Kansas City’s Henry Wurst Buys Goss Sunday Press
Henry Wurst Inc., a 77-year-old commercial printing company located in Kansas City, MO, announced on Monday that it had acquired a 16-page, five-unit Goss Sunday 2000 press.
Henry Wurst Inc., a 77-year-old commercial printing company located in Kansas City, MO, announced on Monday that it had acquired a 16-page, five-unit Goss Sunday 2000 press. The new press will replace two existing five- and eight-unit presses at the company’s facility, while at the same time increasing the company’s production capacity.
The company specializes in a wide variety of general commercial, direct mail, and financial printing. The company has been seeing an increase in demand for versioning and personalization. The new press is part of the company’s long-term growth strategy to further extend its market lead and diversify its already extensive product range of both short-run, targeted, and versioned products as well as long-run print jobs.
“The Sunday 2000 was a very unique and very special press compared to all the others in the marketplace,” said Randy Radosevich, Plant Manager for Henry Wurst. “The press is very flexible and has the latest and greatest technology.”
Founded in 1937, Henry Wurst is the largest printer in Kansas City, and has a long-established reputation for high-quality web offset printing. The company’s customer base ranges from some of the world’s leading advertising agencies and corporations to small, local businesses.
“We really wanted to position ourselves with the best web offset press with the best technology so we could align our customers with the very best on the market,” said Radosevich. “Not every customer has access to a printer that has a press like the Sunday 2000 as well as all the other end-to-end capabilities like finishing that we can provide.”
This is first large-scale equipment acquisition Henry Wurst has made in some time.
“Goss had an interest in us for a long time,” said Mark Hanf, President of Henry Wurst. “It’s great to have a vendor relationship where they’ll continue to pay attention to you and keep you informed on what’s out there. They’re a great partner to go forward with.”
The installation is slated for December.
