Our Website Sponsors
The list below provides a brief description about each of our Website Sponsors with hyperlinked headlines and logos which lead you to their Websites. We do hope you find it informative and useful...
Agfa Graphics
Agfa Graphics is a world leader in prepress solutions for the printing and publishing industries. It provides commercial, newspaper and packaging printers with the most extensive range of prepress and inkjet printing solutions.
In prepress, Agfa Graphics offers workflow automation, project management, computer-to-film, computer-to-plate and proofing solutions. These solutions comprise consumables, hardware, software and services. Agfa Graphics produces analogue plates, as well as thermal, visible light, and chemistry-free digital plates to offer advanced solutions for different printing applications.
In addition, Agfa Graphics is rapidly expanding its offerings in the growing digital inkjet market. Joint development and manufacturing partnerships with industry leaders expand its technological reach and allow the company to develop comprehensive digital solutions for printing posters, banners, signage, displays, labels and packaging materials.
Antalis South Africa
Antalis is the largest distributor of communications support materials in Southern Africa.
PRINT: A wide array of coated, carbonless and creative papers and envelopes for printers, graphic artists, designers, publishers and communication agencies
OFFICE: A selection of paper for retailers, resellers, businesses and public sector organisations
GRAPHICS: Products and services backed by a great support team
Antalis Graphics’ success has been enhanced by its close ties with a number of leading global manufacturers. Long established partnerships with many of its key international suppliers such as Kodak (the complete Graphics portfolio), Du Pont, Trelleborg (Reeves), Epson, Duplo and Glunz + Jensen have played a vital role in the technological superiority of Antalis Graphics. It also represents EFI Vutek, Xeikon, Apple Computer, Barenschee, Billows Protocol, Duplo International, ECRM, Farrukh Systems, Folex, Hahnemuehle, Just, Praxair, SAI, Tal, Tera, Theimer, and X-Rite.
Digital Distributors
Established in 1997, and recently celebrating its 20th birthday, Digital Distributors is the leader in the Graphics and Colour Management, and Printing Solutions Market in South Africa.
As the authority on colour management, Digital Distributors offers highly specialised colour management consulting, colour management software, as well as numerous printing solutions and consumables to the prepress, press, graphic and fine arts industries. Press optimisation and ink savings to improve your workflow are also available.
Whether you are looking for an Inkjet printer, printer accessories, colour management software, colour management consulting or simply advice on improving your workflow and automation through industry leading solutions, Digital Distributors welcomes your enquiry and looks forward to advising you on the option that will best suit your needs.
EFI
EFI is a world leader in digital imaging and print management solutions for the commercial printing and enterprise markets. EFI’s portfolio of integrated solutions span production printing, superwide printing, graphic arts, advanced professional printing software, industrial inkjet systems and corporate products.
EFI’s award-winning technologies increase productivity by automating print and business processes, streamlining workflow, adding value-added services, and producing accurate digital output across the gamut of digital printing from office to high end production to superwide digital inkjet printing.
EFI’s robust product portfolio includes Fiery digital colour print servers; VUTEk superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions.
FESPA
FESPA is a federation of trade associations and an organiser of exhibitions and conferences for the screen and digital printing industry. Formerly, the name FESPA stood for 'The Federation of European Screen Printers Associations'. Now, FESPA is known by its acronym, which has worldwide recognition. FESPA's objective is the promotion of screen printing and digital imaging through each of the 28 separate National Associations in Europe who are its members, together with its six Associate members associations in Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
FESPA plans and promotes exhibitions and conferences for screen and digital printing and helps its National Associations by supporting projects and activities organised by them, and also provides a regular forum for information exchange. FESPA also monitors new developments in screen printing and digital technology and communicates the results to members through seminars and the trade press.
Fujifilm Graphic Systems
Fujifilm Graphic Systems is a stable, long term partner focused on delivering high quality, technically advanced print solutions that help printers develop competitive advantage and grow their businesses.
