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EDITORIAL 03 

Will the news boom help the news media? 

ANALYSIS: NEWSPAPERS HAVE ATTRACTED RE- 

CORD NUMBERS of readers seeking trusted sources in uncertain 

times 

From the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to the Westminster 

partygate saga, newspapers are benefiting from a financially 

lucrative news boom. However, is the news industry enjoying a 

one-off blip in the battle for survival against big tech, or is this 

proof that publishers have finally forged commercial models fit 

for the new media age? 

In a sign of the shifting fortunes amid unprecedented news 

events, Rupert Murdoch’s Times and Sunday Times last week reported 

a doubling of operating profits to their highest level since 

1990 and the Sun, a one-time cash cow turned high-profile casualty 

of the digital age, is within £1m of returning to operating 

profit for the first time in a decade. 

The papers’ parent company, News Corporation, where executives 

have seen the market value double to $13bn (£9.9bn) since 

2019, is the latest to reveal the significant financial boost thanks 

to news-hungry readers seeking trusted media outlets during 

uncertain times in record numbers. Other major news organisations 

are also enjoying a revival in fortunes. 

The New York Times hit its target of 10m subscriptions three 

years early, albeit in part thanks to spending $550m buying the 

sports news subscription service the Athletic, and its chief executive, 

Meredith Kopit Levien, said 2021 was its most profitable 

for many years. 

The news rush has helped the Financial Times and the Guardian to pass 1 million 

digital subscribers each, while the Telegraph has reached 750,000 print and digital 

combined, at an average spend per subscriber of £172. And last year Reach, the publisher 

of the Mirror and Express titles, as well as hundreds of regional brands including 

the Liverpool Echo and the Manchester Evening News, managed its first like-for-like 

revenue growth since 2007. 

“One of the knock-on effects of such an extraordinary news run is that it has given 

confidence back to the news industry that it has a role, a purpose and a community 

of people prepared to value it,” said Douglas McCabe, the chief executive of the research 

consultancy Enders Analysis. “Every conversation used to be about the battle 

with Google, but now heads are up. For the first time executives can see, imagine, and 

picture an online future.” 

However, the tectonic plates of the hitherto one-sided relationship have changed 

significantly. Regulatory and lobbying pressure on both sides of the Atlantic has focused 

on creating a fairer playing field. 

It is a long and winding road. 

Sincerely yours, 

Prof. Ing. Karl Malik 

Karl.Malik@premedianewsletter.de

04 INHALT 

EDITORIAL Will the news boom help the news media? | 03 

PEOPLE IN 

DIALOGUE 

The appeal of Alexei Pogorelov, President Ukrainian Media 

Business Association (UMBA), to support Ukrainian media and journalists | 06 

Alexei Pogorelov: “When we had no electricity and we were 

forced to save on everything, even charging our phone battery, 

we were still listening to the radio.” | 07 

Russian Affairs, and disinformation expert Thomas Kent on how 

Russia skews its own people’s perception of the war in Ukraine, 

and what can be done to promote the truth. | 10 

Oksana Brovko: “We need to be alive to show the world the truth” | 12 

Dr. Ludwin Monz on taking over as CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen 

AG: “We have to make our technological expertise 

available for new markets in a targeted manner.” | 13 

LATEST NEWS FROM 

THE SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

Druckerei Konstanz keeps finding security and continuity in QIPC | 14 

Mail Force Ukraine Refugee Appeal Tops £10 Million | 15

INHALT 05 

06 

Druckerei Konstanz keeps finding 

security and continuity in QIPC 

07 

Mail Force Ukraine Refugee 

Appeal Tops £10 Million

06 CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY 

The appeal of Alexei Pogorelov, President 

Ukrainian Media Business Association 

(UMBA), to support Ukrainian media and 

journalists 

Dear colleagues, 

In these awful times of the war, initiated by Russia 

against my beloved Ukraine, we are asking you and 

your colleagues to support Ukrainian media and 

journalists. 

