Industry News, Part 3

Feb 1, 2005 12:00 AM, AP staff

News and events from: Pitman, H. David Siegfried, Gartner Research, Super Web, Vertis, Prepress Training Solutions, Océ, Roosevelt Paper, Presstek, Brunswick Publishing, Eckart America, Banta, Sullivan Lithography, Ferrari Color, Transcontinental, Williamson Printing Corp., Sun Chemical, KBA North America,PrintImage Intl., RIT, MediaLive Intl., PIA/GATF, AMA, Messe Düsseldorf, NAPL, and GIA.

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Pitman, H. David Siegfried Merge
Graphic arts supplier Pitman Co. (Totowa, NJ) has announced the merger of its Eastern Pennsylvania operations in Exton, PA, with the H. David Siegfried Co. (Philadelphia). The combined company will be located in Exton. David Siegfried, president, and Martin Siegfried, vice president, manage H. David Siegfried Co. and will remain with the merged operations.

This is the third transaction Pitman Company completed in 2004. In January, the company expanded with Litho Supply Company Inc. (Monrovia, CA), which was merged into Pitman’s Los Angeles operations. In March, the company merged Northeast Graphic Supply into its New England operations.

100 Words or Less:
What prospects might RFID technology hold for commercial printers?
"The benefits of radio frequency identification have been oversold, and RFID cannot live up to the near-term promises that have been made for this technology. This means that RFID will soon be entering a period of disillusionment, when at least 50 percent of RFID projects are likely to fail. However, Gartner remains positive about the technology for the long term, and RFID will be one of the most-strategic technologies that enterprises will embrace through 2018."
—Jeff Woods, a principal analyst for Gartner Research, www.gartner.com

People

Banta Corp. (Menasha, WI) has appointed David T. Gibbons to its board of directors. Gibbons is the president and CEO of Perrigo Co.
Super Web (West Babylon, NY) has appointed Tom Simon as national sales manager.
Amy S. Shock has joined Prepress Training Solutions (Bloomington, IN), a div. of Staffing Tools, as director of marketing.

Vertis

Océ (Chicago) has appointed four senior vice presidents. Dennis F. Riordan is now senior vice president and CFO for Océ-USA Holding; William E. Mayer is senior vice president, human resources for Océ-USA Holding; Michael A. Scordina is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Océ-USA Holding; and Daniel Krzesinski is senior vice president, service for Océ North America. The company also appoints Daniel G. Halkyard to director of marketing for Océ Imaging Supplies.
Brian Hilfrank has joined the outside sales staff of Roosevelt Paper Co. (Mt. Laurel, NJ), responsible for CT, MA, RI, NH, ME and VT.
Brunswick Publishing Co. (Brunswick, ME) has promoted Frank E. Curran to general manager of its two divisions, The Times Record and Alliance Press.
Presstek Inc. (Hudson, NH) has appointed Susan A. McLaughlin president of ABD Intl., North America (currently doing business as ABDick, a Presstek Co.) and senior vice president, Presstek. Additionally, CFO Moosa E. Moosa has been promoted to executive vice president at Presstek.
Eckart America (Painesville, OH) has named Joseph Perdue product manager, graphic arts.
Marc Johnson joins Kodak Versamark (Dayton, OH), a part of Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, as director of industry marketing.

Installations and Expansions

Sullivan Lithography (Binghamton, NY) installed a Kluge UniFold automatic folder/gluer for converting pocket folders and CD wallets. The configuration selected by the pocket folder manufacturer included the vacuum feeder with segmented converting table, a four-head hot-melt glue system and the Kluge TransTable III.
Digital imaging company and wide format specialist Ferrari Color (Salt Lake City) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony November 12, 2004, at the grand opening of its new 60,000-sq.-ft. headquarters located at 1550 S. Gladiola St.
The seventh largest printer in North America, Transcontinental, will install three double-circumference Goss (Bolingbrook, IL) Sunday presses at its facilities in Canada. The order includes two 48-page and one 64-page Goss Sunday 4000 presses. Transcontinental will use a four-unit press configuration for book printing and four- and five-unit configurations for magazines, catalogs, directories and other commercial products.
Williamson Printing Corp. (Dallas) has added a Gen 2 Sentinel Ink Management System from Accel Graphic Systems (Dallas).
Sun Chemical (Chicago) renews its commitment to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (Rochester, NY) with a contribution of more than 30,000 lbs. of heatset inks for use in RIT’s Heidelberg Web Press Laboratory.
KBA North America (Williston, VT) has sold the first Drupa-version large format sheetfed press (a Rapida 142 56-inch, six-color press with aqueous coating) to Allied Printing Services (Manchester, CT). KBA also has sold a Rapida 205 81-inch, six-color sheetfed press with coater to Lithographix (Los Angeles). This press will be the first of its kind on the West Coast and will be delivered in Spring 2005.

Industry Events
February

18-22 PrintImage 2005 Annual Conference, PrintImage Intl., Royal Pacific Hotel & Orange County Convention Center, Orlando. Contact PrintImage Intl., (800) 234-0040, www.printimage.org.
21-23 Advanced Photoshop Workshop, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY. Contact RIT, (800) 724-2536 or www.seminars.cias.rit.edu.
23-25 2005 Seybold Seminar, MediaLive Intl., New York. Contact MediaLive Intl., (415) 905-2300, www.seybold365.com.
24-25 Visualizing and Communicating Color, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY. Contact RIT, (800) 724-2536 or www.seminars.cias.rit.edu.
27/4 Presidents Conference and BIA Spring Conference, PIA/GATF, Ritz Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, FL. Contact PIA/GATF, (412) 741-6860, www.gain.net.

March

1-3 ICC Color Management Systems, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY. Contact RIT, (800) 724-2536 or www.seminars.cias.rit.edu.
6-8 National Environmental Health and Safety Conference for the Graphic Communications Industries, PIA/GATF, Renaissance Tampa Hotel Intl. Plaza, Tampa, FL. Contact PIA/GATF, (412) 741-6860, www.gain.net.
10-11 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning, American Management Assn. (AMA), New York. Contact AMA, (800) 262-9699, www.amanet.org.
10-11 Information Technology for the Non-IT Executive, American Management Assn. (AMA), Washington, DC. Contact AMA, (800) 262-9699, www.amanet.org.
20-24 FIEPAG 2005, Alcantara Machado and Messe Düsseldorf, Anhembi Park Exhibition Center, San Paulo, Brazil. Contact Messe Düsseldorf North America, (312) 781-5180, info@mdna.com, www.mdna.com.
29/2 Management & Leadership Institute, PIA/GATF and NAPL, Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, WI. Contact NAPL, (800) 642-6275, www.napl.org.

Touring color management seminar
The Graphic Intelligence Agency (GIA) has designed a one-day "Color Without Limits" seminar to help digital print shops, designers and photo professionals simplify and understand color management. GIA will demonstrate how to achieve the best possible color for the entire workflow, including capture, display, editing, proofing and final output. The event—produced in cooperation with GretagMacbeth—will visit 34 North American cities from now until April 2005.

For complete seminar information including agenda and venue details, visit the seminar Web site at www.graphintel.com/cwl. Attendees can register online at www.giastore.com or by phone at (888) 439-4403. The full-day seminar costs $349 per attendee and includes lunch and a GIA Color Toolkit. The kit includes a GretagMacbeth Eye-One Display 2 colorimeter, Eye-One Match 3 software, the GIA Guide to Color and GIA’s CD-based color tools.

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