The company’s financial stability and unprecedented investment in R&D enable it to develop proprietary technologies for best-in-class printing. These include prepress and pressroom solutions for offset, wide-format and digital print, as well as workflow software for print production management.
Fujifilm is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its products and operations, proactively working to preserve the environment, and strives to educate printers about environmental best practice.
Goss International
Goss delivers unique opportunities for printers and publishers to advance the print medium to new levels of impact and value. Worldwide development and support resources are anchored by world-class manufacturing sites throughout the United States, Europe and Asia , enabling Goss web offset presses and finishing systems to set the standards for innovation, productivity and value.
Goss’ industry leadership position is built on intensive collaboration with customers and a proven ability to innovate and execute, making web offset a more effective way to communicate. In-depth process knowledge and expansive R&D efforts continue to deliver differentiating breakthroughs like gapless Sunday press, Autoplate, Flexible Printing System, Automatic Transfer, DigiRail and Ecocool technologies, as well as advanced workflow and finishing systems.
The Goss Lifetime Support programme extends this level of innovation and execution throughout the life of every Goss system.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
With a global market share for sheetfed offset of more than 40 per cent, Heidelberg is the world's leading solution provider in the print media industry. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, the company focuses on the entire process and value chain for popular format classes in sheetfed offset and flexographic printing.
Apart from printing presses, the product portfolio includes plate imaging and finishing equipment, as well as software to integrate all print manufacturing processes. In addition, Heidelberg offers a wide range of spare parts, consumables, used equipment and services, along with extensive training programmes provided by the Print Media Academy. The company also assists its customers' investment plans by offering financing concepts.
With development and production sites in six countries and some 250 sales offices worldwide, the company offers services to more than 200,000 customers around the globe.
HP Graphic Arts
HP provides the industry's most comprehensive, high-end digital printing portfolio - producing everything from postage stamps to building wraps - to deliver profitable growth for customers, while backed by HP's leadership, commitment to customer success and dedication to global responsibility.
Spanning virtually every form of printed output, HP's Graphics Solutions Business serves the needs of the diverse creative and printing communities with consistently outstanding output, complete workflow solutions, dependable partner solutions and a broad selection of ink and media options.
With HP Designjet, HP Indigo, HP Inkjet High-speed Production Solutions, HP Scitex and HP Speciality Printing Systems, HP offers customers new revenue-generating opportunities and strategies to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive market.
Ipex 2010
Perfect time, perfect place, one unique opportunity.
Ipex is the largest English-speaking global technology event for print, publishing and media taking place from 18th - 25th May 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. The unique footprint of the show perfectly mirrors the whole print production workflow.
The Ipex 2010 Website www.ipex.org (click on the logo) includes downloadable brochures, the exhibition layout, an exhibitor list, accommodation, travel, as well as all essential visitor information. It also has information and voting forms for the international Ipex 2010 ‘Champions Print’ Awards which acknowledge the huge contribution of those who have influenced the development of the printing industry.
In 2006, Ipex attracted over 100,000 visitors, 40% of which came from overseas covering 159 countries – more than any other Graphic Arts exhibition before.
At www.ipex.org/register - you can register now and save £30 to be part of probably the most important Ipex ever.
Kemtek Imaging Systems
Kemtek is one of South Africa’s largest suppliers of prepress, press and postpress equipment and consumables to the printing, publishing and packaging industries.
Its principals include Konica-Minolta (film), Agfa Graphics (the complete portfolio), Flint (BASF), Rogers and Vela, with printing blankets, proofing materials and chemistries from a range of suppliers and its own manufacturing plants, as well as consumables and specialised inks for HP Indigo presses.
Kemtek is the sole representative for Screen (the complete portfolio), as well Epson for proofing. It also represents EskoArtwork’s complete portfolio of CDI imaging and Kongsberg finishing equipment, and the complete range of Esko’s workflow and software solutions.
