East Dorset, Vermont high tech manufacturing company prepares to complete the new 5/6 color UV ink-jet flat bed printer for Showroom debut slated for Early December 2006. Short runs and instant high resolution image changes primary benefits.

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/15/2006 -- In another bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its 6 color non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first "public" unveiling at the Pad Print showroom during December, the new machine, named XD-400-6, is expected to draw the attention of many of the companies existing client base as it is designed to fill an important niche in the product decorating market that has been dominated by more traditional analog printing techniques. The catch phrase Joffe brings up is "Digital direct".

"I love this technology," explains Joffe, "the graphics departments can now run production with none of the expensive intermediate pre-press operations that create waste and expense in both time and materials."

"Time to market is dramatically reduced" explained Jon Hale, (COO) "We no longer have costly machine set-ups and short production runs are now an economic reality."

The release of the new 5/6 color unit comes close on the heels of the Single color machine release that occurred at the NPE Trade Show held in Chicago.

"The NPE Trade Show was the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. The new 6 color unit has a very unique feature that makes it extremely operator friendly, an "automatic height detection" system that automatically adjusts the print array height to the substrate in order to maintain optimal print quality at a true 600x 600 dpi. The optional integrated UV curing system means parts can be removed and packed immediately. Another exciting feature is the Job Queuing function, which allows jobs to be sequenced automatically with no operator intervention.

"We have been listening to our customers and have come up with a winner right out of the gate" said Hale. The all servo drive and Windows® based Operator interface make this a very simple and efficient flat bed ink jet printer.

"Productivity has also been addressed" said Joffe, "we are using a print engine that operates at 30" per second so that we can compete at higher production levels than many of the other printing systems."

Hale explained that the XD-400-6 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-series is flexibility. With no pads, cliches, and no screens to change , the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD's will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-6 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-6 at their spacious Vermont Showroom facility during the days leading up to the Christmas vacation.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Ken Fisher of Shaftsbury, VT Named Production Manager

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/21/2006 -- Katie McKenzie Martinez, Human Resources liaison at Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, has sent word that Kenneth Fisher, 46, of Shaftsbury, VT was promoted to Production Manager at the East Dorset-based company early last month. Fisher has been with the high-tech manufacturing firm since June 2004 when he joined the company as a Production Technician.

"Ken has had an excellent two years with us and we're certain he will add to the continued success of Pad Print Machinery," said McKenzie Martinez. "He has a lot of fresh ideas and is a terrific team member."

Fisher fills the void created when former Production Manager, Scott Newman, had to unexpectedly move to Atlanta, GA. Newman joined Pad Print Machinery of Vermont in 1996 and continues as the company's southeastern United States Territory Sales Engineer.

Fisher's Production Manager responsibilities now include overseeing six employees, managing the Ink room, the Pad room and all sampling work done on-site. To learn more about the pad printing process, follow this Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pad_printing or view the company's website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont
Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 34 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMOV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

Recently, the company introduced the XD-400 Digital Series, its first "pad-less" machine. The digital series machines are capable of instantaneously changing the printed image.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

PAD PRINT MACHINERY OF VERMONT GIVES AWAY HARLEY AT NPE Lucky Winner Rides Home on 2006 Harley-Davidson

Chicago, IL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/23/2006 -- Chicago, IL- Recently, Robert Wilson of Niles America Wintech had his stars align just the right way for him to win and win big. He rode back to Kentucky on a brand new machine! In an attempt to attract 2006 International Plastics Showcase visitors to the company's display area at McCormick Place Exhibition Hall in Chicago this week, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont decided to do something bold---his company gave away a brand new 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

To help publicize the Harley Sweepstakes, the company enlisted the services of Scooter Media, a Beverly Hills, CA company that sends an army of scooters festooned with mini-billboards to attract attention at large-scale events. The strategy paid off.

"In three days, we collected more than 3000 entries," said Joffe. "I really wanted to do something big. This is the biggest show of the year for us, and with 2000 other exhibitors fighting for attention, I wanted to make sure we had plenty of traffic at our display." The show attracts more than 75,000 plastic's industry professionals from over 100 countries.

