Printing Industries of Illinois and Indiana recently held their 7th annual Pinnacle Print Awards Gala to recognize outstanding quality achievement in printing. Three Illinois winners used manroland presses to print their award-winning work. They are Digital Hub in Chicago, United Graphics & Mailing Group in Elk Grove, and Darwill Press in Hillside.

Kennesaw, Ga. -- Heidelberg's Prinect Press Center featuring an innovative Wallscreen and Intellistart process-oriented operating platform is the winner of a 2009 InterTech Award presented by Printing Industries of America (PIA). Available on all Heidelberg Speedmaster presses in any format size since drupa 2008, the high-performance Prinect Press Center combines state-of-the-art technology, smart automation and comprehensive data management to ensure efficient production and provide the long-term investment security print companies need.

Agfa Graphics today announced that they reached an agreement with Kemtek Imaging Systems Ltd. for the distribution, service and support of Agfa Graphics' product range for commercial printers in Southern Africa.

Berlin, Germany -- axaio software, developer of solutions for PDF creation, printing and content correction workflows for Adobe InDesign and QuarkXpress environments, announces today that it has appointed Karina Zander as its new Sales & Marketing Manager and René Treuber as Product Manager.

Markzware, a developer of data extraction and conversion software and inventor of preflighting, has released an upgrade (version 2.10) of its PUB2ID conversion tool for InDesign CS3 and CS4. PUB2ID v2 (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is a plug-in that enables users to convert native-application Microsoft Publisher files (MS Publisher versions 2002 through 2007) to Adobe InDesign while preserving the content, as well as the styles and formatting.

Hepack Druck und Verpackung GmbH adds 106 CS unit to handle production capacity.

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Canon Australia has released a report urging businesses to adopt hybrid offset/digital workflows, saying businesses that retain separate workflows could be “throwing away more money than the paper being printed on”.

Presstek, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing solutions, has underlined its strength in the education sector with a trio of installations at prominent UK universities.Glasgow Caledonian University has installed a landscape format Presstek 52DI digital offset press, while Aberystwyth University and the University of Edinburgh have each installed a Presstek 34DI digital offset press.

HIFLEX, the global MIS and Web2Print solutions provider and leader in JDF integration and workflow, participated in an open house at Muller Martini's North American headquarters in Hauppauge, New York on June 23rd, 2009. The event was attended by dozens of prospects, editors and educators from throughout the industry. Also participating in the open house was SoftSolutions of Roanoke, Virginia.