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Beckatt Solutions Nominated for 2016 Chicago Innovation Awards

Awards Ceremony held on 10/25/16 at The Harris Theater; Nominee Reception held on 9/7/16 at Park West. - December 18, 2016 - Beckatt Solutions

Xitron and Global Graphics Partner with Bowling Green State University Visual Communications Technology Program

Providing state-of-the art RIP/Workflow/Trendsetter Interface for Print Media Program - December 14, 2016 - Xitron

Beckatt Solutions Receives 2016 Best of Elgin Award – Elgin Award Program Honors the Achievement

Beckatt Solutions has been selected for the 2016 Best of Elgin Award in the Distribution Service category by the Elgin Award Program. - December 11, 2016 - Beckatt Solutions

Revitalizing Printing Services in Connecticut with Donna Petruska

Many businesses see print marketing as a dying industry. Not only does Donna Petruska procure unique, cost-effective and quality print materials but has a track record of case-studies that have tangible and proven results. Print is not dead, when executed properly, it thrives. - December 11, 2016 - Go Curtis 1000

Beckatt Solutions Named Authorized Reseller for EnvisionTEC 3D Printers

The partnership, in which Beckatt Solutions will add EnvisionTEC’s unique lines of 3D printers to their product offerings, will to help make world-class, professional 3D printing more accessible to Chicago-area companies and education institutions. - December 04, 2016 - Beckatt Solutions

Midland Information Resources Named Best Workplace in the Americas

Midland (dba Elanders Americas) was named Best Workplace in the Americas for the 16th straight year by Printing Industries of America. - December 02, 2016 - Elanders Americas

ITL South Africa Awarded Prestigious ISO-12647 Printing Quality Certification

ITL SA is the first South African printer to be awarded ISO-12647 certification following a Print Quality Management project in conjunction with Global Print Quality Standards Specialists, Mellow Colour Ltd. - November 25, 2016 - ITL Group

BoXZY Wins Mid-Atlantic Region UPS X-PORT Challenge

Pittsburgh tech startup, BoXZY, has won $10,000 in international shipping from UPS to expand globally. - November 23, 2016 - BoXZY

Emily Park Joins Waypost Marketing as Senior Inbound Marketing Producer

Waypost Marketing, a leading web design and inbound marketing agency based in Greenville, SC, has announced its hiring of Emily Park as Senior Inbound Marketing Producer. A digital marketer by day and a novelist by night, Emily comes with a wealth of experience in content development and strategy. - November 17, 2016 - Waypost Marketing

New Book Release from Fireship Press - "A Small Saving Grace" - a Contemporary Novel of Suspense with Wry Sensibilities

Life is in turmoil, yet against the odds, Andy, and those who love her, make slow, but steady progress. All the while, Andy’s attacker is stalking the entire household, searching for the right opportunity to kill his only living witness before she regains her ability to communicate. - November 15, 2016 - Fireship Press

Big Bang Screen Printing Prints Uniforms for Brooklyn Schools

School spirit-wear is a growing business in the united states. Schools gain money by fundraising while the students look cool. - November 04, 2016 - Big Bang Screen Printing

New Book Release from Fireship Press - "Threshold" – a Fictional Novel Exploring the Dramatic Affects of Climate Change in the Desert Community of Tucson, Arizona

Climate scientists, politicians, and desert museum curators face the biggest challenge man can encounter - no water, anywhere. In the barrios, families and community leaders, band together as they face unbearable heat and the crushing weight of the gangs that intimidate them. With shifting sand underfoot, characters follow their intuition and learn new skills as they chart a way into a viable future. - November 01, 2016 - Fireship Press

Big Bang Screen Printing Company Serving Its Local Area

How Big Bang Screen Printing revamped their website and is making a comeback in the screen printing industry. - October 27, 2016 - Big Bang Screen Printing

JetView™ Latex 15 Mil Backlit Polycarbonate

Stronger Backlit Film from Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc. - October 21, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Hidden History Revealed: Explore New York's Darker Past as Local Historian Investigates Shady History

A History of Native American Land Rights in Upstate New York (The History Press, 2016) on its way to becoming a reference for land claim cases. - October 12, 2016 - Hidden History Revealed

Colorado Springs Author and Illustrator Team to Launch New Children’s Book at Bijou Hooked on Books

Join Colorado Springs author and illustrator, Lucy Bell and Linda D. Martin, as they launch their new children’s book, "Molly and the Cat Who Stole Her Tongue" on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Hooked on Books, 12 East Bijou in Colorado Springs. - October 04, 2016 - Ambient Light Publishers

New Book Release from Fireship Press—The Long Way Home–a Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Slaves Thomas Peters & Murphy Steele & Their Quest for a Better Life

