MIAMISBURG, Ohio—At Graph Expo 2010, EskoArtwork demonstrated how its Suite 10 portfolio of packaging and print pre-production software can cut costs by integrating, not only with products within the suite, but also with software products from numerous partners.
Curtis Packaging Corporation, a Connecticut-based package printer, reports the company has reduced annual energy costs by $32,000 by its switch to Agfa’s :Energy Elite plates two years ago.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.—Agfa Graphics and the Pitman Company have teamed up for GRAPH EXPO 2010—two booths (2611 and 844) with one goal: help customers grow sales.
Packaging equipment, software and service purchases by U.S. packaging printers, featuring Flower City Printing.
News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including Agfa Graphics acquisition of The Pitman Company and HP’s VIP Labels & Packaging Event in Israel.
MORTSEL, Belgium—Agfa Graphics announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of the Harold M. Pitman Company, a U.S. supplier of prepress, industrial inkjet, pressroom, and packaging printing products and systems.
TOTOWA, N.J.—Pitman Company, a supplier for the graphics communications industry for more than 100 years, has affirmed its commitment to its customer base in response to Kodak’s announcement about distribution realignment. Servicing customers remains Pitman’s number one focus.
ROSEMOUNT, Ill.—Results from the 2010 IDEAlliance+IPA Ink Optimization RoundUP were released June 9 during the 45th annual Technical Conference. The 2010 Ink Optimization RoundUP study compared leading ink optimization software systems in terms of total ink reduction, color change, stability on press, file integrity, and the individual features of each solution.
TORONTO, Ont.—Agfa Graphics announced that Nustream Graphic, a leading full-service dealer, has agreed to distribute Agfa’s prepress solutions in new emerging Canadian markets.
In late 2009, InfoTrends, Inc. (www.infotrends.com), a market research and strategic consulting firm, conducted a Web-based survey of converters about the role and prospective role of color digital printing in their operations. packagePRINTING magazine contributed to that effort by inviting subscribers to participate in this effort. InfoTrends is grateful to the many packagePRINTING subscribers that supported the survey. This article provides key results from the feedback.
