Southwest Offset Printing is joining forces with Freeport Press of Freeport, OH, and Democrat Printing & Lithography of Little Rock, AK, to build a national account presence and manufacture the inaugural issue of Help Me Rent Magazine, which launches in 32 cities in July.
Three printing companies have refused to publish the spring edition of Fusion, a Campus Progress-sponsored LGBT magazine at Kent State University, citing concerns over its images and language. The three Ohio-based printing companies that rejected Fusion in its final form—Freeport Press Inc. in Freeport, Hess Print Solutions in Brimfield, and Davis Graphic Communication Solutions in Bamberton—cited similar reasons for refusing to publish the magazine.
Commercial printing industry news briefs for April 2011, including items on Competitive Folding and Gateway Printing & Office Supply.
It took only 36 days from the arrival of the first Komori System 38 web press components to the first commercial print run. “For short-run production of publications and catalogs, these are the most advanced heatset web offset presses in the world,” said James Pilcher, vice president of manufacturing.
Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ February 2011 edition, featuring items on Prestige Printing, Brown Printing, Freeport Press and Thomson-Shore.
The combination of the RS 610 horizontal log stacker with the RS 650 log palletizer and a full RS 34 compensating stacking backup system allows seamless, uninterrupted product delivery from the fastest makeready heatset web press in the market—Komori System 38S.
Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions' September 2010 edition, including items on Napco, UniGraphic and Binding Industries Association.
Commercial printing industry news briefs, including items on Colour Concepts, Saltus, JohnsByrne, Freeport and more.
In May, Governor Strickland announced a $2.2 million 166 Direct Loan to support Freeport Press' expansion project that will add a new printing press, create 40 new jobs and retain 150 existing jobs. The loan was to The Finance Fund, which used New Market Tax Credits to provide financing for the $6.6 million total project.
The two presses will have the ability to run in tandem to produce larger signatures or run independently. “Our intent is to double our volume over the next five years, which will provide a number of opportunities,” said David G. Pilcher.
