FIPP09 Magazine Congress printed programme - Value Added Printing example

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Gröbenzell, Germany, June 30, 2009 – Market research completed by the PPA (the UK Periodical Publishers Association) after the recent 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress in London, has shown that the Value Added Printing techniques demonstrated by PrintCity Alliance members within the innovative & interactive FIPP09 printed Congress programme had created a noticeable impact:

• Over 70% of respondents said that Value Added Printing (VAP) technologies can help magazines to attract & retain advertisers ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’, and 46% felt that VAP can help magazines increase circulation & readership ‘quite a lot’
   
• Regarding the better future linking of printed magazines and digital media, 71% felt that VAP techniques would help attract & retain advertisers ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’
   
• Overall, 69% of respondents indicated that they would consider investigating VAP or interactive printing techniques for their own magazines ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’

Value Added Printing (VAP) methods used by PrintCity Alliance members in the Congress programme included a triple gate fold cover, thermochromic and ‘Scratch and Sniff’ effects and printed UpCode digital links in the text. In addition, the programme featured a range of tactile & visual enhancements including UV protective coatings, Dayglo florescent inks, cold foil & soft touch effects, pearlescent coatings, hexachrome printing and the use of translucent paper.
 
PrintCity Alliance members & partners involved in this joint project included: UPM, Sun Chemical, manroland, Leonhard Kurz, Merck, Hammesfahr, D&S – Alexander Dort, UpCode, Reproflex and Polestar. All design work was by Anderson Norton Design.
 
UPM was a partner sponsor of the 2009 World Magazine Congress and the lead member in the innovative PrintCity/PPA team.
 
Copies of the FIPP09 Congress printed programme can be obtained on request from PrintCity: Email natalia.gleiser@printcity.de or by calling on + 49 8142 65233-12.

Les services de posters et de photos sur toile en ligne ne font généralement qu’imprimer les images de leurs clients. FotoInsight lance sa nouvelle “boutique déco”, où vous pouvez choisir un cadre en bois naturel assorti à votre photo sur toile ou votre poster contrecollé. Les impressions grand format de vos photos numériques vous seront alors livrées sur toile et encadrées, prêtes à décorer un mur dans votre maison ou votre bureau.

Cambridge. 23  juin 2009. – La résolution des appareils-photos numériques augmente sans cesse. Vos photos numériques peuvent styler votre maison ou une salle de réunion au bureau, si vous les imprimez sur poster contrecollé ou sur toile. Avec une belle image, c’est un cadeau parfait.

FotoInsight, spécialiste des photographes amateurs et professionnels, imprime des toiles de tailles différentes, commençant de 20x30 cm (résolution minimale de 800 x 1100 pixels) jusqu’à 60x80 cm (2500 x 3300 pixels recommandés). FotoInsight affirme qu’elle utilise des fibres optimisées synthétiques et des encres d’archivage qui ne s’effacent pas, afin de garantir la longévité et le brillant des couleurs. Les encres haute technologie pénètrent en profondeur dans la toile, et peuvent ainsi être imprimées sur les bords du cadre en bois. Les tailles standardisées permettent un processus de fabrication en grande partie automatique. Selon FotoInsight, cela garantit une qualité constante et une longue durabilité à moindres prix pour la première fois.

Online poster and canvas services will usually only print the customer’s image. FotoInsight is launching its new “Deco Shop”, where a matching, natural wood frame can be combined with a mounted canvas or laminated poster. Large format prints from own digital photographs will then be delivered mounted and framed, ready to decorate the wall at home or in an office.

Paris and Dublin. 23 June 2009. – The resolution of digital cameras is rising constantly. Many digital photographs could impress at home or in an office meeting room, when printed as a laminated poster or a stretched canvas in a floating frame. With the right image it makes a worthy present.

FotoInsight, a specialist serving amateur and professional photographers alike, prints canvases in different sizes from 20x30 cm (minimum resolution 800 x 1100 pixel) to 60x80 cm (2500 x 3300 pixel recommended). FotoInsight states that it uses man made optimised fibres and fade-resistant "archival" inks to guarantee longevity and brilliant colours. The hi-tech inks penetrate deep into the fabric and can therefore be printed and mounted over the edges of the wooden frame. Standardised sizes allow a largely automatic production process. According to FotoInsight this ensures constant quality and long durability at lower prices for the first time.

Easy to use authoring tool to collect, store, organize and publish information.  

London. 23 June 2009. - vetafab Software is releasing a new version of it's Windows application lexiCan. According to the developer, the upgrade improves productivity and collaboration. Individuals and teams use lexiCan to manage information and knowledge for projects, in business management, research and idea gathering. The developer is also introducing a new read only client lexiCan Reader, which allows users to publish content such as guides, manuals, references, support data bases, knowledge bases within a network with one click, making publishing as easy as editing. The software remains simple, no special training is required.

Similar to a personal Wikipedia, lexiCan allows users to build articles using texts, pictures, tables, links to websites and files. Using the title as a reference, articles can be accessed in seconds even in voluminous collections, overcoming the daily burden of clicking through folder hierarchies as done in Windows Explorer. Unlike Wikipedia, lexiCan purely works as a desktop application based on Microsoft .NET framework, enabling user convenience, such as setting links per drag and drop or dropping emails from Outlook into a description. lexiCan features full text search that includes embedded files. The developer points at several other intuitive retrieval features, like an automated view on pictures, embedded files and tags. Articles can have multiple tags which lexiCan displays as a list or clout. The article tree can be structured in the application's Outline section.

