Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe announces that since the introduction of its ''Enabling Carbon Neutrality'' programme five years ago, the company and its customers together have already offset more than 30,000 tons of CO2 emissions . This corresponds to a distance in excess of 93 million kilometres with an average passenger car, which is the equivalent to approximately 2,300 trips around the world (along the equator) by car. Customers from sixteen countries in Europe have made a significant contribution to this.
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Ghent Workgroup announces the winners of its iconography project
As part of the work of the Ghent Workgroup Creative Outreach Subcommittee, the GWG iconography project was announced in early March 2020. The purpose and goal of the project was to create a series of new, updated icons (pictograms) that would provide a better user experience and facilitate communication with a fresh approach to content, design and artistic coherence, and to give a new and updated look to the visual identity of the GWG website.
FuturePrint Announces 2021 First Quarter Virtual Events
FuturePrint organisers have announced their first-quarter virtual events for 2021 focusing on the future of print technology for the entire spectrum of print from industrial through to commercial print.
Knowledge transfer, networking and interaction during the 3rd drupa preview days
On Tuesday, December 8th, drupa invites you to the third edition of the drupa preview day. To facilitate networking and the need for knowledge transfer in the community, industry experts and partner associations will present future topics in live web sessions and panel discussions. A global perspective on current changes in the print industry will be discussed in the third edition of preview days, as will applications and applications in the field of additive manufacturing solutions and packaging printing. The growing importance of sustainability will be addressed both in a panel discussion and videos in the conference area.
drupa 2021 to be cancelled and goes online as ‘virtual.drupa’
Following close consultation with exhibitors and partners, the 2021 edition of drupa, the world’s leading trade fair for Printing Technologies, will be cancelled due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The next event will take place as scheduled from 28 May to 7 June 2024. To maintain the momentum until then, the organisers will be holding a four-day digital event titled ‘virtual.drupa’, to take place from 20 to 23 April 2021 during the time frame drupa was originally scheduled for.
WAN-IFRA and UNESCO join forces to support journalism in the face of existential economic menace
UNESCO and the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) are joining forces to address the impending global emergency facing independent journalism. The announcement of the co-operation was made at the 40th-anniversary celebration of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), an inter-governmental forum for media development.
As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact, the decimation of journalism in many areas of the world constitutes a growing threat, bringing existing challenges to a tipping point. Each month brings new reports of job losses in journalism and the closure of once-vibrant local media outlets.
IPIA hosts EPIC conference this December; same line-up, different landscape
Marketing speakers from the Independent Print Industry Association’s (IPIA) 2019 EPIC conference will again return to the ‘stage’ this December to reflect on how effective their advice proved in 2020’s challenging Covid-19 conditions.
Koenig & Bauer publishes its Q3 report 2020
Further improvement of operating earnings in a challenging environment
9M order intake significantly better than the industry trend for printing presses
Revenue before special item due to new revenue recognition guideline also better than industry trend
Clearly positive cash flow in Q3 and significant improvement compared to the previous year
Decided Performance 2024 programme in implementation
technotrans increases consolidated revenue compared with previous quarter and achieves adjusted EBIT margin on a par with previous year
Group revenue of € 141.5 million only 7.8 % below previous year despite corona / Consolidated EBIT remains positive at € 3.9 million; EBIT margin at 2.8 %; adjusted for non-recurrent effects at 4.2 % on the same level as a year ago / Positive free cash flow in the amount of € 3.5 million / Board of Management concretizes annual forecast for 2020 and remains confident for 2021
Successful implementation of transformation strengthens Heidelberg in times of COVID-19
At € 97 million for the first half-year, EBITDA excluding restructuring result significantly up on previous year (€ 69 million)
Signs of recovery for sales and incoming orders
Corporate bond repaid early – interest payments reduced by € 12 million p.a.
Package of measures sustainably lowers cost base
Forecast for financial year 2020/2021 unchanged
FuturePrint Virtual Summit Grows Attendance and Global Reach for Second Edition
The second edition of the FuturePrint Virtual Summit was considered a great success by all who attended, presented, and participated. Replays are now available with access to 79 talks from across the print spectrum.