FEATURE: This desire for a more harmonious relationship with nature is moving up the agenda for more people as they start to think about the world they are leaving behind for their children and grandchildren.
FEATURE: In this blog Marcus Timson suggests that 2011 was the year of austerity. But as we look ahead to 2012, are we ready for the era of sustainability?
FEATURE: Sophie Matthews-Paul outlines some of the criteria which are being discussed in digital print circles.
FEATURE: I keep coming across print business owners who are shying away from green initiatives because they think environmental projects will cost them too much money. But the idea that green is expensive is a silly one.
FEATURE: Sustainability seems to provoke a strong reaction in the industry. EcoPrint's Marcus Timson looks at a significant market trend.
FEATURE: Promoting the industry's positive environmental impact and overall sustainability is dear, of course, to the hearts of anyone concerned with the long-term survival of print.
NEWS: UK airline easyJet has announced it its trialling a 'revolutionary' nano technology coating on the outside of its aeroplanes, designed to increase fuel efficiency, and therefore costs, by reducing drag.
OPINION: Sign and display printing certainly has its fair share of environmental issues, whether it be solvent inks, PVC substrates or a lack of recycling in the industry in general.
FEATURE: HP's Stephen Goddard discusses how the way that signs and displays are produced can make them a big brand's dirty secret.
NEWS: Neschen has developed a new environmentally friendly adhesive that will be used on its 'New Generation' filmolux range.
NEWS: Bordeaux Digital Printink is demonstrating its new water-based ink, PRDS, on a Speedjet Subly 180 wide-format printer at the drupa show in Germany.
FEATURE: James Matthews-Paul catches up with EFI's Frank Mallozzi at drupa.
NEWS: The German edition of Viscom in Frankfurt will include new features such as a division of the show into six 'worlds'.
NEWS: HP is to host an Eco Leadership Forum at May's drupa, with a panel of printing industry experts coming together to discuss sustainability.
FEATURE: With the environment steadily moving to the top of print's agenda, sign- and display-makers are starting to pay attention as well.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns looks at what's on offer from a learning standpoint at Sign and Digital UK.
NEWS: A variety of exhibitors' stands have been confirmed as stops on the Green Trail, to make its debut at Sign and Digital UK next week.
NEWS: Printing equipment manufacturer Heidelberg UK has joined Two Sides.
FEATURE: In the first part of a series from Verdigris looking at UK printers that have gone green, Severnprint is put under the spotlight.
NEWS: FINAT is urging label printers and converters to submit their entries to its label competition before the March 9th deadline.
NEWS: The shortlisted entries for the Sign and Digital UK Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed on March 28th.
NEWS: Ink manufacturer Sun Chemical has made available its 2011 sustainability report, which it says shows how its 'leadership in sustainability'.
NEWS: FESPA Digital 2012 is to give conference attendees free, expert advice on sustainable printing techniques at a dedicated FESPA Planet Friendly Printing Zone.
NEWS: Mimaki plans to showcase new products and emphasise sustainability at FESPA Digital. The Mimaki TS34-1800A will be demonstrated alongside the JFX-1631plus and UJF-3042FX printers.
NEWS: HP has announced its HP FB225 Scitex ink for wide-format printing has successfully met AgBB regulations for indoor building products.
NEWS: Intergraf has announced its support of the EcoPrint 2012 exhibition.
OPINION: Mark Dawson, technical business manager at John E Wright and Co, talks about why his business signed up for HP Eco Solutions Certification.
NEWS: The Sign and Digital UK Awards and Networking Event will return in 2012, and entries to the awards scheme are now being accepted.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns starts Output's series of 2011 reviews and 2012 previews with her thoughts on sign-making.
NEWS: FESPA has announced it will release an abridged version of its latest issue of the Planet Friendly Printing Guide to non-members.
FEATURE: Part two of the second volume of Verdigris's report on environmental myths.
FEATURE: The second volume of Verdigris's look at some of the misconceptions and myths of going green.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns catches up with some new and developed recycling programmes.
NEWS: Mimaki Europe is to be a founding exhibitor and supporter of the inaugural EcoPrint trade fair, its organiser has announced.
FEATURE: Verdigris examines some of the myths and misconceptions preventing printing companies from adopting a more aggressive environmental strategy for their businesses.
FEATURE: Verdigris examines some of the myths and misconceptions preventing printing companies from adopting a more aggressive environmental strategy for their businesses.
NEWS: Sign and Digital UK 2012 will feature a 'Green Trail', highlighting to visitors environmentally friendly and ethical signage products.
NEWS: Mactac Graphic Products has introduced new digital print media and overlaminates – Imagin Verde VM1229P and Permacolor Verde VL1000 series – which it states are sustainable.
NEWS: Printer manufacturer HP has announced its search for entrants to the first ever HP Print Excellence Awards.
FEATURE: Sophie Matthews-Paul attends IMI's 19th annual European Ink Jet Printing Conference in Lisbon and declares it unmissable.
