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King Printing and Rotolito Lombarda form Global Alliance for Book Distribution In 2010, Rotolito Lombarda, of Milan, Italy, and King Printing, of Lowell, MA each invested in HP (Booth 1825) PageWide web press T300s to enable short-runs of books. Rotolito Lombarda and King Printing had also chosen inline folder/gatherers from HP fi nishing partner Müller Martini (Booth 1849). “Knowing the similarities of our presses and their confi gurations, our HP representative introduced us at Hunkeler Innovation Days 2011,” explains Adi Chinai, Managing Director, King Printing. “We stayed in touch and exchanged technical information about color, paper, and the types of products we produced, as well as tips on how to improve performance and print quality,” says Emanuele Bandecchi, Sales and Marketing Director, Rotolito Lombarda Spa. Despite King Printing being 99% digital and Rotolito Lombarda being 90% conventional, the two companies realized there was an opportunity to work together. Because of this, they formed a global alliance. “The core concept of the global alliance was to assist clients who needed product in Europe, Asia, or across America; rather than have to deal with multiple vendor sources, they can come through one touchpoint at King Printing or Rotolito Lombarda,” says Chinai. Bandecchi and Chinai saw one of the important keys to the success of their venture as keeping it simple. Rotolito Lombarda uses its HP Indigo 7800 digital press or its HP Indigo 10000 digital press to print covers for books printed on the HP Page- Wide web presses. At King Printing, covers are printed offset or dry toner digital. Both companies have laminating, foiling, and embossing capabilities to supply virtually identical books. “Print is still alive; the book is still alive; we’re just taking it through its next stage of evolution,” Chinai concludes. Now in 2016, these companies and their presses together provide a platform for distributed printing, cutting time-tomarket and taking book publishing into a new era. Tap… Tap… Tap… the Mobile Show App So much to see! So much to do at this year’s show! Where do you begin? Start by creating your customized show plan with the online My Show Planner tool (graph16. mapyourshow.com/7_0/login/login. cfm). With My Show Planner, access the information you need right from the show’s Website to create your personalized schedule of: • Booth visits • Education sessions • Meetings, and • All of the networking events you want to be sure not to miss. Next, you can always print out your personalized schedule and bring it with you to the show—and now you can also download the new GRAPH EXPO 16 Mobile App. The mobile app is your instant onsite resource for navigating your way through the show providing these key features: • Search Exhibitors, Products & Show Floor Features • Research Conferences, Seminars & Co-located Events • Access YOUR personalized My Show Planner from the Show Floor • View an Interactive Map of the Orange County Convention Center – North Hall, plus • Receive up-to-date Show News, and connect to the show’s Social Media. Download the app today from iTunes and the Google Play store. Bonus: your online planner will automatically sync with the Offi cial GRAPH EXPO 16 Mobile Show App. (For iOS and Android) Published by SouthComm Business Media, LLC. 1233 Janesville Avenue, P.O. Box 803 Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 | www.southcomm.com The GRAPH EXPO 16 Show Daily Press offi ce is located in room N211. Copyright 2016: SouthComm Business Media, LLC. Produced by the editors of Printing News, Wide-Format & Signage, Inkjet’s Age, and PrintingNews.com. GRAPH EXPO 16 is produced by Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC®), and sponsored by the Industry’s three leading trade associations: Idealliance; NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies; and the Printing Industries of America. Visit www.gasc.org for further information. September September 25 25-28 28, 2016 Orange County Convention Center-North Orlando, Florida EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PUBLISHER Kelley Holmes EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Denise M. Gustavson CONTRIBUTING EDITORS John Giles Toni McQuilken Richard Romano Jeffrey Steele Joann Whitcher Jennifer Wilberschied SHOWDAILY MONDAY, September 26, 2016 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Kimberly Jorgensen Paul Zimmerman PRODUCTION MANAGER Connie Wolf PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Steve Swick ART DIRECTORS Kayla Burger Meredith Pennewell PREPRESS MANAGER Jeremy Winters CEO Chris Ferrell COO Blair Johnson VP, MARKETING Gerry Whitty VP, TECHNOLOGY Eric Kammerzalt VP, PRODUCTION OPERATIONS Curt Pordes EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gloria Cosby 6 | September 26, 2016 | GRAPH EXPO 16 Offi cial Show Daily | PrintingNews.com


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