News releases on Printingtalk categorised by date
Sunday 18 February
to Saturday 24 February 2007
Lean Manufacturing Transforms Printer's Efficiency
User Application Article Manchester's Pelican Press will demonstrate how it transformed its performance through adopting lean manufacturing techniques when it opens its doors to fellow printers.
News from Manufacturing Institute (23 February 2007)
Top Appointments At Printing Firms Prompts Changes
A wave of new appointments at the top of the UK's largest 790 printing companies is set to prompt a radical change in their behaviour and put even greater pressure on those with aging boardrooms.
News from Plimsoll Publishing Ltd (23 February 2007)
National Advertising Booking System For News Firm
Atex has been selected by News Limited, Australia, to provide a national multimedia advertising booking system for newspaper and magazine display advertising.
News from Atex Media Solutions (23 February 2007)
Carton Firm Transforms Pre-Press With New Software
User Application Article Boxes GH in Great Harwood (UK) has invested GBP300,000 to turn its manual platemaking department in to a pre-press facility with Artwork Systems' software and RIP technology.
News from Artwork Systems (23 February 2007)
Print Provides Impact And Value For Newspapers
The opportunities to bring more impact and value to the printed newspaper are extensive, according to Goss International's chief executive officer, Bob Brown.
News from Goss International (23 February 2007)
First UK Sale For Printing And Converting System
Following the launch and two overseas sales of its new line of 'plug and play' printing and converting equipment, the Lambda, Edale has secured their first UK Lambda order from the labelling industry.
News from Edale (23 February 2007)
Demand Spurs Carton Company To Buy 6-Colour Press
Increasing demand in the competitive carton and packaging sector has led Gateshead (UK) firm Integrated Packaging to order its fourth Komori B1 press - a six-colour Lithrone LS40 with coater. Brochure Available
News from Komori UK (23 February 2007)
Konica Minolta Heads Print Skills Certification
Konica Minolta has formed a new partnership with the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). Brochure Available
News from Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK (23 February 2007)
Stapler Streamlines Council's Print Finishing
User Application Article Hampshire (UK) Hart District Council has added to its finishing department by investing in a Stago HM15 stapler, supplied by independent finishing company, Total Print Finishing Services (Total PFS).
News from Total Print Finishing Services (23 February 2007)
Labelexpo Europe 2007 Space Now 90% Booked
Labelexpo Europe 2007, which will take place on September 26-29 is predicted to attract over 23,000 visitors to Brussels (Belgium) from all over the world.
News from Labelexpo (23 February 2007)
Digital Print Marketing Reports Now Available
PIA/GATF's Digital Printing Council (DPC) has made available the latest set of reports from its Marketing 4 Digital (M4D) research project.
News from PIA/GATF (23 February 2007)
Platemaking System On Show At Graphics Of Americas
On the Xante stand - 224 - at the Graphics of the Americas (GOA) exhibition, visitors will see demonstrations of Xante's Platemaker 5 and Impressia.
News from Xante Corporation (23 February 2007)
Printcity Builds For Drupe 2008 With New Manager
As part of its increasing programme of activities in the lead up to Drupa 2008, Printcity has appointed Mirjana Nikolic as fairs and events manager.
News from PrintCity GmbH and Co KG (23 February 2007)
Digital Print Firm Installs New Wide Format Press
Northampton (UK) digital print firm CCS Digital has installed a new Mimaki JV-160s wide format, full solvent press that complements its Mimaki CG-FX cutter and plotter.
News from CCS Digital (23 February 2007)
Printable Tags Streamline Meat Production
User Application Article Albion Systems of Altrincham (UK) is helping Bearfields to streamline its production with track-and-trace labels that meet the needs of what is a craft business.
News from Albion Systems (23 February 2007)
KBA Press Helps Spanish Printer Maintain Quality
User Application Article Following the commissioning of another KBA Rapida 162a press Graficas Instar has expanded its press fleet at L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona (Spain).
News from KBA (23 February 2007)
UV Inkjet Printer Handles Wide Range Of Work
Mimaki Engineering has expanded its line of UV-curable inkjet printers with the UJF-605CII.
News from Mimaki Europe B.V. (23 February 2007)
Volume Licensing For Cost-Effective QuarkXPress
Quark has launched the Quark Volume Licensing Programme (QVLP) in Europe, said to be a new cost-efficient way for organisations to purchase multiple licenses of QuarkXPress software.
News from Quark Inc (23 February 2007)
Pre-Press Company Wins Which? Magazine Repro Deal
Pre-press company Zebra has secured the reprographic contract for Which? Money, the latest title from UK consumer organisation Which?.
