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So just how widespread is digital printing in our industry, and what might the future hold? To find out, packagePRINTING magazine and InfoTrends recently conducted a survey of North American label and packaging converters. Over 100 converters offered up some interesting responses. Take a look.

For many years now, the folding carton industry has seen significant consolidation and a concentration of capacity at large integrated carton suppliers. According to CEO Paul Malnove, this consolidation has created further market opportunities for his company.

During the opening session of Connect, EFI’s annual users conference in Las Vegas, EFI and Landa announced a partnership to develop a digital front end (DFE) as part of Landa’s end-to-end Nanographic Printing solution, based exclusively on EFI Fiery digital front end technology.

The fourth quarter and full year 2013 earnings results of EFI will be reported via a conference call and webcast on January 28, 2014. Following its conclusion, a replay will be available online.

At its 2013 Annual Conference in Orlando, FL, NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected a new chairman, two new directors and re-elected several returning directors.

At TLMI’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio this week, President and CEO of Design Label Manufacturing Jeff Dunphy was presented with packagePRINTING’s 2013 TLMI Converter of the Year award.

This year's Labelexpo Europe reported its largest ever edition with record-breaking attendance figures. In addition, numerous market exhibitors increased their presence at the event, and the debut of several new busy feature areas was highly successful.

After a comprehensive review of available technologies, Distinct Packabilities decided to streamline its business management workflow using EFI Radius ERP Software. Using a full range of modules, the new system will help the company benchmark and streamline its production.

PRINT 13 and CPP EXPO had a successful five-day run in McCormick Place. "Two common themes seemed to be repeated by attendees and exhibitors alike at the show this year," reported Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Company. "First, a sense of optimism existed that has not been evidenced in our industry for a few years; the second was the surprising number of deals that were inked at the show."

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items from Mondi Americas, HP and Labelexpo, Eskom Xeikon, OEC Graphics, Goss and Schawk.