Package Print & Design International is the only worldwide publication covering the whole of the packaging origination and printing industry across all print processes - gravure, flexo, litho, letterpress, screen and digital - and across every material from corrugated and cartonboard to flexible packaging and metal containers. The package print industry is totally different to the commercial print market. More demanding in terms of quality of design, speed of changeover between products, complexity of decoration and finishing. And because packaging design is fully digital, the industry presents the best opportunity to manufacturers of digital workflows from design workstations to computer-to-plate and digital proofing.

The demands of packaging printers need to be addressed by a publication which understands the issues confronting the industry. Global production. The need for branding consistency across continents. The origination and use of special colours and decorative processes, of step-and-repeat and of computer-aided design of dies and cylinders. The magazine is read by top decision makers across the world of printing on packaging who come to it for specialist information they cannot obtain from the printing weeklies or monthlies, or from the magazines which deal purely with packaging.

So Package Print & Design is a unique publication, serving a market worth �120bn in Europe alone. Its team of experienced writers, including Mike Fairley, Andy Thomas, Barry Hunt, Tony White, Durk Schilstra and Mike Hall, bring their unique industry knowledge to bear to bring readers leading edge technical articles and analysis on emerging market opportunities.

During1999 Package Print & Design will also support a series of technical seminars across Europe and the US, led by top industry figures discussing topics of vital importance to our readers, from new flexo carton technologies to opportunities for corrugated post-print.

January / February 1999
• Developments in Carton Printing Decoration
• Guide to Carton Presses (Sheet & Narrow Web)
• Preview to FLEXO 99

March / April
• Trends in Flexible Package Printing
• Packaging Papers & Boards Security
• Materials and Technology

May / June
• Post Printing and Pre-Printing of Corrugated Material Package Coding and Marking
• Review of Flexible Packaging Presses: Part One - Gravure Press Guide

July / August
• Review of Flexible Packaging Presses: Part Two - Flexo / UV Flexo Press Guide
• Progress in Pre-Press Metal Decoration and Can Printing
• Developments in Films for Package Printing

September / October
• Screen Printing of Packaging
• Flexo Press Review - Narrow Web Guide
• Foils and Foil Stamping
• Design as a Marketing Tool - Designers Listing