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Dragan Lazarevski, Conatus Srbija
Sales and service director

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Sign&Display market, sub-applications
Corrugated

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Digital Substrate Tree
Digital
Substrates
Flexible Rigid
Paper
Paper
Folding
Carton
Plastic
PSA
Film
Banner
Vinyl
Fabric
Cotton
Poly
Wood
MDO/MDF
Eco Board
Plastic
Acrylic
PVC
Composite Metal
Foam
Centered
Aluminum
Corrugated
Plastic
Aluminum
Composite
Corrugated
Re-board /
X-board
Mesh
Specialty
Flag Solid wood Styrene
PET

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What would you like to produce?
Re-board

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What would you like to produce?
Corrugated B-flute

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What would you like to produce?
Forex / Sintra

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What would you like to produce?
Re-board

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What would you like to produce?
Corrugated
EB-flute

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What would you like to produce?
Re-board

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What would you like to produce?
Rubberized felt material

What would you like to produce?
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Litho-laminated E-flute Corrugated B-flute

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What would you like to produce?
Forex / Sintra

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What would you like to produce?
Re-board

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What would you like to produce?

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Dependable production

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Flexibility
Corrugated board, all grades
Plastic corrugated
Display carton
Solid board
RE-board / X-board
Foam boards
Forex ® / Sintra ®
Acrylics
Aluminium composites
(Dibond ® / Alubond ® )
MDF
Plywood
Honeycomb board
Various grades of foam
..and more

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EskoArtwork Sign & Display Eco system
Kongsberg
Digital flatbed cutting machines specifically designed to operate continuously in a 24/7 production environment
i-cut suite
Professional software that drives the digital production workflow from design all the way to the finished product. Removes all bottlenecks in your production.
ArtiosCAD
Professional structural design software for display design
Studio
3D and visualization solution to expand your business

A brief Kongsberg CAM product map
● Our different product series are divided by technology and application:
The XE series (2) The XL series (6) The XP series (3)
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The i-XE series (1) The i-XL series (4)
The i-cut® vision system
The XP Auto (3)

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The Kongsberg XE Series:
● Fast and accurate high-quality option for folding carton samplemaking
● Some other applications are also important:
– Varnish blanket cutting
– Cutting of synthetic packaging materials polypropylene, clear vinyl, etc.
● Main customer segment:
– Folding carton packaging manufacturers
● Two model sizes available
– Sizes ranging from 0.8x1.2m to 1.3x1.6m

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The Kongsberg i-XE Series:
● i-XE10: Super fast and accurate table for finishing of flexible and light-duty rigid material for printed communication items, signs and displays
– Automated or manual material load
– New automatic feeding and stacking options make the i-XE10 capable of fully unsupervised finishing of small-format digitally printed items (Xerox Igen3, HP Indigo)
● Their main application is finishing of digitally printed materials; flexible and light-duty sheeted:
– Adhesive vinyl (decals)
– Vinyl banners
– Foamboard
● Main customer segments:
– Commercial printers
– Sign and displaymakers

Graphic
Design
3D
Mockup
Print
Preparation & nesting
PDF to Printer
Digital finishing
i-Cut®
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KONGSBERG i-XE 10 Auto
Integrated solution
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Kongsberg i-XE 10 + Feeder system + Stacker system + SW for small format digital finishing
(Protective covers on feeder and stacker is part of the solution but not pictured)

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The Kongsberg XL Series:
● Market-leading, powerful and versatile machine for short-run production and prototyping of paperboard packaging and POP displays
● Many other applications are also important:
– Flexo plate cutting (Digital Flexo Suite)
– Varnish blanket cutting
– Cutting of synthetic packaging materials foam, corrugated plastic, polypropylene, etc.
– Signmaking
● Main customer segments:
– Corrugated converters and sheetplants
– Folding carton packaging manufacturers
– Trade shops
● Seven different models available
– Sizes ranging from 1.6x1.3m to 2.2x6.5m

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The Kongsberg i-XL Series:
● Powerful and robust production machine for finishing of rigid and flexible material for sign & displays
● Main applications:
– Finishing of digitally printed, rigid materials (milling)
– Cutting of digitally printed flexible materials such as textile banners, vinyl banners, mesh banners
– Cutting of printed, sheeted materials such as carton, corrugated, plastic corrugated, polypropylene sheets, expanded PVC, polycarbonate, foamboards and many more
● Equipped with the market-leading i-cut system, which provides
– Accurate and dependable print-to-cut registration
– Efficient job preparation and management
– Simple interfacing to graphic workflow
– Expandability to semi-automatic production from roll or sheeted material by adding a conveyor system and a sheetfeeder

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The i-XL Series:
Available models:
i-XL20 i-XL24 i-XL42 i-XL44
1.6x1.3m 1.6x3.0m 2.2x1.3m 2.2x3.0m

