Fespa conference schedule
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Tuesday 25 June Fespa Flight Briefing B75N11-11.30am Fespa Flight briefing11.30am-12pm Slovak SDPA activities – education and training12-12.30pm Together we are stronger12.30-1pm Panel session Sustainability Conference B75N2-2.30pm Sustainability – what does it mean to you?2.30-3pm Planet friendly3-3.30pm ISO 16759: calculating the carbon footprint of print media products3.30-4pm Knowing your supply chain: a timber industry perspective4-4.30pm How emphasising ‘sustainability’ can deliver profits for your organisation. A case study4.30-5pm Making ‘sustainability’ work for your business5-5.30pm Panel session: How to become more efficient Packaging and instore Conference Q100N11-11.30am Opening remarks11.30am-12pm Shopper engagement Study: Lessons in shopper currency, instore decisions and neuroscience12-12.30pm Design and delivery for instore2-2.30pm Creating desire within constraint2.30-3pm Instore displays and packaging3-3.30pm Innovation that leads to cost reduction through change in structural pack design3.30-4pm Panel session: packaging and instore4-4.30pm Pantone colour communication seminar4.30-5pm GWG 2012 specifications Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Introductory tutorial for screen printing12-12.30pm Setting up a raster file2-2.30pm Integrated registration system3-3.30pm Working in layers Wednesday 26 June Digital Textile Conference B75N10.30-11am Digital textile printing-increasing opportunities for the printer11-11.30am Digital technologies: the right choice11.30am-12pm Sublimation vs direct-to-garment – a technology reality tour12-12.30pm The true cost of digital textile printing12.30-1pm Differentiation, a path to clients2-2.30pm Diversification – adding digital decoration (or sublimation) to an existing business2.30-3pm From catwalk to consumer3-3.30pm How digital technology affords screen printing sustainability3.30-4pm Using social media to drive a printing business4-4.30pm Air your views in a creative way4.30-5pm Meeting the challenges of a new generation – a glimpse into the textile printing industry of tomorrow5-5.30pm Panel session: opportunities and barriers in digital textile printing Interiors Conference Q100N11-11.30am Digital print and interior style, a designer’s perspective.11.30am-12pm How Spoonflower serves fabric over the web12-12.30pm Get real – be fake12.30-1pm Digitalising the fine art market2-2.30pm Catering for corporate spaces2.30-3pm Migrating from screen to digital for home furnishing and apparel: a UK manufacturer’s experience and perspective3-3.30pm Pioneering floor printed vinyl3.30-4pm A tour through interior design4-4.30pm Interiors keynote: back to the future4.30-5pm Panel session: opportunities and barriers of printing for interiors Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Adding type on a path12-12.30pm T-shirt treatments – spraying and dipping demonstration2-2.30pm Innovations in screen chemicals3-3.30pm Designing for black shirts4-4.30pm How to change colours in an image Thursday 27 June Digital Conference B75N10.30-11am Trendspotting in digital11-11.30am Digital business leaders at work – how to grow a digital wide-format business11.30am-12pm The digital blueprint – business planning for a digital environment12-12.30pm How to grow added-value digital sales12.30-1pm Going for gold at London 20122-2.30pm Workflow – the key to digital efficiency and growth2.30-3pm Creating a digital value proposition3-3.30pm Panel session: digital debate; futureproofing Brand and Creative Day Q100N10.30-11am Registration and welcome11-11.30am Audience measurement and advertising effectiveness11.30am-12.30pm The power of printed media12.30-1pm Panel session: Creative day2-2.30pm Printing for gold at London 20122.30-3pm Personalisation in print3-3.30pm The real cross-media revolution3.30-4pm Creative Corner keynote4-4.30pm Panel session: print in the marcomm mix4.30-5pm Print inspiration runway Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Special effect inks: high-density, discharge and others – demonstration12-12.30pm How to separate an image2-2.30pm Panel: innovative advances in emulsions3-3.30pm Removing art from a flattened background4-4.30pm Working with discharge ink4.30-5pm How to save a DCS2 file Friday 28 JuneBusiness Building Conference B75N10.30-11am Demystifying cross-channel marketing11-11.30am Driving better business performance11.30am-12pm Business growth systems12-12.30pm Social media tutorial12.30-1pm Panel session: business building skills in sales and marketing2-2.30pm The importance of partnerships in a digital world2.30-3pm Website tutorial3-3.30pm...
