatile and flexible as the printers it is designed for in these regions. State-of-the-art Mimaki technology combined with durable and outstanding ink colour reproduction will make sure they can timely tailor each print job to the needs and quality standards of their customers.”

Digital Signage Gains Prominence At SGI 2016

The ME printer stand at SGI has always been a meeting place for industry players and ME Printer's team of journalists and partners from different countries. This year was no exception. ME Printer’s booth was abuzz with activities. Apart from attending to guests and visitors, our team was busy throughout the event publishing the Daily Printer, SGI’s official newsletter. Fresh news and updates were gathered each

day from the exhibition floor and reported through the newsletter.Our contributing editor Dr. Nicho-las Hellmuth, also, was involved actively in preparing news, views and interviews during the 3-day event. It’s always refreshing to see familiar faces during exhibitions and interact with the players who shape the regional printing industry one way or another. The diversity of the visitors at the ME Printer booth was also amaz-

ing and it reaffirms the reach and impact of our magazine across the region and beyond. What was more interesting was the demand for information about the printing industry in the region and the possibilities that it can offer to the investors and manufacturers around the world. Every exhibition reminds us how valuable information is to people involved in the world of ink and paper and how important is to gather and prepare these information to keep the industry informed.


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company is putting enough ef-fort behind it: HP. HP shows latex printers no matter what. I admire the dedication and stamina of HP teams to move ahead with their latex ink concept.

TEXTILE PRINTERSSGI 2016 had plenty of calender-ing machines; Giffin Graphics had two different models of Monti Antonio. What is notable is that when I did test prints on the d-gen Teleios Grande, because the sublimation unit had so much work to do, they moved the direct-to-fabric print to one of the Monti Antonio printers and the results were bright and colorful (which is what d-gen is known for). I normally think of a calender-ing machine for transfer paper, so this was the first time I had seen one do an already printed fabric (I assume with disperse dye ink). Maria Renee Ayau, textile printer workflow review editor for FLAAR Reports, notes that for some polyblends, if they have 50% cotton and 50% polyester, a calendering machine can provide the additional heat that works best on the cotton aspect.Century Star had its own booth as well, though more and more they are adding their own standard printers above their sublimation units.There are many sizes, shapes, and price ranges of textile printers. Two of us from FLAAR Reports just attended the awesome tex-tile expo in Milano a few months ago. But most of those printers

are for clothing and upholstery, scarves and other luxury good. For a signage expo it is more appropriate to have printers for flags, banners, and soft signage. In this respect, SGI had a good range of entry-level to mid-range signage textile printers, plus is also moving into textile printers for interior design (and printers for wall coverings).I would have enjoyed testing many of the other brands, but Andrea Negretti (Business Manager, d-gen) and Philippe G. Husni, General Manager, Heliozid Oce each know I like to do print samples of my photographs of flowers and animals of Guate-mala. In other booths it takes too long to get access to the printer and some companies simply can’t accept files during a trade show.Philippe Husni points out: there is a worldwide trend towards soft signage as it is considered cleaner and more eco-friendly both from the aspect of media (recyclable polyester vs eco-unfriendly vinyl) and from the ink point of view (water based dye sublimation vs eco-unfriendly solvent). I have a lot more to learn about both printers (d-gen and two models named Granada in the booth of Heliozid Oce). But the print samples of each were professionally rendered. What counts significantly is the kind of cloth they print on: the better the fabric, the nicer the image.We look forward to evaluating other textile printers in the future, preferably at their factory demo

room, or at least at the demo room of the main distributor.

T-SHIRT PRINTERSI found six inkjet T-shirt printers and several booths with OKI toner-based printers for T-shirts. Mutoh had their new ValueJet 405GT, evidently with pigment ink (instead of a sublimation ink or eco-solvent ink). The Durager-600SD, a T-shirt printer from Durafos, in the Warshi Trading booth, used eco-solvent ink. In the future I would like to test the difference between using toner, pigmented ink, sublimation inks, and eco-solvent ink. Of course a lot depends on what colors and what graphic design is in your T-shirt design. Fluorescent inks also make an impact.

UV-CURED PRINTERSKey big-name international brands of UV-cured printers were present: efi Vutek, Swissqprint, Durst, Screen, Mimaki, Oce, Agfa, Jetrix, and popular brands from China, RTZ Flora, Handtop and

One aspect I noticed at SGI 2016 was that many distributors of past years were replaced by new distributor brand names. In other words, there were plenty of new distributors there for their first time. So there was plenty for the attendee to see, experience, and learn about.Cutters come in every size and shape; more than a dozen were exhibited. This means that at-tendees had good options, from entry level into heavy-duty CNC routers. For digital flatbed cut-ters, Zünd and Kongsberg were present at the high end segment and an abundant diversity of CNC routers from China. A large number of CO2 laser engravers were present from China. I esti-mate there were almost as many cutters at SGI 2016 as there were printers.The sheer number of booths with media and signage substrates was a surprise: about 72. There are some expos elsewhere in the world which at most have five booths with laminators. Here at

SGI there were 100% more entry-level laminators than at many other expos. Other than the Kala brand (which hopefully is still made in Europe), probably 90% of the laminators come from China. In general, the presence of Chi-nese brands was notable, more than I remember in past years, and their booths were in an easily accessible location. Let’s now look at the signage printing and workflow product classes one by one.

SOLVENT PRINTERSSolvent printers continue to be utilized in print shops and contin-ue to be manufactured. Printers with full-solvent ink are rare, but mild-solvent are still common. There were several booths with solvent printers where people in nearby booths commented on the unexpectedly strong odor of the solvent inks wafting across the aisles. But none of the odors today comes anywhere near close to full-solvent of ten years ago.I miss seeing SUV, solvent UV,

but since there was never an op-portunity to do a full-scale FLAAR Report, we never had the chance to detail the frankly remarkable aspects of this. At 50% of expos there is no more SUV whatsoever. Let’s hope in the future that ink chemists will unveil additional it-erations which catch my interest.

LATEX PRINTERSThere were no original Mimaki la-tex printers and no new iteration of a Mimaki latex printer either. Nor was there any innovative ink printer anywhere else at the expo: everything was standard: solvent, UV-cured, or textile printers (all water-based). HP Latex printers were in the main HP booth plus several distributors.The reason why UV-cured ink has become an international success is that there are over 100 factories producing UV-cured printers. There are dozens of different ink companies producing several dif-ferent varieties of UV-cured ink: mercury-arc cured and LED cured. One reason latex ink has not been as successful is because only one

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Dr. Nicholas Hellmuthis the Director of the Founda-tion for Latin American Anthropological Research (F.L.A.A.R). Dr Hellmuth and key members of his staff have served as consultants for Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-sized companies who wish to prosper and grow, and also for family-run businesses around the world. Dr Nicholas has been consult-ant to museums, national parks, universities, as well as distributors, manufacturers, and end-users of wide-format inkjet inks, media, substrates, laminators, coaters, printers, and cutters.

The SWJ-320 S4, one of the several Mimaki printers in the Signtrade booth

A grand-format size solvent printer from RTZ Flora in the booth of Flex-Europa

The Granada dye sublimation textile printer in the Oce Heliozid booth

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more. Printers of most sizes and shapes were present: desktop UV (wide range from Mimaki, booth of Signtrade), mid-sized (again Mimaki), dedicated flatbed UV: Flora, Challenger and more; roll-to-roll: Flora and efi Vutek in grand-format; and other brands at entry-level sizes.You could find both LED-cured and mercury-arc cured; efi Vutek, Durst, Jetrix, Dilli, and RTZ Flora have flown me to their printer factories so know these brands and corporate backup the best. It was unfortunate that the Dilli distributor was missing, as I would have enjoyed seeing these well-engineered Korean printers at the advent of 2016.

MEMS PRINTHEAD PRINTERSThere was no Xante and no Gong-zheng and no RTI Vortex Memjet printers any more on exhibit in Dubai. But Xerox had their model, and Océ had their improved Oce ColorWave 910, which is available

and serviced via Heliozid Océ.The HP booth at Sign Istanbul did a “100 meter” printout for us as a test. It was such a fabulous test print that we featured them in our FLAAR Report on Sign Istanbul. We brought files to test print at SGI but evidently the HP printer here was a tad disjointed and the special size and shape of tool to fix the minor hiccup was not in the booth, so we were not able to do any tests. Instead the team at OCE did test prints of my high-resolution photographic images. Memjet vs HP PageWide compared with KIP is a good sub-ject for future discussion. But it is crucial to be brought to the demo room, preferably at the factory, or else at least a major regional demo center.

OTHER WATER BASED PRINTERS15 years ago water-based print-ers filled the booths of Roland, Mutoh, Mimaki (and Encad). Then Epson decided it wanted the giclee, photo printer, and proofing market for itself, so Ep-son printheads for not available for water-based printers of other brands.Then HP did so well with their wa-ter-based printers that Encad had not much future, especially since we had both brands and FLAAR Reports clearly documented that HP Designjet printers were significantly better than any and every Encad. Now, not even in China do you see many copies of

Encad water-based printers.Canon actually often has the most water-based printers of any printer expo. HP had one single Z-series water-based printer. Epson had a few but Epson wants the solvent and textile market.

