The newspaper reported last week that Kodak and Japanese manufacturer Ryobi Ltd. have signed an agreement to jointly create a sheetfed printing press using Kodak’s Prosper S5 Imprinting Systems technology.
It marks the first sheetfed press using Kodak digital inkjet technology.
The company makes its own digital inkjet web press, which prints on a giant roll of paper, as well as digital printheads that can be attached to traditional web presses.
“The printer agreement announced Wednesday comes as Kodak is increasingly pinning its business hopes on becoming a printing technology-centric company,” the newspaper reported.
SuperValu’s exit from Xenia a surprise
Xenia City Manager Jim Percival said he was surprised by SuperValu’s decision to close the company’s 400,000-square-foot distribution center in Xenia and eliminate 120 jobs.
Despite having good relations with the company over the past 51 years, no one at SuperValu gave Xenia city officials a heads up about the decision before it was announced Thursday morning.
Looking at the company’s financials, you can see why SuperValu opted to move quickly.
SuperValu finished its fiscal year with a $1 billion loss on sales of $36.1 billion. Even a company as large as SuperValu can ill afford to lose such large sums.
Percival said he’s eager to work with SuperValu to find a new owner for the building with a payroll equal to or larger than Supervalu’s.
Columbus among the best cities to find work
Adecco Staffing says as the U.S. economy continues to show signs of improvement and companies feel more confident investing in talent, demand for skilled workers is again on the rise.
The firm compiled a list of the 10 best cities to find work in the U.S., and even though government jobs are ripe for cutting, Washington, D.C. and Arlington/Alexandria, Va. took the top spot on this year’s list.
The other top spots were Austin, Texas; Ithaca, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; Portland, Maine; Dallas, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Columbus, Ohio; Baltimore, Md.; and Pittsburgh, Pa.
“The variety of industries hiring and skills in demand show that there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the job climate right now,” said Janette Marx, senior vice president of Adecco Staffing U.S.
Adecco developed the list based on internal data and feedback from Adecco Staffing’s regional branch network across the United States.
The list factors in the local unemployment rate, job opportunities based on volume of job openings over the past six months, and a general assessment of the overall economic environment in each market.
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