F8: Facebook going for the business market

Door Rob van den Braak | 14/04/2015

Facebook sees a role for itself in the business market. During its annual developers conference F8 Facebook announced a few new tools to do this with. The most important one is undoubtedly the Messenger Platform with which it is possible to develop apps to reach the 600 million Facebook accounts. Also LiveRail a tool to…

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Success with Labels on Demand Solutions

Door Rob van den Braak | 11/04/2015

When you combine expertise in variable data and reprographics focused on labels and packaging and you are one of the first to invest in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press you can offer Labels on Demand just like Springfield Solutions in the UK.  Labels on Demand is one of the growth markets in…

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Solar energy for printer on the North Pole

Door Marco den Engelsman | 08/04/2015

The city of Oulu is very busy building a reputation for renewable energy and a solar power unit is part of that. The local Oulun Energia Group will install 1600 solar panels on the roof of the local newspaper Kaleva, according to the Finnish broadcasting group YLE. This should deliver 420 kilowatt of energy. This…

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Research: Print professionals communicate digitally

Door Rob van den Braak | 30/03/2015

How do print professionals communicate? Duomedia asked 100 European professionals in the print media industry. The results were quite interesting. It appears that trade fairs are still the most important way of communicating, especially when making plans for investments, closely followed by conferences and magazine articles. Of these articles, business cases score best. Best practices also…

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Creative Bookbinding Seminar

Door Beate den Engelsman | 27/03/2015

Having books bound signifies respect for the book. It indicates that people not only love to read, but they view it as an important vocation. This craft has been expertly mastered at Hexspoor Binderij, one of Europe’s finest and long established bookbinderies. Join us on Wednesday 1st of April between 12.00 – 2.00 pm and…

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Digital more economic at 115,000 labels

Door Rob van den Braak | 27/03/2015

Not so long ago common knowledge was that smaller quantities were less expensive to produce digitally. However, it appears that also larger quantities of labels are more economic than conventional techniques. One example is a 70×155 mm label printed on the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV. Very detailed calculations show that the break even point between…

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Brother acquires industrial printing giant Domino

Door Rob van den Braak | 26/03/2015

Japanese printing manufacturer Brother has acquired Domino. Domino specializes in fast industrial printers for coding and marking. It seems that Brother with its digital plans and worldwide service and distribution organization is the ideal partner for Domino. Domino has been able to withstand the pressure of digital printers with variable data possibilities. Industrial printing for…

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Cimpress (Vistaprint) acquiring more internet print shops

Door Arthur Lubbers | 24/03/2015

The Dutch online printing giant Cimpress – previously Vistaprint – is out to acquire some more. They recently acquired the Austrian internet printer druck.at for an amount of 23.3 million Euros. Druck.at in Leobersdorf has 240 employees and a turnover of 34 million Euros last year. At the beginning of March Cimpress acquired a majority share in the French…

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Second Drupa Trends Report: our industry is optimistic

Door Rob van den Braak | 23/03/2015

The second Drupa Trends Report has very positive numbers for our industry. No less than 48% of companies who participated in this research thought that their economic situation will improve in the coming years. Only 7% has a pessimistic view of this. Turnover (39% is expecting growth) and margins (16% expect an increase) are less…

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