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Over 20 ESMA member companies and technology partners will be among the exhibitors and presenters at the two technical conferences which close the year. Altogether, between 27th and 30th of November 2017,  several dozen presentations at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia in Düsseldorf will explain the latest decoration solutions for plastic containers and flat and hollow glass.

GlassPrint 2017 will be the 7th edition of the conferenceBuilding on the successful launch two years ago, Direct Container Print (DCP) conference brings together key industry players who discuss the latest achievements in direct-to-object decoration from the perspective of machine manufacturers, ink suppliers, colour management experts and curing systems providers. Delegates – printers, designers, packaging manufacturers and brand owners – are offered a comprehensive look into technologies suitable for different applications: food and beverages, personal care, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals. 18 speakers at the DCP discuss food safe inks, adaptable or standalone printing systems, handling variable data and mass customisation techniques. Presentations will be held by i.a. ColorGATE, Gallus, Global Inkjet Systems, Marabu, Sun Chemical and Tichawa Vision.

Some may perceive glass and plastics as rivals but everyone who comes to DCP and GlassPrint will discover the cross-fertilisation between them and the increasing power of direct decoration with screen or digital printing technologies. Therefore, many of ESMA members will also present at GlassPrint, among them Epta, Ferro, Grünig/SignTronic, KBA-Kammann, Saati or Till.

As the only European event dedicated to glass decoration, GlassPrint enters already its seventh edition. Over the years, the event has demonstrated a strong growth in attendance; starting with 60 attendees in 2005 up to over 200 glassmakers, decorators, end-users, suppliers and brand owners – two years ago. For the upcoming edition, senior personnel from Arc, Ardagh, Heinz-Glas, O-I, Saint-Gobain, Schott, Vetropack and many other key market players have confirmed their participation.

Chameleon Business Media, publishers of “Glass Worldwide” and “Specialist Printing Worldwide” magazines, have been co-organisers of GlassPrint and supporting partners of DCP. This long-lasting cooperation made both conferences into established platforms of technical know-how exchange and attracted the support of industry figureheads. Many of them will provide key note speeches this year: BV Glas, FEVE, Glass for Europe (at GlassPrint), AWA, Netherlands Packaging Centre and The Packaging Society (at DCP).

Delegate registration for both conferences is still possible online at www.dcp2017.org and www.glassprint.org. ESMA members enjoy a 100-euro discount.­

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Inaugurated in 2015, the Direct Container Print conference proved very successful and we expect even more interest for this year, 27-28 November 2017 in Düsseldorf. We welcome all who want to present the latest on direct printing for various market applications to submit their presentations and book tabletops.

DCP welcomes all who want to learn about direct decoration on plastic packagingPrevious participants included AB InBev, Albea, Alpla Werke, Carlsberg, Heineken, Metro, Philips Avent, Procter & Gambler, SABMiller and many others. The second edition of DCP will introduce even more printers, packaging manufacturers and brand owners to the potential of direct to shape container decoration on plastics: bottles, tubes, cups, pots used in food, beverage, cosmetics, personal care or pharmaceuticals industries.

We welcome contributions from both key industry players, emerging start-ups and academic institutions who want to highlight newly available solutions and the future direction their research is leading them. Recommended topics include developments in areas such as inks, printing technologies, curing and drying, software, packaging, substrates, surface and print inspection, moulding, as well as case studies and research papers. Please consult the full call for papers here. The submission deadline for presentation abstracts is 30 April 2017. Any company or research institute interested in presenting and exhibiting at DCP 2017 should contact ESMA via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The conference takes place on 27-28 November 2017 in Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel in Düsseldorf. Early-bird delegate registration with additional discounts for ESMA members is already open at www.dcp2017.org/registrations

Direct Container Print is organised by ESMA with the media support of “Specialist Printing Worldwide”.

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Building on the successful launch two years ago, Direct Container Print (DCP) conference returns to Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel on 27-28th of November 2017. Organised by ESMA with media support of “Specialist Printing Worldwide”, this event brings together key industry players who discuss the latest achievements in direct-to-object decoration on plastics from the perspective of machine manufacturers, ink suppliers, colour management experts and curing systems providers. Delegates – printers, designers, packaging manufacturers and brand owners – are offered a comprehensive look into technologies suitable for different applications.

EXHIBITORS AND SPEAKERS
Live panel discussion during DCP 2017Among those who have already joined the conference and the accompanying tabletop exhibition, are: ColorGATE, Gallus, Heidelberg, Global Inkjet Systems, Integration Technology, Isimat, KBA Kammann, Lüscher Technologies, Marabu, OMSO, Polytype, RKS, RUCO, Sefar and Sun Chemical. This line-up guarantees a comprehensive and in-depth look into currently available solutions both from the digital inkjet and screen printing side. “It is our goal to demonstrate and explain technical opportunities which respond to the specifics of such distinct and demanding markets as food and beverages, personal care, cosmetics or pharmaceuticals. During DCP, we discuss aspects ranging from food safe inks, to adaptable or standalone printing systems, handling variable data and mass customisation techniques”, says Peter Buttiens, CEO of ESMA.

