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

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This year’s drupa Spotlight report, Strategic choices in a competitive and converging marketplace, will be published in May. In a survey (conducted before the coronavirus outbreak) over 500 printers and almost 200 suppliers described the challenges and successes of launching new products and services. For many in the industry, planning their recovery from the coronavirus recession may well necessitate such launches, so lessons must be drawn on how best to do so.

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The 7th drupa Global Trends Report will be published in April 2020. The results, from a survey conducted before the outbreak of the corona virus and the postponement of drupa to April 2021, show a global industry that remained positive but reflected more challenging global economic conditions. Packaging and Functional market sectors are better placed than Publishing and Commercial. North America remains buoyant but confidence has slipped in Europe and across all other regions. Developing regions are held back by concerns about political instability and corruption, while developed regions are nervous of an inevitable cyclical economic downturn. There is constant pressure on margins but increasingly the better companies counter this by continual innovation. Investment plans remain strong, as printers and suppliers all recognise the need to remain competitive.

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By S. George Alfonso, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law group

The month of March has brought a deluge of cancellations of international conferences, travel and severely affected markets around the world, all due to the spread of “COVID-19” – the newest strain of the “Coronavirus” which was first discovered last December in Wuhan, China.

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The IPIA and BAPC have today (Friday 6th March 2020) made the decision to postpone their joint Spring Conference 'Where do we go from here?' until later in the year. The event was due to be held on Thursday March 19th at The Shendish Manor Hotel, Hemel Hempstead.

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Companies in Europe save electricity and CO2 with Epson business inkjet technology and thus more easily meet their environmental goals
Switching to inkjet printing saves around 213 million euros annually

Companies in Europe are releasing considerable resources by switching to Epson business inkjet printers.

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Keypoint Intelligence - InfoTrends is pleased to announce the availability of a new primary research study entitled Market Trends in Print Finishing. In this research, print service providers were surveyed in North America and Western Europe to provide insight surrounding operations, purchasing patterns, and business and sales strategies.

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Automation helps printers develop profitable business models to support customers in advertising and marketing.

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Comment by Olaf Lorenz, General Manager, DX Branding Division, Konica Minolta Inc.

Whether the buzzword or phrase is transformation, diversification, Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, just in time production or print on demand – what’s clear is that automation and software are central drivers and growing in importance. Using real-time data to track and improve production is becoming more common, soon it will be the norm.

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On October 28, 1906, not far from Atlantic City in the USA, an accident occurred that still has serious consequences for press work today. Around half past three in the afternoon the train with the number 1065 of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), the largest railway company of the USA at that time, jumps on a bridge, due to a technical inadequacy of its signal system, from the tracks and falls over five meters into the river "The Thoroughfare", ten meters deep there. Of the total of 87 inmates, 53 die.

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