Finishing - Material Handling

LJUNGBY, SWEDEN—April 30, 2008—Lasermax Roll Systems will be demonstrating the first modules of its new LX700 product line for roll-fed digital printers at Drupa 2008. This demonstration will be in their stand B61 in Hall 6 and will showcase significant advances in technology for cutting and stacking forms in-line with the fastest continuous feed digital printers. “The LX700 product line is being developed to support the increasing requirements of new digital printers and the anticipation of even greater speed increases in the years ahead,” says Bill Carroll, President and CEO for Lasermax Roll Systems. “The system that will be shown in our stand at

Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS—25 April 2008—Buhrs, a leading international provider of mailing and fulfilment solutions, will be presenting the latest developments in envelope inserting and poly and paper wrapping systems at its booth C46 in hall 14 at drupa. “The main objective behind all of the applications we will have on exhibit is to achieve further increases in the productivity of mailing by raising net output. We help our customers achieve this by delivering higher yields with smaller labour forces, eliminating jams, errors and defects, running at higher speeds, improving the integration of processes and devoting less time to inspections, set ups and changeovers,” explains

PITTSBURGH—April 4, 2008—Industry interest in and programming on sustainability helped increase attendance at the 2008 National Environmental Health & Safety Conference by a remarkable 53%. About 225 people attended the March event at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel, a number the 13-year-old conference hasn’t experienced since 2002. The keynote presentation by Mark DiVito, “The State of Sustainability in Graphic Communications,” was based on a survey by Reed Business Information. This survey identified how different printing stakeholders are addressing green issues. The results included: Companies that felt the emphasis on sustainability in printing had increased in the past year: 75%. Companies with a

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

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.

ARCDALE, NC—JANUARY 14, 2008—Vecoplan, a worldwide leader in size reduction technology, introduces the RG 70-S industrial shredder. Designed specifically for processing paper and plastic waste for reclamation and recycling, large extruder purgings, large reject parts, trim scraps, baled or loose film, synthetic fiber, carpet, wood processing scrap, medical waste, and cardboard. The RG 70-S features a larger rotor diameter and taller feed ram that dramatically improves the throughput and overall processing efficiency of bulky scrap materials, and other large dimension waste products. The RG 70-S features true dump and run operation, so entire containers of waste can be fed into its hopper. The hopper,

ARCDALE, NC—December 3, 2007—Vecoplan LLC, a worldwide leader in size reduction technologies, has promoted Jason Herndon to the position of Technical Support Manager. Herndon has been with Vecoplan for 9 years and was formerly a Senior Service Technician. As Technical Support Manager, Herndon will serve as the liaison between customers, factory staff and field technicians providing a central repository of information on any given service call. He will also oversee quality control and customer satisfaction on all technical service issues. “As the sheer number of customers, machines and systems that we have in the field has grown, and the sophistication of our

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HIGH POINT, NC—09/26/07—Vecoplan, LLC has appointed Vinnie Carpentieri to the position of National Sales Manager, Mobile Division. In his new position Carpentieri will oversee all mobile shredding system sales throughout North America. He will also function as a liaison between the marketplace and Vecoplan, communicating changing and specialized customer needs to Vecoplan’s engineering R&D team, and working with the marketing department to introduce innovations in mobile technologies to the marketplace. Prior to joining Vecoplan, Carpentieri spent 23 years as sales manager at a major capital equipment manufacturer specializing in granulators for the plastics market. “We worked with Vinnie for many years at his former

ARCDALE, NC—Sept.21, 2007—Vecoplan, a leader in size reduction technology, recently christened a new state-of-the-art test lab. An integral part of Vecoplan’s recent 30,000 square foot building expansion, the lab serves two functions vital to Vecoplan’s long term goals for continued growth. “First it provides a practical hands-on environment to test the feasibility and ensure the quality of our R&D efforts,” states Gary Kolbet, Chief of Systems Engineering at Vecoplan, LLC. “But just as important, the test lab is set up to provide real world conditions in which customers can view their own waste materials being processed - from feeding, through shredding and discharge/separation” adds