The final conference programme will feature 18 presentations and the first submitted titles include:

• “Achieve perfect printing result on plastic objects with a scalable and easy to use industrial system for screen printing ‘’ by Oscar Wahlstrand, Gallus
• “Inkjet printing onto spheres” by Debbie Thorp, Global Inkjet Systems
• “The Omnifire world” by Bobby Kleinveld, Heidelberg
• “What you need to know when specifying a UV-LED system” by Achim Herzog, Integration Technology
• “Requirements for low-migration screen printing inks for food packaging” by Dirk Friedrich and David Turner, Marabu
• “ServoJet approach to direct container decoration with inkjet process” by Vittorio Ferrari, OMSO
• “Can digital direct printing spice-up your brands? Here is how!” by Jean-Marc Moriggia, Polytype

Keynote speeches will complete the agenda with a holistic view of the supply chain, presenting trends in packaging and challenges faced by the brand owners. First confirmed keynote is Christopher Waterhouse, Chairman of The Packaging Society and Managing Director of iDi Pac, with a presentation on the opportunities for future direct decoration growth across pharma and other packaging sectors.

Networking at tabletops

Further programme updates are published at http://www.dcp2017.org/programme

EARLY BIRD OFFER EXPIRES 30 JUNE
Until 30 June, delegates can take advantage of discounted early-bird registration rates at http://www.dcp2017.org/registrations, inclusive of full access to conference presentations and tabletop area, as well as networking dinner and lunches.

Limited tabletop exhibition space and last presentation slots are still available for companies wishing to promote their products and services to a captive audience of existing and potential customers. The first edition in 2015 attracted 120 participants, including representatives of AB InBev, Carlsberg, Heineken, Philips Avent and Procter & Gamble.

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Over 120 attendees gathered in Düsseldorf for the premiere Direct Container Print conference to discover the value of screen and digital solutions for direct-to-shape print. Held on 23 and 24 November 2015, the ESMA event featured 17 presentations and laid solid grounds for the continuation of this well-received concept. Delegates and exhibitors actively discussed the implementation of new technologies and their impact on food and beverage, personal care, beauty and household packaging decoration markets.

DCP Live panel with industry expertsDCP 2015 opened with the insights into a real case scenario of applying Krones DecoType technology for replacing the labelling machines directly at the bottler’s facilities. Now the bottler can and may become a printer himself, as it was heard in several other presentations, which also addressed the possible future conversion in the supply chain of the customer and the relocation of services. Delegates could witness the advances of digital printing to meet short run and customisation demands. “After tile, textile, label and 3D printing, direct decoration is the next big independent market for drop on demand inkjet which offers technical evolution and growth”, commented Sven Kerpe from Markem-Imaje.

Nevertheless, screen printing is “alive and well” as proven by the presentations of Sefar, SRS and Isimat who introduced their innovative InLine Foiling concept for metallic glossy effects. As long as quality remains the key to enter mass applications in such sectors as cosmetic packaging, the traditional print techniques or hybrid solutions have still a lot to offer.

Approaching the end-users requirements and the impact of customisation and premierisation trends became the topics of the live panel discussion on conference day two. Representatives of brands (SAB Miller), container (Albéa), machine (Polytype) and ink (Agfa, Marabu) manufacturers engaged into a lively dialogue with the audience, delivering a comprehensive perspective on all steps of the production and marketing process. The video of this special session is now available online at www.dcp2015.org/dcp-live-panel-video-registration. As an integral part of the packaging decoration, marketing and brand strategies were furthermore thoroughly explained in another keynote presentation by Gateway 3D.

Networking in the DCP tabletop areaDirect Container Print 2015 showed the readiness of the packaging industry to embrace new opportunities in order to address the growing market and customer expectations. Technology shall use the next couple of years to reach the demands in terms of speed, personalisation and ultimate quality. “It has been a valuable niche conference which will surely grow a lot over the next couple of years. The topic will surge in its importance across industries, markets, and value chains”, as predicted by Peter Jenkner from Actega. By gathering the key players from both supplier and user ends, DCP has contributed to the foundation of new approaches in the plastic packaging sector. Their implementation in future and existing business models will follow very soon, so we are looking forward to the next conference in 2017.

Direct Container Print is organised by ESMA with the media support of “Specialist Printing Worldwide”.

For all those who have missed the first conference on the disruptive power of direct-to-shape printing, the presentation PDF’s are now available for purchase at www.esma.com/shop/dcp2015

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