The Kongsberg XP Series
Defines a new productivity class for digital cutting!
● Highly productive and robust tables for short-run production of packaging and displays, with materials ranging from corrugated board to acrylic and MDF, plus flexible materials
● Automated material handling options available
● Three different model sizes available, ranging from 1,6 x 1,3m to 2,2 x 3,2m
Litho-laminated packaging
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Multi-material product display
Corrugated
POP display

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Highest Productivity
Speed: 100 m/minute (XL and DCM 50m/minute).
Acceleration: 1.5G. (XL and DCM 0.55 G)
More than double productivity on many materials = Up to 1000 items in one shift (8h)
Great Flexibility for different materials
Please see the XP tooling guide for full overview
Most Robust
The XP is the only table designed for and capable of true 24/7 production runs in demanding materials. Continuing the four decade long tradition of dependable CAM equipment, the new XP series is built to the Kongsberg mechanical design standards, ensuring long lifetime and high second-hand value.

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Error preventing tool measuring station
The ATM (automatic tool measuring) system is integrated in the machine. It reduces tool changeover time, simplifies adjustments and eliminates the risk for operator mistakes, which can destroy expensive (printed) material.
Efficient vision system
The ARS (automatic registration system) works on output from ArtiosCAD, enabling fast detection of location of graphic elements on the material. It can quickly and automatically detect up to four register marks.

XP

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XP technical specifications
– Maximum speed: 100m/minute – 66 IPS
– Maximum acceleration: 1.5G
– Tooling for all corrugated board grades from triple wall to micro flutes
– Tooling for cutting and exact folding of
RE-board and triple wall corrugated
– Hi-power milling tool for rigid material
– Tooling for foam cutting
– Drill tool with electrical motor for RE-board and triple wall

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XP tooling system and options
● Tools are mounted on two different Z-axes
1. Optimized for Power (Heavy-duty tool pos.)
2. + 3. Optimized for Speed (Fast Tool and Insert pos.)
High-Speed Milling Unit
Heavy-Duty Unit (crease/cut)
Foam Cutting Unit
High-frequency VibraCut Tool
VibraCut Tool
Hi-Force Knife Tool
RM Knife Tool
Drill Tool Insert
Ballpoint Pen Insert x x
1 x
2 3 x x x x x x
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XP: automated production – two levels are possible
Semi-automatic production:
● XP + i-cut + conveyor feed + sheetfeeder
 Automatic load, manual off-load
 Optimal for 2D displays and signage;
1-50 sheets per job
Full automatic production:
● XP + extensions for automatic material load + unload
 Optimal for products made from paperboards, foamboards, display boards; up to 1000 sheets per job
 Milling of rigid substrates is possible; w/ automatic load, manual unload

XP - one platform - several markets
Graphical Items:
Visual communication items,
Sign & Display
Semi Automatic production
Conveyor system and sheet feeder i-Cut option for print-to-cut registration and hooking up to graphic workflow
Structural items:
Packaging, POP Display,
Product Display
Fully automatic, unsupervised production runs
Automatic material handling extensions (2010)
ARS camera system option for print-to-cut registration
ArtiosCAD for design development
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Build your XP Basic to increased productivity by adding optional products and solutions
XP Basic
EskoArtwork offerings

Graphic
Design
3D
Mockup
Print
Preparation & nesting
PDF to Printer
Digital finishing
i-Cut®

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Workflow from graphical design to finishing device
● The main objective for almost all i-machines is finishing of printed items. Input to the cutting table has to come from the same source as the graphics, meaning ArtiosCAD or any other structural design system is not relevant.
● The objective of finishing of 2D-printed items is not to cut according to defined dimensions in the designfile. It is to have exact cut to print registration. For this purpose a camera and software to measure and calculate distortion is required.
Design
RIP
Print
Cut

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Workflow from graphical design to finishing device
Digital finishing in combination with good workflow solutions also give some opportunities:
• Nesting to minimize waste material and optimize sheet size selection
• Tiling of oversized jobs onto several sheets
• Automated production by barcode identified jobs

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Workflow – the prepress method
Separated print and finishing control
Pre Press
& Design
Printing control
Finishing control
Printing
Finishing

Workflow - The RIP method, using i-script
Integrated print and finishing control
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Pre Press
& Design
i-script
Printing control
Finishing control
Printing
Finishing

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Workflow - using SignUp
1.Design
3.Print
2.Nest/Tile
4.Cut

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i-cut Suite
Removes all bottlenecks in your production
● Modular A to Z workflow solution
● Simple to use
● Customer files prepared specifically tailored for each printer platform
● File error report guide you instantly to specific errors (great time saver)
● 100% integration to Kongsberg finishing devices
● Single user or heavy industrial – a complete solution from one source!
Graphical files in
i-cut suite
Efficient, high quality production out!