News from Zebra (23 February 2007)
Folder-Gluer Enhances Carton Finishing Services
User Application Article Alpha Media Solutions, the Bradford (UK) print and carton finisher has installed a Bobst Mistral folder-gluer to complement its carton die cutting trade service.
News from Bobst SA (22 February 2007)
New Komori Press Offers Competitive Long-Run Work
User Application Article MPD Offset in Swindon (UK) has installed a five-colour Komori Lithrone S29 and coater to enable it to add competitively priced longer run litho work to the print portfolio it currently offers. Brochure Available
News from Komori UK (22 February 2007)
Large Format Image Software For Vibrant Colour
Fujifilm UK has unveiled the latest addition to its Imagehunter operator software for large format inkjet printing.
News from Fujifilm Graphic Systems (22 February 2007)
Inkjet Media For Large Format Inkjet Art Printing
Fujifilm continues to expand its range of fine art inkjet media for large-format printing applications with the launch of two new paper sizes for Museum Baryte and Artist Canvas.
News from Fujifilm Graphic Systems (22 February 2007)
New Software Bundles For Large Format Inkjet Print
Fujifilm has announced the details of its latest Greenbox bundles for large-format printers.
News from Fujifilm Graphic Systems (22 February 2007)
Digital Flatbed Printers Get Direct US Support
Inca Digital has established a direct technical support group to provide service to Inca users in North America.
News from Inca Digital Printers (22 February 2007)
Massive Savings From Newspaper CTP System
User Application Article ECRM Imaging Systems has installed the first of two Newsmatic 250 CTP system in the production facilities of The Korea Times' Los Angeles headquarters for southern California (USA).
News from ECRM (22 February 2007)
DI Digital Offset Press Expands Printing Capacity
User Application Article City Colors, a printer offering services to the trade, experienced such immediate value from its Presstek 52DI digital offset press that the company quickly installed a second new Presstek system.
News from Presstek Inc (22 February 2007)
Workflow System Upgrade With Two-Bit Screening
Xitron has released Xenith 6.1, a software upgrade for its workflow system product line.
News from Xitron (22 February 2007)
M-real Raises Prices Of Woodfree Papers
M-real UK Commercial Printing is to increase the price of its woodfree coated and uncoated papers by seven per cent for all deliveries to UK and Irish customers.
News from M-real (22 February 2007)
Document Software Firm's 54% Revenue Growth
Document production software company, GMC Software Technology achieved a 54 per cent revenue growth and further expansion of its international operation during 2006.
News from GMC Software Technology (22 February 2007)
Colourgen Sells Colorspan Flatbed Inkjet Printers
Colourgen has announced that it has exclusive UK distribution for the new MacDermid Colorspan 5400UV series of flatbed UV-curable inkjet printers.
News from Colourgen (22 February 2007)
18,000sph KBA Press Supports Card Printing Growth
User Application Article Spanish printing company Roldan Graficas in Terrasa near Barcelona came up with the idea that good money can be earned producing credit cards and membership cards, for instance 25 years ago.
News from KBA (22 February 2007)
New Printer Meets Demands Of Logistics Industry
Imaje has added a new printer to its Imaje 2000 Series, the new Imaje 2000 Pallet, due to be launched in the UK in the spring.
News from Imaje UK (20 February 2007)
Flatbed Inkjet Printer For Sign And Print Shops
Colourgen has announced its line-up for this year's Sign UK Exhibition, which includes a new Colorspan 5400uv series flatbed inkjet printer.
News from Colourgen (20 February 2007)
Screen And Wide Format Printing Show Bookings Up
With three and a half months to go until FESPA 2007 at the Messe Berlin (Germany) visitor pre-registration figures are currently showing an increase of 18 per cent compared the last exhibition. Brochure Available
News from FESPA (20 February 2007)
7-Colour Process Print Control With Wider Gamut
Artwork Systems is using Graphispag to introduce to the European market what it claimed is a system for expanded gamut printing - Equinox.
News from Artwork Systems (20 February 2007)
Paper Firm Boosts Forest Logging Assessments
UPM has said it has boosted its supplier assessment practices in Russia by increasing the number of assessments and developing their methodology.
News from UPM-Kymmene Corporation (20 February 2007)
Kodak Platesetter Eases Small Printer's CTP Path
Cost effective quality and efficiency top the benefits of the new Kodak Magnus 400E Platesetter, claimed the company.
