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Rogers' R/bak cushion mounting materials were used on eight flexographic print jobs that won FlexoStar awards given out in December 2010 by the French Flexographic Technical Association (FTA). The French FTA FlexoStar Award competition, now in its 26th year, covers printing from narrow web to post-print corrugated, and is judged by a jury of eight flexo specialists representing repro houses, ink manufacturers, substrate suppliers, and printers. R/bak cushion mounting materials earned eight FlexoStar awards in the following print categories: three awards for narrow web; two awards for flexible packaging, and three awards for post-print corrugated. Additionally, Rogers SA 2115

LYON, France & ROCHESTER N.Y.—Alwan Color Expertise has donated a suite of its advanced color management software solutions to Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) School of Print Media (SPM). The software suite, including Alwan CMYK Optimizer, Alwan LinkProfiler and Alwan ColorPursuit, has been installed in RIT’s SPM Color Management System Lab. Alwan software are used by pre-media and prepress companies to produce color accurate printable files, and allows printers to control and improve the printability of the files and achieve optimum ink savings without sacrificing print quality. “Alwan Color Expertise is world-renowned for its advanced color management and standardization software. In addition

LYON, France—Alwan Color Expertise, a world leader in standardization and color management software, announces it has signed a distribution agreement with the Color Management Group (CMG). Under the terms of the agreement, the Color Management Group is responsible for selling and servicing the Alwan Product range in North America. “Clearly, Alwan is fast-tracking processes that are not only time killers, but very frustrating for printers and clients,” says Lida Jalali Marschke, a founder of CMG. “We’ve done an in-depth examination, and as a result we at the CMG believe Alwan’s offerings will be a pivotal and critical component for so many organizations that need