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John Choa Heads New PIAP Officers and Directors for the Year 2009

The Printing Industries Association of the Philippines (PIAP) recently elected its officers and directors for the year 2009. Relected as President was John L. Choa. Mr. Choa (left photo) had served as President of PIAP several times before; and he is expected to utilize his past experience to lead the association to even greater heights this current year. Some of the projects lined up for the year include the Print Philippines '09 Exhibition and the seminars to be conducted with Adobe Pte ltd. of Singapore.


The new set of officers and directors is listed below.
 

PPTF Members Elect New Trustees for the Years 2009 and 2010

During a special election held on February 25 at the Misato Restaurant, the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation membership elected its trustees for the years 2009 and 2010. The election, which was supposed to have been held last December 5, was postponed due to lack of quorum. The Comelec, chaired by Atty. Raul Ilagan, decided to declare that there could be no election when voting members failed to reach the required number.

The special election was conducted by the Comelec with Atty Salvador Belaro Jr. as chairman and members Wilfredo Ileto and Julius Magno.

During a board meeting held at the PPTF office in March 6, the trustees elected the officers for the two-year term.

Elected president was Rolando F. Rocha, president of Rocha Printing Corporation. Mr. Rocha has been a board member of PPTF for several years. He served as First Vice President of the Foundation during the last two years. The photo above shows Outgoing President Benito Brizuela (left) handing the gavel over to Incoming President Rocha (right).

The new set of officers and trustees are as follows:

PIAP to Conduct  Adobe CS4 Seminars with Adobe System PTE of Singapore

In a circular dated February 11, 2009, the Printing Industries Association of the Philippines (PIAP) informed its members that the association was working closely with Adobe System PTE ltd. of Singapore to conduct seminars and lectures on Adobe InDesign CS4, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Acrobat 9.0.

The project addresses Adobe's recognition for the need to provide tools and resources to the printers to ensure that designers ideas will be printed as intended. While designers explore the creative features of Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe InDesign CS4 or Adobe Illustrator CS4, printers need to take a more technical approach.

The seminar will focus on the needs and requirements of printers, but is also useful for production artists who are preparing files for print.

Participants will also be introduced to CS4’s forensic tolls which are invaluable in highlighting potential problems. (The earlier one can pinpoint problems in a job, the less expensive and complicated they will be to rectify). The seminar will provide a guidance for identifying transparency effects and for preparing jobs to correctly render during output

The seminar will also show new print production features of CS4.

Below are the features of the different functions of the 4 adobe products which will be discussed'

Adobe InDesign CS4

• Rapid layout and corrections with increased accuracy - Smart Guides and Proportional Place

• Live Preflight - reduce risk of late stage errors with continuous preflight

• Transparency Flattener - tips for reliable output of complex files

• Links architecture - rewritten to speed up preparing for output while reducing errors

• Automation - new tools for increasing throughout with existing staff and materials

Adobe Illustrator CS4

• Multiple pages (artboards) - output techniques

• Live Colour - fast late stage colour correction and translation

• Gradient transparency - successful ripping

• Separation preview - print output

• New interface streamlines prepress tasks - Appearance Panel / Isolation mode

Adobe Photoshop CS4

• Speed and power - GPU acceleration

• Smoother workflow - new adjustment and mask panels

• Revolutionary Content Aware Scale - image resizing rewritten

• 16 bit Print (Mac OS) - greatly improved output

• 64 bit support (Win)

• Improved retouching tools - dodge, burn and sharpen

Adobe Acrobat 9.0

• New Objects inspector for print job forensics

• Minor text edits - including across line endings

• Major new Preflight and Fixup engine and interface

• Enhanced Convet Colours - map RGB Black to single plate K

The seminar is scheduled to be conducted during the 2nd General Membership Meeting to be held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel on the last week of March 2009.

Rudy Viernes Visits the Philippines / Meets with Past Friends in the Industry

Mr. Rudy Viernes recently visited the Philippines. Rudy, who resides in the USA, is a former Executive Director of the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation. He is considered an icon in the industry, having served in the PPTF board since the 70's. During his visit, he met with many of his former colleagues in the industry, including past PIAP and PPTF Presidents and Directors.

