Neustadt an der Aisch – "As one of the leading online print shops, it is consistent to further expand our customer dialogue towards social media", explains Stefan Plomitzer, Authorized Officer of the Middle-Franconia-based Onlineprinters GmbH. The online print shop is one of the best known print portals on the European market and offers a wide range of all standard printed materials to its customers under the brand name diedruckerei.de. Transparent customer relations are the key to success for the print professionals. Since July 2010, the online print shop www.diedruckerei.de has now been present also on the social networks Facebook and Twitter. "Web communication as the crow flies" is the strategy. The dialogue will be fast, open and informative. In the Twitter chat, short-term information such as daily offers or interesting news is communicated. On the Facebook fan page, news from the printing industry worth knowing, discussions, opinions and experiences offer scope for the exchange of ideas between Onlineprinters and interested customers. Particularly in the e-business of online print shops, new customers often have a fear of contact. "Post your question on our bulletin board and we will provide tips and solutions", phrases Plomitzer the idea of the community on Facebook. Moreover, there will also be information on product novelties, exclusive offers and raffles for friends and fans.

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Neustadt an der Aisch – Hard-wearing, high-gloss and classy. Those are the properties of the modern UV varnishes the online print shop www.onlineprinters.com now uses to round up their portfolio for the finishing techniques of high-gloss finished printed matter. "Our customers increasingly ask for UV varnishes to be used as finish for their high-grade printed material", Bernd Schürmann of Onlineprinters GmbH explains. "From now on, we offer the services of printing and modern finishing techniques in a variety of qualities from one source", the Plant Manager says. The new UV varnishing machine Colibri 74 is able to provide flyers, posters, business cards, postcards, business portfolios and the envelopes of quality magazines with a brilliant, high-gloss finish. In the online shop www.onlineprinters.com , the customer has always had a choice between standard finishing using printing or water-based varnishes and durable synthetic foil laminates. Now, the high-quality variation of UV varnish complements the portfolio of surface finishes. In addition to the highly brilliant and scratch-resistant coating, another benefit for the customer is the cost-effectiveness of UV varnishes. The surfaces are durable and of classy appearance, and at the same time clearly less expensive than the standard foil lamination that is in common use, for example, in the catering industry.

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In the movie “Aviator” Leonardo DiCaprio embodies the dazzling and even mysterious character of the eccentric millionaire and visionary Howard Hughes. Following a real oil painting that shows the aviation obsessed man with a greasy pilot leather jacket the actor was dressed with a brown leather blouson made by a known manufacturer. And it happened what happens often in such moments: Leo’s leather jacket become a fashionable cult object over night. All viewers that had enjoyed the movie wanted to have such a jacket.

Funny enough that the real Howard Hughes probably never had a jacket like this. But that did not do the strong demand any harm. And so the pilot jacket became the secret movie star. As you can see the topic jackets is full of surprises and amusing stories. And the internet makes you wish for more. The portal http://www.jacken4you.de pays attention to this piece of clothing with the categories baseball jackets, blazer, down jackets, fleeces, flight jackets in general, jeans jackets, hood jackets, leather jackets, biker jackets, outdoor jackets, rain coats, retro jackets, sports coats, ski coats, summer jackets, sports jackets, autumnal jackets, windproof jackets and winter jackets. The exciting stories about the stylish never ending topic were mixed up with an entertaining sort of “nice to know”. At the category “others” related topics are introduced (for example jewellery and bargains). Here you may also find the surprisingly easy way to get jackets for one Euro. The great partner website http://www.top-jacken.de joins the world of jackets and adds infotainment about “coats“. Here, everybody can find his or her favourite jacket. This is for sure.

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Ladies’ shoes are not only a necessary part of the clothes. They are a feminine cult – and without any doubt they are a kind of extravagant sexy footwear. The ladies in the ancient world already knew how to create attention with loudly clacking heels. When an attractive ladies’ shoe schmoozes sexily and completely lasciviously the female foot it immediately becomes a highly erotic symbol with a clear message that leaves no viewer cold.

The lady who wears shoes with such a signal also enjoys the sparkling feeling caused by desirous looks. And if the shoe is not only enticingly pretty, but also clever designed, you will have an additional sensual reflexology when wearing it. For those who got inspired now and who search for a competent directory through the fitted, crackling world of ladies’ shoes, there is a new gratis online portal http://www.traumhafte-damenschuhe.de and http://www.glamour-damenschuhe.de for sensual hours. The topics „wonderful ladies’ shoes, pumps, boots, sandals, bargains and shoe care“ are well created for ladies who love shoes or for men who have an eye for the special. And those who want to be informed at every turn can subscribe to the gratis newsletter that provides interesting topics for every shoe desire.