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El equilibrio natural – La protección del medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad en WEILBURGER Graphics

Gerhardshofen, 22 de junio de 2009 – El crecimiento de una empresa conduce a un aumento de responsabilidad. El grupo GREBE pertenece a los oferentes líderes de barnices especiales a nivel mundial contando con 11 empresas dentro y fuera del país. Con más de 750 empleados en total y un vólumen de producción total de 34.000 toneladas de barnices y lacas por año, la protección del medio ambiente es primordial en todo el grupo.

Desde el principio la producción favorable para el medio ambiente así como la protección sostenible han sido de suma importancia para WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH. Debido a la escasez creciente de los recursos de las materias primas y los precios de materias primas y energía en aumento vinculados a la escasez, los sistemas de barnices basándose en materias primas indenpendientes del aceite mineral son cada vez más importantes.

A través del departamento de desarrollo e investigación propio de la casa y en el diálogo directo con los proveedores, la empresa WEILBURGER Graphics alcanzó desarrollar sistemas de barnices de sobreimpresión en base auga y hacerlos listos para el mercado. Los barnices cumplen con el nivel de calidad conocida de WEILBURGER y se basan en materias primas naturales y renovables. En esto se usan sistemas de resina y componentes de materias primas los cuales aparecen en la naturaleza. En la última clase de productos SENOLITH^® WB NR que corresponde al conocimiento creciente del medio ambiente en el mercado, ya se pueden ofrecer barnices brillantes y mates.

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Natural balance - environmental protection and sustainability at WEILBURGER Graphics

Gerhardshofen, June 22nd 2009 – The bigger you get, the more responsibility you have to take on! Currently consisting of 11 companies both at home and abroad, the GREBE Group is among the leading providers of special varnishes worldwide. With a total of over 750 employees and an overall production volume of 34,000 tonnes of lacquers and coatings per year, the Group as a whole takes environmental protection very seriously.

Since the very beginning, environmentally sound production and the ongoing conservation of resources have been matters of great importance to WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH. In view of the growing shortage of raw materials resources and the increases in the prices of raw materials and energy connected with that shortage, varnish systems based on raw materials which are independent of mineral oil are becoming more and more important.

Now, with the help of its own in-house research and development department and in a direct dialogue with the suppliers, WEILBURGER Graphics has succeeded in developing water-based overprint varnish systems and making them ready for the market. The varnishes meet WEILBURGER's well-known quality demands while being based on natural, renewable raw materials, i.e. the system of resins that occurs in nature and the raw materials that can be obtained from them. In the new SENOLITH^® WB NR product class, which pays tribute to the market's increasing environmental awareness, ranges of gloss and matt varnishes are already available.

Another special development is the SENOLITH^® FP product class of water-based and UV-curing varnish systems, which were developed for the packaging of food and have already been introduced on to the market. Especially the SENOLITH^® FP UV products have been kept free of benzophenone and 4-methylbenzophenone since the very beginning.
Here, WEILBURGER Graphics made a conscious choice to use high-quality photoinitiators for the lasting protection of the consumer.
 
All the raw materials components used in the SENOLITH^® WB and SENOLITH^® UV varnish recipes meet the requirements of the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS), the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA), the Rohstoffausschlussliste für Druckfarben und zugehörige Produkte  and the REACH Regulation 1907/2006. All the varnish systems provided by WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH are free of heavy metals, toxic components and substances of very high concern (SVHC) in accordance with Regulation 1907/2006 EC.

Not only that. At WEILBURGER Graphics, long-term environmental protection also means the lowest possible emission levels for hazardous substances along the entire production and supply chain, and the resolute implementation of a functional cleaning and recycling concept.

For years, WEILBURGER Graphics has been employing large re-usable containers in the context of environmentally friendly cleaning and recycling. The water required for mechanical cleaning processes and the washing water incurred in the use of SENOLITH^® WB products on customers' premises (approx. 800 m³ / year) is reprocessed at reasonable cost in WEILBURGER Graphics' own ultra-filtration plant and duly recycled.

WEILBURGER Graphics' emissions record is one to be proud of. With an average electricity consumption of 400,000 kWh for the entire year not only have CO₂-emissions been able to be reduced to 0 g via the shrewd purchase of 'green' electricity, generated 100 % hydroelectrically in the region; the move has also ensured that WEILBURGER Graphics does not make any contribution to the contamination with radioactive waste which would be incurred by the generation of that energy by nuclear methods.

In addition to that, preliminary studies are being carried out into the possibility of using solar energy at the works via photovoltaic installations and the options for the use of a comprehensive rainwater system.

So here, once again, WEILBURGER Graphics is proving that entrepreneurial success can only be ensured in the long term with the aid of holistic concepts and their resolute implementation.

For further information go to www.weilburger-graphics.de

Contact:   
WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH
Am Rosenbühl 5
D - 91466 Gerhardshofen
Germany
Tel.: +49 9163 9992-0
Fax: +49 9163 654
info@weilburger-graphics.de







Caption:     Natural balance at WEILBURGER Graphics


Caption:     WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH headquarters in Gerhardshofen


 


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Caption:     Günter Korbacher – executive director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH


About WEILBURGER Graphics

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH is one of the leaders in the field of print finishing for packaging, labels and job printing.

The company mainly produces for sheet-fed offset, heat-set web offset and off-line coating, and for the screen-printing, flexo, gravure, narrow web and digital print sectors. Its tailor-made products are available for the market segments involving packaging, labels and job printing. It also offers seminars and consultancy services.