On January 7, Rudy was feted ny his friends with a sumptious lunch at the La Lotte Restaurant in Manila. Shown at the photo seated from left are Lilian Morales, Felly Soller, Joe Bautista, Lenny de Gracia, Rudy Viernes and Tom Viray. Standing are Fely Soller's niece, James Chiu, Joseph Yam, Carlito Bacurin, Rene Cribe and Fred Ileto.

Rudy last visited the Philippines in 2006.

The 14th Graphic Expo 2009

The 14th Graphic Expo 2009 is scheduled on June 03-06, 2009 at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC), Pasay City, Philippines.

Highlighted in this trade show is a niche of  graphic and creative design, digital imaging and photography, pre-press, print production, large format advertising, web publishing, multimedia and animation.

Graphic Expo incorporates up-to-date and relevant seminar series presented by Industry Experts – hot topics, tips and techniques, adopting to latest products and technology innovations --- it can be learned and shared in this industry event. This is where creative and print professionals harness their skills and learn software applications that enhance their digital work flow efficiency.

Graphic Expo connects you with decision makers, businessmen, top suppliers, and industry professionals. It is an ideal trade show to expand business, source for new technologies and solutions, upgrade existing tools, and network with Industry Experts. This is the market place for innovation and information where you find solutions and alternatives in creative, imaging and printing market in the Philippines.

The trade show floor will also feature 'STORAGE WORLD', a focused display on various storage devices, technology, services available for business, and gives business owners and IT managers the chance to compare and benchmark a range of systems from different suppliers.

The storage solutions become more relevant as creative and print professionals are managing larger data and files in their communication projects. The storage devise display will offer range --- from storage, management, security, back-up, and training for managing data assets.

Over 8,000 visitors were registered in 4-day exhibition in 2008 with high proportion of advertising and creative professionals, businessmen, corporate communicators, service providers, advertising suppliers, print shop owners, and commercial printers, amongst others.

The visitors' profile based on the 2008 event is as follows:

28% - Design Studios, Ad agencies, Photographers, Corporate Communicators, etc.

27% - Businessmen, Entrepreneurs, Top 3,000 Corporation, Purchasing Managers, etc.

25% - Commercial Printers, Publishers, etc.

18% - Advertising & Marketing Executives, IT professionals, etc.

2% - Government, Educators, etc..

The 14th Graphic Expo 2009 Seminar Topics and Resource Speakers

1. Color Management Made Simple

 Speaker: Jun Miranda 

2. Mastering Color in Adobe Photoshop CS4

 Speaker: Jun Miranda 

3. Beginning Adobe Photoshop CS4

 Speaker: Mario Ramirez 

4. Upgrading to Adobe Photoshop CS4: What's New?

 Speaker: Mario Ramirez 

5. An Introduction to Premiere Pro CS4

 Speaker: Noel Rosos 

6. Designing for WEB 2.0

 Speaker:  Reynaldo Mendoza, Jr.
7. Migrating to InDesign CS4

 Speaker: Mike Martinez 

8. The Basics and Beyond of Publication Design

Speaker: Ige Ramos 

9.  The Adobe Power Cube of Graphic Design

 Speaker: Tony Bucu 

10. Guerilla Graphic Design

 Speaker: Tony Bucu 

11. The Secrets to Portrait Retouching

Room 2, June 04, 2009, 9:30 AM – 12:30 NN

Speaker: Jun Miranda 

12. Killer Photoshop Tips and Techniques for Photographers

 Speaker: Jun Miranda 

13. Final Cut Studio From Start to Finish

 Speaker: Dennis Lucero 

14. Final Cut Studio Tips and Tricks

 Speaker: Dennis Lucero 

15. . What's New in Maya 2009?       

