ACROSS the nation

Fourth Press Is the Charm

CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA—With increasing demands for five-, six- and seven-color, high-end folding carton products, Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics recently installed its fourth Roland 700 sheetfed press: This one a seven-color Hi-Print perfector equipped with UV coater.

Besides turning out upscale carton work, a key issue for Tom Wynne, vice president of manufacturing, when deciding to purchase the new Hi-Print was to drive down operating costs. “The flexibility, along with time- and waste-saving features designed into the Roland 700 made a lot of sense. We have all the QuickChange features for faster makereadies and less paper waste,” he says.

ALABAMA

BIRMINGHAM—A new Kluge OmniFold automatic folder-gluer, equipped with left/right hand registration, flip gate, Final Fold II and a two-head cold glue kit, is now up and running at Art Bindery.

CALIFORNIA

CITY OF INDUSTRY—Packaging manufacturer Ultimate Paper Box has moved into the large-format market with the purchase of two six-color, 64? KBA Rapida 162a sheetfed presses with aqueous coaters. The first Rapida was installed in late May, while the second press, which is equipped with a double extended delivery and full UV capability, will be delivered in 2009.

IRVINE—Tukaiz West, an expansion of parent company Tukaiz (located in Franklin Park, IL), has opened here. The 10,000-square-foot operation includes a prepress and retouching studio, in addition to interactive Web services and personalized marketing.

LOS ANGELES—To convert from hard copy to monitor proofing, Insync Media Group purchased a Kodak Insite prepress portal system with Kodak Matchprint virtual technology.

RIVERSIDE—Press-Enterprise Co. installed a Kodak Trendsetter 400 III Quantum platesetter.

CONNECTICUT

WINDSOR—Governor M. Jodi Rell’s office honored Integrity Graphics with an official proclamation as part of the $14 million printer’s 20th anniversary celebration, which was co-sponsored by more than a dozen vendors.

GEORGIA

DALTON—Brown Industries has invested in a new six-color Komori Lithrone S40 sheetfed press, an HP Indigo S2000 digital device, a second Inca Spyder wide-format printer and a Zund digital router.

MARIETTA—A Kodak Trendsetter News 70 thermal platesetter, Trendsetter News 50 platesetter, Prinergy EVO workflow system, PREPS imposition software and Kodak Thermal News Gold digital plates are now in use at the Times Journal, which prints two dailies and 26 community newspapers.

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO—A new seven-color HP Indigo digital offset press was purchased by Rider Dickerson and Service Web Offset.

INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS—Taking its first step into offset printing, Hightower Graphics purchased a new two-color Printmaster QM 46 press from Heidelberg. In addition, a Polar 66 cutter was also acquired recently.

IOWA

DAVENPORT—The Quad-City Times has purchased two DGM 430 units with 22? cutoffs, which will be added to an existing two-high press to configure a four-high tower.

DES MOINES—GRACol 7 (G7) certification has been obtained by Colorfx to enhance its production process “through faster color approval processes and fewer rounds of proofs, without adding to production costs,” according to Nathan King, executive vice president.

MAINE

PORTLAND—Mailings Unlimited added a new Kodak NexPress 2500 digital production press, which has drastically reduced its postcard, direct mail and brochure turnaround times, while enhancing overall print quality.

MASSACHUSETTS

LYNN—Two new Canon imagePRESS C7000VP color digital presses are now up and running at Velocity Print Solutions.

MICHIGAN

ANN ARBOR—Two new Heidelberg products, a Speedmaster SM 52 press with Anicolor and a Suprasetter A52 platesetter, have been added at Malloy Inc.

MINNESOTA

COTTAGE GROVE—A new KBA Genius 52 UV digital offset press is helping Plastic Resource, a plastic printing company specializing in gift card printing and high-speed data application, enhance its services.

MADELIA—Ogden Newspapers has purchased 12 DGM 430 units configured as three four-high towers with 22.75? cutoffs, which have been added to an existing press line.

MINNEAPOLIS—LithoTechnics, manufacturer of Metrix job planning and imposition software, reports that its largest system configuration to date has been implemented here at Imagine! Print Solutions.

NEW JERSEY

DENVILLE—Commercial printer RedmondBCMS Inc. has purchased a new HP Indigo digital offset press.

NORWOOD—A third Edelmann web press distributed by Matik North America—this one a 30? Color Print V76 equipped with lap splicer, multiple offset print towers, high-speed sheeter/stacker and UV drying for printing pharmaceutical products—has been installed at Norwood Printing.

PENNSAUKEN—A pair of 44? Epson Stylus Pro 9880 proofers, a GMG color-managed server and Heidelberg’s Prinect PrintReady prepress system have been added at CRW Graphics. The investment has helped it obtain certification as a G7 Master Printer.

NEW YORK

BUFFALO—The Zenger Group has rebranded with a more modern look, and has consolidated six companies into three: The Zenger Group, Downtown Graphics, and Partners Press. Legacy brands Anderson & Wahl Photography, Parkside Press and Ulrich Mail Advertising have been discontinued.

LIMA—Custom card manufacturer Bristol ID Technologies has acquired Cards by Dart, a division of Dallas-based Senator Promotional Group USA, to increase its visibility in the promotional products market.

NORTH CAROLINA

MORRISVILLE—Cary Printing is now GRACoL 7 certified.

OHIO

MOUNT VERNON—A new Kodak Trendsetter News 50 platesetter, Prinergy EVO workflow system, PREPS imposition software and Kodak PF-N non-process plates are now being used at the Mount Vernon News.

OREGON

ASHLAND—Print Fast has added a new two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46 press and updated its bindery with a Polar 66 cutter.

PORTLAND—All-Heidelberg shop Rick’s Printing purchased a Prosetter 74 violet platesetter and a four-color Speedmaster CD 74 press with in-line coater.

PENNSYLVANIA

LATROBE—A pair of two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46 presses have been installed at Unity Printing.

OLD FORGE—Keystone has acquired Selinsgrove, PA-based Ott Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid and thermoformed packaging, folding cartons and thermoformed plastic inserts.

PHILADELPHIA—Innovation Printing & Communications has been certified as a G7 Master Printer and recently installed a new Xerox DocuTech 6180 production press.

PITTSBURGH—Raff Printing has invested in a five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 press with aqueous coater to enhance its four-color, two-sided envelope production.

TENNESSEE

COLLIERVILLE—Most of the 50,000 cookbooks produced each week by Fundcraft Publishing will be printed on the company’s new Xerox 1300 continuous-feed printing system.

MEMPHIS—A new six-color Komori Lithrone S40 perfector (LS640P) is up and running at Mercury Printing.

VIRGINIA

LYNCHBURG—Production engineers at Progress Printing used to sketch detailed layouts by hand, before Kodak UpFront production planning software was installed. Now, the printer is saving time and money, and being environmentally responsible, by automatically planning jobs and creating imposition-ready digital templates for prepress.

WASHINGTON

RENTON—At its newly expanded facility, K/P Corp. installed a new six-color, 40? Komori Lithrone S40 press, which the printer then commissioned to have painted bright red.

WISCONSIN

WHITEWATER—Chicago Tape and Label installed a Kluge EHF Series foil stamping, embossing and diecutting press for foil stamping fabric.

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