WEILBURGER Graphics is one of eleven companies of the GREBE Group, a medium-sized manufacturer of industrial coatings.

www.weilburger-graphics.de


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Canvas printing is popular for a family portrait from a professional photographer or a wedding picture. But any well achieved photograph in sufficient resolution could decorate an office or home. A framed poster or canvas print from a photograph is in any case more personal than a poster from a furniture store. A few years ago, during a visit to a well know Swedish furniture chain, I noticed that most of the posters on the shelf had already been there in my own youth. This popular chain charges about £30 for a framed print. Own photographs printed onto a canvas cost about twice as much, but are infinitely more individual than posters from stock and they preserve personal memories.

Instead of standard decoration for our teenager's room we printed a photograph from her skiing holidays which she chose, onto a large canvas. The print was so good and popular, that many more poster and canvas prints have followed since. It doesn't really matter if a poster print from an artist makes a higher cultural claim. Own photographs reflect the photographers impressions, and thanks to digital technology, these can be reproduced, just like when telling a story through pictures instead of words. Most people with digital images from holidays, parties or family pics have such images which should be on display.

Los beneficios de los sitios de imágenes compartidas como Flickr, Facebook, Picasa o la web de geotiquetado "locr" llegan al software de libros de fotos impresos. Hoy FotoInsight lanza la nueva versión del FotoInsight Designer con nuevos formatos de libros de fotos y nuevas funciones como las máscaras degradadas y nuevas plantillas para eventos festivos.

Cambridge, 8 de Junio de 2009. - FotoInsight expande su liderazgo tecnológico con la introducción de la versión 4.4 del FotoInsight Designer en Español. La facilidad con la que se pueden insertar fotos en el diseño, libremente o usando plantillas, ahora también se extiende a los clip art, mapas, textos e imágenes de los sitios de fotos compartidas Flickr, el sitio de geoetiquetado "locr" y la enciclopedia Wikipedia GeoNames. Las webs de fotos compartidas se vuelven un interfaz para crear fotolibro con la familia y amigos, ya que los usuarios pueden complementar sus álbumes de fotos con imágenes adicionales (por ejemplo la Torre Eiffel desde una perspectiva diferente) de las webs de imágenes compartidas, directamente desde la nueva versión de la aplicación FotoInsight Designer. 

I benefici dei siti di immagini condivise o photo-sharing come Flickr, Facebook, Picasa o quello di geotagging "locr" arrivano al software di libri di foto stampati. Oggi FotoInsight lancia la nuova versione del FotoInsight Designer con nuovi formati di fotolibri e nuove funzioni come le nuovi modelli per eventi festivi.

Cambridge, 8 Giugno 2009. - FotoInsight espande la sua leadership tecnologica con l'introduzione della versione 4.4 del FotoInsight Designer in italiano. La facilità con la quale si possono inserire le foto nel libro, liberamente o usando dei modelli, adesso si estende anche a clip art, mappe, testi e immagini del sito di immagini condivise Flickr, al sito di geotagging "locr" e all'enciclopedia Wikipedia GeoNames. I siti di foto condivise diventano un'interfaccia per creare libri di foto con la famiglia e gli amici, poiché gli utenti possono completare i loro album fotografici con immagini aggiuntive (per esempio la Torre Eiffel vista da una prospettiva diversa), scaricate dalle pagine di photo-sharing direttamente dalla nuova versione dell'applicazione FotoInsight Designer. 

 

"Geotagging" e "Photosharing" 

Inoltre, con un semplice click, FotoInsight Designer 4.4 può caricare le foto di un progetto di calendario o fotolibro sul sito della comunità di georeferenziazione di foto "locr". Scaricare immagini, foto aeree e mappe dalla comunità di geotagging risulta utile anche per raccogliere informazioni su una località, per esempio per creare un libro di viaggi personale. Il Direttore Generale di "locr GmbH's", Malte Schloen, afferma: “La collaborazione tra il servizio di stampa FotoInsight e locr, come sito di geotagging e di informazione geografica, unisce due leader dell'innovazione a vantaggio degli utenti. Le comunità di geotagging come 'locr' liberano gli utenti di Internet dal monopolio dell'informazione geografica che concede il governo ai servizi cartografici”. Il Direttore Generale di FotoInsight, Klaas Brumann, aggiunge: “L'integrazione dell'accesso a foto condivise e informazioni locali e geografiche nella nostra applicazione per la creazione di fotolibri è così emozionante che stiamo già lavorando per estenderla ad altri siti di photo-sharing, anche per includere Facebook e Picasa in una versione che lanceremo quest'anno”.

Information about the PrintCity Alliance, its members and activities can be found at www.printcity.de. Publications can be ordered from www.printcity.de/shop.

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When in 1949 Rossellini, together with the actress Bergmann and his film crew, disembarked at Stromboli the island must have seemed an ancient, mysterious world, a wild, far away land dominated by its volcano, as if it were a divinity. The pictures of the star walking with bare feet on the black rocks, among children and fishermen, were known all over the world. After nearly 60 years from the film “Stromboli, land of God”, that strip of land between water and fire still keeps intact its charm and delights the visitors offering a unique contrast between the harshness of its nature and the beautiful landscapes.