Along with continuous live demonstrations of seven different models of their high-tech pad printers, decorating everything from ping-pong balls, wine corks, tape measure, Frisbees, highlighting markers and hard hats, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont also chose NPE to unveil the XD-400-1 Digital Printer, the company's newest addition. The XD-400-1 employs a piezo crystal that receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex forces ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "Because it's digital, changing the printed image is accomplished with a couple keystrokes, which saves an enormous amount of time on the production floor," explained Joffe.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont
Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com
COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Company to Reveal Continuous Feed Catheter Add-On at June MD&M East Expo

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/01/2006 -- Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, is always looking for opportunities to innovate. Recently, he got a call from a prominent medical manufacturing company who was looking for a solution to save time on the production floor during catheter marking. "They were looking for a way to further automate the process yet maintain the precision necessary in marking this vital medical product," said Joffe.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont had previously streamlined catheter marking by devising a machine that prints up to ten colors a full 360° around catheters as small as .01 inches in diameter.

"I took the challenge to our engineering department and we brainstormed a few ideas," said Joffe. "We soon had what we thought was a viable solution and began building a prototype." Incorporating various fundamental technologies, the team devised a machine add-on that an operator can load with catheters and essentially walk away from to perform other tasks.

"What we did, basically, is eliminate the need for an operator to spend a majority of their day feeding catheters into a marking machine. Our new device automatically loads, prints and unloads each catheter with exacting precision," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "This frees up an operator to handle multiple machines or perform other tasks to keep the production floor efficiency levels optimum," added Hale.

The company will unveil their exciting new catheter printing option and have ongoing live demonstrations June 6-8 at the Medical Design and Manufacturing East Show at booth 1824 in the Javits Convention Center in New York City. Also featured will be the company's XP 06 1C catheter printing machine and the XE 13 5 C, a 20 GB machine that easily recalls unlimited job parameters to make switching from one job to the next as simple as a few keystrokes. The XE 13 5 C is also capable of multi-color printing to enable four-color process printing.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and see a video of the XE 13 in action, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com and browse to "Machines."

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com
COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Company’s First Pad-less Printer Debuts at International Plastic Showcase in June

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com
COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Sparks Enthusiasm at Orlando ISS

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- In an eleventh hour decision, Julian Joffe, President and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, thought it might be a good idea for his company to exhibit at last February's Imprinted Sportswear Show in Orlando, FL. He's glad he did. "I am overwhelmed at the amount of activity we had surrounding our booth over those three days," said Joffe. The 2006 Orlando show, which ran February 16-18, is considered the leading event for the decorated apparel and imprinted products industry.

"Textile industry pad printing is nothing new," said Joffe, explaining that the process has been available for years, "but I think the reason we were getting so much attention is that the people at the Florida show weren't aware of the automation our company has developed in recent years." Joffe said there were a number of other pad printing machines displayed on the exhibition floor, but that they were all the rather fundamental manual models.

Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO, said, "I think there are a number of reasons our machines attracted so much interest, but I would guess most of them are related to efficiency and capability." Hale points out that the company's XE Series is a Windows-based system that drives a completely servo-controlled print head and conveyor. Its 20-gig hard drive allows storage and instant recall of unlimited job parameters including down stroke, print and cliche pauses. "A change from one job to the next is an extremely fast undertaking with these machines," continued Hale.

Michelle Heleba, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's Sales and Marketing Director de-scribed a North Carolina-based sports jersey manufacturer as he watched the company's XE-16 print hat after hat with automated precision. "He kept saying, 'Holy moly; holy, holy moly! I've got to get one of those!'" She understands the man's enthusiasm. "A lot of people had the same reaction when they saw our machines in action," she said.

"These machines can print one color on top of another without drying in between. They can print four-color process images up to 8" by 14". They're ideal for tagless shirts and underwear and are extremely cost-effective with imprints as low as $.002 each. They provide exceptional clarity even on font sizes as small as 4 points. I'm glad we gave the textile industry an update of pad printing's capabilities," Heleba said, smiling as she leafed through a BMW brochure.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Sparks Enthusiasm at Orlando ISS

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- In an eleventh hour decision, Julian Joffe, President and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, thought it might be a good idea for his company to exhibit at last February's Imprinted Sportswear Show in Orlando, FL. He's glad he did. "I am overwhelmed at the amount of activity we had surrounding our booth over those three days," said Joffe. The 2006 Orlando show, which ran February 16-18, is considered the leading event for the decorated apparel and imprinted products industry.

