Graphic Arts Monthly back issues from March 2001:
MAIL BOX.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Yes, Don't Fulfill Prophecy Editor: At the risk of you publishing my comments, I must say you had a very good editorial on "Guarding Against Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" in the February issue. I completely concur. Deanna Gentile, Information ...
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE MANAGE.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Now, in a very short period of time, some of us--perhaps many of us--are realizing how overextended we've become and how forgiving the seemingly unstoppable general economy has been up to now in propping up weak businesses, weak ideas, weak business plans, and weak execution strategies. ...
Printers Not As Optimistic Now Versus Last Year At This Time.(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... A total of 27.1% of NAPL-surveyed printers expect business to improve over the next six months, down from 33.3% in January 2000, while 23.4% anticipate decline, up from just 5.3% a year ago. Slightly less than half of NAPL's sample expects business to hold steady, down from 61.4% in ...
December's 2.3% Sales Drop Was First Decline in 14 Months.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Sales fell 2.3% in December for the NAPL Printing Business Panel after growing 7.4% in November and 11.1% in October. The decline was the first in 14 months, and lowered full-year 2000 sales growth to 6.0%. Some of the December weakness was statistical: December 1999 sales were ...
Regional Sales.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... January 1-December 31, 2000 over year-earlier levels West: Western sales fell 11.1% in December, the third decline in six months, lowering full-year 2000 growth to 2.7%. Midwest: Midwestern printers closed 2000 with a 3.9% decline in sales ...
CEO Confidence Dives In 2000's Final Quarter.(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... In late January, the Conference Board released the results of a survey showing that U.S. chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy plummeted during the final quarter of 2000. The Board's "Measure of Business Confidence" (MBC) declined by 16 points between the third and fourth ...
Slowdown Confirmed, Indicates LEI Summary.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Conference Board's latest summary of leading economic indicators (the LEI report) suggests that economic growth in the U.S. will be much weaker this year than during the past several years. But, of course, an economic slowdown was precisely what the Fed was attempting to ...
Slowdown Seen, Not Recession, Says Fed.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... The "Beige Book" report issued by the Federal Reserve Board in mid-January provided ample anecdotal evidence of the current economic slowdown, but didn't show the kind of business and consumer apprehension that normally precedes a recession. Reports from 10 of the 12 Fed ...
Printing Machinery Inflation Low in 2000.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Labor Department's Producer Price Index (PPI) for the output from U.S manufacturers of the printing trades machinery industry was only 0.6% higher last year than during 1999. Average prices received by U.S. producers of printing trades machinery had increased by only 0.7% during 1999, ...
Commercial Printing Employment Dipped.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Estimates from the U.S. Labor Department show that there was a total of 1,562,100 workers employed in the printing and publishing industry during the final month of 2000. This includes both full- and part-time workers, but not others with a more casual attachment to the industry, such as ...
Graphic Arts Index.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Although the market didn't plunge nearly as severely as initial estimates suggested, it appears that when final 2000 data is in, shipments of graphic arts machinery and printing supplies will be seen as much weaker in 2000 than 1999. There seems to be little question that they'll fade ...
House Bill Introduced For Internet Privacy.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Chris Cannon (R-UT) have introduced a bill to protect the privacy rights of Internet users. The Consumer internet Privacy Enhancement Act (H.R. 237) mandates that Web sites conspicuously post clear and concise information about their policies on how ...
PIA Aims to Overturn Law on Ergonomics.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... At press time, the Printing Industries of America (PIA), Alexandria, Va., reported that it would be introducing a joint resolution of disapproval in the House and Senate to overturn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) ergonomics program standard. If enacted, the ...
Two Federal Agencies Recognize Papermaker.(Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration honor International Paper)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized International Paper (IP) for leadership and innovation in environmental management at two of its U.S. paper mills. IP's Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, and its facility in Mansfield, La., were inducted as charter members in the EPA ...
