GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2004 Offset Printing -- Perfector

Perhaps nowhere was this more apparent than within the booths of traditional sheetfed and web offset press manufacturers.

The buying frenzy can be credited to several reasons. First, many printers that have sat on the sidelines the past three to four years, waiting to see business pick up again before committing to any expenditures, are poised to upgrade their pressrooms with increased capacity or, more often, new iron that can replace several older, outdated presses. Buyers are also looking to further reduce head counts with more automated equipment and to install machinery that can fulfill customers' ever-tightening turnaround time demands.