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PIA and NAPL Discuss Partnering on 2011 Annual Conference |
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| Printing Industries of America (PIA), and NAPL the two largest graphic arts trade associations in the country, announced a formal plan to partner on their major conferences in 2011. The leadership of the two organizations met in Charlotte to explore options and ideas for working together. The meeting participants included Michael Makin, Bill Gibson and Ken Kaufman for PIA; and Joseph Truncale, Keith Kemp and Steve Johnson for NAPL.
“In the current economic environment, it is critical that we explore how we can work together,” said Makin, president and CEO of PIA.
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US Trade Commission Issues Preliminary Report on Coated Paper Imports |
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| On September 23, 2009, a petition was filed with the Commission and Commerce by Appleton Coated, LLC, Kimberly, WI; NewPage Corp., Miamisburg, OH; Sappi Fine Paper North America, Boston, MA; and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“USW”), alleging that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of subsidized imports of certain coated paper from China and Indonesia. The Commission instituted countervailing duty investigation and have issued a preliminary report of their findings. The matter now goes to the U.S. Department of Commerce for further investigation. A final report is expected in Spring 2010.
The preliminary report is available on the United States International Trade Commission website and may be found at:
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/701_731/pub4108.pdf
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SATO America & BindTech Announce Exclusive Patents for RFID in the Book Publishing |
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| SATO, a pioneer in the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) industry and a leader in barcode printing, labeling, GS1, and EPC/RFID solutions, and BindTech, Inc., located in Nashville, TN and one of the largest, privately owned trade bindery/book manufacturers in the U.S., announced an agreement between Smart Guard LLC and SATO that awards SATO exclusive rights to all of the Smart Guard patents. Smart Guard is a U.S. patented manufacturing process incorporating RFID technology into item level tagging for the book publishing/media and entertainment industries.
Smart Guard, developed by BindTech, Inc., worked with its manufacturing group, equipment manufacturers, and board manufacturers to develop an in-line manufacturing process to apply and fully conceal an RFID tag in the cover or spine of hard cover products such as books, DVDs, CDs, game boards, puzzles, diaries, ledgers, and any other type of hard cover product as it is being manufactured. |
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Print Council Releases Why Print Is Green |
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| The Print Council released a new position paper that lists 10 strong reasons why print is a sustainable and environmentally responsible communications medium. Titled "Why Print Is Green," the new report describes specific ways in which print is green—from the responsible products used, renewable energy sourced, increased recycling rates, improved design and delivery methods. The report is intended for use by printers and designers to demonstrate to their customers why print media is the environmentally sound choice for communicating with the audiences they want to reach. "Our industry is a leader in recycling, sustainability and pollution control," says Ben Cooper, executive director of The Print Council. "In fact, we pioneered putting those concepts into widespread practice over the past three decades. Media buyers and marketers who believe that print is lagging as an environmentally friendly medium need to know that print is leading in this critical area." The "Why Print Is Green" brochure was created, reviewed and produced responsibly. |
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Quad/Graphics Awarded New Multi-Year Contract with Condé Nast |
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| Quad/Graphics has been awarded a new multi-year contract with Condé Nast calling for Quad to continue print production on 11 of the publisher’s magazine titles through year-end 2013. The titles, some of the most well-known brands on the newsstand today, include: Allure, Architectural Digest, Details, Golf Digest, Golf World, GQ, Lucky, Teen Vogue, Self, Vogue and Wired. “The total package that Quad brings to the print-production process provides the best overall value for Condé Nast,” said David Orlin, Senior Vice President of Operations & Strategic Sourcing for the publisher. |
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Winners & Losers in Employment Trends |
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| The US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics projects total employment is projected to increase by 15.3 million, or 10.1 percent, during the 2008-18 period. The projections show an aging and more racially and ethnically diverse labor force, and employment growth in service-providing industries. More than half of the new jobs will be in professional and related occupations and service occupations. In addition, occu- pations where a postsecondary degree or award is usually required are expected to account for one-third of total job openings during the projection period. Job openings from replacement needs—those which occur when workers who retire or otherwise leave their occupations need to be replaced—are projected to be more than double the number of openings due to economic growth.
The projected growth for the 2008-18 period is larger than the increase of 10.4 million over the 1998- 2008 period, or 7.4 percent. The relatively slow growth rate for the earlier 10-year period was affected by the recession which began in December 2007, and the projected growth rate is higher than would otherwise be expected because the 2008 starting point is a recession year.
Read the full story here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf
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Cocktails and Connections
November 2009
Hyattsville
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