Its press ranges include Komori for sheetfed and web offset, HP Indigo digital presses and Screen Truepress digital offset and inkjet solutions. Principals represented in post press include: Baumfolder, Itotec, Rigo, JMD and Duplo International.
Koenig & Bauer AG
The Koenig & Bauer Group is one of the largest press manufacturers worldwide and has the broadest press range in the industry. The parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities in Würzburg, Radebeul, Frankenthal and Trennfeld in Germany.
The other core members of the group are Maschinenfabrik KBA-Mödling AG in Mödling, near Vienna, Austria, KBA-Grafitec s.r.o. in Dobruška, Czech Republic, KBA-Metronic AG in Veitshöchheim, near Würzburg, Germany, KBA-MetalPrint GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany, and KBA-GIORI S.A. in Lausanne, Switzerland. KBA North America Inc. in Dallas, Texas, USA, is the sales and service subsidiary for the United States and Canada. In addition KBA has sales and service outlets in the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Russia, Poland, Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore, plus a global network of dealers. The core companies in the group currently employ more than 7,400 people.
Kodak Graphic Communications
Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group is a unit of Eastman Kodak Company, the world’s foremost imaging innovator. The Graphic Communications Group provides commercial printers, packaging printers, publishers, data printers, and enterprises with one of the broadest portfolios of technologies, products, and services in the graphic communications and document capture industries.
Kodak offers the industry’s widest range of products and solutions – from intelligent business scanning, prepress and workflow to high-quality digital and offset output – to help expand your business and improve your productivity.
Kodak Marketmover Business Development Services provide innovative tools, services and support for graphic communications providers. Its unique Marketmover services combine expert teams of professionals with extensive, regularly updated online resources, plus a vast suite of personalised services that include on-site training and educational seminars.
Since its establishment in 1923, Komori has adhered to its origins: manufacturing products of superior quality and reliability and is known throughout the world as a manufacturer of printing machinery. To build on this success, Komori is delivering products and services worldwide as a truly global company. This is Kando: ‘Beyond Expectations’ - the standard by which we judge ourselves. We are continuing our pursuit of broadening the potential of printing for a future rich in printed communications. Komori also has a strong focus on environmental conservation and corporate ethics.
Komori is Japan’s largest manufacturer of printing presses and printing equipment. Its product portfolio encompasses a comprehensive range of commercial offset presses (sheetfed and web), currency and securities presses, web offset packaging presses and printing equipment.
Krause-Biagosch
Quality builds Trust is the principle of our success.
Since 1855 Krause has served the graphic arts industry. Embedded in the Horstmann Group with approx. 2000 employees and a yearly turnover of Euro 350 million.
With innovative solutions and high quality products we always support our partners. Our team spirit with highly qualified and dedicated staff and the personal customer contact let us identify their needs and problems on time, develop ideas and find solutions leading to success. For us, a trustful and lasting partnership is important in which new perspectives are developed together.
Since 1989, Krause has provided Computer-to-Plate systems for Newspaper and Commercial applications - supported by Software solutions for imposition and workflow with comprehensive Service Modules.
We are technology leader in Newspaper CTP systems with a unique bundle of platesetters and processors in one system for every segment.
Lüscher AG
Lüscher AG has a network of dealers in over 60 countries. With 150 employees, the company has subsidiaries in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Hong Kong, and sales offices in the United Kingdom and South America.
Lüscher offers its customers first class products, services and information and endeavours to be the industry's technology leader. The company offers its customers comprehensive solutions and added value in Computer-to-Plate (CTP), with over 1000 customers around the world, with a choice of products for the production of either thermal offset plates or UV-sensitive conventional offset plates, as well as very high resolution systems – up to 8000dpi -for security printing applications.
Lüscher also specialises in Computer-to-Screen (CTS) with over 450 customers around the world using its electronic stencil production systems, which offer a choice of either Inkjet or blue laser direct imaging, for the production of stencils or round screens.
