Wernigerode, the colourful city in the Harz region, is hosting the International Johannes Brahms Choir Competition & Festival for the sixth time. The event is taking place from 8 to 12 July. INTERKULTUR has been organising the choir festival since 1999 in co-operation with the city of Wernigerode. This year, a total of 31 choirs from 14 nations and three continents have registered to  take part.

By: Frits Beurskens

Years ago the printing industry was a regional and local industry. In many cases you could not even speak of an industry. Local printers were serving local customers. Business was often based on good relations with customers. Nowadays the situation is different. Of course we still have local printers who only serve local customers. But we also have printers who want to print for foreign customers. The modern technologies like internet, digitalisation of information and modern communication make it possible that distances between customers and printers are becoming smaller and smaller. Distance is not an issue anymore. The world is becoming the market of many printers, especially in Asia.