PRINT 17 announced the 2017 MUST SEE ’EMS - the exhibits on the show floor that attendees can’t miss. Chosen by industry experts, these 44 technologies represent the most compelling advances in 11 categories spanning the print production workflow.

“It’s our honor to recognize these outstanding organizations that have gone above and beyond to drive innovation through their leading-edge technologies,” comments Thayer Long, President of 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 were revealed during the preshow conference OUTLOOK 17.

The 2017 MUST SEE ’EMS award winners are listed in alphabetical order:

SALES AND ORDER ENTRY

MarcomCentral (Booth 238): JobDirect Plus

Best of Category: OnPrintShop (Radix) (Booth 345): OnPrintShop Wide Format Module Taopix (Booth 234): 3D Designer

PREPRESS AND PREMEDIA

CGS Publishing Technologies International (Booth 631): ORIS Flex Pack // Web Visualizer

Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Corrugated Packaging System with Esko ArtiosCAD Integration

Best of Category: Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Metrix for High-Speed Inkjet

Enfocus Software (Booth 255): PitStop 2017 with PDF Geomapper

Xerox Corp. (Booth 1302): Xerox Specialty Imaging

COLOR MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY CONTROL

Epson America Inc. (Booth 831): SureColor P5000 Commercial Edition with SpectroProofer

Konica Minolta (Booth 2031): IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer

Best of Category: Lake Image Systems Inc. (Booth 2263): Discovery READ&PRINT for RFID

VARIABLE, TRANSACTIONAL AND MULTI-CHANNEL

Best of Category: Color-Logic Inc. (Booth 4813): Security-FX for Digital Presses

HP Inc. (Booth 613): HP SmartStream Edge and Spine Printing

Pitney Bowes (Booth 848): Synchronize Mail + Mobile

PRESSROM: ANALOG PRESSES

Eltosch Grafix America Inc. (Booth 663): LED Powerline Focus

Best of Category: RYOBI MHI Graphic Technology (Booth 1244): RMGT 920PF-8+CC+LED-UV 8 Color with Coater Perfecting Press

PRESSROOM: DIGITAL PRESSES

Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Cretaprint C4 Twin Digital Inkjet Printer Fujifilm (Booth 2013): J Press 720S

Best of Category: HP Inc. (Booth 613): HP Indigo 50000 Digital Press

Ricoh USA Inc. (Booth 2022): RICOH Pro VC40000

Best of Category: Screen Americas (Booth 2613): Truepress Jet 520HD with SC Ink Screen Americas (Booth 2613): Truepress Jet 520NX

Xerox Corp. (Booth 1302): Trivor 2400 HF Inkjet Press

Xerox Corp. (Booth 1302): Xerox iGen 5 Press with White Dry Ink

PRESSROOM: WIDE-FORMAT

Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Booth 1213): Océ Colorado 1640

Best of Category: Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Cubik printer

Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI VUTEk 3r and 5r LED printers

POSTPRESS AND IN-LINE FINISHING

Best of Category: MGI (Booth 2031): JETvarnish 3D Web

Muller Martini (Booth 625): Connex Workflow System

Rollem International (Booth 845): Insignia Die Cutters

Standard Finishing Systems (Booth 1231): Hunkeler POPP8 Finishing Line

VITS International (Booth 3602): EXPRESS Cutter

IMPRINTING, MAILING, SHIPPING AND FULFILLMENT

Pitney Bowes (Booth 848): Epic 3.0 Inserting System

Printware LLC (Booth 2463): iJetColorPro

Best of Category: W+D North America Inc. (Booth 1248): W+D HALM iJET

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Avanti Systems (Booth 635): Avanti Slingshot Scheduling Reservation System

Avanti Systems (Booth 635): Avanti Slingshot Wireless Warehouse Management Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI iQuote Dynamic Intelligent Estimating for Labels, Tags, and Folding Cartons

Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Productivity Workbench

SpencerMetrics LLC (Booth 133): SpencerMetrics CONNECT, version 6

Best of Category: Ultimate TechnoGraphics Inc. (Booth 540): Ultimate Bindery v5

THE FUTURE OF PRINT

Electronics For Imaging (Booth 2302): EFI Industrial Textile Ecosystem

Fujifilm (Booth 2013): Samba

Best of Category: MGI (Booth 2031): Ceradrop F-Serie