No fewer than 235 customers from 19 different countries attended Heidelberg Info Days at the Print Media Center in Heidelberg, Germany, where LE UV dryer technology was showcased. Customers gained an excellent insight into the efficiency and productivity of long perfectors and the associated postpress equipment.
Season ticket holders at East Carolina University (ECU) used to get a lot more mail at the start of football season. Their tickets for Pirate home games would come in one mailing, their parking passes in another, then their Pirate Club membership cards in a third. It was up to the fans to keep them all straight.
When Utah photographer Wally Barras learned last year that Brigham Young University Print and Mail Services had entered a case-bound, photo-filled memory book featuring his photos into the In-Print 2014 contest, his response was quick and certain:
When you sit down and talk with Donna Horbelt, you immediately feel like you've been friends for years. So it's no wonder that her engaging personality and the interest she takes in her customers has led them to view her in-plant at the University of Texas Heath Science Center at Houston as a supportive ally, committed to their success.
Kodak, Agfa and Heidelberg have joined together to file petitions with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) in an effort to combat patent licensing demands made on their customers by CTP Innovations.
Heidelberg will conduct a free 30-minute webinar next Wednesday to review currently available short-run options in the 29” format segment, both digital and offset. Joerg Daehnhardt, director of Product Management, will lead the discussion and field questions from participants.
Following five years of losses, Heidelberg has started making a profit again. According to preliminary calculations, the net profit for financial year 2013/2014 was around € 4 million. This means the company has achieved its key target for the financial year just closed.
"My university is not going to close me." With those words, Cathy Skoglund wrapped up her presentation at last month's Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) conference, after describing how her in-plant at Arizona State University utilizes students almost exclusively as its work force. Her certainty of her in-plant's strong position stems from the fact that the Print & Imaging Lab aligns closely with ASU's educational mission by giving students hands-on experience, which helps them launch their careers.
Heidelberg is extending its digital and software portfolio and pooling activities in its Digital division. Rapid expansion is planned, with the existing range to be enhanced with new products. In addition, it has also established an Advisory Council.
In Phoenix this week, more than 80 higher-ed in-plant managers got together for the 49th annual Association of College and University Printers (ACUP) conference. Fifteen years after ACUP's last Phoenix conference, this week's event was nearly as hot as the weather.
