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Konica Minolta führt als erstes Unternehmen Druckmaschinen mit EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software und neuer Hardware ein (c) EFI GmbH
EFI Fiery FS500
11.05.2022

EFI Fiery FS500 Pro bei Konica Minolta

  • Konica Minolta führt als erstes Unternehmen Druckmaschinen mit EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software und neuer Hardware ein
  • Fünf neue Fiery Server verkürzen die Auftragsvorbereitungszeit und sorgen für Farbpräzision und einen höheren Gesamtdurchsatz  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. und Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) haben die Fortsetzung ihrer langjährigen Partnerschaft mit der Einführung von fünf neuen digitalen Front-Ends von EFI™ Fiery® bekannt gegeben, die auf der neuesten Fiery Plattform, dem Fiery FS500 Pro, basieren.
 

  • Konica Minolta führt als erstes Unternehmen Druckmaschinen mit EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software und neuer Hardware ein
  • Fünf neue Fiery Server verkürzen die Auftragsvorbereitungszeit und sorgen für Farbpräzision und einen höheren Gesamtdurchsatz  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. und Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) haben die Fortsetzung ihrer langjährigen Partnerschaft mit der Einführung von fünf neuen digitalen Front-Ends von EFI™ Fiery® bekannt gegeben, die auf der neuesten Fiery Plattform, dem Fiery FS500 Pro, basieren.
 
Im heutigen schnelllebigen Geschäftsumfeld sehen sich die Kunden mit der Forderung nach kleineren Auflagen und wettbewerbsfähigen Preisen konfrontiert. Diese neuen, produktiveren digitalen Front-Ends von Fiery bieten Tools für die Preflight-Prüfung, intelligente Automatisierungsfunktionen und Farbmanagementtechnologien, die dafür sorgen, dass Druckereien ihre Dokumente gleich beim ersten Mal korrekt und zu den niedrigsten Kosten produzieren: JobExpert wählt die korrekten Auftragseigenschaften aus, Spot Pro optimiert Sonderfarben, Fiery Preflight erkennt Fehler und Fiery Finishing Designer fügt visuelle Markierungen für die Weiterverarbeitung hinzu. Mit diesen Funktionen können Kunden das Gesamtproduktionsvolumen erhöhen und mehr Aufträge pro Schicht erledigen, während Druckbetriebe gleichzeitig die Möglichkeit erhalten, neue Wachstumschancen zu nutzen.   
 
"Mit diesen neuen digitalen EFI Fiery Front-Ends erweitern wir die Möglichkeiten der AccurioPress-Anwender", so Olaf Lorenz, General Manager DX Branding Division bei Konica Minolta, Inc. "Wir freuen uns, die ersten zu sein, die diese leistungsstarken neuen digitalen Front-Ends integrieren können, da sie das Digitaldruckportfolio von Konica Minolta um weitere wettbewerbsfähige Funktionen ausbauen."
 
EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Server bieten ein höheres Nutzenversprechen
Die neue Fiery FS500 Pro Serverplattform bietet Druckdienstleistern, die Druckmaschinen von Konica Minolta betreiben, zahlreiche Vorteile.

"Die neue Plattform Fiery FS500 Pro bietet eine höhere Geschwindigkeit, einen höheren Automatisierungsgrad und mehr Möglichkeiten als andere digitale Front-Ends", erklärt John Henze, Vice President of Sales and Marketing bei EFI Fiery. "Intelligente Automatisierungslösungen in diesen neuen digitalen EFI Fiery Front-Ends ersparen den Kunden auch Arbeitskosten und -zeit, indem sie die Notwendigkeit der manuellen Prüfung von Druckaufträgen minimieren, die automatisierte Steuerung verbessern und den Druck einer Testdatei zur Bestimmung der Position von Weiterverarbeitungslinien überflüssig machen.
 
