Case Studies
Community and Technical College at WVU Tech takes stock of seven Sinapse Training Simulators.
The reference school for excellence in graphic arts training in French-speaking Switzerland is ERACOM (l’Ecole romande d’arts et de communication) in Lausanne. The school’s director of professional training for the last 25 years is Mr. Pandolfo, who was one of the first teachers to become interested in the SHOTS printing simulator.
MORE TRAINING Limited are a private training provider based in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England. We have been involved in print training since 1983 and have a commitment to ensuring quality training to support the needs of the industry and the learning needs of young people.
Newspaper & Technology article, April 2006
U.S. publishers are coupling their investments in new press technologies with training programs aimed at helping operators learn how to use the sophisticated and expensive machines. One training tool, printing simulator software, has become an almost standard item bundled into the overall press purchase contract.
Sinapse Simulators now available for Goss Presses
Sinapse Newspaper Simulators now available for Goss Universal and Uniliner Presses. Specifically adapted Sinapse training simulators are now available for selected models in the Goss newspaper press range from October 2007. The announcement at IfraExpo in Vienna covers Goss Universal 45/50, 75/80, Uniliner and Uniliner S presses.
From Old School to High Tech:
Sinapse Newspaper Simulator Eases the Transition at NAC. When the Newspaper Agency Corporation decided to invest in a new TKS CT 5000 press for its Salt Lake City plant, there was a lot on the line. Management wanted to take this opportunity to address general knowledge issues and standard operating procedure among press operators to maximize its investment.
Presse Druck und Verlag-Augsburg
World’s first 6 x 2 newspaper simulator from Sinapse
running successfully for more than a year. Presse Druck und Verlag Augsburg, a major newspaper printer, installed one of the world’s first MAN Roland COLORMAN XXL newspaper presses in 2005. The multi-million euro project completely transformed their newspaper production and created new challenges for production staff.
Simulator Speeds Rockford Register Star Transition from Letterpress to Offset. When the Rockford Register Star, Rockford, IL, purchased a new KBA Color press, it was faced with a challenge. With the paper moving to offset, it wanted to give its press operators a way to prepare for a host of changes.
SINAPSE Simulators Help North Jersey Media Group Gear Up for New Technology.
When the North Jersey Media Group (NJMG), which prints The (Bergen) Record, The Herald News, and more than 40 weekly newspapers, decided to invest in a WIFAG OF 371 direct-imaging press, it wanted to give its press operators a jump on training by purchasing a Sinapse Graphic Newspaper Simulator.
Common impression
At Sonoco Flexible Packaging, Charlotte, N.C., the Sinapse Graphic’s FlexSys Press Simulator is forging a rock-solid reputation as “a really valuable training tool.” Steve Long, production supervisor and trainer at the plant recently assessed its impact in the following way. “Critical and costly mistakes are being avoided. Learning curves are better controlled. Proper technique and press operator skills are being learned and polished. Downtime is
Corrugated board
Entry level press crewmembers at Willamette Industries preprinted linerboard plant in Richwood, Ky., frequently spend significant parts of their day in a virtual world. They travel there, not for pleasure and entertainment, but for skills-based training designed to establish a rock-solid foundation in the flexographic printing discipline.
Narrow web
Three days into the job it happens. A new recruit, still familiarizing himself or herself with the layout of Printpack Inc.’s Hendersonville, N.C., plant sits down at the on-site FlexSys Training Corp. Press Simulator. Once exposed to the machine, it grabs his/her attention and keeps his/her interest. Bob Hipps, plant trainer, watches the scenario play out time and time
Shorewood Packaging Formalizes Press Training With Gravure
It’s not easy to find trained gravure operators in Newport News, Virginia. All of the operators in the
rural Shorewood Packaging plant have come up through the ranks, trained by existing staff while on
the job. With gravure presses running at $900 per hour, the plant has found this to be a very expensive
learning curve. So when it began putting together a formal training program for gravure operators, the
plant turned to a PackSim press simulator from Sinapse Print Simulators.
Westvaco has been using PackSim (Packaging Simulator) for a little over a year. The goal was to find an efficient and effective way to improve their troubleshooting training, and, ultimately, the troubleshooting skills of their press personnel.
Italians take Lead in Gravure Training Technology
The packaging industry is one of the most dynamic segments of the graphic sector in Italy. This is particularly true in Northern Italy where gravure is often the process of preference for large companies.
I saw the early, pilot version of the simulator being demonstrated at the Sinapse H.Q. in Paris/F in the spring of 1998. It looked very promising then - but I wanted to see how far the project had progressed since then. I was not disappointed. ERA supported the promotion of this "training tool" during the IPEX exhibition and saw first hand the popularity and potential it has.
SHOTS is used by over 125 schools and printing facilities for training.
GATFWorld asked several different types of organizations to tell us about how they use the simulator and the resulting benefits.
GATFWorld asked several different types of organizations to tell us about how they use the simulator and the resulting benefits.
