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Only connect: pulling all the pieces together

It is the nature of a management information system that it has to connect with various other systems within a printing business from all sorts of vendors and across disciplines, from pre-press to...

Heidelberg Cylinder: still in use at many print businesses

Built to last

In the old days, printing machines were made to last. They were cleaved from solid chunks of metal and essentially built like brick outhouses. Despite technological advances making many of these old...

Doel: "The industry has changed so much, but the trade still has so much to offer"

FPS boss looks to flexible future

A specialist in freelance print workers believes that changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will result in more flexible working in future.

Messe: new measures for operation

Drupa shortened to nine days

Drupa has reduced the duration of next year’s show from 11 to nine days and has acknowledged that fewer international visitors are likely to attend due to the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Drupa: hall layouts currently being reviewed

Drupa loses two more press manufacturers

Two more press manufacturers have pulled out of Drupa 2021.

Apprenticeships: industry feedback underlined the need for this standard at every checkpoint

Green light for Level 2 apprenticeship standard

The print trailblazer consortium has gained approval to develop a Level 2 Print Standard apprenticeship after a lengthy four year process.

Messe: new measures for operation

Messe gives more details on how future expos will run

Messe Düsseldorf has issued further details about how it plans to run ‘Covid-secure’ expos, including one-way systems in the aisles and limiting the number of visitors.

Koenig & Bauer: raft of new products along with new-look press styling

Koenig & Bauer stands firm on Drupa

Koenig & Bauer has publicly backed Drupa 2021, stating that its participation in the expo “is not in question”.

Drupa: Covid-19 pandemic has given some exhibitors cold feet about 2021 expo

Bombshell for Drupa as Heidelberg pulls out

Drupa 2021 has been dealt a major blow after Heidelberg – still the world’s largest press manufacturer – pulled out of all international expos next year including Drupa.

The last Fespa at the Amsterdam RAI attracted 16,000 unique visitors and 450 exhibitors

Fespa cans 2020 event, shifts to spring 2021

UPDATED: Fespa has scrubbed this year’s rescheduled Global Print Expo and relocated and brought forward next year’s event to enable visitors and exhibitors to adjust to the post-Covid expo landscape.