Rochester, NY - February 2024: Release R10.8 offers users a new experience in our remarkable, one-of-a-kind Customer Help Desk. The LiftERP Help Center has always been very easy to access and use, and with input and suggestions from Lift Software users, it has been enhanced to become the most user-focused help center available in today’s market.

SPARTA, MI — General Formulations, the solutions leader and global manufacturer of pressure-sensitive media, film, and laminates, is thrilled to announce the launch of their new and improved, rebranded website: www.generalformulations.com. The new site marks a significant milestone in the company's 70-year history and offers an enhanced user experience, providing easier access to a wide array of products and resources.

Responding to ongoing customer needs, Foster Printing, a leading large format trade packaging printer, is adding new finishing capabilities, such as folding gluing and die cutting, to its production offerings as its corrugated finishers, mid-format printers, brokers, and print buyers look to Foster as a one-stop-shop for their folding carton orders. After seeing an impressive live demonstration at a Koenig & Bauer Dallas open house, the Southern California printer chose to invest in a new Koenig & Bauer Allpro 145 folder gluer and a Koenig & Bauer iPress 145 K PRO blanking die cutter to expand its capabilities into finishing for the folding carton market. The two new machines will be delivered in the spring of 2024.

Flexographic packaging trade shop and early technology adopter Pacificolor is reaping significant production and sustainability benefits after upgrading from fluorescent exposure to LED technology with a Shine LED Lamp Kit, innovated by Miraclon. The Shine LED Lamp Kit is notable as a simple, low-cost route to the multiple benefits of LED exposure, necessitating just a straightforward, fast, retrofit upgrade to existing fluorescent exposure frames.

St. Clair Shores, MI – STAHLS’ is announcing the latest Master Distributor for CAD-CUT® HTV and Hotronix® heat presses. JDS Industries is a family-owned wholesaler for awards, personalization, and signs, based in Sioux Falls, SD, and supplying customers nationwide through a network of 13 warehouses. They are eager to meet the growing demands of the apparel decorating industry by representing the STAHLS’ brand of quality heat transfer materials and Hotronix® equipment and accessories.

Copenhagen, January 30, 2024 - Bjørn Thorsen A/S is proud to take part in a new project aiming to develop solutions for easier replacement of transfer prints on clothing. Supported by the Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Program (MUDP) of the Danish Environmental Ministry, the project "Reuse is Good Use" (in Danish: ”Genbrug er god brug”) is a collaboration between the Danish Technological Institute (project leader and knowledge partner), NS System A/S (transfer print supplier), Bjørn Thorsen A/S (raw material supplier), and Fabricaid ApS (advisor in the circular textile value chain). It aims to develop methods for removing existing transfer prints from certain types of textiles and create a new type of removable transfer print that is easier to replace in the future.

Owner and CEO at Performance Print Services, Chris Wallace talks about the benefits of joining the Alliance, how he manages growth as a business leader, and the recognition the company has received for printing excellence since founded in 2017.

SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. announces that it has finalized the development of its new Truepress JET 560HDX roll-fed digital inkjet press. The system will join SCREEN GA’s lineup for the commercial printing, direct mail and publishing printing markets. The commercial printing market requires flexible print solutions with high value economics. More complex work with faster turnaround times, shorter print runs, multiple versions, late-stage revisions, and variable information are being required to drive relevancy for customers. These requirements have created new business opportunities for high productivity digital inkjet presses offering offset-like economics.

The Alliance was pleased to learn that the Death Tax Repeal Act, H.R. 7035, has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA-04). The bill would fully repeal the federal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. H.R. 7035, which has gained more than 160 cosponsors, was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee for consideration.

Roland DGA Corporation announces that the new VersaSTUDIO BY-20 has received a Buyers Lab (BLI) 2024 Pick Award from Keypoint Intelligence for Outstanding Desktop DTF Printer. It is the first desktop direct-to-film (DTF) printer to earn this award. Keypoint Intelligence is an independent provider of testing and analysis for the document imaging industry and has been evaluating equipment for business users for more than 60 years. Test reports released are regarded as an unbiased resource used by many companies and public organizations when selecting hardware devices.