Print UV 2010 is brought to you by leading participants in the graphic communications industry.
The Print UV event is brought to you by a select group of "founding sponsors" in the graphic communications industry, including the following organizations:
Absolute Graphic Technologies USA
AGT-USA was founded by industry veterans to improve the quality and serviceablity of temperature control systems that proliferate in today's high-speed pressrooms. AGT is laser-focused on the needs of the graphic arts industry and has tailored relationships with some of the leading players in UV curing to offer a robust combination package for cooling the entire press. For more information visit www.agt-usa.com.
ACTEGA Kelstar, Inc.
ACTEGA Kelstar is a leading manufacturer of specialty UV coatings, aqueous coatings and fountain solutions for the graphic arts industry and one of the largest suppliers of coatings in North America. Our Ultra Sheen UV coatings are designed with a variety of viscosities, cure packages and flexibilities to satisfy the everyday and specialized requirements of both printers and trade coaters. ACTEGA Kelstar's UV coating product lines include UV gloss, satin and matte coatings, roller and blanket coatings, web offset coatings, coatings for digital inks, in-line coatings for hybrid inks, cylinder screen coatings, flexo coatings, ink train coatings and special effect coatings and varnishes. Our UV coatings provide superior cure speed, exceptional adhesion and flexibility, and environmentally friendly zero VOC technology. The combination of our high quality products and superior technical support provides the best total cost solution for our customers. For additional
information, please visit www.actega.com/kelstar.
Advanced Print Technologies, LLC
About APT Press Direct the online storefront of: Advanced Print Technologies, LLC. We are an industry leading supplier of used printing equipment such as; Komori, Mitsubishi, Heidelberg, Man Roland & KBA. We also supply used Ryobi printing equipment, and service all makes & models. We have a large inventory of used printing equipment and spare parts. Please visit us at www.aptpressdirect.com.
Air Motion Systems, Inc.
AMS designs and manufactures next-generation conventional and LED UV curing systems and related accessories that can be found at some of the world's leading sheetfed and web offset printing and packaging companies. AMS recently announced the launch of its next generation, scalable, high-power PEAK LED-UV lamp system (www.leduv.com), which provides high-intensity, energy-efficient digital drying control for a new era of printing and finishing machines. The P3 UV™ system is AMS's award-winning UV technology that features the most advanced, flexible, conventional UV curing technology available today, making UV adoption by offset printers easier and more reliable than ever. Air Motion Systems is the producing sponsor of Print UV – the industry’s first conference dedicated to UV printing. For more information visit us at www.airmotionsystems.com.
Conti-Tech
A division of Continental AG, ContiTech is one of the world`s leading producers of compressible precision printing blankets. With its two brands, CONTI-AIR® and PHOENIX Xtra BLANKETS, ContiTech offers a complete line of high quality printing blankets for sheetfed, web, and UV applications. For UV printers specifically we have: the CONTI-AIR®. UV BLACK-HC® and EBONY-HC® From PHOENIX Xtra BLANKETS we have the Ruby® and UVite®. These blankets offer superior performance for the UV printer. For more information visit:
www.contitech-usa.com/products/printing_blankets.html.
Eltosch
Eltosch is among the leading companies in drying technology for printing machines. For more than 30 years now, the company has been engaged in developing, producing and selling UV, infrared, and hot-air dryers, which are primarily used in the offset printing industry.The Dr. Hönle AG (Germany) acquired all shares in Hamburg-based Eltosch Torsten Schmidt GmbH from Advanced Photonics Technologies AG in 2008 and, in so doing, continued to expand its position as a systems provider on the industrial UV technology market. After this acquisition Hönle considers itself to be the second-largest systems provider worldwide on this fast-growing market. For more information visit www.hoenle.de.
Equipment Finance Corporation
Equipment Finance Corporation understands your need for a reliable financing source that knows your business, your industry, your equipment and the importance of responding quickly to opportunities. Whether you are acquiring new or used equipment or refinancing current debt, Equipment Finance Corporation has the financial solution you are looking for. Flexibility in designing solutions for our customers is a hallmark of our business. Equipment Finance Corporation has been helping companies grow since 1994. Headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia area, EFC has been providing new and used equipment leasing and financial services throughout the U.S. to companies of all sizes since 1994. Whether you are acquiring new or used equipment or refinancing current debt, EFC has the financial solution you are looking for. Flexibility in designing solutions for our customers is a hallmark of our business. Put us to work for you! Please visit us at www.efc-finance.com.
