Coast to Coast - January 2012

Small Format Printing

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Marshall & Bruce Printing Company has recently added a KBA Genius 52 20-inch press alongside its existing KBA Rapida 105 41-inch 7-color press. The family-owned printing company operates from a 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Nashville, Tennessee and provides commercial and package printing, along with fulfillment services.

"We were quite impressed with the Genius' ability to print excellent quality on an extremely wide variety of substrates across a broad caliper spectrum," says Chip Smith, president of Marshall & Bruce. "We use the Genius in conjunction with our KBA Rapida 105 press where both will be required to run high-end commercial, point-of-purchase, and packaging work on a variety of substrates."

The installation of the KBA Genius will mark the smallest press ever installed at Marshall & Bruce. "Our decision to purchase the Genius included the need to move smaller work off of our KBA Rapida 105 and have the ability to print on different substrates," says Smith. "The Genius will allow us to produce shorter run projects more efficiently and permit us to keep jobs in-house rather than send out to a digital print partner."

OHIO

CLEVELAND—Label converter OMNI Systems™ has selected EFI Radius as its new MIS/ERP software. OMNI Systems focuses on private label converting and provides high-volume, long runs of direct thermal and thermal transfer bar code labels. With steady growth over the years, the company needed to upgrade its computing systems and processes.

According to Michael Kisha, vice president of manufacturing and distribution, the EFI Radius ERP solution was selected, in part, because of its focus on the labeling industry. "Now our separate, home-grown systems will be replaced by an integrated solution that covers the complete workflow, from quoting to printing to shipping," says Kisha.

OMNI Systems' plants in Cleveland and Mayfield Village will run the Radius software. "We expect to be a lot more efficient in all departments, and look forward to having real-time metrics to help us make appropriate decisions that will lead to even greater customer satisfaction," he adds.

SOUTH CAROLINA

SPARTANBURG—With the recent installation of its second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105, Copac, Inc. is focused on growth. The company provides packaging services to domestic and global customers, focusing on high-end folding cartons, labels, inserts, and hang tags.

Copac's sheetfed offset capability represents a growing percentage of its overall volume, stemming from its twin Speedmaster XL 105s, which print up to six colors with the ability to reproduce high-quality graphics. The company also has flexo, rotary letterpress, and digital printing capabilities.