Manroland
Manroland is the world’s second-largest manufacturer of printing systems and the world’s market leader in web offset. The group with its production facilities in Offenbach, Augsburg and Plauen employs over 8,000 people, has annual sales of almost 1.7 billion Euro with an export share of almost 80 per cent. Webfed and sheetfed offset presses provide tailor-made solutions for publishing, commercial, and packaging printing – from brochures to newspapers. A worldwide network of about 100 sales and service centres markets Manroland’s products as well as ancillary printing equipment and pressroom products.
In all our activities, from shaping new technology to giving all-round services, dedicated customer-orientation is our top priority. You can count on us even when it comes to new construction of complete printing facilities: from project planning and integrating entire production systems, right down to constructing print shop buildings.
Muller Martini
Muller Martini constantly strives to meet changing market and customer requirements with creative and cost-efficient solutions. Our comprehensive and diverse product range extends from narrow web offset presses for printing intricate business forms, commercial jobs and labels... to wire stitching, buffering, trimming, perfect binding and thread sewing... to sophisticated mailroom solutions for the newspaper market. Invariably, it puts integrated system ideas and value-added total solutions first.
Through innovative business ideas, as well as products and services that meet changing market demands, today’s graphics industry can take advantage of new opportunities.
Muller Martini set an important milestone at Drupa 2008 with the presentation of its new generation of machines. On the one hand, the new systems feature ultra modern ergonomic design. On the other, new functionality, together with innovative workflow-enabled improved user-friendliness brings new impetus for growth.
POLAR-Mohr
The Company Adolf Mohr, Maschinenfabrik was founded in 1906. The product line is marketed worldwide under the brand name POLAR. The main products are High-Speed Cutters for the graphic and paper converting industry, peripheral equipment for all operations around cutting, LabelSystems and Pile Turners. POLAR is world leader and trendsetter.
The beginning of the cooperation with HEIDELBERG goes back to the year 1949. Since that time, our worldwide mutual Sales- and Service organisation has systematically expanded.
POLAR regards its customers as partners and supports them in making sure, that all processes in the post press area remain always in motion. Therefore our new motto: ‘…closer to you’. Closer to the customers, closer to the trends and... closer to the important topics.
PrintCity Alliance
PrintCity is a strategic alliance that connects worldwide expertise from independent companies within the graphic arts industry. In existence now for over 10 years, the alliance continues to focus on its members ‘connection of competence’ in terms of knowledge and activity sharing, to benefit all customers and end-users. PrintCity Alliance members combine in working partnerships and projects:
• PrintCity is recognised as the 'connection of competence' strategic alliance across the entire printing, packaging & publishing value chain, promoting the value of print & packaging
• We deliver value to the customers by leading global knowledge sharing and networking together. We deliver knowledge through seminars, trade fairs, project studies, publications and electronic platforms
• We want to maximise synergies to grow business effectively and be cost efficient
Presstek
Presstek solutions are designed to make it easier for printers to meet the increasing customer demand for high-quality, faster turnaround printing with improved profit margins.
In today’s fast-paced world of printing, customers continually seek shorter print runs with faster turn times yet no compromise in quality. Improving the efficiency of the print manufacturing process is one of the most important enablers to growing profitability and competitiveness.
Since its inception more than two decades ago, Presstek has been dedicated to streamlining the manufacture of printed materials by removing steps from the process through automation. Whether you choose to use chemistry-free CTP to enhance conventional offset printing or take advantage of the quality and automation of today's DI digital offset presses, Presstek's product portfolio eliminates steps and variables from the printing process, resulting in a more capable, profitable and competitive printing business.
QuadTech
QuadTech, Inc. is a worldwide leader and innovator of performance proven press control technology. QuadTech offers an extensive array of auxiliary controls, including best-selling Register Guidance Systems, the award-winning Color Control System, a 100 per cent Inspection System for Packaging, and the widely known Autotron line. The JDF enabled Data Central® provides data collection and web-based reporting on all QuadTech ICON™ based control systems.
