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EXHIBITION &CONFERENCE

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Xeikon Café 2018 • Learn. Connnect. Discover. • 20-23 March

An immersive experience in end-to-end digital production solutions is waiting for you. Expect to learn about the latest label & packaging innovations. Enjoy the chance to connect with technology experts, brand owners, colleagues, suppliers and influencers; and debate exciting packaging trends. And be ready to discover what benefits digital production can deliver to your business and your customers.

Learn. Connect. Discover. Welcome at Xeikon Café 2018!

We are pleased to welcome you to the fourth edition of Xeikon Café, a unique educational and networking event dedicated to the label and packaging industry. We invite you to let yourself be inspired by an all-embracing range of creative packaging innovations, showcased live by nearly 40 leading suppliers of software, print media, consumables, digital printing and finishing solutions.

Working together, all Xeikon Café partners will show you what can be achieved by fully integrating solutions, and will demonstrate their state-of-the-art technologies.

We also invite you to attend the newly-introduced Academy which provides a technical and educational forum centred around innovative end-use applications and packaging decoration techniques. The interactive Workshops are going beyond product specifications and will cover a variety of topics related to all aspects of digital production, with the ultimate goal of providing you with tools that help you make the right decisions for your business. In the Tech Talks,

technical experts take you through dedicated solutions demonstrated live at the Xeikon Café, highlighting true end-to-end digital production, from start to finish.

Also not-to-be-missed is the Conference element of the Xeikon Café. This year’s speaker line-up includes keynote Andrew Vorster who will explore innovation initiatives and a high-calibre group of speakers, featuring key players from the label & packaging industry and from some well-known and respected brands. They bring their strategic views into the discussion and will highlight what benefits they draw from digital production through sharing their own unique stories of innovation.

We hope you will enjoy the Xeikon Café 2018! In this guide, we have put together all information to make your visit run as smoothly as possible. Got any questions? Just ask! We are more than happy to help you.

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Xeikon Café Partners

ADVANCED TRACK AD TRACE

Advanced Track & Trace® is a French technology company with subsidiaries worldwide. Global expert in brand protection and document security, ATT offers encoding solutions suitable for packaging, stickers and documents, making it possible to identify a product with public and private codes, track it efficiently and authenticate a product based on copy-sensitive high-security codes. Other solutions include QR codes and high-capacity codes for information storage, integrity protection and marketing purposes. Unobtrusive, the codes developed by ATT are designed to be read via standard tools and dedicated software support. Advanced Track & Trace was recognized a Technology Pioneer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and received the Blue Shield Award for Innovation in Beijing in 2014.

www.att-fr.com

ARGOS SOLUTIONS

Argos Solutions is privately owned and operates from Enghien, Belgium, and is dedicated to developing, manufacturing and selling UV coating machines (flat coating and selective coating), as well as producing, promoting and selling web cleaning equipment, helping customers optimize their printing output and media finishing. With over 30 years of experience in the printing industry, web cleaning and media finishing systems, Argos Solutions leverages its experience to introduce their innovative technology to digital and offset printing professionals, worldwide.

www.argos-solutions.com

AVERY DENNISON

Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global leader in pressure-sensitive and functional materials and labeling solutions for the retail apparel market. The company’s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and more than 25,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers in the consumer packaging, graphical display, logistics, apparel, industrial and healthcare industries. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company reported sales of $6.1 billion in 2016.

www.averydennison.com

AVT

AVT is the global leader in print process control, quality assurance, and press control for the packaging, labels, and commercial print industries. Backed by state-of-the-art technology and field-proven solutions, more than 7,000 AVT systems are installed at customer sites worldwide. AVT is headquartered in Hod Hasharon, Israel, with sales, marketing, and support offices in the United States, Europe and China.

www.avt-inc.com

AB GRAPHIC INTERNATIONAL

A B Graphic International is a market leader in fully modular digital converting, inspection rewinding and turret rewinding. In addition, the company offers comprehensive technical after-sales support. It also has extensive experience in manufacturing machines for specialist applications, such as RFID insertion, laser die-cutting, booklet label machines and 100% camera inspection systems. With three manufacturing sites and five wholly-owned companies in Europe, USA and Latin America, A B Graphic also has an experienced team of distributors worldwide. Now in its 64th year, the company is constantly investing in and developing technology to stay at the forefront of the labelling and packaging equipment market.

www.abgint.com

BROTECH

With years of dedicated technical and market development, Brotech Graphics Co., Ltd has become the market leader in the secteurs of label finishing & converting, and quality inspection for the narrow web printing market. Brotech’s innovative and fully modular designed unit enables label printers to design their own systems for finishing and converting applications. Brotech’s systems are designed not only for normal pressure sensitive labels, but also for EAS, RFID, IML, tickets and tags, and new solutions for booklet labels. Brotech has become one of the leading digital finishing system suppliers in the world, and has developed a full line of digital finishing systems dedicated to digitally printed labels.

www.bro-tech.net

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CERM

Cerm is the robust yet affordable Business Management software for narrow web printers, scalable to any size company. Being industry specific and with renowned customers all over the world, Cerm has been a Xeikon Partner for many years. Taste the difference. Seeing is believing!

www.cerm.net

CDIGITALCDigital provides full-color heat transfers for short or long-run product decoration applications. By utilizing a combination of 25 different adhesive and film systems, CDigital provides a solution to decorate a wide range of products, both round and flat, using heat transfer and hot stamping equipment. With no set-up costs and low minimums, CDigital heat transfers allow for economical full color product decoration.

