Jazmin Cordero, marketing and event co-ordinator, Harper Corp. of America: “Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is happy to report that its participation at Labelexpo Europe 2015 was a major success. The event provided attendees with the opportunity to learn about the latest products and services. Harper housed a display of its HIVE (High Imaging Volume Engravings) line of engravings series and its award-winning patented QD™ ink proofing and flatbed printing system, which generated a great deal of attention among event attendees.”
Ronen Zioni, marketing director, EMEA, HP Graphic Solutions Business: “For me, this year’s Labelexpo Europe tradeshow proved that labels and packaging remains one of the most exciting markets to be in today. What’s more, it showed how digital print is the clear choice for those seeking run length flexibility and the ability to service a wide range of changing end-customer/brand requirements. Reflecting this trend, and further demonstrating HP Indigo’s position as the digital technology of choice, HP took numerous show floor orders for a variety of presses including the HP Indigo WS6800, 20000 and 30000 Digital Presses. We also used Labelexpo to highlight our new technologies, including the HP SmartStream Mosaic software, which enables the automatic creation of millions of unique designs. This was incredibly well received by the market, facilitating new application and revenue opportunities. Labelexpo Europe 2015 didn’t disappoint, we had a great show.”
Claudia Lindtner, management assistant/marketing manager, HUECK FOLIEN: “This year’s Labelexpo Europe was a very successful event with a lot of interesting contacts and discussions for HUECK FOLIEN. One of the highlights in Brussels was the presentation of the company’s latest product development “PAXAFE”. This innovative product is a facestock material for security labels based on paper which shows an invisible tamper evident pattern.”
Paddy O’Hara, director of technology, IIJ: “The show was a great success for IIJ, which has a fast-growing reputation in the label markets as well as further afield. Visitors flocked to our stand and we’ve taken away many good quality leads. We’re also expecting to confirm the sale of the actual machine we had on our stand to a UK customer who wants installation before Christmas. We were delighted also that the show gave us the opportunity to launch Spilker into the digital cold foil market for label production with help also from Kurz.Successful results were achieved with cold foil at 25m / min, using our 142 color print system and Konica Minolta latest printheads for the variable data for Spilker’s system running at the show. Results have been extremely impressive. Visitors saw the results themselves on our stand and really appreciated the incredible quality being produced.“
Nathan Daniel, global sales manager (label equipment), Impression Technology Europe: “As always the Labelexpo Europe show provided an excellent stage for our company to showcase new products. This year saw over 300 individual leads generated at the Impression Technology Europe booth. The show saw the debut of two standout pieces of equipment, the Vortex 850R MP, a low cost inline label printing and finishing solution powered by a Memjet engine and the Eclipse DC220 standalone semi-rotary finishing unit, the latest member of the world renowned Eclipse finishing range. The new additions proved exceptionally popular, with the first ever Eclipse DC220 being sold within two hours of the show opening. The market leading Eclipse LF3 Digital finisher and its larger relation the LF350 saw a continued high level of interest which we expect to translate into good sales figures over the coming months. Labelexpo was also our first public appearance as the master distributor for the EMEA region of RTI Digital’s narrow format Memjet label printer range, Vortex.”
Karin Dippel, head of corporate communications, Inometa: “Closing the booth at Labelexpo Europe 2015 INOMETA can announce one of the best results since our first participation. Honoring the excellent quality and customer support clients from all branches and from all over the world visited INOMETA stand to pick up information about our innovations and newest technology. Focus during this year’s show on the INOMETA booth has been on different roller coatings for printing and converting but also our newest Anilox engraving technics and the outstanding new mounting sleeves and adapters for all machine types.”
Kai Schildwächter, sales director, ITW Foils Europe: “At the eye catching booth of ITW Foils & Thermal Films there was lots of activity. We were impressed by the number of visitors and the great interest in our products, especially our new versatile hot stamping foil ‘GS Premium’, which we officially launched during this exhibition. It was a real pleasure and we enjoyed many inspiring conversations. We consider our participation at Labelexpo Europe 2015 a great success and the number of generated leads (+45 percent (!) compared to Labelexpo 2013) exceeded all our expectations.”
Koichi Yoshihama, Iwasaki International: “It was really great show because we were able to introduce a new machine to a lot of people, and got more than 50 hot inquiries and also could have several contracts. The influence of Labelexpo is very large. We surely say that we will be join next Labelexpo.”
Sally-Anne Heaford, J M Heaford: “Heafords had another record breaking Labelexpo Europe at their tenth consecutive show. Once again the award winning and innovative “FTS” Narrow Web Flexo Plate Mounter, which radically simplifies and speeds up the mounting process, was seen by hundreds of visitors to the stand. The ease of use, repeatable accuracy and speed offer buyers semi-automation. Having introduced the FTS at Labelexpo 2013 the ROI in less than a year has been proven and many customers are now purchasing multiple units. The new digital cameras and Digital Vision System enhance the interface further. We are now very busy responding to all the show inquiries.”
Meri Anckar, Jujo Thermal: “Jujo Thermal Ltd wants to thank all its visitors at Labelexpo Europe 2015. We exhibited new products and new concepts at the show, such as thermal film, top coated products, non-phenol products and security products. These solutions received a very positive reaction among our visitors. We are delighted that so many people visited our stand, and for the opportunity to serve existing customers and to meet several new players.”
Kasia Gozdzinska, sales manager, JURMET: “Jurment Company has exhibited at Labelexpo Europe six times and this year’s show was certainly the best for us in terms of generated sales leads, new distributors gained and direct sales. Compared to the previous show we gained 73 percent more sales leads. Some of them already placed an order. In fact during the show we finalized four sales of our newest multipurpose slitter-rewinder Langer3 designed to slit foils, labels, paper and aluminum film. We expect to receive more new orders just after the show as the machine's unique features such as working speed 450 m./min. unwind diameter 800 mm, rewind diameter 600 mm and working width up to 600 mm suit most of our customers active in label market. Moreover our newest CATER-d programmable core cutter designed for 1" and 3" ID cores was also of great interest as its robust construction allows to slit up to 20 mm wall thick.”
Hiroaki Tabata, senior manager, professional print planning, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe: “Our participation at Labelexpo Europe exceeded all our expectations. We achieved our maximum target with regards to generated leads and sales outlooks are very promising. The expo visitors confirmed the need of the market for a toner based engine in the mid-range—verifying that our bizhub PRESS C71cf is an ideal label printer for profitable short to mid runs for an affordable investment. Labelexpo delivered on the promise to be the event of the industry and we are convinced to have made the right decision with an investment into our extraordinarily well-received booth at the show.”