"Textile industry pad printing is nothing new," said Joffe, explaining that the process has been available for years, "but I think the reason we were getting so much attention is that the people at the Florida show weren't aware of the automation our company has developed in recent years." Joffe said there were a number of other pad printing machines displayed on the exhibition floor, but that they were all the rather fundamental manual models.

Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO, said, "I think there are a number of reasons our machines attracted so much interest, but I would guess most of them are related to efficiency and capability." Hale points out that the company's XE Series is a Windows-based system that drives a completely servo-controlled print head and conveyor. Its 20-gig hard drive allows storage and instant recall of unlimited job parameters including down stroke, print and cliche pauses. "A change from one job to the next is an extremely fast undertaking with these machines," continued Hale.

Michelle Heleba, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's Sales and Marketing Director de-scribed a North Carolina-based sports jersey manufacturer as he watched the company's XE-16 print hat after hat with automated precision. "He kept saying, 'Holy moly; holy, holy moly! I've got to get one of those!'" She understands the man's enthusiasm. "A lot of people had the same reaction when they saw our machines in action," she said.

"These machines can print one color on top of another without drying in between. They can print four-color process images up to 8" by 14". They're ideal for tagless shirts and underwear and are extremely cost-effective with imprints as low as $.002 each. They provide exceptional clarity even on font sizes as small as 4 points. I'm glad we gave the textile industry an update of pad printing's capabilities," Heleba said, smiling as she leafed through a BMW brochure.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

The Lens Printing System actually employs two new Pad Printing technologies. The first allows the machine operator to choose from 20 different lens styles and shapes with a simple keystroke. The second incorporates a video camera and monitor that make it easy to see the almost imperceptible lens markings and get them aligned perfectly in the crosshairs on the screen.

"This new process also provides the benefit of reducing labor costs by reducing time lost due to the inevitable errors that would occur with the old system," said Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's COO, Jon Hale. "With the ability to pinpoint the optical center on such a wide variety of lenses with just a key stroke further enhances this machine's efficiency in the production line," added Hale. Hale said he was looking forward to initiating a dialogue with several of the other corrective lens manufacturers. "This is a technological advance that will be incorporated industry-wide in the near future. I'm glad we're the ones who developed it!" he exclaimed.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont (PPMoV). Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company — expanding the business to include pad-printing machines & equipment. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with padprinting machine manufacturer COMEC®™ Italia. He founded COMEC®™ USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of pad-printing machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, Pad Print Machinery moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont — just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department and administrative offices. For many Pad Print Machinery employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 31 highly skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the padprinting industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These sophisticated servo-controlled machines are extremely fast, extremely precise and extremely reliable. Pad Print Machinery has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color pad printing systems.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to seamlessly incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Sparks Enthusiasm at Orlando ISS

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- In an eleventh hour decision, Julian Joffe, President and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, thought it might be a good idea for his company to exhibit at last February's Imprinted Sportswear Show in Orlando, FL. He's glad he did. "I am overwhelmed at the amount of activity we had surrounding our booth over those three days," said Joffe. The 2006 Orlando show, which ran February 16-18, is considered the leading event for the decorated apparel and imprinted products industry.

"Textile industry pad printing is nothing new," said Joffe, explaining that the process has been available for years, "but I think the reason we were getting so much attention is that the people at the Florida show weren't aware of the automation our company has developed in recent years." Joffe said there were a number of other pad printing machines displayed on the exhibition floor, but that they were all the rather fundamental manual models.

Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO, said, "I think there are a number of reasons our machines attracted so much interest, but I would guess most of them are related to efficiency and capability." Hale points out that the company's XE Series is a Windows-based system that drives a completely servo-controlled print head and conveyor. Its 20-gig hard drive allows storage and instant recall of unlimited job parameters including down stroke, print and cliche pauses. "A change from one job to the next is an extremely fast undertaking with these machines," continued Hale.

Michelle Heleba, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's Sales and Marketing Director de-scribed a North Carolina-based sports jersey manufacturer as he watched the company's XE-16 print hat after hat with automated precision. "He kept saying, 'Holy moly; holy, holy moly! I've got to get one of those!'" She understands the man's enthusiasm. "A lot of people had the same reaction when they saw our machines in action," she said.