Ukrainian Media Business Association (UMBA) asked 

publishers and editors to share with us information 

about their urgent needs and activities. From 94 

answers collected it is clearly seen that: 

1. More than 80% of media are working despite the 

war 

2. All local newspapers at the war zone have stopped 

printing but are working online 

3. A lot of local newspapers are working not only 

as information sources, but as communication 

platforms for local people to solve actual issues – 

providing actual information for evacuation, food 

and medicine distribution, volunteers’ help, etc. 

4. The main need for all the media now – to get 

some small money for the closest period (3 

months) to pay the people to buy food and to 

cover basic needs. All the income sources are now 

destroyed for the media in Ukraine. 

5. The next very important need, which I clearly see 

from the current information flows in Ukraine 

– to get qualified consultancy and information 

from the best world thinkers on how to plan the 

future and on what to do now. This advice will be 

distributed to Ukrainian people and to Ukrainian 

media managers and journalists. The news stream 

about the war is important, but all the people in 

Ukraine who live in more or less safe territories 

need to work and to see the closest perspective. 

It is very important to give such a perspective for 

journalists and media managers – it will substantially 

increase their productivity and motivation. 

No one or almost no one of us in Ukraine has 

such experience and knowledge – thus we can 

make mistakes. 

World best thinkers can help us not to make a lot 

of these mistakes and can give great help to be 

more effective and productive. 

6. And last but not least – to close the sky in 

Ukraine for Russian missiles and bombardiers. 

They are destroying our cities and killing our 

people and we all need to stop this immediately. 

In the case you’ll be able to help we will send you 

immediately: 

– the list of media, selected by UMBA by the criteria 

of (i) being at the worst conditions (war zone, 

occupied territory, etc) and (ii) actively working 

as an information source and/or communication 

platform. This is the shortest possible list – we 

choose only media in the active war zone. There 

are more media on our list, who are also asking 

for support. Please let us know if there is any possibility 

to support more media, at least partially 

– budget calculated for 3 months support for basic 

needs for these media. 

For sure, we will provide full and transparent reporting 

on how money will be used. 

UMBA takes all responsibility for the money management 

and reporting in full. 

Please let us know what we can provide additionally 

to get support for local Ukrainian media who are 

working for Ukrainian local people and for Ukraine’s 

victory. 

Sincerely, 

Alexei Pogorelov 

UMBA President

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY 07 

A call to fellow media professionals for help. 

Interview with Alexei Pogorelov, President of the Ukrainian Media Business Association (UMBA) 

Alexei Pogorelov: “When we had no electricity and we 

were forced to save on everything, even charging our 

phone battery, we were still listening to the radio.” 

After Russia’s invasion of 

Ukraine, accurate information 

is more important than ever. 

What we really need now is 

for the world to receive trustworthy, 

verified information 

from across the country so that 

people in Ukraine, Russia and 

Belarus know exactly what is 

going on. However, journalists 

working in Ukraine are facing 

unprecedented challenges. 

Ukrainian media organisations 

are working tirelessly and under 

extreme pressure to spread the 

news and inform Ukrainians 

about all aspects of the Russian 

invasion. In rural areas, media 

organisations are the ones 

organising public services and 

making sure people have the 

right information to structure, 

organise and plan their lives 

under extraordinary conditions. 

We spoke to Alexei Pogorelov, 

President of the Ukrainian 

Media Business Association 

(UMBA), to find out what their 

needs are and how we can help. 

That is why we are now calling 

on media organisations across 

Europe to join forces to provide 

Ukrainian media organisations 

with the financial, operational 

and technical support they 

need at this very difficult 

time. 

Ioana Straeter: 

You have lived three weeks 

now under a state of war with 

Russia. How has your life been 

during these three weeks? 

Alexei Pogorelov: 

After several days, the electricity 

stopped, and the constant 

shooting started: with artillery, 

with helicopters, with planes. It 

was so awful! We were sleeping 

in the basement of our house 

because of security reasons. 

Then the gas supply stopped. 

We had no resources for living – 

like electricity, like gas, and mobile 

communication was occasional. 

It was very bad. We had 

no mobile internet, of course, 

but somehow sometimes we 

could make a call to our parents 

and say that we are still alive. 

