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Degrava Systems LLC, Roswell, Ga., announced an alliance with eXpand Systems LLC for sales and service in North America. eXpand Systems has a business rooted in digital markets and digital print technology.
Visit www.degrava.com.
Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses has relocated the company’s west coast headquarters from Torrance, Calif., to Ontario, Calif. The new office is immediately south of the Ontario Airport, 35 miles east of Los Angeles, at 1620 Fremont Court, Ontario, Calif. 91761. The new facility offers 12,000 sq. ft. of space, more than doubling the previous site, and will host a demonstration and training area for the company’s sheetfed press. The Ontario facility phone number is (909) 947-5725 and the fax number is (909) 947-5919.
Visit www.mlpusa.com.
The Oldham Group, Springfield, Ill., a prepress, pressroom and bindery equipment supplier, launched a new large-format printing division to offer signage and graphics solutions. The new division will be headed by Deb Liles, director of solvent solutions, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Visit www.oldhamgroup.com.
Apago Inc., San Francisco, introduced Apago PDF Shrink 4.1. This consumer application reduces the size of PDF files created in Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Word and PowerPoint by as much as 90 percent of their original size. It is useful for files intended for websites, email attachments, blogs and other online applications.
Visit www.apago.com.
Müller Martini, Hauppauge, N.Y., introduced the SigmaLine, its commercial-quality on demand digital book manufacturing machine. The modular structure includes eight components that can be mixed and matched based on individual business strategies. Job data is transmitted in JDF from pre-press, optimizing changeover time and making ultra-short runs economically feasible.
The SigmaLine
Neenah Paper, Alpharetta, Ga., was granted Process Chlorine Free (PCF) certification from the Chlorine Free Products Association for 100 percent post-consumer fiber papers in the Classic and Environment paper lines. The PCF certification is a new program, requiring extensive audit and chain-of-custody procedures.
Visit www.neenahpaper.com.
MKS, Ion Industrial and Tantec Static Control introduced a new charging system, designed for pressroom and bindery operations of subscription card tacking, magazine tacking to incline stackers, ribbon tacking and chill-roll tacking. The equipment is powered by the 7305 charging generator, a microprocessor-based DC power supply in three output versions. The high-performance tungsten charging bars are arranged in a unique spacing configuration to achieve charging currents 20 percent higher than industry standard bars.
Visit www.ion.com/industrial.
Canon USA, Lake Success, N.Y., introduced the DR-4010C high-speed color document imaging scanner. The machine scans up to 42 pages or 84 images per minute. It features the company’s advanced text enhancement and auto color detection, which remove patterned and halftone backgrounds. Visit www.usa.canon.com.