It’s long, it’s loud, it’s efficient, and it’s impressive to watch

Manroland press up and rolling at Lakeside

Posted 3/9/22

The ceiling was raised last year to accommodate its height and the Manroland press acquired for the Owensville’s Lakeside Book Company plant was rolling on full throttle this past week.

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It’s long, it’s loud, it’s efficient, and it’s impressive to watch

Manroland press up and rolling at Lakeside

Lakeside Book Company’s Manroland German-manufactured press was up and running this past week three days after installation was finalized. The firm’s press crew put “ink on paper” Friday and was running at maximum speed, printing up to 35,000 48-page book sections an hour by midweek. Press crewmen Galen Sells and Rob Copeland (on top) and Dave Crosby (below) string a new web for a 32-page school workbook job on March 2.

Photo by Dave Marner

Rob Copeland (below) and Jeremiah Dean (on top unit) switch out plates on the lower and upper units on March 2 after a 48-page project was printed.

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Dave Crosby strings a “dinky” web (single, narrower sheet) for a 32-page book job on Friday as Galen Sells and Glen Holtmeyer look on. They were setting up the press for the smaller run on their own for the first time.

PRESS CREW members (foreground to back) Dave Crosby, Jeremiah Dean, Galen Sells, and Andy Wehmeyer set ink controls and check registration on a book project they were printing on Friday.

Photo by Dave Marner

The LAKESIDE Manroland press has a railing in place around it for safety. Pressmen and crew members peak into openings to watch as the web is pulled into the folding unit on their final day of supervised training with a manufacturer’s representative and staff from the firm which previously owned the unit.

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FLYING SOLO for the first time on running a 32-page book job on Lakeside’s Manroland, press crew members (above, from left) Andy Wehmeyer, David Amheiser, Galen Sells, and Dave Crosby check registration and the folds on the school workbook they were printing on Friday. Glen Holtmeyer was also in the huddle as the start-up process was being finalized. Amheiser, who started working there with LSC Communications through their Bridge to Skills mentoring program, noted “When I started here I’d never even seen a press.”

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GALEN SELLS, a torn piece of paper in his mouth, makes a final adjustment to a “dinky” web which was being pulled Friday to go into the folder.

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AJ Brennan, a rolltender on the crew, strings a web in the units where “ink hits the page.”

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Glen Holtmeyer on Friday tells the pressman running the control board to bring the press up to speed. “We’re learning,” said Holtmeyer of the process of switching between the 48-page jobs and the 32-pager they were running on Friday afternoon. “It’s a different set up. We’re happy with the start up after only four days. It’s all new to us. Everybody’s still learning. There’s a bit of a learning curve.”

Photo by Dave Marner

Posted Wednesday, March 9, 2022 2:00 am

The ceiling was raised last year to accommodate its height and the Manroland press acquired for the Owensville’s Lakeside Book Company plant was rolling on full throttle this past week.

“We couldn't be more pleased with the efforts of our press crews.,” said Richard Dunn, vice president of manufacturing for Lakeside’s Owensville plant. “They’ve worked hard to prepare themselves for the start up by training for two weeks each in Willard, Ohio, and then on the job training in Owensville.”

Crew members were training this past Wednesday with supervision from the manufacturer and the plant from where it was acquired. Friday they were flying the press on their own.

“While we still have a few issues to work out, our startup has certainly met or exceeded our expectations,” said Dunn this week. “It’s great to see this new investment in operation. It’s great to see this new investment in Owensville! Hats off to these dedicated employees that make our company successful!”