tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2 2010-07-31T01:00:33Z Movable Type 3.33-ja tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.448 2010-07-29T14:10:54Z 2010-07-31T01:00:33Z

The largest printing exhibition in Latin America “ExpoPrint Latin America 2010” was held for 7 days from June 23 through 29, 2010 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil....

The largest printing exhibition in Latin America “ExpoPrint Latin America 2010” was held for 7 days from June 23 through 29, 2010 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.]]>
ExpoPrint, organized by the Brazilian Association of the Agents of Vendors of Equipment and Product Resources for the Graphical Industry (AFEIGRAF), is held every 4 years and this year’s event was the 2nd. The total show space of the exhibition reached 28,000 square meters with 215 exhibitors from around the world presenting their latest technologies and products. According to the event organizer’s announcement, the total number of visitors was 35,458, exceeding its original prediction of 30,000 by a very large number of visitors from other Latin American countries, including Brazil.



Komori participated in the show in cooperation with its local distributor, Gutenberg with a 1,350-square-meter booth, one of the largest in the exhibition hall.
Komori put the main theme “KOMORI SOLUTIONS” under its corporate slogan “Kando: Beyond Expectations”. Through various demonstrations by exhibited four presses and three exhibit zones of Offset press, Chambon and DoNet set up in the booth, we introduced the details of those superior performances including the latest technologies to meet various customers’ demands. During the exhibition, we conducted two demonstrations for each press - in total eight times a day that attracted many visitors. We set up a small Japanese garden in the reception area in order to create a Japanese atmosphere for customers who visited our booth.



(Presses exhibited)
￭LITHRONE S40 8-color 40-inch Convertible Perfecting Offset Printing Press (LS-840P)
￭LITHRONE S40 8-color 40-inch Convertible Perfecting Offset Printing Press with Coater (LS-840P+C)
￭LITHRONE S29 5-color 29-inch Offset Printing Press with Coater and H-UV System (LS-529+C+H-UV)
￭ENTHRONE 29 5-color 29-inch Offset Printing Press (E-529)

Two of the presses that we exhibited, the LITHRONE S29 equipped with H-UV system and the ENTHRONE 29, were being introduced to the Latin American market for the first time.
In the demonstrations of the LITHRONE S29, we showed the effects of the H-UV System – its “high quality printing”, “quick delivery”, “powder-free operation”, and “production improvement”.
For the ENTHRONE 29, we demonstrated a quick job change from thin paper (0.12 mm) to cardboard (0.46 mm).
We exhibited two LITHRONE S40Ps, which already have a proven track record of successful results in Latin America. On one we demonstrated a six-color + coater with single-sided printing and on the other one we demonstrated a 4-color with double-sided printing, including one job change respectively.



The individual press demonstrations generated a lot of intense customer interest.



On the fourth day of the exhibition, June 23 from 6 p.m., we held a “Latin American Party”. The party was very exciting by the entertainment such as samba, etc., and through it we were able to deepen our relationships with customers, our staff, and distributors from each country.



With quite a large number of visitors, the Komori booth became one of the most flourishing booths at the exhibition. In spite of the severe situation the global printing industry has been operating under, our company was able to achieve results that exceeded our expectations. Thank you again to all of you.

We are looking forward to seeing you again at the next ExpoPrint 2014. ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.439 2010-06-14T09:46:40Z 2010-06-14T09:49:55Z

Abstract from Printweek.com article on June 8, 2010...

Abstract from Printweek.com article on June 8, 2010


The Wilkins Group has invested in a Komori Lithrone SX40, signing for the press at last month's Ipex with delivery taking place directly from the show. The six-colour machine has been installed at the headquarters of the Nottingham-based group.

Employing 200 staff in England alone, the group specialises in supplying retail packaging worldwide to a wide range of markets such as food – chilled and frozen, textiles and confectionery products.

Although the Wilkins Group has additional sites in China, Romania and Sri Lanka, the Komori investment will offer extra capacity for its UK operation.]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.436 2010-06-14T02:56:41Z 2010-06-14T23:28:50Z

Abstract from IIR press release received on June 9, 2010 ...

