Digital Finishing –The Final Frontier Nigel Tracey, Head of Business Development
• Don’t stop at print! You can add value with the finishing by going digital • Gain a larger part of your current customers' spend and reach a new
client base.
• Innovation & differentiation • Supply chain improvements • New opportunities
Agenda
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The Final Frontier
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Prepress Printing Post-print
~10%
~100
%
20% annual growth
Highcon leading the digital revolution
Full market penetration
Digital Mission Completed
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Prepress Printing Finishing
Complete Digital Workflow
Innovation & Differentiation
• Print has become a commodity • Clients demanding differentiation • It’s all about the service
• Requirement for short runs • Responsiveness
• Need to deliver greater value
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Why Should You Change?
• Cutting and creasing becomes an enrichment process – adding value • Offer your customers more complete solutions • Control quality and time to market – bring finishing in-house
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What More Can You Do?
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What Is Value-Added Finishing?
The Process – Analogue To
Digital
• Analogue to digital • Improved design flexibility
• no need to compromise • customization and security
• Eliminates the need for dies • No waiting days for dies to be made • Removal of long set up times • Major reduction in total costs of production • Dramatically improved customer responsiveness
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Highcon’s Digital Revolution
• No tools = less wastage • Reduced sheet count due to
efficient setup • Reduced warehousing • Lower carbon footprint improves scorecard
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Sustainability Benefits
• No die cutting tools required • Last minute design edits/changes possible • Everything prepared onsite • Set up 15 mins • Job data security
• Disaster recovery
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Highcon Technology (summary)
Supply Chain
Business Management
Pre-Press Management Printing Decoration &
Finishing
• Change driven by market demand • Market segmentation • Shift to consumer-driven demand • Digital technology removing existing limitations
• Reduced time, workflow simplification • Zero inventory
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Supply Chain Flexibility
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• Streamlining the process • Speed to market • Reduced total cost
• materials, set-up charges, resources, etc.
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Supply Chain Simplification
New Opportunities
• Today 70% of jobs are <20k sheets • The profit pool is in this area & below • Folding carton producers are equipped for yesterday’s needs • You may already have digital and offset printing • You may have some finishing equipment • You can differentiate your offering
• Via time to market • Via applications • Focus on short-run
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Why Move Into Folding Carton?
• POS/POP displays • Dispensers, hanging displays, stands
• Document folders • Promotional jackets, envelopes • Flyers, leaflets, shaped • CD, magazine, book covers • Beer mats • Greeting cards, postcards…
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Applications – A Few Ideas
Web-to-pack
• Efficient online package procurement
• Streamlined communication & approval process
• Speed to market • Cost management • Reduced carbon footprint
Choose template
Add graphics
Add special cutting
Add etching
3D proof
Approve – order any quantity
Produce
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Photo Albums
Business cards
Value Proposition
Be different Single item
orders enabled
Speed to market Promote faster delivery times
Innovation & Creativity New design capabilities
Brand strengthening & protection
Reduce costs All along the supply chain
Increase market share Including
online
Carbon footprint
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• The market is already changing, the process hasn’t! • New supply chain demands responsive services • Digital finishing brings value post-print • New opportunities can extend product portfolio
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Summary
Live Long & Prosper!
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