While approvals of state accountability plans under the Every Child Succeeds Act provide some stability in the U.S. school market in terms of policy and the direction of learning in the states, the federal push for open educational resources via the GoOpen initiative and the sheer variety of available instructional resources creates less predictability in terms what schools will demand in terms of textbooks, courseware and other instructional materials.
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Agfa Graphics intends to acquire the prepress business of Ipagsa
Agfa Graphics announced today that it intends to acquire the prepress business of the privately-owned Spanish printing plate supplier Ipagsa Industrial S.L.
hubergroup hosts Cortina workshop
For the 14th consecutive year, representatives from web offset printing houses that use Cortina printing presses from the Koenig and Bauer group will meet from 26 to 27 September 2018. As this year’s host, ink manufacturer hubergroup is looking forward to welcoming participants in Munich.
Atex acquires “Cross-advertising” business from Tieto Corporation
We are pleased to announce that Atex has acquired the “Cross Advertising” business from leading Nordic software and services company Tieto.
CONTIWEB FORMALIZES INDEPENDENCE ON 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Contiweb, a renowned specialist in state-of-the-art technologies for advanced drying and web-handling products for printing, today announces that it is officially operating as an independent company.
manroland web systems and Goss International complete business combination
Forward-looking merger enables global market presence, broad product range, technological excellence, long-term comprehensive customer support, and e-business in the web-fed printing market.
LSC Communications Awarded Supply Chain Services Agreement with Sussman Education Company, Inc./Lightswitch Learning, LLC.
LSC Communications, Inc. (LKSD), a leader in traditional and digital printing solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year supply chain services agreement with educational publishing company Sussman Education Company, Inc. and its publishing imprint, Lightswitch Learning, LLC. Under the new agreement, LSC will provide warehousing and fulfillment services for Sussman Education Company, Inc. and Lightswitch Learning, LLC which includes a catalog of titles covering family engagement, social-emotional learning, career choice, bullying, financial literacy, and more.
Cantz prints complex Dawoud Bey-retrospective
Dawoud Bey is one of the most renowned photographers in America. He became especially well-known through his large-scale color portraits of adolescents and other often marginalized subjects. A sensational retrospective about his works from the last 40 years will appear in the publishing house University of Texas Press in September. The 400-page illustrated book titled “Seeing Deeply” includes his street photography in Harlem, but also his impressions for the commemoration of the bombing of the church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
DCX Start-up Park: Reinventing Publishing and Content Management
The DCX Digital Content Expo Start-up Park will present the next generation of publishing providers in an exhibition area with its own stage
Even more space and lectures: 24 young companies will show their products on exhibition stands, in 48 pitches and presentations as well as at speed dating
Ennis Completes Merger with Wright Business Graphics, Inc. of Portland, Oregon into a Wholly Owned Entity of Ennis
Ennis, Inc. (the “Company”), (NYSE: EBF), announced the completion of the merger of Wright Business Graphics, Inc. (“Wright”) with a wholly owned entity of Ennis in a stock merger transaction that closed on July 31, 2018. Wright Business Graphics is a printing company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Wright has 7 locations in Oregon, Washington and California with its main facility located in Portland, Oregon. The business produces forms, pressure seal, packaging, direct mail, checks, statement processing and commercial printing. Wright had approximately $58 million in sales for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 and sells mainly through distributors and resellers. The purchase price was paid 55% in cash, and 45% in the Company’s common stock based on the weighted average share price based on the previous 30 trading days from the date of the Agreement. The Company believes the transaction will be accretive to its shareholders.
Nebraska Book Company Announces New Debt Facility and Balance Sheet Restructuring
Major debt holders have converted debt to equity and approved a new financing facility showing confidence in Nebraska Book Company’s leadership, strategy and operations