05.09.2008
Delta unveils Mod-tech Edge laser converting machine

At Labelexpo Americas 2008, Delta will be featuring its Delta Mod-Tech EDGE Laser Converting system with digital UV printing capability, using a new Digital Print Module with Xaar 1001 inkjet printheads. The system gives converters a flexible manufacturing solution for complex geometries, precision products and quick-changeover, coupled with high-quality flexo, screen or digital printing – all on the same machine. The module’s flexibility is due in part to its servo-controlled robotic arm for laser module repositioning. To complement this flexibility, the machine has been fitted with Delta’s new Digital Print Module. This new module features an array of Xaar 1001 inkjet printheads to provide CMYK and spot colour digital printing with UV inks, the capability for instantaneous print image changeover, and the modularity found on all the Delta Mod-Tech modules.

04.09.2008
Kodak's campaign distinguished

The multimedia “Print is...” campaign from Kodak is one of four communications programs cited in a report of BtoB magazine. This report is focused on integrated marketing success stories, such as the Kodak´s campaign. The “Print is...” campaign presents print ads, collateral materials, online components, direct marketing and many events, “reflecting print's role as the cornerstone of an integrated campaign”, says Kevin Joyce, chief marketing officer, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group. The "Print is..." also explores Kodak´s brand communications campaign around drupa and is already present in North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia.

03.09.2008
Polestar secures £100 million deal

In a deal worth in excess of £100 million, Polestar and IPC Media have signed a five-year contract for the production of 11 titles within the TX, Connect and Ignite magazine portfolios, following the recent tender process carried out by the publisher. Polestar is the incumbent printer of the magazines – ten weeklies and one fortnightly - with the recently refreshed Pick Me Up and the leading men's title Nuts included within the contractual agreement for the first time. Production will continue across Polestar's web and gravure sites.

02.09.2008
New Sonar Bookrends range for QuarkXPress

XChange has released the Sonar Bookrends range of XTensions for QuarkXPress v8. The users can now upgrade earlier versions of XTensions for Macintosh and Windows platforms. The Sonar Bookrends Xref updates the imbedded page numbers, adjusts the document's cross-references and uses a proprietary "labelling" system so that the cross-referencing information can be entered anytime, even as a document is being written. With the Sonar Bookends Fnote the users of QuarkXPress have also a footnote/endnote management package, that can be connected to their associated reference using a tagging system.

01.09.2008
First Pharma DDS agreements signed

Stora Enso has signed the first Pharma DDS license agreements in the US and in Europe. Pharma DDS is a new child-resistant packaging solution designed to be convenient and discreet to use. Sharp Corporation and Stora Enso will partner in the contract packaging of pharmaceutical products into Pharma DDS cartons. Simultaneously an agreement has been reached with Cadmus Whitehall Group and with rlc packaging group to produce printed and converted components of Pharma DDS carton. “These three agreements only eight months after the launch of Pharma DDS in the market demonstrate the great interest in the product. We are especially excited about the cooperation with Sharp Corporation and the possibility to produce Pharma DDS on their new high speed MGS Stealth cartoner,” says Ismo Saarinen, Director, Stora Enso Pharmaceutical Solutions. The Pharma DDS carton is designed to be convenient and discreet to use, yet it has reached the highest F=1 child-resistance testing result. Sharp Corporation is a world class provider of healthcare contract packaging, design and engineering, serving the prescription, over-the-counter, nutritional, animal health, and personal care markets. The company has recently finalized the installation of the new MGS Stealth cartoner at its facilities in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.