More than 1,000 trade visitors from all over the world are expected to attend the Sheetfed Summit 2011, which will run from May 16-20, 2011, at the manroland Offenbach Print Technology Center. Value-added printing for improved business and production processes will be the focus.
Foster, a trade printer based in Santa Ana, CA, has inaugurated its new 46,000-square-foot facility and started up its second KBA Rapida 162a 64" sheetfed press, a five-color conventional press that sits alongside its 2008-purchased KBA Rapida six-press with UV capabilities.
Chairwoman and CEO Lynne Alexander has positioned the 113-year-old firm well for the future, backed by a $7 million capital expenditure initiative that includes a six-color, 73″ manroland 900 XXL large-format sheetfed press with in-line aqueous coater as its centerpiece.
Even after 38 consecutive years without suffering a year-over-year sales loss, Rohrer Corp. is seeking growth through acquisition, not just of the organic variety. Following the switch of majority ownership from John and David Rohrer to a private equity group in late 2009, the company began to embark on negotiations with various package printing companies.
Edison Litho is a bit of a rare bird. It has wondrous printing capabilities—powered by a trio of large-format KBA sheetfed offset presses—and leading positions in the retail, entertainment and packaging sectors. And, 40 percent of its brick-and-mortar business constitutes work for the trade.
Edmunds Communications Group considers itself more than just a printing company, but rather a communications company that specializes in printing. The 120-employee operation serves 300 clients nationwide, and has experienced a double-digit sales growth in both its traditional offset and digital divisions.
Those lithographic printers walking the show floor earlier this month at Graph Expo in search of a bevy of heavy-iron, offset presses were sorely disappointed. With press manufacturers Heidelberg USA, Komori America and Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses opting to pass on this year's show, the South Hall at McCormick Place lacked the all-encompassing lineup of traditional press vendors that visitors in years past have come to expect.
The acronym of this trade printer once stood for Business Cards Tomorrow, referring to the 24-hour turnaround offered on such orders. But BCT also provides its printer customers with letterheads, envelopes, announcements, postcards, brochures, catalogs, note pads, carbon forms, labels, wide-format banners and more.
There's no crisis of identity at Capital Offset, where craft is king and the process is almost as much a work of art as the piece itself. It competes in four major disciplines, led by the production of museum and gallery books, along with fine art photography.
Kodak leaders provide an overview of the innovation and technology that will be on display at IPEX 2010. Kodak will feature new key market solutions based upon differentiating technology that will add value to customers- and helping them to grow their businesses. Quality, productivity, and delivering a consultancy are discussed, in addition to customer interviews.