 Speaker: AJ Siytangco 

16. Integrating Maya and Photoshop

 Speaker: AJ Siytangco 

17. Advanced Photoshop CS4 for Graphic Designers

 Speaker: Jun Miranda 

18. Mastering Channels and Masking in Adobe Photoshop CS4

 Speaker: Jun Miranda

19. Stylizing Photos in Illustrator (Converting Photos to Cool Vector Graphic Images)

 Speaker: Cats Crisostomo 

20. Tapeless Workflows With Final Cut Pro 6

 Speaker: Dennis Lucero 

21. Adobe Flash CS4 Cartooning

 Speaker: Jon Danao 

22. Energizing Adobe Flash CS4 Projects (with Action Script)

 Speaker: Jon Danao 

23. Integrating 3D Graphics Into Live Action Shots

 Speaker: Ronna Lara-Bes 

24. After Effects CS4 Unleashed

 Speaker: Robert Quilao 

25.  Making Powerful Corporate Presentation Materials and Web Projects

 Speaker:  Ronnie M. Millevo 

26. Creating Forms in Acrobat

 Speaker: Hanz Dy

27. Multimedia in PDF

 Speaker: Hanz Dy 

28.  More Power Into Power Point with CorelDRAW

 Speaker: Sonny Leon 

29. CorelDRAW Cheat Codes: Tips and Tricks

 Speaker: Sonny Leon 

30. Implementing An Effective Storage Strategy

 Speaker: Christopher Tan 

31. Wedding and Portrait Photography: Insights, Tips, and Techniques

 Speaker:  John Mateos Ong

The InDesign Styles Work Flow

The IDC Pages Work Flow 

Handling Digital Asset for Pre-Press 

The IDC Template Creation Process

Course Instructor and Expert: 

Mr. Loo Leong Wee.

Principal Consultant of indesignconsultants.com, has helped advertising agencies and publishers to improve their design and production work flow across the Asia Pacific region. 

With 15 years experience in the design industry and also co-founded of an advertising company, he has the unique experience of being a rank-to-file director. The most recent projects undertaken are developing the InDesign blueprint of the new daily newspaper - The Jakarta Globe in Indonesia and conceptualizing and designing the new mobile platform for offline  publications - Dakode.com. 

He also currently holds the awards of Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor for both Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator from Adobe System Incorporated.

About Printing Innovation Series# 2

Book Printing is not simply a matter of putting colored chemicals on paper. As nice as prints can look straight out of the printer, no matter how color correct, or how elegantly executed the layout appears, it isn’t the customer’s product until it reaches him in a finished form. A number of elements must be in place before a print job can be called successful. The software should be able to create a good print ready file. The right paper should be chosen to suit the project concept, and the way to the nature of the binding. The printing itself can be on an number of different technologies even in a single book. 

With so many equipment decisions to make, it’s a challenge for a printing firm to decide on equipment and technology. The matter is complicated by the realization that all these components must conform to each other in scale. It makes no sense to buy printing equipment capable of producing 1,000 books in one day then to buy finishing equipment capable of 10,000. Investment decisions of this type require a cooperation between various vendors who can propose a solution suitable to the business scale a customer has planned on. 

What you will see at Printing Innovation Series #2 is just such a cooperative effort. It will bring together software, paper supply, lamination, binding and, of course, printing systems in order to show you how to create a host of interesting applications. The event welcomes you to try making these things yourself and to think about new and interesting projects to offer your customers. 

Printing Innovation Series #2 is a joint project of Fuji Xerox and it’s partners in the industry, namely: Com Asia, Gakken (Philippines), Prestige Paper Products, Globis Enterprises, Ynzal Marketing and the National Book Development Board. 

In order to accommodate more participants, the 1-day event will be held twice on July 15 & 16, 2009.  The venue is the Quezon City Sports Club located at E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. cor. 19th St., Quezon City.

The Mindanao Printing 2009 Exhibition

The organizer, true to its promise of making the event available to the people of Mindanao, once again will let locals of each province witness for themselves “The Only machinery show that ever hit the whole region of Mindanao.”  MAI Management Philippines lets you see the latest technology and sophisticated machinery of the industries involved by bringing the event back to Davao. The 3rd Mindanao Printing 2009 Exhibition is scheduled on July 23-26, 2009 at the Plenary Hall of the Banko Sentral in Davao City

The 2nd Mindanao PackProPlas/ Mindanao Printing/ Mindanao Bakery 2007 was attended by almost 60 exhibitors, 90% of which came from Manila and 10% from companies in Cagayan de Oro, which had proven their existence in their industry. It was visited by over 2,000 registered guests, mostly industry buyers, from decision makers to technical personnel of companies all over the region. This event provided them a venue for their business transactions which proved to be very successful.