The Promised Land for Two Slaves… Set in the turbulent times of the War of Independence, "The Long Way Home" follows the lives of Thomas Peters and Murphy Steele who are friends, former slaves, fellows-in-arms and leaders of the Black Brigade. Their real-life story is an epic adventure tale as they battle bounty hunters, racism, poverty and epidemic in their adopted country after the war. - October 01, 2016 - Fireship Press

BoXZY Recognized as 20th Annual Pittsburgh Technology Council Tech 50 Finalist

3-in-1 3D printer, CNC mill and laser engraving startup, BoXZY, has received a regional award nomination. - September 22, 2016 - BoXZY

Waypost Marketing Promotes Michelle Phillips to Inbound Marketing Strategist

Waypost Marketing, a leading Greenville-based inbound marketing agency, has announced a promotion for its Inbound Marketing Producer Michelle Phillips to Inbound Marketing Strategist. - September 21, 2016 - Waypost Marketing

New Book Release from Fireship Press – Charlatan – A Historical Novel of Madame de Montespan, the Long-Time Mistress of King Louis XIV and the Royal Scandal that Ensues

1676 - In a hovel in the centre of Paris, the fortune-teller La Voisin holds a black mass, summoning the devil to help an unnamed client keep the love of the King of France, Louis XIV. Three years later, Athénaïs, Madame de Montespan, the King’s glamorous mistress, is nearly forty. She has borne Louis seven children, but now seethes with rage as he falls for eighteen-year-old Angélique de Fontanges. Athénaïs must do something to keep the King's love and secure her children's future. But how...? - September 15, 2016 - Fireship Press

Tekra's Digital Media Swatch Books

Substrate Selector Guide for Digital Media Films - September 15, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Waypost Marketing Names Vice President, Erin Durham

Waypost Marketing has announced the promotion of Erin Durham to Vice President. - September 15, 2016 - Waypost Marketing

New Book Release from Fireship Press – the Prophet of Cobb Hollow, a Gripping Historical Novel of Love and Vengeance; Told with Eloquence and Suspense

Kane weaves a mesmerizing tale of one man and his decades-long retribution to avenge his beloved. Whether seen as a realistic glimpse into our forgotten past—or as the mythic retelling of narratives spun around the mystery that spawned his legend—he is the only man to have walked through the portals of our national history. He is the oldest living human on earth and now his oral collections are told as it was lived. His name is Reuben Shadrack Judah, and he is: The Prophet of Cobb Hollow. - September 01, 2016 - Fireship Press

Tekra Introduces the Addition of Two New Dry Erase Hard Coated Polyester Films

Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc. has introduced two new hard coated dry erase polyester films to their actively stocked line of hard coated films. Both coming in 5 mils thick, Tekra is now stocking a clear and white hard coated gloss dry erase polyester film. "Our gloss dry erase coating has... - August 18, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Princeton Company Offers “Sensory” Business Cards on Paper, Wood, Metal and PVC

Sensoprint Raises the Impact and Level of Creativity. - August 08, 2016 - Sensoprint

Xitron USB/SCSI Interface Now Supports Agfa Palladio

Allows users to eliminate limitations caused by XP and older operating systems. - August 04, 2016 - Xitron

The Hungry Horizon, a Debut Novel by Mike Hawthorne Follows the True Exploits of the Infamous Pirate, Bartholomew Sharp and His Band of Buccaneers

Jamaica, Christmas 1679. In Morant Bay, a fleet of buccaneers secretly prepares to attack the Spanish Main, in defiance of the peace treaty between England and Spain. A veteran of the Dutch Wars and Henry Morgan’s sack of Panama, Tom Sheppard flees from a brawl in Port Royal with his two young turtle-fishing mates to join the expedition and escape the threat of the gallows. - August 01, 2016 - Fireship Press

Screen Printers Favor Ergonomic EZ Grip Squeegee Handles to Relieve Carpel Tunnel

Two Upright Hand Grips Shift Workload to Larger Muscle Groups - July 22, 2016 - TheEZGrip.com

Xitron Begins Shipments of USB/SCSI Interface

Replaces obsolete SCSI cards in Trendsetter CTP installations - July 20, 2016 - Xitron

Beckatt Solutions to Begin Taking Pre-Orders for the Mcor ARKe, the World's First Full-Color, Desktop 3D Printer

Beckatt Solutions, a Midwest distributor of 3D printing products, and certified reseller for Mcor Technologies, will begin taking pre-orders for the Mcor ARKe starting on July 18th, 2016. Beckatt Solutions will offer current and new customers the chance to reserve a full color ARKe 3D printer,... - July 17, 2016 - Beckatt Solutions

Never Surrender Wins Prestigious Marie M. Irvine Literary Excellence Award

The Marie M. Irvine Literary Excellence Award welcomes its newest winner for 2016, Never Surrender – a historical fiction by author, Deanna Jewel. Historians and romance novel fans will find a new addition to the list of prestigious writing awards with Deanna Jewel’s newest novel,... - July 14, 2016 - Doce Blant Publishing