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●50,322 net visitors, of which a record 48% were from overseas

●The largest overseas visitor groups came from France, Germany and the Netherlands with a 4% overall increase from Western Europe. Increases in attendance levels came from Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania as well as China and the Middle Eastern & African regions. 77% of attendees were senior managers, company directors and owner/managers. I have included some further analysis at the end of this letter.

●With over 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries representing all aspects of the graphic arts process including pre-press, press manufacture, post-press, converting and consumables, the show truly reflected our vibrant global industry. 40% of the exhibitors at Ipex 2010 came from overseas and almost a third were new to the show. Notably, more than 65 companies from China exhibited at Ipex, an increase of 110% compared to 2006.

IPEX 2010 - Additional Show Analysis



Investment Areas
Top investment areas over the next 12 months according to visitors are: digital printing, creative services, sheetfed printing, print management, post-press, packaging, online/web-to-print and wide format.

Visitors Areas of Interest
Digital printing came out with the highest level of interest (44%), followed by commercial printing (23%) and finishing with 22.9%.

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IPEX2010, from KOMORI stand（wmv/11MB/2:19) ...

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Reprinted from May, 27 2010 issue of http://www.picon.com ...

http://www.picon.com

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Global Print, the federation that brings together a global constituency of printing industry members, including Picon, chose Ipex as the international event at which to announce Yoshiharu Komori as its new president, who takes over the reins from outgoing president Hank Brandtjen of Brandtjen & Kluge. Kai Buntemeyer, who is managing partner at Kolbus in Germany, carries on as vice-president.

"It is an honour to be chosen as president," says Mr Komori, chief executive officer and representative director of Komori Corporation in Japan, who was previously vice-president along with Mr Buntemeyer. "This is an exciting time for the printing industry, and after the resounding success of Ipex, Global Print is committed to helping its members to build for the future."

Global Print is a federation which is concerned with furthering the common interests and mutual understanding among manufacturers, paper-making and converting machinery and equipment and consumables in particular, including the timely collection of relevant statistical and market data. It was formed in 2006 to address the need for a unified global voice in an increasing diverse market and to give further reach to the work of organisations such as Picon and EUMAPRINT.

Global Print's access to, and analysis of, current, relevant and specific data is invaluable for the assessment, evaluation and development of the printing industry worldwide. This information is gathered through member associations from small independent companies to large multinationals from Asia, Europe and the US and provides the clearest and most accurate snapshot of the world printing industry at one given time.

It is this unrivalled, intense knowledge of the global graphic arts market that gives Global Print its unique authority, voiced through its Presidents, Vice Presidents and Secretaries General, all of them captains of this remarkable industry. ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.427 2010-05-27T17:03:08Z 2010-05-30T14:51:45Z

Hundreds of millions spent at Ipex as IIR heralds international success...

]]> Some 135 countries were represented and around 48% of the 50,000-plus attendees came from outside the UK – an 8% increase on the 2006 event.
In addition, there were more than 20,000 exhibitor staff present, including manufacturers, distributors, agents and OEM partners, as well as 500 international media personnel.
According to IIR, Ipex is "more international" than any other business-to-business eve
nt in the UK. The show introduced a host of new names to the UK, with more than a third of exhibitors new to the show – many of which have already confirmed their return in 2014.

Early estimates put the show spend at more than £100m, with both digital and litho exhibitors selling significant numbers of presses.

Trevor Crawford, Ipex 2010 event director, said: "We’re delighted with the visitor numbers, which are roughly in line with 2006, despite considerable industry consolidation. The notable increase in international visitors underlines the importance of Ipex to the printing industry." Ipex president and managing director of Heidelberg UK George Clarke added: "This Ipex has been a huge success. It has been busy, had a real vibrancy and shown itself once again to be a truly international event.
"Visitors have been informed, entertained and shown glimpses of the future. It will be remembered as the recovery show – the most important Ipex ever for our industry." ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.426 2010-05-26T17:00:00Z 2010-05-26T17:02:21Z

Mr. Y. Komori became president of Global Print! ...

]]> Industry federation Global Print has used Ipex to unveil Komori chief executive Yoshiharu Komori as its new president. Komori said he was honoured to become president. “This is an exciting time for the print industry after the resounding success of Ipex.” tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.423 2010-05-25T17:27:11Z 2010-05-25T14:45:26Z

Komori completed to print all IPEX Daily issues on Lithrone S40P + H-UV! ...

