{"id":16558,"date":"2016-12-27T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=16558"},"modified":"2016-12-27T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T13:00:09","slug":"business-school-receives-press-valued-at-nearly-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/business-school-receives-press-valued-at-nearly-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Business school receives press valued at nearly $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Printing press giant, Nilpeter has completely outfitted a FB-3 13-inch fully automated servo press at Clemson University Graphics Communication Center in Godfrey Hall. Professor Kern Cox and students observed its operation.<\/p><\/div>
\nClemson’s nationally\u00a0recognized graphic communications program just\u00a0got better, thanks to a nearly $1 million gift-in-kind from global press supplier\u00a0Nilpeter Inc. The state-of-the-art flexographic printing press<\/a> will enable the\u00a0University to build on its reputation as one of the nation\u2019s leaders in printing\u00a0and packaging design education by providing students with this cutting-edge\u00a0teaching tool.
\n\u201cNilpeter\u2019s gift is an investment in the next generation of packaging\u00a0design leaders,\u201d said President Clements. \u201cWe appreciate, and are honored,\u00a0that Nilpeter recognizes Clemson as a leader in preparing high-caliber printing\u00a0and packaging design professionals for the industry.\u201d\u00a0Clemson\u2019s graphic communications program has long been recognized as\u00a0a national leader in packaging design and printing education with a hands-on\u00a0approach that gives students an employability advantage. The program boasts\u00a0a 95 percent employment rate upon graduation.
\n\u201cOur students understand marketplace competitiveness and how implementing\u00a0technology can keep companies strong and innovative,\u201d said Charles\u00a0\u201cChip\u201d Tonkin, department chair. \u201cThe value of this gift extends to potential\u00a0employers in that they want students who know how to utilize and implement\u00a0the latest technologies to stay competitive. We appreciate that Nilpeter\u00a0believes in our students and faculty to invest this level of commitment in\u00a0Clemson and the industry.\u201d
\nA global printing company with nearly 100 years of engineering expertise\u00a0in printing, Nilpeter serves businesses in 65 countries with high-quality label\u00a0and narrow-web printing solutions. \u201cNilpeter is strongly committed to the\u00a0education of the next generation of printers. By operating the latest and most\u00a0innovative technology, we aim to inspire skilled students to positively influence\u00a0the printing industry in the years to come,\u201d said Lars Eriksen, CEO and owner\u00a0of Nilpeter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clemson’s nationally\u00a0recognized graphic communications program just\u00a0got better, thanks to a nearly $1 million gift-in-kind from global press supplier\u00a0Nilpeter Inc. The state-of-the-art flexographic printing press will enable the\u00a0University to build on its reputation as one of the nation\u2019s leaders in printing\u00a0and packaging design education by providing students with this cutting-edge\u00a0teaching tool. \u201cNilpeter\u2019s gift is an investment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":16559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[479,683,2179,2303,3306,3310],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-16558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-business","tag-clemson-forever","tag-packaging-science","tag-printing-press","tag-winter-2017","tag-winter-2017-clemson-forever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/NilpeterPress-06.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16558"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}