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.
→
Ikea, Abba, Klarna: many things that make our lives more beautiful, more fun or easier have their origins in Sweden. And the Scandinavians are also playing a role in international online print: Printler is an online marketplace that – thanks to Print on Demand – has made it its business to sell very special art to men and women. Beyondprint took a closer look at Printler and spoke with co-founder and marketing director Lukas Löfgren.
→
The 10th Online Print Symposium will take place on 23 and 24 March 2023 at the Science Congress Center Munich. We have come up with some highlights and surprises for the celebration event. The motto “Empowering the Future of Print” characterises the programme of this year’s Online Print Symposium: the strengthening and growth of online print.
→
After a brief breather, prices in online print picked up again in the fourth quarter of 2022. According to the current ZOPI – the Zipcon Online Print Price Index – in the fourth quarter of 2022, new highs were reached in November of last year, followed by only a slight decline in December. Looking at the details, however, there have also been downward outliers, at least for flyers.
→
2022 was a mixed year for the online print industry: the war in Ukraine, the paper crisis, price increases for energy and consumables and the increasing shortage of skilled workers caused problems for many companies. Nevertheless, good profits were achieved in some areas. What will happen in 2023? The Initiative Online Print e.V. (IOP) is optimistic about the future.
→
Anyone looking for individual posters, (large-format) wall decorations or iconic images on the internet will sooner or later end up at myposter or one of the brands belonging to the group. How the founders managed to make the myposter brand so successful – and keep it successful – is what the new episode of Zippers Insights is all about.
→
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.
→
Never before have there been so many: The Initiative Online Print e.V. (IOP) accepted a record number of new members into its circle at the autumn meeting on 2 and 3 November 2022 at Onlineprinters GmbH in Neustadt an der Aisch. The high level of interest once again confirms how important it is for the exchange of ideas among one another, especially in difficult times.
→
After months of internal disputes over the chairmanship of the Neumüller Cewe Color Stiftung for next year, the Board of Trustees has appointed Yvonne Rostock to succeed Dr. Christian Friege. She is to take over the CEO function as well as overall responsibility for sales in the Cewe Group by April 2023 at the latest.
→
Web-to-print, e-commerce, mass customization: where the Printformer from rissc is used, everything usually revolves around the personalisation of (print) products. In the latest episode of Zippers Insights, rissc founder and CEO Alexander Sperrfechter reveals why it is now impossible to imagine online printing without the Ludwigsburg-based IT company and why the future in W2P is “headless”.
→