Printing Industries of America Announces 2010 InterTech Award Winners

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Printing Industries of America has announced the recipients of the 2010 InterTech™ Technology Awards. The technologies receiving this prestigious award have been judged as truly innovative and expected to have a major impact on the graphic communications industry.

The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology nominations ranging from software solutions to press consumables and printing systems. Great strides in technology were demonstrated in inkjet, Web-to-print, plate processing, and flexographic and offset print quality.

Six innovative technologies were selected to receive the award. The 2010 InterTech Technology Award recipients are (listed alphabetically by company, with the technology named first):

• ZAC Automated Controller Technology Module
FUJIFILM North America, Graphic Systems Division
• Prinect Inspection Control
Heidelberg USA
• HIFLEX Webshop
HIFLEX
• KODAK DIGICAP NX Screening
Eastman Kodak Company
• KODAK PROSPER S10 Imprinting System
Eastman Kodak Company
• SUPER BLUE 3™
Printing Research, Inc.

The InterTech stars, recognized as a symbol of technological innovation and excellence, will be presented before an audience of industry leaders during the 2010 Printing Industries of America Premier Print Awards and InterTech Technology Awards Gala, October 3 in Chicago, Illinois.

A technology review booklet showcasing all twenty of the current year’s entries will be produced and distributed this fall at Graph Expo and in an issue of Printing Industries of America—The Magazine.

For more information about the InterTech Technology Awards, contact Jim Workman, assistant vice president, Center for Technology and Research, Printing Industries of America, at (800) 910-4283, ext. 710.

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