AFTER-MARKET INKMost ink was rebranded in the booths of the large distributors. But for us to evaluate ink, it is helpful to know which brand and thus which factory. Even more crucial is to visit the factory at least every two years, plus to understand which ink is made in this factory, and which ink is rebranded from another ink factory elsewhere. For example, there was an ink brand in the Netherlands which made their own ink for offset and flexo or screen printing, but at one point may have bought ink from another company to sell into the inkjet market.A company may make its own water-based and eco-solvent ink, but buy their UV ink from another factory. This is why the FLAAR Reports are preferred over press releases, because we actually visit ink factories in the USA (STS Inks), China (Hongsam), Taiwan (Jetbest), Korea (Inktec), and Singapore (Sam Ink). Plus, we visit with distributors who help us understand which inks are good, and which are disasters with clog-ging. The other crucial aspect to know about ink brands is that

an ink that is good one year can change either gradually or sud-denly to an inadequate ink if they decide to use cheaper chemical components. MEDIA AND SUBSTRATESWhereas most ink was rebranded at SGI, most media was exhibited directly by the factory brands. However again, the same facts should be recognized. A company with a media factory in Europe may probably be importing other media from China and rebranding it. So again, we do our best to get to the factories, such as of Yeong Jeou to learn about PE (available through their brand Aria).

LAMINATORSThe show featured a large num-ber of laminators, including four brands of flatbed applicators (flatbed laminators). Frankly SGI in Dubai had more booths with laminators than most big inter-national signage expos in Europe and USA.It is important to have laminators at a printer and signage expo, because many people elsewhere say “our printer no longer needs any laminator.” But actually, lami-nators are just as important today as they were 5, 10, 15 years ago. So SGI did a good job providing attendees with lots of options for laminators.

TONER PRINTERSSince many brands do not allow their sales reps to do print tests at a trade show, we were not

able to evaluate any of the Xerox printers whatsoever. But the team in the Konica Minolta booth were helpful and kindly “stopped their presses” in order to print samples on the spot: plus they bound the results.

LED & LCD DYNAMIC DIGITAL SIGNAGELED and LCD dynamic digital signage are a challenge for expo organizers. If they are showing a movie of the Minions or Rio (ma-caws in Brazil) or any other cute animated film, it attracts lots of attention (away from exhibitors of printers).If the LCD billboard booth is showing 10 meter wide images of a Korean Girls band or female models, it distracts people for several aisles. Thus it was nice that the LED and LCD dynamic digital signage presence at SGI 2016 was not disturbing people in the aisles nor in nearby booths. This is definitely an aspect of SGI which can continue to grow.I would suggest for signage and printer expos, if they wish to have more LED and LCD dynamic digital signage, that they do this, literally, in a separate hall, as a co-located expo. That way everyone who enters this hall knows what to expect. For example, in many Chinese expos, most of the CNC routers and CO2 laser engravers are in separate halls, because the fumes from mechanical or chemical cutters are unbearable for everyone else.

TRENDS EVIDENT AT SGI 2016Since SGI in Dubai is the first pertinent trade show every year, literally the first international class printer expo in the world, it is helpful to see and understand what trends were noticeable. We can definitely report that the wide-format inkjet printer busi-ness is alive and well. There were scores of brands of every size and shape of signage and graphics printer here at SGI 2016. It was also nice to see two 3D printers and toner-based printers. Most “sign and printer expos” forget, or ignore, toner-based printers. Here, again, the advantage of vis-iting SGI is that they have toner-based printers. It was very nice to see the well designed Konica Minolta booth with their impres-sive toner chemistry and printer engineering. Altogether, two of us from FLAAR Reports enjoyed being at SGI 2016. We definitely look forward to attending the 20th annual Sign & Graphic Imag-ing Middle East in January 2017, this time a few days later in the month (January 15-17, 2017).In the meantime, we hope to provide additional information on the workflow and applications of wide-format inkjet printing in the pages of future issues of ME Printer magazine. And, when it is possible to interact with toner-based office and production printer companies, we would enjoy doing more evaluations of different models of Konica Minolta and other toner printers.

The Vutek HS100 Pro

Several laminators in the booth of Wellcare

Oce Arizona 460GT flatbed + roll-to-roll

The Sam Ink section of the Wellcare booth

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دور األلوان األساسي الذي تلعبه في عملية التواصل البصري

س��وق الطباعة الرقمية في الشرق األوسط س��ريع النم��و و المطاب��ع ترك��ز عل��ى إنجاز مس��تمر بش��كل الج��ودة عالي��ة ص��ور وذل��ك كعام��ة للتمي��ز واالخت��اف. كم��ا أش��ار "س��تيفان برون" مدير المبيعات في منطقة "أوروبا والش��رق األوس��ط وأفريقيا " من ش��ركة "باربي��ري" بوج��وب ذلك فقط إن وج��دت التقني��ة الذكي��ة والدقيق��ة في قياس األل��وان، والتي ستس��اعد احترافيو الطباع��ة ف��ي إنج��از مس��تويات عالية من جودة الصورة، و"باربيي��ري" هي المصنع الذكي��ة الل��ون قي��اس ألنظم��ة والم��زود الخاص��ة بالطباعة ذات الصي��غ الكبيرة، حة، والصناعي��ة، و الت��ي عقدت والمس��ّطَش��راكة م��ع "جف��ن غرافيك��س" لتدخ��ل اإلم��ارات و الس��عودية و قط��ر و البحرين و عمان، و ذلك في ع��ام 2015، حيث كانت أبرز منتجاتها في معرض "إس جي آي" هي جه��از قياس اللون و التحك��م في المعالجة الجه��از المتنق��ل، وه��ذا ب��اد" "س��بيكترو الاس��لكي يقوم بقياس مجموعة متعددة من الوس��ائط االنعكاسية المستخدمة في الطباع��ة االحترافية، وم��ن ضمنها الصيغ ه��ذه أخ��ذ يمك��ن و الواس��عة و الكبي��رة القياس��ات بشكل مس��تقل عن الكمبيوتر ومباش��رة عل��ى الطابعة و ذل��ك من خال شاش��تها اللمس��ية المدمجة والتي تسمح بالتفاعل مع الجهاز و تؤمن نتائج قياس��ية

فورية، أض��اف س��تيفان أيضًا:"باربيي��ري" ه��ي

ف��ي قي��اس ش��ركة عالمي��ة متخصص��ة الل��ون، و نحن نوفر أجهزة تس��اعد حرفيو الطباعة في إنجاز مستويات عالية من دقة الصورة، و كفاءتنا تنجم عن فهمنا للون و دوره في التواصل البصري، ونحن نطمح و بتشاركنا مع "جفن" بتثقيف المطابع في الشرق األوسط بخصوص هذه الكفاءة و كيفية تحقيقهم لنتائج دقيقة في تش��كيلة

واسعة من الوسائط".

الديكور الداخلي يعتبر التقدم الطبيعي لمطابع الالفتات

م��ا ت��زال صناع��ة الافت��ات ف��ي أطواره��ا األولى من دمج الافتات و األزياء و الديكور الداخلي، وسيكون مستقبل طباعة الصيغ الواس��عة مزيج��ًا من الطباع��ة الترويجية و الوظيفي��ة، و كما ن��وه "باف��ان غوبتا" مدير "كولور جي��ت"، إن المطاب��ع المتخصصة بالصيغ الواس��عة، والتي ركزت سابقا على اس��تعماالت الافتات فقط، بدأوا يأخذون اآلن الديكور الداخلي بشكل جدي، و هذا أت��ى كتطور طبيعي للنم��و األعمال. كما أن

المصّنع الهندي للطابعات الرقمية للصيغ الواس��عة يتح��رى حالي��ًا تقني��ًة تجمع بها الطباع��ة الترويجي��ة والوظيفية مع��ًا في آلة

واحدة.أطلقت "كولور جيت" في معرض "إس جي آي" طابعة "Fabjet-Duo" المجهزة بنظام تزوي��د حبر ثنائي، والذي يعطي الحرية في االختي��ار بين أي نوع��ي أو ثاثة أنواع من الحبر بآلة واحدة و بكبس��ة زر واحدة، تم تطوير ه��ذه الطابعة لتس��تهدف مجموعة طباع��ة بقط��اع المعنيي��ن م��ن خاص��ة الافتات و على وجه الخصوص المنتجون و والراي��ات، كاألع��ام، المرن��ة لافت��ات اللوح��ات اإلعاني��ة الكبي��رة، و الخلفيات الحية..إل��خ. و أضاف فابان: "تس��تهدف آلتن��ا المس��تخدمون م��ن الحديثين لهذه الصناعة، وخصوصًا رواد األعمال الذين يخوض��ون ف��ي الطباع��ة واس��عة الصي��غ المس��تخدمة ف��ي تطبيق��ات مختلف��ة كما الخارجي��ة الافت��ات مطاب��ع نس��تهدف التقليدي��ة و التي ب��دأت تتوجه نحو مجال الطباعة على القماش فعلى سبيل المثال،

ممك��ن أن تحتاج المطبع��ة لطباعة علم أو غطاء س��رير للمنزل، ف��رواد األعمال هؤالء ليس��تثمرو الكاف��ي التموي��ل يملك��وا ل��ن آالت ل��كل تطبيق، ولك��ن يمكنهم تحقيق أفضل ما ف��ي األمرين بدايًة باس��تعمالهم لطابع��ة "فاب جي��ت دو" ومن ث��م يقررون الحقًا استخدام طابعات متخصصة لكل

استخدام فيما يقومون بتوسيع أعمالهم.

