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Proteus Adds Heidelberg VLF

Published: January 01, 2010
Proteus Adds Heidelberg VLF KENNESAW, GA | Heidelberg reports the first US company to install its Speedmaster XL 145 VLF press is Proteus Packaging, Franklin,

Print with Quick Change Features

Published: January 01, 2010
The 900, XXL for large-format offset printing is available in four formats. Offers several quick-change features; fully automated plate change; highly

Offset Printing Has New Technology

Published: January 01, 2010
With patents for the Drent Goebel VSOP technology, company has combined the VSOP Series with its Alprinta and Concepta lines to provide size-variable

Press Has Many Benefits

Published: December 01, 2009
The 700 Direct Drive offers short makeready times, quick-change modules and electronic print length correction. Other reported benefits include precise

Press Has UV for Many Applications

Published: December 01, 2009
The Diamond V3000LX press with UV capabilities is engineered to deliver high performance on media across a thickness range of 0.0016-0.040 in. Said to

Hey, I Printed That Magazine!

Published: October 01, 2009
CHICAGO, IL | PFFC welcomed John Tompkins, a press operator at Quebecor World (now World Color), Lebanon, OH, to the American Printer/PFFC booth at the

Razor's Edgy Package

Published: August 01, 2009, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Colbert Packaging Corp., a manufacturer of folding cartons, rigid paper boxes, and paperboard specialty products, is celebrating its 50th anniversary

MLP Celebrates 25 Years

Published: June 01, 2009
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP USA Inc.) is celebrating a quarter of a century of innovations in 2009. MLP USA markets Mitsubishi

Gaining Ground

Published: May 01, 2009, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Thanks to a hybrid press from Heidelberg, the ability to switch between water-based and UV inks gives Carded Graphics a competitive edge.

KBA, FLEXcon Partner on Substrates

Published: April 01, 2009
KBA North America has collaborated with pressure-sensitive film maker FLEXcon Co., Spencer, MA, to premiere three unique substrates for the KBA Rapida 106 41-in. sheetfed press.

Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs

Published: March 01, 2009, By By Chris Davis, Matik North America
In the evolution of print, there have been many discoveries, inventions, and improvements that have shaped the industry as we know it. There are a variety

Cartons Go Upscale

Published: February 01, 2009, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Tom Wynne, VP of manufacturing at Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics, figured the first three manroland presses worked so well, the fourth shouldn't

Getting Carded: Card Making comes of age for Converters

Published: November 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
As an innovator in the plastic card-printing market for the past 20 years, Mag-jestic Card is both youthfully aggressive and well experienced. With the

New Heidelberg Press Joins 31 More

Published: October 01, 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany Thung Hua Sinn Group, Thailand, Bangkok, received a certificate of purchase for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 at Drupa 2008. This

Offset Printing: Fearless on UV

Published: June 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Having experienced rapid growth in the large-format market with the installation of a 56-in. KBA Rapida 142 five-color press in 2006, All Out Inc. has

Automation a Selling Point

Published: May 01, 2008
SIMPSONVILLE, KY Neff Packaging Solutions recently added a six-color, 18,000-sph Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press to its new 122,000-sq-ft plant in

Elegance & Speed

Published: May 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Many of the industry's largest converters adhere to the principle of thinking globally but acting locally. But Israel-based Tadbik Group has taken that

Packaging Press Is Online

Published: March 01, 2008
MARYLAND HTS., MO Quest Graphics calls itself a general commercial printer, but the 30-year-old Missouri company's markets include packaging, POP, and

Offset Printing: Friend to All

Published: February 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Boxes may not have changed too drastically over the years, but the way they are customized to promote, display, and advertise their contents has seen

KBA and xpedx Form Marketing Agreement

Published: November 19, 2007, By pffc-online.com
KBA North America and xpedx have formed a joint marketing agreement under which KBA will use printing papers from xpedx and include xpedx products in its press demonstrations, education and training seminars, and print tests.

KBA Holds 2nd Lenticular Seminar

Published: August 26, 2007, By pffc-online.com
KBA North America held its second comprehensive four-day seminar on lenticular printing and prepress work in early July 2007, bringing together the company's lenticular, printing, and marketing experts.

KBA Sensoric Infeed System Wins Award

Published: August 01, 2007, By pffc-online.com
KBA North America has a three-peat for the GATF InterTech Technology Award from PIA/GATF, capturing the 2007 award for the Rapida 105's Sensoric Infeed System (SIS), a sidelay-free infeed feature found on its 41-inch sheetfed presses.

Out in Front

Published: August 01, 2007, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
With an eye on huge growth in luxury brands, UpFront expands its resources with a Mitsubishi UV sheet-fed press.

Flexo Forges Bond

Published: August 01, 2007, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
With an eye on expansion into the wine label market, a South African converter buys its first flexographic press.

Treat 'em Right

Published: July 01, 2007, By By Edward Boyl,e Contributing Editor
Offset printer adds corona treating to its eight-color press and improves print quality on a new product line: in-mold film labels.

Lasting Impression

Published: March 01, 2007, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
Exceeding clients’ expectations results in double-digit growth for large-format package printer Huston Patterson.

Making Advances

Published: September 01, 2006, By By Edward Boyle Contributing Editor
Innovation. It's the secret behind the longevity of some of the world's leading companies. Ford Motor Co. virtually launched the automobile industry with

KBA Achieves Record Figure for Patent Applications

Published: April 24, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Last year, the German Patent and Trademark Office published 200 patent applications from KBA. The company ranks 22nd in Germany's overall patent application statistics.

Printing Plate Eliminates Dampener

Published: March 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com
A new printing plate and method reportedly eliminates the blanket cylinder and blanket on litho presses, thus simplifying litho press design and construct.

Rock-Tenn Joins Mitsubishi's 300 Million Impressions Club

Published: March 08, 2006, By pffc-online.com
Rock-Tenn's Kimball, TN, facility has surpassed 300 million impressions on its 51-inch Mitsubishi folding carton press. To commemorate the occasion, Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses presented a special "300 Million Impressions Club" engraved statuette to Rock-Tenn.

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