polygraphinter - International exhibition of polygraph equipments, technologyes, materials and services

PolygraphInter'2007. Final Press-release

It was the motto of the main Russian polygraphic exhibition welcomed by Crocus Expo Exhibition Centre on October 16-20. This year the exhibition was organized for the 21st time, and became the event reflecting the development of Russian polygraphic industry in general. According to one of the opening ceremony participants, “Only 15-20 years ago the polygraphic industry in Russia was regressing. The publishing houses received the orders but they had to print them on low-quality paper and awful presses. But 20 years later the situation changed and these changes we observe now at the exhibition PolygraphInter’2007”. Facts and figures of the last show*: total number of exhibitors 461 from 26 countries, total floor-space is about 50 000 sq.m., total number of visits were 24 000, 18 501 attendee (17 261 from Russia and 1 240 from abroad) during five days.

This year alongside with the Polygraphinter exhibition there were held two more specialized exhibitions: PackCarton and PapExpo. Clashing of these specialized exhibitions was aimed at improving the results of cooperation between printers, paper manufacturers and packers and let the guests get the answers to all their questions.

At the opening ceremony Michael Seslavinsky, Head of Federal Agency for Print and Mass Media, emphasized that nowadays printing business is blooming in Russia, and the enterprises are in the beginning of important structural reorganizations. Moreover, in conditions of severe competition polygraphic enterprises have to trace all the innovations and new products at the polygraphic market. Thus, the exhibition provides the opportunities to share new ideas.

Petr Peredery, Deputy Head of the Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, highlighted that polygraphic industry in Russia is blooming and developing. And it is necessary to take the most of profit from Russian paper and cardboard manufacturing resources. To achieve these goals there are launched Federal state target programs oriented at wood industry development. Thus, Russian polygraphic industry and all the companies working in it have all the necessary qualities to cooperate and work successfully.

Exhibition 2007 will be as usual interesting for the professionals of polygraphic business.

HEIDELBERG will introduce its innovative elaborations among which is Speedmaster SM 52-4+L Anicolor, a new press with Anicolor short inking unit, which enables economize time and money; it also cuts the waste paper by 90%, change-over time by 40% and other unique advantages. Its printing speed is 15000 sheets per hour. Speedmaster XL 105-5+L is a new platform of format 105, new model of a press characterized by high speed and maximum automation of printing; new concept of sheet transfer; new paper feed and taking-off; new concept of varnishing section. Its printing speed is 18000 sheets per hour. Speedmaster SM 74-8-P is an eight-colour press with sheet tumbling and 4+4 printing in one run. Tested technology of PerfectJacket Plus with sheet tumbling and without offsetting. Its maximum printing speed is 15,000 sheets per hour.

YAM INTERNATIONAL in the zone of pre-printing innovations will demonstrate the latest CTP models manufactured by FFEI: FujiFilm Luxel V8 HD and Luxel V6 HD. The main advantage of the systems with new optic laser hi-res HD blocs is high stability of the exposure process which minimizes the influence of other technological variables – voltage fluctuations, development temperature and other data. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be formed by two off-set five-colour presses - LITHRONE S 40 (format 72 х 103 сm) and LITHRONE S 29 (format 53 х 75 сm), equipped with the varnishing tower. Unicity of LITHRONE S 40 is in its capability of fast change-over – the set of four forms is changed in 150 seconds, and the printing speed is 16, 000 sheets per hour. There will be also demonstrated a four-colour press SPICA 29. In the post-printing process zone there will be demonstrated the latest model of guillotine Perfecta 115 HTVC with the automated sheet jogger SA 110 A, sheet collator Laconda Classic, laminators D&K and equipment of the English company Morgana – creasing machine AutoCreaser, numbering box FSN and folder Morgana. In the separate large stand zone there will be introduceded polygraphic materials imported by YAM International: off-set printing tokens FUJIFILM, off –set festoons IMC and KINYO, paints Van Son and new paints by Japanese company MEGAMI.

KBA RUS will introduce a six-colour sheet offset press FBA Rapida 105u-6+L with varnishing section and taking-off elongation. Rapida 105 Universal opens new prospects in job printing and labels printing. Due to its high printing speed, fast change-over and minimal waste-paper it suits cost-efficient fast printing. KBA RUS will also introduce KBA 215 Compact web offset press printing section. In the framework of the exhibition the section will be granted to Moscow State Printing University.

