Consulting Services available from FLAAR

FLAAR offers professional consulting services for variety of business and industries in the professional printing markets.

FLAAR offers a variety of consulting services for people in the inkjet printing industry.  FLAAR consultant Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth can conduct his consultation services right on-location anywhere around the globe.  He has consulted in Japan, Latin America, Europe, and across the United States.

Dr. Hellmuth was educated at Harvard, trained at Yale (Dept. of Art History), and received his Ph.D. in art history from Karl-Franzens Universität (Graz, Austria).

Dr. Hellmuth and his university team consult primarily on RIP software, inkjet printers, inks, media, and lamination. In addition, he is an expert in giclee, solvent, eco-solvent, mild-solvent, and UV printing, as well as in scanner consulting.  Dr. Hellmuth’s consulting services are valuable for manufacturers, distributors, dealers of any size, as well as print shop owners, operators, and individuals. 

The difference between reading the FLAAR reports and web site, compared to retaining Dr. Hellmuth for an on-site visit, is that he can provide fresh information not yet published in the written reports, or posted on the web site.  Therefore, an on-site consultation with Dr. Hellmuth is invaluable to keeping up with the latest trends and technologies in professional printing.

Listed below are a few of the topics our consultation services cover.  This list is not exhaustive and is only meant to highlight the services FLAAR has to offer.  A brief list of services includes:

FLAAR on-site professional consulting services are available auf Deutsch, en Español, and in English.  Consulting includes selecting one of three options that best fits your business needs:

Option 1:  Arrive in your city the night before to settle in.  Consulting begins in the morning anytime from breakfast onward and may continue into a working and/or social evening meal.  FLAAR consultant returns back .  Hence there are two overnights but maximized time for consulting and getting to know each other during the entire day of meetings.

Option 2:  FLAAR consultant(s) arrive the night before to settle in.  Consultation meetings begin first thing the next morning.  FLAAR consultant returns back the last available evening flight that day.  Hence there is only one overnight stay.

Option 3:  We fly in to your city on an early morning flight; return back on the last available evening fight.  No overnight accommodations.  Continuing consultation (by e-mail, special reports specifically for your needs) is a flat fee per hour.  However in most cases we can solve your problems with a single visit to your site.  Our consultant(s) can sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA), provide exclusivity options, and can adapt themselves to your specific wants and needs.

After we have visited your facility, met your key people, and have established a consulting relationship you may retain FLAAR staff as consultants via e-mail or in-person.  More often than not, a one day consultation visit is ample time to provide all the tips, help, info, and consulting services.  This of course is dependent upon each individual business needs and demands.

For manufacturers of printers, inks, RIP Software, Substrates

Market Analysis, Marketing Survey Data, etc.

FLAAR also offers market survey information and product analysis for ink, media, hardware, and software manufacturers.  FLAAR’s market information can help your business focus on the features end-users are most happy with or would like to see improved.

If you wish to hire Professor Hellmuth as a consultant to come to your company, and/or his staff, please send an e-mail to readerservice@flaar.org.

This fax number is not intended for:

This e-mail is only for opening up a professional consulting appointment either with Dr. Hellmuth coming to your company or for setting up a visit to FLAAR’s facilities.  In either case a professional consulting fee relationship is understood.

FLAAR serves as consultant for Fortune 500 companies as well as companies who wish to reach that level.  Because about 100,000 people every month read the FLAAR reports on our dozen web sites it is not possible to respond to fax inquiries unless to establish a professional relationship on a fee basis.

If you are an individual, a small business, as well as a large company, we reply to the Inquiry-Survey Form usually within 48 hours, so submitting the form via e-mail is the best way to contact us.  There is no cost for the e-mail service.

Please understand that due to the size of the readership it is not realistic to handle inquiries by telephone unless we have a working relationship with your company initiated by your e-mail followed by a day of consulting at your place or at FLAAR’s home facility.

We accept inquiries in Español, Deutsch, and in English.

