BOLINGBROOK, IL—Goss International and manroland resolved their U.S. patent infringement litigation Tuesday involving web offset press sleeve blanket technology. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Both parties acknowledged that the resolution was in the best interest of their companies and customers, allowing them to offer their full press portfolios to the worldwide marketplace.The patent…
BOLINGBROOK, IL/WESTMONT, IL—AUGUST 20, 2008—Goss International and manroland resolved patent infringement litigation yesterday in the United States involving web offset press sleeve blanket technology.The terms of the agreement are confidential. Both parties acknowledged that the resolution was in the best interest of their companies and their customers, allowing them to offer their full press portfolios…
BOLINGBROOK, IL—July 29, 2008—A virtual tour of Goss International’s vibrant and technology-packed stand at drupa 2008 is now available at www.gossinternational.com . With 360 degree views of the exhibition stand, plus videos and interactive content, the tour offers a glimpse of the technology highlights Goss International brought to the show in Düsseldorf, Germany earlier this year. Eric Bell, Goss International marketing manager, comments, “Goss International had much to talk about at drupa 2008 with the introduction of various new, innovative technologies. The virtual tour provides an excellent tool to review the high points of the show for anyone who missed drupa, or even for
BOLINGBROOK, IL—July 21, 2008—Goss International has announced its first order for the new Goss M-600 Folia press launched at Drupa 2008. The new highly productive press system will be installed in early 2009 at a large sheetfed print house in France. Jean Segura, director of sales at Goss International comments, “The new M-600 Folia press unleashes significant productivity and economic advantages for the production of high-quality B1 sheets printed both sides simultaneously. Utilizing sheetfed inks and consumables and featuring M-600 printing units that accommodate multiple-weight paper stock, this new press system offers a wide range of advantages to the industrial sheetfed printer looking for
WHEELING, IL—July 14th, 2008—Segerdahl Corp., a pioneer in direct mail applications, will again break new ground with a new large-format Goss web press system with non-stop production and in-line finishing capabilities. The company will add a seven-unit Sunday 4000 web press with Automatic Transfer and Autoplate technologies at its facility in Wheeling, Illinois in early 2009. The press system will feature a 75 x 45.5 inch cylinder configuration and be equipped with in-line finishing components from Scheffer Web Finishing. John Romita, vice president of manufacturing at Segerdahl, says the new press system will be unique in the direct mail industry and reflects the company’s
THOUGH SEVERAL of the press conferences and ”big news” at Drupa centered around digital printing, innovations in bindery and finishing were no less prevalent. In fact, many of them sprang from the very digital printing trends that overshadowed them. As digital printing speeds have increased, bindery equipment has also gotten faster, with vastly improved automation and simplified touchscreen controls to make them even easier to set up. JDF compatibility is becoming more common in bindery equipment, allowing devices to be preset using production data. Demands for higher-quality printed products have led bindery vendors to improve their paper-handling techniques. Folds look better on the latest
BOLINGBROOK, IL—June 27th, 2008—Successful demonstration of innovative technology, orders signed and prospective projects initiated have led Goss International to label the drupa 2008 show a success. “We feel that we captured the spirit of drupa by introducing new technologies and presenting our customers with an excellent show environment for pursuing new ideas and opportunities,” according to Goss International CEO Bob Brown. “The performance of our new M-600 Folia press was clearly an impressive highlight of the show, and the interest among sheetfed and web printers throughout the world was very encouraging.” Goss International announced new orders at the show for products throughout
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—Even before the ink dried on its contract to install the world’s first 96-page Goss Sunday 5000 commercial web press (scheduled for installation in early 2009), Italian printer Mazzucchelli signed a letter of intent at Drupa to add a second identical behemoth at its facility in Seriate, Italy. The Sunday 5000’s 112˝ web width will allow printing of 96 full A4 magazine pages per cylinder revolution at up to 40,000 impressions per hour. Gapless blanket technology is an integral component, reducing vibration to enable high speed, high quality printing with the wider 12x4 long-grain cylinder configuration. The four-unit models being installed by
LAS VEGAS—It was announced during Drupa that catalog, publication and newspaper production specialist Creel Printing will install its third Goss Sunday 2000 web press at its facility here in 2009. The eight-unit, two-web system will have a 57˝ web width and be equipped with a Goss pinless combination folder, allowing the company to produce magazine signatures with up to 48 pages or tabloid signatures with up to 32 pages. Creel Printing installed an eight-unit, two-web Sunday 2000 press with a 38˝ web width in 2003, followed by an identical system in 2005. The company also operates Goss Pacesetter saddlestitchers and installed an eight-tower Goss
LAS VEGAS—June 9th, 2008—Creel Printing, a specialist in catalog, publication and newspaper production, will install its third Goss Sunday 2000 web press at its facility in Las Vegas in 2009. The eight-unit, two-web system will have a 57” (1450 mm) web width and be equipped with a Goss pinless combination folder, allowing the company to produce magazine signatures with up to 48 pages or tabloid signatures with up to 32 pages. Creel Printing installed an eight-unit two-web Sunday 2000 press with a 38” (965 mm) web width in 2003, followed by an identical system in 2005. The company also operates Goss Pacesetter saddlestitchers and
