To improve the environmental quality and competitiveness of products, new ECO-Design program has been introduced to Hong Kong. As a leading global printing and publishing centre, Hong Kong's printing industry is best known for its quality output, quick delivery, competitive pricing and ability to cope with short lead-time printing jobs. The industry upgrades itself through continued investment in advanced machinery and equipment. Modern equipment such as computerised typesetting systems, lasersetters, electronic colour scanners, computerised page-composing systems, automatic finishing systems, six or more colour automatic printing machines and computerised printing production management systems are widely used. Government funding has been provided to set up the Advanced Printing Technology Centre to promote the technology.
Text composed on a computer is transmitted directly to a press for printing.
The technology greatly improves productivity, speed and accuracy, shortens production time and saves raw materials like film and plate. Images can be customised to meet the needs of different customers. Hong Kong's manufacturers have been adopting advanced technologies in their production processes. Mechatronics, an integrated application of mechanical, electronic and computer engineering technologies, is used in the industry to design new products and systems to enhance productivity and quality. The technology enables the production of industrial machinery of reduced mechanical complexity and increased performance with new capabilities.