Shows focus on package printing.(Box Biz: News You Can Use)(Brief Article)

This fall's PRINT® 05 & CONVERTING 05 trade shows will be heavily focused on the linkage between commercial printing and package printing, with many of the exhibitors offering equipment suitable for both, sometimes within the same machine, says organizer Graphic Arts Show Co., Reston, VA. The concurrent events will be ......

Graphics of the Americas-Xplor, the second-largest annual international graphic communications exhibit and conference based in the United States, will welcome the industry's top manufacturers and dealers on March 2-4 (exhibit), and Feb. 28-March 4 (conference), at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Hewlett-Packard has announced its largest-ever imaging and printing services contract. Under the terms of the contract, signed with Ford Motor Company, HP will help Ford define a consistent global printing and imaging strategy. The agreement affects 150,000 users and optimizes a fleet of more than 15,000 printing devices. Pitman Company ......

The overall US package-printing and converting markets will grow 22 percent from 2004 to 2009, according to a new study by PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, based in Reston, VA. These two fields accounted for $68 billion in sales last year, the study found, and is ......

HEADNOTE PREPRESS Computer to plate (CTP) has been a technological success during the past few years. The majority of CTP installations are currently in large printing companies. But, as the technology becomes more cost-effective, the highest rate of growth is expected to take place in the small commercial market. CTP ......

Agfa-Gevaert of Belgium has acquired ProImage, an Israeli company billing $6.7 million in the development of browser-based digital workflow solutions for the printing and newspaper industries. Global DocuGraphix Inc. , a document management and graphics services company based in Chicago, has acquired National Graphics Company, a Denver-based print distributorship that ......

Printing systems of all stripes will be showcased at this year's biggest print industry trade show. As a result, exhibit space at Graph Expo & Converting Expo, running Oct. 15-18 at Chicago's McCormick Place, has already topped 400,000 sq.ft. with nearly 600 exhibiting companies planning to be there. While some ......