Sappi Fine Paper North America Launches Tempo™
Sappi Fine Paper North America announced the launch of Tempo™ – the only paper product that enables printers to increase press room productivity while containing costs without any capital investment, according to the company.

Tempo offers printers the opportunity to cut standard ink setting time in half, enabling back up in record time. In addition, a two-sided printed sheet is ready for bindery twice as fast as standard coated paper. With these attributes, Tempo is the ideal house sheet to respond to quick turn requests and will change a printer’s business through increased productivity and associated profitability improvement.

“Every business knows that time is money – Tempo is our answer to our printers’ needs to increase productivity while maintaining quality,” said Mark Gardner, president and CEO, Sappi Fine Paper North America. “We heard from our printer customers that they need a product that allows them to produce a finished product faster – we have answered this need with Tempo. In fact, we believe so strongly in Tempo’s performance, we are guaranteeing the paper will set ink in under 30 minutes and dry ink for processing at the bindery in under two hours.”
 
Tempo’s benefits include:
• More jobs per day with the same equipment
• Improving work flow for rush jobs
• Improving work flow in the bindery
• Reducing overtime as work is completed more quickly
• Increasing print quality using sheet fed instead of digital printing on short run jobs
• Eliminating waste from WIP
• Eliminating the use of aqueous overcoating when used only for efficiency purposes
• Eliminating the need for ink additives
• Basis weight savings due to excellent runnability – Tempo reduces the need to increase basis weight to improve performance on press
• Energy savings by eliminating the need to run extended drying stations.
 
Tempo is available in North America in Gloss and Matte finishes and in basis weights of 70 – 100 lb Text and 80 lb cover. Tempo is available in press ready mini-skids and carton put-ups for Text and Cover and will be available in Sappi’s distribution centers. A Silk finish version of Tempo, manufactured in Europe, was introduced to that market earlier in November 2007 and is quickly gaining momentum.
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