Offset Printing - Web

BOLINGBROOK, IL—June 27th, 2008—Successful demonstration of innovative technology, orders signed and prospective projects initiated have led Goss International to label the drupa 2008 show a success. “We feel that we captured the spirit of drupa by introducing new technologies and presenting our customers with an excellent show environment for pursuing new ideas and opportunities,” according to Goss International CEO Bob Brown. “The performance of our new M-600 Folia press was clearly an impressive highlight of the show, and the interest among sheetfed and web printers throughout the world was very encouraging.” Goss International announced new orders at the show for products throughout

VAUGHN, ONTARIO—06/23/08—Michael Mugavero’s 37-year career begins a new chapter today as vice president of sales for manroland Canada Inc., in addition to maintaining responsibilities for Eastern U.S. sales. Mugavero will now be based out of the company’s Canadian headquarters. He will manage and direct sales for sheetfed and assist with sales on the web end of the business. “There are a number of opportunities, including delivering market awareness of the ‘new’ manroland and demonstrating our culture of reliable partnerships and continued ground-breaking technology for the print industry,” Mugavero said. “manroland is a total resource company offering new business concepts with printservices

WÜRZBURG, GERMANY—06/19/08— At the 83rd AGM of German press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA), group president and CEO Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann revealed that Drupa, a 14-day print media trade fair recently held in Düsseldorf, had brought in orders worth more than €200m, surpassing the figure for the previous Drupa in 2004. Most of the contracts were for batch-produced sheetfed presses, sales of which had been badly hit in the first five months by a slump in the key US market. Judging by the response to KBA’s product launches, post-Drupa business also promises to be brisk. The total volume of sales generated by the fair

WILLISTON, VT—06/19/08—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer currently based in Williston, VT, is announcing that its corporate headquarters will be moving to Dallas, TX, in the summer of 2009. The relocation will join the KBA sheetfed and web divisions under one roof along with the sales, service and parts departments as well as the corporate demonstration center. “We’ve been headquartered outside of Burlington, Vermont for more than 20 years,” says Holger Garbrecht, KBA North America president and CEO. “But with our continued growth in all market segments it is the ideal time for us to move to a more central location to better

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—June 17, 2008—Sheetfed and web offset press manufacturer Komori today announced that drupa 2008 has been a successful platform for numerous press deals around the world. Demonstrations on the Komori stand attracted huge crowds, especially the newly launched Lithrone SX models and the System 38S web press. As well as being the only 16 page web on show, the System 38 also broke a world record during one demo, completing three different jobs under 13 minutes. The packed audience watched as 15,000 perfect sheets of each job, involving two plate changes and a format change were produced before their eyes as the press

LAS VEGAS—June 9th, 2008—Creel Printing, a specialist in catalog, publication and newspaper production, will install its third Goss Sunday 2000 web press at its facility in Las Vegas in 2009. The eight-unit, two-web system will have a 57” (1450 mm) web width and be equipped with a Goss pinless combination folder, allowing the company to produce magazine signatures with up to 48 pages or tabloid signatures with up to 32 pages. Creel Printing installed an eight-unit two-web Sunday 2000 press with a 38” (965 mm) web width in 2003, followed by an identical system in 2005. The company also operates Goss Pacesetter saddlestitchers and

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

DRUPA—May 29th 2008—At drupa ’08 Goss International is putting a new perspective on “perfecting” with the M-600 Folia press in live production. Combining sheetfed and web concepts, the innovative new press can double the productivity of sheetfed perfectors while offering an equivalent footprint and labor requirement and competitive investment and operating costs. Demonstrations at drupa will emphasize high print quality as well as fast makereadies and low waste for short-run applications. “The M-600 Folia press unleashes significant productivity and economic advantages for the production of high-quality double-sided sheets,” says Jean-Claude Pautrat, product management director, Goss International. “In developing this unique press we

DRUPA—May 29th, 2008—Goss International is demonstrating innovative technologies and an expanded application range for web offset production from its stand in hall 17, with its drupa 2008 theme – ‘New Ways for Print’. Showcasing its latest press, finishing and workflow solutions, Goss International is presenting technologies that push the boundaries of web offset production and enhance the value of print. As well as exhibiting Magnum 4, Uniliner, FPS and Sunday 4000 printing units – all with new features and capabilities – the company is highlighting the world’s first 96-page Sunday 5000 web press. Magnapak and Pacesetter finishing systems will also be exhibited.

DE PERE, WI—May 29, 2008—MEGTEC Systems announces the market introduction of the innovative Ironman Integral Web Cooling Process System for web offset presses. “More and more printers are producing high quality work with lower grade paper and higher ink coverage. To work profitably the printing press needs to operate at or near optimum conditions – at maximum possible printing speed and with minimum paper waste” said Phil Strand, Vice President of MEGTEC Americas Printing Products Group. “It is not unusual to have ink coverage or ink characteristics that push up against the limits of the dryer specification, or beyond them. And when difficult-to-dry