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News Release from: Canon Europe
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 February 2007
Canon Continues Support For UK Print
Education
Canon UK has confirmed its support in the second year of the PrintIT! initiative, which is raising the profile of the graphic arts industry in schools across the UK.
Canon UK has confirmed its support in the second year of the PrintIT! initiative, which is raising the profile of the graphic arts industry in schools across the UK As in the first year Canon is donating cash prizes and equipment, as Ben Milford, head of professional marketing, explained: "Canon fully supports the idea behind PrintIT! and the aim of getting young people, whilst they are still at school, to consider the graphic arts industry for a potential career
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a key supplier to the market, Canon appreciates as much as anyone the need to attract bright young people to take the industry forward." Milford added: "It's fair to say that prior to the huge efforts behind PrintIT! very few young people at school considered printing as a sector they might work in and those that did probably had images of an old and rather dirty industry.
Explaining what a modern graphic arts industry is all about, which incorporates the latest in IT developments, has been one of the goals of PrintIT!." He added that he did not think there is anyone in the industry who does not believe PrintIT! is a good idea and would not wish it success.
Milford went on: "We're delighted at Canon to be involved once more in supporting this initiative and have committed to providing the same level of funding as we did in the first year, including the provision of two of our latest Imageprograf A1 large format printing devices, which will enable the winning schools to experience the latest in graphic arts technology." Martyn Elmy, director of sales and marketing at Russell-Webb and chairman of PrintIT!, said: "Without the support of leading suppliers such as Canon, the PrintIT! initiative would have been no more than an idea.
I am certain that the first year of the initiative started to create awareness amongst students of the opportunities available in the printing industry.
There is a long way to go, but with the continued enthusiastic support from so many different players in the market we are confident that PrintIT! will make a significant difference to the intake of bright and talented young people in to the industry.".
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