KODAK’s Security Solutions Group will highlight its strategic portfolio of services at the QPC Anti-Counterfeiting for Pharma & Medical Devices conference held in Philadelphia, May 31-June 2, at The Chemical Heritage Foundation Conference Center.
MEMPHIS, TN—Mimeo.com is planning an $11.3 million expansion of its facility here, according to The (Memphis, TN) Commercial Appeal. The expansion is expected to create 190 new jobs by 2016. The information was revealed in an application to the Memphis and Shelby County Industrial Development Board (IDB).
Eastman Kodak Co. soared 15 percent after favorable recommendations by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission in a patent dispute with [BlackBerry maker] Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Apple Inc. The staff sided with Kodak’s arguments that RIM and Apple infringed a patent on a way to preview digital images using less processing power and storage space. The recommendations, filed last month, were made public yesterday. The six-member commission, scheduled to release a decision June 23, doesn’t always follow the rulings of the office within the agency that acts as a third party in its cases.
ROCHESTER, NY—Mercury Print Productions, which specializes in digital book printing for publishers in the education market, has begun installation of a Kodak Prosper 5000XL inkjet press. The press will boost its ability to produce short-run and on-demand books in color, meeting publishers’ needs in the education/textbook market.
Owen was recently named vice president, Worldwide Sales and Business Development, Digital Printing Solutions, Kodak. He continues to be instrumental in the rollout of the Kodak Prosper press platform and will explore new opportunities for Kodak’s entire portfolio of digital printing solutions.
“Growing to New Heights” is the theme of the GUA North American Conference, which takes place June 6-10, 2011, at the InterContinental Hotel in New Orleans. Chris Payne, director of strategy and marketing, Graphic Communications Group and Vice President, Office of the Chief Marketing Officer, Kodak, has been named keynote speaker at the event.
The recent installation of a Kodak Prosper 5000XL will enable Howard Hunt Group, Dartford, Kent, to allow its clients to communicate across all marketing channels more effectively.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ May 2011 edition
Commercial printing industry news briefs, including items Vertis, RR Donnelley, Böwe Bell + Howell, SourceLink, American Litho, Berlin Industries, MSP Digital Marketing, Domtar Corp., Tigner Printing and Mercury Print Productions.
Revenue from Kodak’s core digital growth businesses—Consumer and Commercial Inkjet, Packaging Solutions, and Workflow Software & Services—increased by 23 percent, fueled by a greater than 50 percent increase in Consumer Inkjet. A 14 percent decline was reported for its Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group.
