During a special team-building event, Océ North America employees contributed more than 2,000 volunteer hours building and donating bicycles valued at $18,000 to the children of the Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases’ enlisted personnel who otherwise couldn’t afford them.
School Datebooks was the first to do these full-blown custom datebooks with school-specific events, rules and other information, while most competitors still do generic products. The school year calendars display as two week spreads, in addition to other content such as rules and regulations, dress codes, maps, or information geared to special groups like freshman classes or athletes.
AUGSBURG, GERMANY—Offset printing specialist manroland AG and Océ Printing Systems, a manufacturer of digital high-performance continuous feed printing systems, have forged a partnership of sorts regarding inkjet-based digital printing solutions for the graphic arts industry.
The companies have reached an understanding on global cooperation in the area of inkjet-based digital printing solutions for the graphic arts industry. They will offer solutions that will include consulting, systems, services and materials provided by a single source.
The following printing company profiles underscore the notion that there is hope for the industry and a clear vision toward success—and prosperity—for those firms unafraid to plan for success in an environment that calls for fear and inactivity. These three profiles offer more than a little hope that 2011 could mark a return to the "old normal" for companies daring enough to defy the economy.
“As the economy turned south, the addition of the Océ Arizona printers to our line gave us the ability to offer a broader range of services. We’re growing our display graphics business with our Océ Arizona Series printers,” said Trevor Hansen, director of product marketing at Thomas Reprographics.
OK, I'm gonna put this out there right up front. The new Océ ColorStream 3500 inkjet web press announced on Nov. 10 may well go down as a landmark machine for the company and the industry. My colleague Andy Tribute pointed out while we were there that it’s the most important machine the company has introduced in the past 10 years.
While the speeds and feeds specs are the same or similar to those of the company's JetStream 1000 system, the new box fills an important space in the market and an important gap in Océ's otherwise robust line of high-speed inkjet systems.
Ideal has acquired two Océ VarioPrint 6160 Ultra printing systems to achieve a more productive, integrated workflow for customers’ complex kitting applications. President Larry Vaughn saw an opportunity to use automated kitting to improve production of a specialized application for an important manufacturing client.
To expand its customized, on-demand publishing capabilities, VISOgraphic turned to the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Ultra line of cutsheet printers. As a result, it can now help clients control inventory and waste, while still maintaining the look of offset-quality output. The company expects to run tens of thousands of documents, including applications like short-run books, and static, variable and on-demand collateral.
