SUPPLIER news

A partnership has been forged between Xanté Corp. and Pantone Inc. The entire line of Xanté Ilumina color presses are now PANTONE licensed.

Rodney Balmer, Flint Group’s sheetfed ink technical director, was recently awarded the 2009 Technical Achievement Award by NPIRI, the research arm of the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers. The chemist was recognized for his advances in energy curable ink and coating technology, as well as for helping printers incorporate these technologies into their pressrooms.