All dies verkürzt die Zykluszeit und erhöht die Chancen der Kunden auf Gewinn, während gleichzeitig sichergestellt wird, dass sie ihre Kunden wiederum mit präzisen und schnell ausgeführten Druckaufträgen begeistern können. Die Verringerung der Zeit, die Druckvorstufen- und Druckmaschinenbediener für diese sich wiederholenden Aufgaben aufwenden müssen, hilft Druckereibesitzern auch dabei, ihre Mitarbeiter effizienter einzusetzen und so die Schwierigkeiten zu kompensieren, die sie bei der Einstellung und Bindung von Fachkräften in der heutigen Wirtschaft mit ihren schwierigen Rahmenbedingungen für die Beschäftigung haben."

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Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  (c) EFI
EFI Fiery®
04.05.2022

Konica Minolta and EFI Fiery New Launch

  • Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  
  • Five new Fiery servers reduce job prep time while helping to ensure colour accuracy and higher overall throughput  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) have announced a continuation of their long-term partnership with the release of five new EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) based on the newest Fiery platform, Fiery FS500 Pro.
 
The new solutions EFI and Konica Minolta are announcing include:

·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000/C12000 colour production presses for the high-end production printing market
·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318L v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C7100/C7090 light-production colour presses
·        EFI Fiery IC-317 and IC-419 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080/C4070 and AccurioPrint C4065 printers.
 

  • Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  
  • Five new Fiery servers reduce job prep time while helping to ensure colour accuracy and higher overall throughput  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) have announced a continuation of their long-term partnership with the release of five new EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) based on the newest Fiery platform, Fiery FS500 Pro.
 
The new solutions EFI and Konica Minolta are announcing include:

·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000/C12000 colour production presses for the high-end production printing market
·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318L v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C7100/C7090 light-production colour presses
·        EFI Fiery IC-317 and IC-419 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080/C4070 and AccurioPrint C4065 printers.
 
“With these new EFI Fiery DFEs, we continue to extend the range of what AccurioPress users can achieve,” said Olaf Lorenz, General Manager DX Branding Division Konica Minolta, Inc. “We are pleased to be the first to bring these powerful new DFE solutions into our portfolio as they bring more competitive capabilities to Konica Minolta’s digital printing portfolio.”
 
EFI Fiery FS500 Pro servers offer a higher value proposition
 
“The Fiery FS500 Pro new platform offers advanced speed, higher automation and more capability than other digital front ends,” said John Henze, vice president of sales and marketing, EFI Fiery. “Intelligent automation solutions in these new EFI Fiery DFEs also save customers labour cost and time by minimising the need for manual inspection of print jobs, improving automated u management, and eliminating the need to print a test file to determine where to place finishing lines.
 
“All this decreases cycle time and increases customers’ profit opportunities, while ensuring that they can delight their clients with printing that gets completed accurately and quickly. Reducing the time prepress and press operators must spend on these repetitive tasks also helps print business owners make staff more efficient, offsetting the difficulties they have hiring and retaining talent in today’s labour-constrained economy.”

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EFI GmbH

07.05.2018

Clariant showcases support for North America’s plastics industry growth

  • Additives, pigments and masterbatches for transportation, packaging, textiles & fibers
  • Support to “future-proof” medical applications
  • Contributing towards more sustainable engineering plastics

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, turns the spotlight on its increasing on-the-ground support and innovation focus for North America’s four key plastics application segments at NPE 2018 Booth S18155.

Clariant is pushing forward with plans for growth in the region by advancing R&D competencies, and increasing its manufacturing footprint and technical capabilities across its 50+ sites, 3 R&D and 6 technical innovation centers. Clariant’s innovations for the plastics industry include advanced additives, masterbatches and pigments which support the packaging sector in engaging consumers via differentiated, convenient solutions. At NPE, it will also highlight solutions for enhancing and protecting healthcare products, as well as its contribution to stronger and colorful textiles and fibers for everything from e-mobility to industrial applications.

