Muller Martini

Muller Martini’s innovations in machine scalability and workflow adaptability resonated with participants at the first-ever Inkjet Summit held last month at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. “Best Sponsor Presentation” went to Andy Fetherman, director of digital solutions at Muller Martini.

At the inaugural Inkjet Summit in April, Charlie Pesko, founder of InfoTrends, stressed that production inkjet technology was poised to transfigure the printing business. "I sincerely believe that inkjet is the next big game changer in the printing industry," he said.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL—The Inkjet Summit, held April 9-11, at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, was a major success for both sponsors and attendees. The Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted summit designed for senior managers and business executives from print providers and corporate enterprises who are looking to develop strategies, understand their options, and make major investment decisions around inkjet printing technology.

Vanderbilt University Printing Services continues to thrive by combining a well-established, bustling offset operation with burgeoning business opportunities and digital solutions to meet and exceed customer demand.

Here's a look at some software, printing and bindery products for the in-plant industry.

It is indicative of Hans Müller’s deep commitment to Muller Martini and its employees that he went almost daily to his office at the Muller Martini head office in Zofingen, Switzerland, even at an advanced age. With Hans Müller’s passing, the world has lost a pioneer who shaped the graphic arts industry for decades.

What is striking about the round of installations this year over last, we are hearing about far fewer installation problems and challenges with substrates. We are hearing more about the costs and need to expand post-processing capabilities rather than installation or performance of the presses themselves. Business cases are still strong but, unlike the earliest adopters, those needs were not as acute, so they had the luxury of hanging back and biding their time until that time was right.

Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ February 2013 edition, featuring Hammer Packaging, McClain Printing, H-E-B Grocery, Rickard Bindery, FedEx, Creative Printing, Braintree Printing, Classic Graphics, Hopkins Printing, Eastwood Litho and E&M Bindery & Finishing.

Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ January 2013 edition, featuring Phil Vedda & Sons.

If anything, the emergence of eBooks as an über niche tucked inside the book publishing space has provided more opportunities for the printing community to show off its diversity to publishing clients. Some of the nation's largest book printers have dug deep into their coffers to fortify printing capabilities and capacity, a sign of health despite an economy that refuses to break into full recovery model.