A Transformation Success Story
Last week the Columbia Daily Tribune Missouri published an article about Kelly Press Inc., a 78 year old commercial printing company that recognized that their print business was changing. Kelly Press responded by both investing in updated printing equipment Kodak Nexpress 2100 and by diversifying well beyond print. It is a great tale that clearly illustrates […]
Opportunities in Printing and Production
The book printing and production is a business which can offer you many satisfactions and its complexity offers you a special beauty. If we want to elaborate an investment plan in view of acquiring the equipments necessary for this, we must create a market study which largely comprises: the publishing houses with their market share, […]
LinkOUT on LinkedIn
If you think LinkedIn is just an online version of your static résumé, then think again. It is a way to search and connect with a much wider network than possible in person. Keeping connections alive through LinkedIn is much more passive than traditional networking since the service delivers updated and timely information about your […]
ICS University: A new series of free online seminars for graphics professionals, brand managers and print production staff.
Live Instruction From The Experts – Learn On Your Schedule – All Sessions Include QA – Preview RemoteDirector.net New courses for the summer of 2010 include: Color Management 101 – This class covers the basics of color management and ICC profiles, and helps you get the most out of your color-managed workflow. 50 Monitor Proofing Advantages – This class covers […]
Graph Expo 2010 Announces Print Buyer Program Among Full Slate of Educational Seminars
GRAPH EXPO 2010 has announced that it will feature a full slate of educational seminars when the foremost graphic communication exhibition opens this fall. Among the highlights will be the Print Buyer Program, newly updated and returning for the third time to GRAPH EXPO. GRAPH EXPO 2010, the year’s largest commercial and package printing, publishing, […]
B-to-b lead generation takes a social turn
Dell made headlines last year when it announced it had raked in $6.5 million in sales through promotions on Twitter. At the time, most of the coverage focused on Dell’s direct to consumer products, such as laptops, software and accessories. Yet, Dell’s b-to-b marketing team says it too is finding success in leveraging social media […]
Insolvency rate shows signs of improvement for start of 2010
The health of the print industry has shown little improvement but has not significantly worsened during the start of 2010, according to the latest insolvency figures from Euler Hermes UK. In its ‘Risk Bulletin’ table of hardest-hit trade sectors, print appeared fourth with an insolvency rate of 0.72% for the first quarter of the year, […]
Sun Chemical to Increase Heatset Ink and Rycoline® Prices in North America
Sun Chemical will implement a 6 percent price increase for heatset and directory inks in North America effective July 1, 2010. Prices will also increase for all of Sun Chemical Rycoline® blanket and roller washes, specialty solvents, isopropyl alcohol, alcohol replacement and aqueous coatings. The price of solvent-based washes will increase by $0.50 per gallon […]
Tips for How Commercial Printers can Work Better with a Paper Merchant -Jack Miller : Printing Impressions
As a mill rep, I sold paper through merchants. As a printer, you probably buy paper from merchants. I found that most merchants make money selling paper, but there are a few who make money buying paper. How do they make money buying paper? I remember a story, told to me by a merchant executive, about […]
Ipex 2010 Shows 'Print is Back in Business'
Professor Frank Romano, international analyst and Ipex ‘Champion in Print’ best summed up the mood of exhibitors and visitors when he declared that “Ipex 2010 has demonstrated that the printing industry is back in business.” With one day of Ipex 2010 to go, visitor attendance stood at just under 50,000 from 135 countries, excluding over […]
Print CEO of the Year Award: Have you voted yet?
WhatTheyThink.com today announced that it is receiving a number of nominations for the first annual Print CEO of the Year award. Nominations are now open. A qualifying Print CEO must have been in his or her position for at least two years and have demonstrated inspirational and innovative leadership of a company that has shown […]
PIA puts on "Offset & Beyond Conference"
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Offset & Beyond conference offered members of the print world a chance to mingle and discuss common problems, solutions, and what the future holds for the industry. While printers continue to deal with the rippling of an unsettling economy, a printer making a profit is still incredibly feasible. There are a […]