The event also became a venue of on-site selling for most of the exhibitors including large format printers, office printers, inks, copiers, plastic resins, food and baking supplies and even automation & security supplies and accessories. It also became the perfect instrument for bridging a connection between the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation and the Printing Industries Association of Cagayan de Oro.

In conjunction with the 2nd Mindanao PackProPlas/ Mindanao Printing/ Mindanao Bakery 2007 was the 3-day 2nd Printers Convention held in Gloria Maris Restaurant, 2nd level of Limketkai Mall on 24-26 July 2007.  Participants of the said convention came from as far as Davao City and nearby cities like Iligan, Zamboanga, Butuan and Cagayan de Oro itself.

The 2nd Mindanao PackProPlas/ Mindanao Printing/ Mindanao Bakery 2007 attended by almost 60 exhibitors, 90% of which are coming from Manila and 10% Cagayan local companiesThe 2nd Mindanao PackProPlas/ Mindanao Printing/ Mindanao Bakery 2007 attended by almost 60 exhibitors, 90% of which are coming from Manila and 10% Cagayan local companies

Mindanao Printing 2009 is organized by MAI (Market Access & Innovations) Management Philippines.

Unit 315-B, 3rd Floor LRI Design Plaza, #210 Nicanor Garcia St., Makati City
Tel: (63-2) 899-2642; 896-9272; 899-5892 Fax: (63-2) 898-2198
Email:  mai_mgt@compass.com.ph and maimgt@gmail.com

PIAP and PPTF Delegations Visit China Print 2009

More than 100 visitors from the Philippine Printing Industry flew to Beijing China to attend the 7th Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition, which was held from May 12 to May 15.

The visitors were spearheaded by delegations from both the Printing Industries Association of the Philippines (PIAP) and the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation (PPTF).

The China Print Exhibition was held at the New China Exhibition Center and used all the halls of the center, totalling 120,000 square meters. It is considered as the largest printing exhibition in Asia, attracting over 160,000 visitors.

Seminars to be Conducted During the Printers' Convention in Davao City

The 3rd Mindanao PackProPlas and Mindanao Printing 2009 Exhibition features a 2-day Printing Convention led by the partnership of the Philippine Printing Technical Foundation, Inc.(PPTF) and the Printing Industry Association of Davao, Inc.(PIAPI). This partnership is the continued combined effort of the two organizations whose mission is to uplift and improve the industry and to help train and educate its people. This 2-day convention aims to present to the people of Mindanao the current issues common to every printer as well as the newest available solutions that will save on costs but without sacrificing the quality of every desired output.  

This convention is scheduled on July 24 to 25, 2009 (Friday and Saturday), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will run alongside the exhibition to be held at the Plenary Hall of Bangko Sentral, Davao City.

PPTF and PIADI is also inviting all printers from Visayas and Mindanao to attend the  seminars entitled “Production Planning and Control in the Printshop” and “Print Cost Estimating,” to be held during the convention.

Below are the details of the seminars.

PRINT COST ESTIMATING

July 24, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Plenary Hall, Bangko Sentral, Davao City
Resource Speaker: Wilfredo Ileto

Print company proprietors and managers are challenged to stay competitive and maintain their edge over the competition not only through improvement in productivity and print quality but also through one undeniably important factor:  COST EFFECTIVENESS.

The course is designed for those who have a thorough knowledge of all aspects of printing but wish to improve profitability through effective cost-setting and control. The course will take the participants through the steps in establishing cost centers, determining rates and computing the cost of materials and printed products.

Seminar topics include: The Principle of Cost; Establishing Cost Centers; Computing Materials/Services Costs; Computing Finished Products Cost and Establishing a Computerized Cost Estimating System.

 The course is recommended for estimators, printshop owners, production managers, supervisors, accounting personnel and job coordinators.

PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL IN THE PRINTSHOP

July 25, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Plenary Hall, Bangko Sentral, Davao City
Resource Speaker: Paulito Maskarino

Production Planning and Control (PPC) in the Printshop is one seminar that print entrepreneurs cannot do without. Among others, PPC helps printers  analyze and adopt the right procedure in job scheduling, pinpoint bottlenecks in operations and ease out backlogs, in the process helping  raise quality standards.

