The Globe and Mail Selects ppi Media for Introducing a New Planning System

Technologically secure basis for planned workflow investment

The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, is upgrading its newspaper publishing workflow with ppi Media, a subsidiary of manroland AG. At project end, all editions of The Globe and Mail will be planned with ppi’s planning system, PlanPag, creating a smooth, end-to-end prepress production workflow. The company’s editorial and ad booking systems will be seamlessly integrated via modern interfaces.

With ppi Media’s Publishing Solutions we will streamline our publishing workflow on a long-term basis and create a stable basis for it in the future,” says Sally Pirri, Director of Production at The Globe and Mail. “The open system architecture of the ppi system will allow flexible enhancement of our system in the ad, editorial and prepress sectors.” Markus Feldenkirchen, CEO of ppi Media US, underlines the economical significance of the ppi installation for The Globe and Mail: “Standardization and automation are decisive factors in ensuring effective cost management and more competitiveness. We are very pleased to have The Globe and Mail as the first Canadian customer for our end-to-end workflow.”

About The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a division of CTVglobemedia, a dynamic multimedia company which also owns CTV Inc., Canada’s number-one private broadcaster. The Globe and Mail produces The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, read weekly by more than two million people, as well as a stable of high quality magazines led by Canada’s most read business magazine, Report on Business. The Globe and Mail also manages Canada’s number one newspaper website, globeandmail.com, and a suite of specialty sites and digital offerings.

About printnet

With printnet, manroland and its subsidiary, ppi Media, offer a highly efficient workflow management system for printers and publishers. As a flexible, modular system, it networks all print sites and production areas in the sales, prepress, press and postpress departments. Production systems from third-party suppliers can be integrated via open interfaces. For further information please contact:

manroland AG    
D-86219 Augsburg   
Mr. Andreas Aplien   
Phone +49 (0)821 424-4739  
andreas.aplien@manroland.com 

ppi Media GmbH   
D-22297 Hamburg
Mr. Christian Finder
Phone +49 (0)40 227433-637
finder@ppimedia.de