As one of the major printing organizations in Cebu, the Cebu Organization of Printing Industries (COPI) brings together all local printing companies to expand connections.

Businessmen from the industry were invited to join their general membership meetings and planning sessions to promote the sector’s interests.

Print media was expected to have a strong decline because of the age of the Internet, thus creating extreme pressure on the industry.

In response, COPI addresses these needs by establishing linkages with other professional organizations and government agencies to help businesses gain traction in the industry.

In 2014, COPI’s membership boosted to 51 companies of mixed classifications.

These companies help each other; from marketing strategies, the basics of starting a business and even coping mechanisms for the companies that are struggling in the rise of electronic media in the Philippines.

COPI also aims to develop

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camaraderie and healthy competition among industry players by leveling off the playing field.

All of the entrepreneurs are given access to training, proper financing, printing forums, exhibition participation and other activities that can improve their standards of doing business.

COPI was founded last 2012 by several printing companies that saw the need to unify the interests of all printing businesses in Cebu to further develop the industry.

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The Cebu Organization of Printing Industries (COPI) employs the rules of sustainability in order to provide not only band-aid solutions to their problems, but projects with long-term positive effects.

“The usual gripes of the industry are lack of capital, business continuity from one generation to the next, non-formal management, lack of competent manpower, and lack of government support,” said Edwin Villaver, incumbent secretary of COPI and manager of Optima Typographics.

Common problems in the printing industry increase along with the impact of electronic media and distribution and the effects of globalization and climate change.

Talks on sustainability

On the seventh General Membership Meeting (GMM) of COPI at Harold’s Hotel on June 19, the theme “Printer’s Competitiveness amidst Globalization & Climate Change” will be followed.

Joel Lee of Urban Resilience and Regeneration Consulting (URRGEN-C) will be giving a talk on sustainability and how to apply it in the printing industry, making it resilient against present and future issues.

Guest speakers Luningning Regala of Ideal Marketing & Manufacturing Corp., Romeo Montecillo of Cebu Technological University, WeijiOng from Flint Ink, and Vidhu

Gautam from Kodak will be giving that will offer a different perspective on the wide range of issues at hand.

The role of graphic design

“Graphic design is an integral part of the print production process and companies are always in search for qualified personnel,” said Faustino “Jun” Sibi, a member of COPI.

In today’s setting, many clients expect the whole package in printing presses- this includes graphic designers who are capable of creating layouts for their orders.

With only a few universities offering graphic design courses, there is a lack of manpower in this sector, which is one of the biggest problems in many printing businesses.

To augment this need, COPI is in talks with Cebu Technological University (CTU) to have them deploy their graphic arts course graduates to the different member companies of the organization.

Without the formal training, proper curriculum and right theoretical background, it takes a long time to produce competent graphic design artists, only to lose them to other companies in industries abroad.

COPI believes that being in partnership with schools is the first step to solving the manpower problem in the design units of many of the printing businesses in Cebu and the start of the implementation of sustainability in its future projects.

COPI redirects: Sustainabilityamidst challenges

COPI has some activities planned for the benefit of our member printers and to sustain our own organization.

It is of vital importance that aside from the annual dues which we give and of course the very generous sponsorships of our suppliers, we also need to find other sources of income.

This goes hand in hand. Having a stable source of funds and being able to use this to provide benefits for our members is one of our ultimate goals.

So, the officers have come up with some ideas which we want to implement.

1.) Scrap aluminum plates - COPI plans to buy the used aluminium plates from member printers for a considerably higher rate than your usual junk shop. COPI will hire a truck to pick up the plates on a scheduled day. Then the aggregated scrap will be sold straight to a foundry. Eliminating middle men in the process allows COPI members to get better value for their scrap. In turn, COPI will earn a little percentage from the sale.

2.) Scrap paper - Basically the same idea but this time with our scrap paper.

3.) Blade sharpening - COPI plans to establish a service center where members can get their blades sharpened at a better rate.

Details of these activities are still being finalized and members will be notified once it is complete. These are the projects we want to prioritize for this year.

We, the officers, hope you, as our members, would cooperate and patronize this initiative.

FREDDIE TANMember, Board of Directors

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Industry roadmap for ASEAN 2015

CCCI welcomes COPILeading Cebu’s business community, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CCCI) welcomed the neophyte printing organization, COPI to its roster of business organizations.