تبني نمط طباعة هجين هو الطريق الذكي نحو التقدم

ال يمك��ن لطباع��ة "األوفس��يت" وحدها أن تحقق الديمومة الطويلة لنجاة الصناعة، لذا يج��ب أن تك��ون اس��تراتيجية النجاة

تعتمد على النموذج الهجين. أش��ار "نيار أنصاري" مدير التطوير و قسم اإلنتاج المطبعي، و المبيعات والتسويق في شركة "كونيكا مينولتا بيزنيس سولوشينز الش��رق األوس��ط"، أن م��ع ازي��داد الطلب على طباعة سريعة و تسليم أسرع وبجودة عالي��ة وأس��عار جي��دة س��تحتاج طابعات األوفست لتجهيزات أحسن لتوفير أفضل

مزيج من السرعة، و المرونة، و الجودة. قام��ت "كوني��كا مينولت��ا" مع ش��ريكتها في اإلم��ارات، مجموعة "جمع��ة الماجد"، في مع��رض "إس ج��ي آي" بتقدي��م سلس��لة "bizhub Press C1100" م��ن آالت اإلنت��اج والتي تتميز بقدراتها عل��ى الطباعة الفورية الموجه��ة خصيص��ًا للمطابع التي تس��عى وراء مواكبة األحجام الكبيرة من التواصي والطلب��ات على الج��ودة العالية، و أضاف قائًا: "في الوقت الحالي، قام جزء بس��يط جدا فقط من طابعات األوفس��ت التقليدية باالس��تثمار في الطباع��ة الرقمية، و تتمتع" كوني��كا مينولت��ا "بالريادة في الس��وق من حيث الحلول األولية لطابعات األوفس��ت، الش��يء ال��ذي يزي��د م��ن انجذابه��م نحو دمج الطباعة الرقمية في أعمالهم الحالية، وإن خبرتنا في القط��اع األولي أعطتنا الثقة للتوج��ه قدم��ًا نح��و أس��واق اإلنت��اج ذات

األحجام الكبيرة و المتوسطة.

جاهزية السوق للنظر دون السعر وحده

بحس��ب مارك ش��يرمان، المدي��ر المحلي لش��ركة "سكرين يوروب"، فإن شراء ما هو رخي��ص ليس رخيصًا دومًا، ف��إن التكلفة تك��ون الرديئ��ة ف��ي اآلالت المرب��ع للمت��ر

عالية جدا، س��وق دول الخليج يتطور االن من الس��عر لوحده إلى العملي��ة و المميزات

اإلضافية.حيث قامت ش��ركة "س��كرين" في معرض Truepress " إس جي آي" بتقديم الطابعة"Jet W3200UV" وهي طابعة "يو في" واسع الصيغة يستهدف الش��ركات المعروفة في مجال طباعة ال"يو في" في االستخدامات

الداخلية والخارجية.وق��ال م��ارك: "تس��عى المطاب��ع م��ن ه��ذا الن��وع لنقل أعماله��ا إلى مس��تويات أعلى، وهم يرغب��ون في اس��تبدال آالتهم الحالية ج��ودة و أكث��ر ممي��زات توف��ر بأخري��ات أفضل ونحن نؤمن أن سوق دول الخليج جاهز له��ذه اآلالت الت��ي بس��رعتها العالية و جودتها س��تعيد تعريف وس��ائل الترويج

الداخلية في المتاجر. أما بالنس��بة لطابعة Truepress Jet" شركة "س��كرين المدعوةW3200UV" فه��ي مختلفة ع��ن كل باقي المنتجات في الس��وق، من حي��ث أدواتها اإلنتاجية المثالية لمختلف االستخدامات فه��ذه اآللة تطب��ع وفق��ًا للج��ودة التجارية المطلوبة وبس��رعة عالية و بكلفة قليلة مما يسمح بعودة سريعة لاستثمار من جديد وس��رعة إنت��اج ه��ذه الطابعة ه��ي 150 متر مربع في س��اعة و بج��ودة تجارية حقيقية و بس��رعة 184 متر مربع في س��اعة بجودة مناس��بة للبيع، كما أن النم��وذج المعياري من هذه الطابعة يوفر سرعة قصوى تصل إلى 85 متر مربع في ساعة و في حال ارتفاع حجم العمل فيمكن تحديث هذا النظام و Truepress Jet" ذلك بتحديثها ف��ي الموقعW3200UV" يس��مح التحديث بنمو إنتاج

عالي السرعة و الحجم. كما أن��ه من الجدير بالذكر أن "س��كرين" "بيزن��س ش��ركة م��ع بالتش��ارك قام��ت سولوش��نز "التابع��ة ل "جاكي��ز" في تقديم ف��ي "Truepress Jet W3200UV"اإلم��ارات، و عم��ان، والبحري��ن، و قطر، و تعتبر "جاكيز" من الش��ركات ذات الخبرة في ه��ذه األس��واق، و هذا ما جعلنا نش��عر ب��أن ه��ذا المنت��ج يحت��اج إل��ى خبرتن��ا، و قد كن��ا منبهري��ن بش��كل كبي��ر بمهنيتهم العالية، ويعتبر وجود "س��كرين" في الملف التعريفي ل"جاكيز" مساعدة كبيرة لهم في منافس��تهم في األقس��ام الراقية لألسواق، متب��ادل نج��اح يضم��ن تش��ارك ه��ذا و

للشركتين.

بافان غوبتامدير كولور جيت

مارك شيرمان المدير المحلي لشركة سكرين أوروبا

نيار أنصاري مدير التطوير و قسم اإلنتاج المطبعي, و

المبيعات والتسويق في شركة كونيكا مينولتا الشرق األوسط


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معرض "إس جي آي 2016 " الملف

أكد معرض "إس جي آي" على أهمية موديالت وتطبيقات العمل الجديدة

للطابعين وصانعي الالفتات يع التغير للبقاء في السوق السر شاهد مقابات مجلة "مي برنتر"

في معرض "إس جي آي" 2016 على قناتها على اليوتيوب

يؤكد اإلصدار التاسع عشر لمعرض "إس ج��ي آي " دب��ي عل��ى ان س��بب محافظ��ة هذا المع��رض على موقعه كمنصة انطاق للمنتج��ات الجديدة لافت��ات وصناعات اإلع��ام في الش��رق األوس��ط وإفريقيا، مع عدم ثبات السوق الوسيطة، أن هناك أكثر من 400 عارض س��يعرضون هذه الس��نة إضاف��ة ل43 أخرين جدد وس��يحضر هذا الع��رض مايزي��د ع��ن 13000 زائ��ر تجارة كم��ان كان من ضم��ن أكب��ر العناوين في "إس ج��ي آي" 2016، ع��روض لتطبيق��ات والدائم��ة العريض��ة بالصيغ��ة الطباع��ة النمو ه��ذا ويقدم المعرض آخ��ر التطورات ف��ي الافت��ات الرقمي��ة واإلع��ام الخارجي وصناع��ات الطباع��ة الرقمية والس��كرين. الافت��ات صناع��ة تقني��ات تراج��ع وم��ع التقليدي��ة أخ��ذت تح��ل محله��ا التقنيات الرقمي��ة التي تقدم العديد م��ن التطبيقات والت��ي تمك��ن مالكي مح��ات الطباعة من بالتطبيق��ات واالنخ��راط عمله��م زي��ادة

الجديدة. هذا ويع��د تغلي��ف الس��يارات المبدع أحد العريض��ة بالصيغ��ة الطباع��ة تطبيق��ات التي ت��م إلق��اء الض��وء عليها ف��ي معرض " إس ج��ي آي "، وهي ش��ائعة في أس��واق أوروب��ا والواليات المتحدة األمريكية، والتي بدأت تنتشر في اإلمارات العربية المتحدة ودول الخلي��ج العرب��ي. إذ يعم��ل تغلي��ف السيارات عمل اللوحات اإلعانية الجوالة فهي تس��هل الوص��ول إلى م��دى أكبر من

األسواق التي تستهدفها الماركة. ي��رى مالكو الم��اركات أن ه��ذه التقنية هي إضاف��ة مثي��رة لاعجاب الس��تراتيجيات التس��ويق للمارك��ة وي��زداد نم��و مكون��ات الافت��ات الرقمية مع الموجودة في معرض جدي��د، إص��دار كل م��ع آي" ج��ي "إس بالصح��ة العناي��ة صناع��ات أن وبم��ا والضياف��ة والمف��رق في الش��رق األوس��ط ق��د أدرك��ت أهمي��ة الافت��ات الرقمية إخذ العارض��ون بالتروي��ج له��ا عل��ى أنه��ا أكثر فائ��دة اس��تراتيجيًا إذا ما ت��م مقارنتها مع الافتات الثابتة ويعود هذا لسهولة تحديث محتواها كما أنه يمكن لافتات الرقمية أن تندمج مع التقاط الصور وشاشات اللمس ومعدات تحري الحركة، فتطبيق الافتات الرقمية لإلع��ان التفاعلي والذي يحد من أس��عار تنصيب والتصليح و الش��راء يشير

إلى النمو المحتمل المطرد لسوق الافتات الرقمية في المنطقة.

ه��ذا وم��ن بي��ن العناوي��ن الهام��ة األخرى الت��زود والت��ي الرقمي��ة األقمش��ة طباع��ة بالافتات القماشية فحسب لكنها لها أثرها أيض��ًا في التصميم الداخل��ي، ليتم جعلها والفردي��ة الش��خصية للحل��ول مناس��بة واإلدارة ذات الم��دة القصي��رة. وق��د كان اهتمام مزودي خدمة الطباعة بالبيئة جليًا أثن��اء معرض "إس جي آي" اذ أن طابعات الاتكس واألحبار الذائبة الفوق بنفسجية والمائية والطابعات الفوق بنفسجية والتي تعم��ل ب LED والقابل��ة إلع��ادة التصنيع وتلك الصديقة للبيئة والقابلة لاس��تهاك ق��د تلق��ت اهتمام��ًا أكب��ر نتيج��ة لتأثيره��ا

المنخفض على البيئة. كما ذكر شريف الرحمن الرئيس التنفيذي "انترناشيونال إكسبو كونسلتس" لشركة والمنظم��ة للمع��رض: "أن ش��عورًا طاغ في المنطقة باالس��تعداد للف��وز بمعرض دبي إكسبو 2020و نتيجة للمشاريع القادمة في اإلمارات العربية المتحدة وقطر والسعودية فالطلب داخل الصناعة يزداد نموًا بشكل مطرد وبالتالي كان لهذا تأثيرًا إيجابيًا على المع��رض فالنم��و في ه��ذا اإلص��دار دليل جيد عل��ى أن ه��ذه الصناعة تنم��و بخطًا

ثابتة".

