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Kiosk maker Generation Next announces July results, staff reductions and reorganization Earnings reports News Press releases 

Kiosk maker Generation Next announces July results, staff reductions and reorganization

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Generation Next Franchise Brands announced several moves which support the Company’s objectives to increase cash flow, raise capital, and increase its Reis & Irvy’s kiosk production. The details provided by the Company include: Expanding the Board of Directors through a search for two additional independent members with a goal... Read More
SGIA acquires NAPCO Media Acquisitions News Press releases 

SGIA acquires NAPCO Media

Merger will create a platform designed to grow all segments of the printing industry Fairfax, Va., and Philadelphia — In a move that further enhances its current partnership with NAPCO Media and creates unprecedented value for the industry, the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) today announced that it has acquired NAPCO Media. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been... Read More
Snap announces $1 billion private offering due 2026 News Press releases 

Snap announces $1 billion private offering due 2026

SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Snap Inc. announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.0 billion principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2026 in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Snap also intends to grant... Read More
Kodak reaches agreement to form strategic relationship with HuaGuang News Press releases 

Kodak reaches agreement to form strategic relationship with HuaGuang

Move designed to accelerate KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates growth in China ROCHESTER, NY – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, August 6, 2019 – Eastman Kodak Company announced it has reached an agreement with Lucky HuaGuang Graphics Co. Ltd (“HuaGuang”) to establish a strategic relationship in the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan (“China”). By partnering with... Read More
FASTSIGNS launches first location in Queens, New York News 

FASTSIGNS launches first location in Queens, New York

Candy and Graydon Grush Open New Business with Support of Franchising Industry Veteran CARROLLTON, Texas, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — FASTSIGNS International, Inc. recently announced the opening of a new center location under the support of franchising industry veteran Greg Carafello of Executive Franchise Group, LLC. Carafello is working to utilize his New York business relationships to bring this region’s centers through the process from opening... Read More
Generation NEXT pilots Print Mates photo printing kiosks at Kroger Supermarkets News Press releases 

Generation NEXT pilots Print Mates photo printing kiosks at Kroger Supermarkets

Robotic Photo Printing Kiosk to Debut at select Atlanta Stores SAN DIEGO, Aug. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Generation NEXT Franchise Brands, Inc. announced today a pilot with The Kroger Company’s Atlanta Division for Generation NEXT’s subsidiary, Print Mates™ digital photo printing kiosks.  The pilot phase will measure consumer engagement and response to the Print Mates™ kiosks, designed... Read More
Sonnenbild Group to switch to Taopix for photo commerce News Press releases 

Sonnenbild Group to switch to Taopix for photo commerce

6 August 2019 Newcastle Upon Tyne – The Sonnenbild Group have chosen to switch to Taopix as their Photo Commerce platform. The group that have 30 stores in Southern Germany and was founded in the early 2000s, offer a wide range of photo gifts, photobooks, canvas prints, calendars and many more print products. “Since our inception, we have acquired several businesses... Read More
Canon’s new imagePRESS Servers adopt the latest EFI Fiery platform News Press releases Updates 

Canon’s new imagePRESS Servers adopt the latest EFI Fiery platform

MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions is pleased to announce the availability of two EFI™ Fiery® powered digital front ends (DFEs) for the newly launched imagePRESS C910/C810/C710/C710CA color digital presses—the imagePRESS Server H350 and G250. These DFEs combine the imagePRESS’s superb print quality, high performance, new production capabilities and excellent productivity with EFI’s innovative,... Read More
Globe Photos partners with JONDO to increase production and fulfillment capacity News Press releases 

Globe Photos partners with JONDO to increase production and fulfillment capacity

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globe Photos, a leader in licensed sports photographic prints and iconic pop culture imagery, has partnered with JONDO Global, a leading international manufacturer of print-on-demand canvas. Globe plans to leverage JONDO’s 12 regional digital print factories located across six countries around the world to support the scale-up of its licensed sports photo... Read More
APTech launches new online APTech CONNECT forum News 

APTech launches new online APTech CONNECT forum

Reston, VA— The Association for PRINT Technologies has launched the APTech Connect Community Forum, a new and free online resource designed to foster engagement, collaboration, and information-sharing across the print industry’s value chain. The APTech Community Forum’s goal is to create a virtual community replete with useful, user-generated content. The forum has the capacity to allow committees and working groups to... Read More
Sony Electronics renews Alpha Female ‘Creator in Residence’ contest Events News Press releases 

Sony Electronics renews Alpha Female ‘Creator in Residence’ contest

Winners to Receive $21,000 Project Budget, up to $5,000 in Sony Gear and Industry-renowned Mentors SAN DIEGO — August 5, 2019 — Sony Electronics Inc. today announced contest applications are now open for the second Alpha Female Creators-in-residence program. Launched in summer 2018, Alpha Female is a program that provides extensive resources and opportunities to advance the careers of female... Read More
Cimpress reports improved sales, earnings for fiscal 2019, CEO promises more changes Earnings reports News Opinion 

Cimpress reports improved sales, earnings for fiscal 2019, CEO promises more changes

Cimpress executives characterized the Netherlands-based company’s recently concluded fiscal 2019 as a disappointing and difficult year, with revenue at its flagship Vistaprint business increasing less than 1% and profitability declining in its National Pen segment. Cimpress reported it doubled overall net income to nearly $93.5 million, or $3.00 per diluted share, compared to $1.36 per diluted share the prior year. Cimpress... Read More
JONDO opens fulfillment center in Dallas, Texas News 

JONDO opens fulfillment center in Dallas, Texas

Yorba Linda, Calif-based printer JONDO has announced the opening of its fifth U.S. print-on-demand location, a 74,000-square-foot facility in Dallas, Texas. The company stated, “Currently, JONDO has facilities on the east and west coasts of the United States. By adding a production facility centrally located in the country, we are able to increase capacity and reduce overall transit times. Once... Read More
Quarmby Colour installs EFI VUTEk h3 LED Hybrid Printer News Press releases 

Quarmby Colour installs EFI VUTEk h3 LED Hybrid Printer

Ratingen, Germany – 1 Aug. 2019 – Quarmby Colour has installed an EFI™ VUTEk® h3 LED hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll inkjet printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. The Leeds, England-based printing company is using the 3.2metre wide production device to drive higher throughput and superior print quality in its display graphics operations.   “We needed more productivity in a similar footprint area to... Read More
Iris Works has rebranded to offer business-management system to all creatives News Press releases 

Iris Works has rebranded to offer business-management system to all creatives

Iris Works, an Indianapolis, Indiana, business-management system servicing photographers, recently announced a rebrand to reflect the company’s evolution in the software space. The rebrand includes a full redesign of the company logo, online presence, graphics, communications and the user experience of the application itself. The new brand brings a sharp visual identity to Iris, characterizing the brand as an innovative,... Read More