A hail and hearthy hello to you all as we start the spring season with another missive from our friends at Intergraf. So what’s inside this issue? INTERGRAF NEWS How do you support skills and recruitment in the graphic industry? Upcoming events EU NEWS Ecolabel for printed paper under review Keep Me Posted EU meets with European postal regulators INDUSTRY …
Pulp & Paper Prices – March 2019
Courtesy of our friends at Intergraf, The Inkwell is happy to feature a report on paper prices in Europe for the month of March. The report covers graphic paper, pulp and recovered paper prices. It’s a useful overview for project managers and procurement personnel seeking to understand the global trends in paper and substrate prices that impact the bottom line …
SPPRING Update – Education
Dear members, As part of the SPPRING project (European Commission COSME), we are looking to understand the different national education systems and specialist education paths for the printing industry. We have drafted a template (powerpoint attached below) and kindly ask you to amend this to reflect your national education system. I have attached an example for Germany which was put …
OFFSET 2019
The Point Square – April 5th, 6th, 7th With over 2,500 attendees each year, Offset has fast become one of the world’s most inspirational, educational and vocational conferences for the design and creative industries. Since 2009, from a Dublin base, the design conference has attracted such creative icons as Massimo Vignelli, Sir Peter Blake, Paula Scher, David Carson, Milton Glaser, Kyle Cooper, …
Intergraf – News in Brief – 22/02/2019
20-22/02/2019, Shaping the Future of Print: Packaging Conference This year’s edition of Intergraf’s Shaping the Future of Print event series was a resounding success. Packaging Conference was co-organised by Intergraf as usual with Smithers Pira, who provided conference participants with the exclusive market reportEuropean Printed Packaging Trends. For the first time, FTA Europe, the umbrella federation representing the flexographic community, was also …
Shaping the Future of the “most dynamic sector of print” at Packaging Conference 2019
Over 100 leading packaging industry professionals met last week in Brussels for the fourth annual ‘Shaping the Future of Print’ conference: Packaging Conference 2019 on 21 February. This event was organised by Intergraf, in partnership with FTA Europe and Smithers Pira. It was sponsored by GAMA International, TRESU Group and Kodak. Speakers: Ania Krolak, Managing Consultant at Smithers Pira, ‘European …
Print Matters for the Future Conference
We kindly invite you to participate in Intergraf’s Annual General Assembly and our Print Matters for the Future Conference, which will be held in London on Thursday May 23st and Friday May 24, 2019. The event will take place at the Hilton London Syon Park Hotel. The Hilton London Syon Park Hotel is located Park Rd, Brentford TW8 8JF, UK and is …
EU project SPPRING: Skills for the Paper and Printing Industries’ Next Generations
We are very proud to be part of the European Blueprint project “SPPRING: Skills for the Paper and Printing Industries’ Next Generations”. The project runs from January 2019 to June 2020 and will involve European and national sectorial associations, public authorities, companies, recruitment and orientation agencies, VET schools and universities – among others. The main goal of SPPRING is to provide …
Intergraf Newsflash – February 2019
No sign of that snow yet, but our friends at Intergraf have a deluge of fresh industry news for the month of February 2019. INTERGRAF NEWS Last chance to register for Packaging Conference 2019! Events EU NEWS European publishers fight for their rights European print value chain promotes print in EU elections Implementation begins of reduced VAT for e-books and electronic press INDUSTRY …
Print4All 2019 in Milan – Opportunity to travel
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA), Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in London, are supporting the organisation of the Print4All Conference 2019. Print4All Conference 2019, the event that gathers together the complete sector of technology producers, converters/printers, influencers and brand owners, will takes place in Milan on March 20-22th March 2019. ITA is organising a delegation of foreign press …