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1 Balkan Print Forum News 13 / November, 2011 The Seventh Balkan Print Forum and the Second InPEQ meeting will take place on October 18 19, 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Contents The Balkan print media community shows a huge potential The world belongs to the brave News from Bulgaria Joint WPCF - PrintCity Environmental Conference at drupa 2012 The Balkan print media community shows a huge potential The sixth Balkan Print Forum (BPF) event under the patronage of manroland AG and the first meeting of the Initiative for Printers' Education and Qualification (InPEQ) within the 6th BPF took place on October 27 28, 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. IFRA Expo: world premiere of COLORMAN e:line Expect in December: the second issue of the InPEQ Newsletter Impressum Balkan Print Forum News is an edition of manroland AG and the Balkan Print Federations Editor: Dr. Rossitza Velkova, Coordinator of the Balkan Print Forum rossitza@gmx.de Tel: Mobile: participants from 17 countries attended the 2day event. For the first time this year representatives of all 11 member countries met at the Balkan Print Forum. The guests were offered the possibility to get up-to-date information, to exchange experience and know-how, to intensify and establish direct contacts

2 2 to the manufacturers, and to discuss important professional issues. for manroland and the whole branch. This forum is a clear commitment of manroland to the Balkan printing industry and this year especially to Serbia. At the press round table before the beginning of the forum manroland AG and Océ Printing Systems highlighted their global strategic alliance in the area of inkjet-based digital printing solutions for the graphic arts industry and answered the numerous questions of the fifteen journalists from six Balkan Print Forum member countries. Thomas Hauser, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, manroland AG, gave an interview for the Serbian RTV, Studio B, during the Sixth Balkan Print Forum. Dušan Pavićević, President of the Union of Graphical Engineers and Technicians of Serbia welcomed the participants at the sixth Balkan Print Forum. Press round table of manroland AG and Océ Printing Systems at the Sixth Balkan Print Forum: (from left) Gerhard Gocek, Executive Vice President, Head of Market Organization manroland Group; Thomas Hauser, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, manroland AG; Steffen Dögel, Executive Director Strategic Alliances, Océ Printing Systems; Nicole Hytry, Chief Marketing Officer, Océ Printing Systems. Fourteen European and local sponsors and supporters presented interesting and innovative information under the motto of the forum: Technological competence and innovation for product differentiation and quality assurance. The audience highly appreciated also the interesting discussion about New technological applications for value added printing. Thomas Hauser, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, manroland AG, pointed out the importance of networks like the Balkan Print Forum Thomas Hauser, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, manroland AG, presented his Perspective Print Innovations in Technology and Services at the Sixth Balkan Print Forum Event in Belgrade, Serbia. The participants were really impressed by the presentations of the highly professional speakers who showed a lot of technological innovations, future trends of development, statistical and analytical information, as well as important news about the printing industry in the Balkan countries. The song of drupa 2012, the most important and ground-breaking

3 3 print show worldwide, brought a very fresh and optimistic mood to the audience. Manuel Mataré, Director drupa 2012, presented one world one drupa at the Sixth Balkan Print Forum event. Jürgen Noll, Marketing Manager Hardcover, Muller Martini, presented Grow with innovation at the Sixth Balkan Print Forum event. Steffen Dögel, Executive Director Strategic Alliances, Océ Printing Systems, presented Océ and manroland: Join the Strategic Alliance for Digital high-speed Color Printing. Daniel Siegel, Senior Manager Technical Sales Central Europe, UPM, presented Expand the limit by cooperation. Beatrice Klose, Secretary General, Intergraf, presented Economic Developments in the European Graphic Industry and Recent INTERGRAF Activities. 186 participants from 17 European countries attended the Sixth Balkan Print Forum Event under the patronage of manroland AG and the First InPEQ Meeting 2011 on October 27-28, 2011 in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Belgrade.

4 4 Nikola Marinković B., Ing. specialist graphic technology, Politika a.d., presented Application of environmental laws in the printing plant Politika a.d. Eike Bühring, Head of Press-related Sales, ABB, presented Modular Press Retrofit Solutions. Dr. Klemens Peters, Siegwerk, presented in cooperation with Arben Graphic Systems Omniline and Aridas new inks for the advanced printing technology. Discussion panel of the Sixth Balkan Print Forum (from left): Thomas Hauser, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, manroland AG; Steffen Dögel, Executive Director Strategic Alliances, Océ Printing Systems; Prof. Bernd Juergen Matt, Stuttgart Media University; Dr. Rossitza Velkova, Coordinator of the Balkan Print Forum. Tomasz Galant, Managing Director manroland CEE & Nordic, presented manroland in Adriatic on the second day of the sixth Balkan Print Forum. Bojan Panov, manroland Sales Manager, Serbia, presented How to be successful in printing.

