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Marradi, September 7, 2010 – PRATI announces it has founded PRATI AUTOMATION. The new company will manage the sales & services operations of the full range of PRATI machines in the label and converting industry in US and Canada. PRATI AUTOMATION will make its public debut at Labelexpo Americas.

BARCELONA, Spain, 11 August 2010 – HP today announced that ORWO Net GmbH, of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, has installed the first HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press in Germany to increase its capacity for the production of photo-specialty products.

Olomouc, Czech Republic, June 22, 2010 – Grapo Technologies, a manufacturer of wide format hybrid and flatbed UV printers based in the Czech Republic, is demonstrating innovative printing technology at FESPA 2010, being held June 22-26 in Munich. Gemini from Grapo Technologies is a brand-new next generation printer featuring unique technology with new variety of possibilities for the development of new printed applications in the sign and display graphics market.

Brussels, Belgium – June 21st 2010 – Spandex has extended its growing ImagePerfect™ range with the addition of an innovative and extremely easy-to-use self-adhesive vinyl which, thanks to advanced low tack adhesion levels, offers effortless repositionability and removability in a host of large format branding and promotional projects. The new white, semi-matt ImagePerfect 2534PA film has been engineered to enable fast, simple and clean application by non-professional end-users and is specifically designed for short-term large format digital inkjet printing applications using eco-solvent, solvent and UV-cured inks.

West Drayton, UK – June 16, 2010 – Presstek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRST), a leading supplier of digital offset printing solutions to the printing and communications industries, today announced that DXP Print Solutions in Wickford, Essex, has switched to Presstek chemistry-free Aurora Pro plates for use with its five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 74. Plates are imaged on a Kodak Trendsetter computer-to-plate system.

Madico Graphic Films, a leading UK supplier of specialist pressure sensitive, coated film products for durable label applications, has attributed increased sales of its versatile range of printable films that offer excellent adhesion and superior clean removability on a wide range of surfaces and at high temperatures to the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM, 31 May—Alito the leading offset print supplier has invested in a KODAK NEXPRESS SE2500 Digital Production Color Press with Fifth Imaging Unit and new KODAK NEXPRESS Dimensional Printing System to maximise opportunities in the direct mail and commercial printing markets. The company has completed the deal at Ipex 2010.