Graphco Launches SD-Italy Hybrid CNC Routing & Cutting Technology at PRINTING United

SOLON, OH – September 28, 2022 – Graphco’s Unfair Advantage booth at the PRINTING United Expo in Atlanta will be the North American launching point for the fastest, most versatile, most automated and the most productive line of hybrid CNC Routing & Cutting equipment available in the world. As the exclusive distributor for SD-Italy’s complete Augusta…

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Two Texas State-Agency In-plants add RMGT Offset Presses

PLACENTIA, CA – May 17, 2023 – RMGT, manufacturer of the leading 8-up sheetfed press in North America, this past summer installed two new offset machines to state-government agencies in Austin, TX. In June, a 29-inch, four-color 790 model perfecting press was delivered to the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) in-plant facility. Two months later, the…

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MCI Printing Adds RMGT 4-color 9 Series Offset Press 

St. Louis commercial printer celebrates Q1 installation of its seventh printing press manufactured by RYOBI Mitsubishi Graphic Technology. SOLON, OH – June 15, 2023 –Graphco, distributor of the leading eight-up sheetfed press in North America, delivered an RMGT 9 Series, four-color sheetfed press to MCI Printing, Inc.’s production facility in St. Louis, MO, this past…

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Blooming Color Partners with Graphco on Horizon SmartStacker to Enhance Digital Finishing Workflow

Rapidly growing Micro-Order Printer adds dynamic cutting & stacking solution to curb bindery bottleneck in its suburban Chicago manufacturing facility. SOLON, OH – June 7, 2023 – Graphco, one of North America’s leading print & finishing equipment distributors last November delivered a Horizon SmartStacker to Blooming Color’s 30,000-square-foot production plant in Lombard, IL. Operating near-line to…

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Check out some cool new finishing solutions from Standard!

Derek Gordon reviews the latest products from Standard. The Horizon BQ-270V Perfect Binder and AFV-566FKK Folder. The BQ-270V single-clamp binder offers high-quality production perfect binding with fully automated operation, push-button simplicity, and on-demand production of variable thickness books. The Standard Horizon AFV-566/TV-564 Folder is a highly automated and dynamic machine that achieves new levels of…

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Latest Trends in Finishing: Postpress equipment market could approach $5 billion dollar industry this year worldwide

Globally, the market for new postpress equipment could approach $5 billion this year, according to a study from market research/testing firm Smithers. Several finishing equipment suppliers were among more than 340 exhibitors in mid-February at the Packaging Innovations 2023 event in Birmingham, England. Recently (February 27-March 2), the print industry gathered in Switzerland for Hunkeler…

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Print’s Special Powers – The Embellishment User Experience

Print’s Special Powers: The Embellishment UX As Q1 ’23 marches on, strategic marketers seem more tuned into end-customer’s user experiences (UX) than perhaps ever before. The use of “embellishments” to enhance the printed medium, making print “louder and stronger” can take UX to the next level. Also referred to as specialty print applications, embellished finishing…

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Learn more about variable data foiling

The Foliant Mercury 400NG is the #1 Laminator in the World The Foliant Mercury 400 laminates and foils all on the same machine. It can produce gloss laminate, soft touch laminate, and digital foiling which allows the use of variable data foiling. Watch Gary Greis describe how Foliant laminators bring the added value of variable…

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Single Pressman Operation with ASAP & Speed Productivity Boost

Single Pressman Operation with ASAP & Speed Productivity Boost The ability to staff a highly automated RMGT 8-UP press with a single pressman has always been important for profitability and flexibility; however, now it has become more important than ever. The single pressman operation that allows for reducing per shift staffing costs with the RMGT…

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