Last week, the On Demand Conference and Exposition completed its 2011 run at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The venue itself ended up being part of the story because it contributed to the event feeling more like a conference with an exhibit hall, rather than a trade show with an education track
Ricoh and Heidelberg agreed upon a new global distribution contract. Under it Heidelberg will begin selling Ricoh's latest color digital press, the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition, as well as appropriate future production printing offerings in Ricoh's pipeline.
There is certainly no shortage of offset presses at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville. The 47-employee in-plant boasts six of them, the centerpiece being a four-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105. Still, Graphic Arts Service Manager Jack Williams knew the best days of the shop’s two-color Hamada CD-555 were behind it, and there was no shortage of two-color printing coming in the door. So in October, the in-plant installed its second two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46-2.
Hot products for in-plants, including Riso's RZ series of digital duplicators, Mitsubishi Imaging's DP Series Specialty Media and the new Standard Horizon HT-80 three-knife trimmer includes advanced setup automation, among many others hot new products.
Always on the move, the On Demand Conference & Exposition will take place in Washington, D.C., next month for the first time. We asked some of the participants what they plan to have on display.
Yesterday, with great fanfare, Ricoh Company, Ltd. announced plans to invest $300 million over three years in its global Managed Document Services (MDS) infrastructure. The press conference, which took place simultaneously in Tokyo, London and New York, stressed that Ricoh was aggressively accelerating its shift to a services business model as a key growth strategy.
IPG visited Briggs & Stratton Graphic Services to check out all the impressive capabilities of this award-winning in-plant.
Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department has announced the lineup for its 2011 International Printing Week, set for January 25-28. The theme of the four-day event is “Graphic Communication – The Production of Knowledge.” Sponsored by EFI, EskoArtwork, Kodak, Ricoh and RR Donnelley, the program will include seminars by industry leaders, laboratory dedications, demonstrations, a career fair and a banquet. Industry members are invited to attend the seminars.
Hard to believe it’s been a decade since I sat down to write about In-plant Graphics’ 50th anniversary. And now, this month, we turn 60. Don’t feel bad if you can’t remember all the way back to our first issue
Join IPG Editor Bob Neubauer as he drives around central Pennsylvania, dropping in on in-plants along the way.
