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In an effort to increase its production capacity and expand its application offerings for greater profitability, Bennett Graphics in Tucker, GA, has added an HP Indigo 10000 digital press.

HP announced its latest quarterly earnings after the market’s close Wednesday. For the quarter ending April 30, HP’s $6.1 billion printing business said its revenues were down 1 percent overall, with its commercial hardware sales down 5 percent. But that was better than expected, and improving, CEO Meg Whitman said in a conference call.

Overall, while HP revenues and profits were down sharply from a year ago, they nonetheless were better than Wall Street had expected. And as a result, HP stock took off like a rocket Thursday, ending the day at $24.86, up $3.63 or 17 percent.

With the help of HP's Indigo WS6000 series of digital presses, Share a Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola’s largest-ever personalized brand campaign, was launched across Europe on May 1. The campaign is designed to help Coca-Cola engage directly with its consumers in 32 countries.

The Dscoop Asia 2013 conference, the fourth annual Dscoop conference for the Asia Pacific region, that ran May 12-13 in Beijing, offered more than 30 educational sessions throughout the two-day event. The conference featured 33 Partners in the Solutions Showcase, in-depth business-focused workshops and pre-event visits to print service provider sites to get an insider's look at how print service providers in China are creating business opportunities using HP Indigo and IHPS digital presses and front end solutions.

Here at Printing Impressions, we managed to find a handful of printers who have either added packaging as an ancillary service or have completely abandoned the commercial world in favor of flexible packaging, labels, folding cartons and the like. In the end, their journey may not be one you wish to emulate, but their ideas may contain value for your business.

HOUSTON—Leading, innovative executives from Nike, MGM Resorts International, United Airlines and The Leo Burnett Co. are featured keynote speakers at Consolidated Graphics' fifth annual emerge conference, to be held April 30-May 2 in Las Vegas.

Ray Lane, who became HP’s chairman two years ago as part of a leadership reshuffling intended to revive confidence in the PC maker’s board, quit that post today after earning criticism from investors for a series of corporate blunders.

Lane, who will remain a director as HP searches for a new non-executive chairman, was targeted by some investors, who urged shareholders not to vote for his reelection at last month’s annual meeting. While he was reelected to a one-year term, he received the fewest votes, with just 59 percent of shareholders endorsing him.

“After reflecting on the stockholder vote last month, I’ve

Meeks Litho, based in Tulsa, OK, recently embarked on its 51st year in business. The company has flourished tremendously over the years growing to become one of the three biggest printing concerns in Tulsa. Meeks boasts 45 employees and a 65,000-square-foot facility, not to mention a fascinating combination of printing formats and capabilities that truly highlights the beauty, bold range and fun aspects of printing.

Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ April 2013 edition, featuring Suttle-Straus Inc. and Ross Printing.

PALO ALTO, CA—HP has announced the worldwide commercial availability of the HP Indigo 10000 digital press, with 16 units already installed to date.