ARC Document Solutions (NYSE: ARC) today announced it has been awarded an exclusive managed print services contract with CH2M Hill, a $7 billion global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management for government, civil, industrial and energy clients. The engagement provides more than 200 CH2M Hill offices around the world with comprehensive document solutions including the integration of Abacus, ARC's proprietary software for managing, maintaining, and tracking enterprise print network activity.

The first day of plast alger & printpack alger is over and it was a great success. 161 market leaders from 24 countries discuss business with a highly professional audience.

The inauguration of the exhibition took place in the presence of Mr El Hadi Makboul, Secretary General of the Ministry of Industrial Development and Investment Promotion, representatives of the embassies of Austria, Germany and Spain as well as representatives of chambers of commerce and industry, including AHK Algeria and AVEP of Spain.

Outstanding innovation in digital printing solutions honored

PODi, the Digital Printing Initiative, has announced the 2014 winners of the PODi Best Practices Awards and Leadership Award for digital printing case studies. These prestigious awards recognize outstanding examples of cross-media and relevant direct marketing campaigns featuring the power and versatility of digital print. The winners were announced at the annual AppForum digital printing and direct marketing conference at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

ESMA, a leading, non-profit association in Europe for specialist printing manufacturers of screen and digital print technology is elevating its profile in industrial markets. To this end, it launched a new conference covering all aspects of inkjet engineering from Digital Asset Management to Fluids and Chemistry. It is designed to help delegates discover the developments in print heads and precision engineering, and meet experienced integrators to aid them in their journey to the next level.

The Inkjet Conferenceℱ, to be held in the SwissĂŽtel in Neuss (DĂŒsseldorf), Germany, September 30 and October 1 2014, is an ideal opportunity to connect with technology suppliers, research institutions, integration experts, as well as OEM's from different market sectors, in what has become a rapidly growing billion euro business.

IPC Media today announces its intention to award a new contract to Polestar that will see the supplier take on the printing and binding of all of its regular frequency magazines, making it responsible for IPC's complete portfolio.

IPC intends to award the contract to Polestar on a six-year term from July 2014 through to 2020. The work will be produced at Polestar's sites in Sheffield, Wakefield, Leeds and Bicester, with sheet fed production being handled at Stones in Banbury.

Today's passports are much different from what they used to be 20 years ago. Not only do they look different, they are also produced in a different way and no longer examined on a merely visual basis.

Most all information needed for international passports is stored in digital format and resides on various online databases. What is physically printed must accommodate the automatic ID scanning tools used by border security personnel and therefore requires marking techniques with high resolving power for the finest details.

When Ipex 2014 closed its doors on Saturday, Informa Exhibitions had firmly established the show's future and new direction at the state-of-the-art ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre. The event, which took place from 24th – 29th March 2014, saw a total attendance of 22,768, which included 3,532 exhibitors, with a geographical visitor split of 54% UK and 46% international.

"With the fast evolving print industry and the challenges these changes represent, Informa Exhibitions has collaborated closely with its stakeholders to ensure the delivery of an informative and engaging event that offered a wide range of benefits, most importantly a good return on exhibitor and visitor investment," comments Peter Hall, Managing Director of Informa Exhibitions. "I particularly want to thank our exhibitors for their continued support, and am delighted that we could repay their confidence in Ipex by providing a high quality international and UK audience to ensure it was the key event for the international print community in 2014."

Congratulations to Laura M. Thompson, Ph. D., Director, Technical Marketing and Sustainable Development, Sappi Fine Paper North America, and the recipient of the 2013 William D. Schaeffer Environmental Award.

Established in 1990, this award is named for environmental pioneer and researcher Dr. William D. Schaeffer, who is celebrated in the industry for his contributions to environmental issues.

Tarsus Group and E.J. Krause & Associates (EJK) are pleased to announce the latest addition to its portfolio of manufacturing events, Industrial Print Expo. Industrial Print Expo will be Mexico's first tradeshow exclusively dedicated to industrial print within manufacturing. The 2015 event will be co-located with Expo Manufacturaℱ, the most important business forum for the manufacturing industry in Mexico.

Industrial Print Expo will bring together companies providing print solutions used in the manufacturing, assembly, marking, decoration and distribution of a wide range of electrical, mechanical and industrial machine products and components.

Frank Romano, professor emeritus at RIT asked the speakers at an Ipex World Print Summit session yesterday if print is doomed or on the verge of a new digital renaissance. They agreed that they see evidence already of print's expansion into new and innovative directions such as variable data or high-margin industrial applications. Keynote speakers EFIℱ CEO Guy Gecht and Landa Corp CEO Benny Landa addressed a packed audience on the second day of the London based exhibition.

Printing Industries of America is pleased to announce the Manitoba Print Industry Association has joined the team of Canadian Affiliate Organizations of Printing Industries of America.

The organization of Grafitalia is now proceeding at full steam in view of the upcoming edition of the exhibition, part of the great event taking place in 2015 at Fieramilano.

The presidency of the exhibition was confirmed to Vincenzo Boccia, a prominent president and leading user of graphic arts technology. Exhibition organizer Centrexpo Spa chose not to renounce the prestige such notable figure will bring to the exhibitions in 2015 – especially since the next edition of Grafitalia will be a special one: for the first time they will combine graphic arts, printing, communication and paper converting technology (of the parallel Converflex) into a single event unparalleled anywhere in the world.