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Automation Solutions Network Formalizes Organization and Names Committee Members
Friday 30. April 2010 - The Automation Solutions Network (previously the JDF User Group) comes to agreement to formalize its organization and name the committee members. The change reflects the various interest areas within membership; commercial, web, digital, and in-house printers using JDF-enabled automation to boost profitability as well as vendors and technologist that help provide the solutions printers demand.
“The Automation Solutions Network isn’t just for one slice of the printing industry”, says, Ray Hartman, “while there are some issues unique to, say web printing, most printers find they share similar experiences when managing automation projects at their companies. Ultimately, the Automation Solutions Network is discovering what it means to be a printer in the 21st century, and the new structure will help us keep the balance necessary to represent the diverse interests within the Automation Solutions Network membership.”
The positions on the Automation Solutions Network Steering Committee, and the representatives filling those positions are:
Steering Committee Chair: Mark Bohan, Vice President, Technology and Research, Printing Industries of America
Vice Chair: Ray Hartman, Independent Consultant
Membership & Marketing Officer: Mark Wilton, President, Wilton & Partners Consulting, Inc.
Steering Committee Members:
* Technology Representative: Brandon Iskey, Computational Research Scientist, Printing Industries of America
* Printer Representative (Digital Printing): Open
* Printer Representative (General Commercial): Rick Riegger, Color Control Manager, Japs-Olson
* Printer Representative (In-house Printing): Tom Coker, Communicorp, Inc
* Printer Representative (Web Printing): Christy Miners, Director of Prepress and Technology, Democrat Printing
* CIP4 Liaison: Jim Harvey, Executive Director, CIP4 Organization
The Automation Solutions Network a joint partnership between Printing Industries of America & CIP4 was established as an open forum for users and vendors to discuss their automation issues and experiences, with a solutions-oriented focus. The Automation Solutions Network has established itself as the premiere event to exchange ideas and solutions for JDF workflows. It focuses on the development and practical implementation of JDF-enabled systems and cross-vendor implementations.
The group welcomes a wide range of users of JDF-enabled systems as well as the suppliers of those systems.
The Automation Solutions Network meetings allow printers to exchange and share ideas with their peers and vendor members. This rare opportunity to communicate with vendors in a private setting benefits the entire printing community.
The next Automation Solutions Network meeting is being hosted by Ampersand Printing, and the meeting will be held June 15-16, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario.
The group welcomes a wide range of users of automation systems as well as the suppliers of those systems. All interested parties are welcome to become members. To become a member and register for the next meeting, please visit www.printing.org/automation, call +1 412-259-1706, or email automation@printing.org.