ACROSS the nation
New Press = Smaller Runs = Competitive Edge
FORT WAYNE, IN--"Our 40? Komori LS 640 was running at full capacity, and we saw the need to expand our pressroom capabilities to meet the growing demand for short-run jobs," says Rick Keefer, president of Keefer Printing. "Given the success we have had with our existing press, adding a Komori LSX 629 press was a natural complement to the LS 640. Now, we have both presses running at the same time, enabling us to meet all of our clients' needs even faster than before." Keefer Printing chose the new six-color, 29? LSX 629, equipped with aqueous coater, as a competitive edge for small- to mid-size print requests. Since the installation, Keefer reports that it has drastically reduced the makeready time from 90 minutes to an average of 30-45 minutes, playing an instrumental role in Keefer's short-run work profitability.
Santa Is Coming to Town...in Viper Style!
DALLAS--Padgett Printing brought Santa and Mrs. Claus to the annual "Christmas in July" event held at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC). This is the ninth year for the event, and Padgett is an integral part of the tradition.
Pictured here, David Torok, president and CEO, drove Santa, while Chip Chebuhar, Padgett vice president and sales manager, drove Mrs. Claus to the event. For the occasion, sleighs were exchanged for Torok's two Christmas-red Vipers.
Santa and Mrs. Claus handed out Padgett-donated toys to the patients, and Santa had pictures taken with many of the children, who then received the souvenir photo. Some children attending Christmas in July participated in the TSRHC Holiday Card contest, wherein three holiday designs created by TSRHC patients will be selected and featured as the hospital's Holiday Cards for 2008.
Padgett Printing, a long-term friend and generous contributor to TSRHC, has donated the printing of the cards for many years and will be printing the 2008 series.
ARIZONA
MESA--Hogue Printing Solutions added a six-color, 40? Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LS press, joining an existing Diamond 3000TP Tandem Perfector.
CALIFORNIA
BREA--A Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 has helped Dual Graphics expand into the packaging market.
GARDENA--Technique's management information (MIS) system is now being used to estimate and schedule jobs at the heatset and coldset web printing and bindery facilities of Southwest Offset. The system's inventory management module is managing annual paper inventory exceeding 75,000 tons.
LOS ANGELES--Ultimate Paper Box has purchased a six-color KBA Rapida 162a press with a coater and double extended delivery.
COLORADO
DENVER--To produce high-speed, high quality textbooks on-demand, as well as books that were previously only printed in black-and-white, National Hirschfeld installed a new InfoPrint 5000 color production system.
GEORGIA
ATLANTA--Standard Press has acquired a six-color HP Indigo 5500 digital press.
MARIETTA--A new Kodak Trendsetter News 70 thermal platesetter, Prinergy EVO workflow system, PREPS imposition software and Kodak ThermalNews Gold digital plates are now being used to print two daily and 26 community newspapers at Times Journal Inc.
ILLINOIS
LINCOLNWOOD--Michelle Leissner and Mike Helfand are now the new owners of H&H Graphics. The acquisition enabled former owners Phil and Marshall Helfand to retire.
NAPERVILLE--Sir Speedy of Naperville purchased a Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital color production press to improve its short-run and variable data printing services.
TINLEY PARK--To double production capabilities, Liberty Creative Solutions (LCS) bought a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 sheetfed press.
MAINE
PORTLAND--Portland Color has expanded its wide-format capabilities with the addition of a new HP Scitex FB6100 flatbed digital printer with UV curing capabilities.
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE--No longer confined to its former 15,000-square-foot facility, American Direct LLC moved to a new location (3501 Duncanwood Lane) that has 40,000 square feet of space.
MASSACHUSETTS
NORWELL--Smith Print has added a new five-color Komori Lithrone SX29 (LSX 529) sheetfed offset press. A Harris & Bruno coating unit was added to the press configuration.
MINNESOTA
EAGAN--Four HP Indigo 7000 digital presses are up and running at White House Custom Colour, a digital photography provider that prints greeting cards and photo specialty products. The company already owns two HP Indigo 5000s and three HP Indigo 5500s.
MINNEAPOLIS--A Kodak InSite storefront system was installed at The Bureau of Engraving, better known as "The Bureau," enabling its customers to do online ordering and job tracking with one complete system.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MANCHESTER--A new 10-color, variable-size, UV-capable Sanden Express press has expanded capabilities at NorthStar Direct.
NEW JERSEY
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP--Print Art purchased a Buskro Apollo EzeJet ink-jet addressing machine.
WHIPPANY--Two new Kluge products--an EHD Series press configured for diecutting and OmniFold folder-gluer with left- and right-hand registration--have been installed at Envelopper.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK--A new Kluge EHD Series press has been purchased by Print Icon.
NEW YORK--To expand its product offerings to include printed packaging materials, Advanced Digital Printing invested in a second Presstek 52DI digital offset press.
NEW YORK--Manhattan's Art Digital Technologies, a sign and graphics creative boutique, is the new owner of an EFI VUTEk QS3200 superwide- format UV printer, which will allow the firm to print on both flexible and rigid substrates.
OHIO
KETTERING--Fleet Graphics has expanded its capabilities into the wide-format market with the installation of a new Fujifilm Acuity HD 2504 wide-format flatbed digital printer and a Mutoh Toucan LT 61?
rollfed device.
YOUNGSTOWN--The latest technology additions at City Printing include a new Xerox DocuColor 5000 digital press and Fujifilm's Acuity HD 2504 UV flatbed printer.
TEXAS
AUSTIN--A new six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 with coater is a great match-up with the five-color Speedmaster SM 102 perfector already running at Aus-Tex Printing and Mailing.
DALLAS--The mailing and fulfillment center at Padgett Printing has moved and been expanded. The printer ran out of space in its 15,000-square-foot mailing facility, which was added in 2006, so it purchased another site three blocks away at 122 Riversedge. The new 27,000-square-foot operation is secure and climate controlled.
TAYLOR--Granite Publications, which produces 16 newspapers, purchased an eight-unit Goss Community SSC press, consisting of one four-high tower and four mono units with integrated reelstands and an SSC foler.
VIRGINIA
STAUTON--Package printer and folding carton converter Carded Graphics installed one of the country's first seven-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 presses with aqueous coater and hybrid UV capabilities. A Suprasetter 105 platesetter was also acquired.
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE--BIGink has acquired Seattle's Ivey Photo, raising its bar as one of the city's leading large-format printers.
WISCONSIN
WAUKESHA--The Scan Group, which started out as a prepress house but is now a full-service creative/production group and commercial printer, purchased a new six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 with coater.
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