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RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected a new chairman of its board as well as a new director at its Annual Conference October 9 in Key Biscayne, Florida. The new chairman is Thomas Saggiomo, President of Agfa Corporation's Graphic Systems business in North America. He was elected to the NPES board in 1998, and is the 26th chief executive officer elected to the chairman's post in the Association's 72-year history.  Saggiomo was elected to a one-year term expiring at the 2006 NPES Annual Conference. He succeeds Kathryn P. Marx, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for

PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05 drew an international audience to the Windy City for a week of new technology demonstrations. THE STATISTICS ARE in from the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05, held last month in Chicago, was a big success by many of the reported metrics. Attendance was in the neighborhood of 62,000. The number of exhibitors, 954, was up from the 893 at the last PRINT show in 2001. The international flavor of the show was demonstrated by the more than 7,200 international attendees from 99 countries, up from 75 in 2001. Clearly, the show had the

RESTON, Va.—The world's largest and most complete commercial, package printing, and converting event of 2005 continues to grow even as opening day draws ever closer, adding new exhibitors just weeks before the big show starts in Chicago. The Graphic Arts Show Company, Inc. (GASC®), the event's producer, announced that 46 new exhibitors had signed up for the show in July alone. Among them are: *   Apago, Inc., providing software for manipulation of PDF, PostScript and other files. *   Globe-Tek, offering enterprise-level print management solutions. *   NoviPack, a French maker of a wide range of packaging films and related products. *   ECRM Imaging Systems, Inc., developers

Regis J. Delmontagne will retire at the end of 2005 as President of NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, the Graphic Arts Show Company and the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation, NPES and GASC Chair Kathryn P. Marx has announced. Delmontagne was the Association's first full-time professional executive.  At the time he joined the Association, then known as the National Printing Equipment Association in December 1976, membership comprised 37 companies; today there are more than 400. He has been President of GASC since the show management company was created in 1982 and of GAERF since the Foundation was

RESTON, Va.—Online registration for the upcoming international mega-event, PRINT 05 & CONVERTING 05 is officially operational, ready for visitors from around the globe to secure their registration for the event, announced Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC), the show's producer. The event, to be held September 9 - 15, 2005 at McCormick Place Complex, Chicago, IL, will offer attendees the largest, most comprehensive array of working machinery, equipment and supplies for commercial, package printing and converting in the world this year. Online registration offers attendees several benefits. Those registering online through the show's website, www.PRINT05.com will receive confirmation of their registration via electronic

RESTON, Va.—Major industry players in the digital sector have shown their support for the upcoming GUTENBERG & DIGITAL OUTLOOK, April 28 - 30, 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center by offering digitally-oriented educational sessions as part of a special program originated by Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). Large, digital products firms like Hewlett Packard, Adobe, Quark, Xinet and others have thrown their support behind this newly refocused event, lending visibility and credibility along with the expertise they bring with their participation in the educational portions and exhibit floor for the West Coast event. Hewlett Packard has shown their strong support for the West