Founded in 1979, QuadTech sells its automated control systems in more than 100 countries to the web offset newspaper and commercial markets, packaging market and publication gravure market. Headquartered in Sussex, WI, USA, QuadTech maintains a worldwide network of sales and service operations, including facilities strategically located throughout Europe, and in Japan, China, Singapore, India, and North and South America. QuadTech is a subsidiary of Quad/Graphics, the largest privately held printer in the Western Hemisphere.
Quark
Quark began operations in Europe and the Far East in 1988. Quark now maintains development offices in India and the United States; customer support centres in India, Japan, Switzerland and the United States; with sales and marketing operations across the globe. Customers in more than 100 countries rely on Quark products to create, design, and manage their publications - from newspapers, magazines, and books to advertising, catalogues, brochures, online material, and more.
Today, QuarkXPress continues to innovate. With Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, we are helping customers meet changing requirements and develop new revenue streams by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Our dynamic publishing solution is setting a new standard in automated multi-channel publishing by combining the power of flexible layout and design with automated workflows for customised communications across print, the Web, and electronic media
Sappi
Sappi is the world's leading producer of coated fine paper used in the production of premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising, which represents approximately two-thirds of Sappi's total sales. The company also has significant businesses in pulp, coated speciality paper, packaging grades and uncoated fine paper.
Sappi Forest Products, the forests, pulp, packaging and newsprint business in South Africa, is also the world's largest producer of chemical cellulose. Sappi is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 15,000 employees and production facilities in ten countries, on four continents and customers in over 100 countries.
Sappi papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification and EMAS registration for its mills in the EU. Its European mills hold chain-of-custody certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and / or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) schemes.
Sappi Printers of the Year Initiative
The Sappi International Printers of the Year awards are the world’s most prestigious accolades of excellence in print.
The winner in each category receives a specially cast bronze elephant trophy, created by world renowned sculptor Donald Greig. The elephant symbolises Sappi’s South African heritage as well as the qualities of strength and courage required of printers who strive for excellence.
Truly global, the awards are held in four different regions around the world – Africa, North America, Europe and the Sappi Trading region (Asia, Australasia, Central and South America).
Regional gold finalists then proceed to the international competition where they compete in up to nine categories. Following an intense judging process, Gold Award winners are then recognised, rewarded and honoured for their excellence in printing at a gala event - considered by those in the industry as the ‘Oscars’ of print.
Sappi Ideas that Matter Initiative
'Ideas that Matter' is a program from Sappi to support design for the public good. Sappi awards monetary grants to designers throughout the world to help them create and implement projects that serve the causes that are closest to their hearts.
The Ideas that Matter initiative was launched worldwide by Sappi in 1999 to provide substantial grants that enable the implementation of creative ideas designed to support social and environmental causes. Each year, Sappi invites graphic designers from Europe, North America and Southern Africa, to create printed communication campaigns for causes they want to support.
Graphic designers have consistently demonstrated their desire to do work for the benefit of society. Sappi’s initiative is a way to assist them to make a difference by providing them with the financial support they need to implement their Ideas that Matter.
‘Despite all predictions that the 21st century would see print swamped by the electronic media, today print continues to play a valuable role in our everyday lives and is more powerful than ever before,’ says Sappi Fine Paper Europe CEO, Berry Wiersum. ‘We believe that by providing high quality paper with excellent print results, the publishers, printers and Sappi can convince the world that print is the most tangible, portable, creative and efficient medium for advertising and promotion; Life with Print is part of this process.’
Life with Print provides qualitative examples of the value of print in the media mix and shares Sappi's passion for print with image conscious companies worldwide. The latest book ‘Engaging New Generations in the Media Mix’ was launched during the Festival of Media in Valencia in April 2009.
