Media Info
EDITORIAL SCHEDULE 2014-2015
MARCH 2014
- Labelling
- Adhesives & adhesive applications
- Web cleaning & static control
- Finishing equipment
APRIL 2014
- Nonwovens
- Coating & laminating
- Ink & ink dispensers
- Sustainable converting
MAY 2014
- Slitting & rewinding
- Web tension & guiding
- Security
- International Focus – Europe
JUNE 2014
- Reel & roll handling
- Flexible packaging
- Cutting systems
- Coating & Laminating
- 2014 Directory
JULY/AUGUST 2014
- Drying & curing
- Slitting & rewinding
- Finishing equipment
- Software & controls
- Labelling
- Show Preview-Labelexpo
- International Focus -The Americas
SEPTEMBER 2014
- Film & foil
- Adhesives & Adhesive Applications
- Machine vision & web inspection
- Flexo technology
- Focus: Food & Beverage
OCTOBER 2014
- Slitting & rewinding
- Cutting systems
- Reel & roll handling
- Drying & curing
- LabelExpo Review
NOVEMBER 2014
- Coating & laminating
- Software & controls
- Web cleaning & static
- International Focus- Asia
DEC 2014/JAN 2015
- Web tension & guiding
- Sustainable converting
- Slitting & rewinding
- Reel & roll handling
- Drying & curing
- 2014 Review
EDITORIAL POLICY
Converter is essential reading for the UK and international converting industry. Our research shows that each copy of Converter is read by more than 18,000 individuals,* giving you more opportunities to be seen. It provides high quality news coverage, industry comment, in-depth features, special reports, technical articles and reviews for the UK, European and international converting industries.
Converter reflects the diversity and innovation of the market it serves, getting the inside story on key industry players and technical developments and presenting the opinions of the personalities and businesses making the news.
CONVERTER DIRECTORY
Each year Converter publishes an easy-to-use reference guide listing suppliers and manufacturers of converting machinery, equipment and materials. The Converter Directory is sent free of charge to over 3,000 UK-based readers of Converter, offering advertisers a 12-month presence to promote themselves within the industry. A must have tool for everyone involved in converting.
INTERNATIONAL CONVERTING
Converter’s international supplements focus on the business issues faced by companies trading internationally in all established and emerging markets. Each supplement is read by Converter’s core circulation base in addition to 3,000 overseas. Readers are fully sourced to give advertisers the opportunity to promote themselves to global decision makers.
CIRCULATION
Total circulation (UK and international) – 3600 Print and 4090 Digital
UK – 43% Europe (Exl UK 40%) and rest of World 17%
Readers have direct influence on the selection and/or purchase of – Adhesives and adhesive application machinery, Bag making machinery, Coating and laminating machinery, Cutting machines, Digital and inkjet printing machines, Drives and controls, Drying and curing equipment, Flexo machinery, Folding machines, Management software, Roll handling equipment, Slitting and rewinding machinery, Static elimination equipment, Substrate, Tension control, Waste handling and recycling, Web guiding and cleaning
Business activities readers are involved in – Adhesive/ink manufacturer, Coater/Laminator, Converting Consultancy, Converting equipment supplier/agent, Corrugator/Box/Carton manufacture, Flexible packaging converter, General converter, Label/labelling converter, Non-woven manufacture, Paper/Board converter, Printing, Sack/Bag/Tape manufacture, Substrate manufacture/Supplier
MECHANICAL INFORMATION
OPEN DOCUMENTS
Originated in Mac versions of QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand
We cannot accept Word, PowerPoint, or Publisher documents
COLOUR
Colour must be CMYK
No RGB colours. No spot colours. No embedded ICC profiles
FONTS
All fonts must be supplied. Mac fonts only. No PC fonts
Fonts used in Illustrator eps documents must be converted to paths
Fonts used in layered Photoshop documents must be rasterised
IMAGES/LOGOS
File formats: tiff, eps, jpeg
Images to be at least 300 dpi at 100% (size used in ad)
All fonts to be included, True Type fonts preferred
PDFs
Before creating a PDF, ensure your document complies with the colour, font and resolution specifications here
Distilled using Acrobat 4 or higher
Highest quality compression
Pictures placed in document must be tiff or eps, not jpeg
Allow for at least 3mm bleed
Include crop marks
When checking your PDF click on ‘Overprint Preview’ to check that all information appears
A hard colour copy must accompany digitally supplied ads
DELIVERY
Files larger than 6Mb to be sent on CD to: Datateam Business Media Ltd, London Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8LY UK or website:
Files under 6Mb can be e-mailed directly to our Production Department.
Your sales representative will provide you with the e-mail address of the correct person to contact
File naming protocol: all e-mails and ISDNs must be given a file name indicating the magazine/client/issue
PUBLICATION DATE
1st week of the month
COPY DATE 6 weeks preceding publication date
CANCELLATION Mono 6 weeks prior to copy date. Colour 8 weeks prior to copy date. Covers and special positions 12 weeks prior to copy date
ADVERTISEMENT SIZES
| Size | Inset Advert | Trim | Trim with bleed |
| DPS | 272 x 393mm | 297 x 420mm | 303 x 430mm |
| Full page | 272 x 191mm | 297 x 210mm | 303 x 216mm |
| Half horizontal | 130 x 191mm | 140 x 210mm | 146 x 216mm |
| Half vertical | 272 x 86mm | 297 x 96mm | 303 x 102mm |
| Junior page | 185 x 140mm | ||
| Quarter page inset | 130 x 88mm | ||
| Quarter page horizontal | 65 x 191mm | ||
| Quarter page vertical | 272 x 44mm | ||
| Third horizontal | 77 x 191mm | ||
| Third vertical | 272 x 58mm |