Printing Industry Hall of Fame Inductee Chris Carpenter, of Royle Printing, Builds Relationships Upon Respect (piworld.com)

PRINTING United, originally scheduled to take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on October 21-23, 2020, will now move to a powerful online experience this fall due to constraints surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of all attending and involved with the show remains paramount. The decision to terminate the in-person expo comes after extensive conversations, up-to-the-minute surveys, and projections that the team has been navigating since the onset of the pandemic. Details regarding the new online event experience are forthcoming. PRINTING United has met continuously with experts from the Georgia World Congress Center, the city of Atlanta, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security specializing in mass gatherings, and local authorities on guidance and recommendations on best practices as related to all aspects of the event.

The Sunday 2000 has a proven reputation for delivering high quality, productivity and efficiency across a varied range of web offset applications. Innovative gapless blanket technology accelerates speed and leads to dramatic savings in both time and cost. The Sunday 2000’s exclusive combination of premium print quality and faster production on wider webs makes this press the most versatile, competitive and cost-effective press in its category. Ken Love, CEO of Master Graphics, says, “We currently successfully operate two Goss Sunday 2000 press systems as well as three Goss M1000 presses. We are very happy with the performance of those machines and with the excellent parts and service support from Goss, so as we move our business forward it made perfect sense to build on the existing partnership with Goss and invest in another Sunday 2000 press system.” Click Read More below for additional information.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company helped Levain Bakery™ meet a 200% increase in e-commerce demand during the pandemic. The 26-year-old company, which started on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, has transformed from a New York City institution popular amongst locals and tourists, to a national brand – while improving efficiencies and exceeding consumer expectations with the help of RRD’s packaging and warehousing solutions. Amid the onset of COVID-19, Levain experienced skyrocketing demand for its assortments of cookies available for purchase online. Simultaneously, the company needed to address an e-commerce packaging redesign while scaling up its warehousing capacity. To address these challenges, the company collaborated with RRD, a Chicago-based company with roots in printing that evolved to offer solutions from creative design and kitting to warehousing and proprietary supply chain management, and more. “We were already a growing brand, opening new bakeries, scaling our e-commerce business, and expanding into grocery retailers,” said Andy Taylor, CEO of Levain. “The challenge was creating a packaging solution that not only ensured our customers would receive our product in pristine condition, but also improved our efficiency to better meet demand. When COVID-19 caused New York—and the rest of the world —to shut down, we saw online orders multiply and we needed a supplier that had the flexibility to meet accelerating demand on a greater scale.”