N E W S O F T H E P R I N T I N G I N D U S T R Y AT A G L A N C E
"You can train [employees] on what
to look for and what makes a good
product, but they have to inherently
have the desire to make sure good
products are being produced."
—Rick Lindemann, page 20
America", a three-day
training slate sponsored
by the SPI Convention.
In addition, the neighboring BIG Wide Format
Pavilion will give creative imaging professionals an opportunity to discover how to sell, create, and finish a variety of
wide-format applications on various media and substrates.
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NEWS
Quark Discount
NAPL Economic Prediction
Industry sales moved ahead in the last three quarters of 2012 and
should continue to improve somewhat in coming months. Expectations
for 2013: $79.2-$80 billion in sales.
In the spring edition of the Printing Business Conditions report, part
of the NAPL State of the Industry Series, sponsored by KBA, association
economists note that industry sales increased in 2012 for the first time
in five years, but the gain was very modest. Sales grew just 0.6 percent
in 2012 (from all sources, not just printing); although 1.4 percent growth
in the fourth quarter was a significant improvement over a 0.4 percent
decline in the first quarter of 2012. While the annual growth was small,
seeing positive growth in three of four quarters in 2012 was encouraging
when viewed against declines in 13 out of 16 previous quarters, stretching back to the first quarter of 2008.
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Quark has extended its upgrade policy that allows QuarkXPress users on any version, from 3 to 8, to upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 for $349. The price represents a $500 savings for users
who choose to upgrade before June 30, 2013. After June 30,
2013, only users of version 8 can upgrade to QuarkXPress 9
for $349. Any users of versions 3 to 7 will need to purchase a
full license for $849.
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Canon & Océ Deal Finalized
Canon Inc. has announced that its consolidated subsidiary
Océ N.V. became a wholly owned Canon subsidiary on March
8, 2013, following the conclusion of formal statutory buyout
proceedings under Dutch law. Since joining forces, Canon
and Océ have jointly developed new products and worked to
strengthen their marketing and service capabilities.
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OBITUARY
NAPL Marketing Plus Awards
NAPL has issued a call for entries for its 2013 Marketing
Plus Awards program. The competition is open to all selfpromotional marketing initiatives executed by industry companies between June 1, 2012, and May 31, 2013. Deadline for
entries is June 14, 2013. Winners for
self-promotional marketing in print
and alternate media will be honored
at the association's annual Soderstrom
Awards dinner in Chicago on Sept. 7.
For an official entry form, list of categories, and guidelines, go to napl.org/
marketingaward.
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PRINT 13 Goes BIG
PRINT 13, coming September 8-12 to Chicago's McCormick
Place, will mark the debut of a new show floor section, Photo
Finish—The Photo Imaging Pavilion. It will feature the latest
in photo, photo book, wide-format, specialty photo, all-sized
imaging, creation, and finishing related equipment, software,
and substrates. It will also house the Photo Imaging Conference, sponsored by Photo Imaging News, and "Shoot-Out
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QUICK PRINTING / May 2013
EFRAIM "EFI" ARAZI, founder and first
CEO of EFI, died on his 76th birthday,
April 14. Arazi created his namesake company in 1988 after a 20-year career as the
founder, president, and CEO of Scitex
Corporation. He served as chairman, president, and CEO of Electronics for Imaging
(EFI) from 1988 until 1994.
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LOUIS "INKY LOU" WERNEKI died on
March 31. He was the founder of Werneke
Ink Company, which is now part of Flint
Group. He played a pivotal role in shaping the narrow web tag and label market,
designing the first water-based ink for
flexographic printing.
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Efraim Arazi
Louis Werneki
RICHARD A. NASH died on April 6 in Chattanooga, TN. He
owned and operated the former Nash Printing, Inc. in Lansdale, PA, which was acquired by PrintWorks & Company, Inc.
in 2006.
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