WINNIPEG, MANITOBA—Less than a month after being placed in receivership, the Printcrafters Group of Companies is closing its doors, leaving more than 125 employees out of work, according to the Winnipeg Free Press. The printer reportedly owes nearly C$10 million to banks, financial institutions and unsecured creditors, including Xerox at C$2 million.
Xerox’s “School to Career” program offers an employment path that mixes the creative and the practical. It explores each stage of digital print production, including prepress functions, design and page layout, photo manipulation, variable data and press operation.
Xerox Corp. reported first-quarter revenue of nearly $5.5 billion, up 2 percent on a pro-forma basis with ACS in the company’s results. Revenue from technology, representing the sale of document systems, supplies, technical service and financing of products, was flat.
NEW CANAAN, CT—Marketing solutions provider MSP Digital Marketing, based here, has installed a Xerox iGen4 EXP press at its TecDoc Digital Solutions company in Hudson, MA. With the iGen4 EXP and its large sheet size of 14.33x26˝, MSP can now deliver a fully variable, six-page document.
The integrating and energizing force behind multi-channel marketing and targeted campaigns that include Internet, e-mail, mobile and social media components is...PRINT! That’s the message attendees will hear during the first West Coast “Print Delivers” seminar, PRINTEGR8, hosted by The Print Council and Westamerica Graphics.
MSP has installed the Xerox iGen4 EXP press at its TecDoc Digital Solutions company in Hudson, MA. It acquired the press for its quality and large sheet size of 14.33x26 inches, enabling the shop to deliver a variable, six-page document.
Nearly 70 percent of the quick and small commercial printers surveyed expect their sales to grow in 2011, according to the just-released inaugural issue of the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) “Quick and Small Commercial Printers Trends Report.”
Pricing pressures are arguably as strong in Southern California as they are in any part of the country. For Anaheim, CA-based Advantage Inc., a purveyor of direct mail, commercial printing and marketing solutions, it’s a fact of life.
Commercial printing industry news briefs for April 2011, including items on Competitive Folding and Gateway Printing & Office Supply.
Commercial printing industry news briefs, including items on PEP Direct, Edward Hine, IWCO Direct, Muller Martini, The Standard Group, TriStar Graphics and RR Donnelley.
