Kammann Machines

ST. CHARLES, Ill.—Kammann Machines, Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary of continued operations in North America. The company was incorporated in 1978 to support the heavy sales activity of its parent company, Werner Kammann Maschinenfabrik in Germany. The parent company was founded in 1955 and introduced its printing equipment solutions to the U.S. market in the 1960s. At its inception in 1978, Kammann began to fill the industry need for decorating machines for cosmetics and hollowware as well as the plastic bottle industry. The company has continued to provide automatic screen printing machines for three-dimensional articles, including syringes, candles, oil filters, pistons, lighters, spark

ST. CHARLES, Ill.—This year, Kammann Machines, Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary of continued operations in North America. The company was incorporated in 1978 to support the heavy sales activity of its parent company, Werner Kammann Maschinenfabrik in Germany. The parent company was founded in 1955 and introduced its printing equipment solutions to the U.S. market in the 1960s. At its inception in 1978, Kammann began to fill the industry need for decorating machines for cosmetics and hollowware as well as the plastic bottle industry. The company has continued to provide automatic screen printing machines for three-dimensional articles, including syringes, candles, oil filters, pistons,

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Fiscal anxiety may lead converters to delay press investments and additions. See below for a guide to narrow-web press series and their respective levels of investment. by Jessica Millward, Associate Editor THE "WAIT AND SEE" mentality has descended upon the narrow-web print set and its purse strings. While press manufacturers continued to heighten the graphic sophistication level of narrow-web presses in 2001 with improved press models, many converters may not consider capitalizing on those technology gains until the economic picture comes into focus. Relatively, the narrow-web market is in a much better boat than many other printer segments. Printing Industries of America's (PIA)

Demand for screen retrofits multiplies as printers look to satisfy process-savvy manufacturers. by Jessica Millward, Associate Editor WHILE THERE IS no easy-out clause when adopting a new print method, screen retrofits allow printers to make a significantly smaller leap of faith (and finance). And with manufacturers gaining awareness of its unique benefits, job-specific or brand-specific requests for screen will make the retrofit an even more appealing option. Path of less resistance Screen printing, in its nature, is a more niche-oriented process. As Gary Teeter, after market applications engineer for Mark Andy explains, "Printers likely to retrofit…are typically looking to expand production capabilities in

Narrow-web letterpress, screen, and gravure pressmakers and printers show off their specialties and gauge the competition. by Susan Friedman Letterpress: quality still rules Letterpress hasn't lost its high-end lustre, but its marketshare may be vulnerable to claims of improved quality at less cost by other processes—particularly flexo. "For years we've been rotary letterpress, and flexo has been 10 paces behind," says George Noah, V.P. at Lewis Label Products. "Now flexo is one pace behind, and nine out of 10 buyers can't tell the difference." Noah estimates Lewis Label now prints 50 percent of its work with rotary letterpress—a level that was formerly as high