Ink World staff07.09.20
Print Solutions (Englewood, NJ) is celebrating its 50th year in business by installing a Komori 5-color Lithrone G37 (GL537) LED UV press with coater, the first of its kind to be installed in the US.
Current company owner, Paul Vartanian, is the son of the company’s founders, John and Azadouhie Vartanian, and assumed management of the company in 1990. Working beside his parents, he has seen the company grow substantially over the years and is excited by the potential that the GL537C provides.
Prior to this latest installation, Print Solutions had two half-size offset presses, as well as digital print capacity.
With Vartanian’s decision to move to the next level, he first considered expanding in the digital area.
However, he noted that 75% of the company’s existing business was traditional offset print.
“I realized we would be changing our business model significantly if we were going to go all-digital,” he said. “We actually started looking at 29-inch presses first, then when I learned that a 37-inch press was coming out on the market and how it would increase our productivity, this was absolutely the better decision.”
Print Solutions works for a variety of clients, including non-profits, producing publications, newsletters, postcards and educational materials.
Creative design, direct mail and wide-format complement the company’s offerings.
In addition to its larger print format, the new press is equipped with LED UV features, supporting instant-cure and spot LED UV applications, reticulations, strike-through varnishes and much more.
“We can print on plastics, we can print on board, so now it’s opening up the packaging markets to us,” Vartanian said.
The physical size of the press was another consideration – the GL537C occupies a smaller footprint than a larger 40” press, which fits within Print Solutions’ requirements.
"We purchased the technology that can help us do all the work that we currently do and still expand our market. It’s almost limitless what we can get done with this press," Vartanian said. "The press has exceeded my expectations and yet I don’t feel we’ve even reached the point where we’re utilizing it to its fullest capacity. The best thing about the GL537C is that it makes printing fun again.”