Intelligent Manufacturing, Green Dual-Drive

At the turn of the year, with all things renewed, "Printing Manager" is launching a special annual review report titled "2025, Printing Industry, Please Respond." Previously, we reviewed the "Annual Keywords" (click here: What are the 2025 annual keywords for the printing industry? Resilient development, anti-'involution', emotional consumption...). Next, we will focus on the printing companies' annual "breakthrough actions," reporting on a series of impressive moves and strategies by leading companies in 2025, as well as their plans and visions for 2026. Capturing the highlights of enterprises and exploring industry development trends.

In 2025, the deep integration of technology and humanities is accelerating the reshaping of the printing industry. Artificial intelligence technology is gradually being implemented across multiple fields, digital content consumption continues to upgrade, and traditional culture is being revitalized in digital form. Meanwhile, the close combination of 5G and the Internet of Things is promoting the widespread adoption of digital twin technology in the printing sector, significantly accelerating the digital transformation of printing companies nationwide. In 2025, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hebei Xinhua Second Printing) is aligning with industry transformation trends, simultaneously advancing smart factory construction and green printing upgrades, driving the company's high-quality and sustainable development.

Exterior view of Hebei Xinhua Second Printing Factory

2025: Multi-dimensional efforts to solidify the foundation for high-quality development

1. Technological upgrades to promote the implementation of digital transformation

In 2025, to meet the needs of production development, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing actively promoted the upgrading of printing equipment. By introducing automated intelligent equipment, including automatic stacking and bundling systems and robotic palletizing devices, hardware updates were completed, laying a solid foundation for digital transformation.

In addition, quality defenses were reinforced through technological upgrades. Hebei Xinhua Second Printing is equipped with both offline and online printing inspection systems, upgraded binding and graphic inspection and calibration functions, and high-speed folding equipment, improving the accuracy of product quality control. By relying on real-time collection and visual management of production line data, as well as deep integration of ERP and MES systems, transparent monitoring and scheduling of the entire production process were achieved.

This technological upgrade not only completed the equipment iteration but also promoted a shift in production mode toward digitization and intelligence driven by data, helping Hebei Xinhua Second Printing achieve a leap from traditional manufacturing to smart printing.

Hebei Xinhua Second Printing Workshop

2. Green Printing, Promoting Sustainable Development

By 2025, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing, adhering to the concept of ecological priority in development, will integrate green and low-carbon practices throughout the entire production process, fully implement the application of environmentally friendly materials, and carry out energy-saving technological renovations.

On the production side, environmentally friendly raw materials such as eco-friendly inks and fountain solutions are introduced to effectively reduce volatile organic compound emissions and achieve clean production. On the supply chain side, green supply chain management is promoted by strictly selecting environmentally compliant suppliers and encouraging upstream and downstream collaboration to reduce emissions. The 'Li Shengbo Innovation Studio' has innovatively modified the automatic cleaning device of the offset press blanket, significantly enhancing cleaning capabilities in sheet-fed offset printing, reducing pollution, saving costs, and effectively supporting the development of green printing.

Looking ahead to 2026, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will be guided by the 'dual carbon' goals, deepening innovations in green processes and exploring pathways for building zero-carbon printing workshops. With digitalization and greening as twin driving forces, the company aims to fulfill the social responsibility of sustainable development in the printing industry.

Hebei Xinhua Second Printing Production Workshop

3. Quality control and standardization to build a solid foundation for development

Quality is the foundation of printing enterprises and the core anchor of digital transformation. In 2025, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will pass the closed-loop control of the whole process of data and refine the management of all key links of printing. Relying on the digital quality inspection system, it realizes precise control of printing quality.

By deploying intelligent graphic and text online and offline detection systems, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing can identify defects such as missing pen and broken strokes, ink spots and ink drops in real time, and intercept quality problems in the production process. It is worth noting that Hebei Xinhua Eryin also cooperated with Huaxia Vision to successfully develop the C9 independent color scoring system with an offline detection system and applied it in practice.

At the same time, we will continue to deepen the application of the C9 digital color management system, promote the printing process from experience-oriented to data-driven, gradually establish a standardized and traceable color control process, and build a solid full-link quality defense line with digital technology. As the R&D base of C9 offset paper printing standard, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing actively participates in the research and development of the C9 offset paper printing (flat sheet offset) color evaluation standard of the Chinese Academy of Printing Sciences, and conducts a large number of printing tests with the Chinese Academy of Printing Sciences, providing an accurate and detailed data basis for the formulation of standards.

