Graphic Arts

Goss Withdraws AppealWESTMONT, IL—The Department of Commerce has determined that MAN Roland followed fair trade practices in the pricing of its newspaper presses. These preliminary findings come in light of a review of MAN Roland's sales to U.S. newspapers in 1999 and 2000. The U.S. Court of International Trade agreed to dismiss an appeal by Goss Graphic Systems, which had challenged the DOC's findings regarding a review of the 1998-1999 period. Goss had charged MAN Roland and several other worldwide manufacturers, including Koenig & Bauer and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with price dumping. Crowson Stone Acquires KohnCOLUMBIA, SC—Crowson Stone Printing has reached an agreement to purchase

Chris Breault has been named vice president of sales for the Banta Book Group, Western region. He is headquartered out of Banta's Santa Clara, CA, office. Breault brings five years of experience as a senior sales executive in Banta's Western region. John Wetzel has been hired as sales director for Payne Printery, Dallas. Previously, Wetzel established J.L. Printech, a commercial printing brokerage firm. As president, he directed all sales and marketing, and personally called on all key accounts. Mark E. Little has been hired as a corporate officer and president of the document management strategic business unit for Standard Register, Dayton, OH. Before joining the company,

Two Industry Veterans to Be Honored MIAMI BEACH, FL—At the upcoming 19th annual Graphic Arts Leaders of the Americas (GALA) awards banquet and reception, to be held here during Graphics of the Americas 2002, two industry leaders will be honored for their lifetime industry achievements and their significant contributions to the graphic arts. Hans Peetz-Larsen, CEO of Heidelberg Americas, and José Zamora Contreras, CEO of PROCOEL S.A., have been named GALA North and Latin American award recipients (respectively) for 2002 by the Printing Association of Florida (PAF). GALA Award recipients are chosen for their leadership in areas of management, technology, business and quality, as

In the weeks and months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, what was once ignored during the routine of daily life is now sending up red flags. Unfortunately, many white powders or fine substances commonly found just about anywhere are being interpreted, in the interest of public safety, as possible Anthrax scares when they appear unexpectedly. A seemingly harmless powder that has long been a part of the production process for magazines, catalogs and direct mail is causing panic for uninformed recipients interpreting the powder as being Anthrax. And while there is absolutely no health threat involved with the

Schmidt Acquires Rapid ReprintBYRON, MN—Publishing industry solutions provider Schmidt announced that it has acquired Rapid Reprint, a quick turnaround article reprint production company based in White Bear Lake, MN. Schmidt, a web offset printer, specializes in the production of direct response vehicles such as magazine and direct mail inserts, as well as the production and distribution of card packs for the publishing industry. Valassis Installs QTI Systems DURHAM, NC—Valassis Communications has purchased a Ribbon Control System 4000 (RCS 4000) and a Register Guidance System V (RGS V) with ink guiding and phaser control for the second of its MAN Roland Lithoman presses. Both systems were

CALIFORNIABUENA PARK—Ernest A. Lindner, printer, collector and founder of the International Printing Museum, passed away on October 2. BURBANK—Richard Rice, president of Candlelight Press, announced that two long-term employees, Richard Alonzo and James Magdaleno, are the USA National Print Olympics champions. The competition was held during PRINT 01 in Chicago, where the contestants were evaluated on their offset press skills. Alonzo and Magdaleno qualified for the national event after winning the western regional competition. They will contend for an international championship at IPEX, held in Birmingham, England, in April 2002. SAN RAMON—K/P Corp. recently announced a collaboration with Ariba Inc., a business-to-business e-commerce

MAN Roland Technicians Get Golden ToolsOFFENBACH, GERMANY—Two American technicians were honored recently for completing the 1,000th MAN Roland mechanical systems course at the company's training center here. As a result of the hands-on coursework, the technicians, Warren Collins and Greg Voigt, received their gold wrenches and are certified to install and get U.S. customers up-and-running on Roland 700 presses. Heidelberg USA has realigned its operations into four business segments: Digital, Postpress, Sheetfed and Web. Niels M. Winther, a 34-year veteran with the organization, has assumed responsibility as head of Heidelberg's Market Center North America (U.S. and Canada). Appointed to head the four U.S. groups

PITTSBURGH—The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) has announced its InterTech Technology award recipients for 2001. Nine innovative technologies were chosen from 38 submissions. The award winners, alphabetically by company, include: MediaBridge Solutions, Digimarc Corp.MediaBridge Solutions is a suite of software tools that allows printers and publishers to embed a unique and imperceptible digital watermark into virtually any printed material. Digitally watermarked print materials instantly link readers to online information when held in front of a web camera or other image-capture device enabled with MediaBridge software. The software launches a browser that instantly connects the user to relevant information, applications, offers or opportunities to purchase on the

BY ERIK CAGLE Even at an early age, Marty Edwards learned the value of taking advantage of opportunities that presented themselves. Edwards, chairman of Edwards Brothers and a 2001 Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame inductee, parlayed a small, but prosperous, third-generation family mail-order book printing shop in Ann Arbor, MI, into an $80 million, nationwide short- and medium-run empire. One such advantage was benefitting from the knowledge of someone who had already taken the road Marty was about to embark upon. And who better than his father, John William (J.W.), to share his insight into the world of book and

BY MARK SMITH To hear him tell it, Gerald Henseler's career in the printing industry has been its own reward. "To enjoy what you've been doing for 35 years, to not find 10- and 12-hour days fatiguing because it is fun...what a blessing. I can hardly wait to get to work in the morning," enthuses the executive vice president and CFO of Banta Corp. With retirement less than a year away, Henseler humbly claims someone would have to scratch pretty hard to make his life story sound interesting. Considering he played no small part in helping Banta grow from a $25 million, family