 

From the volcanic Stromboli to the fishermen’s village of Marettimo, from the original low buildings “dammusi” to the ancient, typical gardens in Pantelleria, the Sicilian islands are many, little gems in the Mediterranean that have never been corrupted by the mass tourism. DiCasaInSicilia offers a selection of special holiday accommodation on the islands: terraces with gardens - full of cicas plants - that gently slope to the sea, Aeolian houses, dammusi and fishermen’s small houses.

Les livres photos reliés s’unissent au partage de photos et au géomarquage en ligne de Flickr

Le partage de photos de Flickr, Facebook, Picasa et le site de géomarquage "locr" font leur entrée dans les albums photos reliés personnels. Aujourd’hui, FotoInsight lance une nouvelle version de FotoInsight Designer avec de nouveaux formats de livres photos et de nouvelles fonctions, comme les cadres s’effaçant et les modèles de fête.

Cambridge, 7 mai 2009. Avec un nombre toujours grandissant de services de livres photos, FotoInsight améliore son avance technologique en introduisant la version 4.4 de FotoInsight Designer. La facilité avec laquelle les photos peuvent être librement insérées dans le livre ou dans des modèles s’étend désormais également à Clip art, aux cartes, au texte et aux images de sites de partage de photos comme Flickr, ainsi qu’au site de géomarquage "locr" et à GeoNames de Wikipedia. Les sites de partage de photos se transforment en interface en ligne pour créer des livres photos avec sa famille et ses amis, puisque les utilisateurs peuvent désormais compléter leurs albums photos avec encore plus de photos (par exemple, la tour Eiffel sous un angle différent) de sites de partage de photos, directement à partir du logiciel FotoInsight Designer. 

In partnership with the international cross-industry PrintCity Alliance, the UK Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) has produced an interactive and visually enhanced printed programme for the 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress. The Congress takes place in London on 4-6 May 2009 and is hosted by PPA on behalf of the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP).

Throughout the three-day Congress, CEOs from across the globe will chart the future for the industry and celebrate the magic of magazines. In keeping with this theme the Congress programme includes enhanced printing effects and interactive features to demonstrate to publishers how innovative print publications can heighten reader engagement and unlock revenue potential.  

Some of the innovative methods used in the Congress programme include a triple gate fold cover, thermochromic and Scratch and Sniff effects and printed codes in the text offering immediate connection to internet sites via a mobile phone. In addition, the programme features a range of tactile and visual enhancements including UV protective coatings, Dayglo florescent inks, cold foil and soft touch effects, pearlescent coatings, hexachrome printing and the use of translucent paper printed on both sides for added dimension and interest.

Advancements in digital printing, smart inks, RFID and hybrid printed electronic media, together with the transformation of printing from an analogue-based craft to a digital technology industry, have enabled enriched conventional printing and other technologies to converge - offering an exciting future for the magazine industry. The World Magazine Congress programme, which has been produced with support from members of the PrintCity and PPA partnership, demonstrates just some of the ways paper can reposition itself as an innovative and integral part of a multi-platform strategy. PrintCity Alliance members and partners involved in this joint project with the PPA include: UPM, Sun Chemical, manroland, Leonhard Kurz, Merck, Hammesfahr, D&S – Alexander Dort, UpCode, Reproflex and Polestar, printing at its Polestar Wheatons site. All design work has been produced by Anderson Norton Design (AND).  

Sarah Tunstall, PPA’s Chief Operating Officer, added: “Print appeals to the senses in ways that cannot be reached by other media, offering endless combinations of colours, surface treatments, shapes, substrates and smells, all of which appeal to a reader’s senses to create emotional value. Unlike digital media, printing is an infinitely variable, 3-dimensional medium that allows magazine publishers to differentiate their products — by size, touch, feel and perception — to suit a specific audience and purpose. This results in exciting and valuable possibilities for advertisers.”  

Terry Parry, UPM’s Head of Technical Sales & Development, comments: "The PrintCity project team has expanded the envelope on what is possible with print, and demonstrated very effectively that the technical expertise within the Alliance can create exceptional results. The concept to produce a magical product that exploits what is possible has been met with a clear demonstration that technology is now available to display the true Power of Print.  

Terry Parry concludes, “Print has the capacity to excite and highlight the haptic nature of paper in all its sensory forms, but more importantly it creates the catalyst for added value creation in future magazine print production.“

GIPP is a non-profit organisation of Russian print publishers and suppliers. The PrintCity Alliance has a long history of delivering successful seminars in Russia, in both Moscow and St. Petersburg, across the commercial printing, publishing and packaging sectors.

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Reproflex joins PrintCity partners in FIPP Congress Value Added Printing of Magazines Initiative

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Photo sharing from Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and geotagging site "locr" come to personal printed photo albums. Today FotoInsight launches a new version of FotoInsight Designer, now also for Macintosh and Linux. The service adds new photo book formats and new features like fading frames and festive templates.

Cambridge, 17 March 2009. - Against an ever increasing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer, which is now also available for Linux and Mac. The ease at which photos can freely be inserted into the book or into templates now also extends to clipart, maps, text and images from photo sharing sites like Flickr as well as the geotagging site "locr" and Wikipedia GeoNames. The photo sharing sites become an online interface for photo book building with family and friends, as users can now complement their printed photo albums with additional pictures (e.g. the Eiffel Tower form a different angle) from photo sharing sites, straight from within the FotoInsight Designer software. 

