North and South America

Recently executives from the industry gathered at an open house at the Mitsubishi Center for Education (MCE), a state-of-the-art demonstration print shop, to welcome the 4-up Ryobi 780E press and to show how together with the DPX 4 Eco and Silver DigiPlate profitable four-up process color printing can be achieved.

Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), Inc. is pleased to announce that its Thermal DigiPlate has recently been awarded the 2009 Distinguished Technology Award presented by the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology. The Distinguished Technology Award recognizes a technology that made extraordinary contribution to the development of printing.

RYE, NY—October 23, 2008—Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), Inc., invites print shop professionals to get smart with the newest version of Smart Tools at GRAPH EXPO 2008 in Chicago, October 26-29. Designed specifically for small to mid-size commercial printers, Smart Tools 3.5 is workflow software that helps printers streamline and improve prepress by allowing them to see and manage all prepress tasks from any workstation in the shop.

Spiral Binding Co. has named Joe Bondonna product manager for its line of document finishing products. He has worked for the company for 15 years in sales and training roles. Rick Parks is the new western region general manager of sheetfed operations for MAN Roland. He is responsible for sales, service and support in a territory that encompasses 11 western states. Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses has made two key personnel changes. Ken Kodama has been appointed vice president of sheetfed sales. The company also announced the promotion of Randy Siver to the newly created position of director of marketing and technical sales. Kodak Polychrome Graphics' (KPG) plate