SAN FRANCISCO—Watermark Press, a member of the Consolidated Graphics (CGX) family, has installed an eight-color Komori Lithrone S40P sheetfed perfecor.The printer expects the Lithrone to reduce production time for double-sided printing and enable over-print coating. Watermark Press serves design agencies, publishers and direct marketers in the Bay area. It was founded in 1989 and acquired…
WESTMONT, IL—Al Reijmer was named 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.Reijmer is now in charge of all central region sales operations for the sheetfed line of presses. He will report to CEO Vince Lapinski.Previously, Reijmer was…
ONTARIO, CA—Lincolnshire, IL-based Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses has announced the relocation of the company’s West Coast Headquarters from its previous location in Torrance, CA, to the city of Ontario, CA. The move substantially expands Mitsubishi’s ability to service customers in the Western states due to the significant press shipments by Mitsubishi to the Western Sales Region. The new West Coast office is located immediately south of the Ontario International Airport at: 1620 Fremont Court Ontario, CA 91761 Phone: (909) 947-5725 Fax: (909) 947-5919 Ontario is 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The Ontario facility offers approximately 12,000 square feet of space, more than twice
KENNESAW, GA—December 18, 2006—Heidelberg recently hosted a customer event at its U.S. headquarters in Kennesaw, Ga. on the topic of long perfecting versus peak performance straight printing. Attended by more than 50 high performance printers from across the country, the event focused on helping printers determine which production process, and ultimately which equipment configuration, is best for their business. As a surprise announcement during the event, Heidelberg conducted a drawing and awarded the winner with a scholarship endowment in his name through The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF). “We were pleased to host an esteemed group of printers at our Print Media Demonstration
WILLISTON, VT—12/12/06—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer, is announcing that Edison Litho & Printing, one of the largest large-format litho printers in the Northeast, has agreed to purchase its second KBA large format press in less than two years. Edison will be taking delivery of a Rapida 162 64-inch six-color sheetfed press with aqueous coater in January 2007, nearly two years after the firm installed its Rapida 205 81-inch six-color sheetfed press. “The success that we’ve encountered with the Rapida 205 81-inch press prompted us to purchase another amazing press from KBA---the KBA Rapida 162 64-inch six-color sheetfed press,” explains George Gross, president
LOS ANGELES—12/07/06—Schawk Los Angeles has received certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in recognition of its environmentally sound production practices, as it prepares for the January installation of the world’s first 8-color-plus-coater version of the Roland 900 XXL press. “FSC certification represents Schawk’s commitment to the proper management of our natural resources,” says Carl Taylor, Managing Director of Schawk’s LA printing facility. “It will allow us to use the FSC logo to let our clients know that we are playing our part as responsible global citizens.” According to the council, in order to display the FSC logo as an “environmental claim,” a printed product must
RADEBEUL, GERMANY—12/01/06—In its November session Koenig & Bauer’s supervisory board approved changes at the executive level. On 31 July next year, at his own request, Andreas Mössner (43) will step down from the parent company‘s board of directors, resigning the position he has held since January 1998 as executive vice president for sales at KBA’s sheetfed division in Radebeul (Dresden). He will be replaced on 1 August 2007 by Ralf Sammeck (44), who has guided KBA North America’s sheetfed division to new heights since being appointed president and CEO in October 2002. Mössner has accepted an appointment by the supervisory board of KBA’s Austrian
MINNEAPOLIS—November 29, 2006—KBA North America, a leading sheetfed offset press manufacturer based in Williston, VT, is announcing that Bolger Vision Beyond Print, a 220-employee, $30 million printer based in Minneapolis, has installed the first-of-its-kind press configuration of a KBA Rapida 105 ten-color perfecting press that prints and coats both sides of the sheet at once using UV inks. It also features coating towers after the fifth and tenth unit for special effects. “In our intensely-competitive industry, it’s critical to differentiate ourselves from the competition, “ exclaims dik Bolger, executive officer at Bolger Vision Beyond Print, a 220-employee, $30 million printer based in Minneapolis. “In
KENNESAW, GA—November 30, 2006—Heidelberg USA announces the following sample of new product installations: New Speedmaster CD 74 Makes Impressive U.S. Debut at Colorado Print Shop Colorado Printing Company in Grand Junction, Colorado is the first U.S. print shop to install a Speedmaster CD 74-4+LY-P-4+LX, which prints four over four and applies aqueous coating on both sides of the sheet in a single pass. Owner Mike Antonucci said the all-Heidelberg shop jumped on the opportunity to buy the new CD 74 as soon as the technology was available. The shop traded in two older presses (a 4-color and a 5-color) for the new 8-color CD
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN/LENEXA, KS—November 21, 2006—Driven by strong U.S. and worldwide demand growth for offset printing presses, Ryobi Graphic Systems of Hiroshima, Japan, said it will begin construction on a new press manufacturing facility in January 2007. The new facility will be the third at Ryobi’s Hiroshima East central production center. Ryobi also recently reported that its second factory, completed earlier this year, is running at full operation. Ryobi is one of the world’s leading producers of multi-color, mid-size offset printing presses. Ryobi’s newly expanded 215,000 square foot manufacturing center—known as Hiroshima East Plants 1 and 2—generated a 60% increase in production capacity when