نبذة عن موجة النمو التي نتج عنها إكسبو 2020

من مميزات سنة 2016 اإليجابية بالنسبة للس��وق اإلماراتي��ة ه��ي أنه��ا تقربن��ا س��نة م��ن س��نة 2020، والتي كم��ا يصفها مدير تطوي��ر األعم��ال ف��ي مجموع��ة "نابافي"، مان��ي نابافي، عل��ى أنها تق��دم العديد من الفرص التي توفرها المش��اريع التي التزال

قيد التخطيط، أو التي تم التخطيط لها من أجل هذا الحدث الضخم.

"نتوقع ازدياد اإلقب��ال على الافتات وذلك يع��ود إلى عملي��ات الترويج خ��ال التجهيز لمعرض إكس��بو 2020 و الذي س��يقام في دب��ي كما أن ه��ذا النم��و س��يخلق معايير جدي��دة للطباع��ة و الافت��ات و ال��ذي من المتوق��ع أن ُيح��دث طل��ب يع��م الش��رق األوس��ط حي��ث أن المطابع س��تحاول ان تص��ل إل��ى مس��توى المعايي��ر العالية في

الطباعة وخدمة الزبائن". خ��ال م��ن "ناباف��ي" مجموع��ة أظه��رت ذراع التج��ارة الخاصة بها، وهي "الش��بك للتج��ارة العامة"، التنوع الواس��ع لديها في أصناف م��ادة الفينيل و المس��تخدمة في مختل��ف الافتات و الرس��ومات وذلك منذ إط��اق المجموع��ة ف��ي ع��ام 2015 لخ��ط وه��ي "ملت��ي فيك��س"، منتج��ات ش��ركة شركة فرعية من "ماك تاك" المتخصصة

في صناعة المنتجات الذاتية اللصق.و صرح ماني: قامت "ملتي فيكس" بتوسيع قطاعنا في السوق، وذلك من خال نطاقنا الزبائ��ن قاع��دة و للمنتج��ات، الواس��ع المختلفة، التس��عيرات خاصتن��ا ضم��ن فقد تم وض��ع "م��اك تاك"و"ملتي فيكس" بشكل مختلف وهن تستهدفان قطاعات عالية ومتوسطة من السوق، كما أن عددًا كبيرًا من زبائننا قاموا بتبني كلتا العامتين وذلك الس��تعماالت مختلفة، وأشار سلوك عل��ى "2016 آي ج��ي "إس مع��رض زوار ازدياد اإلقبال على كلت��ا العامتين، حيث زار المعرض أعداد كبيرة و بش��كل خاص الزوار القادمون من إيران، و التي متوقع لها أن تش��هد نهضة اقتصادية و نمو كبير في فرص صناعة الافتات في الشرق األوسط

وخصوصًا بعد رفع الحظر الدولي عنها.

ماني نابافي

مدير تطوير األعمال في مجموعة "نابافي"

ستيفان برون

مدير المبيعات في منطقة "أوروبا والشرق األوسط وأفريقيا " من شركة "باربيري"


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نظرة للماضي استراتيجية نمو العملالملف مقالة خبير

إن النم��و أم��ر يتعل��ق باالس��تراتيجية أكث��ر من كون��ه حدثًا عارض��ًا، فالعال��م ف��ي األس��واق قد أصب��ح مكان��ا "إما فوق

السوق أو خارج".فق��د ذهبت من��ذ زمن طويل تل��ك األيام التي يت��م فيها تعلم المه��ارات أو المه��ن وممارس��تها لل��25 أو30 س��نة القادم��ة، م��ن جهة هذا يس��هل إيجاد األفضل واألكثر إش��راقًا، إال أنه م��ن جهة أخرى فه��و يضع ضغط��ًا هائًا على اس��تراتيجية

وأساسات أي من األعمال. ه��ذا وق��د توصل االس��تفتاء ال��ذي تم إج��راءه عل��ى 1000 من محترفي التس��ويق، والذي تم تنفي��ذه من قبل "أدوب" إلى أن )التس��ويق ق��د تغير في العامي��ن الماضيين أكثر من الخمس��ين عام الماضية(، والش��كوك حول قدرات وفعالية ومه��ارات المس��وقين على قي��اس تأثير عملهم تنمو بش��كل فلك��ي. وألولئك الكبار في الس��ن كفاية الس��تذكار الس��نين المجي��دة للتس��عينات والثمانين��ات س��يكون س��هًا لهم أن يش��هدوا على أن حي��اة العمل ف��ي 2015 ال تضاهي ماكانت

عليه في ذلك الوقت.اس��تنادًا الس��تطاع خارجي ع��ن األعمال وجدت ش��ركتنا أن هن��اك نقصًا صاعقًا ف��ي الثقة عند كبار الق��ادة في هذه النش��اط، ال س��يما في ه��ذا النطاق م��ن النمو حي��ث التقنية

والموارد البشرية تلتقي.كم��ا أن معظ��م م��ن اس��تطلعناهم وأجرين��ا البح��ث عليهم يعتق��دون أن هناك مكانًا هامًا للتطوير في اس��تراتيجياتهم،

ولكنهم غير متأكدين من كيفية تحقيقه.هن��اك عدد من الطرق االس��تراتيجية التي يمكن أن تأخذها

باالعتبار عند التخطيط الستراتيجيتك لعام 2016:

استراتيجية النمو: احفظ عملك

لق��د وجدنا أن هن��اك الكثير من أنماط األعم��ال المختلفة الت��ي من األفض��ل لها بكثي��ر أن تتوقف وأن التس��تمر في القادم��ة، نيتفليك��س" أو "جوج��ل تك��ون أن محاولته��ا فهن��اك العديد مم��ن حاولوا أن يجدوا مكان��ًا لما يعتقدونه األمر الكبير المضيء ففش��لو فش��ًا ذريع��ًا، وأهدروا مواردًا قيم��ة ف��ي العملية. أم��ا بالنس��بة لهذه األعم��ال؛ فأفضل مايقومون به فهو إعادة االس��تثمار فيما يفعلونه ليصبحوا أفضل في��ه، فهذا يعود عليه��م بتحقيق الرض��ا لزبائنهم،

ولسخرية القدر سيقودهم هذا إلى زيادة نموهم.

استراتيجية النمو: أعد التفكير في عملك

إن النتيج��ة الموافق��ة لبحثن��ا ه��ي أن أكث��ر م��ن 75% م��ن األعم��ال ال تلح��ق العال��م المليئ بالف��رص التي تناس��بهم بش��كل ت��ام، مما يس��بب في رك��ود عملية

نموهم مع الوقت. وبكلم��ات أخ��رى فق��ط 25 % م��ن األعم��ال يوجه��ون أنظاره��م إلى االختصاصات الموافقة لهم، أو الخدمات الت��ي يمك��ن أن يقدموها لزبائ��ن جدد، وبه��ذا يقودون نموه��م، ففهم م��ا أنت جيد فيه حقًا وم��ا الذي يحتاجه الزبائن من عملك ه��ي بداية إعادة التفكير والتطوير في

طرق جديدة لتحقيق النمو.

استراتيجية النمو: أعد ترتيب و تخصيص عملك

حت��ى أذك��ى اس��تراتيجيات " اإلنط��اق إلى الس��وق " لن المالي��ة بالم��وارد إمداده��ا يك��ن ل��م إن ناجح��ة تك��ون والن��اس كافي��ًا، فك��م ع��دد األعم��ال الت��ي قض��ت وقته��ا تط��ور اس��تراتيجيات تكس��ب حق��ًا، ولكنه��ا تراجعت عن التنفي��ذ الناجح بس��بب عدم كفاية الم��وارد، مما أدى إلى ع��دم تحقيقه��ا؟ إن مقول��ة )ل��م نفعلها به��ذه الطريقة من قب��ل( هي واحدة م��ن أكثر األخطاء الس��ائدة والفتاكة في

اس��تراتيجية األعمال، والتي ال تزال ترتكب.ه��ذا وق��د وج��د بحثن��ا أن ه��ذا اإلحج��ام غالب��ًا مرتب��ط بالخ��وف الكبي��ر من الفش��ل، وع��دم األمان ح��ول عمل

قرارات هامة نتيجة لمناخ العمل القاس��ي الحالي. وبغ��ض النظ��ر عن حج��م العمل، فس��وق الي��وم والضغط الكبير يجعان القيام باس��تثمار هام وطويل األمد في فرص النمو أمرًا صعبًا للغاية على أمل إيقاف نفقاتهم، وكلما ازداد

حجمها وقدمها كلما أصبح نموها أصعب.المطل��وب ه��و المنظور الموضوع��ي على الق��درات الحقيقية ومج��ال األعم��ال، وعندم��ا يتم فهم ه��ذا ف��إن إرادة عميقة للتغيي��ر واالس��تثمار فيه��م س��تكون مطلوب��ة، وبدونه��ا فإن مخاطر الا اس��تثمار يمكنها بسهولة أن تسحق أهم أهداف

العمل على اإلطاق أال وهي النمو.

ماهو المطلوب؟ أهو المنظور الموضوعي نحو القدرات الحقيقية ومجال األعمال؟

التخلق بشكل متساٍو

فرص النمو رئيس )ماركت كيوز(، ش��ركة استشارات وطنية. عمل توم كمدير استشاري ومدير التغيي��ر االستش��اري، بخب��رة تق��در ب� 35 عامًا. عمل في بعض من أكبر الش��ركات في العالم، باإلضافة إلى ش��ركات السوق الوسيطة، كان تركيز توم على التخطيط، وقي��ادة الحرك��ة االس��تراتيجية، وبرام��ج النمو االس��تراتيجي في صناعة الطباعة،

وأعدادًا متنوعة من مجاالت السوق.

