Printers Upgrade to Heidelberg Equipment

Heidelberg USA announces the following new product installations:

Cavanaugh Press Gets Up and Running Fast with Speedmaster XL 105


Cavanaugh Press, Inc., Baltimore, Md. is in full production mode following the installation of its brand-new Speedmaster XL 105 6-color press just 30 days ago. “Our productivity is way, way up,” says Bob Atwell, executive vice president. Atwell cited the efficiencies gained with features like Instant Gate, DryStar Advanced, Center Color Assistant and Axis Control. “We’re already running high-end, 200-line screen work with spot colors and coating at 18,000 sheets per hour on the XL 105,” Atwell says. “The press is awesome.” The XL 105 is the latest addition to Cavanaugh’s extensive lineup of Heidelberg equipment. The all-Heidelberg shop also operates a pair of classic 6-color Speedmaster SM 102s, a 6-color Speedmaster CD 102, a 4-color Speedmaster SM 102 perfector, and two 2-color Speedmaster SM 102 perfecting presses, in addition to multiple Stahlfolders folders and a pair of POLAR ECM 137 high-speed, programmable paper cutters. Next, the company plans to overhaul its MIS and prepress systems with the installation of Prinect Prinance (job management and estimating) and Printready prepress workflow by the first or second quarter of 2008. Established in 1968 and with 93 employees, Cavanaugh serves a client base comprised of top-flight advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies from Florida to New York. “Heidelberg did an amazing job of helping us coordinate the installation and bring our pressmen up to speed on the new press,” Atwell says. “All of the preplanning paid off in spades in terms of our ability to ramp up quickly and keep things running efficiently. We can’t praise Heidelberg’s diligence enough.”

Edwards Graphic Arts Updates All-Heidelberg Press Lineup


Edwards Graphic Arts, Des Moines, Iowa, got precisely what it was looking for when it added a 6-color Speedmaster CD 102 with aqueous coating capabilities to its aging pressroom lineup. “Our aim was to increase our capacity and throughput by decreasing our makereadies and turn-around times,” says company President Jim Edwards, who reports that after a trouble-free installation, the company’s ramp up to press speeds of 13,000 to 15,000 iph on the fully automated new press has been an exhilarating ride. In the past, the shop had to turn away jobs requiring aqueous coating. Now, it now welcomes the work, which fits neatly into the quick-turn niche the company is well-equipped to serve. The all-Heidelberg shop still operates an older-model 6-color Speedmaster, a 2-color GTO (its first press), a 4-color MO, a Windmill and assorted letterpress equipment, in addition to a pair of POLAR cutters, three Stahlfolders, and a Stitchmaster ST 562 6-pocket saddlestitcher. Established in 1966, Edwards Graphic Arts provides printing, mailing, fulfillment and distribution as well as market research, trade show and creative services to a local, regional and national clientele. The family-run company has 75 full-time and 35 part-time employees.

Paradigm Impressions Off to a Strong Start with Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46


Mark Eyberg is the owner of family-operated Paradigm Impressions, a commercial print start-up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mark, a press operator, and his wife Jodie, a former newspaper editor and page designer, together have over 30 years of experience in the printing industry. When it came to selecting a press that would be the cornerstone of his business, Eyberg chose a fully automated Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46-2 with IR dryer. “I’ve run a number of different presses over the past 18 years, and Heidelberg is the only option for me,” Eyberg says. The fully loaded P-QM 46 is Paradigm’s ticket to the high-quality reputation it already has begun to build through a variety of nonprofit customers and word-of-mouth referrals to corporate and business clients in and around Colorado Springs. Being a Heidelberg shop is a big part of that equation, says Eyberg, who expects to add a POLAR cutter to his postpress lineup within the next six months. “The Printmaster QM 46 produces the highest quality and is the most efficient small-format press on the market. I couldn’t have gone any other route.”

