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Sustainable Advantages Promoted by PEFC
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is showing great focus on sustainability within printing industry and will promote the benefits of sustainable sourcing at the recent year’s packing innovations.
Sustainability has been hot discussion within print industry and that is what printing companies are looking to achieve. Sustainable practices have a great impact on environment, if these practices are adopted they can provide safeguard to natural environment and habitats. PEFC is promoting concept of purchasing products from well-managed forests. Through social awareness programs, people are becoming more aware about sustainable practices.
Ross Bradshaw, PEFC UK chairman said “PEFC’s last global consumer survey found that more than 80% of respondents wanted to see companies sourcing materials from well-managed forests, to use a label on product to provide them with assurances of responsible sourcing,”
The event will take place from September 14 to 15 at London’s Olympia and at D8 PEFC will stand. PEFC, SFI and AB Group Packaging will take part in this event. All of these companies work in association to improve the concept of sustainability and purchase products from well-managed forests.
AB Group Packaging is supposed to provide services with flexible packaging. The company is a renowned manufacturer of high volume paper packaging and flexible bags and providing services to almost every industry.
Its manufacturing of paper and flexible packaging is hundred percents recyclable. Its manufacturing processes are approved by PEFC and FSC.
PEFC provides an interface through which manufacturers can purchase raw materials from forests which are well-managed. People are more concerned about purchasing products from responsible sources. This could help manufacturers in their advertising campaigns as through public awareness programs, people are more conscious about such things.
If forests are not well-managed, they could harm habitats and natural environment. With increase in productions, the trees will become lesser.
Agfa And EFI Integration
Agfa Graphics and Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has an integration on Agfa’s latest Apogee 10 system and EFI Fiery digital front ends.
Both Afga Graphics and EFI are renowned companies in digital printing. Their integration is good news for customers as both the companies’ masters in their specified areas. Customers can benefit from both companies now with this integration. The integration provides the most advanced hybrid print workflows all over the commercial market. The below diagram shows the work flow of data between the technologies;
Agfa And EFI Integration
Apogee is working as a hybrid production hub having connections with CTP and EFI’s Fiery DFE platforms.
Andy Grant, head of software at Agfa said “With this integration, existing Agfa Apogee users, including users of the latest Apogee 10 system, will be able to take advantage of hybrid offset/digital workflows”.
He further added He continues: “Through certified, industry standard JDF connectivity, Apogee users can select from the wide choice of Fiery Driven digital presses to establish easy and quick ways to direct jobs to the most appropriate print devices for the best production scenario.”
One company already taking advantage of the Fiery/Apogee integration is Hakan Walhed, general manager of Malmö at Sweden-based printing company Skånetryck, saying: “We save up to two hours on busy days.
“Plus, the consistent prepress workflow between offset and digital presses with Apogee and Fiery integration helps Skånetryck’s operators achieve a close match in colour quality with minimum training.”
“Within Agfa’s large Apogee installed base, there are also a large number of Fiery Driven digital presses from all of the leading digital press manufacturers,” said Toby Weiss, senior vice president and general manager, EFI Fiery. “This integration will enable those organizations to streamline their workflow even more, taking time and touches out of the process for a more cost-efficient operation, critical in today’s fast-paced and highly competitive printing environment.”
Denmaur To Become A Carbon-Balance Company
Denmaur a paper merchant company is taking steps in association with CarbonCo to become a carbon-balance company.
CarbonCo is working with World Land Trust (WLT) to make this world carbon-free. Under this scheme all of Denmaur’s carbon emissions will be calculated and strategies are devised to protect habitats which are suffering. CarbonCo promotes carbon balance print procedures, carbon balanced papers, logos for carbon balanced print and end users WLT carbon certificates.
Peter Sommerville, the marketing director of Denmaur expressed “This is probably something we were considering for a while. We can carbon balance any product we sell so we thought if we are promoting the service it is slightly disingenuous if we are not seeking to do the same thing with our business.
