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KBA: Consolidation and realignment continue

Verdigris Blog: Going Green in Guandong

In a dark time, printing firm shook up the market [The Globe and Mail]

Transcontinental reports second-quarter results

Domtar completes acquisition of Xerox's U.S. and Canadian Paper Business

Verdigris Blog: Newspaper Plant Efficiency

Rogers joins the $2 club in charging for paper bills [The Toronto Star]

Verdigris Blog: Get Your Factories in Shape

Canada Post tells residents that junk mail is useful [CBC]

HP Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results

Verdigris Blog: ISO 16759 Approved!

Heidelberg Preliminary 2012 Figures

Verdigris Blog: European Sustainability Simmering for All

Hilarious Advertisement - Paper is not dead [Video]

KBA first-quarter report: Earnings hit by behind-schedule sales

Verdigris Blog: Tougher Than It Looks

Why Printed Books Will Never Die [Mashable]

Billboard Shows Different Messages for Kids and Adults Via Lenticular Printing [Mashable]

American makes gun with 3D printer, releases blueprints [The Toronto Star]

Adobe Accelerates Shift to the Cloud

Verdigris Blog: Taking Another Step Forward with ISO 50001

Microsoft Puts Free Portable WiFi In Forbes Magazine Print Issues [Design Taxi]

‘Out of Print’ Doc Examines The End of Print Books and What It Portends [PBS Media Shift]

Kodak posts first quarter profit of $283 million

Verdigris Blog: Photosynthesis & Bio Batteries

Newspaper wars: La Presse invests millions in free iPad-only edition [Toronto Star]

Raymond Lane steps down as HP chair

Verdigris Blog: A New Green Print Certification

Graphics of the Americas celebrates recent expo [My Print Resource]

Call that a flag? Uruguayan club unveils world’s biggest banner [The Score]

Digital signs proposed for Toronto transit shelters [Sign Media]

NAA: Newspapers to return to rev growth in '14 [NetNewsCheck]

EFI mourns passing of company founder Efi Arazi

PIA launches the Integrated Print Center

Kodak enters agreement for proposed sale of document imaging business to Brother Industries

Verdigris Blog: ISO 16759 Racing Into the Final Furlong

Meet Penguin Random House, The World’s Largest Book Publisher That Will Counter Amazon [Tech Crunch]

RR Donnelley worker killed in tow motor accident [Lancaster Online]

Online Retailers Find Success with Print Ads [Print in the Mix]

Canopy Applauds Torstar's Global Operations for New Commitment to the World's Ancient and Endangered Forests

Verdigris Blog: Slow & Steady Making Progress

Michael Makin takes on Costco to refute misconceptions about the printing industry

Verdigris Blog: eBay Questions the Effectiveness of Digital Advertising

Kodak Names Spicers a Gold Reseller for the Canadian Graphic Communications Market

Verdigris Blog: Print to Store

Verdigris Blog: A Supply Chain Problem Taxing Our Brains

Lexus Brings FIRST NFC-Enabled Print Ad to Wired Magazine

Kodak’s Operating Loss in Commercial Imaging Segments Narrows in 2012

Domtar releases new wave of comical videos, highlighting paper's enduring value in everyday life

KBA plans Flexotecnica acquisition in growing flexible packaging market

Verdigris Blog: Regulation Stepping Up

Founder of Muller Martini Group dies at the age of 96

Greg Running promoted to Kodak’s Canadian national sales manager

KBA issues preliminary figures for 2012

Verdigris Blog: The Mobile Opportunity for Print

Ferrostaal names Byron new president

Copy this: North York’s Form-Mate is the last supplier of carbon paper in Canada [Toronto Star]

ND Graphics and Fibermark launch formal partnership

Chapters Indigo’s “Colour Your Library” collection adds fuel to debate over books as decorations

Unisource Canada Welcomes Brad Noel as Sales Manager, Wide Format

Verdigris Blog: The Eco-nomics of Print

Avanti partners with the University of Waterloo to upgrade its on-campus retail stores

Verdigris Blog: Getting the Go Google-less Message

Verdigris Blog: What Happened in Doha?

