First Nilpeter Panorama installed in North America

The Printing Plant of Cincinnati, Ohio has installed the first Nilpeter Panorama in North America.

Pictured (from left): : Tod Leonard, president; Brad Schlenk, vice president of sales; Tim Kraemer, plant manager, The Printing Plant

The Printing Plant was purchased from The Kroger Co. in 1979 with flexo, offset and letterpress capabilities. Shortly after purchasing the company, management decided to convert the business to a strictly narrow web flexo operation. Until 2011 The Printing Plant remained a flexo house selling through a direct sales force and brokers to a wide range of industries including grocery, fast food, data capture and automotive. In 2011 it purchased its first digital press to better serve customers requiring small runs. Shortly after the company added an on-press inkjet system to its existing Nilpeter 16in-wide FB-4200. These additions allowed The Printing Plant to get into consecutive and random numbering jobs, opening the door for UL serialized durable labels, which have now become a major part of the business and helped it grow to 12 million USD in annual sales.

The Printing Plant was looking to upgrade its production equipment and product portfolio, with company president Tod Leonard and his team investigating several digital presses, evaluating equipment costs, running costs, print quality and service agreements. They had samples of current job files printed for review by several OEM companies and press manufacturers.

‘The improved speeds and web widths available with the Panorama allowed us to quote and win significant new business,’ said Leonard. ‘One of our new customers has over 850 prime labels they are in the process of redesigning, and they specified that we would only be awarded with the order if we would commit to printing the labels on the new digital Nilpeter press.

‘We are thrilled to have the new Nilpeter Panorama and look forward to not only gaining new business from new customers, but also moving some of our current flexo jobs over and becoming more efficient.’

Paul Teachout, vice president of sales and marketing at Nilpeter USA, said: ‘We are extremely pleased to continue our partnership with The Printing Plant, and very happy to provide it with the Panorama digital press line – a perfect fit for its needs.

‘This marks the first Panorama installation in North America and it has gone very well. We look forward to the continued growth and success in our cooperation with The Printing Plant.’