KONICA MINOLTA LABELEXPO 2015
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PRESS CONFERENCE & BIOGRAPHIES
TOSHITAKA UEMURA
POSITION
General Manager Professional Print Business Operations Marketing Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc.
RECENT FUNCTIONS
As General Manager, Toshitaka Uemura is responsible for the entire Professional Print Business of Konica Minolta, Inc. Before joining Konica Minolta in 1993, he worked at Konishiroku Photo Industry for several years.
1993 Manager, Graphic Arts Division at Konica Minolta 2002 Manager, Product Planning at Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc. 2007 Senior Vice President, Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging USA, Inc. 2010 Vice President, Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc.
TOPIC @LABELEXPO 2015 – PRESS CONFERENCE
Toshitaka Uemura provides his personal view on the champion story of Konica Minolta in production printing and provides latest market figures. Furthermore, he outlines the future strategy of the company for the converter market.
KONICA MINOLTA PRESS CONFERENCE @LABELEXPO:TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 15:15 – 15:45PRESS OFFICE (LOWER LEVEL IN FRONT OF HALL 7)
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PRESS CONFERENCE & BIOGRAPHIES
MIGUEL ABRANCHES PINTO
POSITION
Managing Director Litho Formas, S.A.
RECENT FUNCTIONS
As Managing Director, Miguel Abranches Pinto is responsible for implementing highly efficient and future-oriented print processes at Litho Formas. After six years working at the company in the digital fulfillment department, he took over his current role as Managing Director. The Portuguese company is the world’s first beta tester of bizhub PRESS C71cf.
1989 Founder & Technical Manager of Escola Profissional Val do Rio 1993 Founder & Production Manager of Páginas Eléctricas Lda 1999 Independent Consultant for the Graphic Arts Industry
TOPIC @LABELEXPO 2015 – PRESS CONFERENCE
Miguel Abranches Pinto from Litho Formas, S.A. in Portugal speaks about the performance of bizhub PRESS C71cf during the beta test.
OLAF LORENZ
POSITION
General Manager International Marketing Division Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH
RECENT FUNCTIONS
As General Manager, Olaf Lorenz is responsible for the entire International Marketing Division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH. He is also a member of the European management board. Before joining Konica Minolta in July 1999, he worked as a national pre-sales engineer at NRG Group.
1999 Technical Product Manager, Minolta Europe GmbH 2004 Manager Office Group, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH 2005 General Manager, International Marketing Division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH 2009 Managing Director of dots GmbH 2011 Member of the Management Board, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH
TOPIC @LABELEXPO 2015 – PRESS CONFERENCE
Olaf Lorenz introduces the first digital label printing press system of Konica Minolta and outlines performance figures of bizhub PRESS C71cf.
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CELEBRATE A PREMIERE: KONICA MINOLTA ENTERS THE INDUSTRIAL PRINTING MARKET
Langenhagen, Germany, 29 September 2015Konica Minolta presents at Labelexpo 2015 its first full-digital label press system, which will fill the gap between entry-level and high-end digital label printing presses. The bizhub PRESS C71cf is ideal for profitable short to mid runs for an affordable investment. Converters approaching digital engines ben-efit from its ease of operation, production flexibility, quicker turnaround and variable data printing functions. This is the first step of Konica Minolta in offering an innovative industrial printing portfolio. In spring of 2016, Konica Minolta will present KM-1, a revolutionary four colour digital printing machine.
Premiere at Labelexpo 2015: With the introduction of its first digital label printing press system bizhub PRESS C71cf, Konica Minolta provides label converters with an efficient answer to the rapidly changing nature of print requests. In the past few years, producers of consumer and industrial goods have modified their approach towards labelling, avoiding the stocking of labels. Today, about 60 percent of converters’ print jobs are less than a run length of 10,000.1 The bizhub PRESS C71cf is a smart answer to this transformation process, as it produces short to mid runs on-demand at a competitive price, provides a quick turnaround time and is easy to use.
“During the development of this press, we talked to potential customers and listened closely to their needs”, says Toshitaka Uemura, General Manager, CP Business Division/Sales Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc. “We are really proud of the outcomes of the extensive development phase and are positive that our new label press serves requirements that are yet unmet within the converter market by filling the gap between entry-level and high-end digital label printing presses currently available.”
GROWTH MARKET: DIGITAL CONTINUES TO CONQUER THE LABEL PRINTING MARKETAccording to recent surveys, more than 25 per cent of new narrow web label presses installed worldwide are digital.2 At the same time, growth in all digital packaging and label markets is booming. The latest figures of the marketing research institute Smithers Pira show that the volume of printed square metres in this sector will go up from 4 billion (2014) to 7 billion (2017). “The label industry is shifting towards digital printing. Individualised labelling is also gaining in relevance, and digital printing is the only opportunity for label printers to offer variable data printing”, emphasises Uemura.
SUCCESSFUL BETA TEST: OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT PRINTING HOUSE LITHO FORMAS Before presenting its new roll-to-roll digital press at Labelexpo, Konica Minolta tested a prototype machine at the leading Portuguese printing house Litho Formas, S.A. Miguel Pinto, Managing Director at Litho Formas, summarises the testing phase: “The Konica Minolta digital press fits in with our other presses perfectly. It is ideal for small to medium-sized label companies – although I could also see some bigger label converters being interested in it as a complement to their bigger digital presses.” Litho Formas also confirmed the high quality output of the C71cf press: “The solids are better than we can achieve with flexo, particularly on difficult colours like blue. The text is very sharp, and the vignettes fade well to zero. The halftones are offset, not flexo quality.”
¹ Source: What do converters want?, InfoTrends, 2012
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To achieve its highest performance, the device uses a dry toner electro-photographic imaging engine and will print roll-to-roll CMYK at 13.5m/min at a native solution of 1200 x 1200 DPI / 8 bit. Maximum unwind/rewind diameter is 500 mm (20in). The continuous feed printing system is capable of printing a wide range of self-adhesive and non-adhesive material, including coated and uncoated paper, polypropylene and synthetic paper. The main application areas are labels for beverages, liquors, industrial goods, household products and food.
OUTLOOK: MORE PRINT INNOVATION FROM KONICA MINOLTA Konica Minolta is No. 1 in terms of market share for Production Printing in Europe.3 With its innovative label printing press design, it now opens the doors to the industrial printing market to create new value and innovations for its customers’ future business success. The next innovation coming soon: At drupa 2016, Konica Minolta will present its KM-1, a four colour printing machine with UV inkjet sheet system, capable of printing onto larger format B2+ sheets, which carries forward the company’s growth in the industrial printing market.
The digital label press system bizhub PRESS C71cf will be available in Europe from February 2016.
For more information about bizhub PRESS C71cf, please visit: http://www.konicaminolta.eu/bizhub-press-c71cf
2 Labels and Labeling, James Quirk, 20133 Infosource (2014), http://www.konicaminolta.eu/en/business-solutions/company/newsroom/press-releases/press-single/article/konica-minolta-defends-its- market-leadership-position-in-europe.html
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COMPANY CONTACT
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