As the Cebu Chamber is one of the few organizations that can protect entrepreneurs, membership with them will enable COPI to advance and defend the interests of the printing sector through numerous programs such as studies, researches, advocacies,

The Philippine Center of Print Excellence Foundation has asked COPI to participate in creating a printing industry roadmap for the country.

“The objective of the Printing Industry Roadmap is to help Philippine printers prepare for the coming 2015 ASEAN Integration,” said Allan Asi, the PCPEF director-in-charge for the Printing Roadmap Project.

To make a comprehensive roadmap, PCPEF has asked for COPI’s participation in examining the state of the printing industry in Cebu.

Working with the De La Salle University’s Center for Business Research and Development (DLSU-CBRD), members of the organization were interviewed about their strife and success in the industry.

“Mostly, we tackled on business operations, creating good investments, how to make the business more efficient, and what is needed by entrepreneurs to achieve so,” said Faustino “Jun” Sibi of F.F. Sibi Enterprises, treasurer of COPI.

Through COPI’s participation, the needs of the printing industry in Cebu will be voiced out to the

COPI Press is the official news publication of the Cebu Or-ganization of Printing Industries Inc. The name is a play on the “coffee press”, which is a simplecoffee brewing device patented by an Italian designer in 1929.

The coffee press is attractive for its simplicity and has now grown with a variety of types and designs. The development of the coffeepress represents the growth and evolution of the printing industry.

PRESS?government. It serves as a channel that could lead to answering common problems among printing businesses in the locality.

This roadmap is directed to improve the industry and make it at par with other printing industries in the ASEAN region.

Asi said the roadmap would be submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry’s Board of Investments (DTI-BOI) before the end of the year.

This will then be part of DTI-BOI’s Industry Development Program (IDP) wherein a total of 26 industry roadmaps for the manufacturing sector have been produced since the launching of the program last 2012.

“The roadmaps that have been created envisions a growth trajectory for the next 15 years, as well as plot policy and industry-level support measures to help achieve the industry’s goals,” said DTI Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal on the official government website of the Department of Trade and Industry.

forums, trainings and other acitvities.

The organization was officially inducted during the General Membership Meeting and Election of Trustees of CCCI last February 28, 2014 at Casino Español de Cebu at V. Ranudo St.

Present were COPI officers Ramon Clavano of Clavano Printers, Dick Barba of MBDick Printers, Edwin Villaver of Optima Typographics and Jun Sibi of F.F. Sibi Enterprises, Inc. Incorporated.

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COPI Officers Jun Sibi, Treasurer (fourth from left) and Dick Barba (third from left) during the induction of new members to the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Christmas came early on the sixth of December 2012, as COPI celebrated its first Christmas dinner as an organization.

All nine directors of the board, COPI members and guests graced the dinner event at Café Capriccio, Nivel Hills, Lahug Cebu City.

Formalities began the event as member businesses were introduced to the premise of the organization. The dinner served as one of the organization’s first formal meeting with its members.

A visual presentation of the logo and the organization’s vision and mission was led by then newly elected president, Ramon Clavano of Clavano Printers who explained the company’s dire company’s direction:

Print excellence through one voice.This was followed by several

announcements regarding the organization in the following year such as the induction, membership dues, and tentative activities for the year 2013.

The fun began as the formal meeting came to a close and the members basked in the yuletide cheer with fellow businessmen during the Members Fellowship that followed.

The Christmas dinner aspired to give thanks for all the blessings over the past year, for the successful formation of this printing organization and for gathering Cebu’s printing businesses in one place for one night.

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Officers and members officially installed into COPIMembers of COPI gathered for their First Induction of Members & Installation of Officers last February 22, 2013 at the Casino Español de Cebu, fueled under the theme of “Print Excellence through One Voice.”

Inducted into office were: President Ramon Clavano (Clavano Printers), Vice President Dick Barba (MBDick Printers), Secretary Edwin Villaver (Optima Typographics), and Treasurer Jun Sibi (F.F. Sibi Enterprises).

Fellow members of the board Cesar Carangue (Carangue Printing Corp.), Freddie Tan (Grafixpro Printing Corp.), Gigi Manuel (GNM Printing House), Eric Oliva (Print Specifix), and Averell Piramide (BBC’s Printstop) were inducted as well.

Prudencio Gesta, former president of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, headed the installation of officers and directors.

