Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing needs and requirements of the market. ERA Conference Dortmund, October 2012

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1 Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing needs and requirements of the market ERA Conference Dortmund, October

2 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 2

3 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 3

4 CV Roland Schmid Born 1947 Studied Mechanical Engineering Worked in Construction Design for 6 years Responsible for plant maintenance at Krages-Group : CTO at Thermopal : CTO at Schattdecor Since 2009 Managing Director at Rotodecor and since 2010 Shareholder 4

5 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 5

6 Rotodecor was founded in 2003 after the takeover in 2010 we started to work with other clients than Schatt proactively History of Rotodecor 2002: Kochsiek sold to Fischer & Krecke 2003: Rotodecor foundation 2004: 1st Rotodecor printing press in production 2010: The Schmid family acquires 70% of Rotodecor 2010: Rotodecor s 1st project together with other decor printing firm 2011: Rotodecor sells 1st machine in the packaging branch 2012: 100% ownership of Rotodecor by the Schmid family Quelle: Rotodecor 6

7 Rotodecor was founded in 2003 in OWL (North-West Germany) and has been growing rapidly since Facts & figures in brief ~ 60 employees Turnover 2012 ~ 18 Mio EUR Own mechanical and electrical design Own engineering Own assembly team Made in Germany Quelle: Rotodecor 7

8 Profound experience in international projects Machine projects since 2003 printing coating converting refurbish Poland (PMD) China (PMD) Italy (PMD) Poland (PMD) China (PMD) Brazil (PMD) Turkey (PMD) Russia (PMD) Brazil (PMD) Russia (PMD) Turkey (PMD) Brazil (PMD) USA (PMD) Poland (PMD) Brazil (PML) China (PML) Poland (PML) Germany (LML) Poland (PML) /2011 Poland (PML) Poland (PML) Austria (unwinder, splicer, festoon) USA (rewinder system) Germany (unwinder system) Germany (cutting and stacking for liquid packaging) Germany (creaser cutter) China (creaser cutter) Italy (add. Printing unit) Brazil (refurbish complete machine, assembling Brazil) Russia (disassembling Germany/ assembling Russia) / 2011 Turkey (disassembling, Poland/ assembling Turkey) Poland (disassembling, Poland/ assembling Russia) Germany refurbish Cerutti printing machine 8

9 The product portfolio comprises printing presses for the decor printing and packaging industry Printing press 9

10 laquering and impregnating lines for the decorative paper industry Laquering machine 10

11 creaser cutters for the packaging industry Creaser cutter 11

12 as well as tailor made winding solutions Winder 12

13 And we refurbish third-party machines 5-color printing press disassembled in Germany and rebuilt in Brazil Quelle: Rotodecor 13

14 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 14

15 Situation of rotor gravure presses for the decorative market Rotogravure printing Speed: 200, 250, 450, 600 m/min Width: 4, 6, 7, 8 feet Printing Units: 3, 4, 5 Sometimes: Inline printing/lacquering 15

16 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 16

17 Strengths and Weakness of rotogravure presses for the decorative market Strengths: Weaknesses: - Very high repeat-accuracy - Long set-up times - Mixed links are producing high standard - Expensive investment of patterns, especially woodgrains - High maculature rates - Water-based inks are standard - High costs for printing cylinders - High energy costs 17

18 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 18

19 Needs and requirements for tomorrow Short term Medium term Long term Lower investment costs Increase in energy-efficiency Higher availability Less maculature Inline machines for printing and lacquering Combination of roto-gravure presses and digital printing Digital printing presses for decorative market parallel to roto-gravure presses New drying methods 19

20 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 20

21 Outlook into the future One substrate for Melamine and Laquer? Availability of presses higher than 80 % Maculaturequote less than 2 % 21

22 Topics CV Roland Schmid Rotodecor Company Profile Situation Gravure Presses for Decorative Printing Strenghts and Weaknesses of Gravure Presses Needs and Requirements for Tomorrow Outlook into the Future Summary 22

23 Summary Market developments Since 1980 nearly the same technical standard only speed increased Order-lots decreased, energy prices increased, market got global, salesprices for decorpaper decreased immensely Share of lacquered paper increased Printed melamine paper stagnates Implications More flexible production processes Lower operating costs Lower capital expenditures Combined machines We are working on those challenges! We are confident for the future! 23

24 Key take away The product decorative Paper is still needed in the future, but we as machine suppliers have to be flexible because of the fast changing customer needs Machines have to be modular and flexible 24