Jeppesen installed the new HP T300 at its Englewood, CO, headquarters facility, bringing in-house production of oversize charts that had been outsourced to local firms. With digital printing, Jeppesen can print new charts in sequential order, eliminating the collation of hundreds of millions of new charts produced each year.
Hewlett-Packard Co. is considering cutting as many as 25,000 jobs, or 8 percent of its workforce, to reduce costs and help the company contend with ebbing demand for computers and services, people briefed on the plans said. The number to be cut includes 10,000 to 15,000 from Hewlett-Packard’s enterprise services group, which sells a range of information-technology services and has been beset by declining profitability...the plans aren’t final and may change.
Meg Whitman, chief executive officer since September, is seeking to reverse the growth slump that led to the ouster of her predecessor, Leo Apotheker.
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—Printing industry M&A specialist Consolidated Graphics (CGX), which boasts one of the largest integrated digital printing footprints in North America, has purchased 10 HP Indigo 10000 digital presses.
HP and Consolidated Graphics (CGX) officials have disclosed the purchase agreement of 10 HP Indigo 10000 digital presses at the drupa tradeshow in Düsseldorf, Germany. CGX will begin installing the presses at locations throughout its 70-company network when the HP Indigo 10000 becomes commercially available in early 2013.
ROCHESTER, NY—A Sunday 2000 web offset press consigned to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and its Printing Applications Lab (PAL) is being dismantled and sold after 10 years of service, according to the school's student-run Reporter magazine.
In it's seventh year of existence, Dscoop has hit the 7,000-member mark globally. In 2013, the group for users of HP equipment and related solutions will host three regional annual conferences—in North America, Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions.
HP's high-impact exhibit features real-world digital applications to help print service providers grow their businesses. The company demonstrated its meter-wide full-color HP Inkjet Web Press, featuring new inks, printheads and glossy coated paper that support faster print speeds.
Agfa Graphics announced that its wide-format digital printing experts will be on-hand for the company’s free Open House Technology demos on May 22-23, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 50 Meister Ave., Branchburg, NJ.
Leading executives from Saatchi & Saatchi X, FedEx, and Opus Bank, as well as a Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterback, are all part of the speakers lineup for Consolidated Graphics’ third-annual emerge conference. An audience of nearly 1,000 executives representing leading brands across the country will be on hand.
MindFireInc announced that a record 10 new software licenses were signed at the seventh Dscoop Annual Conference. Importantly, five of the 10 switched to MindFireInc from competing products.
