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JUN 2014

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Commercial printers are looking for other options to provide to their cus- tomer base. —Chris Guyett of Durst, page 22 NEWS PRIMIR Meeting to Reveal Tag and Label Trends PRIMIR has announced its summer meeting will be held July 21-23 in Cleveland. Themed "Print's Evolution—Changing Mar- kets, Firms, Technologies, and Applications," the event will be packed with data and content including the new PRIMIR study "Tag & Label Printing Trends." Jennifer Dochstader and David Walsh, founding partners of LPC, will explore the tag and label market, providing insights about: tags, pressure-sen- sitive paper and film labels, vari- able informa- tion process- ing (VIP) labels, glue applied labels, shrink labels, non-pressure sensitive non-shrink labels, and in-mold labels. The presentation will provide an overview of the evolving North American tag and label marketplace for each of the segments and will address trends in the various end-use markets, such as food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and others. MyPRINTResource.com/11430320 Plastic Print Pavilion Debuts at GRAPH EXPO 14 GRAPH EXPO 14 (Sept. 28-Oct. 1) at Chicago's McCormick Place will demonstrate how far the graphic communications industry has progressed at its PLASTIC Print Pavilion. This new show feature will serve as a hub that bridges print with industrial manufacturing. "Plastics are a vital and an integral part of everyone's world, from ATM and credit cards to RFID cards, flash drives, ID badges, plastic packaging, plastic labels, ad specialties and promotional items," said Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Co. (GASC). "The PLASTIC Print pavilion will showcase these and many, many other applications including 3D printing." PLASTIC Print is the culmination of a collabo- ration of three industry organizations: The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI)-produc- ers of the National Plastics Exposition (NPE), GASC, and CPP EXPO. For the first time anywhere, show goers will discover how the exciting "new" worlds of package printing, commercial printing, and industrial manufacturing have converged to create a host of new service and profit-boosting opportunities. MyPRINTResource.com/11429657 Wisconsin Printer to Install 6-up Offset Press for Packaging Graphic Edge Printing & Packaging, Hubertus, WI, near Mil- waukee, a commercial and package printer in metro Milwaukee, took delivery in May of a new 5-color, 6-up Ryobi press custom configured to accommodate up to 31-point board for package printing. It marks the first US installation of the 31-inch RYOBI 755XL-D Packaging Edition offset press. The new packaging press features automatic deployment and retraction of transfer drums to accommodate stocks ranging from onion skin to heavy board stock. It also features a special heavy-duty feeder as well as an air-guide system to 'float' sheets through the 16,000-sph press without marking. Ryobi's Smart Makeready tech- nology drives makereadies down to six minutes. The press was sold by Ryobi dis- tributor Graphco and its partner, Guaranteed Ser- vice and Supplies. "After seeing the press in the Ryobi factory [in Japan], and running full- out on the print- er's floor, we knew this was the press for us—no hesitation, no question," Dale noted. "We finalized the order right on the spot." He added that the new press will drive new growth in package printing for Graphic Edge. The company's niche is quick prototyping and then printing of folding carton retail packaging, from as little as 500 up to 20,000 units, in extremely quick turnarounds. Typi- cally, creating retail packaging takes four to six weeks or longer, but Graphic Edge will be able to do it in as little as 48 hours. MyPRINTResource.com/11430379 Kodak Adds Process-free Plate Capacity in Americas Eastman Kodak is adding a new plate manufacturing line at its Columbus, GA, facility dedicated to producing its SONORA Process Free Plates. This expansion aligns with the manufacturer's plans to drive local sourcing while contin- uously improving manufacturing quality, production efficiencies, and customer service across its entire digital plate portfolio. "To meet the demand gener- ated by the tremendous growth of SONORA Plates in the Americas, we need to build a brand new world-class plate manufacturing Dale and Dawn Skinkis at the Ryobi MHI factory in Japan. 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 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 / J u n e 2 0 1 4 Kodak says its Sonora plates will eliminate the need for 36 million gallons of water, 530,000 gal- lons of plate chemistry, and 102 million hours of kilowatt energy in 2014. QP_8-11_0614 PrintingNews.indd 8 5/15/14 2:25 PM

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