Bridgeport National Bindery of Agawam, MA, was able to expand into the print-on-demand business and growing geographical market area, by implementing technology from Xeikon. Print-on-demand customers rely on the company primarily to print book covers, as well as other larger-format items like inserts for books, calendars, maps and posters.
Versatile direct marketing applications will be demonstrated on the powerful Xeikon 8000 Series Platform at PRINT 13. The Xeikon booth will also include a ThermoFlexX digital imaging system and additional information on its groundbreaking Trillium technology.
NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected four new directors and re-elected several returning directors to the NPES Board during its business meeting on Nov. 12 at the organization’s 2012 Annual Conference in Indian Wells, CA. Christopher Payne, director and& vice president marketing commercial business, Eastman Kodak continues to serve as chairman of the board until 2013.
Religious publishing and related items—church bulletins, catalogs and kitting—represent a lion's share of the work produced at Ambrose Printing. For the past 30-plus years, the company has enjoyed a close and fruitful relationship with one of the country's largest religious publishers.
Bradford & Bigelow, a Newburyport, MA-based provider of supply chain solutions to the publishing industry, has seen improvements in the productivity and efficiency of its short-run book printing operations with the use of its Xeikon 8000 digital press.
One of the bright spots in digital printing these days—and into the future—is packaging. Much of this work has traditionally been done with offset printing or flexography, which are geared to the longer runs required for most consumer goods. But as those runs shrink, digital presses begin to shine and can offer equal or better quality for many products.
