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Testimonials
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- Rollem exceeds Modern Postcard's high standards!
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"Our
Rollem finishing equipment gives us the flexibility
to offer a wide variety of finishing services that
not only meet but exceed our high standards so our
customers can get the most out of every direct mail
campaign." - Waldo Garza, Mail & Finishing Services
Manager
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For over 25 years, Modern Postcard has specialized in
direct mail with postcards. Their 75,000 square foot facility,
located in Carlsbad, CA makes it possible to print and
mail the highest quality postcards at very competitive
rates. They exceed customers' expectations by combining
a superior product with quick turnaround time at an affordable
price. Modern Postcard takes pride in utilizing the latest
innovations. Everything from start to finish is produced
all in-house.
Rollem
International's finishing system are an integral part
of the production facility with over seven Rollem systems
completing various trimming, slitting, scoring, cut-scoring
and perforating of postcard and related products.
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- Data-Mail adds Rollem Efficiency to their finishing line
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Mike
Bolasevich, Bindery Manager.
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Data-Mail Inc., one of the nation's largest direct mail
companies, has again broken new ground with their use
of variable data presses to offer their Fortune 500 customers
a higher level of personalized mailing services. This
full service, state-of-the-art print and mail processing
facility produces 5 million pieces of mail per day.
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help produce this heavy, Data-Mail uses multiple Rollem
Finishing Systems to process digitally printed mail pieces.
One system alone yields 12,000 trimmed, slit, scored
& perforated mailing pieces per hour. "The TR easily
separates in to modules that are being used in a couple
of different operations. It speaks to the versatility
of the unit", states Mike Bolasevish, Bindery Manager.
(shown above)
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- Engage Marketing Inc., Chatsworth, CA adds Rollem TR Machine
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CHATSWORTH, CA Engage Marketing Inc. is a direct mail firm in Chatsworth, CA, whose customer base includes political consulting firms, trade schools, casinos, and multi-level marketing organizations.
Finishing is important to Engage Marketing. "We are primarily a direct mail firmfolding, inserting, and maintaining sort integrity are core functions of our daily operations," notes Tom Mackel, president, Engage Marketing. "Our digital capabilities also demand versatile equipment to deliver on demand print ranging from direct mail to booklet making to short run point of purchase displays," says Mackel.
Engage Marketing actively operates five inkjet addressing systems. "Additionally, our HP Indigo 5000 addresses while printing," says Mackel. "We use USPS' IMB primarily for confirming mail tracking services. Some of our customers have their own USPS mailer ID that provides electronic address update notification from our application of intelligent barcodes on their mail. We have a detached USPS mail verification unit in our facility to maximize USPS discounts through logistical drop shipments."
"Most of our work is advertising prints," says Mackel. "The customers demand the best quality finished product we can deliver within budget." The company employs a Rollem TR to apply consistent scores and perforations for jobs that are brought into Engage's facility. "The Rollem TR functions in a short run environment, but delivers large hourly output when needed," says Mackel. "Our customers appreciate the quality greeting cards, response tear offs, and cracking prevention they receive from us," he adds.
Engage Marketing's finishing equipment provides the flexibility necessary to correct demands that may be overlooked by outside print agencies. "It is a necessary capability to have in an environment turning over thousands of short run direct mail projects," adds Mackel." |
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- Capitol City Press, Tumwater, WA adds Rollem TR Die-Score system
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TUMWATER, WA
Capitol City Press, in Tumwater, WA, has a production scenario that's more akin to the average industry shop. Its digital department has a Xerox iGen3 color press and a DocuTech 6180 black-and-white machine. The workhorses of its sheetfed offset arsenal are two six-color (40" and 28') Komori Lithrone presses. All press work is fed to a common bindery department.
The shop's digital work tends to be one-off and smaller jobs that mostly need just cutting and folding, reports Mel Caldwell, bindery manager. Postcards, brochures, posters and raffle/dance tickets are typical applications. A fair share of the work includes variable data, particularly jobs for the casinos in the area.
Its latest acquisition, a TR Die-Score system from Rollem International, may end up having a bigger payoff for digital work. Cracking and static are still the biggest challenges his department faces with finishing digital sheets. Small scoring and perfing jobs that had been tying up its MBO folders can now be offloaded to the dedicated scoring unit, he reports, and Capitol City can keep more work in-house. |
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- Ross Bindery, Santa Fe Strings, CA recently inatalled a PB 15
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Pictured
here with the PB 15 are Lewis (right) and Barry
Kallman, Vice President of sales at Rollem International.
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SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA "Since the installation of the
Duerselen PB 15 drilling system, our overall production
and quality have improved significantly," says Ray
Lewis, production coordinator at Ross Bindery, where the
new machine from Rollem was installed.
"We
find that this system does the work of at least three
standard drills with just two operators. The Duerselen
gives us the results we need as a trade bindery."
