HIGH-SPEED INKJET AND LABEL & PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
As the pendulum swings toward a pressroom where digital presses outnumber offset, SCREEN Americas develops all-encompassing solutions for printers transitioning their pressrooms.
SCREEN Americas continued its tradition of being a keynote sponsor for the annual Inkjet Summit in April 2023. After attending the summit, Mark Schlimme, vice president of marketing, addressed attendees in the June 2023 issue of Printing Impressions magazine:
It was great to catch up with our customers and see new faces at this year’s Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas. SCREEN is dedicated to meeting its customers’ complex challenges and the summit provided a fantastic collaborative environment to learn from one another. We recognize some of you are in the process of making a full transition to an all-digital enterprise while others are seeking solutions on how inkjet can help expand into new markets and tap into new revenue streams.
Panelists, including Eric Kahn of Graphic Village, address attendees at the Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas.
Regardless of where you are in your inkjet journey, SCREEN is open to becoming your partner in identifying opportunities and assisting you in pairing the best technology with your company’s applications. Our solutions go beyond selling equipment; they include a developmental approach that takes into consideration your entire pressroom and production processes. Our “solutions engineers” become your consultants. We will help you streamline production for specific applications while improving automation from prepress to finishing.
SCREEN understands that you need to sell more than just a product to remain competitive. That is why our solutions enable you to deliver additional value beyond quality and price. Our high-speed digital inkjet technology gives you the speed and quality of offset with full variable capabilities. Showing your customers that you can convert their conventional work into value-added variable messaging turns job-work into programs and customers into partners. Our goal is to help you become your customers’ print production partner. We aim to help you drive your overall costs down, increase value, and improve your margins.
During the summit, many of you voiced concerns over increased costs, an aging workforce and the challenge of finding skilled labor. You described the inefficiencies of conventional production workflows and the need for improved turnaround times. SCREEN continues to address these issues with its technology as well as with its service. Our presses are essentially paper-agnostic—printing successfully to the same offset stocks your customers want today. Advancements in machine learning, predictive service intelligence, and remote diagnostics reduce unplanned downtime and allow you to plan production with minimal intervention by press operators with less advanced skill sets.
It was also interesting to hear your observations on how the pandemic has shaped your industry and what it means for the future of printing. Many of you have been pleasantly surprised by how your customers have embraced digital technology and are no longer concerning themselves with what type of press their job is being printed on. Some of you have even told us that you landed accounts simply by announcing to your customers that you were purchasing a Truepress Jet520HD. That is exciting news!
Let us know how we can make your inkjet journey easier!
SCREEN Americas continued its tradition of being a keynote sponsor for the annual Inkjet Summit in April 2023. After attending the summit, Mark Schlimme, vice president of marketing, addressed attendees in the June 2023 issue of Printing Impressions magazine:
It was great to catch up with our customers and see new faces at this year’s Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas. SCREEN is dedicated to meeting its customers’ complex challenges and the summit provided a fantastic collaborative environment to learn from one another. We recognize some of you are in the process of making a full transition to an all-digital enterprise while others are seeking solutions on how inkjet can help expand into new markets and tap into new revenue streams.
Panelists, including Eric Kahn of Graphic Village, address attendees at the Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas.
Regardless of where you are in your inkjet journey, SCREEN is open to becoming your partner in identifying opportunities and assisting you in pairing the best technology with your company’s applications. Our solutions go beyond selling equipment; they include a developmental approach that takes into consideration your entire pressroom and production processes. Our “solutions engineers” become your consultants. We will help you streamline production for specific applications while improving automation from prepress to finishing.
Panelists, including Eric Kahn of Graphic Village, address attendees at the Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas.
Regardless of where you are in your inkjet journey, SCREEN is open to becoming your partner in identifying opportunities and assisting you in pairing the best technology with your company’s applications. Our solutions go beyond selling equipment; they include a developmental approach that takes into consideration your entire pressroom and production processes. Our “solutions engineers” become your consultants. We will help you streamline production for specific applications while improving automation from prepress to finishing.
SCREEN understands that you need to sell more than just a product to remain competitive. That is why our solutions enable you to deliver additional value beyond quality and price. Our high-speed digital inkjet technology gives you the speed and quality of offset with full variable capabilities. Showing your customers that you can convert their conventional work into value-added variable messaging turns job-work into programs and customers into partners. Our goal is to help you become your customers’ print production partner. We aim to help you drive your overall costs down, increase value, and improve your margins.
During the summit, many of you voiced concerns over increased costs, an aging workforce and the challenge of finding skilled labor. You described the inefficiencies of conventional production workflows and the need for improved turnaround times. SCREEN continues to address these issues with its technology as well as with its service. Our presses are essentially paper-agnostic—printing successfully to the same offset stocks your customers want today. Advancements in machine learning, predictive service intelligence, and remote diagnostics reduce unplanned downtime and allow you to plan production with minimal intervention by press operators with less advanced skill sets.
