The event is being organized by Hewlett-Packard, the largest digital printing technology exhibitor at China Print 2013 with the support of The Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC) and regional leading media partners - Graphics World Korea, Indian Printer & Publisher, Print 21, Print China, Independent Media Alliance. It would focus on business matters around publishing printing with the objective to provide insights on how to develop a profitable publishing printing business with digital.
The event will take place in Beijing on 14 May alongside with Hewlett-Packard’s technology showcase at printing technology trade show China Print, which runs from 14-18 May. It will feature a presentation by Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-chief, Publishing Perspectives on Global Publishing Trends and Its Impact to Asian Publishing Printing Industry.
Winnie Hung, Publishing & Cross-Segments Strategy Development Manager of Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific & Japan will also deliver on Business Models and Best Practices of Leading Publishing Printers. In addition, there will be highlights of HP’s two major digital technologies that are widely used in publishing printing worldwide – HP Indigo and Inkjet Web Press. The event will be in Chinese and English with translation and it is free with registration.
According to Winnie Hung, the dynamic of the publishing printing segment is changing rapidly worldwide as print runs come down and ebooks and multi-channel offerings are starting to suppress the volume of printed books. "It is a critical time for printers to re-evaluate their strategy in order to assure continuous profitability and growth. In order to do so, it is very important to connect business models discussion with technology discussion. That is what we are trying to achieve in this conference,” she said.
Digital printing technology continues to drive industry transformation worldwide and in Asia Pacific. The publishing segment of HP has grown considerably in the past three years in the region with major installations of HP Indigo high-end production printers such as HP Indigo W7250, Indigo 10000 digital presses and HP T350, T410 inkjet web presses. Today, HP’s Indigo and inkjet web presses’ worldwide are printing about 15 billion pages a year for the publishing industry.
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