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  Epson India has announced the launch of its desktop 24-inch wide sublimation InkTank printer SC-F531, the newest addition to its flagship SureColor line of printers. Designed for producing custom T-shirts, mugs, personalized awards, and more, the SC-F531 is suitable for photo labs, photo studios, textile screen printers, and corporate gifting suppliers for an ad-hoc workflow and low production volumes. The SC-F531 is also equipped with unique fluorescent yellow and pink inks for the user to create color gamut or special effects that are not possible with just standard inks. The fluorescent inks also illuminate when under UV light.   The new printer has a convenient InkTank for larger volume printing. Customers can refill the ink even while printing, thereby significantly reducing downtime. Its engine supports production speeds up to 21 square meters an hour while an integrated auto-cutter enables sheet-based output and can print on both sheet and roll media. Entry-level dig...

  Gulbarga-based Somu Digital has recently installed a brand-new Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1100 color production printer to add to its array of Konica Minolta presses. The press was installed during the Covid-19 lockdown and has been operational since June 2020. “From the time we started our services, we have been using Konica Minolta digital presses. We have been pretty happy with our association with the company. That is why we bought our newest digital press, a C1100 from Konica Minolta,” says Manjunath Kalgi, proprietor of Somu Digital. The Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1100 prints at 100 pages a minute and features its enhanced Simitri HD toner, with its inbuilt SEAD IV screen processing, to continuously maintain image stability over long press runs. The substrate movement from the feeder to the delivery is improved with vacuum-based feeding for better registration and reliable paper handling, including hybrid de-curling for consistently flat output in the delivery stacke...

  27 August 2020. You have probably already heard by now that Fespa Eurasia in Istanbul is postponed to 2-5 December 2021. Let us try to be an authoritative source for visitors and exhibitors.  Firstly, the main Fespa , which is in Europe and called the Global Print Expo 2021, has been postponed to 9 to 12 March 2021 in Amsterdam. Originally planned for Madrid earlier this year, it will be run together with the European Sign Expo 2021 and Sportswear Expo 2021. There is also a Fespa Mexico scheduled from 26 to 28 November 2020 in Mexico City. European trade fairs are looking at hybrid events From what we have heard from the Germany based organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair scheduled for October 2020 and drupa 2021, which was postponed and shortened to 20 to 28 April 2021, these fairs are at a minimum concerned about the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery situations. They realize that global participation will be minimal and that they can, at best, expect European visitors. While...

  For months, Covid-19 has paralyzed large sections of public life. In an interview, Dr Markus Heering, managing director of the VDMA Printing and Paper Technology Association, explains how drupa 2021 is planned under Corona-conditions and what he expects of the shortened to nine days event from 20 to 28 April 2021. How is the crisis affecting suppliers of printing and paper technology? Suppliers of printing and paper technology are just as affected by the Corona crisis as other areas of mechanical and plant engineering. Incoming orders and sales are suffering massively. However, the commercial print sector is hit harder than the packaging sector, whose products are considered to be system relevant in many regions due to the high hygiene requirements. Overall the consequences are noticeable, customers shy away from investments, machines can neither be delivered nor put into operation, and service visits to customers are not possible in many regions. Only in Europe, we are observi...

  Japanese company Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has launched sales of 'ecocracy', a recyclable fabric for banners and signage developed by combining Toppan's processing technologies with Dow's plastics expertise. According to Toppan, ecocracy adds to the company's lineup of increasingly eco-friendly solutions for a sustainable society by enabling banners and signage recovered after events have concluded to be re-pelletized as a recycled resin, which can then be blended with timber from wood waste to produce wood-plastic composite materials for such items as benches, floors, and plant pots. Toppan's selection of Dow's polyolefin resin for the creation of the fabric and the use of polyolefin for all other plastic parts, such as membrane, mesh, eyelet, and yarn, facilitate a shift away from multiple plastic types to a monomaterial that claims to offer better recyclability th...

  German Book Office New Delhi has been working closely with the publishing and creative industries of India and its neighbouring countries. The goal is to grow literary and rights exchange, facilitate business and of course to showcase India and South Asia at the publishing and creative industry’s largest trade event worldwide.
 
 Globalocal Talks: A Podcast Series , features entrepreneurs, authors and leaders making an impact on the publishing industry and the creative sectors internationally. We dive into what it takes to succeed, especially, in tough conditions. We seek out lessons from publishing experts to content creating entrepreneurs.

We are happy to announce that GBO New Delhi has launched Season 2 of Globalocal Talks: A Podcast Series and the new episode is out now. This episode of Globalocal Talks features Gautham Pai, managing director, Manipal Technologies . Pai shares the journey of the company that started as a small printing press and has now grown into one of th...

