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News & Information About Print-Tech for the Digital Age
Online eNewsletter here's your January 14, 2020 eNews

Memjet’s New OEM New Label Partner: Monotech Systems
Monotech Systems, Memjet’s first DuraFlex OEM Partner in India, states that “DuraFlex technology has the features and functionality we needed…DuraFlex’s modularity, ease of integration, small footprint, and affordable cost ensured we could quickly develop the ColorAqua, while the high print quality, speeds, and productivity of DuraFlex will make the printer and our customers successful.”

University Attracts Digitally Focused Students: Becomes USA’s Fastest Growing Digital Media Degree Program
Deborah Corn interviews Andy & Julie Plata on educating the future print workforce. The Platas share the University of Houston Digital Media Program’s transformation of graphic arts education for the digital age. Digital-native millennials learn to initiate, produce, and manage a broad mix of media disciplines - including print and packaging – with print vendor support.

Register for XMPie’s User Group Event Next Month in Dallas
Here is your chance to benefit from interacting with XMPie subject matter experts and your peers from around the world. This event will provide you with learning and inspiration to take home and put to immediate benefit in your business.

Developing the Business - Sid Chadwick
Do You Sharpen Your Leading Edge?
Your "Leading Edge" is what your customers experience. Your "leading edge" is those serving your "customers and prospects needs and expectations" and their "sources of pain." What would your employees say would improve what your customers experience?

Inkjet Insight Production Inkjet Market Survey on Print Quality Measurement and Paper Qualification
Inkjet Insight completed a survey of production inkjet users on paper qualification in November 2019. The goals of the survey were twofold; first, to understand customers’ requirements for print quality measurement when qualifying papers for use on inkjet presses and second, to measure satisfaction with OEM services related to meeting those requirements.

In Memorandum

Joel Cartun, an early pioneer in the digital printing industry, passed away on January 12, 2020. Joel founded Comvestrix in 1977. Twenty years later, Cartun combined Convestix with six other digital printing service companies to create a new public company, Vestcom.

Names in the News

Todd Haycock, Vice President of Mailing Services at Broadridge, was recently elected as President of the Major Mailers Association (MMA).

Chris Curan has been promoted to Group President, Printing & Packaging at NAPCO Media.

Michael Kisha, formerly a VP at Oak Printing, purchased Sun Graphic Technologies of Sarasota Florida, from Bill Blechta.

Jamie Veltri, who was formerly at TrueSense Marketing, has now joined IWCO as Vice President, Marketing Strategy, to help guide creative execution and production of omnichannel campaigns.

Jeff White, previously of EFI, is now the Director Of Development at the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation.

Raj Gajapathy, a highly respected Customer Communication Management professional, has joined Infosys in the capacity of Principal - Enterprise Applications.

Xaar plc announces the appointment of Ian Tichias as Chief Finance Officer and Director of the Board from 1 March 2020.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has named veteran print technology executive Dr. Douglas Edwards as its Chief Technology Officer.

Motion Industries has named Chris Pacer to Vice President of the Company’s Central Group – effective January 1, 2020.

Good News Outside of Print: To Make Girl Who Is Deaf Feel At Home, Dozens Of Neighbors Learn Sign Language
It's also a place where people are serious about being good neighbors. So when the young girl was out and about with her parents, neighbors were frustrated that they couldn't talk to her.

Industry News

o Techkon Announces Idealliance Certification Partnership

o Andy Kiecker Joins Minuteman Press President’s Million-Dollar Circle

o Book Manufacturers’ Institute Publishes The Role of Inkjet Printing in Powering Industry 4.0

o Latest Color-Logic Case Study Shows Importance of Metallics to Bass

o Epson’s Newest UV Digital Label Press for High-Speed, High-Quality

o Lowe-Martin Becomes First Canadian Printer to Invest in Komori

o Techkon Announces Idealliance Certification Partnership

o Konica Minolta Announces Partnership with Future Ready Schools

o Sale of Sun Graphic Technologies Helps Buyer and Seller Follow their Dreams