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Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. (BC Holdings or Company) announced a $3.7 million net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Third quarter 2011 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) were $10.6 million, up $2.9 million, or 37%, compared to reported EBITDA of $7.7 million in third quarter 2010. Third quarter 2010 results included $4.6 million of income related to the settlement of class action litigation. The Company reported EBITDA of $3.9 million in second quarter 2011.  read more »

Beijing based newspaper publisher Guangming Daily has ordered a new Goss Universal press to increase color capacity and to pursue more sub-contract printing in the Chinese market. The new single-width, double-circumference (2x2) press will be mainly used to print the 150,000 copies a day of the Guangming Daily and 250,000 copies a day of the tabloid Xin Jin Bao.  read more »

Super Bowl Sunday is known for their infamous ads, with more than $200 million spent on print, broadcast and digital advertising for this year’s game.  read more »

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of its Global Technology Center in Danbury, Connecticut.  The newly-renovated facility will support the Company’s continued evolution into customer communications management (CCM) to help businesses grow by building customer loyalty and increasing profitability through highly-personalized communications.  read more »

Mutoh confirms as the latest founding exhibitor at EcoPrint 2012 indicating that the launch show has gained significant support since the launch of the event in October 2011.  read more »

Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, today welcomes 3M Commercial Graphics as its newest Platinum Patron. Minnesota-based 3M is a technology and product leader in the large format graphic materials industry.   read more »

Enhanced integration and extended capabilities are delivered by Tharstern's e4print PRO MIS solution following its adoption of CHILI Publisher.

Thanks to CHILI Publisher’s online editor users can create and follow their orders in the e4print workflow and edit documents in 'wysiwyg'. This in turn makes templating simpler and quicker and lowers the skill levels required for print buyers to be able to manage collateral online.  read more »

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE:SWM) today announced the following management change effective February 9, 2012.  read more »

On the heels of its hugely successful World Tour last year, WoodWing kicked off its Next Wave Tour with a well-received pilot event in Amsterdam on January 24. The Next Wave Tour is a global series of free local events organized in collaboration with local partners. The events feature speakers from local partners and publishing customers, Adobe, and WoodWing. The sessions are designed for magazine and newspaper publishers, corporates and agencies who wish to prepare for the next steps in the evolution of digital publishing.  read more »