The printing, signage and packaging industry has postponed most of its shows in 2020, others got cancelled, resulting in a multitude of show announcements, dates in the first half of 2021. By Sabine Slaughter

Over the last days news emerged that several tradeshows, slated to happen in autumn of 2020, have been postponed to 2021. This now makes the already quite squeezed calendars of 2021 a kind of mess with overlapping events, tradeshows and meetings. By Sabine Slaughter

- New near-infrared measurement technology offers higher measurement accuracy and a wider range of applications compared to conventional methods

- Reliable detection of stickies and non-adhesive contamination
- Voith Paper, PROPAKMA & Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) publish technical rule for performing stickies measurements as DIN SPEC 6745

Print Service Providers (PSPs) looking to reassess their operation and identify how to shape future developments in response to the global pandemic are being supported by the newly launched Ricoh Business Booster programme.
Ricoh Business Booster delivers Covid-19 support and knowledge in a community space

By Owen Kilbane, Senior Executive, Kofax

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for financial services companies to have a “Remote First” mind-set. When we look over the past number of weeks, consumers are interacting and doing more and more business online, using a new set of tools – such as Zoom. This could create a significant opportunity for financial services companies to find a better way of engaging. One can easily foresee that Wealth Management companies will use online video meetings for annual assessments.

With sustainability firmly at the forefront of today’s packaging supply chain, Flint Group Packaging Inks, one of the largest consumables suppliers to the global print and packaging industry, has detailed its vision for supporting circular economies in a new white paper that reveals the formation of a dedicated Sustainability Task Force.

The importance of communications in uncertain times
By Michael F. Reidy

As a result of the Covid 19 crisis, a global petition calls on the World Health Organization (WHO) to define clear guidelines for minimum air humidity in commercial and public buildings. The petition is based on numerous studies that show that a mean humidity level of 40 to 60% can prevent infections of the respiratory tract.

The American subsidiary of the PDF Association has been authorized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to act as administrator of the Technical Advisory Group for the USA. The Technical Advisory Group belongs to the ISO Technical Committee (TC) 171, Subcommittee (SC) 2, which focuses on PDF format, PDF variants, including PDF/A and PDF/UA, and related file formats. The PDF Association thus replaces the 3D PDF Consortium, which held this function from 2017 to 2020.

Current capacity utilization of printing companies in China has recovered significantly
Packaging and label segment very stable in the corona period
Data from Heidelberg Cloud provides trends on the current situation in the print industry
Weekly update under www.heidelberg.com/PMI-climate