German language: http://www.printcity.de/index.php?site_id=433

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WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH News

WEILBURGER Graphics News concerning Benzophenone and 4-Methyl-Benzophenone

Gerhardshofen, 23.02.2009 – On the basis of a report published by the “immediate warning system“ of the Federal Ministry for nutrition, agriculture and consumer protection dated 16th February 2009 relating to a case in Belgium of migration of the photoinitiators Benzophenone and 4-Methyl-Benzophenone caused by UV-hardening printing ink and –varnish in a box for cereals(SWN 2009/0118), as well as to other documented cases of migration of the same substances in cardboard boxes of chocolate bars from Belgium (SWN 2009/0118-add01, 2009/0118-add02, 2009/0118-add03) and the Netherlands (2009/0118-add04), the food packaging branch is stirred up. By the use of this newsletter, we would like to inform you, as our customers, about the backgrounds.

First of all: None of our lacquers of our SENOLITH^® UV FP (Food Packaging) product class contains Benzophenone or 4-Methyl-Benzophenone and no lacquers of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH were applied in the above mentioned cases.

Benzophenone and 4-Methyl-Benzophenone can be used as photoinitiators with UV lacquers. This applies to our SENOLITH^® UV lacquers which are not designed for food packaging. Although at present there is no specific migration limit for 4-Methyl-Benzophenone, we militated against using this substance, as well as Benzophenone in our SENOLITH^® UV FP product class right from the start.

Therefore our lacquers of the SENOLITH^® UV FP product class do not contain any of such substances and you can continue using them without any problems for printing and varnishing packages for the food industry.

The FABES Forschungs-GmbH, an independent institute for analytics and evaluation of mass transfer, which tests among others our lacquers of the SENOLITH^® UV FP product class regularly for the compliance with the European and German law for food packaging, moreover certificates it.

As both substances mentioned are in principle not contained in water-based dispersion coatings, the danger of migration of Benzophenone and 4-Methyl-Benzophenone in SENOLITH^® WB coatings is excluded.

However the application of special inks and varnishes is inevitable regarding food packaging. We continue recommending our customers that they only use varnishes of our SENOLITH^® FP product class for food packaging.

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of further questions. Call us or use our online community to discuss about this or other topics with other members.

Our list of contacts you will find here:
www.weilburger-graphics.de/en/contact/contactlist

Our Online-Community you will find here:
http://www.weilburger-graphics.de/en/community
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If you aren´t a member of our community yet, you could register here for free and without obligation:
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We would like to thank everybody who already is a member of our community!


Yours sincerely

Your WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH



Further information: www.weilburger-graphics.de


Contact:

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH
Am Rosenbühl 5
91466 Gerhardshofen
Germany
Tel.: +49 9163 9992-0
Fax: +49 9163 654
info@weilburger-graphics.de



About WEILBURGER Graphics

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH is one of the leaders in the field of print finishing for packaging, labels and job printing.

The company mainly produces for sheet-fed offset, heat-set web offset and off-line coating, and for the screen printing, flexo, gravure, narrow web and digital print sectors. Its tailor-made products are available for the market segments involving packaging, labels and job printing. It also offers seminars and consultancy services.

WEILBURGER Graphics is one of eleven subsidiaries of the GREBE Group, a medium-sized manufacturer of industrial coatings.

www.weilburger-graphics.de

Internet specialist ECCE TERRAM exhibits ground breaking innovative software solutions at PMA in Las Vegas – Booth # Q176-4

Oldenburg, Germany. February 13, 2009. - ECCE TERRAM – the innovator and provider of solutions for the digital photo market – will be showcasing its expanded software solution for photo laboratories in the area of ordering programs at the PMA 2009; Along with the 2.0 version of the “iPhone Photo Order Client,” the first Offline Client solution for PC with multi-touch capability is being presented among other things. The company thus again raises the claim of presenting technically sophisticated and innovative solutions.

In many laboratories, online photo orders in which digital images are printed on traditional photographic paper exceeded the volume of analogue photos in 2008. Digital image processing continues to be a vigorously growing industry. Numbers from the 2008 Holiday Season retail trade in many places show that the economic crisis ihas n no way dampened the pleasure provided by digital images. Consumers’ desire for unique moments or very personal photo gifts remains strong. Very few software developers have the experience and knowledge to create a complete solution – from consumer to production, for wholesale laboratories and photo services in the online and in-store market. ECCE TERRAM’s experience uniquely serves these end to end requirements.

PPA joins forces with PrintCity Alliance to showcase world-leading printing techniques at 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress

London, February 9th, 2009  - The UK Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is partnering with the international cross-industry PrintCity Alliance to showcase innovative printing techniques at the world’s largest magazine event – the 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress - in London on 4-6 May 2009. The highly innovative production techniques used for these printed materials reflect the dynamic and differentiated nature of print.

Throughout the three-day Congress, hosted by PPA on behalf of the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP), CEOs from across the globe will chart the future for the industry and celebrate the ‘magic of magazines’. In keeping with this theme, the printed Congress Programme, produced by the PPA / PrintCity team, will showcase multiple value-added printing and finishing techniques, demonstrating the creative potential of paper and print as part of a multi-platform content strategy.

As an appetizer, the six-page invitation to the Congress (released this week) features vibrant and innovative techniques to create impact, attract attention and encourage registration. These techniques include the use of cold foil, hybrid matt and gloss coatings in unusual combinations to create both matt and gloss metallic effects.

Les symboles de la Saint-Valentin ont changé depuis la pratique de l’amour courtois du noble moyen âge. Vers la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, les cartes de Saint-Valentin furent à la mode. Aujourd’hui, il est difficile d’échapper au kitsch de la Saint-Valentin. Rappelant la tradition d’exprimer son amour par des messages d’amour, FotoInsight ramène une note personnelle à la Saint-Valentin.