www.cdigital.com

CARTES

Producing label machines since 1970, CARTES has more than 4000 machines installed in 88 countries, all recognized for their quality, mechanical strength, precision and high production speed. The company offers the widest range of label machines with hot stamping, silk-screen printing, flexo printing / varnishing, flat and semi-rotary die-cutting, embossing units and the exclusive LASER technology for die-cutting and converting. CARTES LASER technology is successful worldwide with over 300 LASER machines installed in 45 countries. It can be combined with hot stamping, silk-screen printing, flexo varnishing, flat die-cutting, semi-rotary die-cutting and embossing, making it very appreciated by label producers as it allows them to fulfill different applications in a single production cycle, creating labels of the highest value.

www.cartes.it

ESKO

Esko is a global supplier of integrated solutions for the packaging and labels, sign and display, commercial printing and publishing industries. Esko products and services drive profitability in the packaging and printing supply chain by reducing time-to-market and raising productivity.

www.esko.com

FLEXCON

FLEXcon is a global leader in coated and laminated films and adhesives used in graphics applications, manufactured goods and new products. For over 60 years, FLEXcon has provided a collaborative, consultative approach to deliver unique solutions that help customers achieve better business results. FLEXcon is a trusted partner to a wide range of companies, from printers and fabricators to engineers and designers developing products for existing and emerging markets. Headquartered in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA, the company has operations throughout North America and Europe with distribution worldwide.

www.flexcon.com

FLINT GROUP - FLEXOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS

Flint Group Flexographic Products is currently the largest global supplier offering both flexographic and letterpress printing plates and is a leader in sleeve and adapter supply. Flint Group Flexographic Products combines experience and the latest trends in technology. With more than five decades of research and development while supplying the packaging industry, we have become experts in flexo and letterpress printing.

www.flintgrp.com

FLINT GROUP - NARROW WEB

Flint Group Narrow Web is a true one-stop shop in narrow web, label and packaging printing. The company offers a complete range of the latest inks for any narrow web printing technique and takes great pride in the high and consistent quality of its press-ready products. These award-winning quality products with high performance result in measureable improvement in printer’s total applied cost. A progressive partner for innovation and future developments, Flint Group Narrow Web pushes the boundaries in label and packaging applications for narrow web printing.

www.flintgrp.com


HYBRID SOFTWARE

With offices in Belgium, Germany, Italy and the US plus a global partner network, HYBRID Software is a software development company focused on innovative productivity tools for the graphic arts industry. HYBRID Software’s CLOUDFLOW workflow, PACKZ editor and integration products offer a unique set of advantages that include native PDF workflows, vendor-independent solutions based on industry standards, scalable technology and low cost of ownership. These products are used by hundreds of customers worldwide in all areas of pre-press and print, including labels and packaging, folding cartons, corrugated, wide format and digital printing.

www.hybridsoftware.com

GRAFISK MASKINFABRIK

Through more than four decades in the graphic industry, Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM) has gained a solid experience in finishing. Its combination of experience and innovative technology makes GM a unique, innovative partner in the world of finishing and the company has the solutions for the label industry today. The GM product range is present all over the world, and all products are built in Denmark with the best components in the market. Look for GM for your efficient converting solution.

www.gm.dk

IGGESUND PAPERBOARD

Iggesund Paperboard is a specialist supplier of high quality paperboard to targeted market segments with a focus on innovation, efficiency and excellent service. The company’s care for its customers and their businesses goes far beyond offering two of the world’s leading paperboard brands, Invercote and Incada. Iggesund also provides a broad range of services, support and advice. And it cares about the environment, all the way from its forests to the consumers. That’s because Iggesund Paperoboard believes black figures are best grown from green assets.

www.iggesund.com

KURZ

The KURZ Group is a global leader in hot stamping and coating technology. KURZ develops and manufactures decorative and functional layers applied to carrier foils for a large variety of applications. With over 5,000 employees in 14 production plants in Europe, Asia and the USA, 24 international subsidiaries and a global network of agencies and sales offices, the KURZ Group manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of products for surface finishing, decoration, marking and counterfeit protection, rounded off by an extensive range of stamping machines and stamping tools. KURZ also continuously invests in new technologies, and is developing innovative solutions for integrating functionality into surfaces.

www.kurz.de

GRAFOTRONIC

Grafotronic delivers modular based machines for the web finishing industry and is a worldwide supplier with over 700 installations in more than 50 countries. Together with an international network of distributors, the company offers service and sales support on a worldwide basis. Thanks to its new state-of-the-art factory in Poland (Warsaw) with a 2000 m² production area, Grafotronic can quickly assemble and deliver its newest modular design machines within weeks of receiving an order, faster than ever. Grafotronic machines are modular, future safe, cost efficient, productive, operator friendly, and they have short delivery times. Grafotronic - the future of finishing machines.

www.graphotronic.com

LABEL TRAXX

Label Traxx is an end-to-end print management software system designed and built specifically for the label and packaging industry. The company continues to release cutting-edge software to help label converters streamline their operations and increase profitability. Label Traxx has offices in the USA and UK.

