Congrats to all – but especially our GRAPH EXPO 2015 Intergalactic Alliance members: HP, Xerox, Scodix, Pitney Bowes and Avanti! See what they are bringing to Chicago, meet the rest of out Alliance and see what The Printerverse is all about here!
GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Reston, VA – The 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS winners have been selected and will be on exhibit at GRAPH EXPO 15 and the co-located CPP EXPO show, coming September 13 – 16, 2015 to Chicago’s McCormick Place. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning the entire graphic communications industry.
“Every year, the MUST SEE ‘EMS competition is one of the highlights of the GRAPH EXPO and PRINT shows,” says Ralph Nappi, President of the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). “This year is certainly no exception with an exciting lineup of new technologies and innovative advances in each category and industry segment.”
In addition, “Best of Category” winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during the pre-show EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK conference, which takes place on Sunday, September 13, 2015, from 8 am to 12:00 noon, immediately prior to the noon opening of the exhibition. Also to be announced at EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK will be the Legacy Award, which is given to a previous MUST SEE ‘EMS winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.
GRAPH EXPO 15 also will offer a special MUST SEE ‘EMS pre-show webinar, “New Technologies from the GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS,” presented by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) via www.myprintresource.com and featuring host Hal Hinderliter, coordinator for the MUST SEE ‘EMS program. The free live webinar that will be aired on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT will highlight the MUST SEE ‘EMS winners and their new innovations which could impact business and possibly revolutionize market segments. GRAPH EXPO 15 attendees can plan their travel and explore this year’s most innovative exhibition of the latest technologies, unique new applications and profit-boosting opportunities to be found among this year’s MUST SEE ‘EMS winners.
Below listed in alphabetical order are the 2015 MUST SEE ‘EMS award winners in each of the 11 categories:
Sales and Order Entry
AccuZIP, Inc. — AccuZIP Direct Mail Configurator
EFI — EFI Fiery Smart Estimator for Specialty Toners
Opensoft — DaVinci
Prepress and Premedia
CGS Publishing Technologies International — Creative Edge IC3D Suite, Version 3
EFI — EFI Fiery Job Parallel HyperRIP
EFI — EFI Metrix Layout Engine for EFI Pace
One additional winner in this category currently under NDA will be announced at a future date.
Color Management and Quality Control
EFI — EFI Fiery CMYK+
Lake Image Systems, Inc. — Discovery MaxScan
Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel
AccuZIP, Inc. — AccuZIP Maps and AccuZIP Geo-Information Services
EFI — EFI DirectSmile Cross Media version 7
HP — HP SmartStream Mosaic
Pressroom: Analog Presses
Air Motion Systems | AMS UV — LED UV | XP9 High Energy Curing for Sheetfed
Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology Ltd. — Ryobi MHI 925 LED UV with Smart Insta.Color and RPC
Pressroom: Digital Presses
MGI Inc. — MGI Meteor DP1000 & DF Pro Integrated Inline Product Suite Xeikon — Xeikon 9800 Digital Color Press
Xerox Corporation — Xerox iGen 5 Press
Xerox Corporation — Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press
One additional winner in this category currently under NDA will be announced at a future date.
Pressroom: Wide-Format
EFI — EFI SuperDraw Ink
EFI — EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro Clear
Epson America, Inc. — Epson SureColor F9200
HP — HP T1100 Simplex Color InkJet Web Press
Postpress and In-line Finishing
Highcon Systems Ltd. — Highcon Euclid II+
MGI Inc. — iFOIL T
Scodix — Scodix FOIL
VITS International — VITS Sprint
Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment
AccuZIP Inc. — AccuZIP 7
Pitney Bowes — Productivity Tool Suite: Workcell Productivity Interface & Inserter Production Dashboard
Management Systems
Avanti — Avanti Slingshot Automated Press Sheet Optimizer
Avanti — Avanti Slingshot Grand Format Estimating Module
EFI — EFI PrintFlow for Packaging
Opensoft — Scissorhands
The Future of Print
Documobi Ltd – DocumobiFuse
EFI — EFI Fiery Final Fix
HP — HP High Definition Nozzle Architecture technology
For more information about GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS, or to register for the show, visit: www.GraphExpo.com.
