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XMPIE, DocuShare CareAR

XMPie, DocuShare Rolled-Out to New Xerox Company
XMPie, DocuShare, and CareAR, Inc, were rolled up into CareAR Holding Company, newly created by the Xerox Holding Company. A digital workflow firm, Service Now, also has a $10 million equity stake in CareAR. What is Xerox's long-term plan, and how does all this affect XMPie and DocuShare users?
Wes Sparling

As Cookies Crumble, Direct Mail Wins
More than likely, you've seen headlines declaring in one form or another the death of the third-party cookie. Marketers should know that while this one door of available data is closing, others remain open. Restrictions on online data collection highlight the strength of channels like direct mail.
Lou Tazioli

Printer Upgrades Presses, Sees 50% Reduction in Waste
FCL Graphics has upgraded 2 of its commercial web offset presses with color control and ink delivery technology. The technology upgrades resulted in significantly higher print quality and an immediate 50% reduction in waste. "Our investment in this technology indicates that FCL is still bullish on printing."
Steve Zenger

Printer Achieve 60% Growth with UV Inkjet Technology
After owning an AccurioJet KM-1, the Zenger Group found customers loved the outstanding quality and consistency. The ability for the company to produce high volume postcards at a low cost enabled it to bring long-run mailing card applications back in house. The UV inkjet helped grow the company by 60% in 2020.
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Memjet Flexible Packaging Inkjet

Growth in Flexible Packaging with Inkjet
Inkjet is not new to flexible packaging, but it has been limited to coding and marking until recently. Full graphics inkjet printing has barely made inroads into flexible packaging. Still, inkjet can bring high value to vendors. Inkjet solutions broadly fall into two tiers: low to mid-range solutions and high-volume solutions. 
Sid Chadwick

Developing the Business
Comfortable...Confused...or Focused…and In-Gear
Opportunities to include experienced, talented production managers with target customers' and prospects' communications are almost unlimited. This is not a tough business to grow if we'll get out of our "false comfort zones" and work with a mission to develop our team.
Debbie Nicholson

Calling On Wide-Format Manufacturers & Distributors!
Step up to the plate, promote the latest and greatest industry products. Some Manufacturers and Distributors assume that PSPs know all things about Wide-Format material capabilities. Well, they don't! It is the Manufacturers and Distributors responsibility to bring value and education to our industry!
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Names in the News
Dave Ciocchi

Dave Ciocchi
Dave Ciocchi has joined IWCO Direct as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Solutions.

Reid Holmes

Reid Holmes
Reid Holmes was named the New Executive Creative Director at IWCO Direct.
Mike Horsten

Mike Horsten
Mike Horsten joins Agfa as Global Business Manager InterioJet.
Gunther Koch

Gunther Koch
Gunther Koch was appointed as the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
Courtney Hoppe

Courtney Hoppe
Courtney Hoppe joins Polaris Direct as Account Director – Strategic Marketing Services.

Industry News

o Crawford Technologies Introduces AccessibilityNow Validator

o Hazen Earns Major International Recyclability Certifications

o Conference Agenda Populated for XPLOR21

o Burger Druck Boosts Packing Appeal with the First SCODIX Ultra 5000 Digital...

o International Minute Press Franchisees Share Post-Pandemic Growth Strategies...

o Customer’s Canvas by Aurigma attains Microsoft Gold Partner Status
Good News Outside of Print
Homeless Man in Woods

The HOA Warned Us of a Homeless Man in the Woods
The first time I heard about the homeless man living in the vast Dallas urban forest was in the late 1990s at our homeowners' association meeting. I watched along Jim Miller Road, where he reportedly hiked daily on his way to somewhere. It took me another four years before he let me give him a ride. His name was Charles.
Breaking News: Covid Cancels Another In-Person Conference
PRINTING United Alliance Cancels 2021 In-Person Expo
PRINTING United, scheduled to take place Oct. 6-8, 2021 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, has been cancelled.

Additional News

o Empire Screen Printing Celebrated Over a Decade of Partners in Printing Expo

o Future-Oriented Product Marking with Inkjet

o BOBST to Highlight Future Vision of Packaging at INFOFLEX

o Avery Dennison Completes Acquisition of Vestcom

o Registration opens for Labelexpo Asia 2021

o 2021 Training Year Gets Underway at Heidelberg – IT-Related Occupations Help with Digital...

o Heidelberg Sells DOCUFY Software Subsidiary to Elvaston Capital Management

o International Paper Spinoff to Host Virtual Investor Day

o Screen Tech Graphics Leans on Versafire EP from Heidelberg

o Lexmark Commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2035

o Canon Solutions America Expands Its Five Pillars of Security Portfolio

o Epson Enhances Productivity for Small Offices and Workgroups

o Aleyant Partners FUJIFILM Business Innovation Asia Pacific

o INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT Moves to 2022

o Canon Solutions America Introduces Law Firms to Smart Document Assistant
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