Kodak, Monroe Litho, Book1One, and International Paper have teamed up with the Rochester Institute of Technology to help veterans from New York’s Genesee Valley Chapter of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge compile their personal accounts into a new limited-edition book, titled “The Battle in Common.”
The xpedx booth at GRAPH EXPO will feature equipment including EFI Rastek H652, HP Designjet L26500, Epson SureColor S70670, Esko Kongsberg XN24, Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 and X-Rite. The display will also showcase software from EFI Digital StoreFront and Onyx, and various paper, synthetic, flexible and rigid substrates from industry leading suppliers.
RISI has unveiled its “Top 50 Power List” for 2012, which details the 50 people, organizations and developments that have been influential in shaping the pulp and paper industry over the year. Domtar President and CEO John Williams was named to the top spot for positioning Domtar as a company with great innovative vision.
xpedx has begun exclusive distribution of the new Appleton Coated Utopia Inkjet Gloss paper in commercial printing applications. Bulkley Dunton, xpedx’s paper brokerage business, is the exclusive distributor for publishing applications.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ June 2012 edition.
IDEAlliance announces the certification of nine new G7 Process Control Experts, bringing the total number of experts to 46, worldwide. These experts are equipped to deliver IDEAlliance’s new G7 Process Control Master Qualification Program, which provides the knowledge and tools to increase printing efficiency and predictability through the use of standards.
xpedx will be a leading sponsor for the annual Digital Solutions Cooperative conference (DScoop7) for HP graphics arts users in Washington, DC, from March 22-24. Dscoop is an independent global community of graphic arts business owners and technical professionals who use HP Indigo and Scitex equipment.
On behalf of its employees, xpedx is presenting grants totaling $75,000 to more than 20 non-profit organizations and schools in the U.S. with funding through the International Paper Foundation. xpedx is a premier distribution business of International Paper.
AGI-Shorewood becomes one of the largest and most innovative global specialty packaging businesses with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The company announced plans for a major expansion of its operation in Guangzhou, China, following the completion of the closing of Shorewood’s Chinese businesses later this month.
Paper consumption in North America is declining. This is a structural decline, and not just a cyclical decline. That means we can’t expect paper demand to “return to normal” when the economy recovers. This is the new “normal.” That point is not in debate, though experts do differ on the rate of decline.
