Picture Gallery: China Print 2013

Picture Gallery: China Print 2013

Themed as ‘being green, effective, digitalised and intelligent, China Print 2013 was spread across 19 halls covering 1,60,000 sq/m area. The five-day show crossed a footfall of 1,80,000 visitors

S L Kulkarni of SLKCG with the newly launched Magnum Compact, a 2x1 press for the production of newspapers, books and semi-commercial publications. The four-high tower of this press is only 2.1m in height, making it suitable for players with limited space

Manroland highlighted the Roland 700 HiPrint six-colour plus coater with live demonstrations. Sascha Ehrenberg, sales manager, Manroland Sheetfed, said, “The combination machine enables the user to cater to conventional as well as UV jobs”

KBA presented a raft of presses on its 1,050 sq/m stand under the banner ‘sprinting ahead’. The company received more than ten contracts on the first day of the show

Komori booked more than 120 offset printing machines at the show out of which six machines will be commissioned to India. Themed as ‘Komori OnDemand’, the company's stall hosted demonstrations of its presses

The highlights of Heidelberg's stand were high productivity through lean production processes, coating and special effects in packaging printing, web-to-print, and green printing

Nuova Gidue launched its new M3 digital flexo press at the show. According to the company, digital flexo technology assures a digital set-up waste of less than 10 metres on an eight-colour job and digitally predictable costs/profits

N Pradeep (l) and Vinay Kaushal (r) of Provin Technos, the Indian representative of Mitsubishi with Yasushi Miyamoto of Mitsubishi. The company showcased the Diamond V3000AS sheetfed press with mechanical type simultaneous plate-changer

The live demonstrations of die-cutters and folder-gluers at Bobst stall attracted huge crowds which included packaging CEOs from India

HP claimed to be the largest digital printing exhibitor at the show. Highlighting the entire portfolio, HP's stand was divided into five segment: general commercial printng, labels and packaging, photos, publishing and sign and display

HP completed installation of 100 HP inkjet web presses worldwide at the end of January 2013. The top brass of HP celebrating the success

The fourth annual Dscoop Asia conference commenced at China World Hotel, Beijing on 12 May 2013 with a keynote speech delivered by Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Graphics Solutions Business, HP

Saifee Makkasarwala of Silverpoint Press receiving the HP Print Excellence award for commercial printing. Among 300 entries from printing companies across 14 countries from Asia Pacific and Japan, 13 Indian entries bagged awards

Samir Bindra (third from left) of Buzz IMC was recognised with Most Creative Award using HP Indigo technology

“By 2020, 95% of all the book titles will be printed digitally,” predicted James Kirby Best of ColdLogic and ex-director at Lightning Source UK at the Asia Pacific Publishing Printing Business Conference 2013 organised by HP

Winnie Hung of HP, presented new business models and best practices among leading publishing printers at the confernce

Kodak showcased Prosper 1000 press, which is based on Stream inkjet technology. India's first Prosper is installed at Repro India's Navi Mumbai plant. At China Print, Kodak highlighted its focus on commercial and transactional, publishing, packaging, and enterprise management segments

(l-r) Allen Lu of Eureka Machinery and BS Satish of Eureka Machinery Incorporation showcased the upgraded version of its flagship automatic die-cutter equipped with inline foiling technology

S Dayaker Reddy of Sai Enterprises with the newly launched WPM 650 window-patching machine from Huayue Packing Machinery, which is represented in India by Sai Enterprises

Anuj Mehta of Paper Bind along with a GMP representative, showcasing GMP's spot lamination machines at HP's stall

Scodix exhibited metallic printed colours thrugh the one-pass digital process at China Print 2013. It also highlighted its metallic, braille, and glitter tools at the show

Redlands Machinery highlighted its Champion brand of digital finishing equipment. This product has great currency in India

Gaurav Sachdev of Mumbai-based Standard Printers and Providers, which represents Taiyo Kikai, the Japanese manufacturer of printing machines in India. The company launched the STF 340 narrow-web flexo press

Suba's C Naresh represented Eterna's Brausse post-press machines at the show. In last couple of years, Suba has installed 20 die-cutters including 3 foil stamping machines and 20 folder-gluers in India

Ahmedabad-based manufacturer of exercise book making machines Line O Matic opted for a catalogue show. Mukesh Sonani(r): "Our presence at China Print will enable us to position our firm in the Chinese and South Asian market"

Technotrans' theme of the show was "profitable print - same turnover, more profit". Among the highlights on display at the company's stand was automated central ink supply for offset presses; spray dampening technology for newspaper printing; semi-automatic ink.dos ink dosing system among others

In the picture is Randy Freeman of QuadTech. The company unveiled Color Quality Solution for packaging printers while showcasing its portfolio of press control systems for packaging, commercial and newspaper segment

The India Day was held during China Print 2013. Delegates from Indian and Chinese print associations presenting a memento to the chief guest Dr B Balabhaskar, Indian vice ambassador to China in Beijing

The India Day event was attended by more than 100 printers from India

The North India Printers' Association's stand at the show. According to Kamal Chopra (second from left), president, NIPA, there were more than 2,000 visitors from India