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Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ February 2013 edition, featuring Meredith-Webb Printing and Conquest Bindery.

As Graphic Dimensions scouted for a way to diversify and grow its business, it saw opportunity in the thriving labels and packaging industry. The company moved its Atlanta location to a larger 65,000-square-foot facility nearby to make room for supplementary label printing services in November 2012. The new facility is spacious enough to house its current equipment, the newly added HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press, as well as more presses in the future.

Cohber Press in Rochester, NY-based has installed an HP Indigo 7600 digital press to increase production capacity and expand its printing capabilities to create thicker, customized photo and commercial applications. The addition of the press also allows Cohber to print up to four million more color pages per month, increasing both production volumes and profitability.

Harte-Hanks has installed an HP Indigo 7600 digital press at its print facility in East Bridgewater, MA, to expand its color digital print capacity and add new capabilities for customers. “Today’s digital print quality and features make direct mail more effective in a multichannel strategy by satisfying consumers’ expectations for personalized, relevant information while enabling our customers—including national retailers—to achieve quicker speed to market,” said Tony Paul, executive vice president, customer delivery, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing

ELMHURST, IL—Digital printing provider Impact Color has taken delivery of a new HP L26500 wide-format latex printer. John Schleich, president of Impact Color, said the HP printer was chosen to provide its customers with the highest possible print quality, fast project turnarounds, print longevity and an eco-friendly alternative to solvent printing.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Roundy’s Supermarkets, a Midwestern retail grocer with more than 150 stores, has renewed its contract with Grandville Printing Co. (GPC) to digitally print in-store shelf tags, price signs and posters every week.

Roundy’s Supermarkets, a leading midwest retail grocer with more than 150 stores, has renewed its contract with Grandville Printing Co. to digitally print in-store shelf tags, price signs and posters every week. Roundy’s tags are centrally printed using HP Indigo digital presses, cut and packaged in plan-o-gram order, boxed and delivered every week.

Digital printing provider Impact Color has taken delivery of a new HP L26500 wide-format latex printer. “The motivation for the purchase is to provide our customers the highest possible print quality, fast project turnarounds, print longevity, and an eco-friendly alternative to solvent printing,” according to John Schleich, president of Impact Color.

ORLANDO, FL—Graphics of the Americas (GOA) CEO George Ryan announced that Ohad Axelrod, product line and segment manager at Landa, will open Graphics of the Americas with a Thursday, Feb. 21, keynote luncheon entitled, "Nanography: The Second Digital Printing Revolution." Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis, by clicking here.

It's certainly an exciting time to be working for Creel Printing. The Digital Lizard acquisition brought in 14 digital presses and new capabilities. The company installed a Technique MIS system and attained G7 Master qualification. While not printing centric, some of the most interactive and technologically sexy advances are enabling Creel Printing to provide more value to publishing clients.