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Sakurai Appoints G.E. Richards Graphics Supplies as Dealer

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12 years ago

May 18, 2012

Screen Printing Screen Printing May 2012 Issue

Sakurai has announced the appointment of G.E. Richards Graphics Supplies as a dealer for Sakurai sheetfed offset and cylinder screen presses. The announcement, made today by Greg Friesser, general manager. Sakurai USA covers the following territories: Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and the surrounding area, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

“We are very pleased to have G.E. Richards, a well-known and respected equipment dealer join the Sakurai Experienced Dealer Network to represent both our offset and screen presses,” Friesser added. “We are confident that their large staff of 40 sales people will open many doors for Sakurai presses and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the possibility of
expanding territories covered in the future”.

“The addition of Sakurai offset and screen presses to our product line-up represents a significant opportunity for us and we look forward to presenting Sakurai automated presses to our customers and prospects,” said Jeff Wagner, president, G.E. Richards Graphic Supplies Co., Inc.

Founded in 1972 with corporate offices in Landisville, PA, G.E. Richards Graphic Supplies is a family owned business with 10 branches and over $70 million in sales. They are the fourth largest graphic arts dealer in the country offering a large variety of products from printing plates, presses and ink, to film, computers, printers, scanners, imagesetters and platesetters along with sales and service support.

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