Japan's Graphic Arts Show Goes International

The buying patterns of Japanese printers differ somewhat from those in other countries of the industrialized world. Almost all eight-color sheetfed offset machines sold, for example, are for perfecting 4+4. The import of web offset presses is very rare. Heidelberg has had some success with its Japanese version of the M-600, and now the M-3000s. MAN Roland also has a version of the Rotoman for the Japanese market. All other commercial webs are Japanese-made: Komori or Mitsubishi. TKS has further improved its Model 3000 web offset press, but has not exported any machines.