Blokboek.com now also on Flipboard

Door Rob van den Braak | 28/07/2016

You can now read, share and comment on all Blokboek.com news via Flipboard. Flipboard is a fast growing web phenomenon with which you can create magazines and follow other people´s magazines, with any internet connected computer, smart phone or tablet. Reading via a web browser and editing via apps available in the Apple and Android stores. Blokboek.com can be…

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Multicopy wins awards

Door Rob van den Braak | 26/07/2016

Muticopy, The Communication Company, has won the Award 2016 for best in Communication Solutions, awarded by the National Business Success Award Institute. The yearly award includes a prize of 100.000€. The nomination commission sees Multicopy as a successful company which will be even more successful in the future. “Innovation is key at Multicopy which continuously…

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What the new European privacy laws entail

Door Jolanda van Drie | 21/07/2016

  On 24 May of this year the new European privacy laws, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was published. The new law regulates into the smallest detail how to manage data. This new EU wide privacy law has consequences for any organisation dealing with consumer data. What does the law mean for companies and…

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Dutch Service2Sales will become British

Door Rob van den Braak | 20/07/2016

The British Info Technology Supply (ITS), supplier of print management, e-resource management and cost recovery has acquired the Dutch Service2Sales. Service2Sales from Leusden, the Netherlands, offers print solutions. With this acquisition ITS expands its European sales and support network. Service2Sales is a 15 year old company which will function as an independent unit. Service2Sales´ client…

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Where is the world´s free Wi-Fi and why is this important?

Door Rob van den Braak | 20/07/2016

The World Economic Forum is of the opinion that free internet access is a way of improving the way of life of the world´s citizens. Free and fast Wi-Fi plays an important role. www.weforum.org shows where this is available. Remarkably the Baltic states, which are also growing economically speaking, are at the top of the list. The…

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HelloPrint collects €3 million

Door Rob van den Braak | 19/07/2016

The new Dutch print company HelloPrint has managed to collect €3M to ensure growth both in the Netherlands and abroad. Investor Gert Jan Munneke also contributed. CEO Hans Scheffer understands HelloPrint´s attraction. “Many start ups don´t have a proven business model. We do.” Hans Scheffer is not afraid of digitalization of the print industry, he…

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XMPie membership will become free for all users

Door Rob van den Braak | 14/07/2016

Jeroen van Druenen, CEO of Jubels, is not only a well-known Dutch communications entrepreneur, but also chairman of the international XMPie user group XUG. In an interview with Whattheythink.com he announced that this user group will now become free of charge for all users who use this smart software for their cross media efforts. Van Druenen is…

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Xerox tries to put the horse ‘before’ the cart

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/07/2016

With the possible acquisition of the American print giant R.R. Donnelley Xerox tries to put the horse ‘before’ its slow-going cart. The rumors of talks about mergers have not been confirmed by either party. The rumor will be one of the biggest topics of gossip this summer, especially for Xerox´s largest clients. These clients will…

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Laurel Brunner: Sustainable print and the designer

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/07/2016

One of the often forgotten sides of the sustainable production of print is the actual design. In Laurel´s Verdigris blog she discusses how a designer can influence the sustainability of a product. Paper type, special colours and the use of these colours all have its impact. Read her blog on our articles page via this…

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KBA takes over Spanish die-cutter producer Iberica AG S.A. 

Door Rob van den Braak | 06/07/2016

The takeover of Iberica AG S.A. in Spain by German press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) announced on 23 May 2016 is now complete with the signing of the purchase agreement by Officine Meccaniche G. Cerutti S.p.A. (OMGC) from Italy. The KBA Group expands its extensive portfolio for packaging customers in print finishing with…

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