More problems at X-Rite: As a person who makes a living in the color measurement side of our industry I read the following with a bit of distress this morning….X-Rite shares plummet on loan defaults from MLive.com. According to the article X-Rite is now in default on two of the loan agreements tied to the acquisitions of Gretagmacbeth and Pantone and investors are concerned bankruptcy could be considered as an option.
State of Wisconsin grant cuts training cost by half: Wisconsin employers can send employees to training sessions like the GATF Sheetfed Offset Press Operating Workshop at Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI). This four day hands on workshop has a normal cost of $1,595 but is cut to $800 thanks to a very generous grand from Wisconsin.
Make sure you have control of you keywords: As web-to-print grows and the importance of your web-site along with it, make sure you have control of you brand and your keywords. If you don’t you might end up in court like these two Florida mortgage companies did. While you may think you have the rights to your company name, your competitor with a similar name may not agree. I think the world 0f web-to-print makes these types of disputes in the printing industry very likely. (Oh boy, I just found more work for the lawyers….)