Those looking for weekly deals often turn to the newspaper
for inserts. Many of those inserts are printed in South Central Kentucky and
business is now expanding. "Ink on paper is what we need to have going
on," says Todd Ramsey, Plant Director for Quad/Graphics. With the cut of a
ribbon, more of that ink will be flowing at Quad/Graphics in Franklin. Their
name may be unfamiliar, but their product is used everyday. Large cooper
cylinders that rest inside are future newspaper inserts for major retailers. "So when you see those in the paper those are made
here. We produced 2.6 billion inserts in the last 12 months," says Ramsey. To expand on an already popular industry, 25 employees were
hired this year and another 14 will be in the coming weeks. $3 million has also
been invested on a new rack printing system. "It's all about how
competitive we can be within the market and doing this expansion with the rack
is definitely doing that. It allows us to do 30% more cylinder capacity, as
well as faster through put, more efficiency so we can keep the presses
running," says Ramsey.
