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WESTMONT, IL—04/26/07—MAN Roland is taking the lead in informing the graphic arts industry that environmentally sound practices are not only good for the planet, but are good for business as well. In a new educational campaign that is driven by advertising, public relations, direct mail, and a how-to guide, MAN Roland is providing printers with an action plan that they can use to improve the environmental sustainability of their operations, while winning new customers. “Whatever your thoughts are on climate change, one fact is certain: The less resources and energy we waste, the more our economy will expand,” says Vince Lapinski, CEO of MAN Roland Inc.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota recently replaced its two-color Hamada with a used five-color Heidelberg GTO. “The new press can perfect two over three,” enthuses Lee J. Sperl, manager of Document and Publishing Solutions. “Almost everything we previously did on the Hamada that we traded in can now be perfected on the new press. This helped to provide a really quick ROI justification. We also found additional savings available in work that previously had to be outsourced due to a lack of open/available five-color capacity.” Sperl says the new press provides relief capacity for its other five-color GTO while absorbing a large portion

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—March 21, 2007— Komori America Corporation announced today that effective March 31, 2007, they will assume the sales and service responsibilities for the territory previously covered by Atlantic Graphic Systems, Inc, Columbia, MD. This includes the states of 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

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The Benefits of Print: A Fresh Look The numerous changes in communications technologies and preferences have blurred the many reasons why print remains a viable and important medium in what often seems to be an over communicated marketplace. In light of the communications upheavals of the last decade, it is important to reiterate the benefits of print.

The move to computer-to-plate has increased the productivity and efficiency of printers by simplifying the production process and streamlining workflow. Despite the cost savings achieved by moving from film-based plate making to CTP, there are still important costs incurred in getting the plate from the platesetter to the press. Most printers accept these as unavoidable costs of doing business, and therefore do not track these costs very carefully.

WILLISTON, VT—1/18/07—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer, is announcing an exclusive distributorship in the U.S. and Canada with Vegra, an international company specializing in the development of high-quality and environmentally-friendly products for the graphic arts industry. The new consumables line, which can be ordered online through http://consumables.kba-usa.com, includes fountain solutions, coatings, washes, and varnishes, and is designed to work with all printing press manufacturers and available to all printers, regardless of their press models. “We are pleased to announce this exclusive distributorship with Vegra,” says Ralf Sammeck, president and CEO of KBA North America. “This furthers our goal of addressing the

WILLISTON, VT—01/16/0—As a result of integrating the North American web and sheetfed business units into one combined entity, KBA North America has announced the following sales staff changes, effective immediately: Heinz Schmid assumes the position of senior vice president, web press sales. Gary Owen has been appointed vice president, sales and communications newspapers – regional. Bruce Richardson and Steve Brown have become sales managers, East and West, respectively. Ralf Sammeck, president and CEO of KBA North America, commented that, “The combined experience of over 100 years of our dedicated newspaper sales staff demonstrates to our customers the serious commitment that we have made to

Al Reijmer is the new general manager of MAN Roland’s Central Region Sheetfed Operations. Reijmer, who worked at Heidelberg for more than a quarter century, replaces George Fisher, who is moving to a corporate position at MAN Druckmaschinen in Germany. In his new role, Reijmer is in charge of all Central Region sales operations for MAN Roland’s sheetfed line of presses. As of today, he will report to Vincent Lapinski, the new chief executive officer of MAN Roland. Before joining MAN Roland in November, Reijmer was president of the TD Global Group, a major supplier of used printing equipment.