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i-cut Suite
Highway to perfect print and finishing i-cut Suite
Remove bottlenecks in your production i-cut Preflight i-cut Layout i-cut Vision Pro
Industry pain points
The route of graphics files to the printer and finishing device: a bumpy road. Many traffic lights. Congestions slow it down. You go uncomfortable and slow and you often need service and repairs on your way.
Why EskoArtwork ?
● Years of experience in workflow and software development.
● Years market needs investigation
● Specific solutions for this market
● Open systems for integrated solutions i-cut suite
The new fast lane for graphics files to digital print and finishing.
The Highway to perfect print and finishing

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Workflow
Simple Jobs
Complex Jobs

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i-cut Suite: overview

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i-cut Suite - Preflight
● File formats pain points:
– Wide variety of file formats
– No dedicated tools to handle PDF files in production
– Errors appear too late: after RIPping or printing
– Pre-press changes take too much time
– Efficient communication with customers
● i-cut Preflight solutions:
– Create and use PDF throughout the process
– Production tools to prepare the file for printing
– Embedded preflight engine reports errors prior to printing:
● RIP errors, visual errors
● Generate a professional report
– Interactive error corrections – no changing between applications
– Intuitive and easy to use

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i-cut Suite – Preflight report

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i-cut Suite – Layout
● Graphical preparation pain points:
– Inefficient finishing preparation in not dedicated applications
– Creating bleeds, creating white under-print layer and adding grommet marks
– Tiling jobs and irregular shape
● i-cut Layout solutions:
– Dedicated functions to prepare files for cutting
– Dedicated functions to create white underprint, auto-create bleed and adding grommet marks
– Tiling on both regular and irregular shapes

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i-Cut Suite – Layout: examples
Graphics Preparation:
Create Cut Path

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i-Cut Suite – Layout: examples
Graphics Preparation:
Create Bleed + Optimize

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i-cut Suite – Layout
● Layout pain points:
– Too many wasted material
– Front to back registration
– Handle trash and waste
– No integration / communication with the print and finishing devices
– Nesting
– Try and error
● i-cut Layout solutions:
– Optimal nesting with minimum waste and time-optimized production
– Perfect front to back registration
– Dedicated “Off cut manager” to re-use expensive material or to cut up the waste into pieces for easy handling
– Easy to use

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i-cut suite - Layout

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i-cut Suite – Vision Pro
● Finishing pain points:
– Cut-to-print mis registration due to print and media distortion.
– Cutting complexity: substrates, tools…
– Finishing mistakes are expensive!
– Lack of know-how for cut file preparation.
● i-cut Vision Pro solutions:
– Most advanced, most flexible registration and compensation guarantees the best possible result every time
– Preparation & optimization features
– Previewing to fix costly errors before production.
– Automatic setups: no mistakes, easy to operate

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i-cut Suite – Vision Pro

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Esko solutions in Sign & Display – a summary
Key components in a finishing solution
 Workflow
 Print registration
 Job preparation
 Finishing qualit y
 Tooling versatility
 Throughput
 Automation
 Setup / job change

ArtiosCAD is a value driver for Display & Signs
ArtiosCAD enables Sign & Display companies to:-
•Reduce costly remakes
•Reduce their time to market by visualizing designs in advance of manufacture with their clients
•Differentiate themselves from their competitors
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ArtiosCAD 3D
● Check your design concept with the help of 3D
● Create assembly instructions and animations
● Add Backgrounds

3D – textured materials
● Use (default or self-created) textured materials to make realistic simulations of the end result
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Back Next

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Mating Tool for Easier Assembly
Glue-to areas
Glue areas
Parts snap together automatically

ArtiosCAD parametric corrugated libraries
ArtiosCAD enables customers to:-
• Reduce costs
•Shorten their delivery times
•Personalize their outer packaging
By combining a simple rebuildable library of corrugated designs with the Kongsberg table to design & manufacture outer packaging
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Example corrugated outer for a typical rolled up pop up display unit

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i-X Partners in EMEALA
Europe
Benelux : Colormax
Nordic/Baltic : Mikkelsen,
Schneidler
Finland : Sesoma
UK : Robert Horne,
Mill Pond Graphics
Germany :
Kerkeling, Multiplot
Checky/Slovania :
Macron, Marsha
Ireland :
ReproCentre
Poland : Digiprint,
DM system
Venezuela : Solutiones
Columbia : Grafix
Peru : Intermarket
Chile, Equador : IPP,
Grafix
Austria : Putz
Middle East
Turkey : Feizi
Latin America
Brazil :
AlphaPrint
Argentina :
NovaPrint
Morocco: Graphics
Algeria: M. Grapgics
France :
Janneau,
Intersoft
Ukraine : DGT
Hongaria : Partners
Iran : Sibestan
Lebanon : Technorex exYugoslavia:
Conatus
Israel : Van Kloeten Spain : Lacor
Portugal : Serve
Italy : BBI
Greece : Atlas, Linomedia Egypt : Al Madina Saoudi & Emirates : ITM
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