At GRAPH EXPO 2012, Heidelberg will encourage printers to look beyond individual machine specifications to grasp the bigger picture and bottom-line benefits of end-to-end production integration. Visitors to the booth will see these benefits clearly demonstrated, not only to the printer, but also—and equally as important—to their clients.
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By January 2012, Excell Color Graphics had reached a point where management felt it was high time for a change. “We felt that technology had passed us by and that we soon would be struggling to keep up with the rest of the industry,” said Tom Parrot, president.
RESTON, VA—With the early announcement of this year’s top technology winners, Graph Expo 2012 attendees for the first time will be able to plan their Must See ’Ems booth visits in advance of the show. They also will be able to take advantage of a new Must See ’Ems pre-show webinar for more in-depth discussions of the winning technologies and the reasons they were chosen.
With the early announcement of this year’s top technology winners, GRAPH EXPO 2012 attendees will be able for the first time to plan their Must See ’Ems booth visits in advance of the show. They also will be able to take advantage of a new Must See ’Ems pre-show webinar for more in-depth discussions of the winning technologies and the reasons they were chosen.
“HEI Flexibility” will be the theme running throughout the Heidelberg booth at GRAPH EXPO 2012 this October in Chicago. In its entirety, Heidelberg’s booth presentation will represent the ultimate in hybrid, color-managed production: offset and digital united and facilitated by Heidelberg’s Prinect workflow for maximum productivity and cost efficiency.
Linemark Printing is among the vanguard of U.S. printers that are putting the benefits of Heidelberg’s 2012 InterTech Award-winning Prinect Performance Benchmarking to work in their organizations. For the past six months, the company has been receiving data that compare the performance of its four-year-old Speedmaster XL 105 to that of similar presses operated by other firms in its peer group.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—The National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) has named John Saxton, president and CEO of The Sheridan Group, as the 52nd Walter E. Soderstrom Award recipient. Saxton will be honored at NAPL’s annual Soderstrom Society dinner on Oct. 6 at the Mid America Club in Chicago, one night before the start of Graph Expo.
Having previously worked in Europe and the United States, I can say that everyone around the world can learn from the Brazilian culture and the country’s emerging industry. I am in the homestretch of my Heidelberg internship in Sao Paulo, Brazil and these past three months have been truly incredible.
BASF, Heidelberg and TU Darmstadt have already produced functional printed electronics elements under laboratory conditions using modified printing methods. The task of transferring these processes to an industrial scale over the next two years is the primary purpose of the NanoPEP2 follow-up project.
PrimeNet Direct Marketing Solutions' facility is now hurricane Category 3 certified and its data center within the building is in a Category 5 certified bunker. Diesel generators provide a backup in the event of a power failure. A comprehensive disaster recovery manual has also been created by PrimeNet's executive team.