Yesterday,
Ed Avis, Managing Director of the IRgA, put up a post on IRgA.com announcing
that a Germany-based “cooperative” has become a member of
the IRgA.
beginning of that post, here’s what Ed says:
reprographics cooperative go4copy.net has joined IRgA. The cooperative, which
was formed by the German reprographics association Motio, is comprised of 65 members.
curious about a “cooperative” of reprographers – i.e., what that’s all about –
I visited go4copy’s web-site, using Google Translate to translate German to
English. Below, you will find some of
the information I found on go4copy’s web-site.
first, a couple of comments:
this – go4copy.net – is actually a real-live cooperative, rather than just
an association. In the sense that even though there are 65
member companies in the cooperative, all independently owned, the member
companies, apparently, do not compete with each other, rather, they join
together to serve customers whose businesses operate in and around Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. Apparently, for
larger customers who may need the services of go4copy members in different
parts of the region, go4copy will put together a “framework” agreement, and, under this sort of agreement, prices for services – ordered by any
customer with a framework agreement – from any go4copy member company – will be the same. That’s an interesting level of cooperation,
for sure. Perhaps ReproMAX and RSA Corp
offer a similar arrangement to larger customers in the U.S. who operate in
multiple markets? I’ve never heard of
that happening, but, then again, how would I know for sure.
some of the info on go4copynet’s
web-site that I translated:
copying, plotting, finishing (laminating / laminating) and more. Our operations are
professionals in dealing with digital information.
archiving, as well as project-based document management, can we manage
everything for you – with high quality, with dedicated staff and a contact
person.
coverage for you at over 70 operating locations in Germany and Austria.
(Eu-re) merged business colleagues in Europe, we work just as intense as the
“International Reprographic Association” (IRGA), whose members
execute your orders in North and South America professionally.
and uniform prices and a web-based 24-hour order system.
turnover of 70 million euros – a sound and economically strong group!
punctuality and flexibility. In go4copy.net establishments operate over 800
trained professionals. Our members are training companies and have hundreds of
young people as “media designer, specializing in media technology”
enables a future-proof training.
“REQM” of the trade association copy & Media Technology eV
Compliance with this standard is monitored by the go4copy.net eG.
Strabag
GmbH & Co. KG
GmbH & Co. KG
group)
(Cologne)
Cologne-Deutz (Esch group)
to Frankfurt (German Railways)
Terminal 2 (Cologne-Bonn airport)
Nuremberg (proper operation Frankenstadium)
Railways)
(airport company)
(MSV Duisburg)
Railways)
Fair (Projektges. “New Mass”)
headquarters
Kamen (IKEA)
Leipzig-Halle (Leipzig-Halle Airport)
Leipzig (State Sächs. Immobilen- and Construction Management)
BaWü
Terminal 2
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from someone – in Europe – who knows a lot more about go4copy.net than I do:
regularly, compete with each other for business.
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(pricing) agreements with major customers, those customers are also doing
business with non-go4copy
reprographers, and it may well be that the other reprographers are actually
doing more business with those major customers than go4copy members are doing
with those major customers.
Reprographics 101 
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