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Topic of the month July 2010

  Printing on packaging materials has been experiencing much less of a decline when compared to other market segments. Indeed, its growth potential is universally acknowledged, not the least because new technologies lend packaging a certain cachet—from personalized digital print to the incorporation of intelligent characteristics, notably various electronic functionalities. In addition, the integration of special security features designed to counter product piracy also becomes increasingly common. Such type of recession-proof packaging serves as both a powerful marketing force and sales tool. By Andrea Bötel
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Topic of the month June 2010

Long gone are the days when the internet was viewed as a threat to the printing industry. Web-to-Print has become a fact of life where nothing but comprehensive information and targeted networking matters. Within social media communities, industry-specific networks multiply and prove their worth to companies engaged in the printing and associated media industries. As a consequence, any member of a print media-specific network is apt to quickly become aware of incipient trends, enabling him or her to readily establish professional relationships—be they local or global. By Andrea Bötel
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Topic of the month April 2010

  The orbituary of the common daily has been written more often than that of any other printed matter. Indeed, large publishers in the USA have predicted the trusted newspaper’s demise often enough for it to almost become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yet the oldest and most familiar of all printed matter is also one of the most durable in our changing times.
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Topic of the month March 2010

  The younger generation still takes to newspaper reading—notwithstanding all expert prognostications. Witness the two Berlin entrepreneurs Wanja Oberhof and Hendrik Tiedemann...
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Topic of the month February 2010

What Does the New Decade Hold for the Graphic Arts Industry? Following a year that witnessed severe turbulence in both the financial and business sectors, together with discussions of mergers and takeovers as well as capacity shrinkage and, alas, redundancies, it is imperative for industry leaders to adjust to a new orthodoxy. Never before did prevailing circumstances demand as much pioneering spirit from service providers and manufacturers alike.
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Topic of the month January 2010

  Industrial screen-printing – a bright future ahead: Screen-printing covers a huge spectrum. It ranges from artisan craftwork to super-size, formatted commercial printing to a plethora of custom applications for industry and commerce.
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Topic of the month December 2009

  From iPhone to iPrint: Hardly any manufacturer has impacted the field of graphic arts as did Apple. Twenty years ago, Macintosh evolutionised established printing processes with its first global graphics platform...
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