Offset Printing - UV/LED Curing

In addition to the RMGT (Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology) Atlanta Demonstration Center that opened two years ago and showcases LED UV curing live and on press, Graphic Systems North America (GSNA), the Authorized Distributor for RMGT offset presses in North America, also announced that a number of additional Demonstration Centers will be opening throughout the U.S. during 2016.

Heidelberg’s Speedmaster XL 106 8P+L with X4 delivery is the first press in the world equipped with three types of UV capabilities: full UV, LE UV and LED UV. Adding the capacity to switch between UV capabilities gives customers the unrestricted ability to test which type of UV is best suited for their business. The new press is currently being installed in Heidelberg’s Print Media Center in Atlanta.

Premier Print Group has purchased an eight-color Lithrone G40 perfector with H-UV system (GL840P), its third Komori press.

MAR Graphics has installed a five-color RDP Marathon UV web press to produce direct-mail pieces, jumbo rolls and other print pieces.

GSNA reported a successful GRAPH EXPO 15. There, the inaugural meeting of the Elite RMGT LED-UV Users Group was held.

An eight-color Lithrone GX40 (GLX840) press equipped with full UV and logistics capabilities has been installed at The Ellis Group.

Wallace Carlson has added a Komori Lithrone G40 press with H-UV (GL840) to its facility in Minnesota.

The latest development from Air Motion Systems, the AMS XP9, has won a Must See ‘Ems award at GRAPH EXPO 15.

Air Motion Systems will introduce a 100 percent LED curing platform for Flexo label and packaging converters at Labelexpo Europe 2015.

Beyer Graphics announced it is investing $8.4 million to add two new 41" KBA Rapida 106 UV presses to its inventory—an eight-color plus coater and a specially-configured nine-color press that is one of only a few in the United States. This large capital investment is the firm’s first partnership with KBA.