The event combines an analysis of global scenarios with the industry’s perspective towards sustainability, digitalization and servitisation.

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Following a surge in interest from both visitors and exhibitors, Printing Expo has announced the opening of Zone 2 of their online exhibition which includes the Xeikon Wall Decoration Showroom and the Trade Association Hub. They have also announced new exhibitors for Zone 1. With over 21,000 visitors to date from over 150 countries, the innovative virtual show is proving to be of great interest to a diversity of printers and suppliers worldwide. The feedback received so far states that Printing Expo’s 3D visual browsing experience is successfully bridging the gap between the physical and the virtual for many in the global printing community.

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From April 20 to 23, 2021, the Conference Area of virtual.drupa will feature a top-class, English-language program focusing on the global trends of Artificial Intelligence, Circular Economy, Connected Consumer and Platform Economy. International industry experts, brand owners and speakers from vertical markets will provide valuable knowledge transfer through best cases, keynote speeches and panel discussions. Two parallel live streams will offer visitors the opportunity to participate flexibly in the conference presentations between 10 am and 6 pm CET. For participants around the world, these will also be available 24/7 on demand in a video library.

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New website and many events
Valuable contents and themes are constantly at the heart of the project, becoming a useful tool to deal with the complexity of the present time.
Next step: the 2021 edition of the Future Factory promoted by ACIMGA, June 10 and 11, with previews on April 14.

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The tenth edition of WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media India (DMI) conference was held virtually from 2 to 4 March, with more than 200 news media executives from over 15 countries in attendance. The Hindu Group was named "Champion Publisher of the year" on the occasion of the South Asian Digital Media 2020 Awards Ceremony.

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iJetColor by Printware, provider of the world’s fastest, most profitable short-run inkjet envelope solutions is excited to announce the launch of their new and improved website! Printware recognizes their website as an important tool to provide resources for prospects and customers alike and has worked hard to deliver a new site that is easier to navigate, has faster, optimized mobile browsing, improved video performance, increased browsing security, and more new content. In addition to these updates, www.ijetcolor.com continues to offer tools and information about the iJetColor Family of Products in addition to customer testimonial videos, access to support, training videos, technical bulletins, an industry blog, and customer online ordering for consumables and wearable parts.

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Merger exemplifies the synonymous goal of both organizations in providing the printing industry with exemplary programming, services, training and certifications

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Industry professionals are invited to participate in special Standards Committee tasked with creating taxonomy roadmap that can be adopted into global and US systems

PRINTING United Alliance announces its partnership with IT Strategies on an initiative to provide the printing industry with a comprehensive taxonomy designed to address the printing industry’s under-representation in government statistics and to help prepare the printing industry for growing business in the future.
According to Ford Bowers, CEO of PRINTING United Alliance, “The primary purpose of this initiative is to create uniformity of nomenclature, which helps discoverability of content and information online, at events, and across the industry. Using the same names and definitions in the same way will allow printers, OEMs and suppliers, and everyone else involved in printing to utilize a common 'language' that eliminates some of the confusion that currently exists. It will also be very useful in providing statistical tracking and analysis across the industry in a more coherent manner. Getting the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to adopt a new and more precise classification, if we are successful, will help everyone understand the breadth and depth of the printing industry much better.”
Under the guidance of Marco Boer, Vice President of IT Strategies, and David Zwang, President of Zwang & Co., PRINTING United Alliance is drafting an open standard printing industry taxonomy for the global printing industry to bring together the various printing taxonomies currently in use by the US Government (NAICS codes), taxonomies in use by the various printing trade associations, and taxonomies by private companies like Dun & Bradstreet under one consistent and comprehensive taxonomy that will be available to all.
The need for a printing industry standard taxonomy is even more critical as printing commerce becomes increasingly global and marketing and buying of print becomes ever more virtual. Surprisingly, the printing industry does not have sub-segment representation on the Global Standards body (formerly the Uniform Code Council responsible for the advent of UPC barcodes, and now called GS1). GS1 standards are critical for e-commerce, with companies like Google and Amazon requiring Global Trade Item numbers (GTIN) in order to be correctly classified in their search engines and listening.
At a national level, the printing industry’s inadequate representation is costing the printing industry billions of dollars in opportunity cost. The inability for printing customers to easily and consistently search and discover ever-expanding print options; the inability of the Department of Labor Statistics to comprehensively roll up print market data or drill down for more details; and the difficulty to calculate the full economic contribution of the printing industry to the economy; has allowed the narrative of the value of print to become distorted.
Join the Standards Committee
In March, Boer and Zwang will be establishing a Standards Committee comprised of various printing industry stakeholders, including print providers, converters, equipment and supplies manufacturers that will be tasked with creating a taxonomy roadmap that can be adopted into global and US systems.
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The last edition of the drupa preview once again boasted an exciting conference program and intensive knowledge transfer in the print & packaging community. Video presentations and live web sessions by industry experts and partner associations focused on topics and global trends such as Industry 4.0, Digitalization, the Circular Economy, Sustainability, E-Commerce and Platform Economy. Over 5,300 visitors once again took advantage of the platform's offerings, confirming the current relevance of the content before everyone's attention now turns to the four-day industry event virtual.drupa in April.

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As virtual.drupa, taking place from 20 to 23 April, is approaching, exhibitors are starting to design their online showrooms; video and live presentations as well as virtual meeting rooms are in preparation. Registration for exhibitors has been open since the end of January, and the current booking status is very positive, with around 100 exhibitors from 23 countries, as well as 5,000 pre-registered visitors from all around the world already preparing for the virtual industry event.

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