Premiere Graphic Arts Distributor to Offer Presstek's Leading DI(R) and CTP
Printing Solutions to Growing Upper Midwest Customer Base
HUDSON, N.H., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Presstek, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset
printing business solutions, today announced that La Crosse Litho Supply,
LLC, a leading Midwestern graphic arts provider, has been appointed to
distribute, service and support Presstek's chemistry-free DI(R) digital
offset and CTP product lines in the Upper Midwest. La Crosse Litho Supply
will demonstrate Presstek DI at Graph Expo 2007 in booth # 4868.
"La Crosse Litho Supply is an exceptional partner for distributing our
digital offset solutions," said Emile Tabassi, vice president of North
American sales at Presstek. "Like Presstek, La Crosse works closely with
their customers to deliver the best in customer service and technical
expertise in order to provide printing solutions that improve customers'
competitiveness in the marketplace."
Presstek's DI presses and CTP products provide a streamlined workflow
in a chemistry-free environment, thereby reducing printing cycle time and
lowering overall production costs. More than 3,000 Presstek DI systems are
currently installed worldwide, with customers gaining competitive
advantages in the fast-growing, short-run market -- which ranges from 250
to 10,000 impressions. Presstek's CTP systems enable conventional press
users to deliver the speed, quality, and performance necessary to meet
their customers' demands.
"La Crosse Litho Supply is committed to delivering print solutions that
positively impact a printer's business," said Randy Peters, president of La
Crosse Litho Supply. "We are proud to represent Presstek because their
product line will increase our customers' capabilities and enable them to
be more efficient in today's competitive environment -- by producing high
quality jobs, with faster turnaround times and cost-effectively.
About Presstek
Presstek, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and marketer of high-tech
digital imaging solutions to the graphic arts and laser imaging markets.
Presstek's patented DI(R), CTP and plate products provide a streamlined
workflow in a chemistry-free environment, thereby reducing printing cycle
time and lowering production costs. Presstek solutions are designed to make
it easier for printers to cost effectively meet increasing customer demand
for high-quality; shorter print runs and faster turnaround while providing
improved profit margins.
Presstek subsidiary Lasertel, Inc., manufactures semiconductor laser
diodes for Presstek's and external customers' applications.
For more information visit http://www.presstek.com, or call 603-595-7000 or
email: info@presstek.com.
About La Crosse Litho Supply, LLC
La Crosse Litho Supply, LLC has been a leader in the commercial
printing industry for over 30 years. The company's technical expertise and
corporate partnerships with industry leading manufactures such as Kodak and
Agfa support the top equipment and state-of-the-art consumable products in
both the traditional and wide format commercial printing arenas. La Crosse
Litho Supply, LLC is the premier graphic arts distributor to the Upper
Midwest with a growing national customer base.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: Certain statements contained in this News Release constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the
performance and availability of existing and new products and technologies,
the market's demand for and acceptance of the company's existing and new
products, expectations of future growth and profitability, expected organic
and strategic growth, and the ability of the company to achieve its stated
objectives. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
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management and independent audit and review, to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not
limited to, the uncertainties and delays involved with launching new
products, print market acceptance of and demand for the company's digital
and analog products, the ability of the Company to establish and maintain
distribution partners, the overall course of the digital and analog market
in the graphic arts industry, the introduction of competing products,
general financial and economic factors that could cause customers to alter
their purchasing habits or delay purchasing technology upgrades, the
ability of the Company to fulfill customer commitments and close qualified
sales leads, and market factors' effect on the print industry generally and
the economy as a whole. Other risks are detailed in the company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K and the company's other reports on file with the
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as of the date the statement was made. The company undertakes no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements contained in this news release.
Betty LaBaugh Mark Daly
Public Relations Manager, Presstek Davies Murphy Group, Inc.
603-594-8585 ext. 3441 781-418-2431
blabaugh@presstek.com presstek@daviesmurphy.com
http://www.presstek.com
SOURCE Presstek, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Betty LaBaugh, Public Relations Manager of
Presstek, +1-603-594-8585 ext. 3441, blabaugh@presstek.com; Mark
Daly of Davies Murphy Group, Inc., +1-781-418-2431,
presstek@daviesmurphy.com, for Presstek, Inc.
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