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I dropped my fork and asked David Motheral to repeat what he had just said. Some at the table stared while others continued eating as if they hadn't heard. However, as David began to talk all eyes were riveted on him and the food quickly became incidental. It was lunchtime, August 30th, at the 2004 PIA/GATF Digital Workflow Conference in Pittsburgh. I was there as both a speaker and a roundtable discussion moderator. My talk, scheduled for the afternoon, was "Digital Workflows: Does It Matter How or Where I Print It?" The topic covered how digital workflows increasingly need to be versatile since, in

Colter & Peterson and MBO America are now co-distributors of Wohlenberg paper cutters and cutting systems for the U.S. market. Specifically, the cooperative agreement will allow technical experts and sales personnel from both companies to confer with each other on how Wohlenberg cutters can best enhance the efficiency and productivity for printers and trade finishers looking to upgrade their operations. Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media presented the Cary Award to Frank Steenburgh, senior vice president for business growth, Production Systems Group at Xerox Corp. during a breakfast at Graph Expo 2004. The Cary Award is presented annually to those who have

By Mark Michelson Editor-in-Chief Don't chalk up the sprint-speed pace of buying activity reported by many Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2004 exhibitors to the Chicago Marathon that just happened to coincide with the opening day of the show. More likely, credit the desire for printers to make capital expenditures again to signs that the U.S. economy and graphic arts industry are finally rebounding, as well as the fact that Graph Expo provided U.S. printers with the first chance to see state-of-the-art Drupa introductions in action. Perhaps nowhere was this more apparent than within the booths of traditional sheetfed and web offset press

arizona PHOENIX—Heidelberg USA has installed its Prinect Prinance Print Management System at Steve Woods Printing. The Prinance package works seamlessly with another manufacturer's digital prepress system and a trio of large- and small-format presses, as well as with its Heidelberg/Polar 137 cutter, and TD66 and TD78 folders. california Los Angeles—Sinclair Printing, owned and operated for 75 years by the Sinclair family, has stepped up its booklet production by adding a new BravoPlus saddlestitching system from Muller Martini to its full-service bindery. Roseville—Master Color is now running a two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46. The new equipment is being used to produce stationery, brochures and newsletters.

ATLANTA—Marcel Kiessling has taken the helm as president of Heidelberg Americas, based here, which covers the sales regions of the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America. Kiessling is the former head of the Germany/Switzerland market center and president of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Vertrieb Deutschland. He joined the company in 1989. Werner Albrecht has assumed the two roles previously held by Kiessling. Albrecht, who joined the company in 1978, was most recently president of Heidelberg Web Systems in Dover, NH, until its acquisition by Goss International. As part of the restructuring the company announced in late 2003, the worldwide sales organization's original seven market centers were grouped

When Niels Winther stepped down as head of North American business operations for Heidelberg in July, a well-seasoned replacement was named in James Dunn. In his more than three decades with the German-based press manufacturing giant, Dunn has held numerous management positions, including president of the Heidelberg Americas shared services division and CFO of Heidelberg Web Systems. James DunnAs the company strives to get back to its core competencies after divesting its Web Offset and Digital Printing operations, Dunn talks to Printing Impressions about his new role within Heidelberg, the current state of the U.S. printing market and the future of the printing industry. PI:

california LOS ANGELES—Donahue Printing, a family owned printing company in business for 70 years, has installed a new seven-color, 40˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 3000S sheetfed press. WALNUT—Reinberger Printwerks reports the installation of two new two-color Heidelberg QM46 presses, as well as a new Konica Minolta digital imaging system. florida ORLANDO—Allegra Print and Imaging has purchased the Heidelberg Printmaster PM 52 it had been testing after an eight-month trial period. Allegra became the first shop in the U.S. to test the four-color Printmaster 52 press and has produced more than two million finished pieces since installation in November 2003. georgia ATLANTA—Vertis announced that 18 members of

by chris bauer Managing Editor Once overlooked in a printing world that focused heavily on digital technology, bindery equipment, including floor-model folding machines, can now be part of the conversation. Modern machines offer all of the automation that today's users desire. According to Josef Niehueser, product manager for Stahlfolder (distributed by Heidelberg), automation and integration are the features that folding machine users want to incorporate. The bindery is the only production department left that still involves a degree of manual labor, he points out, and printers want to take as much labor out of the finishing process as possible. "Integration is the next

By Erik Cagle Senior Editor The greatest challenge George Stephenson has ever faced as the owner of a sheetfed and full-web printing company is not the same as the greatest challenge that has ever confronted the business itself. Stephenson, 70, is founder, president and CEO of Stephenson Printing, located in the Washington, DC, suburb of Alexandria, VA. He opened the plant in 1959 and aggressively built the company, was a forerunner in the color revolution and the first printer on his block to delve seriously into the manufacture of annual reports. Those reasons alone make him a prime candidate for the 2004 Printing

MIAMI—St. Ives U.S. Division has completed a $4 million-plus expansion at its Avanti commercial printing plant here. With the expansion, the company was able to add a 38˝ Heidelberg (Goss) M-600 single-web press with a JF-50 folder, as well as realign and upgrade its bindery operation. By adding the press alone, St. Ives Avanti will be able to add a dozen new jobs, and expects other positions to become available with expanded business, according to Gary Davis, executive vice president and general manager. "Since 9/11, there has been very little capital investment in commercial printing operations in South Florida, where several printers have closed their