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FESPA ESSENTIALS Date 25-29 June Location ExCel LondonPrice Pre-register for free entry at www.fespa.com (otherwise entry is £55 on the door)Opening times 25-28 June, 10am-6pm; 29 June, 10am-4pm Exhibitors 600-plusKey attractions The Printing Hall of Fame will give details on the most innovative and inspiring figures in print today, many of whom will be available to talk to at the show The Jet Set Conference schedule will place particular emphasis on identifying the skills SMEs need to grow their businesses. All seminars are free The Creative Corner free conference schedule will give tips on design for particular print applications, including instore, textiles, outdoor and extra wide-format. It will also feature a VIP day for advertising creatives and brandowners The Pilot’s Briefing Zone will offer insight into advanced garment design and decoration techniques with free presentations, demonstrations and hands-on interactive workshop sessions The Wrap Cup Masters Series will see vehicle wrappers from around the world come together to compete for the highly acclaimed title of global ‘Wrap Cup Master’ The Promotional Product Business Academy will be a special section dedicated to offering insight, demos and advice on this sector The Print Inspiration Runway will be an exhibition of particularly inspiring prints in a wide range of print sectors Visitors to Fespa may well also want to take a look at European Sign Expo, running alongside Fespa between 25-27 June FESPA ‘AFTER DARK‘Tuesday 25 June, 6.30pm Tompkins 4 Pan Peninsula Square, Canary Wharf (nearest station: South Quay, DLR)10% discount on food and drink on producing a valid exhibition pass Wednesday 26 June, 6.30pmBrodie’s Bar 43 Fishermans Walk, Canary Wharf (nearest station: South Quay, DLR)20% discount on all products on producing a valid exhibition pass Thursday 27 June, 6.30pmBe At One Monument 28 King William Street (nearest station: Monument, Tube)Two cocktails for £9.50 on producing an exhibition pass Thursday 27 June, 7.30pm Fespa 50th Anniversary Gala Old Billingsgate, London (nearest station: Monument, Tube)This networking event will feature a Martini reception, three-course dinner, music and entertainment. Book at www.fespa.com/london/en/gala-night. Places are limited Friday 28 June, 6.30pmRum and Sugar No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Canary Wharf (nearest station: West India Quay, DLR)10% discount on food and drink, during the evening, on producing an exhibition pass Fespa preview Fespa conference schedule...