In the framework of the exhibition XEROX plans to introduce its latest elaborations. One of the key events will be the presentation of the world leader in high-quality digital printing - Xerox IGEN3 new version. IGEN3 is capable of printing on various materials with minimal tuning drift. XEROX will introduce the fastest in the world sheet monochrome digital press (SMDP) with two integrated printing modules Nuvera 288. Another important event will be the presentation of DocuColor 8000AP with print controller FreeFlow Print Server. This newest press is capable of printing high quality enclosures at a speed of 80 sheets per minute not regarding the material density. Apart from equipment, XEROX will demonstrate a wide variety of program solutions including XMPie software for variable data flow formation in digital printing and the latest Company’s elaboration - GlossMark capable of printing the images with hologram effect, protecting it from falsification. XEROX software enables effectively manipulate the queues; distribute the work among several digital recorders formulate the tasks through Internet and manage them. Due to unique XEROX software the user can easily shift from mass mailing printing to high-quality book printing on demand. All the stand equipment will be linked with the sole control system of work flows FreeFlow PrePress Suite, constructed on the basis of FreeFlow products.

ANIMAR will demonstrate the press OLIVER 575 SDW (Sakurai, Japan). Functional design of highly automated offset press determines its friendly interface and work capability. Used for printing high quality multicoloured books, magazines and advertisement B2+ format at a speed of 4000-15000 sheets per hour. Its base complete set includes all the necessary equipment for creating polygraphic masterpieces.

This year VMG introduces two presses. The first one is a HiLine press new for Russian printers; it is characterized by high level of automation and high printing quality at work speed of 45 000 sheets per hour. The press configuration will be as follows: printing tower for four-colour process; roll splicer capable of festoon slicing at a speed of 45 000 sheets per hour; and folder with the cylinders correlation 2:3:2. The second one is a well-known press CityLine Express, which set up in 2006 in Russia and CIS counts 20. Apart from the VMG representatives the exhibition will be visited by the heads of supply companies Manugraph, Manugraph-DGM, TechNova, etc.

In the Off-Set Printing Sector there was demonstrated the latest Mitsubishi elaboration – a unique system of sheet transfer – Mitsubishi 3000 Tandem Perfector. It is a unique machine for surface-reverse system without sheet turning. The innovation is introduced by POLYGRAPHIC SYSTEMS, one of the largest exhibition’s participants.

One more innovation of the exhibition is AGFA Acento. It is a thermal CtP system for off-set printing with non-processor bases. The equipment is introduced by VIP-SYSTEMS.

The company NISSA MEDIAPROJECT organized the presentation of the company GOSS International and STOLL PDM Ltd. The company dressed its stand like a cinema hall and called it Virtual Typography where everyone could see the films illustrating the work of different models of GOSS machines both in Russian and European typographies.

NISSA CENTRE demonstrated a unique line for off-set blankets processing, including a CtP device Trendsetter News 150, automated sheet feeder Nela PL-T, automatic processor Glunz&Jensen IP135HDHW, inverting table, conveyor and perforating and crimping machine RAO900 Evolution. Workflow systems Kodak Prinergy Connect and Prinergy Evo and a new version of a popular colorproof GMG ColorProof were demonstrated at the exhibition for the first time. Digital off-set press HP Indigo press 5500 and high-quality and efficiency chromatic press Canon ImagePress C7000VP were first introduced in Russia. As for the innovations of post-printing equipment, there should be mentioned the line of inner book production on the basis of Wohlenberg City e+Sprinter and paper-cutter trim-tec 45i and the line including a paper-cutter Wohlenberg Pro-tec 115 and auxiliary equipment Baumann.

For the first time in Russia the company Terem demonstrated a large-format flatbed ink-jet UV printer which is equipped with a unique Grey Scale technology which improves large-format printing.

A web off-set newspaper press Factor-90 produced by STENTOR POLYGRAPH LTD was for the first time demonstrated at work at PolygrphInter exhibition. The guests and exhibitors could see the press of original module construction and were surprised by its small size and high-quality printing productivity. Factor-90 differs from all other web presses of the type and attracted special attention among the exhibited presses. The press was purchased and the sample machine was transported to Saratov.

