2024 Innovator of the Year: Freedom Graphic Systems Leads with New Technology (piworld.com)

Quad/Graphics, Inc. announced that it has been added as a member of the U.S. small-cap Russell 2000® Index pertaining to the 2022 Russell indexes reconstitution, effective June 27, 2022. The Company’s membership in the Russell 2000® Index, which remains in place for one year, is based on membership in the broad-market Russell 3000® Index. The stock also was automatically added to the appropriate growth and value indexes. “We are pleased to be a member of the Russell indexes, and look forward to continuing to share how we are accelerating and scaling our strategy as a marketing experience company,” said Tony Staniak, Chief Financial Officer of Quad. “We continue to build on positive sales growth momentum from clients embracing our integrated marketing platform, while focusing on financial objectives to drive shareholder value.”

The enhancement of the new Versafire digital printing generation is fully focused on customer benefit and the market requirements. With the Versafire EV, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) now offers a truly versatile digital production system, designed for use at entry level as well as by experienced digital printing providers. “The Versafire EV gives our customers a flexible production system that is specially designed to ideally meet the requirements in the graphic arts industry and that they can use to further enhance their digital business model as a result of diversification and optimization,” explains Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board responsible for Digital Technology at Heidelberg.

Expanding its range of in-mould label products and presenting non-UV print shops the ability to compete in this growing segment, Flint Group today announces the global availability of Novastar® D 2000 IML BIO for metallised paper and non-absorbent substrates. According to Jürgen Riedlinger, Director Global Product Management, Sheetfed, “Over the last 5 to 6 years global production of in-mould labels has grown at around 4% per year, due in part to the ability of the technology to enhance the product visibility and brand identification in the market. And we believe in-mould labelling will continue to grow significantly as the manufacturing efficiencies and visual quality it brings gets wider endorsement. Currently in-mould accounts for less than 3% of all labelling, so there is plenty of room for it to grow.” Click Read More below for additional information.