PRINTING IMPRESSIONS 400 YEAR IN REVIEW -- Reflecting on 2003

GRAPH EXPO exhibitors reported strong sales leads, and made some big sales. MAN Roland, for example, sold the first 900 XXL extra-wide sheetfed press (which debuted at the show) to Strine Printing of York, PA. Komori America announced that it renewed a five-year, $50 million purchasing agreement with Houston's Consolidated Graphics. Another big purchase was an order of three Heidelberg Sunday 3000 web presses sold to Wisconsin's Quad/Graphics.