mechanical engineers and branded companies meet for a symposium &ldquodigital print for packaging&rdquo on december 8th and 9th, 2015printpromotion gmbh within vdma takes on nonmaterial project management &ndash registration with early registration discount begins nowfrankfurt am main, august 24th, 2015 &ndash digital processes are gaining more and more popularity in package printing as well. market researchers of smithers pira estimate the current sales volume of digital package printing at usd 10.5 billion and a yearly growth rate of 13.6 until the decade&rsquos end. their forecast expects digital printing to move out of its niche within the next decade and to become established more and more in the packaging sector, and that it will consequently change other parts of the process chain of package printing. this is reason enough to take a closer look at market development, its technological drivers, and ensuing consequences for users and mechanical engineers. in this spirit, smithers pira and the printpromotion gmbh invite to a symposium, &ldquodigital print for packaging&rdquo in berlin on december 8th and 9th, 2015. venue will be the hotel meliá berlin, friedrichstraße 103, 10117 berlin. exchange of branded companies, retailers, and mechanical engineersthe symposium will bring together representatives of leading branded companies from the food, pharma, and consumer goods sectors, experts from retailing, stakeholders of the packaging industry, and manufacturers of printing and paper technology. &ldquothe digital print for packaging is an established format, and so far, its conferences in the usa and great britain have each brought together more than a 100 experts from all sectors of the value chain,&rdquo says dr. markus heering, managing director of the printpromotion gmbh. possibilities for exchange across all sectors on the future of package printing is of high interest to mechanical engineers in printing and paper technology. therefore, he explains, printpromotion has taken on the symposium&rsquos nonmaterial project management. as a nonprofit organization closely linked to the printing and paper association within vdma, printpromotion has been supporting marketing, networking, and education on printing technology all around the world for more than 40 years.apart from practical questions like implementation of digital printing technologies in process chains, the agenda of digitial print for packaging 2015 includes growing diversification of applications and substrates. in particular, digital print on plastics, glass, and metals is considered to be a rapidly growing segment. there will also be a focus on digital finishing of cardboard and paperboard as well as on the trend towards personalization of products. this is closely related to the question of how the headtohead competition of inkjet and tonerbased technologies will continue to develop. bestpractice examples will complete the agenda, as printing machine manufacturers will report together with clients of the consumer goods sector.special conditions for registration via printpromotionnext to the conference website in english, httpwww.printfutures.com, printpromotion has created a twitter channel for digital print for packaging 2015. this can be found through httpstwitter.compromotion4print. interested parties are also invited to register via printpromotion for the symposium with a remarkable early registration discount. on demand, you can receive a discount code with a price advantage of 15 at angela.schiffner@vdma.org.any questions dr. markus heering will be pleased to answer them. phone   49 69 66031451, markus.heering@vdma.org
