ACROSS the nation
arizona
PHOENIX—O'Neil Printing has added a new six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 perfector with coating system. The new press is an upgrade from a five-color Heidelberg GTO 52. Founded in 1908, O'Neil Printing has been an employee-owned company since 1996.
TUCSON—Southern Arizona Graphic Associates has installed a new six-color Komori Lithrone S40 press with coater.
california
ONTARIO—Rey Nelson Printing purchased a five-color, 20˝ KBA Genius 52 waterless UV press while attending PRINT 05 in Chicago. According to company president George Alderson, the 28-year-old trade shop sees a major market opportunity to produce short-run synthetic printing.
FLORIDA
MOUNT DORA—DMMI Promotions has installed two DocuSheeter iG roll feed systems from Lasermax Roll Systems along with two Xerox iGen3 printers at its print facility here. DMMI uses the DocuSheeters to feed cut sheets from rolls to the iGen3s for its automobile dealership promotional applications. According to President Rick Teets, the DocuSheeters allowed DMMI to save a penny per 11x17˝ sheet on paper costs.
illinois
NORTHFIELD—Pioneer Press, a subsidiary of newspaper publisher Hollinger International, has added equipment to an existing Goss pressline. Pioneer purchased 16 Tensor units in the form of four T-1400 four-high towers for two separate operations.
maryland
LANHAM—Art & Negative Graphics recently added a four-color Heidelberg Quickmaster QM DI 46 to meet growing customer demand. The press supplements the shop's existing six-color Speedmaster CD 102. Founded in 1981, the mid-sized, family owned general commercial printer houses 21 employees.
massachusetts
RANDOLPH—Fowler Printing & Graphics has completed the installation of a new six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 perfector, replacing four-color and five-color Heidelberg presses.
michigan
GRAND RAPIDS—For the second time in six years, Copy Options has moved to a larger facility. The digital imaging provider now has more storage and production space.
SALINE—A four-color Presstek waterless digital offset press has been purchased by Quickprint Inc. The company reports it is now a member of Presstek's "Club DI."
new jersey
NORTH BERGEN—Edison Litho & Printing has signed on to purchase a six-color, 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 sheetfed press. The super-large-format press will be installed later this year at its newly expanded plant, now standing at 80,000 square feet.
WALL—Tensor Group reports it is adding two T-1400 series four-high towers onto a twinned Web Leader Atlas press at RFM Printing.
new york
NEW YORK CITY—Financial and commercial printer Doremus Financial Printing has formed a partnership with Imprima de Bussy, a European-based financial printing and communications group. It will allow Doremus to offer its clients Virtual Data Rooms, which provide corporations a secure location for Internet-based information exchange during due diligence.
ohio
COLUMBUS—Vincent Direct, a direct marketing firm providing graphic design, printing, mailing and fulfillment, purchased a new eight-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone perfecting press with coater.
Toledo—Metzgers Printing & Mailing updated its digital printing department with the installation of a Xerox DocuColor 8000 and a Xerox Nuvera 120. To complete the system, Metzgers has also partnered with PageFlex to offer online storefronts to allow key customers to order offset and digital printing services. The new service has been named: "Print What You Want/When You Need It!"
PENNSYLVANIA
Natronia Heights—Pittsburgh-area printer General Press has added two more MAN Roland presses (a seven-color Roland 700 and a six-color 500) to join an existing eight-color Roland 700 perfector. Shown celebrating the purchase, from the left, are: MAN Roland's Juerg Spittler: General's Douglas Helgert, plant superintendent; Robert Berg, general manager of MAN Roland's Eastern region; Scott Poorbaugh, vice president of information systems at General; and Al Muccari, MAN Roland district sales manager.
south dakota
ABERDEEN—Midstates Printing has installed a new five-color Komori Lithrone 28 press with coater.
texas
ABILENE—Quality Printing recently transitioned its prepress department from film processing to computer-to-plate technology with the addition of a Heidelberg Prosetter 74 platesetter with MetaDimension, PrintReady and Signa software.
LUBBOCK—A new six-color Komori Lithrone S40 with coater is now in operation at Austin Copy Craft Printers.
virginia
RICHMOND—Carter Printing recently hosted a series of open houses to celebrate its newly upgraded production capabilities. A total of 275 attendees toured the 55,000-square-foot facility. The focal point of the capital expansion was a six-color, 56˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 6000LS sheetfed press. Carter Printing also showed off its new MBO Perfection folder.
wisconsin
GREEN BAY—Seaway Printing has signed an agreement to implement THE System business management software from CRC Information Systems. The software solution provides functions such as estimating and scheduling modules. Seaway provides a range of services from traditional commercial printing and book publishing to on-demand and variable data printing.
WAUKESHA—The Scan Group has installed a Heidelberg Printmaster GTO 52-5 and a Stahlfolder B 26. Along with the installation, the shop added a Heidelberg consumables package, including blankets and chemistry. The five-color Printmaster GTO press complements the shop's existing six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM DI.
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