We were trying to find a way 

to leave the place. Explosions 

were everywhere. We could only 

guess where Russian troops 

were and where the Ukrainian 

army was. One of our neighbors 

was trying to communicate with 

Russians that were in tanks 

near our petrol station. We were 

trying to find out a way to leave 

the territory. The negotiations 

started for the green corridors. 

One day we saw a very long column 

of private automobiles and 

they were leaving the territory. 

But we were late, and we saw 

just the final cars of this column 

so we could not join anymore. 

The next day we were lucky. We 

decided to leave, but we were 

just six private cars without any 

protection, and the worst place 

to be was the Zhytomersky 

Highway. This is a highway from 

Kyiv to the town of Zhytomyr 

and this highway was occupied 

by Russians and we knew the 

Russians were shooting on private 

cars there. We were lucky 

and we crossed this highway. 

There was no one there, so we 

were lucky we could cross it. 

Immediately after this highway 

was the territory controlled by 

the Ukrainian army. So that’s 

the situation. 


Do you feel safer now? Are you 

able now to plan for yourself 

and your family? What about 

PEOPLE 

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cash, how are you living? 


We have some money in cash, 

as well some on credit cards. 

Banking system is working 

properly in Ukraine so we can 

pay for our expenses. Here in 

Cherkasy region where we are 

now, in central Ukraine, we have 

a lot of alarms of air threats 

several times a day. Yesterday it 

was Sunday, and it looked like 

a weekend day for the Russian 

Army so there were less shooting 

and airstrike alarms. This 

night we already had one alert. 

But in comparison with the 

war in Vorzel, where we lived 

for at least 12 days, there were 

constant explosions all around 

you, helicopters were flying 

over your head, where there are 

fighters flying over your head 

and turning around just above 

the trees – it’s quite a different 

situation. Nobody can be safe in 

Ukraine now. It’s clear. 


Is it possible to just think about 

the next week, next month? Are 

you in touch with your members? 


It’s very difficult. We have 

a close connection with our 

members. While I was near 

Vorzel my colleague Olga made 

a questionnaire, she asked our 

members to answer some questions 

about how they’re living, 

what they can plan. 

We have got ninety-two or 

ninety-three answers. Yesterday 

I analyzed everything. 

The biggest problem is the cash 

flow. The advertising market 

stopped; all media have no 

income. More than 80 percent 

of media are still working but 

stopped printing because of 

electricity problems, newsprint 

deficit and postal delivery difficulties. 

Especially in the regions 

of active war actions. Almost all 

of them are working online on 

websites, Facebook groups, and 

other social networks because 

they’re trying to communicate 

with audiences. The main issue 

is money to pay the people, just 

to buy food. That is the biggest 

problem for everyone. 

The second very big problem, 

which no one is talking about: 

how to plan the future? 

This is a very big issue, and I believe 

you can help us somehow. 

Media now in Ukraine, they 

are united. We have, let’s say, 

common information flow for 

radio stations, for TV stations. 

When we had no electricity 

and we were forced to save on 

everything, even our phone 

battery’ charge, we were still 

listening to the radio. There is 

a standard application in the 

smartphone and you can listen 

to the radio via smartphone. 

It was the only information 

channel for us there since there 

was no internet, no television, 

no electricity…. but the radio 

was working. 

Back to the planning, we need 

to consider three different types 

of territories. 

First are the ones where explosions 

are going on and obviously, 

there is no electricity – but 

radio can work there. This is the 

only thing that works while you 

have no internet, you have no 

social networks, but Radio FM 

is working. 

Second: if you have electricity, 

you can have wider communication 

channels and you can 

even print for older people, for 

example. You can print on an 

ordinary printer and distribute 

it manually or through the kiosk 

or in a shop. 

Third: there is a part of Ukraine 

where still everything is working 

as usual. 

We can see the occupants are 

trying to destroy television 

stations to stop the distribution 

of Ukrainian information, and 

spread propaganda instead; 

spread the information saying 

that they won the war. 

