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Riddle Press, a commercial printing company in Beaverton, Ore., has added short run packaging to its portfolio via a Heidelberg Versafire EP digital press. The Versafire EP was installed at Riddle Press in March of this year.

During the 2019 Digital Packaging Summit, Steve Powers, sales director for North America, labels and packaging, HP Indigo, shared how HP has taken a leadership position in digital printing for labels and packaging with its diverse portfolio that addresses all packaging segments. 

Adams Litho invested in several Heidelberg devices to produce unique and high-quality packages as sales are predicted to grow. The company has been a partner of Heidelberg for decades, and continues to operate as a complete Heidelberg shop.

Bennett Graphics, an Atlanta-based print service provider, hosted an open house on Thursday, June 13, showcasing its digital workflow of printing, enhancement, and finishing equipment. The event featured demonstrations of Bennett's HP Indigo, Scodix, and Highcon equipment.

During its Xeikon Café North America event, Xeikon unveiled its Power of Dry Toner campaign. The campaign serves to promote dry toner as a complement to high speed inkjet solutions.

Brian Cleary, Category Manager for HP Indigo Label Solutions, joined packagePRINTING Editor-in-Chief Cory Francer at the Digital Packaging Summit to discuss HP's leadership in digital printing for labels and packaging. Cleary detailed how HP stands out with product offerings for all packaging segments and in the development of unique imaging technologies.

Xeikon hosted its second edition of Xeikon Café North America last week, highlighting its latest innovations in digital printing, sharing digital printing success stories, and providing a glimpse into what the company has in store for Labelexpo Americas in the fall.

The Xerox Iridesse is the only digital press that can print metallic gold or silver dry ink, CMYK and clear dry ink in a single pass.

As digital printing expands its reach in packaging, its ability to create high-quality versioned packaging lines is becoming popular among brands with a variety of products. Tap Packaging Solutions earned first place in the 2017 packagePRINTING Excellence Awards' Folding Cartons: Digital category for these versioned folding cartons for UliMana chocolate truffles.

Kodak recently hosted a two-day gathering of about 250 customers, Kodak personnel, and trade media representatives at the company’s historic manufacturing complex in Rochester, N.Y. Led by Kodak CEO Jeffrey Clarke, senior executives gave a state-of-the-company report that outlined Kodak’s current business strategy and detailed its progress in developing solutions for print markets.