It was also interesting to hear your observations on how the pandemic has shaped your industry and what it means for the future of printing. Many of you have been pleasantly surprised by how your customers have embraced digital technology and are no longer concerning themselves with what type of press their job is being printed on. Some of you have even told us that you landed accounts simply by announcing to your customers that you were purchasing a Truepress Jet520HD. That is exciting news!
Let us know how we can make your inkjet journey easier!
Ken Ingram, President
It’s been an exciting year so far at SCREEN Americas. With traveling back in full swing, we’ve had the opportunity to spend some quality face time with our clients both domestically and internationally. SCREEN Americas was well represented at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas, and Labelexpo Mexico in Mexico City, where we teamed up with our long-term partner, Nilpeter, to provide dual solutions to the Latin American market.
We’ve also had several installations this year and have assisted some of our customers in making a full transition from conventional offset printing to digital inkjet printing. It’s been exciting to hear everyone’s success story!
In July, SCREEN Americas will bid farewell to Hiromi Sakurai. Since 2018, Sakurai san has served as the company’s vice president of business development and customer solutions in the United States and was extremely instrumental in identifying opportunities for us during the pandemic. He will return to Japan to resume his career with SCREEN where he has been employed since 1988.
With Sakurai san’s departure, we welcome Shinichi Takamatsu who will assume many of Sakurai san's duties in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. We look forward to having him on board.
Until next time,
Ken Ingram
president@screenamericas.com
SCREEN Americas would like to thank Hiromi Sakurai for his five years of service at SCREEN Americas and wish him well on his journey back to Japan. While working in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Sakurai san served as the company’s vice president of business development and customer solutions and was an integral part of developing marketing opportunities with industry partners. As an invaluable liaison between SCREEN Americas’ and SCREEN Japan’s operations teams, Sakurai san was instrumental in planning SCREEN Americas' new demo room.
Joining us from Japan is Shinichi Takamatsu who will assume many of the duties previously held by Hiromi Sakurai. Takamatsu san is looking forward to attending Printing United in Atlanta, Georgia, October 18–20, 2023, and becoming better acquainted with SCREEN Americas’ valued customers.
SCREEN Americas would like to thank Hiromi Sakurai for his five years of service at SCREEN Americas and wish him well on his journey back to Japan. While working in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Sakurai san served as the company’s vice president of business development and customer solutions and was an integral part of developing marketing opportunities with industry partners. As an invaluable liaison between SCREEN Americas’ and SCREEN Japan’s operations teams, Sakurai san was instrumental in planning SCREEN Americas' new demo room.
Joining us from Japan is Shinichi Takamatsu who will assume many of the duties previously held by Hiromi Sakurai. Takamatsu san is looking forward to attending Printing United in Atlanta, Georgia, October 18–20, 2023, and becoming better acquainted with SCREEN Americas’ valued customers.
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Ken Ingram, President
It’s been an exciting year so far at SCREEN Americas. With traveling back in full swing, we’ve had the opportunity to spend some quality face time with our clients both domestically and internationally. SCREEN Americas was well represented at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas, and Labelexpo Mexico in Mexico City, where we teamed up with our long-term partner, Nilpeter, to provide dual solutions to the Latin American market.
We’ve also had several installations this year and have assisted some of our customers in making a full transition from conventional offset printing to digital inkjet printing. It’s been exciting to hear everyone’s success story!
In July, SCREEN Americas will bid farewell to Hiromi Sakurai. Since 2018, Sakurai san has served as the company’s vice president of business development and customer solutions in the United States and was extremely instrumental in identifying opportunities for us during the pandemic. He will return to Japan to resume his career with SCREEN where he has been employed since 1988.
With Sakurai san’s departure, we welcome Shinichi Takamatsu who will assume many of Sakurai san's duties in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. We look forward to having him on board.
Until next time,
Ken Ingram
president@screenamericas.com
September 2022 marked the month Walker360 of Montgomery, Alabama, ceased operations of all its offset equipment. The decision came on the heels of purchasing the Truepress Jet520HD+ from SCREEN and the last offset press was removed from the company’s 40,000-square-foot facility in March 2023. All print jobs including books, magazines, transactional documents, direct mail pieces, and general commercial work are now produced on digital inkjet technology.
The company’s most notable products include the popular “Remember When…” books, which feature music, movies, cars, events, advertisements, and various household items that define a given year. Walker360 also has the distinguished task of printing the state income tax forms for Alabama.
