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Posted Oct. 8, 2008
-- Graphic Arts Online, 10/8/2008 7:06:00 AM
Continental Colorcraft, Transcontinental Yorkville-O’Keefe, Quad/Graphics, Progress Printing, PaperGraphics Printing, Heidelberg, Reed Business Information, UPS-DHL, HP, Océ, Rickard Bindery, Harry Potter, Schaeffer Environmental Award nominations, today's quote and more.Congratulations to Continental Colorcraft, Monterey Park, CA, and Transcontinental Yorkville-O’Keefe, Toronto: two of nine Sappi Fine Papers 2008 International Printers of the Year. For more
Employee-owned Progress Printing, Lynchburg, VA, updates—and gets greener—with Kodak Upfront job-planning software. For more
Quad/Graphics earned a third EPA SmartWay award for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its freight operations. For more
Commercial shop PaperGraphics Printing, Temple, TX, replaces 2-color Printmaster QM 46 press with new model. For more
Heidelberg's 2008 financial struggles are chronicled in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. The world's largest printing press manufacturer admits being hurt by the global economic slowdown but expects an upturn—despite threats from digital and online technologies. Read the complete article.
Credit-market chaos may postpone the pending sale of Reed Business Information, the publisher of Graphic Arts Monthly. One bank in the lending consortium has backed off tentatively, according to a Reuters report, leaving a shortfall of up to about $200 million in the financing package of $1.26 billion.
A UPS-DHL transport deal faces continued scrutiny, as U.S. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) question the proposed agreement.
HP and MySpace launched a project that could drive print volume, and said O'Neil Data Systems gets the first U.S. Scalable Printing Technology inkjet web in December. HP reports that 100 indigo 7000s were sold since their drupa launch.
Océ says it derived 26% of its revenues from color printers, up from 20%. With 60% of the firm's revenues coming from outside the Euro zone, currency fluctuations drove down Q3 revenues 7.1% vs. one year ago.
Rickard Bindery, Chicago, has installed a glue-detection system that uses an infrared sensor to verify glue adhesion. For more
A 100-year-old English 10-ton Cossar web press earns a role in the next Harry Potter movie, 'The Deathly Hallows,' set for release in mid-2011.
PIA/GATF is accepting nominations for its annual Schaeffer Environmental Award through Nov. 3. For more
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