Following the management buyout (MBO) of Heidelberg at the beginning of August, CERM has significantly accelerated its decision-making structure. As a result, the manufacturer of the well-known Management Information System (MIS) and its partners continue to offer industry-specific solutions for the automation of printing plants worldwide. By Sabine Slaughter

At Dana, we design holistic communication programs to meet your business and communication needs. What makes us different is our approach to every retail challenge and commitment to excellence.

• Strategic Planning
• Design & Creative Services
• Prototyping
• Manufacturing
• Quality Control Inspections
• Warehousing and Distribution Services
• Training and Orientation Sessions

Montage Graphics, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, began life as a design and marketing agency in the early 1970s. President, Toby Gadd, acquired the company in 2001, and it was his vision to make Montage Graphics the comprehensive one-to-one marketing solutions and creative service provider that it is today.

Odystar is used to create manageable PDF files concurrently for proofing and print production.

Marceline, Missouri based Walsworth Publishing Company is using EskoArtwork Odystar to deliver customers what they could not deliver before: high-quality PDF proof and production files of reasonable size. Walsworth Publishing Company is a family-owned printing company with more than 1,250 employees worldwide. In 1947, the company began to produce yearbooks in its Marceline facility.

Founded in 1839, Grupo El Comercio in Peru currently creates five daily newspapers and five magazines covering topics such as sports, politics, finance and current events. The publisher needed to modernize its production environment to implement a unified newsroom and an efficient multi-channel publishing workflow. After a comprehensive evaluation, the group selected WoodWing Enterprise as its new publishing system for print and soon online, tablet and mobile.

In a newly released whitepaper, Valassis (NYSE: VCI), a leader in intelligent media delivery, delves further into today's path to purchase (P2P), to offer insights on how marketers can make it work for their brands.

What happens if the customer doesn't like a printed reproduction, even certified? Maybe it's too flat, too hot, too cold, and so on?

How many times the customer seeing a printed job result says: "Yes, this is what we wanted, but ...". Another legitimate question is: "What is the purpose of a high-quality printout?"

The goal of the system described in this article is to obtain quality prints, so that the customer agrees and says, "It's nice, I like it, I buy it (therefore I pay for it). "

Mitsubishi Paper Mills (MPM) demonstrated its new CtP platesetter with the latest generation of chemical-free offset printing plates, Violet Digiplate (VDP) at the last drupa. Now the award-winning Japanese total imaging product supplier has pushed its boundaries in prepress for the market in China reports Christel Lee from Print World Asia.

Colour, China Print, Consistency, Customise, Customers: Peter He, Vice-President for Sales Greater China from X-Rite Asia Pacific Limited, sums up for Print World Asia. Christel Lee reports.

Print Management Solutions Deliver Significant Cost Savings While Enhancing Marketing Effectiveness, Mitigating Risk and Ensuring Compliance

By Dennis Mason

Howard Owen is a man always on the move! In addition to running a thriving printing company, he was active in the Printing Industries of Virginia, serving as chairman for two years, and is deeply involved in DSCOOP, the HP Indigo user organization, where he serves on the North American Board of Directors and as editor of the DSCOOP Quarterly.

New guide for mailers explains the digital mailbox market, how to take advantage of the savings and improve customer service