Quality
Printing adds new press
Quality Printing, a full-service commercial print provider,
has recently installed a six-color Komori Lithrone S40 (LS640-45). Located
in Pittsfield, Mass., Quality Printing is a 45-year-old, multi-generational
company that primarily serves the non-profit educational sector and
advertising agencies. Key drivers in the selection of the company’s
newest Komori included its advanced automation, the ability to decrease
makeready times, and an increased capability for production of complex
projects. (more)
interlinkONE
awards two student scholarships
interlinkONE, a marketing software company located
in Wilmington, Mass., since 1995, has awarded scholarships to one Wilmington
High School student and one Shawsheen Valley Technical High School student
who both plan to continue their education in the field of technology.
(more)
Green
ways in the Green Mountain state
New Mitsubishi press reflects Springfield Printing’s
commitment to a healthy environment
Many progressive printing companies in Vermont have been leading the
green wave for years. For one family-owned, Green Mountain state commercial
print shop, green printing comes second nature. (more)
Book
manufacturer King Printing Co. installs Screen TruePress Jet520
Lowell, Mass. printer looks forward to new opportunities
King Printing Co., Inc. in Lowell, Mass., has acquired
a Screen Truepress Jet520 full-color variable printing system from Screen
(USA) to augment its printing production portfolio. (more)
 Sustainability
In Print was the focus on a seminar hosted by Kirkwood
Printing recently that drew more than 100 professional print
buyers, marketing professionals and procurement directors. Kirkwood
hosted the event to help buyers understand the changes taking
place in commercial printing that allows all printers to alter their
manufacturing and other processes to be more environmentally friendly.
Pictured, keynote event speaker Tammy Coe, left, discusses with a group
of attendees the positive environmental practices that are taking place.
Coe is a chain of custody associate with SmartWood, the agency that
certifies that printing companies are meeting the requirements of the
Forest Stewardship Council, which allows printers to use FSC certified
papers. Kirkwood Printing in Wilmington, Mass., has been certified by
both the FSC and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Kirkwood is instituting
other measures to reduce its carbon footprint. (click photo for larger
image)
The
end of the world as we know it? Digital presses at drupa
By Ron Ellis
The buzz about digital presses has been out for some time, but it was
different at drupa this year. Digital presses at drupa 2008 were impossible
to ignore.
Previously digital printing was thought of as something complementary
to offset printing. The new digital presses stand on their own, apart
from offset printing, with the goal of replacing offset printing. Up
until now, digital presses have often been modeled after conventional
presses, and still involved imaging cylinders and complex mechanical
assemblies related to offset imaging. That is no longer the case. (more)
Successful
profit planning for printers:
A combination of effective machine hour rates, understanding the fixed
cost fallacy and more
By Ben Markens
Most manufacturers including many printers use machine hour rates (MHRs)
for each production center in their plant. These rates are the per hour
expression of your annual budget which if all goes well, will get you
through the year with a little left in your pockets. But there are good
rates, and there are not so good rates. (more)
Company
profile
FPMSI Inc.: A coalescence of graphic communications
By Nancy A. Hitchcock
One sign of a confident company is when the business moves into the
corner of a partially vacant 2 million-square-foot facility because
there’s plenty of room to expand. (more)
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in printed version
Strategies
for tighter times
The right marketing and sales messages for today’s customers
By John Graham
Sales and marketing professionals, who must do battle in an economic
environment where all types of buyer are bedeviled by financial pressures,
can benefit from words to work by. Here’s a checklist of eight
words that send the right message to today’s customers.
Mechanical
binding: versatile and decorative
By Frank Shear
Most of our experiences with mechanical binding stretch back to our
school days when we bought those three subject spiral notebooks so that
we only had to carry one notebook from class to class. Some of them
had pockets for teachers’ handouts. These notebooks were a great
convenience.
Mechanical binding styles such as wire-o (double loop), plastic spiral,
spiral wire, plastic (GBC) binding , velobind, and more have evolved
to greater levels of usefulness and style.
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