Hunkeler Innovationdays: under the sign of change
DIGITAL PRINT Hunkeler Innovationdays 2015 kicked off on February 23 at the Lucerne Exhibition Center. 80 exhibitors presented the ever-expanding range of applications for high-performance digital printing and the increasingly powerful finishing technology.
Erich Hodel, Head of Marketing & Sales at Hunkeler AG, presents a refined poster. In connection with the development of markets and technology, Hunkeler AG, organizer of the trade fair, speaks of growing complexity. Project-related orders are increasingly replacing a previously product-oriented way of thinking. As a result, close cooperation with customers and print manufacturers is gaining in importance.Monitoring the processesIn the interest of complete coverage of the value chain, the focus is also shifting to comprehensive planning, control and monitoring of processes - from the electronic document template to the finished product.Print on demand in demandHunkeler recognizes a shift in the markets. Transaction printing still accounts for a large proportion of sales. However, there is continuous growth in the classic print markets. Falling print runs, greater product diversification, individualization, the demand for lower storage costs and the trend towards decentralized production are all reasons that are driving print on demand in commercial, book, catalog, newspaper and magazine printing.The trends of the Hunkeler Innovationdays 2015 at a glance- Book production solutions in a wide range of workflow variants. From highly flexible nearline solutions to highly automated book production lines - Laser finishing for perfect security printing. Highly dynamic punching, perforating and engraving for the production of forgery-proof documents - Quality control and document tracking in various production systems according to the latest standards for reliable production monitoring - Extended production solution with even higher functionality and production speed for dynamic perforating and punching of payment slips, coupons, mailings and security applications - Various standard offset and digital printing papers are processed in a wide range of applications. Thanks to the new "Primer-Coater" coating module, conventional papers can be inkjet printed or finished after printing.- Digital newspaper finishing with new folding and collating module for even more efficient production in tabloid and broadsheet format - also ideal for insert production.- Efficient production of digitally printed brochures with dynamic content and page count.- New rewind and unwind modules of the latest generation with fast reel change and production speeds of over 300 m/min. Hunkeler has now expanded its POPP6 and POPP7 processing lines with POPP8-W for web widths up to 762 mm (30").About the Hunkeler InnovationdaysEvery two years, the Hunkeler Innovationdays offer the opportunity to experience the development of the printing markets and production technology in high-performance digital printing at first hand. By the time the trade fair opened, over 5,000 visitors from all over the world had already registered. More information about the trade fair here.
