MacDermid Printing Solutions

ATLANTA, Ga.—MacDermid Printing Solutions announced it has placed more than 10 LUX units in the field. The LUX platemaking process is brand new technology, having made its commercial debut on May 2, 2010.

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—On the opening day of the FFTA INFO*FLEX event, MacDermid Printing Solutions launched a new platemaking technology, known as the LUX Process that the company says will allow printers to take flexo printing to even higher levels of performance.

Digital printing and workflow developments for package printing, including products from NewPage, Griffin-Rutgers and Masterpiece Graphix.

Equipment, software and service purchases by U.S. packaging printers, including Beyer Graphics.

Digital printing and workflow developments for package printing, including items on Pira global market study, Dscoop and SpencerLab.

WASHINGTON—The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has launched its 2010 Recycling Awards program and invited the nation’s business, community, and school paper recycling programs to compete for national recognition.

HARTSVILLE, S.C.—Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has been named a North America Top Company for Leaders by Hewitt Associates, The RBL Group, and Fortune, announced Cindy Hartley, senior vice president, Human Resources.

ATLANTA, Ga.—MacDermid Printing Solutions announced that effective June 11, 2009, Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment Limited will distribute MacDermid’s sheet photopolymer plate products and equipment in Canada.

RESTON, Va.–The Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization (PRIMIR) membership recently elected the officers and members of their 2009 Executive Committee. Tamara D. Pope, director of marketing for Transcontinental Inc., was elected to chair the PRIMIR Executive Committee. Andrew Gordon, manager, Business Intelligence at Océ North America, will serve as the organization's vice chair. William K. “Kip” Smythe, vice president of NPES, serves as the group's president, and Jacqueline M. Bland, managing director, PRIMIR, serves as the secretary of the executive committee.

GENT, Belgium—EskoArtwork will present solutions for printers at the Graphics of the Americas Exposition and Conference (GOA 2009) Feb. 26-28, in Miami. The company will demonstrate its complete solutions portfolio for  commercial printers, packaging, and sign companies. EskoArtwork brings together the systems, software, and hardware, as well as the people and available information assets in order to effectively connect them into high-performance workflows.