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Printing Summit conference summaries

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  • Quotes from the Conference

    "It's nice to be in a room of believers as I always seem to be the last man standing touting print. Especially when I go south to visit with my colleagues in the U.S., where they are not good ambassadors for print. Everything is digital. That is not good for the industry, especially with advertisers."

    Phillip Crawley, CEO, Globe and Mail, Canada

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Printing Summit conference summaries

WAN-IFRA provided the below summaries of all presentations during the Printing Summit 2011 Conference in Mainz, Germany, held on 6 and 7 April.

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  • Waterless printing by the sea
    2011-04-07 12:07
    “Market orientation plays an even greater role in the future, rather than just making pure investments in automated technology,” says Matthias Ditzen-Blanke, CEO of Druckzentrum Nordsee, publisher of the Nordsee Zeitung and printer of a number of regional titles in the North Sea region of Germany. Read more ...
  • Innovations and trends in newspaper advertising
    2011-04-07 10:31
    “Innovative ad formats bring impact, visibility, attraction for the newspaper and new advertisers," says Marcelo Benez, Advertising Director of Folha de S.Paulo. Read more ...
  • Globe and Mail: ambassadors of print
    2011-04-07 09:45
    The Thompson family, owner of the Globe and Mail in Canada, turned many heads in the industry in 2008 when it signed a 1.7 billion-Canadian dollar deal with its printing partner Transcontinental to print the national daily until 2028. Read more ...
  • Malta: digital printing destination
    2011-04-06 18:30
    With maritime activities and tourism serving as the backbone of Malta’s thriving economy, it is the ideal destination for international newspaper titles to be digitally printed for its readers abroad – on time, in full colour and on newsprint. Read more ...
  • RBD maximises its print capacity
    2011-04-06 17:50
    The RBD (Rheinisch Bergische Druckerei) printing centre in Düsseldorf, Germany, relaunched in the fall of 2010 after extending the plant and re-equipping it with new technology, including a waterless KBA Cortina press and a Ferag mailroom. Read more ...
  • Making print count in India
    2011-04-06 17:39
    When 85 percent of their revenues come from print, says Kasturi Balaji, Managing Director of Kasturi & Sons in India, newspapers had better not scrimp on offering the best newspaper products to their readers. Read more ...
  • A versatile and profitable mailroom
    2011-04-06 15:38
    “We aim to create new market segments for our coldset products. Our offer can be more diversified than our customers expect,” says Philip Brännlund, Managing Director of Eskilstuna-Kurirens Tryckeri in Sweden. Read more ...
  • Druckhaus Spandau ahead of the race
    2011-04-06 15:33
    Since landing the contract for the Berliner Woche, Druckhaus Spandau, one of the printing plants of German publisher Axel Springer AG in Berlin, has literally been in a race to produce and process the 1.53 million copies of this weekly. Read more ...
  • Printed functionalities – a look into the future of printing
    2011-04-06 13:02
    Prof. Dr. Reinhard Baumann is professor for digital printing and imaging technology at the Institute for Print and Media Technology, Chemnitz University of Technology. His message: Printing can do more than you might expect. Read more ...
  • Opportunities and challenges for augmented reality
    2011-04-06 11:12
    While the iPad offers users a truly interactive experience, augmented reality (AR) solutions might in the near future offer a similar experience for users, but in print. Read more ...

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  • EXTRA on Semi-Commercial coming!
    EXTRA 06.2011 Semi-Commercial Printing

    WAN-IFRA Magazine will publish an EXTRA edition in late May dedicated to Semi-Commercial in Printing and Postpress. We will feature some of the most advanced printers around the world who are taking advantage of their varied equipment, as well as discussing the critical aspects to produce and offer semi-commercial and commercial products.