According to BOBST, brand owners and converters will continue to stay under pressure like never before. A lot of challenges are shaking up the industry, such as faster time-to-market, e-commerce, and sustainability. Each of these challenges also means a variety of opportunities for packaging production. The packaging business community is dealing with the unprecedented Coronavirus […]
Laurel Brunner from The Verdigris Project says we have ISO 16759 (Quantification and communication for calculating the carbon footprint of print media products), published in 2013 and reviewed in 2018. ISO 16759 specifies how to work out the carbon footprint of print, from books to labels, from transactional documents to packaging and everything in between. The […]
Printing SA has outlined guidelines to observe for both members and non-members during these times of economic crisis in the face of COVID-19. For the last two weeks, Printing SA has been in close communication with The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Labour, South African Typographical Union (SATU), South African Chamber of Commerce and […]
These are unprecedented times. COVID-19 is having a major impact on our way of life, with governments around the world introducing nationwide lockdowns. We want to start this message by saying that we hope you and your loved ones are all safe – your health and the health of those around you should be the […]
According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 Report, we have just 12 years to act if we are to keep temperature increases to below 1.5°C. Saturday 21 March marked the International Day of Forests and, while the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means that initiatives to raise awareness are likely not to be […]
It is crucial that events around the globe are cancelled or postponed to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Africa Print joins the following events that have taken these steps, including FESPA Madrid, DPES, Sign China, Dscoop, Sign and Digital UK and ISA Sign Expo, drupa and Visual Impact Expo to name a few. Despite […]
According to Pasaban, in order to understand the state of the global paper and cardboard converting industry, we ought to focus on and analyse the paper sector. Interestingly enough, the paper converting industry is becoming increasingly important to the paper sector. The significance of its activity lies in the flexibility and speed with which required […]
Outsourcing creasing may not always be an option and sometimes the work that is not quoted to be pre-creased cracks anyway. Tech-ni-Fold researched why typical methods of scoring simply do not work. 1. It is made using a steel scoring blade and is too destructive when used for creasing single sheets The steel score that’s used […]
The industry has been blessed with two life-threatening events: digital technology gave us electronic prepress and typesetting; and the internet wiped out whole sectors of publishing and production. Both events forced many businesses to the wall, albeit for different reasons, but the net result has been positive. We have seen huge innovations in production software […]
The successful Africa Durban expo, held from 11-12 March at the Durban ICC, attracted 1012 visitors, who were inspired by the latest technologies and trends in digital printing presses, screen printing, digital textile printing, ink, software, pad printing, paper and board, and digital label printing. Exhibitors had positive feedback about the event: ‘The show […]
