Morgana Systems

Here's a look at some of the new printing and binding equipment and software that will be shown at PRINT 13, taking place in Chicago, September 8-12.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ March 2013 edition, featuring Vecoplan LLC; MGI Digital Graphic Technology and Advanced Print Technologies; Plockmatic International AB and Morgana Systems Ltd.; X-Rite Inc.; Mohawk Fine Papers; and Heidelberg.

Plockmatic International's acquisition of Morgana Systems will dramatically expand both companies' distribution capacity and product line, positioning the new group at the forefront of the industry. “The acquisition of Morgana gives us access to the product development, technology and distribution capabilities we need to reach more customers all over the world,” said Salvatore Grimaldi, owner and CEO. “I’m delighted to welcome Morgana to our group of companies.”

Rich Bauer, superintendent of Printing and Duplicating Services at Southern Illinois University, updated his Carbondale, Ill., in-plant with several pieces of new bindery equipment last year, including a Morgana DigiFold Pro creaser/folder, a Morgana CardXtra automatic business card slitter, Xyron 4400 laminator, a second Pitney Bowes DI 950 four-feeder tower with inserter, and a Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS 1250 with in-line finishing features.

Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ January 2013 edition, featuring Phil Vedda & Sons.

Will we ever go back to long-run offset work? Is the variability and one-off flexibility of the digital press turning the old, heavy iron obsolete? If the Obama-Romney rhetoric parade of 2012 taught us anything, it's that the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

Quality, efficiency and cost. Those were the three areas that Penn State University’s Multimedia & Print Center (MPC) sought to improve when it recently installed a new Presstek 52DI digital offset press.

Fujifilm will show the J Press 720 inkjet press. Heidelberg will present Prinect Digital Workflow Integration. New features for the Kodak NexPress platform will be shown.

Morgana Systems Ltd. has withdrawn its patent infringement claims in Germany, and has licenced Multigraf AG, a Swiss-based manufacturer of print finishing products, to use its patented technology.

When in-plant manager Tim Mulvey noticed that his tabletop folder was beginning to wear out, he knew it was time for a new folder. He chose a Morgana DocuFold Pro, which was installed last October at Arapahoe County Printing Services in Littleton, Colo.