PostPress With a full year of PostPress magazine under our belt and work on the first issue of 2016 well underway, we paused to see the topics with which our readers spent the most time in 2015. We found that readers often check through our archives of The Binding Edge and InsideFinishing. The following stories, published in 2015, were the top reads for nearly 35,000 visitors … [Read more...] about Most-Read Stories of 2015
Industry Trends
Printers’ Profits Up in 2015
by Dr. Ronnie H. Davis. Printing Industries of America Printers' profits rose modestly during the past year, according to Printing Industries of America's (PIA) Ratio Survey, the industry standard for tracking industry financial performance. The typical printing firm's profit as a percent of sales increased from 2.6 percent last year to 3.0 percent this year. Industry profit … [Read more...] about Printers’ Profits Up in 2015
Making Print Perform
by Hal Hinderliter, Hal Hinderliter Consulting Services The ability to obtain information from a screen is driving massive changes in how print is purchased and distributed. The effects have been profound, but not all forms of print have been impacted equally. While some types of printing companies have suffered rapid attrition of their client base, others have maintained … [Read more...] about Making Print Perform
Digital Finishing Changing Postpress Paradigms
by Jen Clark, PostPress In the last 30 years, digital printing has grown at a very fast pace. Offset printers – commercial and packaging – became early adopters to digital technology and the optimization it offered. But, after an item was printed, the digital processes came to a stop, and highly skilled employees took on the task of completing time-consuming finishing … [Read more...] about Digital Finishing Changing Postpress Paradigms
Consumer Reading Preferences: Paper or Screen?
by Two Sides A new survey into the preferences of consumers for printed versus digital communications has been published by Two Sides, the global organization created to promote the responsible production, use and sustainability of print and paper. The survey, which was commissioned by Two Sides and undertaken by international research company Toluna, sought the opinions and … [Read more...] about Consumer Reading Preferences: Paper or Screen?
Personal Care Packaging Market Headed for Growth
PostPress A new market assessment report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, predicts 5.5 percent annual growth for the global personal care packaging market through 2019. The "Personal Care Market Assessment" also examines global trends, drivers and opportunities from the choice of materials to operations. Bottles account for 30 percent of … [Read more...] about Personal Care Packaging Market Headed for Growth
New Technologies Target Counterfeiting
by Anderson & Vreeland Anti-counterfeiting innovations and new ways to protect brands from fraud are being developed constantly in labs and research centers around the world to address what's thought to be a growing threat: product counterfeiting and fraud. But one of the problems is that counterfeiters are sometimes so good at what they do, they can copy any obvious … [Read more...] about New Technologies Target Counterfeiting
Survey: Print Industry Hiring, Purchases Up
Despite a slowed economic recovery in the graphic communication sector, responses to recent survey from Semper International, Boston, MA, indicate a positive outlook and improved sales among survey respondents. Among the findings, 31 percent of print and graphics industry respondents report making capital investments last quarter. In addition, 71 percent of companies … [Read more...] about Survey: Print Industry Hiring, Purchases Up
Digital Printing Leads to Print Finishing Opportunities
by Marco Bigianti and Andreas Lanter, Bielomatik-Matti AG The market for print products is changing. Instead of high volume production runs, smaller volumes tailored to individual consumer requirements are in demand. Due to digital printing, such highly personalized media now is economically feasible. The market for traditional printing processes is declining, as a … [Read more...] about Digital Printing Leads to Print Finishing Opportunities
Responding to Print Industry Changes
by Si Nguyen, Duplo USA How is Duplo responding to a smaller base of potential customers? Has it curtailed equipment development in any way? When Xerox introduced the first iGen model, we realized big changes were coming to the printing industry. Fortunately, at that time, Duplo had already begun developing its finishing line to accommodate the future needs of the industry, … [Read more...] about Responding to Print Industry Changes