Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

Hear from printing companies that have successfully embraced UV technologies to provide more added value to their product offerings.

Langley Holdings plc net assets at June 2013 were up by €158 million on the same point last year at €488 million, around €100 million coming from the balance sheet of manroland Sheetfed, which came into the group from January.

The new 37˝ Komori Lithrone A37P convertible perfecting offset printing press has been developed as a new entry in the Lithrone A series of presses. It serves as a multifunctional press that offers high basic performance and is equipped with a sheet reversal mechanism that enables the user to perform double-sided or single-sided printing with just one press.

By adding a 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 UV sheetfed press to its fleet of printers at its Los Angeles location, Primary Color will now be able to handle projects in the high-volume packaging, retail and entertainment markets.

NCL Graphic Specialties in Waukesha, WI, has printed 77 million impressions in one year on an eight-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press, setting a world record in the printing industry.

Wells Printing in Montgomery, AL has added a five-color Sakurai 580SDC press with coater to produce annual reports and a full range of marketing materials for Wells Printing clients. The new press will boost the company's productivity up to 50 percent.

A new six-color, 41˝ KBA Rapida 105 press with UV has been added at Imagine! Print Solutions in Minneapolis, to add additional capacity for several customer requirements. "Our print buyer customers, like everyone else, are looking for higher quality and faster throughput and we can offer these things in combination with the new KBA press," said Bob Lothenbach, founder and president of Imagine! Print Solutions.

At PRINT 13 in Chicago in September, KBA North America will be introducing new presses, along with a booth visit from NAPL Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Andrew Paparozzi providing a print industry preview.

The Garvey Group in Niles, IL, is adding a new six-color, 64˝ KBA Rapida 162a press with UV curing to its fleet of KBA presses. This latest addition at the firm is due to be operational later this month. This acquisition will also answer capacity needs due to a growing customer base and increasing sales volume.

The addition of a new Mitsubishi Diamond 3000R convertible perfector with dual UV coaters, has allowed Boss Litho in City of Industry, CA, the opportunity to enter into new markets such as print foil packaging and calendar printing.