Brandtjen & Kluge Inc.

Letterhead Press, based in New Berlin, Wis., has recently purchased a new OmniFold 3000 folding and gluing system from Brandtjen & Kluge. The OmniFold 3000 is a modular converting system that is designed to meet current converting requirements and adapt to future needs.

Kluge will demonstrate advancements in folding and gluing, laser cutting, foil stamping and UV coating at drupa 2016.

Kluge will be demonstrating advancements in die-cutting, laser cutting and scoring, UV coating, foil stamping, and folding and gluing at GRAPH EXPO 2015.

Prestar Packaging of Christiansburg, VA, has expanded its finishing capacity with the installation of a Kluge 14x22 EHD foil stamping, embossing and diecutting press that includes an adjustable impression feature that reduces make-ready time.

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A strategic agreement has been made between Brandtjen & Kluge and The Brausse Group in which the two companies will co-market the Brausse 1050 Series of foil stamping, embossing and diecutting machines in the United States and Canada.

Technologies such as shaftless drives and sleeves are leading the way for web offset productivity. WEB OFFSET PRINTING is feeling the pressure coming from the improvements being made in flexographic printing. However, similar to the other printing processes, web offset is continually making strides to reduce makeready times and improve productivity. And it's doing this while playing off its inherent strengths and capabilities for high-quality printing. Ted Barry, vice president of sales for Matik North America (a U.S. distributor for Codimag and Giebeler), lists some of web offset's competitive strengths as: printing characteristics similar to gravure and superior to flexo where fine screens