Here you will find case studies showing how the work of TC 130 benefits the industry.
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Case studies
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The printing business in India has a long and varied history that reflects the nation's economic, educational, and cultural development. With the advent of offset lithography, gravure, and flexographic technologies in the 20th century, the printing industry rapidly industrialised and modernised after Portuguese missionaries brought printing to India in 1556. One of the biggest printing industries in the world, India has seen tremendous change in recent decades as a result of a growing focus on efficiency, quality, sustainability and global competitiveness.
Innovation, market diversity, and digital change have propelled the Indian printing industry's recent growth and evolution.
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APTEC (Advanced Printing Technology Centre) is the technology arm of The Hong Kong Printers Association, aiming at technology transfer and skills upgrading for the graphic arts industry, has strived to promote printing standardisation to China’s printing industry. The introduction of the “Print-by-number” concept and G7 certification to China by APTEC in 2006 resulted in the country having the highest number of G7 Masters in the world. Since 2018, APTEC brought in Fogra PSO and PSD, to further educate the market and upgrade the industry level in printing standardisation, especially the process control in offset printing and digital printing. Additionally, APTEC has been a participant in ISO/TC130 since 2006 and has been involved in diverse testing projects.
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To meet ever-evolving demands, modern package printing and converting has embraced many new standards to enhance efficiency and quality.
Among these, Print Requirements Exchange (PRX) and Print Quality Exchange (PQX) have emerged to lead the industry into its next phase of automation.
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While most printers are aware of some of the ISO-standards for print production, few understand fully how to properly implement them, or know which standards are used for all the different sub-process. The following case study show how a printing company can combine education and training with assessment through certification to achieve Total Quality Management for their printing company.