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Punch Graphix Hosts Trade-Media Open House

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

A Xeikon 8000 digital press in operation at the world headquarters of Punch Graphics in Belgium. Seeking a higher profile for Xeikon digital presses and its other print market technologies, Punch Graphix today opened the doors of its international headquarters in Liel, Belgium, to a contingent of more than 70 print ...

Briefings in Brussels Give Technical Preview of IPEX 2010 (continued)

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Today’s briefings continued with a presentation by Kodak, which operates a technical center nearby the conference site. John O’Grady, Kodak’s managing director for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, spoke of the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions, both digital and analog, for the printing, publishing, and packaging markets. Chris Payne, director ...

Briefings in Brussels Give Technical Preview of IPEX 2010

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Four exhibitors at IPEX—Atlantic Zeiser, EskoArtwork/Enfocus, Kodak, and Punch Graphics—are giving previews of their show plans at a combined media briefing taking place today and tomorrow at a conference center near Brussels, Belgium. Among those presenting today are Atlantic Zeiser and EskoArtwork/Enfocus. In this morning’s lead-off presentation, Oliver C. Mehler, CEO, ...

Printing Trade Show Postponement Is Said to Provoke “Kiwi Outrage”

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The U.S. isn’t the only country where some soul-searching—and some hand-wringing—is being done about the future of graphic arts trade shows. Print21online, an online journal for the printing industry in Australia and New Zealand, reports “Kiwi outrage” over the postponement of Printech, New Zealand’s quadrennial printing trade show, from 2010 to ...

A Veteran Dealmaker Declares, “Roll-ups in Print are Dead!”

Friday, February 19th, 2010

We received the following in response to a recent article at Printing Industry Merger And Acquisitions, a special section of WhatTheyThink that tracks and analyzes M&A activity in the industry. The article profiled the recent launch of MSP Digital Marketing, a venture that will invest in building a network of ...

HP Inkjet Web Press Debuts at Frederic Printing

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Exclusive to WhatTheyThink AURORA, CO—Today, Frederic Printing will officially introduce its new HP Inkjet Web Press, the second of just two in commercial operation. The press, installed last month, has been in live production for about a week. Its purchase was announced by HP in May during an open house at ...

PrintUV 2009 Shines a Light in Las Vegas

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Monday, March 8 — It may be the just the trade-event formula that many in the industry have been clamoring for. A small but hand-picked audience. A low-cost exhibiting opportunity for the sponsors. A niche-specific program on a hot technological topic. Networking moments galore. And, a great location to make ...