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PrintCity members Sun Chemical, UPM, manroland, Trelleborg and Sappi, plus alliance partners Fujifilm, GMG and Hammesfahr, have published an important new report on Process Colour Standardisation.

Process Colour Standardisation – Synopsis

The report is a guideline to better understand and use standardised process printing and workflow optimisation. PrintCity project members have shared their combined competencies to help implement standardisation, plus improve quality, consistency and productivity in offset printing. An important part of this project was the case study on PSO implementation and certification at the printer Hammesfahr in Germany.

Key topics in this extensive new comprehensive reference for all designers, printers, packagers and print buyers include:

• Introduction: Colour Management; Standards, Specifications and Implementation; Certification, Key Control Parameters; Measuring Devices and Software Tools, Frequently Asked Questions, Glossary
• Key Influences on Quality: Print Job Preparation & Design; GCR; PDF/X; Proofing system; Plates & Processing; Press ...
  

Vision in Print (ViP) is delighted to announce their contribution of Lean Process Improvement Expertise to the PrintCity Alliance for their drupa 2012 Lean and Green visitor attraction and project.

Drupa visitors will find a special information area for Lean & Green Opportunities at PrintCity in the centre of Hall 6. This special zone will have a focus on improving economic & environmental performance. It will be manned by a range of environmental, sustainability & business efficiency experts from many international organisations, to answer questions and give advice on good practice.

In addition, ViP are contributing to the PrintCity Lean & Green project report — Making The Print Value Chain Greener & Leaner, and will be speaking at the Joint WPCF - PrintCity International Environmental Conference at drupa on May 10, 2012.

Jean-Paul Wheater of UK-based Vision in Print comments, “ViP welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with PrintCity at drupa 2012, in raising awareness that becoming Lean and Green is not just a matter of compliance or ethics. It is a real opportunity to be seized, to i ...

The latest edition of PrintCity’s Webline magazine, edition winter 2011 / spring 2012, is now published and celebrates 10 years of success in the web printing market. Participating PrintCity Alliance members are manroland, MEGTEC, Océ, Procemex, Sun Chemical and UPM.

Featured Webline Articles

The headline title for this latest Webline magazine edition is Tune-Up Your Web Press, setting the scene for the shared PrintCity Alliance web printing hot topic attractions at drupa in 2012. This edition includes the following articles:

• Upgrades & Retrofits/Print Quality Audit/SUM-IT Training/Remote Web Monitoring
• Digital Meets Offset Power
• UWWO (Ultra Wide Web Offset) Installations
• VAPoN (Value Added Printing of Newspapers) Case Studies
• New PrintCity project reports available
• Joint WPCF/PrintCity drupa Environmental Conference – May 10, 2012

Webline Magazine Pedigree

The VAPack initiative highlights the opportunities and benefits of ‘value added’ packaging techniques & materials. Focused on creative packaging professionals, it broadens understanding about such differentiation methods.

EskoArtwork is the worldwide market leader with software for artwork creation, pre-production, automation, quality assurance and collaboration targeted at brand owners, retailers, designers and packaging manufacturers.

EskoArtwork will contribute its Studio product family knowhow, to show how the Value Added Packaging techniques & materials from the VAPack project can be modelled and assessed in 3D before prototyping or manufacture. Such technology can significantly reduce ‘time to market’ for new product launches. The EskoArtwork Studio capability includes Studio Designer, Studio Toolkit for Boxes, Studio Visualizer and Esko Store Visualizer. For more information see www.esko.com/en/Products/overview/studio/overview    

On November 22 in Poznan, Poland, PrintCity Alliance members manroland, Sun Chemical, UPM, Cofely, M-real and Weilburger Graphics presented their shared knowledge about sheetfed printing & packaging under the event headline: Challenges in Modern Packaging Production with a special focus on Safe Food Packaging.

Highlights of the seminar

With an audience of around 30 leading Polish executives from packaging printers and several journalists, event moderator Jacek Hammerlinski led the audience and speakers in a workshop style discussion. Highlights of the day included in depth discussions about:

• Opportunities and issues in modern food packaging techniques, including lean production and low migration ink capabilities
• Advantages of UV varnishes, including press applications and UV drying
• Lightweight carton boards compared to other conventional boards
• RFID techniques and how they can assist efficiency in production
• Value Added Packaging and the benefits for all

Audience feedback was very good, with approval for the intimate workshop style of the ...