Paris, 23 jan 2009. -- FotoInsight, service indépendant leader en photos numériques, étend sa gamme de cadeaux-photos pour la Saint-Valentin. « L’amour est un sentiment unique et doit donc s’exprimer de façon extraordinaire. La Saint-Valentin en est l’occasion parfaite. C’est pourquoi les cadeaux de la Saint-Valentin sont importants et rendent cette journée mémorable » déclare Catalina Martínez, responsable de Communication de FotoInsight Ltd.

Lorsque vous cherchez des idées de cadeaux pour la Saint-Valentin pour votre petite amie ou votre petit ami, votre femme ou votre mari, une touche personnelle est primordiale, et des chocolats ou des fleurs ne suffisent pas. Les services de photos numériques en ligne comme FotoInsight permettent de transformer une photo individuelle en cadeau de Saint-Valentin qui sera chéri et dont on se souviendra pendant de nombreuses années.

I simboli per San Valentino sono cambiati dalla pratica dell’amor cortese dell’Alto Medioevo. Alla fine del XIX secolo i bigliettini del giorno di San Valentino acquistarono popolarità. Oggigiorno è difficile evitare di essere kitsch a San Valentino. Ricordando la tradizione di esprimere i sentimenti attraverso i biglietti d’amore, la FotoInsight aggiunge di nuovo un tocco personale alla festa degli innamorati.  

Cambridge, 23 Gennaio 2009. -- La FotoInsight, un’impresa leader nel servizio di sviluppo e stampa digitale via web, aumenta la sua gamma di regali fotografici per San Valentino. “L’amore è un sentimento speciale e dev’essere espresso in maniera straordinaria. Il giorno di San Valentino è l’occasione perfetta per esprimere i sentimenti”, afferma Catalina Martínez, Direttore Comunicazione della FotoInsight.  

Cercando dei regali per sorprendere il proprio partner il giorno di San Valentino, si desidera dare quel tocco personale che dolci e fiori non possono offrire. I servizi di stampa fotografica digitale online, come quelli della FotoInsight, possono aiutare a trasformare una foto digitale in un regalo di San Valentino che sarà custodito come un tesoro per anni. 

• Palla di neve con cuoricini - la foto si inserisce al centro. 

Los símbolos para San Valentín han cambiado desde la práctica del amor cortés de la Alta Edad Media. A finales del siglo XIX las tarjetas del día de San Valentín ganaron popularidad. Hoy en día es difícil escapar al kitsch de San Valentín. Recordando la tradición de expresar los sentimientos a través de notas de amor, FotoInsight vuelve a poner la nota personal a la celebración de los enamorados.

Madrid, 23 de Enero de 2009. -- FotoInsight, una empresa líder en el servicio de revelado e impresión digital vía web, expande su gama de regalos fotográficos para San Valentín. “El amor es una emoción especial y debe ser expresado de manera extraordinaria. El día de San Valentín es la ocasión ideal para expresar los sentimientos”, dice Catalina Martinez, Gerente de Comunicación de FotoInsight.

Al buscar regalos para sorprender a la pareja en el día de San Valentín, se desea lograr ese toque personal que dulces y flores no pueden proporcionar. Los servicios de impresión de fotografía digital en línea, como los de FotoInsight, pueden ayudar a transformar una foto digital en un regalo de San Valentín que será atesorado durante años.

Valentine symbols have changed since courtly love flourished in the High Middle Ages. By the late nineteenth century Valentine cards were popular. Today it is difficult to escape Valentine's kitsch. Remembering the tradition of expressing love through love notes FotoInsight puts the personal note back into Valentine.

Cambridge, 23 Jan 2009. -- FotoInsight, a leading independent digital photo service, is expanding its range of Valentine's photo gifts. “Love is a special feeling and it must be expressed in an extraordinary way, Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion. Valentine's Day gifts are important to make your day memorable” states Catalina Martinez, Head of Communication at FotoInsight Ltd.

When searching for Valentine’s Day gift ideas for a girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or husband the personal touch is desired and candy and flowers can’t provide it. Online digital photo services like FotoInsight can help transforming an individual photograph into a Valentine present that will be cherished and remembered for years to come.

• Snow dome with red hearts – a photograph is inserted in the centre.

• Love Crystallised: FotoInsight adds to its selection of photo gifts designed to display and preserve cherished photographs. Valentine’s Day photo gift ideas include crystal heart with a 3D laser engraved photograph, picture frames, crystal key rings, pen holder glass block with a laser engraved photograph. Special about the crystal key ring is an LED light to illuminate the engraved image.

St. Gallen, 7 January 2009

Steinemann Technology acquires SPS® ScreenPrintingSystems

Steinemann Technology now has a complete portfolio of solutions to meet all screen printing requirements / Decisive strengthening of the Graphic Division

Steinemann Technology AG, St. Gallen/Switzerland, has acquired SPS ScreenPrintingSystems GmbH, Wuppertal and Seevetal/Germany, with effect from 1 January 2009. As a result, Steinemann Technology now has a comprehensive portfolio of systems and solutions for finishing print products with varnish. It completely covers all screen printing requirements, from short to long runs – starting with the VITESSA flat screen cylinder presses and culminating in the high-speed rotary flexo and screen printing machine of the HIBIS series. The graphic arts product range of SPS^® will be integrated in the Graphic Division of Steinemann Technology, both the SPS^® brand name and the machine range being retained.

