Welcome

Dan Blackbourn, Chairman SWUG New Zealand

Welcome to the new look SWUG NZ website. New look, new logo all very exciting.

SWUG NZ has a long and proud history in New Zealand, having its first conference in 1999 some 12 years ago in Auckland. (See the SWUG Timeline tab for other years information).

This year (2011) the conference was to be held in Christchurch with the Fairfax site being the host of the press site visit. Due to the earthquake and the city not having the infrastructure to cope, this was regrettably moved to Wellington with Christchurch the nominated city for the conference in 2012.

The conference was held on the 3rd and 4th August and the Fairfax site at Petone was be the 2011 host site.

The conference theme was “Back to Basics” and “Improving on what we do best and that is  Printing”.

There was be a fantastic line of speakers from around the world and early indications that this conference promises to be even better than last year’s one were  exceeded.

Our sponsors from last year have willingly come on board once again, with special mention to DS Chemport for sponsoring the SWUG NZ Apprentice of the Year for 2011 once again.

The SWUG committee of John Green (Green Graphics and SWUG NZ Treasurer), Laura Tither (Horton Media), Ian Gibson (Fuji Film NZ Limited), Ray Clarkson (Allied Press) and Sue Archibald (Promote Limited) and myself Dan Blackbourn (APN Print and Chairman) were delighted to see a fantastic attendance at the conference. .

I hope you have a chance to look at the new look SWUG website and post any comments, ideas or thoughts that you have with regards to the SWUG conference or indeed if you wish to get hold of any of the committee members.

Until next time.

Dan Blackbourn
Chairman SWUG New Zealand

Four reasons amongst many why this years SWUG Conference exceeded all expectation