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PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NUR Macroprinters Ltd. (NURMF.PK), a manufacturer of industrial wide-format digital inkjet printers. Based in Lod, Israel, NUR is a leading supplier of UV-curable and solvent inkjet printers for display graphics, serving commercial printing companies, sign printers, screen printers, billboard and media companies, photo labs and digital print service providers. The acquisition expands HP’s Graphic Arts portfolio of digital presses and wide-format printers and furthers HP’s Print 2.0 strategy to digitize analog prints by extending the company’s overall digital content creation and publishing platform. With the acquisition, HP will be able to

ELGIN, Ill.—AB Graphic International held its second open house at its Elgin, Ill., facility in November. The event was co-sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and brought together representatives from more than 70 companies within the industry. Presentation topics included “Latest Industry Trends” and “Business Case for Digital Label Products” and the open house featured an up-close demonstration of the ws4500 from HP Indigo, along with an RFID overview from Avery Dennison. AB Graphic International demonstrated various products from its portfolio including the Omega Digicon with Hot Foil Stamping and Embossing for digitally printed labels, Vectra Turret Rewinders, Omega Slitter Rewinders, Flytec 100-percent Camera Inspection, and Pharmaceutical

ELGIN, Ill.—AB Graphic International held its second open house at its Elgin, Ill., facility in November. The event was co-sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and brought together representatives from more than 70 companies within the industry. Presentation topics included “Latest Industry Trends” and “Business Case for Digital Label Products” and the open house featured an up-close demonstration of the ws4500 from HP Indigo, along with an RFID overview from Avery Dennison. AB Graphic International demonstrated various products from its portfolio including the Omega Digicon with Hot Foil Stamping and Embossing for digitally printed labels, Vectra Turret Rewinders, Omega Slitter Rewinders, Flytec 100-percent Camera Inspection, and Pharmaceutical

IDTechEx A new range of transistors using thin films of organic or inorganic compounds as the semiconductors and gate dielectrics are being pursued by organizations in more than 30 countries. The new IDTechEx report “Printed and Thin Film Transistors and Memory” studies the technologies, applications and progress of more than 150 companies in this sector. Here Dr. Peter Harrop, chairman, summarizes some of the findings ( www.IDTechEx.com/tftc). • 339 pages with 10 year forecasts and 2027 outlook • Save 25 percent until Oct 31 2007 by using the promotional code PEWA at www.IDTechEx.com/tftc • 135 tables & figures • More than 150 company profiles

CLEMSON, S.C.—Clemson University’s Printing and Converting Lab (PrintCon) will host the Fundamentals of Quality Print on Corrugated Symposium, Nov. 14–16, 2007. This annual symposium provides an in-depth overview of the elements of the printing system, examining board liners, anilox rolls, doctor blades, inks, and plate systems to demonstrate how they are integrated together to produce enhanced graphics, from clean solids and line work to halftones and even an introduction to process color. This program is co-sponsored by the Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA). This year’s symposium will features a number of expanded interactive breakout sessions, many held press-side and is a rare opportunity

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP announced support of the new PANTONE Goe System palette. HP Indigo and HP Designjet product lines will support PANTONE Goe in future digital front end tools and raster image processor (RIP) products. “HP has a broad portfolio of Pantone-licensed color output devices ranging from wide-format inkjet printers to Indigo digital presses. We are committed to supporting the significantly expanded range of color choices in the PANTONE Goe System,” said Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Graphics and Imaging Business, HP. “With HP DreamColor technologies, special PANTONE optimized look-up tables and HP Professional PANTONE Emulation technology, we are able to produce the best

ELGIN, Ill.—Following the success of its 2005 event, AB Graphic International will host a second open house at its U.S. location in Elgin, Illinois with participation from key industry partners including HP, EskoArtwork, and Avery Dennison. The event will be held Nov. 6 and repeated in the same format on Nov. 7 and 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special event hosted by HP will take place on the evening of Nov. 6. The open house will give attendees the opportunity to see a range of equipment that will include RFID and related converting technology, turret rewinding, converting, and 100 percent inspection

CHICAGO, Ill.—Hailed by exhibitors as “the number one show for us,” “extraordinarily successful,” and “the best show I can really remember,” the four-day Graph Expo held at McCormick Place in Chicago in mid-September was a success. With 654 exhibitors filling 460,296 square feet of booth space on the sold out show floor, this was the largest U.S. national graphic communications trade show since 2000 and the second biggest Graph Expo ever. Its education program of nearly 70 sessions drew a record number of participants, notably the largest registration since 2000, with participants choosing to attend more sessions than in the past, including five sold

ELGIN, Ill.—Following the success of its 2005 event, AB Graphic International will host a second open house at its USA location in Elgin, Illinois with participation from key industry partners including HP, Esko, and Avery Dennison. The event will be held Nov. 6 and repeated in the same format on Nov. 7 and 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special event hosted by HP will take place on the evening of Nov. 6. The open house will give attendees the opportunity to see a range of equipment that will include RFID and related converting technology, turret rewinding, converting, and 100 percent inspection

CHICAGO, Ill.—Hailed by exhibitors as “the number one show for us,” “extraordinarily successful,” and “the best show I can really remember,” the four-day Graph Expo held at McCormick Place in Chicago in mid-September was a success. With 654 exhibitors filling 460,296 square feet of booth space on the sold out show floor, this was the largest U.S. national graphic communications trade show since 2000 and the second biggest Graph Expo ever. Its education program of nearly 70 sessions drew a record number of participants, notably the largest registration since 2000, with participants choosing to attend more sessions than in the past, including five sold