www.labeltraxx.com


LAKE IMAGE SYSTEMS

Lake Image Systems is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of imaging and scanning technologies for the world’s printing, labelling and packaging industries. By reading and processing the variable data printed on labels and flexible packaging, their vision-based DISCOVERY system inspects, verifies, tracks and reports millions of items daily using codes such as OCR, barcodes, 2D codes, QR codes, RFIDs and many more. This ensures that 100% error-free production is always maintained in order to minimize costly rework, reruns, wastage, and to mitigate business risks.

www.lakeimage.com

MEECH INTERNATIONAL

Meech has a worldwide reputation in the development of electrostatic control equipment, web cleaning systems and compressed air technology. With a network of distributors spanning the globe, Meech offers unparalleled technical application knowledge and customer service. Meech will showcase its non-contact web cleaner CyClean™ at the Xeikon Café. CyClean™ is capable of removing 0.5 micron contaminants and incorporates fluid dynamic principles to deliver higher levels of cleanliness for printing applications. Also on show will be the Hyperion 929IPS and 924IPS static elimination bars with integrated 24V power supply and powerful ionisation for a wide range of industrial applications.

www.meech.com

METSÄ BOARD

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Its lightweight paperboards are developed to provide better, safer and more sustainable solutions for consumer goods as well as retail-ready and food service applications. The company works together with its customers on a global scale to innovate solutions for better consumer experiences with less environmental impact. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource, traceable to origin in sustainably managed northern forests. The global sales network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including brand owners, retailers, converters and merchants. Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

www.metsaboard.com

MICHELMAN

Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly advanced materials for the industry, offering solutions for the coatings, printing & packaging and industrial manufacturing markets. The company is well-known as an innovator in the development of barrier and functional coatings, as well as digital printing press primers that are used in the production of consumer and industrial packaging and paper products, labels, and commercially printed materials. Michelman serves its customers with production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, product development and technical service centers in several major global markets, and a worldwide team of highly trained business development personnel.

www.michelman.com

MGI DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

A world leader in digital printing, finishing & embellishment equipment, MGI Digital Technology provides ground-breaking and value-added solutions for the graphic, packaging & labelling industries. The MGI line of products is backed by reliable and proven technologies designed to meet customers’ high expectations. MGI’s digital printing finishing & embellishment solutions are placed in a wide range of industries, including commercial printers, label printers, packaging firms, corrugate packaging companies, in-plant printers, newspaper printers, photo printers/labs, plastic card manufacturers, government agencies and book printers. Looking forward to a new dawn breaking over the printing industry, MGI’s strategy consists in launching solutions that remain one step ahead of the curve, keeping the same company values that has led to its success.

www.mgi-fr.com

RIETSTACK

Rietstack supplies finishing machines for the printing industry worldwide. It successfully designs add-on units for use by press manufacturers, primarily for increasing production and efficiency in the narrow-web and label industry. The product range includes different machines, each comprising single or multiple processes. The processes that can be integrated include sheeting, stacking, counting, card-board feeders, boxing, gluing, pad maker with hot melt gluing, die-cutting and stacking of injection in-mould labels, transport tables and high pile stackers. Rietstack also produces the IRS stand-alone converting machine, equipped as Slitter Rewinder for the production of label stacks. All machines are robust in construction and incorporate the most up-to-date electronics and pneumatic technology to reduce cycle times to a minimum and ensure reliability.

www.rietstack.nl


SEI LASER

SEI Laser, worldwide leader of Italian laser technology, designs and manufactures integrated solutions specific to applications based on laser technology. SEI Laser’s wide range of products and laser applications are the perfect professional solutions to meet the needs of the most demanding customers in areas such as: labelling, folding carton, commercial paper, flexible packaging, metal cut processing, lighting, visual communication, interior decoration, and textile. Over 30 years of experience and entrepreneurial spirit have made SEI Laser one of the most dynamic and innovative companies in the world of laser technology.

www.seilaser.com

SMAG GRAPHIQUE

SMAG Graphique, a division of SRAMAG, specialises in the manufacturing of roll-to-printing and converting equipment for conventional and digital label and flexible packaging applications. During its more than thirty years of operation, SMAG has built a global network of agents and distributors, has installed equipment all over the world and formed strategic partnerships with leading label and flexible packaging suppliers. By combining the modular design of the SMAG product range and automation experience through powerful servo high speed modules, label manufacturers can take advantage of greater flexibility and reduce costs for tooling while achieving comfortable running speeds up to 70m/min and benefit from high-end adding value modules for special effects like opacity, relief varnish, 3D effects.

www.smag-graphique.com

STORA ENSO

Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. The company’s aim is to replace fossil-based materials by innovating and developing new products and services based on wood and other renewable materials. Stora Enso employs some 25 000 employees in more than 35 countries, and sales in 2016 were EUR 9.8 billion. Stora Enso Consumer Board division develops and provides consumer packaging boards for printing and packaging applications. A wide board and barrier coating selection is suitable for the design and optimisation of packaging for liquid, food, pharmaceutical and luxury goods. The company serves brand owners globally and is expanding in growth markets such as China and Asia Pacific to meet rising demand.

www.storaenso.com

TREOFAN GROUP

The Treofan Group is a leading global manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films for packaging, labels and technical applications. Treofan has over 40 years of experience in the BOPP market and is a supplier of high-quality BOPP products and tailor-made, intelligent solutions in over 90 countries. The company positioned itself as a worldwide premium provider with profound film expertise, and numerous patents prove its innovative strength. Treofan is THE expert for in-mould labelling, positioned to assist brand manufacturers and their converters worldwide. It develops and offers state-of-the-art film solutions for IML, wraparound and self-adhesive labelling applications. What distinguishes Treofan: its unrivalled breadth of experience in the IML-IM segment and its deep understanding of the overall process chain.

