GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2003--Sheetfed and Web Offset

Komori America also came away from the show feeling optimistic, especially after announcing that Joe Davis, chairman, president and CEO of Houston-based Consolidated Graphics, had renewed a five-year, $50 million purchasing agreement with Komori. Consolidated, which boasts 65 companies in 25 states, made its first acquisition under the new deal by installing a six-color Lithrone S40 with coater at Mount Vernon Printing in Landover, MD. Davis says he envisions buying five 40? sheetfed and one half-web press in the coming year, depending on future company acquisitions that the industry consolidator would like to make.