Eastman Kodak

The Anton Group Ltd. (Anton), one of the largest printing, mailing and fulfillment companies in the UK, is the first customer in Europe to purchase the new KODAK NEXPRESS SE3600 Digital Production Color Press.

Set to run January 25-27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Gold Sponsors of the conference will include Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Pageflex and Xerox.

Cohber Press, a full-service printing and marketing communications company in Rochester, N.Y., is the first customer in North America to install the new KODAK NEXPRESS SE3600 Digital Production Color Press.

As part of Kodak’s ongoing commitment to helping print service providers grow and succeed, the new MeasureYourBiz campaign offers a variety of interactive tools, resources, and information to help them identify and enhance efficiencies in their businesses

Canada’s largest direct marketing, print and fulfillment company, Contac Services, is better meeting the needs of its clients with two newly added KODAK NEXPRESS S3000 Digital Production Color Presses and KODAK NEXPRESS Glossing Units, and Dimensional Printing available as part of KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions.

ROCHESTER, NY—While suffering a loss for the fourth consecutive quarter, Eastman Kodak's chief executive expressed optimism for a strong rebound for both the photography and printing businesses. Kodak recorded a loss of $111 million in the third quarter after successive losses of $353 million and $189 million.

Sales worldwide totaled $1.781 billion, a decrease of 26% from $2.405 billion in the third quarter of 2008. Graphic Communications Group third-quarter 2009 sales were $674 million, an 18% decline from the third quarter of 2008.

When Rock Communications, Ltd. of Newton, Iowa, acquired Colorfx, Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa, in 2007, the two commercial printers combined to create a Midwest marketing powerhouse with more diversified revenue and broader capabilities.

The automated Digital Book Factory increases the speed of production, reducing schedules and drives down costs.

To address the specific needs of transactional and commercial printers offering check printing and security printing services, Kodak is adding an MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) printing capability to its Kodak Versamark VL2000/2200 and VL4000/4200 Series Printing Systems.