Thunderbolt Solutions
Thunderbolt Solutions, founded in 1999, has grown from five staff up to almost 50 through organic growth and acquisitions and the addition of world-leading agencies in specialist fields.
Its national coverage with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban gives it the ability to offer world-class service levels. The company philosophy is to supply the industry with a limited number of superior-quality products and to support them with highly-trained, customer-driven, technically-competent service people, supported by a comprehensive range of spares.
Its list of overseas principals are based on the philosophy of giving our customers the very best technology available. While Muller Martini was its first agency, it has subsequently added the Koenig & Bauer Group in Germany; Delphax, Betz Technologies, Horauf, Bottcher, ContiTech, Weilburger, and Conflandey.
Trelleborg Printing Blankets
Trelleborg manufactures Vulcan (formerly Reeves) and Rollin (formerly MacDermid) offset printing blankets in the web, sheetfed, newspaper, business forms, metal decorating, and packaging markets.
As one of the world's largest and most diversified manufacturer of printing blankets, Trelleborg, has almost 100 years invested in the printing industry.
This knowledge, combined with our innovative technology, patented processes, vertical integration, and total quality management, distinguishes us from our competitors and helps us satisfy the specific needs of a demanding and fast-changing global printing market.
Screen
Screen Europe is part of Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd, Kyoto, Japan, one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers of system components for the prepress and printing industries. Its large range of equipment includes workflow systems, RIPs, proofing systems, computer-to-plate platesetters, digital offset and digital inkjet printing presses. The company is also a well-known manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries.
Media and Precision Technology Company is the graphic arts equipment business and manufacturing division of Dainippon Screen. From the origin of this company in 1943 the Media and Precision Technology group companies have revolutionised the printing sector by developing innovative technology and continue to contribute to the progression of the worldwide graphic arts industries.
UPM
UPM is one of the world's leading forest industry groups. Its vision is to be the front-runner in the new forest industry and to create value by offering competitive products and services to customers worldwide. UPM's products are manufactured from renewable and recyclable materials.
UPM consists of three Business Groups: Energy and Pulp, Paper, and Engineered Materials. It has production facilities in 14 countries and employs some 24,000 people worldwide.
Whether you are printing magazines, catalogues, supplements, brochures or advertising material, paper is an important factor influencing the print quality. You want the best printing result for your customers and so do we. UPM has a complete portfolio and wide range of papers for all printing methods including digital, and end uses for your specific needs.
EFI VUTEk Printing Solutions
Market-leading EFI Vutek superwide digital inkjet printers and inks cater to mid-to-high-end speciality print shops. The award-winning printers have a reputation for speed, high productivity and exceptional colour quality. Its extensive line of high-quality solvent and UV-inks also are known for their purity, consistency and durability.
• Delivers all the benefits of digital printing. Businesses can customise messaging, lower costs with short print runs and dramatically reduce production times for greater profit potential.
• Vutek printers deliver high-quality, colour-rich output on a wide range of flexible and rigid substrates quickly and easily.
• Its premium inks are custom formulated for each digital printer to provide the highest colour quality, durability, performance, reliability and printer-to-printer consistency.
• EFI BioVu inks are made from renewable resources, primarily corn, so they are good for the environment and for business anywhere in the world.
Xerox / Bytes Document Solutions
Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, is a R1,8 billion-a-year company made up of three business components:
• The sole authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries, engaged in the marketing and servicing of the complete range of Xerox document equipment, software, solutions and services and operating through an extensive network of distributors, dealers, concessionaires and channel partners;
• One of the largest South African paper merchants through NOR Paper;
• Africas leading digital printing and mailing bureau through Lasercom
Bytes Document Solutions acquired NOR Papers in 2008, which added to its existing paper business and made it one of the largest suppliers of paper in the country. LaserCom is the national leader in personalised communication solutions and delivers mailing services, data printing, print on demand, electronic document delivery and transpromo direct marketing services.
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