Verdigris Blog: The IT Game & Counting its Cost

InfoTrends Study Estimates a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 30.7% for Digital Textile Market

Think tank to study privatizing most Postal Service operations [WaPo]

McDonald's replaces Happy Meal toys with books to become UK's largest book distributor [Daily Mail]

Gary Hughes Named Director of Global Packaging for Muller Martini

Avanti Donates $75,000 to the University of Waterloo

Kodak sells digital imaging patents for $525M

Access Imaging appointed Canada-wide dealer of GMG products

'Newsweek' to end print edition in December [USA Today]

Roxanna Downing joins Hemlock Printers USA

Canadian passport covers to be made in Europe [Toronto Star]

HP Announces First HP Indigo 10000 Installations

Heidelberg Opens Manufacturing Plant in Detroit

Kodak and Spicers Host Special Event ‘drupa in a day’

Kodak Makes Organizational Changes to Align with Restructuring Plan; COO Faraci out

Venerable pub The Atlantic weighs in on print's health

Fujifilm Holdings acquires the Business Process Outsourcing division of Australia's largest business service provider, Salmat Limited

Komori enters printed electronics market with new PEPIO offset gravure product line

Kodak to focus on printing solution post Chapter 11

Presstek to Be Acquired by Affiliate of American Industrial Partners

Hewlett-Packard shares fall after company reports biggest loss in its history [Toronto Star]

Coffee Chain Creates Location Based Interactive Newspaper Ads

Louis Vuitton Designs Origami Invitations For Osaka Store Opening

Innovation in Print: Introducing the Machine-Washable, Ink-on-Paper, Highlights Hello Magazine

Change in Top Management of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Heidelberg Publishes Preliminary Figures for First Quarter of Financial Year 2012/2013

K-North signs agreement to distribute Finito line of blanket underpacking

Auto Trader magazine victim of digital shift [Globe and Mail]

Konica Minolta Honored with BLI’s First PRO Award for Color Production Model

Unisource Supports SGP with Silver Patronage

Who says print is dead? [The Guardian]

drupa 2012 sends out Trendsetting Impulses for the Print Sector

Unisource Announces Major Expansion With New Facility in Edmonton

Danaher Corporation to Acquire X-Rite

Spicers Canada Limited Unveils New Look

manroland North American Sheetfed Operations Continues Customer Focus

Cascades’ fine papers lead WWF Environmental Paper Index for Responsible Fiber Sourcing

Domtar Uses 'Mad Men' Season Premiere to Promote the Benefits of Reading on Paper

TC Transcontinental releases third annual sustainability report

Encyclopaedia Britannica goes completely digital after 244 years in print

Heidelberg Publishes Nine-Month Figures

Xerox picks Jeff Jacobson to head Global Graphics Communications

Delphax to release new inkjet printers powered by Memjet

Xerox Reports Fourth-Quarter 2011 Earnings

Infotrends on nano innovations from Indigo founder Benny Landa

Heidelberg Decides on 'FOCUS 2012' Efficiency Program to Achieve Profitability Targets

New sales manager for Pressdown Services

Apple to announce tools, platform to 'digitally destroy' textbook publishing

Call for entries for 2012 Printers of the Year awards

Kodak Creates New Business Structure to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Xerox Acquires LaserNetworks of Canada

Reports of print's death have been greatly exaggerated

PacBlue Printing launches online digital print ordering site

Immediate shipment of Ryobi press parts available in U.S. and Canada

Kodak announces plans to license Stream inkjet technology

HP Acquires software provider Hiflex

HP Announces First-ever Print Excellence Awards

KBA profits from strong standing in niche markets

Domtar releases new wave of 'Paper Because' campaign

BIA Product of Excellence Awards now Accepting Entries

Sydney Stone celebrates 60 years!

Xerox reports third-quarter financial results

Heidelberg Canada to distribute EFI Rastek wide-format printers

Typographer James Alexander passes away

Ziff Davis Enterprise to abandon print next year

HP announces executive changes

Argentina impounds over a million imported books at border to boost domestic printing

Cape Breton politicians visit Ottawa to discuss shutdown of printers by major mill

Educational campaign to show how print helps grow trees

Prisco to sell EskoArtwork products to commercial printers in Canada, U.S.

American Printer publishes final issue

Taylor Printing Group expands commitment to renewable energy

Platinum Equity acquires Quark

Heidelberg Acquires CSAT GmbH

EFI Acquires Prism

Flint Group announces August price increases

Fuji Xerox releases new inkjet press; read analysis here

3D Printing process

Avanti partnering with Ultimate

Avanti and SmartLinc announce partnership

New regional account manager (GTA) for KBR Graphics

Xpedx and Ryobi end distribution agreement in Canada and U.S.