"By incorporating SPS^® in our Graphic Division in what is certainly a fairly difficult market environment at the moment, we have taken a major step towards putting our company's positive development on an even broader footing. We are now the only manufacturer in the world in a position to offer its customers systems and solutions to meet all screen printing requirements from a single source – in terms of both printing formats and printing speed. Moreover, our company only recently equipped itself for the future in the extremely exciting market of special-purpose screen printing applications by acquiring Fleischle Siebdruckmaschinen and subsequently establishing Steinemann Coating GmbH," says Jürg Spittler, Vice President of Steinemann Technology AG and Director of the Graphic Division, welcoming the integration of SPS^®. "With its sales and service structure, Steinemann Technology is in an excellent position worldwide and characterised by great innovative capacity. The product portfolios and distribution channels of Steinemann Technology and SPS^® complement each other perfectly. In the long term, taking this step will enable Steinemann Technology to strengthen the further development of its business segments and consolidate their market position. This is definitely a case of one and one making more than two," says Axel Kaiser, Managing Partner of SPS ScreenPrintingSystems GmbH. The origins of the SPS^® brand date back to the company's founding in 1953. After 1957, the company rapidly made a worldwide name for itself by introducing the original SPS^® STOP Cylinder Principle™, which combines particular accuracy and speed. Since then, SPS® has time and again launched trendsetting innovations on the market, setting standards in screen printing for both graphic arts and industrial applications.

Sandler installs HIBIS 104 high-end rotary flexo and screen printing machine from Steinemann Technology

Total flexibility and top quality in finishing print products with special effects / Separate machine for high-end finishing frees up press capacities for printing / HIBIS 104 running at almost full capacity just a few weeks after installation.

Johann Sandler GesmbH & Co KG, based in Marbach/Austria, installed a high-speed rotary flexo and screen printing machine from Steinemann Technology AG of St. Gallen/Switzerland at the beginning of October 2008. The printing company has a very good reputation in the Austrian print and media market and, by taking this step, has now effectively positioned itself at the top in the high-end finishing segment as well. Sandler had spent a good two years intensively examining the question as to the approach the company should take in print finishing, and it had soon become apparent that installing a machine exclusively for finishing was the optimum solution.

In the past, finishing was handled by an offset printing press equipped for mixed operation. "Mixed operation of conventional and UV systems is neither one thing nor the other. If you work like that, you have to accept sacrifices on either cost-efficiency or quality," says junior boss Hannes Sandler, explaining the reason behind the decision to invest in a separate machine specifically for high-end finishing. Just a few weeks after installation, he can already see that this investment was the right choice. As a result, Sandler today manages with two high-speed printing presses and has greater overall capacity thanks to the additional screen and flexo printing machine. Moreover, the capacity of the HIBIS 104 is already being utilised to a very high degree.

Gröbenzell, Germany, January 5, 2009 – The PrintCity Alliance announces the 11th edition of its Webline magazine, available to all web offset printers & publishers worldwide. This edition features articles on Ultra Wide Web Offset, Energy Efficiency and Value Added Printing of Newspapers (VAPoN™).

Newly re-designed for this latest edition, Webline is published by the Publishing, Commercial & Web Activity Group of PrintCity, with the involvement and support of the following members: manroland, MEGTEC, Sun Chemical, Trelleborg and UPM.

• Ultra Wide Web Offset – overview of the new multi-member PrintCity Alliance project for 2009, evaluating the whole prepress-press-postpress value chain including consumables
  
• New CutCon plus™ waste reduction technology from manroland to complement and enhance normal cut-off register control performance on web offset presses
  
• Dryers to drive down costs – new Dual-Dry® RTO dryer technology from MEGTEC helps drive down annual energy costs
  
• How can energy efficiency be improved – holistic overview article on web offset production based on the recently published 20-page PrintCity Energy Efficiency Report
  
• Paper’s Carbon Footprint – a UPM article on environmental data for its range of papers
  
• Trelleborg Metal Back Blanket technology, available from the Rollin® brand,  optimises print quality
  
• Value Added Printing of Newspapers (VAPoN)  test printing analysis - part two
  
• UV inks & drying FAQ by Sun Chemical – Frequently Asked Questions & Answers 
  
• 10 years of the PrintCity Alliance – what has been achieved and how you benefit 

• Direct from all PrintCity Webline members – see www.printcity.de for member details
  
• On request by email to webline@printcity.de – please include your full name, postal mailing address, email and phone details. We will post a printed copy direct to you
  

Gerry Schmidt of Sun Chemical and PrintCity Advisory Council member indicates, “Energy efficiency is currently a hot industry topic and we include several articles this edition to help you reduce costs in 2009. Webline magazine goes from strength to strength and we now regularly mail out over 7,000 copies worldwide each edition in both English and German languages. Reader benefits include access to this knowledge & advice, technical, operational & economic guidelines and contacts for future networking. If you don’t already receive Webline direct from a PrintCity member, ask your local contact or email PrintCity direct to receive a free copy.”

   PrintCity Alliance Webline magazine issue 11 – out now (309 kb)

WEILBURGER Graphics starts on-line coatings community

Gerhardshofen, December 5th 2008 –  WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, with its registered office in Gerhardshofen (Franconia), is one of the first coatings manufacturers worldwide to recognise the signs of the times and start what is presumably the first Web 2.0 on-line community dealing with coatings in the graphics industry.