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ندوات معرض فيسبا ديجيتال 2016 للتركيز على جميع جوانب الطباعة الرقميةسيتم تناول مواضيع كالطباعة الصناعية، إدارة األلوان، والطباعة على النسيج

س��يطرح مع��رض فيس��با ديجيت��ال 2016 برنام��ج تعليمي مصمم لتش��جيع العاملين في الطباعة على االط��اع على فرص أوس��ع ف��ي مجال عمله��م. كما س��تزود الندوات التي س��تقام العاملين ف��ي الطباعة بأفكار رئيس��ية ح��ول تقني��ة الطباعة الرقمي��ة، كما ستقدم أمثلة من الواقع لتش��جيعهم سواء كانوا قد

عملوا في ذلك المجال من قبل أم بدأوا به للتو.س��تلقي الجلس��ات المتداول��ة في ن��دوات ديجيتال الضوء على جمي��ع مظاهر الطباعة الرقمية والطباعة الرقمي��ة على األنس��جة، و ذلك من ش��أنه أن يطرح مواضي��ع عديدة يختار منه��ا العاملين على الطباعة

حسب مجال اختصاصهم. ت��م انتقاء كل موض��وع من مواضي��ع المحاضرات وفق��ًا لاتجاهات األساس��ية التي ت��م تحديدها في اإلحصاء ال��ذي أقامته فيس��با ح��ول الطباعة، وهو مش��روع بح��ث عالم��ي أجرته فيس��با بالتع��اون مع إنفوترين��دز به��دف فه��م التط��ورات التي تط��رأ على مج��ال الطباع��ة الرقمي��ة الطباع��ة عل��ى الشاش��ة

والطباعة ذات النسق العريض.ذات بالطباع��ة المتعلق��ة الن��دوات تتضم��ن كم��ا النس��ق العري��ض والت��ي س��بق وأن ت��م تحديده��ا

جلس��ات حول الطباعة الصناعي��ة، وإدارة األلوان، وطباع��ة الملصق��ات باألش��عة ف��وق البنفس��جية، ومتطلب��ات الزبائن، وتطاب��ق األلوان ف��ي تطبيقات

البيع بالتجزئة باإلضافة إلى الطباعة على النسيج.كما سيتناول فيس��با ديجيتال لعام 2016 مواضيعًا يستفيد منها الزوار و يشمل ذلك ندوة ساين الواقعة في معرض س��اين األوروبي، و الذي سيزود الزائرين بع��روض حصري��ة ح��ول كل م��ا له صل��ة بصناعة

الافتات. يمكن أيض��ًا للمهتمين بالتعرف أكث��ر على الطباعة

ديجيت��ال مؤتم��ر حض��ور النس��يج عل��ى الرقمي��ة تكستايل الذي ستقيمه فيسبا ليوم واحد، علمًا أنه سيقام يوم الثاثاء الواقع في الثامن من آذار 2016.

لي��وم مؤتم��رًا أيض��ًا برينتري��ورز سيس��تضيف واح��د ح��ول كيفي��ة اس��تخدام الطباع��ة كوس��يلة إبداعية لتصمي��م الديكور الداخلي، حيث س��يقدم المصمم��ون و العامل��ون ف��ي الطباعة ن��دوات حول أح��دث التوجه��ات و التطبيق��ات ف��ي ه��ذا القط��اع

المتطور. كم��ا أش��ار روز ماكغين��س مدي��ر قس��م ف��ي فيس��با "س��يطرح البرنام��ج التعليم��ي لهذه الس��نة محتوًى محّف��ز لألف��كار وذل��ك من قب��ل محترف��ي الصناعة بهدف مس��اعدة ال��زوار على تحدي��د فرص جديدة للنم��و و التوس��ع ف��ي مج��ال عمله��م، باإلضافة إلى اس��دائهم نصائ��ح ح��ول الصناعة و مج��ال العمل بش��كل عام. مش��اركة المعارف و الممارسة المثلى هي القيم الرئيس��ية لفيس��با، ومن خ��ال المحتوى الذي يطرحه برنامجنا، س��نقدم أحدث المعلومات التطبيقية، والتقنية، والصناعية لمساعدة العاملين في الطباع��ة على التفكير بالتن��وع و االحتماالت التي

تمكن ذلك."

تركيا: حجز 85% من مساحة معرض"ساين اسطنبول" 2016من المتوقع أن تشارك 45 شركة من 35 دولة

تقام الدورة الثامنة عش��ر لمعرض ساين اسطنبول الدولي لصناعة اإلع��ان و تجارة التقنيات الطباعية الرقمية اعتبارا من 29 أيلول و لغاية 2 تش��رين األول

من عام 2016.يج��ذب المعرض منتج��ي و موزعي خدمات تقنيات الطباع��ة الرقمي��ة، والطباع��ة النس��يجية، ومع��دات تطبيق��ات اإلعان��ات وتقني��ات التوثي��ق، والطباعة صغيرة الحجم، ومواد التحويل، وأصبغة الطباعة، وشاشات عرض LED، وأجنحة لعرض المنتجات، وطباعة الشاشات، والمواد الترويجية. و أشار السيد زكري��ا ايتم��ور، المدي��ر اإلداري لش��ركة فيورس��ليك أن إل��ى للمع��رض، الرس��ميون المنظم��ون -IFOالمش��اركين ف��ي المعرض قد قام��وا بحجز %85 من المس��احة المتوف��رة و أن المعرض مازال يس��تقطب اهتمام��ا كبي��را بالرغم من أن��ه اليزال هن��اك ثمانية

أشهر للمعرض. و يضي��ف زكري��ا قائ��ا: لق��د ب��دأ بالفع��ل عارضونا العام��ات ضمنه��م وم��ن الدولي��ون و المحلي��ون التجاري��ة العالمي��ة بحجز أجنحته��م لل��دورة التالية خ��ال المعرض الس��ابق. وس��وف يش��غل معرض س��اين اس��طنبول 2016 حوالي 30000 متر مربع من مركز توي��اب)Tuyap( للمعارض و المؤتمرات، ونحن واثق��ون بأن أع��داد ال��زوار والعارضين ف��ي المعرض

سوف تتجاوز األعداد المسجلة العام الماضي.

و حس��ب زكريا، فإن معرض ساين اسطنبول 2016 يس��تقطب اهتمام��ا كبي��را م��ن المنتجي��ن بفض��ل التأثي��ر اإليجابي للمعرض المزم��ع إقامته في الفترة بين أيلول وتش��رين األول وهي الفترة األكثر إنتاجية

بالنسبة للقطاع من حيث إقامة روابط العمل. المع��رض ال��ذي يض��م أيضا أقس��ام خاص��ة مثل الطباع��ة قم��ة و األبع��اد الطباع��ة ثاثي��ة مع��رض الصناعي��ة، هو مع��رض ذائع الصي��ت كأهم حدث في العام بالنس��بة للمحترفين في قطاعات الطباعة

الرقمية والطباعة النسيجية وصناعة العامات.و يردف الس��يد زكريا بالقول: إن األحدث و األكثر إبداع��ا م��ن بي��ن المنتج��ات و التقني��ات والم��واد والتطبيق��ات س��تكون معروض��ة ام��ام آالف الزوار من أنحاء مختلفة من أس��يا وأوروبا تحت عناوين أساس��ية للطباع��ة الرقمية، والطباعة النس��يجية، وتقنيات الافتات، والتواصل المرئي، و شاش��ات الطباع��ة و الصناعي��ة، والطباع��ة ،LED ع��رض

ثاثية األبعاد.

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اإلمارات: "زايد العليا" تنجز طباعة وتوزيع المناهج الدراسية بطريقة " برايل "مطبعة المكفوفين في مؤسسة زايد العليا تقوم بطباعة المناهج بطريقة برايل على أحدث

الطابعات العالمية وهي األولى من نوعها في الوطن العربي

السعودية: 30 مليون ريال خسائر "طباعة وتغليف" بالربع الرابع من 2015

أنجزت مؤسس��ة زايد العليا للرعاية االنس��انّية وذوي االحتياجات الخاصة ممثلة في مركز مطبعة المكفوفين والتحديات البصرية التابعة لها طباعة وتوزيع المناهج الدراس��ية للطلب��ة م��ن ذوي التحدي��ات البصرية في مدارس الدمج على مستوى جميع المناطق التعليمية بالدول��ة، ومراكز الرعاي��ة والتأهيل للفصل الدراس��ي الثاني للع��ام الدراس��ي 2015/2016، وذلك من خال ج��دول زمن��ي حددت��ه ادارة المطبع��ة إلنج��از عملية

التوزيع بهدف تسهيل دمج الطلبة من تلك الفئة.الرحم��ن عب��د ناعم��ة المطبع��ة مدي��رة وأك��دت المنص��وري ح��رص مؤسس��ة زاي��د العلي��ا على أن أنج��از مهم��ة طباع��ة وتس��ليم الطلب��ة المكفوفي��ن لمناهجه��م مع بداي��ة الفصل الدراس��ي الثاني التي تس��لمتها المطبعة م��ن إدارة المناهج ب��وزارة التربية لتحقي��ق رضا المس��تفيدين من خدم��ات المطبعة

من فئات ذوي التحديات البصرية.وأضاف��ت أن مركز مطبع��ة المكفوفي��ن أنجز عملية طباع��ة وتكيي��ف منه��ج الرياضيات ل��ذوي االعاقة البصرية للفصل الدراسي الثاني 2016-2015 الذي تم من خاله إعادة الرس��ومات واالشكال الهندسية وفق طريقة "برايل" المعتمدة عالميًا من قبل فنيين مختصي��ن ف��ي م��واد الرياضي��ات، وبما يتناس��ب

