Open house

February 3-4, 2011

Although it was very cold, the weather was fine for the two-day “New Product Release / OffsetOnDemand Open House” held February 3-4, 2011 at the Komori Graphic Technology Center (KGC) in Komori’s Tsukuba Plant. This open house featured OffsetOnDemand demonstrations for extremely short runs with tight delivery deadlines on two Komori presses: the Lithrone G40 (GL-440), making its worldwide debut of the as the new upgraded model grade in the Lithrone Series, and a Lithrone S26 (LS-426). Both machines were equipped with the Hybrid UV (H-UV) system and the KHS-AI integrated control system.



The open house was run twice each day, in the morning and afternoon, over the two days, for a total of four performancesdemonstrations. A total of 188 customers attended the open house, coming from both Tokyo and nearby prefectures as well as distant places such as Kagoshima Prefecture, making the gathering a great success.

The first demonstration used the Lithrone S26 (LS-426). The emcee for the demonstration was Nakajima of KGC and the technical explanation was provided by KamiJin, vice director of the Center. Two jobs were run in each demonstration.

* This machine was equipped with one ozone-less free lamp (120W), and the maximum printing speed for production printing was 16,000 sheets per hour.



< Demonstration Highlights >
1) 20Matching through the fusion of the H-UV system and the KHS-AI system.
2) Reduced number of changeovers, reduced number of plates, reduced changeover time, and reduced amount of paper for print preparation due to ganging of different images (one A3 image and two single A4 images for a total of three images).
3) Extremely fast drying from the H-UV system and finishing performed immediately after printing.

< Demonstration Content >
Job 1 used coated paper, and four-color printing on the front side of the sheets was performed produced after registration adjustment and color matching. In production printing, 200 sheets were printed. Then job changeover (removing ⇒ automatic blanket washing ⇒ plate changing ⇒ pre-inking ⇒ changing paper to reverse side) was performed and Job 2 was run. In Job 2, four-color printing was performed done on the back side of the sheets used in Job 1. After measuring and confirming the color on the 20th sheet of 20 sheets of initial printing, 200 sheets were printed and then guillotined and folded.

After the completion of Job 2, printing samples from the sheets that had been guillotined and folded were distributed to the attendees, allowing them to confirm for themselves the power of OffsetOnDemand.



< Images of Printing >


The event then moved on to the demonstration of the new Lithrone G40 (GL-440). The emcee for the demonstration was Nakajima of KGC and the technical explanation was provided by KamiJin, vice director of the Center. During the demonstration, Kobashi of the Development Department provided a technical explanation of the development concept of the new Lithrone G40, its mechanisms and its specifications by using video. Two jobs were run in each demonstration.

* This machine was equipped with one ozone-less free lamp (160W), and the maximum printing speed for production printing was 16,500 sheets per hour.



< Demonstration Highlights >
1) The concept of the Lithrone G40
2) Technical explanation of the Lithrone G40
3) The effectiveness of reduced plate costs due to work and turn printing
4) The low initial cost, reduced power consumption, ability to meet tight delivery deadlines, and eco-friendliness of the H-UV system

< Demonstration Content >
Job 1 used paper with a rough gloss finish, and four-color printing on the front side of the sheets was performed after registration adjustment and color matching. In production printing, 200 sheets were printed. Then four-color work-and-turn printing (printing the same image on the front and back sides) was performed without changing the plates. After checking the front-back registration, 200 sheets were printed in production printing. Then job changeover (removing ⇒ automatic blanket washing ⇒ plate changing ⇒ pre-inking ⇒ change of printing paper) was performed and Job 2 was run. In Job 2, four-color printing was performed on thick (0.5 mm) sheets. After initial printing, register adjustment and color matching, 200 sheets were printed in production printing.

After the completion of production printing for each job, printing samples were distributed to the attendees, allowing them to confirm for themselves the very fast drying, high print quality, and lack of odor.



< Images of Printing >


After the completion of the demonstrations, the customers were able to leisurely and carefully examine the machines and exhibited printing samples.



[Lithrone G40 Concept]
Based on Komori’s commitment to the environment, the Lithrone G40 is a newly developed high performance machine that concentrates the essence of Komori technologies on the theme of concern for the environment and ecology.
The ”GREEN”concept championed by Komori consists of three major pillars: clean, saving and safety. OffsetOnDemand, the ideal mode of printing for the next generation, supports completely new fields of business. OffsetOnDemand establishes a printing environment with greater scope and shortens working time. Komori conceives our mission as providing products and solutions that will produce better printed products that are both considerate of people and profitable for the company, which is good for the environment and a boon to both the market and society.

