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gave us a different story; they
say that they also want to cre-
ate packaging for one person.
Customized packaging attracts
value in the market, especially
for special occasions, and con-
sumers don’t hesitate to spend
extra on such occasions. Our
digital presses are ideal for
such customer demands, and
we want to encourage brands
to team up with our customers
for personalized packaging.”
DRUPA 2020 TO OPEN UP NEW
POSSIBILITIES IN MARKET
Konica Minolta team alongside the newly launched roll-to-roll digital label press, AccurioLabel
230. Photo IPP-GROUP
cals and food. The investment
in IP solutions is extremely
high. We don’t want to be the
kind of company that sells the
press and forgets about its cus-
tomers. Our main motive has
always been to grow together
with our customers. Though
the 3DW machine hasn’t yet
been installed in India, we’re
showing its products at the
event. The idea is to create a
buzz before it enters the mar-
ket,” said Vijay Kamat, national
product manager – Industrial
Print, Konica Minolta.
He further added that some
customers are even keen to ex-
port printed work. Hence, KM
is looking to target export op-
portunities for its customers at
the event. KM expects to meet
as many brands as possible
during the show. It is also look-
ing to target representatives of
various brands from the pack-
aging development depart-
ment. “They influence internal
marketing decisions and have
the deciding authority. They
typically are the focal points of
the packaging companies,” Ka-
mat stated.
IP APPLICATIONS DEMO DAY
Konica Minolta India organized
an Industrial Printing Applica-
tions Demo Day on 9 Decem-
ber 2019, where it invited print
buyers to demonstrate its port-
folio of digital printing presses
and embellishment machines.
Companies such as Nestle,
Dabur, Samsung and Bacardi
were invited to the Konica Mi-
nolta Demo Innovation Center
in Gurugram, Haryana. Along
with these companies, KM also
invited some graphic design-
ers from design agencies who
influence the decisions of sig-
nificant print buyers across the
country.
KM demonstrated samples
printed on its webfed Accurio-
Label 230 digital label press,
the MGI JetVarnish digital em-
bellishment machine and the
AccurioJet KM1 – the B2 sized
sheetfed inkjet press from
Konica Minolta. Apart from the
printed, enhanced and diecut
samples, it also showcased its
presses – the KM AccurioLa-
bel 230, and two variants of
the MGI JetVarnish machine, a
14-inch variant and a 29-inch
larger format variant meant for
packaging embellishment.
Talking about the 29-inch
model of the MGI JetVarnish,
Kamat said, “We have not yet
been able to install a 29-inch
variant in India which is for
the packaging market. Most
of the packaging companies
tell us that they usually do not
have short-run printing work,
but have long runs. However,
our interaction with end-users
MGI JetVarnish digital embel-
lishment press comes in three
variants – 14 inch, 20 inch,
and 29 inch. The company has
quite a few installations for its
14-inch entry-level option while
it has installed the 20-inch mid-
sized variant in Ahmedabad.
There are a couple of custom-
ers that Konica Minolta is in
talks with for the 29-inch digi-
tal embellishment press. Yet,
the KM team in India thinks
that customers seem to prefer
to wait till drupa for further
technological advancements in
the machine before finalizing.
On the other hand, Kamat said
that the requirement for the
14-inch model has shot up sud-
denly in the market.
“drupa 2020 is going to be
the deciding factor for many
investments in India. For larger
investments, higher Capex is
required where drupa will play
a key role in explaining the
possibilities and applications
of high-end machines in the
market – in turn, driving the
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investment plans of customers.
However, we do tell all our cus-
tomers that our products are
drupa-compliant in the sense
that any change in the technol-
ogy introduced at drupa can
be installed on machines pur-
chased from now to drupa,”
Kamat explained.
LABELEXPO 2019 AT BRUSSELS
Konica Minolta demonstrated
the MGI 3DW its roll-to-roll
digital embellishment label
press along with its latest digi-
tal label press, AccurioLabel
230, at Labelexpo Europe in
Brussels. The MGI machine has
eight installations worldwide
thus far. However, it is yet to
be launched in India. Konica
Minolta India may launch the
MGI 3DW early next year.
“Out of 60 visitors who
were interested in the press,
15 were from India. I think MGI
3DW will attract numerous la-
bel printers in India. Again,
this press will require a huge
investment. Even though we
didn’t discuss the commercials
at the stand during the event,
I’m sure that quite a few of
the 15 interested printers will
go ahead once it is launched
in the country,” said Kamat.
Konica Minolta India has so far
installed one KM C71 CF, one
AL 230 and three AL 190 digi-
tal label presses. With the MGI
3DW press, printers can cre-
ate an embossed foil effect on
the labels, unlike the usual de-
bossed effect post foil through
the traditional method.
The 29-inch model of MGI JetVarnish digital embellishment press displayed by Konica Minolta.
Photo IPP-GROUP