Printing Pulse Ricoh Acquires Avanti Ricoh has acquired Avanti Computer Systems Limited, a provider of Print MIS (Management Information System) targeted for the production print market. Th is acquisition enables Ricoh to further expand the value its production print workfl ow delivers to customers, as well as to help improve management effi ciency and productivity of customers in the production printing market. PrintingNews.com/12296258 10 Printing News ® February 2017 Philipp Litho Adds by Subtraction with Two New Colter & Peterson SABER Paper Cutters Family owned and operated Philipp Litho of Graft on, WI has relied on a skilled workforce, sound management principles, and high quality equipment since 1913. A heavyweight supplier in the corrugated industry, a recent equipment purchase is typical of their track record. Looking to handle larger work for their customer base, they upgraded by removing three smaller paper cutters in favor of two new and larger Colter & Peterson SABER XXL cutters that were installed last month. Colter & Peterson has supplied Philipp Litho for a signifi cant period of time, and this latest deal involved replacing two 65” and one 80” cutters with 75” and 110” SABER units. Th e majority of Philipp Litho’s production today is short run work for packaging and a P-O-P segment that continues to grow. Counting major beer and beverage and consumer product companies as part of a coast-to-coast customer base, the work is primarily for retail and big box stores with runs usually averaging 3,000-10,000 per job. PrintingNews.com/12295798 2017 Executive Promotions Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced several appointments. Elliot Peck has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Imaging Technologies Communications Group, Inc.; Hiroyuki Imamura has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group; Tatsuro Kano has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies Communications Group,; Mitsutoshi Hino has been promoted to vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies Communications Group; Tracie Sokol has been promoted to vice president and general manager, Business Imaging Solutions Group; and Nancy Langdale has been promoted to vice president, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. PrintingNews.com/12294830 Meyers is the First in North America to Purchase the MPS EF SYMJET Press, Powered by Domino Meyers, a Minneapolis based label, card, signage, and display company, has invested in the EF SYMJET hybrid press, which makes the company the fi rst in North America to add this press to its facility. Meyers’ decision to purchase the MPS EF SYMJET powered by Domino was driven by the company’s desire to advance its digital off ering. “We have great confi dence in MPS technology and innovation,” says Gregg Temple, president of Meyers Label and Card Groups. “Th e addition of the hybrid MPS press to our operation has provided the biggest positive impact on our business that we have seen in the last 10 years.. PrintingNews.com/12296655
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