Suttle-Straus (Waunakee, WI) has recently installed a six-color Komori Lithrone S40 with UV coater as part of its $2.6 million capital improvement plan. The impetus for the investment is to provide customers with cutting-edge, end-to-end technologies and enhancements designed to increase efficiencies and deliver a new level of productivity.
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—Komori Corp. reports it has resumed manufacturing operations in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country. As of March 22, normal operations resumed at the Tsukuba and Yamagata factories. The first shipment from the Tsukuba plant after the earthquake was a four-color Lithrone S40 that was shipped to China. The first shipment from the Yamagata factory was a four-color Lithrone S26 shipped to a Japanese user. Since that time presses have been shipped to customers in Japan, China, North America, Latin America, Europe and India.
It took only 36 days from the arrival of the first Komori System 38 web press components to the first commercial print run. “For short-run production of publications and catalogs, these are the most advanced heatset web offset presses in the world,” said James Pilcher, vice president of manufacturing.
The largest part of the investment is a Komori six-color plus aqueous coating 40" printing press, featuring a closed-loop production workflow. The company also upgraded its electronic prepress workflow and is in the final stages of a redesign of its offices.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions' November 2010 edition, highlighting the Komori America open house.
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—Komori America hosted 300 guests and print vendor partners at a pre-Graph Expo open house held last Saturday at its facility here. The event showcased the company’s commitment to sustainability by presenting technology that supports press efficiency and reduced waste.
Komori America hosted 300 guests and print vendor partners at an open house held on Saturday at its facility here. The event showcased the company’s commitment to sustainability by presenting technology that supports press efficiency and reduced waste. Of great interest to attendees was a demonstration of Komori’s new KH-UV (Komori High Performance UV) drying system. Showcased on the LS 840P press, KH-UV utilizes 75 percent less energy than other UV systems and has benefits for two-sided printing—delivering mark-free, bindery ready sheets.
The white paper, entitled “Social Media Marketing: How This New Way of Communicating Can Benefit Your Print Business,” details key trends and highlights opportunities for print providers to expand their traditional marketing initiatives with social media. Additionally, the report presents case statements on how investing in social media gives print providers a 360 degree view of what their customers are saying about their products and services
Those lithographic printers walking the show floor earlier this month at Graph Expo in search of a bevy of heavy-iron, offset presses were sorely disappointed. With press manufacturers Heidelberg USA, Komori America and Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses opting to pass on this year's show, the South Hall at McCormick Place lacked the all-encompassing lineup of traditional press vendors that visitors in years past have come to expect.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions' October 2010 edition.
