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  • Mimeo.com Appoints Steven Brown as Senior Vice President of Business Development

    From a press release from the issuing company
    Innovator
    of online managed content distribution and printing hires industry veteran to
    spearhead channel partnerships and expand enterprise sales 
    NEW
    YORK,     Thursday, November 20, 2014…..

     — Mimeo.com, the innovator of online, on-demand managed content
    distribution and printing of customized business documents and marketing
    materials, announced today the appointment of Steven Brown as the company’s
    Senior Vice President of Business Development. Steve joins Mimeo with over 27
    years in sales and business development.  
    Brown
    will lead Mimeo’s efforts creating strategic partnerships with Global 1000
    companies using Mimeo’s cloud based solutions. He will be a senior member of
    the sales and services management team helping drive go-to-market initiatives,
    both domestically and globally.
    Read
    more at this link:

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    http://whattheythink.com/news/71426-mimeocom-appoints-steven-brown-senior-vice-president-business-development/

  • On the subject of "Tuck-In" Acquisitions

    This article is now up on the
    blog-site known as The Digital Nirvana:
    “Tuck-In” as
    Relates to M&A    ”
    By Tom Cobery
    Presently there are
    two major methods in which a merger or acquisition occurs in the graphics
    industry. It is either strategic or a tuck-in. Today I will address the
    tuck-in method. A tuck-in occurs when a Buyer is seeking to merge with or
    acquire a company whose earnings are weak or non-existing. The Buyer is…
    Link to full article (and be sure to read the comments posted
    below the article):

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    http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2014/11/tuck-in-as-relates-to-ma/?utm_source=Digital+Nirvana&utm_campaign=93b06ffd18-Weekly11_18_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4a44931837-93b06ffd18-279404421

  • Why ABC Imaging is buying a building in Fairfax Co. it hoped it wouldn't need

    This article, authored by Daniel J.
    Sternovitz, Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal, was published  on Nov 10, 2014 and was updated on Nov 11,
    2014:
    Medi Falsafi isn’t someone who leaves a lot to
    chance.
    And so, when his landlord at the Lafayette
    Center in downtown D.C. walled off the interior, open-air atrium facing his
    offices in the building’s basement to install a fitness center to accommodate
    another tenant two years ago, Falsafi came to an important conclusion: In order
    to control its own destiny, ABC Imaging needed its own building rather than
    continuing to be a tenant in another landlord’s property.
    No, this isn’t the classic anecdotal lede to an
    owner-occupied building sale, though that’s certainly part of it. In October,
    Falsafi signed a contract to acquire a building in Fairfax County’s Alexandria
    section for $6.2 million and is planning to close on the acquisition of 5920
    Shawnee Road in January.

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  • Free Live Webcast: Is the pace of construction investment set to quicken?

    From CMD, AGC and the AIA…
    Will 2015 see further steady progress, or will it be sidetracked by
    the likes of material and labor shortages, commodity prices surges, further
    political bickering in Washington or military turmoil in hot spots around the
    world. Join an amazing team of economic exerts for an insightful, informative
    and interactive account of the outlook for construction in the upcoming months.


    Chief Economists
    from CMD, the AGC and the AIA combine forces for a lively, fast-paced economic webcast.


    Join us on November 20, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST for insight from
    construction’s leading economists.


    Link to further info and registration:


    http://www.cmdgroup.com/Resource-Center/Events/2014/11/Is-the-Pace-of-Construction-Investment-set-to-Quicken/

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  • We salute our country’s veterans

    …… For all they gave,
    and continue to give, for our great country.

    In particular, I’d
    like to honor, and salute:
    Former 1st
    Lt. Arthur Salus (deceased 1976).
    During WWII, my father was a Navigator in a Heavy Bomber
    Group of the 15th Air Force (304th Bomb Wing, 454th
    Bomb Group, 737th Bomb Squadron.) Based in southern Italy, Dad and
    his crew completed 35 bombing missions over eastern and central Europe from
    1944 to 1945.  Prior to volunteering for
    service, and after being discharged when WWII ended, my dad was a
    Pharmacist.  Dad never talked about his
    time in the Army Air Corps, it was something he kept inside.  I do know that many of his fellow servicemen
    did not return home; they were either KIA or shot down and spent time as POW’s.
    Former Master Sgt
    Gerson (Gus) Nadell (deceased 2007).
    During WWII, my father in law was the head NCO at the 303rd
    Bomb Group Headquarters, which was based in England, somewhere outside of
    London.  The 303rd Bomb Group
    was part of the 8th Air Force, which flew heavy bomber missions over
    western Europe.  Gus, my mentor for the
    first 11 years of my career in the reprographics business, was a recipient of
    two bronze stars.
    During my life in the reprographics business, I became
    friends with two people whose fathers served in Italy in the 15th
    Air Force in Italy during WWII.  Pat
    Brumfield, the CEO of Lellyett & Rogers (Nashville, TN) and Woodie Rush,
    PlanExpress (Memphis, TN); their fathers were also in Heavy Bomber units.

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    To those of you who served
    in our country’s armed forces and to those of you whose grandfathers, fathers,
    uncles (and wives, moms and grandmothers) served our country, we thank you, and them, for
    your service to our country.


    Visit theconcertforvalor.com and give and/or volunteer.

