Wednesday, March 10, 2010



• RR Donnelley Wins $375 Million Deal
• Officer of the court appointed to direct Press-sense forward after two major investors pull out
• EFI gearing up for first-ever product auction at Connect conference
• New research released about U.S. Printing Industry demographics
• RISO ComColor printers certified to print secured documents
• Print Genius promotes the benefits of the KODAK NEXPRESS SE Digital Platform
• Presstek Announces Resolution of SEC Investigation
• Courier Corp. installs HP T300 Color Inkjet Press
• SFI Marks 2,000 Chain-of-Custody Certified Locations
• Superior Printing Ink Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
• Anthem Worldwide helps McCain Foods bring it's brand platform to life
• Call for entries for GPA'S Printed Sample contest
• Southwest Offset Printing Commended by The New York Times
• Neenah Paper Introduces Single-Ply 18pt. Board
• Social Print Experiment adopts Dynagram's inpO2 imposition
• Four Pees and CtrlPublishing Become Partners
• InteliCoat Technologies broadens its offerings for grand format production printing
• Valassis employees present donation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• JJ Bender expands wholesale equipment program
• OIT and Panhandle Named AIIM Award Finalists
• New Client Services Manager at e-LYNXX
• PMC Writing Services Announced



Tuesday, March 09, 2010



• January 2010 U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments at $6.7 Billion
• manroland features autoprint at America East 2010
• Presstek announces credit facility and sale of Lasertel subsidiary
• Fry Communications offers publisher-branded mobile magazine app
• Equitable Life of Canada Selects HP Exstream Software
• Kodak to deliver innovation across its integrated portfolio at Ipex
• Weber Druck+Display provides lenticular and more with UV Rapida
• xpedx hosts seminar for Portland, OR printers
• Top electronic document vendors to exhibit at Xplor Conference
• Kompac Technologies celebrates 30 years in business
• BCC Software to Attend National Postal Forum, April 11-14
• MEI to showcase at Publishing Business Expo
• BatchOutput Server for InDesign at 50% off on maczot
• Pemco release first Technical Improvement Program for Wrapmatic GRM
• Badia Software announces Exportools Professional 3.0 public beta
• GMG and Canon to bring a new generation of proofing systems to market
• Inca Onset S20 widens colour options at IPEX



Monday, March 08, 2010



• Daniels Communications Group and BFS Business Printing announce joint venture
• Arizona marketing firm, Allegra, acquires Insty-Prints
• Andrew Gordon chairs Primir Executive Committee
• manroland names Gordon Grissom as Sales Manager
• Hess Print Solutions enhances co-mail services offering
• Brilliant Graphics Group Earns National Chamber Award
• 4over’s first Red Tag Round Table receives an standing ovation
• Dynagram announces free webinar on best practices for newspaper ctp workflow
• Herold Druck orders COLORMAN, XXL autoprint
• Staffing changes under way at Brown Printing
• manroland GB calls for last entries to its "Printing Classics" competition
• Free white paper examines emerging best practices in returns processing
• PRINT: Lean, Green and Seen - PrintCity members focused on growth at Ipex
• Bihaku Watanabe Japan purchases Gietz press
• Five HP Scitex inks become Nordic Swan approved
• NewPDF/A Best Practice Bundles from callas software and Appligent Document Solutions
• Zevrix BatchOutput Server for InDesign at 50% off on maczot
• Goss International named 'Best Supplier' in Brazil print award program



Friday, March 05, 2010



• Cenveo narrows Q4 loss with lower charges
• KBA sparks greener print production in sheetfed and web
• Going Green: The FSC/SFI Sham … or Is It?
• Canon declares public offer for Océ unconditional
• FusionPro VDP Suite 6.2 now available
• NAPL Bestows its 2010 Industry Award to KBA at TMC
• Heidelberg will display latest innovations at IPEX
• Darby Litho adds Canon digital press
• Bottomline Ink enters handwriting and variable tear-sheet market
• Sun Chemical invests in new plant for food packaging
• Pitney Bowes releases white paper on marketing healthcare plans
• Spicers Paper US and Coast Paper to offer GMG products through Sonor Graphics
• Pitney Bowes elects Patrick Brand a corporate officer
• Spencer Ball appointed creative director at Anthem Worldwide
• International Paper launches 'Down to Earth' website



Thursday, March 04, 2010



• interlinkONE reports Dscoop5 to be a big success
• Digital Nirvana: Dutch Enterprise Chamber dismisses requests by Hermes/USS
• Harper College installs Speedmaster SM 52
• PIA and DPC accepting entries for the 2010 web2awards
• INX International to discuss UV LED inks at Print UV 2010
• BBH files two patent applications
• Gindlesperger recognized as procurement leader
• PrintCity provides Munich workshop on carbon footprint & energy efficiency
• Quik Stik Labels installs OMET FLEXY
• GPA employees donate to Haiti relief
• Print Research International forms to help businesses adapt to a changing world
• Pamarco Global Graphics to introduce new ink management system
• Glunz & Jensen with Medianetics supplies equipment to German government
• Estimator releases version for Windows 7
• Digital Nirvana: IN DIGIO VERITAS
• Maxson's Dust Collector reduces printing "hickies"
• ODM hires new technical sales manager
• Government Print Management clients win GPO print jobs
• Winkler+Dünnebier reorganizes departments



