To ensure high quality, fast speed, and compliance for jobs going directly from the press to finishing for die-cutting and gluing, Battlefield Press recently added a Koenig & Bauer Allpro 110 folder gluer to compliment the maximum size and efficiencies of their offerings.

GlobalVision and Hybrid Software are partnering to simplify and speed up prepress quality workflows with the announcement of the new turnkey solution inside of CLOUDFLOW.

Mimaki USA, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, announced the Mimaki UJV300DTF-75 printer, a UV-DTF (direct-to-film) model for easy transfer to large or unusually shaped surfaces.

FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Business Innovation Division, announced that it has partnered with St. Louis-based SumnerOne, a leading business technology solutions provider, as its first North American dealer partner focused on the FUJIFILM REVORIA PRESS™ and FUJIFILM ACUITY™ Wide Format Inkjet print solutions.

The Durst Group, a global leader in digital printing and production technologies, announces the acquisition of callas software. callas is one of the leading providers of prepress automation and PDF technologies and plays an essential role in many print workflows.

On March 25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the federal government to eliminate paper checks by September 30, 2025, except in certain circumstances. According to the White House, the Trump administration aims to “modernize how the government handles money, switching from old-fashioned paper-based payments to fast, secure electronic payments.” The order cites a continued rise in check fraud.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a short guidance document on March 19, 2025, to explain how the federal government will approach claims of discrimination related to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, programs, and practices.

Academy member Michel Caza spent an afternoon with ten hand-picked art students from ESAD (Reims School of Art and Design), showing them how far screen printing can go in terms of technical quality, invention, and a technique that is very welcome in their artistic expression.

Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, announced that after more than 40 years, they have made the difficult decision to cease operations effective March 31, 2025.

Enfocus has revealed that PitStop, its market-leading print preflighting software solution, is now even better as it rolls out its 25.03 update. The update means PitStop now offers a host of new features and quality-of-life improvements, better performance, and a number of minor bug fixes.