"These machines can print one color on top of another without drying in between. They can print four-color process images up to 8" by 14". They're ideal for tagless shirts and underwear and are extremely cost-effective with imprints as low as $.002 each. They provide exceptional clarity even on font sizes as small as 4 points. I'm glad we gave the textile industry an update of pad printing's capabilities," Heleba said, smiling as she leafed through a BMW brochure.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

The Lens Printing System actually employs two new Pad Printing technologies. The first allows the machine operator to choose from 20 different lens styles and shapes with a simple keystroke. The second incorporates a video camera and monitor that make it easy to see the almost imperceptible lens markings and get them aligned perfectly in the crosshairs on the screen.

"This new process also provides the benefit of reducing labor costs by reducing time lost due to the inevitable errors that would occur with the old system," said Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's COO, Jon Hale. "With the ability to pinpoint the optical center on such a wide variety of lenses with just a key stroke further enhances this machine's efficiency in the production line," added Hale. Hale said he was looking forward to initiating a dialogue with several of the other corrective lens manufacturers. "This is a technological advance that will be incorporated industry-wide in the near future. I'm glad we're the ones who developed it!" he exclaimed.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont (PPMoV). Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company — expanding the business to include pad-printing machines & equipment. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with padprinting machine manufacturer COMEC®™ Italia. He founded COMEC®™ USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of pad-printing machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, Pad Print Machinery moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont — just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department and administrative offices. For many Pad Print Machinery employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 31 highly skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the padprinting industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These sophisticated servo-controlled machines are extremely fast, extremely precise and extremely reliable. Pad Print Machinery has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color pad printing systems.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to seamlessly incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

Vermont Facility Gives Students Taste of Modern Manufacturing

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/24/2006 -- "Manufacturing isn't what it used to be," smiled Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont. His company, along with other southern Vermont businesses, is taking part in a program that offers Burr & Burton Academy (BBA) students an opportunity to gain first hand knowledge of real-world commerce. "Young people setting goals for the future are quick to dismiss a manufacturing career," said Joffe. "Many of them have an image of a dark, noisy, smelly and dangerous workplace where the job is boring and the compensation limited," he continued, "but modern manufacturing, especially what we are doing here, is the polar opposite!" The well-designed Pad Print Machinery building is flooded with natural light and looks more like a modern office building than manufacturing facility.

"Naturally, when we learned of the BBA program, we wanted to be involved," Joffe said. "Most young people go from being students directly into the work environment—-the equivalent of an ice cold shower in August. We hope that in some small way we can make a contribution to our community by giving the younger generation an opportunity to experience the work place. By removing the shock factor, I am hoping we can give them a better chance at choosing a career that they will enjoy and, at the least, help them decide on a direction before they go to College and not after they graduate. I'm a perfect example," Joffe laughed, "I have a degree in Zoology, but Engineering is what I really love!"

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's first BBA Field Study student has just successfully completed a semester-long program that started last September. Scott Newman, Production Manager and ten-year Pad Print veteran, thinks the school's field study program is an excellent idea. Along with the seven people he supervises, Newman was also responsible for field study student, Zach. "It was an enjoyable experience-he's very quick to learn. Zach has a keen eye for detail which is really important in our industry," said Newman. Zach's 'final' consisted of setting up a pad printing machine to do a specific job, choosing the right pads for the application, determining the proper color registrations, performing a test print and completing a production run. According to Newman, Zach aced it. "I would definitely recommend this program to any company," Newman said.

Burr & Burton Academy faculty member and Field Study Director, Tony Napolitano, says there are more than 100 area businesses that participate in the program. "Field Study is designed to give students an opportunity to receive part of their education within the larger community. It is not a job! It is a program in a different location, through a different process, and with teachers who are not in a school classroom but in the classroom of life," explained Napolitano. "Zach did a great job at Pad Print Machinery," he added enthusiastically.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company—-expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Sparks Enthusiasm at Orlando ISS

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- In an eleventh hour decision, Julian Joffe, President and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, thought it might be a good idea for his company to exhibit at last February's Imprinted Sportswear Show in Orlando, FL. He's glad he did. "I am overwhelmed at the amount of activity we had surrounding our booth over those three days," said Joffe. The 2006 Orlando show, which ran February 16-18, is considered the leading event for the decorated apparel and imprinted products industry.

"Textile industry pad printing is nothing new," said Joffe, explaining that the process has been available for years, "but I think the reason we were getting so much attention is that the people at the Florida show weren't aware of the automation our company has developed in recent years." Joffe said there were a number of other pad printing machines displayed on the exhibition floor, but that they were all the rather fundamental manual models.

Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO, said, "I think there are a number of reasons our machines attracted so much interest, but I would guess most of them are related to efficiency and capability." Hale points out that the company's XE Series is a Windows-based system that drives a completely servo-controlled print head and conveyor. Its 20-gig hard drive allows storage and instant recall of unlimited job parameters including down stroke, print and cliche pauses. "A change from one job to the next is an extremely fast undertaking with these machines," continued Hale.

Michelle Heleba, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's Sales and Marketing Director de-scribed a North Carolina-based sports jersey manufacturer as he watched the company's XE-16 print hat after hat with automated precision. "He kept saying, 'Holy moly; holy, holy moly! I've got to get one of those!'" She understands the man's enthusiasm. "A lot of people had the same reaction when they saw our machines in action," she said.

"These machines can print one color on top of another without drying in between. They can print four-color process images up to 8" by 14". They're ideal for tagless shirts and underwear and are extremely cost-effective with imprints as low as $.002 each. They provide exceptional clarity even on font sizes as small as 4 points. I'm glad we gave the textile industry an update of pad printing's capabilities," Heleba said, smiling as she leafed through a BMW brochure.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

The Lens Printing System actually employs two new Pad Printing technologies. The first allows the machine operator to choose from 20 different lens styles and shapes with a simple keystroke. The second incorporates a video camera and monitor that make it easy to see the almost imperceptible lens markings and get them aligned perfectly in the crosshairs on the screen.

"This new process also provides the benefit of reducing labor costs by reducing time lost due to the inevitable errors that would occur with the old system," said Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's COO, Jon Hale. "With the ability to pinpoint the optical center on such a wide variety of lenses with just a key stroke further enhances this machine's efficiency in the production line," added Hale. Hale said he was looking forward to initiating a dialogue with several of the other corrective lens manufacturers. "This is a technological advance that will be incorporated industry-wide in the near future. I'm glad we're the ones who developed it!" he exclaimed.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont (PPMoV). Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company — expanding the business to include pad-printing machines & equipment. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with padprinting machine manufacturer COMEC®™ Italia. He founded COMEC®™ USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of pad-printing machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, Pad Print Machinery moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont — just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department and administrative offices. For many Pad Print Machinery employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 31 highly skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the padprinting industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These sophisticated servo-controlled machines are extremely fast, extremely precise and extremely reliable. Pad Print Machinery has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color pad printing systems.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to seamlessly incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

Vermont Facility Gives Students Taste of Modern Manufacturing

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/24/2006 -- "Manufacturing isn't what it used to be," smiled Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont. His company, along with other southern Vermont businesses, is taking part in a program that offers Burr & Burton Academy (BBA) students an opportunity to gain first hand knowledge of real-world commerce. "Young people setting goals for the future are quick to dismiss a manufacturing career," said Joffe. "Many of them have an image of a dark, noisy, smelly and dangerous workplace where the job is boring and the compensation limited," he continued, "but modern manufacturing, especially what we are doing here, is the polar opposite!" The well-designed Pad Print Machinery building is flooded with natural light and looks more like a modern office building than manufacturing facility.

"Naturally, when we learned of the BBA program, we wanted to be involved," Joffe said. "Most young people go from being students directly into the work environment—-the equivalent of an ice cold shower in August. We hope that in some small way we can make a contribution to our community by giving the younger generation an opportunity to experience the work place. By removing the shock factor, I am hoping we can give them a better chance at choosing a career that they will enjoy and, at the least, help them decide on a direction before they go to College and not after they graduate. I'm a perfect example," Joffe laughed, "I have a degree in Zoology, but Engineering is what I really love!"

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's first BBA Field Study student has just successfully completed a semester-long program that started last September. Scott Newman, Production Manager and ten-year Pad Print veteran, thinks the school's field study program is an excellent idea. Along with the seven people he supervises, Newman was also responsible for field study student, Zach. "It was an enjoyable experience-he's very quick to learn. Zach has a keen eye for detail which is really important in our industry," said Newman. Zach's 'final' consisted of setting up a pad printing machine to do a specific job, choosing the right pads for the application, determining the proper color registrations, performing a test print and completing a production run. According to Newman, Zach aced it. "I would definitely recommend this program to any company," Newman said.