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FESPA ESSENTIALS Date 25-29 June Location ExCel LondonPrice Pre-register for free entry at www.fespa.com (otherwise entry is £55 on the door)Opening times 25-28 June, 10am-6pm; 29 June, 10am-4pm Exhibitors 600-plusKey attractions The Printing Hall of Fame will give details on the most innovative and inspiring figures in print today, many of whom will be available to talk to at the show The Jet Set Conference schedule will place particular emphasis on identifying the skills SMEs need to grow their businesses. All seminars are free The Creative Corner free conference schedule will give tips on design for particular print applications, including instore, textiles, outdoor and extra wide-format. It will also feature a VIP day for advertising creatives and brandowners The Pilot’s Briefing Zone will offer insight into advanced garment design and decoration techniques with free presentations, demonstrations and hands-on interactive workshop sessions The Wrap Cup Masters Series will see vehicle wrappers from around the world come together to compete for the highly acclaimed title of global ‘Wrap Cup Master’ The Promotional Product Business Academy will be a special section dedicated to offering insight, demos and advice on this sector The Print Inspiration Runway will be an exhibition of particularly inspiring prints in a wide range of print sectors Visitors to Fespa may well also want to take a look at European Sign Expo, running alongside Fespa between 25-27 June FESPA ‘AFTER DARK‘Tuesday 25 June, 6.30pm Tompkins 4 Pan Peninsula Square, Canary Wharf (nearest station: South Quay, DLR)10% discount on food and drink on producing a valid exhibition pass Wednesday 26 June, 6.30pmBrodie’s Bar 43 Fishermans Walk, Canary Wharf (nearest station: South Quay, DLR)20% discount on all products on producing a valid exhibition pass Thursday 27 June, 6.30pmBe At One Monument 28 King William Street (nearest station: Monument, Tube)Two cocktails for £9.50 on producing an exhibition pass Thursday 27 June, 7.30pm Fespa 50th Anniversary Gala Old Billingsgate, London (nearest station: Monument, Tube)This networking event will feature a Martini reception, three-course dinner, music and entertainment. Book at www.fespa.com/london/en/gala-night. Places are limited Friday 28 June, 6.30pmRum and Sugar No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Canary Wharf (nearest station: West India Quay, DLR)10% discount on food and drink, during the evening, on producing an exhibition pass Fespa preview Fespa conference schedule...
read moreRocket eyes sustainable growth and new markets
“We’ve had a few reasonably good years and the investments have been largely funded by the business as well as invoicing finance. We’re really positive, the business has grown together and most importantly it’s been sustainable. We’ve certainly not gone mad,” said Rocket managing director Tim Porter. As part of the growth plan Gary Egan has joined as production manager, Andy Webb has been appointed to project manage a number of key client events and Steven Silverton joined to head up Rocket’s newly created retail division. The firm is also looking to further boost its installation teams and artwork studio later this year. The appointments follow the Watford firm taking on an additional factory unit over Christmas 2012, doubling its floor space. This enabled it to install a raft of refurbished kit, including a 3.2m-wide EFI Vutek QS3200 UV flatbed, two Mimaki JV5 series roll-to-roll printers, and a Zünd G3 digital cutter. “We’ve started to do a lot work in sport hospitality branding, which increasingly involves temporary walls wrapped with large-format graphics rather than the traditional, build, skin and paint structures,” said Porter. “The market seems to be growing and growing and the QS is perfect for that type of work because it enabled us to produce high-quality wraps up to 3.2m wide and most of the walls are up to 3m.” High-profile events the company has worked on this year include the Champions League Final at Wembley, Silverstone and the Paris Air Show. It also has a strong presence in the retail sector. The company also installed a refurbished 5m-wide HP Scitex solvent printer last year, which according to Porter enabled it to offer grand-format printer and gain a foothold in the fascia market. The company is now mulling an investment in a second grand-format press. The business is on track to achieve £4.2m in sales this year, compared to £3.3m last year and the company is targeting £5m next year. According to Porter, just as importantly the firm has so far maintained margin as it has grown. Once we got through £3m, which we had been trying to achieve for a number of years, it signalled a real step change in the business. We were lucky to get the services of ex-Service Graphics finance director David Wicks, who came on board to help drive growth and without him we might not have seen all these opportunities or grasped them,” said Porter. Wicks joined the business last April in a business development/finance role and helped Porter create a three-year growth plan....