News from Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (20 February 2007)
Thermal Perfector Laminator's World Launch
Autobond has chosen Northprint 07 for the worldwide launch of the Mini 105 TPHS (thermal, perfector, Heidelberg, stacker) laminator.
News from Autobond (20 February 2007)
EFI Gears Up For Eight Annual Users Conference
What is claimed to be the printing industry's largest user conference, EFI Connect, is scheduled for June 10 - 13 at the Wynn Las Vegas (USA).
News from EFI (20 February 2007)
25 New Exhibitors To Show At Northprint 2007
Northprint consistently attracts important print industry suppliers and this year's event has again drawn a substantial number of first-time exhibitors making their debut at the exhibition.
News from Northprint (20 February 2007)
Graphics Of Americas Show Stages Entry Promotion
Graphics of the Americas-Xplor, the second largest US annual international graphic communications exhibition conference and Reed Business Information are staging a joint promotion.
News from Xplor International (20 February 2007)
Shaftless Goss Press To Increase Newspaper Colour
Unipress of Granja, near Porto, in Northern Portugal, has placed an order with Goss International for a shaftless double-width 560mm cut-off Uniliner press.
News from Goss International (20 February 2007)
Tampo Printing Machines Get UK Distributor
Tampo Techniek Nederland, manufacturer of TTN Pad (tampo) printing machines has appointed Printec as its UK distributor.
News from Printec (UK) (20 February 2007)
Former Print Sales Director's New Training Service
The former sales and marketing director of Cradley Print has founded a new company specialising in sales training for the UK printing industry.
News from PGP Solutions Ltd (20 February 2007)
Intel Mac Upgrades First For Pre-Press Software
Artwork Systems has claimed to be one of the first graphic production software suppliers to offer Intel Mac native software versions of its products, with the launch of Intel Mac upgrades.
News from Artwork Systems (20 February 2007)
Pre-Flighting and PDF Software Intel Mac Compliant
Enfocus's most recently launched products are both Adobe Acrobat 8 and Intel Mac (Universal Binary) compliant.
News from EnFocus Software NV (20 February 2007)
Polestar's 12-Month Deal For Virgin Group Magazine
Polestar has strengthened its relationship with the Virgin Group, having secured a 12-month contract to produce the company's internal magazine, Roger.
News from Polestar (20 February 2007)
Bezier Appoints New Procurement Director
Bezier, the UK in-store marketing agency and point of purchase (POP) material producer, has appointed Janette Young to the position of group procurement director.
News from Bezier (20 February 2007)
Dalim Software Users' Conference Bound For Italy
Dalim Software, distributed exclusively in the UK by Turning Point Technologies (TPT), will hold its annual European Dalim Users Organisation (Euroduo) conference from March 26 - 27 in Italy.
News from Turning Point (20 February 2007)
Weber Awarded Coding Print Accreditation
Weber Marking Systems has become one of just eight UK coding companies and the first in Scotland to achieve GS1 UK accredited solution provider status.
News from Weber Marking Systems (20 February 2007)
Oce Shows High Speed Digital Printer At Northprint
This year will see Oce exhibiting at the Northprint show for the first time in five years, where the company will showcase its flagship Varioprint 6250 high-speed, cut sheet printer.
News from Oce Printing Systems (20 February 2007)
Text Verification For Pharmaceutical Companies
The Schlafender Hase Text Verification Tool (TVT) is now in use in pharmaceutical companies world-wide because of its system integrity, simplicity of operation and superior functions.
News from DVS Quality Solutions (20 February 2007)
New Film Archives Data For 500 Years
Ilford, the developer and manufacturer of photographic quality substrates for inkjet printing, will exhibit at Cebit, the trade show for information and telecommunications technology.
News from Ilford Imaging Switzerland GmbH (20 February 2007)
Publication Proofing At US Newspaper Exhibition
Fusion Systems International will be giving demonstrations of its automated pre-press systems at the America East Newspaper Show from March 12 - 14.
News from Fusion Systems International (20 February 2007)
Coding Systems New Sales Set-Up For Puerto Rico
Norwood Marking Systems and Allen Coding Systems have appointed EM Packaging as sales representative for Puerto Rico.
News from Norwood Marking Systems (20 February 2007)
Flexo Firm Founder's Book Cash For Print Education
Bettylyn Krafft, president of The Phoenix Challenge Foundation, has announced that proceeds from the sale of Katherine Harper's new book will be contributed to flexographic education.
News from Harper Corporation of America (20 February 2007)
First Flexo Press For Wetflex Inks Process
Fischer and Krecke has provided its first CI flexo press designed for the Wetflex process to UV-Flex in Aichstetten (Germany).
