ELIZABETHVILLE, PA – Manugraph DGM (MDGM) announces the sale of their first UV press order to the Middle East.

OKAZ Organization for Press and Publications in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has purchased a Manugraph DGM 440 4-high with UV curing and a DGM 1035 jaw folder, which will be added to an existing Community™ press. It represents the first MDGM order for 4-high towers with UV curing capabilities to the Middle East. “In a region that prints newspapers with coated stock paper on all section fronts, this is an important order for MDGM in establishing UV as a more than capable alternative to gas drying systems,” said Ron Ehrhardt, Vice President of International Sales for Manugraph DGM.

After more than five years of UV testing in their manufacturing plant and a growing North American UV customer base, MDGM has established themselves as the global industry leader in UV printing for the single width industry.

The 3-form roller DGM 440 UV capable tower replaces a 2-form roller Community™ 4-high with gas drying. The new 440 4-High will print four-color newspaper section fronts on glossy stock while the new 1035 folder will fold up to 10 webs using the new 440 4-High and the existing 25-unit Community™ press. The new equipment will also print 1-web commercial signatures for magazine and other publication work.

As another part of the OKAZ project, Manugraph DGM will perform an on-site refurbishment of the existing 25-unit Community™ press. “It’s a real win-win situation for OKAZ. They can add high quality UV color to an older press and have MDGM support the existing Community™ equipment with rebuilding, parts and service for the future” added Ehrhardt.

Located in Elizabethville, PA, Manugraph DGM, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manugraph India Ltd., employing 205 persons within a 125,000 square foot manufacturing facility. Manugraph DGM manufactures a complete line of single width offset presses including the DGM 430, DGM Advantage, DGM Advantage II (also a slip in replacement press for the DGM 850 or Urbanite™) DGM 440, DGM 440S, DGM 850, and the DGM 870, as well being the manufacturer of the Americolor tower, a 50” double width tower extension to the installed base. Manugraph DGM also manufactures a full line of complementing folders in the DGM 1035, DGM 1240, DGM 1050, DGM 1255, and the DGM 1270 jaw folder.