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FOSTER CITY, Calif.—EFI, a world leader in color digital print servers, superwide format and industrial inkjet printers and inks, and print management solutions, announced it has sold its first Jetrion 4000 UV Inkjet System to True Label, Inc., a label innovator and current Jetrion 3025 customer. True Label signed the contract for the machine last month and recently installed the press in its Toledo, Ohio facility. The Jetrion 4000 was unveiled at LabelExpo 2006 in Chicago and will be in full production by this September’s LabelExpo Europe. True Label purchased the new press to economically in-source full color, short run jobs, eliminating the need

Century Systems, Inc. Distributor of barcode printers, scanning equipment, thermal ribbons, labels and tags, printing accessories, and label design and printing software. Write 859, Visit www.century systems.com Degrava Systems The Degrava DP8500 was engineered with in-plant printers and converters in mind for an affordable, simple solution that provides a logical bridge between traditional presses and high-end digital systems. Features include automatic color registration, no complex maintenance or cleaning procedures, digital quality and flexibility, and more. Write 860, Visit www.degrava.com Jetrion Jetrion provides digital printing and inkjet expertise, with digital ink, hardware, and integrated solutions for digital printing. Write 861, Visit www.jetrion.com J KODAK The

Ann Arbor, Mich.— Flint Group has been selected as the new name for the holding company created by the merger in late 2005 of European-based XSYS Print Solutions and American-owned Flint Ink Corporation. "Flint Group is a strong new leader in all sectors of the worldwide printing, packaging, and colorants industries. It brings together long traditions of superior products, expert service and a commitment to meeting customer needs in all of the major markets of the world," said Dave Frescoln, CEO of the new company. Speaking of the new name, Frescoln said that the selection was based on the need for a structure and

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Jetrion LLC, a leading supplier of inkjet printers, inks and custom systems, today announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Electron Beams, Inc. (AEB), developer and patent holder of a major technological breakthrough in e-beam technology. The companies have partnered to bring a new technology to the marketplace that matches the high-speed performance of the drop-on-demand Jetrion 3025 Inkjet System, with the unsurpassed complete-cure speed of AEB's highly compact e-beam emitter, for use in a wide range of inkjet applications throughout the graphics, label and packaging industries. AEB has tremendously simplified the use of e-beam technology and significantly lowered the acquisition cost. Its

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

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Jetrion LLC, a leading supplier of inkjet printers, inks and custom systems, has significantly expanded its North American distribution channels with the addition of Pitman Company as a distributor of Jetrion's advanced inkjet systems and inks. The companies have signed a letter of intent and are working to complete a final agreement. Pitman now distributes a broad range of Jetrion's inkjet products - including its complete line of Jetrion 3000 Series Inkjet Systems - to the commercial printing, mailing, packaging and label markets. Pitman also now offers Jetrion's extensive range of high-performance CIJ solvent, UV and new low-VOC inkjet inks. Larry D'Amico,

Just when it seems like inkjet has reached its pinnacle of capabilities, innovations in the printing technology open new markets. INKJET PRINTING IS not the first thing most printers think of when they wake up in the morning. Inkjet's most common use in packaging is coding and marking—the least of printers' worries. But times are changing and so is inkjet technology, which may one day soon, play a much larger part in the printing of packaging materials. Currently, inkjet printing has many benefits to boot. It prints very high resolution, up to 4,800 dpi, said Mark Strobel, vice president, sales and marketing, Primera Technology,

Inkjet has stamped its place in commercial printing, but will it ever mean more than coding and marking in package printing? by Kate Sharon "DIGITAL" IS THE buzzword in package printing today. There's digital printing, and even some diecutting, anilox engraving, and platemaking processes have been digitalized. But digital printing—specifically inkjet—is on the minds of many in the industry, and everyone wants to know how the new technology stands up to its conventional counterparts. Inkjet basics More and more inkjet products, designed for packaging applications, come to market each year. While the technology itself attracts attention, its big price tag and muted capabilities often