the 4th International Printing and Environment Conference
“Challenge and Opportunity in a Time of Global Economic Slowdown”
Crown Plaza Hotel, International Airport Beijing
1:30-5:00 Tuesday May 12, 2009
Opportunity and Challenge When World Printing Industry Is in Global Recession
After years of tireless work by some of the world’s finest printing professionals, China’s printing industry has started its march into the green printing and green packaging era. Facing the current global economic recession, will they accelerate their environmental printing drive, reducing waste and pollution? Will they take on the challenges and turn them into opportunities? NPES and the NPES Greater China Office invite you and your colleagues to exchange ideas and find new ways to be successful at the 4th International Printing and Environment Conference in the world’s fastest growing printing market.
Conference Program
- Opening remarks
- 1:30 Presentation by: China Printing Technologies Association
- 1:45 Presentation by: NPES
- 2:00 – 5:00 Company presentations (45 minutes each)
- 5:00 Q & A and Conclusion
Organizer:
NPES Greater China Representative Office
Sponsors:
Shanghai Meihu Advanced Printing Technologies Co.,
China Printing Technologies Association
Printing Equipment Industry Association of China
Shanghai Printers Association
China Environmental Protection Administration
Attendees:
Printers, equipment and supply manufacturers
Representatives of world’s major printing equipment manufacturers Members of printing trade associations.
Contact:
In the USA: Pernilla Jonsson, Assistant Director
International Trade Department of NPES
In China: Ya-Ping Zhou, Director
NPES Greater China Office
86.139.0168.8271
Conference background
Protecting the environment and reducing industrial pollution is China’s top priority of the 21st century. The Chinese government has designated the printing industry as a vital sector of those metropolitan and urban industries that have a direct impact on the health of the nation’s environment and the well-being of its economy. Created and organized by the NPES Greater China Office and its China training and demo center, the conference is the first and only event that focuses on how we all can continue the global printing industry’s development and realize a true green printing goal.
1st International Printing and Environment conference
“The Importance of Implementations and Use of Flexo Printing Technologies”
February 2003, Shanghai Library.
Total attendees: 210 Professionals from printing industry, government agencies, and trade associations.
Sponsors: Shanghai Press and Publication Administration, Shanghai Environment Protection Agency, DuPont Technologies (Shanghai), Heidelberg (China), CSRS, United Printing, Martin Automatics, Jielong Corporation, etc.
2nd International Printing and Environment Conference
“China Printing Industry Enters Environmental Protection Era”
March 2006, Shanghai Science and Technology Hall
Total attendees: 204 Professionals from printing industry, government agencies, trade associations, and graphic arts institutions
Sponsors: Shanghai Printers Association, Shanghai Press and Publication Administration, Shanghai Environment Science Association, DIC Ink, (Shanghai), Flint Ink Asia, Solution Control Inc, etc.
3rd International Printing and Environment Conference
“Green Printing Technologies and Supplies”
September 2007, Shanghai Regent Hotel
Total attendees: 198 Professionals from printing industry, government agencies, trade associations, and graphic arts institutions
Sponsors: NPES, Shanghai Printers Association, Shanghai Press and Publication Administration, Shanghai Environment Science Association, Kodak Graphic Imaging, Weckla Printing Supply Company, Air Motion Systems, Pamarco Global Graphices, Shanghai Long Deli Printing Packaging Corporation, etc.
“We cannot ignore the environmental and economic impacts from the printing and packaging industries. The environmental protection initiative will lead to a profound change in our printing industry. Let us work together, taking the good timing of Shanghai World Affairs, and bring green printing to a new level.”
--- Lee Xinli, Deputy Director of Shanghai Printing and Publications Administration
“The focus of this conference is on flexo printing, which I see as an excellent beginning. After more and more topics are explored and discussed, eco-consciousness will be deeply ingrained in the Shanghai printing industry – not only as a theory, but also as a reality.”
--- Yang Yiping, Deputy Director of Shanghai Printing and Publications Administration
“21st century package printing will have to be a green industry. From the beginning of the century, package printing must co-exist hand-in-hand with the environment. It is an opportunity that green packaging and printing will become our industry’s main focus and a trademark of our development worldwide.”
--- Shen Weirong, General Manager, Jielong Industry Corporation