Print Media Academy holds open house
The Print Media Academy Melbourne offers training and consulting services to those in the printing services industry from all over Australia, including the suburb of Broadmeadows. The organization highlights “current and emerging technologies and business needs for the graphic communications industry.”
The Heidelberg Australia and New Zealand Training Centre in Melbourne, also known as the Print Media Academy, features workshops, open houses and training courses such as the Print Awareness Course and the Image Control Training Workshop. The showroom exhibits several prepress, press, postpress and digital machines which are used for equipment demonstrations and workshops.
On October 13, the PMA in Melbourne held an open house entitled 90 Seconds to Change Your Business. Over 100 industry professionals attended to watch a demonstration of simultaneous slate change on the Speedmaster XL 105-6 LX Press. Simultaneous plate change saves time and therefore money; it can make more money for the company by allowing them to take on more jobs. The process was demonstrated by Lindsay Barnes, general manager for product management and guest speaker Douglas Mooney, Heidelberg's Asia-Pacific region head of Sheetfed printing talked about worldwide use of the technology. Alistair Hadley, the General Managers of Sales and Marketing for Heidelberg Australia/New Zealand stated that it was:
Technology is constantly changing and it is up to business leaders to make sure they are up to date on the latest equipment. If they are not, they will lose business to their competitors.
The Heidelberg Australia and New Zealand Training Centre in Melbourne, also known as the Print Media Academy, features workshops, open houses and training courses such as the Print Awareness Course and the Image Control Training Workshop. The showroom exhibits several prepress, press, postpress and digital machines which are used for equipment demonstrations and workshops.
On October 13, the PMA in Melbourne held an open house entitled 90 Seconds to Change Your Business. Over 100 industry professionals attended to watch a demonstration of simultaneous slate change on the Speedmaster XL 105-6 LX Press. Simultaneous plate change saves time and therefore money; it can make more money for the company by allowing them to take on more jobs. The process was demonstrated by Lindsay Barnes, general manager for product management and guest speaker Douglas Mooney, Heidelberg's Asia-Pacific region head of Sheetfed printing talked about worldwide use of the technology. Alistair Hadley, the General Managers of Sales and Marketing for Heidelberg Australia/New Zealand stated that it was:
“gratifying to see so many print industry business leaders taking the time to look at technology developments.”
Technology is constantly changing and it is up to business leaders to make sure they are up to date on the latest equipment. If they are not, they will lose business to their competitors.