Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

RockTenn set two world records for printing more than 9 million sheets in one month and more than 357,000 sheets in one day.

Jan Steiner was on a panel with several other business owners when the importance of delivering on the brand promise of their respective companies came up. An outspoken member of the panel, the owner of a car service firm, said, "Getting boxes shipped on time isn't important. But if our car isn't at the airport to pick up an executive, heads roll."

Next month, Graphic Edge Printing and Packaging will become the first in the United States to install a 31" Ryobi 755XL-D Packaging Edition offset press. The new press will be among the spotlighted topics at the RYOBI MHI Open House May 7-8 in metro Atlanta.

To keep up with its dramatic sales growth, increase in capacity and have the latest in offset printing technology, K-1 Packaging Group has purchased a new eight-color, 41" KBA Rapida 105 press with coater and UV capabilities.

In the past year, Valdese Packaging & Label in Valdese, N.C., added a new six-color, 40˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX press with aqueous coater, which has allowed it to print on a wide array of substrates, from onion skin to 40-point board. According to CEO Darren Little, the company is now looking to add another 40˝ press.

Clayton, N.C.-based 3C Packaging has logged a performance record worthy of the exclamation point that graces the company's logo. Specifically, the converting company, which also produces printed literature inserts and unit dose compliant packages, recently reported 20 percent growth during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

Tepel Brothers has invested heavily in its packaging capabilities to make a place for itself in this segment.

Package printing is all about high-quality printing and eye-catching graphic presentation. One segment that is getting more and more attention is the corrugated packaging market. Accurate Box Company is one package-printing company that got into this game early.

One company that successfully made the move into packaging is St. Paul, Minn.-based Impressions Incorporated (www.i-i.com). It made the move more than ten years ago at a time when its base business was on a steady increase.

DALLAS—KBA North America announced that Hanover Packaging, a packaging firm based in Hanover, Pa., is installing a new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch six-color sheetfed press with conventional and UV capabilities during the summer of 2009.