www.treofan.com

UPM RAFLATAC

UPM Raflatac is labeling a smarter future by developing innovative and sustainable labeling solutions complemented with world-class service. As one of the world’s leading producers of self-adhesive label materials, the company supplies high-quality paper and film label stock for consumer product and industrial labeling through a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. UPM Raflatac employs around 3.000 people and made sales of EUR 1.4 billion (USD 1.5 billion) in 2016. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM – The Biofore Company.

www.upmraflatac.com

VIGC

VIGC (Flemish Innovation Centre for Graphic Communication) is the knowledge centre for the graphic arts industry in Belgium and the Netherlands. As key player in the industry, VIGC provides leadership and excellence in innovation for its members, strategic partners and the entire industry. VIGC organizes a wide variety of events, gives independent training sessions on technical and business related topics and provides consulting based on unbiased information. VIGC members receive the newsletter and can ask questions at the VIGC ‘Infodesk’ that independently investigates, resolves and references to other technology investigation centres or partners in the field. Although most activities are in Dutch, consulting activities, training sessions and market info can be made available in other languages on request.

www.vigc.be


XEIKON PREPRESS - THERMOFLEXX

Xeikon Prepress has a long lasting reputation of manufacturing high quality Computer to Plate equipment. For the flexographic market, Xeikon Prepress offers digital platemaking systems under the ThermoFlexX brand name. ThermoFlexX imagers provide high-resolution plate exposure combined with flexibility and productivity. The basysPrint CtCP systems offer flexibility combined with outstanding quality using conventional offset plates resulting in a very attractive ROI for commercial printers. The newspapers CtP products, manufactured and designed under an exclusive OEM agreement for Agfa Graphics, and commercialized under the names Polaris and Advantage, are considered as the reference in the newspaper industry.

www.thermoflexx.com

WINK

Founded in 1989, Wink is a leading supplier of die-cutting tools for the print and converting industries. The product range includes premium-class flexible dies, steel rule dies, rotary cylinders and related equipment. All over the world, renowned manufacturers of labels, packaging and many other die-cut products rely on the quality and outstanding service provided by Wink. Wink’s headquarters are in Neuenhaus, Germany, with subsidiaries in Denmark, Italy and the USA, and sales agencies worldwide. The Wink philosophy is summed up in four short words: “You cut, we care”.

www.wink.de

XEIKON

Xeikon, a division of Flint Group, is a long-standing leader and innovator in digital print-ing technology. Grounded in the principles of quality, flexibility and sustainability, Xeikon designs, develops and delivers web-fed digital colour presses for label and packaging applications, document printing, and commercial printing. These presses utilise different imaging technologies, open workflow software and application-specific consumables.

www.xeikon.com

YUPO

A global leader in its market, YUPO has been offering high quality synthetic papers for almost 50 years and continuously creates new products to follow customer demands and market trends. YUPO synthetic papers combine the best print quality of premium papers with high durability and strength of plastic films, adding an unrivalled smooth surface. The wide range of YUPO synthetic papers are used for many different applications: self-adhesive face stock, in-mould labels, tags, adhesion film without glue, material for commercial print applications such as maps, catalogues, menus, manuals and more. YUPO® Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of YUPO® Corporation and, with comprehensive marketing and customer services, a pivotal business partner serving the markets in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Russia.

www.yupo.eu

ZÜND SYSTEMTECHNIK

Zünd Systemtechnik AG, a family-owned business with operations worldwide, specializes in developing and manufacturing digital cutting systems. The Zünd name represents Swiss Quality and is synonymous with precision, performance, and reliability. Since 1984, Zünd has been developing, manufacturing, and marketing modular cutting systems and is globally recognized as market leader. The Zünd customer base consists of manufacturers and suppliers in many different industries, including graphics, packaging, garment and leather, as well as technical textile and composites. Zünd maintains headquarters in Altstätten, Switzerland, where the company’s R&D, marketing, and production facilities are located. Besides Zünd’s own sales and service organizations in China, Thailand, India, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States, Zünd relies on a worldwide network of long-standing, independent distribution & service partners.

www.zund.com

ZANDERS

Zanders is a German manufacturer of high quality speciality papers and boards developed especially for labels, packaging and graphical applications. Its range encompasses high-gloss finished label papers and premium board grades forming part of the traditional Chromolux brand, as well as the superb Zanlabel types of label paper and the Zanpack grades of packaging board. Zanders offers premium brands Chromolux digital, Silver digital and Zanpack silk digital, particularly developed for digital printing. The latest product launch: Zanjet, a coated two side inkjet paper available for high speed commercial inkjet printing. The portfolio is completed by Zanbarrier OGR (oil and grease resistant) and the flexible packaging papers Zankraft and Zanflex.

www.zanders.com


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Live production scheduleTuesday, March 20

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Tech Talks@ ZAPF meeting room

Strategizing your approach towards digital

Digital vs. flexo... a perfect match

KeynoteAndrew Vorster

AB-INBEVJohan Van de Velde

ALTRIF LABELNiko Dhondt

“Igniting Innovation Initiatives”

“Enhancing consumer relations through digital printing”

