US catalogue printer Creps United will add three new Goss Sunday heatset presses as it rebuilds following a fire at its Indiana, Pennsylvania, facility.                                       

Jake Creps, president of the third-generation family-owned business, pledged to rebuild immediately after the devastating fire in October 2012. Now plans for a new building and the Sunday presses are on a fast track.

He plans to be back in full production this northern autumn – in time for the busiest retail insert printing season.

“The fire was catastrophic, but now we couldn’t be more excited about our future and the opportunity to serve our customers with a new, state-of-the-art facility and the most advanced printing technology available,” he says. 

Goss International will start first press with a 1450 mm web width and C700i folder in June, followed by an identical system and a Sunday 3000i with a 1680 mm)width. Goss is also rebuilding some existing press equipment damaged by the fire.

Together, the three new presses will have the capacity to produce the equivalent of more than four million pages per hour. All will feature gapless blankets, automated closed-loop controls and Goss QPL quick plate loading technology. Creps plans to duplex one of the 2000i presses with the Sunday 3000i press in 2014 for expanded product and pagination versatility.

Founded in 1948, Creps prints 100 million advertising inserts a month and also provides graphic design, website and app development, digital printing and signage services for regional and national clients.