Rob van den Braak
The Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is meant for consumer products, but it also sets the trend for professional users. The introduction of the new USB norm, USB-C is fact and before long we will be able to connect our peripherals such as harddisk and screen to our computers quickly and simply. It is also clear that 8K will be the norm for screens which will give us sharper and more detailed images. AR and VR seem to conquer the living room and will lead to affordable sensors for safer homes, cars and work environments.
Remarkable were also the introduction of the gold LG laptop and the unique design of the LaCie SSD harddisk which will enhance your workplace with its 940 MB/s and RAID 0. Drones with 4K video cameras and 1000HP electronic sports cars, refrigerators which open the door for you seem to be playthings for people with too much money, but do ring in the new era of technological developments.
De Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is bedoeld voor consumentenproducten, maar zet ook de trend voor professionele gebruikers. Zo is de komst van de nieuwe USB-norm, USB-C duidelijk een uitgemaakte zaak en zullen we binnenkort al onze randapparatuur van harddisk tot beeldscherm snel en eenvoudig met computer devices kunnen verbinden. Duidelijk is ook dat na 4K, 8K de norm gaat worden voor beeldschermen, wat ons een nog scherper, gedetailleerder en contrastrijkere weergave op gaat leveren. AR en VR sluipen langzaam de huiskamer in en zullen met de betaalbare sensors voor omgevingscondities huizen, auto’s en werkplekken veiliger maken. Opvallende introducties waren er ook zoals de gouden LG laptop en een bijzonder vormgegeven LaCie SSD harddisk die met 940 MB/s en RAID 0 een aanwinst voor elke werkplek zal zijn. Drones met 4K videocamera’s en een 1.000 PK elektrische sportwagen, ijskasten die de deur voor je openen lijken speeltjes voor mensen met te veel geld maar zijn wel voorbodes van waar de technische ontwikkelingen naar toe gaan.
Designer Kelli Anderson made the ultimate multimedia production of 2015, a book which can be transformed into a working camera. Kelli is a real paper aficionado who gets the most out of ´real´ book and already designed a book which transforms into a record player. This Book is a Camera is her newest project in which the pop-up book changes into a camera by simply folding it open. Visit her site, which unfortunately has a few php errors, and let yourself be inspired by her infographics which are her day job.
Lees verder....
A year of Blokboek.com posts indicates what kept our industry and us busy. 
And what a diverse year it was: technical developments such as production inkjet, LED curing´s winning streak, the publication of the most advanced ebook ever and the video which proved the value of IKEA´s ´real´ art. 
The unstoppable growth of social media as part of the marketing mix should not be forgotten.
The revival of print as Smart Communication, Harald Weimer of Heidelberg rightly mentioned this in an interview, confirms that the marketing mix has become truly cross channel. It is no longer a matter of print or digital, but of print together with all the possibilities of digital.
A mix in which curating, content marketing and video find a perfect fit and which will have an important role for print this year. FESPA Digital and drupa will be the two beacons to show the way forward for the print revival.
This warms my heart since it is about 50 years after my first drupa when I, as printer apprentice, saw the first steps of Heidelberg´s offset and Crossfield and Scitex gave me an insight into the future of image processing; uch important steps for our industry. FESPA and drupa show us the future.
So make time for these events and make sure to regularly visit our Blokboek.com trade fair pages which will go live in January to always be up-to-date on new products, trends and developments.
Een jaar Blokboek.com artikelen is voor mij een graadmeter voor wat er in onze industrie veranderde en wat ons bezig hield.
de publicatie van het meest geavanceerde eboek ooit tot aan een filmpje dat de waarde van ‘echte’ IKEA kunst bewijst.Ook de onstuitbare groei van social media als een onderdeel van de marketing mix van veel bedrijven hoort daarbij.
De revival van drukwerk als Smart Communication, zoals Harald Weimer van Heidelberg in een interview terecht opmerkte, geeft aan dat die marketing mix nu echt cross channel is geworden.
2015 was the year Blokboek doubled. Our two Blokboek sites got more than double the views compare to 2014. The growth was generated also because of the international English site which has visitors from over 50 countries. We also doubled our turnover for the second year running. We won´t be rich because of Blokboek, but this turnover will allow us to continue to offer free content to our readers. We also more than doubled the articles, thanks to the continued interest of our readers in new media and new technology such as 3D printing. Our new editor, Beate den Engelsman who will now become editor-in-chief, did her very best to improve Blokboek.com´s content and she succeeded. We hope to continue the trend for 2016. We think that´s realistic because of Drupa as well as the FESPA which returns to Amsterdam. We are official media partner for both events which will give us the chance to bring you scoops on the events and the exhibitors. We are very happy that our optimism is strengthened by the economic growth in our industry. An upward trend which we will gladly update you on.