Philip Tan of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry led the induction of the new members of the organization.

Keynote speaker was TESDA VII Regional Director Rosanna Urdaneta. In her speech, Urdaneta shared her appreciation for the existence of organizations like COPI, that assures TESDA that “only people of quality are working in this sector- an industry geared towards excellence and professionalism.”

Then newly installed President Ramon Clavano led the presentation of tokens of appreciation to keynote speaker Rosanna Urdaneta, and inducting officers Prudencio Gesta and Philip Tan.

Partners from the government and the private sector were also present during the event.

Members of the Board: (L-R) Top row: Fred-die Tan, Eric Oliva, Averell Piramide, Bot-tom row: Jun Sibi (Treasurer), Edwin Villaver (Secretary), Dick Barba (Vice President) and Ramon Clavano (President).

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: Keynote speaker Rosanna Urdaneta while giving her speech. BOTTOM PHOTO: COPI after being inducted by Philip Tan. (front row, second from right)

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Tessie and Cesar CarangueCarangue Printing Corp.

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Carangue Printing CorP.Cesar Carangue(032) 346-7432

BarBa Press

Joey Barba(032) 254 3000

BasiC graPhiCs inC.Edmund Liu(032) 324 7244

BBC PrintstoP

Averell Piramide(032) 254 5519

CeBu Fortune Printing Press

Diosdado Besabella(032) 340 8892

Clavano Printers

Ramon Clavano(032) 253 6826-28

CyBur industrial sales

Ralph Morabe(032) 511 5954

FeP Printing CorPoration

Henry Santos(032) 412 1063

FF siBi enterPrises inC.Faustino Sibi Jr.(032) 253 5800

gnm Printing house

Lourdes Manuel(032) 255 5908

hometown Print solutions Christine Sia Tan(032) 253 4574

inFinite laBels CorP. CeBu

George Lora(032) 268 4678

iP Press

Jet Ricardo(032) 261 1905

J Carangue Printworks

Jessie Carangue(032) 414 9856

mandaue aCCord Printers

Dominador Saplad(032) 266 9437

mandaue PrintshoP

Doreen Garcia(032) 346 6876

max CoPy Center/sam Printers

Arnold Ang(032) 254 2561

mB diCk Printers

Richard Barba(032) 422 7148 / 406 0461

millenial graPhiCs

Judith Pua(032) 416 1930 / 232 0625 / 316 0927

moriah Press

Mark Aseniero(032) 346 6876

graFik nine

Elenita Solano(032) 520 1799

limtong Press inC.Edgar Limtong(032) 232 4700

CeBu godsPeed Printers

Rodney Lerias(032) 414 8202

graFix Pro. Printing & PaCkaging CorPoration

Freddie Tan(032) 346 2039

hdP Printing

Brent Señedo(032) 346 8529 / 268 8120

arChivus ComP. serviCes

Leonardo Cabanero(032) 253 2615 / 412 9484

oPtima tyPograPhiCs

Edwin Villaver(032) 232 4287 /232 2887 / 412 7990

Print sPeCiFix

Eric Oliva(032) 253 0409

rC digital Prints studio

Rex Crystal(032) 262 8300

red tag events & ProduCtion

Girlie Judith Eparwa(032) 415 1988

roPredave Book suPPly & general merChandise

Roel Ortega(032) 414 9050

roedil’s enterPrises &Printing

Roedil Edillo(032) 255 7294

rotan Printing Press

Jerome S. Tanco(032) 266 9800

sunstar PuBlishing CorP.Dale Garcia(032) 416 8380

twinBee Print ads CorP.Nephi Joy Ligan(032) 236 6577

uniCorn digital Power CorP.Jang Seck Hong(032) 268 6480

uPtown Press

Gilbert Barba(032) 231 0760

venJo Printing Press

Venus Tidoso(032) 239 2955

williams CommeriCal

Andrew Ching(032) 231 4199

wJ legaCy Printing venture

Jocelyn Cuesta(032) 255 7492

CeBu new liFe Press

Henry Rollon(032) 238 3819

nanak yu Print dePot Nanak Yu(032) 236 1531 / 410

go Fix digital Printing

Jess Go(032) 511 8362 / 318

MEMBERS DIRECTORYdmC Busa Printed

Donato Busa(032) 346 0486

CalimPon BookBindery & Printing Press

Pat Calimpon(032) 253 3506

CeBu lithograPhiC

Printers Joy Germina(032) 254 5519

C&l Printing Press

Miben Lordito Deguit(032) 254 5519

CeBu PriteCh solutions

Kyle Alvarez(032) 422 6957

hosanna Printer haus

John John Tan(032) 360 4420

CeBu digiPrint

Diego Gillesaña(032) 340 8892

tres niñas gen. merChant & Printing

Joel Caminade(053) 321 2937

COPI FINANCESOrdinary Income/Expense

Income: Program Income Sponsorship/Solicitation Membership Fund Project Fund Asssesment Fees Total Program Income