FLEXcon
FLEXcon is a ISO 9001:2008 global manufacturer of self-adhesive film products for applications such as product identification, promotion and bonding solutions. For the UV printing market, FLEXcon offers a wide range of plastics including vinyls, styrenes, polyesters, polyethylenes, and polypropylenes. With operations throughout North America and Europe coupled with worldwide distribution, the company works closely with both major ink and press manufacturers to ensure not only superior ink adhesion to our films, but also to design products that run on press without issues from problems such as feeding, stretching, stacking, curling and registration. The combination of print-technology-specific product offerings — from in-store marketing campaigns to bus wraps to window graphics — to topnotch technical and customer service, and applications-know-how makes FLEXcon your “one-stop resource” for all of your application requirements and challenges. For more information visit www.FLEXcon.com.
Graphic Arts Monthly
As the $166 billion U.S. printing industry continues to change at a rapid pace, printers and graphic arts professionals rely on Graphic Arts Monthly and Graphicartsonline.com to stay current, informed and competitive. GAM delivers readers the information they need in the formats they require through a multi-channel network of media products. Advertisers can connect with the printing industry’s most important decision-makers In Print, Online, On-Demand and In-Person through Multi-channel media solutions. Partnering with GAM provides advertisers an integrated network of marketing solutions to reach printing industry professionals, meet marketing objectives and produce measurable results. Whatever business goals your company may have, GAM has the audience, products, programs and solutions to help you connect and sell. For more information visit Graphicartsonline.com.
Graphic Printing Roller
Graphic Printing Roller is a leading manufacturer of roller coverings specifically for the graphic arts industry. Graphic has been selected to manufacture the most advanced and successful roller covering for the UV industry within Japan and South Asia, where UV print technology is more commonly used and preferred. This unique roller covering uses the latest resin technologies, whose stability characteristics far exceed those of traditional & widely used polymer technology (EPDM & NBR). Most importantly, this covering is compatible with even the harshest inks for plastics. The key factors are improved ink transfer, excellent stability, shorter wash-up times, less ink glazing, improved dot reproduction. As well, these rollers are useable with the latest LED UV curing systems. Lastly, Graphic offers a solution for the difficult waterless UV printing environments by combining the key factors listed above with better temperature and static control, two major problems associated with waterless UV. For more information visit www.graphicroller.com.
Innovative Blanket Solutions
Innovative Blanket Solutions is an established converter that specializes in UV Coating blankets and UV Coating Plates. We are the fastest growing blanket Converter in the United States and we offer a wide variety of innovative coating solutions. Our 23,000 square foot facility houses state of the art converting and CAD cutting equipment. Automated cutting and barring equipment provides the capability to produce quality blankets and plates from the smallest to the largest sizes. IBS has the most complete line of UV Coating blankets available in North America. We offer a wide variety of materials to meet the many diverse needs of the coating market. The unique and innovative construction of our products provide printers with the competitive edge needed in today’s marketplace. IBS products are a cost effective alternative to Cyrel plates and offer several significant competitive advantages over the competition. These include; deep clean relief, no solvent or coating penetration of windows, reusability, zero gauge loss, durability, and most notably higher UV gloss levels. Our UV customers, consistently reach gloss levels in the mid 90’s and regularly achieve 100,000 - 150,000 + impressions. At Innovative Blanket Solutions, we take pride in our ability to promptly respond to our customers orders and emergency situations. Contact IBS for Quality Products, Custom Converting, CAD Cutting, and Prompt Service. All complemented by Professional Sales and Technical Support. For more information please visit us at www.innovativeblanket.com.
INX International Ink Co.
Headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois INX is the third largest producer of ink in North America and a global supplier as part of Sakata INX worldwide operations. We are an industry leader offering a full line of ink & coating solutions technology for packaging and commercial print applications. Our product solutions focus on metal decorating, flexographic, gravure, web offset, lamination, corrugated, sheetfed, inkjet and UV/EB inks and coatings. We are dedicated to our customers, employees, the graphic arts industry and society. For more information please visit www.inxinternational.com.
Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks
Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks, a privately held, U.S. owned and operated company based in Pataskala (Columbus), Ohio with branch locations in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles. Joules Angstrom opened for business in 1999, focused exclusively on the Energy Curing Marketplace, and continues with that focus today. Our passion is our customer’s success with top of the line U.V. ink quality, consistency and press technical service. Our concept is simple- eliminate all variables in our raw materials and manufacturing process yielding an ink of the highest quality and consistency. An ink our customers have come to expect and appreciate. For more information please visit www.joulesangstrom.com.
KBA North America
KBA North America, a subsidiary of Koenig & Bauer AG, is one of the foremost leaders in sheetfed and web offset printing technology. With award winning presses ranging from the 21-inch Genius 52 UV to the Rapida Large Format machines up to 81-inches, KBA covers the gamut. A pioneer in the UV process and in printing on multiple substrates, KBA has amassed a wealth of UV printing know-how that it shares regularly through seminars and workshops - and through its state-of-the-art showroom in Dallas. To see how KBA utilizes UV Printing on plastics, click here. For more information, visit www.kba-usa.com.
