i-Web Puts The Finishing Touches On Modular Web Finishing Systems

Japs-Olson Teams Up with i-Web to Modernize Direct Mail, Commercial Printing Facility

A key customer for i-Web is a leading direct mail and commercial printing company in the Minneapolis area, Japs-Olson Co. Based in St. Louis Park, MN, Japs-Olson runs a streamlined and highly automated production facility that offers inline variable imaging, postal optimization, full service intelligent mail barcode (IMB), freight efficiencies and JO Smartmail tracking. Japs-Olson has been a force in the commercial printing industry for over 100 years and today employs over 650 people. i-Web and Japs-Olson have been close partners since the early 1980s and the two companies have continuously improved the automation and controls technology in the facility ever since.

Japs-Olson requires a high degree of technological innovation in its machinery because the company specializes in highly customized direct mail and commercial print solutions in a wide range of formats that often must be printed with same-day service. Examples include folding mailers with high quality UV coatings, highly functional “Snap Pak” envelopes, mailers with diecut cards and more. These formats not only feature pleasing designs with a premium quality finish, they are also specifically designed to improve consumer response rates while lowering printing, postage and freight costs.

i-Web web handling machinery is primarily used at Japs-Olson for inline finishing of paper products (folding, cutting, stacking). “The flexible machine design and heavy use of advanced servo drive technology cement the partnership between i-Web and Japs-Olson,” Michael Murphy, president of Japs-Olson explained. “Since i-Web machines provide problem-free modularity when making production changes, we can more easily create high quality print solutions with maximized product throughput.”

There are currently three large i-Web systems in place at Japs-Olson with a new line scheduled to be installed in June, 2014. “Japs-Olson continues to implement next generation i-Web inline finishing systems because of the progressive use of automation technology and easy configuration on the plant floor. We harness this technological momentum in order to deliver better products and more tightly integrated services for our clients,” Murphy concluded.

SAVAGE, MN—May 27, 2014—On a typical day when you check your mailbox you’re certain to find any number of direct mail pieces from stores and companies offering products, services and special offers. Granted, electronic forms of communication, whether via e-mail, apps or Websites have developed into other standard methods for these same companies to get the word out. Many studies show that physical direct mail volume continues to increase and remains a preferred method of B2C communication—both for businesses and consumers.

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i-Web Puts the Finishing Touches on Modular Web Finishing Systems for Commercial Printing