PrintCity Alliance members manroland, Sun Chemical, UPM, Cofely, M-real and Sappi presented their shared process knowledge across sheetfed printing & packaging in a well attended seminar organised with GIPP, the Guild of Press Publishers, in Moscow on November 17.

Highlights of the Seminar

Around 100 Russian delegates attended the event at the Holiday Inn Hotel Lesnaya to hear a series of presentations by PrintCity members on the subject Adding Value to Sheetfed and Packaging Printing Applications. John Dangelmaier, President of PrintCity, together with Mikhail A. Kuvshinov from HGS moderated the event, which saw in depth discussions on a range of topics.

Seminar Attendee Feedback

The audience feedback was very positive about this latest PrintCity Alliance Moscow event:

• Denis Strunnikov, ANTALIS Company, "It was all very well organized and more than relevant. A lot of aspects affect production efficiency. All the speakers communicated their messages to the audience clearly and competently. It was fascinating".
• Alexander Maximov, Z-Production, "Thank you for the ...
  

PEFC, the world’s largest forest certification system, is joining forces with PrintCity at Drupa 2012 to inform exhibitors and visitors of the benefits of forest certification for the print sector.

“We cordially welcome PEFC to the Lean and Green area in the centre of Hall 6” says Rainer Kuhn, Managing Director of PrintCity. This joint stand will serve as the central source of information for the print and graphics sector about the advantages of sourcing paper sustainably. To accommodate the needs of a diverse and international audience, representatives from six different national PEFC organizations, in addition to PEFC International, namely Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, will be present on different days to answer questions and provide in-depth information.

“The cooperation with PrintCity offers us the unique opportunity to further our engagement with a wide range of stakeholders from the print industry,” said Thorsten Arndt, Head of Communications at PEFC International. “The industry has made substantive strides in the past few years t ...

PrintCity Alliance member manroland, Sun Chemical, UPM, Cofely, M-real and Weilburger Graphics present their shared process knowledge across sheetfed printing & packaging on November 22 in Poznan, Poland under the event headline: “Challenges in Modern Packaging Production” with a special focus on “Safe Food Packaging”.

Why You Should Attend

PrintCity seminars offer a unique opportunity to gain valuable process knowledge on packaging production best practice, consumables and opportunities to attain real business benefits. All technology providers in the process chain – press, paper, ancillary equipment, ink and varnish – freely share their knowledge and answer your questions.

Seminar Programme

The inspiring one day seminar starts at 9:30 with registration and a welcome coffee and ends at 16.30. All presentation sessions are concluded with audience discussions. The seminar languages will be English and Polish, with simultaneous translation. Next to Best Practises and inspiring samples from all over the world, you will discuss the Challenges in Modern Packaging Production an ...

PrintCity Alliance members manroland, Sun Chemical, UPM, Cofely, M-real and Sappi present their shared process knowledge across sheetfed printing & packaging on November 17 in Moscow, Russia under the event headline: Adding Value to Sheetfed and Packaging Printing Applications.

Why You Should Attend

PrintCity seminars offer a unique opportunity to gain valuable process knowledge on sheetfed and packaging printing best practice, consumables, opportunities to attain real business benefits. All technology providers in the process chain – press, paper, ink, ancillary equipment – freely share their knowledge and answer your questions.

Seminar Programme

The one day seminar starts at 10.00 with registration and a welcome coffee and ends at 17.30. All presentation sessions are concluded with audience discussions. The seminar languages will be English and Russian, with simultaneous translation. You will learn more about Added Value Printing, getting more value from your energy, valuable packaging papers and lightweight boards. The seminar will be moderated by John Dangelmaier, President of PrintCity

PrintCity Alliance members & partners announce their plans for drupa 2012, offering visitors access to their connection of competence knowledge sharing and industry leading hot topics.

PrintCity Members & Partners at drupa

Industry leading businesses with specialist knowledge across conventional and digital web & sheetfed printing, packaging and publishing will be active within PrintCity at drupa:

• PrintCity Members at drupa 2012 are Baumüller, Cofely, Eltosch, Kurz, manroland, Megtec, Merck, M-real, Océ, Procemex, Sappi, Sun Chemical, Tolerans, Trelleborg, UPM, Weilburger Graphics and Westland

• PrintCity Partners offering technology, market reach and other benefits include Metrics (Brazil), PEFC, Sonoco Alcore and Finest Fog

PrintCity Hot Topic Attractions at drupa