[Main Feature of Lithrone G40]
1) Stable high-speed operation with a sheet thickness range of 0.04 ~ 0.8 mm thanks to a new feeder and new delivery based on the feeder and delivery mechanisms of the Lithrone SX40.
2) High print quality and improved stability through adoption of the standard structural configuration of the Lithrone SX40.(benderless APC, flat clamping, transfer cylinder cocking, KHS-AI, air presets, etc.)
3) Higher register accuracy due to new clamp
4) Improved ease of operation and maintainability based on ergonomic design

[Main Specifications of Lithrone G40]
- Maximum printing speed (sph): 16,500
- Maximum sheet size (mm): 720 x 1,030
- Maximum printing area (mm): 710 x 1,020
- Sheet thickness range: 0.04 ~ 0.8 mm (no gripper pad height adjustment for 0.04 ~ 0.6 mm)
- Sheet thickness range with skeleton transfer cylinder: 0.06 ~ 1.0 mm (no gripper pad height adjustment for 0.06 ~ 0.6 mm)
- Plate size (mm): 800 x 1,030
- APC: Benderless APC

Komori hopes that this open house will be helpful to attendees in planning future equipment investment. We look forward to your continued patronage and support.

At 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, with winter already in the air across Holland, Komori International Europe (KIE) launched a three-day Offset On Demand Open House near the city of Utrecht, 30 km south of Amsterdam.



Although the weather on the first day was bleak – cloudy with occasional rain and a high temperature of just 6ºC – visitors began arriving around noon and surveyed the KIE showroom while waiting for the event to start.
This open house was supported by the following vendors, who linked their products into the demonstrations and also offered their own presentations in their respective exhibition areas:
Kodak (prepress and CTP), Horizon International (post-press), PrintVis (MIS), Toyo Ink (ink), Van Son (ink), UPM (printing paper), Technotrans (peripherals), Baldwin (peripherals) and AtéCé (graphic arts materials).



In addition, KIE’s Service Department set up an area to provide visitors with briefings on service and software upgrades.



After KIE President Kajita launched the open house at 1:00 p.m., Komori Corporation Chairman, President and CEO Yoshiharu Komori offered the following welcome address to the guests.



“Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am Yoshiharu Komori, the Chairman of Komori Corporation.
I am delighted to welcome you to our new European Graphic Centre, the technology centre for print research and development, as well as for service and customer training for the range of offset printing solutions available from Komori. I also would like to take the opportunity to thank all the partners who have decided to take part in this event.
Over the last several years, the graphic arts industry has been facing the unprecedented dynamism of the global market environment, rigorously demanding changes in every level of the business.
During the coming three days we will demonstrate four of our state-of-the-art technologies in the range of 29 to 40 inch size, as Komori’s answers to the challenges we face.
This time, we are specifically featuring our new innovative print and finishing solutions under the concept of ‘Offset On Demand,’ consisting of ozone-free UV curing technology and high performance inks which maximize the process efficiency and productivity. Since its launch, the system has been enjoying great success in the Japanese market and attracting further attention through international demonstrations held in Japan and in the United States. Here in Europe, together with our partners, we will demonstrate how the system enables you to optimize your production process and improve your productivity using the system on the Lithrone S840P convertible perfector. Furthermore, you will witness the ultimate short make-ready and even shorter turnaround time achieved by the system, which is the key to bringing the offset printing technology into the realm of ‘On Demand.’ I trust the demonstrations will give you the inspiration for many new business opportunities.”



Following this address, presentations were made in the prepress and MIS rooms and a presentation on the MIS-connected K-Station and other DoNet systems was provided in the CTP room. Next, the Offset On Demand demonstration on the eight-color Lithrone S40P perfector equipped with the H-UV system was initiated.
Neil Wrigglesworth, deputy director of the Komori Graphic Technology Center, made the presentations.



First, the speed of drying was shown by four-color printing on both sides on BIO TOP 3 Natural, an FSC-certified paper that is known for being extremely difficult to dry, at the maximum printing speed of 15,000 sheets per hour. This printing paper requires at least half a day or more when using ordinary oil-based printing. The printers, based on their familiarity with the high printing technologies of Europe, were astonished at the instantaneous drying that followed two-sided printing. The printed sheets were taken to the paper guillotine immediately after printing, passed to the saddle-stitching system after being cut to the required size, and then bound and stitched into a brochure that was immediately passed out during the demonstrations.



