Graphitec 2011, the largest exhibition of the graphic arts in France, was held in Pavilion 4 of the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre in Paris from June 7 to June 10, 2011.
At this exhibition, which was organized once every three years up until 2009 and became a biennial event this year to accommodate the rapid changes that have taken place recently in the printing industry, companies presented their most advanced innovative products. Nearly 50 new products were announced at Graphitec 2011, and six of these were ‘world firsts.’ Brisk business discussions between exhibitors and visitors were held throughout the event. The show was a huge success at which one could feel the turnaround in the business climate of the printing industry.
This 13th edition of Graphitec was held on a scale that brought 169 exhibitors to the show. The organizers announced that 11,076 visitors had attended the show over the four days, representing a very successful increase of more than four percent over the previous time. Visitors came from all over France, with about 55 percent coming from the Paris region and 45 percent coming from other areas. Of the visitors to the exhibition, 45 percent were print buyers and 43 percent were printing companies.
Komori France’s 308-square-meter booth presented a chic image based on black and white monotones. Based on the theme ‘H-UV in an OffsetOnDemand Environment,’ four or five live demonstrations were run every day on a five-color H-UV-equipped Lithrone S29 (LS-529 + H-UV) focusing on OffsetOnDemand enabled by the fusion of the latest H-UV curing system and the KHS-AI integrated control system.
At this Graphitec, Komori France represented the only printing press manufacturer to exhibit a press and present live demonstrations, which resulted in a great success since the booth filled with visitors when the demonstrations were about to start. In addition, a web offset press display corner was set up near the entrance to the booth and a Kodak Trendsetter 800 was installed in the back of the booth to output the CTP plates used in the demonstrations. In the colorful reception space installed in the booth along with the seating for visitors viewing the demonstrations, serious technical and business discussions were held at a brisk pace every day.
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Explanation of the demonstrations was provided by a narrator.
In Job 1, using images modeled after pages in a fashion catalog, after printing on the front side of the sheets, the plates were changed and the back side of the sheets was printed. After the completion of production printing, 200 sheets were taken to the Horizon booth, where they were cut, folded, and saddle-stitched to create an eight-page A4 size brochure.
In Job 2, images of outer space were used. Photographs of visitors to the Komori booth were taken before the demonstration and CTP plates with these photographs embedded in the image of space were output in the booth.
After the completion of production printing for each job, the brochure created in postpress was distributed to the visitors to allow them to check the speed of drying print quality and lack of odor.
Komori wishes to thank everyone who came to the booth during Graphitec 2011.
As Catherine Ressuge, Communications Director at Komori France, stated: “We’re a bit tired but very happy.
Graphitec strengthened the solidarity of our team. Both our sales and technical teams are proud of our success. We decided to exhibit this cutting-edge offset printing press because we believe that it is important to show the real added value that can be provided by Komori’s technological solutions. The president of Komori Europe, who attended the exhibition, was able to experience these results and successes. He also was there for many signings.” 255 companies visited the Komori booth during the show and the business discussions exceeded expectations. Once again, Komori is grateful to everyone who came.
We look forward to seeing everyone again at Graphitec in 2013.