Leo Paper Group (“Leo Paper “) is one of China’s largest printing companies and is recognized for its innovation and investment in new production technology and optimizing staff skills and conditions. The company has over 60 sheetfed presses and it is the first
Chinese printer to install Sinapse simulator training technology.
At Litho-Krome, a subsidiary of Hallmark Greeting Cards, the Sinapse Sheetfed Offset Simulator (SHOTS) is the cornerstone of the training program. Since SHOTS was installed two
years ago, Litho-Krome has reduced its make-ready and spoilage significantly, while increasing net runs speeds on its presses.
If you don’t think that training translates into productivity, you haven’t talked to Mike Schmidt at Field Container’s Elk Grove Village, IL, facility. Schmidt has been operating Sinapse Graphic’s Sheetfed Offset Simulator (SHOTS) for training the facility’s press operators since 1997.
If you are going to play "follow the leader" in the training game, your next purchase should be a Sinapse Sheetfed Offset Simulator (SHOTS). Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, the largest corrugated packaging company in the world and the second largest folding carton company, purchased a SHOTS system for its Phoenixville, PA, plant two and a half years ago.
Graphic Packaging Uses SHOTS simulator to Cut Start-Up Time by 50%.
Graphic Packaging International, Ft. Smith operation, is a manufacturer of high-quality folding cartons, using both sheetfed offset and flexography. Once a small, independent operation, it is now part of the 8,000-employee, 45-plant packaging giant.
Graphic Packaging doubles installation
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. is one of the country’s largest producers of cereal boxes and
other food packaging, and with 24/7 operation and millions of feet of carton running through the plants
each month, there is no room for downtime. This has become a real challenge in today’s hiring
environment in which new employees have little or no experience and are often trained on press.
Quebecor Overhauls Pressroom Training
With Heatset Simulator. It’s no mystery. Skilled press operators are difficult to find these days. Quebecor St. Cloud, part of Quebecor’s Magazine Group in St. Cloud, MN, decided to do something about it.
Quebecor uses simulators for competence evaluations
Heatset Simulator Levels the Playing Field at Quebecor World.
What do you do when your unionized printing plant is switching from mechanized coldest to computerized heatset and you want to do employee competence evaluations as part of that transition?
Franklin Printing Group - Print that inspires, informs, teaches and moves. The Franklin Printing Group is one of the largest printing companies in Australia. It employs over 200 people in purpose-built manufacturing facilities in Melbourne.
- Arabic, Finnish, Korean, Japanese now available in Sheetfed Simulator
- Windows 7 versions of simulators now available
- London WorldSkills in 2011 to use Sinapse Simulators
- Denmark and Italy hold Simulation seminars
- Poland installs 2nd Sheetfed simulator
- Norwegian Print Association installs first Sheetfed Simulator
- UPM-Kymmene takes delivery of new generation Heatset simulator
- TEVTA Egypt installs first 2 simulators
- BCIT in Canada installs Flexo & Sheetfed Simulator
- Hunan China adds Flexo & Sheetfed simulators
- Asian User Meeting in Beijing attended by 6 countries
- New Finnish installation at Heltech in Helsinki
- Transcontinental adds Sheetfed simulator to its distance learning package for Mexico
- Beijing University adds second set of simulators: now has total of 37: Sheetfed, Flexo, Gravure, Heatset
- CORBPP in Poland adds Flexo simulator
- Island of La Réunion orders 2nd Sheetfed Simulator
- Korea, Latin America, Indonesia :new distributors join Sinapse network
- Pamplona Spain installs Sheetfed simulator
Vistaprint Canada installs first SHOTS Sheetfed simulator
- Jyvaskyla and Metropolia in Finland install SHOTS, Flexo, Heatset
- AIDO in Spain installs Flexo
- Toppan installs first SHOTS in Japan – in Japanese
- Heidelberg North-East Africa installs SHOTS in Egypt and becomes regional distributor
- PT Gramedia, Indonesia, installs first SHOTS
- Hungary : 1st Flexo simulator in Budapest
- Hdm Stutttgart installs 6th simulator, 2nd heatset
- Le Telegramme signs for multiyear training program with Newspaper Simulator
- Total Simulators installed now > 1700
- Supercolor (Italy) installs Sheetfed Simulator
- RR Donnelley using simulators in 40+ sites
- UPM now offering simulator-based training courses
- FTA Training Certificate now available for Flexo Simulator Curriculum
- Hersant Media installs newspaper simulators at 4+ sites – 3 year extended use contract
- Flexo and Newspaper Simulators now available in CHINESE
- Nampak in Nigeria and Shorewood in US still happily using Gravure simulators
- French Government recommends simulators for all vocational print degree schools-
- Packaging Gravure Simulator now available in German
- GATF/Sinapse Training Certificate now available for qualified simulator users
- Indonesia installs second set of Heatset and Sheetfed simulators – and connects them to press console.
- Transcontinental now in 5th year of multisite simulator (Heatset/Sheetfed) contract
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