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entrance in the sales and marketing room, which was re- cently renovated and expanded with cubicles and a large display of digital, flexo and litho printed samples. In addition to the facility renovations, the growth in dig- ital printing prompted major changes on the production floor with several machines being replaced. There are now fewer machines producing more throughput.
completed, including relocating the fulfillment staging area to a separate building a few blocks away. Founded in 2002, CDP specializes in high-end graph- ic packaging and POP displays, a niche for which digital printing is well suited. The quick turnaround of litho quality printed sheets is helping the company to expand into new markets, such as e-commerce, and is widening the geo- graphic reach. “We were already in the print market, but it opened up a new customer base and new opportunity,” Bertram says. “Now we sell coast to coast. Before, if we couldn’t drive to a customer, someone in the next town five hours away would and should be running the job.” Facility Upgrades The Nozomi is an imposing machine, measuring 120- feet long — about one-third the length of a football field. CDP’s printer is installed in the main production area, just around the corner from the analog equipment, on the op- posite side of the 120,000-square-foot building. A sepa- rate outside entrance with an attractive lobby and large conference area was built for customers and visitors inter- ested in learning more about digital printing. The VUTEk is also located on the production floor in a temperature controlled room, just steps away from the Kongsberg C44 and C64 cutting tables. A third Kongsberg C44 will be in- stalled later this year. A second conference area is located closer to the main
Bertram admits to a certain fascination with new tech- nology and recognizes the value in upgrading and switch- ing out equipment regularly. Within the last two to three years CDP removed a label laminator, a flatbed diecutter Mike Mason, who has become an expert in digital printing, op- erates the EFI VUTEk for short run business.
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