The first big heat wave of the year is rolling through the country, half of the republic is dangling their feet by the pool, in the sea or in a paddling pool – and the team from zipcon consulting and beyond-print.de is also taking a short “siesta” for the summer break. Time to pause, reorganize our thoughts and recharge our batteries – and starting August 15, we’ll be back with a fresh mind and exciting contributions.
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Whether with hardcover, softcover or embossed leather binding, whether in landscape or portrait format, whether large or small: photo books come in every conceivable variety. But a photo book that literally grows with you? That’s possible, too, and has been for a short time now. With his start-up Grow.Photos, Axel Lilienblum has rethought the photo book concept.
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Print buyers know the procedure: Specify requirements, find suitable production partners, obtain offers, evaluate, decide. This takes time; sometimes even 10 to 15 days. But it doesn’t have to, says Lucas Scherer, founder and CEO of sourc-e. The Cologne-based start-up has since developed into a full-service print broker with a powerful network of international print shops behind it.
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The Norderstedt-based self-publishing specialist BoD will once again be managed by a dual leadership team. In addition to Yogesh Torani, who has been part of the management team since 2008, Dr. Marko Kuck will join Books on Demand GmbH on July 1, 2022. In his new position as BoD managing director, he will succeed Dr. Gerd Robertz, who left the company at his own request in February after seven years.
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Is printing just a man’s job? Certainly not for a long time now! But if you want to be successful in online business in the long term, you don’t need a quota system, you need to be genuinely open to the needs of the new generation of employees, diversity, and yes, digital leadership. The paradigm shifts that all of this entails can be quite challenging for long-established managers.
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He’s back in the world of online print: Dr. Michael Fries is the new Senior Vice President Physical Product at Vista, the new master brand of Cimpress, under which the services Vistaprint, Vistacreate, 99Designs and Vista x Wix have been combined just under six months ago. In his new role, he will thus be responsible for everything related to the product range of the brand family.
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The automation of processes is the result of standardization. The goal is to streamline processes or scale a business model. Every media designer who works with open data, regardless of format, knows that countless parameters have to be addressed. Among professionals, this in itself does not always go smoothly. But if the data comes from a system that is foreign to prepress, then the sorcerer’s apprentice needs an experienced master to ensure that the flood of data doesn’t wash him away.
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Oldenburg-based photo services provider Cewe is parting ways with its Chairman of the Management Board, Dr. Christian Friege, at the end of the year. The company announced that a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Neumüller Cewe Color Foundation had voted against extending the contract beyond December 31, 2022. The reason given for this decision is differing views on corporate governance.
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“Christmas is when the best gifts are at the table, not under the tree.” In this spirit, we wish you a reflective Christmas, happy holidays with your loved ones and a happy new year. Yes, 2021 was much like a roller coaster ride: with many “downs” but also numerous “ups”; economic slumps but also filled order books; insolvencies but also success stories.
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Labelprint24 and Packaging Warehouse have recently become part of the All4Labels Global Packaging Group but will continue to operate as subsidiaries under their own brand. Beyond Print spoke to Stefan Harder, Managing Director of Labelprint24, about the background to the takeover and what plans the companies now have – with the clout of the group behind them.
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