Ukrainian companies impress at WorldStar Awards
At the WorldStar Awards of the World Packaging Organisation, three companies from Ukraine were delighted to receive an award.
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The war in Ukraine has led to a humanitarian crisis and people are seeing their livelihoods threatened. Now the printing and packaging industry is to receive support: To this end, the non-profit initiative „Print Against War“ has been launched.
This new initiative, Print Against War, calls on printers and converters, publishers, influencers and suppliers to the printing and packaging industry to join forces to support their colleagues. Beyond the war in Ukraine, the organisation wants to continuously contribute to the reconstruction of the socio-economic fabric in the printing sector in each war-affected region.
Print Against War is an initiative of the nascent Meaningful Print Foundation and will help Ukrainian print and packaging companies to improve their operations, or support them as soon as they are able to resume production. Together, Print Against War and the Meaningful Print Foundation aim to mobilise the global print and packaging industry to support stakeholders in responding to wars, natural disasters, epidemics/pandemics and other harmful and disruptive events.
In addition, the Meaningful Print Foundation will work on long-term projects that will enable the printing industry to achieve a to have a positive influence on the planet, by addressing gender equality, CO2-neutralisation, sustainable production, education for schoolchildren in need and the inclusion of employees with disabilities.
The programme is open to offers of help from suppliers, printers and other members of the print community. To encourage fundraising on a larger scale, Print Against War has come up with the idea that Online printing and packaging companies to add a voluntary checkout donation option to their e-shops. In this way, a broad base of designers, agencies, print service providers and individuals around the world will be able to make their contributions.
„We encourage everyone in the printing industry around the world to help our brothers and sisters in Ukraine rebuild their businesses and get behind this fantastic initiative.“
Marcus Timson, Co-founder of Future Print
Source: Print Against War
Further news on Ukraine
Learn English through play
A cardboard packaging designed to teach Ukrainian children the Latin alphabet was honoured with the German Packaging Award.
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The Ukrainian printing industry after eight months of war
After eight months of war, CEO of Ukrainian printing company Slavena, Valeriia Grankina, looks back at what has changed in the Ukrainian printing industry. For packaging journal, she takes a look at different types of companies that are still operating and how the competition on the market has changed.
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A printing industry after eight months of war
After eight months of war, Valeriia Grankin, CEO of a Ukrainian printing company, looks at the changes in the country's printing industry.
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Koenig & Bauer makes itself independent of gas
In view of an impending gas shortage, the Würzburg-based printing press company Koenig & Bauer has adjusted its production. The process gas previously used in production could be replaced from the end of July 2022, and the heating energy at the large production sites could be gas-free by 1 September 2022.
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Supplier industry struggles with rising costs
According to ArGeZ, suppliers recorded a 13 per cent increase in turnover. However, the dynamic global situation continues to weigh on the industry.
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