‘Print Against War’ Documents Conditions Of Ukranian Converters Before the war, the printing and packaging industry in Ukraine employed more than 100,000 people, including 16,000 freelancers, working at more than 5,000 print and packaging companies. Those who did not suffer damage or destruction can still work, but they lost most of their orders and turnover. Since February 24th, the lives of all these people have been disrupted. Many of them receive minimum wage or not even that. Print Against War is try- ing to taking care of as many of these people as possible, involving them, listening to them, and understanding their needs. “We were able to talk to some medium and large sized commercial printers,” says Lorenzo Villa, co-founder of the Meaningful Print Foundation. “They are ready to handle
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EMBA www.embausa.com
The EMBA group supports a complete line of corrugated converting machinery for the worldwide market. EMBA’s Quick Set technology enables the highest productivity across a broad range of converting equipment, from mini to super jumbo. EMBA also includes the McKinley jumbo line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters as well as ser- vice, rebuilds and upgrades for both EMBA and McKinley.
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large print volumes using their B1 and B2 size offset press- es and bindery departments. We also met with several dig- ital print houses specializing in short runs, just-in-time jobs, indoor and outdoor campaigns, using sheetfed digital presses, large format printers, and cutters. Besides inte- grated groups, several small and medium-sized packaging converters can produce printed and embellished boxes and labels. Some have invested in state-of-the-art digital embellishment and narrow-web digital label presses.” Through direct calls, recorded interviews, and interac- tions in the discussion group, the Print Against War team is in touch with dozens of companies, recording their diffi- culties and gathering their requests for help. Most of them prioritize keeping their company open and ensuring a min- imum wage for employees and their families. Unable to rely on domestic orders and exports to Russia, Ukrainian printers and converters seek partnerships with European companies, to which they can supply printed materials at reasonable costs. Logistics is an issue, but many are ready to produce and ship. Some of those involved with ‘Print Against War:’ From top left, clockwise: Yurii Steshenko, Rostyslav Burlaka, Viktor Artyush- chenko, Olga Dudarenko, Oleg Pylypovych, Igor Wolf, Henna- dii Vasylenko, and Sergii Mamonov.
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ESKO www.esko.com
ArtiosCAD and Kongsberg are the most trusted names in CAD/CAM solutions. Esko’s ArtiosCAD is the most widely used CAD software in the world. Esko’s Kongsberg series of tables brings you reliable, outstanding quality for sample- making and short run production.
DOMINO www.dominodigitalprinting.com
Domino is a leading manufacturer and distributor of digital printing and product identification solutions. Celebrating its 44th year, Domino is headquartered in the UK and North America headquarters are Illinois. Domino has 25 subsid- iaries, representation in over 120 countries, and over 2,900 employees worldwide .
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