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A complete solution for PSPs requiring the ability to switch from one finishing application to another, the Ultra Pro from Scodix will debut at GRAPH EXPO 14. It is engineered with the speed and quality of the Scodix Ultra (up to 1,250 B2+ sheets/hr.) and is the first system to feature Scodix Spot, a polymer that produces a spot varnish for short runs.

The 2014 Must See 'ems winners have been selected and will be on exhibit at GRAPH EXPO 14 and the co-located CPP EXPO show, slated for Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, at Chicago's McCormick Place. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent advances in 11 categories spanning the entire graphic communications industry.

RESTON, VA—The 2014 Must See ’ems winners have been selected and will be on exhibit at GRAPH EXPO 14 and the co-located CPP EXPO show, slated for Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, these innovative technologies represent advances in 11 categories spanning the entire graphic communications industry.

Under the theme "Succeeding in the Changing Market," the Photo Imaging Conference at GRAPH EXPO 14 will start on Monday afternoon, September 29, with luncheon keynote speaker Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager of the Indigo Division at HP, who will discuss Digital Presses Taking Printing Well Beyond Prints and Photobooks.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ July 2014 edition, featuring SunDance Marketing Solutions, Taylor Graphics, Photo Cru, The McClung Cos., American Greetings, MBM Packaging Labs and Prisma.

American Greetings will be installing its first Scodix S75 digital enhancement press at its Osceola, AR, production facility this summer. The new unit will enable the company to specify professional short-run enhancements, while maintaining a digital production workflow. American Greetings also be able to digitally enhance greeting cards with raised imagery, foil and metallic special effects, and glittering.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ March 2014 edition, featuring Konica Minolta and MGI, Mark Andy, KBA North America, MBO America

Chasing technology can be time consuming, expensive and frustrating. Imagine being the first tenant in an exclusive, gated community—the quiet, the beauty, the excitement of it all—then, within a year, you become knee-deep in neighbors. It no longer seems special when the masses join the party, does it?

Lance Shumaker is the new vice president of Scodix North America, and is now responsible for sales, customer support, marketing and operations in both the American and Canadian markets. Prior to joining Scodix, he held executive management positions with Scitex and Indigo, and more recently Advanced Vision Technology (AVT).