Press,
software deals to pace Nexpo ’06
CHICAGO
— MAN Roland Inc. and Koenig & Bauer AG will announce press sales this
week as the newspaper industry gathers for Nexpo ’06.
MAN
Roland will say it will install a GeoMAN press at The Macomb Daily in
Meantime,
rumors are swirling that Goss International Corp. will use Nexpo to announce it
had sold its first FPS press. Goss introduced the double-wide machine, which
features a modular design and a changeable cutoff, in 2004.
Last
month, KBA sold a narrow-web Comet press to Media General Inc. to be installed
at The News & Advance in
In
other recent developments:
GMA
Inc. Tuesday said it sold an SLS-3000 inserter and Newsgrip conveyor to the
Frederick (
The
New York Times Co. said it will install
software from SAP AG to support its advertising management and circulation
operations (Newspapers & Technology Dateline, March 29).
The
publisher is deploying software from the developer’s mySAP Business Suite and
SAP for Media portfolio, and will install the apps at its New York Times Media
Group and New England Media Group newspaper and digital properties, including
The Times, International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and the Telegram &
Gazette in
KBA
named Christoph Muller to succeed Walter Schumacher as executive vice president
for web press sales, marketing and service, effective May 1. Schumacher, who has
held his post since January 1999, is leaving the company to pursue other
opportunities, KBA said. Muller has been with KBA for more than 10 years.
Journal
Register Co. said it acquired Suburban Lifestyles Community Newspaper group,
which publishes weekly newspapers in and around suburban
Community
Publishers Inc. licensed Publishing Business Systems’ MediaPlus Ad Management
for several
What’s
new on the floor
Editor’s
note: Dozens of industry vendors said they plan to introduce new products and
services at this year’s Nexpo. Newspapers & Technology is providing
readers with an easy-to-follow wrap-up of what companies are unveiling in
Prepress
vendor Acutech LLC is making its first appearance at this year’s Nexpo. The
Elkhart, Ind.-based company in February said it would begin building and selling
punch bending machines, press clamping systems and other production equipment
from German manufacturer Berth Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. under terms of a
joint alliance.
Acutech:
Booth 13093
AdMission
Corp. is displaying its newest
online classifieds advertising app, Spotlight Ads. The software enables
newspapers to display media-rich banner ads and other rotating ad formats.
AdMission:
Booth 3015
Agfa
is introducing Afirma, which continually monitors the performance of
computer-to-plate systems, including processor and punch bender operations. In
addition, Agfa will display Arkitex IntellTrack, its new enterprise software,
which enables users to track and monitor production from editorial through
press. Finally, the firm will demonstrate a new advertising app, a new version
of Arkitex Courier and have on display its new Advantage Xm and Xs platesetters.
Agfa:
Booth 1014
AlfaQuest
Technologies Inc. and its German software affiliate alfa Media Partner GmbH is
showing Alfa AdCounter, an ad booking and presentation app; and alfa e-edition,
electronic newspaper production software.
alfaQuest:
Booth 5015
Anocoil
Corp. is launching its N-100 negative-working thermal plate, which is currently
in beta testing, at Nexpo.
Anocoil:
Booth 14062
Apago
is introducing an upgraded version of its Cluster Workflow software.
Apago:
Booth 1094
Advanced
Publishing Technology is displaying version 4.0 of Falcon Editorial, a
content-management app that integrates Adobe or Quark products and includes data
replication for disaster recovery.
APT:
Booth 2054
Aragon
System Products said it will install its inserter control software at the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., the Toronto
Star, New Jersey Media Group and various plants owned by Dow Jones & Co.
Aragon:
Booth 12080
Automated
Solutions Corp. is displaying SCDS-Lite, a single-copy delivery system
accounting app geared
to smaller and mid-sized newspapers.
Automated
Solutions Corp.: Booth 3096
Automated
Systems Technology Inc. sold its floor-based paper roll tracking systems to the
Frederick (Md.) News-Post, Seacoast Printing in Princeton, N.J., and the
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News.
ASTI:
Booth 7017
Thermal
Care Inc. unit AWS is rolling out a new oil cooling system aimed at newspaper
and commercial web presses.
AWS:
Booth 11081
CCI
Europe is demonstrating enhancements to its AdDesk and NewsGate software.
