Chris' first blog
May 2010I have decided to start a blog and will use the FESPA website to relay what has been happening in my FESPA world. The blog will also be about what will be happening in the weeks ahead. My aim...
View ArticleChris Smith Blog Update - 30th June 2010
All the FESPA team have now returned safely from Munich after a very busy exciting show. I was there for 12 days and felt totally exhausted when I got home on Saturday night. However I have now...
View ArticleChris Smith blog update - 12th August 2010
Well the holiday season is nearly over and I hope all readers of my blog have had time to relax over the summer months. If any of you have been on an unusual or interesting holiday, I would love to...
View ArticleWhat will happen with instore advertising?
Time for an update from me and time for some dialogue with members of the FESPA community. Last week I was involved in the 6th International FESPA supported seminar organised by the Slovak Association...
View ArticleFESPA European Congress
Last Friday, (19th November) my colleagues and I from FESPA Corporate (Nigel, Chris R. and Richard – a new member of the team), hosted the very first European Congress in Brussels. It would seem from...
View ArticleThis will blow you away!
I was about to write my first blog of the New Year and decided to concentrate on three issues, the economy, energy and social media after reading three fascinating articles this week on these issues....
View ArticleCan you afford not to be....
Green?I have heard so much recently, especially from printers (but from many professionals in other industries) that they cannot afford to be green. Green substrates and inks are too expensive; their...
View ArticleEuropean Printers Owe Debt to one man!
Once again, screen and digital printers all over Europe owe one man a considerable debt of gratitude for fighting on behalf of them, this time on the Eco label front. His support and contribution to...
View ArticleIs your business worth $200 billion per year? This business is...
My latest blog was to be on technology but recent news made me think of writing something about counterfeiting instead. Counterfeiting is not new, it has been in existence for centuries. In fact...
View ArticleA glimpse at a Swiss screen printer extraordinaire... Lorenz Boegli
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Atelier fur Siebdruck in Switzerland, the home of printer extraordinaire, Lorenz Boegli. I have known Lorenz for about 13 years and seen much of his work through...
View ArticleThe Print Adventures of Chris Smith: PART 1
I hope to have some really exciting news for our whole print community in a couple of weeks but until then, as I have been fairly quiet on the blog front for a while due to other pressing work issues,...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Chris Smith: PART 2
NSF AGM at Bo NorwayMichel and I had been invited to attend the AGM of the Norske Spesialtrykkeres Forening (NSF) over the next few days so we travelled direct from Prague to Bo in Telemark Norway, to...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Chris Smith: PART 3
Serbian Seminar in BelgradeBack at work for just a day I then took a three day holiday in Jersey (which was so relaxing and sunny) but after this I was on my travels once more, this time to speak at a...
View ArticleSPAI-FESPA Cross Country Table Top Exhibitions a great success
Last year the FESPA Board endorsed a recommendation from the Projects Committee to support a series of 36 Roadshow events across India being organised by our FESPA member, SPAI.This unique and...
View ArticleWhat has this got to do with print?
I recently read Paul’s waste blog and I found it quite disturbing. 2 billion tons of waste produced in the EU and rising! That is a lot of waste. So we have the new EU Waste Directive - which is great...
View ArticleItalian printers unite to help build school
A perfect venue, brilliant organisation, innovative programme and content, fantastic attendance of over 80 participants as well as wonderful Italian hospitality. This was the menu for Siotec day in...
View ArticleSofia Seminar
Leaving the wet and cold English climate behind me, I was fortunate to be able to spend a couple of days in sunny Bulgaria last week. Attending the trade fair in Sofia and speaking at the FESPA...
View ArticleA day of Passion in Mikolów
We all dream of places we want to visit and for the last ten years or so, one of mine has been to visit Mikolów a small town in southern Poland. Many reading this will not have heard of Mikolów but it...
View ArticleHungarian Seminar
A very worthwhile event was held in Budapest last week with a full day of presentations on a range of topics. Organised by the Hungarian Association of FESPA, the venue was the University of Obuda...
View ArticleListen, Listen. Listen 3 words to save a struggling business.
Many of my close friends know I am a big fan of Tom Peters, the famous business guru. I had the good fortune of meeting him when attending one of his seminars in the early eighties and that was a...
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