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Maine Governor Attends Press Installation Celebration at J.S. McCarthy Printers

AUGUSTA, ME—Governor Paul LePage, along with the staff at J.S. McCarthy Printers, recently celebrated the installation of a new eight-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone G40 perfector with UV printing capabilities.

According to Rick Tardiff, president of J.S. McCarthy, since 2007 the company has invested $15 million in its plant and equipment, and has embraced lean manufacturing and waste reduction.“For example, preparing presses for setup used to take 60 to 80 minutes and consume 1,200 to 1,500 sheets of paper waste per job. We now average about 30 minutes and about 400 sheets per job, a huge savings considering we do 1,100 setups per month.”