After the plates were changed by the Full-APC system, the next job was printed on gloss coated paper. To show ’20 Matching,’ in which the proper densities are reached after just 20 sheets of printing start-up through the use of KHS-AI, the first 20 printed sheets were pulled out and placed in order on a table in front of the press so that the visitors could check the color stabilization. The effective value was also explained. In addition, although there are print quality differences between the front and back sides of the sheet with conventional oil-based printing inks due to the effect of the jackets on the perfecting cylinders, this demonstration showed the visitors that there are no front/back print quality differences because the first side is dried by H-UV before turning the sheet, and then the other side is printed with smooth impression cylinder surfaces.
Komori’s latest technologies were also introduced during the demonstrations. The new A-APC (Asynchronous Automatic Plate Changing) system, the PDC-SX Print Density Control-Spectrophotometer system with automatic register adjustment, and the PQA-S Print Quality Assessment, which includes an automatic in-line density measurement function were explained using video projected on monitors.



Several samples of high added-value printed products produced using the H-UV system were also shown and explained. The future expandability of H-UV printing was presented by showing, as examples, high-gloss coating, printing on aluminum metallized paper, printing on film such as PP and PET, drip-off effects, printing on heavy stock, and printing with silver and gold inks.



As soon as the demonstration on the LS40P was concluded, the presentation on the post-press system that had been previously set up was started. How the printed items were finished and made into a 16-page saddle-stitched brochure was explained by carrying out the processing with a live job using the actual equipment.



A demonstration of a five-color Enthrone 29, a press that debuted at IPEX in the UK this year, started with printing on ordinary coated paper. The plates were then changed, the paper was changed to carton board and the next job was printed on a thick substrate. Printing densities were then checked and adjusted with the PDC-SE spectrophotometer in the PQC above the delivery. The compact Enthrone 29, offering a double-size cylinder arrangement with high print quality and high productivity, attracted many visitors, who watched the demonstration with considerable enthusiasm.



This was followed by a demonstration of UV printing with drip-off UV coating on Komori’s flagship machine – a six-color Lithrone SX40 plus coater operating at the maximum printing speed of 18,000 sheets per hour which was set up in another part of the showroom area. The plates were changed midway through the demo, showing the quick changeover process by means of the KHS-AI Smart Sequence.



A five-color Lithrone S29 plus coater was also used to show 20 Matching and pattern coating in combination with conventional ink, overprint varnish, and aqueous coating.



Printing samples other than those created in the demos were exhibited in a sample gallery set up in a meeting room adjacent to the showroom. The room was full of printing samples, including comparisons of conventional and H-UV printing, consecutive samples that show the stabilization of color within 20 sheets of the start of printing, and samples of high added-value printing created in Japan and the US. An environment that permitted all sorts of explanations was provided. This gallery attracted many visitors who viewed the exhibition with lots of interest.



The second day of the event was also cold, with drizzle, clouds and occasional clear skies, while the third day was clear from the morning, but weather conditions became very bad as rain and winds strengthened due to a hurricane that arose near Great Britain. Nonetheless, many visitors came to the event, not only from nearby countries but also from as far away as Russia. Over the three days, the open house attracted around 500 visitors. This open house, which strongly impressed visitors with the power of Komori's Offset On Demand and its adaptability to high added-value printing as well as a total workflow, sparked a great many very lively business discussions.



Komori wishes to thank all of the participants who came all the way from many countries to take part in our open house. The Komori Group will hold many such events in the future, and we look forward to seeing all of you again.

On October 14-15, following a long summer and just as fall was taking on a deeper tone, Komori held the Worldwide Offset On Demand Open House for overseas customers for two days at the Tsukuba Plant. At this open house, demonstrations of ‘Offset On Demand’ and ‘Package and Value Added Printing by the H-UV System’ were presented.



Blessed by very good weather, a total of 104 visitors took part in the event.

During the open house, three demonstrations were presented on the morning and afternoon of October 14 and on the morning of October 15.

The visitors assembled in one of the conference rooms in the Tsukuba Plant. Mr. Tanaka, section chief of the overseas sales division, and Mr. Takahashi of the web offset/sales technology division, took turns as emcees of the proceedings.



Komori’s top executives were introduced at the beginning of the open house.



