Offset presses continue to be star performers for in-plants.

By W. Eric Martin

“One of them will have to wait a while,” he says. “With the amount of large four-color jobs that we have been doing, that will be a tough decision.”

Ideally, the amount of overtime rung up by the 22 employees in his in-plant will be enough to convince management that the need is there.

For his part, VanderWal has learned that old machines still have a lot to offer, so he will likely be looking for a used perfecting press, most likely a 4/4, in the next few years. After all, that same machine will likely still be chugging along far into the future. IPG