Total Income Gross Profit 312,890.00

Financial Report as of June 18, 2014

Professional FeeHosting/Emcee ServicesSecretarial ServicesAccounting FeesNotarial Fees

186, 000.0059, 428.5748, 261.43

19, 200.00312, 890.00312, 890.00

53, 193.21

32, 840.005, 000.002,000.001,000.00

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IT ServicesPhotography ServicesProfessional Fee Discount

Total Professional FeeVenue ExpensesLive BandAdvertising and PromotionOperation

SuppliersTotal OperationsMembership DuesBusiness Expenses

Business Reg. FeesSEC Registration Fees

Total Business ExpensesDonationToken ExpensesMiscellaneous ExpensesTransportation ExpensesPhotocopy/ReproductionTemporary Account

500.00500.00

-6, 800.0035, 590.0024, 613.00

15, 500.0012, 544.00

10, 995.0010, 995.00

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3, 476.001, 665.005, 141.00

5 ,000.004, 155.92

2, 200.00604.00102.00

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Expense: Food and Beverages Professional Fees

Total Expense 178, 738.13Net Ordinary Income 134, 151.87

Net Income 134, 151.87

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Third COPI assembly with Fuji XeroxIn an effort to make the local print industry a “digitally-smart” one, COPI brought Fuji Xerox Philippines Inc., one of the country’s largest providers of document management solutions to its third General Membership Meeting (GMM).

Over forty members from different print businesses in Cebu, digital, offset, specialized, or others, gathered for the GMM named “Digital Business Opportunities at your Fingertips” organized by Fuji Xerox at the Laguna Garden Café last March 21, 2013.

Fuji Xerox wanted the audience to understand the digital printing experience, bringing in two of their managers to talk about it, and many other materials and samples.

Leeyan Tan, Sales Manager from the Graphic Arts and Transactional team did a comparative presentation to show the relationship of digital printing in contrast to the traditional offset printing.

In recent studies, digital businesses actually break down traditional barriers between industry segments that offset printing creates. When this advantage is used right, it could make a digital business successful.

Fuji Xerox Account Manager Rialyn de Guzman then discussed on “Selling Digital”, which presented how digital printing revolutionized the way people manufacture and market products.

Digital printing makes it easier for home users and offices to do their own printing.

It is this breakthrough that threatens the traditional printing businesses that will not invest in digital printing equipment.

To prove that digital printers have outstanding quality, Fuji Xerox brought their latest production printers such as the 700i Digital Color Press and the Color 560/570 printers.

Also, Fuji Xerox gave away two of their DocuPrint P205 b printers in a raffle draw during the event, and many other giveaways were raffled off as well.

Aside from the talks and demos given by Fuji Xerox, the GMM of COPI had the regular formalities of a general assembly of members with complete financial reports, dues that needed to be paid off, and future activities .

GMM with CopylandiaLeft: Leeyan Tan on Digital Printing

Right: Rialyn de Guzman on “Selling Digital.

Millennial Graphics and Lito Duarte (not in photo) win Fuji Xerox’s DocuPrint P205 b in the raffle.

Copylandia Office Systems Corporation, one of the country’s leading providers of advanced copying and printing solutions, took part in COPI’s fourth GMM at the Caspian Room, Waterfront Hotel, Lahug last May 30, 2013.

Named “i-POD: I Print On Demand! How About You?”, Copylandia discusses the advantages of having the technology that can accommodate the print-on-demand sector.

An exhibit with Copylandia’s industry partners Develop Digital Press, RISO Digital Duplicators, ComColor Hi-Speed Inkjet Printers and Horizon Bindery Solutions was shown in the morning of the meeting as an introduction to print-on-demand.

Their exhibit was composed of printers displayed for demonstration such as Develop’s ineo+ 8000, a multi-purpose digital printer and ComColor’s low-cost inkjet printers that can provide full-color prints.

