Sheetfed Presses
Total productive maintenance
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Ken Rizzo
Making equipment as efficient and profitable as possible. That's the premise behind total productive maintenance (TPM), a lean manufacturing strategy...
New additions
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Hybrid UV XL 105 goes to Carded Graphics Carded Graphics (Staunton, VA) recently installed one of the first hybrid UV Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 presses...
Boosting sheetfed press speed
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Raymond J. Prince
Well, that title got your attention didn't it? It bothers me to see presses running slowly, especially new presses. Let's look at why presses run slow...
Bouncing back
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Mele Printing (Covington, LA) can measure its history using several milestones. Mallery Mele founded the company in 1985 as one-man walk-up copy shop...
Strength in numbers
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Founded in 1981, Einstein Printing (Dallas) is a $1.4 million printer. There's nothing flashy about the nine employees or the mix of digital and offset...
Going greener
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
According to Joerg Daehnhardt, director of product management for Heidelberg USA (Kennesaw, GA), reducing startup waste should be a top priority for environmentally...
Double stuff
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Among the excitement of inkjet products and press demonstrations from Fuji, Kodak, Screen and others at Drupa which we'll cover next month were a wealth...
Ultra flexibility
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
MAN Roland (Westmont, IL) unveiled a new corporate identity at Drupa. The two companies that merged in 1979, MAN and Roland, now are united in a single...
Full speed ahead
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
In April, Koenig and Bauer (KBA) gave international customers and the trade press a preview of its Drupa plans at its headquarters in Radebeul, Germany....
Fast, fancy & flexible
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
UV is providing strong growth for equipment and press suppliers, not to mention commercial printers who are expanding into new markets while improving...
Hybrid UV then & now
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM
To understand where hybrid UV is today, you have to understand its roots. In the mid-1980s, some progressive package printers tried combining the best...
A perfect UV application
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Many commercial printers have embraced UV printing in recent years. Benefits include instant curing, fancy effects and, depending on the press configuration,...
How low can you go?
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien & Debora Toth
Makereadies have been drastically reduced over the past few years. Thanks to ink presets, automatic plate changing and other innovations, it's possible...
Big boxes
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Welcome to the future, said Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberg CEO, greeting journalists at the vendor's new packaging showroom in Wiesloch, Germany. The future...
Productivity push
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Komori (Rolling Meadows, IL) Drupa display will include eight offset presses ranging in size from the small format Spica 529P to the System 38S 16-page...
