Association of Printing & Media Technology Austria

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Association of Printing & Media Technology Austria
Seat Fürstenberg Palace
founding 1872

place Vienna
president Gerald Watzal
Vice President (s) Ingeborg Dockner, Kurt Kribitz, Dieter Simon
executive Director Mag. Peter Sodoma
Members around 200 (as of 2017)
Website www.druckmedien.at

The Association of Printing & Media Technology Austria is an Austrian employers' and industry association . As a voluntary interest representation (compared to a statutory one that belongs to the Austrian Chamber of Commerce ), it represents the interests of its around 200 members. Members are companies - small businesses as well as international groups of companies - in the graphic arts and related professions. The President of the Printing & Media Technology Association is Gerald Watzal, managing partner of Offset 5020. The association's headquarters are in the  Palais Fürstenberg in downtown Vienna .

Data

The Association for Printing & Media Technology is represented by the President, the Presidium and the Main Board, which are elected by the members every three years.

The lobbying is mainly financed through the sale of voluntary advice and services. In 2016, the Austrian print shops generated a production value of € 1.66 billion and employed around 8,000 people in 600 companies, with more than 20 employees in 151 print shops.

tasks

The primary goal is to represent the interests of the Austrian graphic industry and to promote contact between members in terms of colleagues and society.

Members become the subjects

  • Employment Law,
  • Business administration and
  • Advice and certifications
  • supported in their affairs.

As part of its standardization work, the Printing & Media Technology Association is represented in the ON085 Printing Technology and Print Data Processing Committee, which is the mirror committee for ISO / TC130.

The "I LOVE PRINT" campaign was launched in summer 2019 in order to bring the value of print products to the fore.

history

The Printing & Media Technology Association was founded in 1872 as the “German-Austrian Book Printing Association”. In the course of time his name changed, from 1899 it was called "Reichsverband Österreichischer Buchdruckereibesitzer", from 1920 "Hauptverband der Buchdruckereibeitzer Österreichs", from 1946 "Hauptverband der Grafikunternehmen Austria" and finally from 1995 "Verband Druck & Medientechnik Österreich".

The association was founded and managed as a representation of the interests of the German-Austrian book printer industry and on the basis of voluntary membership. It was created out of the need to find a uniform basis for a negotiating community with the social partner, as well as the need to support companies in the area of ​​economic management and to ensure good training for the next generation of skilled workers and managers.

The statutes were drawn up on November 7, 1872 and received approval from the Ministry of the Interior on December 16, 1872. On February 4, 1873 the first edition of the "Österreichische Buchdruckerzeitung" appeared and represented the interests of the book printer as an organ. One of the first tasks of the association as a representative of the printing house owners was the collective bargaining. The Association of Printing & Media Technology (at that time: the main association of graphic companies in Austria) was approved by the then Obereinigungsamt on April 29, 1948, ZI. 3 / 0EA / 1948-7) has been granted collective agreement as a voluntary professional association.

The basic tasks have hardly changed until today. What has changed, however: Since June 14, 2017, the Druck & Medientechnik association is no longer a collective agreement partner in the legislation (until 2017 collective agreement partner within the meaning of Section 4 (2) ArbVG).

With the decision BEA-300.501 / 0004-BEA / 2017 of May 9, 2017, announced on June 13, 2017 in the Wiener Zeitung, the Association of Printing & Media Technology was deprived of its collective agreement capability. The Association of Printing & Media Technology resigned from its role as a collective bargaining partner in September 2016 with the required qualified majority and recorded this in its statutes. The reason for resigning from the collective agreement mandate was the legal uncertainty that arose from the amendment to the Wage and Social Dumping Act. The collective agreement for the graphic industry was lost.

Certifications

CSR seal of approval for printing companies

Austrian CSR seal of approval for printing companies

Since 2017, according to the new EU directive, large companies have to report on their CSR activities. The Association of Printing & Media Technology supports Austrian printing companies by developing the "Austrian CSR seal of approval for printing companies".

It is based on the principles of the international standard ISO 26000 and the ÖNorm 192500, whose standards have been translated for the printing industry. With the CSR seal of approval, the Association of Printing & Media Technology guarantees fair working conditions, sustainable production, careful treatment of the environment, solid economic performance, responsible action as a partner in the region and regular external controls.

"Printed in Austria" seal of approval

In September 2019, the Printing & Media Technology Association introduced the "Printed in Austria" seal of approval. The seal of approval stands for 100% printing in Austria.

"Printed in Austria" seal of approval

Customers who rely on this symbol should be able to be sure that their "Printed in Austria" printed matter

  • are produced regionally,
  • secure Austrian jobs
  • and ensure that the added value stays in Austria.

Association "Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute "

The Association for Printing & Media Technology sponsors through the Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute for the promotion of training and further education in the graphic trades (in short: Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute) the training and further education in the graphic trades. Every year scholarships are awarded to students who are exclusively in training in the graphics industry. The Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute is based in Vienna and covers the entire federal territory of the Republic of Austria.

The purpose of Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute is the training and further education of the next generation in the graphic trade through their material and ideal support and promotion as well as the general promotion of training and further education activities in the branch. The Dr. Accordingly, the Willi Maiwald Institute only pursues non-profit and charitable purposes, no gainful intentions and is absolutely not bound by party politics or denomination.

Partner associations & cooperations

Cooperation "Die Graphische"

The Association for Printing & Media Technology cooperates with the Higher Federal Graphical Training and Research Institute ( Die Graphische) in several respects. The graphic arts students are supported, for example, as part of the activities of the Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute or as part of a tender by the Association of Printing & Media Technology for a design competition for the activity report.

Other associations / partner associations

In addition to the Printing & Media Technology Association, there are two legal interest groups for the industry in Austria:

  • PROPAK Austria (packaging industry)
  • Printing Association (Printing Industry)

Partner associations of the Printing & Media Technology Association in Germany and Switzerland are:

International network

The Association for Printing & Media Technology cooperates on a European level with the interest groups for the printing & media industry:

  • FESPA - Federation of European Screen Printing Associations

Publications

The Association for Printing & Media Technology issues the following publications on a regular basis:

  • print & media magazine (twice a year)
  • Activity report (once a year)

The Druck & Medientechnik Association is also the publisher of the following publications:

  • Main Association of Austrian Graphic Companies: Festschrift 1872-1972, Hundred Years in the Service of Austria's Graphic Entrepreneurs
  • Main association of graphic companies in Austria / Dunstmüller d. J., Frank, Norbert: The Austrian graphic industry between revolution and World War 1848 to 1918, 500 years of printing in Austria
  • Weßl, Leopold J .: Austrian book trade house, Vienna 1935, student work from the graphic teaching and research institute Vienna
  • Verband Druck & Medientechnik: Yearbook of Austrian graphic companies 2007/2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ discontinued production; Statistics Austria, sawnace 18.1 / sawbld (printing works), special evaluation by NACE, companies with more than 20 employees; 2017 Intergraf Economic Report, Intergraf (European Federation for Print and Digital Communications)
  2. ↑ Main Association of Austrian Graphic Companies: Festschrift 1872-1972, Hundred Years in the Service of Austrian Graphic Companies
  3. ^ Wiener Zeitung of June 13, 2017
  4. ↑ Articles of Association of the “Dr. Willi Maiwald Institute for the Promotion of Education and Training in the Graphic Arts ”, 2010