CCI
Europe: Booth 5075
CNI
Corp. will demo AdDesk Archives, an enhancement to its flagship advertiser
self-service and digital workflow software.
CNI:
Booth 9099
Controls
Group Inc. will install digital page packs at four presslines at the South
Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale as part of the paper’s color upgrade.
CGI is also adding inkers to a new press at Mortons of Horncastle Ltd. in the
U.K. and just completed a controls upgrade at The (Portland) Oregonian.
CGI:
Booth 13077
Data
Sciences is displaying VoicePort LLC’s speech
IVR app, CircPort.
CircPort uses advanced speech recognition technology to automate a variety of
circulation tasks. Recent customers include Osprey Media and the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel.
Data
Sciences, VoicePort: Booth 12111
Dario
Designs is introducing a set of interactive calculators designed to help
newspapers answer a number of operational questions, including how much space to
allot for roll storage and the cost benefits of web-width changes. It’s also
displaying information about its newspaper facility consulting, engineering and
design services.
Dario
Designs: Booth 4039
Denex
is unveiling its LCS Dimensions sensor that’s been engineered for stacker
applications. The device is based on the firm’s patented sensing technologies
and is especially useful in situations with difficult stream situations, the
firm said.
Denex:
Booth 3045
Digital
Technology International is showing its WebSpeed app at Nexpo. The St.
Petersburg (Fla.) Times is the first U.S. newspaper to implement WebSpeed and
the app will eventually be deployed for three of the publisher’s Web sites,
DTI said.
DTI:
Booth 2014
DYC
Supply Co. is showing its line of press blankets, including its newest, the
NP-02 no-pack, reduced/neutral feed blanket, designed for use on all newspaper
presses, and especially suited to older vintage deck-type presses.
DYC:
Booth 4029a
Dynaric
Inc. is rolling out a new strapping machine, the NP5000X. The device is a fully
automatic self-contained cross-strapping machine capable of producing as many as
45 single-strapped or 20 cross-strapped bundles per minute.
Dynaric:
Booth 4029
EAE
Ltd. will formally unveil its Visual Intelligent Plant (VIP) management app,
which permits newspapers to oversee workflows from prepress to postproduction
(see “New breed of workflow apps add brains to brawn,” Newspapers &
Technology, February 2006). The app is comprised of four modules: order
planning, simulation, statistics and cost control. In addition, EAE is
introducing its QC24/7 app, engineered to help users efficiently plan print jobs
and preset ink on web offset presses. EAE: Booth 11039
Essex
Products Group is showing KeyColor T, the latest addition to its KeyColor line
of remote ink control systems.
EPG:
Booth 9111
Ferag
is rolling out a new bundle processing system, the SmartStack. The system uses
servo motors to provide precise movements from layer formation to bundle
ejection, the company said.
Ferag/Goss
International Corp.: Booth 7001
Fujifilm
is introducing its Saber News violet computer-to-platesetter. It can process up
to 13012.375-by-24-inch single plates per hour at 1,016 dots per inch, or up to
107 24-by-23-inch panorama plates per hour at 1,016 dpi.
Fuji/Enovation:
Booth 14046
Just
over two months after Danish prepress supplier Glunz & Jensen acquired
K&F International, the newly formed Glunz & Jensen K&F Inc., will
emerge at Nexpo to display a small version of a vertical plate conveyor for
aluminum offset plates.
Glunz
& Jensen K&F Inc.: Booth 4015
Goss
International Corp. said it will have on display a 4-by-1 Uniliner S press unit
as well as several integrated postpress components from Goss and Ferag. It also
plans to announce it sold postpress systems to at least one newspaper.
Goss
International/Ferag: Booth 7001
Harland
Simon said its customer base has increased by 20 percent over the past 12 months
as more publishers install its line of press controls and other management
systems. Among recent contracts: the Chicago Sun-Times, The Register-Guard in
Eugene, Ore., and Post-Newsweek Media Inc.
Harland
Simon: Booth 8075
HK
Systems Inc., which just landed the Denver Newspaper Agency ASRS and materials
handling contract, will show two new interfaces added to its Material Tracking
and Control software. The links permit MTC to communicate with production
planning apps from GMA Inc., Burt Technologies Inc. and Harland Simon to give
customers real-time insert management performance benchmarks.
