Print
Solutions June 2006
NEW
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
JUST
OUT
One
Right Business Printing, Lewiston,
Maine, upgraded its web site to
include an award-winning e-commerce
system. Users can now securely
access their records or place
new orders 24/7. Online orders
are acknowledged through email.
Call (800) 288-7557.
Four51
Inc., Minneapolis, announced Radio
Four51, a new weekly podcast series
focused on marketing, demand creation
and customer acquisition strategies.
New files are available each Monday
at www.four51.com. Call Mark at
(520) 825-0217.
Zip-Pak,
Chicago, announced an easy-open
resealable packaging feature applied
in the transverse direction to
maintain the hermetic properties
of food packaging. The feature
also includes a “Color Reveal”
aspect, indicating whether the
package is closed or not. Call
Amy Klemper at (212) 529-4500
x229.
Meadwestvaco,
Stamford, Conn., now offers next-day
availability of Tango, the company’s
SBS paperboard for the commercial
print market, to printers throughout
New England. Meadwestvaco will
maintain an inventory of all grades,
calipers and sheet sizes in a
Springfield, Mass. facility. Call
(800) 418-0397.
FYI
Ward/Kraft
Inc., Fort Scott, Kan., is moving
and expanding its Ohio Sales office.
The new location will be at 309
South Main St. in Mount Vernon,
Ohio, 43050. All phone numbers
will remain the same. Call Brian
Webb or Amy Gaddis at (800) 351-9302.
Specialty
Envelope, Cincinnati, opened a
new location in Tempe, Ariz.,
which will support the company’s
western sales staff. Paul Mullen
and Terry Camp, who were previously
with Southwest Envelope in Arizona,
will head the new office. Call
Mullen at (480) 921-8111.
Pilgrim
Plastics, Brockton, Mass., installed
a five-color Heidelberg CD press
with UV coating that can print
.03 plastic membership, credit
and ID UV-coated cards in line.
This new press, 28- x 40-inches,
can process up to 15,000 sheets
per hour and can print paper and
plastic in thicknesses up to .039.
Call (508) 436-6300.
Transcontinental
Inc., Montreal, Quebec, added
to its direct mail capabilities
by installing six VaryPress 200s
in its Philadelphia facility.
This installation adds to the
company’s current six Nipson
8000s. Call Simona Georgescu at
(212) 529-4500.
Corporate
Express’ Product Identification
Label Division, in Wichita, Kan.,
recently won three label awards
at the 31st International Gallery
of Superb Printing competition.
The company, competing against
2,500 entries, won a gold for
its Weiman Lemon Oil label, a
silver for its Byerly’s
Quality label for Lund Food Holdings
a bronze for its Coleman RoadTrip
Grill label. Call Brad at (316)-529-8899.
Printegra,
Peachtree City, Ga., acquired
Reliable Business Forms, Daytona
Beach, Fla. All negatives and
artwork will be retained by Printegra’s
Sanford, Fla. plant, and the company
will begin processing orders immediately.
Call Gary Ochsenhirt at (800)
621-3749.
PrintXcel,
Montrose, Ala., announced its
summer distributor sales contest
for current and prospective distributor
clients. Distributors who bring
at least $10,000 of new business
to the company will receive Omaha
Steaks packages for an office
barbeque. The contest lasts through
the end of June. Call Deanna Day
at (800) 767-3743.
Hamilton
Printing Group, Berlin, N.J. acquired
a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000S press,
outfitted with a CIP3/4 interface,
enabling automated communication
with prepress. The company has
also implemented computer-to-plate
technology by installing a Fuji
Javelin thermal platesetter. Call
Ken Kodama at (847) 634-9100.
Integrated
Graphics Inc., St. Charles, Ill.,
added a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000S
sheetfed press with aqueous coater
to its production facility. The
five-color, 40-inch model will
meet a growing demand for high-caliber
commercial projects. Previously,
the company used 25-inch and 29-inch
presses. Call Brian Blair at (815)
282-9060.
Rikard
Bindery, a postpress binding and
finishing company in Chicago,
has been awarded six Achievement
in Print Excellence Awards (AIPX)
by the Printing Industries of
Indiana and Illinois, including
four “Best of Category”
awards. The APIX competition recognizes
companies for outstanding craftsmanship
and innovation in printed products.
