Ipex info blog

Ipex and its exhibitors will be issuing information regularly in the lead up to the big event, here is some of the latest info to hit the streets:


Vutek

Goss

JDF Pavilion

Flexible Packaging Zone


VUTEk Superwide Digital Inkjet Printers from EFI To Be Exhibited at IPEX 2006

VUTEk, a division of EFI, is exhibiting its industry-leading family of UV-curing flatbed printers at IPEX 2006, Birmingham, UK, April 4 - 11, 2006. EFI is the world leader in digital controllers, superwide format printers and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing.

On display at the show, the PressVu UV 200/600 UV-curing flatbed printer, starting at only $199,000, offers the highest image quality and greatest versatility available today in a UV-curing printer. It enables users to benefit from high-end image quality, greater productivity and improved profitability at an affordable price.

The PressVu UV 200/600 digital inkjet printer is loaded with features you would expect to find on more expensive models - like stunning four- or six-colour, 600 dpi capabilities that deliver photographic color reproduction and crisp text reproduction. Its virtually limitless versatility and industrial-strength construction allow operators to print on a variety of sheet-fed or roll-to-roll materials around the clock, enabling owners to expand their services and satisfy a nearly infinite variety of long-term outdoor and indoor applications - increasing value to customers and driving up profitability.

Starting at $299,000, the PressVu UV 320/400 UV-curing flatbed printer is the most productive in its class and is designed to help digital print providers increase profitability. It accommodates rigid substrates up to 126 inches (3.2 meters) wide, and offers productivity up to 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) per hour, equal to 20 - 4' x 8' (14 - 2 meter x 3 meter) sheets per hour. It also features roll-to-roll capability, giving customers the flexibility to offer a full range of services.

The PressVu UV 320/400 is available as a four-color model, and prints high-quality, 400 dpi resolution images on rigid substrates up to 1.75 inches (4.45 cm) thick. Ruggedly built for reliable, around-the-clock productivity, the PressVu UV 320/400 prints on a wide range of sheet-fed and roll-to-roll substrates. Set up is quick and easy, and can be done by one person in less than one minute, allowing customers to focus their time on producing, not preparing.

The two-printer-in-one capability of the PressVu UV 320/400 allows customers to print on both rigid and flexible materials, so customers can offer a more comprehensive range of applications, increasing their value to their customers while driving up profitability. The switch between flatbed and roll-to-roll can be completed in less than a minute, barely affecting the printer's overall productivity.

Goss International emphasizes web offset innovation at IPEX 06



IPEX will see Goss International move ever closer to its vision of a fully automated future for web offset.

Goss International will showcase a range of its latest press, finishing and workflow solutions, providing customers with technologies that push the boundaries of web offset production and add real value to print.

These technologies include the Goss Automatic Transfer system for non-stop production, Goss Autoplate automatic plate changing, the Goss Web Center workflow solution, as well as the innovative Goss Flexible Printing System taking newspaper production to new levels of productivity and flexibility.

Additionally, Goss International finishing solutions will further demonstrate the company's commitment to integrated, high-quality web offset production, from data input through printing to postpress.

“Goss is focused on continually improving the value proposition for customers,” says Eric Bell, European marketing manager at Goss International.

“At IPEX this is shown through products designed for increasing quality and flexibility, wider webs and faster speeds, achieving higher productivity and improving makereadies and paper waste. Our web offset focus and innovative technologies are keeping our customers and print at the center of the media market place.”

IPEX is to be held in Birmingham NEC on April 4-11th, 2006. Goss International welcomes its customers to join them in Hall 5, stand C70.

IPEX 2006 JDF Pavilion 75% sold

The Process Automation and JDF Pavilion at Ipex 2006 - one of the new product zones introduced to the show - is already 75% reserved.

To date, 15 companies have confirmed their space, including Dalim Software, EFI, Screen, Heidelberg, ePrint Direct, Dr Lauterbach & Partner and Lithotechnics.

The 250 square meter Process Automation and JDF Pavilion will be prominently positioned in Hall 20, and will highlight user solutions for improving production interoperability, productivity and profitability. Visitors will also be able to hear user case study presentations to be held in the theatre area within the Pavilion, including CIPPI (CIP4 International Print Production Innovation) Award winning case studies.

Flexible Packaging Zone at Ipex 2006 80% sold

56 companies have already confirmed they will be exhibiting in the flexible packaging zone at Ipex 2006.

Launched only 6 months ago in response to flexible packaging's growing importance within the packaging market and the print industry as a whole, take up for space has been phenomenal. Almost 80% of the floor space in Hall 1 has been sold so far - that's 1,400 sqm. The zone has the potential to grow to over 2,000sqm by the time the show opens in April 2006 - bigger than some packaging shows in their own right!

Key companies exhibiting include Cerutti Group, Comexi Group, DCM Group, BHS, SOMA Engineering, CMR, Polywest Sleeve Systems, Kampf, AVT, JM Heaford and AV Flexologic.

Additionally, the “Flexographic and Substrate Converting” pocket guide will highlight relevant stands throughout the other halls.

The Flexible Packaging Centre of Excellence theatre in Hall 1 plays host to presentations from companies including IST, Luscher Flexo, Drent Goebel, Creo, Alphasonics, Agfa and GEW throughout Ipex.