Océ and manroland pool their expertise
18 April 2011
Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, exhibited together with strategic partner manroland for the first time at the digi:media trade show held in Düsseldorf from 7 until 9 April 2011. Live demonstrations showed how offset and industrial digital printing form a symbiosis. manroland’s subsidiary company ppi Media was also present and presented cross-media software solutions.
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Nick Gale
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Océ and manroland pool their expertise
The first digi:media trade show marked the start of the cooperation
Venlo, The Netherlands, 18 April 2011 - Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, exhibited together with strategic partner manroland for the first time at the digi:media trade show held in Düsseldorf from 7 until 9 April 2011. Live demonstrations showed how offset and industrial digital printing form a symbiosis. manroland’s subsidiary company ppi Media was also present and presented cross-media software solutions.
Content meets Technology meets Business
Under this motto, the inaugural digi:media trade show in Düsseldorf attracted more than 6,000 visitors. On the stand shared by Océ, manroland and ppi Media the advantages of offset were united with the strengths of digital printing. Here the trade visitors were able to follow a simulated ordering procedure for the tour operator Manpower Eventreisen that combined both printing processes.
The first step shows the strengths of offset printing: a magazine ad printed by web offset and a response card enhanced by sheetfed offset are distributed to the readers. On returning the card, the customer receives individualized and general information produced by sheetfed offset and digital printing. Those who decide to book a trip are shown the procedure in a personalized travel plan, digitally printed in a run length of one.
Networked workflows
Offset and digital printing from Océ and manroland form a genuine symbiosis – even the workflows are tightly networked. Here the two companies offer the world’s first total digital solution with many advantages for customers along the entire value adding chain. Printing services providers can utilize the benefits of both printing technologies and get comprehensive guidance from the partners in planning, implementing and support for the entire system solution.
During the digi:media show, the cross-media software solutions from ppi Media also attracted a great deal of interest. Here the focus was on the multi-media ad platform AdX that embraces print, online and mobile, as well as editorial workflows using Content-X software, which can place contents from a Content Management System in the DTP program Adobe InDesign.
About manroland
manroland AG is a leading printing systems manufacturer and the world's market leader in web offset. Webfed and sheetfed offset presses provide solutions for publishing, commercial, and packaging printing.
About Océ
Océ is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Océ customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Océ is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in financial 2010 amounted to approximately €2.7 billion. Océ is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information visit www.oce.com.
Océ and Canon: Stronger together
In 2010 Océ joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 197,000 employees worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than USD 45 billion. For more information visit www.canon.com.