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August 2010
PrintNZ Industry Survey Forms Out Now
The input forms for the 2010 survey have been
sent to all members and are due back by Friday 3 September so please fill
them in and get them returned to us. This data is used to compile
information used to help member businesses including financial
benchmarking, wage rates and chargeout rates. It also includes a
macro analysis of the industry written by Infometrics focussing on industry
statistics and trends.
Remember this is your report and we need your input to make it
work, so please put pen to paper and get it sent back to us. If you
have any questions at all please phone Ruth on 027 2489404.
Conference - 11-13 October, Wairakei Resort,
Taupo
The brochures are out now so take a look
at the range of speakers that we have secured - there is something
there for everyone. Click on the brochure cover to
the right to download a registration form that will give you the full
details of speakers and topics.
Earlybird registrations close on 8 September,
so fill out your form now and get it back to us to save some money.
A huge thank you to our sponsors who recognise
the importance of providing professional development opportunities for the
industry and make it possible for us to put such a wide array of speakers
in front of you.
You can download an accommodation booking form here.
If you have any questions about
speakers/content please contact ruth.cobb@printnz.co.nz or if you have any questions about
bookings/attendance please contact sue@promoteltd.co.nz
Thanks to our sponsors:
Heidelberg
Hostmann-Steinberg NZ
Spicers Paper
Fuji Xerox
GEON, Fujifilm, Konica Minolta, BJBall Group, Aarque Graphics, NZ
Printer, Telecom, PrintNZ Training, Ferrostaal
Turn a Negative into a Positive (and boost your
September sales)
Postage rates go up on 1 October this year and
this will have an impact not only on your business but also on all of
your customers' businesses. Prepaid envelopes printed and paid
for at the old postage rates before 1 October will continue to be valid
after that date so for those of you that print envelopes make sure you let
your customers know that they can defer the effects of that increase a
little bit longer. Start printing....
Congratulations to Paul Nunan, Hally Labels,
Mainland Apprentice of the Year
Fifty industry people attended the Mainland
Apprentice of the Year Awards on 25 August at Natcoll Design Technology in
Christchurch.
The 23 eligible candidates came from all areas
of the industry with Paul Nunan from Hally Labels announced as the Mainland
Apprentice of the Year - congratulations. Runner up was Samual Ansley from
PMP Print. The other finalists were Vanessa Jones from AB Note, Luke
Maugham from Amcor Kiwi Packaging and Nigel South from PMP
Maxum.
An Excellence Award was given to Jason Sim from
Amcor Cartons for his achievement at national level in winning the 2009
Paperboard Packaging Apprentice of the Year Award.
After some refreshments and a guided tour
around the Natcoll facilities, PrintNZ CEO Joan Grace updated attendees on
what was happening at a national level, including the PrintNZ industry
survey, Part of Life campaign and PrintNZ Conference in October.
Mainland President Mike Dawson thanked
the event sponsors Spicers Paper and PrintNZ Training. Thanks also
to Natcoll for hosting the event.
PODi New Zealand AppForum, Friday 24 September,
Auckland
PODi (Print on Demand initiative) is the
leading association for the digital printing industry and is delighted to
announce the inaugural Auckland PODi Aust NZ AppForum, a one day conference
on relevant digital print, solution selling and print marketing for New
Zealand printing providers and direct marketing professionals.
Kate Dunn of the Digital Innovations Group in
the US will keynote the conference with sessions on solution
selling and relevant digital print, and will be joined by local
speakers Kevin Trye (Printnet Publishing), Ben Goodale (JustOne) and Simon
Rowles (NZ Carlson Group), who will tackle loyalty, direct mail, relevant
marketing, and translating theory to practicality.
You can register for as little as $275.
For full details and to register to attend click here.
Print: Part Of Life Campaign - telling our industry's good story
The purpose of the programme is to promote print to the wider public and
benefit our industry as a whole. The website www.partoflife.co.nz gives you full details about the
campaign and provides information about the good work our industry does and
why print is an important part of everyday life.
