gamechanging innovations in digital production will be covered in every aspecteede, the netherlands, january 2015 &ndash xeikon announces the presence and participation of the infotrends analyst for color digital label and packaging, robert leahey, at its upcoming edition of the xeikon café packaging innovations &ndash www.xeikoncafe.com. mr. leahey, who brings many years of experience in the printing industry and who has also conducted custom research on numerous print technologies will be speaking at the business conference program. during the 3day event, he will be engaging with label printers, converters and analysts on the latest market trends and the numerous innovative developments in digital production. &ldquomore and more of today&rsquos packaging innovation depends on digital technologies,&rdquo mr. leahey comments. &ldquoi&rsquoll give brand owner survey data to show why that&rsquos so, and also insights about where color digital print for packaging is heading.&rdquo&ldquowe&rsquore absolutely delighted to have mr. leahey speaking at our event,&rdquo adds filip weymans, xeikon&rsquos director segment marketing labels & packaging. &ldquowith the xeikon café, we are committed to provide label and packaging printers as well as converters and print buyers an informal knowledge exchange platform that covers all aspects of digitalizing print production. infotrends, and the presence of mr. leahey are a vital part of this educational platform.&rdquoconference programs deliver full panorama on digital productionmr. leahey&rsquos presentation is part of the business conference program. through a series of astute presentations, highly experienced market experts and xeikon customers will share business insights and experiences on digital printing and the use of specific application suites, enabling visitors to fully understand and evaluate the challenges and opportunities of companies running digital production solutions.running alongside, the technical conference program will include a series of technologydriven seminars given by xeikon and its aura partners and will address every technical aspect of digital production from software, equipment, consumables and print media.the 2015 edition of the xeikon café packaging innovations is hosted in collaboration with 32 xeikon aura partners, who will all exhibit at the event. this will allow visitors to view no less than 15 different applications of xeikon&rsquos label and packaging application suites, ranging from the folding carton suite, the selfadhesive label suite, the heat transfer label suite to the inmold label suite. the wide range of applications on display will illustrate exactly the extent of what digital production can achieve.sign up todaythe xeikon café will take place at xeikon&rsquos production site in belgium, march 1012, 2015 with basically the same program each day, so participants can choose the date that best suits them. attendance is free but registration is required online at www.xeikoncafe.com.the full agenda of both conference programs with all applications and informative sessions will be available soon.about the xeikon café packaging innovationsthe xeikon café packaging innovations is a platform offered by xeikon and its aura partners, offering the opportunity to understand, evaluate and experience digital production, and enabling printers and converters to consciously make a business decision. through demonstrations, presentations, workshops and discussions, participants receive firsthand actionable information and advice on industry innovations and trends. more info on www.xeikoncafe.com.participating partners areunder the software category advance track & trace, cerm, chili publish, esko, hybrid software, label traxx, onevision softwareunder the equipment category ab graphic international, bograma, esko, grafisk maskinfabrik as, highcon, kurz, mbo, meech international, moss, rietstack, schobertechnologies, seilaser, smag graphique, tronics, zundunder the consumables category actega terra, kurz, michelman, rotometricsunder the print media category avery, metsäboard, stora enso, taghleef, treofan group, upm raflatacfor a review of the 2014 edition, watch the video here www.youtube.comwatchvykwcgezn1amabout xeikonxeikon is an innovator in digital printing technology. the company designs, develops and delivers webfed digital color presses for labels and packaging applications, document printing, as well as commercial printing. these presses utilize ledarraybased dry toner electrophotography, open workflow software and applicationspecific toners.as an oem supplier, xeikon designs and produces plate makers for newspaper offset printing applications. xeikon also manufactures basysprint computertoplate ctp solutions for the commercial printing market. these proven ctp systems combine the latest exposure techniques with costefficient uv plate technology, high imaging quality and flexibility.for the flexographic market, xeikon offers digital platemaking systems under the thermoflexx brand name.thermoflexx systems provide high resolution plate exposure including screening, color management, as well as workflow management.all the xeikon solutions are designed with the overarching principles of profitability, quality, flexibility and sustainability in mind. with these guiding principles and a deep, intimate knowledge of its customers, xeikon continues to be one of the industry&39s leading innovators of products and solutions.for more information, visit www.xeikon.com 
