The findings of 30th edition of the World Press Trends report underscores the ongoing conundrum of the industry: Overall global revenues in 2018 continued to shrink as did some newsrooms, yet paying audiences and demand for quality news continue to increase.

Smithers –the worldwide authority on the packaging, paper and print industry supply chains – has announced that its leading print industry expert will be presenting at The Inkjet Conference (6th European edition) for all involved in Inkjet Engineering and Inkjet Chemistry in Dusseldorf on 29-30 October 2019.

With the surge of new communications mediums, people are constantly bombarded with ads, notifications, texts, posts, emails and more. In this scenario, though all of these stimuli make available to us an always increasing amount of information, this also severely tests our concentration. As a result, it can be difficult to pay attention to any one thing for very long. This creates a significant challenge for companies trying to cut through the noise and engage customers.

According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market decreased by 6.1% in unit terms in 1Q19 compared with the same period a year ago to give a market size of 4.13 million units. This meant the overall market declined year on year by 268K units, but price declines steadied and the value remained flat for revenues of $2.3 billion. This gives a 1H19 market size of 8.54 million units and a value of $4.6 billion.

Waterless offset printing was first introduced at drupa 1977 and brought to market in Japan by Toray in 1978. Toray has continued to be a leader in this area, bringing many innovations in terms of both plates and processors that help offset printers deliver higher quality, reduce waste – and what is increasingly important – significantly reduce their environmental footprint.

The global print market is shrinking in volume but growing in value over the period 2014–24.The average value of print increase will slightly over the ten-year period, as a result of changes in the product mix and the print processes employed.

What if you could ... achieve wider color gamut, offer a broader range of substrates for inkjet printing, and have state-of-the art ink development which is environmentally friendly using water-based inks ... all delivered at a reasonable cost?

Ink producer Zeller+Gmelin offers individual consultancy around the topic of colour, colour mixing and colour management

Quocirca’s latest Global Print Security Landscape analysis affirms Konica Minolta’s strategy

Ricoh-commissioned study uncovers that 76% of North American workers enjoy working alongside colleagues of different ages; what was previously thought to be conflict is no longer