At the end of the seminar, the participants will be able to understand the functions of a well-established production planning and control system; identify and properly apply the tools of production planning and control; and set up an efficient workflow in order to anticipate and forestall possible bottlenecks in the production process.

Seminar topics include Objectives of Production Control; Advantages of Production Control; The Production Control Department and its Work; Production Control and Long-Term Company Planning; Production Control and the Management Structure; Planning a Production Control System; and Installing a System for Stock Control.

Print Philippines '09 to be Held in September

The Printing Industries Association of the Philippines has announced that the Print Philippines '09 exhibition will be held on September 03 to 06, 2009. The venue for this year's event will be transferred from the Philippine Trade Training Center to the much larger World Trade Center at Roxas Boulevard corner Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasay City.

The new venue offers an exhibition of of over 2,766 square meters. A total 151 booths will be available for exhibitors. With the official formation of ASIA PRINT and with the Philippines as a founding Charter member, a substantial increase in participation of foreign exhibitors is expected in the forthcoming event.

The exhibition will be held in conjunction with the 14th National Printers Convention scheduled on September 1, 2 and 5 at the nearby Heritage Hotel on Roxas Boulevard.

The theme for this year's event is "Turning Economic Crisis into Opportunities".

PIAP to Hold 14th National Printers Convention in September

The Printing Industries Association of the Philippines announced that it will hold its 4th National Printers Convention on September 01, 02 and 05, 2009. The venue will be the Heritage Hotel at EDSA corner Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.

The convention will be held simultaneous with the Print Philippines '09 Exhibition which will be open from September 03 to 06 at the World Trade Center in Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. Both events will carry the theme "Turning Economic Crisis into Opportunities".

During the first two days of the convention, a series of eight seminars will be conducted aimed at helping participants update their knowledge and understanding of the printing industry. The topics to be discussed shall be matched by speakers who are experts in their respective fields with the aim of enlightening the participants on how to do better business during the economic crisis. The seminar topics are as follows:

• The Filipino Art of Breakthrough Selling

• Strategic Management Change for Organizational Effectiveness

• Winning or Losing Through Cost Estimating

• Color and Ink Management Spell Profit

• Cutting Edge Technology Improves Post Press Productivity & Quality

• Unified Workflow

• CtP and Digital Trends

• Creative Financial Management, Key to Business Success

On the third day of the convention, there will be a whole day plant tour for the delegates to visit some of the progressive printing plants in the country today.

PPTF Offers New Technical Seminars

The Philippine Printing Technical Foundation (PPTF) has announced that it will be conducting a series of new technical seminars during the coming Print & Label Philippines 2009 Exhibition. The series will take place on October 8 and 9, 2009.

Print & Label Philippines 2009 will be held on October 7 – 10, 2009 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.  It is anticipated to be the biggest gathering of the entire printing industry to include printers, graphic designers, printing and graphic design suppliers, paper dealers, and anyone engaged in the printing industry. 

The schedule description and schedule of the seminars are as follows:

OCTOBER 8, 2009 (Thursday)

Seminar 1 (10:30am – 12:30pm)

Total Quality Management in the Printshop: A Practical Approach

The core elements of Total Quality Management as they apply to the modern printing press setting.

Seminar 2  (1:30pm  –  3:30pm)

Orientation to Flexographic and Label Printing

The basic principles of flexographic printing & explore the business opportunities for flexographic products like labels, stickers, & packaging products.

Seminar 3 (1:30pm  –  3:30pm)

Platemounting: The Secret to High Quality Print

Tape properties * Impact of different properties * How to select the tape for different printing job * Mounting guideline

OCTOBER 9, 2009 (Friday)

SEMINAR 4  (10:30am – 12:30pm )

Digital Printing: Now Na!

Learn how to profit from digital printing, whether you are just starting up / to complement your existing offset press. 

SEMINAR 5   (1:30pm  –  3:30pm)

Rubber Rollers: Maximizing its Operating & Quality of Life

Do’s & don’ts of maintenance. Learn more about critical machine parts. 

This seminar is FREE & is not included in the fees & packages listed below

SEMINAR 6 (3:30pm  –  5:30pm)

Waste Management: The Key to Profitability

How to make money out of wastes & care for your environment as well