  On 17 August 2020, Google posted an open letter to Australians in which the company claims “the way Aussies search every day on Google is at risk from new regulation.” The letter deals with the proposed News Media Bargaining Code. The search engine and tech giant says the proposed code would force Google to provide Australians with a worse Google Search and YouTube. The letter says that it could lead to users’ data being handed over to big news businesses and would put free services Australians use at risk. In its reply, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said Google’s letter contains misinformation. The AC&CC is the regulatory agency that released the draft News Media Bargaining Code. Google will not be required to charge Australians for its free services such as Google Search and YouTube, said the agency in its response. It is up to Google if it wants to charge readers. Also, Google will not be required to share any additional user data with Australian new...

Udaipur-based Miraj Multicolour , a part of the Miraj Group, commissioned a brand-new 7-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 UV plus coater combi printing press last month. The coater uses the IST UV system. Miraj prints and converts carton packaging for the food, pharmaceuticals, fast-moving consumer goods, ice cream, and electrical segments. The new CX102 is the fourth Heidelberg press at Miraj Multicolour. The press was ordered in December last year and installed during the lockdown. “The press landed at our plant a couple of months ago, and the installation process happened during the lockdown. The installation and commissioning went very smoothly as the Miraj Multicolour team worked closely with the Heidelberg team. The press was formally inaugurated on 22 July,” says KG Sharma, director, Miraj Multicolour. Sending a message Sharma adds that Miraj Multicolour has been a delighted Heidelberg customer, and by bringing in another Heidelberg press, the company wanted to convey a messa...

  “I want to look into your soul,” said photographer Chris Boulton as he stared down the camera lens at his subject, 70-year-old adventurer David Lemon. The photo, part of a shoot for the new independent magazine,  SoulKind , was ultimately to grace the cover, and Boulton’s instinctive phrase, in the moment, was to spark the idea for the magazine’s title.  Produced with support from Fujifilm , and printed on the Jet Press 750S,  SoulKind  is the brainchild of Chris Boulton, an experienced Cheltenham-based photographer and Jamie Rudd, a creative director, and brand consultant. “We wanted to do something purely for the love of it,” says Jamie. “Something not diluted by committee or by commercial concerns. Chris and I have only known each other for a few years, but we have a lot in common, and we’d both long-loved the idea of creating a high-quality magazine to express some of our ideas and creativity. Our challenge had been trying to find our niche – a focus to th...

  In February 2019,  Nürnberger Presse  integrated ppi Media’s modern self-service ad portal, AdSelf , to optimize its classified ad workflows, improve the user experience for advertising customers, and increase sales. The portal has been used successfully by the publishing house since March 2020, and Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace, mobile.de, was also added on 10 June 2020 AdSelf by ppi Media is a B2B and B2C portal that allows publishers to target both companies and individuals. Users can place their classified ads in newspapers via AdSelf. The HTML5-based web portal is ideal for mobile devices, allowing ads to be booked quickly on smartphones. Integrated upselling strategies offer publishers additional sales potential. The mobile.de module enables car dealers to automatically convert their vehicle advertisements on mobile.de into print ads and then book them in just a few clicks. The workflows at  Nürnberger Presse  are now fully automated, and the pu...

Polish creative and printing company Kreativia purchased an EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i dye-sublimation printer from Electronics For Imaging. The 3.4-meter-wide printer will allow the company to expand its service offerings further and tap into new market opportunities. Kreativia had a positive experience with a previous EFI installation, a VUTEk 3r+ roll-to-roll LED printer . “We have built a great relationship with EFI after our first printer purchase in 2019,” said Arkadiusz Szychta, managing director at Kreativia. “As a company that provides the highest quality and guaranteed capacity, we have found that we can achieve the quality we promise our customers with EFI technology, so we’ve decided to invest with EFI once again.” Founded by Hanna and Bartosz Kosiba in 2016 near Poznań, Poland, Kreativia combines advertising and great design, production, and installation capabilities – with high-quality printing as a critical feature. The company is known for its unique visual information sys...

  As a new normal emerges from the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic , publishers have to be prepared to seize the new opportunities which will be shaped by the powerful forces of technology and ever-changing audience habits. Digital Media Asia closely examines these trends and will help publishers chart the way forward in this dynamic media landscape. Highlights Three consecutive days comprising three plenary sessions per day. Power Conversations at the end of each day where WAN-IFRA publisher members come together to exchange ideas with peers. Each of these 45-minute sessions is limited to 15 participants to ensure everyone has the chance to speak up. Virtual online exhibition booths for participants to seek out and source technology solutions to meet their needs. WAN-IFRA brings the industry’s leading vendors together in one convenient place. Topics 1 Product Strategy 2 New Products and Revenues 3 Reimagining Local News 4 Tech Showcase 5 New Surfaces for News 6 Monetising Vide...

