Printer News

From among the record number of companies and entries to the PRINT 13 MUST SEE ’EMS competition, the judges combed through the submissions and selected 49 entries for the MUST SEE ’EMS honor. These winners were announced in August and now the 12 Best of Category winners have been announced.

RR Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, has published a complimentary Guide to Proxy Design to assist organizations in optimizing their shareholder communications as they work to transform proxy statements from traditional compliance documents to more compelling shareholder communication tools.

A statement released by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) board of governors confirmed that the panel met Thursday and, as part of its agenda in a closed-door meeting, "considered pricing issues, including the possibility of filing for price adjustments."

The governors, the statement said, "continue to listen to stakeholders and have postponed final pricing decisions until the next scheduled Board of Governors meeting" scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25.

Postal-rate increases are capped at inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. That would mean an allowable increase of about 2 percent for implementation in January.

Around 6:50 a.m. last Thursday, a call for assistance came into Waseca County Dispatch after two chemicals at Brown Printing accidentally combined.

The building was evacuated for precautionary measures and all employees are safe and accounted for, according to Human Resources Director Jamie Tech. Waseca County Dispatch said those taken to the hospital were treated for precautionary measures.

The type of chemicals that were combined is not known at this time. The combining of the chemicals is part manual and part automatic and it’s still being determined what part of the process may have been compromised. No chemicals were spilled.

Electronics For Imaging Inc. (EFI) announced that Vincent Pilette has resigned as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 3, 2013, to pursue another opportunity. Pilette will be available through the end of the quarter to ensure a smooth transition.

Surgeons from the Asklepios Hospital on Hamburg-Barmbek, Germany, have successfully performed liver surgery with the help of an iPad and an augmented reality (AR) application. While this may not register as a major medical breakthrough, it does show that augmented reality technology is beginning to move away from the field of advertising and entertainment.

The AR application allows the liver to be filed and superimposed over the real world in real time. Virtual models allowed surgeons to locate and remove tumors that had grown on the patient’s liver. The app allowed surgeons to navigate the patient’s innards to complete the surgery.

In his keynote address at the International Business Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 at PRINT 13, Vincent Mallardi will discuss latent imaging, 3-D, VDP/TP, virtual reality, near-field, nanotech and down-the-road quantum-computing enablements.

Following its announcement in July to partner with Gruppo Cordenons, the Italian maker of high quality fine papers, Neenah Paper has launched a world-class selection of colored, pearlized and textured papers, The Design Collection, available now.

In a ceremony attended by her family and friends along with U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) employees, business partners and other stakeholders, Davita Vance-Cooks took the oath of office as public printer of the United States.

RR Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, has closed an offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.000 percent Notes due 2022.