The organizer of Gulf Print & Pack 2021, Tarsus Group, has today confirmed new dates for the show, taking place in Dubai, as a result of the ongoing coronavirusCOVID-19 situation. Originally scheduled to take place between 6-8 April, the 2021 edition of the show will now take place from 14-16 December 2021.
Schibsteds mission is to provide leading online marketplaces, to build world-class media houses, and to help great companies scale. Schibsted has been on this mission in Finland with Tori.fi already for over a decade and is now strengthening its presence in Finland with new leadership, as Jussi Lystimäki is appointed CEO of Schibsted Marketplaces Finland, starting 1 June 2020.
The inaugural FuturePrint Virtual Summit, taking place from 2-4 June, continues to gather support from across the print spectrum as the concept of a not for profit event platform proves popular. Comprising of more than 20 unique sessions, with 30 plus speakers from Europe and the US, the summit will bring together global experts and thought leaders from the world of commercial, packaging, wide format, and industrial printing.
On May 1, Canon Inc. announced that it has joined the COVID-19 Countermeasure Declaration as a founding member to help bring a rapid end to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Pursuant to this Declaration, Canon has undertaken not to enforce its intellectual property rights against development, manufacturing and other processes if their purpose is to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Agfa HealthCares state-of-the-art Imaging IT software business is not included in the sale and continues to be a key business for the Agfa-Gevaert Group. The Agfa-Gevaert Group has successfully completed the sale of part of Agfa HealthCares IT business to the Dedalus Group at an enterprise value of 975 million Euro.
Ray Prince was a 61-year industry veteran, consultant, and advisor who dedicated his career to helping printing companies to improve in the areas of productivity and quality with the bottom-line objective of increasing their profitability. Ray passed away on May 1, 2020.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is presenting its Print Media Industry Climate Report to the public for the first time. The company provides weekly updates on the development of print volumes in the packaging and label printing and commercial printing market segments. The representative basis of the anonymized data is formed by around 5,000 selected offset presses of all format classes at customers worldwide who are connected to the Heidelberg Cloud.
