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https://www.printiso.co.nz A newly created web site hosted by Frontline Technologies NZ Ltd to direct questions, solutions and information about the wonderful world of Printing to ISO. This site is a work in progress but created for the ever increasing demand for information, how too's and suggestions on what we can do to pool the ideas from many sources from within the industry. But who is Fogra I hear you ask?  Fogra Graphic Technology Research Association The objective of Fogra is to promote print engineering and its future-oriented technologies in the fields of research, development and application, and to enable the printing industry to utilize the results of this activity. To this end the association maintains its own institute, with about 50 staff members including engineers, chemists and physicists. The estimated budget for 2007 is approximately EUR 5 million. About 20 % of this is made up of membership fees, with about a tenth of this coming from the Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V. [German Printing and Media Industries Federation]. Research grants from the Federal German Government, the state of Bavaria, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt and the Bundesverband Druck und Medien account for roughly 40 %, with the principal share of over 25 % coming from the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie [Federal Ministries of Economics and Technology] and being administered by the German Federation of Industrial Cooperative Research Associations AiF. About a third of the revenues are generated from other Fogra activities. These consist of technical reports, contract research, the sale of quality control devices, vocational training, and a literature database. The remaining revenues are made up of donations and other receipts. The donations are usually equipment or printing papers for research purposes. Fogra has over 600 members. About two third them are graphic art businesses operating in fields ranging from prepress through to bookbinding, while the remaining third are suppliers. A third of the members are based outside Germany. The eight Technical Committees, responsible for various specialist topics, are a central part of Fogra. In these committees, specialists from printing businesses, and Fogra staff, define industry problems which are to be studied. The progress and results of work are also discussed at the Committee meetings. Thus the Committees fulfil a creative and a monitoring function. At the same time they characterise the work style of a collective research institute which meets the needs of the printing industry. We would be happy to send you a comprehensive pack with detailed figures and all the key information about Fogra with no obligation! |
