HP Graphics Solutions Portfolio Fuels Printing Industry Transformation

11102013

HP Graphics Solutions Portfolio Fuels Printing Industry Transformation HP highlights new customer adoptions in Asia Pacific and Japan

New Delhi, India, October 11, 2013 — HP today announced continued adoption of its industry-leading digital printing portfolio across Asia Pacific and Japan, highlighting new customer adoptions driven by the ability of HP technology to provide differentiation and improve customers’ competitive advantage.

The analog printing market is projected to grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of just 1.2 percent through 2016,⁽¹⁾challenging printing companies to identify ways to grow business with existing customers and to reach new audiences. With HP Digital Presses growing at double-digit percent CAGR, ⁽²⁾ HP delivers this path to growth, helping printing companies expand their businesses with a broader range of applications and faster turnaround times.

“Changing commercial printing business conditions are forcing printing companies to take a hard look at their technology, application offerings and how they create a competitive advantage in the marketplace,” said Gido van Praag, vice president and general manager, Graphics Solutions Business, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. “HP’s digital solutions’ portfolio is the future of the printing industry, fueling a transformation from analog to digital while offering printing companies new avenues to enhance profitability.”

Advancing the industry with HP Indigo Digital Presses

HP recently marked the 20-year anniversary of HP Indigo’s first press launch at IPEX 93. This is a symbolic milestone for HP Indigo, which is now experiencing strong adoption of its fourth generation of presses. As of September 2013, the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press has had more than 60 installations in more than 20 countries. Regional customers that have purchased HP Indigo Digital Presses include:

• PrimaGraphia Digital and PT Suburmitra Grafistama, both leading commercial printing companies in Indonesia who are looking to ramp up their existing digital printing capabilities and strengthen their competitive edge with the early adoption of the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press.
• Korea-based Photomon is the first printer to install the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press locally. With this addition to their HP printing fleet, the company will be able to significantly enhance its speed of operations and move into high-value packaging print work.
• An order for the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press by Glo Color Labs Pvt Ltd will drive further growth in its commercial printing segment while providing new and innovative products to the photo industry in India.
• Printonica (Sri Sivarama Digital Press), India, installed the HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press to enhance the company’s ability to apply special effects and supply world-class photo books to its customers.
• In Japan, momentum continues to build with Taisei Futaba Industry Co., ltd., East Asahi Co., Ltd. and SANKO Co., Ltd. selecting the HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press as their platform for growth into hybrid printing and a wide range of high-value commercial printing applications.
• Australia-based CMYK Hub which operates on a business-to-business model, was quick to take on a second press, the HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press, after seeing a rapid growth in its digital printing output soon after their investment in the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press.
• CyberPrintGroup, installed the HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press at their print facility in Thailand to extend their printing capabilities into new application areas, such as printing on plastic and metallic substrates.
• Thailand-based printing specialist, Thung Hua Sinn Co.Ltd, added the HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press to its growing digital printing fleet to take on wider paper packaging and label jobs, as well as move into high-value applications such as premium carton packaging and finished product samples.
• An order for the HP Indigo WS66000 Digital Press by NODA Printing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd will enhance its productivity and provide high-quality printing solutions for its high-volume labels and packaging production.

With the increased adoption and use of HP digital presses, more and more customers are benefitting from the power of digital to deliver higher productivity, high-value applications and offset quality.

“Installing the HP Indigo 10000 has widened the scope of our business. As a company which relied on 90% of its workload from the wedding industry we now have the capability to venture into the field of publishing, commercial printing, packaging, and proofing etc. We are able to cater to all printing solutions thanks to the HP Indigo, delivering quality, speed and consistency, while remaining economical. The currently installed press is fifth in a row of HP presses and each press installed on our premise delivers great capacities with efficiency and is enabling us to explore new revenue streams. In the near future we are looking at acquiring two new HP Indigo 7600 presses as well.” said T.S. Ramanan, MD, GLO Color Lab.

Customers invest in HP Inkjet Web Presses to grow businesses

Printing nearly 2 billion pages per month at customer sites worldwide—enough to circle the Earth more than 14 times every month—HP Inkjet Web Presses are helping customers transform their businesses. Pages printed on HP Inkjet Web Presses grew high double-digit percent in Q3 2013 versus a year ago, driven by customers such as Hucais Group Co.Ltd with HP T410 and T350 Color Inkjet Web Presses and CTPS Digiprints with HP T410 and HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Presses in China, as well as UK-based Communisis, which has doubled its capacity with recent installations.

Additionally, Philippines-based Vibal Publishing House Inc., will also be adding the HP T230 Color Inkjet Web Press to its HP printing fleet to grow their publishing business.

“With today’s publishing market demanding smaller print runs and faster turn-around times, we had to invest in technologies that can optimize our workflow,” said Gaspar A. Vibal, President, Vibal Publishing House, Inc. “We made the decision to invest in the HP T230 Color Inkjet Web Press as we are confident that it will help to significantly improve our turnaround time while delivering excellent print quality.”

Strong momentum continues with HP’s recently launched large format printing platforms 

Following the recent introduction of HP Latex 3000 Printer and HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press, early customer adoption has been quick. These include installations of the HP Latex 3000 Printer by printing companies such as Shanghai Kangda Penhua Co., Ltd, ABC Photosigns, Q-Advertising Co., Ltd and Active-Adval. Active-Adval, Australia’s largest point of sale (POS) display and signage organization, is also the first in Asia Pacific to order and install the newly available HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press.  

Customers continue to embrace the new printing platforms for greater productivity, versatility and cost-efficiency. They include:

• The first installation of HP Latex 3000 Printer in Japan by ING Graphic Arts co., Ltd to increase productivity and provide value-added services to its customers.
• The installation of HP Latex 3000 Printer by Korea-based Wizard to increase its printing capacity and expand its business from sign and design to large-format printing such as wall-covering.
• PrimaGraphia Digital, also a strong player in the large format printing business, will soon be installing the HP Latex 3000 Printer to extend its lead over the competition by providing its customers with even better print quality and color consistency.
• The first installation of HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press in Japan by TOKYO Lithmatic Corporation to boost digital printing productivity to take on a rapidly increasing number of short-run offset print jobs.

“With the rising volume of on-demand and variable data print jobs, it became apparent to us that we had to increase the productivity of our digital operations while keeping costs down,” said Ryuichi Suzuki, president, TOKYO Lithmatic Corporation.  “The HP Scitex FB10000 Industrial Press addresses our needs, and its ability to print directly to a wide variety of materials also significantly reduces the production process.”

More information about the latest additions to the HP Graphics Solutions Business is available at www.hp.com/go/GSB. Product videos and updates are available on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hpgraphicarts and on YouTube atwww.youtube.com/hpgraphicarts.