INTERGRAF

INTERGRAF - European Federation for Print and Digital Communication
purpose	European association representing the interests of the printing industry.
Seat	Brussels
founding
Secretary General	Beatrice Klose
Website	www.intergraf.eu/

INTERGRAF - European Federation for Print and Digital Communication is the association of the interest groups of European national associations of the printing industry. According to its own information, it organizes 22 member organizations in 20 European countries through lobbying , information events and networking.

As a member of the World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF), the organization connects the European printing industry with global interest groups. The association also provides the office for the WPCF.

history

In 2013, the name of the organization was registered as a registered trademark (WIPO No. 1164662). In 2016, the cspI logo (Certified Security Printer Intergraf) was also registered, with which security printers can communicate the certified status according to the requirements primarily developed by Intergraf.

Member organizations

The members are mostly the national associations of the printing industry.

Surname	Abbrev.	country
Federation Belge des Industries Graphiques Federatie van de Belgian graphic industry	FEBELGRA	Belgium
Printing Industry Union of Bulgaria		Bulgaria
GRAKOM		Denmark
Federal Association of Printing and Media	BVDM	Germany
Fogra Research Society for Printing	Fogra	Germany
Eesti Trükitööstuse LIIT		Estonia
Graafinen Teollisuus RY		Finland
Union Nationale des Industries de L'Impression et de la Communication	UNIIC	France
Associazione Nazionale Italiana Industrie Grafiche Cartotecniche e Trasformatrici	ASSOGRAFICI	Italy
Latvian Printers Association		Latvia
Association des Maitres Imprimeurs du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg		Luxembourg
Koninklijk Verbond van Grafische Ondernemingen	KVGO	Netherlands
NHO Grafisk		Norway
PROPAK		Austria
Association of printing and media technology		Austria
APIGRAF		Portugal
Grafiska Företagen		Sweden
Swiss Association for Visual Communication	VISCOM	Switzerland
Association of the Swiss Printing Industry	VSD	Switzerland
Federation Empresarail de Industrias Graficas de Espana	FEIGRAF	Spain
Federation of Hungarian Printers and Papermakers	FEDPRINT	Hungary
British Printing Industries Federation	BPIF	United Kingdom

activities

In 1998 Intergraf was involved in consultations with the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, in which the limitation of volatile organic substances in various processes was discussed.

At the instigation and with the assistance of Intergraf the developed European Committee for Standardization a standard for security printers , known as CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) CWA 14641: in 2009, the largest portion of the ISO 14298 - makes control of the security printing process (Management of security printing processes) which in turn became the basis of the US standard ANSI / NASPO SA 2013.

Since 2009, Intergraf has been registered as a lobby organization in the transparency register of the European Commission . For this purpose, four named persons have been given access authorization to the office of the Commission.

Part of Intergraf's activities is politically sponsored research designed to support member organizations through the ages. In 2010, a project on change management in the printing industry was started on behalf of the European Union , which ended in 2012 with a best practice report and a toolkit for members.

Together with social partners such as the United Services Union (ver.di), the British service union Unite and the Federal Association of Printing and Media , INTERGRAF is developing the standards for the training of the next generation of printers.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Self-presentation ( memento of April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of INTERGRAF on its own website; Retrieved July 5, 2016.
↑ Overview of the members ( memento of March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the INTERGRAF website; Retrieved July 25, 2016.
↑ Memorandum of BPIF to the Business and Enterprise Committee Contents of the British Parliament (2009); Memorandum submitted by the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) .
↑ Printed matter 13/10531 of April 28, 98; German Bundestag, 13th electoral term; Recommended resolution and report by the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (16th Committee) On the information provided by the Federal Government (PDF).
↑ ^a ^b Entry on Intergraf in the transparency register of the European Commission.
↑ Print shop development: workshops are taking shape ; The Austrian graphic trade, issue 1 + 2, February 2012; Page 12.
↑ Focus on young professionals - social dialogue The printing industry researched the change in training and further education; Druck + Papier, industry newspaper from ver.di from November 2014; Page 7.

[IntergrafSD-1] Self-presentation ( memento of April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of INTERGRAF on its own website; Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[IntergrafMembers-2] Overview of the members ( memento of March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the INTERGRAF website; Retrieved July 25, 2016.

[Parl01-3] Memorandum of BPIF to the Business and Enterprise Committee Contents of the British Parliament (2009); Memorandum submitted by the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) .

[DBT13-7306-4] Printed matter 13/10531 of April 28, 98; German Bundestag, 13th electoral term; Recommended resolution and report by the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (16th Committee) On the information provided by the Federal Government (PDF).

[EC01-5] Entry on Intergraf in the transparency register of the European Commission.

[OeGG01-6] Print shop development: workshops are taking shape ; The Austrian graphic trade, issue 1 + 2, February 2012; Page 12.

[VERDI01-7] Focus on young professionals - social dialogue The printing industry researched the change in training and further education; Druck + Papier, industry newspaper from ver.di from November 2014; Page 7.