ومهارات الطلبة المكفوفين.واوضح��ت المنص��وري ب��أن عملي��ة طباع��ة م��واد الرياضي��ات بطريق��ة "براي��ل" للمكفوفي��ن ه��و احد المطبع��ة إدارة وضعه��ا الت��ي المهم��ة المش��اريع ضم��ن خطتها التش��غيلية للع��ام الدراس��ي الحالي 2015 / 2016 لارتق��اء بخدم��ات المتعاملين وتلبية

احتياجاتهم التعليمية.وأش��ارت إل��ى أن مطبع��ة المكفوفين تق��وم بطباعة الطابع��ات أح��دث عل��ى براي��ل بطريق��ة المناه��ج العالمي��ة وه��ي األول��ى من نوعه��ا في الوط��ن العربي ه��دف لتحقي��ق المؤّسس��ة إدارة وفرته��ا والت��ي ضم��ان تقديم خدمته��ا بمعايير عالمي��ة، وتحقيق رضا عم��اء المطبعة س��واء من الطلب��ة المكفوفين

الت��ي الطابع��ة أن موضح��ة البص��ر، ضع��اف أو تس��تخدمها المؤّسس��ة توفر مميزات القص وجودة

التغليف بجانب الطباعة مما يوفر الجهد والوقت.الجدي��ر بالذكر أن مطبعة المكفوفين بمؤسس��ة زايد العليا للرعاية اإلنس��انّية هي الجه��ة الوحيدة واألولى بالدولة التي تقدم خدم��ات الطباعة للمناهج بطريقة "برايل" للمكفوفين وتتمنى تعاون الجهات المستفيدة من هذه الخدمة ليتم تقديمها بمواصفات عالية وفي الوق��ت المناس��ب، خاص��ة الجه��ات المس��ؤولة عن المناه��ج التعليمية للطلبة م��ن ذوي اإلعاقة البصرية مما يدعم سياس��ة دمجهم في التعليم العام، كما أن توف��ر المعلومات الس��ليمة المبنية على التش��خيص السليم لكل طالب من ذوي اإلعاقة البصرية يساهم

في تقديم الخدمة المناسبة وفي الوقت المناسب.يذك��ر أن مركز مطبع��ة المكفوفين أح��د مراكز قطاع ذوي االحتياج��ات الخاص��ة بمؤسس��ة زاي��د العليا للرعاي��ة اإلنس��انية وتعد المطبع��ة الوحيدة في دولة اإلمارات التي تقوم بطباعة المواد التعليمية )المناهج التعليمية والوس��ائل التعليمية( والثقافية والقصص

خدماته��ا وتق��دم للمكفوفي��ن، براي��ل بطريق��ة للمكفوفين وضعاف البصر على مستوى الدولة.

وتقدم مطبع��ة المكفوفين عدد م��ن الخدمات ذات العاق��ة بتعلي��م ذوي التحديات البصري��ة في مراكز الرعاي��ة والتأهي��ل وم��دارس الدم��ج على مس��توى الدول��ة وتتمث��ل ه��ذه الخدم��ات فضًا ع��ن طباعة المناه��ج الدراس��ية بطريق��ة براي��ل ، طباع��ة نماذج للراغبي��ن الدراس��ية والملخص��ات االمتحان��ات بطريق��ة برايل ، طباعة الوس��ائل التعليمي��ة البارزة،

وطباعة الكتب والقصص الثقافية بطريقة برايل.أم��ا عن الجه��ات المس��تفيدة م��ن تل��ك الخدمات فه��ي مراك��ز الرعاي��ة والتأهي��ل التابعة لقط��اع ذوي االحتياجات الخاصة بمؤسس��ة زاي��د العليا للرعاية اإلنس��انية والمراكز األخ��رى بالدول��ة، ومراكز رعاية وتأهيل المعاقين التابعة لوزارة الشؤون االجتماعية، وم��دارس الدم��ج العام��ة والخاص��ة ب��وزارة التربية والتعلي��م بجمي��ع المناط��ق التعليمي��ة بالدولة، كما يس��تفيد من خدمات المطبعة كافة المتعاملين من

الطاب والمعلمين وأولياء األمور من المكفوفين.

أعلنت ش��ركة طباعة وتغلي��ف النتائج المالية للفترة المنتهي��ة في 31 ديس��مبر من العام الس��ابق، حيث بل��غ صافي الخس��ائر خ��ال الربع الراب��ع 30 مليون ري��ال، مقابل ربح 4.8 مليون ريال للربع المماثل من

العام 2014.وبلغ صافي الربح خال اثني عش��ر شهرًا، 21 مليون ري��ال، مقابل 45.4 مليون ريال للفت��رة المماثلة من

العام 2014 وذلك بانخفاض 54%.وع��زت الش��ركة الخس��ائر خ��ال الرب��ع الراب��ع من

2015 مقاب��ل الرب��ع المماث��ل م��ن الع��ام 2014 إل��ى انخفاض في قيمة المبيعات بس��بب حادث الحريق

ف��ي ش��ركتين تابعتي��ن بنهاي��ة ع��ام 2014 وبداي��ة ع��ام 2015، وكذل��ك لوج��ود بع��ض االضطراب��ات السياسية في األسواق الخارجية لبعض الدول التي تتعامل معها الش��ركة وكذلك إلى انخفاض األسعار الناتج عن انخفاض أسعار المواد الخام التي ترتبط

بشكل مباشر بانخفاض أسعار البترول العالمية.وأش��ارت إلى نفس الس��بب الس��ابق النخفاض في األرباح خال الفترة الحالية، مقارنة بالفترة المماثلة

من العام 2014.

األخبـــار

مصر: دار المعارف المصرية تحتفل بمرور 125 عاما على تأسيسها شاركت وفود عربية "دار المعارف" بالقاهرة احتفالها بمناسبة مرور 125 عاما على تأسيسها

كواحدة من أقدم دور النشر العربية

مؤتمر الشرق األوسط لالتحاد العالمي للصحف واتحاد ناشري األخبار لمعالجة تحديات نمو مصادر دخل الطباعة

ثقافي��ة احتفالي��ة المصري��ة المع��ارف دار نظم��ت بمناس��بة م��رور 125 عاما على تأسيس��ها بمش��اركة وف��ود عربية منها دولة الكويت فض��ا عن نخبة من كبار الكتاب والمثقفين والمفكرين والشعراء والنقاد.ش��اركت وف��ود عربي��ة )دار المعارف( ف��ي االحتفال بمرور 125 عاما على تأسيسها كواحدة من أقدم دور النشر العربية التي أنشأها بالقاهرة اللبنانيان نجيب 1861-( زي��دان وجورج��ي )1865-1928( مت��ري 1914( وكان ف��ي اختافهم��ا فائ��دة للثقاف��ة العربية حيث انفصا بعد عامين ليس��تقل زيدان بالمطبعة ويص��در ع��ام 1892 مجل��ة )الهال( الت��ي أصبحت

مؤسسة ثقافية.وأص��درت دار المع��ارف كتاب��ا توثيقيا بعن��وان "دار المع��ارف 125 عام��ا م��ن الثقافة" يع��رض تفاصيل ع��ن تاري��خ ال��دار ف��ي النص��ف األول م��ن الق��رن العش��رين منذ تأسيس��ها حت��ى تأميمها ع��ام 1963 كم��ا يلقي الض��وء على مراحلها وكي��ف تحولت من مطبعة تجارية إلى "دار المعارف للطباعة" عام 1910

لتكتسب بعدا ثقافيا.ونش��رت »دار المعارف« طوال تاريخها مؤلفات عدد من أبرز الكتاب العرب ومنهم وديع البستاني وشبلي ش��ميل وفرح أنطون وأحمد فارس الشدياق وقاسم

أمي��ن إضاف��ة إلى عمي��د األدب العربي طه حس��ين وعباس العقاد، إذ احتلت صورتاهما ملصقا جداريا ف��ي واجهة المس��رح الصغي��ر حيث أقي��م االحتفال. وكان الش��عار الدائ��م لل��دار عب��ارة ع��ن فنار يش��ير إلى ن��ور المعرفة م��ع جملة »خذوا المع��ارف من دار

المعارف«.ال��دار به��ذه المناس��بة أقي��م حف��ل وف��ي احتف��ال بالمس��رح الصغير بدار األوبرا المصرية كرم فيه وزير الثقاف��ة المصري حلمي النمنم مثقفين ومس��ؤولين منه��م نهي��ان ب��ن مب��ارك آل نهي��ان وزي��ر الثقاف��ة والش��باب وتنمية المجتم��ع باإلم��ارات وخالد زيادة س��فير لبنان بالقاه��رة وكامل العبد الجلي��ل المدير الع��ام لمكتبة الكوي��ت الوطنية وإيناس عب��د الدايم

رئيس دار األوبرا المصرية.وكان النمن��م ق��ال ف��ي افتت��اح احتف��ال نظمت��ه دار المعارف بهذه المناس��بة في فن��دق يطل على النيل بالقاهرة: إن استمرار الدار في أداء رسالتها منذ 125 عام��ا »يعكس إص��رار أبناء المؤسس��ة على التعاون من أجل رس��الة س��امية وهي نشر المعرفة« وإن من مام��ح دار المعارف أنها ثمرة »جهد عربي مش��ترك

كما هو الحال مع دار الهال ومؤسسة االهرام«.وأض��اف أن المؤسس��ات الثاث »لعب��ت دورا كبيرا أثناء االستعمار البريطاني حيث عملت على النهوض بالوع��ي الثقاف��ي المص��ري والعرب��ي ف��ي مواجه��ة

االحتال«.