September 2022 marked the month Walker360 of Montgomery, Alabama, ceased operations of all its offset equipment. The decision came on the heels of purchasing the Truepress Jet520HD+ from SCREEN and the last offset press was removed from the company’s 40,000-square-foot facility in March 2023. All print jobs including books, magazines, transactional documents, direct mail pieces, and general commercial work are now produced on digital inkjet technology.
The company’s most notable products include the popular “Remember When…” books, which feature music, movies, cars, events, advertisements, and various household items that define a given year. Walker360 also has the distinguished task of printing the state income tax forms for Alabama.
Graphic Village of Cincinnati, Ohio, secured a new account worth one million dollars annually just by announcing its plans to purchase the Truepress Jet520HD+. The press is expected to eliminate bottlenecks in the pressroom, increase speed-to-market capabilities, and eliminate the need to hire multiple press operators.
The press is the first continuous roll-fed inkjet printer for the full-service printing company, which serves high-profile clients in the financial services, education, nonprofit, restaurant, and healthcare industries. Installed in April 2023, the press is expected to assume 20 percent of Graphic Village’s print production in direct mail, transactional, book publishing, and commercial applications.
Graphic Village of Cincinnati, Ohio, secured a new account worth one million dollars annually just by announcing its plans to purchase the Truepress Jet520HD+. The press is expected to eliminate bottlenecks in the pressroom, increase speed-to-market capabilities, and eliminate the need to hire multiple press operators.
The press is the first continuous roll-fed inkjet printer for the full-service printing company, which serves high-profile clients in the financial services, education, nonprofit, restaurant, and healthcare industries. Installed in April 2023, the press is expected to assume 20 percent of Graphic Village’s print production in direct mail, transactional, book publishing, and commercial applications.
As part of its long-term strategic plan to meet its customers’ growing demand for short-run, customized labels that require variable data capabilities, Penmar Industries of Stratford, Connecticut, invested in the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI S model configured with CMYK plus white, orange and blue inks.
As part of its long-term strategic plan to meet its customers’ growing demand for short-run, customized labels that require variable data capabilities, Penmar Industries of Stratford, Connecticut, invested in the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI S model configured with CMYK plus white, orange and blue inks.
With a commitment to creating a unique customized label for each product, Penmar Industries prides itself on not being industry-specific and claims that the press has helped the company reach new markets such as e-commerce. The SAI series also allows Penmar Industries to serve its customers quickly and address requests for shorter runs more efficiently.
Durable labels for electrical appliances, medical devices and outdoor power equipment often require indoor and outdoor UL certifications, which means the label must resist the effects caused by heat and moisture as well as have the ability to survive excessive sun exposure and abrasion. To earn these certifications, Enterprise Print Group of Knoxville, Tennessee, invested in the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI E model with additional white and orange inks.
Durable labels for electrical appliances, medical devices and outdoor power equipment often require indoor and outdoor UL certifications, which means the label must resist the effects caused by heat and moisture as well as have the ability to survive excessive sun exposure and abrasion. To earn these certifications, Enterprise Print Group of Knoxville, Tennessee, invested in the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI E model with additional white and orange inks.
The press prints more than 50 jobs per day using thousands of feet of material and is the company’s primary source for both short- and long-run production jobs. One week is the average turnaround time using SCREEN’s technology.
Ken Ingram traveled with the SCREEN Americas team to Lucerne, Switzerland, where SCREEN participated in Hunkeler Innovationdays. The staff had the opportunity to catch up with several customers at the event including Walker360 based in Montgomery, Alabama, Data-Mail based in Newington, Connecticut, Polaris based in Hookset, New Hampshire, Professional Services based in Durham, North Carolina, and Bridgeport National Bindery based in Agawam, Massachusetts.
Taylor Blackwell of Walker360 chats with industry expert, Lois Ritarossi, at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Edward Millhorn and Victor Perez of SCREEN Americas teamed up with industry partner, Nilpeter, at Labelexpo Mexico 2023 in Mexico City. Since September 2022, SCREEN and Nilpeter have expanded their partnership to include Nilpeter providing sales, installation and support for SCREEN's Truepress Jet L350UV SAI series in Latin America.
SCREEN Americas connected with its partner, Nilpeter, at Labelexpo Mexico 2023 to deliver label solutions to the Latin American market.
SCREEN Americas once again sponsored the annual Inkjet Summit in Austin, Texas, where many customers of the Truepress Jet520HD series including Graphic Village of Cincinnati, Ohio, and TGI Direct of Flint, Michigan, shared their success stories. Outside, SCREEN Americas joined its high-speed customers to a round of golf.
Eric Kahn of Graphic Village (left) tees off with Kelly Chervinsky and Craig Jones of TGI Direct, Inc. at Inkjet Summit 2023.
