Fast Imaging Center, located in Berkeley, California, has seen a drastic increase in efficiency due to the extensive programming options on the Heidelberg POLAR Cutter D 66 ECO — one of Heidelberg’s bestselling, most economical cutters.

Summa nv, a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-end cutting, finishing and laser cutting solutions, is proud to announce it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. The certification is an internationally recognized standard, ensuring company processes related to products and services meet the needs of customers through an effective quality management system.

Direct Mail Days 2019 at W+D in Neuwied on June 5 and 6 were not only fully booked out, but also fully met the participants’ expectations the third year they were held. Founded as an exchange platform and source of ideas for direct mailing, envelope production, inserting and printing technology, in the meanwhile, the series of events has become firmly established. The decision has already been made to hold the event again in 2021 – following a break in the drupa year 2020.

Last year, the Rhône Media group from Western Switzerland built a new printing centre in Monthey (canton of Valais). The daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste and other titles from ESH Médias, such as L'ArcInfo and La Côte, are now being produced here. Ferag played an active role in helping Rhône Media relocate the mailroom technology to Monthey from Mulhouse and Woippy in France.

Scodix, the world’s leading provider of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, today announced that Shutterfly deployed Scodix systems across a number of locations in the United States prior to the critical holiday peak in 2018.

Finely detailed metallic effects and excellent image quality has never been easier at A&R Carton Frankfurt, a member of AR Packaging. The newly invested offset printing line is extended with cold foil capabilities to answer to the demand of brilliant, repulpable premium packaging.

Jeff Prasser is the Operations Manager for the printing services division of St. Camillus, the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians. It began in 1984 as a way to print forms for nursing staff of what is now one of the Milwaukee area’s largest senior care facilities. Thirty five years later, it now serves as an important revenue provider by printing work for regional customers.

Located in Aarau in Northwestern Switzerland, Mittelland Zeitungsdruck AG operates one of Switzerland’s most efficient coldset printing sites. As the portfolio not only includes daily and weekly newspapers but also high-circulation customer magazines for trade and industry, the technical possibilities in postpress processing were significantly expanded in 2018. With the help of Ferag, the company also wants to make the individualization of insert collections possible in future.

At LIGNA, Teknos presents a number of finishing systems for the special requirements of digitally printed surfaces, including a solution for myTexture, a new digital embossing technology to produce nature-like wood or stone surfaces with textures.

Apex North America continues its expansion in the North American market with the addition of a 7M ALE Laser Engraving Machine and a 4.5M Full CNC Machine.

Blackman & White is heralding a step-change in cutting machine technology with the release of its Genesis-Z.

No longer able to deal with an increased volume of inserts for freesheets in particular, the printing plant at Aschendorff Medien GmbH & Co. KG in Münster has invested in new Ferag mailroom technology. In addition to a higher net output, the overall situation in the department has also improved considerably.