Dot-Com Service Use Low Among Publishers.(graphic arts application service providers)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... TrendWatch's latest Publishing Survey polled publishers about their intent to invest in one or another of the various graphic arts dot-com services and systems, be they for print bidding, print buying, or print production (in this case, dot-coms will be referred to as "application service ...
Publishers Mull Future E-Services Strategies.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... For all that has been said about how important the Web is to print and prepress production--how it speeds processes, eases proofing, and generally streamlines the process--data gleaned from the Winter 2000/2001 TrendWatch Publishing Survey indicates that of those publishers who do use the ...
A Monochrome Printer Sets a Placement Mark.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... With 2,000 units sold, the Digimaster 9110 is on its way to reaching Heidelberg's goals. Just 20 months after debuting its high-volume, black-and-white Digimaster 9110 network imaging system, Heidelberg Digital L.L.C. shipped its 2,000th unit Last June, the company announced ...
West Gains Blue Book.(Graphic Arts Blue Book for southern California and southwestern United States released)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... A F Lewis Information Services, a New York City-based unit of Cahners Business Information, has released its 2001 Southern California/Southwestern edition of the Graphic Arts Blue Book, a directory containing more than 600 pages. The new ...
Franchises Pick Webprint.(PIP Printing, Sir Speedy)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Two major printing and copying services providers, PIP Printing and Sir Speedy-with nearly 450 locations and more than 1,100 centers, respectively- have selected Webprint's e-commerce printing infrastructure and Internet sales solutions. The resulting Internet printing service ...
Oracle Selects iPrint Service.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Last month, iPrint Enterprise Systems Group, a division of iPrint, inc., a provider of on-line printing technology and infrastructure services, launched a branded corporate print shop for Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, Calif. The Oracle E-Print Center allows the 25,000 ...
MediaFlex Seeks Merger Partner.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... MediaFlex Inc., a four-year old provider of Web-enabled order creation, processing, tracking, and invoicing of digital printing jobs, is in merger and acquisition discussions with prospective buyers, according to Gary Almond, vice president of operations for the Campbell, Calif.-based ...
Vic Stalam.(recent appointments of Vic Stalam, Larry Letteney, Stan Najmr)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Vic Stalam has joined Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Norwalk, Conn., as vice president, chief marketing and business development officer. Earlier, he spent 17 years with Eastman Kodak Company, which is a joint owner of Kodak Polychrome Graphics, and most recently was president and chief ...
MAN Roland AG.(acquires majority stake in Gratec)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... MAN Roland AG, Offenbach, Germany, acquired 76% of the shares of the Germany-based Gratec enterprise, which comprises the Gratec partnership (Berlin), ...
Thomas A. Steiner.(Advance Business Graphics)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Thomas A. Steiner, past president and chairman of Advance Business Graphics, Mira Loma, Calif., died January ...
Flint Ink Latin America Corporation.(acquires Inks-Chemicals B and T)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Flint Ink Latin America Corporation, Ann Arbor, Mich., acquired all of the assets and business of Inks-Chemicals ...
Noosh, Inc.(layoffs, appointment)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Noosh, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., laid off 50 employees in February, most of whom were in sales ...
Collabria, Inc.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Collabria, Inc., San Mateo, Calif., announced the first commercial implementation of the PrintTalk interface ...
PrintBid Closes.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Early in February, ImageX.com announced it had ceased operation of its PrintBid.com subsidiary, laying off 30 employees of the auction site aimed at printers. ...
Donnelley Financial Opens Hong Kong Unit.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Operation will offer a range of high-tech services to support Asian capital markets. CHICAGO-R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company's financial unit opened a full-service financial document management facility in Hong Kong in February. Located in the city's financial district, the ...
Karl Frichten.(QTI)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Karl Frichten sales vice president of Sussex, Wis.-based QTI, presents to Cam Gentile a QTI Register Guidance System IV Series X, to be donated to the Ouebec Institute of Graphic ...
