Join One of the Best Printing Technology Gatherings in the World!

As a longstanding tradition, one of the leading universities in printing technology, Stuttgart's HdM (Hochschule der Medien), brings together top universities specializing in printing technology for a week of collaboration, inspiration, and innovation. Mark your calendar for the last week of November, where this unparalleled platform fosters an exchange of expertise and best practices among professors, coaches, and students.

This is not just an event—it's a movement to inspire and empower the next generation of printing technology engineers to create transformative solutions that improve lives locally and globally.
Students passionately showcased their universities during this year’s event, inviting peers from around the world to join them through Erasmus mobility programs. It's a golden opportunity to enhance skills, embrace diverse cultures, and build lifelong professional networks.

Sinapse Print Simulators shared a revolutionary cloud-based global printing education platform was unveiled, setting a new benchmark in collaborative learning and teaching.
Stay tuned! The next HdM International Week is already scheduled for November 25–30, 2025. Save the date and don’t miss the chance to be part of this incredible experience.

At the global competition in Lyon, we have presented the new print Skills for Shanghai 2026.

Digital Print and Packaging Technology to the international delegates and submitted our proposal to the WSI committee.

With participation of print experts, schools, universities, and industry stakeholders, we have designed a new skills project to cover future needs for printing industries.

The Worldwide Charity Cloud Competition was successfully held and was one of the attractions for the more than 170,000 visitors at drupa.

“We were thrilled to witness the fantastic journey of the live finalists from Greece, Germany, Colombia, and Brazil as they came to Düsseldorf to compete live in front of the drupa audience,” explains Enn Kerner from the Worldwide Charity Cloud Competition organisers. “I am especially satisfied that, in such a short time, the Worldwide Charity Cloud Competition were able to find many supporters and sponsors who recognise that young, talented printing technology specialists are important assets for the sustainable printing industry.”

Sponsors included: Sinapse Print Simulators, KOMORI, COMEXI, Zeller Gmelin GmbH, Mendel RS-systems, Hinojosa Group, Lakeside Book Company. Support was also forthcoming from drupa, International Circle, DFTA, Intergraf, Engineers Europe, Printing United Alliance; Media partners: WhatTheyThink, Ohno Inkjet Consulting and Brunton Business Publications.

“This is evidence that printing technology education is an important part of our industry and valued by our colleagues,” concluded Kerner. “The role of education and awareness of the printing and packaging industry among young people was a topic of discussion at all meetings at drupa. This success motivates the organising institutions to aim for the next drupa, as well as to establish the WorldSkills competitions as the most important meeting point for young, talented printing technology students. We will try to negotiate with the WorldSkills trade and professions management to bring back the printing technology competition with new sustainable and more digital solutions.”

Source: https://www.thepackagingportal.com/industry-news/students-awarded-at-worldwide-charity-cloud-competition-during-drupa/

For the past two months, the young talented students from printing technology education and industry have been part of the show, where young talents shine already in more than one drupa pre-races, and drupa2024 are no exception. Part of the competition journey has been completed for this time, and as the organizer of the competition, we are pleased to announce the spectacular achievements of those rising stars who have reached the quarter-finals with their team.

The offset and flexo packaging manufacturing worlds have witnessed the rise of young talent, and their achievements are nothing more than extraordinary. By unveiling the results of the recent competition, we are proud to announce the quarterfinalists who have taken their first steps up the career ladder in the printing industry:

On May 2023, Sinapse Print Simulators honourable host the Cluster of printing industry, publishing houses and digital technologies printing: logistics, service, quality from UKRAINE. Mutually Mrs. ISAEVA CEO of Cluster and Mr. Mack CEO of Sinapse stated how important is of tight cooperation to rebuild destroyed by war Ukrainian printing industry and education system.


Outcome of the meeting both sides sign the memorandum’s of cooperation:

• Cluster of printing industry, publishing houses and digital technologies printing: logistics, service, quality
• Institute of Bila Tserkva in Ukraine.

The 6th competition “Art of Printing” will take place from 13th to 17th, December 2021, in connection with Rybinsk College of Printing, students and trainers from Russian Federation will compete on SHOTS simulator.

Sinapse is honored to be one of the sponsors for this extraordinary event. We desire to accompany, contribute to motivating talented professionals, individuals, and companies who positively deliver value that worth cherished in relating to the printing industry.

Additionally, to appreciate the success of young talents and further promote the values that the FTA Europe association brings, Sinapse accompanies as one of the gold sponsors of this event. To Sinapse, this is a prestigious and honorable responsibility in the printing industry.

The FTA Europe's Diamond Awards event will be held in the form of a Livestream. This virtual format will enable companies, sponsors, and special guests to participate in this very special flexo event, as well as, experience moments of sublimation with a safe, convenient experience, from all continents, countries in the world.

In other words, the Diamond Awards ceremony is viewing globally. Winners will be applauded and praised by numerous global viewers, and FTA Europe's sponsors across continental regions.

The event will take place on 22 April 2021, and will the only European flexo event of the year that worth participating in.

For more information on judging or the event, or to be notified with news about the Diamond Awards, please contact: info@fta-europe.eu

Simulators are a great training tools to share printing knowledge. Without risk to users, a trainer can show the interactions on the printing machine, whatever the process - offet, flexo or helio. In no print fault mode, the attendee can easily use the press and understand the process, without wasting paper and preserving the planet. The simulator is a green tool.

Sinapse is a sponsor for worldskills, in print media skills activity. Every two years, the competitors are willing to demonstrate their mastery of the printing process. The SHOTS simulator is one evaluation tools used during the competition. one of the means of showing their knowledge of the process, with a 'gaming' component, without being totally a game. See you in Shanghai in 2021.

The TouchConsole functions in the same way as a real press — the operator lays the print sample sheet or signature on to the console above the corresponding ink keys, and then makes adjustments. As the ink keys are adjusted on the Touch Console, the changes are shown in the simulated output displayed just above them.