These are the three different 

types of information distribution 

depending on access to 

electricity, if it is occupied territory, 

or if it is still Ukrainian 

territory. Back to the planning: 

planning is the weakest part 

after the money that is needed 

to buy food. The weakest part 

is the planning because in the 

first weeks a lot of people were 

expecting to win quickly or that 

the war will be finished after 

several weeks. Now we can 

understand that it will not be 

finished for some time, and this 

time may be long. 

Planning is important, but no 

one was ready for this situation.


Nobody has an understanding 

of which actions will be good 

and which not. That’s why it will 

be very important [to learn] if 

people who have experience in 

other countries where something 

like that happened before. 

How to plan? What to do? How 

to prepare for the next weeks, 

and the next months. It’s very 

important not only for the media, 

but for the people because 

all people are listening to the 

media. What we have through 

media now is mainly information 

about the war, about the 

bombing, about the destruction. 

Nobody knows what to do tomorrow. 

Nevertheless, we need 

to help people to think about 

tomorrow somehow, to plan 

something, to do something. 


I think it was 10 years ago we 

worked together on the congress 

in Kyiv in 2012. I remember 

the wonderful collaboration 

you enjoyed with Russian colleagues, 

with the Russian Association, 

and how they were your 

number one supporters above 

all others. How is your communication 

with them now? 


No communication. Not at all. 

Since 2014. For five years in 

a row we ran the congress for 

press distributors and press 

publishers together with them, 

and it was quite a good congress. 

[Then] At the beginning 

of 2014, they said: “Look, as 

you can understand, we can’t 

communicate with you anymore 

because it’s risky for us.” 


I did not know that. I thought 

you were perhaps still in contact 

with colleagues in Russia. Let’s 

go back to your situation. I understood 

problem number one 

is, of course, cash flow. You have 

to live: you have to eat. Problem 

number two is information 

distribution and for that radio 

is a very important means, 

especially for the areas that are 

under bombardment. Then if 

you have electricity, you can 

print and distribute it manually 

in the shops or in the kiosk. 

And thirdly you really need to 

counteract the Russian propaganda 

and counteract their 

claims that they are winning 

the war. Moving forward a key 

point is planning. You need to 

understand how you can plan 

for the future. For this, experience 

from others who have been 

through comparably terrible 

times would be very valuable. 

These are my key take outs. 

Now I know that you are already 

working with media in Western 

countries to find ways to help 

you. Concretely, how can Wester 

publishers help? What do you 

need? 


Starting from the direct needs 

of publishers and journalists, 

the first need is some amount of 

money for them to survive. 

Second: since very local media 

are working for the people – 

they have become very important 

not only as an information 

source, but as service providers. 

By service, I mean communication 

service. They are doing 

a big job to discuss local issues; 

local problems like garbage collection, 

repairing networks, and 

a lot of issues, which Ukraine is 

going through. This local media 

is a platform to discuss, and to 

find solutions. They cannot be 

neglected as they are very small. 

The local media is important, 

but they are the weakest in the 

chain. They are three to five 

people for each medium, they 

have no support now, not from 

the local power or from local 

businesses. Even before they 

didn’t have advertising budgets 

or the means of national 

advertisers. They rely on local 

advertisements like classified 

advertisements. This has absolutely 

stopped. They lost all the 

money for making a living. And 

this is important. Since they are 

the weakest in the chain, they 

don’t have access to international 

sources, often they don’t 

speak English, often they just 

speak Ukrainian or maybe Russian, 

but do not speak European 

languages like German, English, 

so they don’t even have access 

to the publications abroad. 

They don’t have the possibility 

to directly communicate with 

colleagues. 

What can we do for them as an 

association? We can help them 

to establish a connection – maybe 

a not direct connection – but 

to provide valuable information 

for them: how to plan, how 

to estimate what can happen 

tomorrow. How to make new 

connections with the local people, 

with the farmers because 

farmers need to start working 

on the crops already now. They 

will need to understand where 

they will find everything. Will 

it be safe for the crops? It’s a 

long period even between April 

and September until the crops 

can be collected, and they need 

to invest money. If we can help 

them, all of them – not only 

journalists and media publishers 

and editors, but people all 

around Ukraine through media, 

this is very important. 


