Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

Installed in February 2020, E.B. Box’s new Speedmaster XL 106-6+L with Push to Stop technology and Prinect Production Manager from Heidelberg could not have come at a better time for the company, which has increased its capacity by 50-60% per shift – helping to accelerate both its growth and speed-to-market.

PaperWorks Industries, a leading full-service provider of 100% recycled paperboard and specialized folding cartons for packaging applications, has installed a fully-equipped, seven-color, 41" Komori Lithrone GX40 (GLX740) offset press with multiple coaters at its Greensboro, N.C., facility.

Heidelberg is utilizing an innovation initiative to step up its activities in the label segment and is further expanding its position in the growing labels market. In the growing labels sector, Heidelberg will be concentrating on end-to-end digitized solutions in sheetfed offset printing.

In today's episode of POW!, we're taking a look at the top offset printed folding carton in the 2020 Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards. The winning package was submitted by Diamond Packaging of Rochester, N.Y., and is a great example of how print and embellishment can create an eye-catching package.

With production on the rise at Zumbiel Packaging as a result of the pandemic, the company invested in a new seven-color, 57" Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145. The large format size was important to increase process efficiency in existing carton production by reducing makeready by 40%.

AM Lithography, the largest single-facility purchaser of Komori presses in the United States, has installed its 20th Komori press since receiving its first in 1987. The new Komori Lithrone G40 joins a fleet that also includes a Komori Impremia IS29 digital inkjet press.

Heidelberg, in response to the changing dynamics amidst COVID-19, is “pressing ahead” by implementing creative and agile solutions, both in the US and globally, to support its customers across the commercial, packaging, and label print segments.

With the installation of a Speedmaster CX 102-8+LY-1+L with “Push to Stop” technology from Heidelberg at its Toronto headquarters, Bellwyck has its sights set on not only being the Canadian leader of premium brand and pharma/health care packaging, but also a global leader.

TPC Printing & Packaging has increased speeds and reduced makeready times with the installation of a new Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO perfector press. With its in-line Eagle cold foil system, the new press has also allowed TPC to produce innovative packaging designs for high-end brands.

With the installation of a new seven-color, 57" Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145, Superior Lithographics has seen significant improvements in its product quality and consistency. This includes a 32% increase in overall sheet throughput.