EFI

EFI has concluded a successful “trifecta” of industry tradeshows—SGIA, GRAPH EXPO and Labelexpo Americas—with record visitor attendance, strong sales on the show floor and hundreds of qualified leads.

Digital technologies and news were at the forefront of Labelexpo Americas 2010. Here is a sampling of digital information of interest to the label printing market coming out of the show.

For those of you whose favorite shopping venue is a candy store, Labelexpo Americas might have been able to satisfy your craving—albeit, at slightly higher price tag.

Digital printing and workflow implementations by package printers, including items on Rotolabel, Woolworths and HP Indigo, along with coverage of the Digital Label Summit.

Masterpiece Graphix (MPX) will be on hand to meet with digital printers and learn about the new press technologies and capabilities in the label marketplace.

RESTON, Va.—The EFI Connect Advisory Panel and EFI’s Pace Users Group, two user-driven communities of EFI software owners and their production teams, have announced plans to hold their meetings in Chicago this fall in conjunction with GRAPH EXPO 2010.

The second Digital Label Summit took place last month at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona. Attracting 213 delegates from all over Europe and beyond, the expanded summit has continued to get a large amount of positive feedback from label industry representatives.

GENT, Belgium—EskoArtwork announced that it has entered into an alliance with EFI to co-market EskoArtwork software solutions specifically aimed at the large-format sign and display market.

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.

FOSTER CITY, Calif.—Electronics For Imaging, Inc., a leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Radius Solutions, a leading ERP/MIS software provider focused exclusively on the packaging and printing industry.