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Paul V. Reilly, New Direction Partners' founder and partner, has been chosen to receive the Industry Influencer Award, PINE’s highest award at the association’s annual Awards Gala, on Thursday, April 10 at the Marriott Boston/Newton Hotel. The Influencer Award, sponsored by Heidelberg, honors the contributions of an individual whose vision and energy have impacted the printing industry in a profound and indelible way.

For those printers that ply their craft in the book manufacturing industry, change has become a fact of life. "Our company is 120 years old, but we've probably seen more changes in the last five years than we had in the previous 115," observes John Edwards, president and CEO of Edwards Brothers Malloy, a book and journal printing specialist based in Ann Arbor, MI.

As the pressman leans into a Heidelberg sheetfed machine, the voiceover intones, "You've reached the age where you've learned a thing or two." Sadly, getting the Heidelberg moving may be among our hero's core competencies, but getting the 'ol Evinrude cranking, apparently, is quite another matter.

In a move to gain a foothold in the multi-channel publishing growth segment, Heidelberg is investing in the German software company Neo7even. The new portfolio ties in closely with the Prinect print shop workflow from Heidelberg and is being gradually integrated into this.

This webinar will focus on why wide format is an integral part of the cross media mix: QR codes, text messaging, augmented reality.

Commercial Printing Industry News Briefs from Printing Impressions’ December 2013 edition, including Heidelberg, RR Donnelley, Multi Packaging, Mercury Print Productions, Safeguard, Canfield & Tack, and Bell and Howell.

With Performance Plus, Heidelberg supports the rapid business transformation of the print media industry by helping print shop owners achieve the full measure of success their Heidelberg investments have the potential to deliver.

Following the introduction of the successful Speedmaster SM 52 and SX 52, Heidelberg has adapted its product portfolio for the new market conditions, thereby ensuring it covers the entire spectrum of relevant applications. As a consequence, production of the Printmaster GTO 52 will be phased out from March 2014.

Heidelberg has introduced an ideal solution for printing service providers looking to grow their business in the 29˝ short-run segment. Anicolor technology combines the advantages of traditional offset with those of digital.

Such a strange industry! Heidelberg and Fujifilm announce a collaboration, and most people I know within the industry did not even know about it. This collaboration is as much a manufacturing and idea convergence as media convergence is the future route to find consumers’ buying sweet spot.