Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign would not have been possible without digital printing, said Scott Biondich, group director for Sparkling Packaging and R&D Equipment Development at Coca-Cola North America. Launched in the United States this summer, the personalized labels were printed on HP Indigo WS6000 series digital presses.
With a new 30" format HP Indigo 20000 digital press, Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) of Hamilton, OH, expects to produce up to 80 percent of its customers' flexible packaging applications, including those not previously addressable with digital printing technology because of former size limitations.
The Dscoop9 conference guide received a gold award in the Digital Printing – Variable Data and Personalization category, and a bronze award in the Magazines – Event Programs category, in the Printing Impressions magazine 2014 Gold Ink Awards printing contest.
The HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press enables Regal Press of Norwood, MA, to bring more work in-house, develop new high-end applications and consistently meet strict brand guidelines. This is the company's fifth HP Indigo installation. "The HP Indigo 10000 will help us make our clients' creative visions a reality, and unlike with offset, we can make prototypes to test new applications and explore new marketing approaches together."
Progressive Solutions of Santa Clara, CA, has added an HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press to stay current with the latest technology, as well as offer customers new and enhanced products with the larger 29" print format. The press is expected to strengthen the company's position in the stationery and personalized gift markets, which account for two-thirds of its overall business.
RPI, a provider of personalized print services for businesses worldwide based here, announced it is expanding its Atlanta-area facilities by 70 percent in order to accommodate growth in its printed photo merchandise and corporate communications business units.
"Connecting: Print. People. Profits." was the theme at the Dscoop Asia 2014 conference for the Asia Pacific region, which ran June 12-13 in Bali, Indonesia. More than 1,000 HP Graphic Arts users gathered at the conference to get an insider's look at how print service providers in the region are creating business opportunities using HP Indigo and IHPS digital presses and front end solutions.
HP has introduced a new HP Priming Solution that enables HP Inkjet Web Press users to print on a broader range of media, including standard offset coated media that is not typically compatible with production inkjet technology.
In an effort to offer its customers larger-format, high-quality digital printing with variable data and increased production efficiency, San Diego-based L+L Cos. has added an HP Indigo 10000 digital press.
Lithographix Inc. has installed a new HP Indigo 7600 digital press, and is reportedly the only press of its kind in the West Coast that is fully integrated with all the latest HP technologies. In addition to the new media, Matthew Paige has been hired to serve as the company's manager of digital solutions.
