ACROSS the nation

Bindery Gear Heads to East Coast Shop

LEBANON, PA—Colortech Inc., a full-service commercial printer, recently installed a Vijuk 321-T saddlestitcher.

Things Get Bigger in Texas After Install

MESQUITE, TX— IntegraColor Inc. has purchased a five-color, 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 sheetfed press, making IntegraColor the first printer in the Southwest with 81˝ litho capabilities. The press has been configured with a special board-handling package and is also to be equipped with UV facilities for printing on plastics. It also incorporates an ICS slitter system and non-stop pile changing for the feeder and delivery. KBA has added its own Densitronic quality control system, and inline perforating and slitting to the press. An automatic camera register control system provides an extremely efficient system for fast color registration on a press of this size.
CALIFORNIA

REDWOOD CITY—Pacific Printing and Fulfillment Inc. has installed a five-color Komori Lithrone 28 (NL528) with coater. This is the third Komori press for the general commercial printer, having purchased its first six-color Komori in 1997.

SAN LUIS OBISPO—The year 2006 marks the 60th anniversary of Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department, and several celebrations are in the making. A highlight will be the “Reunion of the Decades” on October 6 and 7. The event will reunite friends, colleagues, faculty and industry partners from 60 years of printing and graphic communication education at the university.

FLORIDA

AUBURNDALE—M&M Printing & Graphics is now operating a four-color Kodak DirectPress 5634 DI press to serve the on-demand color printing market.

SARASOTA—DKS-Digital Kopy Services, a trade printer, has also added a Kodak DirectPress 5634 DI to its lineup of digital equipment. DKS offers both digital offset and toner-based printing services, along with a fully automated, on-demand bindery to keep the work flowing.

TALLAHASSEE—Harvest Printing & Copy Center recently installed a Quickmaster QM DI 46 direct imaging press from Heidelberg to satisfy growing customer demand for four-color jobs.

GEORGIA

ATLANTA—Offset Atlanta has added a Xerox iGen3 110 digital production press to complement its traditional offset printing services. Offset Atlanta is part of Nationwide Graphics/Premier Print, a network of 16 commercial printers across the United States.

ILLINOIS

CAROL STREAM—Team Concept Printing & Thermography is now running a four-color Ryobi 3304 sheetfed press, as well as a K2 Digicoat Premier sheetfed machine that UV coats (both continuous and spot).

NILES—The Garvey Group (TGG), a network of Midwest-based commercial printing companies, has completed the installation of a six-color, 56˝ KBA Rapida 142 large-format press at its headquarters plant here.

INDIANA

ANGOLA—Commercial Graphics recently installed a Quicksetter 300E imagesetting device from Heidelberg to transition from film and metal plates to direct-to-plate processing. The Quicksetter complements the shop’s earlier acquisition of a four-color Heidelberg Quickmaster QM DI 46 direct imaging press. Commercial Graphics also purchased a Heidelberg consumables package, including Cristala Quickplate polyester plates and chemistry.

MARYLAND

BALTIMORE—Thermo Fast has added a four-color Presstek DI press to its list of digital offset capabilities.

ROCKVILLE—The EU Caring Campaign, a non-profit organization founded by EU Services, sent $10,000 to charitable organizations to support hurricane relief efforts.

MICHIGAN

MADISON HEIGHTS—The EGT Group announced that it formed a partnership with Bill Duren, through Duren Resources Inc. (DRI), a MMBDC certified company. This relationship will benefit EGT clients who are in need of minority sourcing for their sheetfed printing, mailing, fulfillment and advertising specialties needs. Additionally, it will allow DRI to expand its offerings to its client base while giving DRI the mentoring and the resources to grow the company.

NEVADA

RENO—Allegra Print & Imaging has installed a five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 with coater to replace an existing four-color press. Allegra Print & Imaging is a general commercial printer housing 14 employees.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

EAST HAMPSTEAD—RAM Printing is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, including an open house planned for May by owners Wally and Buddy Zaremba.

NEW JERSEY

CARLSTADT—Pictorial Offset was recently re-certified by SmartWood for its Forest Stewardship Council Chain-of-Custody certification.

FAIRVIEW—Cartondruck USA, a package printer, has extended its capacity and scope by installing a new nine-color, 41˝ KBA Rapida 105 sheetfed press equipped with double varnishing units and a double delivery extension. The customized press was installed in the fall of 2005.

NORTH CAROLINA

CHARLOTTE —J.R. Cole Industries, the holding company for four converting operations, recently installed a six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 press with UV capabilities at its flagship folding carton division, Southern Converters.

GREENSBORO—Buchanan Printing & Graphics has moved into a new 7,750-square-foot facility. The company is celebrating 15 years in business.

NORTH DAKOTA

BISMARK—Quality Printing Service has acquired a Heidelberg Prosetter 102 CTP system and a high-speed Polar 115 X cutter to increase quality and efficiency. Founded in 1979, Quality Printing Service is a family owned and operated general commercial printer housing 21 employees.

OHIO

CLEVELAND—St Ives Cleveland recently held an open house to celebrate the installation an eight-color MAN Roland 700 press.

COLUMBUS—Hopkins Printing has announced the installation of its sixth Heidelberg press. The company’s newest addition is a quarter-size, two-color machine.

PENNSYLVANIA

EAGLEVILLE—Edwards Printing has completed installation of ePace, an integrated print management and e-commerce solution. With ePace and a newly developed Website, customers can request estimates, check job status and history, track shipments, print invoices and view PDF proofs within a real-time eService Center.

SHARON—Victor Printing has purchased an Apple Xserve RAID storage system and a Mailcrafters Edge Series 9800 mail inserting system.

WEST CHESTER—Rapidocolor Corp. has implemented a new PDF-based Prinergy workflow system along with a Kodak Creo platesetter for computer-to-plate production.

TEXAS

LUBBOCK—Hurricane is now running a new five-color Komori Lithrone 28 sheetfed press with coater.

UTAH

OREM—Rocky Mountain Press, a full-service commercial printer, has installed its second Komori press, a six-color Lithrone S40 perfector with coater. The two new presses replace four existing Heidelberg presses.

SALT LAKE CITY—Zellerbach Paper has purchased a high-speed Polar 137 XT cutter from Heidelberg to upgrade existing bindery equipment. Founded in the late 1800s, Zellerbach Paper is a distribution facility owned by International Paper.

WASHINGTON

SEATTLE—ColorGraphics, a commercial web and sheetfed printing conglomerate with facilities strategically located in the Western United States, recently installed an eight-color Komori Lithrone 840 with coater at its facility here.

WISCONSIN

APPLETON—Fox Valley Technical College recently installed a two-color Speedmaster SM 52 perfecting press from Heidelberg.

SUN PRAIRIE—DeGolier Printing announced a new workflow to complement its addition of a five-color Heidelberg press with in-line coating capabilities. The new workflow from Kodak Creo includes Prinergy Evo software. It is also installing a Magnus 400 CTP unit, which will use Kodak’s processless thermal plates and an Epson Stylus Pro 7800 proofer.

WAUNAKEE—Suttle-Straus Inc. reports the installation of a four-color, 40˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 3000R convertible perfector. The Diamond 3000R is Suttle-Straus’ fourth Mitsubishi press.

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