News Komori Joins Forces with Screen “It’s a pretty exciting time to be in print,” says Jackie Hudmon, Senior Vice President of Sales for Komori America Corporation. Komori and Screen Americas have entered into a strategic selling agreement that essentially unites the two companies’ sales forces. Under the terms of this agreement, Komori will be the sole US distributor of the new Truepress Jet520HD. “The two companies are very similar in philosophy, and we have worked together for many years on the prepress and the software side of the business,” said Kosh Miyao, Komori President and COO. While the selling agreement is currently focused on the Truepress Jet 520HD, the two companies will pursue joint marketing opportunities for all Komori and Screen products. PrintingNews.com/10006278 Konica Minolta Eases Transition to 3D Printing Konica Minolta announced a partnership with ZVerse, a leader in 2D-to-3D print software automation, design service, and fulfillment solutions. ZVerse enables printers to take any 2D product and make it 3D printable. Printers work through a co-branded web-to-3D print storefront and can offer everything from 3D printed promotional products to signs, event marketing pieces, and architectural models. “We will train them, show them how to get business from it, and through ZVerse even manufacture it for them,” said Gavin Jordan-Smith, vice president of solutions and product planning for KM. “It’s a great way to ease printers into 3D print and gain a comfort level before they buy a 3D printer.” PrintingNews.com/10006286 Aleyant Acquires Keen’s W2P Business Aleyant has acquired Keen’s web-to-print business. Aleyant’s acquisition includes Keen’s web-to-print technology platform, web-to-print customers and their name, logo, and brand. Current Keen web-to-print customers will be able to transition to Aleyant’s Pressero web-to-print platform. Aleyant will also take over Keen’s “Print Is Big” industry promotion campaign. The PrintMo marketplace service is not part of this transaction and will continue to operate as a separate service. PrintingNews.com/12092772 PEOPLE IN NEWS Media Center §§Video: Production Inkjet Is Changing Printing, PrintingNews.com/12116443 §§Whitepaper: Improve Quality & Efficiency with Process Free Plates, PrintingNews.com/12064776 Social Media MyPRINTResource Facebook Likes: 1,515 LinkedIn Discussion Group Members: Printing News: 12,920; Quick Printing: 4,064 Wide-Format Imaging: 6,900 Twitter Followers: Printing News: 19,000; Quick Printing: 5,585; Wide-Format Imaging: 6,509 PrintingNews.com Top Tweets §§@XMPie: XMPie’s Judy Berlin was quoted in this #GraphExpo #crossmedia feature! Check it out: bit.ly/1Y8Vjly @PrintingNews §§@CHILI_publish: Interview with @goeminnek on the @PrintingNews channel at @GRAPH_EXPO printingnews.com/video/12115396 §§@KonicsMinoltaUS: The past, present and future of the graphic communications industry; @kpkern17 talked with @PrintingNews goo.gl/ov3TB8 §§@PitneyBowes: RT @PrintingNews Did you miss an issue of the #GraphExpo Show Daily? You can view digital editions of all 4 days at bit.ly/1NFOBQL Most Read ON PrintingNews.com §§Tough Love: What the Print Industry Needs to Understand PrintingNews.com/12099013 §§Executive Q&A: Guy Gecht, CEO, EFI PrintingNews.com/12089720 §§Behind the Cover: Nekoosa and Trekk Show the Power of Augmented Reality PrintingNews.com/12099964 §§Company Profile: The Big Shake-Up PrintingNews.com/12095932 §§2015 Readers’ Choice Top Product Awards PrintingNews.com/12091054 §§SKUing the Data PrintingNews.com/12091251 §§To the Third Decimal Place: How Do You Bill Half a Penny? PrintingNews.com/12091394 §§Untangling Marketing Automation PrintingNews.com/12079588 §§5 Approaches to Marketing with Video PrintingNews.com/12083262 §§Johnson’s World: She’s Going to Disney World PrintingNews.com/12101730 §§Pressing On: Rebranding Our Print Brand and Website PrintingNews.com/12102467 §§Human Resources: Termination – Do it Right PrintingNews.com/12100906 KATHY POPOVICH has been appointed North American director of Dscoop. CRAIG SURETTE has joined the specialty substrate solutions provider GPA team as their new Toner Fusion Market Director. KATHY POPOVICH CRAIG SURETTE 8 Printing News | October 2015 PrintingNews.com
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