NEWS: The inaugural EcoPrint trade show next year will feature technology company HP as its headline partner, it has been announced.
OPINION: It's not a fad: print buyers, specifiers, agencies and customers are demanding sustainable print, says EcoPrint's Marcus Timson.
NEWS: Next year's drupa printing industry trade fair will include a special exhibition on sustainability called 'Media Mundo @ drupa'.
NEWS: Media supplier Pyramid Display Materials and graphics producer Hollywood Monster have joined together for a new UK-based recycling scheme.
FEATURE: It is probably just me, but there's a sense that printers are starting once again to think green.
NEWS: November's Ipex Digital Middle East trade show in Abu Dhabi, UAE will feature a showcase of 'versatile' printing solutions for graphics by HP.
FEATURE: Industry shows provide tremendous opportunities for housing every manufacturer and supplier under one roof.
FEATURE: The idea with next year's EcoPrint is to provide an environment conducive to debate, argument and discussion.
NEWS: The first permanent demonstration centre for HP latex inks has opened at the Art Instituto Italiano Artigianelli in Milan, Italy.
NEWS: A new printing industry trade fair focused specifically on sustainable print processes will make its debut next year.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns asks Petra Lassahn, Viscom Düsseldorf's event director, about what's coming up at this year's show.
OPINION: Trade fairs in our industry have done a good job of combining demonstrations with educational sessions. This year's Viscom Düsseldorf is not likely to disappoint in this regard.
FEATURE: HP has recently published the results of its Life Cycle Assessment of different paperback book printing options.
FEATURE: HP has recently published the results of its Life Cycle Assessment of different paperback book printing options.
NEWS: Sackers is teaming up with Suffolk Offset and Hudson Signs in a new free recycling programme.
NEWS: MicroGreen Polymers has compiled a starter kit of its InCycle material as a way for printers to introduce the substrate to their customers.
FEATURE: Stuart Cole, general manager at Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT), talks to Morwenna Kearns.
NEWS: The UK's Highways Agency is urging drivers to dispose of litter responsibly this summer with its Bag It, Bin It campaign, though roadside variable message signs.
NEWS: Fujifilm has announced that more than 50 of its textile ink products have been certified under the Soil Association's new Approved Inputs for Textiles Scheme.
OPINION: There is something about the billboard. While the content may change, the structure itself is a permanent part of its landscape, and, often, the most eye-catching if not the largest thing in it.
NEWS: Durst has been awarded with ISO 14001:2004 certification by Quality Austria in acknowledgement of the company's environmental management system.
NEWS: Worldwide Olympic Partner The Dow Chemical Company is to deliver a fabric wrap for London's Olympic Stadium, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has revealed.
NEWS: Signbox has announced the addition of an environmental graphics business unit, EG, to its company.
NEWS: HP has revealed its Latex Truck – a mobile showcase of its latex printing technology – is to continue its European tour later this summer.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns asks Will Tyler, chief executive of Octink, to back up his business's green claims.
NEWS: A new signage system comprising trail wayfinding and interpretative panels has been unveiled in Canada designed to diminish the effect of human presence on the environment.
FEATURE: It can be hard for individual printers to develop a measurable environmental policy but the forthcoming ISO 16759 should address this.
FEATURE: It can be hard for individual printers to develop a measurable environmental policy but the forthcoming ISO 16759 should address this.
FEATURE: Six months into the year, I doubt anyone would argue if I were to say that we haven't seen anything world-shatteringly new find its way onto the wide-format market.
NEWS: Lintec Graphic Films has released two new PVC-free ranges for indoor and outdoor signage applications.
NEWS: USA-based digital printer Image Options has launched a new 'green' printing offering to its customers.
NEWS: Ricoh UK has revealed a new billboard, located next to the M4 in London, which it says is the first 'eco-board' in Europe.
NEWS: Conservation charity WWF and Coca-Cola have teamed up to create a 60 x 60' (18 x 18m) billboard made up of Fukien tea plants and pots made of recycled drinks bottles.
FEATURE: PrintCity, the nebulous alliance of industry suppliers offering advice to the industry, has published another of its cross industry special reports.
FEATURE: PrintCity, the nebulous alliance of industry suppliers offering advice to the industry, has published another of its cross industry special reports.
NEWS: Out-of-home media agency Eye is undertaking an energy-saving campaign which will see it switch off all of its plasma screens currently installed in Australia and replace them with LED LCD technology.
NEWS: Wide-format printer manufacturer Mutoh says that punters at FESPA Digital 2011 showed particular interest in its textile printing systems.
NEWS: Branding and signage company Icon has received certification from the Carbon Trust, after meeting its carbon reduction standards.
NEWS: BAF Graphics has produced a range of graphics for London department store Selfridges, to promote its Project Ocean campaign, which aims to highlight marine conservation issues.