HK
Systems: Booth 9064
IMC
America is displaying its Vantage Plus CTP developer reduction system,
engineered to reduce usage and cost of plate processing chemicals by 50 percent.
IMC
America: Booth 12011
ISV
GmbH is unveiling Avus CIP, a module to its Avus 21 classified ad app that
allows users to create tabular display ads.
ISV
GmbH: Booth 1004
Prepress
vendor Krause is re-entering the U.S. market with a partnership with EAE Ltd.
and a sales office in Milford, Conn.
EAE:
Booth11039.
Mactive
Inc. said its sold its flagship AdBase suite of software to newspapers that
include
the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union; the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch; the San Diego
Union-Tribune; Greenspun Media Group of Las Vegas, which publishes weeklies and
magazines in the Las Vegas area; Booth Newspapers in Michigan; the Sentinel
& Enterprise of Fitchburg, Mass., the Sun and Sunday Sun of Lowell, Mass.,
and the Salt Lake Tribune.
Mactive:
Booth 1001
Manugraph
said it will open a U.S. office in Charlotte, N.C., this summer to serve the
American market. The office, Manugraph North America Inc., will provide parts,
customer service and training.
Manugraph:
Booth 7113
MediaSpan
is officially introducing itself to newspapers at Nexpo with its new name.
Formerly Harris & Baseview, the company is displaying its complete line of
editorial, advertising, production, circulation and Internet software, including
the latest version of ProductionManagerPro, version 4. Additional upgrades
include those to IQue 5, which now works on both Windows and Mac OS X and runs
on MySQL database, and CirculationPro, with more than 100 new features.
MediaSpan:
Booth 9027
Miles
33 International is demonstrating the integrated accounts receivable and credit
management features of its FutureProof booking and ad planning software.
Miles
33: Booth 4111
MultiAd
is unveiling the beta version of Transit Source, an app that offers a variety of
high-resolution photos in an array of transportation-related topics.
MutliAd:
Booth 7082
Nela
is showing its line of register and punch/bending equipment, including its
newest lockup for web-width reductions from 50 inches down to 48 and 46 inches.
The stainless steel lockup features pin reduction to switch from 48 to 46
inches.
Nela:
Booth 4063
Newscolor
is debuting its Vesper calibration software in the alfaQuest and Konica Minolta
booths. The app, which is automated and drops into existing newspaper workflows,
is designed to significantly reduce ink costs for newspapers and web printers.
Newscolor:
Booths 5015, 8086
NewsNotes
Advertising is introducing a removable label that allows readers to “snap
off” the offer at a perforation for use as a coupon, punch card or temporary
membership card.
NewsNotes:
Booth 13081
NewspaperDirect
is unveiling Reading Map, an app that
allows newspapers to monitor and compile aggregated data on users accessing
their electronic editions.
NewspaperDirect:
Booth 12095
Oxy-Dry
Corp. is showing its EcoClean blanket and roller autowash for conventional, UV,
co-cure and EB inks. EcoClean is designed to replace petroleum and
surfactant-based washes.
Oxy-Dry:
Booth 11057
PPI
Media US Inc. is demonstrating its updated output management app that integrates
with MAN Roland’s Pecom press controls. Also on display is ppi’s PressProof
softproofing software.
ppi
Media US: Booth 7039a
Pongrass
Publishing Systems is showing a pre-release of version 6 of its newspaper
advertising software suite.
Pongrass:
Booth 4101a
Presteligence
is displaying the latest enhancements to its NewsXtreme workflow app; the
software now supports fan-out and creep adjustments, among other capabilities.
Presteligence:
Booth 1009
ProImage
is unveiling ProImage OnColor, an app aimed at maximizing the speed of color
image processing. The app automatically analyzes tonal, color and spatial
characteristics of every image and then calculates and applies the necessary
corrections, the company said.
ProImage:
Booth 12081
Publishing
Business Systems Inc. is demonstrating new features of its MediaPlus Circulation
software including a Campaign Management tool, a customized user interface for
newspapers, dashboard views and mapping.
In
addition, PBS is showing new features of MediaPlus Advertising.
PBS:
Booth 5063
Printing
Press Services International is introducing a commercial version of its Model 80
tower, capable of printing in both heatset and coldset modes.
