Heidelberg

Phil Vedda & Sons (Cleveland, OH) has doubled its stitching capacity and more than tripled its productivity by installing a Stitchmaster ST350 saddlestitcher from Heidelberg. The company is one of just a few shops in the area with a six-pocket stitcher that also boasts a larger format.

Heidelberg has now sold more than 1,000 printing units of its new Speedmaster SX series worldwide.
The design concept already employed in the Speedmaster CX 102 of bringing the high-end technologies of the Speedmaster XL class to the proven machine platform of the Speedmaster SM has been a hit with customers.

Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department will celebrate International Printing Week from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 2013, with a lecture series, banquet and Career Day, thanks to industry sponsors committed to preserving the rich heritage of the printing industry.

NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected four new directors and re-elected several returning directors to the NPES Board during its business meeting on Nov. 12 at the organization’s 2012 Annual Conference in Indian Wells, CA. Christopher Payne, director and& vice president marketing commercial business, Eastman Kodak continues to serve as chairman of the board until 2013.

Heidelberg’s sales in the second quarter climbed to €697 million, 10 percent up on the same period in the previous year (€636 million). At €1.217 billion, net sales in the first half-year were slightly up on the previous year’s level (€1.18 billion), as planned.

COLUMBUS, OH—Hopkins Printing has announced the purchase of a new Heidelberg Speedmaster five-color sheetfed press for its pressroom. Running at 18,000 sheets per hour, the XL106 will enhance the company’s printing capabilities while also boosting efficiency and productivity.

Not all print shop proprietors have weighed in on the industry’s most pressing question, whether to go “all in” or hedge their bets on digital printing technology. If you plan on catering to both disciplines, having finishing capabilities that speak to the needs of conventional and digital printing is critical.

With offset presses becoming scarce on the show floor and digital vendors pushing for higher volume and larger B2-format machines, digital presses are becoming the "big iron" components of the GRAPH EXPO show. Almost without exception, digital press vendors highlighted their workflow and digital front end (DFE) capabilities.

There were only four offset presses actually running at GRAPH EXPO last month, but the leading vendors still had booths on the show floor. Video presentations, interactive displays, print samples, and standalone press consoles or press units were instead used to showcase new developments, enhanced maintenance offerings and press monitoring services.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ November 2012 edition.