Corporate News
Polestar: web offset to replace gravure
Polestar, one of the largest print shops for newspapers and magazines, saw its turnover decline rapidly because of the fall in circulation. According to the company falling run lengths and pagination levels result in a move away from gravure towards pagination web offset presses. For this reason Polestar recently installed the first 96 page Goss…
Lees meerAxel Springer starts own online kiosk
German publisher Axel Springer invested 3 million last year into Blendle, together with the New York Times. This year they are putting their money into their own online iKiosk which will compete with the recently opened German Blendle. Reading your newspapers and magazines when and where you want on whichever device you choose. The new freedom…
Lees meerGlass Print 2015
A very specialised form of printing is glass printing. It is a growth market of which the value add is very high. If you want to be updated on the current state of technology and market expectations a visit to Glass Print 2015, 25 and 26 November in Düsseldorf, Germany, is a good idea. With…
Lees meerGrowth digital colour prints in a declining prints market
Amongst the declining trends in the number of print shops and print volumes the growth in digital colour prints stands out. Last year this segment grew by 17% in the USA to a total volume of 90 billion pages. The toner-based sheet production grew by approximately 7%. The last couple of years digital printing was…
Lees meerWorking with environmentally friendly paper
How environmentally friendly is the paper you use? WWF offers an analysis to determine how environmentally friendly the paper you use really is. Greenhouse gases, recycling, origin of fibres, waste and water pollution are all taken into account. Check your paper ensures a sustainable attitude towards the environment. The ´Environmental Paper Awards´ are scheduled to…
Lees meerGreece will not be able to print drachmes
Grexit will have more consequences than already foreseen. There is no capacity for printing drachmes (Greece´s previous national currency). The presses used to print drachmes have been destroyed, said Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who stepped down last week, in an interview with Australian radio. According to Varoufakis the presses were discarded when Greece entered the…
Lees meerGrowth digital colour prints in a declining prints market
Amongst the declining trends in the number of print shops and print volumes the growth in digital colour prints stands out. Last year this segment grew by 17% in the USA to a total volume of 90 billion pages. The toner-based sheet production grew by approximately 7%. The last couple of years digital printing was…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Clients could be the best ambassadors for sustainable environmental management strategy
Big clients who put a lot of time and effort into their own sustainable development strategy are the best ambassadors for print shops who wave the flag for environmental management. In her Verdigris blog Laurel describes Britvic, one of Britain´s largest producer of PET bottles. Britvic is vocal about its environmental management programme, but makes…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Using standardisation to improve margins
In her Verdrigris blog Laurel Brunner talks about a side effect of standardisation which doesn´t always get attention, namely improvement of margins. She explains how standards force companies to work more efficiently, have a better overview of costs and as such improve margins.
Lees meerPrint marketing: chicken or egg
On her blog, Margie Dana discusses a practical example of creative and effective print marketing. Templeton Offset Printing, a print shop in Massachusetts, USA, produces a small newsletter together with its client The Country Hen Farm. The newsletter is inserted into every box of eggs The Country Hen delivers. The newsletter featured a headline The…
Lees meerHeidelberg – don´t forget technology!
Heidelberg became world famous for its presses which excelled in reliability and clever new technology. Heidelberg was the market leader and built a growing and loyal client base. The ´new´ Heidelberg will adopt a different strategy. With their “we care for you” campaign their focus will be on what the customer wants and on following…
Lees meerThe unique colour spectrum of Screen´s L350uv digital flexo press
The Screen L350uv combines the speed of flexo with the flexibility of digital. 50 meters a minute without start up time or plate costs. On top of that you can use standard flexo materials without having to use an expensive primer. Another advantage is that tests have proven that the CMYK inks used by Screen…
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