Provider of broad range of products and solutions for the print and packaging industry VINSAK enjoyed overwhelming response at Interprint Expo. VINSAK mainly focused on its two broad pillars i.e. pre-press and brand protection solutions in this event. A constant flood of visitors filled the stand to see product demonstrations, and talk to product experts. The company announced the sale of its first VINSAK TPS 1160 thermal platesetter and VINSAK TPP 1300 thermal plate processor on the very first day of the event, and also bagged four more orders of the platesetters and processors, apart from various post-printing machines including sheet counting machine, punching machine, bending machine.

Showcasing a full suite of VINSAK pre-press solutions, the company demonstrated its VINSAK TPS 1160 thermal platesetter and VINSAK TPP 1300 thermal plate processor for CtP plates, first time in India. Prospects were delighted to see the range of Thermal CtP plates offered by VINSAK, under Marathon (very long run), Sprint (very high quality) and Pace (every day use). This range of plates offer printers a wide latitude of jobs to be produced on VINSAK plate solutions, that cater very well to commercial print, service bureaus, publishing, packaging and newspaper segments of the industry, says Vivek Bhardwaj, general manager – consumable sales.

“VINSAK Brand Protection Solutions grasped the attention of the visitors, which resulted in a huge response in this segment. Our innovative suite of security solutions that includes software, security inks, special purpose hot stamping dies, and printing equipment positioned the company to offer complete solution to any brand owner to protect them against counterfeiting,” he adds further.

Producing realistic package prototypes is an expensive proposition requiring either using specialized proofing equipment or stopping the press to run samples. The Roland DG solution, using the CGS ORIS Flex Pack, simplifies the process, making it easier, less expensive and more efficient than ever to create effective package prototypes that match the final product for packaging prototypes. Providing a seamless workflow from design to finished print, Roland offers a complete line of inkjet printers and printer/cutters, including new UV-LED and metallic eco-solvent models. The fully integrated solutions ensure that your proofs achieve a production level look and feel on your specified stock at a fraction of the cost and time. Guaranteed results from a complete package!

The world’s leading digital proofing system ORIS Flex Pack brings you uniquely web-based hard copy and soft proofing in one package. At the heart of the application is the CGS patented four-dimensional iterative colour management software which, combined with a specially designed custom interface for Roland VersaCAMM VS series printers, gives you the ultimate in production flexibility for halftone and continuous tone proofing. All printer features, such as multi-pass and print-and-cut, are supported and the included Pantone colour libraries enable proofing of special colours, with the possibility of defining custom colours. Furthermore, ORIS Flex Pack // Web offers integrated soft proofing and proof certification. Available as an option is a connection to the Esko Color Engine spot colour library. Roland partner’s with the leading colour management software CGS to handle all your proofing and colour management needs and provides huge savings in consumables costs.

A remarkable innovation in advanced inkjet technology, the ‘VS Series’ optional metallic and white ink configuration allows users to add value and sophistication to virtually any graphic. In addition to a white and metallic ink, it features orange and green, with the specially developed ORIS XG inks, allowing the production of contract quality proofs and prototypes on substrates similar to the original stock, used in flexible packaging. The Roland VS printer series also include a ‘Print & Cut’ function to produce adhesive labels and decals, fully supported by the software application.

Besides, CGS has developed a wide range of ORIS specialty substrates, to bring you the best in packaging proofing. ORIS media even include an exclusive transfer film, serving as a mechanical primer for original stock, such as carton. Unlike the standard inks, XG inks have been specifically formulated for proofing applications. The standard CMYK set is complemented with orange and green, thereby redefining the set. In addition, white and metallic is also available. As a result, the printable colour space is significantly larger, so that almost all Pantone colours can be reproduced accurately, a prerequisite for proofing high-quality packaging. To ensure uniform drying and to prevent substrates sticking together, especially when printing small repeats, which are to be finished immediately for delivery, CGS has developed an optional add-on dryer that easily fits to the output section of the Roland VS series printer. In nutshell, the new inks offer a large colour space. The system fully supports halftone proofs, including Esko LEN data. The Roland VS offers white and metallics with a density comparable to a Kodak Approval. Even with ORIS ink and media, the cost per proof is low. CGS offers eight different media, optimized for the application.