Moore Cuts Work Force.(Moore Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... TORONTO--Moore Corporation, a provider of printed communication products that billed $2.4 billion in sales last year, has cut 400 jobs from its North American forms and labels operations. The move, in response to the company's plans to reduce its work force by 10%, is expected to yield ...
PIVOTAL MOMENT.(Mail-Well Inc.)
Mar 01, 2001; ... This is a season of change for Mail-Well, Inc., which perfected an aggressive acquisition strategy in the second half of the '90s to catapult itself from a one-plant, $10 million envelope-printing business into a $2.4 billion diversified printing operation with 16,000 employees, 50 ...
PINPOINTING PROFITABLE Markets.(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 01, 2001; ... To know more about customers' communications needs, learn more about their industries. Printing company managers who take the time to monitor, analyze, and understand their customers' industries are finding that their efforts can yield an enormous competitive advantage. They've ...
NEW CURES for THE COMMON COAT.(on-press coating)
Mar 01, 2001; ... On-press sheetfed systems raise to the next level the appeal of shiny sheets, gloss/dull contrast, product protection, and quick handling. The on-press application of liquid coating to paper has become so predominant--as a production efficiency and a competitive ...
THIN PROFITS, RISING COSTS Beset INK INDUSTRY.
Mar 01, 2001 ... As in the film Groundhog Day, many ink company executives feel that save few minor variations, little changed between 1999 and 2000. Last year was to have held promise for the ink industry, but sales were essentially flat and few, if any, of the problems plaguing the business ...
POLYESTER THE OTHER CTP PLATE.(polyester plates)(computer-to-plate)
Mar 01, 2001; ... It's not metal and it doesn't require film; no wonder the popular synthetic material is attracting renewed interest. Polyester. The word itself still carries a faint stigma even in the high-tech world of printing. But this synthetic plate material, which has been on the market ...
Seeking e-Focus in Murky Dot-Com Pool.
Mar 01, 2001; ... Electronic procurement solutions targeting print buyers broaden outlook in tough times. When a much-anticipated study on print e-procurement was released in November by Norwell, Mass.-based industry research group CAP Ventures, dot-com vendors wasted no time touting the report's ...
CAN WATERLESS INK REV UP Waterless Printing?
Mar 01, 2001; ... The printing process that requires no fountain solution could benefit from teaming up with water-washable ink. Waterless printing has been touted for years as a means of both producing brilliant, high-quality images and reducing toxic materials in the atmosphere--and that's just ...
VENDOR/USER EXCHANGE SET.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Digital solutions and business issues will be the leading topics at the Vue/Point conference set for March 26-28. Vue/Point, the vendor/user exchange for business and technology in the graphic arts, may draw as many as 1,000 top executives and managers when the annual meeting is ...
DI TECHNOLOGY POSITIONED TO LEAD.(Efrem Lieber of Presstek Inc.)(direct imaging)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... A Presstek executive offers insight into direct imaging developments. Presstek, Inc. is the leading developer of thermal direct imaging (DI) and associated printing plate technologies for the graphic arts. GAM recently spoke with Efrem Lieber, vice president of sales, ...
Strategies for a Tough Market.
Mar 01, 2001; ... Premium uncoated papers do battle in market slide Paper customers have benefited in the last couple of years on the cost side (lower by $10 to $60/cwt) by using bond or opaque stock for direct mail, letterhead, annual reports, and books. As this economic trend reverses in 2001, ...
Coating & Curing ON PRESS.
Mar 01, 2001; ... System suppliers turn to aqueous techniques and ultraviolet and electron beam energy sources to gain gloss, rub resistance, and substrate protection. To coat or to cure? That's the question facing sheetfed printers weighing an abundant array of available on-press coating and ...
Agile Workhorse Adds New Dimension.(Straus Printing Co.)(Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... A recently purchased six-color sheetfed press combines production efficiency and two types of coating processes. Since its founding 61 years ago, Straus Printing Co. has maintained a competitive edge in the Madison, Wis. area. In December 1999, the 85-employee, $14 million firm, ...