For all wide-format inkjet printers, RIP, Ink & Substrates. (FREE Download)	Consulting for giclee, decor, fine art photography and scanning. (FREE Download)	UV-flatbed inkjet printers, UV-roll-to-roll printers, for end-users.(FREE Download)

Consulting for UV printer manufacturers, available to manufacturers only: ink, media, substrate, scanner, RIP software, printer manufacturers, integrators, parts manufacturers, please request this by e-mail from ReaderService@FLAAR.org	To obtain this PDF on consulting services for financial analysts and business strategy consultants, please request this by e-mail from ReaderService@FLAAR.org

FLAAR Schedule for 2007-2008

January 2008	If you wish to also hear Professor Hellmuth speak on Mayan archaeology, you can join the cruise in January 2008. Other speakers (on other topics) include two senior editors from Scientific American. Nicholas will speak on the following topics
February 2008	February 18-22: Factory and demo room visit at Durst, Leinz, Austria.
	February 27- March 1: Graphics of the Americas, (printers for signage), Miami.
March 2008	March 1-4: Art Expo (giclee, décor & fine art photography), New York.
	March 27-29: ISA (printers for signage). Florida.
April 2008	April 1-3: FESPA Digital, Geneva (printers for signage). Geneva, Switzerland.
May 2008	May 26: Consulting on giclee start-up company, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 2008	May 27-June 10: DRUPA, Dusseldorf.
July 2008	July 2-5: APPEXPO, Shanghai sign trade show (no lecture, just present).
August 2008	August 21-22, 12:00 - 20:00, FESPA Mexico World Expo, Centro Banamex, Ciudad de México.
	August 23, 11:00 - 19:00, FESPA Mexico World Expo, Centro Banamex, Ciudad de México.
September 2008	September 10-12. Sign Africa.
	September 16: Nicholas will be lecturing in St Louis to an association of 60 printshop owners, but this is a private venue (you can bring him to your home city anywhere in the world for a comparable presentation).
	Photokina (photo equipment, and printers for giclee, décor & fine art photography) Cologne, September 2008.
October 2008	Photoplus (photo equipment, and printers for giclee, décor & fine art photography) New York, October 2008
	SGIA, (printers for signage), Atlanta, October 2008.
	October 28, 8:15 - 10:00: Lecture - New Dimensions in Flatbed Solvent Graph Expo, Chicago, Illinois.
	October 30: FOGRA, Munich, late October, lecture by Dr Hellmuth (download FOGRA program schedule)
	VISCOM Germany. Frankfurt, Germany, October - November 2008. Nicholas will be at either VISCOM Germany or a comparable event in Sydney, Australia.
November 2008	November 1: presentation on UV printer applications at the Visual Impact Show, Sydney, Australia.
	November: Open Day at Life Art Sydney, Melbourne.
	November 4: UV lecture sponsored by Image Magazine in cooperation with Adkote.
	November 5: early morning transfer to Auckland, seminar in Auckland at Blueprint Imaging (www.blueprintimaging.co.nz)
	VISCOM Italy. Fieramilano, Italy, November 2008.
January 2007	All-day lectures on UV-curable flatbed and roll-to-roll printers, Seoul, Korea.
	Training in lamination at Drytac headquarters, Toronto.
	Two day factory-visit and technology briefing (especially in UV-ink chemistry), Gandinnovations world headquarters, Toronto.
	Site-visit case study of a print shop with an Inca Columbia, Durst Rho 600, DuPont Artistry (textile printer).
One week at Mutoh Europe world headquarters in Oostende, Belgium; training on eco-solvent and mild-solvent printers. Four reports are the result; three are ready now. These reports are free so you can sample what we have available
Lectures over three day period on fine art giclee at Gulf Print, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
May 2007	Training in UV inks, factory-visit inspection at their world headquarters (Expedio, Tempo Q).
	HumanEyes, training in 3D photography software.
	Objet Geometries, a visit to their world headquarters and factory (3D rapid prototyping).
	Leaf digital camera backs (for Hasselblad, etc), visit to their world headquarters in Israel. (now part of Kodak)
	Scitex scanners, visit to their world headquarters in Israel (now part of Kodak).
	May 31-June 1, Zund headquarters, Switzerland, two days inspecting the Zund cutters, Zund 215 and especially the Zund 250. Training and factory visit.
June 2007	June 5-9, FESPA trade show Berlin, FLAAR shared a booth with SIP magazine (Verlagshaus Gruber).
	Late June: Vutek, visit the factory to evaluate the QS2000 and QS3200.
July 2007	July 1-8: 15th Annual Shangai International Ad, Print, Pack, Paper Expo and meetings at Xaa.
	July 9-14: Meetings at IP & I in Seoul, Korea.
	July 17 - August 16: Site-visit case study research on printers in Guatemala.

 

Any time you order three or more FLAAR Reports on UV printers, you can ask for as many of these June 2007 articles as you wish. The articles on UV printers are by Nicholas Hellmuth; the article on RIP software is by Mandy Daniel, color management expert who worked with FLAAR at FESPA and works with FLAAR as a trainer in color management.

 

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