Recovery of graphic markets continues; Strong operational fourth quarter results in all business groups; Further net debt reduction to 445 million Euro; Net result will be positive for the fourth quarter and for the full year
Under the motto “Content meets Technology meets Business” digi:media will kick off in Düsseldorf from 7 to 9 April 2011. This new trade fair for commercial publishing & digital printing is designed as a platform for print-based, networked communication and covers all segments of the value chain.
Polestar has been awarded production of Inside United, the monthly magazine published by Haymarket Media on behalf of Manchester United, after the need for a faster turnaround required a change to the schedule. This months issue, printed at Polestar Chantry, has gone on sale.
First quarter net revenue of $31.2 billion, up 8%, or $2.4 billion, from a year earlier
Fast cost take-out keeps full-year EBIT margin well within target range – 2-year savings program expanded to $3 billion
“Printers should not sell printing”, says Prof Frank Romano ahead of an Ipex 2010 Great Debate exploring how printers should be selling print. Instead, printers should sell solutions to their customers promotion and marketing problems. “Print is a commodity because all printers have great quality and great service, so the major differentiator is price. Solutions are a profit opportunity because they emphasise value-added services, like database, creative, and fulfilment.”
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has developed a system called MouldXpress Advanced, which strikingly downsizes the change-over time for moulds in the Contiform, thus improving still further the availability levels of the stretch blow-moulding machine. The semi-automatic system integrated into the blowing wheel shortens the change-over time from about 3.5 minutes to less than one minute per blow-moulding station.
