Archive for 2006

Xerox Creating Erasable Paper For Copiers

Monday, November 27th, 2006

(UPDATE: Today, Xerox released an official press release on this topic.) The New York Times reported last week that Xerox is working to develop an "erasable paper" system. The goal is to recycle paper documents produced by a company’s copiers potentially an unlimited number of times. How? Without getting too technical, the ...

Detoxifying an organization

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Dick Gorelick, industry consultant and a columnist for American Printer, recently penned a very good article entitled Detoxifying an organization. Gorelick describes the situation at many printing firms - Sales reps blaming slow production, production blaming sales, customer service reps blaming sloppy job specifications etc. The article discusses ways to ...

NAA says Newspapers Winning on the Web

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

The Newspaper Association of America says advertising expenditures for newspaper Web sites increased by 23% to $638 million in the third quarter versus the same period a year ago. It is the tenth consecutive quarter of double digit increases for online newspaper advertising. Spending for print ads in newspapers totaled ...

Insider Selling Observations at VistaPrint

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

VistaPrint went public on September 30, 2005. The stock price closed at $15.25 that day. On Friday November 17, 2006, the price closed at $34.30 - a hefty gain and a rich valuation. The company had annual revenue of $152 million in fiscal year 2006 but a current market cap ...

EarthColor gets funding for management buyout

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Allied Capital Corp. has committed $210.5 million to support the management-led buyout of EarthColor. EarthColor, based in New York City, also has facilities in New Jersey, Florida, Texas and Arizona. Founded in 1982, EarthColor is a full-service commercial printer. "Allied Capital's decision to invest in EarthColor reflects our high degree of ...

VistaPrint comments on Kodak, HP, Fujifilm, RR Donnelley, Cenveo

Monday, November 20th, 2006

VistaPrint, a publicly traded online printer, held an event last week for investors - its first annual investors and analysts day. VistaPrint had annual revenue of $152 million in fiscal year 2006 and a current market cap of nearly $1.5 billion. In October, the company reported that revenue in the ...

Weekend Humor from Frank Romano

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Frank Romano's column today at WhatTheyThink.com offers some serious takes in his review of Graph Expo - North America's largest tradeshow in the printing industry. He also adds humor with some predictions for 2007 and beyond: Here are a few... - October, 2006: Xerox introduces image enhancement software. People start to ...

EFI Challenged with SEC, Nasdaq and Debt Notices

Friday, November 17th, 2006

As noted in October, EFI is conducting a review of their stock option grant practices. Since the review remains ongoing, EFI said yesterday that it will delay the filing of its Form 10-Q. The company also said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent a letter of informal inquiry asking ...

Can Postal Reform Pass in a Lame-duck Session of Congress?

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Will this lame-duck Congress pass a postal reform measure? Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairman of the Senate's Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, is trying to pass a postal reform measure that would overhaul the USPS. The Washington Post says Collins is not giving up on a bill despite ...

Burton gets a raise, Buys more stock: Plus a glance at Cenveo’s Board

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

INSIDER BUYING: As promised in Cenveo's conference call last week, CEO Bob Burton is buying more shares in the company. Also buying - Director Leonard Green. According to InsiderScore.com, insiders picked up more than $1.8 million in shares between November 8th and 13th. Burton purchased 50,595 shares and now holds about ...