Each year the Printing Industries of America (PIA) releases its State of the Industry Report – a detailed outlook for business leaders at current industry conditions from an economic, legislative and regulatory perspective. Prepared by the PIA’s in-house experts, the report consists of an overview from the Center for Print Economics and Management as well … Read more →
The Flexographic Technical Association (FTA, Bohemia, NY) and Koenig & Bauer (KBA) Flexotecnica, have announced that they’ll hold a half-day seminar on the benefits and challenges of implementing electron-beam curing and UV-LED into the flexographic printing process. The We Have The Cure training conference will take place at Koenig & Bauer’s facility and technology center … Read more →
Thunderbird Press (Richmond, British Columbia) recently started using Azura chemistry-free plates from Agfa Graphics Canada to become more environmentally sustainable. Originally founded as a small family business in 1967, the shop has grown to become one of the premier commercial printers in British Columbia. It’s built a respected and trusted reputation among its customers, employees … Read more →
The intelliFLEX Innovation Alliance (Ottawa and Mississauga, Ontario) has announced that Mark Majewski, a 30-year veteran of the Canadian technology industry and former Geographic Director at a major semiconductor company, has succeeded Peter Kallai as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer. IntelliFLEX is a not-for-profit industry alliance and a vital partner (for accelerating the growth of … Read more →
The Graphics Canada tradeshow, the largest event in the country for the printing and graphic arts industry, will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 11, 12 and 13, 2019 at the International Centre, 6900 Airport Road in Mississauga, Ontario. The show will feature three days of the latest technology, learning opportunities, networking and much … Read more →
The Board of Directors of Manroland Goss Web Systems Americas has appointed Dave Soden as Managing Director, overseeing operations of the equipment and services provider in North America effective immediately. Greg Blue, previous Managing Director of Durham Operations, will be moving into a transition support role with the OEM. Soden previously held the position of … Read more →
Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has revealed that its latest Digital Front End (DFE) technology for advanced, high-end digital print production is the new Fiery FS350 Pro software designed to give graphic arts professionals more power, productivity and versatility in digital printing. The new Fiery software will be available starting this quarter in high-end production DFEs … Read more →
Specialty substrate leader GPA (McCook, Illinois) has announced that Gerard Vail has joined its team as Business Development Director for its Strategic Services. Vail’s addition “strengthens GPA’s Strategic Services Team, reinforces the company’s status as innovation facilitators, and delivers on their brand promise of providing global industry and product intelligence that supports business growth,” the … Read more →
The event will be held at the Holiday Inn Gurnee Convention Center in Gurnee, Illinois Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 and 22, 2019. The OEM will be welcoming attendees to “See more. Learn more. Do more.” at the educational and networking event. Featured will be presentations from respected industry professionals, question-and-answer panel discussions, tabletop exhibits … Read more →
Contiweb (Boxmeer, The Netherlands) a worldwide specialist in state-of-the-art web-offset press solutions, has announced that Bert Schoonderbeek stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer effective December 31, 2018. During his tenure as CEO, Schoonderbeek played a pivotal role in establishing Contiweb as an industry leader in web-offset solutions, as well as driving the … Read more →
Two Sides North America is a global initiative by companies from the printing and graphic communications industry and includes forestry, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing, printing, envelopes and postal operators. The non-profit organization’s mission is to promote the sustainability of the printing and graphics communications industry, while dispelling common environmental misconceptions … Read more →
Onyx Graphics (Salt Lake City, Utah), a leader in RIP and print workflow software solutions, marks 30 years of developing “revolutionary” products for the wide-format digital inkjet printing industry this month. “Since creating the first wide-format-specific RIP software in 1989, Onyx’s award-winning solutions continue to be at the forefront of innovation,” said the company. “In … Read more →