Burr & Burton Academy faculty member and Field Study Director, Tony Napolitano, says there are more than 100 area businesses that participate in the program. "Field Study is designed to give students an opportunity to receive part of their education within the larger community. It is not a job! It is a program in a different location, through a different process, and with teachers who are not in a school classroom but in the classroom of life," explained Napolitano. "Zach did a great job at Pad Print Machinery," he added enthusiastically.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company—-expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/27/2005 Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, has announced his company's ten thousand square foot expansion to their Vermont facility is complete. In 2003, the company moved their operation to the 22,500 square foot facility from their initial location in a former movie theater five miles south in Manchester. "We grew really fast," said Joffe, "and I thought our move two years ago would give us enough elbow room to last for awhile." Pad Print Machinery employs about twice as many employees now as they did in the old building, according to Joffe. "This added space will make it a lot easier for us to develop new technologies and decorating innovations-which is what we do best," he said.

"This gives us some room to breathe," said Michelle Heleba, Sales & Marketing Director of the Vermont-based company. "We moved the ink room and shipping department into the new space which allowed us to expand both the machine shop and the pad room," said Heleba. She said the increases will help the company keep pace with the demand for their XE series. "The state-of-the-art PC-based XE series machines with servo controls enable the kind of production output necessary to stay ahead of the competition in today's global economy," she emphasized. "And it's the primary reason we needed more space---there's a huge demand for the XE series!"

According to Jon Hale, Pad Print of Vermont's COO, the 20-gigabyte hard drive on the XE series allows for storage and instant recall of a vast number of jobs and parameters. "The transition from one job to the next is extremely quick," said. Hale He also pointed out that the XE's built-in network card allows on-line monitoring, trouble shooting and program updates as well as the ability to communicate with the operator even during production.

Hale continued to say that the additional space created by the expansion increased their warehousing capability and allowed them to build a woodshop. "We also have the much-needed room to increase our office space," he added. "We were getting a little overcrowded."

For in-depth details on the XE Series, visit the information-laden Pad Print Machinery of Vermont website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

East Dorset, VT -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/23/2006 -- East Dorset, VT- In a bold move, Julian Joffe, president and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced this week that his company will be taking the wraps off its first non-pad based industrial printing machine. Scheduled for first public unveiling at the huge International Plastics Showcase in Chicago next month, the new machine, named XD-400-1, is expected to draw the attention of many of the show's 75,000 plastic's professionals.

"The NPE Trade Show is perhaps the most important one of the year for our company," said Joffe. "But with 2000 exhibitors, it's important to make an impact. If you have some new technology or breakthrough innovations, this is the place to roll them out." He said having a strong presence in Chicago is so important that he's not only unveiling the sleek new XD-400-1, but also giving away a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

"We're going to have eight of our high-tech machines on the exhibition floor decorating a variety of products," said Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO. "And one classic American machine that some lucky NPE-goer can ride home on!"

Hale explained that the XD-400-1 Digital printer represents the company's dedication to providing innovative solutions to all types of decorating challenges. "The main advantage of the XD-400-1 is flexibility. With no pads or cliches to change or no screens to change if it's a screen printing job, the manufacturing floor experiences virtually no down time. In analog set-ups, changing from one job to the next can take up to six hours," explained Hale. "The XD-400-1 will do it on the fly."

The XD-400-1 employs a process wherein a piezo crystal receives an electrical charge. The resulting flex acts like a pump to force a drop of ink out of a nozzle and onto the surface. "We are using UV inks that cure within seconds," said Joffe. "Decorating toothbrushes, for example, is a seamless operation where the brushes can be loaded into their shipping packaging, printed, instantly cured, shrink-wrapped and shipped. It really saves an enormous amount of handling time," he added.

The company will have continuous live demonstrations of their new XD-400-1 as well as their other high-tech pad printers decorating everything from wine corks to hard hats. If you're visiting the 2006 NPE Showcase in Chicago, find Pad Print Machinery of Vermont at booth 4109.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Sparks Enthusiasm at Orlando ISS

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- In an eleventh hour decision, Julian Joffe, President and founder of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, thought it might be a good idea for his company to exhibit at last February's Imprinted Sportswear Show in Orlando, FL. He's glad he did. "I am overwhelmed at the amount of activity we had surrounding our booth over those three days," said Joffe. The 2006 Orlando show, which ran February 16-18, is considered the leading event for the decorated apparel and imprinted products industry.

