Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—04/05/2007—Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: A Speedmaster SM 52 was recently fitted with the 25,000th printing unit at the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant. A total of 310 employees work at Wiesloch-Walldorf in assembly, quality, planning, and logistics for this press model. A3 press is versatile and flexible A Speedmaster SM 52 four-color press was recently fitted with the 25,000th printing unit at the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). This landmark press will be installed at the Drukbaert print shop in Belgium in April. The print shop’s three staff produce commercial jobs of all kinds and are looking forward to the press’s enhanced productivity and versatility. Flexible use for

The Summer University is being held at the Print Media Academy (PMA) in Heidelberg for the seventh time from July 22 - 27, 2007. HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—04/04/2007—It is the seventh time that the Print Media Academy (PMA) of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG will host the Summer University in Heidelberg. International managers from the print media industry will be taking part in a five-and-a-half day course from July 22-27, 2007 in Heidelberg that aims to provide them with further training and the opportunity to share experiences and exchange success strategies. “In today’s dynamic markets, it is more important than ever that managers keep up-to-date with the latest developments and

KENNESAW, GA—April 2, 2007—Heidelberg USA announces the following new product installations: Heidelberg Speedmaster Technology Keeps Quality and Service Strong at Beacon Printing Beacon Printing prides itself on customer service, and its recent pressroom addition of a 5-color Speedmaster CD 74 with coater from Heidelberg is part of the shop’s commitment to delivering value to its customers. “The CD 74 fits our needs perfectly because several of our customers require six-page newsletters, and we can efficiently produce two-up on a sheet” Owner Wayne Magoon said. “We were concerned because our five-color press was really aging, and we wanted to upgrade with the latest technology.” Beacon

THE CLIMATE of the printing industry changes with print media competition growing, weekly news reports of consolidations, and daily challenges from a myriad of resources and technology innovations. Companies make over their names, add processes, rework their customer bases, add new mixes to their repertoire of services, and leverage the Internet and other new technologies. The industry is vibrant, exciting and changing—and we recognize this. What does not change is the need for individuals to keep abreast of the management trends, operations and production issues related to the printing and graphics community. With that as the backdrop, the board of directors of the Web Offset

WHAT CAN be said about the future of offset technologies? Well, plenty, and while news and views are mixed, there are many reasons to be optimistic. On the eve of the Web Offset Association’s “Offset and Beyond” 2007 55th Annual Management & Technical Conference, Printing Impressions spoke with a number of leading experts to learn where they think the offset sector is headed over the short and long term, and why. Offset Growth: An Oxymoron? Traditionally, the printing industry has tracked the GDP at a slightly higher rate. With the advent and growing popularity of color reproduction from the late 1980s through the early

Two separate 41-inch press lines let printers match advanced press capabilities to marketplace needs WESTMONT, IL—03/22/07—MAN Roland is launching two distinct versions of the next generation of its popular ROLAND 700 mid-size press. Both offer innovative technology that sets new benchmarks for sheetfed performance. The new ROLAND 700 HiPrint is the mainstream choice for the majority of printing facilities, while the new ROLAND 700 DirectDrive is designed for printers who require advanced makeready performance and long perfecting capabilities. Higher Quality Results The “Hi” in HiPrint stands for high quality, and the new press line can be equipped with MAN Roland’s exclusive array of inline quality control enhancements. It

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—March 21, 2007— Komori America Corporation announced today that effective March 31, 2007, they will assume the sales and service responsibilities for the territory previously covered by Atlantic Graphic Systems, Inc, Columbia, MD. This includes the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; a portion of eastern Pennsylvania and the Washington, DC area. The entire United States will now be serviced directly by Komori America. “Over the past several years, our strategy has been to bring those areas of the US that were handled by our dealer network under the Komori America umbrella. This allows us to provide the full complement of Komori services

Chicago-area Printer Focuses on High-tech Solutions to Meet Customer Demands KENNESAW, GA—March 15, 2007 – After more than 100 years in business, Rider Dickerson is carving out a high-tech future with the installation of a Heidelberg 6-color Speedmaster XL 105 with coater, the most technologically advanced and productive 40-inch press on the market. The added capacity and speed of the new press comes at a critical time for the company, which recently expanded into a new 85,000-square foot facility in Bellwood, Ill. “The XL 105 is a great addition to our larger shop and enables us to expand our capabilities as we expand our

UPPER MARLBORO, MD—March 6, 2007—Finishing touches are being put on a 10-color ROLAND 700 perfector at McArdle Printing Co. Installation of the new press coincides with the start of McArdle’s 60th anniversary, and the company is prepared to take advantage of both events to grow faster and further. McArdle Printing was founded in 1947 and is celebrating sixty years of service. In 2006, the facility generated sales of $44 million and was recognized as one of the largest printers in the Washington metropolitan area — ranked 129th in Printing Impressions’ Top 400. The company operates 24 hours a day with over 220 employees. McArdle’s services

Kennesaw, GA—March 22, 2007—Heidelberg is pleased to announce that Dayton Newspapers of Franklin, Ohio, recently installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 8-color perfector with Prinect Axis Control color measuring system. The new press will handle the production of color pre-prints for insertion into four daily and six weekly newspaper publications. It is the first installation of this powerful small-format long perfector in North America. Dayton Newspapers initially entered the sheetfed printing business as an extension of its newspaper pre-print inserting operation. At the time, the company’s goal was to print 8.5 x 11” single-sheet inserts in two-up configuration for its advertisers. Based on its