This was followed by an opening address by Yoshiharu Komori, president, chairman and CEO of Komori Corporation.
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation to our valued and important customers for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to our Worldwide Offset On Demand Open House. I also wish to offer my gratitude for your patronage of our printing presses. Komori was founded in 1923, so we are celebrating our 87th anniversary this year. Ever since our establishment, Komori has supplied high-quality, high-performance printing presses to countries around the world with the basic ideal of contributing to society and culture by developing products with advanced technologies from the customers’ standpoint. The environment surrounding the printing industry at the present time is one of very substantial changes, including the growth of digitalization and the need to develop eco-friendly products and services. Printing needs are becoming much more diverse. In responding to these changes, Komori is developing environmentally responsible products, working assiduously to improve the quality and performance of printing presses, and providing users with products and systems that utilize the latest technologies and are capable of harnessing the power of advanced networks. At this open house, you will see demonstrations of Offset On Demand, which shortens printing time, reduces paper waste and shortens the printing process itself, all the while maintaining high print quality and high productivity. I hope this open house is an event in which all of you attending today can see the passion that we of the Komori Group have for printing and printing machines as we hew to our management ideal of being an enterprise that inspires customer kando.”



This speech was followed by a technical explanation of the demonstrations by Mr. Yoshikawa, manager of the Sales Promotion Department.
Using video in this technical briefing, Mr. Yoshikawa explained in detail the Offset On Demand concept, the makeup of the Offset On Demand System Package, the KHS-AI system, its characteristics, its role, and its differences from the previous KHS system, a comparison of printing with conventional oil-based inks and H-UV printing, the mechanism of H-UV printing, its environmental aspects, and the product lineup.



After a ten-minute break, the customers went on a walk-through of the Tsukuba Plant. The visitors were divided into groups by language and toured the plant accompanied by interpreters. Customers who were seeing the inside of the plant for the first time expressed their amazement at the state-of-art production facilities.



The visitors watched a video-assisted technical explanation and a brief demonstration of a special specification Lithrone SX40 and a Lithrone SX40RP that were installed in the plant. This presentation was made by Mr. Uehara, section manager of the overseas sales division.



After viewing the plant, the visitors moved to the Demonstration Center in the Komori Graphic Technology Center (hereinafter KGC), after which the demonstrations began. Demonstrations were performed using three models, an H-UV-equipped four-color Lithrone S26, an eight-color Lithrone S40P, and a six-color Lithrone S40 equipped with drying unit, coater and extended delivery.



The presenters for the demonstrations were Ms. Nakajima of the KGC and Mr. Wrigglesworth, the vice director of the Center.

At the beginning of the demos, the spotlight was placed directly on ‘Offset On Demand.’ Using the four-color Lithrone S26 and the eight-color Lithrone S40P, both equipped with H-UV and KHS-AI, the ‘Offset On Demand’ business model – which integrates ‘20 Matching,’ where final printing is enabled in just 20 sheets from start-up, with prepress, press and postpress – was introduced. At this open house, the paper guillotine was provided by Nagai Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. and the binding equipment was provided by Horizon International Inc.



Visitors were able to watch three jobs in the demo of the four-color Lithrone S26 equipped with the H-UV system.
* This machine is configured with one 120W ozone-less lamp and the maximum printing speed during final printing for each job was 16,000 sheets per hour.



[Demonstration Highlights]
① The ability to perform finishing processes immediately after printing thanks to the superior drying performance of the H-UV system
② The effectiveness in reducing plate costs achieved by work and turn
③ ‘20 Matching’ achieved by KHS-AI and the H-UV system
[Demonstration flow]
In Job 1, using ‘rough gloss paper,’ register/color matched 4-color printing on front side was started and 300 sheets were printed. Without plate changing, printed sheets were immediately moved to the feeder for Job 2 and printed on back side (work-and-turn). After checked front/back registration, 300 sheets were printed and proceeded them to finishing process. Then, job changeover (removing -> ink down -> plate changing -> pre-inking) was conducted for Job 3. In Job 3, using ‘coated paper,’ single-sided 4-color printing was conducted. After color comparison between 20th printed sheet and digital proof prepared at the DoNet Center of the KGC, 300 sheets were printed for production.

[Image of printing]


After completion of final printing of the work-and-turn printing in Job 2, printing samples that had been cut and folded in the postpress finishing stage were distributed to the attendees, and they were able to check the fast drying, print quality and smell.



Next a total of three jobs were run in a demonstration of the eight-color Lithrone S40P (LS-840P) equipped with the H-UV system.
* This press is equipped with two ozone-less 160W lamps, one in the delivery and one in the perfecting unit. The maximum printing speed during final printing for each job was 15,000 sheets per hour.



