Lithographix in Hawthorne, CA, is reportedly the first commercial printer in the United States to install a Rho 1012 continuous inkjet production system. "Our main incentive to purchase the Rho 1012 is to give us the ability to offer a higher-resolution solution for printing on board and sheet products,” noted George Wolden, vice president of manufacturing for Lithographix.
We should all give back to the community and to causes that fit our business and our personal values. However, if we are to operate a successful business, we should give back strategically and make it a part our business plan and marketing plan.
Printing Impressions has launched an Inkjet Production Printing Industry Center as part of its Website, www.PIworld.com. Already a helpful information source, this Industry Center will become even more robust going forward—just as the production inkjet digital printing process continues to gain traction and market share.
According to the Future of Small Business Report, “The next 10 years will see a re-emergence of artisans as an economic force.” These artisan entrepreneurs are not just bakers and chocolate makers, they’re designers, authors, manufacturers of small but exclusive lines of luxury items, niche consultants, life coaches...the list goes on.
Wikoff Color has converted space in its Fort Mill, SC, manufacturing plant into an energy-cure inkjet ink manufacturing facility and cleanroom suitable for the demanding requirements of producing inkjet inks. The facility houses some of the industry’s most advanced manufacturing and test equipment, providing an ideal environment for manufacturing inkjet inks.
Though the Wilen Group may have one eye constantly peeled on the future, the other (from a printing point of view) is focused on the world of direct mail. The overall organization acts as a full-scale marketing services provider, from concept to delivery, and cringes at being pigeon-holed as a printer, mailer or ad agency.
Despite all the hype about iPads and Kindles, U.S. magazine publishers are making far more money on the Web and generally wondering when their tablet investments will pay off.
In fact, though no one seems to talk about it, the real game-changing technology for subscription magazines has been browser-based editions—that is, digital replicas that can be read on any computer. Many a B2B publication has shifted 50 percent or more of its subscription base to these simple page-flip editions, but few print-and-digital publications get even 10 percent of their circulation from tablet editions.
A new report is now available on ReportsnReports.com, titled “Global and China Printing Ink Industry Report, 2012-2015.” Some of the key areas the report focuses on includes the status quo, competition pattern and development outlook of the global printing ink industry, as well as operation, printing ink business and business in China of six global printing ink enterprises including DIC and Flink.
BCC Research estimates the global market for industrial inkjet printing hardware and consumables was valued at $1.5 billion in 2011 and $1.9 billion in 2012. By 2017, the market is projected to approach $7.4 billion after increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.8 percent since 2012.
Gilson Graphics in Grand Rapids, MI, has installed Fujifilm’s ColorPath Sync color management solution to work with the Fujifilm J Press 720 and J Press Web. The solution has enabled Gilson to take on a project at a local university to produce a high-profile Faculty Awards Program, on Sappi Opus stock.