5 5 print managers discussed different possibilities for a better print media education in the Balkan countries, for collaboration and for knowledge exchange. Harald Hesper, Executive Vice President TOP Performance, manroland AG, presented The potential analysis for skills of employees on the second day of the sixth Balkan Print Forum. Most of the important discussions took place in smaller groups during the coffee breaks and at the dinner. Many old friends met again and many new contacts were established. Among the most positive comments made at the event should be outlined the following: It is not easy to be a printer today but the high value of our products and the willingness to introduce changes and to face challenges in the industry are the guarantee for our success! Prof. Miodrag Todorović, Belgrade Polytechnic, welcomed the participants in the first InPEQ meeting. Prof. Dr. Borivoje Rodic, Belgrade Polytechnic, presented Higher Education in Graphic Engineering and Design at the first InPEQ meeting. Opening of the first InPEQ meeting within the 6th BPF on October 28, The first meeting of the Initiative for Printers' Education and Qualification on October 28 was qualified by the 80 participants as an unique meeting which intends to bring together the interests of three important pillars of the printing business: first, education and qualification institutions; second, manufacturers of equipment and materials and third, printing companies. Representatives of 11 print media schools and universities from 7 European countries exchanged information under the motto: Professional education and qualification for long-term success. Professors, experts and Msc Živko Pavlović, University of Novi Sad, presented his GRID department - past, present and future.

6 6 The presentation of Bachelor s, MSc and Ph.D Degree Education in Printing Arts at Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper in University of Chemical Technology Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria was given by Dr. Iskren Spiridonov. Prof. Bernd Juergen Matt, Stuttgart Media University, presented Higher Education in Printing Technology and Management. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Moosheimer, Munich University of Applied Sciences, presented his University and the Department Print and Media Technology. Mirela Marica, managing director, Asociatia Tipografilor Transilvania presented Revision of vocational coaching standards for graphic arts high schools in Romania and the programme Support 4learn printing. Dr. Csaba Horvath, Óbuda University, Hungary, Institute of Media Technology, presented New ways at the collaboration in higher education of graphic arts for the Central and South-East European universities. Prof. Dr. Gorazd Golob presented his Institute of Textile and Graphic Technology and Design at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana

7 7 The world belongs to the brave Doc. Dr. Lidija Mandić presented her University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts. Almost 80 participants attended the the first InPEQ meeting on October 28, 2011 in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Belgrade. During the next year the Balkan Print Forum community will meet twice. On May 8, 2012 the patron manroland AG is organising a Balkan Print Forum drupa event at its booth. The seventh Balkan Print Forum event under the patronage of manroland and the second InPEQ meeting will take place on October 18 19, 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Info: Balkan Print Forum Dehnberger Forum 2011 was organised by Frey printcom and manroland. Each of the 150 guests knew already that it had never been boring at the Dehnberger forum. The event is an industry highlight and is famous for its groundbreaking and controversial discussion about print and social issues. Frey printcom and manroland had invited for the sixth time media industry executives to the Dehnberger Court Theatre in Nuremberg. They have already tackled consequently their business fortune: the top-class participants, forwardlooking speakers from printing press production, printing and publishing companies. Their experiences, the resulting business strategies and visions followed the guests spellbound. The attention of the audience has been also guaranteed by the entertaining and provocative aegis of the moderator and stage director Michael Dömer. With its know-how he brought it to the point: Today the printing industry needs courage, coupled with a new business model and corporate responsibility. There is no room for excess or sadness. "Courage is doing well in the time of changing media consumption" Gerd Finkbeiner, Chairman of the Executive Board, manroland AG, reported about the successful restructuring of the company and pointed out the power of innovation in the printing industry. Right now it is required and needed from the printing companies and from the whole printing industry "courage and confidence in order to create a perspective". Networks and partnerships are giving thereby the necessary vigour. New forms of advertising such as multisensoric advertisements can be jointly brought to the market more effectively as well as technological leaps in printing presses to be converted into absolutely tailor-made solutions for the customers. An example of this is the 96-page web press. With this machine Johannes Helmberger, CEO of Fr. Ant. Niedermayr, Graphische Kunstanstalt, Regensburg, will "configurate the market instead of managing the costs". The investment offers by the customer the demanded added value and the printer is right away positioned far more than a few inches ahead of the competition. A similar way has been chosen by Gmähle-Scheel print media in Waiblingen. The company has sought and

