WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- An Industry Time Line

1968—Business Week magazine switches to web offset at the William Krueger Printing Co.

1975—The group SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) is formed. SWOP is established by various graphic arts groups to write specifications for printing materials supplied to web offset publications.

1985—Pinless folders are introduced, which provide substantial paper savings by reducing bleed trim requirements to an absolute minimum.