April 2008 Feature Articles Networked solutions Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel The PrintCity Alliance hosted a pre-Drupa media summit in picturesque Tegernsee, Germany, this February. The group announced its new theme and plans for... How low can you go? Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien & Debora Toth Makereadies have been drastically reduced over the past few years. Thanks to ink presets, automatic plate changing and other innovations, it's possible... Big boxes Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien Welcome to the future, said Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberg CEO, greeting journalists at the vendor's new packaging showroom in Wiesloch, Germany. The future... Productivity push Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien Komori (Rolling Meadows, IL) Drupa display will include eight offset presses ranging in size from the small format Spica 529P to the System 38S 16-page... Crossing the finish line Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff Just over a year ago, Spiral of Ohio, based in Cleveland, OH, and Action Bindery of Norcross, GA, near Atlanta, rebranded themselves as Finish Line Binderies.... No going back Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel Not many people want to deal with a startup company anymore, says Gary Crescenze, president and CEO of Delmarva Printing (Salisbury, MD). But when another... Columns Making the green scene Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Katherine O'Brien KOB@americanprinter.com Two years ago, I invited AMERICAN PRINTER readers to share their stories of environmental stewardship. Mercer Color (Coldwater, OH) was among the first... Birth of a salesman Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By M. Richard Vinocur After I sold some directory ads as an editor, the bosses asked me to move over to sales full time. I was reluctant, but several other editors suggested... Customers, in-plants & other competitors Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Dick Gorelick Competition isn't necessarily confined to other commercial printers. This is a complicated subject. It's impossible to do justice to this scenario in... All is fair in love, war and printing Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Steve Johnson Amazon.com has announced that any books printed on demand must be printed by Amazon itself if the book is to be made available via the Amazon Web site.... Making hickeys an endangered species Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Raymond J. Prince How many hickeys are allowed in a printed piece? For today's buyer, the answer is easy: none. Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark... inREGISTER Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien Editor's Picks features selected highlights from AMERICAN PRINTER's InRegister newsletter. InRegister is published on alternating... Industry News President Bush visits ColorCraft of Virginia Apr 2, 2008 10:31 AM President George W. Bush toured and gave brief remarks at PIA/GATF member company ColorCraft of Virginia in Sterling, VA, this week. Bush highlighted the effect that the recently passed economic stimulus package would have on ColorCraft and its employees.... 100 Words or Less: How does an MIS facilitate obtaining all of the operational information needed to run a print business? Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM A print MIS such as Avanti's acts as the information hub of the shop automatically sending and receiving data from different software applications and... Trelleborg acquires MacDermid Offset Printing Blankets Mar 27, 2008 9:39 AM Through its Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area, Swedish Trelleborg has entered into an agreement to acquire the operations of MacDermid Offset Printing Blankets (Denver), part of MacDermid Inc... Presstek mourns founder Williams Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM Presstek Inc. (Hudson, NH) extends condolences to the family and friends of Dick Williams, of Plaistow, NH, who died this week at the age of 73, after... UPM, Time to receive conservation award Feb 27, 2008 5:26 PM Kathy Abusow, president and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, has presented the first-ever SFI Leadership in Conservation Award to ... Pace partners with LithoTechnics Feb 27, 2008 5:05 PM Pace Systems Group, Inc. (Jacksonville Beach, FL) has partnered with LithoTechnics to integrate their respective products... And the winners are printers A & C Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Michael Casey The buyers were given 14 choices, but five floated to the top and great customer service was way out in front as the No. 1 reason. Who says there is a... Tidbits Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM H.S. Boyd Co. has been appointed the exclusive agent in the United States for the Inline Offset Cutting (IOC) system by Kocher and Beck. Thomas G. Chubb,... April 2008 People News: Printing Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM Edmund Young has been named vice president of field sales for Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA). David Padgett has been promoted to environmental, health and... Departments On Demand New Products Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM On Demand awards Best of Show' honors At an awards ceremony March 4, the On Demand Exposition & Conference announced the winners of the third annual On... APEtc. Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM From margarine to monochrome and color digital printing AMERICAN PRINTER is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. But even we can't top Oc (Boca... April Printing Industry Events Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM April 24-30Interpack 2008, Messe Dsseldorf, Dsseldorf fairgrounds, Germany. Contact Messe Dsseldorf North America, (312) 781-5188, www.mdna.com. 25-26Advanced...

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