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United Arab Emirates publishing giant UPP (United Printing & Publishing) has chosen a Kodak Nexpress SE 3000 Digital Production Color Press to spearhead its on demand print service.

As it marks the 20-year anniversary of the first Fiery digital print server, EFI launched the next-generation Fiery platform. Fiery technology is long recognized in the industry for its blazing speed, color accuracy, image quality, and intuitive user-interface, and with this launch increases operator productivity, produces more accurate and consistent color, and provides stronger variable data capabilities for personalized communications.

Océ, one of international leaders in digital document management, has sharpened its focus on Business Services with the appointment of a new Executive Vice President Business Services, Mark Euwe. The appointment is effective 1 September 2011.

The 2011 Color Management Conference, December 3–6, in Phoenix, Arizona, explores and addresses the dynamic intricacies of color management via content that is applicable to anyone working in a color managed environment – regardless of experience level. It is designed to provide the "how-to" by way of the latest tools, targets, and techniques – what you need to know and how to get it implemented immediately.

18 August marks the 150th anniversary of German press manufacturer KBA’s Frankenthal production plant. The citizens of Frankenthal – and gravure printers the world over – still often refer to the company as Albert, even though this name was dropped in 1995.

An innovation in newspaper changeover technology has captured the graphic arts’ most coveted prize. manroland’s autoprint APL (AutomaticPlateLoading) is the recipient of a 2011 InterTech Technology Award from the Printing Industries of America.

Heidelberg has acquired CSAT, a Karlsruhe, Germany-based manufacturer of digital printing systems, including consumables for the packaging industry. The price of the acquisition has not been made public.

EFI has acquired Prism Group, the developer of Prism Win MIS and Prism QTMS workflow software headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. With further operations in New Zealand, UK and the US, Prism’s software is used by commercial, direct mail and packaging printers around the world.

Graficas Varias, located in Spain’s Catalonia region, produces more than 650 million labels a year for the liquor trade, with a particular specialty in the region’s Cava industry. In order to move into longer run work, the company invested in two 8-color Nilpeter FA4 lines to work alongside its battery of letterpress and offset machines.

GMG, a developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, now supports the new HP Designjet Z6200 heavy-duty photo printer with the company’s GMG ColorProof proofing solution.