Xeikon Café Europe 2019 presents Academy program
February 15, 2019Xeikon Café Europe 2019 (www.xeikoncafe.com), scheduled for 26 to 28 March in Antwerp, Belgium, brings back its educational Academy. Providing a thorough look at revenue-generating opportunities from both a business as well as a technology perspective, the Academy program comprises a series of parallel sessions.
The Business Talks will help attendees acquire knowledge and insights on business opportunities, while the practical Tech Talks focus on the technical characteristics of a wide variety of end-use applications. Each will include or be followed by a technology demo at one of the presses running a live, relevant end-use application based on the contents of the session. An overview of all Academy sessions can be found below or is available in the Xeikon Café event app. To install the Xeikon Café app, click here or simply download the Eventmobi app at the iTunes store or at Google Play and enter the code ‘xceurope’.
“Xeikon Café Academy provides a valuable learning opportunity for event attendees,” explains Danny Mertens of Xeikon Café. “The goal is to provide them with practical info they can take back home to develop new business opportunities and applications that bring added value for their customers. Both Business Talks and Tech Talks also showcase the value brought to market by close collaboration among all Xeikon Café partners, each sharing technical expertise that results in the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. On top of that, by combining the Academy sessions with an on-the-spot demo, attendees get the level of detail needed to take actionable ideas back to their businesses.”
In addition to the highly educational content in the Academy, there is also the Xeikon Café Conference taking place each morning and offering thought leadership content from a variety of brands and printing professionals, including Keynote Trend Researcher Aljan De Boer, DS Smith, Continental Foods, Tough Crowd, Eurocod, Leaderform and Tapecon.
Academy program details: BUSINESS TALKS
Navigating through the digital opportunity
For
visitors considering adding digital to their labels and packaging production
portfolio or looking to increase the amount of digital technology they now have.
This session explores a number of opportunities for business growth enabled by
digital.
Perfecting the Digital and
Flexo match
This
session helps visitors decide when it is more efficient to use digital over
flexo or offset, and provide insights as to how digital production can improve
the profitability of a conventional print business and help to acquire more
customers.
Choosing the right print technology:
drivers for success
Most label
converters understand the variety of digital print technologies available on
the market today, but are they also aware of the specific characteristics and
benefits of each? This session offers a technology-agnostic approach to choosing
the most optimal technology.
Next-level digital production
goals: how can you reach yours?
This is an expert session in which many tips &
tricks are shared on how to maximise digital production; continuously improve
operations by stripping out more time, waste and cost; and ultimately increase
margins and service levels.
Academy program details: TECH TALKS
Unravelling the complexity of digital in-mould
labels
This technical session is dedicated to unravelling the mystery and complexity
around high-impact in-mould labels and details how digital production can be
implemented as a complement to conventional printing.
When food safety and quality matters: dry toner
cost & application gains
Presenters will outline the benefits of dry toner EP (electrophotography)
digital production from a technological point of view, as well as list the
specific requirements for producing labels for food, beverage, wine, spirits
and pharma applications, which all come with their very own aesthetic and
functional demands.
Cost & application benefits of UV inkjet: get
ahead with all you need to know
This session delves into UV inkjet technology to answer any questions about
production requirements and costs, specifically related to applications for
household, industrial, durables and health & beauty.
Showcase of a hybrid solution for short-run carton
& label production
Digital
production helps meet brand challenges to address seasonality and changing
market demands. It is even more valuable when short-run production of a variety
of label and carton packages is combined in one-run thanks to smart, automated
workflow processes.
Too hot to handle? How to unleash unlimited
advertising on paper cups
In
this session, visitors get the technical basics on how a paper cup is made and
learn how to leverage their digital print equipment to unleash unlimited
possibilities for advertising on paper cups, while ensuring food safety
compliance.
Pouches, an opportunity beyond your labels
One of the fastest growing flexible packaging types, stand-up pouches are often
perceived as premium packaging. Digital production allows label printers and
converters to offer a unique service and benefit from high quality, cost-effective
lower volumes and shorter lead times.
How smooth is your operation? Get business smart
with end-2-end production
A must-attend
session for any printer looking to leverage its digital production set-up for
optimum business results. Experts will discuss in-depth the configuration of a
true end-to-end digital label production that integrates prepress, print,
converting and quality control.
Hot right now: capitalize on digital heat transfer
labels that stick
Whether for promotional items or plastic containers, digital heat transfer
decoration can open new business doors. This session details how to leverage
digital production for any heat transfer application, and how to deliver them
faster and with much higher quality.
The role of the designer in a
successful packaging & label workflow
A
not-to-be-missed session for anyone involved in prepress. For a workflow to be
efficient and effective, the role of the designer responsible for the graphics,
images, layout and final job file, is of undeniable importance. This session
discusses the main pain points and technical challenges, and how to deal with
them.
The new normal in digital
colour management
Increasing demand of global brands for colour equity across geographies and
substrates, makes it ever more challenging for flexo label printers to
pixel-perfect match brand & Pantone colours. This session has the answer
how to reliably meet these colour demands.
Staying on top of new food safety regulations (session only on Wed March 27)
Food safety is of the utmost importance if you are producing labels or packaging for any kind of food product. This session provides insights on the food safety aspects across all printing technologies, while providing an update of new and emerging regulations;