Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A few weeks ago the Rochester Institute of Technology held its inaugural Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. The festival was RIT's chance to showcase the unique blend art, design, science and engineering innovation taking place at the university. RIT's School of Print Media has been a leader in printing education ...Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
A survey of printers by the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) and Point Balance, LLC suggests that many companies withing the industry are going lean: More than three-fourths (77%) of North American printing company managers have heard or read about Lean manufacturing. About two-thirds of those managers are ...Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Print on-demand publisher BookLocker.com has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com due to the companies decision at the end of March to require print-on-demand books be printed inside Amazon's own fulfillment centers. A PDF of the complaint is available from BookLocker.com. The complaint alleges Amazon.com is in violation of the ...Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Two weeks ago I pointed to a Forbes article on Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Planning Strategic Acquisitions. In today's industry news at WhatTheythink.com, Heidelberg announced that the company plans to acquire UK- and Netherlands-based Hi-Tech Coatings: “By acquiring Hi-Tech Coatings, Heidelberg is pursuing its consistent strategy of expanding the range of services ...Monday, May 19th, 2008
In the past three drupa, events one of the major areas of new product announcements has been in the area of computer to plate (CtP). This year however we have heard very little about this subject from the suppliers. Most of the new announcements this drupa have been about digital ...Friday, May 16th, 2008
On May 15, Printing Industries Alliance identified most of those who will be honored at its 2008 Franklin Event on September 10. From left: Charlene McNeil (Hammer Packaging), representing recipient James E. Hammer (Hammer Packaging); Ken Lantz, DRAFTFCB; Tom Fox (American Express Publishing); Frederick K. Moss (Galvanic Printing & Plate ...Thursday, May 15th, 2008
You may remember my post about DSCOOP in San Diego. At that event, HP announced "Capture On the Road", a program to take the tools and training of HP's Capture Business Development program to different areas of the country. The first event was held in Palo Alto on ...Thursday, May 15th, 2008
This is the first of my posts that will continue through to the end of drupa. I will be writing my blog entrants on a continuous basis while at drupa and hopefully this will be the first place to see the key announcements made there. It may also carry any ...Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Last fall the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) Education Summit was held during Graph Expo. The event focused on how the industry can attract talent and “apprise the wonderful opportunities a career in print can provide.” Various ideas were presented including: Reaching Generation Y in places they congregate (including social networking ...Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Today's Industry news included a release from X-Rite that current CFO Lynn J. Lyall was leaving the company personal reasons. This morning I'm receiving email reports that Doris Brown, Pantone's VP of Marketing has resigned. The only confirmation I have received is from a phone operator at Pantone who stated that ...
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