“Thirty years of innovative label printing, and how digital helped drive success”

from 13:30 to 16:30 VISIT Toner factory Heultje

WET-GLUE IN-MOULD SELF-ADHESIVE PAPER Cups CORRUGATED

WRAPAROUND HEAT TRANSFER LEAFLETS - POS FOLDING CARTON

Optimizing your production costs

Choosing the right print technology

Exploring the creativity of digital

Staying on top of food safety regulations

Self-adhesive labels: UV inkjet

Tax stamps - customer case by Fedopress

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MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONALPatrick Poitevin

LIMO LABELSCarsten Stahl Hansen


“Exploring current and next-generation digital printing technologies”

“Balancing dry toner and UV inkjet, how it benefits a converter’s business”

from 13:30 to 16:30 VISITToner factory Heultje



Optimizing your production costs







Paper Cups


Wraparound labels

Heat Transfer Labels

Wet-glue labels

Folding Cartton

Leaflets & booklets

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14:15

14:45

15:15

15:45

16:15

16:45

14:00

14:30

15:00

15:30

16:00

16:30

17:00

17:30

Agenda Thursday, March 22

Live production scheduleThursday, March 22



09:00

11:30

10:30

12:00

12:30

13:00

12:45

13:15

13:45

13:30

Xeikon3500 App

Xeikon 3500 FC

Xeikon 9800

Xeikon CX5000

Xeikon CX3

Xeikon 3300

Xeikon PX3000

Xeikon 3500

Xeikon FDU

09:00

09:15

09:30

indu

stri

al p

rodu

cts

oil d

rum

labe

ls

logi

stic

sla

bels

indu

stri

alch

emic

al win

ebo

xes09:45

10:00

10:15

dura

bles10:30

phar

ma-

ceut

ical

pack

agin

g

poin

t of

sale

10:45

11:00

oil d

rum

labe

ls

phar

ma-

ceut

ical

labe

ls

beer

/ gi

n bo

xes11:15

neut

rici

al

11:30

11:45

12:00

bake

rypa

ckag

ing

poin

t of

sale

dire

ct th

erm

alla

bels12:15

chem

ical

12:30

12:45

13:00

indu

stri

alco

ntai

ners

beer

labe

ls win

ela

bels be

er /

gin

boxe

s13:15

13:30

13:45

14:00

bake

ry

pack

agin

g

poin

t of

sale

dire

ct th

erm

alla

bels

chem

ical

14:15

14:30

hot d

rink

s pap

er cu

ps

14:45

15:00

beer

pack

agin

g

beer

labe

ls beer

labe

ls

15:15

spir

itsla

bels

15:30

prom

otio

nal

prod

ucts

leafl

ets

win

e la

bels

15:45

16:00

16:15

beer

labe

ls

16:30

beer

pa

ckag

ing

beer

labe

ls16:45

17:00

17:15

17:30

Workshops@ Palatino






NOM NOMS WORLD FOOD Lisa Sohanpal

PRINGRAF - PACKLYGiuseppe Prioriello


“A revolutionary brand story on to create award-winning

packaging designs”

“Going from offline to online for the digital production of folding cartons”

from 13:30 to 16:30 VISITToner factory Heultje



Optimizing your production cost







Paper Cups


Wraparound labels

Heat Transfer Labels

Wet-glue labels

Folding Carton

Leaflets & booklets

26 27


11:45

13:30

12:15

15:00

11:30

13:00

12:00

14:00

12:30

16:00

Agenda Friday, March 23

Live production scheduleFriday, March 23

Xeikon Café Exhibition

Closing doorsSee you next year!

09:00

10:00

10:30

10:15

10:45

11:15

12:45

11:00

Xeikon 3500 App

Xeikon 3500 FC

Xeikon 9800

Xeikon CX5000

Xeikon CX3

Xeikon 3300

Xeikon PX3000

Xeikon 3500

F Xeikon DU

09:00

09:15

09:30

auto

mot

ive

pack

agin

g

poin

t of

sale

dura

bles

indu

stri

alch

emic

al

09:45

10:00

hot d

rink

s pap

er cu

ps

10:15

herb

s lab

els

logi

stic

sla

bels10:30

soft

drin

kla

bels10:45

11:00

auto

mot

ive

pcka

ging

poin

t of

sale

dura

bles11:15

chem

ical

11:30

11:45

12:00

food

co

ntai

ners

win

ela

bels

win

ela

bels12:15

12:30

12:45

13:00

food

leafl

ets

beer

labe

ls

beer

labe

ls

13:15

13:30

spir

itsla

bels

win

ebo

xes13:45

14:00

food

cont

aine

rs

win

e la

bels

14:15

14:30

indu

stri

alch

emic

al

beer

/ gi

nbo

xes

14:45

15:00 beer labels

Workshops@ Palatino








Paper Cups

Paper Cups

Folding Carton

Wet-glue labels


Self-adhesive labels:UV inkjet

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“IGNITING INNOVATION INITIATIVES”

How can you become more innovative as an organisation? Do you know what you don’t know? How do you know? And what do alcohol distillation and innovation have in common aside from the fact that either could ‘blow up in your face’ at any time?

These are just a few of the questions Andrew will cover in his keynote, a keynote that is guaranteed to be nothing like anything you’ve even seen before!

Andrew is passionate about dispelling the common myth that ‘Innovation takes place in an innovation funnel’ – an attitude that often constrains organisational thinking and excludes valuable input from a much broader eco-system. Using a colourful metaphor (not a method) littered with real world anecdotes, Andrew will provide insight into the actions and activities required to engage a team, department or an entire organisation to move thinking from ‘innovation is done over there’ to ‘together we can become more innovative’.

