Driven by a rapidly-growing customer demand for Sonora Plates, Kodak will be adding a new plate manufacturing line at its Columbus, GA, facility dedicated to producing Kodak Sonora Process Free Plates. This expansion aligns with Kodak’s plans to drive local sourcing while continuously improving manufacturing quality, production efficiencies and customer service across its entire digital plate portfolio.
Eastman Kodak said it is ending production of Sonora printing plates at its Leeds, U.K., plant by next year and will look for a new site to meet demand in the Americas. Meanwhile, Kodak has invested in upgrading its high-speed Sonora plate manufacturing in its Osterode, Germany, plant.
With the adoption of cross-media services, print no longer is a majority holder when it comes to media distribution. I view this as a time in the industry full of opportunity to reinvent ourselves to better serve the needs of brand owners in their pursuit of conveying a message at the right time to the right audience through unique media channels.
Shows are expensive, requiring big checks up front. Kodak says it sees a better return from bringing more prospects to its demo center in Rochester, NY and stroking customers at GUA, the company’s user association. The question is whether this is enough.
Tribune Direct is the direct mail printing offshoot of the Chicago Tribune Media Group, perhaps best known for its venerable Chicago Tribune newspaper. Its value proposition is a three-pronged attack: direct mail strategy, program management and creative development.
Dieter Worschitz, Owner, Matti Group shares from IPEX the Paper Handling and transport solutions that include Kodak Versamark Printing Systems components for imprinting applications.
Paul Jakobson from Horizon, introduced the end to end book finishing solutions that support the Kodak Prosper Platform.
Kodak leaders provide an overview of the innovation and technology that will be on display at IPEX 2010. Kodak will feature new key market solutions based upon differentiating technology that will add value to customers- and helping them to grow their businesses. Quality, productivity, and delivering a consultancy are discussed, in addition to customer interviews.
AS A society, we rely on plastic for its strength, resilience, flexibility, elasticity, durability and protective properties, characteristics that have not escaped the notice of print buyers and specifiers everywhere. As a result, many printers increasingly view printing on plastics as a way to differentiate themselves, while turning out products of higher value demanded by their customers—value they hope can be reflected in premium prices and higher profit margins.
ANDOVER, MA—October 20, 2008—Standard Finishing Systems will show a comprehensive portfolio of Standard Hunkeler unwinding, cutting, stacking and rewinding solutions in partnership with leading continuous-feed digital print suppliers – including InfoPrint Solutions Company, Kodak, Océ, Screen and Xerox – throughout the hall at Graph Expo. These various solutions are tailored to meet the application requirements of the commercial print, print on demand, book publishing, transactional printing, and direct mail industries.
