Business Management - Industry Trends

Koenig & Bauer says "participation in drupa 2021 is not in question," and has reaffirmed its commitment to the event, which was postponed until April 2021. The company sees drupa "as an important building block in the graphic arts industry.'

Heidelberg will not exhibit at drupa 2021. The company announced it will not take part in any international trade fairs next year.

PRINTING United Alliance has announced that the call for entries has opened for the annual Product of the Year Awards competition. The deadline to submit entries online is September 8, 2020.

By selling vinyl decals to support and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, The Mailworks is supporting Black-owned organizations.

It's no secret that printing and related graphic communication companies have the need for skilled entry-level employees as experienced journeymen retire. A vocational training center, the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, offers a great model for addressing the problem.

In an age when six feet apart is the norm, how will in-plant production meetings take place from now on? Will employees continue to gather in conference rooms? Are video calls really a workable substitute? In part two of our report on the future of in-plants after COVID-19, we talked with nearly a dozen managers about this and other key issues.

This article highlights the efforts of three printing companies, and provides recovery-focused strategies presented by a well-known industry consultant.

Three months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, articles about the impact of COVID-19 are still the most well read stories on IPI’s site. Here’s your chance to catch up if you missed any of them.

In order to support social distancing measures and protect workers as businesses reopen, HP and 3M have collaborated on signage templates for print service providers to offer to customers.

More than three-quarters of in-plants now provide wide-format printing, according to the latest IPI research, with other services like graphics installation, contour cutting, and scanning on the rise. Here’s an excerpt from our newly published report.