س��يقدم المؤتمر الجوائز االفتتاحية لوسائل اإلعام الرقمية للشرق األوس��ط الخاصة باالتحاد العالمي للصح��ف و ناش��ري األخب��ار، إذ س��يعقد في فندق

انتركونتيننتال في مدينة دبي للمهرجانات. يه��دف مؤتم��ر الش��رق األوس��ط لاتح��اد العالم��ي للصحف وناش��ري األخب��ار المزمع عق��ده في 24 و 25 من ش��هر ش��باط ع��ام 2016 في دبي إل��ى تزويد المختصي��ن بالنش��ر بالف��رص الكتش��اف أح��دث االتجاه��ات اإلقليمي��ة والدولية و األف��كار األمثل من الناحي��ة العملي��ة. س��يتاح للحض��ور التع��رف على ثقافة انترنت األش��ياء، والواقع االفتراضي، وحجب اإلعان��ات، م��ا يمك��ن ارتدائ��ه م��ن أدوات ذكي��ة والطباع��ة ثاثية األبع��اد، ونماذج األعمال الناش��ئة م��ن أج��ل ش��ركات طباع��ة الصح��ف م��ن ضمن

اتجاهات عالمية أخرى لوسائل اإلعام. و سوف يتضمن برنامج المؤتمر مواضيع مثل تكوين المحت��وى، والتوزي��ع الرقم��ي للصح��ف، ووس��ائل التواص��ل االجتماعي المؤثرة، و جذب جيل العصر، والواق��ع االفتراضي في س��رد القص��ص واالبتكارات

في طباعة الصحف، والطباعة الصحف باستخدام الطابعات النافثة للحبر ، واالستعانة بمصادر خارجية للطباعة وطباعة القيمة المضافة وأفضل ممارس��ات وس��ائل اإلعام الرقمية في الشرق األوسط و اإلعان الذكي لزيادة الدخل وتس��ويق األصناف والمحتوى وتحويل نموذج العوائد الرقمي وتنويع موارد الدخل. إضاف��ة إل��ى ذل��ك، س��تقدم دراس��ات الحال��ة على مؤسس��ات إعامي��ة ناجحة مث��ل نيوي��ورك تايمز و

اكسبريس و تورونتو ستار و تايمز اوف إنديا.س��يقدم مؤتم��ر الش��رق األوس��ط لاتح��اد العالمي للصح��ف وناش��ري األخب��ار أيض��ا أول جوائ��ز في الش��رق األوس��ط لوس��ائل اإلعام الرقمية للتعريف بالناش��رين الذين اعتمدوا وسائل اإلعام الرقمية و االس��تراتيجيات المتنقلة كج��زء من عرضهم الكلي للمنتج��ات، و ذل��ك لمواكب��ة التغي��رات الكبي��رة في

طريقة استهاك الناس لألخبار و المعلومات اليوم.تتضم��ن أصن��اف الجوائ��ز ما يل��ي: أفض��ل موقع إنترنت إخب��اري و أفضل موقع ترفيه��ي و اجتماعي و أفضل اس��تخدام للفيديو عب��ر االنترنت و أفضل مشروع تحويل البيانات مرئيا و أفضل خدمة أخبار متنقل��ة و أفضل خدم��ة ترفيهية و حياتي��ة متنقلة و أفضل نش��ر عبر الجه��از اللوحي )تابل��ت( و أفضل وس��يط قارئ و أفضل حملة إع��ان رقمية و أفضل

منتج جديد.و س��يتم إع��ان الفائزي��ن رس��ميًا ف��ي ه��ذا المؤتمر ف��ي دبي. إضاف��ًة الى ذلك، سيش��ارك الفائزون في

مسابقة جوائز وسائل اإلعام الرقمية العالمية.


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سورية: ثمانيني يواظب على بيع الكتب في حلب رغم الحربكثيرة من الصعوبات التي مر بها عبد الخالق شامية، ولكنها لم تمنعه من متابعة

مزاولة مهنته في بيع الكتب

عب��د الخال��ق ش��امية الذي ول��د في حل��ب القديمة ع��ام 1933 ينتم��ي إل��ى عائلة حلبي��ة معروفة، درس منذ صغ��ره في الجامع األموي المع��روف “بالجامع الكبي��ر” في حلب حت��ى عام 1950، وب��دأ العمل في جم��ع الكتب التاريخي��ة واألثرية والديني��ة والثقافية، وأس��س مكتبات لبيع الكتب بكافة اللغات للس��ياح

األجانب في عدة مناطق بحلب.كثي��رة ه��ي الصعوب��ات الت��ي م��ر به��ا عب��د الخالق ش��امية، ولكنها لم تمنعه من متابعة مزاولة مهنته في بيع الكتب، والتي عمل فيها منذ أن كان في السابعة عش��رة من عمره، حت��ى افتتاحه مؤخ��ًرا مكتبة في

أحد أحياء حلب القديمة.كم��ا افد ش��امية إن كثي��را من أصح��اب المكتبات الكبي��رة ف��ي مدينة حل��ب تعلموا المهن��ة منه، وكان

يبيعهم الكتب في بداية عملهم في هذه المهنة.ويختلف سعر الكتاب حسب ِقَدمه وقيمته العلمية، وفًقا لشامية، الذي أشار إلى أن المكتبة تحوي كتًبا بقيمة 100 و 500 وقد تصل إلى 5 آالف ليرة سورية، مردًفا “أبيع الكتب أحياًنا بالتقسيط وأخفض أسعار

بعضها لزبائني”.واعتبر ش��امية أن عمله خدم��ة للعلم والثقافة، وقال

إنه اس��تفاد منه معنويا ألنه أفسح له المجال لقراءة الكثي��ر م��ن الكتب، ومادي��ا من خ��ال بيعها، حيث درت علي��ه أرباح��ا مكنته من تربية 11 ولدا، مش��يرا بح��زن إل��ى أن أوالده جميعهم غادروا الباد بس��بب ت��ردي األوض��اع االقتصادية واألمنية ج��راء الحرب الدائ��رة من��ذ نح��و خمس س��نوات. ويعم��ل الرجل

الثمانيني حالي��ا في مكتبته الصغي��رة بحيه القديم خان الوزير في حلب، بعد أن خسر بقية مكتباته.

ورغ��م قل��ة الزبائ��ن وتدن��ي أرباح��ه بش��كل كبي��ر، فإن��ه يح��رص يوميا على القدوم م��ن منزله الذي ما تزال تب��دو عليه آثار الدمار، ليعب��ر عن إصراره على

االستمرار في ما يسميها “خدمة العلم”.

ت��م اختيار ش��ركة زيروكس من قب��ل منظمة جارتنر كالش��ركة الرائدة في قائم��ة Magic Quadrant لعام 2015 ع��ن خدم��ات الطباع��ة وإدارة المحت��وى في جميع أنح��اء العالم للعام الثامن عل��ى التوالي. هذا و قد تم اختي��ار زيروكس لتحتل مرك��ز الصدارة في هذا القطاع وذلك بعد دراسة الدور الموسع لخدمات الطباع��ة الُم��دارة ودمجها م��ع إدارة المحتوى والتي ترك��ز عل��ى وس��ائل االتص��ال الت��ي توج��د داخ��ل جميع الش��ركات حيث تم اختيار زيروكس كأفضل الش��ركات م��ن حيث اكتم��ال الرؤي��ة والق��درة على

التنفيذ. هذا و تأتي خدم��ات الجيل الثان��ي للطباعة الُمدارة الت��ي تقدمها ش��ركة زيروك��س عبر عملي��ة من ثاث خط��وات، ه��ي خط��وة "التقيي��م والتحس��ين" تليها خط��وة "التأمي��ن والدم��ج" و أخي��را خط��وة "ميكن��ة وتبس��يط العم��ل" وه��ي عملية بس��يطة تع��د بمثابة خارطة طريق لتنظيم و تضييق الفجوة بين الحلول الورقية والحلول الرقمي��ة، وتركز على إنجاز األعمال بتكلف��ة أقل، وحج��م طباعة أوراق أق��ل، مع تجنب إه��دار مس��تلزمات الطباع��ة، وذل��ك بطريق��ة آمن��ة

ومستدامة.

لخدم��ات زيروك��س اس��تراتيجية تتمث��ل و ه��ذا الطباعة المدارة في بعض األدوات الجديدة في كل Xerox Print Awareness Tool خط��وة؛ أوله��ا أداةفي مرحل��ة التقيي��م والتحس��ين وهو نظام يش��جع العاملي��ن على أن يكونوا أكثر مس��ئولية من الناحية البيئية ويس��تخدم ه��ذا النظام تقني��ة األلعاب وذلك لمساعدة الش��ركات على الحد من انبعاث الكربون

ولتحفيز الموظفين على القيام بدورهم البيئي. أم��ا بالنس��بة لمرحل��ة الحماي��ة والتكام��ل، فتأتي Xerox Secure Print Manager بخاصي��ة ق��درة تق��دم الت��ي Suite with User Analyticsفائق��ة عل��ي التحكم وتحدي��د مهام العم��ل وهو ما يتمث��ل ف��ي إمكاني��ات توثيق المس��تخدم وتأمين المس��تندات وتعق��ب المه��ام المختلف��ة التي تقوم به��ا أجه��زة الطباع��ة باإلضافة إل��ي تقيي��م تكلفة

طباعة الوثائق.وأخيرًا مرحلة ميكنة وتبس��يط العمل، حيث تستمر زيروك��س ف��ي تعزي��ز صناعتها وعروضه��ا باإلعان Workflow تيس��يراألعمال حل��ول ع��ن مؤخ��رًا خصيص��ا المصمم��ة Automation solutionsلقطاع��ات التأمين وأقس��ام الموارد البش��رية، وهما

مجالي��ن تتمي��ز فيهم��ا تدفق��ات األعم��ال بكثاف��ة البيان��ات وذلك لمس��اعدة العماء عل��ى تجنب أي عقبات ب�إدارة المس��تندات. عاوة على ذلك، تقوم Xerox Digital حلول زيروك��س الرقمية الجدي��دة Xerox DocuShare 7.0 فضا ع��ن Alternativesوالتي تساهم في تحسين الكفاءة عن طريق ميكنة و معالجة المس��تندات، وهو األمر الذي يساعد على تقلي��ل اإلجراءات المكتبية اليومية للحد من الوقت ال��ذي يه��دره الموظفي��ن والعملي��ات اليدوي��ة مثل مشاركة المستندات والبيانات وتخزينها وحمايتها.