NEWS: Technology company Ricoh will switch off the majority of its signage around the world tonight (June 3rd) in support of United Nations World Environment Day and as part of its Ricoh Global Eco Action event.
OPINION: I'm presenting on the HP stand every day this week at the FESPA show in Hamburg on the topic of sustainability in sign and display printing.
FEATURE: You don't need to spend loads of dosh to improve your carbon footprint. Minimising waste is an easy place to start.
FEATURE: Our world seems to be filled with excesses of paper and packaging and myriad other items which end up being put out for recycling or into the trash.
NEWS: A number of FESPA-supported events have been held in Eastern Europe on subjects from screen-printing to the environment, which have been described as 'invaluable' to members of FESPA's national associations.
NEWS: Caldera has announced that version 3.0 of its CostView print management software will include a module that allows for the analysis of carbon emissions alongside other job considerations.
NEWS: Mutoh America says that it is taking 'just one more step in the green direction' with the launch of its ink cartridge recycling programme.
NEWS: Sydney's Glebe Island Silos billboard – said to be the largest in the southern hemisphere – plunged into darkness on Saturday in support of Earth Hour.
NEWS: Digital signage company Noventri has stated that it will take part in the grassroots global initiative Earth Hour 2011.
NEWS: Mimaki wide-format printer and ink distributor Hybrid Services has announced its Let's Do More rebate-linked ink cartridge recycling programme has achieved 'extraordinary success' in the three years since its launch.
NEWS: Sign and display producer Green Graphics has attracted a number of customers through carrying out eco-conscious business practices, it has been reported.
NEWS: The latest FESPA Economy Survey has been released, with printers showing optimism for 2011.
NEWS: Graphics production company Artworks has completed a project at the Environment Agency's new headquarters, which has been described as 'the greenest building in the UK'.
NEWS: The US arm of franchise group Signarama has announced the availability of new environmentally friendlier signage options, after 'more and more' contractors made enquiries about products which could reduce construction sites' carbon footprint.
NEWS: Two Sides, an initiative which seeks to educate companies about the use of misleading information about paper and print in its promotional material, says its national campaign has been successful.
NEWS: Non-profit print environmental research initiative Verdigris Project is encouraging those in the printing industry to join a working group launched to establish a set of standards covering the environmental effects of print.
NEWS: The use of LEDs has helped digital signage manufacturer Daktronics increase the energy efficiency of its digital billboards, it has stated.
OPINION: I actually quite like Daniel – even though he frequently challenges what I say, rephrases my words and asks me to provide solid proof of my statements.
OPINION: In 1995, I was told that if we at HP wanted to penetrate into the wide-format market we should be able to print on wet strength paper – screen printing and offset printing were doing it that way and we would have to follow.
NEWS: Although orders and turnover have improved for small businesses in the latter part of 2010, the Forum of Private Business's latest research reveals that profitability has suffered due to increases in fuel costs, energy prices and raw materials.
NEWS: Vision in Print's seventh annual conference, with the topic of Winning the War on Waste, offered 'sound advice' to printers on how to tackle the conditions presented by climate change, the organisation has stated.
FEATURE: This week, a survey released by multimedia retail applications specialist Mood Media delivered the somewhat gloomy news that the majority (74 percent) of shoppers actively dislike hearing Christmas music before December, and 61 percent did not feel like buying presents when hearing such tunes piped through shops' speakers.
FEATURE: One of Output's main priorities is promoting the use of environmentally friendly materials, techniques and business practices.
NEWS: Sepiax Ink Technology has announced it is moving its headquarters to new premises in Klagenfurt, Austria, to meet increased demand for its digital 'print-on-anything' water-based resin inks.
NEWS: Scandinavian retail chain ICA has further bolstered its environmentally friendly credentials by installing an energy-efficient digital out-of-home (DOOH) system from ZetaDisplay in its ICA Kvantum Sannegården store, located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
NEWS: Textile company Berger has added two new non-woven fabrics to its range, which it says are suitable for outdoor banner advertisements and event decorations.
NEWS: A new retail hanging signage solution which is said to be 100 percent recyclable has been released by Antalis McNaughton's Sign and Display division.
NEWS: The first solar powered LED traffic sign in California has been installed in Santa Monica.
NEWS: A US college has achieved official recognition for its environmental design, thanks in part to its choice of sustainable wayfinding signage.
NEWS: Samsung Electronics has been ranked joint fourth in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), rising from number ten in 2009.
NEWS: Event production company GTMS has introduced a new hoarding product which it states is both innovative and eco-friendly.
NEWS: Creative industry trade association BAPC has released its latest Environmental Survey results.
NEWS: A holiday resort in the USA has installed Noventri digital signage players to promote its amenities and activities to guests.
NEWS: To celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling, GigantPrint was commissioned to create a variety of street signage using six HP Scitex printers.
NEWS: Sign-makers and display producers are amongst the SMEs reminded by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) that there are financial incentives on offer from the British government for going green.
