Case Studies
Fox Valley Technical College Adds 8th Press Simulator
Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, part of the Wisconsin Technical College system, has discovered an expected characteristic of press simulators. They are addicting.
Beijing Industry Trade Vocational College
BITTC is a large comprehensive vocational skill college, a leading source of talents ranging from middle and high-level skilled workers, technicians to senior technicians.
In April 2009, Hubei Polytechnic Institute purchased Shots simulators for use in teaching. Although they were merely three sets of Sheetfed Offset Simulators, they brought both teachers and students great joy.
Beijing Institute of Graphic Communications
Recently, France-based Sinapse held the 1st Sinapse Asian Print Simulator User Meeting at Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication on April 22-24, discussing the printing sector’s future training concepts and teaching methods with representatives from colleges of printing and training institutions in Asia.
Zhang Xiaowen, Associate Director of the Department of Print Engineering at Tianjin Vocational Institute, made a special presentation on the changes brought by print simulators to teaching.
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 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...
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.
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’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.
Transcontinental Mexico Reaps Multiple Benefits from Press Simulation
What do you do when you expand into an entirely new geographic market that does not offer deep training for critical press operators ? If you are Transcontinental, you purchase a press simulator.
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.
China : 36 new Flexo/Sheetfed/Gravure at SPPC, QuFu Normal & Dongguan Polytechnic - REGISTER NOW for 2nd SHOTS Productivity Contest -
New UPM print jobs in Heatset -
Poland: Shots & Flexo added to schools in Warsaw and Bydgoszcz -
Spain: SHOTS at IES Leixa -
Mexico : Shots at Uilmac & El Debate -
Gravure & Flexo now compatible Windows 7 -
Finland : Flexo & Sheetfed at Pohjois-Karjalan -
Canada: 6 Shots at Mohawk College -
Japan: Shots at Fujifilm -
India: 3 Newspaper simulators at WAN IFRA -
Saudi Arabia: Shots at Riyadh Institute -
SHOTS with Heidelberg interface available -
South Africa : 3 Heatset at Paarl -
US: 1 Shots at Diman Regional VTHS & a 6th Shots at Fox Valley College -
Germany: 10 Shots at JGS Stuttgart -
France : Heatset & Flexo at Baggio & 2nd Shots at Branly -
South Korea : Gravure & Shots at Pukyong University -
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