Cansel, (Vancouver, BC), a software, hardware and service provider to the printing, engineering, surveying, construction and architecture industries, as well as government agencies, has created Cobalt Graphics Distribution – a new company focused on the graphics communications market. Cobalt will operate as a national distributor of wide-format, flexographic and offset products to the print communications … Read more →
Manroland Web Systems (Augsburg, Germany) and Goss International (Durham, New Hampshire), both major, long-time web-offset printing manufacturers and service providers, have announced that they’ve officially completed the transaction to combine their businesses. The new company will operate under the brand name Manroland Goss Web Systems and will be “the strongest supplier to web printing companies … Read more →
Solisco (Scott, Quebec), one of Canada’s largest commercial printers, has partnered with PrintReleaf, enabling its clients to select reforestation equivalents to the paper used on their printed projects. PrintReleaf creates a global sustainability standard by certifiably guaranteeing to ‘releaf’ the paper consumption of its customers. It’s the only technology platform that measures customers’ paper usage … Read more →
Kodak has announced that it’s begun a process to sell its Flexographic Packaging Division utilizing UBS Investment Bank as the financial adviser for the transaction. Kodak’s Flexographic Packaging Division (FPD) produces and markets the Flexcel NX system of flexographic imaging equipment, printing plates, consumables and related services. For the past 12 months, FPD reported revenues … Read more →
The Ghent Workgroup’s next timely event will take place in Washington, DC Tuesday, October 9. Industry experts will be discussing PDF processes and best practices for print, production and packaging. Topics will include Ghent Workgroup – General Introduction Opportunities and Challenges in Print’s Competitive Marketplace PDF and PDF/X-plus The Future of Print Workflow – PDF … Read more →
Mactac (Stow, Ohio) a leading supplier of pressure-sensitive adhesives for nearly 60 years, has announced the launch of its new and improved corporate website www.mactac.com. Designed to give customers and visitors a better user experience, the new site features a more user-friendly interface, quick and easy access to products and product information, application and customer … Read more →
The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) has selected the five best companies in product and portfolio management, in cooperation with Complexity Management Academy GmbH and a high-profile industry consortium. The aim of the benchmarking project was to identify exceptionally successful methods, structures and processes in … Read more →
PrintPro Digital & Offset Printing (Winnipeg, Manitoba) has acquired the first Xerox Iridesse Production Press in Canada to help achieve the double-digit annual revenue growth it’s maintained since 2012, and enter the packaging printing market. Founded in 1989, PrintPro is a family-owned commercial printing company operating in the same facility as two complementary businesses which … Read more →
The University of Oklahoma’s Printing, Mailing and Document Services Division has become the first printer in the United States to install the Kodak Nexfinity Digital Press. As the largest in-plant and most award-winning university printer in the U.S., the installation of the new press expands its digital services by joining the university’s existing Kodak Nexpress … Read more →
Miip, a Montreal-based specialist in web inspection technology for the printing industry, has released its new miipCam Mini Web Viewer – a new web inspection system for printers and converters. Most flexo printers use a web viewer camera or registration camera to inspect their print in real time. Without it, print quality and production speed … Read more →
Zanders, a leading German manufacturer of high-quality specialty papers and cartons for the label, packaging and commercial printing markets, has unveiled its latest proprietary product – a natural barrier paper called Zanbarrier NGR. “Due to a special manufacturing process, the use of fluorocarbons or other chemicals is completely unnecessary to ensure its function as a … Read more →
Esko, a global provider of software and hardware for packaging design, collaboration, automation, workflow and production, has announced its acquisition of Blue Software, a label and artwork management software company based in Chicago, Illinois, from Diversis Capital and Schawk Digital Solutions. “This acquisition joins two complementary teams to unlock product packaging development, management and execution … Read more →