Océ Japan to become wholly owned subsidiary of Canon Marketing Japan

Nustream Graphic to represent GMG Americas throughout Canada

Printing process for new Canadian currency

Printing company in Winnipeg hit hard by postal strike

Google to digitize 250,000 books from British library

Heidelberg says it's back in the black

Sheetfed sales up at KBA, but weak web sales lead to more layoffs

Agfa Graphics Canada makes Lesley Hepditch its newest account manager

Domtar launches environmental impact tracking tool

OKI Data Americas announces partnership with 3deltaE

BoweBell & Howell assets sold

Sun Chemical raises ink prices and implements temporary fuel surcharge in Canada

Eastern Sign Print closes offset division in Nova Scotia

CheapClubFlyers.com goes viral with videos

Flint Ink raises prices for heatset web inks

HP reports higher earnings in first quarter

Drupa kicks off promotions with its traditional show song

Pantone launches certified printer program

Agfa to impose a silver surcharge in May

Loss for Kodak in first quarter

Price increase from Flint Ink

Lulu moves work to HP Indigo presses

Heidelberg back in the black

Sun Chemical to increase prices on packaging inks in North America

Brian Ellis joins Fujifilm Canada

Gimbel & Associates and Avanti Partnership

Getting a read on the future of publishing [The Globe and Mail]

Manroland represents Tensor Group in Canada

Staples and Domtar unveil Domtar Earthchoice office paper by Staples

Domtar Distribution Group is now Ariva

Quark Announces QuarkXPress 9

Domtar declares regular quarterly dividend

EFI Executes on ERP/MIS Strategy with PrintStream Acquisition

GMG brings unprecedented quality standards to wide-format printing market with HP

Transcontinental CEO says new iTunes subscription service good for printing industry [Montreal Gazette]

Avanti Reports Record Quarter Revenue Results

How will Heidelberg's digital strategy shape up? Konica Minolta gets thumbs up in blog

HP Canada Appoints Mark Lehmann as Manager of Canada’s Designjet Business

Shinohara press manufacturer files for bankruptcy, says blog

Heidelberg USA to Distribute EFI VUTEk Printers

Direct Mail Drives Online Giving More than Email Appeals [Print in the Mix]

Choose Print: A campaign to promote the effectiveness and sustainibility of print

Domtar to improve energy conservation at its Kamloops pulp mill

Sappi Fine Paper North America calls for 2011 Printers of the Year entries

Government officials may get iPads [Toronto Sun]

Océ and manroland announce global strategic alliance

New Managing Director for Agfa Graphics Canada

Metro Waste Paper Recovery changes its name to Cascades Recovery

Lulu.com Adds French Printer to Serve Explosive Growth

Publication of PDF/VT will improve the reliability and production performance of graphically rich personalized content

Domtar unveils "Paper Because" campaign to promote responsible use of paper

Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc. Announces Sale of North American CTP Business

Domtar partners with Nature Conservancy on pilot program for working woodlands

manroland welcomes Tom Lang as Region Sales Manager Western Canada, Sheetfed

SGP Forms Alliance with Canopy Organizations to Host Free Webinar

Domtar expands licensing agreement with World Wildlife Fund

Agfa-Gevaert reports strong second quarter results

7 Reasons print will make a comeback in 2011

Revenue up 11% at HP in third quarter

KBA’s order intake up 39% on previous year

Agfa Graphics announces successful closing of recent Pitman Company acquisition

Manroland investor rejects KBA merger offer

Who's buying high-speed continuous-feed colour printers?

More merger speculation: KBA and Manroland?

Orders up at Heidelberg in first quarter

Paperlinx adds staff to sign and display division

New Canadian sales vp at Presstek

Loss for Kodak in second quarter

Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books

Xerox increases full-year guidance

Order intake up at Heidelberg

KBA reports growth in order intake

Kodak severs relationship with Pitman in U.S.

Goss to sell Akiyama and Vpak presses in Canada

InfoPrint now wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh

International Paper helps printers sell more digital printing with WatchPrintWork customizable video

Sappi Paper releases sustainability journal

Cost cutter rises to top of Xerox Canada [Globe and Mail]

Cut-sheet inkjet offerings are multiplying. Here's a look at a new entrant from France

New Partnership Allows Agfa Graphics to Extend its Presence in Canada

InfoPrint Solutions Launches New Brand Identity as it Nears New Status as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Ricoh

First quarter report from Xerox

Heidelberg annual loss deepens, but sales rebound in fourth quarter

CGS Publishing Technologies International and Roland DG announce strategic technology partnership

