Offset Printing - Web

The world’s largest heatset commercial press from manroland web systems began operation on schedule at Kraft-Schlötels, part of the WKS Druckholding Group, in Wassenberg, Germany. “The LITHOMAN presses have absolutely proven themselves in daily operation when it comes to printing stability, quality, and, above all, productivity,” said Dr. Ralph Dittmann, manager of WKS.

EPI Marketing Services has added a five-color Baker Perkins G12 web offset press to its production and finishing department at its Indianapolis location. The machinery affords thousands of press configurations, along with inline folding, perforation, slitting, and scoring on press.

Retail insert printing specialist Creps United in Indiana, PA, suffered a devastating fire last October. Executives from the company and local officials broke ground in early March for a 100,000-square-foot facility that will house three new Goss Sunday web presses.

Recognizing that digital printing has become a mainstream technology, offset printers are increasingly adding digital capabilities to their repertoire of offerings. In some shops, short-run jobs are run entirely on digital presses. Some do short-runs on a digital device and a longer runs of the same job on a offset machine. Others combine variable content digital pages with those from an offset press in the same job.

In each case, colors have to match and the overall look and feel of the document must meet customers' requirements with minimal differences. This webinar will discuss how printers are successfully using the best features of both technologies AND managing color across offset and digital presses.
 
Our expert panelists will share their experiences on such key issues as:

• Ensuring jobs run on different devices look the same
• Managing paper selections
• Setting customer expectations
• Color management tools and profiles used for success
• Managing color for logos and other branding requirements

Since the asset acquisition of Vits Print GmbH in December, Goss has assimilated production of the Vits equipment into its plant in Boxmeer, the Netherlands. Thirteen orders for Vits equipment have been taken or fulfilled during this period, with installations in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The executive tapped to lead manroland web systems GmbH’s North American operations said the unit remains committed to the newspaper market and that the press vendor’s new organizational structure will mean a more focused and integrated approach to how it serves its customers.

Roland Ortbach, a 28-year manroland veteran who most recently served as the company’s vice president of commercial web press sales and technical support, takes over the CEO spot. “We are now focused on one market which is the web offset market, and we have no other commitment than to our newspaper and commercial customers.”

To manage the challenges of the industry powerfully and sustainably in an economically difficult environment, manroland web systems GmbH introduces the new team at the top. Uwe Lüders, born in 1952, is chairman of the board of Possehl group since April 2004. Prior to this he gathered experience as manager of successful diversified groups of companies focusing on manufacturing engineering and plant engineering.

Goss actually was first at the proverbial table, three years ago, with the world’s first single-web, 96-page press: its Sunday 5000 model. A trio of these presses in full operation...prove the economic and competitive advantages of the 112˝-wide format.

It is an exciting time at FreePressMedia. We are rebuilding our press. The big makeover of our 45-year old Goss Metro press began this week and will continue through the end of April. Ours is among the oldest presses in the entire Gannett Co. Yet, the $2.4 million we are investing in our downtown (Burlington, VT) production facility will make the press run like it is the newest in the company.

So far, the crew has removed and recycled four cylinders from one unit of the press. Each cylinder weighs two tons. There are 26 cylinders on this Goss press.

The proliferation of emerging technologies has dictated a re-birth of the printing industry.

The printer's role prior to this digital era was to put ink on paper. The printing companies that are successful today are the ones who realize that their role is to keep an eye on technological breakthroughs and evaluate how they apply specifically to their customer base.  It is no longer about just printing, but rather about selling integrated cross media solutions.

While a number of printers are trying to "get in the cross media game", this webinar is designed to share with you what is working and what isn't.

Key concepts that will be explored include:

- Critical resources required to successfully implement a cross media campaign
- Identifying the right decision makers
- Selling strategies for effectively delivering your value proposition
- Advice from practitioners that are evolving their business models on the opportunities and pitfalls

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