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Agfa Graphics and Spandex announced that they have signed an agreement under which Spandex will distribute the range of :Anapurna UV curable inkjet printers.

HP announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer. In addition, Ray Lane has moved from non-executive chairman to executive chairman of the board of directors, and the board intends to appoint a lead independent director promptly. These leadership appointments are effective immediately and follow the decision that Léo Apotheker step down as president and chief executive officer and resign as a director of the company.

PrintCity has been invited to present its VAPack Value Added Packaging project results at the Print-Media Congress being organised by the bvdm in Berlin on October 20, 2011. Presenters on this creative packaging subject will be Rainer Kuhn of PrintCity and Alexander Dort of CMD, designer and creator of the VAPack samples. The presentation is being made using shared knowledge from PrintCity members & partners involved.

UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle labelstock waste management concept has expanded to include waste-to-energy. UPM Raflatac customers in Europe can send their labelstock by-products for re-use as a source of energy in a combined heat and power (CHP) plant which supplies heat and energy into the operations of UPM’s paper mill in Schwedt, Germany.

Kodak has introduced a new, advanced chemistry system for processing its popular KODAK Electra XD Thermal Plates. The new system, named Kodak 400 xLo Chemistry System, consists of the Kodak 400 xLo Plate Solution and Kodak 400R xLo Plate Replenisher.

Roland DG Corporation, a well-known worldwide provider of wide-format inkjet printers and integrated printer/cutters, celebrate the company's 30th anniversary by inviting customers worldwide to participate in its first ever global awards contest.

Xaar, well-known manufacturer of printheads, has celebrated its seven year anniversary in India by holding a special awards ceremony in New Delhi.

In cooperation with ClimatePartner, manroland now offers its customers an IT solution to calculate and compensate for CO² emissions in print production.

Labelexpo Europe is the world's largest event for the label, product decoration, web printing and converting industry. With more products, more launches and more live demonstrations than any other event in our industry, there is no better place to see the latest technology in action.

Burnishine Products has released a new ink anti-skin spray for use in flexographic and offset pressrooms, as well as screen printer production areas. The new ink anti-skin spray, one of a line of Burnishine aerosol products, is available immediately from Burnishine dealers.