Absolutely. It’s a global imperative, 

not only for Ukraine. 

I understand that through the 

media, you need to help the local 

population to continue their 

lives and save what is possible 

to save. What are your resources, 

how many people can help 

you there?



We have three staff workers: 

me, Olga and Oksana, she’s our 

accountant. As an association, 

we unite more than 50 publishing 

companies and among them, 

national publishers like Burda 

Ukraine, Edipresse, and other 

national publishers and we have 

very small members in cities 

that are heavily bombarded 

these days, not far from the Russian 

border. We are quite big if 

we need to distribute something. 


The most important thing is the 

network still works among you 

and your members. 


Definitely. Ukraine is very 

united now. We keep a close 

connection. I forgot to say one 

more thing. I understand the 

arguments of the European 

leaders, but the worst thing for 

us in this war is Russian aviation. 

They are heavily bombing. 

It’s awful. It’s absolutely awful. 

They are bombing cities especially. 

It’s not a mistake. It’s a 

target. They’re bombing houses, 

schools, hospitals. It’s a target 

for them. Somehow, we need to 

stop it because on the ground, 

the Ukrainian army is quite 

strong. But we need somehow 

to close the sky. 


This is really terrible, Alexei. 

But on the other hand, it’s 

just wonderful that you are so 

united now in Ukraine. I think 

you noticed that Europe and the 

Western world is also backing 

you up with everything they 

can. We will spread the word 

about your needs. And I am sure 

that many media professionals 

and bodieswill be ready to help. 

Thank you so much. 


One more illustration for you 

for the unification. Yesterday, 

we discussed with the National 

Union of Journalists of Ukraine, 

to join forces to ask Google and 

Facebook for support. Because 

we know about their efforts to 

finance journalism, we will ask 

them to support local media in 

Ukraine. We will send letters 

today for them. If you can also 

ask them for the same kind of 

support, it also will be very valuable. 

I will send you our letters. 


Thank you so much, Alexei. 

We’ll spread the word about 

your needs. Stay safe! 


Interview with Thomas Kent, Countering Disinformation 

Russian Affairs, and disinformation expert 

Thomas Kent on how Russia skews its own 

people’s perception of the war in Ukraine, 

and what can be done to promote the truth. 

PEOPLE 

IN 

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David Sallinen: 

How has the Kremlin’s propaganda 

increased in recent years 

and days? 

Thomas Kent: 

Propaganda has a long history 

in Russia. From the first days 

of the Soviet Union, its leaders 

understood the country could 

not survive endlessly as the only 

socialist nation in the world; it


had to convince people in other 

countries to overthrow capitalism 

as well. Propaganda was a 

tool it developed early on, and 

to which it devoted great attention. 

As new communications 

means developed – radio, television, 

social networks – Russia 

kept making its information 

activities more sophisticated. 

While information in Western 

countries is largely the job of 

the private sector, in the Soviet 

Union and Putin’s Russia it has 

always been a top strategic concern 

of the government. 

Before the Ukraine invasion, 

Russia stepped up its efforts to 

convince the world that Ukraine 

was a corrupt nation that 

threatened Russia and had no 

real legitimacy as an independent 

state. In my opinion, it was 

not a very successful campaign, 

since most foreigners had 

little knowledge of the region 

or desire to listen to lectures 

about Ukrainian history. After 

the invasion, the facts became 

very simple: a big, powerful 

country invaded a small, weaker 

one with no direct provocation. 

Russian information warfare 

has been unable to get much 

traction against this very clear 

narrative. 


What do Russians think of the 

invasion? 

Thomas Kent: 

Most Russians get their news 

from state television. It says the 

invasion (a term it never uses) 

is going well, and that Russia 

never attacks civilian targets. 

Many citizens believe this; it 

is natural for people to want 

to think their army is successful, 

and that it is behaving in 

a moral way. However, news 

of what is really happening in 

Ukraine is starting to reach the 

population, through relatives 

in the army, friends abroad and 

sometimes family members in 

Ukraine. 


What risks do Russian and 

Western journalists based in 

Russia run if they want to do 

their job? 