  Sustaining credible print journalism and orienting digital news to the public good is an aim of a report by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy based in New Delhi. It develops a roadmap of legal reforms to facilitate the transition of high-quality print journalism into the era of digital communications in a manner that furthers the public good. The authors are Akriti Gaur, Aniruddh Nigam and Sreyan Chatterjee. Note – The 70-page report can be downloaded free of charge from the Vidhi Centre for Policy Research website https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/research/the-future-of-news-in-india/ . What we are reproducing below is the summary as published by the authors, but after a brief look, we can say that it covers the legal framework and the business model including state subsidies under which the news media in India functions. It also cites relevant research by other organizations. The report should be made the framework for a serious discussion in the industry. The news industry today s...

  The Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) provides ways to examine the amount of slack in the economy by polling a panel of business leaders about their inflation expectations in the short and medium-term. This monthly survey asks questions about year-ahead cost expectations and the factors influencing price changes, such as profit and sales levels. The survey is unique because it goes straight to businesses – the price setters – rather than to consumers or households, to understand their expectations of the price level changes.  One significant advantage of BIES is that one can get a probabilistic assessment of inflation expectations and thus get a measure of uncertainty. It also provides an indirect assessment of the overall demand condition of the economy. Therefore, the results of this Survey are useful in understanding the inflation expectations of businesses and complement other macro data required for policymaking. With this objective, the BIES was introduced...

  WAN-IFRA ’s  Chartbeat  has issued an analysis of its audience engagement data and from around the world for the second quarter of 2020 in an article by Nick Lioudis. It’s best to read Lioudis’ report, which you can get by clicking here , but as an intro, I will attempt to summarize some of the South Asia highlights. Lioudis states, “A significant rise in reader engagement driven by the global pandemic was front and center in our latest analysis for the quarter ending June 30. Across the globe, we saw increases in Engaged Time and referrals, yet the challenge for publishers was (and remains) translating those increased site visits into returning, loyal readers.” If I can summarize his summary, reader engagement time varies from 36 seconds to 29 seconds. Latin America is on top at an average 36.3 seconds of audience engagement, and Central and Eastern Europe readers are at the bottom at 29 seconds. For Latin America, it’s consecutive quarters at the top. Southeast Asia i...

GAM Graphics and Marketing, based in Sterling Virginia, now offers the Color-Logic process on its wide format printers - a Ricoh 5160 Latex and an EFI VUTEk 16H - in addition to the Ricoh Pro C7200X series cut sheet presses that were among the first certified by Color-Logic. "Like many printers, GAM assists their clients with campaign solutions, and large format output is an important and growing market.  With the new certifications, GAM is able to extend their offerings beyond direct mail, business cards, sales literature, counter signs, and covers, to now include large format solutions using Color-Logic metallic special effects,” says Color-Logic director of sales and marketing Mark Geeves said. “With the new capability, GAM now offers metallics on banners, signage, trade show graphics, point-of-purchase materials, and labels.  GAM clients can now stand out from their competition in exciting new ways." Color-Logic develops color communication systems and software tool set...

The Corona Virus pandemic, although unfortunate and calamitous in its occurrence, has also thrown open opportunities for the design community to play a meaningful role in mitigating and containing its effects. While the problem is a universal one, framing the problem for designing may require both global as well as local sensibilities. Against this broad, calamitous yet reflective context we need you to brainstorm and look for opportunities where design can now make a difference to a grave real-life threat. We, therefore, welcome you for the third time D'source Corona Design Challenge (DCDC 3.0) in seeking creative, innovative, out-of-the-box, resourceful, appropriate solutions. Because there seems no better time than now to use your creative energies and come out with solution(s) that might become a contribution of immense benefit in a real-world situation that is today crying for problem-solving. Our intention is to make these solutions available on an open design platform for ...

Marking the first carbon mitigation project in Japan under Dow’s official carbon partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow and Aeon – the largest retailer in Asia – signed a Carbon Project Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and food loss by utilizing Dow technologies in food packaging solutions and practices. The Dow-Aeon Carbon Project Agreement is one of several projects executed by Dow and the IOC around the world as part of the carbon partnership program. The international community aims to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a reliance on imported crops, Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is at a 25-year low. In contrast, 6.43 million tons of food in Japan are wasted per year due to food products that are unsold, unconsumed, or past the expiration date. Role of packaging in reducing food loss “Plastic packaging can play a critical role i...

As of 1 August 2020, Komori takes over the MBO Group and its subsidiary Herzog+Heymann. MBO offers folders, including solutions for inserts and outserts used in pharma packaging. Komori India says that it is starting the sales of MBO equipment from 1 August itself. The company claims that H+H has more than a 50% market share in its segment in India. H+H is a specialist in specialized solutions and mailing and gluing systems. It provides small-sized folders and large-size folding machines for maps and posters. Komori plans to strengthen its standing in the packaging market by providing total pharma packaging solutions. The pharma solutions also comprise shop floor sorting, filling, and end-user packaging solutions. MBO produces conventional folders and web finishing solutions, including finishing aggregates, deliveries, and peripherals. Apart from reliable solutions for price-sensitive customers, MBO has its CoBo-Stack robotic stacking solution, planning and analysis software, and da...