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Tuesday 25 June Fespa Flight Briefing B75N11-11.30am Fespa Flight briefing11.30am-12pm Slovak SDPA activities – education and training12-12.30pm Together we are stronger12.30-1pm Panel session Sustainability Conference B75N2-2.30pm Sustainability – what does it mean to you?2.30-3pm Planet friendly3-3.30pm ISO 16759: calculating the carbon footprint of print media products3.30-4pm Knowing your supply chain: a timber industry perspective4-4.30pm How emphasising ‘sustainability’ can deliver profits for your organisation. A case study4.30-5pm Making ‘sustainability’ work for your business5-5.30pm Panel session: How to become more efficient Packaging and instore Conference Q100N11-11.30am Opening remarks11.30am-12pm Shopper engagement Study: Lessons in shopper currency, instore decisions and neuroscience12-12.30pm Design and delivery for instore2-2.30pm Creating desire within constraint2.30-3pm Instore displays and packaging3-3.30pm Innovation that leads to cost reduction through change in structural pack design3.30-4pm Panel session: packaging and instore4-4.30pm Pantone colour communication seminar4.30-5pm GWG 2012 specifications Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Introductory tutorial for screen printing12-12.30pm Setting up a raster file2-2.30pm Integrated registration system3-3.30pm Working in layers Wednesday 26 June Digital Textile Conference B75N10.30-11am Digital textile printing-increasing opportunities for the printer11-11.30am Digital technologies: the right choice11.30am-12pm Sublimation vs direct-to-garment – a technology reality tour12-12.30pm The true cost of digital textile printing12.30-1pm Differentiation, a path to clients2-2.30pm Diversification – adding digital decoration (or sublimation) to an existing business2.30-3pm From catwalk to consumer3-3.30pm How digital technology affords screen printing sustainability3.30-4pm Using social media to drive a printing business4-4.30pm Air your views in a creative way4.30-5pm Meeting the challenges of a new generation – a glimpse into the textile printing industry of tomorrow5-5.30pm Panel session: opportunities and barriers in digital textile printing Interiors Conference Q100N11-11.30am Digital print and interior style, a designer’s perspective.11.30am-12pm How Spoonflower serves fabric over the web12-12.30pm Get real – be fake12.30-1pm Digitalising the fine art market2-2.30pm Catering for corporate spaces2.30-3pm Migrating from screen to digital for home furnishing and apparel: a UK manufacturer’s experience and perspective3-3.30pm Pioneering floor printed vinyl3.30-4pm A tour through interior design4-4.30pm Interiors keynote: back to the future4.30-5pm Panel session: opportunities and barriers of printing for interiors Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Adding type on a path12-12.30pm T-shirt treatments – spraying and dipping demonstration2-2.30pm Innovations in screen chemicals3-3.30pm Designing for black shirts4-4.30pm How to change colours in an image Thursday 27 June Digital Conference B75N10.30-11am Trendspotting in digital11-11.30am Digital business leaders at work – how to grow a digital wide-format business11.30am-12pm The digital blueprint – business planning for a digital environment12-12.30pm How to grow added-value digital sales12.30-1pm Going for gold at London 20122-2.30pm Workflow – the key to digital efficiency and growth2.30-3pm Creating a digital value proposition3-3.30pm Panel session: digital debate; futureproofing Brand and Creative Day Q100N10.30-11am Registration and welcome11-11.30am Audience measurement and advertising effectiveness11.30am-12.30pm The power of printed media12.30-1pm Panel session: Creative day2-2.30pm Printing for gold at London 20122.30-3pm Personalisation in print3-3.30pm The real cross-media revolution3.30-4pm Creative Corner keynote4-4.30pm Panel session: print in the marcomm mix4.30-5pm Print inspiration runway Screen Printing Conference K65N11-11.30am Special effect inks: high-density, discharge and others – demonstration12-12.30pm How to separate an image2-2.30pm Panel: innovative advances in emulsions3-3.30pm Removing art from a flattened background4-4.30pm Working with discharge ink4.30-5pm How to save a DCS2 file Friday 28 JuneBusiness Building Conference B75N10.30-11am Demystifying cross-channel marketing11-11.30am Driving better business performance11.30am-12pm Business growth systems12-12.30pm Social media tutorial12.30-1pm Panel session: business building skills in sales and marketing2-2.30pm The importance of partnerships in a digital world2.30-3pm Website tutorial3-3.30pm...