Mitsubishi Lithographic USA
MLP USA, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., markets and services Mitsubishi sheetfed and web offset presses and associated press technologies throughout the US, Mexico and Latin America. The company recently launched the Diamond-V series line of sheetfed and web presses earning recognition for industry-leading productivity, makeready and sustainable operation. The V Series is complemented by the company’s 2009 InterTech Technology award-winning Diamond Color Navigator color adjustment device which simplifies on-press color correction and by SimulChanger™, Mitsubishi’s 1-minute simultaneous plate-changing system. MLP also enjoys a #1 ranking for its highly respected service support. Add in the advantage of a Diamond-V series UV press running at top speeds, and the ROI gets even brighter. For more information visit www.mlpusa.com.
Pamarco Global Graphics / Diamond
Pamarco Global Graphics / Diamond Roller, is a leading producers of rubber rollers for the sheetfed and web offset printing industry. The Diamond "UV Blue” compound is an ultra-versatile line of performance rollers specifically engineered to meet the demands of today's UV, EB, Hybrid and Conventional printers. In short, UV Blue combination rollers are designed for printers who want to change inks without changing rollers. For more information, visit http://www.pamarcoglobal.com/rubber_uv.htm.
Pamarco Global Graphics/ Sentinel
Pamarco is home of the Sentinel Ink Management System®, an electronically controlled, completely automated cartridge-based ink dispensing system that virtually eliminates ink waste in the printing process - an exceptional enabler to faster ROI in today's UV pressroom. For more information visit www.pamarcoglobal.com.
Printing Impressions Magazine
Printing Impressions, a division of North American Publishing Company, is America's largest publisher of magazines for the printing and print-related industries. Printing Impressions magazine provides authoritative coverage on industry trends, emerging technologies and the news behind the news in the Graphic Arts industry. PI profiles successful executives and their companies, giving insightful information on how they have been able to thrive, not just survive, in a highly competitive marketplace. For more information visit www.piworld.com.
Ryobi
Ryobi Graphic Systems of East Hiroshima, Japan is a world leader in the manufacture of high-precision large, mid-size, small and DI presses. Respected for their superior print quality, cost-effectiveness, ease of operation, high reliability and precision machining, Ryobi offset presses, hardware, software and other peripherals are distributed in the U.S. by xpedx®, a major supplier of equipment, software and consumables to commercial and in-plant printers. In 2008 the company debuted an inline UV casting and foiling system for the RYOBI 750 press series that enables hologram and other special effects that are well suited for packaging, advertising, point-of-purchase and much more. This year, they will introduce the world’s first LED-UV print curing system, an offset printing technology from Ryobi that provides significant environmental, pressroom and financial advantages. Although UV technology has been available to printers for more than 30 years, Ryobi’s new system is the only curing unit that replaces conventional UV lamps with long-life UV light-emitting diodes, cutting power consumption 70-80%. For more information, go to xpedx.com.
Superior Printing Ink
Superior Printing Ink is the market-leading supplier of commercial and packaging sheetfed inks in North America. A privately held, U.S. owned and operated company, Superior offers a complete portfolio of robust, high quality energy curable products that deliver performance to meet your customer’s demanding print and end use specifications. Our product expertise is supported by the most experienced team of technologists and field service specialists in the industry. These experts support our customers with services that include on-site press fingerprinting, pressroom audits, training, and G7 Printer Certification. Superior owns and operates the largest network of full service manufacturing branches in North America, ensuring that your product and technical needs are available at a local level. For more information, go to www.superiorink.com.
Transilwrap
Transilwrap is a leading manufacturer, distributor and converter of Printable Plastic, Laminating, Specialty and Industrial Films. Transilwrap's Printable Plastics Division provides the widest range of Films, including Styrene, Vinyls, Pressure Sensitives, Synthetic Papers, Polyesters and more, for the Offset, Flexo, Screen and Digital Markets. Transilwrap works closely with UV Printers to maximize their potential with Plastic Film Substrates including Transilwrap's line of Biodegradable Green Films. For more information, visit www.transilwrap.com.
Zeller+Gmelin Corporation
Zeller+Gmelin, a pioneer in UV Printing Inks since 1970, continues to be the benchmark for performance and consistency in all segments of the Graphic Arts Industry. Specializing exclusively in energy curing products, the Company is the largest solely UV Ink Manufacturer in the World, producing specialty inks and products for Sheetfed, Web, Flexo and Dry Offset applications. Zeller+Gmelin is particularly renowned for enhancing throughput, reducing waste and providing innovative solutions for the unique problems and creative concepts required for the energy curing market. Product lines include Uvalux® Web, Curemaster® Sheetfed, Nuvaflex® Flexo and Color Magic® Dry Offset inks. Zeller+Gmelin’s commitment to service includes operations in over twenty countries worldwide with ten branches in the USA and Canada, strategically situated to provide service and support to all UV printers - no matter what their particular energy curing needs may be. For more information visit, www.zeller-gmelin.com.
