7 Reasons the Jury Is Still Out on Flats Sequencing: It's still not clear whether the U.S. Postal Service's $1.4 billion investment in the Flats Sequencing System will pay off, according to the chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission says. Mailers had hoped FSS would reduce the Postal...

InfoTrends’ Global Production Copying and Printing Market Forecast: According to InfoTrends latest forecast, Global Production Copying and Printing Market Forecast: 2010-2015, the retail value of print in the production copying and digital printing market is expected to grow at a 5-year CAGR of 5.4%, reaching $117 billion in 2015.This global view of the digital production printing market provides detailed forecast data on the growth in digital document printing in a range of segments. The Excel pivot table section allows the user to view the information in ...

KBA Reports Orders up 15.4%: While the third quarter saw demand in the press engineering sector slow, German press vendor Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) profited from a strong presence in niche markets such as security printing, metal decorating and industrial coding, where demand is robust. In the summer quarter the group booked new orders worth €472.8m, the highest level since the record year of 2006. The order intake for the nine months to October was up 15.4% at €1,155.7m (2010: €1,001.2m). The order backlog

Staples revamps b-to-b e-commerce site, reports net sales increase: Staples, Inc. launched a new e-commerce site for its b-to-b division, Staples Advantage, said Laura Brooks, VP of b-to-b e-commerce at Staples. The new site is designed to feature faster and easier search navigation, alternative product recommendations and enhanced site customization, among other changes.

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