SEWICKLEY, Pa.—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) announced the recipients of the 2007 InterTech Technology Awards. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology submissions ranging from printing presses to software solutions to ancillary services. A recurring theme with 2007 InterTech nominations was green printing, and numerous submissions contained solutions to minimize the environmental impact of printing. Great strides in technology were also demonstrated in the form of innovative press design, touchless workflow systems to automate production steps, anti-fraud measures, and new materials and systems that increase productivity. Recipients were recognized from across the entire production workflow. Thirty-one nominations were submitted, and
Fujifilm Graphic Systems U.S.A.
Printers and managers from around the world head out to drupa to discover new opportunities and to take in the show’s extensive range of products and services for every stage of production—from pre-media and print all the way to post processing. Over the years, drupa has evolved and expanded to meet the information requirements of the global print community. drupa 2000 introduced an optimized venue that included the integration of paper converting and packaging production. A digital infrastructure is the common link in today’s production cycle, and drupa 2004 was a global hub for showcasing all the product offerings in the digital process chain. One of
VALHALLA, N.Y.—FUJIFILM announced that its primary US manufacturing complex, located in Greenwood, S.C., will begin using methane gas from a local community landfill to power approximately 40 percent of the facility’s operations. Through an arrangement with Greenwood County and Methane Credit, LLC, methane gas will be extracted from the landfill and piped into the Fujifilm complex, where it will then be used in two of the facility’s four boilers. The facility will use approximately 197 billion BTUs of methane-generated energy from the landfill per year; the equivalent of the amount of energy used to heat more than 5,000 homes each year. “This is a
packagePRINTING is proud to be a media partner for drupa 2008, the mega trade show held every four years in Düsseldorf, Germany. Each month, packagePRINTING will provide updates on this international blockbuster as we count down the months to the start of the show in May 2008. Also, look for regular updates on the packagePRINTING Web site at www.packageprinting.com. drupa 2008, print media trade fair, will be the largest in its more than 50-year history, with 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space in 19 halls and more than 1,800 exhibitors. The show will occupy the entire Düsseldorf fairgrounds—including all new halls—from
LEBANON, N.H.—FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. announced that Hexion Specialty Chemicals has joined the FUJIFILM Dimatix Ink Partnership Program as the 13th company to participate. Hexion was accepted into the Ink Partnership Program based on its expanding base of UV products and technologies, technical resources, worldwide presence, and expertise in color and pigments, said Martin Schoeppler, vice president, marketing and sales, FUJIFILM Dimatix. “The strength of these core attributes make Hexion Specialty Chemicals an excellent candidate for our Ink Partnership Program by suggesting that specific Hexion ink formulations and the technologies on which they are based will pass our rigorous testing procedures and allow Hexion to
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—The Information Management Institute’s 16th Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference is schedule for January 31-February 2, 2007 at the Radisson Orlando Resort-Celebration Orlando in Kissimmee, Florida, where you can and display your products or services, participate in the suppliers’ forum, and give a 5-minute presentation of your products, services, and capabilities. The program will feature more than 20 presentations from leading companies and industry experts including 3P InkJet Textiles AG, Fujifilm Dimatix, Hewlett Packard, Hexion Specialty Chemicals, InfoTrends, Innov8 Solutions, I.T. Strategies, imaging Technology international, Konica Minolta IJ Technologies, Nazdar, nScrypt, Nordson UV, Phoseon Technology, Pivotal Resources, SunJet, TTP, U.S. Secret Service, Web
RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies announced the election of several new directors at its Annual Conference November 6 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Elected to terms expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting were four new directors: Michael Fox, president of Screen USA Don Harvey, vice president and general manager of XpedX Printing Technologies Marc Olin, senior vice president and general manager of Professional Printing Applications Thomas Wetjen, vice president of Worldwide Graphic Communications at Xerox Corporation Nominated for re-election to terms expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting were: Timothy Combs, vice president, sales and marketing at Fujifilm
DARMSTADT, Germany—The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization announced the results of its 2006 elections for advisory board members and officers on its board of directors. CIP4’s advisory board is the organization’s governing body. The advisory board consists of representatives of each of three classes of members; partner, full and associate. There are 14 partner members of CIP4 and roughly 150 full and associate members of CIP4. Partner members automatically have one seat on the advisory board, but full and associate members are represented by advisory board directors that are elected with a simple majority
Most screening technologies work well. Every prepress workflow presents a multitude of screening options. Beyond these simple assumptions, however, questions proliferate. Is AM screening the right choice, or is FM better? Will transitional screening supplant them both? What are the tradeoffs? How tight a process control window can the printer operate within? The answers to these questions vary from market to market and from one print discipline to another. What is certain is that the right choice of screening method can help printers in their quest for differentiation. It can also have an impact in the pressroom, based on its runnability. Screening
Extended color printing could be the next best thing to the eye of the beholder in the package-printing industry. PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING, THE exact nature of color may be in dispute forever. As far as brand owners and the package and label printers who work with them are concerned, however, color is a concrete, measurable reality and the most critical component of print quality. If the job of the packaging or label designers is to create shelf appeal and ensure brand recognition, the job of packaging and label printers is to lock in those attributes by reproducing those designs as faithfully, efficiently, and affordably as