During the exhibition’s work there was issued an official newspaper that highlighted the most important events of the exhibition.

Right after the official opening ceremony there was organized Professional Business Summit for the participants of PolygraphInter’2007. The organizers were Interregional Printing and publishing Association (MAP) and MVK International Exhibition Company. The representatives of large polygraphic enterprises, ministries and leading mass media of the industry took part in the summit where they discussed the burning questions of polygraphic industry development.

The business program of PolygraphInter’2007, PapExpo’2007 and PackCarton’2007 is traditionally high-topical. One of the most important business events of the polygraphic exhibitions’2007 is the industrial symposium devoted to technical regulation and standardization of publishing and printing business in Russia.

To study the problem profoundly and find effective solutions there were invited the representatives of various structures involved into technical regulations and standardization of the polygraphic industry. The symposium was visited by the representatives of Technical Regulation Department; Federal Agency of Technical Regulation and Metrology; Technical Regulation Commission of the State Duma of Russia and the specialists of polygraphic enterprises, producers and suppliers of equipment and materials. The symposium was carried by B. Kuzmin, the President of Interregional Printing and Publishing Association. The organizers are Federal Agency of Mass Media and Mass Communication, Interregional Printing and Publishing Association under the auspice of MVK International Exhibition Company.

The speakers highlighted the fact that nowadays in Russia little attention is paid on a new system of technical regulation. But by the middle of 2008 the state will take charge of the problem. That is why it is necessary to organize the polygraphic industrial unions not waiting for the actions on the part of the state. It is necessary to organize a self-regulating union and provide it with some state functions of the new, up-to-date standardization system elaboration.

In the framework of the 21^st international exhibition of printing equipment, technologies, materials and services PolygraphInter’2007 there was held a press-conference “Torzhok Printing Ink Plant – KRATA - vertical integration of Russian printing ink manufacture”. Organizer of the exhibition is Torzhok printing ink plant.

The press-conference was carried by Irina Thilaeva, Director of TPIP Strategic Development. V. Romeikov and A. Shaitan, Heads of the plant’s branches and Moscow offices, also had the floor and answered the audience’s questions.

Torzhok Printing Ink Plant JSC (TPIP) is the exclusive Russian manufacture of printing ink. It is a member of KRATA industrial group including two more large companies: Pigment JSC and IFPA Technohim. The process of TPIP integration into KRATA industrial group took many years of fruitful cooperation. In future this association is going to improve the competitiveness of Russian ready-to-use printing inks and enlarge their number in Russian and CIS markets. Besides, this industrial tandem is going to manufacture its own pigments for printing inks and polymeric petroleum, alkyd and phenol resins which are used both in polygraphic and paint-and-varnish industries.

Nowadays Torzhok plant produces newspaper colour. And despite the unprofitable import now 85% of newspaper colour in Russian polygraphic market is imported. The heads of the plant are trying to change this hard situation. The main targets for the nearest future are enhancement of the existing products stability and launching of new ones. The future priorities of the company are new customers and suppliers’ attraction, openness and readiness for cooperation and dialogue and strengthening of TPIP positions in the capital regions.

In the framework of business program MVK International Exhibition company hold its traditional campaign: presented roses to all the women, which created festive atmosphere and revived the visitors’ spirits.

This year the exhibition has become even more large-scaled than ever introducing new trends and projects. The exhibition introduced modern Russian and foreign technologies in publishing and polygraphic industries. Most exponents exhibited their latest innovations. They aroused great interest and the stands attracted a huge number of visitors who had come to the exhibition to get new business ideas, establish mutually profitable dialogue with the manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, materials and services. According to the exhibitors and visitors, they reached their goals. The exhibition became larger, and apart from usual participants it attracted new ones. The business program touched upon the most burning issues of the industry. POLYGRAPHINTER’2007 once again proved to be the main polygraphic exhibition in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe.

We invite you to take part in the 22^nd International specialized exhibition POLYGRAPHINTER’2009 which will take place in Crocus Expo Exhibition Centre in October’2009!

* the data are registered for three exhibitions: POLYGRAPHINTER, PACKCARTON, PAPEXPO

Material prepared by the exhibition administration of MVK International Exhibition Company.

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