Thomas Kent: 

Russian and foreign journalists 

in Russia risk imprisonment 

for up to 15 years if they report 

“false news” about the Russian 

armed forces. “False news” can 

be whatever the government 

says is false. The few independent 

Russian publications have 

shut down, or stopped reporting 

anything about the war that 

could get them in trouble. Many 

foreign correspondents have 

left the country, also fearing the 

draconian new law. 


In your article “How to Reach 

Russian Ears”, you explain why 

it is so important to be able to 

inform Russian citizens and 

not just certain people within 

the Kremlin. How should this 

be done in the face of Putin’s 

powerful propaganda? 

Thomas Kent: 

Getting news into Russia now 

recalls the efforts by Western 

countries to reach Soviet 

citizens during the Cold War. At 

that time, many foreign publications 

were banned, and radio 

broadcasts from the West were 

jammed. Today, there are many 

more routes into Russia: social 

networks, telephone, fax, email 

… Russian authorities are trying 

frantically to block outside 

information about the war, both 

on the web and on social networks. 

But it is extremely difficult 

to catch everything. Also, 

many Russians have grown up 

with a firm belief that they are 

entitled to internet freedom. 

This is a hard belief to change. 

It can only be done by coercion, 

which is rarely effective in the 

long term. 


Has information warfare entered 

a new era or is it simply 

a continuation of a reality that 

many Westerners did not want 

to see? 

Thomas Kent: 

The reality of information 

warfare has been here for a 

long time. In the past decade, 

Western countries have become 

much more aware of Russian 

information operations, and 

worked to defend themselves 

from them. They have devoted 

much less time to thinking 

about how to get information 

into Russia. To some degree, 

this is because Western publics 

are wary of their governments 

creating any kind of “propaganda” 

agencies. In my opinion, the 

best messaging to Russia will 

be created not by governments 

but by civil society actors – including 

Russians living 

abroad who can create highly 

effective messages for their 

compatriots back home. 

They may need financial and 

technical support, however, 

from governments and foundations 

in order to get their 

messages through.



18th day of the war – Oksana Brovko CEO of the Association of Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine calls for 

solidarity to support the Ukrainian people and media professionals. 

Oksana Brovko: “We need to be alive to show 

the world the truth” 

Streaming the news, announcing 

the bombing, publishing special 

war editions. 

Some of them were already 

evacuated. Some others – still in 

the cities under attack. Some of 

them – are in blockade. 

But all we need to be alive. 

To show the world the truth. 

To notice everything for The 

Hague. 

Oksana Brovko: 

I do not know what day is it 

today. 

I do not know what date is it 

today: I just know that today is 

18th day of the war. 

I am lucky. Because unlike most 

of Ukrainians, my intuition 

told me exactly that night that 

something would happen. I did 

not sleep all that night waiting 

for something. So just the war 

started we grabbed our 4 kids 

and ran away from Kyiv. 

We are a lucky country. Because 

our people are brave. 

Because our army is powerful. 

Because we have the president 

whom we are proud of. 


How is it going with the media? 


Our journalists now are volunteers, 

our managers are psychologists. 

Our income is zero. But 

still anybody who can continue 

to work – they carry on working. 


What can our colleagues do for 

us? 


Please promote in your media 

that Ukraine becomes an EU 

member-state. And we need to 

be together. Not only because 

of Ukraine, but also because of 

the EU. Please promote in your 

media that all businesses have go 

away from Russia. Not just make 

a release or stop to invest, but 

stop all their business in Russia. 

Please promote in your media 

that we need your support to 

close the sky. 

PEOPLE 

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What can people do 

for us? 


If you can, please send us vests 

and helmets. We need ammunition. 

If you can, please support 

our media with donations. 

If you can, please support 

our journalists with kids 

who were evacuated from the 

country.


If you can, please ask us, every 

morning, if we are still alive 

and what we need for our 

Victory. Remember that today 

Ukrainian kids, solders, 

doctors, journalists, teachers 

are keeping the fire of war away 

from you. 