When looking for ways to become a truly innovative business, this keynote is a must. You will go back home, not only with some interesting insights on new innovations but also, and foremost, with actual ideas and inspiration to BE more innovative.

ABOUT ANDREW VORSTERHaving spent over 30 years driving innovation across a wide range of industries, Andrew has built a reputation as a passionate technologist, innovator and disruptor. This includes an 8-year tenure as VP of Technology Research & Development at Visa Europe, where he put into practice his accumulated years of experience to establish a technology centre of excellence.With a background in research and a qualification in foresight, he is best known for ‘Igniting Innovation Initiatives’ through his briefings, keynotes and workshops in his work as an Innovation Catalyst. The bulk of his time is spent scanning for and scouting changes in the Technologies, Innovations, Patents and Start-ups (TIPS) behind the trends driving new business models and shaping consumer behaviour today. He contemplates the impact and implications these will have on society, industry and individuals, weaving these into colourful and credible stories designed to inspire both established organisations and start-ups across the world, helping them to envision the range of multiple possible futures fuelled, accelerated and enabled by technology.As an enthusiastic storyteller, Andrew main message is:

“The story of the future is not yet written. Don’t wait to read about it as history made by someone else. Start writing your own story of the future today!”

ANDREW VORSTERInnovation Catalyst

Tuesday March 20, from 10:30 – 11:30Wednesday March 21, from 10:30 – 11:30Thursday March 22, from 10:30 – 11:30

SESSIONS

Conference keynote Tuesday, March 20

ENHANCING CONSUMER RELATIONS

THROUGH DIGITAL PRINTING

Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev is world’s largest brewer with a diverse portfolio of global, multi-country and local beer brands. Working from AB InBev Global Innovation Centre in Belgium, Johan will present how digital printing can be the perfect technology to meet brand requirements, and provide details on an real promotional campaign they conducted for Tomorrowland, one of the world’s largest electronic dance music festivals attended by over 400 000 people from 150 countries. AB InBev produced unique, limited edition beer cans with several designs, reflecting waving flags representing 15 countries to create social media buzz around their brand. You will get insights on the challenges involved and how digital helped overcome these, and hear about the campaign results and what were lessons learned for the future.

AB-INBEV

JOHAN VAN DE VELDEGlobal Packaging Development Specialist

11:3012:00

THIRTY YEARS OF INNOVATIVE LABEL PRINTING, AND HOW DIGITAL HELPED DRIVE SUCCESS

Altrif Label, located in the Netherlands, has been taking advantage of full-colour digital printing in its label printing business for almost 30 years. It was one of the early adopters of the technology when introduced at Ipex 1993, and the company since then gain tremendous experience in digital printing. Today, Altrif Label still uses a variety of digital presses next to its conventional production, and is frequently a beta site for new product releases. During his presentation, XXX will share the company’s business story, focusing on its experiences with digital printing, challenges they have faced over the years. He will talk about how digital printing has helped drive the company’s success and where he sees digital printing technology going in the future.

ALTRIF LABELNIKO DHONDTManaging Director St-Luc

Presenting at the Xeikon Café 2018 Conference are an inspirational keynote and an high-calibre group of speakers from both brands and printers with thought-provoking and inspiring presentations that will provide you with tangible ideas and concepts to implement in your business. They will bring their strategic views into the discussion and highlight what benefits they can each draw from digital production through sharing their own unique stories of innovation.


Wednesday, March 21

LIMO LABELSCARSTEN STAHL HANSENTechnical Advisor

EXPLORING CURRENT AND NEXT-GENE-RATION DIGITAL PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

Patrick has always been passionate about digital printing. Sixteen years ago, he introduced digitally printed labels to Marks & Spenser products and has been promoting digital printing within Mondelez International since he joined the company a decade ago. Digital printing on labels, folding cartons, corrugated and shrink sleeves, it is all set. So he continues exploring the challenges of digital printing on new materials – think of non-barrier flexible materials with and without cold seal, aluminium foil for chocolates, … Patrick will discuss examples of some famous personalised campaigns from Cadbury, Milka and Toblerone. He will also share his thoughts on the future of digital production. What can we expect in the future from next-generation technologies, and how to continue to profitably address changing market demands?

“BALANCING DRY TONER AND UV INKJET, HOW IT BENEFITS A CONVERTER’S BUSINESS”

Limo Labels produces a wide variety of label types including development of bespoke functional labels in collaboration with customers. This presentation will focus on how the company implements different complementary digital label printing technologies, dry toner and UV inkjet, to benefit its business. Hansen will discuss how the company has structured itself to thrive in a highly competitive market. More specifically, he will explain how digital printing technologies help them remain successful and differentiate themselves in the market, and recap the company’s digital journey over the last years. He will shed light on how to consider the most optimal technology for a given project, and take a look into the future to suggest where he sees digital technologies taking the company moving forward.

MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL PATRICK POITEVINPrincipal Scientist at RDQI - Global Packaging Materials Innovation - Digital

11:30

12:00

Thursday, March 22

NOM NOMS WORLD FOODLISA SOHANPAL Founder, Food Lover & CEO

A REVOLUTIONARY BRAND STORY ON TO CREATE AWARD-WINNING PACKAGING DESIGNS

Nom Noms World Food is a young start-up brand founded in 2015 that offers ready-meals. The meals, developed under the guidance of its Foodie Founder Lisa Sohanpal, are comprised of an innovative line of international cuisines that is fun, full of flavour and family-focused. The company is successful and growing, and has received more than 30 awards for innovation in concept, packaging design and, of course, recipes. During her presentation, Lisa will share her brand story, which is revolutionising the ready meals market, and how she got to her winning packaging designs. Her philosophy is that innovative packaging engages customers and she will describe her continuous search for future innovations such as virtual reality to take her packaging designs to an even more innovative level.

11:30 12:00

“GOING FROM OFFLINE TO ONLINE FOR THE DIGITAL PRODUCTION OF FOLDING CARTONS”

Pringraf was founded in 1994 with the aim of providing customers with superior quality folding carton board packaging. Founder & CEO Giuseppe Prioriello will share the company’s story and go into detail on its proprietary web-to-print workflow, Packly. An online packaging solution, Packly is a perfect example of how integration, automation, web-to-print and digital finishing can take packaging businesses to the next level. It’s designed to improve operational efficiency and respond to brand owner requests for cost-effective prototyping, test marketing and small lot production. With Packly, brands can create and download die-lines, view a 3D box model with their own artwork applied in real time, and print quality personalized packages within 48 hours. Hear the full story during this engaging presentation, and walk away with ideas to implement in your own business.

PRINGRAF - PACKLYGIUSEPPE PRIORIELLOFounder & CEO



STAYING ON TOP OF NEW FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS

You’ll learn about new food regulations for labels and packaging that affect your current and future business. This important area of discussion can be challenging, but it is of growing importance as the EU and individual countries continue to roll out an increasing number of food safety regulations. Emphasis is on what printers need to communicate to customers about the food safety aspects of their production operations. This includes how packaging can be produced to minimise or eliminate migration of hazardous substances, and a discussion on packaging materials, inks and barrier substances. You can expect info that will help you stay abreast of new and emerging regulations, and that will clarify which regulations are most relevant to food safety.

EXPLORING THE CREATIVITY OF DIGITAL

It is commonly acknowledged that moving to a digital workflow delivers benefits in terms of faster turnaround times, cost-effective production of short runs, and improved customer service. What is often overlooked are other advantages such as customization, versioning and personalization that are increasingly demanded by today’s consumers. In this workshop, you get actionable ideas on how to take digital production to the next level, and help brands be more creative in ensuring that their products stand out on the shelf and are relevant to the target audience. You’ll learn about creative ways to design packaging using digital technologies, and how easily brands can leverage different messages based on region, season, special events, and even down to the individual consumer.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PRINT TECHNOLOGY

As a label and packaging converter, you have the choice between a variety of digital printing technologies, but which one fits your business best? This is your moment to find out as we’ll discuss the results of an in-depth analysis of different technologies – liquid and dry toner as well as UV and water-based inkjet – and show you the scientific facts. This workshop offers a technology-agnostic approach to the most optimal digital technology for specific applications in the prime label and packaging markets (wine & spirits, beer & beverages, food, health & beauty, pharma, chemicals and durables), taking into account quality basics, substrate compatibility and process reliability as well as characteristics such as look & feel, durability and sustainability.

March 20,21, 22 at 14:45

March 23 at 11:45

March 20,21, 22 at 15:30

March 20,21, 22 at 16:15

STRATEGIZING YOUR APPROACH TOWARDS DIGITAL

If you are considering adding digital printing to your labels and packaging production portfolio, or if you need to increase the amount of digital technology you now have, join us for this workshop where we will provide guidance that can help you make sound business decisions in a challenging and fast-paced market. Not only will you learn about the latest market trends and drivers in the labels and packaging industry, but you will also be able to explore a number of opportunities for business growth that digital printing enables. We also provide you with an educational white paper that will make it easier for you to share the great information you received in this workshop with the folks back home.

DIGITAL VS. FLEXO… A PERFECT MATCH

Struggling with whether to use digital printing or stick to flexography in your narrow web label business? Struggle no more! Actually, the two are complementary solutions, each with its own benefits and advantages. In this workshop, you’ll learn how they complement each other, and what the best ways are to leverage the power of each. We’ll share real-life experiences that help in the decision-making process – when is it more efficient to use digital versus flexo or offset? How can the addition of digital affect the efficiency and profitability of your business? How can you acquire more customers by combining both in your production platform? You’ll get the answers to these and any other questions you have in this workshop.

OPTIMIZING YOUR PRODUCTION COSTS

You’ve already implemented a digital production workflow and reaped its benefits, but how do you know you are operating in the most efficient way? If you are now seeking to continuously improve your operations by stripping out more time, waste and cost to improve margins and service levels, then this workshop is for you. We’ll share many tips and tricks derived from the extensive experience of Xeikon Café partners. This includes how you can reduce toner or ink usage without any sacrifice in quality, improve your quality control operations, and be alerted proactively prior to an actual problem occurring. At the end of this workshop, you will go home with a matrix of ideas with expected cost savings.

Xeikon Café Academy provides a technical and educational forum centred around innovative end-use applications and related to all aspects of digital production. The interactive Workshops are designed to help you acquire knowledge and provide insights on return-on-investment (ROI). The Tech Talks are focussed on the main packaging decoration techniques available today, and offer practical information on the specific characteristics of a broad range of applications.

