Workflow

More than 130 U.S. banks have collapsed this year due to bad loans and a crippled economy.

Mail-Gard, a division of IWCO Direct and a provider of critical communication recovery solutions, has enhanced its recovery capabilities with the installation of six Xerox Nuvera 288 printers at its Warminster, Pa. facility. The installation increases Mail-Gard’s cut sheet print capacity to nearly 2.8 million images per day.

"For 2011, you've got a blank check!" If this is you, then give me a call—I'll make you a great deal on the Brooklyn Bridge. But if you're like the rest of us, then you're probably being told to find ways to get more work done with less money. ROI (return on investment) needs to be achieved in 18 months or less and the business case had better be compelling. And because that's not challenging enough, throw in some new compliance requirements in the healthcare and financial markets and add Intelligent Mail barcodes as icing on the cake.

Foster City, California-based EFI, a leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that National Carton & Coating Company, a full-service box and packaging manufacturer, has chosen the EFI Radius solution to streamline processes, modernize workflow and centralize data.

Change is challenging, tricky and something that is often met with much resistance.

The Carmel, Indiana-based Richard Jacobs & Company has thrived like many other printing businesses—by keeping it in the family.

Westampton, New Jersey-based Paris Business Products continues to expand its operations. Based on the philosophy that even during an economic downturn, an organization must look for ways to grow its business, Paris acquired close to 20 pieces of production equipment. The purchase enabled Paris to increase current production capacity as well as improve efficiencies and add more products.

The 7 deadly signs of print production...some of the nightmarish things that designers do when preparing a project to be printed.

Atlanta-based Pamarco Global Graphics, the leader in anilox roll manufacturing, introduced the world's first anilox roll designed to work with computer-to-plate technology, E-Flo. With the advancements of CTP plate technology, flexographic printers have been longing for advanced cell technology to allow them to reach higher print quality levels with HD like images, while maintaining corporate branded colour consistency, lower dot gain and increased ink transfer.

In order to increase efficiency and streamline communications, Atlanta-based Pamarco Global Graphics and Sparta, New Jersey-based TOTALogistix completed a project that will help expedite the flow of shipping rates, routes and information into and through Pamarco's enterprise resource planning system, or ERP. The state-of-the-art integration allows tight coordination of Pamarco's orders with TOTALaccess, the proprietary TOTALogistix transportation management system.