One more month to participate in the Fedrigoni design competition
Applications for the 12th edition of the Fedrigoni Top Award 2021 creativity competition remain open until 30 July 2020 (not 30 June).
Organised by the Italian papermaker specialising in high-end papers Fedrigoni, the competition is aimed at designers, printers, publishers and customers and rewards the most creative printed works using the manufacturer's papers (for more details, read Fedrigoni 2021 papermaker's creativity competition is open ).
Koenig & Bauer's new products to be discovered live from 16 to 25 June 2020
In live online presentations from 16 to 25 June 2020, Koenig & Bauer will exclusively reveal its new products planned for Drupa 2020, which has been cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic. During Koenig & Bauer LIVE, the manufacturer will present its numerous innovations for fiduciary printing, packaging made of cardboard, corrugated cardboard, plastic, metal and glass, as well as commercial printing, books and marking techniques.
Each session lasts approximately 20 minutes and will be broadcast in English and German with start times at 10, 13 and 16 o'clock.
Detailed programme and registration at: koenig-bauer.com/en/live.
Luxe Pack Monaco trade fair postponed
Initially scheduled for the end of September, the Luxe Pack Monaco trade fair dedicated to luxury packaging has been postponed and will be held from 30 November to 2 December 2020, again at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The previous edition of Monaco in 2019 attracted 9240 visitors.
And the second edition of the Special Edition by Luxe Pack, dedicated this year to sustainable packaging solutions, initially scheduled for May 26th and 27th, will be held on November 30th and December 1st, 2020, again at the Carreau du Temple in Paris.
Survey on consumers and environmental labels
The results of a survey by the Toluna Institute for the Communication Association on the environmental performance of paper/cardboard and Two Sides print on European consumers' packaging preferences revealed that not all environmental labels are well recognised by consumers.
64% of respondents said they were aware of the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label, and 55% were aware of the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) label. The Möbius loop, which indicates that packaging is recyclable, is the most recognised logo in Europe (86% of respondents). It is also considered the most important marking by consumers.
Copyright infringement complaint against a "national emergency bookstore" in the United States
Four major publishing houses - Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House - filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Internet Archive in the United States on Monday, June 1. The California-based digital platform created in March a "national emergency bookstore" by offering 1.4 million digital books during the containment period.
Readers who borrow a book from this "national emergency library" can read books for free (up to 10 at a time) for two weeks.
Faced with the reaction of the publishing houses, Internet Archive has just announced that it will close its doors on June 16, two weeks before the date originally planned.
"Publishers suing libraries for lending out books, in this case protected digital versions, while schools and libraries are closed, is not in anyone's interest." had indicated Internet Archive when learning of the publishers' actions.