2015 was voor Blokboek het jaar van de verdubbeling. De twee Blokboek sites kregen meer dan het dubbele aantal bezoekers in vergelijking met 2014. Die groei kwam ook van de Engelstalige internationale site die nu door lezers in meer dan 50 landen bekeken wordt. Ook onze omzet wisten we, voor de tweede keer op rij, te verdubbelen. Rijk zullen we van Blokboek niet worden, maar door de stijgende omzet kunnen we onze content ook in 2016 aan u, geachte lezer, gratis blijven aanbieden.
Een meer dan verdubbeling realiseerden we in het aantal artikelen. Een flinke groei die mogelijk was door de stijgende interesse van onze lezers in nieuwe media en technieken zoals 3D printing waardoor we aan onderwerpen geen gebrek hadden. Die onderwerpen konden we allemaal behandelen mede dankzij onze nieuwe redactrice, Beate den Engelsman die nu ook tekent voor de eindredactie waarmee de kwaliteit van onze content merkbaar gestegen is.
Voor 2016 hopen we deze trend door te kunnen zetten, wat voor een DRUPA jaar waarin ook nog eens FESPA terugkeert naar Amsterdam een volgens ons realistische verwachting is. Ook al omdat Blokboek voor beide evenementen officiële media partner is, wat niet alleen goed is voor onze inkomsten, maar er ook voor zorgt dat we alle nieuws over evenementen en standhouders uit de eerste hand krijgen en snel met onze lezers kunnen delen.
Gelukkig wordt ons optimisme gesterkt door het vooruitzicht van economisch herstel en een stabilisatie, zelfs een lichte groei, voor onze industrie. Een opgaande lijn dus die we graag voor u volgen.
Lees verder....
Lees verder....2006 to 2016: 10 years of wide format digital printAs FESPA gears up for the 10th anniversary of the FESPA Digital branded show back at its start point in Amsterdam in March 2016, Lynda Sutton, Marketing Manager at FESPA looks back at how digital wide format technology has grown since 2006.
A decade of digital growth
10 years ago, FESPA launched its dedicated exhibition “FESPA Digital 2006” which was to focus on emerging digital technologies in the signage and graphics market.
Taking place in Amsterdam, the event played host to 234 exhibitors and attracted an attendance of 9,317 individual visitors. Since then, the most recent iteration – FESPA Digital 2014 in Munich, hosted 536 exhibitors and saw a total attendance of 16,766 – an increase of 129% and 80% respectively since 2006.
This growth has also been mirrored by that in the digital printing market, with its overall global market share set to more than double from its 9.5% share in 2008.
to 19.7% by 2018. This is hardly surprising when you consider the number of commercial printers expanding into wide format or the fact that almost 50% of respondents to The World Wide Survey 4 in 2013 saw digital printing as the key to their future success.
Indeed, two years later, print businesses surveyed in FESPA’s Print Census reported a CAGR of 7% revenue growth for digital wide format print from 2007 to 2015.
Buoyant businesses
Even amidst the maelstrom of the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, wide format print service providers remained optimistic. If you look back at the 2007 and 2009 versions of The World Wide Survey, respondents rated their optimism for the industry at 7.1 and then 7.2 on a scale of 1 to 10 .This positive outlook was proved correct as the industry weathered the economic storm particularly well compared with other areas of the industry, driven in part by how digital print’s flexibility enabled many to explore alternative applications and revenue streams.
If print businesses’ intentions to invest in new equipment is an indicator of market health, this is definitely a market that is on the rise. In 2010, 37.4% had such plans, by 2012 this had risen to 47% and in 2015 more than 50% of print businesses indicated their intent to buy digital wide format printing equipment.
Broadening markets
The technologies that feature in purchase plans are telling too. In 2012, 40% of respondents had plans to buy a UV-curable inkjet printer and no other technology was in the plans of more than 13% of respondents. In 2015, however, purchasing plans were far more mixed, dominated by UV printers (27%) and textile printers (21%), with solvent printers (17%), eco-solvent printers (16%) and latex printers (14%) also featuring.
The reasons for these investments have changed too. While the most common objectives for investments in 2012 were speed, ability to print onto uncoated materials and access to special colours or capabilities, by 2015 most investments (45%) were being planned with a view to moving into new markets.
In part, this diversification was necessitated by challenges that arose during the recession in the late 2000s. However, developments in wide format digital print technology have also been a major driver in this broadening of markets, with wide format digital print now being used in ways that may not even have been imagined back in 2006.
