Offset Printing

Greater Georgia Printers Running At Full Speed, Full Size with Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102

Friday 05. December 2008 - After Kevin Miller, plant manager and part owner of Greater Georgia Printers in Crawford, Ga., decided to expand his shop to include a full-size 40-inch press, the decision to go with a 4-color Speedmaster CD 102 from Heidelberg was easy.

“Heidelberg’s service and reputation were the main factors that caused us to go with the CD 102,” Miller said. “We already had a Stahlfolder and a POLAR cutter, and we have been really impressed with the service we receive from Heidelberg.” The shop was founded in 1969 and for years focused on the web market. The company purchased its first duplicator in the 1980s, but its sheetfed business really took off in 2001. Now, with around 35 employees, Greater Georgia Printers offers a range of web and sheetfed offset services, plus a full mail house. Miller also enjoys the convenience of online ordering for Heidelberg Saphira Consumables for the new press, which came equipped with an inline aqueous coater. To accommodate the larger sheet size of the press, the shop also installed a new POLAR 115 X cutter with stack lift and pile turner. Greater Georgia Printers added 6,000 square feet of space to its building to make room for the new equipment. “I wanted to be able to run faster, and the larger format will allow us to be more competitive with larger jobs,” Miller said. “I think the CD 102 is going to be a really good purchase for us.”