ROCHESTER . NEW YORK—

 The Kodak Prosper 7000 Turbo Press is an inkjet web press that uses Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology offering printing speeds of up to 410m/min (1,345ft/min) or up to 5,523 A4ppm, which Kodak said “is almost 35% faster than its nearest competitor”. The machine supports a maximum web width of 648mm (25.5 inches) with a variable cutoff length up to 1,372mm (54 inches) while printing on a wide range of coated and uncoated stocks, newsprint, and specialty and recycled papers.

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Flint Offset Packaging Solutions is increasing prices  again for its sheetfed inks again due to the continued rise in costs. In a statement, the company said the “much hoped for stabilization of price and availability of raw materials in the print industry supply chain continues to elude ink manufacturers as we move past the half way point of 2022”.

OSHAWA—

 Maracle Press announced that Alec Couckuyt has been named the company’s President. Couckuyt, a print industry veteran, has almost three decades of senior management experience covering Canada, the United States and Europe. He has held key roles with major graphic arts sales organizations including Agfa, Canon (formerly Océ) and most recently Fujifilm. Previously, his operational experience included senior executive roles with Transcontinental Printing, where he was instrumental in the successful development of the Direct Marketing

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—

 Since February companies have been able to register for drupa 2024 and a very positive trend is now already emerging. Renowned global players and newcomers across the entire print and packaging value chain from a total of 32 countries are already on board. Under the motto “we create the future” drupa will serve as a global meeting point presenting the visions of the print and packaging industries. This edition will specifically focus on the mega trends sustainability and digitalisation as well as their influence on processes, products,

HEIDELBERG , GERMANY—

CHICAGO—

 Mail center professionals, are increasingly faced with the task of responding to the popular, but scientifically flawed narrative that the paper critical to their operations is somehow environmentally unsustainable. If this describes you, then Ben Franklin, father of the Postal Service and first U.S. postmaster general, offers some sage advice: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Myth: Using paper causes deforestation and destroys forests.

TORONTO—

 Labelexpo announces North America summer roadshowsOne-day conference events including Toronto will preview Labelexpo Americas 2022 and discuss key market trends. A series of free roadshows in selected cities across North America, organized by Labelexpo Global Series, will give label, packaging and commercial printers a ‘sneak peek’ into the technology on show at Labelexpo Americas 2022 later this year. The roadshow takes place in Toronto on 3rd August at the High Park Brewery. High Park Brewery describes itself as Toronto’s first ‘collaborative’ brewery,

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 EFI launched of its single pass, super-high-speed LED inkjet technology for display graphics, including synthetics, a move it said will significantly broaden the technology’s addressable applications. The new EFI Nozomi 18000+ LED single-pass printer for point of sale and display graphics. The 1.8m wide 1,000 (1.5x3m) board per hour machine features pre- and post-coat units,

MONTREAL—

 Transcontinental that prints and distributes local weeklies to households throughout Quebec is suing the City of Montreal over its decision to ban unsolicited leaflets and flyers arriving at Montrealers' doorsteps. Transcontinental says the new bylaw infringes on the company's freedom of expression and citizens' right to information. In a lawsuit filed on June 15 at the Montreal courthouse, the company accused the city of acting in a "discriminatory" and "abusive" manner, and said the bylaw is inconsistent with the provisions of the Environment Quality Act.

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA—

 Xerox continues to try to diversify out of its dependence on toner and the printing industry . Xerox’s PARC Spins Out New Company Focused on Addressing Cold Supply Chain and Food Storage. PARC, a Xerox company, announced today the spin out of EverCase, a new start-up incubated at PARC that aims to disrupt the global cold supply chain technology and food storage markets by extending the shelf-life of meats, seafood and produce.