IPG Tours World Bank In-plant

IPG Editor Bob Neubauer paid a visit to The World Bank's Printing & Multimedia Services operation in Landover, Md., yesterday, to see the in-plant's new HP Inkjet T-230 production inkjet press in action. During the tour, the in-plant was performing tests on the press, printing roll-to-roll at 400 feet per minute.

Ink for the press is pumped from 200-liter containers across the pressroom into an ink distribution system near the press, providing continual availability of ink. On the back end, the inkjet press incorporates Hunkeler sheet finishing equipment, as well as an inline Standard Horizon buckle folder and stacker.

The in-plant plans to use the inkjet press to produce books, publications, reports and other items with high page counts, and hopes to migrate 40 percent of its toner volume to the new press to take advantage of its speed and lower costs.

The spacious facility, about 11 miles from the World Bank's downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters, also includes two Kodak NexPresses, an Océ ColorStream 10000 and a Presstek 52 DI press, along with numerous pieces of inline and offline bindery equipment. Operators keep in touch with customer service reps in Washington, D.C., via Skype, and production meetings between the two facilities are held using state-of-the-art high-definition video conferencing.

Learn more about about World Bank's cutting-edge capabilities in the June issue of IPG.