8 8 has found its chances by the diversification of the core business. Manager Heinz Wurzel has explained how and why they have lined up with wide variety of web and versatile media services. eminently great in the sector of women's publications. Electronic media and print complement one another, the much-discussed substitution does not occur. That was the attitude for the future of Christoph Keese, Group General Manager Public Affairs, Axel Springer AG. Consequently, the company is building up on a multi-channel strategy and is today a leader in print and newspaper Apps. With the App offer can be generated new audiences and increasing revenues. Are the readers who buy both print and Apps, the veritable model of success, or is that only a wishful thinking? Only the brave will find this out. Info: manroland AG Gerd Finkbeiner, CEO of manroland, opened the round of high-class lectures with a passionate appeal to continue with the progress. manroland, photo: Ingo Woelk. News from Bulgaria Second manroland lecture in Bulgaria The second meeting of the Initiative for Printers' Education and Qualification (InPEQ) of the Balkan Print Forum (BPF) took place on in the Assen Zlatarov hall of the University of Chemical Technology Metallurgy (UCTM), Sofia. The event has been initiated and supported by the Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria, UCTM, manroland Bulgaria and manroland AG. A panel discussion in an exquisite and quite spirited round: (from left) moderator and consultant Michael Dömer; Heinz Wurzel, CEO Gmähle-Scheel print media, Waiblingen; Johannes Helmberger, CEO Fr. Ant. Niedermayr, Graphische Kunstanstalt, Regensburg; Waltraut von Mengden, CEO DACH MVG Media Publishing Company, Munich; Christoph Keese, Group General Manager Public Affairs, Axel Springer AG, Berlin; Gerd Finkbeiner, Chairman of the Executive Board, manroland AG, Augsburg. manroland, photo: Ingo Woelk. Ms. Waltraut von Mengden, CEO of the DACH MVG Media Publishing Company, responsible for leading women's magazines like Cosmopolitan, JOY and SHAPE presented her belief that the printed media is a haven of peace in the today's electronic world. The magic of print infatuates the senses and therefore the magazine acceptance is continuously Opening of the event (from left): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senia Terzieva, vice rector of UCTM; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tatyana Bozkova, Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper, UCTM; Stefan Valev, Managing Director, manroland Bulgaria; Assist. Prof. Dr. Iskren Spiridonov, Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper, UCTM. InPEQ

9 9 135 students, teachers and professors from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia; the Technical University Sofia, Plovdiv Branch; the University of Library Science and Information Technology, Sofia; and the Graphic Arts high school, Sofia, representatives of the Bulgarian printing industry, and of the trade press attended the meeting. Dr. Rossitza Velkova, Coordinator of the Balkan Print Forum, presented a short information about the Initiative for Printers' Education and Qualification and the programme for its future development. She informed also about the aims and the main targets of BPF and InPEQ and about the sixth Balkan Print Forum event that took place on in Belgrade, Serbia. Assist. Prof. Dr. Iskren Spiridonov, Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper, UCTM, shortly introduced the company manroland and presented the lecture of Michael Nitsche: Value Added Printing in the Sheetfed-Offset Segment. All attending students and colleagues were highly impressed by the interesting and very informative lecture which has been provided by manroland AG. Assist. Prof. Dr. Iskren Spiridonov, Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper, UCTM, presented the lecture Value Added Printing in the Sheetfed-Offset Segment. InPEQ Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tatyana Bozkova, Department of Printing Arts, Pulp and Paper, UCTM opened the event. The participants were warmly welcomed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senia Terzieva, vice rector of UCTM, and by Stefan Valev, Managing Director, manroland Bulgaria. Stefan Valev, Managing Director, manroland Bulgaria, answered some questions about manroland machines in Bulgaria. InPEQ In the following discussions the participants expressed their satisfaction with the received useful information which they intend to use for their educational and practical work. Many of them showed a big interest in the future development of InPEQ and in the possibilities it offers for supporting the education in the print media schools and universities in Bulgaria. 135 participants from the print media schools and universities as well as from the printing industry were highly impressed by the manroland lecture Value Added Printing in the Sheetfed-Offset Segment. InPEQ Dipl.-eng. Petar Kanev, President of the Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria, expressed his confidence that the initiative will continue successfully and will become an important periodical event for the Bulgarian students and printers. Info: Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria

10 10 Joint WPCF - PrintCity Environmental Conference at drupa 2012 The World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) and the PrintCity Alliance have announced that they will be jointly organising an International Environmental Conference during the 2012 drupa exhibition in Düsseldorf. This co-operation underlines that effective responses on these issues requires creative cooperation across the industry process chain. The Lean & Green International Environmental Conference will focus on the duality of mutual economic and environmental benefits (Lean & Green) as an industry strategy. Specialised speakers from both within and external to the printing and paper industry will provide attendees with information and incentives to take this holistic business approach. The conference programme will be organised in three sessions: Environmental Footprint, Sustainability Challenge, Labels and Certifications. The conference will be on Thursday, May 10, 2012, from 09:00-15:00 in the drupa Congress Centre. The conference is a not-for-profit event that will only cost 175 plus German VAT (19%) to cover event expenses and refreshments (including a light lunch). Places are limited and can be reserved now on our event registration page: Benefits from Conference Attendance This joint WPCF/PrintCity conference is a unique opportunity to gain valuable knowledge in the fields of environmental and lean production. Presentations will highlight latest knowledge, business benefits and best practice opportunities. Attendees will benefit from direct access to some of the world s leading speakers in these fields during drupa. Beatrice Klose, Secretary General of the WPCF, states that, Improving your environmental performance also leads to compelling business opportunities to reduce costs, increase competitiveness, become more innovative and enhance staff and customer confidence. Our research and experience demonstrates that there is a direct correlation from a Lean & Green approach that provides strong benefits across the industry value chain. The holistic management of economic & environmental issues is a key to sustainability, and also impacts on the use of print as a medium, adds John Dangelmaier, President of PrintCity. The World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) is an association created by the world s major transnational and regional printing associations. The objectives of the WPCF are to form a single global exchange platform for the printing and communication industry between the different players and to stage conferences to analyse market trends and business opportunities. The founding members of WPCF include: Conlatingraf, representing South America; Intergraf, representing European Interests; Printing Industries of America, for the North American continent; and national associations from Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan, and South Africa. The PrintCity Alliance is active in Lean Manufacturing and Environmental issues. Some of its publications include: Carbon Footprint & Energy Reduction for the Graphic Industry Value Chain, Sustainability, Energy & Environment, Energy Efficiency Optimisation for Web Offset Printers. These and other PrintCity publications are available from Info: PrintCity IFRA Expo: world premiere of COLORMAN e:line Future-oriented solutions from manroland, ppi Media and Océ Also this year, IFRA Expo was a highlight for manroland. Along with subsidiary company ppi Media and digital printing partner Océ, the team presented groundbreaking printing systems and services on a crowded stand. COLORMAN e:line: that s the name of the new flagship for newspaper printing that manroland presented as a world premiere. The first press of this type in blanket-to-blanket design and with a totally new appearance will be installed in 2012 at the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag in Kempten, Germany. The concept

11 11 is based on modular packages that can be retrofitted, automation modules for example. Automation with autoprint was another important topic at the show. Meanwhile twelve newspaper printing houses are producing with this system that was introduced at IFRA Expo And more are joining them: the WAZ Mediengruppe for example is investing a low double-digit million euro sum in two 48-page COLORMAN, XXL autoprint presses that will be installed in a completely new building. Under the term pressupdate, manroland also offers services for presses in the field: with Refurbishment, presses are thoroughly checked and refurbished, whereas Retrofit offers modernization. Within the scope of Reconfiguration, new manroland technology can also be combined well with newspaper printing systems from other manufacturers. And then there are Upgrade solutions. On the second day of the show, customers and visitors had the opportunity to visit Herold Druck and see a COLORMAN, XXL autoprint in action. Great interest in ppi Media and Océ The show was a great success: in many interesting and promising project discussions at IFRA Expo, manroland, ppi media and Océ demonstrated how their respective expertise and technologies can be combined to benefit customers. ppi Media IFRA Expo was a complete success for manroland s subsidiary company ppi Media. Two large orders were booked during the show: ppi Media will install the centralized planning and production system PlanPag, and the classified pagination system AdPag, at Media Norge AS in Norway. The Schwäbischer Verlag is to extend its AdMan ad production system with a module for integrating third-party jobs, and has also ordered the preflight check solution pdfperfect. On the show stand, the Hamburg-based software specialist ppi Media demonstrated among other things the customer portal OM portal for order planning and production, as well as the new solution Cockpit mediapreflight for all media channels. Further highlights were AdX, the cross-media ad solution that can be integrated with SAP, and the Content-X editorial solution. manroland s cooperation partner Océ placed the focus on digital newspaper printing. The company has extended its inkjet portfolio and launched the new systems Océ ColorStream 3500, Océ JetStream 1400 and Océ JetStream 3000 onto the market. This permits up to 2140 tabloid newspapers each with 36 pages to be printed per hour, which is efficient not only for special-interest topics and short runs. Moreover, already ten years ago Océ established the Digital Newspaper Network (DNN) that enables international newspapers to be printed directly at a remote location close to the readers. From November this year, the Swiss Post will be printing personalized newspapers with an Océ JetStream And from December 2011, Interval, a French print services provider, is to produce national and international newspapers by digital printing on an Océ JetStream Marcus Brehm from the Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag talking with Gerd Finkbeiner at the manroland press conference. manroland, photo: Andy Buchwald. Info: manroland AG The fourteenth issue of the Balkan Print Forum News will be published at the end of February, 2012.