EMMAUS, PA— August 13, 2007—Overbridge Technology has responded to the needs of the web printing industry with two new additions to its line of award-winning EclipseCount products. The original EclipseCount (now renamed EclipseCount-DL) has been joined by EclipseCount-XA and EclipseCount-CB. With the addition of its newest enhancement, FlexCount, EclipseCount-XA now has ‘no comparison’ in the industry due to the technology and methodology it uses for signature counting. Principal Mark Daugherty described the new version as ‘the signature counting and log monitoring solution for presses equipped with sophisticated automated signature handling and robotic palletizers.’ With the FlexCount enhancement on EclipseCount-XA, there are many options to use -
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The GTP-1 GreenTrac Performance Pumping system, a remote-controlled automated ink dispensing system designed to fit in tight, restrictive areas, will be introduced at Graph Expo ‘07 by Pamarco Global Graphics. Using ultrasonic sensors, GTP-1 monitors ink in the fountain and adds the required amount when and where it is needed. Ink is pumped to the…
SOMERVILLE, NJ—July 2007—Kompac, an ISO 9001 Certified company, will be introducing its new UV/Aqueous coating and curing system at the upcoming Graph Expo Show, September 9-12, 2007, at McCormick Place South in Chicago, Il. Kompac Kwik Finish, the new coating and curing system, is an offline solution that offers Offset and Digital Printers a quick and easy method to apply and cure UV and aqueous coatings and primers to a variety of substrates. This simple to use offline system, is designed to flood or spot coat, easily control coating thickness, and feed a variety of stock thicknesses from onion skin to board stock. “The Kompac Kwik Finish
Transaction will strengthen position as global supplier of graphic arts consumables LUXEMBOURG—20 April 2007—Flint Group, the world’s largest privately-owned supplier to the printing, converting, and graphic arts industries, has announced an agreement in principle to acquire Day International, a world leader in the supply of printing blankets, sleeves, image transfer media and pressroom chemicals. Day will operate as a business unit within Flint Group, and the combined group will rank among the largest pressroom consumable suppliers in every region it serves. Nearly 8300 employees will serve customers from 170 sales, service and manufacturing locations on five continents. Combined revenues for 2007 are estimated to
EMMAUS, PA—04/20/07—With the addition of its newest enhancement, FlexCount, Overbridge Technology’s Eclipse Count now has ‘no comparison’ in the industry due to the technology and methodology it uses for signature counting. Prior to FlexCount, deriving a net count was the result of weight waste and subtracting it from a good count. With the enhancements, waste weighing can be part of the solution. Now with FlexCount, there are many options to use - either in addition to, or to replace waste weighing: • divert conveyor stream monitoring • stacker stream divert monitoring • in-stream signature counting • stacker log count monitoring The varying methods can be used singularly or in combination as the
SHELTON, CT—April 11, 2007—Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. (AMEX: BLD), a global leader in accessories and controls technology for the printing industry, announced today that it has acquired Hildebrand Systeme GmbH in Switzerland, a leader in the field of high performance web cleaning. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Baldwin Technology’s President and Chief Operating Officer Karl S. Puehringer said, “This acquisition is the logical result of the very successful partnership that has been developed between Baldwin and Hildebrand. That relationship, first started in March of 2005 when Baldwin Jimek became the exclusive global marketer and distributor of Hildebrand’s web cleaning
OAKDALE, MN—March 3, 2007—NELA is pleased to announce the acquisition of Stoesser Register Punch and Bender Product Line from Olec Corporation of Santa Ana, CA. The deal was announced during Graphics of the Americas in Miami. “The Stoesser product line complements our Ternes products for sheetfed printers in the US as well as in South America”, David Klein, President of NELA. “With this acquisition we will be able to better accommodate the sheetfed market.” Don Ohlig, Managing Director of Olec Corporation: “Stoesser was found in 1946 and has created many standards and innovations for the printing industry. A widely established network of dealers and OEMs
DE PERE, WI—November 20, 2006—MEGTEC Systems Inc. announced it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement that results in MEGTEC’s acquisition of the QuadTech Web Guidance System and QuadTech Silicone Coater product lines from QuadTech Inc., a subsidiary of Quad/Graphics. The acquisition is a strategic move by MEGTEC Systems to further expand its current web handling product line. For QuadTech, the sale is in alignment with previously announced strategic initiatives to position the company to better serve its core businesses. “The QuadTech products are an excellent fit with our current offerings in the web handling category,” said Philip Strand, vice president of MEGTEC Systemsı U.S.
EMMAUS, PA—11/06/06—Overbridge Technology was one of only 22 companies to receive the prestigious Worth-a-Look! Award, presented at Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2006, held recently in Chicago. Presentation of the MustSee’Em and Worth-a-Look! Awards is one of the highlights of the annual Executive Outlook conference, which immediately preceded Graph Expo. All of the 5,700 products shown at Graph Expo are eligible for consideration, and encouraged to submit applications with their product information for nomination. Of the 108 companies selected for further consideration, Overbridge Technology was one of a handful recognized for offering innovative products to the thousands of show attendees. Overbridge’s Eclipse Count was recognized as
Many printers swear the light at the end of the printing industry’s tunnel is ultraviolet. The advantages of UV printing and coating are numerous, including the ability to print on non-absorbent materials, the convenience of instantaneous curing, the consistency of high print quality, and extreme resistance to scratching and abrasion. It all adds up to become an asset for printers that have moved to the technology—and their customers. “There is an obvious advantage of eye-appeal that the designers and art directors love—nothing says shiny and new like a gloss coating for some of our vertical markets,” assesses Gary Samuels, managing partner at Pictorial Offset
