Yeah, we got this piece in with a buncha stuff that came outta New Orleans after the hurricane. We usually stay completely outta the pre-press equipment simply because it all changes so quickly it's about like computer gear, in 1 yr it's totally antiquated.

Our specialty though is the Heidelberg (<-my absolute favorite !)/K&B/Johannisberg/Planetta cylinder presses, Kluges and folders/folder gluers along with a smattering of paper cutters, laminators, UV coaters and other finishing industry pieces. Then we also are the US distributor for the new clamshell platen presses like the foil stamper I posted too which we import from India and a friend of mines new small format UV coaters he builds .

BTW, the SBB cylinder press I posted a while back was another Katrina victim and when it came to us I drained out 9 gallons of water outta the gear box ! The roof was ripped off the shop it had been in and the building basically filled up like a box and left the poor machinery sittin in 2' of water !!!

Though I wonder when the market will eventually dry up on these old cylinder presses, eventhough most manufacturers stopped building them in the mid 70's there's no shortage of demand for them yet as converted die cutters.

With their quick set up times and excellent durability they remain in high demand especially when comparing their costs are between $20-80k depending on the model and condition while a new auto-platen machine has a buy in beginning at $250k and can go for as much as $1.5 million and .... requires make ready times of between 2 - 4 hrs makin short run work totally unfeasible compared to a cylinder presses 20-30 minute set ups