Finishing & Screen Printing

Hunkeler Innovation Days 2009

Monday 01. December 2008 - High Performance

Full color finishing as the new challenge, web widths of up to 670mm, and the workflow automation with web inspection and tracking systems are the main focus of the Hunkeler Innovationdays.2009 in Lucerne.

Exhibition space almost doubles
The Innovationdays.2009 opens its doors from February 16 – 19, 2009 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The industry event in its eight year continues to grow, adding more space, new partners and more international visitors. The expansion into a second exhibition hall brings the utilized space from 5000 to 9000 m2.
The Innovationdays continues to be the industry event where visitors can see and touch a wide range of integrated solutions in an intimate atmosphere. As in the past, an imported part of the Innovationdays are our 60 partners and co-exhibitors, ranging from well known names of the digital printer manufacturers to solutions providers for pre-press, consumables, and finishing.

Industry event offers real and congruent applications
One of the main attractions of the Innovationdays is the focus on real and usable applications. In Lucerne the exhibitors do not showcase single solutions but congruous applications centering on true customers needs. In close collaboration our partners’ systems, joined with Hunkeler finishing solutions show a connected workflow concept. The synergies can be seen everywhere: in the digital printing of a mailing product, to added value finishing on a Hunkeler web finishing line, and the continued quality control and tracking of the products and jobs all the way to automated reprints. The Hunkeler Web Inspection System WI6 with Site Manager is used for communication and quality control.
Overall the Hunkeler Innovationdays offer high praxis relevance and give the visitors new ideas that can be discussed with the experts right then and there.

The quality assurance of POPP6
In the center of the Innovationdays.2009 are the numerous new digital color printing systems and the special requirements for the finishing of the different substrates. The gentle handling of these products is of the utmost importance and presents the challenge for which the Hunkeler POPP6 generation of finishing equipment has been designed. Especially the durable and reliable rotary cutting process of the CS6 and the vacuum belt based non-stop stacker LS6 ensure a sheet transport without scuffing and marking. Thus the highest quality can be guaranteed from the first to the last product even with very demanding or delicate substrates.

Huncolor masters the challenges of the future
All the outstanding advantages in terms of process quality, versatility, and economy of the POPP6 generation are combined in the Hunkeler quality label of «huncolor». For especially demanding applications the quality control and tracking, utilizing the user friendly and intelligent Web Inspection System WI6 has gained strong demand. Particularly the new full color version is a true Hunkeler innovation and the best solution of its kind on the market.
The considerable advantages of the POPP6 family are also available now for the web width of up to 670mm with the new POPP7 generation of machines. With this group of components Hunkeler again strengthens its leadership position in the finishing arena of digital printed products.

Variweb variability and flexibility
The highlight in the Web-Finishing segment is the production of intelligent forms with RFID transponders (smart products) on the Variweb. New applications offer the manufacturers of smart products new opportunities to differentiate themselves in the market place.
New developments in the Variweb family of modules offer new ways to create and produce interesting new single sheet mailers.

Process integration all the way to paper waste evacuation
The process integration of the solutions continues. With the shredders and waste evacuation systems from Hunkeler Systeme AG the process integration is complete. Perfect systems for any application or job, from compact single line systems to complete waste evacuation solutions for the entire print factory, will again be in operation at the Innovationdays.2009. The new compact waste evacuation specifically designed for the Hunkeler CS6-ll high speed cutter will be seen in action for the first time.

Doxnet on site
Again part of the program of the Innovationdays.2009 is the Doxnet-Forum on site (formerly called Xplor on site). The event offers not only relevant and timely presentations but is the platform to meet and discuss industry topics with industry experts.