SHELTON, CT—Baldwin Technology, a provider of process automation technology for the printing industry, has agreed to purchase Nordson UV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordson Corp. that provides UV curing systems used in the graphic arts. Nordson will retain its industrial UV curing product lines. Nordson UV will be renamed Baldwin UV, and will do business under the Baldwin UV, Horizon and Primarc brand names.
Nordson UV provides UV curing systems used in the graphic arts. Nordson Corp. will retain its industrial UV curing product lines.
For postpress, there was cause for optimism. While binding and finishing gear, in general, has a long life span, there was some speculation that printers looking to buy may opt for these types of upgrades/additions, which constitutes a far cheaper investment/risk in a sour economy than does a multi-million-dollar printing press.
THE ROLLER coaster twisted from one side of the Muller Martini booth to the other, an improbably long snake piercing the air in an exhibition hall mostly filled with floor-dwelling equipment. This machine was certainly no bottom feeder—more specifically, it was a top feeder, the Topveyor 365 overhead conveyor. At times an overhead conveyor was needed to circumvent the crowds choking the aisles during Graph Expo 2007 in Chicago. But the patron flow was volatile, and there were periods where one could walk down some of the back aisles of the McCormick Place South Hall without bumping into a poster-toting gawker. . .of which
SEWICKLEY, PA—Industry research into best practices of sheetfed offset printing with hybrid UV inks and coatings took a major step forward with the donation of a new six-color, 28˝ Komori Lithrone NL28 press for the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) that was dedicated during an open house celebration held here last month. The fourth press donated to GATF by Komori America, the NL28 is equipped with interdeck UV units that, by using special hybrid inks, provide the ability to add a UV coating without changing out rollers and blankets. It also features a redesigned ink fountain, the Komorimatic dampening system and Komori's K-Station