Thank you, Oksana Brovko 

Dr. Ludwin Monz on taking 

over as CEO of Heidelberger 

Druckmaschinen AG: “We have to 

make our technological expertise 

available for new markets in a 

targeted manner.” 

Dr. Ludwin Monz (58) today succeeded 

Rainer Hundsdörfer (64) 

as Chairman of the Management 

Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen 

AG (Heidelberg). 

Rainer Hundsdörfer, who held 

the post for six years, is retiring 

as planned. 

After more than ten years at 

the helm of Carl Zeiss Meditec 

AG, Ludwin Monz is taking over 

management duties and will continue 

to drive forward Heidelberg’s 

strategic realignment. In 

the future, he will continue the 

chosen path of opening up new 

markets with core competencies: 

“Our task is to use our technological 

strength to generate new 

business. To do this, we have to 

sustainably increase profitability 

and resilience and make our 

existing technological expertise 

available for new markets in a 

targeted manner,” says Ludwin 

Monz. The printing industry and 

its structures are changing at a 

rapid pace. However, customers’ 

expectations of Heidelberg remain 

high. “The important goal 

is therefore not to stand still in 

our own development,” emphasizes 

Ludwin Monz. “We want 

to prioritize our strategy and 

the expansion of our leading position 

in our core markets even 

more closely in line with customer 

needs. Because our claim is to 

always be the best partner for our 

customers.” 

Dr. Ludwin Monz is a recognized 

leader in German industry with 

capital market experience. He 

has had a long and successful 

career in technology companies, 

including positions as head of 

development as well as management 

of various business 

units. 

“We are delighted to be able to 

hand over the chairmanship of 

the Management Board to the 

experienced hands of Ludwin 

Monz,” says Dr. Martin Sonnenschein, 

Chairman of the Supervisory 

Board of Heidelberger 

Druckmaschinen AG. “With his 

distinctive expertise in cutting-edge 

technologies and innovations, 

he will continue to drive 

the growth and realignment of 

the company. We would like to 

thank Rainer Hundsdörfer for 

his outstanding achievements 

and high level of commitment 

until the end of his term of office. 

With the successful establishment 

of e-mobility as a new business 

area, he has had a decisive 

influence on the realignment of 

the company.” 

Dr. Ludwin 

Monz, CEO, 

Heidelberger 

Druckmaschinen 

AG.

14 LATEST NEWS FROM THE SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

Druckerei Konstanz keeps finding 

security and continuity in QIPC 

Michael Schäfer, 

Managing Director 

of Druckerei 

Konstanz GmbH 

The company 

building 

of Druckerei 

Konstanz in the 

town of the 

same name in 

Germany 

Security and continuity for 

many years to come, that is 

what Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), 

supplies to Druckerei Konstanz 

GmbH, a company based 

in a town by the same name 

in the south-western state of 

Baden-Württemberg in Germany. 

On one hand the company 

had to consider the advanced 

age of the electronics, the accumulating 

malfunctions and 

the outdated parts, that have 

become obsolete. On the other 

hand, they wanted their press to 

last for years to come. In short; 

now was the right time to bring 

the current QIPC solutions up to 

date. 

Druckerei Konstanz has a KBA 

Cortina triple width newspaper 

press in operation that consists 

of 4 printing units and 2 folders. 

Right from the start the press 

was equipped with press control 

automation of QIPC. Michael 

Schäfer, Managing Director of 

Druckerei Konstanz: “Our KBA 

Cortina has been equipped with 

QIPC’s mRC+ cut-off and colour 

register controls since it went 

into production in 2009. The 

QIPC systems were and still are 

a central component of the automation 

concept that enables us 

to keep staffing levels lean and 

thus operate our printing plant 

economically.” 

“For us, the QIPC solution is 

now a self-evident proven standard 

that nobody questions. The 

indispensable contribution it 

makes to the efficiency and 

profitability of our production 

processes is always apparent 

when, for some reason, it is not 

available at a certain time.” Michael 

Schäfer continues: “Our 

many years of experience in 

working with QIPC and using its 

system have been positive. For 

this alone, there was no reason 

to question the long-term our 

relationship with QIPC. Moreover, 

when replacing the QIPC 

system, we can continue to use 

some of the components i.e. the 

cabling in the press and the existing 

interfaces from the previous 

installation. This is not only 

economically attractive for us, 

but it is also sustainable, and it 

simplifies the renewal during 

the ongoing operation considerably.” 

