Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard claims to have solved the two biggest problems with today’s 3-D printers and will make its first big technology announcement in that area in June, CEO Meg Whitman said Wednesday.

The new 29" Heidelberg XL 75 Anicolor digital offset press is now available in the North American market. The press is ideal for commercial, label, package printing and P-O-P applications. On Jan. 29, PrintMediaCentr hosted an hour-long #PrintChat about short-run offset and Heidelberg’s XL 75 Anicolor press.

It was anything but business as usual for the more than 2,000 HP digital print professionals from around the globe who attended the Dscoop9 conference in person and virtually last week in Orlando, FL. The theme and directive at the conference was for Dscoop members to “break the mold."

A number of exciting announcements—including more than 35 new products launching or on display—from Dscoop partners are anticipated at the Dscoop9 conference, taking place March 6-8 in Orlando, FL.

HP is actively combating black market sales of its products and pursuing companies found to be in violation of the law. On December 4, the New York City Police Department executed an enforcement action in New York City, seizing approximately $400,000 of stolen HP Indigo supplies destined for sale on the black market.

Hewlett-Packard this month laid off about 100 employees in Omaha, NE, as part of a corporate restructuring plan announced in May 2012. The workers were notified November 4, and the layoffs were effective immediately.

On June 26th, the European Digital Press Association released its list of the 23 best digital production tools. Selected by the EDP General Assembly, made up of a representative of each European publication, the 2013 EDP Awards winners received their accolades during the FESPA exhibition in London.

The potential for digital packaging is great, and while there are many obstacles, these can all be overcome. Commercial printers would also like to get into packaging, but commercial shops have some additional challenges. Commercial printers generally do not have the finishing equipment: folding, scoring, diecutting. Perhaps more significant, brand owners generally look to box makers for boxes, not commercial printers.

HOUSTON—Leading, innovative executives from Nike, MGM Resorts International, United Airlines and The Leo Burnett Co. are featured keynote speakers at Consolidated Graphics' fifth annual emerge conference, to be held April 30-May 2 in Las Vegas.

The Dscoop7 conference that took place March 22-24, 2012 in Washington, D.C., was named to the 2012 Trade Show News Network's (TSNN) Top 250 Trade Shows in the United States list. Building on a successful 2012 event, more than 2,000 attendees were at Dscoop8, February 21-23, 2013 in Nashville, TN, marking a 30 percent increase in core North American attendees from last year’s event.