Small Businesses in Canada are Responding to the Canada Post Strike

The Canada Post Strike is threatening the well being of small businesses across Canada, and one such small business decided to take matter into their own hands - literally. StickerYou, a small manufacturer of stickers and labels based in Toronto started hand delivering orders in the Toronto area in anticipation of the strike. - July 08, 2016 - StickerYou

First Ever Online Design Tool for Digital Printing in Glass Launches

New Online Designer Allows Fine Art Photographers, Interior Designers, Artists, & More to Use a Cutting-Edge Printing Medium Not Previously Available to the Public - July 05, 2016 - Illuma Glass

The Doctor's Guide to Starting Your Practice Right

Aloha Publishing Author of The Doctors Guide to Starting Your Practice Right shows medical students and doctors who are looking for a new practice how to thrive in the changing healthcare industry. - June 21, 2016 - Aloha Publishing

Picaboo Yearbooks Provides Free Yearbooks to Graduating Class

Picaboo Yearbooks gifted yearbooks to the entire graduating class at Edmund Burns Elementary School in Charleston, S.C. as part of their Yearbooks for Everyone program. - June 15, 2016 - Picaboo Corporation

Michigan Students Win National Contest, Receive Free Yearbooks

Michigan students received a very memorable gift from Picaboo Yearbooks as the winners of a national contest to find the most deserving school. - June 11, 2016 - Picaboo Corporation

Topflight Announces Craig McClenachan as New President

Top quality printing and converting will continue under new leadership at Topflight. - June 10, 2016 - Topflight Corporation

Tekra Adds to Actively Stocked LEXAN™ Polycarbonate Sheets

Tekra, a Division of EIS, Inc. has added four new LEXAN™ polycarbonate films to their sheeted stock list. "In an effort to eliminate converting lead times on specific LEXAN™ sheets, Tekra has decided to increase the amount of films that are stocked and ready to ship," states... - June 04, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Calumet Carton to Exhibit at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition

Calumet Carton will be exhibiting at booth #2142 at the IRCE 2016. The event takes place at McCormick Place West in Chicago IL on June 7-9, 2016. Calumet Carton will be showcasing their "Smarter Packaging" solutions for internet retailers. - June 04, 2016 - Calumet Carton Company

Rigid Vinyl for Use on UV Inkjet Presses Now Available Through Tekra

Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc. has expanded their line of UV Inkjet printable films by offering a wide selection of rigid vinyl (PVC) films for use with UV Inkjet presses. "With the increasing speed, size, and quality of newer UV Inkjet presses, there are many large format, low cost, short... - May 28, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Xitron Adds Digikett, New Solution, to Drupa Partner List

Number of partner stands using Navigator Workflow now tops 15 - May 27, 2016 - Xitron

Introducing 3M™ Foam Lamination Tapes Available Now at Tekra

3M has recently launched a new line of adhesive transfer tapes and double coated tapes for foam lamination that simplifies product selection. The 3M Foam Lamination Tapes portfolio includes eight adhesive tapes across three performance levels: L1, L2, and L3. 3M's Level 1 platform is a modified... - May 21, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

H&H Graphics Adds Depth to Special Effects Screen Printing Capabilities for Retail Packaging

Roberta Peters to Lead the H&H Graphics Packaging and Retail Point-of-Sale Display Team - May 19, 2016 - H&H Graphics

3M™ Low VOC Tapes with Acrylic Adhesive Are Now Available at Tekra

3M™ Low VOC Tapes with Acrylic Adhesive are now available at Tekra. The new tapes are designed to help meet the demand, primarily driven by increasing government regulations, for lower VOC thin attachment tapes. 3M has two versions available in the new line: 3M™ Low VOC Scrim Reinforced... - May 19, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

Henkel Partners with Tekra to Expand Coverage of Its Electronic Inks Business in North America

Henkel Adhesive Technologies' Electronics business has announced a new distribution partnership with plastic film and adhesives solutions provider, Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Tekra will deliver sales, technical consultation and post-sale service for Henkel's... - May 14, 2016 - Tekra, A Division of EIS, Inc.

NinjaTek Upgrades Website with a New Look, Offering New Data and New Products

NinjaTek’s newly renovated website design, sets the stage for visitors to gain access to the newest product additions and upgraded online resources. - www.ninjatek.com The site’s modernized, industrial look now showcases the recent add-ons to the NinjaTek product line. Traditional... - May 13, 2016 - NinjaTek

Universal Business Solutions, NA of New York City Honored by Sharp® for Outstanding Achievement

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America has recognized Universal Business Solutions, NA (UBSNA) as a Hyakuman Kai Dealer. Sharp awards Hyakuman Kai status to outstanding dealers that have achieved $1 million plus in sales during the past year. Universal Business Solutions, NA (UBSNA) is... - May 12, 2016 - Universal Business Solutions North America

H&H Graphics Acquires Winning Promotions

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