118 | Labelexpo Americas 2022 / Workflow and software“WE’VE CREATED THARSTERN CLOUD TO BE SO INTUITIVE AND EASY TO USE THAT WE’VE REMOVED ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONBOARDING AND TRAINING PROCESS”correction of cut lines, and trimming to cutting dies. In addition, the software places the labels on the web in an AI-based, effcient and material-saving manner. This can be done collected by job or customer, or across different jobs. Finished print fles are transferred to the press. Files for embellishment and fnishing are sent to the production machines. From order entry to printing, embellishment and fnishing, the software offers maximum transparency and reliability for all production steps. Automation, collaboration and consolidation were the key software and workfow trendsOneVision offers connections to common software systems or hardware components. Additional connections can be extended includes a color spectrophotometer, a 2D camera (for web viewing), at any time. a dedicated press-side PC/command console, and two seats of Print IQ showed its end-to-end estimating, ordering and Techkon’s ChromaQA color management software suite.production system, eliminating the need for workarounds and Tharstern was offering Labelexpo Americas attendees free, offering time-saving and cost benefts. The Australia-headquartered three-month trials of its new MIS for the label and fexible company, with offces in the US, UK and New Zealand, has a packaging sector. Following the launch of its cloud-native software background in commercial print and began its focus on the label in 2021, Tharstern has spent the last year working with a group market two years ago. At a press conference during the show, of beta customers to create a product that ‘will transform and representatives from US-based Abbott Label spoke about the modernize the MIS market for label and fexible packaging converter’s role in developing the software alongside Print IQ. converters,’ according to CEO Keith McMurtrie. ‘We’ve created Synkrato announced the incorporation of Cloud Label Service Tharstern Cloud to be so intuitive and easy to use that we’ve enterprise label management into its platform. The addition removed any cost associated with the onboarding and training enhances Synkrato as a single system to manage end-to-end process,’ he says.logistics processes by adding label template management Tharstern also demonstrated the connectivity that has been built capabilities. into the MIS product. ‘We’ve created Tharstern Cloud using an API ‘We are committed to offering a comprehensive solution to First approach, which means that any data within the MIS can be make supply chains reliable, resilient and scalable. Labeling keeps written and read by any external application at any level. Client all supply chain parts moving by tracking, locating and identifying details, order statuses, shipment information, ink colors – every products throughout the supply chain. It made perfect sense to data object. In today’s technologically connected world, that is incorporate enterprise label management into the Synkrato logistics pivotal,’ adds McMurtrie.platform,’ says Amin Sikander, Synkrato president. The software initially will support the label and fexible The addition of labeling empowers companies to manage packaging sectors. Over the coming months, support will be label templates — without needing to write any code — from added for manufacturing methods used in other sectors, such as a single platform. Synkrato lets supply chain professionals make carton packaging, wide format and commercial printing. This is label template changes without IT assistance. Companies will be down to the ‘sector agnostic’ approach the software developer able to create and validate labels, reducing response time to label has taken when creating the product. It can work with any type requirements and changes. of manufacturing process, in any type of sector, to support the Jason Mancuso, Synkrato product director, says: ‘Our intent is growing trend for diversifcation into other areas of print. always to simplify complex tasks. Label template owners can log Theurer.com showed its C3 MIS aimed at the printing and in and make changes without relying on the IT department and packaging industry. The modular system can be adapted to the share templates with suppliers in just a few clicks. This feature is user’s requirements and expanded step-by-step. It covers every advantageous for companies with different label versions, long area of business, from estimating to manufacturing through to label-revision processes, or short delivery timelines.’ accounting and reporting. Cloud Label Service incorporation also supports the current Trinity Graphic promoted its shrink sleeve distortion services. mobile application, one of Synkrato’s core functionalities, opening As a shrink sleeve label shrinks around a bottle or packaging, all new possibilities for small and mid-sized companies without robust the graphics and embellishments on the label become distorted in warehouse management systems. Synkrato’s mobile app removes proportion to the bottle or packaging dimensions. To compensate, the need to log into a system, access a label template, and enter all the graphics must be pre-distorted during the pre-press stage the information to print it. The mobile app can be used to scan an to ensure that the fnal label appears as the designer intended. The item and choose a label template — for example, item, PO or LPN technology developed by Trinity Graphic uses the latest software, labels — add the corresponding data, and print it. scanners and distortion measurement techniques to overcome Techkon USA demonstrated the latest innovations in its these challenges. SpectroVision in-line color measurement system and its newest Unilux showed its recently launched UniPrint web monitoring handheld, all-in-one spectrodensitometer, SpectroDens 4. On system, which can identify registration and color defects. It is display was a version of the SpectroVision system designed available in a standard software package or a version with upgraded specifcally for retroftting Mark Andy, Nilpeter, Bobst, Omet, inspection features.Domino, MPS and Gallus fexo and digital presses for automated color measurement and control.SpectroVision is an in-line system that improves the color Continue reading our Labelexpo Americas 2022 review measurement and barcode reading process to keep presses moving for details on material innovations and fnishing at high speeds and to help fexo printers reduce waste. Each system equipment launcheslabelsandlabeling.com