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Ƶ specialists adjust training programs for the printing industry
08 December

Specialists from the Graduate School of Printing and Media Technologies of Ƶ presented their solutions for the development of St. Petersburg's printing complex at a round table dedicated to the social partnership of industry participants. The main topic of the discussion was the interaction of universities and colleges with enterprises in terms of training and retraining of personnel for industry needs. St. Petersburg Model Printing House, Polygraphoforming-FLEKSO, Conflex SPb, Litas + made their proposals from the employers' front. The companies specialize in lexographic, rotogravure, offset, digital printing, production of flexible packaging, self-adhesive and shrink labels.

As common points of contact between the enterprises and educational institutions were theses about obtaining additional professional qualifications after internship, adjustment of educational programs according to the requests of the enterprise depending on the types of products, employment of graduates and development of a plan of clear career trajectory in the company in the context of specialties.

"We have launched the work on compilation and adjustment of educational programs of higher education, the first changes will be tested at the enterprise of flexible and cardboard packaging manufacturer LLC "Polygrafoformilenie-FLEKSO". One of the important transformations has touched upon the discipline "Equipment and Technologies of Printing", here new accents are placed in favor of flexo printing", - said Natalia Lezunova, Director of the Higher School of Printing and Media Technologies of Ƶ.

The defining feature of flexographic printing is the use of a flexible polymer flexo plate. Flexoforms are made by photopolymer technology, which is similar to offset technology. Unlike an offset plate, the base of the cliché is a soft polymer. The printing process begins with the production of plates made of photopolymer material or rubber. In addition to the technological process, future specialists will also learn special equipment: printing machines of tier, sectional, planetarium type, sections with embossing, lamination and varnishing of the print.