Industry News

Gaithersburg, MD (September 04, 2008) - MCS, Inc., a leader in industrial and mailing inkjet technology and camera systems, is showing several new technologies for the first time at the Danbury Document Messaging Technology Center's open house on September 9 and 10.
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WASHINGTON DC, September 4, 2008 – Just one year after the launch of Print in the Mix (PIM), a comprehensive clearinghouse of research on the effectiveness and value of print media, The Print Council, RIT, and six universities around the country who collaborated on PIM say that printers are reporting positive benefits as a result of using the information found on the site.
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(September 04, 2008) Neopost, the worldwide provider of mailing and shipping solutions, is exhibiting at Graph Expo 2008, October 26-29, in Chicago, IL. Neopost will feature a variety of   innovative high-performance mailing solutions that will help businesses of all sizes reduce mailing costs and maximize mailroom efficiency and productivity.
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September 4, 2008 - New York, NY - Scott Tully, Director of Integrated Manufacturing for the Premedia Group of Vertis Communications, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Xinet Users Group, Inc. (XUG), the worldwide organization serving Xinet workflow and digital asset management solution users. At Vertis, Scott leads a team of workflow solutions specialists focused on lean/continuous improvement through the application and integration of best-of-class technologies.
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Irvine, California (September 04, 2008) - MindFireInc, a leading developer and distributor of marketing intelligence and sales automation software, has captured the #6 position in the Inc. 500 fastest-growing software companies in America. It also secured an 11th ranking among Southern California businesses and ranked #152 among the fastest growing private companies in the country overall for 2008.  read more »

Newark, NJ, September 3, 2008 - Printers’ Service (Prisco) is pleased to announce that our PriscoDigital affiliate has been appointed North American distributor for Matan Super-Wide Format (SWF) digital printers, the inventor of Super-Wide Format technology. With this appointment, Matan is taking taken a major step towards penetrating the North American Offset Printing market. The synergy between Matan and Prisco, each a leader in Graphic Arts, promises to have a significant impact on the industry.
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New York, NY (September 4, 2008) -- ABI, the leader in business-to-business marketing public relations, announces Sustainability DriverTM, a new program that helps BtoB companies effectively communicate sustainable initiatives and realize positive business results from green practices. For more information visit <http://www.sustainabilitydriver.com/>
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(September 04, 2008) As at Drupa in May, KBA’s focus at IfraExpo in Amsterdam will be on its innovative Competence platform comprising the ultra-compact Cortina (waterless) and Commander CT (conventional) newspaper offset presses, whose extensive automation, flexibility, cost efficiency and user-friendliness are the way of the future.
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Reston, (September 06, 2008) VA-Dr. Joe Webb and Professor Frank Romano will headline the day before GRAPH EXPO opens EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference, October 25th in Chicago's McCormick Place, which will feature the industry's most knowledgeable experts and instructors.  'Dr. Joe' is the Director of WhatTheyThink.com's Economics and Research Center and Romano, RIT Professor Emeritus, is best known as the industry's combination guru and curmudgeon.
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(September 04, 2008) Rickard Bindery, an industry-leading binding and finishing company, proudly
announces the installation of a new glue detection system that verifies
whether glue has been applied to a product.

Glue adhesion is a common problem in the industry. As pieces go through the
folding machines, the glue heads get clogged no matter how diligent the
operator. Thanks to a recent technological innovation, operators now have
the ability to look for spots of glue rather than lines of glue.
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