The 44 Must See ’Em winners named below will be highlighted at the Print 17 tradeshow September 10 – 14 at McCormick Place South in Chicago. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning print production technology. “It’s our honour to recognize these outstanding organizations that have gone above and beyond to drive innovation through their leading-edge technologies,” said Thayer Long, President of show organizer NPES. “These Must See ’Ems winners demonstrate a vision that will advance the future of our industry.” The Best of Category winners for each of the 11 categories will be revealed during the pre-show conference, Outlook 17, which takes place on Sunday, September 10 from 8 am to noon, immediately prior to the noon opening of Print 17. Outlook 17 will also feature the announcement of this year’s Legacy Award, given to a previous Must See ’Ems winner that has had a lasting and profound impact on the graphic communications industry.
An in-depth look at this year’s awards will be offered via the pre-show webinar, New Technologies from the Print 17 Must See ’Ems, featuring host and program coordinator Hal Hinderliter. This free webinar will air live on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 1 pm (EDT) to highlight this year’s winners. Viewers will also receive a valuable roadmap to the latest, most cutting-edge products and technologies on the Print 17 show floor. Here are the 2017 Must See ’Ems award winners in each of the 11 categories, listed in alphabetical order:
• Sales and Order Entry
MarcomCentral – JobDirect Plus
OnPrintShop – Radix – OnPrintShop Wide Format Module
Taopix – 3D Designer
• Prepress and Premedia
CGS Publishing Technologies International – ORIS Flex Pack // Web Visualizer
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Corrugated Packaging System with Esko ArtiosCAD Integration
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Metrix for High-Speed Inkjet
Enfocus Software – PitStop 2017 with PDF Geomapper
Xerox – Xerox Specialty Imaging
• Colour Management and Quality Control
Epson America – SureColor P5000 Commercial Edition with SpectroProofer
Konica Minolta – IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer
Lake Image Systems Inc. – Discovery READ&PRINT for RFID
• Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel
Color-Logic Inc. – Security-FX for Digital Presses
HP – HP SmartStream Edge and Spine Printing
Pitney Bowes – Synchronize Mail + Mobile
• Pressroom: Analogue Presses
Eltosch Grafix America, Inc. – LED Powerline Focus
Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology – RMGT 920PF-8+CC+LED-UV 8 Color with Coater Perfecting Press
• Pressroom: Digital Presses
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Cretaprint C4 Twin Digital Inkjet Printer
Fujifilm – J Press 720S
HP Inc. – HP Indigo 50000 Digital Press
Ricoh USA – RICOH Pro VC40000
Screen Americas – Truepress Jet 520HD with SC Ink
Screen Americas – Truepress Jet 520NX
Xerox Corp. – Trivor 2400 HF Inkjet Press
Xerox – Xerox iGen 5 Press with White Dry Ink
• Pressroom: Wide-Format
Canon U.S.A. – Océ Colorado 1640
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Cubik printer
Electronics For Imaging – EFI VUTEk 3r and 5r LED printers
• Postpress and Inline Finishing
MGI – JETvarnish 3D Web
Muller Martini – Connex Workflow System
Rollem International – Insignia Die Cutters
Standard Finishing Systems – Hunkeler POPP8 Finishing Line
VITS International – EXPRESS Cutter
• Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment
Pitney Bowes – Epic 3.0 Inserting System
W+D North America – W+D HALM iJET
(One additional winner in this category is under embargo until the show.)
• Management Systems
Avanti Systems – Avanti Slingshot Scheduling Reservation System
Avanti Systems – Avanti Slingshot Wireless Warehouse Management
Electronics For Imaging – EFI iQuote Dynamic Intelligent Estimating for Labels, Tags and Folding Cartons
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Productivity Workbench
SpencerMetrics – SpencerMetrics Connect, Version 6
Ultimate TechnoGraphics – Ultimate Bindery v5
The Future of Print
Electronics For Imaging – EFI Industrial Textile Ecosystem
Fujifilm – Samba
MGI – Ceradrop F-Series
Print 17 unveils its 44 Must See ’Ems Award recipients for 2017