"Textile industry pad printing is nothing new," said Joffe, explaining that the process has been available for years, "but I think the reason we were getting so much attention is that the people at the Florida show weren't aware of the automation our company has developed in recent years." Joffe said there were a number of other pad printing machines displayed on the exhibition floor, but that they were all the rather fundamental manual models.

Jon Hale, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont COO, said, "I think there are a number of reasons our machines attracted so much interest, but I would guess most of them are related to efficiency and capability." Hale points out that the company's XE Series is a Windows-based system that drives a completely servo-controlled print head and conveyor. Its 20-gig hard drive allows storage and instant recall of unlimited job parameters including down stroke, print and cliche pauses. "A change from one job to the next is an extremely fast undertaking with these machines," continued Hale.

Michelle Heleba, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's Sales and Marketing Director de-scribed a North Carolina-based sports jersey manufacturer as he watched the company's XE-16 print hat after hat with automated precision. "He kept saying, 'Holy moly; holy, holy moly! I've got to get one of those!'" She understands the man's enthusiasm. "A lot of people had the same reaction when they saw our machines in action," she said.

"These machines can print one color on top of another without drying in between. They can print four-color process images up to 8" by 14". They're ideal for tagless shirts and underwear and are extremely cost-effective with imprints as low as $.002 each. They provide exceptional clarity even on font sizes as small as 4 points. I'm glad we gave the textile industry an update of pad printing's capabilities," Heleba said, smiling as she leafed through a BMW brochure.

To view the full range of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont products and their portfolio, point your browser to www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

The Lens Printing System actually employs two new Pad Printing technologies. The first allows the machine operator to choose from 20 different lens styles and shapes with a simple keystroke. The second incorporates a video camera and monitor that make it easy to see the almost imperceptible lens markings and get them aligned perfectly in the crosshairs on the screen.

"This new process also provides the benefit of reducing labor costs by reducing time lost due to the inevitable errors that would occur with the old system," said Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's COO, Jon Hale. "With the ability to pinpoint the optical center on such a wide variety of lenses with just a key stroke further enhances this machine's efficiency in the production line," added Hale. Hale said he was looking forward to initiating a dialogue with several of the other corrective lens manufacturers. "This is a technological advance that will be incorporated industry-wide in the near future. I'm glad we're the ones who developed it!" he exclaimed.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont (PPMoV). Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company — expanding the business to include pad-printing machines & equipment. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with padprinting machine manufacturer COMEC®™ Italia. He founded COMEC®™ USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of pad-printing machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, Pad Print Machinery moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont — just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department and administrative offices. For many Pad Print Machinery employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 31 highly skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the padprinting industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These sophisticated servo-controlled machines are extremely fast, extremely precise and extremely reliable. Pad Print Machinery has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color pad printing systems.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to seamlessly incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

Vermont Facility Gives Students Taste of Modern Manufacturing

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/24/2006 -- "Manufacturing isn't what it used to be," smiled Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont. His company, along with other southern Vermont businesses, is taking part in a program that offers Burr & Burton Academy (BBA) students an opportunity to gain first hand knowledge of real-world commerce. "Young people setting goals for the future are quick to dismiss a manufacturing career," said Joffe. "Many of them have an image of a dark, noisy, smelly and dangerous workplace where the job is boring and the compensation limited," he continued, "but modern manufacturing, especially what we are doing here, is the polar opposite!" The well-designed Pad Print Machinery building is flooded with natural light and looks more like a modern office building than manufacturing facility.

"Naturally, when we learned of the BBA program, we wanted to be involved," Joffe said. "Most young people go from being students directly into the work environment—-the equivalent of an ice cold shower in August. We hope that in some small way we can make a contribution to our community by giving the younger generation an opportunity to experience the work place. By removing the shock factor, I am hoping we can give them a better chance at choosing a career that they will enjoy and, at the least, help them decide on a direction before they go to College and not after they graduate. I'm a perfect example," Joffe laughed, "I have a degree in Zoology, but Engineering is what I really love!"

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's first BBA Field Study student has just successfully completed a semester-long program that started last September. Scott Newman, Production Manager and ten-year Pad Print veteran, thinks the school's field study program is an excellent idea. Along with the seven people he supervises, Newman was also responsible for field study student, Zach. "It was an enjoyable experience-he's very quick to learn. Zach has a keen eye for detail which is really important in our industry," said Newman. Zach's 'final' consisted of setting up a pad printing machine to do a specific job, choosing the right pads for the application, determining the proper color registrations, performing a test print and completing a production run. According to Newman, Zach aced it. "I would definitely recommend this program to any company," Newman said.

