ACROSS the nation
arizona
PHOENIX—AIRO Graphics is now operating a six-color Komori Lithrone 40 perfector.
TEMPE—A Prime UV four-lamp UV curing system has been installed as a retrofit on a five-unit Harris M-110 perfector web press to cure wet trap UV ink on commercial printing at ValleyWide Printing Services.
california
BURBANK—LAgraphico, a full-service premedia and printing company that serves the film industry, recently installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 sheetfed press to produce promotional collateral to support feature films such as "Peter Pan," "Seabiscuit" and "Cheaper by the Dozen." On February 20, LAgraphico celebrated its 25th anniversary with an open house event at its new 78,000-square-foot facility.
LONG BEACH—A new four-color Komori Lithrone 28 has been added to the press lineup at Seaside Printing. The press includes digital workflow, automatic plate changing and make-ready systems, double-size cylinders and color management tools. It also adds an in-line coater to the four-color capabilities of the company.
OXNARD—Custom Printing now provides inventory services for clients via its Inventory Annex, a 4,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the printer's production area.
PASADENA—Don Romine, president of Green Street Press, reports that his company is using its new six-color, 28˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 1000LS press with aqueous coater and extended delivery to produce higher-end, full-color work.
connecticut
NEW BRITAIN—Edward Young, owner and president of sheetfed printer Hitchcock Printing & Distribution, reports that the all-Heidelberg shop is celebrating 100 years in business.
TRUMBULL—A six-color Komori Lithrone S40 has been installed at Preferred Printing.
illinois
BROADVIEW—Printing Arts reports it has moved to a new and more convenient location at 2001 West 21st St., equally distant from downtown Chicago and the O'Hare corridor.
EFFINGHAM—Quebecor World has purchased and installed an Automatän jogger/aerator for its print facility here.
WOOD DALE—Madden Communications has purchased a DocuColor iGen3 digital production press from Xerox Corp. to produce customized point-of-purchase display materials, such as signs and price cards. Madden expects its print volume on the iGen3 to be 800,000 pages per month.
kentucky
CRESTVIEW HILLS—A new six-color Heidelberg press with perfecting and coating capabilities has been added to the pressroom at Flottman Co.
LOUISVILLE—Clark and Riggs has installed a six-color Komori Lithrone 40 perfector with coater.
maryland
BALTIMORE—Bindagraphics has purchased a Rilecart FAR 5/55 high-speed automatic punching machine from Pigna America.
michigan
ROYAL OAK—A four-color Heidelberg Printmaster 74 perfector, Meta-Dimension workflow and Prosetter 74 platesetter have replaced a five-color Heidelberg GTO and film imagesetters at Creative Impressions.
WARREN—Clark Graphics, a multi-service business communications and commercial printer, has invested in a KBA 74 Karat fully digital offset press equipped with an aqueous coater. It is said to be the first direct imaging press of its kind in the state of Michigan.
minnesota
ST. PAUL—Family owned Ideal Printers celebrated 25 years in business in February with a visit from St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly and by providing its traditional "Key's Carmel Rolls" to employees and visitors.
mississippi
JACKSON—Hederman Brothers has reportedly increased its saddle stitching productivity by 11 percent after installing a Heidelberg Stitchmaster 270. After three months of operation, Hederman Brothers has stitched more than two million books and reduced its run waste by 60 percent.
OCEAN SPRINGS—First American Printing & Direct Mail, based here, has acquired K&W Printing of Baton Rouge, LA. The purchase gives First American a total of three production facilities and includes five new sales representatives. The company is a wholly owned enterprise of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
new york
BUFFALO—Tapecon Inc., a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, decals and membrane switches, has purchased an Indigo WS-2000 digital web offset press.
ROCHESTER—Full-service binder and finisher The Riverside Group has completed installation of a Duplo 5000 tower single-sheet collating machine. The collator has four towers, each with 10 pockets. Also purchased was a new four-head, in-line spot gluing unit.
wisconsin
MADISON—The State of Wisconsin Department of Administration has purchased a Duplo DSF-2000 document sheet feeder and DBM 400SxS bookletmaker from Best Graphics.
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