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Komori printed 16 A3 pages by Lithrone S40P eight-colour perfector press with H-UV curing system during live demos at Komori stand everyday. Komori has produced all 8 issues successfully. Thanks for partners! ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.422 2010-05-25T16:21:51Z 2010-05-25T14:24:50Z

JF&I Packaging bought Lithrone S40 ...

]]> Sri-Lankan firm JF&I Packaging has bought a six-colour Komori Lithrone LS 640 with coater at the show from Komori’s Sri-Lankan agent JDC Printing Technologies. JF&I Packaging, which has a turnover of GBP15.6m and a staff of 400, has purchased the press to boost its capacity. tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.420 2010-05-24T16:38:15Z 2010-05-24T16:42:39Z

De Groot invests in Lithrone S29 ...

De Groot invests in Lithrone S29


The Netherlands-based printer has bought the five-colour plus coater version of the press off Komori’s stand (6/B520). The S29 will be shipped straight from the show and will run alongside two Lithrone 40SP double deck perfectors and a five-colour Lithrone 40. The new S29 is De Groot’s first press to have a coating unit. According to managing director Anton de Groot, trade has accelerated over the last year thanks to a surge in online orders.



“Over the past 12 months, our input of orders through the internet has increased substantially with many requiring very quick delivery,” he said. “In fact, there’s so much of that type of work coming in that we plan to triple shift the new S29 immediately.”
He added: “The coating unit will be an essential asset, enabling us to move the printed sheets straight over to our finishing department.”
De Groot is a long-standing Komori customer, buying its first Komori press 20 years ago. ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.418 2010-05-24T16:16:03Z 2010-05-24T16:19:12Z

The IPEX 2010 organizers are delighted with the overall numbers which are in line with those of 2006, despite industry consolidation. By the end of day three, over 35,000 visitors from more than 120 countries had walked through IPEX’s doors, with international attendance up by 16%, representing 56% of the overall visitors. ...

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Many sales talks are actively made everyday and the number of talks are getting more day by day.

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IPEX 2010 has started on May 18 and continues 8 days at NEC in Birmingham, UK. Total exhibit space is around 60,000 sqm and almost half of IPEX 2006 due to global economic deceleration and so forth. ...

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Opening day was a nice and fine day, and show opened without any problem at 10 am. Also the opening ceremony including “Champions in Print” award ceremony was held at 11:30 am with many people from this industry. However, due to traffic problems, number of entrant didn’t increase during the day. Second day was much more busy and full of sheets by guests at press demos at Komori booth.



There were not only many European entrants but also many entrants from China and India.

Komori booth has around 1,000 sqm size and following press models are exhibited for various demos.

5-color LITHRONE S29 with Coater
8-color LITHRONE S40P with H-UV curing system
6-color LITHRONE SX40 with Coater and UV curing system
5-color ENTHRONE 29


LITHRONE S40P produces IPEX Daily pages everyday at Komori booth until final day of the show. The reason why IPEX Daily chose this machine is quick drying by H-UV and high-quality double-sided printing by Komori’s perfecting technology.



New ENTHRONE 29 shows that’s compactness and high performance in print such as wide variety of paper thickness, good operability and print quality.



LITHRONE S29 uses conventional ink and aqueous coating and LITHRONE SX40 uses UV ink and UV coating to produce value added “Drip-off” printing

To be continued. ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.406 2010-01-31T16:56:54Z 2010-01-31T17:03:12Z

JAGAT, Tokyo, Japan Hosted by CIP4 Japan TWG and BNG Supported by JAGAT ...

Hosted by CIP4 Japan TWG and BNG
Supported by JAGAT



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Around 30 Japanese people from 13 companies and 1 organization attended this test and meetings. Komori sent two engineers and one marketing people for this event.



Unique feature of this miniIOT was a special discussion for Future JDF with Mr. Prosi. Questions from Japanese working groups were already sent to him. We spent two days for this discussion. Mr. Prosi explained “Future JDF” on December 8th and discussion was made on 9th. Very productive discussion we had. This kind of discussion will continue at future IOT event to create more user-friendly and effective JDF. (Detailed information of this discussion is confidential.)




