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N E W S O F T H E P R I N T I N G I N D U S T R Y A T A G L A N C E w w w. M y P R I N T R e s o u r c e . c o m 10 Q U I C K P R I N T I N G / N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 4 The combined companies, Commercial Printing Powered by AlphaGraphics, represent over 200 years of experience and a deeply rooted commitment to the printing industry and to the state of North Carolina. By joining forces, AlphaGraphics of Downtown Raleigh and Commercial Printing Company will expand to over 20 employees and will be able to provide cus- tomers with enhanced printing and marketing communica- tions services. The new partnership allows all parties to extend their capabilities to work on innovative new projects for the Raleigh business community at large. MyPRINTResource.com/11713892 GPO Moves to Cloud Technology The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is moving the agency's email to the cloud using Microsoft Office 365. This transition will simplify the agency's IT infrastructure, gain greater functionality, and enable faster upgrades for future enhancements. In addition, GPO will benefit from a larger mailbox size, increased email archiving, anti-spam and mal - ware services, collaboration tools, and online meeting capabili- ties. Although several other Government agencies have already made the transition to the cloud, GPO is the first legislative branch agency to move its email to the cloud and expects to complete the migration by January 2015. This strategy supports GPO's transformation to a digital information platform. MyPRINTResource.com/10160778 Colonial Press Chooses Sunday 3000 Web-Offset Press At GRAPH EXPO 14, Colonial Press International, Miami, FL, sealed the deal for a new 2x8 Goss Sunday 3000 press that will triple the printing firm's existing press output and boost competitive capacity across a broader range of products. The 75-inch-wide 2x8 format of the new five-unit Sunday 3000 press is unique in the market and was the key feature behind Colonial's decision. Twice as wide as any of the company's existing presses, the new Sunday press has a cut-off of 22.25 inches and will be installed with both a pinless PFF3.2 folder and a JF80G jaw fold - er. This configuration will enable Colonial to produce standard 8.5x11-inch as well as double-parallel and tabloid products. The speed, format, and configuration of the new Sunday 3000 press means that it will triple Colonial's existing press capacity and allow the firm to offer customers new production efficiencies in terms of cycle times and print turnaround. MyPRINTResource.com/10005592 New Print Firm in Heart of Silicon Valley Installs 5-color, 8-up Press It takes bold confidence in future of print to invest more than $3 million in a new printing company startup. And that's exactly what 25-year veteran printing firm owner Mike Mah- moudi did when he hired nine people and opened Nino Press, a 10,000-square-foot plant in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2013. The business serves some of the biggest names in global technol- ogy along with fellow commercial printers—differentiating on job turnaround speed, dependability, and print quality. When it came time to decide on a flagship offset press for his new company, Mahmoudi, a trained electrical engineer, choose a five-color, eight-up Ryobi MHI 925 offset press with aqueous coater. Today, it runs nearly full-out over two shifts, six days a week. Nino Press specializes in high-quality books along with the full gamut of commercial and high-margin specialty print. The 16,200-sph press was sold by Kian Hemmen of Print & Finishing Solutions (PFS), Placentia, CA, and is fully serviced by PFS, which covers the Western U.S. for Ryobi MHI's distri- bution group, Graphic Systems North America. PFS is a GSNA co-founder and partner. MyPRINTResource.com/10362877 Multichannel Marketing Firm Transforms Digital Print Operations Valtim, a Forest, VA multichannel marketing and fulfillment provider, has expanded its portfolio by implementing a Ricoh InfoPrint 5000 GP continuous feed inkjet print platform. Since installing Ricoh's InfoPrint 5000, Valtim has achieved higher throughput on diverse papers, shortened its service level agree- ment (SLA) run time by up to two weeks, and integrated real- time, personalized messaging. "Ricoh is the greatest invest- ment the company has made. With their commitment to training and services, they're integrated into our team, so they're part of the Valtim family now," said operations direc - tor David Baldtree. "We're always striving to understand and manage a customer's message and deliver it in as many ways as possible through multichannel media. With the InfoPrint 5000, we now have the technology to help spread our custom- ers' messages even further." In addition to the InfoPrint, Ricoh also provides Valtim with integrated sales support training and service support, helping to ensure that it receives comprehensive guidance and training long after the initial installation and are able to market the benefits of their new installation to its customers effectively. MyPRINTResource.com/10007712 Sealing the deal made at GRAPH EXPO 14 (l to r): Phill Tilley (Goss); Mike D'Angelo (Goss); Daniel Michaels, COO, Colonial Press; Graham Trevett (Goss); Jorge Gomez, CEO, Colonial Press; Jose Gomez, Chairman, Colonial Press; Rick Nichols, CEO Goss International Corp.