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News Release from: Kodak Graphic Communications Group | Subject: Matchprint, Real Time Proof, Exastore, Directworks
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2005
KPG's Digital Partnerships Grow European
Business
Having announced industry partnerships with Canon, Nexpress, Encad and Exanet, Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) said its digital systems portfolio is making a strong contribution.
Having announced industry partnerships with Canon, Nexpress, Encad and Exanet, Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) said its digital systems portfolio is making a strong contribution to its European business With those digital partnerships in place, supported by a range of its own systems and services, KPG believes it is providing the graphic arts industry with a portfolio of products that supports the growing needs of the dynamic digital marketplace
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Further demonstrating its commitment in that area, KPG has just used Graphintro in Barcelona to showcase its complete range of digital products and services and for the first time in Europe, with live demonstrations of Kodak's Nexpress 2100 digital press.
KPG's Digital Solutions Division's product portfolio includes Kodak's Nexpress 2100 digital press and Digimaster products, Canon's range of CLC printers - 1180, 3220 and 5100 - for short run and variable data applications and Encad's Novajet 1000i for high-speed production and photo-quality output.
Those products are supported by KPG's Matchprint virtual proofing system, Real Time Proof, Exastore and KPG's Directworks integrated and automated workflow system.
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Ronald Van Hees, business development manager for short run colour systems at KPG, Europe commented: "KPG has spent the last year cultivating strong relationships and building a total systems product portfolio.
With the launch of Nexpress, Canon and Encad distribution agreements in Europe, KPG has become one of the strongest players in the graphic arts digital marketplace.
The Graphintro trade show provided a fundamental platform to showcase our complete range of products and services and the uptake and feedback from visitors and customers has been immense.
We are already experiencing positive sales activity across Europe for Nexpress and Canon products and we're looking forward to continued partnerships and further success throughout the rest of 2005." Sandra Tayama, who is responsible for new business and marketing at KPG in Spain added: "Graphintro was a very important starting point for our digital business in Iberia and it has set a precedent for the rest of Europe to follow.
All of our efforts at the show were focussed on our digital systems and our customers were excited by our news.
The value of the digital business to KPG is huge and has enabled us to offer services from pre-press through to press, input through to output, and the growing recognition and reception from the market is more than encouraging." During Graphintro, KPG also showed a range of plates and plate processors.
The company's Violetnews, claoimed to be the first violet printing plate for the newspaper sector, was also revealed to the Iberian market for the first time.
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