World Color Press, formerly Quebecor World, has signed a multiyear agreement to continue printing ESPN The Magazine, a bi-weekly sports news magazine with a rate base circulation of more than two million and a total audience readership of more than 14 million. World Color Press began printing ESPN The Magazine when it launched in 1998.
WHAT LESSONS can be gleaned from working at a 150-year-old business? First and foremost, where you've been is not nearly as important as where you're going. Secondly, there is no room for loyalty and tradition when it comes to products and services, which have a tendency to come and go from the business landscape.
Rumours of a possible merger between press manufacturing giants Heidelberg and Manroland have resurfaced, following reports in the German trade press.
German printing machine maker Heidelberger Druck has secured a credit line worth 1.4 billion euros ($2.01 billion) running until 2012, the company said in a statement late on Friday.
MONTREAL—World Color Press, formerly Quebecor World, has inked a multiyear contract extension with long-time customer, USA WEEKEND. Under the terms of the deal, World Color will continue to produce the majority of the USA WEEKEND Sunday magazine through October 2015, extending a 24-year relationship. It has produced the magazine each week since 1985.
Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP U.S.A., Inc.) announced that its technology lineup for PRINT 09 will emphasize recent advances that enable printers to profit even with a weak economy and an increasingly competitive printing market.
PRINTING INDUSTRY presidents and CEOs often reflect on the skill sets that they acquired while playing sports in high school or college—teamwork, leadership, discipline, tenacity—and how those traits apply to their success in the business world. But few executives have hailed their sports to the degree that Don Chew, president of K&D Graphics in Orange, CA, has tipped his cap to the game of badminton.
GIVEN THE state of the economy, it’s not surprising that printers are constantly on the lookout for fresh revenue streams. Heck, even in a robust economy, printers are seeking out ancillary products and services to help offset the erosion of more mature or vulnerable markets.
In an exclusive interview with Printing Impressions, Dr. Jürgen Rautert—member of the Management Board responsible for sales, customer- and market-focused activities, product management, services, consumables and marketing for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG—talks candidly about the challenges and opportunities.
We asked representatives from some leading press vendors for an overview of the key speed and automation technologies.