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- C-Point Marketing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana installed a Rollem TR-Die-Score machine
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C-Point
Marketing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
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C-Point Marketing, based in Ft. Wayne, Indiana recently
expanded their VDP printing capability and addressed their
finishing and mailing capabilities. The key requirements
of the finishing system is the ability to maintain mail
integrity and produce L-perf reply cards for the millions
of direct mail products they produce.
Larry Lengacher, V.P. General Manager of C-Point Marketing
found the ideal solution in the Rollem TR Die-Score system.
"Rollem built us the entire system and what a great
resource it has been", states Lengacher. Marc Thomsen,
Rollem's V.P. configured a production line including the
TR Die-Score System with a right angle Rollaway unit running
in-line with a folder, slitting and gluing unit. Products
from the press are sent to the Rollem Preload unit (in
mail sort order) for feeding into the TR which removes
trim, slits, scores, perforates and L-perfs in one passthen
the pieces are folded, spot glued all in one operation,
delivering the product in mail sort order. "The key
for us is the ability to maintain the mail integrity in
the finishing process", states Lengacher. "Coming
off of the Rollem line in mail sort order eliminates individual
processes that may leave room for error. The ability to
take our press sheet, apply five different finishing processes
in one step, and deliver it directly to the mail tray
(including dual mail sortation) is key. If I didn't have
the Rollem system we would have to take the products from
the press, move it to a perforating and scoring unit,
take it to a cutter, then a folder and run it through
a gluer or tabbing machine", he states. Performing
multiple processes in one machine eliminates additional
labor costs, improves production and increases profits.
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- Apollo Press of Newport News, VA installs a PB-16
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Shown
in photo are (from left to right) Chuck Nestor and
James Kelly of Apollo Printing with Barry Kallman,
V.P. Bindery Products for Rollem International. |
Apollo Press of Newport News, VA recently received installation
of a PB-16 Paper Drill from Rollem International. The PB-16
is a heavy duty drill with up to 15 drilling heads making
it ideal for almost every application including mechanical
binding patterns and multiple up work.
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- The
Seidl Bindery of Houston, TX recently installed
a PB-15 drilling system.
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Bill Seidl (of Seidl's Bindery) pictured with Barry
Kallman. |
Bill Seidl (Seidl's Bindery in Houston, Texas) and
Barry Kallman (Rollem International) shown in front
of the PB-16 drill. Seidl purchased just prior to
Graph Expo. The PB-16 is a fully automated feeding,
jogging, drilling and delivery system for all type
of drilled and collated products. |
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- Chromatic
Lithographers, Glendale Ca. purchased and installed
a Rollem 42 TR System.
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Scott Stegman, Bindery Forman, and Operators, Augustine
Escobar and Alfredo Ochoa are being schooled on the
TR by Rollem Technician, James Cruz. |
Scott relates "that being a very busy Commercial
Shop, turn-around time on our jobs is very critical.
Even though we have close access to a Trade Die Shop,
we felt it was important to keep our jobs in-house
for better control and faster production without giving
up quality. The TR affords us that opportunity and
in fact it exceeds our expectations the more we use
it." |
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- Clear
Image Printing in Glendale, Ca. recently installed
a 36 Rollem TR System.
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Pictured are Tony Toven, owner and Anna Maldonado,
Operator. |
When asked why he chose the TR Tony, said we are
a new Print Shop and I wanted to make sure that I
invested in the proper equipment as I got started.
I asked a lot of people in the know and it always
came back to, buy a TR. It will do more for your finishing
requirements than any other machine in your bindery.
We have a small folder and will add a dedicated 8
Page Rollaway only to the TR and and this will preclude
the need for a large folder. On our larger format
sheets, we can now Score, Slit and Perforate all In-Line. |
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- Excell
Bindery in Azusa, Ca. recently installed a 42
TR System with a Continuous Feeder.
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Pictured is Jorge Ortega, President and
Robert Rodriquez, Lead Operator. |
Jorge states with the closing of our Letter Press
Department we wanted to make sure that we investigated
and purchased the right equipment to fill this void.
Being a Trade Bindery, we never know what our customers
will send us so when we got a call and were asked,
do you have a Rollem TR that cemented our decision.
We installed the TR and are impressed with its versatility,
quality and production." |
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- Christian Broadcasting Network installs 42" Double Head TR
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CBN purchased the 42" Double Head TR featuring the strike
perforation feature which enables the user to program the
placement of multiple perforations on a single sheet, ideal
for L-Perf reply cards for various products including brochures,
direct mailers, postcards sheets and much more. |
Maurice Russell, Manager of Laser Operations for the Christian
Broadcast network, states, "Our Rollem TR Die-Score system
has already paid for itself in the short time we've owned
it! I can't imagine not having a piece of equipment in our
shop. Management is very happy with the increased production
and the creative department loves the added design possibilities."