الكويت تحتضن أكبر مطبعة لـ »المكفوفين« في الشرق األوسطتعد الكويت من الدول الرائدة في مشروع طباعة المصاحف بطريقة )برايل( وتوزيعها

قام��ت دول��ة الكويت في إط��ار حرصها عل��ى تقديم جميع أش��كال الدعم والرعاية ل��كل فئات المجتمع بتوفير ونش��ر لغة )برايل( بين المكفوفين في بعض المراك��ز والم��دارس والجمعي��ات إضاف��ة إلى نش��ر الوع��ي بي��ن مختلف فئ��ات المجتمع ح��ول حقوق

المكفوفين وإقامة أنشطة وفعاليات خاصة بهم.ونظرا إل��ى أهمية التعلم عن طريق لغ��ة )برايل( فقد وفرت جمعية المكفوفين الكويتية مطبعة خاصة هي األكبر من نوعها في منطقة الشرق األوسط ليستفيد

منها المكفوفون ومنتس��بو الجمعية والدراس��ون في جامع��ة الكوي��ت والهيئ��ة العام��ة للتعلي��م التطبيقي

والتدريب.وتتول��ى المطبعة تحوي��ل الكتب العادي��ة إلى طريقة )برايل( حيث تمت طباعة الكثير من الكتب الثقافية إل��ى جانب طباعة تفس��ير الق��رآن الكري��م باللغتين

العربية واإلنكليزية بهذه الطريقة.وتع��د الكويت م��ن الدول الرائدة في مش��روع طباعة المصاح��ف بطريقة )برايل( وتوزيعه��ا إذ يتم توزيع مئات النس��خ على المدارس والمس��اجد والمكتبات ه��ذه تتك��ون حي��ث وخارجه��ا الكوي��ت داخ��ل المصاحف من س��تة مجلدات يحت��وي كل مجلد

على خمسة أجزاء.ويعتمد ع��دد من م��دارس التربية الخاص��ة التابعة لوزارة التربي��ة على طريقة )برايل( ف��ي تعليم الطلبة المكفوفي��ن ف��ي المراح��ل التعليمي��ة الث��اث حيث تضم تل��ك المدارس أجه��زة متخصصة مثل جهاز )براي��ل س��نس( الحدي��ث والمط��ور وال��ذي يق��وم بتحويل األرقام والنصوص إلى لغة )برايل( الناطقة باإلضافة إلى تعليم الطلبة اس��تخدام جهاز )بركنز(

وهي آلة كاتبة تعمل بطريقة )برايل(.وإلى جانب االهتمام بتعليم المكفوفين للغة )برايل( تعمل دول��ة الكويت عل��ى دعم فئ��ة المكفوفين من خ��ال العديد م��ن األنش��طة والفعاليات فف��ي العام

2015 الماض��ي نظم��ت الجمعي��ة الكويتي��ة لحماية البيئ��ة محاض��رات توعوي��ة وورش��ا تطبيقي��ة بيئية تعريفية بمكونات البيئة البحرية الكويتية ل40 طالبا

مكفوفا.واعتم��دت الجمعي��ة أيض��ا مح��ور مش��اركة الطلبة المكفوفي��ن من مدرس��ة النور وهي إح��دى مدارس التربية الخاصة ضمن برنام��ج المدارس الخضراء

وفي ورش العمل والمحاضرات التوعوية البيئية.ملتق��ى 2015 فبراي��ر ف��ي الكوي��ت واحتضن��ت عل��ى الض��وء س��لط ال��ذي الثال��ث المكفوفي��ن القضاي��ا الت��ي ته��م ذوي اإلعاقة )فئ��ة المكفوفين( والوص��ول إلى حل��ول للصعوب��ات الت��ي يواجهونها عل��ى المس��تويات القانوني��ة والثقافي��ة واالجتماعية

واالقتصادية.وال يقتص��ر االهتم��ام بالمكفوفي��ن عل��ى الجمعيات والجه��ات الرس��مية ب��ل تع��دى ذل��ك إل��ى الجه��ود الش��ابة الكويتي��ة المخترع��ة كش��فت إذ الفردي��ة ش��يخة الماجد عن اختراعها )قلم المس��مار لكتابة المكفوفي��ن( ال��ذي يعم��ل بمج��رد الضغ��ط علي��ه باإلبهام ليتولى طباعة الحروف بطريقة )برايل( على صفح��ة ورقية بكل س��هولة ودون أي إجهاد نفس��ي أو جس��دي ونال��ت بناء عليه ش��هادة ب��راءة اختراع من )مكت��ب براءات االخت��راع( بالوالي��ات المتحدة

األمريكية.

صحيفة الّرأي االردنية ومؤسسة االهرام المصرية تدشنان شراكة في التدريب والطباعة

أبرم��ت المؤسس��تان الصحفيت��ان ال��رأي واالهرام اتفاقية تعاون تتناول تطوير وتعزيز العمل المش��ترك بينهما في مجاالت التدريب والطباعة والنش��ر. ووقع االتفاقي��ة عن الرأي رئيس مجل��س إدارتها رمضان الرواش��دة، ورئيس مجل��س إدارة مؤسس��ة االهرام أحمد النج��ار، بحض��ور وفدين من المؤسس��تين. وته��دف االتفاقي��ة إل��ى بن��اء تع��اون مش��ترك بي��ن المؤسس��تين في إط��ار دورهما التنوي��ري بما يخدم

البلدين والقضايا العربية.واتفق الطرفان على تدش��ين برامج تدريب مشتركة وموظف��ي والدارس��ين الطلب��ة تدري��ب تس��تهدف القطاعين الع��ام والخاص، ف��ي مختلف المجاالت المعرفي��ة والتنويرية وفي مقدمته��ا مجال الصحافة واالع��ام، م��ن خ��ال الكيان��ات المتخصص��ة في

مجال التدريب في المؤسستين.كذل��ك اتفق الطرف��ان على تدش��ين منت��دى دولي مش��ترك يعق��د بالتناوب بي��ن الجانبين، لمناقش��ة القضاي��ا ذات االهتم��ام المش��ترك وقضاي��ا العالم العربي ومنطقة الش��رق االوس��ط، بما يسهم في بناء فه��م ورؤى مش��تركة بش��أن القضاي��ا والتحدي��ات الت��ي تواج��ه البلدي��ن خصوص��ا والعال��م العرب��ي بش��كل عام. وف��ي مج��ال الطباعة، اتف��ق الطرفان على توس��يع آف��اق الطباع��ة والنش��ر والتوزي��ع بين

المؤسس��تين، بما يخدم نشر رس��الة الصحيفتين في البلدين.

وفي هذا االط��ار قال الرواش��دة إن االتفاقية »تخدم رؤي��ة القيادتي��ن ف��ي البلدين الش��قيقين ف��ي تعزيز العم��ل العربي المش��ترك في مختل��ف المجاالت«، مبينا أن االتفاقية تس��هم في توس��يع آف��اق التعاون بي��ن أكبر وأهم مؤسس��تين صحفيتين في البلدين تمل��كان ذات التوجهات ف��ي ضرورة تنمي��ة وتطوير والعاملي��ن الط��اب ومه��ارات وق��درات مع��ارف والدارس��ين في العديد من المج��االت وفي مقدمتها

االعام والدراسات والبحوث.وأض��اف أن مؤسس��ة ال��رأي دأبت منذ تأسيس��ها على مواكبة التطورات في مج��ال االعام بما يخدم رسالتها التنويرية والتثقيفية واالعامية، ولهذا تتمتع

بعديد الش��راكات المحلية والعربية واالجنبية، مبينا ان كوادر المؤسسة تتمتع بطاقات ومؤهات تجعلها في مقدمة المؤسس��ات الصحفي��ة االردنية وواحدة

من المؤسسات الرائدة في الوطن العربي.من جهته قال الزميل النج��ار إن االتفاقية تعبير عن إرادة مشتركة وصادقة لدى المؤسستين في تطوير وتعزيز التعاون المش��ترك بينهما، مشيرا إلى إن هذه االتفاقية س��يتبعها تحرير عقود تفصيلية بشأن اي مجال م��ن مجاالت التع��اون لتحديد المس��ؤوليات وااللتزام��ات المتبادل��ة بي��ن الجانبي��ن، فضا عن تمت��ع االتفاقي��ة بمرون��ة تت��ح للطرفين اس��تحداث اي مجال جدي��د يعتقدان بضرورت��ه خدمة للعمل

المشترك واهداف االتفاقية. وحض��ر توقيع االتفاقي��ة من المؤسس��ة الصحفية االردنية المدير العام فريد الس��لواني، ورئيس مركز ال��رأي للدراس��ات الدكت��ور خال��د الش��قران، وعن جانب مؤسسة االهرام المدير العام الدكتور محمد فاي��ز، ورئي��س تحري��ر مجلة االه��رام العرب��ي عاء العط��ار، ومدير مرك��ز االه��رام االقليم��ي للصحافة ال��ى اضاف��ة محف��وظ، س��عيد محم��د الدكت��ور المهن��دس هاش��م المجال��ي رئيس هيئ��ة المديرين لش��ركة المرب��ع الذهب��ي الوكيل المعتمد لمؤسس��ة

االهرام في االردن.

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