Graph Expo: Sheetfed/Web Offset Printing -- Still Making Impressions

Dunn also reported the sale of the 100th Speedmaster XL 105 press in the United States. Image Graphics and Litho, a general commercial printer located in Portland, OR, purchased a five-color model plus coater of the milestone press.

Additionally, he provided an update on the manufacturer’s growing success with its Saphira brand of consumables; Heidelberg’s efforts to expand its business and consulting services; as well as the fact that some printers recently have been ordering press parts over the Internet, which they think are original Heidelberg parts, but in fact are counterfeit. Some critical replacement parts will now be embedded with security elements.