Throughout the first ten years of FESPA Digital we have not only witnessed, but also been part of the exciting digital developments changing the face of the wide format print industry. We have evolved our event portfolio to reflect this, introducing the Digital Textile Conference in 2008 to educate the market about wide format digital print for textile applications, and more recently launching Printeriors to cater to the growing printed interiors market. Now, as we look ahead to celebrating the tenth anniversary of FESPA Digital in Amsterdam in 2016, we look forward to continuing to support the industry in shaping the exciting future of wide format digital print.
Lees meer informatie over het jubileum in het onderstaande FESPA persbericht.
2006 to 2016: 10 years of wide format digital print
As FESPA gears up for the 10th anniversary of the FESPA Digital branded show back at its start point in Amsterdam in March 2016, Lynda Sutton, Marketing Manager at FESPA looks back at how digital wide format technology has grown since 2006.
A decade of digital growth
10 years ago, FESPA launched its dedicated exhibition “FESPA Digital 2006” which was to focus on emerging digital technologies in the signage and graphics market.
Taking place in Amsterdam, the event played host to 234 exhibitors and attracted an attendance of 9,317 individual visitors. Since then, the most recent iteration – FESPA Digital 2014 in Munich, hosted 536 exhibitors and saw a total attendance of 16,766 – an increase of 129% and 80% respectively since 2006.
This growth has also been mirrored by that in the digital printing market, with its overall global market share set to more than double from its 9.5% share in 2008
to 19.7% by 2018. This is hardly surprising when you consider the number of commercial printers expanding into wide format or the fact that almost 50% of respondents to The World Wide Survey 4 in 2013 saw digital printing as the key to their future success. Indeed, two years later, print businesses surveyed in FESPA’s Print Census reported a CAGR of 7% revenue growth for digital wide format print from 2007 to 2015.
Buoyant businesses
Even amidst the maelstrom of the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, wide format print service providers remained optimistic. If you look back at the 2007 and 2009 versions of The World Wide Survey, respondents rated their optimism for the industry at 7.1 and then 7.2 on a scale of 1 to 10. This positive outlook was proved correct as the industry weathered the economic storm particularly well compared with other areas of the industry, driven in part by how digital print’s flexibility enabled many to explore alternative applications and revenue streams.
If print businesses’ intentions to invest in new equipment is an indicator of market health, this is definitely a market that is on the rise. In 2010, 37.4% had such plans, by 2012 this had risen to 47% and in 2015 more than 50% of print businesses indicated their intent to buy digital wide format printing equipment.
Broadening markets
The technologies that feature in purchase plans are telling too. In 2012, 40% of respondents had plans to buy a UV-curable inkjet printer and no other technology was in the plans of more than 13% of respondents. In 2015, however, purchasing plans were far more mixed, dominated by UV printers (27%) and textile printers (21%), with solvent printers (17%), eco-solvent printers (16%) and latex printers (14%) also featuring.
The reasons for these investments have changed too. While the most common objectives for investments in 2012 were speed, ability to print onto uncoated materials and access to special colours or capabilities, by 2015 most investments (45%) were being planned with a view to moving into new markets.
In part, this diversification was necessitated by challenges that arose during the recession in the late 2000s. However, developments in wide format digital print technology have also been a major driver in this broadening of markets, with wide format digital print now being used in ways that may not even have been imagined back in 2006.
Throughout the first ten years of FESPA Digital we have not only witnessed, but also been part of the exciting digital developments changing the face of the wide format print industry. We have evolved our event portfolio to reflect this, introducing the Digital Textile Conference in 2008 to educate the market about wide format digital print for textile applications, and more recently launching Printeriors to cater to the growing printed interiors market. Now, as we look ahead to celebrating the tenth anniversary of FESPA Digital in Amsterdam in 2016, we look forward to continuing to support the industry in shaping the exciting future of wide format digital print.
Industrial printing of textiles, glass, plastics and other materials is a growth market, according to the experts. A growth market which depends on economic growth and the fact that sustainable production becomes more regulated. What this market will look like and what is important to become successful is the subject of the 6th Drupa expert article, written by Ron Gilboa, Director of Production & Industrial Printing Advisory Services at Info-Trends. Gilboa is one of the few experts in this field. This Drupa expert article can be downloaded from our downloads page.
Lees verder....
VIGC BOPE 2025: Redefining print. Success in a digital world. Met o.a. Peter Luit als gesprekleider binnen het panelgesprek ‘Platformeconomie, kansen voor grafimedia bedrijven?’
Kandidaten gezocht
De trainingen voor 2022 staan gereed. Kijk voor het volledige online aanbod van bestaande- en nieuwe trainingen op de website.
BLOKBOEK.COM EN PRINTMEDIANIEUWS: HET OPTIMALE DOELGROEP BEREIK