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EskoArtwork of Gent, Belgium, is joining the PrintCity Alliance Value Added Packaging (VAPack) knowledge sharing project. The VAPack initiative highlights the opportunities and benefits of ‘value added’ packaging techniques & materials. Focused on creative packaging professionals, it broadens understanding about such differentiation methods.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced that it has been awarded a new multi-year multi-million dollar agreement by IMG, a global sports, fashion and media business with nearly 3,000 employees operating in 30 countries around the globe.

Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, has extended its continuous feed portfolio with the launch of the new Océ JetStream 1900 printing system. This innovative printer is part of the Océ JetStream Compact series, offering highest versatility at minimal footprint.

HP today announced that Symeta, part of Colruyt Group, one of the leading retailer and supermarket chains with operations in Belgium, France and Luxemburg, has installed the first HP T400 Color Inkjet Web Press in Europe to help drive production of personalized, targeted communications.

Muller Martini will present the world premiere of solutions for a changing market environment under the motto “one world – one drupa” in hall 14, booth C21 at the leading trade fair in the print and media industry held from May 3 to 16 in Dusseldorf.

At Fespa Digital 2012 in Barcelona, GMG will be celebrating its entry into the wide-format sector with the company’s highly innovative production solution for wide-format digital printing on its booth H22 in hall 3. It will be the most complete solution in the market for indoor and outdoor advertising, sign and super-wide format printing, adding new capabilities in color consistency, flexibility and economy.

Fespa has recently announced that it will expand the global reach of its long-running Planet Friendly Printing initiatives.

RISI, a well-known information provider for the forest products industry, announced that registration is open for its 14th annual European Pulp and Paper Outlook Conference.

The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen (IAPHC) recently presented Kodak with 19 awards honoring excellence in the arts and sciences of graphic expression. Entries are submitted from around the globe and are judged by several panels of international printing experts.

Fujifilm Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) is to start the operation of a new CTP plate production line incorporating cutting edge technology and energy saving facilities, in a move to address the growing demand of CTP plates for offset printing. The production line goes operational in early January 2012 at Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V. (Netherlands), one of the company's four major production sites for printing materials.