MAN Presses Boost the Bottom Line at Two Firms

Howard Van Dyke, Darwill CEO, estimates that this combination has slashed the company's makeready by 25 percent. The company installed the second of the two presses, a six-color Roland 700 with coater, during the fourth quarter of last year.

"Most of our runs are short," says Van Dyke, "and the combination of automation and electronic control has cut down on makeready, brought greater control to our print quality and, at the same time, allowed us to stay current with technology."