We now have over 180 Print Champions signed up
and need to keep growing this number to help spread the
word. Please take a look and invest in the future of our
industry.
And they give paper a hard time - they
should take a look at this...
Some sobering images of a computer graveyard in
Ghana published by the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html
Another reason to promote the positives about
our industry.
Heidelberg Shield 2010 - Huntingtdale Golf Club
- Melbourne
This event will be held on 14/15 October in Melbourne with the Shield game
being played at Huntingdale, home of the Australian Open. PrintNZ
will be sending two players to represent the New Zealand printing
industry and these players names will be drawn this week. We are
also hoping to take with us a team of supporters that are keen to join in
and play. Please email ruth.cobb@printnz.co.nz if you wish to put your name
forward for the PrintNZ team of two, or if you are interested in joining
the group for two days of golf.
Enviromark Workshops
For those of you considering environmental
certification the Enviromark programme offers you a ready made step by step
programme. Enviromark are holding a number of workshops in Auckland
in September and PrintNZ members that sign up to the Enviromark programme
can send one person to one of these workshops for free. Dates
are as follows:
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Introduction
to Enviromark - Getting to Bronze
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14
September
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Moving on
up - Silver and Gold
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15
September
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Going from
good to great - Platinum and Diamond
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16
September
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Free
Members only drop in session
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16
September
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For full details click here http://www.enviro-mark.co.nz/eventlist.asp
The Scams Continue
Unfortunately we continue to see a number of
scams hit companies in our industry. They have got a little more
sophisticated but on the whole continue to follow a similar line and still
have the common thread of requesting printing of brochures or flyers for
either religious or child welfare organisations. The telltale
signs are that the email accounts are free and untraceable i.e. gmail,
yahoo or hotmail; the wording is often in poor English and the artwork
supplied will usually be simplistic and poor quality. They will offer
to pay by credit cards which are invariably stolen.
Printing Industries Australia run a very good
Scam Watch section on their website that lists the latest scams and
iincludes a Find A Scammer section where you can check names/email
addresses against their database of scammers. Click here to link through.
Freelance/Relief Business Management and
Assistance
If you are taking a holiday or have staff on
ACC/sick/extended leave, Alcrawf Ltd is a freelance print production
company specialising in all aspects of running a small to medium sized
printing company with expertise in:
Guillotining and diecutting
Production planning
Costing and estimating
Customer liaison at all levels
Staff management
Sales team management
Supplier negotiation
Job costing to invoice stage
This can be done on a short or long term
contract at a competitive hourly rate. For further information
contact Alastair Crawford on 021 751853, 09 413 9991 or email alcrawf@xtra.co.nz
Work Wanted
Matthew Lovett - Prepress Supervisor
Matthew is from the UK and will be in NZ from 6
September looking to meet up with potential employers. He works at a well
respected printing cmpany in northern England and has 14 years
experience in the UK printing industry. For full details and contact
information visit www.matthewlovett.co.uk
GST Increase - New
Calculation
When GST goes up to 15%
on 1 October it is going to be slightly more complicated to work out the
GST portion of an all inclusive price. At the moment you simply
divide by 9, but from 1 October the new equation will be multiply by 3 and
then divide by 23.
E.g. an item costs
$1000 + GST @ 15% = $150 Total cost $1150
Working in
reverse: Total cost $1150 x 3 = $3450 ÷
23 = $150.00 (GST content)
New Marketing Material
to Help You Understand Training Options
PrintNZ Training and
CMITO have released a new book that covers all the training options
available in the print, packaging and journalism sectors.
The book summarises the
flexible range of options for people working in the areas of design,
prepress, print processes, packaging, print finishing, mailing and the
Diploma of Print Management. Under the umbrella of the Communications
and Media ITO (CMITO) it also covers the National Diploma in Applied
Journalism.
If you would like a
copy of the book please email info@printnz.co.nz or phone 0800 654455.
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