News from Fischer and Krecke and Co GmbH (20 February 2007)
Imposition Software Distribution For Netherlands
Ultimate Technographics has signed a dealership agreement with XCite International for the distribution and support Ultimate's Impostrip product suite throughout The Netherlands and Europe.
News from Ultimate Technographics (20 February 2007)
File Transfer And Automation Systems Development
Dev Zero G, a developer of file transfer and production automation systems for the printing, publishing, creative and new media industries unveiled its new corporate identity at Publishing Expo 2007.
News from Dev Zero G (20 February 2007)
24-Year-Old Printing.com Franchisee's Scots Shop
It was a desire to leave Edinburgh and return home to Aberdeen that led to 24 year-old Sumon Hoque to set up his own business.
News from Printing.com (20 February 2007)
Datalase Attracts US$10m To Fuel Expansion
Datalase just secured US$10 million of funding for expansion.
News from DataLase (19 February 2007)
Direct Mail Demand Prompts Digital Print Purchase
User Application Article Delphax Technologies has installed a CR1300 high-speed digital printing and publishing system at GI Direct - the company's third such system - to meet growing demand for direct mail.
News from Delphax Technologies Limited (19 February 2007)
New Online Pre-Flighting Software Checks Defects
Oce-Netherlands and Markzware Europe are now cooperating in online pre-flighting of print jobs software, which checks digital files for print for defects and inaccuracies. Brochure Available
News from Markzware Europe (19 February 2007)
Digital Print Firm Solves Short-Run Cards Crisis
User Application Article By providing an instant solution to a pressing problem, digital print firm Everydayprint has helped greetings card design company, Jimmy Chocolate, to secure several pieces of new business.
News from Everydayprint (19 February 2007)
New Addressing Unit Prints 7,000 Postcards An Hour
Addressing technology specialists Renaddress will be featuring models from its compact desktop range as well as polywrapping systems on stand B280 at Northprint 07.
News from Renaddress (19 February 2007)
Software's Digital Asset And Approval Management
Silicon Systems has announced that version 2.3 of Flowmation, its interactive project management system, is now available.
News from Silicon Systems (19 February 2007)
Automated Purchase System Goes On Show
Document management and imaging software author, Version One , is putting the spotlight on automated purchase-to-pay (P2P) technology on stand 25 at Softworld Accounting and Finance 2007.
News from Version One Limited (19 February 2007)
Digital Printer Demonstrates Photo Print Ability
Hewlett Packard will exhibit at Focus on Imaging 2007, Europe's annual photographic and imaging industry event - where it will feature the latest in its photographic and imaging technology.
News from Hewlett-Packard (19 February 2007)
New Linx MD Looks To New Technology
Linx Printing Technologies has appointed Mark Verheyden as its new managing director, with a view to further developing the company's position in the coding and marking industry.
News from Linx Printing Technologies (19 February 2007)
Firm's Production And Workflow Conference First
Bremy UK, a provider of online collaborative production and workflow tools, is to hold its first customer conference in the UK on March 13.
News from Bremy (UK) (19 February 2007)
Colour Management Easier With EFI And X-Rite
EFI and X-Rite have announced a claimed breakthrough system for pre-press operations, publishers and creative personnel.
News from EFI (19 February 2007)
New Imposition Software Dealership For Spain
Ultimate Technographics has signed a master dealership agreement with Ricard Casals Consultants (RCC) for the distribution and support of Ultimate's Impostrip product suite throughout Spain.
News from Ultimate Technographics (19 February 2007)
Processless Printing Plates On Heidelberg Presses
User Application Article Target Print, a printer in Leeds (UK) is the latest company to convert to Fujifilm's Brillia HD Pro-T processless plate.
News from Fujifilm Graphic Systems (19 February 2007)
Hot Air Blowers For Drying Water-Based Inks
Secomak's hot air blowers are claimed to provide a constant stream of hot air at temperatures up to 300 degrees C for drying, heating and curing.
News from Secomak (19 February 2007)
Printing TIps Newsletter Archive Now Available
Each and every week since 1999, Margie Dana has published her e-column, Margie's Print Tips to address a range of industry-related topics.
News from Boston Print Buyers (19 February 2007)
New Heidelberg Press Gives Pindar More Choice
Pindar Graphics, a print and electronic media firm has installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 press.
News from Pindar (19 February 2007)
Komori Recruits Award Winning Apprentice
Komori has recruited an award-winning apprentice in line with a company vision of investment in the future of the industry through the training of skilled workers. Brochure Available
News from Komori UK (19 February 2007)
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