Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

SCHAUMBURG, IL—Building on the decision last year by the PIA/GATF and Web Offset Association (WOA) to merge an annual event geared toward sheetfed offset printers into their venerable WOA conference and rename it Offset and Beyond, the program covered even more topics beyond lithography this year. These included new features for the more than 600 attendees, including a Saturday jump-start series, a “green printers” showcase and a student outreach program. In addition, new all-day targeted sessions were hosted by Tom Quinn, director of fulfillment services at the Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association, and by Julie Shaffer, director of the Digital Printing Council, on the

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—05/30/2008—On the opening day of drupa, Maria Manns (nee Stapperfenne) paid a visit to the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) booth, and Bernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberg, was on hand to welcome drupa’s most senior visitor. Maria Manns was born in September 1910 in Düsseldorf (Germany) and was sent to work in the print shop run by her father, Hermann Stapperfenne, at the age of five. The company mostly produced account books for wholesale companies on a Tiegel press from Heidelberg - which at that time was not electrically powered. Over the years, the print shop invested in a four-color press from Heidelberg and,

PORTLAND, OR—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Williston, Vermont, announces that Irwin-Hodson, a commercial printing company, has signed a contract to purchase a new KBA Rapida 105 41-inch 10-color long perfector press with double coaters, full conventional and UV capabilities, and a host of KBA’s newest technology features. The press will be delivered this summer and will be in operation in the early fall of 2008. “We see this new KBA press as the perfect tool in our arsenal to differentiate us from our competitors,” says T.J. McDonald, president and CEO of Irwin-Hodson. “Purchasing this press keeps us up-to-speed as pioneers

WÜRZBURG, GERMANY/DOBRUSKA, CZECH REPUBLIC—04/30/08—Pending the approval of the competent authorities, KBA’s Czech subsidiary KBA-Grafitec in Dobruska is entering a strategic alliance with Adast in Adamov, near Brno. According to the contracts signed by the two companies on 23 April in Dobruška, Adast discontinues the development, production and marketing of its own branded products to focus on providing KBA-Grafitec with parts and subassemblies. In return KBA-Grafitec will source a major proportion of its components from Adast. Other KBA production sites will also purchase from Adast where possible. KBA-Grafitec has acquired Adast’s entire portfolio of product, patent and trademark rights, and while Adast will continue to

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—04/28/2008—On May 1, 2008, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will start construction work for drupa in Düsseldorf. The world’s largest trade show for the printing and paper industry will run from May 29 through June 11, 2008. On an area of 7,800 square meters in Halls 1 and 2, Heidelberg will be showcasing its integrated portfolio of solutions for commercial and packaging printing that extends right up to the end product. “We are facing a particular challenge this year - creating a giant print shop in a record time of just 28 days,” reports Franz Haaf, Technical Manager in charge of the Heidelberg trade

WESTMONT, IL—04/21/08—“MAN Roland has been a leader in large-format presses for three-quarters of a century,” asserts MAN Roland CEO Vince Lapinski. “It’s over 75 years since we introduced the Roland Ultra in 1933; and each new generation along the way has gone far beyond simply making bigger machines.” “At our Westmont Graphic Demonstration Center (near Chicago, IL) on June 23rd and 24th,” he continues, “ under the theme of Make No Small Plans, Open House visitors can see firsthand the latest results of things we’ve learned — not the least of which are better ways to help printers translate high technology

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—04/17/2008—At drupa 2008, the world’s largest trade show devoted to printing technology from May 29 to June 11, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be presenting a trade show program, consisting of tours, lectures and excursions for marketing professionals, creatives, production managers and purchasers. Participants receive an overview of print innovations and their use for the brand and company communication: Why is the medium of print an indispensable element of effective brand and corporate communication? How can companies use special applications to design their print products to be even more successful? Print Buyers & Marketing Professionals can register online at www.drupa-heidelberg.com. Program overview HEI

The Lithrone SX40 has a new maximum running speed of 18,000 sph. The new higher speed fully automatic plate change (F-APC) with non stop plate removal, helps increase the speed for job to job changeover, essential for busy print houses handling various run lengths. The Lithrone SX40 can change 6 plates in under two minutes, enabling, along with KHS-AI, a 35% reduction in job-to-job-changeover time. From the end of production on one job to an OK sheet on the next job it takes just 6 ¼ minutes. The automated coater plate change increases speed, precision and ease of use. All controls are integrated

NORTH BERGEN, NJ—April 4, 2008—Edison Litho & Printing, one of the largest large-format litho printers in the Northeast and the only printer in the country with two of the largest sheetfed presses in the world, embarked on its new theme “The Future of Your Business is with Edison Litho” at the GlobalShop show at McCormick Place in Chicago in mid-March 2008 to promote its large-format printing capabilities and use of different substrates. The Edison booth attracted hundreds of show-goers. “We’re here to proclaim our leadership in the large-format printing category by having two KBA Rapida 205 81-inch six-color sheetfed presses in our facility,” says

HOW’S THIS for a five-year plan? Buy three companies—web offset, sheetfed and digital—and meld their operations, people and cultures into a cohesive whole. Along the way: • Take Hi-Liter Graphics (acquired in 2003), in Burlington, WI, from a black-and-white nonheatset web offset shop into full-color heatset capabilities, and ultimately install the first MAN Roland Euroman 32-page, four-color web press in North America (the second globally); • Transition Inland Graphics (acquired in 2004), of Menomonee Falls, WI, back into commercial work while still maintaining its strong position in the book printing market; and • Expand Menomonee Falls-based Plus Digital Print (acquired in 2007) into full-color,