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Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions' August 2010 edition, featuring items on GMS Industries, Johnson Printing Service, Bridgeport National Bindery, Shweiki Media and Sheridan Books.

Printing is still part of the solution at Consolidated Graphics (CGX), the $1.2 billion commercial kingpin based in Houston. But people are an even bigger part. Joe Davis, president and CEO of the 10th largest printing enterprise in North America, likes to surround himself with energetic, enthusiastic and intelligent folks.

Mark Cloutier likes to talk about profit optimization. It's part of what his company's mix of skills and services delivers for customers by focusing on understanding their needs and building lifetime customer value.

To Scott Bussert of Datamart Direct, technology is at the core. "We really think of ourselves as a technology company that addresses a variety of customers' communications needs."

The EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference, themed "The Challenge of Change in the New Era of Print," will take place on Saturday, October 2.

NEW YORK—Sappi Fine Paper, in partnership with The Print Council, hosted more than 200 area media and marketing specialists and publishers at the Art Directors Club here yesterday for a "Print Delivers NYC" lunch-and-learn event. The sixth such seminar in an ongoing series presented around the country by The Print Council, presentations raised awareness about the viability of print media and its effectiveness as part of cross-media communications.

The European Digital Press Association acknowledged PersonalEffect e-Media, XMPie’s email and Web solution, with an EDP Award as the Best Variable Data/Versioning Product of 2010.

Chris Mullen and Tony Devlin started down the road of Web development, and began their business by leasing the back office of a print shop called IDM Print, which specialized in blueprint plans.

There's no question that inkjet was the hot ticket at Ipex, and thus is the primary technology focus of this article. There was a huge collective sigh of relief when visitors from all corners of the world began pouring into Birmingham, England, last month.

Digital Printing and Workflow Product Announcements from the 2010 On Demand Expo, including the Xerox Color 800/1000 and Konica Minolta C8000.