CHICAGO, Ill. and SHEFFIELD, England—Radius Solutions Ltd. has entered into a strategic technology partnership with QlikTech, a Business Intelligence (BI) vendor. Radius Solutions will offer advanced performance capabilities based on QlikView, QlikTech’s award-winning business analysis solution. PECAS Vision is an ERP/MIS solution specifically designed to meet the requirements of the packaging and printing industries. It offers business management capabilities from estimating, through production and cash receipt. The QlikView data analysis capabilities will provide enhanced ability to leverage the transactional data in PECAS Vision for comprehensive business performance analysis and management. Unveiled at its 2008 North America Users Conference, Radius Solutions showcased the capabilities, speed
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. and ITASCA, Ill.—Xeikon and JV Imaging Solutions Incorporated (JVIS) announced that the two companies have entered into a joint referral partnership program. Through the partnership, JVIS will be able to offer its clients the next step in the move to digital printing by offering the Xeikon 3300 and Xeikon 3000 digital label color presses. “We are thrilled to enter into this partnership with JVIS. They are a leading distributor in the labels and packaging space,” said Michael V. Ring, vice president of sales and chief marketing officer of Xeikon’s North American operations. “JVIS is renowned for its focused product approach, workflow specialization
Ones and zeroes seem to rule the roost—digital is everywhere. In the printing world, digital has a firm grip in the commercial arena where variable-data printing is the “killer app.” According to Jeff Wettersten, director, Digital Print Solutions for Sun Chemical, “Digital printing has gained a strong position in commercial printing due to its variable-data capability. The ability to personalize messages in printed media where they are reaching an audience of one has transformed the use of the product.” In package printing, it’s not so simple; variable-data printing doesn’t have the same play as it does in the commercial sector. “Variable data
Variable data in packaging comes in a variety of forms resulting from an assortment of needs. In some cases, the variable data might be beverage labeling indigenous to a geographic area or other targeted marketing materials. In other applications, the variable data comes in the form of 2D or traditional bar coding to help protect a brand against counterfeiting or diversion. And, in still other cases, the variable data exists as alphanumeric coding to authenticate promotional purchases. Digital presses are the engines used to print variable data. “Digital print engines are the most compatible with variable data as they are designed to manufacture data-driven
No business serious about its commitment to its customers would shy away from enhancing its product offerings. Current trends in the package-printing industry reflect just that, especially the trend toward short-run printing. One such enhancement is adding digital printing capabilities for your existing product lines. But just what is digital printing? When people say “digital printing” what do they mean? Defining digital printing “It really depends on what aspect you’re looking at,” says Dan Briley, North American category manager, industrial products, HP Indigo Digital Press. “In general, when you’re talking about the packaging application, digital printing refers to the fact that every single package,
Xeikon launched two new digital color printing presses: the Xeikon 4000 and the Xeikon 5000plus. With this, Xeikon completes its product family, following the launch of the Xeikon 6000 in September 2006. The new Xeikon 4000 system offers higher quality product specifications and allows printing on a wide array of substrates and formats of 50 cm wide. It boasts Xeikon’s unique One-Pass-Duplex technology, which minimizes total run time and produces prints in a single pass. The Xeikon 4000 incorporates the X-800 DFE (Digital Front End) that combines extensive pre-press functionalities including a fast RIP with impressive variable data processing and collation capabilities. In addition,
In-mold labeling (IML) is a product decoration method that has grown in popularity over the past 10 to 20 years. Why? Because it can provide lots of apple-pie type of stuff—improved quality and shelf appeal, reduced waste, reduced cost, and better durability. Who can argue with that? The IML process gets its name from how the label is applied to the plastic packaging container. The label is placed “in the mold” as the container itself is being formed. Plastic containers are produced using several different forming methods, including thermoforming, injection molding, and blow molding. To a large degree, the forming method used is
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