Standard Register signed a three-year printing deal with St. Louis-based Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization. Standard Register is one of two suppliers addressing Amerinet members' document management needs. The agreement offers Amerinet members savings on a wide range of document and print management products, services and technology that includes commercial printing, custom and standard forms, label products, patient identification bands and on-demand digital printing...

American Reprographics, Walnut Creek, CA, has acquired the assets of London-based The Reprographics Warehouse Ltd., a provider of document management, document reproduction, and related services to the architectural, engineering and construction industry in England. Interestingly, the company is ARC's first wholly owned reprographics company in the U.K.

I thought this would be a good session to check out...BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company and the leading developer of high-performance solutions for professional mailers, will present the latest in its Postal Education and Knowledge (PEAK) Webinar series on Wednesday, September 24 at 1:30 EDT. “The Print-to-Mail Challenge – Adding Successful Mailing...

Adobe has today taken the wraps off the latest version of its Creative Suite product family, CS4, in what it described as its "biggest software release to date." CS4's grand unveiling included the launch of CS4 Design editions, CS4 Web editions, CS4 Production Premium and Adobe Master Collection, as well as 13 point products, 14 integrated technologies and seven services. Adobe CS4 and its associated point products are due to ship in October 2008.

Companies are backing the resilience of print ahead of the launch of Sony's new electronic book reader later this week. The reader, which can store up to 160 books, features an e-paper display, and supports a range of file formats. Print and electronic media can work alongside each other but e-books certainly still have a long way to go--they're projected to account for less than 1% of the book market by 2010. What do you think?

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) announced a new scholarship named in honor of industry veteran Brian W. Gill. This scholarship, funded through a donation from the Employing Printers Education Trust (EPET), will allow current and future graphic arts students and employees to develop skills. The scholarship is funded with a gift of $100,000, and will provide more than $5,000 financial assistance to a deserving student each year. Congratulations to PGSF and EPET for helping fuel...

Press manufacturers Goss International and manroland resolved a U.S. patent infringement case involving web offset press sleeve blanket technology. Goss began the case five years ago, claiming that manroland’s Rotoman S press infringed on three of its U.S. patents for sleeve blanket technology used in its Sunday web offset press models. (Heidelberg Web Systems, acquired by Goss, filed the suit in 2003.)

Interesting financial news today: Hewlett-Packard's Q3 net earnings increased 14% over the same period last year, and Vertis Communications' quarterly earnings fell 40%. Check out the GCW Industry Financial Report for a full lineup of financial news.

Just saw this from a Xerox press release, and thought it worthy of posting (a good description of Transpromo):"Consumers today are bombarded with too much information, much of which is not relevant to them.  At the same time, marketers are trying to cut through the clutter and reach their customers with relevant information, versus blanketing their customer based with generic offers and messages.  According to InfoTrends, 63 percent of customers prefer promotional pieces over purely transactional...

Recent proof that technology is changing the way books are sold, stored and consumed: Students attending the University of Texas will find something missing from the undergraduate library this fall—books. By mid-July, the university says, almost all of the library’s 90,000 volumes will be dispersed to other university collections to clear space for a 24-hour electronic “information commons.” Similar digital library centers have been built at Emory University in Atlanta, the University of Georgia,...