John Roberts Puts Speedmaster XL 105 UV Through Its Paces


John Roberts Co., Coon Rapids, Minn., has installed a Speedmaster XL 105 press with full UV/hybrid capability, one of the first of its kind in the United States, enabling real productions speeds for UV jobs of clearly beyond 15,000 iph. With the right consumables UV-production at speeds all the way up 18, 000 iph is possible. The new press, which replaces an aging Speedmaster CD 102, greatly increases the commercial printer’s production capacity and enables it to take on an even wider range of work by reducing make-ready time and giving the shop the ability to run up to 18,000 iph. The company is an all-Heidelberg shop on the sheetfed side. In addition to the new XL 105, it operates a 10-color Speedmaster SM 102 perfector with CutStar; a 6-unit Speedmaster CD 74; a 6-unit Speedmaster CD 74 with UV/hybrid capability; and a 2-color Speedmaster SM 102 to produce work on paper, plastic substrates and board stock for advertising agencies, direct marketers, and industrial clients based primarily in Minnesota. Packaging work accounts for roughly 10 percent of its portfolio. The company currently is using the XL 105 to print 500 copies of a new edition of the hand-lettered and illuminated St. John’s Bible on 10-point cover stock. Fully assembled, each volume will be worth around $130,000. “You can’t entrust work of this kind to just any press,” says John Roberts President and CEO Michael Keane. “Heidelberg’s reputation for superior equipment and excellent customer service has always stood us in good stead. The XL 105 UV offers further proof that Heidelberg is at the top of its game, and we’re delighted to be the beneficiaries of that expertise.” The company employs 350.

Crowson Stone Takes Plate Handling to the Next Level with Suprasetter E 105


Crowson Stone Printing Co., Inc., Columbia, S.C., reached another milestone recently, when it installed a Suprasetter E 105 SCL platesetter from Heidelberg. The company, which has been steadily building and refining a Prinected workflow for the past several years, had taken its plate process “as far as we could go,” says Rob Anderson, vice president, Operations. “Although we weren’t going after more speed and capacity,” he explains, “the automation on the new Suprasetter just works better. In addition to producing a more accurate product, we’ve been able to eliminate one staff position. Nobody handles plates anymore.” The Suprasetter 105 produces up to 500 plates a week for Crowson’s 10-color Speedmaster SM 102 press. The general commercial printer also operates a POLAR cutting system, a 16-page Stahlfolder and a Stitchmaster ST 270 8-pocket saddlestitcher. The company also relies on front-end efficiencies gained with Heidelberg’s Prinect Prinance MIS and Prinect Printready prepress workflow. For 82-year-old Crowson Stone, it’s all part of a commitment made more than a decade ago to acquire and implement the tools necessary to continue to be “relevant” to its customers, Anderson says. “Heidelberg shares our vision in committing to be a single-source supplier for its customers, and in opening up access to training and other resources that support that vision. It’s great to be working with a company that is moving in the same direction we are.”

The Hartley Press Makes the Cut with New POLAR 115X from Heidelberg


The Hartley Press, located in Jacksonville, Fla., recently replaced a 12-year-old paper cutter with a new, 45” high-speed programmable POLAR 115X cutter from Heidelberg. According to machine maintenance manager Jim Klusmeyer, the new cutter programs more quickly and yields many more cuts per knife on a wide range of stocks from paper to chip board. “The new cutter is a pleasure to run. The operator is a lot happier, that’s for sure,” Klusmeyer says. The Hartley Press was founded in 1963 as a supplier of stationery and business forms. Today, the $15 million general commercial printer provides general commercial printing and related services to customers based in Florida and throughout the southeast. The Hartley Press employs 120.