"The way people communicate and exchange information and experiences has undergone major change in recent years. Customers and interested parties now require to be served and kept informed in a way that is different to three or four years ago. More and more, they are quitting the passive role which seemed to have been assigned to them permanently and playing an active role in product development and analysis. We don't want to miss out on exploiting this desire on the part of customers, interested parties, suppliers and retailers to work together with us consciously, not only on our product range but also on the company's marketing and sales targets", says Günter Korbacher, executive director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, adding: "A company operating globally can no longer afford to neglect the wide-ranging opportunities which exist today thanks to the worldwide proliferation and public acceptance of the Internet, which is growing continuously. The best things about the active involvement of this sector in corporate communication are the uninterrupted availability of the medium and the direct flow of information between all the communication partners. We shall be able to shift large areas of our support and customer relationship management to this medium and even initiate the development of new products by evaluating customers' wishes. Our customers will get the chance to exchange experiences and knowledge within the expert community and also be able to avail themselves of the platform to offer services of their own within that community. After a start-up phase, even for retailers, suppliers and journalists, the community is sure to represent an ideal analysis instrument with which market tendencies and requirements can be rendered visible at a very early stage." 

The involvement of the on-line community and the general re-launch of WEILBURGER Graphics' website, which has just been accomplished, have proceeded hand in hand. Here too, the company has invested in a modern Internet presence, extending its former website to form a complex portal system intended, in future, to take care of almost all the functions of WEILBURGER Graphics' customer and document management. "We cannot halt this development. Anyone today who still views the Internet as a threat to the printing sector is going to be on the losing side from the very beginning. We're investing here in the intelligent integration of this medium in our communications management and we shall try to do justice to our traditional role as trendsetters for the benefit of everyone in the sector", says Günter Korbacher in conclusion.

The company's new Internet portal can be accessed via the domain www.weilburger-graphics.de, which has been up and running for several years and is currently on line in German and English. Other languages available will soon include Polish and Spanish, and Chinese will follow at the beginning of 2009.

The on-line community is currently in its beta test phase and can be accessed directly via the portal. It goes without saying that registration is free.

The company invites all users, customers, scientists, journalists, suppliers, students and other interested parties to become active members of this community and thus help bring it to life.


For further information go to www.weilburger-graphics.de

Contact:    
WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH
Am Rosenbühl 5
D - 91466 Gerhardshofen
Germany
Tel.: +49 9163 9992-0
Fax: +49 9163 654
info@weilburger-graphics.de

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You can download the complete press kit for this release inclusive all documents in english and german language and high-resolution image material at this link:  http://www.weilburger-graphics.de/files/PR/WG_PR_WEB.zip  (26MB)


 


Caption:     Logo of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH





 
Caption:     PrintCity | Alliance Member

 

 


Caption:      WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH – now with a new look on the Internet too

 


Caption:     Günter Korbacher – executive director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH



About WEILBURGER Graphics

WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH is one of the leaders in the field of print finishing for packaging, labels and job printing.

The company mainly produces for sheet-fed offset, heat-set web offset and off-line coating, and for the screen printing, flexo, gravure, narrow web and digital print sectors. Its tailor-made products are available for the market segments involving packaging, labels and job printing. It also offers seminars and consultancy services.

WEILBURGER Graphics is one of eleven subsidiaries of the GREBE Group, a medium-sized manufacturer of industrial coatings.

www.weilburger-graphics.de

Gerhardshofen, Dec. 1st 2008 – From the very beginning, WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, with its registered office in Gerhardshofen, has relied on successful personnel management and ongoing growth. The company also takes the training of new skilled workers with a view to the long term very seriously, and this is illustrated not least by the high levels of qualification achieved by young up-and-coming staff members trained in-house. A greater-than-average number of WEILBURGER Graphics trainees regularly complete their training as the best in their class. Almost all of them remain with the company.

As from this year, the new trainees are:

• Andrea Pinsenschaum, industrial business management assistant
• Denise Mertins, industrial business management assistant
• Tobias Zeihe, laboratory assistant for coatings
• Bastian Kunesch, chemical production specialist
• Jochen Weghorn, chemical production specialist

    
The following trainees have completed their training this year with distinction:

Dieci idee regalo il cui prezzo non è aumentato 

Dopo tanti anni, questo sarà il primo Natale all’insegna di una grave crisi finanziaria. Molti consumatori delle principali economie del mondo hanno dichiarato che ridurranno le spese per queste feste. Dato che quest’anno il costo di molti articoli di prima necessità per la vita di tutti i giorni è aumentato, l’inflazione è salita e molte famiglie stanno stringendo la cinghia. Non tutti i desideri saranno esauditi in queste feste.  

 

La recessione è una buona opportunità per ri-definire le priorità della vita. 

In questo periodo, la triste notizia per molti bambini è che Babbo Natale ridurrà il suo budget. Anche i nonni richiedono delle attenzioni. La tendenza è verso i regali personalizzati, fatti in casa, a mano, il divertimento e le celebrazioni in famiglia. Molte famiglie potrebbero trarre dei vantaggi puntando sull’unità familiare durante le feste e fissando un limite massimo per il prezzo dei regali. Ecco dieci idee regalo il cui prezzo non è aumentato: 

·        I fotocalendari sono un regalo classico per la famiglia - stampati da un laboratorio fotografico, hanno un aspetto davvero professionale. Tutti i calendari da cucina, da tavolo o parete hanno anche un ottimo rapporto qualità-prezzo!