Academy Workshops

March 20,21, 22 at 13:15

March 23 at 12:00

March 20,21, 22 at 12:30

March 23 at 10:30

March 20,21, 22 at 14:00



IN-MOULD & BLOW-MOULD

An important decoration technique, often used for food containers and bottles. Brands can use digital printing to enhance these high-impact labels and better target audiences while taking advantage of waste minimisation and faster time to market. There is however a lot of mystery and complexity around this application. This session unravels the mystery and shares how digital production can be implemented as a complement to conventional printing.

PAPER CUPS

Ever considered for how long you hold a coffee cup? It’s an average of 7 minutes. Add to that an attractive design and it is no wonder paper cups are becoming an ever more powerful marketing tool. In this session, you get the technical basics on how a paper cup is made, and learn how to leverage digital printing to unleash unlimited possibilities for advertising on paper cups, while ensuring food safety compliance.

SELF-ADHESIVE LABELS: EP DRY TONER

When producing self-adhesive labels where food safety and quality are key, dry toner digital printing offers many benefits. Learn about the specific requirements needed when using dry toner for food, beverage, wine & spirits and pharma applications, which all come with their very own aesthetic and functional requirements. In this session, you get the full story on end-to-end digital production with dry toner.

WRAPAROUND LABELS

Big brands have shown that even for mass products, customization can hugely impact the consumer experience. Digital production not only allows to make products more appealing, it also enables shorter runs, faster turnaround times and better economics to optimize your production. This session details how it works for the broad variety of products that uses wraparound labels: frozen food & ice cream, dairy products, fresh fruits, etc.

HEAT TRANSFER LABELS

In this session, learn how to leverage digital printing for the production of heat transfer applications, a specific decoration technique where the image is printed on a special substrate and subsequently transferred onto end-use applications, like buckets (industrial products), and pens or penholders (promotional products). Specific attention will be paid to substrate choices in light of the fact the image is transferred by means of heat and pressure.

March 20,21, 22 at 14:00

March 23 at 11:00

March 20,21, 22 at 13:15

March 23 at 11:30

March 20,21, 22 at 14:45

March 23 at 11:45

March 20,21, 22 at 15:30

March 20,21, 22 at 16:15

Academy Tech Talks

TAX STAMPS – CUSTOMER CASE BY FEDOPRESS

Products such as alcohol and tobacco often feature fiscal and duty stamps, a specialised market segment where security, anti-counterfeiting and traceability are highly important. Fedopress, official print supplier to the Belgian FPS Finance, details why digital became their most efficient means of producing on-demand stamps and how integrated solutions allow them to do so cost-effectively. A unique chance to get insights in a live security application.

SELF-ADHESIVE LABELS: UV INKJET

The durability and tactile look & feel of UV inkjet brings major advantages to labels where high white ink opacity and resistance to high temperature, UV light and chemicals are key. But does it require different handling when it comes to workflow, print media, consumables and finishing? This session delves into UV inkjet technology to answer that question and examine applications for household, industrial, durables and health & beauty.

WET-GLUE LABELS

Wet-glue is still an important decoration technique (+35% of the label market), particularly in the food and beverage world because of its traditional high quality and lower cost for longer print runs. We will explore the possibilities opened up by digital printing for wet-glue labels such as customer engagement and cost-effective production of small label lots and customised products, and bring clarity on technical requirements.

FOLDING CARTON

Brands need their packaging designs changed frequently to respond rapidly to market demands, address seasonality, regional differences and even personalization. As a result, also folding cartons need to be produced in shorter runs. Digital printing helps meet these challenges, while making prototyping or test marketing faster and more affordable. This session provides a view of end-to-end folding carton digital production, including finishing.

LEAFLETS & BOOKLETS

The information brands have to share with consumers is increasing while the space to do so is getting smaller. A valuable solution are leaflets, booklets or peel & reveal labels – an important companion to packaging although often overlooked when evaluating printing technologies. But for any package printed digitally, the accompanying inserts also need to be produced timely and efficiently. This workshop shares best practices on how to do that.

March 20,21, 22 at 13:30

March 20,21, 22 at 14:15

March 23 at 10:00

March 20,21, 22 at 15:00

March 23 at 10:45

March 20,21, 22 at 15:45

March 23 at 10:15

March 20,21, 22 at 16:30


INTERNET ACCESS

Network: XeikonCaféPassword: “Xeikon18”

BUS SCHEDULE

There is a bus scheduled from “Van Der Valk hotel” to the Xeikon Café, travel time is approximately 30 minutes.

CATERING

Complimentary catering is foreseen in the restaurant in the Marquee, found at the entrance. Food will be served from 12:00 till 14:00.Open bar all day.

SAFETY

If evacuation is necessary, you will hear the evacuation alarm (loud, intermittent beep) and the following announcement: “Attention : Please leave the building immediately. Please leave the building immediately.”

• Please leave the building by the nearest (emergency) exit and assemble outside on the buildings parking area at assembly point number “16”.

If an accident occurs or emergency medical assistance is required:

• Call (or have called) the internal number 500 Indicate WHERE – WHAT – SEVERITY. • Inform people in the vicinity, ask for First Aid assistance.• If you are trained or feel confident to, perform First Aid basics.• Guide First Aid or emergency personnel to the victim, and stand by to assist. • Report to the Organizer.

Practicalities notes

Location First busApproximate frequency

16:30

19:00

8:00

12:00

Hotel Van Der Valk

Xeikon Café

Every 30 min

Every 30 min

Last bus


Thank you!

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