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Komori America announced that Quantum Graphics invested in its fourth Komori press, an eight-color Lithrone G40 advance perfector (GL840P advance) with LED-UV and an MBO T800.

During his company’s LEAD Beyond event last week, Toshiba America Business Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer Larry White revealed that the company will introduce cloud-centric offerings to enhance workflow automation. 

ConnectWise announced its annual PitchIT Accelerator Program finalists. Three startup vendors, vCIOToolbox, Nodeware, and Thread, participated in 16 weeks of business development training and emerged victorious from Battle Royale.

Ricoh USA, Inc. announced the RICOH Pro C7500, the latest addition in Ricoh’s next generation lineup of digital color sheetfed presses.

Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive presented its 2023 Women in Supply Chain Award to Toshiba America Business Solutions Director of Supply Chain Planning Tracy Zhou.   

The Cannata Report presents office technology news highlights from the week of September 11-15.

Frank G. Cannata, inspired by one of the trends revealed in our upcoming 38th Annual Dealer Survey, offers his thoughts on Lexmark, Ninestar Corporation, and some interesting dealer revelations on the A4 front.

HP Inc. announced Anneliese Olson as senior vice president & managing director of its North America market, effective September 18, 2023.

PRINTING United Alliance applauds the formation of the inaugural Congressional Printing Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Nic Marois, the director of Sales and Marketing at CapStone Technologies, will lead an educational session at MAILCOM 2023.

Konica Minolta announced a strategic North American partnership with Graphic Whizard Inc. and Graphic Whizard USA Inc.

Epson announced Epson America, Inc., Epson Portland Inc., and Seiko Epson Corp. reached a settlement with Planet Green Cartridges Inc., in its lawsuit accusing infringement of its ink cartridge patents and the unlawful selling of remanufactured cartridges across online retail venues.

Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc. revealed details of its 12th annual Kyocera Service Award competition. 

Epson announced the ColorWorks CW-C4000 and CW-C6000-series now integrate with Loftware’s NiceLabel Cloud platform.

Stargel Office Solutions announced that it has completed the acquisition of a dealership in Round Rock, Texas.

The Cannata Report’s Manic Monday presents office technology industry news highlights from the week of September 4-8.

Chip Miceli, CEO of Pulse Technology served as a panelist at the 2023 BTA National Conference held in late August in Boston.

In this week’s episode of Fridays with Frank, Frank G. Cannata discusses the hiring crisis in the commercial printing industry and what that means to dealers and OEMs who sell production print equipment to those organizations.