Ultimate signs a worldwide distribution and service agreement with HP

Heidelberg to distribute Asahi plates in Canada

KBA reports modest profit for 2009

British PM plans for paperless society

U.S. Mid-Altantic region launches "Print Grows Trees" campaign

Canada's First Recycled Newsprint Plant Closes

Canon raises Océ stake to 84%

Presstek releases fourth quarter result

Neenah Paper sells timberland, exits Canada

Manroland to buy WIFAG

AbitibiBowater takes Newfoundland dispute to NAFTA

More snags in the Canon, Oce deal: shareholder asks court to look at offer

HP Reports First Quarter 2010 Results

Transcontinental's annual meeting: on the theme of transformation and longevity

IDEAlliance and IPA Join Forces to Serve the Print and eMedia Industry

Kodak sales, profits, up in fourth quarter

Xerox releases fourth quarter results

Catalyst to idle mill in B.C; lay off 70 employees

Canon bid for Océ hits snag

Vistaprint builds customer service center in Jamaica

Employee lock-out over at Tembec's Pine Falls mill

Agfa closes Gandi Innovations deal

Former Tembec exec offers to buy mill in Manitoba

Xerox Technology to Fuel Espresso Book Machine; Worldwide Agreement Includes Global Marketing and Sales Support

Sappi Fine Paper North America Announces Call for Entries for the Printers of the Year Awards for 2010

Heidelberg considering re-entering digital market

Amazon milestone: company says it sold more e-books than printed books on Christmas day

Domtar to dismantle mill in Saskatchewan

Fraser Papers wins approval to sell paper and lumber mills

HP vp says printing is poised for recovery in 2010

Adobe Systems Incorporated releases financial reports for fourth quarter

European initiatives that help promote print and paper

A teenager in Australia starts global printing business, and irks some local printers

Check out this cool video promoting print from The Sun newspaper in the UK

“NEWS PRINT,” FIRST-EVER NEWSPAPER PAVILION TO DEBUT AT GRAPH EXPO 2010

Heidelberg announces new corporate structure

Large paper consumers invited to shape the future of ecopaper in North America

Fujifilm creates Fujifilm North America Corporation

Canon to buy Océ

Agfa Graphics to acquire assets of Gandi Innovations Holdings LLC

Standard Finishing Systems appoints KBR Graphics new dealer in Ontario

A blog post says Apple is out to pull the printing industry into the digital age by selling e-books on a general-purpose reader

KBR Graphics now Canadian distributor for MGI

Record number of Chinese manufacturers to exhibit at Ipex 2010

HP launches print-on-demand services for books and magazines

Kenneth Freek appointed vice president of product management at Heidelberg Canada

Talks with union break down at Tembec mill in Manitoba

Online advertising spending takes a hit in 2009

Target launches digital magazine newsstand powered by Zinio

Rumour of broken merger talks and announcement of larger-than-expected projected losses send Heidelberg stock into fall

Rogers Publishing launches faster time-to-market for magazine advertisers with Pressexpress

LR Graphic Supply to distribute Agfa prepress products in Canada

US coated-paper producers file unfair trade practice cases against China and Indonesia

PrintLink publishes human resources guide for printing industry

Heidelberg's Jean-Francois (JF) Colpron takes position with Heidelberg USA

Xerox to Acquire Affiliated Computer Services

Shangai Electric now second-largest shareholder of Goss International

Mill hiatus in Corner Brook to affect more than 500 workers

Harvard University library partners with Google to deliver on-demand books

Heidelberg/Manroland merger in two weeks?

Cascades makes two acquisitions

Google inks deal to print on-demand books

KBA North America has a new CEO

Saudi Arabia printing industry to grow15% annually

UK Group launches campaign to promote environmentalism and effectiveness of print

Update on Manroland/Heidelberg merger talks [Beyond Print]

Just how green is the kindle? [Quill and Quire]

HP reports lower sales in Q3

China takes the lead in worldwide paper production

KBA reports sheetfed orders picking up

KBA North America CEO and president Garbrecht returns to Germany

What's the environmental impact of printing? The Verdigris Project keeps track of just that. Check out the articles.

Heidelberg's first quarter sales down, but show signs of stabilizing

New Green Guide from PIA

Heidelberg secures liquidity to 2012

AbitibiBowater idles two newsprint machines in Thunder Bay [Pulp & Paper Canda]

RR Donnelley quarterly profit drops 83%

Kodak reports loss in second quarter

Rumours surface that Heidelberg in merger talks with Manroland [Bloomberg]

An exclusive article from Ipex trade show about what's next for print

Xerox profit down

Heidelberg releases annual results-posts loss. Download annual report

Company in UK develops aluminum plates that can be recycled

Interactive planning tool goes live for Ipex 2010

Illinois state university releases study on attracting high-school students to print

New study says sheetfed litho under threat from digital print

Which technologies won the Intertech awards this year?

Register in the new "Find a Printer" section on Mohawkpaperstore.com

Kodak says it will install its first Prosper press at U.S. site

Losses moving to web division at KBA

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