  • Additives, pigments and masterbatches for transportation, packaging, textiles & fibers
  • Support to “future-proof” medical applications
  • Contributing towards more sustainable engineering plastics

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, turns the spotlight on its increasing on-the-ground support and innovation focus for North America’s four key plastics application segments at NPE 2018 Booth S18155.

Clariant is pushing forward with plans for growth in the region by advancing R&D competencies, and increasing its manufacturing footprint and technical capabilities across its 50+ sites, 3 R&D and 6 technical innovation centers. Clariant’s innovations for the plastics industry include advanced additives, masterbatches and pigments which support the packaging sector in engaging consumers via differentiated, convenient solutions. At NPE, it will also highlight solutions for enhancing and protecting healthcare products, as well as its contribution to stronger and colorful textiles and fibers for everything from e-mobility to industrial applications.

Deepak Parikh, president of region North America, Clariant comments: “Clariant’s product innovation for the US and wider North American plastics industry embraces the region’s fastest growing end-use areas of automotive and construction. It also addresses the impact of trends driven by changing consumer lifestyle preferences and market regulations on other important segments such as packaging and healthcare.”

Transportation
Clariant brings color and protection to support the increasing use of engineering plastics and high temperture resins in automotive interiors, exteriors and under-the-hood. Halogen-free Exolit® OP 1400 provides outstanding flame retardancy to polyamide parts, enhances safety with UL 94 V0 performance down to 0.4 mm and enables the molding of complex parts with no mold deposits and blooming. Exolit OP 1400 has been awarded the Clariant EcoTain®label for outstanding sustainability and performance. At the same time, Clariant offers low-halogen controlled high-performance PV Fast® pigmentswith excellent migration and weather fastness properties to meet the high requirements of today’s transportation and automotive industry. Easy processing Renol® compounds and masterbatches for engineering and high temperature resins provide heat and light stability, and flame retardancy, while maintaining critical flow properties in parts like SMT connectors. Importantly, they are available as small lots which enables customers to purchase only what they require and contribute to a reduction in their carbon footprint.

Packaging
As US packaging manufacturers explore more consumer-friendly, lighterweight and appealing solutions, Clariant is on hand to support their functionality, sustainability-related and color desires. Clariant Pigments has an innovative cooperation with Konica Minolta and matchmycolor to enable fast, precise and efficient color matching of HDPE products, using select organic PV Fast and Graphtol® pigments that comply with FDA regulations. The ColorWorks®center in Chicago is dedicated to US brand managers and designers with teams of color design experts to create color formulations faster than ever before for bottles, caps, closures and films.

According to market reports, plastic pouches are gaining share from traditional pack types in packaged food and are mainstream in home care. To support smoother and more environmentally-compatible processing especially for film applications, Clariant offers an FDA-compliant, vegetable-based powder amide wax, Licolub® FA 1, which acts as a slip and anti-block agent. It is suitable for polyolefins and PVC.

Textiles & Fiber
At NPE 2018, Clariant puts the focus on strong and colorful textiles, carpets and industrial fibers. New AddWorks® TFB 117 offers a number of benefits to help stabilize and smoothen fiber production processes, protect color, and improve heat stability and mechanical properties of fibers. AddWorks TFB 117 ensures smooth spinnability with less filaments breakage, even at low processing temperatures and at high speed spinning up to 5,500 m/min. Clariant also offers a broad range of colorants for polypropylene, polyester, polyamide and acrylic fibers, featuring migration fastness, chemical stability, light- and weather-fastness.

Healthcare
Clariant supports risk control and regulatory compliance for medical polymer and pharmaceutical packaging solutions. Its Mevopur® color and performance masterbatches and compounds include a USP Class 6 line of compliant products and multiple global ISO, 87, 88, and 661.1 certifications ahead of the market deadline. Clariant also offers selected FDA-compliant organic pigments and polymer soluble dyes that meet purity migration fastness as well as toxicological properties for medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging.