Shorts

John T. Heald Jr. was named president and chief operating officer of Baldwin Technology Company, Shelton, Conn., reporting to Gerald A. Nathe, chairman and chief executive.

Vio Worldwide Ltd., founded in the United Kingdom in 1998 as a globally managed application service provider, will discontinue its core service on June 30; an Internet-only solution is to be available until July 31.

PrintNation, Newport Beach, Calif., has closed its doors after operating for two years offering graphic arts equipment and supplies via the Web.

Quebecor World Inc., Montreal, will expand its plant in Fernley, Nev. with the addition of a fifth wide-web rotogravure press and ancillary equipment. The new press will enable the gravure facility to produce more than 2.4 billion finished products annually.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, broke ground last month for a $10.8 million, 90,000-square-foot expansion of its 550,000-square-foot publications plant in Danville, Ky. that includes creation of up to 100 jobs within six months.

Workflow Management, Inc., Palm Beach, Fla., has acquired Webtrend Direct and Webtrend Graphics of Southern California.

David J. Steinhardt has been named senior vice president of the Graphic Communications Association, Alexandria, Va.

Directions 2001, the annual meeting of the Heidelberg Digital Imaging Association, will take place June 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Va. At the event, hundreds of digital system users will meet with about 100 Heidelberg executives, engineers, and product specialists. For more, visit directions2001.com.

Steve Bonoff has been named president of the International Prepress Association, succeeding Hank Hatch, who has retired.

Scott W. Tilden has joined the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation and the Printing Industries of America as senior consultant for emerging technologies.