North america

Edison Litho goes with Durst Rho press for short-run POP work

North Bergen, NJ-based Edison Lithographic & Printing announced the install of a new Durst Rho 900 large-format UV inkjet printer as it looks to add digital UV printing to its POP and retail signage...

HH Global names Perez head of Americas

As part of an aggressive strategy to expand across the Atlantic, London-based HH Global announced the appointment of Mike Perez to become its president of the Americas.

Kodak showcases digital for high-speed direct mail printing

Dismissing the recent gloom surrounding Kodak, executives in the company's Graphic Communications Group touted the growth of its commercial printing business, noting that its digital presses, printer...

Presstek sells 75DI digital offset presses in North America

Pressek announced that it has sold two additional 75DI digital offset presses to printers in North America, bringing the total number of 75DIs sold since it was commercially available earlier this...

USPS to close more than half of mail processing centers

The US Postal Service (USPS) once again announced a dramatic restructuring that will result in fewer workers and a change in the way it does business although direct mail printers claim to be well...

FMG secures $10m offshoring deal with American Media

North London-headquartered pre-media group FMG has entered a long-term partnership with US-based publisher American Media estimated to be worth more than $10m (6.4m)

Shiraz rebuilds RIP suite with multi-threading for version 8

Shiraz software has announced a major upgrade of its RIP products targetting commercial, wide format and photographic printers.

New GIA report projects $18.2bn global ink market by 2017

Despite some uncertainty in the commercial printing industry going forward, San Jose, CA-based Global Industry Analysts (GIA) is predicting that printer ink sales will continue to grow in the coming...

Tech-ni-fold ends three-year patent case

Auxiliary finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold has finally put an end to a near three year patent battle over its products.

Monotype acquires Bitstream's font business in $50m all cash deal

Monotype Imaging Holdings is set to acquire the font business of rival Bitstream in a $50m (32m) all cash deal that will leave Bitstream to focus on its Pageflex print automation tool and other...

New Semper International survey points to commercial print industry pessimism

The US commercial printing and graphics arts industry is not very optimistic about business picking up during the year's closing months, with one in five companies expecting sales to be down during...

Kodak wins initial legal battle with Collins Ink

Eastman Kodak won an important early victory in battle with Collins Ink, when US federal judge ruled the Cincinnati-based ink supplier must continue to supply Kodak with ink for the Versamark printer...