Cigar Paper Boxes CTP Technology Innovation and Market Breakthrough (Part 1)

Cigar Paper Boxes CTP Technology Innovation and Market Breakthrough (Part 1)

China's printing industry entered a period of rapid development in the late 20th century. Relying on the promotion of high technology from the international printing. Especially in recent years, with the increasing maturity and perfection of CTP technology, Chinese printing is moving from silver salt to the era of thermal sensitivity and purple laser. However, this step is somewhat hesitant, stumbling and even wondering, what is the prospect of CTP technology in the printing market? In the face of harsh and fierce market competition. How can China's printing enterprises find a path of technological innovation and market breakthrough suitable for their own development with the help of international advanced technology? As a world famous plate material supplier. Fujifilm Star Company has always been in the forefront of CTP equipment and plate materials. Not long ago, the company organized a group of experts from the printing production line who have rich practical experience and high theoretical level, aiming at the problems and phenomena encountered in the application of high-tech. Face-to-face explanation and communication with technical personnel of printing enterprises blow a warm wind for printing enterprises.

Printing technology foresight and research and development of cutting-edge technology

Senga history

General Manager, Commodity Department, Fujifilm pre-press Global headquarters
In 1984, he joined the QA Department of the second Manufacturing Division of Fujifilm Co., LTD. Ashiko Factory
Engaged in the research and development and evaluation of plate making film, overseas factory start-up planning, production quality assurance

2002 Printing System Department global new product planning

First of all, from October 1, 2006, FujifilM changed its name from the original Fujifilm Photo to Fuji-film, and through the change of organizational structure, focused on the use of Fujifilm's technical capabilities, research and development capabilities, and brand influence. Fujifilm is involved in three major areas: information, imaging and document processing. Among them, printing accounted for 8.8% of the total, and printing sales were 2.4 billion US dollars in 2005 and 2.7 billion US dollars in 2006. We have four production sites in the Netherlands, North America, Japan and China, with a total of eight production lines. Another plate factory will be built in Suzhou in March 2007, when there will be two production sites in China.

Fujifilm's technical direction has four aspects: one is CTF, which is for traditional printing plates; The second is CTP, which has been the mainstream way of the world printing industry; CTC, which is the latest technology in the world; The fourth is digital printing, which we predict will also occupy a considerable market share in the future. Comprehensive quality, printing resistance and other factors, CTP still has a very strong advantage. Fujifilm's development in printing-related areas has four main areas: one is to continue to develop technologies that we believe will remain mainstream; The second is to further reduce the cost of the factory; Third, to strengthen the relevant research and development of industrial applications; Fourth, to further develop the on-demand printing market.

What are the strengths and strategic objectives of our development? Market research shows that in 2006, the global CTP production has reached 44 million square meters, accounting for 60% of the world's printing materials, the development rate is very fast. China's CTP plate consumption accounts for about 10%. Our specific approach to research and development is to use Fujifilm's unique advanced technology to maximize the introduction of CTP products to customers in both the commercial and newspaper markets. Fujifilm will be the leader in this field.

What is the core technology of Fujifilm CTP? One of the most important features of Fujifilm plates is the "multilayer coating" technology. This technology is also being used in factories in China, and the products produced are very stable. In addition, another advantage is that it can promote ink balance and plate resistance in the surface treatment. Fujifilm's core technology is process-free thermal PRO-T and photosensitive PRO-V. It's a very cutting-edge technology. Since its commercialization in April 2006, it has been promoted to about 100 companies worldwide and has been highly praised by customers. Chemical-free purple laser photosensitive PRO-V, is the use of laser light source imaging. Compared to the current ordinary purple laser CTP plate, the purple laser photosensitive PRO-V has a total of 15 times the sensitivity improvement.

Fujifilm has the original color conversion system C-fit. This system allows quick color conversion. For data from abroad, C-fit can automatically correspond this data to the customer's printing conditions. Its reducibility is very high, a large number of colors can be faithfully restored in an instant, and China's Artron company has used this system and gives high praise.

So what is Fujifilm's sales strategy going forward? First, we will continue to provide products to the world, the second is to expand the scale of production, the third is to increase product research and development efforts. We believe that Shenzhen is the place with the highest level of printing technology in China and the highest requirements for printing. We will continue to develop products that meet customer requirements, and hope to continue to maintain good communication and communication with customers.