The mRC+ camera’s that currently 

control the colour register 

will be replaced by 8 new IDS-3D 

cameras. Also, the old computer 

platform and screens will be replaced 

with new hardware. The 

removed cameras will serve as 

spare parts for the mRC+ cut-off 

cameras that will remain on the 

press. “The new cameras for the 

colour register will detect the 

register marks at lower densities. 

Thus, the checking process 

will start earlier and with greater 

reliability. This will allow us once 

again to save a little more time 

and waste. But it is also very 

important for us to have a very 

high system availability with as 

few failures as possible.” 

“It was a real pleasure to guide 

a very experienced QIPC customer 

through this renewal 

process and to ensure their production 

efficiency and profitability 

for many years to come,” 

says Harold Drinhuyzen, Area 

Sales Manager QIPC. “We had 

many pleasant and constructive 

meetings where we could explain 

our upgrade concepts and 

the changes and improvements 

made when we compare the old 

mRC+ to our current version of 

mRC-3D. In order to meet the 

specific needs of the customer, 

we are going to deliver our new

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IDS-3D scanners. They will provide 

the flexibility to upgrade 

too, for instance, the closed loop 

colour functionally, if needed in 

the future.” 

“As a coldset printer, we are in 

a challenging market, which is 

also clearly noticeable in the 

supply industry. But even in a 

tougher market, we still see considerable 

opportunities for us in 

this market for many years to 

come. This makes it all the more 

important for us to have system 

partners we can count on,” Michael 

Schäfer concludes. 

Druckerei Konstanz GmbH 

is one of the largest printing 

plants in Baden-Württemberg, 

Germany and has a rich history. 

The company logo still portrays 

two interlocking fish, dating 

back to 1927 when the company 

was called Druckerei am Fischmarkt 

and was then located at 

the fish market in the centre of 

Konstanz. Druckerei Konstanz 

prints around 120 million copies 

per year. It produces a wide 

range of newspapers, promotional 

inserts, high-quality magazines 

and brochures for its own 

publishing house and numerous 

customers. 

The KBA Cortina 

press line of 

Druckerei Konstanz 

Mail Force Ukraine Refugee Appeal 

Tops £10 Million 

The Mail Force Refugee Appeal to raise funds for 

Ukrainians fleeing the war in the country has 

reached a landmark £10.4 million. 

Recipients of the funds include a huge number of 

Ukrainians who have fled to neighbouring countries, 

as well as those finding sanctuary in Britain. The appeal 

has recently announced its latest grant of more 

than £338,000 to Refugees at Home. 

The cash, donated by Mail Newspapers and MailOnline 

readers, will enable the charity to expand massively 

its programme which links up evacuees with 

British households who have offered their spare 

rooms. Co-founder and trustee of Refugees at Home, 

Sara Nathan, said: “We are really grateful to the Mail’s 

readers for supporting us and other groups who are 

trying to make the lives of Ukrainians fleeing war 

as positive as possible.”The money will make a huge 

amount of difference to our capacity.” 

The latest coverage of the Mail Force Ukraine Refugee 

Appeal, including updates on funds raised, news 

of allocation of donations and details of how to donate, 

can be found here. Separately today, the informal 

OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists 

voiced concern about the safety of journalists in 

Ukraine. 

In a statement, the group said: “We strongly condemn 

all attacks on journalists and media workers. 

We urgently call on Russia to immediately end their 

attacks on independent media and to respect the 

rights of journalists and media workers in accordance 

with international human rights law, international 

humanitarian law and OSCE commitments. 

“We stand with journalists and media workers who, 

at great personal risk and sacrifice, continue to report 

the facts and bring Russia’s human rights violations 

and abuses, as well as war crimes, to light. We commend 

their professionalism and resilience to ensure 

the free flow of independent information despite the 

most challenging circumstances.”

PreMedia Newsletter English World Edition March/April 2022

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