For more details, contact: Apsom Infotex Ltd, A-53, Okhla Industrial Area Ph-II, New Delhi; M: +91 9999311548; Tel: 91-11-30252328-29, web www.apsom.com

Baddi-based Bwin Digiflex has recently installed an immensely capable system from Kodak – the Flexcel NX along with Prinergy powerpack workflow packaging software – which not only serves as a single solution for production of digital flexo and thermal offset plates and DITR films for analog flexo plates, but also prides in being a centre of technological breakthrough for the entire region. SMC Pack of Baddi started as a packaging printing company around three decades ago. Earlier when they were based in Delhi, the company used to exclusively cater to packaging but the printing part would be outsourced. Shailesh Garg’s father was running the packaging – chiefly corrugation – business. With the business shifting from Delhi to Gurgaon, SMC Packaging Pvt Ltd got incorporated in 1999. When they shifted to Baddi, a close relative who is an industry veteran and also owns Anupam Art Printers, Delhi acted as mentor for the new operations. The Baddi business took off under able guidance of Shailesh Garg’s father in 2005 supported by his sons Shailesh and Manish Garg and remained a one-stop solution provider for complete printed mono-cartons doing everything from printing to cutting, folding, printing and varnishing, corrugation, etc.

In realization of their dream the two brothers Shailesh and Manish Garg recently formed Bwin Digiflex and have taken a big step forward technologically by installing Kodak Flexcel NX at their facility. Along with the Kodak Flexcel NX system, Bwin has also got complete Kodak Prinergy powerpack workflow packaging software, which organizes, controls and optimizes every workflow for every job – be it flexo or offset.

Adopting a technology that was not only new to Bwin but also to the region was a tough decision for Shailesh. He puts the reason as a dream that he had nurtured as far back as 1986 when he saw Kodak letterset machine at an exhibition. He couldn’t install the machine somehow at his Chawri Bazar facility, however acquiring unique Kodak equipment remained his first choice ever. And when he got the first opportunity to install the Kodak Flexcel NX, he didn’t think twice to go for it. Still, what Shailesh thinks as the USP of the system is its digital flexo plate producing capability.

The Kodak Flexcel NX system together with Kodak Flexcel NX plates enables printers to achieve gravure-class print quality on a wide variety of substrates. The secret lies in the dots created on the plates. Using Kodak Squarespot imaging technology, dots as small as 10-microns are imaged onto the Kodak Flexcel NX thermal imaging layer. The system provides imaging at up to 9.5 square meters per hour; full-amplitude, flat top dots that reduce dot gain and remain constant with over-impression; and plates enabling excellent ink transfer, smooth solids, uniform lay down, robust on-press performance, and excellent ozone resistance.

“With the Kodak Flexcel NX advanced technology, we shall surely be able to match any global quality standards,” claims the proud owner. Another thing that interested Shailesh in the Kodak technology is the zero changeover time between each process. “All you have to do is change the type of plate and the rest is taken care of by the system,” he reveals.

The Kodak Flexcel NX system enables them to cater the diverse demands of the region for the commercial printing, packaging cartons, labels flexo, etc. One of the key focuses for the Flexcel NX in Baddi has been to provide the solution from a place that’s in close proximity to customers. The customers were waiting for 3-4 days before they got their plates which were being done from far off places. And if there happened to be some error on plates, the period would extend and business would suffer.

Open house to demonstrate capabilities

Bwin is planning soon to conduct an open house for the regions printers to present Kodak Flexcel NX technology before them in a live environment. The common platform of the open house will let the audience learn more about the vast capabilities of the system to meet the diverse present and future market needs typical of the region.

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Hyderabad-based Silver Prints has installed a five-colour ROLAND 700 offset press for their new packaging venture. The press is fully equipped to cater to the company’s products for the growing packaging sector in Andhra Pradesh.

To furnish the growing demand for metallized folded cartons in Hyderabad Silver Prints decided to invest in a five colour UV press with inter-deck and end of press UV lamps, the ROLAND 700 is equipped with multiple time-saving features such as auto roller wash, auto blanket wash, quick change surface, universal substrate thickness range capable of printing on all substrates between 0.04mm to 1mm. The machine has been procured from Spain and was manufactured in 1997. As per RV Rama Raju, owner, Silver Prints, “We decided to invest in a manroland press for our packaging plant since it is a proven technology in the packaging segment. We had a wonderful experience with the manroland team during the installation and the company offered complete support for after sales service, spares and maintenance of the press.”

Silver Prints clients include big publishing houses, major players in the food sector and pharmaceutical industry in Andhra Pradesh. The company now plans to target major FMCG companies such as ITC, Britannia in the Southern states.

With over thirty years of experience in the print industry, Silver Prints caters to both commercial and packaging segments. The company produces folded cartons for food and pharma sector offering conventional and metallized board monocartons, laminated cartons, cigarette cartons and fluted cartons. In their commercial printing plant, they produce a complete array of promotional material such as brochures, leaflets, calendars etc. “We are keen to expand in the packaging sector as there is a healthy demand from the consumer goods and pharmaceutical sector in Hyderabad. We plan to continuously invest in our packaging plant to upgrade thetechnology to offer superior quality products to our clients,” added Raju.