MacDermid Printing Solutions

NEW YORK—New York University today named Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group at HP, the winner of the 2009 Prism Award.

CHICAGO—Industry experts Andrew Paparozzi of NAPL and Frank Romano of the Rochester Institute of Technology have been added to the program agenda at Dscoop4, taking place Feb. 19-21 in Orlando, Fla.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—The Business of Green Media Conference—which will address "bottom line" issues about not only how to implement sustainable practices, but how to do it profitably—will take place on the Cal Poly campus on January 22.

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP announced that Springfield Label and Tape has purchased an HP Indigo press ws4500 to pursue growth with new and existing customers.

“The conference agenda addresses the myriad of issues and approaches to help participants understand and install sustainable procedures in difficult economic times,” said Harvey Levenson, head of Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department. Because of the need to assist the graphic communication industry to ‘reinvent’ itself and grow in light of economic cutbacks, the conference will focus on ‘Being Lean, Green and Profitable in a Shrinking Economy.’

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP announced that Weber Marking Systems purchased an HP Indigo press ws4500 from the show floor at the recent Labelexpo Americas trade show. With the new press, installed in September shortly after Labelexpo ended, the Arlington Heights, Ill.-based company aims to improve overall profitable growth based on the evolving needs of its customer base. “Converters like Weber Marking Systems, which owe their success and longevity to an ability to meet customer demand and provide excellent service, can improve profitability and do more for their clients with the production flexibility and true offset quality of the HP Indigo press ws4500,” said Jan

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP has opened a distribution center in Hayward, Calif., which was scheduled to begin operations on Nov. 1. The new facility will serve HP Indigo customers in the western United States and western Canada. “The new HP Indigo distribution center helps to improve the service we provide across western North America,” said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo division, HP. “This distribution center offers state-of-the-art technology and will be a significant advantage to HP and our customers, by expediting our time-to-market and meeting our customers’ delivery expectations.” This facility is the third HP Indigo distribution center in North America, complementing

ROSEMONT, Ill.—HP announced the winners of the second HP Indigo Digital Label & Packaging Competition at an awards gala held during the Labelexpo Americas trade show. The competition recognizes HP customers from around the world for their commitment to excellence and innovation in digital printing. HP launched the competition in 2007 to promote quality and ingenuity in the digital label and package printing market, and invited HP Indigo press users to submit jobs that represent the distinctiveness of their company, prove their progressive printing capabilities and showcase an impressive execution of a digital production challenge. All submitted entries were produced on HP Indigo presses

ATLANTA, Ga.—Effective Oct. 1, 2008, JV Imaging Solutions, Inc. will distribute MacDermid Printing Solutions’s photopolymer plate products and equipment in the United States. MacDermid’s full range of products encompasses both analog and digital plate imaging technologies, as well as solvent and thermal plate development processes. “MacDermid strives to offer its customers a choice—a choice in plate technology as well as a choice as to where to buy their plates. JV Imaging provides our customers with an experienced, dedicated and well-regarded field organization that is 100 percent focused on flexography, which makes JV Imaging a perfect choice for a partner,” said Scot Benson, vice president

PALO ALTO, Calif.—HP has announced a lineup of speakers and production demonstrations appearing in the new multi-vendor Digital Printing Experience exhibit in Hall F at Labelexpo Americas, in Rosemont, Ill., Sept. 9-11. HP will also present its portfolio of HP Indigo solutions for label and packaging converting in its booth, including the first North American showing of the new HP Indigo ws6000 Digital Press. “HP is changing the impression of digital as a short-run, test-marketing solution for label converting,” said Rich Raimondi, vice president and general manager, U.S. Graphics Solutions Business, HP. “HP and some of its most dynamic customers are showing how