N E W S O F T H E P R I N T I N G I N D U S T R Y AT A G L A N C E
"There are more Publisher users than
InDesign and QuarkXpress combined,
so refusing to support Publisher files
will be a major mistake."
—John Giles, page 26
NEWS
Therefore, it is looking at a fundamental restructuring over
the months ahead. The search for solutions will focus on all
manufacturing locations and areas of the group, including an
in-depth look at consolidating the two main sites in Zofingen
and Felben, Germany. In total, up to 550 jobs worldwide could
be affected by the restructuring. A decision is expected in the
next few months.
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NPTA Makeover
National Paper Trade Association (NPTA), the association for
the paper distribution community, has unveiled a new graphic
identity. The new logo, color
palette, and typestyle have been applied to all NPTA communications, including a newly launched website.
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New Packaging Trade Show
Caption: (l to r) Lisa Slade, owner of the AlphaGraphics in Evansville, IN,
celebrates the company's Top 100 status with sales/marketing consultants
Rita Joest and Tiki Geer.
NAPL Report: Print
Sales Down
Industry sales from all sources declined
0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013,
a disappointing drop following sales
increases of 0.8 percent, 0.7 percent, and
0.6 percent, respectively, in the previous
three quarters. The results were reported
in the summer edition of the NAPL Printing Research Center's Printing Business Conditions report.
Report authors, NAPL senior vice president and chief economist
Andrew Paparozzi and senior economist Joseph Vincenzino write: "We
haven't sustained even the modest gains made during the second half
of 2012. Business is still maddeningly inconsistent, and the pressure
on prices and profitability still hasn't eased. Nothing suggests that we
are turning back down," they continue, "but nothing suggests that our
climb back up will be getting easier."
The report is distributed to NAPL members as a benefit of membership.
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Muller Martini Restructuring
The Muller Martini Group says it faces long term reform of
the company in order to preserve its future role as a leader
in the global graphics industry. The company acknowledges
that "revenues have fallen massively" over the last four years.
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Tarsus Group, organizers of the Labelexpo Global Series, is
launching a new two-day conference and table-top exhibition this autumn. Packprint Summit Americas will be held in
Miami, November 5-6, 2013 and is the region's first dedicated
event to focus entirely on the package printing industry. More
than 20 exhibiters were signed up for the show as of early July.
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Canadian Inkjet Innovator
R.E. Gilmore Corporation is the first print company in Canada to purchase the Xerox CiPress 500. The waterless inkjet
press will be installed at Gilmore Doculink in Ottawa, ON,
Canada, one of the company's five operating divisions, and
will be used among its sister companies.
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Digital Print Growing
According to the latest research from Smithers Pira, the
digital printing market will grow from $131.5 billion in 2013
to $187.7 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of
7.4 percent. The study further indicated that inkjet technology
will grow faster than electrophotography, and all offset processes will see their value shares fall, particularly in web offset.
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Energy Assistance Program
In just its first year, NAPL's Energy Assistance Program is
garnering praise from a growing number of graphic communications company executives, who are enjoying significant savings in their energy costs by utilizing the NAPL/NAQP Member
Advantage Discount Program. "We invite all our NAPL and
NAQP members to give us a call and let us perform an energy
evaluation for them, especially if they have an energy contract
that is up for renewal in the next three to six months," says
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