read moreHP unveils new Designjet ePrinters
The 36in Designjet T920 and T1500 ePrinters have been designed by the manufacturer following “extensive engagement” with users to identify specific printing problems faced by designers in certain industries. As a result, the printers enable users to view and print projects from the cloud in order to collaborate more easily with colleagues in different teams and different locations. Both systems can deliver an A1/D-sized print in 21s, which the manufacturer claims is the fastest on the market, and feature integrated output-stacking trays built on top of the printers to deliver flat, collated prints. The new models are the latest in HP’s Designjet range, which was first launched more than 20 years ago. “Our customers constantly seek more efficient and user-friendly tools to bring their ideas to life,” said Ramon Pastor, HP’s vice-president and general manager of Large Format Printing. “More than two decades after the launch of the first Designjet printer, HP continues to bring design, architecture, engineering and construction professionals large-format printing solutions with innovative features that transform the in-house printing process as well as allow users more time for creativity.” Expected to be available worldwide from 8 July the list prices are estimated at €3,650 (£3,100) and €5,650 for the T920 and T1500 respectively....
read moreHP unveils new Designjet ePrinters
The 36in Designjet T920 and T1500 ePrinters have been designed by the manufacturer following “extensive engagement” with users to identify specific printing problems faced by designers in certain industries. As a result, the printers enable users to view and print projects from the cloud in order to collaborate more easily with colleagues in different teams and different locations. Both systems can deliver an A1/D-sized print in 21s, which the manufacturer claims is the fastest on the market, and feature integrated output-stacking trays built on top of the printers to deliver flat, collated prints. The new models are the latest in HP’s Designjet range, which was first launched more than 20 years ago. “Our customers constantly seek more efficient and user-friendly tools to bring their ideas to life,” said Ramon Pastor, HP’s vice-president and general manager of Large Format Printing. “More than two decades after the launch of the first Designjet printer, HP continues to bring design, architecture, engineering and construction professionals large-format printing solutions with innovative features that transform the in-house printing process as well as allow users more time for creativity.” Expected to be available worldwide from 8 July the list prices are estimated at €3,650 (£3,100) and €5,650 for the T920 and T1500 respectively....
read moreHeckford upgrades wide-format capability
The Lancashire-based firm installed the new £36,000 wide-format machine last month, through UK supplier I-sub Digital, as a replacement for a six-year old model of the roll-to-roll inkjet printer. The Mimaki JV5 roll-to-roll printer is available in four- or six-colour configurations, has a maximum speed of 50sqm per hour and is offered with a choice of HS3 or SS21 solvent and ES3 eco-solvent inks. Heckford opted for SS21 outdoor-durable solvent inks, which do not require pressroom ventilation and are supplied in two-litre ‘eco-sacks’ delivered in 100% recyclable packaging. Pressroom manager at the circa 50-staff company Pawel Dunaj said that with the new inks, the upgrade provided a more comfortable working environment than with the HS3 inks used with the older model and was far more efficient. “The new JV5 with bulk SS21 inks has been a real improvement for us. I can safely say there are almost no fumes or odour and we no longer need a carbon filter,” he said. “The bulk ink system is also useful because we don’t need to replace the inks as often.” Dunaj said one of the machine’s highlights was that it enabled the company, which specialises in high-quality vinyl, signage, exibition and interior and exterior displays, to produce PVC banners at 40sqm per hour “at great quality”. I-sub Digital director Andy Spreag said: “It is a great testament to the JV5 printer that a respected company like Heckford has chosen to purchase the same machine as they did six years ago. “It demonstrates that Mimaki JV5 technology is still offering fantastic print quality at the fast production speeds normally associated with grand-format machines.”...
