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October 15, 2021 eNews

A Print Profit Acceleration Discussion
After surviving the past year your company may be looking to accelerate profits by increasing productivity and quality. When evaluating a production press, critical factors include variable run-length capacity, high-quality color variable data output, odor/emission-free processing, and print flexibility.

Increasing Profits with Font Sense
Direct mailers often miss distinctive first impression opportunities by using forgettable fonts. With font assistance, your company can be positioned to be involved earlier in client project development cycles. Providing clients access to professional font services can result in new, high-profit application sales.

Mail Printer Transforms to Full Commercial Print Operation
TC Delivers, a 65-year-old mail service provider, recently installed AccurioJet KM-1e LED UV Inkjet Press. This will allow TC Delivers to bring outsourced work back in-house, saving time and money while also becoming more of a full commercial print operation, instead of just a mail printer.

4 Irreversible Trends in Inkjet Acquisition Discussions
The key to success is recognizing, responding, and capitalizing on market trends. Alec Couckuyt highlights four irreversible trends to guide the inkjet ROI analysis. Complementing offset press fleets with inkjet is no longer a technological discussion, it is now a critical business strategy discussion.

Global Supplier Launches Offset Packaging Solutions
Flint Group launched Flint Offset Packaging Solutions, a new division aligning the route to market for Sheetfed Inks, Press Room Chemicals, and Printing Blankets. "We will continue to service our customer base across both the sheetfed commercial and packaging printing market segments," said Tony Lord.

QR Code's Glory Days Will Drive New Print Applications
QR can drive high-value print applications by integrating print and digital channels. Cell phones and pads now easily interact with QR codes. COVID safety protocols motivated many people to use QR codes for the first time. QR codes are powering food packaging, digital payments, and proof of vaccinations.

Developing the Business
Look Over Here….Not Over There!
We gain nothing but contempt and lost talent in today's environment – avoiding the issues while looking busy. Every Employee Survey we ever administered uncovered major surprises to senior management. What we avoid, or happens in the darkness of night, eventually sees the light of day.

Wide-Format Discovery Questions to Engage Your Clients
What can you discover during your wide-format discovery with your customers? More importantly, how can your discovery questions open your customer’s eyes to the proper substrates, processes, finishing, and hardware options you can offer. Don’t be just “order-takers.”

LinkedIn’s “Print Industry Thought Leaders” Group

An excellent information resource for Print Professionals.

When Unfortunate Events Impact Employees
When disaster strikes WestRock employees, co-workers are helping them recover. Since 2005, WestRock Employee Relief Fund has provided over $2.3 million to employees impacted by disasters like a fire, tornado, hurricane, flood, or tsunami. Hear about the Fund's impact from employees.

Names in the News

Barbara Stainbrook
Barbara Stainbrook has been promoted to National VP, Industrial & Production Print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

Bret Riecke
Bret Riecke has been promoted to VP, Inkjet Solutions at Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard Joins IWCO Direct as the Chief Financial Officer.

Helene Blanchette
Helene Blanchette is a new board member of ACCGC accrediting the Graphic Communication curriculum of colleges and universities in the USA and parts of China. Recognized globally for birthing the 1to1 marketing industry, Helene is also applying her experience and training materials at the Univ of Houston’s Digital Media Program.

Industry News

o Kodak Launches Range of Innovative New Products

o Doxee and Messagepoint Announce a Global Technology Partnership

o Epson to Showcase ColorWorks On-Demand Labeling Solutions at SupplySide...

o Private Equity Fuel$ Consolidation of Label Industry

o Minuteman Press in Columbia, Missouri Achieves Post-Pandemic Growth, Shares...

o Quadient’s Cloud-based Customer Journey Mapping Named Leader by...

o Remote Learning Revisited

o Epson to Showcase Industry-Leading SurePress Digital Label Press Solutions at...

o Fey Printing Wins Best of Show at GLGA’s 2021 Graphics Excellence Award...

o Quadient Releases Significant Upgrade to its Cloud-based Document Automation...

o Messagepoint Wins Stratus Award for Cloud-based Artificial Intelligence Technology

o Epson Introduces Fleet Management Capabilities for ColorWorks C6000-Series...

o Quadient and Duck Creek Technologies Expand Joint Offerings to Include Ins...

Good News Outside of Print:

Oldest US Veteran of WWII Celebrates His 112th Birthday
Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States, has just celebrated his 112th birthday. The veteran's advice to others is to "serve God and be nice to people."

Additional News

o Epson SureColor V7000, SureColor F10070 and SureColor F6370 Printers Named Winners in...

o Successful Label Congress 2021 Brings Industry Together

o Doxee and Messagepoint Announce Global Partnership

o Canon U.S.A. Adds Six New Printer and Multifunction Models to the imageCLASS X Series

o Rand Graphics Expands Fleet With New Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 Six-Color Plus Coater...

o Pitney Bowes Named to Forbes List of World's Best Employers 2021

o Sappi North America Opens 2021 'Ideas that Matter' Call for Entries

o BOBST Is Shaping the Future of Label Production

o Chatham Asset Management in Bid to Acquire R.R. Donnelley

o Roland DGA Announces Launch of New VersaSTUDIO BN-20A Desktop Printer/Cutter

o Proprint Services Trims Time with its Fujifilm Inca OnsetX3 HS Flatbed Printer

o Tree Towns Imaging & Color Graphics Named RMX Network Partner of the Year

o Fortis Solutions Group Acquires Quality Tape and Label Co, Inc

o Heidelberg Sees Success with Gallus Products in North America

o Xaar to Sell Remaining Interest in Xaar 3D Ltd to Joint Partner Stratasys

o Canon Solutions America Touts Best Practices, Security at NIGP Forum

o PRINTING United Alliance Announces Incoming 2022 Board of Director Members

o Xerox Joins Gartner Peer Insights Customer First Program

o Xerox Acquires Competitive Computing (C2) to Grow Presence in IT Services

o Roland DGA to Conduct Live Product Launch Event on October 13

o X-Rite and Pantone Announce Online Color Theory and Quality Control

o SinaLite Expands its Capacity for On-Demand, Direct-to-Garment Production

o Color-Logic Now Available Worldwide

o GMG Features a Wide Range of Color Management Tools

o Ricoh Canada introduces RansomCare

o Stern Study Identifies “Germany’s Companies with a Future” – Heidelberg Comes Out With...

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