Wednesday, March 03, 2010



• Postal Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address Declining Revenue, Volume
• Visant Corporation reports lower sales in '09
• Goss International confirms commitment to Graph Expo
• HP wins six DIMA awards
• Muller Martini delivers OnDemand healthcare solution
• Print CEO: RRD acquiring Bowne
• Digital Nirvana: POD and Personalization are GREEN!
• International Paper re-launches PRO-DESIGN
• Commonwealth of Kentucky using HP Exstream
• Book It: RIT hosts Future of Reading June 9-12
• Agfa Graphics attains Gold status as Adobe Solution Partner
• BBH Appoints Mike Maselli to VP of Marketing
• Diamond Packaging adds additional Speedmaster UV Press
• Digital Nirvana: Richard Lowe, EDSF’s New Chairman, Speaks Out
• AVT / GMI to present latest solutions for print quality at IPEX
• Xerox's multifunction printers streamline work
• Tacony Corporation switches to Presstek's chemistry-free plates
• Digital job tickets as the basis for print automation
• Graphic Imagery installs Standard Horizon bookletmaker
• ALG Worldwide Logistics expands co-mail capacity
• E.C.H. Will, Pemco and Kugler-Womako showcase at the Asian Paper show
• 3 Sigma names upper midwest account manager
• HELIOS Software earns Fogra soft proof certification
• FIPP uses WoodWing's iPhone newsreader
• Sakurai Maestro prints heat transfers for skateboards at BBS Manufacturing
• The Clark Group forms new imprint - Clark Legacies, LLC
• Asia Pulp & Paper disappointed with Commerce findings
• EskoArtwork Concentric Screening helps save ink, improves print quality
• Mutoh America teams up with Fesler for the Grand National Roadster in LA
• EarthColor Launches EarthIntegrate for digital services
• HarperScientific develops new brushes
• MEI releases InPorter 2.0 for K4 Publishing System
• Atlantic Zeiser appoints new Marketing Manager
• GPO asks suppliers to overcome delivery challenges



Tuesday, March 02, 2010



• Worldcolor reports profits as expenses decrease
• Brown Printing expands co-mail capacity
• EDSF announces new 2010 Board Of Directors
• MindFireInc Scales New Heights at Dscoop5
• Sun Chemical to increase ink prices in North America
• An Investigation into Printing Industry Demographics Released
• Printing Office: A “Social Print Experiment”
• Going Green: Plastic paper, is it good for you?
• SFI responsds to USGBC's latest draft benchmarks for forest certification
• F.P. Horak installs new Speedmaster XL 75
• Printing plant key to Advertiser purchase
• Arandell Corporation Receives Web Offset Association Award
• Peer Groups: Is Printing a Commodity?
• EFI and Xerox begin shipping Fiery controller with Xerox WorkCentre 7700 Series
• INX International to offer advanced solutions at Cannex
• L2 integrates Fuse with USADATA to enhance cross media marketing
• Xplor UK & Ireland to host educational track at Ipex 2010
• Neenah Paper to sell remaining Nova Scotia timberlands
• Going Green: Reversible boxes! Why didn’t I think of that?
• Xerox eases move to electronic health records
• Hammer helps speed innovative products to market
• Manufacturing sector expands again in February, says ISM Report
• Smurfit-Stone CFO resigns
• Transcontinental Printing chooses NELA plate automation system
• Flint Group launches metalback blankets with new DuraBond technology
• CreatorUrban, the new paper for large format communication
• PrintingForLess.com wins four NAPL awards
• Goodway Group and DMI, Inc. form partnership
• Appleton reduces 4Q losses
• Xerox brings efficiency to healthcare
• Consumer Powerhouses Unite to Reinforce the Power of Print
• Intelicoat Technologies qualified for HP Printers
• First European install of the Presstek 52DI-AC digital offset press
• Annual Narrow Web Print Awards hosted by Flint Group at Labelexpo Americas
• Avery Dennison unveils game changing conformable cast film series
• Global Graphics appoints head of quality assurance
• My Press Needs launches AutoClam
• HGI Company and Quad/Graphics Enter Into Partnership
• Boise swings to a profit in Q4



Monday, March 01, 2010



• WhatTheyThink’s Print CEO Forum Back by Popular Demand
• manroland in negotiations to purchase WIFAG
• Universal Millennium acquires Acme Printing
• Graphics of the Americas moves to Orlando in 2011
• Avery Dennison CEO Scarborough named chairman by board
• Goss appoints new director of commercial sales in Latin America
• Apple places Tukaiz app PixyMe in its "What's Hot" lineup
• Standard announces new product installations
• Atlantic Zeiser showcases card personalization technologies
• Tukaiz launches Backstage online marketing management system
• Zevrix updates BatchOutput Server for InDesign

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