Heidelberg

Modern Litho, based in Jefferson City, MO, recently installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 eight-color perfector presses, replacing three aging machines. The company is currently on pace to grow at around 12 percent in 2012, with anticipated sales revenue in the $16 million range, attributable in part to the new Speedmaster XL 105 perfector.

DUBLIN, CA—Commercial printer AMP Printing and Graphics has placed an order for a 10-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 perfecting press with two-sided UV printing and coating capabilities.

Having run older Heidelberg presses for most of its history, AMP Printing and Graphics in Dublin, CA, recently determined it would need to invest in a 10-color Speedmaster XL 106 perfecting press with UV capabilities in order to stay competitive.

360 Press Solutions, a central Texas graphics communications company, has partnered with Heidelberg USA to install an EFI Rastek wide-format inkjet printer. “This latest piece of equipment is game changing. We can now offer our clients printing on substrates that were not available previously in large-format size,” said Jason Tuggle, president.

Commercial Printing Industry News Briefs from Printing Impressions’ July 2012 edition, including items on Vistaprint, RR Donnelley, Tidewater Direct, QuadDirect, Cenveo and Hiedelberg.

Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ July 2012 edition, featuring DiscPro Graphics and Marrs Printing & Packaging.

The Binding Industries Assn. has announced the winners of the 2012 Product of Excellence (POE) awards. For more than three decades, the POE awards have recognized outstanding examples of craftsmanship in binding, graphic finishing, information packaging, and custom loose-leaf manufacturing.

LOUISVILLE, KY—FetterGroup is the first U.S. company to purchase a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor press in a seven-color configuration with aqueous coater.

FetterGroup (Louisville, KY) is installing a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor press in a seven-color configuration with aqueous coater to produce uniquely sized decorative labels for its growing list of clients in several highly regulated markets. It needed the medium-sized format of the XL 75 to accommodate the size and quantity of the labels it runs.

In total, Heidelberg received orders for more than 30 presses, almost 40 postpress solutions, and 30 prepress, workflow and CtP solutions from printers based in North America. Printers’ keen interest in the huge range of efficient, productive solutions offered by Heidelberg gave a clear signal that investment confidence is returning to the North American market.