One day before PRINT 13 opened, the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) inducted 15 industry leaders into the Soderstrom Society, named for the late Walter E. Soderstrom, one of the founders of NAPL. The Soderstrom award recognizes the contributions of industry leaders, including printing firm owners, equipment manufacturers, consultants, and educators.
The Principal Financial Group’s Print to Mail operation is serious about digital color printing. Just six years ago, the 64-employee in-plant had 10 Kodak NexPress digital presses running in its Urbandale, Iowa, operation—making it the largest single-site NexPress user in the world.
Eastman Kodak Co. won court approval of a plan to exit bankruptcy as a commercial printing company that sells nothing to consumers. The plan, which cuts about $4.1 billion of debt, was approved yesterday by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in Manhattan.
IPG isn't the only one hosting a free lunch for in-plants at PRINT 13. (More info on that here.) The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association is having a free lunch-and-learn session on Tuesday September 10, from 12:15-1:45.
Antonio Perez, who oversaw Eastman Kodak during one of the most trying periods in company history, will be stepping down from the position by fall 2014 at the outside.
You may have heard something about "patent trolls"—shell companies that exist only to enforce their patents and seek money from alleged infringers. But you probably thought only high-tech companies were being targeted by these guys, right? Hardly. They're coming after printers too.
Suddenly it’s cool to be an in-plant. Over the past couple of years, graphic arts trade shows have made an extra effort to attract in-plant managers, and next month’s PRINT 13 show will continue that trend. The seminar program at the Chicago show (September 8-12) will feature a whole track just for in-plants, and several lunches and receptions will provide managers with additional opportunities to get informed, network and eat.
As he sat at the IPMA awards banquet last month, watching the video of the In-Print contest judges selecting the Best of Show winner, Steve Rigby was surprisingly calm. Two of Washington State University's Gold-winning pieces were among the final four, and he was feeling rather confident.
In its June Watch Dog newsletter, Printing Industries of California (PIC) warns members that printers in Southern California have been getting letters from the law firm of Farney Daniels on behalf of BetNam LLC—a patent assertion entity (PAE)—for alleged patent infringement. PAEs, more frequently called “patent trolls,” are shell companies that exist only to enforce their patents and seek money from alleged infringers instead of actually making products.
The framework of a plan by Eastman Kodak to restructure as a commercial imaging business was approved by a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday, bringing the former photography company one step closer to exiting from Chapter 11 protection.