Mingle party was held on 8th, December at the lounge room of JAGAT. Chairman of JAGAT joined the party to give words of cheer for JDF in Japan. Express our thanks to JAGAT to support this event.

Next 18th Interop Event will be held at Newport News, Virginia, USA in March 22 through 26, 2010 and host will be Muller Martini. ]]> tag:komori-world.com,2010:/us/report//2.403 2010-01-24T15:50:34Z 2010-01-24T15:54:34Z

October 19 through 23, 2009 Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany. Hosted by Fraunhofer IGD ...

Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany.
Hosted by Fraunhofer IGD

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Drive down to south 30 minutes by bus from Frankfurt International Airport, there is Darmstadt. Considering the number of its inhabitants Darmstadt is not one of the largest cities in Germany. But it is actually on top position in various rankings in Germany and Europe.

This Interop was held at Fraunhofer IGD which is a secretariat of CIP4 and located in the city of Darmstadt.



It takes just 30 minutes from the hotel to IGD by subway. IGD is locating in quiet resident block and it is a facility of an university. It was established in 1996 as a NPO supported by printing industry in Germany. In this facility, printing presses, prepress systems and other equipments are installed. This facility provides education using with such equipments to improve graphic arts technology in this area.

65 people of 35 companies got together from the world. 5 Japanese of 4 companies attended. Almost double people attended this Interop compare with last Montreal one.



Komori sent one engineer for this Interop. Registered product is K-Station Ver. 3.03 beta at this time. Komori tested with 9 MIS companies/systems and very minor problem on tests we experienced. However, it is not so big problem we think. By above result, number of integration available MIS with Komori’s K-Station came up to 16.



In the second half of this Interop, big meeting was held for following items. Consolidation of complicated specifications, plan for next version of JDF, output format of specifications, plan for next Interop, etc.

IGD arranged an evening social events during Interop. That was the guided tour through the Oppenheim Cellar Labyrinth and Wine tasting. After then, everyone enjoyed nice dinner at there.



Next 18th Interop Event will be held at Newport News, Virginia, USA in March 22 through 26, 2010 and host will be Muller Martini.]]> tag:komori-world.com,2009:/us/report//2.399 2009-11-23T17:27:41Z 2009-11-30T02:55:13Z

October 6-10, 2009 Service demonstration At Service area, we showed "KOMORI ASSISTANCE" concept by 5 view points as follows, 1. Try to increase productivity! 2. Try to improve printing quality! 3. Try to stabilize press performance! 4. Try to prevent damage from a disaster! 5. Try to reduce waste paper! ...

Service demonstration

At Service area, we showed "KOMORI ASSISTANCE" concept by 5 view points as follows,



1. Try to increase productivity!
2. Try to improve printing quality!
3. Try to stabilize press performance!
4. Try to prevent damage from a disaster!
5. Try to reduce waste paper!

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Other exhibits

DoNet corner, Web Press corner, Chambon and Security Press corner, Print Gallery and OnPress desk were prepared in Komori booth. Many guests visited there to know updated Komori every day.

At DoNet corner, JDF compatible K-Station, PPF compatible PPC, partners' MIS systems, KHS-AI for Sheet and Web offset presses, and color management system were displayed. Engineers for above explained each system in response to requests from many guests.





At Web press corner, we exhibited PQA-W print quality assessment system and demonstrated for the guests. Also the case study videos of 4 Komori Web press customers were shown on plasma display. It was also shown on Main Theater screen between demonstrations. Products lineup of Web, Chambon and Security presses was displayed by some panels on the wall of the corner.





At OnPress desk, we introduced "OnPress" magazine to the overseas guests. And also, we conducted a questionnaire survey to provide valuable information to our customers.



Beside of OnPress desk, we set up the space for "Save The Children" organization to help for making an appeal for contributions. Many guests came to the space to donate and to buy original goods as donation. Amount of donation reached into 114, 983 JPY in five days. We acknowledge our guest's favor.



Even though show attendance was low due to the very difficult economical circumstances, many guests not only from Japan, but also China and Korea from some other Asia Pacific area visited Komori booth. We had many fruitful discussions with many customers. Thank you very much to our guests and partners.



We are looking forward to seeing you again at IGAS 2011. ]]>