  • NRI featured in Autodesk article: Transforming the jobsite trailer

    Link to article:
    http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/expand-bim-construction-q3/article-1

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  • Autodesk Creates $100 Million Fund to Back 3-D Printing Technology

    Reuters

    Autodesk Inc is strengthening its position
    in the 3-D printing space, creating a $100 million fund to bankroll researchers
    and entrepreneurs and striking a handful of diverse partnerships involving
    everything from IP protection to inexpensive metal printing.
    Announced
    the day after Hewlett Packard
    unveiled 3-D
    printing products     slated for 2016, Autodesk’s push highlights
    ongoing efforts by established companies to help shape what many consider to be
    the future of manufacturing.
    The value
    of 3-D printing units shipped for both consumer and enterprise uses will
    continue to double every year until 2018 when it will hit $13.4 billion,
    according to research firm Gartner.
    Although
    the market potential for 3-D printing is huge–Gartner’s estimate doesn’t
    include software, printing materials, licensing and related industries–the
    sector is still nascent and major challenges remain.
    High
    printing costs, inconsistent and sometimes broken workflows and other hurdles
    are bedeviling early adopters and are among the problems Autodesk is seeking to
    solve, Autodesk Senior Director of Business Development and Operations Aubrey
    Cattell said.
    To assist
    in that goal, Autodesk created the $100 million Spark Investment Fund to find
    and fund hardware, software, materials and marketplace startups. Selected
    startups will also partner with Autodesk by working through its 3-D printing
    platform Spark.
    Introduced last
    spring    , the free, open-source platform is building a library of
    APIs to help users optimize designs and improve the creation process.
    Mr.
    Cattell said the $403 million acquisition of MakerBot Inc. by Stratasys last
    year is an example of the payoff that could come from backing startups in the
    sector. He said investing in such startups, many of whom have expressed
    interest in partnering with Autodesk through the Spark platform, is a good way
    to solidify such relationships.
    “Our aims
    are strategic as well as financial,” he said.
    Autodesk
    acquired 3-D design tool Tinkercad last year and now features it along with
    three other design apps to create 3-D products.

    Although
    he called the maker movement an “economic force” driving excitement and
    innovation around 3-D printing, Mr. Cattell said Autodesk was focused on
    industrial and commercial applications.
    Along
    with announcing the fund, Autodesk announced partnerships with digital
    licensing company Authentise Inc. and materials company MatterFab Inc. that
    specializes in affordable metal printing for industrial uses.
    Autodesk
    also announced a partnership with 3-D Hubs, an Airbnb of sorts for 3-D printing
    that allows users to find nearby printers and then send designs to the operator
    that can be either picked up or delivered.

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  • Phil Maggenheim has joined ABC Imaging as its Vice President, 3D Services

    Best wishes to Phil for lots of success in his new gig.

    Phil was previously with Direct Dimensions, 3DMTP, Contex, Ideal Scanners & Systems, and Ideal Reprographics.

  • Oh how I loved the Redskins-Cowboys game last night!

    This post has nothing, at all, to do with
    reprographics!
    Oh how I loved the Redskins-Cowboys game last night!
    Prior to watching the game, I read several
    articles about how badly the Cowboys were going to beat up the Redskins and
    about how the Redskins wouldn’t stand a chance in hell of beating the Cowboys.  I also read up on how marvelous, if not invincible,
    the Cowboys offensive line was.
    But, when you are a Redskins fan, like I am,
    you “never say never.”
    Turns out, I got the last laugh last
    night!  Skins 20 – Cowboys 17.
    (from the Washington Post, on-line,
    10/28/14)
    ARLINGTON,
    Tex. — A third-string quarterback, a rookie cornerback and a fierce defensive
    stand combined to pull off a stunning upset in one of the NFL’s more storied
    rivalries Monday night, as Washington toppled the heavily favored Dallas Cowboys on their home turf, 20-17, in overtime.
    Quarterback Colt McCoy was as cool as they come in
    overtime, not missing a throw as he marched Washington downfield on five
    completions to Pierre Garcon, Jordan Reed and DeSean Jackson. Kai Forbath
    capped the drive with a 40-yard field goal that supplied the crucial margin.
    But Dallas
    still had a chance to win the game under overtime rules. Its three-time Pro
    Bowl quarterback Tony Romo, who had been forced out in the third quarter by a
    bone-jarring sack, had re-entered the lineup for late-game heroics. They didn’t
    materialize, with rookie Bashaud Breeland batting away Romo’s final throw and
    bringing the game to its improbable end.
    With it,
    Washington (3-5) won back-to-back games for the first
    time since the close of the 2012 regular season and snapped the Cowboys’
    six-game winning streak. Washington also got its first victory in the NFC East
    since December 2012.

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    The notion
    that the Redskins could actually beat Dallas (6-2) drew laughter Sunday from a CBS NFL Today crew
    that included football luminaries Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason and Tony
    Gonzalez. The entire panel of experts in ESPN’s Monday night pregame show picked against the Redskins.

  • C2 Reprographics re-brands to C2 Imaging

    Very recently, C2 Reprographics, one of the largest reprographics (oops, imaging) services enterprises in southern California, launched its name change and rebranding campaign.  C2 is now called, “C2 Imaging”.

    Those of you, whose companies still have in their names, the words Blue Print or Blueprint, or Reprographics, or Reproduction, take note …. there’s no time like the present to update your name and image.