[Demonstration Highlights]
① The ability to perform finishing processes immediately after printing thanks to the superior drying performance of the H-UV system
② The high print quality on both front and back as a result of the jacket-less cylinders enabled by the H-UV system
③ Improvement in running costs due to the jacket-less cylinder specification
④ ‘20 Matching’ achieved by KHS-AI and the H-UV system
⑤ Introduction to the stability of nonstop printing enabled by the PDC-SX (spectrophotometer), a new device equipped on the machine for reference, and PQA-S (Print Quality Assessment System)

[Demonstration flow]
In Job 1, using ‘coated paper,’ register/color matched 4-over-4 printing was started and 300 sheets were printed. Without plate changing, moved on to Job 2. In Job 2, using ‘rough gloss paper,’ 4-over-4 printing was conducted. After checked front/back registration, 300 sheets were printed and proceeded them to finishing process. After that, saddle-stitched 12-page brochure was produced by combining with the cover page printed on the LS-426. Then, job changeover (removing -> ink down -> plate changing -> pre-inking) was conducted for Job 3. In Job 3, using ‘coated cardboard’, 4-over-4 printing was conducted. After color comparison between 20th printed sheet and digital proof, 300 sheets were printed for production.

[Image of printing]


After completion of final printing for Job1 and saddle-stitched 12-page brochure produced in Job 2, printing samples were distributed to the attendees so that they could confirm for themselves the power of ‘Offset On Demand.’



During the job changeover that took place in this demonstration, the printing samples on exhibition at the venue were explained.



Following this, a demonstration of package and value added printing by the H-UV system on the Lithrone S40 (LS-640 + DU + C + Extended Delivery) was presented.
A total of five jobs were run during the demonstration, and attendees were able to observe high added value printing on cardboard and aluminum metalized paper.
* During this demonstration, the attendees were able to watch the H-UV system, which consisted of one ozone-less UV lamp (160W) in the drying unit at a position and distance where conditions approximate the normal ozone-less UV lamp that is equipped in the upswing of the delivery of this press, which is capable of conventional UV printing, conventional oil-based printing, and H-UV printing. The printing speed during final printing for each job was 12,000 sheets per hour.



[Demonstration Highlights]
① Package and value added printing on a special substrate with the H-UV system
② The low initial cost and power saving of the H-UV system
③ Environmental friendliness through nonalcohol printing and the reduction of CO2 emissions

[Demonstration flow]
By using the same plate from Job 1 through 5, showed comparison of effects such as printed on different paper and added different value on same paper. 150 sheets were printed for each job. In Job 1, after plate changing, pre-inking and register/color adjustment, 4-color printing was conducted on ‘cardboard’ (0.4 mm). In Job 2, same image and paper as job 1 plus OP varnish and gloss coating for drip-off. In Job 3, using ‘aluminum metalized paper,’ 4-color printing was conducted. In Job 4, using the same paper, white ink was printed and cured by interdeck UV and printed 4-color. In the last Job 5, after the same process as Job 4, adding OP varnish and gloss coating for drip-off.

[Image of printing]


During the job changeover that took place in this demonstration, there was an explanation of the printing samples on exhibition at the venue.



After the completion of final printing for Job 5, printing samples were handed out to the attendees and they could check the fast drying and the effects of high added value printing.



After the completion of the demonstrations on these three different presses, the participants took a close look at the machines and the printing samples that were exhibited. The printing samples prepared for this open house included aluminum metalized paper and clear files that were produced with the H-UV system, printing on PP synthetic paper, printed items that allowed a comparison of the quality differences among conventional oil-based printing, UV printing and H-UV printing, a sample book with a graph showing the density changes and an explanation for the brochure printed after just 20 sheets of startup printing, and various samples that allowed the participants to confirm the power of Offset On Demand by H-UV printing and high added value printing.



This open house was deemed very successful when it ended.
Komori wishes to thank all of the participants who came all the way from many countries to take part in our open house. The Komori Group will hold many such events in the future, and we look forward to seeing all of you again.

On Saturday, October 2, 2010, as Halloween neared, a ‘20 Sheets’ open house was held at KAC (Komori America Corporation), which is located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, when the city was experiencing strong winds and a sudden cold spell.
A special website has been set up at KAC.
www.twentysheets.com



A stage was built under a large tent in the KAC parking lot. Because of the significant drop in temperature, air was heated outside the tent using propane gas heaters and the heated air was then pumped into the tent.