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Shown
in photo: (Maurice Russell of CBN and Allen Hammer of Rollem
International) |
- Ultragraphics
in Lancaster, PA recently installed a new Rollem TR System
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Ultragraphics, Lancaster, PA
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When we talked to our customers about producing high-volume
runs on a digital press, the concept was to feed press sheets
in one end of a system and produce finished product on the
other to achieve maximum efficiency. With the purchase of
the Rollem TR Die-Score System, and by utilizing our existing
folding equipment, that concept became reality.
The TR has met and exceeded all production speed and
quality requirements. We run our digital presses three shifts
a day, but the Rollem TR can easily finish the work in less
than one shift.
One of the real surprises to us is that we are running
more and more of our short-run work on our TR. As our employees
get more comfortable with the equipment, the production
speed, quality and ability to perform multiple processes
in-line more than justifies the set-up time.
Steven D. Husson, President Lancaster Ultra-Graphics,
Inc
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- Ross Bindery, Santa Fe Springs, CA - Installs Rollem Continuous
Feed TR Die-Scoring System
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George Jackson, President of Ross Bindery, located in Santa
Fe Springs, CA and Barry Kallman, V.P. Sales for Rollem
International, discuss the merits of the new Rollem Continuous
Feed TR Die-Scoring System. |
"Our production has more than doubled and we are most
pleased with Rollem's new entry into the finishing market.
Scoring, perforating and slitting capabilities are expanded
further with the addition of the new Continuous Feeder,
enabling the uninterrupted feeding with no pile run out,
ideal for large, high volume runs." George states, "because
of the TR's versatility, we recently used it to slit and
fold all in-line because our cutters were all tied up. It
seems the more we use it, the more uses we find for it."
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- Brown's Bindery, Columbia, South Carolina - Recently installed
the PB-15 automatic feeding, jogging, drilling and delivery
system
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Ronnie
and Paul Brown of Brown's Bindery (Columbia, SC) purchased
the PB-15 automatic feeding, jogging, drilling and delivery
system after seeing a trade show demonstration. They
saw it at a Graph Expo last year and it blew them away!
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"It's three times faster than our old drills, which weren't
computerized. I can adjust this machine on the fly and the
set-up time is incredibly fast", William Burritt, bindery
supervisor states. Brown's specializes in perfect and mechanical
binding as well as folding. "We do just about everything
except die-cutting," explains Burritt. He adds that
the bindery is probably in the midrange when it comes to
drilling, "but when it rains it pours. We've seen everything
from 10,000 books per week to 200,000." Burritt says
the PB-15 is enabling the bindery to do work it couldn't
previously handle such as a 28-hole book. "With this
drill, it only took me a few minutes to set up the machine.
With four heads, I hit it seven times and knocked out 1,000
books in 15 to 20 minutes. That probably would have taken
more than an hour with the old drill. Overall, our drilling
time has been cut in half with this new drill." |
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- Emerald
City Graphics, in Kent Washington, recently installed
a Rollem-Duerselen PB-15 In-Line Drilling System.
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Pictured
are Jim Grisez, Bindery Manager and Donna Galeai,
Bindery Supervisor and Operator.
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"Jim states that since it was installed, we have
enjoyed up to a 30% increase in production using this
Revolutionary System. Because it is capable of doing
2-1, 3-1 and 4-1applicaions with the ability to drill
up to 2 Inch Piles at a time as compared to a Punch,
our overall productivity is way up. Further, because
piles are Automatically Jogged and moved to the Drilling
Heads, we are able to drill pre-collated books with
Tabs so there is no need to use Slip-Sheets and re-collate.
Cooling and Lubricating as well as Stroke and Spindle
Speed Control allow us to do flawless drilling jobs
faster than ever." |
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- Prisma Graphic Corporation - Phoenix, Arizona, Installs Rollem TR Die-Score System
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Prisma
Graphic, a commercial printer recently installed its second
TR Die-Score system. Tony D., Production Manager for Prisma
Graphic states, "the need for the second TR system
became necessary because of the high volume on our existing
36" TR system. Its versatility and flexibility handle
98% of our finishing jobs." |
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- Regal Printers - Forked River, NJ, Installs Rollem TR Die-Score System
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Regal printers, located in Forked River, NJ, recently
installed a new Rollem TR Die-Scoring system with a Rollaway
Right Angle.
"We use our Rollem TR for scoring, perforating and
two-directional stop-perforating with the Rollaway unit.
It handles every type of stock and always gives us good
quality finished products. We are very pleased with its
versatilescoring, perforating, slitting and two-directional
work." States Jeff LeCompte of Regal Printers.
The TR System saves on time and labor by performing
five processes, with one operator. It runs in-line with
inkjets, hot glue systems and 8-page folder for fully
automated bindery production. Each system can be customized
to meet your individual needs and most importantly, increase
your bottom line profit. |
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For more information on Rollem print finishing products, contact
Rollem toll-free at (800) 272-4381 or call our local office
(516) 485-6655.
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