Komori America

PRINT 13 and CPP EXPO had a successful five-day run in McCormick Place. "Two common themes seemed to be repeated by attendees and exhibitors alike at the show this year," reported Ralph Nappi, president of the Graphic Arts Show Company. "First, a sense of optimism existed that has not been evidenced in our industry for a few years; the second was the surprising number of deals that were inked at the show."

Komori Corp. announced the launch of the Pepio offset-gravure press line, designed for the manufacture of printed electronics. “First and foremost, Komori is an expert in precision manufacturing, and the entry into the printed electronics marketplace reinforces Komori’s message at drupa 2012 that we are expanding into new markets,” says Kosh Miyao, president and COO of Komori America.

The new Impremia press line that was introduced by Komori at drupa 2012, consists of two inkjet offerings, the IS29 sheetfed model and the IW20 web-fed machine. "We have taken what Komori knows best—precision manufacturing—and married it with inkjet technology," said Jacki Hudmon, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Komori America.

Komori Corp. and Landa Corp. have announced a global strategic partnership under which Landa will license Komori to manufacture and market digital printing presses for commercial and other printing markets using Landa’s Nanographic Printing process. The Process employs ink ejectors to create the digital ink images that get applied to the printing stock.

News on suppliers to the packaging printing industry, including items on the 2011 InterTech Technology Awards, Toyo Ink America, Heidelberg, Xerox Corporation, Harper Corp., EFI and ICE USA.

Printing Industries of America has released expanded information about the eight technologies recently selected to receive a 2011 InterTech Technology Award.

Printing Industries of America has released more information about the eight technologies recently selected to receive a 2011 InterTech™ Technology Award. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology nominations ranging from plates and digital presses to a variety of production and management software. Great strides in technology were demonstrated in packaging software, inkjet printing, workflow automation, offset press efficiency, UV curing, and variable-data printing. Technologies were selected from those nominated for a variety of reasons, but the judges felt they all met the award criteria of being truly innovative and expected

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Komori America Corporation announced that effective March 31, 2007 it will assume the sales and service responsibilities for the territory previously covered by Atlantic Graphic Systems, Inc, Columbia, Md. This includes Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia; a portion of eastern Pennsylvania; and the Washington, DC area. The entire United States will now be serviced directly by Komori America. “Over the past several years, our strategy has been to bring those areas of the US that were handled by our dealer network under the Komori America umbrella. This allows us to provide the full complement of Komori services and programs to all our customers,”

J HEIDELBERG Visit www.heidelberg.com Model Max. Sheet Size (in.) Max. Printing Area (in.) Speed (sph) Speedmaster 23.62x29.13 23.031x29.134 15,000 CD 74 Speedmaster 28.346x40.157 27.559x40.157 15,000 CD 102 Speedmaster 29.53x41.34 29.13x41.34 18,000 XL 105 See Ad p. 92 KBA North America, Sheetfed Division Visit www.kba-usa.com Model Max. Sheet Size (in.) Speed (sph) KBA Rapida 74 (2-10 units) 20 x 29 15,000 KBA Rapida 105 (2-10 units) 29 x

RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected a new chairman of its board as well as a new director at its Annual Conference October 9 in Key Biscayne, Florida. The new chairman is Thomas Saggiomo, President of Agfa Corporation's Graphic Systems business in North America. He was elected to the NPES board in 1998, and is the 26th chief executive officer elected to the chairman's post in the Association's 72-year history.  Saggiomo was elected to a one-year term expiring at the 2006 NPES Annual Conference. He succeeds Kathryn P. Marx, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for