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KENNESAW, Ga.—Heidelberg will host its fifth Annual “Brats & Dots” open house at its Print Media Demonstration Center (PMDC) in Kennesaw, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Printers from around the Southeast and beyond are invited to see the latest prepress, press, and postpress technologies in action and meet one-on-one with Heidelberg experts. Attendees can view live demonstrations of technology advancements in workflow, CtP, sheetfed, postpress, service, and consumables. In addition, Heidelberg executives, product managers, and staff will be on hand to answer questions and help customers maximize their investments in Heidelberg solutions. “Brats & Dots is designed as a

KENNESAW, Ga.—Heidelberg will host its fifth Annual “Brats & Dots” open house at its Print Media Demonstration Center (PMDC) in Kennesaw, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Printers from around the Southeast and beyond are invited to see the latest prepress, press, and postpress technologies in action and meet one-on-one with Heidelberg experts. Attendees can view live demonstrations of technology advancements in workflow, CtP, sheetfed, postpress, service, and consumables. In addition, Heidelberg executives, product managers, and staff will be on hand to answer questions and help customers maximize their investments in Heidelberg solutions. “Brats & Dots is designed as

California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University’s Graphic Communication Department is no stranger to industry partnerships. The San Luis Obispo-based school has enjoyed equipment donations from Heidelberg and Kodak for decades. The department currently runs a four-color Speedmaster CD74 and uses two Kodak platesetters. And, Cal Poly does not take these donations and other forms of industry support lightly. Because of these types of partnerships, “[students] are immediately productive upon entering the industry and require less training than the average new person entering the industry,” said Harvey Levenson, department head of the Graphic Communication Department. “In fact we have encountered situations where our graduates enter

SEWICKLEY, Pa.—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) recently announced the recipients of the 2007 InterTech Technology Awards. For over a quarter of a century, recipients of this prestigious award have not only had a major impact on the graphic communications industry, but they also consistently prove to be successful in the commercial marketplace. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology submissions ranging from printing presses to software solutions to ancillary services. A recurring theme with 2007 InterTech nominations was green printing, and numerous submissions contained solutions to minimize the environmental impact of printing. Great strides in technology were also demonstrated in

It seems every industry is affected by consolidation. In the industrial automation sector, blockbuster deals involving heavy hitters occurred almost weekly for a while with the big companies getting bigger and bigger, with fewer and fewer smaller players. The same thing occurred in the collision repair industry and fire service. Though on a more regional scale, larger collision repair facilities would purchase surrounding businesses and become the local major players. And, it’s the same with the fire service, with smaller local fire companies choosing to regionalize and become one department. And, so it goes with the paperboard market for packaging. Consolidation in the

GERMANY—The 200th Speedmaster CD 74 UV recently left Heidelberg’s Wiesloch-Walldorf plant. Jürgen Rautert, director for engineering and manufacturing at Heidelberg, presented a certificate to customer Olegário Fernandes - Artes Gráficas S.A. of Lisbon, Portugal. The Speedmaster CD 74 6-color UV press with double coating unit - will enable the print shop to expand into the new in-mold label market and produce inserts for plastic packagings. Olegário Fernandes’s workforce of more than 90 prints labels, packagings, and leaflets. The print shop’s existing equipment includes three Speedmaster SM 74 presses, two Gallus and two Comco narrow-web label system. The print shop began operation in 1922 with

SEWICKLEY, Pa.—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) announced the recipients of the 2007 InterTech Technology Awards. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology submissions ranging from printing presses to software solutions to ancillary services. A recurring theme with 2007 InterTech nominations was green printing, and numerous submissions contained solutions to minimize the environmental impact of printing. Great strides in technology were also demonstrated in the form of innovative press design, touchless workflow systems to automate production steps, anti-fraud measures, and new materials and systems that increase productivity. Recipients were recognized from across the entire production workflow. Thirty-one nominations were submitted, and

KENNESAW, Ga.—Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, Conn., has installed the first Heidelberg Dymatrix 142 CSB diecutter in the Western Hemisphere. The 60-ton diecutter was shipped from Heidelberg Postpress production in Mönchengladbach, Germany. From there, the diecutter was dismantled and packed in seaworthy crates, then shipped via freighter to the U.S. Upon its arrival in New York Harbor, the Dymatrix 142 was sent to Curtis Packaging, becoming the first piece of Heidelberg equipment the company has ever owned. Senior Vice President of Manufacturing John Giusto—who flew to Mönchengladbach for a closer look at the diecutter prior to purchase—admits that he deliberately took a ‘show-me’ approach to

KENNESAW, Ga.—Heidelberg announced that Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, Conn., has installed the first Dymatrix 142 CSB die cutter in the Western Hemisphere. The massive, 60-ton die cutter was shipped from Heidelberg Postpress production in Mönchengladbach, Germany. From there, the die cutter was dismantled and packed in seaworthy crates, then shipped via freighter to the U.S. Upon its arrival in New York Harbor, the Dymatrix 142 was sent to Curtis Packaging, becoming the first piece of Heidelberg equipment the company has ever owned. When the high-end sheetfed packaging and folding carton manufacturer went shopping for a large-format, high-speed die cutter to replace a 30-year-old machine,

KENNESAW, Ga.—“Heidelberg USA announced that two of its Prinect workflow solutions, MetaDimension RIP and Signa Station, recently were recognized by leading graphic arts industry organizations. Both products were certified as JDF-compliant by The Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), which handles certification for the International Cooperation for Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization. Heidelberg MetaDimension also was honored by the International Prepress Association (IPA) at its annual IPA Technical Conference in Chicago in June as a color management system that will deliver a highly accurate proof to press sheet match. The product passed all 15 criteria in IPA’s