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KENNESAW, GA—July 25, 2007—Heidelberg will demonstrate a wide range of packaging solutions at this year’s Graph Expo, including several new items that boast a competitive advantage in economy, efficiency and flexibility. The prepress, press and postpress equipment will be on display in booth #1200 at McCormick Place in Chicago from Sept. 9-12, 2007. “Heidelberg provides high-performance packaging solutions to a broad spectrum of businesses, whether they are printing simple folding boxes or high-end finished cartons for luxury goods. The high level of customization on our equipment allows companies to find the right solutions for their business,” says Mark Rasmussen, postpress packaging product manager, Heidelberg USA. For

When cutting waste from statically charged material or plastic sticks to the knife, it has to be removed manually. This tedious task can be eliminated with the AirKnife, available as an option for new orders of POLAR Autotrim high-speed cutters 115, 137, and 155. With AirKnife, an adjustable volume of compressed air is blown through openings in the carbon-tipped knife at intervals while the machine is cutting, forming an air layer between the knife and the material being cut. This keeps both cutting waste and the cutting material from adhering to the knife, doing away with the need to clear the knife after every

HAUPPAUGE, NY— June 15, 2007—As visitors to Muller Martini’s Graph Expo booth #3863 will see, today’s advanced and highly automated press delivery technology can make workflow more efficient in a number of ways. The result can be reduced operational costs, and ultimately, increased profits. During the Graph Expo show, Muller Martini will be presenting live demonstrations of a press delivery configuration consisting of a Topveyor overhead conveyor, along with the company’s new Preciso rotary trimmer, and a Vivo horizontal log bundler. “The ability to process printed products between press and finishing in the fastest, most reliable and least labor-intensive way can significantly increase profitability for

HAUPPAUGE, NY—06/15/07—As visitors to Muller Martini’s Graph Expo booth #3863 will see, today’s advanced and highly automated press delivery technology can make workflow more efficient in a number of ways. The result can be reduced operational costs, and ultimately, increased profits. During the Graph Expo show, Muller Martini will be presenting live demonstrations of a press delivery configuration consisting of a Topveyor overhead conveyor, along with the company’s new Preciso rotary trimmer, and a Vivo horizontal log bundler. “The ability to process printed products between press and finishing in the fastest, most reliable and least labor-intensive way can significantly increase profitability for printers and binderies,

New Diecutter a Plus for Northern Ohio CLEVELAND—After spending upward of $10,000 a month to outsource its diecutting work, Northern Ohio Printing decided to pull those jobs back in-house with the acquisition of a KAMA TS 74-60HF diecutter with foil stamping and embossing features. Gary Chmielewski, president and owner of Northern Ohio Printing, notes the new gear has begun to create a profitable niche market for itself. Thus far, the company has logged more than 40 diecutting, foil stamping and embossing jobs on the KAMA. Northern Ohio specializes in short- to medium-run commercial printing, with runs between 100 and 5,000 pieces for foil stamping and

The rear table on POLAR high-speed cutters can be equipped with an optional movable safety guard that locks cutting and backgauge movement when the guard is open. The guard can be tilted up, providing quick and easy access for cleaning the knife from the rear. This is helpful when adhesive labels are cut, for example,…

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Both packaging and commercial printers speak in glowing terms of its quality, flexibility and cost-effectiveness BEIJING—04/11/2007— At China Print 2005, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) unveiled its Varimatrix 105 CS (CS stands for cutting and stripping) diecutter, a cost-effective entry-level solution for packaging and commercial printers. More than 60 of the diecutters have now been sold, over 60 percent of them installed in Europe. The first Varimatrix 105 CS in Germany was recently installed at Kohlschein in Viersen. This successful owner-run SME has been processing paper and cardboard for over 70 years. A workforce of 160 split between the company’s two sites develops and produces high-quality

FORT PAYNE, AL—04/04/07—In the fourth quarter of 2006, Samuel Manutech completed the purchase of Ovalstrapping Graphic Arts and Industrial divisions in the U.S. One of the objectives of the purchase was to utilize the synergies of Samuel Strapping Systems News Group and the Oval Graphic Arts Group. To take advantage of these synergies, we are proud to announce the creation of an exciting new company called GO Packaging. The new company will offer news and newspaper customers a full line of high speed on-line and offline bundling equipment, including the industry leading NT 440 and Strapmaster machines. In addition to high

ARCHDALE, NC/March 15, 2007—VecoPlan, LLC, a leading manufacturer of industrial shredders and shredding systems used in many industries, today announced it new control panel system simply referred to as the Revision 9A with Human-Machine Interface. “The Rev. 9A is major advancement in shredder controls technology,” states Todd Carswell, Vecoplan’s VP of Technical development. “It was a collaborative effort between Marc Parsons, Vecoplan’s Graphics Director, Allen-Bradley, div. of Rockwell Automation, the large industrial controls manufacturer, and myself,” adds Carswell. “The major advantage on the Rev 9A is the customizable program setting that allows you to adjust program settings to your specific application” adds Mr.