Testimonials - Newspaper
WorkMates News has proved to be an excellent investment for South Carolina printer.
March 11, 2010 — Seneca, South Carolina, USA | "We purchased the ECRM WorkMates News software in 2008 to replace our archaic paginating methods. Since then we have gained productivity, enhanced quality, and significantly reduced man-hours. It has proved to be an excellent investment!"
-- Michael Watts, Production Director, Eagle Media/Edwards Printing, LLC, Seneca, SC, USA
-- Michael Watts, Production Director, Eagle Media/Edwards Printing, LLC, Seneca, SC, USA
California newspaper gets improved print quality and workflow with ECRM Mako NEWS and WorkMates
April 23, 2010 — Healdsburg, California, USA | "Since we installed the ECRM Mako NEWS we noticed an immediate improvement in registration and inking on press. Our overall print quality has improved and our customers noticed that immediately. We have streamlined our workflow with ECRM WorkMates."
-- Joe Vetter, President, Healdsburg Printing, Inc., California, USA.
-- Joe Vetter, President, Healdsburg Printing, Inc., California, USA.
With only one ECRM NEWSmatic, we have never missed an edition of our daily paper
March 15, 2010 — Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA | The dependability of ECRM's NEWSmatic platesetter is critical to our operation. With only a single machine, we have never missed an edition of our daily paper --- it must work and does work every day.
- Larry Reed, Pressroom Manager, The Berkshire Eagle.
- Larry Reed, Pressroom Manager, The Berkshire Eagle.
WorkMates NEWS repairs problems in customer files before printing.
March 11, 2010 — Macon, Georgia, USA | I would never want to go back to the old way we doing things. If I had the WorkMates technology in our plant back in the '80s, there is no telling how much more work we would have produced.
- Buddy Judd, Owner, Judd Publishing.
- Buddy Judd, Owner, Judd Publishing.
ECRM NEWS CTP is one of the best investments we have ever made
March 12, 2010 — Storm Lake, Iowa, USA | ECRM NEWS CTP has given our newspaper five years of easy and trouble free operation --- and ECRM support has been tremendous. It has resulted in huge savings in production time and money, and increased our quality. It is one of the best investments we have ever made.
- John Cullen, Publisher, The Storm Lake Times
- John Cullen, Publisher, The Storm Lake Times
Walterboro Newspapers Accelerates Platemaking 200% to 300%
September 24, 2008 — South Carolina, USA | "Our ECRM WorkMates NEWS solution is a real time-saver. It's easily two-to-three times faster than our old film-based platemaking. And its corrections are always on-target."
-- Christy Dewitt, Supervisor, WNI Print Division
-- Christy Dewitt, Supervisor, WNI Print Division
Hood County News Calls WorkMates News "the best news in years!"
September 23, 2008 — Granbury, Texas, USA | "Our business is meeting deadlines and delivering quality results. ECRM's WorkMates NEWS software has proven itself a time-saving productivity partner."
Joe Thompson, Assistant Publisher, Granbury, Texas, USA
Joe Thompson, Assistant Publisher, Granbury, Texas, USA
GEM Litho-Print Eliminates Prepress with ECRM\'s WorkMates NEWS
September 9, 2008 — United States | "By being able to profitably serve our smallest clients, we've made GEM better able to serve all our clients. In this, ECRM's WorkMates NEWS software is our dispensable partner. It's a technology whose time has definitely come."
-- Artie Marin, GEM Design Department
-- Artie Marin, GEM Design Department
WorkMates NEWS equals workflow simplicity at Brenham Banner-Press
August 24, 2008 — Brenham, Texas, USA | "WorkMates NEWS has been a tremendous help to us. It works like our prepress partner. Because of it we have been able to cross-train crews who can either handle prepress, or run the press. What's more, we can produce more imposed plates in only a fraction of the time it used to take."
Cliff Green, Production Specialist - BBP, Brenham, Texas, USA
Cliff Green, Production Specialist - BBP, Brenham, Texas, USA
WorkMates NEWS Shines at Florida Sun Printing
July 24, 2008 — Jacksonville, Florida, USA | "Color is hot in local newspapers, and growing in local promotion and direct-mail printing. WorkMates NEWS helps us prep more color jobs quickly, so we are able to print high-quality, attractively priced, fast turnaround color work on newsprint. And that keeps our business growing."
- Mark Thompson, Owner - Florida Sun Printing, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Mark Thompson, Owner - Florida Sun Printing, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Hebdo Litho builds a powerful niche in variable-volume web color
June 24, 2008 — Ontario, Canada | "Both of our ECRM MAKO violet CTP platesetters will be switching to chemistry-free violet plates next year, following Hebdo's 'going green' plan. We see the chem-free violet plates as 'environmentally friendly' and a way to show our environmental concern to our customers."
Richard Germain, Technical Director - Hebdo Litho
Richard Germain, Technical Director - Hebdo Litho
CTP Delivers 50% Productivity Boost to Canadian Printer
February 13, 2008 — Ottawa, Canada | "Violet is a better investment than thermal on two key points: laser life and laser replacement cost. We've been in production for three years now with no down time.
Not a single day without production. The ECRM machine has my full recommendation."
-Kent Raistrick, Winchester Print & Stationery
Not a single day without production. The ECRM machine has my full recommendation."
-Kent Raistrick, Winchester Print & Stationery
7 of top 10 Colombian newspapers team up for ECRM Violet CTP technology
March 25, 2008 — Colombia | "From a business standpoint by implementing CTP, we will be realizing a saving over $23,000 per year in total makeready costs."
- Alejandro Galvis, General Manager, Vanguardia Liberal
- Alejandro Galvis, General Manager, Vanguardia Liberal
Daily-Interlake is Chem-Free Ready with ECRM MAKO NEWSmatic HS
March 3, 2008 — Kalispell, Montana, USA | "We did look at all aspects of the [MAKO] NEWSMatic HS and knew that when the time was right for us to go to a chemical-free plate we would be prepared."
- Ken Varga, Production Manager, Kalispell, Montana, USA
- Ken Varga, Production Manager, Kalispell, Montana, USA
To the Journal Register, HS means High Speed
March 1, 2008 — Willoughby, Ohio, USA | "The key for us is the production per hour. The HS was deemed a good choice for other reasons as well'€"it uses violet laser imaging technology and the parent company had decided that a violet imaging subsystem was the right way to go. Its small footprint was also a deciding factor."
- Production Director Brian McCloskey, Willoughby, Ohio, USA
- Production Director Brian McCloskey, Willoughby, Ohio, USA
Korea Times sees increased efficiency and cost savings impact with ECRM Violet CTP
February 1, 2008 — Los Angeles, CA, USA | "Not only have we seen significant cost savings and improved efficiencies on a number of fronts, but I'm able to control the workflow 100%. Special editions have become much easier -- we're able to create any product, any time we receive a request from our parent company"
- Brian Jun, Director of Operations and Production, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Brian Jun, Director of Operations and Production, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Reliable Quality Eases Purchasing Decisions for Empire State Weeklies
February 14, 2008 — Webster, NY, USA | "We have experienced a huge difference in the time required to plate our four-color jobs compared with conventional platemaking,"
- Dave Young, president, Empire State Weeklies, Webster, NY, USA
- Dave Young, president, Empire State Weeklies, Webster, NY, USA
