Reduce costs through optimised colour space utilisation - More efficiency with consistently high quality.
Standardisation and process reliability - Achieve economically consistent results with GMG solutions.
Competitive advantages through colour stability - Multicolor as the key to brand loyalty and production reliability.

How can the efficiency of the machine be increased by determining consumption data for each order and which role does a condition monitoring system play here?

This presentation explores smartGRAVURE, a system designed to digitalize the gravure printing workflow while retaining the quality advantages of traditional gravure.
Conventional gravure printing relies on analog setup,multiple spot colors, and operator expertise, which can lead to high ink consumption, long setup times, and variability between jobs. smartGRAVURE addresses these issues through:
• Extended color gamut printing (oneECG), reducing the need for spot colors
• Digital job preparation and setup (oneSET), minimizing setup time and operator dependency
• Inline color measurement and adjustment (onePRINT), ensuring consistent color across runs and substrates
• Data connectivity, enabling process monitoring and analysis

By integrating these modules, the system provides a fully digitalized gravure workflow with reduced complexity, improved reproducibility, and more efficient use of inks and substrates.

Some developments start quietly - but still have the potential to change an entire industry. In an industrial area in Herford, four companies are working on just such a turning point. Their common goal goes far beyond pure process optimisation. The partners involved - Allstein, Esko, Kongsberg and Asahi Photoproducts - are sending out a clear signal: to establish flexographic printing not only more efficiently, but also as a strategically competitive alternative to gravure printing. Especially in markets where rotogravure is historically well established, such as in Asia, this is becoming a real alternative.

‘At a time when qualified specialists are only available to a limited extent, the challenge in flexographic printing is also to deploy them in a more targeted manner and to largely automate standardisable tasks.’ The project is not just a showcase, but a forward-looking blueprint for the packaging printing of tomorrow.

Extended Colour Gamut (ECG) is becoming increasingly important in Europe - driven by sustainability requirements and broad acceptance in the USA. What needs to be considered and where are the challenges? This session provides an insight into the key differences between analogue and digital fixed palette applications and explains why integrated prepress colour workflows are becoming a competitive advantage.