In terms of printing standardization, standardization and color quality score, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing has reached the leading level in the country and has been rated as a Class A printing enterprise by the People's Education Society. In the next step, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will continue to develop a closed-loop control system for color management of printing machines, which not only provides technical support for the color management construction of digital intelligent printing factories, but also provides key technical research forces for the "Three-Year Action Plan for Digitalization of the Printing Industry".

2026: Anchor "one main and two wings" and deepen the transformation of digital intelligence

In 2026, facing the new development stage of the "15th Five-Year Plan", Hebei Xinhua Eryin will anchor the "one core", strengthen the "dual engine", enhance the "four forces", and build a new pattern of coordinated development of "one main and two wings". focusing on improving and strengthening the printing sector, we will pay close attention to the construction of systems and mechanisms on the one hand and consolidate the management foundation; Strengthen the construction of the talent team and stimulate endogenous motivation. Through two-wheel drive, we will continue to deepen the reform and advance in depth, promote all-round innovation and breakthroughs in various fields such as management, technology, and business model, and empower enterprises to achieve higher quality, more efficient and more sustainable development.

1. "One main and two wings" to build a new pattern of coordinated development

In 2026, Hebei Xinhua Eryin will further consolidate the strategic foundation of "one main and two wings". Focus on improving quality and efficiency in the main business, accelerate the integration and application of digital printing technology, and promote the green and standardized construction of flexographic printing.

In terms of main business improvement, through process innovation and process reengineering, production efficiency and product quality are comprehensively improved. Introduce advanced digital printing equipment and technology, set up a professional R&D team, promote the integration of process innovation and business formats, explore the efficient connection mode between digital printing and traditional printing, and realize the flexible switching of small-batch personalized orders and large-scale standardized orders. Simultaneously expand business areas such as personalized publishing and commercial printing, deepen upstream and downstream strategic cooperation, and enhance the competitiveness of the digital printing market.

In the field of flexo printing, we will continue to optimize the printing process parameters to improve printing accuracy and color reproduction, laying a technical foundation for product refinement. At the same time, focusing on diversified market demand, we actively develop multi-specification and multi-style environmentally friendly paper bag products, and simultaneously establish a strict data-based quality inspection system and full-process control mechanism to systematically ensure product quality and environmental protection standards, so as to promote the steady development of the flexo printing sector.

2. The future of digital intelligence, deeply cultivating digital transformation and talent cultivation

As the supporting unit of the digital innovation application project of the "Three-Year Action Plan for Digitalization of the Printing Industry" of the Central Propaganda Department, in 2026, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will formulate relevant plans based on the plan to accelerate the application of digital innovation.

With data-driven production as the core, comprehensively promote the digital control of the whole process of prepress, printing and post-press; Integrate ERP, MES, QMS and other systems to build printing intelligent manufacturing workshops and expand AGV intelligent logistics and distribution scenarios. At the same time, we will actively cooperate with universities and scientific research institutes to build an industry-university-research collaborative mechanism and concentrate on joint research on key core technologies. Solidly promote the systematic and in-depth development of the construction of "digital intelligent printing factory", and provide key technical support and practical guidance for the digital transformation and upgrading of the printing industry.

High-quality talents are another major support for digital transformation. In 2026, Hebei Xinhua Eryin will continue to increase the training of digital professionals. Through school-enterprise cooperation, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will continue to work with Beijing Institute of Printing to open printing professional training courses and carry out multi-level and multi-dimensional special skills training. Focus on improving employees' professional capabilities in smart device operation, data analysis, and color management. At the same time, combined with the actual production, the "teacher and apprentice" model and the actual combat mechanism of the project are implemented to strengthen the inheritance of technology and the cultivation of innovation ability. In addition, improve the professional title evaluation system of technical personnel, stimulate the vitality and enthusiasm of talents to innovate, and provide a solid talent guarantee for digital transformation.

The future has come, only change does not change, only by sticking to the original intention can we go steadily and far. Lead characters have been imprinted with knowledge, and the fragrance of ink still spreads ingenuity; Nowadays, with data flow and intelligent operation, printing is no longer a simple copy, but a cultural link that connects tradition and contemporary, integrating vision and experience. In 2026, Hebei Xinhua Second Printing will continue to write a new chapter in the printing industry on the pages of the times with numbers as the pen and ingenuity as ink.