Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

German printing machine maker Heidelberger Druck has secured a credit line worth 1.4 billion euros ($2.01 billion) running until 2012, the company said in a statement late on Friday.

MONTREAL—World Color Press, formerly Quebecor World, has inked a multiyear contract extension with long-time customer, USA WEEKEND. Under the terms of the deal, World Color will continue to produce the majority of the USA WEEKEND Sunday magazine through October 2015, extending a 24-year relationship. It has produced the magazine each week since 1985.

Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP U.S.A., Inc.) announced that its technology lineup for PRINT 09 will emphasize recent advances that enable printers to profit even with a weak economy and an increasingly competitive printing market.

PRINTING INDUSTRY presidents and CEOs often reflect on the skill sets that they acquired while playing sports in high school or college—teamwork, leadership, discipline, tenacity—and how those traits apply to their success in the business world. But few executives have hailed their sports to the degree that Don Chew, president of K&D Graphics in Orange, CA, has tipped his cap to the game of badminton.

GIVEN THE state of the economy, it’s not surprising that printers are constantly on the lookout for fresh revenue streams. Heck, even in a robust economy, printers are seeking out ancillary products and services to help offset the erosion of more mature or vulnerable markets.

In an exclusive interview with Printing Impressions, Dr. Jürgen Rautert—member of the Management Board responsible for sales, customer- and market-focused activities, product management, services, consumables and marketing for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG—talks candidly about the challenges and opportunities.

We asked representatives from some leading press vendors for an overview of the key speed and automation technologies.

IT'S BEEN said that the small, mom-and-pop commercial printer is going the route of the VCR and the music store—away and out of business. Yes, it's true that consolidation has eroded the small printer base, but we've been hearing about that for 20 years. And there is an abundance of $1 million a year shops still in business; far more of them than there are $50 million performers.

For a married couple, a silver wedding anniversary signifies their long-term commitment. For MLP U.S.A., 2009 signifies a quarter century of providing Mitsubishi sheetfed offset, commercial heatset web and newspaper presses to printers throughout North America.

IT DOESN'T take very long to figure out that relationships are fundamental to the core values of Mike Peissig. His life has been based on long-term commitments to people he trusts and believes in; the types of individuals he surrounds himself with share the same qualities of character and integrity as Peissig.