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pP: Is the market trend toward shorter production runs impacting the selling environment for wide web presses? What are you doing to allow your presses to economically accommodate shorter production runs?

Passarelli—The trend towards the shorter production runs is real and has been with us for a number of years. One solution that we have introduced to make short runs economically viable is the Rotomec MW press. MW stands for “Minimized Waste”. The MW press is offered with either a 24 or 32 inch web width. The amount of web inside the press has been drastically reduced—slightly more than 150 total feet of web length in the press—to help reduce material waste during job set up and press stops and starts. The press uses sleeve-type printing cylinder bases, to help reduce the overall cost of the cylinder, storage area needed, and transportation costs. Due to our highly efficient dryers, the energy costs are also reduced. Finally the press comes equipped with a high level of automation to aid in a consistent and short time frame for job changeovers.