Memjet announces the unexpected death of its CEO
On April 13, Len Lauer, CEO of Memjet, died suddenly at his home in California. He was 62 years old. He had been the head of the Californian group specializing in the manufacture of OEM inkjet heads since 2010.
The Board of Directors has appointed Sunil Gupta, a member of the Memjet Board of Directors and former executive of Fuji Xerox Australia, Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific and Xerox International Partners and Xerox Corporation, as Memjet's CEO.
Antalis mobilises in the fight against Covid-19
From 10 to 30 April 2020, the paper, packaging and visual communication solution distributor Antalis will donate 1% of the value of each stock order to Tous unis contre le virus. Tous unis contre le virus is an initiative that combines the strengths of the Fondation de France, AP-HP and Institut Pasteur. It helps healthcare personnel, researchers and the most disadvantaged in the face of the SARS-CoV 2 virus responsible for Covid-19 and finances medical research projects.
The printer mixes the brushes together and creates a unique comic book
On the Ebay website, an Internet user put a comic strip on sale for $1.2 million. Behind this astronomical amount, there is a remarkable error in the production process: this copy of New Teen Titans number 6 of DC Comics contains the Marvel-Two-In-One marvel number 74!
Both publishers' titles were produced at the same time, in April 1981, by the same Ronald's Printing plant in Canada, which became entangled in the finishing process.
To justify its price, the US-based seller parallels previous record comic book sales.
He cites in particular the sale of the share Action Comics . . .in which Superman makes his first appearance, of which 56 copies remain. . . He says one of these copies sold at auction for $4.5 million. . . It actually sold for US$3.2 million ($4.5 million in Canadian dollars) in 2014 on Ebay.
The New Teen Titans #6 with this mistake, there would only be three of them.
No more book sales for Amazon
On April 14, the Nanterre court banned Amazon from delivering non-essential products (food, medical or hygiene products), including books, for one month while it assesses the risks of employees to the coronavirus. Amazon faces a fine of one million euros for each day of delay and for each infraction.
The trade union Solidaires (South) at the origin of the plain estimates that only 10% of the goods delivered by Amazon are essential products.
In response to this decision, the online sales giant announced the closure of its French sites from Thursday 16 to Monday 20 April inclusive. The official reason given was to clean up the warehouses and assess the risks.
"Yesterday's decision by the Nanterre court of justice leaves us perplexed given the concrete evidence that has been provided on the security measures put in place to protect our employees (...) Without the possibility of operating our distribution centres in France, we will be forced to severely restrict a service that has become essential for the millions of people who wish to have access to the products they need during this crisis" states in a press release the American company.