ADDED VALUE COMES HOME.(Colonial Printing Company)(Komori America Corp.)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... For this mid-size printer, in-line press coating went from "outsourced" status to "standout" status, produced on site. When Colonial Printing Company, a 26-year-old Cranston, R.I. general commercial printer, installed a new six-color 28" Lithrone press with in-line coater from ...
Heavy Coating, Fast Drying.(Cadmus Communications' Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 presses)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... A busy packaging printer speeds production, enhances product appearance, and raises sales and order levels. Cadmus Communications, in its Charlotte, N.C. facility--formally known as Cadmus Whitehall--busily produces highquality video and software game boxes, corporate identity ...
iPrint Offers Integration to Corporate ERP.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... The iPrint Enterprise Systems Group, an operating division of iPrint, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., has announced the release of XML-PrintBuyer, an integration technology platform that allows iPrint to integrate e-printing facilities into any corporate e-procurement or Enterprise Resource ...
SmartWorks.com, Corporate United Ink VAR Deal.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Dayton, Ohio-based SmartWorks.com, Inc. announced that the Corporate United purchasing consortium has become its newest value-added reseller (VAR) for enterprise e-procurement and print management. Corporate United will offer SmartWorks.com, Inc.'s automated e-procurement platform to its ...
Canopy Creates Substrate, Postpress Initiative.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Canopy LLC, the Seattle-based joint venture between PrimeSource and Xeikon, announced that it has begun a formal initiative to create product solutions for substrates and postpress applications for on-demand digital press clients. Canopy has appointed Bill Ehrlich product ...
Dealing with a Touch of Gray.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Says Kevin Klein, quality supervisor for Perry Judds, "Color improvement starts with process control and measurement. The proofing color control bar offers a measurable sampling of a proofing system's capability to predict press color reproduction. "A digital color proof ...
Web Tension Transducer.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Dover Flexo Electronics, Inc. has announced the NW Narrow Web Tension Transducer for measuring process tension on narrow webs from 7" to 14" wide, preventing process defects during printing and winding. The transducer is CE marked and supplies an accurate tension signal ...
Scanner for Multiple Formats.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Microtek has introduced its ArtixScan 4500t high-resolution, multiformat color film scanner, available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The scanner features 42-bit color depth and Kodak's 10,000-element CCD. With a maximum optical resolution of ...
C1S Facing Paper.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Westvaco Corporation has unveiled high-gloss AquaGloss coated-one-side (C1S) facing paper for premium wraps and pressure-sensitive labels. The paper is said to have "wet look" aesthetics, brightness, and ...
Densitometer Attachment.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Tobias Associates has announced a manual spectrophotometer attachment to its SDT Scanning Densitometer, capable of monitoring special colors such as those in corporate logos. The spectrophotometer ...
Statistical Handbook.(Review)
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Graphic Arts Marketing Information Service (GAMIS) has released the 2000 edition of its Statistical Handbook for the Graphic Arts Industry. For the first time since its inception in 1990, the handbook has an index. It also comes with a CD with electronic ...
Film Prevents Tracking.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Prodeco, LLC has developed a new antitracking film for use on press transfer cylinders and net jackets. The company claims that its "No-Mark" SiliClean hybrid material maintains a special proprietary and ultra-smooth surface that creates a cushion of air between the paper ...
AWARD-WINNING Rewards.(Rohrich Corp.)(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001; ... For the second consecutive year, the family owned Rohrich Corporation, Akron, Ohio, has won a Printing Industries of America Best of Category Premier Print Award ("Benny") for its waterless printing prowess. In 1999, the company took first place for its lighthouse poster entry ....
Coatings Brochure.(Brief Article)
Mar 01, 2001 ... Nicoat's new corporate brochure--"Listen, Lead, Deliver"--incorporates UV, aqueous gloss, satin, and pearlescent coatings as well as dull and gloss varnishes to ...