Digital Color Graphics Puts the Pedal to the Metal with Suprasetter A52 from Heidelberg


Digital Color Graphics, Southampton, Pa., recently switched from polyester to metal plate production with the installation of a compact Suprasetter A52 thermal CtP platesetter with MetaDimension RIP from Heidelberg. The $3 million, full-service commercial printer had been turning out award-winning four-, five-, and up to 10-color work using polyester plates, before escalating issues with makeready, color and registration prompted the change. “We determined that if we could get up to color quicker, we’d save half the cost of our 4-color Speedmaster SM 52 press every month in paper, time and labor,” says John Rosenthal, co-owner. He hasn’t been disappointed. “Our new platesetter makes better plates,” Rosenthal says, noting that Digital Color turns out between 250 and 300 Heidelberg Saphira offset aluminum plates every month. “The makereadies on our Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 4-color press are down to around seven minutes, and the registration is excellent. It was all in the plate.” With 25 employees, Digital Color Graphics specializes in short-run color printing and serves customers located primarily in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley area. Intent on growth, the company acquired a mailing operation last year and expects to add a second Speedmaster SM 52 5-color press in the near future. Digital Color Graphics has been a Heidelberg customer for eight years.

Phillips Printing Leads the Pack with Printmaster PM 52 Perfector from Heidelberg


Determined to make their company the high-quality printing leader in their central Florida neighborhood, the owners of Phillips Printing went all the way with Heidelberg. In June, the Ocala, Fla. company switched to computer-to-plate and installed a Printmaster PM 52 4-color perfector to boost the productivity of its pressroom and make good on its quality promise. “Heidelberg is synonymous with quality,” says Jody Phillips, president. “We could have gone with lesser-quality equipment, but you get what you pay for. We wanted the best, and we haven’t been disappointed.” The Printmaster PM 52’s running speed of 13,000 sheets per hour, coupled with its perfecting capability, means that Phillips now produces work more than twice as fast as before. The level of quality has begun to attract work from outside Ocala as well as work from local customers who previously took their four-color process work to providers elsewhere. “We have literally doubled our throughput,” according to Phillips. Family- owned and operated, Phillips Printing employs seven and handles a wide mix of work, including monthly publications and long runs, but specializes in short-run, four-color printing for clients in the advertising, manufacturing, nonprofit, religious and financial sectors. The long-time Heidelberg customer also has a Printmaster QM 46 2 color press, and uses Heidelberg Consumables specific to the Printmaster PM 52, Phillips says.

Liberty Creative Solutions Powers Up with Software and Hardware from Heidelberg


Liberty Creative Solutions, Inc., Tinley Park, Ill., recently installed a POLAR 92 XT high-speed, programmable cutter to capitalize on an expansion that more than tripled the company’s production space from 8,000 square feet to 26,000 square feet and enabled it to divide its prepress and postpress cutting operations. The full-service commercial printing company has doubled its business over the past three years, largely as a result of offering services including Web design, marketing, printing, finishing, fulfillment and mailing under one roof. In conjunction with the expansion, Liberty also undertook an extensive upgrade of its Prinect Printready prepress workflow, including the latest versions of the Signa Station imposition workstation and Meta Dimension RIP. “Our aim was to streamline production and add enough manpower to maintain our momentum,” says Angela Hipelius, vice president. “All of the installations went extremely smoothly.” The company also operates Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74, SORMZ and GTO presses, a Prosetter platesetter as well as an existing POLAR cutter, a pair of Stahlfolder B 20 folders and an SSP folding/stitching/perfing unit. Established in 1964, Liberty Creative Solutions serves a national market with customers in the educational, medical, corporate and gaming industries and has been a Heidelberg customer “since day one,” Hipelius says. “As a result of the improvements we’ve made, our operation runs more efficiently than ever. Heidelberg has a lot to do with that. Not only does Heidelberg make good products that perform the way they’re supposed to, they also stand behind them. We’ve never been disappointed.” The company employs 48.

A Stitch in Time Saves Time and Labor for Empire Bookbinding


Empire Bookbinding Co., Inc., Long Island City, NY, reports the addition of a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 350 saddlestitcher with RS-1012S counter stacker. According to Jim DeNino, president, the company has experienced a 50 percent increase in throughput since the new stitcher ramped up to full production at the end of May. Empire, which also operates a pair of Stitchmaster ST 270 saddlestitchers, has been a Heidelberg postpress customer for around 30 years. “Heidelberg makes good, solid equipment at a reasonable price,” DeNino states. With 30 employees, the trade binder serves a wide range of customers in and around New York City.
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