Burr & Burton Academy faculty member and Field Study Director, Tony Napolitano, says there are more than 100 area businesses that participate in the program. "Field Study is designed to give students an opportunity to receive part of their education within the larger community. It is not a job! It is a program in a different location, through a different process, and with teachers who are not in a school classroom but in the classroom of life," explained Napolitano. "Zach did a great job at Pad Print Machinery," he added enthusiastically.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company—-expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

MEDIA CONTACT: pr@capcreative.com

COMPANY CONTACT: info@padprintmachinery.com or Call 800-272-7764

East Dorset, VT -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/27/2005 Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, has announced his company's ten thousand square foot expansion to their Vermont facility is complete. In 2003, the company moved their operation to the 22,500 square foot facility from their initial location in a former movie theater five miles south in Manchester. "We grew really fast," said Joffe, "and I thought our move two years ago would give us enough elbow room to last for awhile." Pad Print Machinery employs about twice as many employees now as they did in the old building, according to Joffe. "This added space will make it a lot easier for us to develop new technologies and decorating innovations-which is what we do best," he said.

"This gives us some room to breathe," said Michelle Heleba, Sales & Marketing Director of the Vermont-based company. "We moved the ink room and shipping department into the new space which allowed us to expand both the machine shop and the pad room," said Heleba. She said the increases will help the company keep pace with the demand for their XE series. "The state-of-the-art PC-based XE series machines with servo controls enable the kind of production output necessary to stay ahead of the competition in today's global economy," she emphasized. "And it's the primary reason we needed more space---there's a huge demand for the XE series!"

According to Jon Hale, Pad Print of Vermont's COO, the 20-gigabyte hard drive on the XE series allows for storage and instant recall of a vast number of jobs and parameters. "The transition from one job to the next is extremely quick," said. Hale He also pointed out that the XE's built-in network card allows on-line monitoring, trouble shooting and program updates as well as the ability to communicate with the operator even during production.

Hale continued to say that the additional space created by the expansion increased their warehousing capability and allowed them to build a woodshop. "We also have the much-needed room to increase our office space," he added. "We were getting a little overcrowded."

For in-depth details on the XE Series, visit the information-laden Pad Print Machinery of Vermont website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 32 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

The challenge was finding a way to reduce or eliminate unnecessary handling. The old-school method of attacking this job was to run all the parts through the printer, unload them, pack them, unload them again and print them again. Depending on the number of color-codes and their location on the part, this process would take operators 2-3 (or more) passes through the machine.

"We combined innovative software with one of our extremely capable and highly adaptable industry-leading XE Series machines," Joffe said, "and came up with a solution that made our customer pretty happy." Happy, indeed; Joffe and his engineering team configured a machine that would decorate the parts in one seamless operation---load once, print once, unload and ship! "He said he was going to send me a case of Dom Perignon," laughed Joffe. "What I really like about this solution," he said, "is that the XE had the capability to do the job---we just needed the software to tell it how. It's brilliant."

Other Pad Print Machinery of Vermont innovations this year include printing life-like images on full size basketballs, simultaneous front and back bottle printing and exact centering for marking corrective lens for the eyewear industry.

"We love challenges. Our engineering team thrives on creating solutions to the most complicated problems. They're the best in the industry," enthused Joffe.

"In the ultra competitive world economy, high volume cost-efficient manufacturing with laser-like precision and accuracy isn't just the goal, it's mandatory," said Jon Hale, COO of the Vermont-based company. "All of our XE machines feature servo controls that enable prodigious production." Hale said another significant XE Series advantage is quick, simple modifications. "Operator training on the XE Series is easy, too," explained Hale. "Its PC-based software allows management production monitoring and troubleshooting. Plus, with a 20-gigabyte hard drive, this Series is a real time-saver. It stores and can instantly recall an unlimited number of jobs and parameters. You get extremely quick changeover from one job to the next," added Hale. He said the built-in network card gives you over-the-web monitoring, trouble shooting and program updates as well as the ability to communicate with the operator even during production. "It's a remarkable machine!"

For more in-depth details on the XE Series, please visit the newly enhanced and information-rich Pad Print Machinery of Vermont website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont

Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father's workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father's textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company---expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 30 highly skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont's newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMoV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .001 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

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