Projects Update 4th July

The most recent Projects Committee meeting was held at the end of June when the following projects were approved.

In France, GPSF is organising a certification day for printers working in textile, graphics and industrial markets to provide information and guidance on various certifications including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 12647, FSC, PEFC and FESPA's own Planet Friendly guide. This one day event is scheduled to take place on 6th October in Paris with AGFA, AFNOR and France Certifications participating amongst others. For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,

Education and training continue to be important areas for FESPA Associations to get involved in and in Czech Republic the 5th suppported Serigraphy workshops for students will be held at the end of September. The course is aimed at teachers, students, artists, graphic designers and creative printers.Spaces are limited to 20 but for more information please contact Tomas Zeleny This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Also taking place in September in Slovakia, FESPA will once again be supporting Screen Printing Workshops for students. Places are much in demand for these highly popular and worthwhile activities so for more information please contact Ludovit Bartos This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  .

SERPA in Finland is being suppoprted in organisng a one day seminar and workshop followed by a networking evening. The focus of this event will be on business economics for printers to help them develop strategies to transform their businesses into successful customer focused print service providers. The event will be held on 11th November in Helsinki and will coincide with the 35th Anniversary of SERPA. Around 100 printers will be able to participate in this event. For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    

In the UK a Think Tank event was held a few months ago where top printers discussed issues relating to Print Management Companies. A second Think Tank event has now been supported and will take place in in September with PMC's participating, the objective being to establish a code of practice to operate between PMC's and PSP's. Once agreed, the code of practice will be shared with all FESPA Associations since this particular issue is a problem in many European countries. For more information please contact Peter Kiddell at Prism, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   

A few projects from Spain were supported, the first being a promotional campain for the technical courses that Aedes runs for printers.

The second supported event is a print shop activity at Viscom Sign Madrid in October. Aedes (and FESPA) will be supporting live printing demonstrations as well as promoting the work Aedes does in Spain by hopefully encouraging students from print colleges and schools to participate in this event.  

Aedes will be undertaking a survey of Spanish printers to collect data on economic and labour statistics in addition to obtaining data on sales, production and work areas across the industry sector in Spain. The survey will be conducted twice in September 2011 and January 2012. 

The final Spanish project supported is an initial road show event in Madrid in September to promote Aedes by covering various topics on "Provision of digital solutions", two debates involving digital printers, agencies and media centres with an interactive workshop on how to motivate your customer with a closing presentation on the future of the industry by FESPA. This event will be held on 29th September. For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

The committee also ratified two earlier decisions to support the Czech and Polish Associations in hosting stands at relevant trade shows in Brno and Poznan.

The next Projects committee meeting will be in September. For more information on project activity please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it