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The Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute starts cooperating with the PrintTheChange Cooperative

8th August 2023/0 Comments/in Allgemein/by Markus Vögeli

CPII and PtCC decided to cooperate in order to motivate, support and help printers to become sustainable and circular. The two organizations have set themselves the goal of accelerating the transformation of the printing industry.

This means, that the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute recommends printers to join the PrintTheChange Cooperative to get support for their transformation to a circular and healthy company.

They have agreed to collaborate and support each other in future communication campaigns and events.

Network for a future proof printing industry

The Print The Change eG is a pan-European cooperative of printing companies that produce in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle principle: passionate pioneers in eco-friendly printing.The PrintTheChange Cooperative is a cooperation to drive the development of sustainable, circular printed products. To achieve this, the cooperative is guided by the Cradle to Cradle^® method.

The vision is to change the whole industry into a more sustainable and into a completely circular economy. Therefor the cooperative is looking for more printers to join and to adopt this way of production.

The cooperative provides a turnkey solution for successful Cradle to Cradle Certified^® certification.

For the moment three printers are part of the cooperative. All three members do have as well a Cradle to Cradle Certified^® certificate on level gold and silver. No other printer in the world does possess a Cradle to Cradle Certified^® certificate on level gold.

Advantages for printers

Take advantage of the opportunity to position your printing company as a pioneer with a Cradle to Cradle certificate. Being part of the cooperative will enable you to avoid lengthy development work and save costs you would otherwise incur along the way.
This puts you in a position to offer your customers the most advanced green printing standard in the world within a very short period of time.

On top you will gain a unique selling proposition to your customers. And thus in the very trendsetting market of green economy.

If you would like to talk to one of the present printing members, you are welcome to contact:

Gugler* GmbH (Austria)
Roswitha Sandwieser, roswitha.sandwieser@printthechange.coop, +43 2752 500 50 603

KLS Pureprint (Denmark)
Kasper Larsen, kl@kls.dk, +45 2013 2735

Vögeli AG (Switzerland)
Markus Vögeli, markus@voegeli.ch, +41 34 409 1023

Interview with KLS PurePrint A/S about sustainability in printing

Interview done by Christian Ulrik von Scholten with Kasper Larsen from KLS PurePrint A/S. Kasper tells us more about how his company is only 1 of the 5% Danish printing businesses that have survived since 2007, their Cradle-to-Cradle certification and not least the importance of partnerships in the sustainable business!

Watch the video! →

Podcast with KLS Pureprint

30th May 2022/0 Comments/in Allgemein/by siju

In the latest episode of Branschkollpodden, Kasper Larsen from KLS Pureprint in Denmark talks about circular and sustainable printed matter. He explains in detail how the C2C certification works for printed products – and how to join the network of the Print the Change Community. Listen to the podcast >>>

Greetings from Denmark

24th March 2022/0 Comments/in Allgemein/by siju

printOGmedier just published a article about KLS PurePrint and their successful focus on sustainability in their graphic online-newsletter. Read the whole story >>>

gugler* receives Cradle to Cradle GOLD

26th November 2020/0 Comments/in Allgemein/by Roswitha Sandwieser

In 2011, gugler* in Melk/Austria was the first printing company worldwide to offer Cradle to Cradle Certified™ print products. In the meantime, the company has been able to have a total of 40 materials certified, all of which meet the highest quality criteria in terms of health and ecology. For this reason, gugler* was awarded […]

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Ernst Gugler

Doing business in line with the Cradle to Cradle principle not only brings competitive advantages, but also makes a major contribution to climate protection. With the Print the Change cooperative we are saying goodbye to competitive thinking in favour of cooperation – a principle for the future.

Ernst Gugler, gugler*, Austria

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For us it is a great advantage being able to share the costs of project management, certification and market preparation with our partners in the cooperative. Our cooperation means we can develop new products much faster than we could on our own. The members have become our most important strategic partners for a greener future.

Kasper Larsen, KLS PurePrint, Denmark

Brüder Markus und Renato Vögeli

Thanks to the Cradle to Cradle certification we have become the market leader in the sustainable print products segment in Switzerland. Society will soon understand that our future has to be recyclable. When the demand for this rises, we are ready. And with the cooperative, we will always be at least one step ahead of the competition.

Markus Vögeli, Vögeli AG, Switzerland