Finishing - Material Handling

TRUTH BE known, while many of you make a handsome living in the printing and associated services sectors, you hate paper. And that’s OK, for you have good reason to feel that way. Paper can be pretty annoying. It’s pricey, for one, accounting for a lion’s share of total costs. It is a space hog; between the real estate it consumes and the cost, many would prefer to have the least amount necessary in inventory. Web rolls are bulky and awkward...ever get your foot pinched by one? People have even been killed by runaway webs. Perhaps worst of all, paper gets wasted. Even with

ARCDALE, NC—07/09/08—Vecoplan, LLC has promoted Gary Kolbet to the newly created position of Vice President of Engineering. Vecoplan is a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, including shredders, material handling machinery, separation equipment, and complete waste reduction systems. Prior to his promotion Mr. Kolbet was Engineering Manager at Vecoplan, during which time he won numerous engineering awards. In his new position Mr. Kolbet will oversee all aspects of Engineering, New Technologies Development and Complete Systems Integration. “During his seven years at Vecoplan, Gary and has played an integral part in our success. As such, the promotion is well deserved. As the company grows, and

ARCDALE, NC—07/09/08—Vecoplan LLC, a world-wide leader in size reduction technologies, has named Dale Walker to the position of Manager-Sales Engineering. Walker was formerly a Sales Engineer at Vecoplan working on project designs with the Sales Team. Walker’s responsibilities, as Manager-Sales Engineering, will expand to include the oversight and coordination of interactions between Customers, Sales Staff, and Sales Engineers as projects develop from initial contact with the customer through design, engineering, and production. “As the complexity of our machines and systems has grown, and the sophistication of our technology has increased, the need for Engineering expertise early-on in the sales process has also

ARCDALE, NC—June 25, 2008—Thomas Baker has joined Vecoplan, LLC as a Project Designer in their Engineering Department. Baker, formerly a Design/Project Manager for a leading manufacturer of equipment used in the rendering, food, and chemical industries, brings 17 years of machinery engineering experience to his new position at Vecoplan. Baker’s responsibilities will include working with Vecoplan’s sales staff in the design and development of individual projects, and then coordinating their manufacture and implementation with production at Vecoplan. “The rapid growth that we’ve experienced, especially in the design of large integrated systems, has made it necessary for us to expand both our facilities and

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—06/26/08—The initial conclusions drawn by Bobst Group coming out of Drupa are extremely positive, just as they were in 2004 following the introduction of numerous world firsts. After a record year in 2007, which stood out for its excellent profitability, Bobst Group has demonstrated that it is very well prepared for the coming years with its innovations, machine design, and new Bobst branding. Spread over some 1,200 m2 of stand space, each of the machines on show at Drupa were run in production with a running commentary several times a day. More than 5000 visitors representing about 2300 different enterprises and 108 countries

ARCDALE, NC—June 25, 2008—Vecoplan LLC, a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, has promoted Brad Goins to the position of Project Engineer. Goins has been with Vecoplan for 10 years and was formerly a Project Designer. As Project Engineer, Goins responsibilities will expand beyond project design, to include the engineering of complete size reduction and recycling systems. In addition, he will now become part of the Research and Development Team for New Technologies at Vecoplan. “Over the last decade, Brad has proven to be an invaluable asset as a Project Designer at Vecoplan” states Gary Kolbet, VP of Engineering at Vecoplan,

MINNEAPOLIS—9 June 2008—Buhrs Americas—the North American subsidiary of the leading international provider of mailing solutions—announced today the sale of six Buhrs BB700 high speed envelope inserting systems to Advanced Image Direct, a major mailer in Fullerton, California. The six new inserters complement five similar Buhrs machines already owned and operated by Advanced Image Direct. Announcing the sale, Buhrs Americas President and CEO Michael Aumann, said: “Buhrs Americas is proud of the confidence shown by Advanced Image Direct in ordering a second round of Buhrs products. We are pleased to play a key role in the further expansion of one of the

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—The foundation of MBO’s drupa theme – Speed up your business – was realized with the introduction of 2 (two) new buckle folding machines into MBO’s economical Efficiency series. Both a basic model and an automated version of the T 535 (21”) folder are now available with numerous options and customization. T 535 Efficiency for high volumes The new T 535 Efficiency buckle folding machine offers an attractive price-performance ratio and the high quality traditionally associated with MBO. The advantages of the Efficiency series translate to increased workflow in the half-size segment for printers, binderies and even book binders that

LJUNGBY, SWEDEN—May 19, 2008— Lasermax Roll Systems has announced that it will be partnering with many of the industry’s leading digital print vendors to support their latest color engines at Drupa 2008. Lasermax Roll Systems will provide solutions for automated feeding, finishing, converting, and quality monitoring for these high-speed, roll-fed digital color printers. “We have worked very closely with our printer partners to ensure our products continue to support their latest offerings for color,” says Bill Carroll, President and CEO for Lasermax Roll Systems. “At Drupa we will have various solutions together with five of our valued partners to support applications including TransPromo statements,

ANDOVER, MA— May 12, 2008—Hunkeler AG, a world leader in high-performance paper handling systems, will show a comprehensive portfolio of unwinding, rewinding, cutting, merging, stacking, and web finishing solutions throughout the halls at drupa 2008 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Fourteen different industry-leading digital print and mail inserting system suppliers will show versatile Hunkeler solutions tailored to meet the application requirements of the commercial print, book publishing, data center, transpromotional, financial print, direct mail, and label markets. The new Standard Hunkeler Gen6 series unwinders, rewinders, fanfolders, cutters, double-cutters and stackers will take center stage at drupa. Designed to work with high-speed digital printers