To provide an in-

depth discusion, speakers from Copylandia discussed

about varied sides of print-on-demand, why many offset printers have trouble addressing this need and what are probable solutions to those problems.

Atty Neri B. Yu, assistant legal consel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue was present as one of the resource speakers during the GMM.

She discussed on how printing business can get authorization to print receipts, invoices and other official documents that need legal approval before distribution.

Prizes were raffled during the meeting; gift vouchers over P50,000 and other items were given away, with Ropredave Books Supply & General Merchandise bagging the two major prizes of the night.

With the complete participation and active cooperation of the attendees, the GMM was deemed successful and COPI “looks forward to having a long-drawn partnership” with Copylandia and other industry partners.

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UBIX Corp. shares expertise in fifth GMMand offered demonstrations on to go with their seminar.

On making the production process more efficient, Jessi Echon, UBIX Corp.’s General Sales Manager for RISO Sales introduced the Riso Machine MZ Series (M7 8700 AG) which features two-color risograph prints and can be connected to devices such as laptops and computers,

Manager for Copier Sales Migs de Guzman tackled on printing procedures on network print management and secure printing, color management and profiling, shared scanning for better workflow management, and many other topics.

Forty-three attendees from different printing businesses in Cebu were given hands-on experience with the printers brought by UBIX, guided by hardware and software solutions specialists.

UBIX Regional M a n a g e r was present during the event to receive the certificate of appreciation

from Pres. Ramon Clavano.Dinner, promotions, prizes, were

provided for with over P200,000 raffled off alongside giveaways from UBIX Corp. and other industry partners.

These outputs were printed by the Konica Minolta C6000 Production Printer and the bizhub C454.

One-stop shop printing solutions provider UBIX Corporation partnered with the Cebu Organization for Printing Industries to offer insight on how one can reduce waste, improve workflow and save money in the production process.

UBIX brought industry experts to talk about cost-efficient and sustainable printing strategies during fifth GMM of COPI at Laguna Garden Café last July 12, 2013.

With partners Prestige Paper Products and GMP Philippines, UBIX displayed their best printers with high quality outputs

COPI holds Printer’s Technology Forum ‘13Over 25 local printing companies gathered at the Printer’s Technology Forum- a whole day event organized by Cebu Printers Organization for the Cebuano printing press industry at the Waterfront Hotel, July 26, 2013.

Various topics on all segments of the printing process were covered during the seminar, divided into eight specific talks by different speakers flown from different parts of the country.

The first speakers were Noel Soquerata and Adrian Litonjua of the German-based Heidelberg, a famous international printing machine manufacturer. Tackling the topic “Fault and Remedy for Press & Post-Press”, forum attendees had a stronger grasp on the printing business.

Irene Buloron of Xtide Asia Pacific followed, introducing the delegates to better color management .

Buloron showed delegates how to improve color matching between the

marketing purposes. Eco-friendly prepress production with Fujifilm Philippines’ Randy Escudero then emphasized on the need for more sustainable methods for printing companies to use in light of environmental awareness.

Branch manager of Micro Ink Philippines and managing director of Hubergroup SEA Sandor Meszaros closed the forum on the standards of offset printing and improving one’s ability to see print colors correctly.

The Printers Technology Forum is only one of the forums of “Print & Label Cebu”.

Print & Label Cebu is part of a three- day multi-industry expo named “Packprint Plas Cebu (PPC)” by Global Link MP Events, and co-organized by COPI and the Philippine Center for Print Excellence Foundation (PCPEF).

visuals on a screen and to what comes out of the printer.

The forum continued with a lighter talk, instilling inspiration and hope as Jeff Lee of Ricoh Asia Pacific Pte Ltd shared his life story, consisting of many ups and downs in the print industry.

On a more economic note, speaker John Thye from the Malaysian joint venture of Australia-based DS Chemport went all the way from Kuala Lumpur to Cebu to speak about the relationship of cost cutting and printing.

For specialized printing, several cutting and folding techniques were brought by Nilo Reyes from major industrial services provider, Ferrostaal Philippines Incorporated.

Jeff Lee, then tackled variable data printing (VDP), a form of mass customized digital printing that gives off a conventional offset print feel. It is often used forcustomized greetings and other

Rebecca Jayme (left) and Ramon Clavano (right)