Komori America Corporation (Rolling Meadows, Illinois) will unveil its newest offset press line, Advance, at a virtual event being held tomorrow, January 19 from 10 am to 11 am Central Standard Time (CST), which is 11 am to noon Eastern Standard Time (EST) and 8 am to 9 am Pacific Standard Time (PST). The Advance … Read more →
Enfocus, an industry leader in PDF quality control, advanced PDF editing and workflow automation for the printing and graphic arts industry, recently made important changes in management affecting several key roles and responsibilities. After three years of service as General Manager of Enfocus, Wim Fransen has accepted a new challenge at its parent company, Esko. … Read more →
Vecteezy (Bowling Green, Kentucky), one of the largest vector, stock photo and stock video communities in the world, established several milestones in 2020 despite the current pandemic. The company surpassed 100 million user sessions and plans to continue its growth by hiring at least 40 new employees this year, effectively doubling its team size. Popular … Read more →
DIPA Global B.V. (Lelystad, The Netherlands) has announced the launch of its new online platform of substrates for digital printing – Substrate Bank. The platform brings together print-media manufacturers and their products on a pure B2B industry platform “making the sourcing and specifying of substrates easy, fast and transparent,” said the company. Substrate Bank takes … Read more →
Scodix (Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel) has announced record-breaking prodcution of enhanced prints during the fourth quarter of the 2020 holiday season in North America. Scodix customers surpassed a combined total of more than 50 million cards with personalized and embossed foils for the 2020 peak holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. “We are delighted that … Read more →
MATT FYFE. Industry veteran Matt Fyfe, former President of Maclean Hunter Printing (Toronto), died on December 30, 2020 at the age of 84. Fyfe was a key player in taking Maclean Hunter’s magazine printing facility from an in-house operation to a growing national commercial printing company, with production facilities across Canada. He served as President … Read more →
Converters of kraft, newsprint and specialty papers that utilize sheeted master sizes, and then have them guillotine-trimmed to finished dimensions, can significantly increase productivity and reduce waste with the Maxson MSP Sheeter, said OEM Maxson Automatic Machinery Company (Westerly, Rhode Island). Available in widths up to 65″ (1651 mm), the sheeter can run at speeds … Read more →
The new Version 5 release of EFI’s PrintSmith Vision MIS software (part of the EFI Quick Print Suite of business and production-management tools) delivers “optimized performance and enhanced flexibility for small commercial and quick-print businesses.” Developed by Electronics For Imaging (EFI), this is the first 100% HTML version of PrintSmith Vision, replacing legacy systems based … Read more →
Teledyne Imaging (Waterloo, Ontario), a global leader in machine-vision technology, has rolled out its latest brochure that provides a detailed overview of its newest innovations in machine-vision solutions. These include: line-scan and area-scan cameras; infrared, SWIR and multispectral imaging; scientific cameras; 3D profilers; frame grabbers; smart cameras, integrated vision systems and embedded solutions; industrial X-Ray … Read more →
The latest report from market research and data specialist Lux Research (Boston, MA) has revealed that diversification and innovation are essential for the pulp and paper industry to succeed in emerging packaging applications – and to stave off tens of billions of dollars in expected losses! Digital media and paperless communication have caused a major … Read more →
Lorpon Labels of Toronto has doubled its digital label production capacity with a new HP Indigo 6900 Digital Press, improving agility to deliver labels with fast turnarounds to support a recent upswing in demand for food packaging. The converter – a major supplier to the wine and spirits, beverage, beer, food and cosmetics industries – … Read more →
The crucial area of investor relations, which falls under the mandate of Koenig & Bauer AG’s Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Stephen Kimmich, has been passed on to Lena Landenberger effective from January 1, 2021. Landenberger has a wealth of experience in corporate communications, auditing and investor relations. After graduating with a degree in business law, … Read more →