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G.F. Puhl Co. Building New Facility
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Puhl engineers and manufactures trim collection systems for the printing industry, folding carton corrugated box manufacturers and document destruction companies. The move is expected to be completed in the spring.
10-Color Perfector with Double Coaters Showcased
ALLEN, TX—Sheetfed and web offset printer ColorDynamics and Komori America executives hosted approximately 50 Komori customers and prospects, representing some 20 companies, on January 30 to demonstrate the shop’s new 10-color Lithrone S40P convertible perfector with two-sided coating capabilities. At 100 feet in length, it is said to be the longest sheetfed press Komori has manufactured.
According to ColorDynamics President Chuck Chalifoux, the $40 million operation purchased the versatile press due to its ability to print conventional, hybrid or UV jobs; its overall 10-color capabilities for producing high-end work; and increasing client demands for quicker turn times.
Three separate jobs were run during the event, including a 10-color job with the same image on the front and tail edge of the sheet. That was followed by a press run applying hybrid inks and UV coatings on both sides in one pass. Finally, the press was changed over to output two-sided sheets incorporating conventional inks and an aqueous coating.
ColorDynamics also has a new six-color Lithrone on order. The two new presses, in combination with its existing sheetfed arsenal, will give the printer greater flexibility to more quickly output conventional, hybrid or UV printing jobs with various coatings, noted William Ehrlich, VP of sales.
ColorDynamics employs 170 workers in its 130,000-square-foot, suburban Dallas facility. The company primarily produces annual reports, in-line direct mail pieces and high-end catalogs, as well as trading and game cards. Full-service capabilities include prepress, offset printing, postpress, packaging, mailing, pick-and-pack, warehousing and fulfillment—all under one roof.
Pamarco Technologies announced the appointment of Bill Ford as president of Diamond Holding Corp., Diamond Roller. He joins Diamond from another Pamarco company, Pamarco Global Graphics, where he was president of operations in Europe. In other news, Jeffrey Harnish takes over as a technical sales representative for the Diamond Roller division.
Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses has relocated the company’s West Coast headquarters to Ontario, CA. The Ontario facility offers approximately 12,000 square feet of space, more than twice the size of the previous site. The facility houses an expanded parts department and will enable the installation of a Mitsubishi sheetfed press for demonstration and training purposes.
EFI has signed a new distribution agreement with the Pitman/Charrette Co. that enables Pitman/Charrette to market and sell VUTEk superwide digital format printers and the Fiery XF production RIP in the North American commercial printing and display graphics marketplaces.
Everette Edwards has joined Vecoplan LLC as the Midwest sales manager in the Waste Division. Edwards will be responsible for sales to the printing and document destruction industries.
Bill Brewster, vice president of marketing for Konica Minolta, has been appointed to the Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) 2007 board of directors.
For the third year in a row, Muller Martini teamed with the U.S. Marine Corps to gather toys for donation to children through the Toys for Tots program. Employees at Muller Martini contributed hundreds of toys to the effort and presented them to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve during a special ceremony held at the company’s headquarters in Hauppauge, NY.
Al Reijmer is the new general manager of MAN Roland’s Central region sheetfed operations. He replaces George Fisher, who is moving to a corporate position at MAN Druckmaschinen in Germany.
Matik North America has named Christoph Davis sales manager for its web offset technologies division. Davis comes to Matik from the UK with 15 years of experience in the narrow web offset market, specializing in the Edelmann Graphics product range of web offset equipment.
Stora Enso recently appointed Jim Bergeron to vice president, safety and security. In this position, he is now responsible for safety and security of Stora Enso’s operations worldwide. Also, Dean Benjamin is now director of research at the Biron Research Center. He will retain leadership for publication papers product development.
InnerWorkings Inc., a provider of print procurement solutions, has promoted Eric Belcher to COO. Belcher formerly served as COO for MAN Roland.
Pitman Co. has been named national distributor for GFI Innovations, a manufacturer of ink formulation dispensing systems.
Vio Worldwide, a digital supply chain company based in the UK, has acquired from The Associated Press the assets of AP AdSEND, the U.S.-based news cooperative’s online advertising delivery and management division. AdSEND’s one-stop, Web-based service allows advertisers and agencies to manage creative content and deliver ads to thousands of publications and printers.
Mohawk Fine Papers is accepting entries for its eighth annual Mohawk Show now through May 31. For Mohawk Show 8, the prize value has been increased. The Best of Show winners will now receive $5,000 cash. In addition, Mohawk will award finalists with a $500 cash prize. There are no entry fees, and printers can enter as many pieces as they choose. Entry forms are available for download at www.mohawkpaper.com.
NELA-USA and Agfa have reached an agreement wherein service of all Western Lithotech Lith X Pozers will now be handled by NELA. Also, NELA has hired Terry Shelton, formerly of Agfa, to head up this effort.
xpedx has opened its new 85,000-square-foot distribution/logistics center and offices in Middletown, CT. The newly constructed facility expands the xpedx service capabilities in New England while more than doubling the company’s footprint in Connecticut.
Fujifilm Graphic Systems has expanded the company’s national accounts sales group and welcomes Steve Pritchard as its newest national account manager. Pritchard comes to Fujifilm from Kodak, where he held a position in global account sales for Kodak’s Graphic Imaging Systems division.
United Graphic Systems, the Northeast factory direct dealer for the ADAST line of sheetfed offset presses, has expanded its representation to become the exclusive ADAST dealer for the Eastern United States. This expansion broadens the dealer’s territory to include the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states along the eastern seaboard and enables United Graphic Systems to provide ADAST sales and service from Maine to Florida.
Tensor Group announced the appointment of Fred Rudder to the position of Southeast sales representative. He will cover a 12-state territory in the Southeastern United States, and is based in Gastonia, NC.
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