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It was only a question of time until a happy and informative blog round about this trendy topic was established. The fashion interested internet onlooker can find aspects, insights and facts about the topics accessories, baby fashion, children’s fashion, ladies’ fashion, designer fashion, evening dresses, men’s clothes, clothes in general, fashion catalog, fashion shop and sports fashion at http://www.mykleidung.de. However, due to the clarity of the texts one cannot comment the articles. The category “others” is a true treasure trove for interesting information that treat the normally rather close fashion topic a bit more casual. For example, you can read there that diamonds are not only girls’ best friends and the ladies’ favorite jewel, but that they are also used for complex manufacturing of robes as glittering accessory. Such cultivated and richly decorated textiles are literally a wearable luxury of timeless elegance and constant value.

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The ECCE TERRAM Internet Services company will go to Las Vegas to present its Photo2lab Software Suite on the main photo trade fair PMA, which will take place from 31 January to 2 February 2008. Integrated into the Photo2lab Software Suite is the HDX4 Photo Manager of HDX4 GmbH. This is a HDX4 Photo SDK for professional picture optimisation.

Dortmund. Jan 21st, 2008. - HDX4 GmbH has specialised in the development of software all about the topics of burning and multimedia. A suitable tool for digital photography is the SDK HDX4 Photo Manager, which other companies can license to upgrade their own software with new functions. SDK includes the two modules HDX4 Natural Enhancement and HDX4 Upscaling, both proprietary developments from the technology laboratories of HDX4 GmbH.

A distinctive feature of the HDX4-modules is that they can help to turn any snapshot into a really professional photograph – it only takes a mouse click. So far, photographers rather used trial and error to adjust brightness, contrast and colours; now the software can detect imperfections of pictures and corrects them without need for further user intervention. Frank Simon of ECCE TERRAM: "Thanks to the HDX4-functions, dark pictures with low contrast and matt colours are definitely a thing of the past. Suddenly, the sky prints perfectly blue and details, which were in the shade become visible again."

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The project, Ethanol & Orphans, is looking for celebrities who think it is a good idea and who will endorse the project.  The project sponsor is the not-for-profit charity, Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. 

The Ethanol & Orphans project is currently underway in Vietnam where we will be building a cellulose ethanol refinery and using the profits to build:
 - a Self-sustaining, high-tech, green Community for street orphans where they will be raised in families with surrogate parents and grandparents, given care, skills (job, computer, familiy/life) and supplemental education.
 - a Medical clinic supported by the profits from the refinery so those who cannot afford it can still receive treatment.
 - more care for disabled children (who are still today being born with birth defects from Agent Orange which was used in the war in the 60's and 70's) so they can learn to be self-sufficient even with disabilities.

We are looking for people who care about:
 - improving the environment
 - using less petrochemical fuels
 - helping developing / third world countries to improve
 - street children living barely surviving
 - disabled children who need assistance
 - providing medical/dental care for those who cannot afford it
 - protecting food sources (we will use sugarcane for the refiery, NOT grains)
 - providing education for children, the future leaders of their country
 - and more humanitarian projects

The celebrities will be asked to speak about our project when they can, and to allow us to use thier comments/picture/name in our website and promotion materials.

For complete details about the project, see: http://www.orphancommunities.org
For questions, write to us at: info@orphancommunities.org
 
Please forward this to others who you know will be interested in supporting this project.

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TWIN-ICI – innovative brand protection at the very highest level

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Augsburg, Germany, July 23, 2007 – PrintCity Project Group “Brand Protection” will exhibit at the FachPack exhibition in Nürnberg, Germany, September 25 – 27, 2007.

Five Project Group members will be sharing a 60 square meter special exhibition area which will present the latest results on their work in Brand Protection.

Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting - Project Status

In particular, there will be a first special report about the new project ‘Security Solutions in Packaging Printing for the Pharmaceutical Industry’ first announced in March and due to conclude at the end of 2007.

This new project is being undertaken by Jura JSP, Kurz, MAN Roland, Merck, M-real, Sun Chemical & Weilburger Graphics as well as the printer K+D AG, Switzerland and focuses on creating a knowledge base of anti-counterfeiting techniques for the Pharmaceutical industry. It will in particular demonstrate what can be achieved by combining different security features and solutions in a special ‘Pharma’ box sample which is being developed. For the special requests of the Pharma industry, Merck contributed its expertise as a global pharmaceutical and chemical enterprise. In a modified way the results will be usable for other industry segments, too. So PrintCity will attract non-pharma customers as well.

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Mika Valkonen, Managing Director,
Procemex, Finland

Augsburg, Germany, May 24, 2007 – PrintCity welcomes new member Procemex, a leading supplier of camera based web monitoring & web inspection systems to the alliance and its publishing, commercial & web activities.