PPSI:
Booth 12015
Print2Finish
LLC is demonstrating the PowerStick and MiniStick label applicators. The firm is
also displaying Sinapse Graphic International’s press simulators.
Print2Finish:
Booth 10105
The
Printers House Americas will introduce and have on display a new single-wide
press, the Orient X-Cel, at Nexpo. The 36,000 copy-per-hour press will be
equipped with a UV drying system from Prime UV to demonstrate how newspapers can
produce 4-color work printed on coated and supercalendared stocks in a coldset
environment,
Press
demos will be scheduled each day of the show, every hour on the half-hour. The
press will use ArrowLith UV ink from Flint Group and blankets from Day
International.
TPH:
Booth 9075; Prime UV: Booth 10086
Printing
& Packaging Technologies is introducing a manually operated bottom-wrap
loader, dubbed EARL, for ergonomic affordable roll loader. Samuel Strapping
Systems: Booth 11087
Q.I.
Press Controls is displaying the third generation of its Intelligent Density
System closed-loop color control technology. The system eliminates the use of
reference marks and instead focuses on the actual printed image to govern color
control.
Q.I.
Press Controls: Booth 8015
Quipp
Systems Inc. is introducing an upgraded version of its Newscom insert management
control app as well as a new gripper conveyor for its SLS-1000 inserters. Quipp
will have on display and provide running demonstrations of its postproduction
equipment.
Quipp:
Booth 9015
Rockwell
Automation is introducing PrintLogix QE, a press control package aimed at
smaller newspapers and printers. Rockwell is also rolling out an electronic line
shaft drive that’s based on standard Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 700S AC drives.
Rockwell
Automation: Booth 14026
Screen
(USA) is showing the newest version of its newspaper computer-to-plate platform,
the PlateRite News 2000S. PlateRite News has a 64-channel laser diode imaging
head and the newest model can image up to 84 broadsheet plates or 42 double-wide
plates an hour.
Screen:
Booth 12063
Software
Construction Co. is unveiling version 6 of its SCC MediaServer multimedia
production and archive database app. The version includes new support for high-res
image previewing and printing and also meshes with NewsML-equipped editorial
applications from CCI Europe.
SCC:
Booth 5087
Software
Consulting Services LLC is showing
the latest features of its AdMax Web software for retail and classified
advertising. SCS: Booth: 7074
Solna
Americas Inc. is exhibiting its new two-around single-wide press and tower, the
D680 press and associated D680 tower. The shaftless press is equipped with a
WIFAG folder, remote ink control and registration and can print up to 75,000
copies per hour in straight production.
Solna:
Booth 12039a (WIFAG booth)
Southern
Lithoplate is partnering up with several industry hardware vendors at Nexpo to
display its line of plates, including the Viper 830 and Cobra 830. Plates will
be run through a Kodak Trendsetter News 100 as well as a PlateRite News 2000
unit from Screen USA.
SLP’s
booth will also be the site of prepress consultant Chesapeake Resource Group’s
computer-to-plate clinic. The clinic will be offered three times per day, at
10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and will be vendor and technology neutral,
said David Lightfoot, CRG’s principal.
Southern
Lithoplate: Booth 9055
3M
is demonstrating its new All-In-One Nose Tab by Light Fab, designed to eliminate
the need to use two different splice tapes.
3M:
Booth 14077
Tensor
Group Inc. is introducing a new single-wide press model, the T-500. The machine,
rated at a speed of 50,000 copies per hours, incorporates three vibrator rollers
and three ink form rollers to meet ink coverage demands of heatset and UV
markets, the firm said.
Tensor:
Booth 11099
US
Ink is making available Press Doctor 2006, containing more than 1,000 pages of
technical information related to coldset printing. The CD also includes
Specifications for Newsprint Advertising Production data, technical tips for
obtaining SNAP certification and updated graphics and hyperlinks.
US
Ink: Booth 8029
Web
Press Corp. is adding an automation controls package to its Quad-Stack color
printing units. The PLC-based system, accessible through a touchscreen installed
on the left door of each individual unit, controls ink and water for each deck.
Web
Press: Booth 11021
WIFAG
touting plate changer
WIFAG
will have information on display about its semi-automatic plate changer for its
evolution presses.
WIFAG:
Booth 12039
