Since its founding in 1982, global corporations and nonprofit organizations have been calling on InfoCision Management Corporation to help manage their contact center solutions and fundraising campaigns. So when the Akron, Ohio teleservices company needed an innovative way to better serve its donors and clients, while supporting its newly formed digital print and direct mailing operation, it called on Kodak.
Presstek, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing solutions, today announced it will be showing a robust range of digital offset printing solutions at the upcoming On Demand Conference and Expo, scheduled for March 30 through April 2, 2009, in Philadelphia.
Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced the recipient of their Chairman’s Award for 2009. Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company, was selected to receive this year’s award, presented annually to a person who, in the opinion of Xplor’s chairman, has had a significant impact on furthering the Xplor mission.
A fourth-quarter loss of $137 million has prompted Eastman Kodak to announce that between 3,500 and 4,500 jobs will be eliminated, representing between 14 to 18 percent of its total workforce. The company lost 51 cents a share in the fourth quarter, compared to a 75 cent per share profit ($215 million) during the same period the previous year.
Printing Impressions' Across the Nation Commercial Printing Industry News for March 2009
GAUGING WHEN a technology is really going to take off is always a tricky proposition. Product roll-outs usually get pushed back due to unforeseen technical issues, and potential buyers tend to be more cautious than even a low-ball projection for the rate of adoption.
In response to the strong demand for its digital plates throughout the Americas, Kodak has completed the previously announced expansion of its digital plate production facility in Columbus, Georgia. Adding 26,000 square feet to the existing facility, Kodak is using this third production line to meet the digital plate supply needs of print service providers in a wide variety of markets, and to further its commitment to advancing digital plate production processes and technologies.
Printing Industries of America today announces that is has posted the full version of its recent Digital Printing Council research study, "Digital Printing and Survivability in the U.S. Postal System", at http://www.printing.org/postalsystemstudy.
ROCHESTER, NY—On the heels of a Wall Street Journal article, later clarified, that claimed it was planning to shed its toner-based Nexpress technology, Eastman Kodak revealed it is going to expand its focus on the digital press offering, perhaps through a partnership, but will not divest it.
Eastman Kodak launched a multi-channel message blitz to get the word out that it is looking to expand its efforts related to electrophotographic printing technology (Nexpress and Digimaster product lines), not divest the operations. The campaign was spurred by a Wall Street Journal article that suggest Kodak was considering selling several of its business, the other being on the consumer side.
