The Initiative Online Print (IOP) welcomed three new members to its ranks at its autumn meeting at the end of September, which took place at Kalfany Süße Werbung GmbH & Co. KG in Herbolzheim and afterwards in Freiburg. The focus was on robotics and automation in the onlineprint industry.
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The Directive on distance contracts for financial services will be adopted tomorrow. As the name suggests, this directive makes or revises provisions on loans and other financial services. However, it also contains a completely unrelated provision on the right of withdrawal for remote sales contracts. The new obligation introduces a cancellation function for digitally concluded sales contracts.
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Artificial intelligence not only brings new technical possibilities, but also redefines the requirements for companies. For example, security concepts must be rethought and redeveloped. The Initiative Online Print (IOP) regularly deals with the topic of cybersecurity, among other things. Current legal issues raised by artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in e-commerce are much more closely linked than one might think at first glance.
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The Initiative Online Print (IOP) has a new board: Roland Keppler, CEO of Onlineprinters GmbH and Ulrich Schätzl, Director Mass Customization of the Elanders Print+Packaging Group and head of the German section of Dscoop, together with Bernd Zipper, Managing Director of zipcon consulting GmbH and initiator of the IOP, will form the trio of board members of the interest group.
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With just a few clicks, you can configure more than 100 products online, including enveloped mailings, postcards, self-mailers or brochures – and everything is quick and easy, with same-day delivery if desired. With this concept, OMS Online Mailing Service GmbH from Kaarst convinced the jury of Druck&Medien Awards 2022 and thus received the IOP Award as the most innovative online printer of the year.
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The Initiative Online Print brings together 41 companies from the online printing industry. Below, we report on what’s new in the network. BVD Druck + Verlag AG has once again been awarded the “Certified CO2 neutral” seal of approval by Swiss Climate. Achieving this label requires recording of the CO2 footprint in accordance with ISO 14064, continuous reduction of CO2 emissions and complete CO2 neutralization.
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In Part 1 “MARKET: HOMEOFFICE – DO THE ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGHT THE BENEFITS?” we previously reported on how companies deal with the topic of home offices and what opportunities and risks this entails. Here in Part 2, you can read more comments and experiences from the IOP members.
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When science and politics implore us to avoid contact with other people and to work from home as much as possible, it sounds like the last resort against the spread of the virus. But what experiences speak for or against it from the entrepreneurial side? Here’s a little survey.
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The annual Druck and Medien Awards has come and gone, with the coveted IOP Award results in. And Flyeralarm is the winner! Founded in 2002, Flyeralarm is a large German e-commerce company and one of the leading online printing companies in Europe in the B2B sector.
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Under the current AHA conditions, the IOP members met in Paderborn on September 22-23 for the annual fall conference of the Initiative Online Print e.V. (IOP). IOP stands for the association of the leading online printers in Europe.
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