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. Service Now, a digital workflow firm, 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?
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.
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."
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, and the ability for the company to produce high volume postcards at a low cost, that it was brought back in-house. The UV inkjet helped grow the company by 60% in 2020.
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.
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.
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!
Dave Ciocchi Dave Ciocchi has joined IWCO Direct as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Solutions.
Reid Holmes Reid Holmes was named the New Executive Creative Director at IWCO Direct.
Mike Horsten Mike Horsten joins Agfa as Global Business Manager InterioJet.
Gunther Koch Gunther Koch was appointed as the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
Courtney Hoppe Courtney Hoppe joins Polaris Direct as Account Director – Strategic Marketing Services.
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