read moreHeckford upgrades wide-format capability
The Lancashire-based firm installed the new £36,000 wide-format machine last month, through UK supplier I-sub Digital, as a replacement for a six-year old model of the roll-to-roll inkjet printer. The Mimaki JV5 roll-to-roll printer is available in four- or six-colour configurations, has a maximum speed of 50sqm per hour and is offered with a choice of HS3 or SS21 solvent and ES3 eco-solvent inks. Heckford opted for SS21 outdoor-durable solvent inks, which do not require pressroom ventilation and are supplied in two-litre ‘eco-sacks’ delivered in 100% recyclable packaging. Pressroom manager at the circa 50-staff company Pawel Dunaj said that with the new inks, the upgrade provided a more comfortable working environment than with the HS3 inks used with the older model and was far more efficient. “The new JV5 with bulk SS21 inks has been a real improvement for us. I can safely say there are almost no fumes or odour and we no longer need a carbon filter,” he said. “The bulk ink system is also useful because we don’t need to replace the inks as often.” Dunaj said one of the machine’s highlights was that it enabled the company, which specialises in high-quality vinyl, signage, exibition and interior and exterior displays, to produce PVC banners at 40sqm per hour “at great quality”. I-sub Digital director Andy Spreag said: “It is a great testament to the JV5 printer that a respected company like Heckford has chosen to purchase the same machine as they did six years ago. “It demonstrates that Mimaki JV5 technology is still offering fantastic print quality at the fast production speeds normally associated with grand-format machines.”...
read moreMPG shareholders attempt rescue as CUP offers hardship fund
According to a statement from Chard, administrators from BDO will be appointed at the group “on or around 19 June”. And in an unusual move the firm is also set to attempt a CVA (company voluntary arrangement) with its creditors. A number of unidentified hurdles also need to be surmounted for the deal to be successful. If successful, the reprised business would comprise the King’s Lynn site and print-on-demand operation in Bodmin. MPG’s statement in full, said: “Shareholders of MPG Printgroup have had further meetings with their Primary Lenders this week to discuss a rescue plan. “Whilst tacit approval has been given, there remain a number of hurdles the Company must overcome in the next few days with its Stakeholders and all efforts are being made to satisfy these requirements. “It is with regret that our Bar Hill facility cannot be included within the rescue plan as the funding requirements were too great. “BDO are to be appointed as Administrator on or around 19th June at which time all employees will be contacted in regard to their employment status. Simultaneously documents for a proposed CVA will be issued to all Creditors for their consideration.” MPG’s shareholders are Tony Chard and sales director Andy Simpson. Its main bankers are Lloyds TSB and HSBC. Cambridge University Press (CUP), which had been under fire over its decision to offload its print works to MPG, has now issued the following statement to PrintWeek. The university placed the blame for the current situation firmly at the feet of MPG, but said a hardship fund had been established to assist former CUP employees. “In May 2013, the management team of MPG Print Group announced that it had filed an intention to go into administration, while it attempted to restructure its business by developing a rescue plan. “We understand from MPG Print Group that their Bar Hill site does not feature in their rescue plan. MPG has said that therefore when an administrator is appointed, the staff at that site, including our former printing colleagues, will become formally redundant. “In July 2012 Cambridge University Press placed a large proportion of its UK printing with MPG. The agreement also saw the Press’s in-house printing department, and most of the printing staff, transferred to MPG. “At the time of the transfer, MPG was a well-established and profitable print organisation with many customers and three plants across the UK. We had hoped the move of the Press’s in-house printing facility to MPG would allow skilled printing staff otherwise facing redundancy to have longer-term employment in the Cambridge area. It appears that MPG found it more difficult than expected to establish its new Cambridge factory which seems to have led to its subsequent financial difficulties and ultimately the closure of their new plant. “Responsibility for the current financial crisis and the subsequent impact on staff lies with MPG. “However, our concern for our former printing colleagues has led us to consider how we might offer them support. “As a result, we will be setting aside a hardship fund to which individuals who transferred to MPG from the Press may apply for additional financial support during this difficult time. “Additionally, we will arrange for out-placement support to help equip them in finding new employment. We will be in contact with eligible...
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