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OBITUARY
CHRISTIAN-PIERRE BOURG, 89, founder
of print fnishing manufacturer C.P. Bourg
Group, died on November 16, 2014. He
passed away in Boston, not far from the
company's US headquarters in New Bed-
ford, MA. He started C.P. Bourg in 1960
and was considered a dynamic entrepreneur and vision-
ary in the graphic arts feld. Bourg succeeded at creating
a small, yet successful multi-national company. Up to 90
percent of the products developed and manufactured in
Ottignies-LLN (Belgium) are exported around the world.
Today, C.P. Bourg has a worldwide presence via a network
of 150 distributors in nearly 100 countries, a US-based
corporate offce and several sales offces in France, Lux-
embourg, and Germany. Its products also are distributed
by major names in the world of digital printing: Xerox, HP,
Kodak, and Océ (Canon). The group has more than 350
employees and some 80,000 clients.
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Education Is Front and Center at
Graphics of the Americas 2015
Graphics of the Americas (GOA), produced annually by
the Printing Association of Florida, has a power-packed
educational program for its 40th anniversary show in
Miami Beach next month (Feb. 26-28). Offered in both
English and Spanish, sessions span a variety of topics,
offering the latest information areas including prepress
and production; design and creative; management;
InDesign and Photoshop; sales and marketing; and wide-
format printing. Seminars include:
§ G7 - The Print Service Provider's Competitive
Advantage with Steve Ballinger
February 26 (12:30-1:45 p.m.,)
§ Integrated Printing Campaigns:
Tips & Tricks with Julie Shaffer
February 27 (12:30 - 1:45 p.m.)
§ How to Make Money with Large
Format Graphics with David King
February 26 (10:30-11:45 a.m.)
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Image Test Labs Service for PPI Members
The Pacifc Printing Industries Association (PPI) and
Image Test Labs (ITL) have announced that ITL's Image
Grader press grading service is available to members of
the PIA-affliate at a reduced cost. "ITL reports help PPI
members produce more consistent, higher quality printed
work for their clients--and save money and time across the
different platforms of equipment that they own," com-
mented Jules VanSant, PPI executive director.
PPI members can access the discount link at: ppiassocia-
tion.org/About/Benefts_Buying_Power
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