Presstek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRST), a leading supplier of digital offset printing solutions to the printing and communications industries, today reported financial and operating results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2011. In the quarter, the Company reported total revenue of $31.9 million, a decline of 7.6% from the amount reported in the first quarter of 2010, and an increase of 2.6% from the fourth quarter of 2010.
Presstek Inc. has appointed three new sales representatives to augment its Western Region sales organization. Kurt Curtis, Owen R. Ryan and Wayne Fleshman are now responsible for selling Presstek's capital equipment and thermal plates, including chemistry-free Aurora EXP plates and the Presstek 75DI digital offset press.
For fiscal 2010, Presstek reported total revenue of $128.6 million, a decline of 4 percent from 2009, and adjusted EBITDA of $4.0 million, up $5.6 million. It had a full-year operating loss of $6.8 million, an improvement of $24.6 million.
Graphics of the Americas 2011 exhibitors are showcasing cutting-edge solutions at this year’s Super-Event with co-located FESPA Americas, ISS Orlando and crē8 conference. The 36th annual show is being held in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center from Feb. 24-26, 2011.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has placed an order for a Presstek 75DI digital offset press. BlueCross plans to utilize the four-color 75DI with aqueous coater to produce many of its own marketing materials and business communications.
Hybrid print production, or the integration of digital and offset printing, can take multiple forms and be defined in different ways. Examples include digital imprinting of preprinted offset shells, running inkjet heads in-line with a web offset press or binding line, and building a common workflow for processing files output to a digital press and computer-to-plate system. (Includes Web-only sidebar and bonus video content.)
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NEW CANAAN, CT—MSP Digital Marketing, a network of marketing solutions providers, has installed a Presstek 52DI-AC digital offset press in its DigitalXPress facility in Rockaway, NJ, to augment its digital toner-based production. Using the organization’s integrated production platform and Presstek Latitude workflow, its Hudson, MA, location—TecDoc Digital—will also be able to direct work to the 52DI-AC.
