Library of
Birmingham
Rewrites the Book
with ONELAN
T
he requirement for the new Library of Birmingham
was to combine the 400 000 publicly available books
and assets with both access to and interaction with
new technology – allowing the public access to as many
of the Library’s resources as possible. In partnership with
the REP Theatre, the Library also wanted to position itself
as a leading events hub in theWest Midlands region.
The project was managed by Vanti and was very
much consultancy led from the outset to enable Vanti
to develop the most appropriate solution for the Library
of Birmingham’s requirements. Digital signage from ON-
ELANwas selected as the best solution for the project.
A signage system that could be administered cen-
trally was core to the vision of being able to disseminate
activity and event information to visitors of the Library. As
well as performing the analysis and selection of technol-
ogy Vanti also assisted with creation of a digital content
strategy and end-user training.
To ensure the screens looked great from the moment
they were installed holding content was created for ex-
ample the countdown clock displayed on the foyer media
wall for the two months prior to opening.
A large video wall features in the Library foyer show-
ing live and recorded feeds. On a triple-storey wall run-
ning from the ground floor children’s area to the ceiling
of the double-height atrium, there is a Digital Gallery
comprising 22 thin-bezel screens in an abstract layout
(the building’s silhouette). This features large format, high
resolution artwork and digital imagery of the Library’s
range of resources. Elsewhere in the Library interactive
signage assists visitors with locating assets.
Tomeet with building requirements and to assist with
the safe evacuation of the building in an emergency, the
signagesystemwassuccessfullyintegratedwithboththe
BuildingManagement System and the fire alarm system.
All audio shuts off completely in response to the alarm
being activated in any of the nine defined fire zones.
The project was managed effectively by Vanti
throughout; the company has successfully delivered the
technology required by the Library of Birmingham who is
very satisfied with the outcome
K
lieverik, the global specialist in Thermo Processing,
has renewed its distributor agreement with Graphix
SupplyWorld. As of 1 July 2014, GSWhas the exclu-
sive rights to market Klieverik dye sublimation and trans-
fer printing calendars in South Africa region.
In describing this renewed agreement, Jorg Schuur-
man, area sales manager of Klieverik said, ‘We found in
GSW a solid and reliable partner. We trust GSW is the
right partner for Klieverik to provide for us a continued
growth in the digital printing and graphics related market
in the region of South Africa.’
For 15 years GSW has been associated with Kliev-
erik and has installed about 30 Klieverik calendars in
Africa. Now GSW has full exclusivity in the South Africa
region concerning Klieverik machines. ‘We recommend
the Klieverik presses because of their reliability, ease of
operation and great economy of electricity. This renewed
agreement creates a boost for us and our 20 dealers. We
will now promote exclusively all the various machines
from Klieverik and support all Klieverik users with belts
and other service support issues,’ said Robert Franco,
managing director of GSW.
E
sko has announced that Esko Full HD Flexo platemak-
ing system and Esko Equinox, Esko´s solution for the
implementation of extended gamut – or fixed inkset
– printing, are both recipients of 2014 Printing Industries
of America InterTech Technology Awards.
Since 1978 the InterTech Technology Awards, spon-
sored by the Printing Industries of America, have hon-
oured the development of technologies predicted to have
a major impact on the graphic arts and related industries.
More than 80 percent of technologies that receive an
award experience continued commercial success in the
marketplace.
These are the sixth and seventh InterTech awards
Esko solutions have received over the past ten years.
Other recipients include Esko WebCenter (2006),
Esko DeskPack 3-dX (2007), Esko Neo (2008), Esko Studio
Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves (2011) and i-cut Suite (2012).
‘We are very honoured to receive two awards from
Printing Industries of America this year. Esko has a legacy
of listening to our customers and using our ingenuity to
develop products – very often new product concepts or
categories – that offer our customers tremendous added
value,’ explained Carsten Knudsen, Esko president and
CEO. ‘Esko’s insistence in investing a much higher portion
of our budget than the industry average into R&D every
year helps to support our continuous innovation helps to
fuel these products that result in competitive advantages
for our customers.’
Klieverik Thermo Processing and
GSW sign distributor agreement
Two Esko innovations to receive 2014
InterTech Technology Awards
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