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 practical solutions with combined technology and expertise. Get one or all of the documents below - free of charge and free of postage - that will be helpful as you implement your "green" strategy. Connection of Competence is a booklet of some 70+ pages that covers a wide variety of topics for improving operational efficiency and sustainability, including:
  • Sustainability, Energy & Environment
  • How can Energy Efficiency be improved?
  • Print Meets Electronics
  • PRINTplusX - The secrets of Value Added
  • Digital TransPromo - More effective messages
  • VAPoN - Value Added Printing of Newspapers
  • Value Added UV Printing
  • The need for better Brand Protection
  • Best practice for Food Packaging
  • Workflow Integration & Networking
Learn more about Connection of Competence Book and request it from PrintCity. Sustainability, Energy & Environment is a broad overview of Sustainability, Energy and Environment issues and answers to frequently asked questions within the printing & packaging industries worldwide, created by PrintCity Alliance members Eltosch, manroland, MEGTEC, M-real, Sappi, Sun Chemical and UPM. The table of contents from this report includes:
  • Frequently Asked Questions ... and Some Answers
  • What is the Printing ecosystem?
  • Why is waste so important?
  • What is sustainability?
  • Why should we care about greenhouse gases?
  • How can energy efficiency be improved?
  • What about air pollution, the ozone, and VOCs?
  • Kyoto 1990-2012 - how well is our industry doing?
  • How can I make a difference?
Download a PDF copy (2.6 MB) or get printed copies in English and German languages at no charge from the PrintCity Internet Shop. Optimising Energy Efficiency is a PrintCity Special Report with a special focus on energy efficiency, as well as carbon and energy reduction. The table of contents from this report includes:
  • Improving Plant Efficiency
  • Improving Process Energy Efficiency
  • Optimizing New Press Installation Energy Efficiency
  • Blankets & Rollers
  • Press & Drive Efficiency
  • Ink & Paper
  • Drying and Air Pollution Control
  • Process Cooling & Ventilation
  • Reusing Waste Thermal Energy
Learn more about Energy Efficiency - Optimisation for Web Offset Printers and request it from PrintCity.