Guests, including those from sponsoring manufacturers, started gathering before the reception desk opened at 3:00 p.m., and afterwards many guests from printing companies throughout the US arrived by car, bus, taxi, and limousine and formed a long line at the reception desk.



The opening ceremony at 4:00 p.m. started with a wadaiko performance by two female drummers, which was followed by welcoming remarks from Mr. Kosh Miyao, President of KAC. On the inside of the tent, images such as logos of manufacturers sponsoring the event were shown using a projector. After the opening ceremony, guests were led inside the building where the demonstration program started.
The venue was filled with approximately 300 people including more than 200 people from printing companies. As part of the welcoming ceremony, three presses were operated at their maximum printing speed: the Lithrone SX40, the Lithrone S40, and the Enthrone 29.



Many samples had been prepared and multiple patterns were created using the same images. For example, there was printing on paper followed by an application of coating, printing using the same images on aluminum metallized paper with a pseudo embossing effect, and printing using the same images on aluminum metallized paper with glossy coating.
Three types of saddle-stitched brochure samples were prepared: a combination of conventional ink and aqueous varnish, a combination of text printed with H-UV ink and a cover page with H-UV/artificial embossing, and a combination of text with H-UV glossy coating and the cover with pseudo embossing. In addition to these three, many more samples were created using different combinations of the images, and cut samples were also made using the cutting machine.



20 Sheets and Smart Feedback were demonstrated once on the Lithrone SX640, and after printing started the speed was increased to 18,000 sheets per hour and several hundred sheets were printed nonstop. Changes in color density were shown by randomly selecting 5 sheets out of the first 20 sheets. From then on, color density was measured regularly every 10 to 20 sheets, and the number was plotted on a chart to show that color density is stabilized within the first 20 sheets.
Afterward, Smart Feedback was demonstrated. Cyan density was altered by approximately 0.07 to demonstrate how the automatic control function responds to the change.
Many participants were impressed with the demonstration of this new boost to the high productivity of Komori’s flagship machine.



Two demonstrations were conducted with the Enthrone 529, which debuted at IPEX in the UK. Plate changing, printing, density measurement with the PDC-SE color control device, and fine adjustment were demonstrated. Customers who showed interest in the high-quality, high-productivity compact press with double-size cylinder design paid close attention to this demonstration and asked many questions.



The demonstration of Lithrone S840P+C, a convertible perfector equipped with H-UV, the innovative UV drying system that is already well-known in Japan, was performed three times. It was the first time that the H-UV system was shown in the US. Plate changing for all eight colors was conducted, and quickly-dried double-sided printing samples with no coating were distributed followed by samples with coating.
Opinions of the print quality, superior coating glossiness, and drying ability were extremely high, and many customers were so eager to check the printing samples that they raced to get them. All three demonstrations were very successful. The ink and coating materials used for this demonstration were provided by Toyo Ink International.



Various samples created in advance were displayed in front of the LS-640, including sheets printed on this press. A demonstration of 20 Sheets on the Lithrone SX629 was conducted for selected customers after the bar opened in the tent located outside. The demonstration, which targeted print enthusiasts, included photopolymer plate changing. Many customers paid close attention right next the machine.



Many samples were displayed in the business meeting area in the demonstration room, providing an environment suitable for offering various explanations. Comparisons of conventional oil-based printing and H-UV printing were displayed, and color stabilization within 20 sheets was shown using sequential samples. Also, 20 sequential prints and the 100th print were displayed to show conventional oil-based printing plus aqueous coating on one side and H-UV on the other side. At KAC, customers interested in purchasing a press are always taken to this room and given detailed explanations on topics such as fast printing start-up, the low quantity of waste paper, H-UV’s quality and fast drying capabilities, and contributions to the environment.



After the demonstration, food and drinks were offered in the tent. A professional emcee directed the event, and President Komori gave a speech (President Miyao acted as interpreter). The audience offered a great round of applause at President Komori’s remarks that “despite the severe market environment, Komori is determined to persevere in developing products for you.”



A gift drawing was conducted by the supporting vendors, which was followed by a talk from the famous corporate comedian Greg Schwem. He talked about Komori products and the current situation of Komori US and made the audience roar with laughter.
The event was concluded with another amazing wadaiko performance by nine drummers. Guests exchanged handshakes with President Komori and KAC members and headed by limousine to the hotel in downtown Chicago to participate in Graph Expo, which started the following day.



Thank you all very much for participating in the event. KAC and the entire Komori Group are planning to hold many more events in the future, and we sincerely look forward to your participation.