Across the Nation

Grand-Format Printer Outputs Display Graphics, Banners

WAUNAKEE, WI—Suttle-Straus Inc. has installed an EFI VUTEk GS3250 LX flatbed and roll-to-roll LED UV-curing printer, supplied and serviced by Heidelberg. "We liked the product and found it to be very stable," explains Brett Keene, director of imaging. "But once Heidelberg came into the mix, we saw the perfect marriage of capability and service," including a generous parts and labor warranty.

The new grand-format printer will support Suttle-Straus' production of point-of-purchase (POP) and display graphics, and will also be of benefit on the R&D side. "We are already exploring opportunities to offer new applications requiring cold-cure technology," Keene relays. These include projects using thinner, heat-sensitive Styrenes, shrinkwrap, bubblewrap, athletic tape and more.

Double-Knife Outsert System FoldsPharma Leaflets With Up to 170 Panels

SPOKANE, WA—Since installing a new G&K–Vijuk MV-11 double-knife outsert system, pharmaceutical industry print and finishing provider Ross Printing can now fold outsert leaflets with as many as 170 panels. According to Alan Ross, president, the quality assurance tools available on the MV-11 have increased the printer's output dramatically without compromising careful inspection of each sheet.

"We purchased the MV-11 outsert system after careful review of customer and industry expectations, which translated to more patient information and, in some cases, multiple languages on their insert/outsert," says Ross. "The outsert format provides a competitive solution for pharmas to add more text and eliminate separate and expensive foreign-language components."

CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES—Superior Lithographics has purchased an 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 printing press with inter-deck UV and impression cylinder cooling. The company expects the new press to begin operation in June.

SAN LUIS OBISPO—Duplo USA has provided Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department with a DB-280 desktop perfect binder to teach the department's students about short-run and on-demand printing. The binder will be used in the department's experiential student-run, faculty-advised, printing, publishing and imaging company, University Graphic Systems.

SAN MATEO—BarkerBlue, a provider of document management and digital imaging and printing services, has expanded its services with the addition of new digital imaging solutions, including an HP Scitex FB500 flatbed printer, a Zund G3 router, twin HP Latex L26600 plotters and an HP Indigo 3550 digital press.

CONNECTICUT

NEW BRITAIN—Hitchcock Printing and Distribution Services has installed a five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5 sheetfed offset press with in-line coater, which is equipped with the Peak Performance package. Pressroom Manager is tied into the shop's front-end Prinect system.

FLORIDA

MIAMI—By adding a third Presstek 52DI digital offset press and increasing its number of finishing lines, City Colors can now offer same-day service to its trade-only customers at competitive prices.

ILLINOIS

FRANKLIN PARK—In addition to celebrating its 50th anniversary, Tukaiz LLC has also been designated as a beta test site for Landa Nanographic Printing technology.

MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS—Bolger Vision Beyond Print has received SSAE16/SOC2/Type2 certification following an intensive security review by third-party auditors for verifications to Bolger's customers relating to the integrity of its data hosting solutions and data recovery facilities, security of information technology and overall compliance with secure data.

OHIO

DAYTON—Think Patented, based here, has acquired Prime Marketing Companies of Miamisburg, OH. Prime Marketing employees will continue to operate out of their current location until May, then both groups will move into Think Patented's new, 75,000-square-foot facility in Miamisburg, OH. The new location will house the 110+ employees; and offer clients expanded capabilities, process efficiencies and data security in a convenient location.

PENNSYLVANIA

COLMAR—Since purchasing a Scodix S series digital enhancement press at Graph Expo last year, Encompass Elements is already using the press to create a wide variety of dimensional and texture effects for projects ranging from commercial and high-end packaging launches to comic book covers.

SOUTH CAROLINA

CHARLESTON—Sisters Ruth Smith and Susan Shierlock, co-owners of Sas-E-Ink, are celebrating their company's 25th anniversary this year.

WISCONSIN

LA CROSSE—La Crosse Graphics has installed an eight-unit, 16-page Mitsubishi GCX heatset web press with in-line signature folding capabilities. The company specializes in colorful visitor guides, catalogs, marketing collateral and annual reports.

MENOMONEE FALLS—Along with celebrating its 75th year in business, Burton & Mayer Inc. recently made several investments that include an eight-color Komori perfecting press and three large-format UV inkjet printing units. pP