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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Listen to the audio segment about use of bio-derived renewable content to replace petroleum products in the manufacture of printing inks. George Fuchs, Manager - Environmental Affairs & Information Systems, and John Daugherty, Technical Manager, from the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM), join me to discuss a new ...Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
It's not often that there are multiple events that are so well matched, in the same place, at the same time. Meet up in Chicago, October 5-7, and you'll have access to four conferences: DOCUMENT Strategy Forum PARCEL Forum Mailing Systems Technology Conference BFMA Fall Forms Institute Registration for DOCUMENT, PARCEL, BFMA and Mailing Systems ...Thursday, May 21st, 2009
It's nice when your hometown paper recognizes you for your efforts! The Minneapolis Star Tribune profiled Paul Lilientahl, owner of Pictura Graphics, a large-format printer, noting that his background as a banker may be serving him well.Monday, March 9th, 2009
Certifications and "recognition" programs pertinent to sustainability in the graphic arts industry are an attempt to put some kind of formality and structure in place so that both print buyers and print service providers have a standard against which to measure environmental efforts. The Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership, launched in ...Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
With initiatives like the Wal-Mart Scorecard in the U.S. and the E.U.'s Packaging Directive, delivering sustainable packaging is now an integral part of today's global competitive market. Edited by Wendy Jedlicka (Wiley, 2008), Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems, and Strategies for Innovative Package Design is a comprehensive, single source of actionable ...Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Graphic designers can go green and win green with a new design competition. The marketing wizards at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have launched a design competition that seeking is "a call-to-action campaign that asks targeted consumers to purchase FSC products as a means of protecting forests around the world." The competition ...Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
According to an announcement from Rochester Institute of Technology, the institution has received New York state approval for the first doctoral degree in sustainability. I suspect it won't be long before we see the RIT School of Print Media turning out well-educated experts on building and managing green printing companies! The program ...Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
What is the PrintCity Alliance and what does it offer? PrintCity is a strategic alliance that connects worldwide expertise from independent companies within the graphic arts industry. Its partners work together to optimise complete workflows and production processes in an open-systems approach within the packaging, commercial and publishing sectors by demonstrating ...Monday, October 6th, 2008
There are lots of books available to help you "green up" your business! We've made a careful - though subjective - selection of books for you to add to your reading list. A new one crossed my desk that I think you should take a look at: Greening Your Business ...Monday, September 22nd, 2008
A reader sent me a note, basically saying "there's nothing new under the sun." He was distressed that we're so busy talking about being green that we forget it's good business. Here's what he had to say: For thousands of years, if an item was reused or recycled it was considered common ...
