10 | Regulars / NewsNewsHP Indigo V12 aims to redefne how the printing industry characterizes label production Partnership to integrate SAP Analytics Cloud into atma.io connected product cloudHP Indigo V12 gathers major interest Avery Dennison partners with SAP at Labelexpo Americas to reduce wasteSixteen letters of intent were signed by customers worldwide Partnership between companies allows item-level data insightsHP has run 74 demonstrations of the HP Indigo V12 giving Transparency provides unique supply chain information, enabling Labelexpo Americas attendees the chance to experience the expiry date management and automation. Driving these effciencies capabilities of the new press up close, and learn more about new is item-level data delivered to the SAP Analytics Cloud dashboard business opportunities, including brand protection, smart packaging, via atma.io and products tagged with unique digital Identifcation sustainable packaging and diversifcation to fexible packaging. (ID) technology by Avery Dennison, including radio frequency The narrow web label press is the world’s frst to utilize the new identifcation (RFID). It means retailers can experience accurate LEPx technology and has the power to print at 120 m/min, with all and timely analysis, enabling them to automate food expiration the capabilities of HP Indigo’s technology for label production. management at the store. It also means that grocers can go deeper Attendees were also able to hear from Massimiliano Martino, into their supply chain and implement ‘dwell time’ measurements CTO of All4Labels, one of the HP Indigo V12 digital press’ frst beta to boost the speed with which items move through warehouses customers, who shared insights into why the company has chosen and distribution centers to arrive in stores with longer shelf lives.to partner with HP. The new partnership will beneft omnichannel retail and help ‘The successful industry reception of The HP Indigo V12 is retailers with Click & Collect and home delivery, where sending showing us a true analog to digital transformation,’ said Haim Levit, and delivering products with the correct expiration date has been a SVP and general manager of HP’s Industrial Print Business. ‘The challenge. It can also help in certain ‘emergency’ situations, such as Indigo V12 is redefning how the print industry thinks about label when a product recall needs to be initiated quickly. production and the overwhelming interest from our customers Max Winograd, vice president at Avery Dennison Smartrac, into digital solutions as they look to expand their operations said: ‘Accurate real-time supply chain management is more demonstrates that our portfolio is moving the needle on the digital important than ever, and we’re pleased to partner with SAP to share of the market and driving forward the digital transformation.’ help businesses manage their supply chain operations. Food waste is a global problem, impacting people, the planet and profts. We’re greatly encouraged by the remarkable results digital ID TLMI becomes signatory of US technology and atma.io has already achieved with some of our existing retail customers.’Plastics Pact The US Pact brings together interested parties working collectively toward the common vision of a circular economy Epson to construct new printhead factory in JapanThrough the collaboration of its stakeholders, the US Pact’s vision Akita Epson Corporation will invest approximately 3.5 billion yen is to ensure that plastics never become waste by eliminating the (24.1 million USD) in the construction of a new factoryplastics we do not need, innovating to ensure that the plastics we do need are reusable, recyclable, or compostable, and circulating the plastic items we use, to keep them in the economy and out of Construction work on the new factory will begin in November 2022 the environment. and is scheduled for completion in December 2023. As a signatory, TLMI will be active in working with the US Pact’s The new factory will be used to manufacture and assemble inkjet members in jointly delivering a roadmap to reach established printheads, the core devices used in inkjet printers. The investment targets through collaborative, action-oriented workstreams that plan will ensure that Epson has enough production space to meet tackle key barriers in the plastics life cycle process. the predicted future growth in demand. The US Pact is part of a network of Plastics Pacts around the It will also enable Epson to strengthen its product lineup and world that share a common central vision: to change the way that expand printhead sales to third parties, to increase the supply plastics are designed, used, and reused to transition to a circular of inkjet printers equipped with cutting-edge PrecisionCore economy where plastics never become waste. MicroTFP printheads. labelsandlabeling.com