Procemex is a machine vision company based in Jyväskylä, Finland, and since 1990 the same core team has been continuously providing leading edge image processing innovations for troubleshooting paper related processes. This technology is today also being used by many of the leading web offset and gravure printers in Europe.

Procemex is a specialist in filming and analyzing web breaks, web defects and in general printing press runnability problems. It helps its customers solve printing press efficiency concerns relating to paper, process and machinery.

This is done by combining innovative camera based technology, both for improving printing press efficiency and inspecting paper quality. This unique capability is a valuable strength helping Procemex to expand its activities in the world of printing in 2007 & 2008. 

According to Mika Valkonen, Managing Director of Procemex, the reasons for joining PrintCity in 2007 are, “We have expanded our activities 3-4 years ago from paper into printing and see that there is need for deeper understanding of the root causes of gravure and web offset printing problems.

“One of the reasons for joining PrintCity is to gain more experience in the whole printing process. What could be a better environment to deepen, and in return, to share your knowledge, than this type of cooperation with the experts in all key areas of printing”, concludes Valkonen.

Rainer Kuhn, PrintCity managing director, welcomes Procemex into the ‘connection of competence’ alliance by commenting, “The strength of the PrintCity alliance is the wide range of companies, technologies and capabilities working together. Procemex will have a very important contribution to our connection of competence work and I am sure that they will involve themselves in PrintCity projects and activities.

Procemex has confirmed that it will participate at drupa 2008 within PrintCity in hall 6.

More information can be found about Procemex at www.procemex.com 

These publication images are available by visiting http://www.printcity.de/index.php?site_id=318 or by emailing press@printcity.de 

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Greenstreet break with tradition by introducing a revolution in scrapbook creation – a mess free, time saving fade-proof record of precious memories for print, for the web and which can even be displayed on TV screens!

Cambridge. 30 October 2006. - In the age of the digital camera and camera phones we all snap away happily taking lots of pictures to remember events by. However generally these languish on computer hard drives and the personal memory fades as to who, why, where and what the pictures were about. Which is why in recent years scrapbooking has seen a revival. Greenstreet have combined the digital age with the rapidly growing interest in scrapbooking and taken this to the next step by creating Greenstreet’s Digital Scrapbook – bringing all kinds of new possibilities to the art - providing limitless supplies and making it easier and cheaper to capture moments in time and to share with friends and family.

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http://www.bewegungsstiftung.de

Soziale Bewegungen verändern die Gesellschaft. Die Bewegungsstiftung unterstützt deren Arbeit für Demokratie, Frieden, Ökologie und Gerechtigkeit durch Zuschüsse und Beratung. Sie fördert ihre Kampagnen und Aktionen mit bisher 200.000 Euro.

Der Motor der Bewegungsstiftung ist das Stiftungskapital. 1,6 Millionen Euro von 61 Stifterinnen und Stiftern sorgen dafür, dass der Motor läuft und an Kraft gewinnt. Bis Ende 2007 sollen es 5 Millionen Euro werden. Tragen auch Sie einen Baustein dazu bei und werden Sie Stifter oder Stifterin der Bewegungsstiftung!

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Photo service Software Developer announced to publish ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ Protocol during Photokina 

Setting up a digital photo processing service in store or online is becoming easier with ready made software solutions. Large central labs offer these to tie in their customers, while specialist developers like ECCE TERRAM sell software components that increase the services independence and negotiation power.

Oldenburg. 26 July 2006 – Today the vast majority of photographs taken are digital. Online photo services converting digital images into traditional photographic paper prints in familiar 6×4" (10x15cm), prints are increasingly profitable. Compared to home inkjet prints, pictures on photographic paper tend to look much 'richer', and are vastly more durable with regard to handling by sweaty fingers, humid environments, and fading in daylight. Such services cater for business with new photographic gift items and product ideas. The specialist internet software developer ECCE TERRAM will be presenting the latest off the shelf, modular software solutions for online photo services, web portals, photo labs and purchasing associations at the international Photokina exhibition in Cologne in September 2006, including releases currently being prepared. As a Photokina highlight, the company will also publish its complete ‘Transfer Ordering Network’ protocol for free usage.

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Position will be based in Hamburg, Germany.

Do you love Google? Interested in learning more about one of the most cutting-edge technology companies in the world? We are looking for flexible, hardworking, experienced people, passionate about Google, to analyze, measure, position, package, and promote Google's product and business offerings in our European markets.

Responsible for supporting Google's growth and revenue generating efforts throughout Europe through effective and results-focused marketing campaigns. Responsibilities include working with the corporate marketing group, sales, and product support to drive projects such as: defining and implementing country marketing plans & customer communications strategy; determining ROI on advertising expenditures; defining market research studies to gain knowledge about user attitudes and behaviour; and developing collateral that optimally positions the strengths of our products.

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