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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 A T A G L A N C E High-Quality Custom Labels As a faster alternative the flexographic printing process, a new inkjet digital label press is producing short-run jobs for Canadian and Northeast American customers at L'Emballage Tout. The Montreal packaging/converting firm has installed the Epson SurePress L-4033A for its label printing services. "Among our grow- ing customer base, we were finding more and more of them needing 500 to 5,000 run jobs. With only a flexographic printer in-house, it was taking too much time and money to create these short-runs," explained Yves Tougas, president of L'Emballage Tout. "After doing much research and looking at demos, we found the Epson SurePress to be the perfect match due to its wide color gamut, its ability to produce accurate repeat jobs, and its ease-of-use. It fit right within our budget." MyPRINTResource.com/11321648 HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press Supports Growing Web-to-print Business Smartpress.com, an employee-owned print firm based in Chaska, MN, has purchased an HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press to support its growing web-to-print business and expand its product offerings. Since launching the consumer-facing brand in 2009, Smartpress.com has experienced tremendous growth, driving the need for expanded digital capacity. After attending PRINT 13, the company selected the HP Indigo 10000 to take advantage of new capabilities made possible by the 29-inch format and to offer more competitive pricing for larger-quantity jobs. "Considering our recent and projected growth, we needed to ensure we could continue to deliver high-quality products to our customers at the speeds we have always delivered them, even as orders increase in number, size, and complexity," said Chuck Reese, president, Smartpress.com. "The HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press provides the additional capacity needed to keep up with on-demand printing, while offering clients more and larger options at our signature quality level." MyPRINTResource.com/11319677 Graphics of the Americas Game Changers Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference (GOA) unveiled its inaugural Game Changers showcase at the 2014 conference in Miami, FL. The following six solutions have been given the special dis- tinction of being a GOA 2014 Game Changer: • HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press • Enfocus Connect ALL? • Printware LLC iJetPress Digital Inkjet Printer with iJet Color Workflow • Nilpeter FB-3300 flexo-press • MGI Digital Graphic Technology JETvarnish 3D and JETvar- nish 3D Twin w/iFoil • Ricoh Critical Communications Solutions Suite "We were excited to announce the first-ever Game Changer showcase at GOA 2014," said George Ryan, GOA President. "We are proud to honor manufacturers and developers who are building solutions that will have lasting and positive affect on our industry." MyPRINTResource.com/10163197 Xanté Partners with Image Source Xanté has announced a new partnership with Image Source, a provider of printing solutions and software with nine loca- tions and employs over 60 sales associates. Image Source will be representing Xante's entire line of digital printing solutions. Tim Helm, vice president of Image Source, said, "I'm excited to bring Xanté into our product line. We wanted to expand printing options to our current and potential customers through envelope printing and the Impressia helps extend this new option to them." MyPRINTResource.com/10008689 Radex AG to Change the Landscape of Industrial Inkjet Printing The founders of Graph-Tech AG have announced the launch of their new inkjet integration company, Radex AG. Graph- Tech was acquired by Domino Printing Sciences in 2012. Radex will now focus on developing complete solutions for both OEM and end user clients. Having shipped thousands of industrial inkjet systems over the last 10 years, the team will combine their hardware, software, and consumables skills to create solutions for applications ranging from packaging to textiles to 3D printing, and everything in between. "Many printing markets are transitioning rapidly from ana- log to digital, and the need for reliable industrial inkjet solu- tions is growing every day," said Piero Pierantozzi, Managing Director of Radex. "Working with companies such as Domino Printing Sciences and EFI Jetrion, we don't only fully under- stand inkjet, but also how to help our clients specify, install, and support industrial inkjet systems." MyPRINTResource.com/11314154 New Insert Presses Bring Creps Back Up to Speed Following a devastating fire in October 2012, Creps United Publications has completed the installation of three new Sun- day insert presses from Goss International, revitalizing the firm's entire production capabilities. A new 100,000-square-foot facility in Indiana, PA, is now home to two Goss Sunday 2000i presses (57-inch width) and a 66-inch-wide Sunday 3000i press. Creps chose the presses based on their suitability for modern insert formats as well as their ability to deliver high volumes and to streamline throughput in line with the company's vision for the future. "The time, waste, and labor saving tech- "I started this business on a $250 accident." —4over CEO Zarik Megerdichian, page 22 w w w. M y P R I N T R e s o u r c e . c o m 8 Q U I C K P R I N T I N G / A p r i l 2 0 1 4 QP_7-10_0414 PrintingNews.indd 8 3/18/14 3:40 PM