Finishing - Conventional

LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE—May 2008— MetalFX Technology—a Ciba subsidiary—will introduce the flexographic version of their popular metallic printing technology at drupa 2008. The process permits printing millions of metallic colors reliably and consistently. Discussing MetalFX for flexo, MetalFX Managing Director Andrew Ainge commented: “The popularity of MetalFX among lithographic printers prompted us to release a MetalFX version specifically for flexographers. MetalFX for flexo is expected to be particularly popular among label and package printers, offering them a significantly lower cost alternative to foil stamping and metallic substrates, and enhanced design capabilities for packaging. On drupa Stand D17 in Hall 15, we will have

MONTAGUE, NJ—05/01/08—Imagine folding and trimming cover stocks or multi-panel brochures 2 or 3 up on a folder, effectively doubling the yield (or better.) Conventional folding machine wisdom has it that achieving guillotine quality trimming or die quality creasing (scoring) is just not possible. Yet for the past four years, Technifold’s Multi-Tool & EZ-Fit Tri-Creaser have been doing just that in thousands of shops, radically reducing run times on the folder by providing in-line guillotine quality cutting, working together with the Tri-Creaser to produce letterpress quality creasing. This year at Drupa they will be introducing the next generation of Multi-Tool and Tri-Creaser to provide

HOFHEIM, GERMANY—04/22/08—Polar, a manufacturer of high-speed cutters worldwide, will be represented at the drupa 2008 with an innovative and complete line of machines in Hall 1, Stand A 02, a total of 48 machines with 7 gripper systems, of which 11 are high-speed cutters as well as 2 automated cutters. This equipment will be shown on approximately 1,000 square metres. The machines and systems are divided into four areas: • Ideas for cutting/trimming • Ideas for automation • Ideas for label production • Ideas for networking for various applications. POLAR therefore addresses customers with different technical requirements and supports them with new ideas. When

ARCDALE, NC—April 18, 2008—Vecoplan LLC, a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, has appointed Jeffery Queen to the newly created position of Director of Finance. Responsibilities of the position will include the ongoing development, implementation and oversight of “Best Accounting Practices” as they apply to domestic and international manufacturing, importing and sales. Formerly Controller at the U.S. subsidiary of a Belgium manufacturing concern, Jeff brings 16 years of experience in international finance to his new position at Vecoplan. “Everyday we compete in a true world economy.” states Marty Kennedy, Executive Vice President of Vecoplan, LLC, “In order to succeed, not only does

Paper Drill Receives Warm Welcome CHICAGO—Chuck Nestor and James Kelly with Apollo Printing, of Newport News, VA, attended Graph Expo 2007 looking to buy a new paper drill. They found the one they were looking for at the Rollem International booth. The printing execs selected a PB-16, which is a heavy-duty drill with up to 15 drilling heads, making it ideal for most applications, including mechanical binding patterns and multiple-up work. The new PB-16 was installed in February. Bobst Readies for Drupa, Direction ’08 ROSELAND, NJ—At Drupa 2008, Bobst Group’s Folding Carton and Flexible Materials divisions will showcase a wide range of products,

SANTA ANA, CA—March 14, 2008—Duplo will use this year’s drupa to unveil a range of new products and innovative modular finishing configurations which will allow printers to introduce sophisticated value-added finishing processes to their customer offerings. Visitors to the exhibition will see for the first time Duplo’s unique DC-645 Production Color Finisher with a new knife folder, adding further application possibilities to the already versatile slit, cut and crease machine. drupa will also see the first showing of the intelligent DSF-5000 high speed dynamic document sheet feeder; Duplo’s new PUR DPB-500 Perfect Binder as well as the launch of the new mid-range

NÜRTINGEN, GERMANY—March 13, 2008—The machine manufacturer Kugler-Womako from Nürtingen, a company of the Körber PaperLink Group, presents its double wire forming machine ProLoop and the punching machine ProPunch at drupa 2008. Both machines show optimized handling processes and extended production possibilities. The punching machine ProPunch can be used for different materials such as paper, board or plastic. Products including register cards, calendar sheets or loose leaf dividers can be punched quickly and efficiently. A new develop-ment is the non-stop stacker: Until now two operators were necessary to remove completed packs manually. Now, these packs are collected automatically and sent to a transport belt for

American-Made Stacker/Bundler Gaining Popularity in North America YORK, PA—IMC America (sales agent for Penn Graphics) has announced three new installations in North America for the PGE300 semi-automatic stacker/bundler: Hi-Liter Graphics, in Burlington, WI; McCormick-Armstrong, Wichita, KS; and Cenveo MM&T in Toronto. The machine is an American-made stacker/bundler designed for production on today’s high-speed web presses. Back-to-Back Bobst Installations NILES, IL—Just three months after installing its first Bobst SPanthera 106-LER Autoplaten diecutter (with in-line blanking), Graphic Technologies added another. Reportedly the second largest trade finisher in the country, Graphic Technologies offers a full complement of capabilities, including folding, folding-gluing, laminating, kitting, in-house tool production

WHAT IS this strange-looking thing? Bob Geier wondered aloud, when a customer stopped by (circa 1987) and handed him a small, round piece of plastic. “I’d never seen anything like it before,” recalls Geier, owner of Farmingdale, NY-based Mid Island Bindery. “The customer said it was a compact disc, and that it was going to be huge someday. “That was a milestone year for us,” Geier notes. “We worked hard with our customer to produce the books that accompanied every compact disc at greater speeds then they were currently being produced and hold all the specifications required by the final assembler.” Mid Island produced

HAMBURG/DÜSSELDORF—February 11, 2008—At drupa 2008, the most important and worldwide the largest fair for the printing and paper converting industries, Körber PaperLink (KPL) will be present on 1,200 sqm in Hall 11, Stand B62 / C62. For the first time all paper companies of the group, including E.C.H. Will, Pemco (with the brands SHM and Wrapmatic), Kugler-Womako and Winkler+Dünnebier, will be assembled together under the same roof. They will share a stand with common corporate design to demonstrate the integration of Winkler+Dünnebier within the Körber PaperLink Group. For 14 days Körber PaperLink will showcase its unique system solutions for paper sheeting, converting and packaging.