“Danny Doogan (Denmaur group sustainability manager) looked into it and I was happy to endorse it and submit it to the board for a decision.
“I think it will be commonplace soon and most companies will end up taking this sort of action.”
Denmaur To Become A Carbon-Balance Company
It has been a great progress to make this world carbon-free. In the manufacturing of papers and papers related stuff, there is a huge cutting down of trees. CarbonCo is promoting those products and materials which could cause lesser cutting-down of trees.
Denmaur is procuring 12 energy-efficient Scania trucks in order to further minimize its carbon emissions. Such carbon emissions are very dangerous for natural environment and effects human life, animal life and wild life badly.
There have been considerable steps taken by World Land Trust and CarbonCo on the awareness of carbon emissions. More of the companies are attracted towards this concept. It has been a good notion that paper manufacturing companies are adopting solutions which are more environment-friendly. More awareness programs would help brining more understanding in companies and people about hazardous carbon emissions.
Xerox’s New Offerings At Print Show Event
Xerox is the biggest technology distributor throughout the UK. Xeretec, the strategic partner of Xerox production technology announced before the trade show event that it would show how the kit from the manufacturer could be used for the efficient production in the personalized print industry.
What is new in Xerox kit for web-to-print and personalised variable data printing, the world has come to know. Such trends in the large format printing industry have a greater demand. Xeretec’s managing director, Steve Hawkins said in an interview, “The Print Show is one of the most important events in the industry’s calendar; that’s why we have committed so much energy and investment in it.”
At print show event Xerox Versant 80, Xerox Versant 2100 digital colour printer and KIP 860 wide were at the Xeretec’s stand. They are meant for large format business and technical black and white and colour printings.
Xerox Versant 80
Xerox Versant 2100 digital colour printer
Xerox strategic partner also presented Infigo’s Web-2-Print solution personalised and customisable Software. Also EFI’s Digital Front End Workflow Technology were showed off.
Also, Hawkins commented “We are also using the show to explain how our new partnership with Infigo will benefit our customers and why they fit so well with Xeretec’s ethos.
“It is very important to us when we choose a partner, that it has a synergy with our goals and aspirations and our desire to provide excellence in service delivery to our clients.
“With its shared mindset and UK support team, we believe that Infigo ticks all the boxes. Come and experience this chemistry at our stand at The Print Show.”
From 11th October to 13th October, Print Show was organised at NEC in Birmingham. The print show event remained very successful and there was a lot of appreciation for Xerox and Xeretec’s offerings. A lot of printing businesses and technology distributors may opt these offerings.
Baroness Dean Becomes President Of The Printing Charity
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde was the general secretary of SOGAT, Society of Graphical and Allied Trades and now she has been selected as president of The Printing Charity for the year 2017.
With her great serving to the printing society, Baroness Dean earned a great repute and privilege and now she has been selected as a president of the printing charity. This news was announced at the 189th annual event of Printing Charity held at Stationers’ Hall in London. On this occasion, she expressed her feelings “Once printing is in your blood, it never leaves you. I am looking forward to continuing my association with what is still a great industry as the charity’s 2017 President and supporting the annual Print Futures Awards.”
Rt Hon. the Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
Here at this event, trade journalists, different manufacturers and renowned printers participated. There were discussions amongst participants on the challenges printing industry is facing and effects of Brexit were also discussed.
Lord Blunkett the printing charity’s president for 2016 and the guest speaker for this year, says: “The industry has grown beyond recognition since the charity was set up in 1827, but its work is as important today as it was then. Its welfare support for people in the industry and focus on championing new talent in a sector that continues to innovate are vitally important.”
The charity’s major focus is to help people who are already working or want to join the printing industry. It works for the education and welfare of professionals.
Jon Wright, the chairman of the charity expressed that if this charity was not founded, he would never be there at the annual event addressing people. Perhaps, who was amongst one of the beneficiaries of this charity. Also participants emphasized that the role of this organization is even more important today as it was in the past.